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Given your view of human nature and the profession of arms, are you optimistic or pessimistic about the prospect and conduct of future wars? Why?

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Write only an initial thesis statement and outline, for an essay on the following question:
Given your view of human nature and the profession of arms, are you optimistic or pessimistic about the prospect and conduct of future wars? Why?
Additional information:
– Style: Write thesis statement in prose essay format. The paper should use one-inch margins, Times New Roman – 12pt for all text, and include page numbers.
– Endnotes: Please see attached Air University Style and Author Guide, Second Edition for guidance on the formatting of endnotes. No bibliography is required.

Explain why our response to this epidemic has been thus far unsuccessful

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Argumentative essay about the COVID-19 epidemic in America; “America’s response to the COVID-19 epidemic from January until present has been unsuccessful because of _______”. This essay would then propose several points that explain why our response to this epidemic has been thus far unsuccessful

Describe any potential conflicts that may arise as the organizational system of the company conflicts with the needs of the project.

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require learners to create original posts to course DBs and to engage in dialogue by responding to posts created by others throughout the course. Original posts and responses
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citations and references apply.
Minimum Weekly DB Expectations
Post an original and thoughtful Main Post to the DB prompt.
Respond to at least 2 other posts from learners and/or the instructor (Response Posts).
The first contribution (Main Post or Response Post) must be posted before midnight (Central time) on Friday of each week.
Two additional responses are required after Friday of each week.
For DB assignment prompts with a Part One and Part Two, Part One should be addressed in the first week of the unit with a Main Post and minimum of 2 Response
Posts, and Part Two should be addressed in the second week of the unit with a Main Post and a minimum of 2 Response Posts.
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At the end of each unit, DB participation is assessed based on level of engagement and the quality of the contribution to the discussion. DBs allow learners to learn through
sharing ideas and experiences as they relate to course content. Because it is not possible to engage in twoway
dialogue after a conversation has ended, no posts to the DB are
accepted after the end of the unit. Learners must demonstrate an appropriate depth of understanding of course content to receive credit for having submitted substantive posts.
Typically, this is achieved with 3–4 strong paragraphs for Main Posts and 2–3 strong paragraphs for Response Posts.
Discussion Board Question
In your role as project manager for the PROVISION Healthcare Technologies project, you report to the Director of Product Development, Terry Smith. Terry has forwarded you a
few emails about the project and asked you to schedule an overview meeting with the project stakeholders.
Go to the discussion board and describe who you will invite to the meeting. Be sure to identify the stakeholders of the project, provide your rationale for selecting each role, and
describe any potential conflicts that may arise as the organizational system of the company conflicts with the needs of the project.
In your own words, post a substantive response to the Discussion Board question(s) and comment on other postings. Your response should address the DB
question(s) and move the conversation forward. You will be graded on the quality of your postings, including mastery of the concept as well as critical thinking. If
asked for your opinion, do not simply state that it is a good or bad idea; elaborate on your reasons and argument. Include enough detail to substantiate your
thinking as well as your position on the questions or comments.
Your assignment will be graded in accordance with the following criteria. Click here to view the grading rubric.
Reading Assignment
Pinto, Chaps. 3 and 5 PMI, Review 2.2, Read 5.1.3
Please review the course resources from the online MGT637 Library Guide.
Assignment Objectives
Analyze various organizational systems, and determine how to integrate project management processes into various existing corporate structures.
List project stakeholders to assess their needs and issues at the beginning of the project.
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Discuss how you plan to manage issues and requested changes to the project’s scope

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M4 A2 Draft Project Plan – Individual Track (due week 11)

Develop the Project Plan

Note: the project plan is NOT the project schedule!)

