Identify at least three innovations that are currently disrupting an existing market. Write a 250-word summary (750 words total) describing each innovation, how it is changing the market, and the benefit it will provide.

The purpose of this assignment is to identify and research a potential problem that technology could help to solve. The ultimate goal is to imagine where technology will be in 18-36 months and how it will solve problems. Technology is constantly growing exponentially. As entrepreneurs, you have opportunities to use this technology to solve grand problems within the world that would better the human condition.

Part 1

Identify at least three innovations that are currently disrupting an existing market. Write a 250-word summary (750 words total) describing each innovation, how it is changing the market, and the benefit it will provide. Include the following items:

1. Describe the innovation and how it is disrupting the market.
2. Explain what benefit the innovation provides.
3. Describe what barriers limit the adoption of this new technology.
4. Explain how many people are affected by the problem.

Part 2

Write about three future potential disruptions. Identify at least three new technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), robotics, social media aggregation, self-driving cars, or improved battery technology, that could disrupt a market in the future and improve the human condition. Examples of how a technology change could impact existing markets include:

1. Significant reduction in cost.
2. New way of delivering a product or service.
3. Improved service.
4. Product performance improvements.

Write three descriptions, one for each of the new technologies. Each of the three descriptions should be 250 words (750 words total) addressing the following three items:

1. Describe the innovation.
2. Describe the market and explain how it is changing.
3. Explain how the innovation will disrupt the market.
4. Explain the benefit it will be providing to customers.

General Requirements

During the construction of this assignment, consider the personas of the specific population. Contemplate demographics, such as marriage status, age, socioeconomic status, etc.

Prepare this assignment according to the  APA Style guidelines.

Describe pain and suffering within context of faith

1. Euthanasia
   • Medical / Generic definition
   • Bioethical definition.
2. Describe pain and suffering within context of faith
3. Physician Assisted Suicide / Death ( PAS / PAD)
   • Definition
   • Is it ethical?
   • Should we have the right to end our lives? Why yes or why not?
4. Better alternatives to PAS; compare and contrast each:
   • Hospice
   • Palliative care / Terminal sedation
5. Case studies. Brief summary of:
   • Hemlock Society
   • Jacob Kevorkian
   • Britanny Maynard
6. Read and summarize ERD paragraphs #:  59, 60, 61.

Discuss what authentic leadership means to you, and describe two (2) strategies a leader can use for authenticity 

A) Compare and contrast the practical and theoretical approaches to Authentic Leadership identifying similarities and differences. Discuss what authentic leadership means to you, and describe two (2) strategies a leader can use for authenticity 

B) 

Respond to all three questions supporting each with a specific example.

• Why isn’t Servant Leadership a theory or formula for leadership success but a mindset – a way of being as a leader?
• According to Robert Greenleaf, a great leader is a servant first. What does this mean to you, and what contemporary leaders exhibit this way of leading?
• How does or could Servant Leadership transform the follower, the leader, and the organization? Be specific

Do you think you will refer your patient to this group? Why or why not.

Attend a patient self-help group where an NP in practice may refer her/his patients.  Write a detailed summary (details of what is to be included on BB and syllabus) of this meeting and post it in the assignment tab for a grade(5%).  

Project #1 Guidelines

Attend a patient self-help group to which an NP in practice may refer her/his patients, and write a summary of your OPINION of the meeting as a whole—including the general purpose of the meeting, targeted audiences, the location, accommodations, professionalism, quality of the business meeting, quality (not content) of the speaker, audience involvement, etc. Do you think you will refer your patient to this group? Why or why not. Submit a response via Blackboard on the due date listed. Be prepared to discuss details in class.

—–ALWAYS USE NEW YORK CITY 

Analyze the outcomes of the conditions you chose and how they affect the patient’s quality of life. 

