Day: July 18, 2019

Assignment Content

 

Resource: Building a Competitive Advantage Grading Guide

 

Referto the following Week 1 – Required Learning Activities:

 

o  Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases, Ch. 2: Analysis of the External Environment: Opportunities and Threats

 

o  Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases, Ch. 3: Internal Analysis: Strengths, Weaknesses, and Competitive Advantage

 

Referto the Week 2 – Required Learning Activity: Strategic Management: Concepts and Cases, Ch. 4: Cost Advantage

 

Purpose of Assignment 

 

The purpose of this assignment is to help students understand how manufacturing and service companies can maximize their competitive advantage. The Porter Model is discussed as a method to categorize and assess businesses and industries. 

 

Assignment Steps 

 

Write a 1,050-word report in which you address the following: 

 

o  Examine and discuss competitive strategies that manufacturers can use to gain competitive advantage.

 

o  Appraise costing and financial strategies for manufacturing and service companies.

 

o  Identify value chain strategies for both manufacturing and service companies.

 

o  Discuss (Porter’s Model) and categorize (NAICS) the industry of a company the Learning Team selects. 

 

Cite 3 scholarly references, including at least one peer-reviewed reference from the University Library. 

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Q#1: According to Shneiderman and Bederson (2003), information visualization emerged from research in human-computer interaction, computer science, graphics, visual design, psychology, and business.  With this revelation in mind, what are the benefits associated with information visualizations? 

 

Q#2: According to Abdou et al., (2012), the term social simulation can have several types of simulation and modeling of which agent-based modeling (ABM) is the most popular one.  For the same reason, the ABM can be described as a what?

Chapter 15 – From the week’s chapter reading, we learn from the author’s case studies that, despite the alleged importance of scientific advice in the policy-making process, its evident that scientific results are often not used.  Why? The authors proposed a science-policy interface that would be realized by the inclusion of information visualization in the policy analysis process.  That way, the gap between both fields can be addressed based on the current challenges of science-policy interfaces with visualizations. 

2pages on,Why shouldn’t a person be held legally responsible for criminal acts committed by their unconscious (or unconscious aspects of their personality)? Must be APA format,double space with 2references 

Post by Day 3 a brief description of your thoughts on the top three characteristics of an ethical consulting or coaching relationship.

 

• Include in your discussion the overlapping ethics involved in coaching and consulting.
• How do APA principles relate to the ethics in coaching and consulting practice?
• Select two principles that apply in each area and explain their relevance first to coaching and then to consulting.

 

Reference

 

Lowman, R. L. (2012). Coaching ethics. In J. Passmore, D. Peterson, & T. Freire (Eds.), The Wiley-Blackwell handbook of the psychology of coaching and mentoring (pp. 68–88). Oxford, England: Wiley-Blackwell.

 

American Psychological Association (APA). (2007). Guidelines for education and training at the doctoral and postdoctoral level in consulting psychology/organizational consulting psychology. American Psychologist, 62(9), 980–992.

Congratulations! You are just a few short months away from your grand opening and want to share information about your facility within your community. The task of marketing is essential for obtaining the necessary enrollment to run the program.  Effective marketing considers knowledge of the competition as well as developing effective ways to target families you wish to reach (Sciarra, Lynch, Adams, & Darcey, 2016).

 

For this Assignment, you will review the readings up to this point in the course and use the Unit 7 Assignment Template to create three unique communications to share with families who tour your facility. Your promotional items will include the following:

 

Part 1: Promotional Flyer

 

Developmentally Appropriate Practices

 

• Provide two to three sentences about the importance of developmentally appropriate practice in early childhood.
  • Include one example of play-based learning that is developmentally appropriate for infants used at your facility
  • Include one example of play-based learning that is developmentally appropriate for preschoolers used at your facility
  • Include one example of a literacy strategy that is developmentally appropriate for infants used at your facility.
  • Include one example of a literacy strategy that is developmentally appropriate for preschool children used at your facility.

Health and Safety

• Provide two to three sentences about the importance of health and safety practices at your facility
  • Share two policies for keeping children safe at your facility.
  • Share two policies for keeping children healthy at your facility.

