“The Right People in the Right Positions at the Right Times” Take a position as to whether using social media provides an organization with a new competitive advantage or whether traditional methods such as job postings on the company website are still better for recruiting quality job candidates. Justify your position. Determine if companies should ask for consent from potential and current employees when using social media as another form of background check. Suggest an advantage or disadvantage inclusive to the traditional credit, criminal, or reference checks when using social media. Provide a rationale for your position.
business strategy
Select an existing small company in an industry you are familiar with to be the basis of the small business in this case. Review the company’s structure, culture, business strategy, mission, and vision.
Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:
Provide a brief summary, in your own words, of your selected company’s overall business strategy. Next, determine the direction you visualize the company growing within the next five (5) to ten (10) years. Hint: Review the common business strategies of Cost Leadership, Differentiation and Focus or Niche on p. 50 of your text. Design a human resource management strategy to support your selected company’s business strategy. Explain the competitive advantage of your HRM strategy. Hint: Review the following common human resource management strategies of Loyal Soldier, Bargain Laborer, Committed Expert and Free Agent from previous courses. Develop an HR Scorecard table for your selected company. Include the four (4) dimensions (i.e., financial, customer service, internal process, and learning / growth / sustainability). Next, assess the value of your proposal to the small business in each of these dimensions. Hint: Review the video titled “Building the Human Resources Performance Measurement Scorecard” (4 min 1 s) located at for additional guidance in creating an HR Scorecard. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment from within the past five (5) years. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource. Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements: Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; 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 is not included in the required page length. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Assess the strategic role of human resource management and the components that provide a competitive advantage to the organization. Determine the human resource management function of human resource planning and its importance to business strategy. Develop work designs that support the human resources strategy. Use technology and information resources to research issues in human resource management. Write clearly and concisely about human resource management using proper writing mechanics.
Economics
Write a two (2) page paper in which you: 1. Identify at least four (4) key points of a relevant economic article from newspaper. 2. Apply one (1) of the following economic concepts (supply, demand, market structures, elasticity, costs of production, GDP, Unemployment, inflation, aggregate demand, and aggregate supply) to the key points that you highlighted in Question 1. 3. Explain how the concept that you identified in Question 2 could affect the U.S. economy. 4. In your concluding paragraph, state whether you agree or disagree with the economic article identified in Question 1. Provide a rationale for the response. 5. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment with one (1) being your article.
Biology: Gene Technology
Select one (1) of the following biotechnology topics to write about: • Genetically modified crop plants • Genetically modified microorganisms • Genetically modified animals • Personal genomics and / or personalized medicine for humans • Gene therapy Write a two (2) page paper on your chosen topic. Organize your paper into sections corresponding to the following requirements: 1. Biological basis. Describe the technology. Discuss what it accomplishes. Elaborate on the scientific principles that make this technology possible. Your goal in this section of the paper is to show the instructor that you understand the underlying science behind the technology. Describe how exactly the technology works. Discuss the biological principles that underlie this technology. 2. Social and ethical implications. Without disclosing your personal view about this technology, provide an analysis of its social and ethical implications. State the ethical concerns apparent in the use of this technology. Discuss the benefits and risks. Your goal in this section is to look at all sides of the issue. In the next section, you will give your opinion. 3. Personal viewpoint. In the previous section, your goal was to be as objective as possible, to look at all sides of the issues. In this section, your goals are to give a personal opinion about the technology and provide a justification of that opinion. 4. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment, in addition to the course text. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. The body of the paper must have in-text citations that correspond to the references. Integrate all sources into your paper using proper techniques of quoting, paraphrasing and summarizing, along with proper use of in-text citations to credit your sources.
research paper
You are required to write a 5- to 7-page research paper exhibiting your proficiency with all of the skills and topics covered in this course. For this assignment, you will examine the issue of whether states should require doctors, as a matter of informed consent, to provide “4-d” ultrasounds to all patients considering elective abortions before such abortions can be performed. Because these ultrasounds offer a view of the live fetus in motion (i.e. a view of its “personhood”), bills requiring them and similar procedures are often known as “personhood” amendments. In order for you to address this topic adequately, you must objectively consider opposing viewpoints on this issue. Please also discuss how biblical principles may be brought to bear in the debate over abortion, informed consent and fetal personhood. This paper is a cumulative exercise in that you must employ all of the research, objective reasoning, logic, organization, composition, formatting and rhetorical skills covered in this class. Appropriate research sources for this assignment include, but are not limited to, academic and legal journal articles, court opinions and commentary. Please follow Turabian Author-Date style for this research paper.
-Write a 5- to 7-page research paper -Include a clear thesis in your opening paragraph and return to that thesis in your concluding paragraph. The thesis must directly address the research question. -Maintain an objective voice, with no first or second person perspective and no opinionated language. -Examine opposing sides, basing your conclusion on the evidence gathered in this examination. -Proofread your paper carefully (get some help with this, if needed) -Follow Author-Date formatting for title page, body text, citations, and Reference list style.
-Write a 5- to 7-page research paper -Include a clear thesis in your opening paragraph and return to that thesis in your concluding paragraph. The thesis must directly address the research question. -Maintain an objective voice, with no first or second person perspective and no opinionated language. -Examine opposing sides, basing your conclusion on the evidence gathered in this examination. -Proofread your paper carefully (get some help with this, if needed) -Follow Author-Date formatting for title page, body text, citations, and Reference list style.
business organization
Written Assignment: Organization’s Business Strategy •Write a 3-5 page paper that describes and evaluates an organization’s business strategy.