The purpose of this assignment is to assess your understanding of various disease processes, treatment options, how the outcomes of different pathologic conditions affect quality of life, and any adverse effects or side effects of drugs used to treat various diseases. By completing this assignment, the student will be meeting the multiple learning objectives listed below in the “Instructions.”

Instructions

Complete the following steps: Considering the following 3 conditions:

1 – Parkinson’s disease

2- Spinal stenosis disease

3- Breast cancer

· Analyze each of the conditions you chose by: 

1. Verifying the etiology of each condition.

2. Fully describe the conditions.

3. Identifying the implications of the condition on different body systems.

· Identify the various pharmacological treatment options by: 

1. Describing the various pharmacological treatment options for each condition.

2. Identifying the application and route for each treatment option.

3. Define the drug classification for each treatment option (ie. Opioid, Antibiotic, ACE Inhibitor, etc.).

4. Explaining side effects (secondary unwanted effect that occurs due to drug therapy) of each drug.

5. Identifying any adverse reactions (unintended pharmacologic effects that occur when a medication is administered correctly) for each drug.

· Analyze the outcomes of the conditions you chose and how they affect the patient’s quality of life. 

Reference: Pathopharmacology, Bruce J Colbert MS, RRT / Kurtis Pierce MBA, RRT

Review your own social media accounts.  What do you think they tell the world about your values, happiness, beliefs?

THIS IS A CRITICAL THINKING CLASS ASIGNMENT SO THINK CRITICALLY. WRITE IN YOUR OWN WORDS. 2 COMPLETE PARAGRAPHS NO SHORDY WORK.

In this forum, tell us about how media, technology and the corporate world influence your life.  What types of media/technology are in your life everyday, which do you rely on, spend the most time with, wish you could do without, etc? How does it feel to be part of a consumer world?  When are you made aware of your own habits as a consumer? How do you make decisions about what media and technology you spend your money on/spend time using? How do you make decisions about what companies you purchase items from or what businesses you shop from?

Review your own social media accounts.  What do you think they tell the world about your values, happiness, beliefs? What do they tell you about your values, happiness, and beliefs? Then, evaluate the positive and negative aspects of such influence in your life. Are you in a place where you are content with the balance of these influences? (Note: if you do not have any social media accounts, you can look at a social media account of a large company or organization of your choice).

Describe the technique(s) you would use to conduct a needs assessment for Bloomingdales’. Explain why you would use the technique(s).   

Please read the case and answer the 5 questions that follow. Note: It is important you reference your textbook, page 117- 140 when completing this assignment (for all the questions below). 

Case: Fashion and Safety at Bloomingdale’s

Bloomingdale’s is a chain of luxury department stores owned by Macy’s with more than 10,000 employees in 12 states. Founded in 1872, Bloomingdale’s has been considered a destination store to find the latest fashion design. Although retail is a safe job compared to manufacturing, there are still numerous ways that employees can get hurt on the job. For example, employees can be injured by falling off ladders while changing displays, incorrectly using boxcutters to open packages, or not following correct procedures cleaning up broken glass on the retail floor when customers drop merchandise or knock it off display shelves.

Bloomingdale’s wants to reduce safety claims to lower costs by improving employee knowledge of safe practices, providing consistent safety training across departments and stores, and encouraging employees to call out their peers’ safe and unsafe work behaviors and practices.

Bloomingdale’s currently uses a combination of approaches for increasing employees’ safety awareness, including posting safety messages in break areas, providing classroom training, and holding pre-shift meetings. But Bloomingdale’s doesn’t believe employees are getting a consistent safety message and it doesn’t know whether they understand safety practices and how to apply them while they are working.

Bloomingdale’s is looking for a training approach that (1) can be completed by employees during their work hours without taking them off of the retail floor, (2) appeals to a diverse, multigenerational workforce, (3) is flexible enough so that it can be customized to address the unique safety challenges that stores and departments have, and (4) provides a way to measure employee learning and link their learning back to business goals.

