Comparison and Contrast of Research Designs

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Select one (1) MNC that does not currently do business in China. Next, consider the steps that the company should consider in determining the feasibility of entering the Chinese market and establishing a market for its products or services there.

 

In addition to your own research, use the following links to conduct a country risk assessment (CRA) on China:

• Bureau of Economic Analysis: www.bea.gov
• Transparency International Corruptions Perceptions Index: http://www.transparency.org/cpi2013/results
• Ranking of Economies-World Bank: http://www.doingbusiness.org/rankings
• IMF Home Page: http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm
• Country Risk Classification-OECD: http://www.oecd.org/tad/xcred/crc.htm
• World Trade Organization Home Page: http://www.wto.org/
• “Industry Analysis: Recreation” article: http://www.valueline.com/Stocks/Industries/Industry_Analysis__Recreation.aspx

Focus on the following areas: corruption, political stability, exchange rate stability, regulatory oversight, freedom of the press, and rule of law. Research other factors that you believe you should evaluate. Additionally, consider the importance of culture in evaluating risk.

Then, go to the Hofstede Center’s Country Comparison cultural tool, located at http://geert-hofstede.com/china.html. Compare China to the U.S. on Hofstede’s six (6) key cultural dimensions scale by selecting “United States” from the “Comparison Country” drop-down menu.

 

Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:

1. Summarize the business that you have chosen, and provide a two to three (2-3) paragraph justification as to why China would be a viable market for the selected business.
2. Examine the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar and the Chinese Yuan for the last 24 months. Explain the major overall changes that have occurred and speculate on the key economic variables that most likely have influenced the exchange rate movements. Provide a rationale for your response.
3. Analyze the major exchange rate risks associated with transaction and translation exposure within the Chinese market. Based on what you have gleaned from your analysis, predict the major changes that you believe will occur in the next 24 months. Justify your response.
4. Recommend key steps that the chosen MNC could take in order to mitigate or eliminate exchange rate risk. Suggest one (1) method that the MNC in question could use with derivatives in order to mitigate, or eliminate such risks. Provide a rationale for your response.
5. Recommend one (1) hedging technique geared toward managing the economic, transaction, and translation exposure in the Chinese market. Justify your response.
6. Conduct a country risk assessment to ascertain whether or not management should support the proposal for your chosen MNC to enter into the Chinese market. Based on Geert Hofstede’s six (6) dimensions of culture, predict three (3) likely problems posed by the cultural differences between the chosen MNC’s culture and the Chinese culture. Provide a rationale for your response.
7.  Use at least six (6) quality references, with at least two (2) from peer reviewed journal articles.

 

 

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:

• Evaluate the major international financial markets to determine effective methods for financing global business operations.
• Analyze the economic variables that influence exchange rate movements and equilibrium price to anticipate fluctuations, and minimize the negative impact on international business operations.
• Formulate strategies to use currency derivatives for foreign exchange risk management and for speculation by multinational corporations.
• Analyze the exchange rate risks associated with transaction, economic, and translation exposure in global markets, and develop risk management strategies to minimize the impact on international business operations.
• Apply a hedging technique to manage the risks of transaction, economic, and translation exposures.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in international finance.

• Write clearly and concisely about international finance using proper writing mechanics.

 

