Category: SWS

Any topic (writer’s choice)

August 23, 2020 Leave a comment Business and Management, SWS

Employee Rewards and Recognition

As an HR manager in a large healthcare organization, you have developed a new reward and recognition program designed to help increase employee motivation and job satisfaction in a specific hospital department of your choice. You may choose a clinical or nonclinical department.

Based on the course readings and a minimum of four appropriate sources of research, create a three (3) page executive summary suitable for presentation to senior leadership on employee motivation that includes the following:

    Determine which department is best suited for the reward and recognition program.
    Identify a specific goal the employees must work on to be eligible for recognition or to receive the award.
        Examples include reducing errors, increasing customer/patient satisfaction, or reducing costs.
    Research a specific motivation theory and determine why this method would be the most practical and effective for this program.
        Examples are the expectancy theory, equity theory, goal-setting theory, Management by Objectives (MBO), or the four-prong model of intrinsic motivation.
    Explain why the selected theory would be the most practical and effective for the rewards and recognition program.
    Recommend 23 types of rewards and/or recognition that would the most effective in motivating the employees to achieve the goals.
    Create a communication tool for eligible employees announcing the program, rules, and awards.
        Examples: Email, newsletter, internal Facebook post.
    Go to the Strayer Online Library and locate at least four quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not quality as academic resources.

Strayer Writing Standards

This course requires use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different from other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.

    Citations and references must follow SWS or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

Assignment 3: Part C: Your Marketing Plan

August 8, 2020 Leave a comment Marketing, SWS

For this assignment, you will conclude your marketing plan by developing your hypothetical companys Ashley Beauty Products Company pricing and distribution strategies, and integrated marketing communications plan.
Note: You should create and/or make all the necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.
Instructions
Create the third part of your marketing plan:
1. Describe or list the feedback you received on Part B of Your Marketing Plan. Explain how you will use the feedback to improve your plan.
2. Develop the companys pricing and distribution strategy.
3. Develop the integrated marketing communications plan most relevant for your product/service and audience. Develop your message strategy. Develop your media strategy.
4. Develop your public relations, sales promotion, and personal selling plan most relevant for your product/service and audience.
5. Develop your online and direct marketing plan most relevant for your product/service and audience.
6. Develop your social responsibility/cause-related marketing plan most relevant for your product/service and audience.
7. Use at least three academic resources that address sustainability and monitoring of effective marketing plans and determine the applicability for your hypothetical company. These resources should be industry-specific and relate to your chosen product/service. 
Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the students name, the professors name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length of 8 – 12 pages.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
2. Evaluate the marketing strategies used to create/communicate customer value.
d. Analyze integrated marketing communications and its relationship to advertising strategy.
3. Create an effective marketing plan.
a. Develop recommendations based on market analysis and strategy.
c. Develop dynamic strategies for competing.
d. Develop branding strategies for new products or services.
e. Develop pricing strategies and distribution channels for products or services.
f. Develop a fully integrated marketing communications plan for products or services.

Humanities

May 9, 2020 Leave a comment Humanities, SWS

Create and Curate Your Own Art Museum

For this paper, you will select and curate 510 works of art to include in your own art museum. Use the text and online sources to help you find these works of art. This assignment is an alternative option for visiting a museum or art gallery. After researching, answer the following questions by writing a 2to 3-page report, 750800 words, that describes your experience.

Select 510 works of art from at least five artists from different time periods discussed in the text, the 18th century to modern times.

Provide a brief description of each piece and a picture if possible, explaining why you chose each piece.

Describe where and how you would display each piece, whether individually or grouped together.

Describe your role as museum founder and curator. Give your museum a name and a location.

Criminal Justices

May 9, 2020 Leave a comment Law, SWS

A recent study illustrates that nearly two (2) million juveniles are processed through juvenile courts across the United States each year. Depending on the nature of the crime, juveniles may face detention or incarceration if they are convicted. Given the fact that many courts are reluctant to incarcerate criminal offenders, judges often consider alternatives to incarceration. The driving force behind these alternatives is to save taxpayer money, yet still, demand offender accountability and impose sanctions for criminal behavior.

Use the Internet or Strayer databases to research the use of sanctions other than incarceration or detention for juvenile offenders.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

Examine the underlying historical and economic reasons behind the quest for alternatives to incarcerating offenders in jails and prisons.
Describe three (3) alternatives to incarceration that juvenile courts currently use. Provide examples of such alternatives in practice to support the response.
Discuss the significant societal and individual benefits of imposing sanctions or punishments that do not involve removing an offender from his / her family or community.
Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

This course requires the 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.
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow SWS or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the students name, the professors name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Any topic (writer’s choice)

May 8, 2020 Leave a comment Business and Management, SWS

Assignment: Ethics in Accounting

Due Week 9 and worth 120 points

Effective financial reporting depends on sound ethical behavior. Financial scandals in accounting and the businesses world have resulted in legislation to ensure adequate disclosures and honesty and integrity in financial reporting. A sound economy is contingent on truthful and reliable financial reporting.

Instructions:

    Read the following scenario.
    Answer the questions that follow. Your answers should result in a 2-3 page submission.
    Reference back to your textbook for guidance on how to think through the scenario.
    This course requires the use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different from other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.

