What changes can you make based on this research?
Share with your peers at least one interesting, relevant, or surprising thing that you learned. Explain why it is interesting, relevant, or surprising to you. For example: Reflect on your current approaches to studying. What changes can you make based on this research? Alternatively, ask a question about something in the readings.
Read “The Myth of ‘Practice Makes Perfect’” by Annie Murphy Paul (TIME Ideas 2012) (available on our course website, under Home). For additional insights into deliberate practice, read “The Making of an Expert” by K. Anders Ericsson, Michael J. Prietula, and Edward T. Cokely (Harvard Business Review 2007)
Write a description of the types of Output, Behavior, and Input controls your strategic audit company is using. Then explain if they are effective or not.
You will complete Section VII: “Evaluation and Control” of your strategic audit report.
Measuring performance is a vital element of evaluation and control which includes many elements, data, and parts. Performance can be simply defined as the end result of activity and includes measures such as Return on Investment (ROI), Earning per Share (EPS), and many others.
Measuring performance correctly will enable you to gain a comprehensive understanding of how profitable a business is.
The company that has been selected for your strategic audit is FedEx.
Provided are the guidelines to complete each part:
- Write an overview of how your strategic audit company measures performance, what specific measurement tools or programs they use, and if it is effective or not. Additionally, recommend one change or new measurement tool they should make or use, and why.
- Controls are established to focus on actual performance results (output controls), activities that generate the performance (behavior controls), and resources used in performance (input controls). Output controls stipulate what is to be accomplished by looking at the results of behaviors using objectives, performance indicators, and markers. Behavior controls state how something is to be accomplished using policies, rules, and procedures as directed by management. Input controls focus on resources such as skill sets, abilities, values, and intelligence (Wheelen, Hoffman, Hunger, Bamford, & Deresky, 2016).
o Write a description of the types of Output, Behavior, and Input controls your strategic audit company is using. Then explain if they are effective or not.
Part 1 of your assignment should be one (1) page in length.
Part 2 of your assignment should be one (1) page in length.
All pages should be double-spaced, with sources cited and referenced using current APA formatting.
You should have a total of two (2) pages upon completion of all parts. Compile all pages of your document to submit to this assignment.
Discuss how the series and parallel systems function together as a series-parallel circuit in your analogy.
- Identify what parts of the body would be considered series and what parts would be considered parallel.
There are a few parts of the body that I would consider parallel even though most of the body is series. Most of the body is a series circuit but certain organs I would consider parallels. Organs like the kidneys and the lungs are parallels because they work in parallels. These organs work at the same time and do the same job. those are some of the only parts of the body I would consider parallels. - Discuss how the series and parallel systems function together as a series-parallel circuit in your analogy.
while the organs are the parallel circuits the blood paths are the series circuits. The blood starts at the heart and gets sent throughout the body and back to the heart. The blood also goes to the organs in order to allow them to go through the process that they need to do. As the blood also goes through the organ it continues on until the veins turn around and bring the blood back to the heart. - Explain how electricity can travel through the body using a series-parallel electrical model. How does this relate to touch, step, and step-touch potential?
touch something that is electrified and the current flow from your hand to the middle of your body which is series and down through your legs which is a parallel, this is touch potential. Step on an electrified object and do not touch anything else, the current would flow from one foot and down the other foot, this is step potential. - Finally, Discuss the loading effect of a voltmeter on a circuit. How does the voltmeter’s internal resistance affect the loading effect?
The loading effect on a voltmeter does not really effect lower resistance circuits and only effect higher resistance circuits. there is no difference on low resistance circuits but with higher resistance circuits it lowers the voltage for that part of the circuit showing a lower voltage.
Electrical Deck. (n.d.). Sensitivity of Voltmeter and Loading Effect of Voltmeter. Electrical Deck – All about Electrical & Electronics. Retrieved October 26, 2022, from https://www.electricaldeck.com/2021/04/sensitivity-of-voltmeter-and-loading-effect-of-voltmeter.html#:~:text=The%20loading%20effect%20of%20a
explore the article topics inherent in the performance appraisal process and select any two you feel might be more prevalent during the performance evaluation process in organizations.
From the discussion preparation, explore the article topics inherent in the performance appraisal process and select any two you feel might be more prevalent during the performance evaluation process in organizations. State your rationale and be specific.
https://edisciplinas.usp.br/pluginfile.php/159934/mod_resource/content/1/PT%201993.pdf
Describe what you believe to be their leadership style (or styles).
Choose a historical or current leader. Describe what you believe to be their leadership style (or styles). Use the knowledge you have gained in this course to prove your position. Back up your position with events and actions from your leader’s history. Remember that leaders evolve over their live and will have more than one style. Be sure to explain why you admire (or don’t) this leader. Finally explain how you can use the leader’s example in your life to help achieve your life goals
What resources need to put in place to ensure that your change project is sustainable at the facility after you leave?
1. What resources need to put in place to ensure that your change project is sustainable at the facility after you leave? Who will you leave in charge of the change after you leave and why? What information will you provide?
2. You should be educating the staff at your facility regarding your change project. Describe some methods you have used to ensure there is a smooth transition when you leave the facility and the project continues.
Discuss the underlying assumptions and potential ramifications of having proxy subjective health status or evaluation measures for children or those unable to speak for themselves.
Discussion Topic: Discuss the underlying assumptions and potential ramifications of having proxy subjective health status or evaluation measures for children or those unable to speak for themselves.
Select one Student Learning Outcomes from the following list:
Student Learning Outcomes
1- Examine the influence that nursing models and theories have upon research and practice.