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 300	Assignment 1: MNC Enters China
Criteria	Unacceptable Below 70% F	Fair 70-79% C	Proficient 80-89% B	Exemplary 90-100% A
1. Summarize the business that you have chosen, and provide a two to three (2-3) paragraph justification as to why China would be a viable market for the selected business. Weight: 5%	Did not submit or incompletely summarized the business that you have chosen, and did not submit or incompletely provided a two to three (2-3) paragraph justification as to why China would be a viable market for the selected business.	Partially summarized the business that you have chosen, and partially provided a two to three (2-3) paragraph justification as to why China would be a viable market for the selected business.	Satisfactorily summarized the business that you have chosen, and satisfactorily provided a two to three (2-3) paragraph justification as to why China would be a viable market for the selected business.	Thoroughly summarized the business that you have chosen, and thoroughly provided a two to three (2-3) paragraph justification as to why China would be a viable market for the selected business.
2. Examine the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar and the Chinese Yuan for the last 24 months. Explain the major overall changes that have occurred and speculate on the key economic variables that most likely have influenced the exchange rate movements. Provide a rationale for your response. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely examined the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar and the Chinese Yuan for the last 24 months. Did not submit or incompletely explained the major overall changes that have occurred and did not submit or incompletely speculated on the key economic variables that most likely have influenced the exchange rate movements. Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale for your response.	Partially examined the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar and the Chinese Yuan for the last 24 months. Partially explained the major overall changes that have occurred and partially speculated on the key economic variables that most likely have influenced the exchange rate movements. Partially provided a rationale for your response.	Satisfactorily examined the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar and the Chinese Yuan for the last 24 months. Satisfactorily explained the major overall changes that have occurred and satisfactorily speculated on the key economic variables that most likely have influenced the exchange rate movements. Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your response.	Thoroughly examined the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar and the Chinese Yuan for the last 24 months. Thoroughly explained the major overall changes that have occurred and thoroughly speculated on the key economic variables that most likely have influenced the exchange rate movements. Thoroughly provided a rationale for your response.
3. Analyze the major exchange rate risks associated with transaction and translation exposure within the Chinese market. Based on what you have gleaned from your analysis, predict the major changes that you believe will occur in the next 24 months. Justify your response. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the major exchange rate risks associated with transaction and translation exposure within the Chinese market. Did not submit or incompletely predicted the major changes that you believe will occur in the next 24 months based on what you have gleaned from your analysis. Did not submit or incompletely justified your response.	Partially analyzed the major exchange rate risks associated with transaction and translation exposure within the Chinese market.  Partially predicted the major changes that you believe will occur in the next 24 months based on what you have gleaned from your analysis. Partially justified your response.	Satisfactorily analyzed the major exchange rate risks associated with transaction and translation exposure within the Chinese market. Satisfactorily predicted the major changes that you believe will occur in the next 24 months based on what you have gleaned from your analysis. Satisfactorily justified your response.	Thoroughly analyzed the major exchange rate risks associated with transaction and translation exposure within the Chinese market. Thoroughly predicted the major changes that you believe will occur in the next 24 months based on what you have gleaned from your analysis. Thoroughly justified your response.
4. Recommend key steps that the chosen MNC could take in order to mitigate or eliminate exchange rate risk. Suggest one (1) method that the MNC in question could use with derivatives in order to mitigate, or eliminate such risks. Provide a rationale for your response. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely recommended key steps that the chosen MNC could take in order to mitigate or eliminate exchange rate risk. Did not submit or incompletely suggested one (1) method that the MNC in question could use with derivatives in order to mitigate, or eliminate such risks. Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale for your response.	Partially recommended key steps that the chosen MNC could take in order to mitigate or eliminate exchange rate risk. Partially suggested one (1) method that the MNC in question could use with derivatives in order to mitigate, or eliminate such risks. Partially provided a rationale for your response.	Satisfactorily recommended key steps that the chosen MNC could take in order to mitigate or eliminate exchange rate risk. Satisfactorily suggested one (1) method that the MNC in question could use with derivatives in order to mitigate, or eliminate such risks. Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your response.	Thoroughly recommended key steps that the chosen MNC could take in order to mitigate or eliminate exchange rate risk. Thoroughly suggested one (1) method that the MNC in question could use with derivatives in order to mitigate, or eliminate such risks. Thoroughly provided a rationale for your response.
5. Recommend one (1) hedging technique geared toward managing the economic, transaction, and translation exposure in the Chinese market. Justify your response. Weight: 10%	Did not submit or incompletely recommended one (1) hedging technique geared toward managing the economic, transaction, and translation exposure in the Chinese market. Did not submit or incompletely justified your response.	Partially recommended one (1) hedging technique geared toward managing the economic, transaction, and translation exposure in the Chinese market. Partially justified your response.	Satisfactorily recommended one (1) hedging technique geared toward managing the economic, transaction, and translation exposure in the Chinese market. Satisfactorily justified your response.	Thoroughly recommended one (1) hedging technique geared toward managing the economic, transaction, and translation exposure in the Chinese market. Thoroughly justified your response.
6. Conduct a country risk assessment to ascertain whether or not management should support the proposal for your chosen MNC to enter into the Chinese market. Based on Geert Hofstede’s six (6) dimensions of culture, predict three (3) likely problems posed by the cultural differences between the chosen MNC’s culture and the Chinese culture. Provide a rationale for your response. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely conducted a country risk assessment to ascertain whether or not management should support the proposal for your chosen MNC to enter into the Chinese market. Did not submit or incompletely predicted three (3) likely problems posed by the cultural differences between the chosen MNC’s culture and the Chinese culture based on Geert Hofstede’s six (6) dimensions of culture. Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale for your response.	Partially conducted a country risk assessment to ascertain whether or not management should support the proposal for your chosen MNC to enter into the Chinese market. Partially predicted three (3) likely problems posed by the cultural differences between the chosen MNC’s culture and the Chinese culture based on Geert Hofstede’s six (6) dimensions of culture. Partially provided a rationale for your response.	Satisfactorily conducted a country risk assessment to ascertain whether or not management should support the proposal for your chosen MNC to enter into the Chinese market. Satisfactorily predicted three (3) likely problems posed by the cultural differences between the chosen MNC’s culture and the Chinese culture based on Geert Hofstede’s six (6) dimensions of culture. Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your response.	Thoroughly conducted a country risk assessment to ascertain whether or not management should support the proposal for your chosen MNC to enter into the Chinese market. Thoroughly predicted three (3) likely problems posed by the cultural differences between the chosen MNC’s culture and the Chinese culture based on Geert Hofstede’s six (6) dimensions of culture. Thoroughly provided a rationale for your response.
7. 6 references Weight: 5%	No references provided.	Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.	Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.	Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
8. Writing Mechanics, Grammar, and Formatting Weight: 5%	Serious and persistent errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.	Partially free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.	Mostly free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.	Error free or almost error free grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.
9. Appropriate use of APA in-text citations and  reference section Weight: 5%	Lack of in-text citations and / or lack of reference section.	In-text citations and references are provided, but they are only partially formatted correctly in APA style.		In-text citations and references are error free or almost error free and consistently formatted correctly in APA style.
10. Information Literacy / Integration of Sources Weight: 5%	Serious errors in the integration of sources, such as intentional or accidental plagiarism, or failure to use in-text citations.		Sources are mostly integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.	Sources are consistently integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.
11. Clarity and Coherence of Writing Weight: 5%	Information is confusing to the reader and fails to include reasons and evidence that logically support ideas	Information is partially clear with minimal reasons and evidence that logically support ideas

