Day: February 25, 2021

Managerial Economics

February 25, 2021 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Economics

For your final assignment, lets consider the key topics learned in our class, including:

Optimal Decisions Using Marginal Analysis
Estimating and Forecasting Demand
Monopolistic Competition and Oligopoly.
Game Theory and Competitive Strategy
Decision Making under Uncertainty
Bargaining and Negotiation
Linear Programming
Please select one of the key topics listed, and address the following items:

(a) Provide a detailed description of the topic.

(b) Provide two examples of how the selected concept is applied.

(c) Discuss the challenges faced with the concept selected. As part of this discussion, how will the selected item be implemented in an organization and its significance?

(d) Discuss how the selected concept will change 5 years from now. What can the organizational leaders, financial analysts do today to ensure they are prepared for these advancements?

(e) Provide a graph chart or data with sample numbers indicating the topic you selected?

Parameters:

The paper must be in Times New Roman, 12-point font, double-spaced, and APA formatted.

(a) Please include a title page, introduction, and conclusion.

(b) Please ensure that at least FIVE credible references are used, and make sure to cite them.

(c) Word count is between 1,250-and-1,500-words.

Performance Criteria

February 25, 2021 Leave a comment Business and Management, Undergraduate

Part I

In this part of the assignment, create a performance management plan for your fictitious company for the upcoming merger. The paper must address, in detail and paragraph form, the following questions.

What performance criteria will be used? Include specific examples.
Who will conduct the appraisal, and will a standard or custom form be used?
How often will appraisals be conducted, and what are good HRM practices that can be used to ensure the appraisal does not become just an annual event?
Part II

In the second part of the assignment, begin by reviewing the attached Case Study. Using this scenario as a basis, address the following items:

Discuss how Richard should strengthen the relationship with his supervisor, Jean.
Discuss what Richard could have done differently to begin that relationship.
Should Richard contact his supervisor in Toronto? Why, or why not?
The entire assignment, including both Part I and Part II, should be in a narrative format and not a series of questions and answers. The total length should be no less than two pages not counting title or reference pages.

Any topic (writer’s choice)

February 25, 2021 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), English and Literature

Instructions
This assignment involves researching an article in a business or trade publication or an academic journal that discusses a business or industry using probability in its decision-making or planning processes. Please do the following:

Research an article from a business publication, a trade publication, or an academic journal that discusses a business or industry using probability concepts in its decision-making. 
Write a minimum of a  500-750 word paper.
In the paper, provide the following:
A short summary of the article
Application of probability as discussed in the article.
Your recommendation of additional ways probability could be used with the issue discussed in the article.
Submit the final paper, complying with APA style.
The paper should include a title and reference page.

Ethical Standard

February 25, 2021 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Health Care and Life Sciences

1. Your observations about the similarities between the ethical guidelines you chose (at least 150 words)
2. Your observations about the differences between the ethical guidelines you chose (at least 150 words)
3. Your speculation/reflection abut the reasoning behind each set of guidelines (at least 150 words)
Your response to two of your peers’ posts is due by 11:59 p.m. on Friday, February 26th.

2.  Comment:

Respond to 2 of your classmates’ post.

List of Ethical Guidelines:

International:

Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) (1991) International guidelines
for ethical review of epidemiological studies
CIOMS (2002 [1993]) International ethical guidelines for biomedical research involving human
subjects
Council of Europe (1997) Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Dignity of the
Human Being with regard to the Application of Biology and Medicine: Convention On Human
Rights and Biomedicine
European Forum for Good Clinical Practice (1995, 1997) Guidelines and recommendations for
European ethics committees
International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of
Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) (1996) Guideline for good clinical practice
Nuffield Council on Bioethics (2002) The ethics of research related to healthcare in
developing countries
Nuremberg Code (1949) From trials of war criminals before the Nuremberg military tribunals
under control council law No. 10.
UNAIDS (2000) Ethical considerations in HIV preventive vaccine research
WHO (2000) Operational guidelines for ethics committees that review biomedical research
World Medical Association (2000 [1964]) Declaration of Helsinki: ethical principles for medical
research involving human subjects
US Ethical Guidelines:

Department of Health and Human Services (US) (1991) Code of federal regulations Title 45 Part 46:
Protection of human subjects
National Bioethics Advisory Commission (US) (2001) Ethical and policy issues in international
research: clinical trials in developing countries, Volumes I and II
National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and Behavioural Research
(US) (1979) The Belmont Report

Private Prisons Response memo

February 25, 2021 Leave a comment Political science, Undergraduate

You will review the provided chapter from the CQ Issues for Debate text. You must submit a 600 minimum word response memo for this case. The purpose of this memo is to meaningfully engage with the material from he chapter and this through the structural, institutional and economic factors that gave rise tot he use of for-profit prisoning as a policy response. Please address the following in the memo using specific and relevant examples from the text:

1) what was the impetus behind utilizing for-profit prisons? what policy changes led to their ubiquity?
2) do for-profit prisons out-perform government-run facilities on any metric? If so, how do they accomplish this? if not, why not?
3) are there human rights/justice issues with for-profit prisons? if so, what are they? why do they nonetheless persist?
4) in your opinions, are for-profit prisons effective? Are they ethically acceptable? Why or why not?

