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Discuss the answers to your Ethical/Social Issues question (from a strategy/policy perspective).

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Integration of Faith and Learning Paper Instructions

  • Review the Thompson text and apply your knowledge of strategy/policy and your Christian worldview.
  • Search the Bible (either the Old or New Testament) for a Bible verse(s) that would guide you in answering the Ethical/Social Issues question you have chosen.
  • In a minimum of 800 words, discuss this Bible verse and your Christian worldview as they relate to your chosen Ethical/Social Issues questions. NOTE: To earn better than a minimum grade (B) in grad school, you must go beyond the minimum and it must be considered excellent work.

A suggested format for this assignment is as follows:

  1. First section: Discuss the answers to your Ethical/Social Issues question (from a strategy/policy perspective).
  2. Second section: State your Bible verse and then discuss the verse(s). To properly address this section, it will require biblical research to put your verse(s) into context for the next section.
  3. Third paragraph: Discuss/analyze the importance of the Bible verse in addressing your chosen question from a Christian worldview perspective.

Submit this assignment by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday of Module/Week 7.

What were the underlying issues in the conflict, from the American perspective? Why did the United States believe it was justified in its actions? Conclude your discussion by explaining the outcome of the war.

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The most dramatic event in the history of relations between Mexico and the United States took place a century and a half ago. U.S. historians refer to this event as “The Mexican War,” while in Mexico they prefer to use the term “The U.S. Invasion.”

In a paper, discuss the annexation of Texas, the Texas Rebellion against Mexico, and the Mexican-American War from the American perspective. What were the underlying issues in the conflict, from the American perspective? Why did the United States believe it was justified in its actions? Conclude your discussion by explaining the outcome of the war.

Directions:

Your paper should be 2-3 pages long, not including the required Title and References pages.

Your paper should include an introduction, a body with at least three fully developed paragraphs, and a conclusion. It should contain a fully developed and supported thesis statement.
Include a minimum of two academic sources (journal articles, books, etc.) other than the textbook for the course.

What are business models and how are they a compliment to or alternative to traditional strategy models and tools? Outline your understanding of business innovation (BMI) and how BMI is different to product and process innovation.

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  1. What are business models and how are they a compliment to or alternative to traditional strategy models and tools? Outline your understanding of business innovation (BMI) and how BMI is different to product and process innovation.
  2. Critically evaluate the contention that traditional models of strategy bind companies into red oceans. In contrast, what are blue oceans and what tools can we use to look for and exploit blue oceans?

Remember:Provide full references to support your arguments. Try to use journals as much as possible. Many have been cited in lecture slides but also, try and research the most recent work published in respect of any of the core concepts.

Word count. 1500 words per each question. This excludes the bibliography so there is every incentive to demonstrate your reading and provide extensive ‘quality’ literature sources.

Important:

1.Tutor are going to prohibit use of a single company case study. What he mean is, don’t write an essay from the perspective of a single company. When using company examples, compare and contrast companies and use them to illustrate theoretical points.

2.Each question should make a contrast between what you think is 21 century strategy and what every you think preceded it.

3.Starting by questioning the question then spread the analyzing.

 

Briefly describe the measurement of the independent and dependent variables you will use in your analysis (such as the “value label” or question; level of measurement; attributes, etc.). Briefly critique the measurement validity (e.g. face and content validity) of X and of Y.

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Research Assignment Data Analysis (10 % points; about 6-10 pp.)
FOLLOW THESE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY, step by step. Use these nine sections to format your paper.

For data analyses, use IBM SPSS or: https://sda.berkeley.edu/sdaweb/analysis/?dataset=gss18

  1. Title your paper. Briefly state your general topic / research question.
  2. Reference and briefly describe a relevant scholarly article (or two) or book that in some way justifies or guides your research question and analyses or helps to make your approach to it more credible. Briefly indicate how it pertains to your topic or justifies your paper in some way, such as: the topic’s importance; what is not known about it; the article’s independent, dependent, or “control” variables and how they were operationalized / measured; or its findings, etc. Use good grammar & style of referencing.  Refer to author/s & date in body of paper, & include a reference page.   Use textbook as example for reference style.
  3. Briefly note the source of the data you will use for your analysis. What is your “N” (# of respondents)? Briefly evaluate data usefulness / limitations (e.g. refer to sample size, random selection, etc.).  NOTE: for any variable, GSS data often features missing data because that variable may not have been asked of all respondents for that “wave” of interviews. 
  4. Briefly describe the measurement of the independent and dependent variables you will use in your analysis (such as the “value label” or question; level of measurement; attributes, etc.). Briefly critique the measurement validity (e.g. face and content validity) of X and of Y. Because you will be constructing cross-tabulation tables, your variables need ideally to be limited to 2-4 attributes / values.  (If your variable is ordinal, interval, or ratio, you may need to recode it to another variable with 2-3 attributes as you have learned in SPSS assignments 14 and 15).  If you are creating an index (bravo!), describe the creation of that index and its items. Provide references where appropriate. 
  5. State your (2 variable) hypothesis. Briefly provide the theory or logic for your hypothesis
  6. DATA ANALYSES: Label (number and tersely describe) and order tables. Hint for printing: use “landscape” whenever useful. Please use “Cut and Paste” from data source to MS Word documents.   Omit redundant tables.