 

Deliverable Length:  5-7 pages

 

 Assignment Description

 

Description: The Instructional Design Document (IDD) is used throughout the design and development process in that it represents a comprehensive description of your learning module. Therefore, using the Instructional Design Document, continue to develop your IDD by completing the section Developing Your Module with these subtopics: Methods of Assessment, Instructional Strategies, and Learner Activities. For an example of an Instructional Design Document template, click here.

 

For the Methods of Assessment section, ensure your criterion reference assessment contains at least 10 test questions, and your Learning Activity section contains at least 4 interactive self-assessment quiz questions in which all of the possible answers include formative feedback.

 

Note: The IDD worksheet is for use as an aid in creating your IDD. Your deliverable for this week should be an APA report on the new sections of your IDD only.

 

 

 

Part I

 

Have you had any experience with blueprints, instructions to build something from parts (bike, furniture, sports equipment, etc.) or a visual tool to help you complete a project (paint by numbers, hook rugs, knitting)? Did they work? If not, what do you think was missing? If so, what do you think made them so accurate?

 

Part II

 

 

 

Deliverable Length:  11-14 PowerPoint slides

 

 Assignment Description

 

Description: For this assignment, based upon your instructional design document, you will create your initial storyboard and populate the storyboard frames with the appropriate instructional components. For your initial storyboard, include these minimum components (Note: You will continue developing your storyboard in Unit 5):

 

• Welcome frame (1 slide)
• Introduction frame (1-2 slides) – Brief description of the module and includes the TCOs
• Frame components
  • Menu – Describes and depicts the menu and their functions. As a minimum, must describe the links to each of the instructional units, student assessment, learning activities, and any other instructional components
  • Navigational components – Each storyboard’s frame must include basic navigational components (home button, help button, exit button, forward/back buttons)
  • Help frame (1 slide) – the Help frame describes and depicts the menu structure and basic navigational components.
• Introduction to first instructional unit frame(s) (1-2 slides) – Brief description to the first instructional unit and includes enabling objectives’ (minimum 2 enabling objectives)
• Introduction to second instructional unit frame(s) (1-2 slides) – Brief description to the second instructional unit and includes its enabling objectives’ (minimum 2 enabling objectives)
• Instructional Unit 1 content frames (6 slides minimum) – Contains the full text content required to bridge the knowledge gap and supporting multimedia components

 

Download the storyboard template example.

