Discuss what is meant by resources and capabilities and the difference between them.
1) Discuss what is meant by resources and capabilities and the difference between them. Further discuss what is meant by a firm’s core capability.
2) read “mobileye” article, and:
Assess how Mobileye can mitigate:
a. the threat of imitation
b. the threat of substitution
c. the treat from suppliers
d. the treat from buyers
e. the threat of market saturation
If you were conducting a study, what might you do to make the measure of pthalate exposure more accurate?
One potential source of pthalates is water consumed from plastic water bottles. But quantifying water consumption is not easy.
Consider your personal water consumption over the past 24 hours and contribute to the discussion; How many ounces of water did you consume?
- How many of these were from plastic bottles?
- Do you know if any of the bottles contained pthalates?
- How confident are you in this self report?
- If you were conducting a study, what might you do to make the measure of pthalate exposure more accurate?
In a one-page summary, note a few particular places around the world and compare and contrast the statistics.
Review Discussion: Storytelling and Success Stories, then focus on Moritz’s work on the OECD Better life index download the executive summary and the index data.
In a one-page summary, note a few particular places around the world and compare and contrast the statistics. Also, note briefly how this graphic tells the story.
Notes: plagiarism check required, APA7 format, include References, within 8hrs
Links:
Identify your role as a health care professional in supporting Abby’s or Shanti’s dying rituals, and in creating strategies for displaying respect while still providing quality care.
Allied health professionals are confronted with different death and dying practices. An effective allied health professional recognizes the importance of understanding different cultural practices, and learns how to evaluate the death, dying, and spiritual beliefs and practices across the cultures.
Read the two specified case histories and choose one for this assignment.
Chapter 4, “Stories of Abby: An Ojibwa Journey” and Chapter 14, “Stories of Shanti: Culture and Karma,” by Gelfland, Raspa, and Sherylyn, from End-of-Life Stories: Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries (2005), from the GCU Library.
Identify your role as a health care professional in supporting Abby’s or Shanti’s dying rituals, and in creating strategies for displaying respect while still providing quality care. Identify communication strategies necessary in caring for your select person. Integrate your strategies as you develop a care plan describing how you would approach the situation and care for the patient. Review the “Care Plan” template prior to beginning.
Include the following in your care plan:
- Communication: family and patient
- Treatment options that align with the specific culture
- Education: family and patient
- Family roles in the process
- Spiritual beliefs
- Barriers
- Cultural responses
- Any additional components that you feel would need to be addressed (from your perspective as a health care professional)
Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.
Name three cultural identifiers that you identify with most. Describe in detail how you identify with these three.
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND DIVERSITY
SLP Overview
After completing the readings assigned in this Module and by the end of this SLP assignment you will demonstrate your knowledge of key issues related to organizational culture and diversity.
Required Reading
Brunetta, F., Marchegiani, L., & Peruffo, E. (2019, September 8). When birds of a feather don’t flock together: Diversity and innovation outcomes in international R&D collaborations, pp. 1-2, 7. Manuscript submitted for publication. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jbusres.2019.08.033 . Available in the Trident Online Library.
Organizational behavior . (2017). Minneapolis, MN: University of Minnesota Libraries Publishing Edition. http://open.lib.umn.edu/organizationalbehavior/ . CC BY-NC-SA License.
Read the following sections in Chapter 2:
Section 2.2 Demographic Diversity Section 2.3 Cultural Diversity
Read the following sections in Chapter 15:
Section 15.2 Understanding Organizational Culture Section 15.3 Characteristics of Organizational Culture Section 15.4 Creating and Maintaining Organizational Culture Section 15.5 Creating Culture Change Section 15.6 The Role of Ethics and National Culture
SLP Assignment
In a 2-page submission, not counting the cover and references pages, respond to the following questions on the Cultural Identifier Worksheet regarding your knowledge of your own and your employer’s corporate culture and cultural diversity.
This assignment is about you, so feel free to write in the first person, using the words I, me, my, etc.
Cultural Identifier Worksheet
1. Name three cultural identifiers that you identify with most. Describe in detail how you identify with these three.
2. Which of these cultural identifiers do you see in the people with whom you work or play?
3. Do you consider your place of work as diverse? In what ways?
4. From the short list you made in #1, select the one that you identify with the most.
5. What is it that you like the most about this cultural identifier?
6. From the list above, select the one identifier that you identify with the least. Explain why it does not fit you.
7. Do you see the cultural identifier in #6 in those with whom you work or play?
8. List some stereotypes about your culture that do not apply to you.
Describe the history and key elements of the culture of Amazon and explain why these cultural elements are essential to its success.
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE AND DIVERSITY
Case Assignment
For this Case Assignment, write an essay in which you discuss the cultural differences of two respected companies that are successful in their industry, Zappos and Amazon.
After you discuss the cultures of Zappos and Amazon, your ultimate final question is whether the purchase of Zappos by Amazon in 2009 was the right strategy based on the findings of your own online library research and the articles provided. You must support your response to that question with at least one high-quality reference which must come from the Trident Online Library.
Prepare a 4- to 5-page (not including title page and references) critique per the following format:
Title Page. Be sure to include 5 components of relevant information (e.g., Name, Class, Professor, Assignment, Date) on the title page.
Introduction. Discuss the topic of the paper and how you will approach it. It is best to write this section after you have written the rest of the paper. The title of this first section is NOT the word Introduction; it is the company names for this assignment, that is, Zappos vs. Amazon. (The heading for each of the other sections of the paper are in bold in the following four subtopics.)
