When was the first contested election in the Soviet Union?

Attached is The Study Guide along with Lecture Notes to answer the questions below.General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev1. Who is Mikhail Gorbachev?2. What is Perestroika?3. What is Glasnost?4. What is Demokratizatsia?6. When was the first contested election in the Soviet Union?7. What were the psychological incentives (two) that Gorbachev used to boost Soviet production?8. What was Gorbachev’s main priority for Perestroika when launched in June 1987?9. Name three features of Perestroika.11. What results must Gorbachev produce to succeed? (4)The Coup1. Why wasn’t Gorbachev surprised there was a coup? Give 3 reasons.2. Why was the Army upset with the reforms?3. Why do you think the Communist party hindered Gorbachev’s reforms? Why do you think he did not get rid of the party?4. How did Gorbachev punish Yeltsin for criticizing his reforms?5. In the end, what caused Gorbachev and Yeltsin to resolve their differences?6. What is the Union of Sovereign States?7. What happened to Gorbachev during the coup?8. What did Yeltsin do during the coup? (3)9. How did the people of Moscow show support for Yeltsin?10. What happened to the plotters after the coup?Yeltsin1. After the coup, why was there a vacuum at the political center? What did the republic do?2. What finally removed Gorbachev from power?3. Which of Yeltsin’s initial decisions about his new government became fatal to the 1st Russian Republic?4. What is Dyarchy? Why did it cause so much trouble between Yeltsin and Parliament?5. Why was there another civil war in October 1993?6. Why wasn’t Yeltsin happy with his new parliament in December 1993?7. Why did Russia go into Chechnya?8. Why do people say that Yeltsin was corrupt?9. What is the Rule of Law?10. Who did Yeltsin compete with in the ’96 Presidential Elections? Why is that a worry for reform-minded democrats?11. Name two indicators of Russia’s soft state.12. How do Russians view the Yeltsin era today?

What are the potential implications of this strategy

For Question 1 and 2 Do not use outside resources for your answers. Make sure to include in-text citations with supporting reference.1. You are the Cookie division controller for Auntie M’s Baked Goods Company. Auntie M recently introduced a new chocolate chip cookie brand called Full of Chips, which has more than twice as many chips as any other brand on the market. The brand has quickly become a huge market success, largely because of the number of chips in each cookie. As a result of the brand’s success, the product manager who launched the Full of Chips brand has been promoted to division vice president. A new product manager, Brandon, has been brought in to replace the promoted manager.At Auntie M’s, product managers are evaluated on both the sales and profit margin of the products they manage. During his first week on the job, Brandon notices that the Full of Chips cookie uses a lot of chips, which increases the cost of the cookie. To improve the product’s profitability, Brandon plans to reduce the amount of chips per cookie by 10%. He believes that a 10% reduction in chips will not adversely affect sales, but will reduce cost and, hence, help him improve the profit margin. Brandon is focused on profit margins, because he knows that if he is able to increase the profitability of the Full of Chips brand, he will be in line for a big promotion.To confirm this plan, Brandon has enlisted you to help evaluate it. After reviewing the cost of production reports segmented by cookie brand, you notice that there has been a continual drop in the materials costs for the Full of Chips brand since its launch. On further investigation, you discover that chip costs have declined because the previous product manager continually reduced the number of chips in each cookie. Both you and Brandon report to the division vice president, who was the original product manager for the Full of Chips brand who was responsible for reducing the chip count in prior periods.Is this an ethical strategy for Brandon to pursue? What are the potential implications of this strategyWhat options might you, as the controller, consider taking in response to Brandon’s plan?2. The controller of Tri Con Global Systems Inc. has developed a new costing system that traces the cost of activities to products. The new system is able to measure post-manufacturing activities, such as selling, promotional, and distribution activities, and allocate these activities to products in a manner that provides a more complete view of the company’s product costs. This system produces better strategic information about the relative profitability of product lines.In the course of implementing the new costing system, the controller realized that the company’s current period GAAP net income would increase significantly if the new product cost information were used for inventory valuation on the financial statements. The controller has been under intense pressure to improve the company’s net income, and this would be an easy and effective way for her to help meet the company’s short-term net income goals. As a result, she has decided to use the new costing system to determine GAAP net income.-Why does the company’s net income increase when the new costing system is applied-Is the controller acting ethically by using the new costing system for GAAP net income? Explain your answer.3. Feedback is a critical piece of the performance management process and a skill that all managers must develop. The text provides numerous ideas for enhancing feedback. Assuming you are in a management role, select two enhancements that you would like to develop immediately and describe how they will help you better develop your employees.