Using SPSS, conduct a frequencies data analysis of the 3-4 variables you will be using.  Briefly describe the frequency distributions, using the “valid percent” column because it omits missing data.  Note the mode category for each variable.  If you recode variables, provide frequencies of before & after recodes.  

  1. Using SPSS, conduct a bivariate (cross-tab) data analysis between X (independent variable) and Y (dependent); percentage tables by columns; and click on Chi2 (if using SPSS). Be careful to place X as column and Y as row! Provide bivariate cross-tab between T (control variable) and Y.

Interpret the tables across the percentages of the rows of the table.  State whether there seems to be a relationship between X and Y (refer to Chi2 and / or 8-10% “rule of thumb”), and compare percentages on the dependent variables across categories of the independent variable as we did in class.  If no relationship appears to exist, briefly describe / speculate about a possible reason. 

  1. Perform an “elaboration model” analysis with at least one 3rd / “control” variable (“T”). (Again, recode your variable into 2-3 attributes if necessary). Present the trivariate tables appropriate for assessing the effect of the control variable on the original relationship; that is, analyze each partial table for each attribute of the control variable. 

Briefly interpret the tables as you did in step #7.   Which form of the elaboration model BEST represents your results (i. e. compare partial tables with zero-order table?)  Why?  If necessary, use “ex post facto hypothesizing” (cf. Babbie) to explain (or speculate about) your results (i.e. why might “T” be relevant, or not).  What other variables might be relevant to your analysis?  

  1. Briefly provide a summary and conclusion about your research topic and your findings. E.g. how can you refer back to your hypothesis or your original article (step 2) or to other references?
  2. Separate Reference page
  3. APA format
  4. 6 pages 12 Font Times New Roman Double Space

Explain the steps in conducting a literature review. In your presentation, describe how you would approach conducting a literature review pertaining to your problem of interest.

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Step 1: Reflect on your proposed problem of interest. Does hand-washing reduce hospital-acquired infection?

Step 2: Summarize the purpose of a literature review.

Step 3: Explain the steps in conducting a literature review. In your presentation, describe how you would approach conducting a literature review pertaining to your problem of interest. Identify one primary question and one secondary question regarding the problem of interest.

What makes up organizational culture? Briefly describe its components. Name a company with a visible organizational culture. What do you think are the company’s values? Has the culture contributed to the organization’s performance? Explain.

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Part1: What makes up organizational culture? Briefly describe its components. Name a company with a visible organizational culture. What do you think are the company’s values? Has the culture contributed to the organization’s performance? Explain.

Part2: Jean-Paul, an entrepreneur, employs 20 people, whom he supervises personally. However, within a few years, the company will likely employ 200+ people in production, sales, engineering, and administration due to the growing success of the company’s new products. Jean-Paul likes the current structure and wants to avoid other forms of departmentalization. Should Jean-Paul consider other forms of departmentalization as the company grows larger? Why?

Don’t forget to ask your classmates questions and return to the discussion throughout the week to answer questions posed to you.

A complete initial discussion post will consist of a response to both parts I and II. Make this as one post. Then, respond to your classmates posts.

Evaluate the relative attractiveness of these three segments using the criteria included in your Segment Attractiveness Assessment Framework.

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Overview of the Assignment

Successful companies operating in international markets must have a clear understanding of who their customers are and the factors that make that market unique. It is key for an entrepreneur and/or international marketer to understand customer segmentation and target marketing.

This individual assignment provides each learner with the opportunity to practice applying:

  1. The Customer Segmentation Framework, for Consumer Market, a customer segmentation tool that helps to identify and profile viable segments of customers in the given market. It also provides an opportunity to compare and assess segments in terms of their potential attractiveness using a…
  2. … Segment Attractiveness Assessment Framework, a decision matrix used to compare the relative attractiveness of potential customer segments.

Supported by secondary research, you will be using frameworks to complete your overall analysis of a specific geographic market. First, you will identify three potential customer segments in that geographic market, and then you will comparatively assess the attractiveness of each of these segments so you can make a recommendation of a primary target segment to pursue in that geographic market. You will be making the recommendation to the marketing manager of a Fortune 500 company.

Instructions

Your instructor will assign you one product from a large parent company for your analysis. Once you have been assigned the specific product you will be considering, you will need to complete the following steps:

  1. Identify a specific geographic location in which your assigned company could potentially market the product. As you see fit, you may choose a country, region, or city. Make your choice based on your ability to reasonably identify and find information on three distinct potential customer segments in that geographic market. In your actual paper, you do not need to explain your choice of geographic location.
  2. Identify and develop a profile for each of three distinct potential customer segments within that geographic market. You will describe the different segments using the four customer segmentation variables. (The geographic variable will be the same for all your segments, but the other three customer segmentation variables will differ by segment.) You will provide a concise but comprehensive summary of these segments and their attributes in the body of your paper, and you will provide a “Customer Segmentation Framework, for the Consumer Market” in the appendix of your paper that provides more detail on each segment. To learn enough about your chosen market such that you can identify appropriate customer segments and find uniquely relevant information to help you profile them, you will need to do secondary research.

