Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
What are some goals you have set for yourself?
Reflect on your own self-discipline and critical thinking habits. What are some changes you have made over the last 5 weeks to remain focused on your goals?
What strategies can you use to remain committed to and on track towards achieving your goals over the next 12 months?
What role does intrinsic and extrinsic motivation play in your ability to achieve your goals?
Apply product and place Marketing Mix elements to a product or service.
GEL-6.02: Incorporate outside research into an original work appropriately.
Product and place are two of the four marketing mix components that are uniquely configured for a product or service to satisfy customer needs and/or wants.
Checklist:
Your task is the following: Based on the Reading in the text and the Learning Activities regarding the marketing mix, select one of the provided products or services and answer the checklist items in a thorough manner.
Step 1: Select one of the following products for this Assignment for the fictional company Prodserve, Corp.
-A new cool mist humidifier that reduces dry air and also serves as an air freshener. Presently, the scents come in mint, apple and spice, and cinnamon.
-A new toothbrush that dispenses toothpaste automatically into the toothbrush with a small button on the handle. The toothpaste comes in a variety of flavors, including cinnamon, peppermint, spearmint, and bubble gum.
-A new wireless headphone and microphone that fit in the palm of your hand and have superior output and volume.
-A new foldable chair that can be carried in one hand and holds up to 300 pounds.
-A new transcription tool with 98% accuracy.
Step 2: Apply product elements to make this product complete by thoroughly describing them.
Describe the type of product you selected and include product attributes like quality, features, benefits, style, and design.
Provide a proposed product line (depth) and product mix (the 4 Ps; width) for your good. See Exhibit 10.1 in the text.
Describe the elements of the products branding (i.e., brand name, sponsor, and brand strategy).
Provide a packaging plan and any warranty or copyright involved if applicable.
Step 3: Assume Prodserves new product you selected used a direct channel of distribution (i.e., producer sells directly to the consumer via their website) to sell their products to their customers. They are now considering using intermediaries like agents, wholesalers, and retailers to get their products to their customers.
Explain the different distribution models available for getting the product from the producer to the consumer.
Using scholarly research, explain the advantages and disadvantages of using intermediaries.
Provide 23 direct quotes and/or paraphrases from your research, incorporating them into your paper where appropriate using APA 6th edition citation style. Make sure to add an additional reference page that includes a reference for each article you cited in APA format.
Considering factors like your brand and target audience, explain what type of retailers would be the best match for your new product and why.
Provide a distribution model that would be most effective for the organization of your new product. Explain why it is most effective.
Access the MT219M4 Assessment rubric.
Submit an original minimum 3-page paper (comprised of steps 13) with additional title and reference pages using APA format and citation style.
Submit your Assessment to the Dropbox.
Disclaimer: This exercise may include actual companies and brand names solely for instructional purposes; this exercise is not associated with any such actual company or brand name. All trademarks remain the property of their respective owners.
Minimum Submission Requirements
Your Assessment response should be the required number of pages as specified, in a Microsoft Word document, with an additional title page and reference page using APA format.
Respond to all of the checklist items in a thorough and highly organized, logical, and focused manner using Standard English and demonstrate exceptional content, organization, style, and grammar, and mechanics.
Your Assessment response should comply with all instructions provided.
Your paper should provide a clearly established and sustained viewpoint and purpose.
Your writing should be well ordered, logical, and unified, as well as original and insightful.
Be sure to cite both in-text and reference list citations where appropriate and reference all sources using proper APA citation style.
PLEASE SEND ME A BID There are 3 parts to this project. FIRST 2 BASED ON THE FINAL PROJECT The first 2 parts due February 20th.
Write 2 paragraphs for discussion board about putting the main project together.
STATING
1.What challenges you see at this point from information gathering, data development and structural standpoints. First, preparing the information and data that will go into your presentation and then putting it into the PowerPoint format, recording a discussion that coincides with the slides and getting it ready to submit to the instructor.