Expectations

  • Include the necessary elements (overview, objectives, general approach, contractual aspects, schedules, resources, personnel, evaluation methods, potential problems)
  • The General Approach to executing the project; if your company employs a formal project management methodology, what components will you include and which will you exclude… and why? if your company employs a formal project life cycle, what components will you include and which will you exclude… and why?
  • Identify your sponsor and stakeholders, explaining when and how you will communicate with them
  • Identify the high-level scope of the project and what problems and challenges need to be addressed as part of the project
  • Explain what quality means in the context of this project and how you will ensure that quality
  • Discuss the draft of the resources you will need to complete the project, remembering that resources are not just people—they can be equipment, office space, special software packages, etc.
  • Discuss how you plan to manage issues and requested changes to the project’s scope
  • If your project will need to engage vendors, explain your process for vendor selection and management
  • The Plan for Logistic Support and Administration
  • Discuss any training requirements
  • Based on Past Experience and documented ‘Lessons Learned’, what problems do you foresee arising and how do you plan to deal with them if they do arise?

Project Sub-Plans

In many cases a project plan includes a number of sub-plans that address key components of project activity. For your project, you’ll need to draft two sub-plans and include them as appendixes:

Risk Plan

The purpose of the risk plan is to identify the key risk that can threaten your project and present your approach to addressing these risks. For this assignment you should identify 5-10 risks and include the following for each:

  • what the risk is
  • how likely it is to occur
  • what would be the severity of consequences if it did occur
  • how the project team will monitor for the risk
  • the mitigation plan and its cost if the risk were to become a reality

Communication Plan

The project communication sub-plan is a description of the routine and emergency communication procedures that will be used during the project. You should include the type and frequency of all the following that apply:

  • full project team meetings
  • project technical team meetings with team leads
  • status checks
  • updates of project documentation
  • updates to management and/or executives
  • reports from project technical leads to the project manager

Also include how emergencies are to be communicated both up and down the project hierarchy.

Project Budget

Include as an appendix your project budget. The budget should be an Excel spreadsheet, where you will document all of the costs associated with your project – people costs, vendor costs, costs of supplies, etc, as well as 25% of the total mitigation costs of your risks which should be noted as a “contingency fund” Provide some detail as to how you came up with your figures, but for the purposes of this course, not too much detail. One page should suffice unless you feel you need more space. Be clear that a four-line budget encompassing the items mentioned above in this paragraph is NOT sufficient.

Reference your project budget as an appendix, but submit it as a separate Excel spreadsheet

 

The assignment requires collecting the data, analyzing the data using multivariate techniques in SPSS, presenting and discussion the research results.

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This study involves implementing the quantitative research proposal of your choice.

1. The assignment requires collecting the data, analyzing the data using multivariate techniques in SPSS, presenting and discussion the research results. This paper is for a scholarly audience; APA style is required.

The paper should include the following sections: (a) Introduction, (b) Literature Review, (c) Method, (d) Results, (e) Discussion, (f) Conclusion, and the appropriate appendixes (including the questionnaire used to collect the data).

Please use the APA 7th edition journal-style-title-page format.

Use one of the major arguments (or a combination of the arguments) from the book and/or the lectures to develop a defense of either God’s existence or the Christian Faith

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Religious Studies
Use one of the major arguments (or a combination of the arguments) from the book and/or the lectures to develop a defense of either God’s existence or the Christian Faith. You may use:
For God’s existence:
1. The Cosmological Argument
2. The Fine-Tuned (Teleological) Argument
3. The Moral Argument
OR
For the Christian Faith:
4. The reliability of the Scriptures 5. The person/resurrection of Jesus
6. Arguments regarding suffering and at least 3 references from the Bible
YOU CHOOSE ONE

Discuss the single most significant weakness in the U.S. health care system and its impact on the utilization of health care services

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  1. From your research on the World Health Organization website, discuss the single most significant weakness in the U.S. health care system and its impact on the utilization of health care services.

Make at least one recommendation for addressing that weakness from a marketing perspective.

Anticipate what major changes will take place in the health care industry over the next 25 years and how the marketing of health care will differ as a result of those changes.

Provide specific examples to support your response.

  1. Analyze the SWOT and Five Forces analyses and determine which would be more valuable from a marketing perspective. Provide specific examples of how you could use the results of either analysis to support informed marketing efforts.

