How does the business/firm in this industry determine the price it will charge for the products or services it sells?
DISCUSSION
Exploring Monopolies and Oligopolies
Watch this video, Oligopolies and Monopolistic Competition, to help you prepare for this weeks discussion.
Use the company for which you currently work, a business with which your familiar, or a dream business you want to start to reply to these prompts:
With your selected business in mind, determine if it is competitive, monopolistic competitive, an oligopoly, or pure monopoly. Explain how you drew your conclusion about its market structure.
How does the business/firm in this industry determine the price it will charge for the products or services it sells?
Discuss with your peers:
o Read one of your peers posts and share an insight or question you have about that business and its market structure.
Who do you think will ultimately pay these tariffs? Explain your answer.
DISCUSSION
Globalization in Your Life
Tariffs on steel and aluminum are proposed to be set at 25% for steel and 10% for aluminum.
Watch the video Tariffs and Protectionism to prepare for this weeks discussion.
Reply to these questions in your post:
Who do you think will ultimately pay these tariffs? Explain your answer.
Describe a good or service you use that has been impacted by trade or globalization. What are some advantages and/or disadvantages you have experienced?
Discuss globalization with your peers:
o Reply to a peer and discuss their experience with trade or globalization. Was your peers experience like yours? Did you learn something new from reading your peers reply?
What are some of the possible biases and points of error that may arise in team communication systems?
Communication and Team Decision Making
Part 1: Sharpening the Team Mind: Communication and Collective Intelligence
A. What are some of the possible biases and points of error that may arise in team communication systems? In addition to those cited in the opening of Chapter 6, what are some other examples of how team communication problems can lead to disaster?
B. Revisit communication failure examples in Exhibit 6-1. Identify the possible causes of communication or decision-making failure in each example, and, drawing on the information presented in the chapter, discuss measures that might have prevented problems from arising within each teams communication system.
Part 2: Team Decision-Making: Pitfalls and Solutions
A. What are the key symptoms of groupthink? What problems and shortcomings can arise in the decision-making process as a result of groupthink?
B. Do you think that individuals or groups are better decision-makers? Justify your choice. In what situations would individuals be more effective decision-makers than groups, and in what situations would groups be better than individuals?
Do the children use verbal language to communicate? Do the children use gestures to communicate?
The Assignment
Observe the interactions between toddler age children in a public setting, such as the park, mall, or grocery store. Do not interact with them; just note what they do to interact with one another and their caregivers. Answer the following questions in sentence form. Document the place, date, and time you observed.
What age do you suspect the children to be?
Do the children use verbal language to communicate? Do the children use gestures to communicate?
How do they use their bodies (body language, eye contact) to communicate?
Are they understood by their caregivers and/or peers? How do you know. Explain. Give examples.
Define the primary sources of American law (constitutional law, statutory law, treaties, administrative agency regulations, and common law).
Based upon this weeks materials and your independent research, respond to the following prompts:
1. Define the primary sources of American law (constitutional law, statutory law, treaties, administrative agency regulations, and common law).
2. Compare and contrast the common law system (Great Britain, United States, Canada, etc.) and the civil law system (Spain, Mexico, France, etc.).
In your opinion, was U.S. policy in Asia and Latin America between from late nineteenth century to 1914 truly isolationist? Discuss and support your response.
In 1914 Woodrow Wilson proclaimed U.S. neutrality, and asked the American people to remain impartial in thought as well as deed. At the end of the war, some members of the government pushed to expand American influence but to also remain free of any commitments, a policy its critics referred to as isolationism.
In order to prepare for this discussion forum:
After you have completed your readings post a response to only ONE of the following questions.
In your opinion, was U.S. policy in Asia and Latin America between from late nineteenth century to 1914 truly isolationist? Discuss and support your response.
In your opinion, did America remain neutral in thought and deed from 1914 to 1917? Discuss and support your response.
Discuss the components of Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE/CHAMPVA programs.
Instructions
Reimbursement
Health care reimbursement has greatly evolved since the time when medical services were often bartered for with items such as crops or livestock. Today, there are many ways that health care providers are reimbursed for their services, and methodologies are constantly changing. The purpose of this assignment is to explore the world of payment systems in health care.
Compare and contrast four types of health insurance plans to include indemnity plans, health maintenance organization plans (HMOs), preferred provider organizations (PPOs), and point of service plans (POS).
Differentiate between four reimbursement methodologies commonly used in health care today.
Discuss the components of Medicare, Medicaid, and TRICARE/CHAMPVA programs.
Discuss how AHIMA provides support for reimbursement for physicians and facilities.
Combine what you have learned in Unit III regarding coding with what you learned in this unit regarding reimbursement, and explain the importance of these entities being able to work together
Draft an executive summary listing the recommendations for futureproofing the companys processes, structures, and culture of innovation.
Overview
You work as a middle manager for one of the top U.S. producers of luxury and mass-market automobiles and trucks. It has been a very busy couple of months for you. You have already submitted your plan for enabling innovation in the organization, including your recommendations for the type of innovation (incremental or discontinuous), a strategic plan, and improvements in organizational structures for an internet of things (IoT) innovation project. Additionally, you are leading a cross-functional team in charge of implementing the IoT innovation project. Now it is time for your final recommendations for making the organizational changes permanent. In this assignment, you will share your plans for futureproofing the companys processes, structures, and culture of innovation in an executive summary, which will be used by your team to take your recommendations forward.
Prompt
Draft an executive summary listing the recommendations for futureproofing the companys processes, structures, and culture of innovation. Address the following criteria in the executive summary:
Discuss recommendations for organizational changes to support continuous innovation (you can use your suggestions from the project).
How would you make innovation a part of the companys values and culture permanently?
What specific organizational structures and processes would you recommend?
Share your reflections on potential roadblocks to making the company more innovative.
Where would you expect to find organizational resistance?
How would you overcome this resistance?
What is the underlying problem in this case from the perspective of CEO Elon Musk?
Please read the case Is Tesla out of Control on Page number 678, Chapter 16 Controlling available in your textbook/e-textbook Management: A Practical Approach 9th edition by Kinicki, A., & Williams, B., and answer the following questions:(see the attachment I uploaded the book )
QUESTIONS
Q1. What is the underlying problem in this case from the perspective of CEO Elon Musk? (1 Mark)
Q2. What are the causes of the problem? (1 Mark)
Q3. Which areas of organizational control are part of Teslas plan to remedy issues with the Model 3? Provide examples. (1.5 Marks)
Q4. Is Musk exhibiting the two core principles of total quality management? Why or why not?
From a Christian and Biblical worldview, critique the current state of private prisons in America and present a clear argument on how to fix the system.
Article Critique: Correctional Goals and Prison Privatization Assignment
Locate two (2) peer-reviewed articles no older than 5-10 years that discuss American prison privatization. One article must present arguments advocating for American prison privatization and the second article must present arguments against American prison privatization. Provide a critique of each authors position on the privatization of prisons. Review the video titled: Correctional Goals and Prison Privatization found in the the modules Learn section. From a Christian and Biblical worldview, critique the current state of private prisons in America and present a clear argument on how to fix the system.