2- Apply nursing theory or theories to nursing research.
Provides an explanation of how the selected Student Learning Outcomes is explored or related to the Discussion Topic.
Requirements:
– 500 words
– Formatted and cited in current APA 7
-Use 2 academic sources. Not older than 5 years
-Not Websites are allowed.
-Plagiarism is NOT allowed
What specific substitutions would you make to this meal to make it healthier?
Term 3 Unit 4 Discussions
WEEK 4 DISCUSSION – PRICING PRODUCTS (MKT500 Marketing Management)
- Watch the video in the LEARN section of our class.
B2B Marketing Foundations: Pricing Strategies: Linking Marketing and Pricing Strategy (3:28).
- Discuss two areas of price sensitivity for your hypothetical business and how each of these could potentially affect consumer adoption of this product or service. Areas of price sensitivity include: customer purchasing preferences, brand loyalty, price of purchase compared to income, item is a luxury versus a necessity, there are many viable substitutes and it is easy to compare prices.
- This should be a 300 – 500-word discussion.
- Before you answer this discussion, please read these articles for a very different perspective.
Unit 4 DB: Let’s Eat Out! (BIO150 Nutrition)
Describe your go-to meal from any restaurant that you regularly go to. Include the name of the restaurant in your description.
- What specific substitutions would you make to this meal to make it healthier?
- Would you feel comfortable asking your server to make these substitutions for you? Why or why not?
Use the Cleveland Clinic article and the “When Harry Met Sally” video as inspiration for this Discussion Board.
Unit 4 DB: GAAAP vs IFRS (ACC305 Analysis of Financial Statements)
Review the GAAP vs IFRS chart found on the Finance Management website. Select one or two characteristics and expand on that item. Which methodology do you think is better, could you suggest a middle ground?
Unit 4 Discussion – Maybridge Hospital (ACC315 Fraud Prevention & Examination)
You are the Director of Security of a large metropolitan hospital. Ann Myers, the Director of the Psychiatric Ward recently contacted you regarding a problem with some critically ill psychiatric patients. Apparently, some of these patients have been able to leave the area unattended without permission. On more than one occasion, these unattended patients had caused problems in other areas of the hospital. Ann said that the problem seemed to be with the security measures for the entrance door to the unit, but so far the problem was something of a mystery, and nobody knew what was causing the breakdown in controls. On a tour of the site you note that there are two security areas. Both doors are card key controlled.
You are informed that all patients who had left the unit without permission are from the high security area and had gotten out around meal time. Meals are brought in on food carts from the kitchen. All patients eat in the dining area. Ann feels there is a problem with the food service procedures.
You decide to investigate this situation. What would you do?
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Unit 4 DB: Let’s Eat Out! (BIO150 Nutrition)
Describe your go-to meal from any restaurant that you regularly go to. Include the name of the restaurant in your description.
- What specific substitutions would you make to this meal to make it healthier?
- Would you feel comfortable asking your server to make these substitutions for you? Why or why not?
Use the Cleveland Clinic article and the “When Harry Met Sally” video as inspiration for this Discussion Board.
What type of creative appeals does your brand use?
You are to choose a modern brand (Starbucks is the brand you will be using) and use the same brand throughout this exercise. Analyze the story that your brand is telling through its advertising, packaging and other marketing communications. After a thorough analysis, answer the following questions:
- What type of creative appeals does your brand use? How effective are these appeals in reaching your brand’s objectives?
- Thinking about the criteria the reading outlines on what makes a good story, how effective is your brand’s storytelling? Who are the hero and villains in your brand’s story? How does your brand factor into their relationship?
- Try to delve into the meanings that consumers are cocreating for your brand. Analyze what consumers are saying about your brand on Facebook, Twitter, Yelp, or other social media sites. Try typing “(your brand’s name Starbucks) parody” in the Youtube search bar and watch what consumers are creating. Search your brand on Instagram and see what pictures consumers are posting. Then, answer the following question-
What new meanings are consumers bringing to the brand? Are these meanings consistent or inconsistent with the existing meaning of the brand? What do these meanings say about the difference between the brand’s identity put forth by the managers and the brand’s image in the minds of the consumers? - How is the brand trying to converse with its co-creating consumers? Is it successful or should it stay out of the way?
What would be the proper moral response of rich nations to this impeding tragedy?
Singer or Arthur
CBC News- The Church service aid agency is warning that” Immediate massive intervention and assistance” are needed to prevent mass starvation in Kenya. A team from the humanitarian agency reported recently that many fields are barren and cracked, dried out by the drought that is threatening a third of the east African country’s population, or about 10 million people.
What was once among the most fertile land I Africa can now only support a few struggling plants suitable only for grazing cattle. “ We don’t have any food”. Farmer Lizy Bimba, a Kwale resident, said in Swahili. In one area, a local official reported that 85% of 5,600 people are facing starvation, the church world service team said. Other farmers have left the land to find what work they can.” We have been forced to do this so that we get money to buy food.” Musa Charo said in Swahili as he broke rocks to earn money to feed his 10 children. The government declared the food shortage a national disaster on Jan. 16, the UN is appealing for international help and aid agencies warn that the problem will only get worse.
A/ What would be the proper moral response of rich nations to this impeding tragedy? Do you favor peter Singer’s path in which affluent individuals would be obligated to give much of their wealth to feef the hungry? Or Arthur’s way, in which the rich would have a duty to give some aid but would also have obligations to themselves and to their family and friends? Explain