Recall a situation in which you sought health care of some type (not including care for an injury or illness). Determine if your situation followed the five steps of the buying decision model and what role marketing may have played in your seeking care. How does a personal decision differ from an organization’s buying decision process? Provide specific examples and rationale to support your response

  1. Briefly describe a health care provider of your choice and determine the best methods to gather and respond to market intelligence on opportunities and threats specific to that organization. Include how internal records or data would be included in your evaluation. Explain your rationale. (Consider using the product or service that you chose for the Brochure and Email assignment.) The service used was Davita Kidney Care https://www.davita.com/treatment-services/home-dialysis HHD.

Referring to the same health care provider, determine the best possible methods for conducting reliable market research specific to the organization you selected. Explain your rationale. From the discussion preparation research, discuss how you would use the source you found on the Internet to craft a marketing strategy for your chosen health care provider.

  1. Go to the website of your chosen health care organization within 100 miles of your home. Review at least two of their social media outlets (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn, or YouTube). Critique their website and at least two of their social media platforms. Davita Kidney Care of Pinehurst NC

What recommendations would you suggest for improvement?

Do the website and social media platforms target the appropriate audience?

  1. Use the health care provider you selected to research for your discussion preparation. Discuss the best way for this health care provider to distinguish and differentiate its product or service offerings from those of its competitors. Provide specific examples to support your response. Davita Kidney Care of Pinehurst NC

Next, describe a novel product or service (please be as creative as you like) and briefly discuss a brand management strategy. Discuss the steps in the development process and identify the step that may pose a major challenge. Provide specific examples to support your response.

  1. Referring to the same novel health care product or service you came up with last week, determine how you would assess demand for the product or service and the cost to produce your product or deliver your service. Also determine how you would establish a price. Davita Kidney Care of Pinehurst NC

Provide specific examples and a rationale to support your response.

Describe a situation that would require you to adapt the price of your product or service.

Consider the impact of government and private payers on your pricing strategies. Provide specific examples to support your response.

Explain the concepts that underpin the subject area of business intelligence, making reference to main established concepts and developing areas

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Applied Business Intelligence

Referral Assignment 2: Analysis of Czech Bank Data

Submission deadline:         As announced on Blackboard

Submission format:             Upload your answer to Blackboard as a .DOC or a .DOCX document.  However, Blackboard does not accept documents larger than 10 Mbytes.  If necessary, upload a ZIP copy.Learning Outcomes

This assignment will be assessed upon your ability to:

  1. Describe and critically evaluate the role and relevance of business intelligence and analytical investigation to the solution of business information problems
  2. Explain the concepts that underpin the subject area of business intelligence, making reference to main established concepts and developing areas
  3. Apply concepts and justify decision when modelling and designing practical examples of applications using appropriate industry standard software.                                                                     Notes
  • Pay particular attention to the requirements relating to Turnitin.                                                         Assessment Criteria

Marks are indicated next to each question.

This is the second part of the assignment and consists of an individual piece of work that contributes 60% to the final marks of this module.  It takes the form of a well-structured report of 1,000 words in length.  Marks will be deducted if it is outside the 10% allowance.

Problem outline

For this assignment you are required to analyse a data set taken from the data mining competition prior to the third international conference of Principles and Practices of knowledge discovery in data bases (PKDD).  This conference was held in Prague in 1999[1].    One of the challenges given for the competition was a set of datasets concerning financial transactions and details for customers at a Czech bank.   The full access database is available on Blackboard and the relationships are shown below:

Figure 1: Database Relationships for Czech Bank Data

You are required to analyse one table resulting from a query from this database as detailed below.   Full details of the fields in this table are given below and in the appendix.

Details of the Query and resulting data

We wish to build a model of customers for the bank in order to gain some insight into the patterns that exist in the customer groups.  Several queries have been developed to give a final one QueryR described in the appendix.  There were 4500 records for these customers.    For each customer different types of credits and withdrawals take place, these are categorised as follows:

Credits (Paying money into your account):                Cash;   Bank collect;        other

Withdrawal(Taking money out of your account):       Cash;   Bank remittance; Card

From the transactional table (Trans in Error! Reference source not found.) it is possible to calculate the number of each type of transaction or the total value of each type of transaction.   From these the average value of each type of transaction has been calculated by dividing the total value of transactions by the number of transactions.  These have prefix a (e.g. acredit).    The resulting final table was produced in the access database and is called Queryr.    It also contains other background information such as:  age, sex, if there is a second account holder (second), if the client has a loan (loan) and the frequency of the issuance of statements (frequency).