 

Part 2: Organization Website “About Us” Page

 

For this next part of the Assignment, imagine you are working on the content for your organization’s website and must develop the information for the “About Us” page on the site. Be sure to include the following information:

 

• Organization name and mission statement.
• Using 1-2 paragraphs provide the vision and goals of your organization.

 

Part 3: Social Media Post

 

For this final part of the Assignment, you will create a social media post to share a sample menu of what you would serve at your facility. Please provide each of the following:

 

• Give an example of the menu for a breakfast, snack, and lunch you might serve for preschool children.
• Explain two guidelines you will follow to ensure your meals are nutritious.

 

Writing Requirements and Assignment Guidelines

 

Your Assignment should include the following elements:

 

• Title Page: Provide your name, title of Assignment, course and unit number, and date
• Body: Complete all three parts.
• Reference Page: Sources in APA format
• Use Arial or Times New Roman 12-point font, double-spaced
• Use 6th Edition APA Formatting and Citation style
  • If you need assistance with APA style, please visit the Writing Center.

You were recently promoted and now serve as Mayor Samantha Smith’s professional speechwriter. Mayor Smith has been asked to address the Twin Fawn Community Association about the issue of building a swimming pool in the neighborhood. As you analyze the audience (community members), which one of the factors (characteristics) listed below will you consider as you prepare Mayor Smith’s speech? Provide a thorough explanation for your choice.

 

1. Age of the audience
2. Attitude about subject
3. Socio-economic status of the audience

1. BEFORE SUBMISSION–AND BEFORE REALLY STARTING ON THE DOING OF THIS PAPER, please make use of the following links:  
2. INSTRUCTION SHEET for Assignment 1–with key details:  Assignment 1_HIS105_Stansbury_Instructions_Summer19.docx     
3. FORMAT SAMPLE for Assignment 1:   Format_Sample_ Assignment 1__HIS105_summ19.docx    
4. Template for Assignment 1:   TEMPLATE FOR ASSIGNMENT 1_summ19.docx  
5. VIDEO HELP on doing Assignment 1:   https://cdnapisec.kaltura.com/index.php/extwidget/preview/partner_id/956951/uiconf_id/43830551/entry_id/1_5i44djbc/embed/dynamic
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   Assignment 1:  Dealing with Diversity in America from Reconstruction through the 1920s
    

   [NOTE ON ECREE:  The university is adopting a tool called ecree for helping and doing writing assignments in many classes. In our History 105 class, we will be using the ecree program only for EXTRA CREDIT as a tool for doing work on your rough draft of the paper.  We hope this approach encourages more rough drafting and revision work by students as well as makes students familiar with this useful new tool.  For Assignment 1, in the Week 3 unit, you will see the link “EXTRA CREDIT: ROUGH DRAFT….”—that is where you can get up to 5 points of extra credit.   Instructions will be posted there in the early days of the summer course.  If you try this option, you will be able to use the file developed in ecree as a rough draft; you will then download that draft and edit it further.  Then, once your paper is fully polished and finished  as you see fit, you will then submit it at the next link in the Week 3 unit, which says “ASSIGNMENT 1:  DEALING WITH DIVERSITY….”.  ]

   BACKGROUND FOR THE PAPER: This is a 5-paragraph paper based on research in designated sources.  It is a position paper in which you support a thesis statement by reason and historical examples.  After the Civil War, the United States had to recover from war, handle western expansion, and grapple with very new economic forms. However, its greatest issues would revolve around the legacies of slavery and increasing diversity in the decades after the Civil War. In the South, former slaves now had freedom and new opportunities but, despite the Reconstruction period, faced old prejudices and rapidly forming new barriers. Immigrants from Europe and Asia came in large numbers but then faced political and social restrictions. Women continued to seek rights. Yet, on the whole, America became increasingly diverse by the 1920s. Consider developments, policies, and laws in that period from 1865 to the 1920s. Examine the two statements below and drawing from provided sources, present a paper with specific examples and arguments to demonstrate the validity of your position. [Don’t use this background paragraph in your paper.]
   Topic and Thesis Statement—choose one of the following as your Thesis Statement:  