2. Assignment is to input a summary of your current status on the Final Project. Make it detailed. Let me know your topic, stakeholder approach, PowerPoint status, and how you feel the project is going thus far. At this point you have two weeks remaining until your final project is complete so you should have quite a bit to say i this assignment. As you begin working on your Final Project using PowerPoint, write a summary of your experience including challenges, issues, new ideas and successes. This also need to be 2 paragraphs.
THE ACTUAL PROJECT
3.. The project will focus on analyzing the ACAs impact on healthcare organizations, employers, insurers, or consumers, and considering what a repeal of the ACA could mean for each. Your responsibility is to choose one of the stakeholder categories as your stakeholder group. Your final project (presentation) should discuss the following:
What specific laws and regulations in the ACA impacted your selected stakeholder?
What were the attitudes of your selected stakeholder in 2010 and what are the attitudes today?
How has the ACA impacted your selected stakeholder over the course of implementation?
If the ACA is repealed, how might your selected stakeholder be impacted?
You should include references from book Landmark The Inside Story of Americas New Health Care Law and other course materials in your final project plus include at least five (5) additional sources such as research articles, issue briefs, news stories, etc.
Presentation format for project:
You will submit a 10-minute PowerPoint presentation with recorded audio. Your presentation should include a reference list on the last slide(s). Your presentation should include title sections and utilize graphics where appropriate. Make the presentation and PowerPoint slides flow well for the understanding of the audience.
GRADING RUBRIC: Your grade for the final project will be based upon the following:
1. How well you identified your Stakeholder Group’s needs and desires in relation to ACA. 10 points
2. How fully you evaluated and communicated your Stakeholder Group’s attitudes in the current versus 2010 evaluation. 10 points
3. How well you were able to identify the impact ACA has had on your Stakeholder Group. 10 points
4. What impact might repealing of the ACA have on your Stakeholder Group. 20 points
5. Documentation of references. 10 points
6. Preparation of the PowerPoint presentation, structure and flow of presentation and utilization of pictures, charts and graphs. 40 points
Instructions
Ethics in business relationships include both the external and internal relationships that develop around the organization. For this assignment, you will focus on the internal relationships that develop inside the organization. Studies have indicated the more positive the environment within the organization, the more productive the employees.
Research one or a combination of these job-related topics found within organizations: job discrimination; sexual harassment; bullying or unsafe working conditions.
Briefly describe the issue.
Analyze the impact on overall morale, relationships within the organization and ultimately overall productivity levels.
Research a minimum of one company that was caught up in this type of issue.
What best practices might a company implement to avoid negative behavior within their organization?
How would you rate the ethical practices of the company that you chose (excellent, fair or poor)? Explain.
Your response should include an introduction, thesis statement, and a clear discussion of the questions/topics above. It should be a minimum of two double-spaced pages. You are required to use at least two credible references. All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations and be cited per APA guidelines.
Using the information gathered from your SWOT analysis conducted in Unit II, create an external factor analysis (EFAS) table for the company you researched. Use Microsoft Word, or a similar program, to create your table. It should have five columns. The first column heading should be titled External Factors, the second column should be titled Weight, the third column should be titled Rating, the fourth column should be titled Weighted Score, and the fifth column should be titled Comments. You may also use the provided template by clicking here.
Click here to see an example EFAS table.
In the External Factors column, list at least six opportunities you saw in the company you researched. Underneath the opportunities, list at least six threats you saw in the company you researched.
In the Weight column, assign an importance factor to each of these issues. It is important to note that whenever working with weighted averages, the weight column should always total 1.0, or 100%, regardless of how many factors are included in the EFAS analysis. It is up to the analyst to decide how much weight each individual external factor is assigned based on the probable impact on a particular companys current strategic position. The higher the weight, the more important the factor to the current and future success of the company. An important factor may have a weight of 0.5 (50%), while a less important factor may have a weight of .05 (5%). When all is finished, however, all factor weights should total 1.0, or 100%. You may not be privy to the exact information for this company, so in some cases you will need to use your best judgment. (You will justify your weighting in column five.)
