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Diagnosing Organizational Systems Report

Assignment 2: Diagnosing Organizational Systems Report

An organizational assessment is the process evaluation of the various areas within the organization in terms of what is working well and what could be changed. An organizational assessment determines how organizational factors in the internal environment affect the competitive situation. It is a full system view of where the organization stands in order to maximize the organization’s efficiency and effectiveness in achieving its mission. When viewed as an open system, an organization can be diagnosed at three levels: the organizational level, the group level, and the individual level.
For this assignment, you will complete an activity designed to simulate the process of evaluating an organization and selecting or designing and conducting an organizational assessment.
Directions:
For this activity, identify an organization to diagnose. It is best to select an organization where you are currently or were previously employed. Think of this organization as a system. Include the following in 4–5 pages:

  1. Identify and document all of the following at the organizational level: (1–2 pages)
    • The organization’s mission/purpose
    • All inputs from the system
    • All outputs from the system
    • All processes your organization performs to transform inputs to outputs
    • Organizational environments
    • Organizational alignment
    • Feedback mechanisms to determine correctness or performance measures
  2. Develop an organizational assessment tool (ten questions) at the individual level. This can be a format of your choosing, such as a written questionnaire or a SurveyMonkey form. (1–2 pages)
    1. Identify a situation in your organization to be assessed. It should consider funding streams, workflow processes, organizational structure, outcome measurement, client satisfaction, employee turnover, the capacity for change, etc. Develop questions you believe will assess the situation effectively. Again, write ten questions in total for your tool.
    2. Explain your rationale for your approach in developing the questions.
      (1 paragraph)
    3. Explain how you would administer the tool to the employees in your chosen organization. For example, is this a one-time event, an annual survey, or an as-needed assessment? Note: You do not have to administer the tool; just develop a plan for administering it.
      (1 paragraph)
    4. Assess and explain your organization’s capacity to change and achieve greater effectiveness including financial performance, customer satisfaction, and employee engagement.
      (1–2 paragraphs)
    5. Select an appropriate communication and feedback method for how you would want to present the assessment and intervention results to your identified organization.
      (1–2 paragraphs)
    6. Turn in a copy of the tool you created along with your paper.

Your final product will be a Microsoft Word document approximately 10–12 pages in length. Utilize four to five scholarly sources in your research. Your paper should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
Submission Details:

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Global Finance and Risk Management Applications

Risk Management Applications
While there are many factors that lead to an organization’s success or failure, it is important to identify the risk associated with the endeavor—financial or non-financial. Once the risks have been identified, management has a responsibility to develop measures to mitigate those risks.
Tasks:
Use the publicly-traded company you chose in Module 1 and imagine it has made a strategic decision to start doing business in China. Using the discussion, Currency Exchange Rates: A Case in China with Country Risk, (Chapter 7, Global Finance, page 192 of your textbook) as a model for the report you will write, prepare a report in which you:
—–>*Please the publicly-traded company that I chose in M1 Assignment is “Wells Fargo & Company”

  1. Develop a brief country risk assessment.
  2. Determine the political, economic, social, and capital risks associated with doing business in China. What are the most important factors to consider? Why?
  3. After years of keeping the Yuan pegged to the US dollar, in 2015 the Chinese  allowed it to float freely in international currency exchange rate markets. You may read more about the Yuan reforms here. Many economists believe that keeping the Yuan pegged to the US dollar has caused it to be undervalued by 30 to 50 percent. Discuss what impact a revaluation of the Yuan might have on US multinationals doing business there, on China’s exports, and on Chinese citizens’ standard of living. What impact would a revaluation have on Chinese inflation and on purchasing power parity? Explain.
    Your paper should be about 2,000 words.
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Outsourcing: A Strategic Advantage

Assignment 1: Discussion—Outsourcing: A Strategic Advantage?

Outsourcing may provide tremendous advantages for firms. It may allow companies to specialize, reduce costs, and focus narrowly on the core competencies they deem strategic; however, companies also have to think about what they may lose both qualitatively and quantitatively. For example, when outsourcing, managers need to be certain that what they source from outside is not a key component of their value proposition.
A way to reduce those risks is to use an approach called vertical integration. The meaning of vertical integration is developing the ability to produce goods or services previously purchased or to actually buy a supplier or a distributor. It can take two forms: backward and forward. These forms relate to how the corporation moves in its supply chain to pursue the vertical integration. If the movement is towards the suppliers, it is called backward integration. Conversely, it is known as forward integration.
Using the module readings, Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research outsourcing. Based on your research, respond to the following:

By the due date assigned, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through the end of the module, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses.
Write your initial response in 300–500 words. Your response should be thorough and address all components of the discussion question in detail, include citations of all sources, where needed, according to the APA Style, and demonstrate accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation
Do the following when responding to your peers:

  • Read your peers’ answers.
  • Provide substantive comments by
    • contributing new, relevant information from course readings, Web sites, or other sources;
    • building on the remarks or questions of others; or
    • sharing practical examples of key concepts from your professional or personal experiences
  • Respond to feedback on your posting and provide feedback to other students on their ideas.
  • Make sure your writing
    • is clear, concise, and organized;
    • demonstrates ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and
    • displays accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

    Grading CriteriaMaximum PointsQuality of initial posting, including fulfillment of assignment instructions16Quality of responses to classmates12Frequency of responses to classmates4Reference to supporting readings and other materials4Language and grammar4Total:40

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book review

  • How the story reveals something about the time in which it was written/published
  • How the story connects to ideas about gender as a social or biological construction
  • How the story portrays a theme (Biblical themes, how we learn to understand the world, how technology may save us, how technology will undo us, how the world will end) (These are over-simplified, but hopefully you are starting to understand.)
  • How the story reveals a universal and timeless characteristic about people
  • How the story offers a social or political commentary on [insert specific topic]
  • How does the main character change by the end of the story? Is it for better or worse?
  • How the author develops a particular character or idea throughout the story
  • How symbols and literary devices are used within the story
  • What the story says about [insert topic (some common ones are race relations, gender relations, people’s fears of technology, people’s memories, people’s fears of the government, etc.]

 
4 pages double spaced.  12 point font Times New Roman.
MLA citatio

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Ethical and Legal Issues in Human Services

Need 900 words

HSV 400 Ethical and Legal Issues in Human Services
Introduction and Background Information Assignment
For this assignment, you are expected to submit your introduction and the background information on the controversy surrounding the topic you have chosen for your Written Assignment. Please be sure to address all views on the topic and how it would relate to your work in the human services field. The assignment should be at least 3-5 pages in length and include in-text citations and a full reference list. This assignment is intended to keep you on track for the Written Assignment and also provide you an opportunity for feedback on the assignment before the final submission is due in Unit 7. The grading rubric will be included in the Unit 4 assignment information.
Criteria 16-20 points 11-15 points 0-10 points
Introduction Discussion of the ethical issue being addressed
20 points
Outline of the ethical topic is
clear; Ideas are appropriate
and clearly highlight the
controversy.
Outline of the ethical issue
is inadequate; Ideas are
inadequate or do not relate
to selected topic.
Information about the ethical
issue is not acceptable;
Directions were ignored and
information about the topic was
not addressed.
Background Information
Discussion of the
controversy and different perspectives of the ethical
issue being addressed
20 points
Outline of the controversy
behind the ethical issue is
clear; Ideas are appropriate
and clearly highlight the
controversy surrounding the
selected topic.
Outline of the controversy
does not do an adequate job
of addressing the topic;
Ideas are weakly supported
or unclear.
Information presented is not
acceptable; Directions were
ignored and background
information about the topic was
not addressed.
Mechanics, Grammar and
Proofing
Writing is free from error
and in proper format
20 points
Virtually free from
mechanical,
grammatical, punctuation, and
spelling errors; All
of the assignment
requirements were met
Some significant
errors are present, but the
overall meaning is clear;
about half of the
assignment requirements
were met
Errors distract
the reader, to the
extent the meaning is unclear;
the assignment requirements
were not met
Source Selection
At least two scholarly
sources were referenced in
proper APA format.
20 points
Sources chosen are highly
relevant to the topic; Sources
add greatly to discussion; few,
if any additional sources
needed
Some sources chosen are
relevant to the topic;
Requires additional sources
to complete the research
Sources are not relevant to
researcher’s topic; Sources
require extensive additional
research
Assignment Criteria
Length requirements met,
references included
20 points
Each source has a proper
citation; In-text citations are
included where needed, the
length requirement was met
Some sources have proper
citation; Some in-text
citations are included; The
assignment was just short of
the length expectation
Very few sources
have a proper citation; Very few
in-text citations are complete;
The length requirement was not
met
HSV400 Ethical and Legal Issues in Human Services
Introduction and Background Information Assignment
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principles of retail marketing strategy