Make sure you are using sources that are credible, relevant, and published within the last two years. Where you need to make some reasonable assumptions, state your assumptions clearly and explicitly, and provide solid rationale for these assumptions.

  1. In the next part of your paper, evaluate the relative attractiveness of these three segments using the criteria included in your Segment Attractiveness Assessment Framework. You will provide a concise but comprehensive summary of your analysis comparing the attractiveness of these segments in the body of your paper, and a “Segment Attractiveness Assessment Framework” in the appendix of your paper that provides more detail. Here, too, you will need to justify your analysis with information from your research.
  2. Based on your analysis of their relative attractiveness, you will recommend to the parent company of your assigned product which of the three segments you believe is the most appropriate as the primary target market, followed by the secondary market, and then tertiary market. To justify this recommendation, you will include your insights from your segment attractiveness analysis.

A suggested outline for your paper (not including your cover page, table of contents, reference page(s) and appendices) is as follows:

  • Brief introduction to your paper, and your assigned company and product
  • Customer Segment Descriptions
  • Segment Attractiveness Analysis
  • Recommendation(s)

Based on your application of the life cycle to the initiative, analyze how the life cycle will help you infer predictability, performance, quality, and security of your initiative and its results.

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Company is Amazon

For this milestone, submit Sections A–D of the proposal portion of the final project (Part II).
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
II. Proposal
A. Goals: What are the goals of this initiative? How do they align with the organizational mission? And how do you plan to measure success? Be sure to consider the progress and pathway for data analytics projects of the type you chose to propose.
B. Data Analytics Life Cycle: Apply the data analytics life cycle to your proposed initiative, and walk your audience (management) through the life cycle as it applies to the initiative.
C. Value of Life Cycle: Based on your application of the life cycle to the initiative, analyze how the life cycle will help you infer predictability, performance, quality, and security of your initiative and its results.
D. Data: Evaluate the existing or desired data for its applicability to your proposed data analytics initiative. In other words, what are the benefits and limitations of the current data for the use you have in mind, including potential collection and security implications?
Guidelines for Submission: Milestone Two should be submitted as a formal report or presentation, as chosen in Module One. Make sure to address all of the critical elements in the prompt.

Discuss how the chosen standards and problems build student understanding of plane geometry or measurement of plane figures across the three K–6 grade levels selected in part A1.

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A. Study the plane geometry or measurement of plane figures content standards for your state and do the following:

1. List three content standards from your state that apply to plane geometry or measurement of plane figures for grades K–6. The three selected standards must represent three different grade levels.

2. Write a sample problem for each of the three standards to illustrate the evolution of student understanding.

3. Provide a solution for each problem that demonstrates each step or explains the thinking process involved in determining the solution.

4. Discuss how the chosen standards and problems build student understanding of plane geometry or measurement of plane figures across the three K–6 grade levels selected in part A1.

B. Watch the “A Table for 22” video and do the following:

1. Describe one instructional strategy the teacher successfully incorporates in the geometry lesson and explain how it helped students develop a deeper understanding of plane geometry.

2. Explain how you could incorporate one strategy from this lesson into your own instructional practice.

3. Describe how you would modify this lesson for students with special needs.

C. Prepare to create an original lesson plan on plane geometry or measurement of plane figures by doing the following:

1. Describe an evidence-based instructional strategy that will be incorporated into your original lesson plan.

a. Explain why the chosen instructional strategy would be beneficial in a lesson on plane geometry or measurement of plane figures using evidence from a credible source to support your selection.

D. Using the attached “Direct Instruction Lesson Plan Template,” design an original lesson plan for elementary (K–6) mathematics that addresses the topic of plane geometry or measurement of plane figures. Submit the lesson plan as a separate document from parts A–C.

Note: The lesson plan should be detailed, complete, descriptive, and reflective. As a general rule, include enough detail so that a non-mathematics substitute teacher could teach the lesson using your plan.

1. In the “Instructional Strategies and Learning Tasks” section of the lesson plan template, identify the instructional strategy that was selected in part C1 and explain how it was incorporated into the lesson.

E. Acknowledge sources, using in-text citations and references, for content that is quoted, paraphrased, or summarized.

F. Demonstrate professional communication in the content and presentation of your submission.

In view of current and potential future privacy concerns, do computer scientists and engineers have a responsibility to consider users’ privacy when developing software and hardware products?

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Discuss the extent to which, as a result of technology use and data-gathering, individuals today can be said to enjoy privacy.

How will forthcoming developments in technology impact individual privacy? In view of current and potential future privacy concerns, do computer scientists and engineers have a responsibility to consider users’ privacy when developing software and hardware products?