Was Kodak’s failure inevitable? What could Kodak have done differently?

I need your help for writing essay (4 pages not including the cover page and references page)The topic as below:Critical Thinking: The Nature of Change (105 points)In this module, we learned that everything is in a state of constant change. This is a challenge of strategic management, as the industry environment is driven by technology, consumer needs, politics, economic conditions, and many other influences. Consider these influences as you analyze the following cases.Eastman Kodak’s (Kodak) Quest for a Digital Future (R. M. Grant, Contemporary Strategy Analysis: Text and Cases, 10th ed., Wiley, 2019)To support the case analysis read Chapter 8 and the assigned reading. In addition, view the following video:Company Man. (2018, June 13). The decline of Kodak…What happened? [Video file]. Retrieved from https://youtu.be/eVrmFgvEnAARemember that a case study is a puzzle to be solved, so before reading and answering the specific case questions, develop your proposed solution by following these five steps:Read the case study to identify the key issues and underlying issues. These issues are the principles and concepts of the course area which apply to the situation described in the case study.Record the facts from the case study which are relevant to the principles and concepts of the course area issues. The case may have extraneous information not relevant to the current course area. Your ability to differentiate between relevant and irrelevant information is an important aspect of case analysis, as it will inform the focus of your answers.Describe in some detail the actions that would address or correct the situation.Consider how you would support your solution with examples from experience or current real-life examples or cases from textbooks.Complete this initial analysis and then read the discussion questions. Typically, you will already have the answers to the questions but with a broader consideration. At this point, you can add the details and/or analytical tools required to solve the case.Case Study Questions:What were the challenges of technological change for Kodak given “disruptive” digital technologies?What were Kodak’s competencies? Was the idea to ‘brand’ the company an imaging company versus a chemical company a mistake?Evaluate Kodak’s approaches to managing strategic change including organizational ambidexterity, scenarios, crisis management, capability development, dynamic capabilities, and knowledge management.Was Kodak’s failure inevitable? What could Kodak have done differently?Directions:–– Write an essay that includes an introduction paragraph, the essay’s body, and a conclusion paragraph to address the assignment’s guidequestions.– Do not address the questions using a question-and-answer format. – Charts/diagrams should be labeled and can be added within the body of your paper.– APA style should be used– Font will be: Times roman 12, and double space should be between lines -At least 3-4 scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles will be used as references (including the below two). Recommended Reference:

explain why your choice is a more effective leader and teambuilder.

https://www.boldbusiness.com/human-achievement/bold-leader-spotlight-henry-ford-captain-of-industry/Henry Fordhttps://topicinsights.com/leadership-management/jeff-bezos-leadership/Jeff BezosRichard BransonSteve JobsPlease compare and contrast the leadership style of two of the following: Henry Ford, Richard Branson, Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos providing 3 similarities and 3 differences and explain who you believe is the better leader and why.If you believe your selected leader is a better leader, you need to respond to two students in your secondary posts who also chose your leader and explain why your choice is a more effective leader and teambuilder.Please support your primary and secondary posts with reputable sources.PLEASE BE MINDFUL TO REVIEW THE DISCUSSION BOARD RUBRIC LOCATED IN THE SYLLABUS.Write as though you are in a business setting. Be mindful of your choice of language, grammar, and content. When citing data, research, or original ideas, you must cite the source (using the APA method). Please remember that plagiarism is defined as the theft or “the act of using another person’s words or ideas without giving credit to that person.” ( http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plagiarism. )Please check the “Announcements” tab each week to review my comments related to the discussion board posts and replies.Please follow the instructions for the discussion board as outlined in the syllabus.Please check the “Announcements” tab each week to review my comments related to the discussion board posts and replies.Please follow the instructions for the discussion board as outlined in the syllabus

Explain why research might be considered unethical.

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.Part 1: Ethics in ResearchUtilizing the Internet choose1 example (or use one of those listed below) of unethical research in a business setting, and discuss the following:Explain why research might be considered unethical.For your research proposal project in this course, explain what ethical considerations there are and how to avoid them.Examples of unethical business research:

Discuss the importance of the security principle of collection and correlation.

