How do the authors define what it means to be American?

M3A2 LASA 1: Negotiating Cultural Differences in America

Assignment 2: LASA 1: Negotiating Cultural Differences in America

For this assignment, choose two of the “Historical Documents” authors we have read so far this term. Choose authors you have found interesting, engaging, or problematic in how they articulate the nature of cultural, racial, or gender differences in America.

In a well-documented and well-structured essay, compare your chosen texts in terms of how they argue for or against the negotiation of difference in America—in other words, how they argue for or against accommodating, rejecting, or compromising with the wide variety of differences (cultural, racial, ethnic, class, and so on) in America. Specifically, in your essay you should respond to the following questions:

How do the authors define what it means to be American?
Compare between each of the authors what it means to be civilized or savage, superior or inferior?
Assess how the texts argue for the inclusion or exclusion of certain groups. How do they justify inclusion?
Differentiate how the authors define or create a sense of different social roles for different groups. Examine how they are defined—by race, by ethnicity, by nation of origin, by gender, or something different. Why do the authors insist on maintaining these differences? How do the authors suggest these differences should be maintained and enforced?
Analyze how different voices in the readings challenge or reject these differences. Justify why they reject them. What are the benefits of inclusion and diversity?

Write a 4–5 page paper in Word format (not counting title and reference page). Include an APA formatted title page and reference page. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M3_A2.doc.

By Saturday, January 23, 2016, deliver your assignment to the M3: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Demonstrates command of two author’s ideas of what it means to be American.	52
Explains how each author understands society in terms of the roles and responsibilities of specific individuals.	52
Analyzes differing points of view within the text that challenge or complicate these definitions.	52
Organization (12 points): Introduction, Thesis, Transitions and Conclusion Usage and Mechanics (12 points): Grammar, Spelling, and Sentence Structure APA Elements (16 points): Attribution, Paraphrasing, and Quotations Style (4 points): Audience, Word Choice	44
Total:	200

Explain which country’s accounting practices you would prefer to use for your organization and why.

Cost, Profit, and Investment Centers

Companies are often organized into departments by functions, such as operations, marketing, sales, corporate headquarters, etc. Typically, each one of these departments is then assigned specific responsibilities and referred to as either a cost center, a profit center, or an investment center.

To prepare for this Discussion, “Shared Practice: Cost, Profit, and Investment Centers,” review the Portz & Lere article in the Learning Resources for this week. Consider what you know from your professional background, the resources, research, and/or the regulatory environment in your home country.

Post by Day 3, the following:

Analyze how cost center accounting practices in German companies differ from the practices in your current or previous organization or one with which you are familiar.
Explain which country’s accounting practices you would prefer to use for your organization and why. Be sure to provide your rationale by using specific examples.
Provide an example of a profit center taken from your professional experience, the resources, or research. Explain why this is a profit center, including the methods of performance evaluation, and explain how it contributes to the success of the organization.
Provide an example of an investment center taken from your professional experience, the resources, or research. Explain why this is an investment center, including the methods of performance evaluation, and explain how it contributes to the success of the organization.

Attachments:

Compare and contrast the three (3) models of culture.

Assignment 1: How Big Global Businesses Compare Due Week 4 and worth 200 points Select one (1) global industry, such as the automobile or cell phone industry. Next, use the Internet to research three (3) major international competitors within the chos

Assignment 1: How Big Global Businesses Compare

Due Week 4 and worth 200 points

Select one (1) global industry, such as the automobile or cell phone industry. Next, use the Internet to research three (3) major international competitors within the chosen industry. Take note of manner in which the popular international business press (e.g., newspapers, magazines, e-zines, press releases, etc.) depicts the selected companies.

