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What pricing strategy are they using for the product or service you chose?

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Choose any consumer product. Next, go to their website. Select one market segment and answer the following in regard to their marketing mix.
Person completing assignment on a laptop.What is the specific product or service you chose?
What is the method used to distribute the product or service to the consumer or customer?
What pricing strategy are they using for the product or service you chose?
How are they promoting the product or service? Give at least three examples.
Provide the website address

Culture is impacted by many forces. Mathematics is one of those forces. Use the questions to guide to make comment on the posts of at least two classmates. • What is culture? • How does mathematical information provide what we need to know about culture?

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Culture is impacted by many forces. Mathematics is one of those forces. Use the questions to guide to make comment on the posts of at least two classmates.

  • What is culture?
  • How does mathematical information provide what we need to know about culture?

Develop a list of your own leadership characteristics and personality traits.

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Research scholarly literature that includes discussions about the differences between gender roles and leadership. Develop a list of your own leadership characteristics and personality traits. Once that is complete, select another leader of the opposite gender and develop a list of the personality traits or behavior of this person. Compare and contrast the two lists. Determine apparent differences. Discuss these differences and the reasons why men and women differ in their approaches to leadership. Write a brief summary of your findings and the impact of your future leadership actions.

The required 2 scholarly sources are each cited numerous times throughout each section of the paper. Scholarly sources (from peer-reviewed journals) are used and follow the requirements for the time of publication.

Why is there so much disagreement concerning the definition of “family?

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Why is there so much disagreement concerning the definition of “family?” Do you think there is a “normal” family? Why or why not? What makes a family? Do you think the American family is “declining” or “changing?” What is the basis for your answer?

You will be asked to complete written assignments for each module. This may include 2 Live Text Assignments. The assignment will be listed under each module. For the written assignment they need to be at least 1000 words in length, double spaced, 12 font, Microsoft Word document. PDF files will not be accepted. Documents will not be accepted in Works, Wordpad, or Wordperfect. Please do not submit papers in Microsoft Works Word Processor. It will be given a grade of a zero. No excuses. Please make sure you indent your paragraphs, double space your paper and include three sentences a paragraph. Please include an introduction and conclusion. Assignments should include a minimum of 2 references. When you make reference to research material in your paper, you must use appropriate source citations as found in the APA Publication Manual. Citing the book and author at the bottom of a posting is not enough. We need to be able to decipher your thoughts from the material. Consequently, please make sure to cite your textbook, cited examples from the Internet or scholarly sources from the library within the text in APA and include your works cited at the end of the post in APA. Please review and utilize the APA Publication Manual. Assignments are to be submitted by 11:59 pm central by the module deadline. Assignments will not be accepted late At the top of the paper please indicate your name and then skip a space and address the assignment

Prepare a short essay comparing and contrasting followership and servant leadership

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You will prepare a short essay comparing and contrasting followership and servant leadership
(a) Minimum of 250 words, no more than 750 words.
(b) Font is Arial, 12pt.
(c) Use standard margins: One inch from the left, right, and bottom edges. Do not justify right margins.
(d) Use double spacing.
(e) Utilize a graphic organizer.
(f) Employ the Army Writing Style and standard written English.
(g) Use the essay format.
(h) Provide a strong purpose statement.
***** i have provide two resources i would like you to use, feel free to add one more resource.

Explain how, in the work that you read, a character struggles.

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Summer Reading Essay Due:

Choose just one of the following prompts and write a convincing essay, four to six paragraphs in length, about the book you read for summer reading. The last paragraph of your essay should be a review in which you explain reasons for either recommending or not recommending the book. Using specific examples from the text you have read is how to garner the most points. Essays that do not provide specific examples, or that are exceedingly vague and/or exceedingly general, will receive fewer points.

1. One of the most revealing types of conflict occurs when a character’s inner struggles are resolved at great personal price. Often, the character learns a lesson, but too late to help himself or another character. Explain how, in the work that you read, a character struggles. In your essay, focus on the conflict within the character. Be sure to include the price paid (if any) as part of the resolution and the lesson to be learned.