Questions (Note: be sure to reference your textbook when completing these questions). 

1. When a needs assessment is completed, one of the key things to figure out is if training is the best solution. Do you believe reducing employee injuries at Bloomingdale’s can be solved through training? Explain your answer.
2. Your Employee Training & Development Links to an external site. describes 7 techniques that can be used to conduct a needs assessment. However, in practice, the 5 most common techniques include:
   • Observation
   • Surveys
   • Interview
   • Focus Groups
   • Documentation

Describe the technique(s) you would use to conduct a needs assessment for Bloomingdales’. Explain why you would use the technique(s).   

3. Would you involve employees in the needs assessment? If so, why would you include them?

4. Would you involve managers in the needs assessment? If so, why would you include them?

5. What do you believe is the most difficult part of conducting a needs assessment? Explain your answer.

How did the 19th Amendment advance the equality of women in the eyes their supporters?

After reading Elaine Weiss’  The Woman’s Hour:  The Great Fight to Win the Vote, please answer, in a minimum of 200 words total, the following questions; students have nearly 12 days to complete this discussion since it is based upon a book:

1) Why did some women advocate for women’s being granted the right to vote, why other women opposed this right?  In doing so, students must refer to the cultural and the political reasons for supporting women’s right to vote and allude to the cultural, political, and racial reasons for opposing women’s right to vote;

2) Why did some men advocate for women’s being granted the right to vote, why other men opposed this right? In doing so, students must refer to the cultural and the political reasons for some men’s supporting women’s right to vote and allude to the cultural, political, and racial reasons for other men’s opposing women’s right to vote;

3) How did the 19th Amendment advance the equality of women in the eyes their supporters?

Summarize how businesses and investors can use hedging to manage exposure.

Risk is an inevitable part of financial management especially when exchanging money with international economies. In order to reduce risk, financial managers use hedging strategies to offset exposure to price risk. Think about the various hedging strategies that are employed in the foreign exchange markets including the forward market hedge, the money market hedge, and the options market hedge.

With these thoughts in mind, address the following:

• Summarize how businesses and investors can use hedging to manage exposure.
• Is it cost effective for most multinational corporations to hedge their foreign currency risk? Why or why not? Support your response with this week’s Learning Resources.

By Day 4

Post a brief statement.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.

Discuss which characteristics of a “wicked problem,” if any, apply to the crisis.

Uncertainty, “Black Swans,” Wicked Problems, and the 2008 Financial Crisis

Required Reading:

· Holmes, Jaime, Nonsense: The Power of Not Knowing

· Chapter 5: Overtested USA: When to Resist Momentum

· Chapter 6: The Hemline Hassle: A Strategy of Ignorance

· Conklin, Jeff. 2001-2010.  “Wicked Problems and Social Complexity.” CogNexus Institute

· Taleb, Nassim Nicholas. 2008. Book chapter excerpt from  The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable . Published in The N.Y. Times

· Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission. 2011. The Financial Crisis Inquiry Report. Washington D.C.: Government Printing Office 

· Conclusions of the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission

· Short YouTube Videos 

· The Awareness Test

· The Observation Test

Week 7

1.  Taleb asserts, “Black swan logic makes  what you don’t know far more relevant than what you do know.”   Holmes observes, “the illusion of knowing is more dangerous than not knowing” (p128).  This places what we do know at the bottom of the hierarchy.  Discuss how the “illusion of knowing” led to the 2008 financial crisis.  

2.  The 2008 financial crisis was “socially complex.”  Individuals, financial and mortgage institutions, and governments contributed to the crisis.  And, many of the same players collaborated to resolve the crisis.  Was the 2008 financial crisis a “wicked problem” as well?  Discuss which characteristics of a “wicked problem,” if any, apply to the crisis.

220 words detailed and covering all aspects of the question

RESPONSES WOULD BE SENT LATER ON IN THE WEEK