In this week, you examined the security principle of collection and correlation. The gathering of system related information about national infrastructure is key for security analysis. In the same vein, correlation involves a specific type of analysis that can be performed to identify if security-related indicators emerge from the analysis.Discuss the importance of the security principle of collection and correlation. Identify some important sources from which information needs to be collected in the context of national and critical infrastructure protection.Also, identify the four distinct analytic methods that are available for the correlation of cyber security information.Provide examples and identify challenges that are involved in collection and correlation.You must do the following:1) Create a new thread and share your perspectives with examples and references to course material2) Select AT LEAST 2 other students’ threads and post substantive comments on those threads. Your comments should extend the conversation started with the thread.ALL original posts and comments must be substantive

Provide your classmates with a brief description of your choices and explain why you made your choices.

“A picture is worth a thousand words” may be a lovely cliché, but it’s exactly the wrong way to view visualization.For this week’sdiscussionquestion, please view the PeriodicTable of Visualization at the following link (http://www.visual-literacy.org/periodic_table/periodic_table.html). Choose one Data Visualization and one Compound Visualization by placing your mouse cursor over each option. Provide your classmates with a brief description of your choices and explain why you made your choices. Also, describe what advantage do your choices have over the others.Reference Text book : Kirk, A. (2016). Data visualisation a handbook for data driven design. Los Angeles, CA: Sage. ISBN: 978- 1473912144

Discuss the internal and external roles displayed by both chiefs.

Must include at minimum 250 words per response citing sources of reference per APA format.Here are the questions I need!!!1)After reading Case Study 4, “Gaining Outside Commitment in Lowell, Massachusetts” (pp. 507-507) and Case Study 5, “Leading Change in Riverside, California” (pp. 508-516), identify and compare and contrast the police executive styles utilized by Chiefs Davis and Fortier.2)Discuss the internal and external roles displayed by both chiefs.3)What are the advantages and disadvantages of each chief’s style?4)If you were mayor appointing your next chief and were down to two candidates; Chief Davis and Chief Fortier. Who would you choose and why?

Compute the expected value to determine whether the resort should operate or lease. Explain your answer.

3. Downhill Ski Resort in Colorado has accumulated information from records of the past 30 winters regarding the measurable snowfall. This information is as follows:Snowfall (in.) Frequency0–19 220–29 730–39 840–49 850+ 530a. Determine the probability of each event in this frequency distribution.b. Are all the events in this distribution mutually exclusive? Explain.33. The SAT scores of all freshmen accepted at State University are normally distributed, with a mean of 1,050 and a standard deviation of 120. The College of Business at State University has accepted 620 of these freshmen into the college. All students in the college who score over 1,200 are eligible for merit scholarships. How many students can the college administration expect to be eligible for merit scholarships?15. A machine shop owner is attempting to decide whether to purchase a new drill press, a lathe, or a grinder. The return from each will be determined by whether the company succeeds in getting a government military contract. The profit or loss from each purchase and the probabilities associated with each contract outcome are shown in the following payoff table:Purchase Contract .04 No Contract .06Drill press $40,000 $?8,000Lathe 20,000 4,000Grinder 12,000 10,000Compute the expected value for each purchase and select the best one19. The financial success of the Downhill Ski Resort in the Blue Ridge Mountains is dependent on the amount of snowfall during the winter months. If the snowfall averages more than 40 inches, the resort will be successful; if the snowfall is between 20 and 40 inches, the resort will receive a moderate financial return; and if snowfall averages less than 20 inches, the resort will suffer a financial loss. The financial return and probability, given each level of snowfall, follow:Snowfall Level (in.) Financial Return> 40, .4 $120,00020?40, .2 40,000< 20, .4 ? 40,000A large hotel chain has offered to lease the resort for the winter for $40,000. Compute the expected value to determine whether the resort should operate or lease. Explain your answer.

Prepare a 8- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that illustrates the relationship between subjective wellbeing and the following topics:

Prepare a 8- to 10-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that illustrates the relationship between subjective wellbeing and the following topics:Physical healthMental healthWorkIntelligenceReligionRace, ethnicity, and stigmaFormat your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

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