In the Rating column, assign a rating factor from 5.0-1.0 (5.0 is outstanding; 1.0 is poor). These ratings are based on the companys response to that particular factor. It is your judgment call on how the company is currently dealing with each specific factor. Once again, you may need to make an estimate in this area if you are not privy to all of the information. (You will justify your weighting in column five.)
In the Weighted Score column, multiply the weight from column 2 by the rating in column 3 to get the factors weighted score.
In the Comments column, explain why a particular factor was selected and how its weight and rating were estimated.
At the bottom of column 4, add the weighted scores for the external factors. Is the company doing better or worse than others in the same industry? Complete this answer underneath your table.
Format your assignment using APA Style. Use your own words, and include citations and references as needed to avoid plagiarism.
I need the correct assignment you did not do what i ordered you only did the bottom you didn’t do the actual assignment
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
What are some goals you have set for yourself?
Reflect on your own self-discipline and critical thinking habits. What are some changes you have made over the last 5 weeks to remain focused on your goals?
What strategies can you use to remain committed to and on track towards achieving your goals over the next 12 months?
What role does intrinsic and extrinsic motivation play in your ability to achieve your goals?
High Performing Work Team Analysis
This assignment is worth 20% of your final grade. It gives you an opportunity to analyze a tool used to assess the performance of a team. You must complete this assignment individually, without contacting other students, and you may not use a paper or any part of a paper from a previous class or from another person or an online source. If you have any questions about this assignment, please post them in the Ask the Professor discussion forum so that everyone can benefit from the answers. The assignment addresses Course Objectives 3, 4 and 5.
Organizations often use surveys or questionnaires to obtain information regarding employee satisfaction, organizational issues impacting staff performance, and perceptions of pay and benefits, organizational culture, etc. Sometimes, questionnaires are used in classes for staff development and focus on behavioral styles, conflict styles, or team behaviors. Additionally, surveys may be used to help intact teams or departments focus on and resolve team differences or performance issues. Many times, the questions themselves provide people with insight into what the organization expects from its employees.
The Scenario
You are the leader of a cross-functional team that has not been performing well. You are not sure whats causing the problems, but you know that the team cannot continue this way. You have contacted the Human Resources (HR) department for help and they suggested using the High Performing Work Teams Survey as a tool to diagnose problems within the team. Every team member will complete the survey anonymously. The HR department will analyze the results and will work with you to develop a plan to address issues.
Your Task
Read the questions in the High Performing Work Teams Survey. The survey follows these instructions. You will analyze the questions, identify trends you see in the questions, and discuss what you and the members of your team could learn by taking this survey.
Write 4-7 pages (not counting the cover or reference pages), summarizing the trends you identified, describing what you and your team members could learn from taking the survey, and discussing your conclusions about what is required of team members in order to create a high performing work team. Support your opinions and statements with a minimum of five references from sources published within the last ten years.
You can cite scholarly and practitioner-oriented journals, newspaper articles, YouTube videos, (but not Wikipedia, vendor websites, or other non-academic sources.) Please use the UMUC library to search for appropriate sources rather than Google or other search engines. Librarians are available by phone, email, and chat; they are excellent at their jobs and they love to help students. See the Library link in the Resources section (on the ribbon at the top of our classroom) or go directly to https://sites.umuc.edu/library/index.cfm for more information and to begin searching for sources. You can also consult a graduate writing tutor for help with organizing your ideas, presenting them clearly, and complying with APA style requirements.. You can access tutors through the Writing Tutoring module in our classroom.
Use APA format for citations, references, and quotations. This means your list of references should start on a separate page, and should be double spaced, with a hanging indent and no spaces between entries. Your analysis should be 4-7 pages (not counting the cover or reference pages), double spaced with one inch margins and a font size of at least 11 points. Criteria for Grading High Performing Work Team Analysis are attached to this document (they follow the High Performing Work Teams Survey). The criteria give details on how your analysis will be graded. Keep in mind that most organizations value efficient communication; busy managers dont have time and most dont have the desire to read long reports. Keep your writing clear and concise.
Please add the following statement to the cover of your paper:
This paper is my own work that I created specifically for this course and this section. All research or material I used in preparing this paper has been properly acknowledged within the assignment in accordance with academic standards for complete and accurate citation of sources.