Your paper should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Please include citations to support your ideas.
History essay
Answer these questions in essay format: The Black Death (a combination of diseases including the Bubonic Plague) hits Europe in 1348 and kills off approximately 75% of the human population. So, let’s test your Black Death IQ. Write an essay on the Black Death in which you answer all of the following questions. DO NOT write a list of answers to the questions–I am looking for your ability to tell me what it all means, too. Also, be as specific and detailed with your information as possible. 1) The best guess is that the Black Death was spread by the bite of infected fleas that live on the Black Rat. Why were there so many rats? Why were there so few cats to kill the rats? And what other roles did humans play in rat overpopulation? 2) In any given town where the Black Death hit, it counted the members of which two occupations among its first victims? Why is it that those individuals would be especially vulnerable? 3) In searching for a cause for their suffering, who did Europeans blame for the Black Death and how did they seek revenge? Name at least two of these groups and give at least two detailed examples of this persecution. 4) What changes in social customs and attitudes came about in Europe as a result of the Black Death? 5) What changes in literature and art came about in Europe as a result of the Black Death? 6) How did the Black Death affect the Muslim world? In particular, who was blamed for the disease; and how did the treatment of Muslim victims differ from the treatment of victims in Europe? Most important here, how does the course of scientific inquiry in the Middle East diverge from that in Europe in the wake of the Black Death? 7) What did an “innocent” nursery rhyme like Ring Around the Rosie have to do with the Black Death? (in your research you may run across a school of thought that says it didn’t…ignore that school of thought)
Geology questions
1. Discuss the issues of drinking water availability and quality in the Southwestern U.S., including San Diego County. In your essay, include a discussion of:
local climate population changes, especially since World War II local vs. imported water “waste” treatment and recycling attitudes (“toilet to tap”) Your answer should be no less than 700 words.
2. Explain the issues of Climate Change.
In your essay, include discussions of:
greenhouse gases, comparing Earth to Venus and Mars the Keeling Curve, extrapolated back 800,000 years ice ages, including the one we’re in now sea level: past, present and future ocean acidification methane released from permafrost and ocean floor Your answer should be no less than 700 words.
Marginalized Group Career Counseling Paper
For this assignment you will select a marginalized group (veterans, minorities, individuals with disabilities, etc.) and write a paper of 1,750 to 2,100 words that can be used as a resource when working with an individual from the selected group. Use peer-reviewed resources to support your use of a specific career theory as well as interventions with this population. The paper should include the following:
1.An explanation of who the population is and why it is important for this group to receive career counseling 2.Statistics on the group (e.g., how large, how many have employment problems, how many utilize career counseling) 3.Discussion of career counseling theory to be used with the group (e.g., Minnesota theory of work adjustment). Include evidence supporting the use of this theory in the general population as well as within the group. Please note: If none are available, it is important to indicate that as well. 4.Basic plan for counseling utilizing chosen theory (e.g., interview, use of assessment tools, explanation of theory) 5.Environmental/personal barriers that may prevent the client from finding work (e.g., disability, substance use history, felony, transportation, limited computer access) 6.Local resources available to help the client obtain work (e.g., job center, training programs, support groups) 7.Based on the information listed above, provide some conclusions with regard to your plan to include your opinion on whether this plan is tenable and if you think if it can work. 8.A minimum of four scholarly references
Textbook for course is: (Career Development and Counseling: Putting Theory and Research to Work) Chapter 14,15,16
Financials
In an eight- to ten-page paper (not including the title and reference pages) research and discuss the SEC’s company filings requirements. In your paper:
Describe how investors can use the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) EDGAR database (https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm) Links to an external site.to quickly research a company’s financial information filed on Forms 10-K and 10-Q. Identify the differences between the Annual Report send to shareholders and the Annual Report on Form 10-K, which must be filed with the SEC. Describe the contents of: Form 10-K SEC filings Management Discussion and Analysis Auditors’ Report Selected Financial Data Discuss how the SEC”s requirement for domestic and foreign companies using US GAAP to provide their financial statements in the XBRL format can improve financial reporting? Most publicly traded companies are examined by numerous analysts. Find analysts’ ratings about a company of your choice by visiting biz.yahoo.com/I. Provide a comparison over time and across companies in the same industry by answering the following questions: How many analysts rated the company? What percentage rated it a strong buy? What was the average rating for the week? Did the average rating improve or decline relative to the previous week? It must include at least six scholarly sources
Describe how investors can use the Securities and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) EDGAR database (https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/webusers.htm) Links to an external site.to quickly research a company’s financial information filed on Forms 10-K and 10-Q. Identify the differences between the Annual Report send to shareholders and the Annual Report on Form 10-K, which must be filed with the SEC. Describe the contents of: Form 10-K SEC filings Management Discussion and Analysis Auditors’ Report Selected Financial Data Discuss how the SEC”s requirement for domestic and foreign companies using US GAAP to provide their financial statements in the XBRL format can improve financial reporting? Most publicly traded companies are examined by numerous analysts. Find analysts’ ratings about a company of your choice by visiting biz.yahoo.com/I. Provide a comparison over time and across companies in the same industry by answering the following questions: How many analysts rated the company? What percentage rated it a strong buy? What was the average rating for the week? Did the average rating improve or decline relative to the previous week? It must include at least six scholarly sources