Analysis Carried Out and Questions

This data has been analysed using SAS Enterprise Miner as follows:

QUESTION

The bank wishes to see if different customers have similar financial profiles and have therefore asked that the Queryr data be clustered.   They are looking for about eight clusters.

1)         Having prepared the data, SAS code was used to perform a hierarchical cluster analysis.    The resulting dendrogram is shown in Figure 2 below.   Fully interpret this dendrogram, explaining how many clusters should be picked.  Fully justify your answer.

(8 marks)

Figure 2:  Dendrogram resulting from hierarchical Cluster Analysis

2)         A k-means cluster analysis is carried out and the Cubic Clustering Criteria Plot is shown in Figure 3 on page 5.  Fully discuss this plot, using it to explain how many clusters could be picked.

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Highlight the main points of the case and any issues that you can identify

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Graduate Program
Assessment Brief
Academic Year 2019-2020
BCO324 Cases in Marketing
MID-TERM ASSESSMENT: Case Study Analysis
Case Study Analysis: 40% of total course grade
Submission: 23rd August at 23:59
Students must analyse two case studies. These case studies have a list of questions you must answer.
Step 1: Read case study and questions carefully. Highlight the main points of the case and any issues that you can identify. Read the questions closely and analyse what they are requiring you to do.
Step 2: Identify the issues in the case study an important part of your answer is to analyse the situation and to identify the issues/actions described in the case which may be problematic. The following questions may help you to do this:
What actions were taken in the case?
Were these actions the most appropriate and why?
Were there any consequences of the taken actions?
Was anything omitted or not considered?
Were actions/procedures in line with existing codes of practice, policy or theories?
STEP 3: Link theory to practice. Use your knowledge of existing codes of practice, theories and/or other professional documents and behaviours to decide what was done appropriately and what was not.
Instructions and Grading Criteria
The document should be 2,000 words maximum and address the following points listed below.
Elements to address by your case studies analysis and grading distribution:
Case Study 1: Planning effective marketing strategies for a target audience
1. Describe the elements that make up the marketing mix. (10 marks)
2. Explain the term sponsorship. Name a sponsorship deal that you think was effective. Explain your answer. (10 marks)
3. Analyse the importance of using both above-the-line and below-the-line promotion for an effective marketing campaign. (15 marks)
4. Evaluate the effectiveness of adidas’ use of social media in its ‘Take the Stage’ campaign. (15 marks)
Case Study 2: Effective strategies for long-term growth
1. Explain the terms ‘vision’ and ‘aims’. Give examples related to NATS and a business of your choice. (10 marks)
2. What is a SMART objective? Explain one benefit for NATS of setting SMART objectives. (10 marks)
3. Analyse how having clear, long-term strategies supports NATS’ vision for global expansion. (15 marks)
4. To what extent can having a clear vision, strategies, aims and objectives guarantee a business’ success? Use the case study to support your ideas. (15 marks)
REQUIREMENTS
Structure of the Assignment
1. Cover page: Must contain your full name, the logo of the school, the name of the course, and the name of the professor.
2. Analysis: Address the case studies questions
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3. Bibliography: You should use the Harvard Referencing System.
4. Appendix
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Requirements
• Based on the chosen company, the student should be able to research appropriate information to frame their work by developing clear objectives to which the presentation will answer
• Students must consider the use of theories and models, the flow and progression of their critical analysis, overall clarity, structure and coherence of their answers.
• Students will be graded on their capacity to prioritize, synthetize, discuss and evaluate the topic based on different perspectives
• All statements made must be supported by facts, figures and references
• All sources of information must be referenced using the Harvard Referencing System
SUBMISSION INSTRUCTIONS
The work must be uploaded on the appropriate Turnitin folder created by the course Faculty Member on Moodle.
The title of the student’s submitted file should contain the following information:
– Name of this course
– Name of the Faculty Member / Teacher
– Student’s full Name
– Student ID number
– Title of this assignment
The exact time allowed for the completion of this assignment will be provided by the course Faculty Member and also posted on the Moodle page for this course.
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it assesses the following learning outcomes:
• Outcome 1: analyze the principles, theories, concepts and dynamics of marketing
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• Outcome 2: apply these principles and tools in case study analysis;
• Outcome 3: integrate the concepts &techniques learned through application in the preparation of case study analysis
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Rubrics
Exceptional 90-100 Good 80-89 Fair 70-79 Marginal fail 60-69 Knowledge & Understanding (20%)
Student demonstrates excellent understanding of key concepts and uses vocabulary in an entirely appropriate manner.
Student demonstrates good understanding of the task and mentions some relevant concepts and demonstrates use of the relevant vocabulary.
Student understands the task and provides minimum theory and/or some use of vocabulary.
Student understands the task and attempts to answer the question but does not mention key concepts or uses minimum amount of relevant vocabulary. Application (30%)
Student applies fully relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class.
Student applies mostly relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class.
Student applies some relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class. Misunderstanding may be evident.
Student applies little relevant knowledge from the topics delivered in class. Misunderstands are evident. Critical Thinking (30%)
Student critically assesses in excellent ways, drawing outstanding conclusions from relevant authors.
Student critically assesses in good ways, drawing conclusions from relevant authors and references.
Student provides some insights but stays on the surface of the topic. References may not be relevant.
Student makes little or none critical thinking insights, does not quote appropriate authors, and does not provide valid sources. Communication (20%)
Student communicates their ideas extremely clearly and concisely, respecting word count, grammar and spellcheck
Student communicates their ideas clearly and concisely, respecting word count, grammar and spellcheck
Student communicates their ideas with some clarity and concision. It may be slightly over or under the wordcount limit. Some misspelling errors may be evident.
Student communicates their ideas in a somewhat unclear and unconcise way. Does not reach or does exceed wordcount excessively and misspelling errors are evident.