Submit your assignment electronically via the Assignment folder.
Name your file this way: LastNameFirstInitial_WorkTeamAnalysis
(Example: StudentJ_WorkTeamAnalysis)
Due date: Sunday, [insert date], 11:59 p.m. Eastern time
High Performing Work Team Survey
The High Performing Work Team Survey appears below. The criteria for grading this assignment follow the survey.
Mission:5 Items
1. I understand what contributions I am expected to make to the organization
2. I understand how this team’s performance will affect the business results of the company.
3. I can describe the mission or why this team exists.
4. I understand the team’s primary purpose.
5. Team members agree on the major work functions that our team is to perform.
Goals:5 Items
6. I understand the team’s goals.
7. I am highly motivated to achieve the goals.
8. I understand the team’s long term goals.
9. I understand the standards for team quality and effectiveness.
10. This team has goals that are closely linked to the company’s goals.
Roles:5 Items
11. I understand the role I am expected to perform for team success.
12. Team members are handling all job functions that the team is required to perform.
13. I understand what is expected of other team members.
14. Team members maintain a clear focus on the high priority tasks that are to be completed.
15. At least one member of this team attempts to maintain positive/harmonious relationships.
Procedures:5 Items
16. We have procedures that encourage members to participate equally.
17. We have procedures for providing feedback directly to team members.
18. We have procedures for handling the common problems or unexpected events.
19. Agendas are distributed before each team meeting.
20. Follow-up dates are set when actions are agreed upon.
Relationships:5 Items
21. I am encouraged to express my ideas even when my ideas disagree with the majority.
22. Team members live up to their promises.
23. Team members listen to me even when they disagree with me.
24. Team members have given me positive feedback and recognition.
25. Team members solicit ideas and help from me.
Effectiveness:5 Items
26. This team usually completes tasks and meets its deadlines.
27. The team is fulfilling its purpose or mission.
28. Team meetings are efficient.
29. Team meeting end up with all topics and work completed.
30. This team is effective compared to other teams.
Satisfaction:5 Items
31. I am satisfied with my job and responsibilities on this team.
32. I get a sense of personal enjoyment being a member of this team.
33. Morale is high on this team.
34. The team pulls together as a unit.
35. My skills and knowledge are fully used on this team.
Conflict Resolution:5 Items
36. Differences in style and opinion are encouraged.
37. Team members are allowed to be different.
38. Problems and conflicts are resolved with solutions that meet the needs of everyone involved.
39. Problems and conflicts are confronted until they are resolved.
40. When team members disagree, they listen openly to each other.
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Criteria for Grading High Performing Work Team Analysis
Note: Your analysis should be 4-7 pages long, excluding the reference and cover pages.
Criteria
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B
C
F
Points Earned
Knowledge of Relevant Theories and Concepts
(45 pts)
Student demonstrated exceptional knowledge of relevant theories and concepts from the course; all statements and opinions were supported by appropriate citations from the literature.
45 41 points
Student demonstrated satisfactory knowledge of relevant theories and concepts from the course; most statements and opinions were supported by appropriate citations from the literature.
40 36 points
Student demonstrated less than satisfactory knowledge of relevant theories and concepts from the course; some statements and opinions were not supported by appropriate citations from the literature.
35 32 points
Student demonstrated unsatisfactory knowledge of relevant theories and concepts from the course; many statements and opinions were not supported by appropriate citations from the literature.
31 0 points
Comments
Quality of Analysis
(25 pts)
Student did an exceptional job of analyzing the survey and integrating course readings. Student cited more than the minimum number of references; sources listed were all scholarly or practitioner journals, newspapers, annual reports, or academic books from the last ten years.
25 23 points
Student did a satisfactory job of analyzing the survey and integrating course readings. Student cited the minimum number of references; sources listed were primarily scholarly or practitioner journals, newspapers, annual reports, or academic books from the last ten years.