Scenario:

Imagine you are the assistant controller in charge of general ledger accounting at Linbarger Company. Your company has a large loan from an insurance company. The loan agreement requires that the companys cash account balance be maintained at $200,000 or more, as reported monthly. At June 30, the cash balance is $80,000. You give this update to Lisa Infante, the financial vice president. Lisa is nervous and instructs you to keep the cash receipts book open for one additional day for purposes of the June 30 report to the insurance company. Lisa says, If we dont get that cash balance over $200,000, well default on our loan agreement. They could close us down, put us all out of our jobs! Lisa continues, I talked to Oconto Distributors (one of Linbargers largest customers) this morning. They said they sent us a check for $150,000 yesterday. We should receive it tomorrow. If we include just that one check in our cash balance, well be in the clear. Its in the mail!

Questions

    What is the accounting problem that the Linbarger Company faces?
    What are the ethical considerations in this case? Provide a rationale for why these are ethical considerations.
    What are the negative impacts that can happen if you do not follow Lisa Infantes instructions to wait one more day to post the balance?
    Who will be negatively impacted if you do comply? Provide a rationale for why these individuals will be impacted.
    What is one alternative that you could pursue in this scenario? Support your recommendations with the information you learned in this class.

Combating Juvenile Delinquency

March 2, 2020 1 Comment Law, SWS

Write a two (2-page paper in which you:

Identify at least two (2) juvenile delinquency reduction efforts/programs currently in operation in your community. ( I live in n.y state)

determine the main sociological theories underlying these interventions that shape your communitys public policy for delinquency prevention.

Propose one to two (12) ideas that you believe would improve your communitys juvenile delinquency prevention efforts. Justify the response with examples that illustrate your ideas being used successfully in other communities.

Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

This course requires the 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.

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow SWS or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the students name, the professors name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Recommend improvements to a juvenile delinquency prevention program.

Video Walkthrough

February 29, 2020 5 Comments English and Literature, SWS

Develop a PowerPoint presentation (12-18 slides in length).  It should include a title slide, an agenda slide, body content slides, a closing slide, and a references slide (if applicable). All slides count toward the required length.

The content should focus on some aspect of social media use in the workplace.  Potential examples include the importance of companies embracing social media, advertising through social media, policies involving social media, proper professional communication through social media platforms, or any number of other angles.

The PowerPoint presentation must adhere to the following requirements:

Content:
Address some aspect of social media use in the workplace.
Organize the presentation in a clear, logical manner.
Provide between 12-18 total slides.
Assume your target audience is familiar with the overall concept of social media.

Format:
Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide, and two to three (2-3) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.) throughout the presentation (not per slide), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away.
Open with an engaging introduction (including one title slide and one introduction slide).
For the body of your presentation, cover the main points of your subject. Create slides that reinforce and illustrate your main ideas.
For your single closing slide, finish with a memorable wrap-up statement that refocuses on the purpose of your presentation.
Slides should cite any relevant outside sources using footnotes on relevant slides (the source should be clearly visible to the audience) OR in SWS format (in-text citations on slides and an included references page at the end of the presentation).  Choose one method or the other (do not mix both).

HUM 106 Assignment 4: Impressions of Museum or Gallery Exhibit

February 15, 2020 1 Comment Art, SWS

The Smithsonian American Art Museum in Washington, D.C

Write a (6) page PowerPoint in which you:

1.    Identify the date visited, location, name, and background of the museum or specific exhibition. (If virtual, identify the Website along with the other information.)
2.    Describe three (3) works, noting the artist, title, subject, and the time period of each work.
3.    Compare the style, influences, and meaning or intent of each piece, highlighting any changes (if any) from the first to last piece.
4.    Explain your reasons for selecting the pieces in a discussion of the reasons for the artists popularity and / or impact on the art world.
5.    Summarize the main points of three (3) works discussed in your paper in a PowerPoint presentation of at least three (3) slides. Each of the slides should have three to four (3-4) short bullet points and notes about the works in the slide notes section. Include a cover page for the PowerPoint. Add the slides with notes to your paper.

Cultural Activity Report

February 13, 2020 No Comments Humanities, SWS

Visit a museum topic: The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, also called the Air and Space Museum in Washington, D.C.

It makes sense to approach a museum the way a seasoned traveler approaches visiting a city for the first time. Find out what is available to see. In the museum, find out what sort of exhibitions are currently housed in the museum and start with the exhibits that interest you.
If there is a traveling exhibition, it’s always a good idea to see it while you have the chance. Then, if you have time, you can look at other things. The quality of your experience is not measured by the amount of time you spend in the galleries or the number of works of art that you see. The most rewarding experiences can come from finding 510 works of art by 510 different artists who intrigue you, and then considering those works in leisurely contemplation. Most museums have benches where you can sit and study a particular piece.

Option 1: Visiting a Museum – National Air and Space Museum in DC
Write a 23 page report, 500750 words that describes your experience.
1. Clearly identify the event location, date attended and your initial reaction upon arriving at the museum or gallery.
2. Provide specific information and a description of at least five pieces by a minimum of five different artists.
3. Provide a summary of the pieces and describe your overall reaction after viewing them.
4. Describe the role of museum founder and curator.
5. Use the class text as a reference (additional sources are fine, but not necessary unless required by your content). Your report should include
connections you make between things observed in your activity and things learned in the course and text.