The History and Culture of Zappos. Describe the history and key elements of the culture of Zappos and explain why these cultural elements are essential to its success. Be sure to apply the background material by supporting your writing with high-quality peer-reviewed journal articles found in the Trident Online Library.
The History and Culture of Amazon. Describe the history and key elements of the culture of Amazon and explain why these cultural elements are essential to its success. Be sure to apply the background material by supporting your writing with at least one high-quality peer-reviewed journal article found in the Trident Online Library.
It was or was not a good decision for Amazon to Purchase Zappos. Make an argument that Amazon made the right or wrong choice to purchase Zappos. Discuss the specific differences between the cultures of Amazon and Zappos in support of your position. Be sure to use the background material by supporting your writing with at least one high-quality peer-reviewed journal article found in the Trident Online Library.
Conclusion. Discuss the key points in your analysis that demonstrate the importance of understanding that organizational cultures are not easily changed and why culture should be a primary consideration when organizations contemplate an acquisition or merger.
Reference List. List all references that you cited in the paper using APA or other standard formatting. References include materials from the required background readings as well as any outside high-quality, peer-reviewed library sources you used in researching and writing your paper. Their purpose is to take the reader directly to the page on which you learned some information. When you find an article in the Library, you can click on the quote (”) icon, select the APA format from the drop-down list, and copy/paste the reference onto your reference list. You may have to clean it up because they are not always input into the database correctly.
Identify the decision making model that best describes your decision making process.
Assignment: Personal Reflection on Decision Making: Prepare a PPT of the reflection described below, and then record a Video or you presenting the PPT. Convert the video into a Youtube link.
Assignment Goal: to become familiar with the types of decisions commonly made within organizational contexts
Assignment Purpose: to reflect on your personal decision making journey and identify the decision models used in the past, and the decision model most often used today.
Submit into the dropbox:
· 1 page with your full name as it appears in Moodle.
· the video Youtube link.
Reflection:
· Reflect on how you have made decisions in the past.
· We recognize that decisions are never made alone as they are always influenced by other things.
· Consider who influences you, or has influenced you.
· Why have they been an influence and how.
Decision Models:
· Go to the article in the course readings called Making Decisions.
· Review pages 1 – 12.
Identify the decision making model that best describes your decision making process.
· Why and how do you relate to it.
· Give an example of a decision you have made using that model.
· Describe how/why your decision making style has changed over the years.
PPT Format: Prepare the assignment in a PPT format. These are the requirements of the PPT . Follow them exactly.
· Choose an interesting background – be creative
· The PPT slides will have the highlights of what you are saying – not a word for word reading.
· Follow all of the requirements of the reflection, decision model, and reference list.
· Be sure to include personal stories.
Reference List:
· Conclude with a reference list.
· It must include the Bauer and Erdogen article, and any other references used.
Assignment Assessment Rubric
· Completion of assignment according to criteria 50%
· Reflection 15%
· Decision model 15%
· PPT format, creativity 15%
· Reference List 5%
In what ways do these laws attempt to coerce racial separation?
Answer at least two of the questions
Please indicate which questions you are answering, and separate each into its own paragraph. At least 5 sentences!
This document is an excerpt of the colony of South Carolina’s slave codes, as they existed in 1740.
Questions:
· What is the overarching goal of these laws?
· Identify notable restrictions placed on enslave people and explain the rationale for them.
· How do we see race used in South Carolina’s slave codes?
· Who is authorized to enforce these laws?
· In what ways do these laws attempt to coerce racial separation?
According to Barbot, how should you treat enslaved people?
Answer at least two of the questions
Please indicate which questions you are answering, and separate each into its own paragraph. At least 5 sentences!
Questions:
· According to Barbot, how should you treat enslaved people?
· What kinds of things should you provide them, and why?
· How does he view Africans?
· What is his point in writing this?
· How do you think Barbot views himself and his chosen career?
In which ways has the Asian American Pacific Islander community been effected by wars and imperialism on the racialized and often racist AAPI bodies in relation to the United States?
Critical Paper #1 EXAMPLE
In the introduction of Eating Asian American the authors described how Food and the Asian American identities are tied together through the racialized bodies of Asian American. That is, Asian American food have been constructed historically in the United States, through “social, political, economic, and historical forces, as well as power inequalities, including discriminatory immigrations and law , have circumscribed Asians materially and symbolically in the alimentary realm –“(Ku and Ai, pg 1). Asian American is a racially termsin the United States and the books centers the study of culinary practices to theorized Asian Americanness. Each scholarship refused to celebrate and yield to the “superficial multiculturalism” (pg 3), that is celebrated in America.
In the What Do We Eat, we see a difference kind of narrative, in which the author wants to celebrate multiracialism through Food. Gabaccia in the introduction argues the balance between the power of food as “multi-ethnic” foodways towards solidarity versus “authenticity” of food in different regions. Gabaccia refers to Schlesinger as they suggest that “Americans are best united as a people when they lose their ties and loyalties to particularistic regional and cultural communities” (p. 227). That is Gabaccia wants to celebrate that as a nation we are a nation of multi-ethnics and that Food is a reflective of that.
The part in which I find most confusing or I questioned is whether Asian American Identity and and Food can exist in both realms at the same time. We talked about this in the class; whether Food brings people together or can be a used weapon against each people. Either way, the book and the conversations really shows me that Food is not simply just food but is closely tied to how Food and the Asian American identity is constructed as a whole in the United States.
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