 

• THESIS STATEMENT 1:  Political policies in the period from 1865 to the 1920s generally tried to promote diversity and “the melting pot” despite the strong prejudices of a few.
• THESIS STATEMENT 2:  Political policies in the period from 1865 to the 1920s generally tried to hinder or restrict diversity and “the melting pot”, in part because of widespread prejudices. 
• Plan to make that thesis statement the last sentence in your introductory paragraph.  The general subject is DIVERSITY and policy in that period of history.  You may moderate the wording slightly to fit more precisely the position you wish to take.  This is NOT a simple statement of a topic; it is a statement of a position you are taking about that topic.  p.s.—Valid arguments and “A” papers can be made with either thesis.  So, you choose the one you think is the stronger position.   
• After giving general consideration to your assigned readings so far and any research (using sources listed on this sheet), select one of the positions above as your position—your thesis. (Sometimes after doing more thorough research, you might choose the reverse position. This happens with critical thinking and inquiry. Your final paper might end up taking a different position than you originally envisioned.) Organize your paper as follows with the four parts below (see TEMPLATE also), handling these issues:  
  1. Part One—one paragraph.  INTRODUCTION AND THESIS STATEMENT.  The position you choose will be the thesis statement in your opening paragraph; make it the last sentence of the paragraph.
  2. Part Two—two paragraphs normally.  THREE EXAMPLES.  To support your thesis, use three (3) specific examples from different decades between 1865 and 1930. The examples should be specific and clearly support your thesis.  You may narrowly focus on race or gender or immigrant status, or you may use examples relevant to all categories.  In these paragraphs one generally must have in-text citations to support your specific examples and to show where the information was found.  Spread out the examples—different decades (tip—and different chapters of the class text).  Make the examples SPECIFIC.  The FORMAT SAMPLE paper can also help on this part.   
  3. Part Three—one paragraph normally. DEALING WITH THE OPPOSING VIEW. The opposing view is the thesis statement you did NOT choose. Identify that opposing view and explain why the opposing view is weak in comparison to yours. No new research needed; just one paragraph of critical thinking suggesting why your thesis/position is stronger than that different view.  Approach it this way:  You adopted a thesis statement. The opposing view is the thesis statement you did NOT adopt. You might start this paragraph by saying “Some may disagree with my thesis and argue that  ——- .”  THEN—you spend 3 or 4 sentences giving a reasoned argument why your thesis is stronger than the opposing view. 
  4. Part Four—one paragraph:  LEGACY TODAY AND CONCLUSION:  Consider your life and work today in relation to DIVERSITY issues and current “policies” and practices.  Also consider your major. In what way does the history you have shown shape or impact diversity issues in your workplace or desired profession? This will work as the conclusion paragraph.  Be succinct—consider how these diversity issues covered in your paper impacted later laws and regulations and hiring rules—and yet some of the problem issues keep resurfacing in different ways. The FORMAT SAMPLE paper has good suggestions for this part also.
  5. After the fourth part concluding the paper, be sure you have the numbered list of sources at the end.  And be sure each source listed is also used and cited clearly in the body of the paper.  The FORMAT SAMPLE paper illustrates this.

     Length: The paper should be 500-to-750 words in length. 500 is a minimum.  750 is a guideline as a maximum.  This word-count does not include any title page or sources list.