 

Note: For more information on developing your storyboard, please review the Lectora module entitled Developing Your Storyboard located in the MEd Lectora Lab.

 

 

 

Deliverable Length:  At least 21 PowerPoint slides; 4 Lectora screens

 

 Assignment Description

 

Description (first deliverable): For this assignment, you are completing your e-learning storyboard by populating the remaining frames with your instructional unit 2 content, learning activities supporting one of your instructional units, and the student assessment. For your final storyboard, include these instructional components and ensure these components are integrated with your Unit 4 storyboard:

 

• Instructional Unit 2 content frames (6 slides minimum) – Contains the full text content required to bridge the knowledge gap and supporting multimedia components
• Learning activity quiz frames supporting one of your instructional units (4 slides minimum) – Minimum of 4 quiz questions per instructional unit (one quiz question per slide)
• Student assessment frames (11 slides) – Include an introduction to the assessment slide containing the level of mastery required to successfully complete the module and a minimum of 10 assessment questions (one question per slide)

 

Note: Development of your remaining learning activity quiz questions and student assessment questions (15 test questions required for your learning module) will be accomplished in a later ID&T specialization course.

 

Description (second deliverable): Using the learning activity quiz developed in your unit 3 design document, create a Lectora title consisting of your learning activity quiz questions.

 

IMPORTANT: Your learning activity quiz provides for immediate and formative feedback that supports the learning objectives and facilitates the transfer of learning. For information on how to develop your learning activity quiz using Lectora’s “Add Question” feature, please view the Lectora module entitled Learning Activity Development located in the MEd Lectora Lab. This module contains all of the components required for your learning module, as well as depicting the functionality of a learning activity quiz.

 

Please submit your PowerPoint assignment and Lectora assignment.

 

Follow the instructions in Lectora for the “Publish for Offline Use” option in order to publish your Lectora file to the Single File Executable format. Submit your assignment in this format. The maximum Lectora published file size submitted to your individual submitted files area cannot exceed 10MB.

 

Must be typed, 12 point font, double-spaced

 

Each Assignment must include in the top right corner and single spaced: your name; the name of author/speaker/artist; title of essay(s)/ flm/event.

 

Remember this is subjective.

 

1) Summarize the essay/film/event.

 

2) Note what the main point(s) were/are.

 

3) Address themes, issues, and points made in the essay.

 

4) Discuss what was clear or not clear (in other words did it make sense to you, why or why not), what you learned, if you relate, if you agree or disagree with how issues framed, etc.

 

I will attach the article that you need to read, its only 3 pages, and so easy

I can do it myself, but because i have exam due monday so i have no time to write it.

Need 5-6 page paper with four references

Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.

FOCUS ON  4P‘s

 

Assignment 1: Part A: Your Marketing Plan – 4P’s (Atlanta Marriott Buckhead & Conference Center, 3405 Lenox Road, NE,  Atlanta, GA   30026).

 

Due Week 4 and worth 200 points

 

At the end of this course, you will have created a marketing plan for a hypothetical product-based company. Each assignment focuses on a different section of the overall marketing plan. For Assignment 1, you will compile information on the company’s background information, an environmental analysis, your company’s short and long-term goals, and a SWOT analysis.

 

For information on Website analytics, visit Google Analytics athttp://www.google.com/analytics/why/.

 

Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

 

Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:

1.Write an introduction to your company. Describe your company, its location, and the service it provides.

2.Develop an (environmental analysis Find a source that defines it) that includes competitive, economic, sociocultural forces.

3.Determine the primary target markets for your company and describe the 4 P’s.

4.Decide the main goals that you would like to achieve within the next year (short term- within one year) and the mains goals that you would like to achieve within the next two (2) to five (5) years (long term). Determine the most appropriate ways to measure both short- and long-term goals. Note: Consider the following metrics: tracking downloads of Website content, Website visitors, increases in market share, customer value, new product adoption rates, retention, rate of growth compared to competition and the market, margin, and customer engagement.

5.Develop both a SWOT analysis and needs analysis for your product. Each analysis should examine four (4) strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for your company.

6.Use at least four (4) academic resources as quantitative marketing research to determine the feasibility of your product / service. These resources should be industry specific and relate to your chosen  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 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:

• Analyze the marketing framework including the concepts of the 5Cs, STP, and 4Ps.
• Develop strategies to assess performance and achieve marketing goals.
• Examine the marketing science of customer behavior and products in the marketing exchange process and create dynamic strategies for competing.
• Evaluate target customer segments and positioning products within these segments.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in marketing management.
• Write clearly and concisely about marketing management using proper writing mechanics.