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

Compare and contrast the three (3) models of culture. Next, select one (1) of the researched international competitors, and ascertain the model of culture that is most appropriate for the selected international competitor. Provide a rationale for your response.
Recommend the type of economic system that best relates to each of the researched international competitors. Predict three (3) potential effects of such an economic system on the societies in which the system is involved. Provide a rationale for your response.
Speculate on the major reasons why certain countries have lagged behind other countries in economic development. Recommend three (3) generic actions that the three (3) researched major competitors could take in order to encourage economic progress within these countries. Provide a rationale for your response.
Imagine that you have been given the opportunity to lead one (1) of the three (3) researched international competitors. Select one (1) company in which you are interested in leading, and provide a rationale for your choice. Propose the necessary major steps—including education, social development, community activities, bargaining skills, language skills, conflict management skills, etc.—that you would need to take in order to propel you from where you are today to a global leadership / management position at your chosen company.
Suggest two (2) global changes in expansion, technology, marketing, products, services, human resources, and customer service, etc., that you would make as CEO of the selected international organization from Question 4. Provide a rationale for your response.
Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Assignment 1: How Big Global Businesses Compare
Due Week 4 and worth 200 points

Select one (1) global industry, such as the automobile or cell phone industry. Next, use the Internet to research three (3) major international competitors within the chosen industry. Take note of manner in which the popular international business press (e.g., newspapers, magazines, e-zines, press releases, etc.) depicts the selected companies.

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
1. Compare and contrast the three (3) models of culture. Next, select one (1) of the researched international competitors, and ascertain the model of culture that is most appropriate for the selected international competitor. Provide a rationale for your response.
2. Recommend the type of economic system that best relates to each of the researched international competitors. Predict three (3) potential effects of such an economic system on the societies in which the system is involved. Provide a rationale for your response.
3. Speculate on the major reasons why certain countries have lagged behind other countries in economic development. Recommend three (3) generic actions that the three (3) researched major competitors could take in order to encourage economic progress within these countries. Provide a rationale for your response.
4. Imagine that you have been given the opportunity to lead one (1) of the three (3) researched international competitors. Select one (1) company in which you are interested in leading, and provide a rationale for your choice. Propose the necessary major steps—including education, social development, community activities, bargaining skills, language skills, conflict management skills, etc.—that you would need to take in order to propel you from where you are today to a global leadership / management position at your chosen company.
5. Suggest two (2) global changes in expansion, technology, marketing, products, services, human resources, and customer service, etc., that you would make as CEO of the selected international organization from Question 4. Provide a rationale for your response.
6. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wi

What are the advantages of combining qualitative and quantitative research?

Public Relations 4

Question 1

How do you think culture could affect an opinion of a public? Gender? Race? Ethnicity? Religion/Faith?

Question 2

What are the advantages of combining qualitative and quantitative research? Explain.

Question 3

Explain how a PR practitioner can become more culturally literate through practice and the use of the internet as an educational tool.

Question 4

Give a present day example of a company facing ethical and moral issues in the press. (i.e. BP) How effectively is the company’s PR team handling the crisis? Based on what you’ve learned from the text and class discussions, what recommendations would you make and why?

What will be the consequence of the global debt crisis?

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In light of everything you’ve learned in this course, what is your informed–and cautious–prediction regarding the future of the global economy?

– For instance, will the US be able to continue to act as the ultimate guarantor of global free trade and openness?

– What will be the consequence of the global debt crisis?

– Will the neverending growth model of our current capitalist system clash with the impending threat of climate change?

Describe ways through which the company can integrate corporate responsibility principles into their operations.

Business Case study

Using the knowledge you have gained from this course, you will write a comprehensive analysis of the Nissan case study we have been analyzing throughout this course by addressing the critical elements below.
Imagine that you are hired into the role of the operations manager at the company described in the case study. Although there are many issues facing the company, you have some experience and are well qualified to provide direction in solving these problems. To address many of the questions below, you will want to review your submissions from previous modules and incorporate instructor feedback. Using the case study, course materials, and outside sources, prepare a cohesive case study analysis for submission as one document.