2. Authors often use descriptive details to develop a setting for several purposes. In an essay, explain how the setting of your book relates to events from the plot, relates to characters, or helps build suspense. You may write one body paragraph about each aspect of setting, or you may chose to elaborate on one particular aspect (plot, character, suspense) in multiple body paragraphs.

3. What is the theme of the novel? In your introduction, state a theme of the novel (remember that there can be dozens of themes in a novel, so there isn’t just one correct answer). In your thesis, explain how the theme is developed. In your body paragraphs, give specific examples of scenes from the novel in which the author developed the theme.

4. Discuss the author’s use of figurative language. Identify three examples of figurative language from the novel. Why did the author use these examples? What impact does the figurative language have on characterization, description of setting, mood, foreshadowing, theme, or the novel overall? In your essay, use a different example in each body paragraph. Be sure to explain the significance of each use of figurative language.

Reminders & Tips

Don’t forget that after answering either question 1, 2, 3, or 4, your essay should culminate with a review of the book in which you explain reasons for either recommending or not recommending the book. This is the place for your honest opinion—if the book was bad, I want to know! But at the same time, if the book was great, please tell me, and tell me why! Use MLA formatting (12 point Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins, MLA heading, and MLA header). No need for a Works Cited page, though, because you’ll only be discussing one book. You should, however, use citations when quoting from the book, like this (5).Paragraphs are cohesive units that convey ideas and back those ideas up with evidence and reasoning. Because of this, your paragraphs will vary in length. If you’re tempted to ask how long your paragraphs should be, first ask yourself if you have successfully backed up the point you’re attempting to make. If you can be more thorough or more specific, perhaps your paragraph should be longer. If you’ve written an essay with paragraphs that only have five sentences each, you have not been thorough enough

Content
Title, Author, Genre 3 pts for accurate identification / 3

Thesis 2 pts for a thesis that informs the reader what you’ll be arguing / 2

Textual Evidence 10 pts for integrating textual evidence throughout the essay to support your argument / 10

General Interest & Clarity Up to 8 pts for writing an engaging, interesting essay (not boring!) that makes it clear you have read the book / 8

Structure
MLA Heading, Font, Margins, and Spacing ½ pt each for your name, instructor’s name, name of class, date due, Times New Roman 12 pt font, 1-inch margins, double-spaced paragraphs indented / 4

Title 1 pt for a centered title, 1 pt for a title that communicates a central idea of the essay or book / 2

Paragraphing 3pts for an essay that is four to six paragraphs in length; 4pts for paragraphs that are not excessively short or excessively long / 7

Cohesion 2 pts for including information in your paragraphs that aligns with the flow and ideas in your essay (in other words: does it flow well?) / 2

Conclusion
(final body paragraph) 2 pts for recommending or not, 2 pts for explaining why or why not / 4

Grammar and Punctuation
Capitalization and Spelling 1 pt for capitalizing the first word of each sentence, 1 pt for correctly capitalizing or not capitalizing all other words, 1 pt for no misspelled words (including homophones) / 3

End marks 1 pt for correctly ending each sentence with an appropriate end mark / 1

Complete sentences 2 pts for not having any sentence fragments; reduced to 1 pt for having no more than 1 fragment / 2

Correct sentences 2 pts for not having any run-on sentences or comma splices, reduced to 1 pt for having no more than one of either / 2

For immune-compromised patients, 50 years and older (P), does the use of pneumonia vaccine (I) reduce the future risk (T) of pneumonia (O) compared with patients who have not received the vaccine (C)?

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Capstone Project: Developing a Question

Recall the components of PICOT from your research course:

(P)  Population of Focus

(I)   Intervention

(C)  Comparison

(O)  Outcome

(T)   Time

Identify each of the components in relation to your approved Capstone Project topic.