     Research and References: You must use a MINIMUM of three sources; the Schultz textbook must be one of them. Your other two sources MUST be drawn from the list provided below on this instruction sheet. This is guided research, not googling. 
     Source list for Assignment 1: Some sources listed below are “primary” sources from the time period being studied. Some sources below can be accessed via direct link.   For others, they are accessible through the permalink to the source in our online library:  Sources below having libdatab.strayer.edu as part of the URL have a permalink to that source in our university’s online library. Learn to use those.
     SWS Form for the textbook:
          Kevin M. Schultz. 2018. HIST: Volume 2: U.S. History since 1865.  5th ed.
     Choose sources relevant to the subject of diversity and the position you are taking:
     Y. Abu-Laban & V. Lamont. 1997. Crossing borders: Interdisciplinary, Immigration and the Melting Pot in the American Cultural Imaginary.  http://libdatab.strayer.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=392542&site=eds-live&scope=site
     C. L. Bankston & D. A. Hidalgo. 2006. Immigration in US History. eBook. http://libdatab.strayer.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=156444&site=eds-live&scope=site
     M. Barone. Summer, 2016. We’ve Been Here Before. http://libdatab.strayer.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=117014624&site=eds-live&scope=site
     Black Testimony on the Aftermath of Enslavement. 1866. Report of the Joint Committee on Reconstruction. http://college.cengage.com/history/wadsworth_9781133309888/unprotected/ps/black_testimony.htm
     Chinese Exclusion Act. 1882. http://college.cengage.com/history/wadsworth_9781133309888/unprotected/ps/chinese_exclusion_act.htm
     Civil War Journeys. n.d. The Lost Cause. http://civil-war-journeys.org/the_lost_cause.htm
     J. C. Bancroft Davis. 1896. Plessy vs. Ferguson. http://college.cengage.com/history/wadsworth_9781133309888/unprotected/ps/plessy_ferguson_1896.htm
     Fitzgerald, M. W. January, 2018. Terrorism and Racial Coexistence in Alabama’s Reconstruction.  http://libdatab.strayer.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edb&AN=127269628&site=eds-live&scope=site
     G. M. Foster. Feb. 24, 2002. The Lost Cause. http://www.civilwarhome.com/lostcause.html
     S. S. Harjo. 1996. Now and Then: Native Peoples in the United States. http://libdatab.strayer.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eue&AN=507507152&site=eds-live&scope=site
     Helen Hunt Jackson. 1881. Helen Hunt Jackson’s Account of Sand Creek  http://college.cengage.com/history/wadsworth_9781133309888/unprotected/ps/helen_hunt_jackson_sand_creek.htm
     J. Meacham. 2017. Our Historical Ambivalence about Immigrants is a Great American Paradox. http://libdatab.strayer.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=edb&AN=121093561&site=eds-live&scope=site
     Mississippi Black Code. n.d. http://chnm.gmu.edu/courses/122/recon/code.html
     Katy Morris. March, 2017. “More reputation than she deserves”. Remembering Suffrage in Wyoming. http://libdatab.strayer.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=120948598&site=eds-live&scope=site
     E. F. Parsons. Feb., 2011. Klan Skepticism and Denial in Reconstruction-Era Public Discourse. http://libdatab.strayer.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=57671212&site=eds-live&scope=site
     Kevin M. Schultz. 2018. HIST: Volume 2: U.S. History since 1865.  5th ed.
     J. D. Zahniser. Dec., 2015.  “How long must we wait?” Alice Paul Wanted Action on Votes for Women. http://libdatab.strayer.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=109513499&site=eds-live&scope=site
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     Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements below:

• This course requires use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
• If you use ECREE as a rough draft tool, the document of the rough draft that you download will be single-spaced.  Once you download and save that, use your Word or other program to double space between lines and to make other edits and additions as necessary.  
• Your final Assignment 1 paper must be typed, double spaced between lines, and use one of these font styles:  Arial, Courier, Times New Roman, or Calibri.  Font size must be between 10 and 12.  Try to use one-inch margins on all sides, but don’t justify the right margin. In-text citations (in the body of the paper) and a numbered Sources list at the end are required, and they should follow SWS format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a title page containing the title of the assignment, your name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date you completed the paper. (Please—on the title page—keep it fairly plain, no fancy colors, boxes, etc.)
• The title page and the Sources list are not included in the required assignment length.
•    The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
• Identify and discuss the different ways that the heritage of slavery, the Civil War, Reconstruction, and segregation have shaped America’s history.
• Specify ways that women and minorities have responded to challenges and made contributions to American culture.
• Summarize and discuss the ways that formal policies of government have influenced the direction of historical and social development in the United States.
• Recognize the major turning points in American history since the Civil War.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in contemporary U.S. history.
• Write clearly and concisely about contemporary U.S. history using proper writing mechanics.