Review the Resources and identify one change that you believe is called for in your organization/workplace.

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Assignment: Change Implementation and Management Plan

It is one of the most cliché of clichés, but it nevertheless rings true: The only constant is change. As a nursing professional, you are no doubt aware that success in the healthcare field requires the ability to adapt to change, as the pace of change in healthcare may be without rival.

As a professional, you will be called upon to share expertise, inform, educate, and advocate. Your efforts in these areas can help lead others through change. In this Assignment, you will propose a change within your organization and present a comprehensive plan to implement the change you propose.

To Prepare:

  • Review the Resources and identify one change that you believe is called for in your organization/workplace.
    • This may be a change necessary to effectively address one or more of the issues you addressed in the Workplace Environment Assessment you submitted in Module 4. It may also be a change in response to something not addressed in your previous efforts. It may be beneficial to discuss your ideas with your organizational leadership and/or colleagues to help identify and vet these ideas.
  • Reflect on how you might implement this change and how you might communicate this change to organizational leadership.

The Assignment (5-6-minute narrated PowerPoint presentation):

Change Implementation and Management Plan

Create a narrated PowerPoint presentation of 5 or 6 slides with video that presents a comprehensive plan to implement the change you propose.

Your narrated presentation should be 5–6 minutes in length.

Your Change Implementation and Management Plan should include the following:

  • An executive summary of the issues that are currently affecting your organization/workplace (This can include the work you completed in your Workplace Environment Assessment previously submitted, if relevant.)
  • A description of the change being proposed
  • Justifications for the change, including why addressing it will have a positive impact on your organization/workplace
  • Details about the type and scope of the proposed change
  • Identification of the stakeholders impacted by the change
  • Identification of a change management team (by title/role)
  • A plan for communicating the change you propose
  • A description of risk mitigation plans you would recommend to address the risks anticipated by the change you propose