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Generating Value

Evaluate how the company in the case study uses operations management functions to provide products and generate value for its customers.
Support your claims with examples from the case study or outside sources.
Assess how this company achieves a competitive advantage using operations management. Provide examples found in the case study or outside
sources to support your reasoning.
Compare and contrast service operations and manufacturing operations at the company in the case study. How are they the same? How do they
differ? How does each of these operations provide value for their customers?

Theories and Techniques

Explain how gross-to-net calculations are processed for material requirements planning (MRP). What specific input files would the company in
the case study need to include in this process for a successful MRP? How would you use the MRP information to improve the operations as the

manager of this company?
Compare and contrast the critical path method (CPM) and the program evaluation and review technique (PERT). What types of projects at this
company would favor PERT over CPM? Why? What types of projects at this company would favor CPM over PERT? Why?
Explain the four primary priority rules for job sequencing. In what instances at the company might each rule be most advantageous? When
would each rule be most disadvantageous? Support your claims with citations from your textbook or outside sources.
Explain the five steps of the theory of constraints (TOC) process. To what processes might the company in the case study apply TOC? Why would
applying TOC to these processes be advantageous?
Explain the steps used to develop a forecasting system. How would these steps be specifically utilized by this company? What do you predict
would be the result of implementing a forecasting system for the top-selling product line at this company?
List the major categories of supply chain risk and associated risk-reduction tactics. How could the company mitigate exposure to supply chain
disruptions caused by natural disasters? For example, consider the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of Japan.
Summarize the following theories: just in time (JIT), Toyota Production System (TPS), and Lean. How are these concepts related? Describe the
advantages and disadvantages for using each of these concepts at the company presented in the case study.
Describe how total quality management (TQM) principles and tools can be used to improve quality in the latest line of products in the context of
the case study.

Data Analysis

Draw a hypothetical process (time-function) map for producing a recently released (within the past two years) product manufactured by the company. As an operations manager, how will you use the value map? Be sure to include your process map within your case study analysis.
Draw a cause-and-effect diagram that assesses why some of the company’s supply chain partners might have struggled to implement some of the company’s newly developed materials. Summarize your findings from the diagram.
Considering the data and options below, determine where the company should locate its new manufacturing plant. Explain why this would be the favorable location.

Factor	Weight	Mexico City	Columbia, SC
Political Risk	.25	70	80
Transportation Costs	.20	40	90
Labor Productivity	.20	85	75
Rental Costs	.15	90	55
Labor Costs	.10	80	50
Taxes	.10	90	50

D. The company believes that it might have some inefficiencies in its inventory management process. Develop an ABC classification system for the following 10 items. Based on this information, what do you recommend for improving inventory management?

Item	Annual Demand	Cost/Unit
I5	1750	10.00
D1	6000	10.00
A2	3000	50.00
E9	1000	20.00
J8	2500	5.00
C7	1500	45.00
B8	4000	12.00
G2	300	1500.00
H2	600	20.00
F3	500	500.00

IV. Sustainability

Describe how the emerging concept of the triple bottom line can be used to enhance operations management at the company. Be sure to
address each component of the triple bottom line.
Explain how the company integrates ISO 14000 standards in its manufacturing plants. Support your explanation with citations from your textbook
or outside sources.
Describe ways through which the company can integrate corporate responsibility principles into their operations. Which of these do you believe
to be the most effective? Why? Support your opinions with citations from your textbook or outside sources.

Milestones

Milestone One: Managing Operations

you will submit a managing operations case study analysis, which evaluates how Nissan uses operations management functions to provide products and generate value for its customers and how it achieves a competitive advantage using operations management, among other critical elements. To complete this milestone, you will use the Nissan case study, your own independent research, and the course materials. This milestone is graded with the Milestone One Rubric.

Milestone Two: Quality, Process, and Location Analysis

you will submit a quality, process, and location analysis case study analysis that addresses the typical problems that operations managers face. To complete this milestone, you will use the Nissan case study, your own independent research, and the course materials. This milestone is graded with the Milestone Two Rubric.