 

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric found here.

Points: 200	Assignment 1: Part A: Your Marketing Plan
Criteria	Unacceptable Below 70% F	Fair 70-79% C	Proficient 80-89% B	Exemplary 90-100% A
1. Write an introduction to your company. Describe your company, its location, and the product it makes or the service it provides. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely wrote an introduction to your company. Did not submit or incompletely described your company, its location, and the product it makes or the service it provides.	Partially wrote an introduction to your company. Partially described your company, its location, and the product it makes or the service it provides	Satisfactorily wrote an introduction to your company. Satisfactorily described your company, its location, and the product it makes or the service it provides	Thoroughly wrote an introduction to your company. Thoroughly described your company, its location, and the product it makes or the service it provides
2. Develop an environmental analysis that includes competitive, economic, political, legal, technological, and sociocultural forces. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely developed an environmental analysis that includes competitive, economic, political, legal, technological, and sociocultural forces.	Partially developed an environmental analysis that includes competitive, economic, political, legal, technological, and sociocultural forces.	Satisfactorily developed an environmental analysis that includes competitive, economic, political, legal, technological, and sociocultural forces.	Thoroughly developed an environmental analysis that includes competitive, economic, political, legal, technological, and sociocultural forces.
3. Determine the primary and secondary target markets for your company. Next, analyze the primary and secondary target markets that you identified for your company. Be sure to cover the 4Ps, 5Cs and STP. Weight: 10%	Did not submit or incompletely determined the primary and secondary target markets for your company. Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the primary and secondary target markets that you identified for your company. Did not submit or incompletely covered the 4Ps, 5Cs and STP.	Partially determined the primary and secondary target markets for your company. Partially analyzed the primary and secondary target markets that you identified for your company.  Partially covered the 4Ps, 5Cs and STP.	Satisfactorily determined the primary and secondary target markets for your company. Satisfactorily analyzed the primary and secondary target markets that you identified for your company. Satisfactorily covered the 4Ps, 5Cs and STP.	Thoroughly determined the primary and secondary target markets for your company. Thoroughly analyzed the primary and secondary target markets that you identified for your company. Thoroughly covered the 4Ps, 5Cs and STP.
4. Decide the main goals that you would like to achieve within the next year (short term) and the mains goals that you would like to achieve within the next five (5) years (long term). Determine the most appropriate ways to measure both short- and long-term goals. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely decided the main goals that you would like to achieve within the next year (short term) and the mains goals that you would like to achieve within the next five (5) years (long term). Did not submit or incompletely determined the most appropriate ways to measure both short- and long-term goals.	Partially decided the main goals that you would like to achieve within the next year (short term) and the mains goals that you would like to achieve within the next five (5) years (long term). Partially determined the most appropriate ways to measure both short- and long-term goals.	Satisfactorily decided the main goals that you would like to achieve within the next year (short term) and the mains goals that you would like to achieve within the next five (5) years (long term). Satisfactorily determined the most appropriate ways to measure both short- and long-term goals.	Thoroughly decided the main goals that you would like to achieve within the next year (short term) and the mains goals that you would like to achieve within the next five (5) years (long term). Thoroughly determined the most appropriate ways to measure both short- and long-term goals.
5. Develop both a SWOT analysis and needs analysis for your product. Each analysis should examine four (4) strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for your company. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely developed both a SWOT analysis and needs analysis for your product. Did not submit or incompletely examined four (4) strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for your company.	Partially developed both a SWOT analysis and needs analysis for your product. Partially examined four (4) strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for your company.	Satisfactorily developed both a SWOT analysis and needs analysis for your product. Satisfactorily examined four (4) strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for your company.	Thoroughly developed both a SWOT analysis and needs analysis for your product. Thoroughly examined four (4) strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for your company.
6. 4 references Weight: 5%	No references provided.	Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.	Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.	Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
7. Writing Mechanics, Grammar, and Formatting Weight: 5%	Serious and persistent errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.	Partially free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.	Mostly free of errors in grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.	Error-free or almost error-free grammar, spelling, punctuation, or formatting.
8. Appropriate use of APA in-text citations and  reference section Weight: 5%	Lack of in-text citations and / or lack of reference section.	In-text citations and references are provided, but they are only partially formatted correctly in APA style.		In-text citations and references are error free or almost error free and consistently formatted correctly in APA style.
9. Information Literacy / Integration of Sources Weight: 5%	Serious errors in the integration of sources, such as intentional or accidental plagiarism, or failure to use in-text citations.		Sources are mostly integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.	Sources are consistently integrated using effective techniques of quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing.
10. Clarity and Coherence of Writing Weight: 5%	Information is confusing to the reader and fails to include reasons and evidence that logically support ideas	Information is partially clear with minimal reasons and evidence that logically support ideas