22 20 points
Student did a less than satisfactory job of analyzing the survey and integrating course readings. Student may not have cited the minimum number of references; some sources listed were not scholarly or practitioner journals, newspapers, annual reports, or academic books from the last ten years.
19 18 points
Student did an inadequate job of analyzing the survey and integrating course readings. Student did not cite the minimum number of references; many of the sources listed were not scholarly or practitioner journals, newspapers, annual reports, or academic books from the last ten years.
17 0 points
Comments
Presentation of Ideas and Mechanics
(20 pts)
Student presented ideas in a compelling manner with no distracting grammar or spelling problems; the page length requirement was met.
20 18 points
Student presented ideas presented in a clear, coherent manner with few distracting grammar or spelling problems; the page length requirement was met.
17 16 points
Student presented ideas in a somewhat organized manner with several distracting grammar or spelling problems; the page length requirement may not have been met.
15 14 points
Student presented ideas in a poorly organized or incoherent manner with many distracting grammar or spelling problems; the page length requirement may not have been met.
13 0 points
Comments
APA formatting
(10 pts)
All citations, quotations, and references were properly formatted or contained one or two minor errors.
10 – 9 points
Most citations, quotations, and references were properly formatted or contained a few minor errors.
8 points
Some citations, quotations, and references were not properly formatted or contained major errors.
7 points
Most citations, quotations, and references were not properly formatted or contained many errors.
6 – 0 points
Comments
Total Points Earned
(100 points max)
Overall Comments
Using the same examples as the Typography assignment (University, Educational Center, Spa, Your own example), create a new 8.5 x 11 portrait page in InDesign, and divide it into four equal sized boxes.
For each example, you will create a color palette. You are encouraged to use the color scheme-web resource (link in the reading folder). Your color palette will be made up of three colors: dominant or primary color, secondary color, and accent color [do not confuse with color categories, e.g. primary, secondary, tertiary].
For each example,
identify the color you selected, explaining why they are appropriate for the given example;
examine their relationship to each other (use color wheel for reference);
discuss each colors properties (saturation, intensity, luminance, shade, and tint).
It is a case study analysis. A Memo has to be written that notes the issues in the case study, analyzes the options, and provides a recommendation for the company. Calculations must be done to arrive to the conclusion (calculations should be in the appendix)
While I don’t expect you to have to get very detailed, you can see what the requirements involve right here in the deliverables file. It’s the first thing listed under the Programmer’s Manual.
But to give it short requirements have the following sections:
1. Introduction – This contains the scope statement that we made, definitions/acronyms/abbreviations of terms we use, references to copyrighted material we used.
2. General Description – A paragraph describing why we’re making the game and why it is useful (like, a paragraph that rattles on it being fun and such), product functions, user characteristics (essentially who will be using the game), limitations of our software (we aren’t making an online game, so no network compatibility for example), dependencies that a user needs in order to play (.NET framework and windows probably, for a C# game)
3. Specific Requirements – Pretty much what the requirements are for the game. Think a list of rules in how the game operates. In terms of our game that pretty much means the rules and how the game is expected to function. (4 queens to each player, and each must move and fire an arrow to pass their turn, as a example)
4. Appendices – We probably won’t need any of these, unless we feel it’s necessary. You can ignore this one.
5. Index – We also probably won’t use this one since indexes aren’t very necessary and time consuming.
I attached the scope statement that I updated for C# and the dependencies document. Don’t sweat it too hard, we can refine the document together as time goes on together. The biggest thing will probably be Specific Requirements since that’ll involve how we want the menus to work and how the game operates, but since the game has a relatively simple premise it should be fine- though there are a lot of conditions to check for once we get into programming-
Like, for example, when someone’s turn starts, we need to check if any of their queens can move. If not, they loose. If they can, let them move a queen, and fire an arrow (they should be able to fire an arrow if they were able to move, so we may not have to check for that) Another thing might be checking if they’re allowed to move into a selected space (can’t move into or past other queens/arrows)
It’s a bunch of jargon but the specific requirements will help us figure out how we want to structure our game. Again you probably won’t have to be too detailed, it’s mostly the rules of the game and what a player can do, it’s not pseudocode.