Submission will be evaluated on a simple 1-5 scale where 5 means that the submission thoughtfully engages with the underlying issue and backs up its arguments with clear logic and examples, a 3 means the submission is sufficient but is heavy on personal opinion and summary with little synthesis or specific examples and a 1 means that the submission has either not thoughtfully engaged with the main questions of the topic or fails to achieve the minimum requirements for the assignment.

Logistics Performance Index

February 25, 2021 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Business and Management

The World Banks Logistics Performance Index (LPI) assesses the trade logistics environment and performance of countries. Locate the aggregated LPI ranking at https://lpi.worldbank.org/.  (Links to an external site.)

1. What components for each country are examined to construct the index?
2. Identify the top 10 logistics performers.
3. Prepare an executive summary highlighting the key findings from the LPI.
4. How are these findings helpful for companies trying to build a competitive supply chain network?

Forum Post

February 25, 2021 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Health Care and Life Sciences

Topic: CDC’s Top Ten Public Health Achievements of Workplace Safety.

Read the article CDCs Top Ten Public Health Achievements, located in the Reading/Study folder of this module/week.

1. Discuss the top 10 achievements of mining workplace safety. Give at least 1 additional reference to back this up.

2. Also, comment on future directives in public health as provided in the article.

3. Discuss workplace safety in a job or enterprise where you hope to work after completing your studies.

Business Law

February 25, 2021 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Business and Management

Dozier and his wife, daughter, and grandson lived in the house Dozier owned.  At the request of the daughter and grandson, Paschall made some improvements to the house.  Dozier did not authorize the improvements, but he knew that the improvements were being made and did not object to them. Paschall sued Dozier for the reasonable value of the improvements.  Dozier argued that he had not made any contract for such improvements.  Was he obligated to pay for such improvements?

Industrial Engineering 4023 : Advanced Manufacturing Systems

February 25, 2021 Leave a comment Engineering, Undergraduate

Please complete assignment based on rubric provided. 3 different steps
Industrial Engineering 4023: Advanced Manufacturing Systems
*Must be fluent/native english speaker as professor takes points off for grammar/spelling errors* *MUST be finished by 3/2*
*CANNOT be plagiarized*
Takt time Current State map Timeline Information flow Inventory in Timeline and Triangle Kaizen Map Future State Map

Quality Perceptions Research Paper

February 25, 2021 Leave a comment Business and Management, Undergraduate

This paper will be a research paper(utilizing the Meyer book)addressing the following:

Meyer, Danny (2006). Setting the table: The transforming power of hospitality in business. New York, NY: Harper Collins.

1.Utilize academic sources to define the term service.

Note: Wikipedia sites, dictionary sites, encyclopedias, etc. are not academically
recognized sources and must not be used!

2.Research and explain how Service is defined in Hospitality and Tourism.
3.Research and explain what comprises Qualityin Hospitality and Tourism.
4.Research and explain the difference between quality and consistency.
5.Research and explain how Quality Serviceisperceived and maintained within the Hospitality and Tourism industry.
6.Research and explain how quality perceptions have changed from the past to present day. 
7.Research and explain if and how quality perceptions by guests are forecasts to change in the future.

Minimum of 15 pages, with a maximum of twenty pages(excluding the title page and reference page, which must be included). A minimum of 10 references, including 5 citations from Meyer (2006), must be used and cited utilizing APA style format throughout. This paper should be a clear, concise, and professional document utilizing single-spacing, using12-point Times Roman font with one-inch page margins.

REQUIRED TEXTS:
**Meyer, Danny (2006). Setting the table: The transforming power of hospitality in business. New York, NY: Harper Collins.**
**Ford, R. C., Sturman, M. C., & Heaton, C. P. (2012). Managing quality service in hospitality. Demar Cengage learning.*

SUPPLEMENTAL TEXTS:
**Blanchard, K. H., Bowles, S., & Saputra, L. (1993).Raving fans. Random House Audio.
**Bowles, J., & Hammond, J. (1991).Beyond quality: How 50 winning companies use continuous improvement. Putnam Pub Group.
**LeBoeuf, M., Wollman, L., Werner, J., & Holland, S. (1989).How to win customers and keep them for life.
**Berkley Books.Marriott, J. W.,& Brown, K. A. (2000).The spirit to serve: Marriott’s way. HarperCollins.
**Willingham, R. (1992). Hey, I’m the Customer: Front Line Tips for Providing Superior Customer Service. Prentice-Hall.
**Zemke, R., & Williamson, B. H. (2001). Delivering knock your socks off service. AMACOM Div American Mgmt Assn.