Milestone Three: Sustaining Operations

you will submit a sustaining operations case study analysis that discusses the emerging concepts of sustainability in business management, specifically the topics of corporate responsibility and environmental compliance. To complete this milestone, you will use the Nissan case study, your own independent research, and the course materials. This milestone is graded with the Milestone Three Rubric.

Final Submission: Comprehensive Case Study Analysis

In Module Seven, you will submit your final comprehensive case study analysis. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. If you have not included it already, be sure that this final submission includes an introduction section, which provides an overview of the company and some of the key challenges that it is facing. Also, be sure to include a summary/conclusion section that highlights some of your most important recommendations for improving operations at the company. This will be graded using the Final Project Rubric.

Guidelines for Submission: Written components of projects must follow these formatting guidelines when applicable: double spacing, 12-point Times New

Roman font, one-inch margins, and citations in APA style. This assignment should be 10–12 pages in length, not including cover page and resources.

What is the relationship between your companies and their respective employees and investors?

Corporate Governance and Final Project

Part One: Corporate Governance

Click here to visit Southwest Airlines Investor Relations.

Review the information the company has provided including the company profile, corporate government guidelines and policies, news and events, financials, and investor resources.

Required:

Identify what Southwest Airlines sought to accomplish for its stakeholders.
Evaluate Southwest Airlines’ actions with respect to employees and customers.
Assess Southwest Airlines’ achievements in the area of corporate governance.
Have the actions and initiatives undertaken by Southwest Airlines made in a positive impact on its profitability? Explain with specific examples and financial data. Cite your sources using APA format.

Part Two: Final Project Week 5: Relationships and Financial Performance; Company Investment Analysis; Final Report and Presentation of Findings

Required:

What is the relationship between your companies and their respective employees and investors? How do these relationships affect financial performance? Are there any issues outstanding for your companies? Provide a rationale for your assessment.
Compare and contrast your two companies using the financial statements for the two firms and the accumulated data and analysis completed so far.
If you were going to make an investment in one of the two companies, which one would you select? Why? Explain your answer and include financial and nonfinancial reasons for your conclusion.
Prepare a comprehensive final report that summarizes your research and analysis of the two companies you selected for your Final Project over all weeks of this course. Use good form and cite all sources in APA format.
Create a 10-15 slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation that summarizes your findings and conclusions for your Final Project over the past five weeks.

APA format

Please submit in 3 separate documents

What is the usefulness of understanding this topic in today’s corporate structure?

Assignment – Week 7 Managerial Economics/Strategic Analysis

This week’s paper is required to be approximately 4 -6 pages in length, not including the title page and the reference page. No paper should be fewer than 1400 words. Double space your work, cite your work, limit quotes, and edit your work well for spelling, grammar, and punctuation errors. If you have quotes included in your paper, you should have more than 1400 words to compensate. Your work will be automatically reviewed by Turnitin upon submission. Please make sure you have cited your work properly.

After reading chapters 9 & 10 from week 6 and reading chapters 11 & 12 from week 7 you should have an understanding of the types of strategic control, the need for balance between rewards, culture, and boundaries, the pros and cons of different organizational structures, the elements of effective leadership, ethics programs, the types of risk a company may take. After reading the attached articles below, you then can incorporate all of these strategies with the managerial economic impact certain decisions will have on a company.

Read the two articles attached about managerial economics.

C:\Users\bop46919\Documents\Managerial Economics _2_.pdf

C:\Users\bop46919\Documents\Updating Managerial Economics.pdf

Research this company using at least (2) outside scholarly articles. Do not use a website as a reference. Your reference source must have an author.Discuss these six topics in relation to your company and also incorporate the issue of managerial economics within your company and how the economic situation of today influences the strategic decisions your company is making. Each of the six topics discussed should be in bold print. For example, one topic you may choose may be how your company attains balance between culture, rewards, and boundaries. Another topic may be your company’s organizational structure and why they have the structure they have.

Give examples using the terms and concepts in your textbook and your research articles.