P: 

I: 

C: 

O: 

T: 

Then, develop a PICOT question/statement.

Examples of PICOT questions/statements:

  • In adult cardiac surgery patients experiencing post-operative pain (P) immediately following surgery (P), is morphine (I) or fentanyl (C), administered intravenously, more effective in reducing postoperative (T) pain (O)?
  • For immune-compromised patients, 50 years and older (P), does the use of pneumonia vaccine (I) reduce the future risk (T) of pneumonia (O) compared with patients who have not received the vaccine (C)?

Describe the shifts in the world economy over the past 30 years.

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1. Describe the shifts in the world economy over the past 30 years. What are the implications of these shifts for international businesses based in Great Britain? North American? Or Hong Kong? Select one country and discuss the implications.
2. Are facilitating payments (speed payments) ethical?

Synthesize material from all the chapters and your personal research to analyze the organization above.

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GE Moves Manufacturing from China to the United States

For decades, General Electric has been at the forefront of the move to shift production offshore from high-cost locations inside the United States to cheaper locations, such as China. But there are now some signs that the relentless flow of production offshore may be slowing down and, in some cases, starting to reverse. There are several reasons for this. Wage rates in China and some other developing nations have been rising fast, closing the differential between costs in the United States and overseas. In dollar terms, wage rates in China were some five times higher in 2012 than they were in 2000, and they are still rising fast. Labor productivity has also increased significantly in the United States, further closing the gap in labor costs. Meanwhile, high oil prices have raised the cost of shipping products across oceans, while the abundance of cheap natural gas in the United States is helping to lower production costs. If this were not enough, there are signs that there are benefits to having product design and manufacturing co-located, and in some cases, this is driving a shift in production back to the United States.

A case in point is GE’s GeoSpring water heater. This was originally designed in the United States and manufactured in China. The finished product was then shipped back across the ocean for sale in the United States. In 2010, given the macro trends in labor productivity and energy prices, GE decided to see what would happen if it brought some of its appliance products back to the United States. The GeoSpring was one of its first attempts at this. GE established a team of engineers and production workers at its appliance plant in Louisville, Kentucky, to see what they could do with the GeoSpring. The team quickly concluded that the GeoSpring was not easy to manufacture due to poor design. They redesigned the product for ease of assembly, eliminating one out of every five parts and cutting material costs by 25 percent. As a result, GE cut the time required to assemble the product from 10 hours in China to 2 hours in Louisville.

The end result: Material costs went down, labor requirement went down, and product quality went up. Indeed, the cost savings were so big that GE was able to reduce the price of the GeoSpring 20 percent below that of the Chinese-manufactured product and still maintain a decent profit margin. Time to market also improved greatly. It used to take five weeks to get a GeoSpring from China into a U.S. retail store—now GE can do that in a matter of days, which improves inventory management.

Having learned from experiences like this, GE is now planning to ramp up production of other appliance products at Louisville. It has recently doubled the workforce there to 3,700, and has also hired 500 new designers and engineers to redesign many of its products for ease of manufacture. A few years ago, less than half of the revenues of the appliance business came from products made in the United States. By mid-decade, GE plans to have 75 percent of the revenue of the appliance business to come from American-made products.

Expectations:

Synthesize material from all the chapters and your personal research to analyze the organization above.
The assignment must be 7 to 9 pages in length.
Use a minimum of 4 references (there should be at least four in text citations to correspond to the references) to defend your position.
Use 6thedition APA form and style and the provided writing template.
Be imaginative and creative in your submission.
Sources: Charles Fishman, “The Insourcing Boom,” The Atlantic, December 2012; and J. R. Immelt, “Sparking an American Manufacturing Renewal,” Harvard Business Review, March 2012.

How has Unilever targeted the black population in Brazil?

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How has Unilever targeted the black population in Brazil? How does the company’s strategy in Brazil differ from its strategy in other countries? What does your response tell you about Unilever’s overall global marketing strategy?