Business vision

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  Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.Due Week 3 and worth 180 pointsImagine you are hired by a new start-up company. You are tasked to recognize and explore a new business opportunity of creating a new product or service for your company. As part of your new business vision, you will create a business plan describing all keys elements of the business opportunity which will ultimately be presented to an executive team in a venture capital group for possible funding and execution.Write a five to six (5-6) page in which you:

  1. Compile a business vision about the type of product or service you think your company needs to develop. Next, describe the business values and corporate values that you want to create.
  2. Determine the need for the new product or service. Next, provide an overview of the market you intend to enter, and defend why this market is ripe for the introduction of this product or service at this particular time.
  3. Determine the type of business model you will use for your new business opportunity. Support your response.
  4. Formulate a feasibility analysis, and determine whether the new product or service is feasible. Identify the roadblocks that you will likely face.
  5. Evaluate the data from your analysis, considering the source and time period. Justify the future financial condition of your company.
  6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

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• Part I of the business plan will describe your business vision you plan to undertake in your company.
• Note: Refer to scenarios and reading assignments from previous weeks to complete this assignment.
• Assignment 1: Business Plan Part I – Business Vision

Post One: Foucault claims that there is a reluctance to be rid of the prison system. Why do you think this is so, given its failures, as described by Foucault? Refer to Chapter Six for ideas to help generate your blog ideas.

Post Two: What is the importance of environmental awareness and / or environmental activism? Refer to Chapter Seven for ideas to help generate your blog ideas.

Post Three: Do you agree with Chang that hip-hop has come to be the way an entire generation sees their world? Does that make it more or less, as the caller suggests, “mainstream”? Refer to Chapter Eight for ideas to help generate your blog ideas.

EACH POST HAS TO BE 150-250 WORDS

Managing groups and teams is an essential element of the leading facet of the P-O-L-C framework. As you read these articles, reflect on your experience working in groups and teams, and then address the following prompts:

1. Think about a positive experience when you worked in a group or team and identify the principles that were presented in the articles that were exhibited by your group or team. Explain how these principles helped the group or team succeed.
2. Think about a negative experience when you worked in a group or team and identify which principles from the articles were lacking. Explain how the lack of these principles led to poor performance of the group or team.

If you were the manager of that group or team, how would you correct the issues that caused the poor performance? Consider the material from this module and in the articles.

Read the Biological Threat Scenario.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word action plan in which you answer the following questions related to the biological threat scenario:

• What public- and private-sector resources could be used to respond to the threat?
• How can public- and private-sector responders collaborate?
• How will you advise your supervisor, the staff, and the operations manager?
• What special considerations should you make due to the nature of your facility (which is either the airport, water treatment plant, nuclear power plant, or tallest and largest building)?
• Who will you notify, if anyone, for follow up after the incident is contained?
• What action items will you request from the agencies and persons you notify?

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

After the Civil War, the United States became a much more industrialized society. Between 1865 and 1920, industrialization improved American life in many ways. However, industrialization also created problems for American society. Consider events that took place after the Civil War and discuss ways that industrialization affected the U.S. between 1865 and 1920.

You have already developed a thesis statement and developed an outline in which you identify three main points relevant to your topic. Now you will develop the final paper in which you explore your main points in detail.

Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

1. Introduce your paper with your previously crafted thesis statement.
2. Discuss three (3) major aspects of industrialization between 1865 and 1920.  In your response, consider society, the economy, and politics.
3. Identify three (3) specific groups that were affected by industrialization and provide two examples for each group describing how the group was affected. (Consider issues such as race, ethnicity, gender, child labor, etc.)
4. Summarize how industrialization affected the life of the average working American during this period. Use specific examples and details.
5. Use at least three (3) academic references besides or in addition to the textbook. 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 style 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:

• Identify and discuss the different ways that the heritage of slavery, the Civil War, the Reconstruction, and segregation have shaped America’s history.
• 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.