B. What is the importance of each of the six topics within your company?

C. What is the usefulness of understanding this topic in today’s corporate structure?

D. How does managerial economics fit into your topic?

HERE ARE THE CASES TO CHOOSE FROM:

CASE 1 Robin Hood

CASE 2 Edward Marshall Boehm, Inc.

CASE 3 American International Groups and the Bonus Fiasco

CASE 4 Pixar

CASE 5 The Casino Industry

CASE 6 Apple Inc.: Still Taking a Bite Out of the Competition?

CASE 7 Weight Watchers International Inc.

CASE 8 Jamba Juice

CASE 9 Ann Taylor: Survival in Specialty Retail

CASE 10 Heineken

CASE 11 QVC

CASE 12 World Wrestling Entertainment

CASE 13 eBay: Expanding into China

CASE 14 Microfinance: Going Global and Going Public?

CASE 15 McDonald’s

CASE 16 The Movie Exhibition Industry 2013

CASE 17 Is Dippin’ Dots Frozen Out?

CASE 18 Johnson & Johnson

CASE 19 Zynga

CASE 20 The Boston Beer Company

CASE 21 Southwest Airlines: Is LUV Soaring or Sour?

CASE 22 JetBlue Airlines: Getting Over the “Blues”?

CASE 23 Beiersdorf AG: Expanding Nivea’s Global Reach

CASE 24 Louis Vuitton

CASE 25 Nintendo’s Wii U

CASE 26 Backers Beware: Kickstarter Is Not a Store

CASE 27 Samsung Electronics

CASE 28 Procter & Gamble

CASE 29 FreshDirect: Is It Really Fresh?

CASE 30 General Motors

CASE 31 Is One Ford Really Working?

CASE 32 Campbell: Is the Soup Still Simmering?

CASE 33 United Way Worldwide

CASE 34 Keurig: Convenience, Choice, and Competitive Brands

What elements should the HRIS contain in order to help the company be more efficient and productive?

Human Resources

Choose a company that you have worked for or one that you currently work for to use for the analysis. If you have not worked for a company, choose one that you know some basics about. Write a needs analysis where you discuss current practices and HRIS requirements. The paper needs to be 3-4-pages (not counting the cover page and reference page) that include the following paper headings, which are denoted in all caps.

INTRODUCTION: Explains the content that will be reviewed in the paper.
BUSINESS ASSESSMENT: Describes the business (size, structure, etc.) and if there are unknowns, make assumptions based on typical companies from similar fields and of similar size.
IDENTIFIED PROBLEMS: Consider the HR problems/challenges of the organizations. Make a list of HR functions that you believe could be more efficient based on your own experience. Make assumptions if needed. Choose one HR function for analysis.
HRIS NEEDS ANALYSIS: Review the shortfalls and challenges of the chosen area. Refer to the course reading for additional information on conducting a needs analysis. Answer the following: How might an HRIS application assist the business? What elements should the HRIS contain in order to help the company be more efficient and productive?
CONCLUSION: End the paper with a concise summary of your findings and recommendations for next steps for the company.
APA format, Correct Spelling.

Determine the underlying causes for passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and determine protections afforded to whistle blowers.

PROFESSOR MOSES ONLY

Use the Internet or Strayer Library to research instances of whistleblowing in publicly traded companies within the last 12 months.

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

Describe the key characteristics of a whistleblower, and briefly summarize one (1) researched instance of whistleblowing in one (1) publicly traded company within the last 12 months. Include the details of the issue that the whistleblower reported and the effect of the whistleblower’s actions on both the whistleblower himself and the company.
Decide whether or not the whistleblower was justified in reporting the company’s actions. Provide a rationale for your response.
Examine the extent to which the whistleblower would be protected under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Justify your response.
Use at least two (2) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia is not an acceptable reference and proprietary 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 student’s name, the professor’s 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:

Determine the underlying causes for passage of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and determine protections afforded to whistleblowers.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in law, ethics, and corporate governance.
Write clearly and concisely about law, ethics, and corporate governance using proper writing mechanics.