Marketing Paper
Marketing 500 – Examination 3
Take Home Essay –
Please answer the question in a comprehensive way at the graduate level using applied examples to illustrate your key points. Please be sure to cite reference materials (text and lecture) where appropriate. Please submit in class and to the dropbox by the due date.
These questions are about the marketing distribution system. Please read the case study on “Sears: Why You Should Shop There” on page 415-416 and online at Beachboard. Please answer the following questions about the cases drawing on text and lecture materials.
1) Discuss the principles of retail marketing strategy as noted in text and lecture. In terms of these principles, illustrate how Sears became the premier retailer in the US.
2) Next, according to the same principles of retail marketing strategy, discuss how lost its positioning as the premier retailer in the US.
3) What marketing strategy has Sears adopted today to help turn things around? Has it worked? Why/Why Not?
4) Despite Sears’ experience, do you feel the function of retailers in the channel distribution system will 1) generally remain the same in the future or, 2) do you think it will (or is) evolving into something different (and into what), or 3) retailing will cease to exist as it is known today, and products will be distributed direct from manufacturers? Pick one and explain/discuss in context of the principles of retail marketing strategy?

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film analysis

Choose a Film OR TV Show (2+ episodes) directed by a black filmmaker/ artist OR that features a black performance artist in the leading role and write a 5-page paper (12-pt font, double spaced)analyzing how the main characters demonstrate the intersection of race, class, and gendered identities. How do the characters illustrate the concept of “diversity within blackness”? Does the use of drama, suspense, psychological thriller, comedy, satire, or irony reinforce or challenge negative stereotypes of blackness? If so, or if not, why? Please pay careful attention to how geographic location and historical context shape the characters’ worldviews
1. Paper answers the question directly and/ or states and explains a thesis. The argument is clear, coherent and complete, with a structured analysis and clear explanations of analytic points along the way.  
2. In paper, thoughtful use of sources (i.e. assigned reading/ viewing/ listening materials, lecture notes, class discussions). Persuasive use of images in The evidence used to support the analysis is accurate and appropriate to the point it is illustrating. Inclusion of proper citations when reference specific authors or source materials.
3. Paper is executed with intellectual rigor and creativity. References major course themes: “diversity within blackness,” racism, sexism, “intersectionality,” socioeconomic class oppression, etc. Critical thinking skills demonstrated at a high level.
Resources: 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5an4Juy7Lp4
2.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnuSQSTHOr8&t=348s

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ECON&201 Short Essay Question

Resources:
1. Justice Department Sues to Block AT&T Merger, Nov. 20, 2017, Kang & Merced, NY Times (https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/20/business/dealbook/att-time-warner-merger.html)
2. M.J. Santorelli, Why the AT&T Merger Makes Sense, (op-ed), Nov. 16, 2017, NY Times (link to click on, right-hand side of first article above)
3. Tim Wu, Why Blocking the AT&T Time Warner Merger Might be Right, NY Time, NY Times, (op-ed), Nov. 9, 2017 (link to click-on in 1st article)
Questions
1. What type of merger would this be? (Conglomerate, Vertical or Horizontal). Why? Explain your choice
2. Which types of mergers are anti-competitive and how do each type reduce competition?
3. Why is the DOJ opposing this merger (economic reasoning…that is)?
4. Santoreilli(2nd article/reference) contends that the merger makes sense. What are his economic reasons for contending that the merger would not hurt competition, i.e., make sense?
5. Wu(3rd article) contends that blocking the merger might make sense. Under what economic circumstances/conditions does blocking the merger make sense (or how would allowing the merger to go forward decrease competition, i.e. be anti-competitive)
In 2016 then President Obama introduced legislation imposing a per-unit tax on the production and mining of coal ($ per ton of coal). Coal is largely used in the production of electricity in the mid-west. Electricity generators burn coal to drive turbines which produce electricity for commercial and residential customers served by their transmission and distribution network. Coal in the US contains a considerable amount of Sulphur and other toxins that are emitted into the atmosphere (when burned) and into water/ground when disposed of.
1. Under what circumstances would such a tax increase economic welfare, i.e., decrease deadweight loss? Explain how the tax would affect market price and quantity and affect total surplus.
2. The Trump Administration has proposed to eliminate this tax.
1. Would this policy lead to an increase or decrease in economic welfare, i.e., an increase/decrease in Total Surplus (Sum of Consumer and Producer Surplus)? Explain your answer.
3. Recently research and development in solar has led to a decrease in the cost of solar energy production and solar panels. It has led to an increase in natural gas production (through the development of new production techniques such as fracking). What would be the effects of these two developments on the Demand for Coal? Explain and/or graph your analysis.