Recommendation of the best course of action for McDonald’s to operate in those countries.

Student will write a case report on firm’s global marketing practices, which highlights the value of cross-cultural competence and global vision.Details are as follows:‘Success and Failure’ cases of McDonald’s Global EntryMcDonald’s is one of the most successful and recognizable franchises in the world.One reason that contributes to McDonald’s huge success is its ability to operate in over 119 countries.However, while most of McDonalds’ global entry and marketing practices are successful, it is not always the case.In this case analysis exercise, you will analyze why and how McDonald’s succeeded in some countries while failed in others, with a special focus on how the differences in cultures shape McDonald’s marketing effort (marketing mix strategy).Case Sources: You’ll read a case from the textbook and be required to search for relevant cases on your own to successfully complete this assignment. Following is a list of sources to find your case:Textbook case:Ethical & Social dilemma case 8.1: Burger Wars in India: Fast-Food Chains Are Finding Creative Ways to Enter a No-Beef MarketYou are required to use other cases that are relevant to this topic. Notably, our textbook case (Burger Wars in India) is a must-include in your report, and that you need to include at least one successful and one failed case as a comparison in your report. If you can not find any relevant McDonald’s global cases, you can work on other global companies’ cases.Steps in solving a case study (organize your report accordingly)Analysis should include these sequential steps:Description of the facts surrounding the case.Identification of the key issues. A focus on cultural differences and how they challenged McDonald along with other marketing issues.List of courses of action that were taken by McDonalds.Evaluation of why or why not the listed courses of actions succeeded.List of alternative courses of action that could be taken.Introduce your own choice: at least one successful and one failed cases of McDonalds’Recommendation of the best course of action for McDonald’s to operate in those countries. Your recommendations should be broad enough to include all aspects of marketing mix (i.e., product, price, promotion, and placement).Summary of McDonalds’ marketing efforts overseas and your own reflection on how cultures can significantly shape a firm’s marketing efforts. You are encouraged to incorporate your own cultural backgrounds to enrich your understanding of this topic.Format Requirement: The final report will be typed (double-spaced, Ariel 12 font, APA style, with a Works Cited page using multiple sources and will be minimum of 4 pages. Your report will be evaluated on your ability to write and ability to show cross-cultural competence.

Discuss nursing role in identifying appropriate technology for practice.

Goal:Identify the process for decision making regarding technology. Discuss nursing role in identifying appropriate technology for practice.Your post should include the following:1. One technology application used in health care to facilitate decision making.2. The application’s impact on quality of decision making.3. The process for selecting and implementing the application.4. The costs associated with the application.5. Nurses’ role(s) in selecting and evaluating the application.Submission Instructions:The work is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.The work should be formatted per current APA and 4-5 pages in length, excluding the title, abstract and references page.Incorporate a minimum of 5 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.

What is the difference between anti-trust and competition law?

What is the difference between anti-trust and competition law? In what country would you find an example of an anti-trust law and in what country an example of a competition law? Why do we have anti-trust laws in a market-based economy? 200–300 words in length

What are the major conflicts that characters face in the text? How do the characters seek to overcome these conflicts?

Reminder: This writing assignment, like all others, is subject to SafeAssign. Plagiarism, recycling writing assignments from one class to another, copying and pasting from the internet & other forms of cheating will not be tolerated; “I didn’t know” is not an excuse. For more on Academic Violations, please see the course syllabus.Directions: This covers the following literary works: The Epic of Gilgamesh, The Art of War, & Oedipus, the King. You may choose to write over one of the three. It should be clear from your responses that you read the literature and thought about what it means. The answer should be your OWN answer and not a regurgitation of something found on the internet. You will be graded on grammar, word choice, and format. Each answer you choose should consist of at least one full paragraph with a topic sentence, 5 supporting-detail sentences, a conclusion sentence, and sentence-to-sentence transitions. If you choose a numbered prompt with multiple questions, you must answer each question. Download this document, type your answer beneath each prompt you chose, save and submit.Choose five of the following numbered prompts. Write at least one full paragraph for each prompt:1. What was your initial response to the literature? Why? Use descriptive words to show your response.2. What are the major conflicts that characters face in the text? How do the characters seek to overcome these conflicts?3. How would you describe two or three of the major characters? Are they likeable? Do they make mistakes? What are their motives and intentions?4. How does the language affect the text’s overall meaning? Is the language powerful? What emotions does the language evoke? What specific words create meaning?5. What is the world view of the text? How does this world view differ or relate to our world view today?6. Create a diary entry for one of the characters. You might choose a main character or a supporting character.7. Find an online image that somehow relates to the text. Paste the image in this document, provide in-text citations and a Works Cited. Explain the relationship between the text and the image you chose. (*Do not recycle a previous discussion board exercise).8. Write a short story about what happened before the text begins or what happens after the text ends.9. Think of a modern-day celebrity, artist, public figure, etc. that reminds you of a character in the text. Explain your answer.10. Describe a takeaway lesson that we can learn from the literature.

Discuss the various duties, responsibilities, and liabilities of the Principal-Agent (employer-employee) relationship as outlined in the text.

Prompt: Discuss the various duties, responsibilities, and liabilities of the Principal-Agent (employer-employee) relationship as outlined in the text.Requirements: 250 words minimum initial post,

Describe internal and external factors that may impact (positively and/or negatively) the achievement of your goals

DirectionsThis assignment is a final program paper to apply strategic goal setting to your ongoing professional growth. The paper will have a title page, abstract page, 3-5 pages of body and a reference page (in addition to the Rimm book, you may have a few other references). The Dyer et al (2020) text (Chapters 3, 5, 9 and 12) contains a boxed feature called “Strategy and Your Career” (some are “Strategy in your Career”) that may also be helpful, especially the one in Chapter 12.Do a SWOT analysis for yourself that relates to your goals.List three SMART goals you have for your professional growth/personal life (see handout in a link in Unit 8 or read more about “SMART goals” on the internet). Note that SMART goals include timelines; some goals may have several steps/subgoals to be met on the way to major goal.For each goal, describe the importance of the goal, such as how meeting the goal will impact your career.Write a detailed action plan including resources needed, networking, funding, etc. to meet the goals. The “Creating Line of Sight Measures” in Chapt 12, p. 228 of Dyer et al (2020) may be helpful.Describe internal and external factors that may impact (positively and/or negatively) the achievement of your goalsDescribe how you will measure progress toward meeting each of the goals.Include at least one professional organization that you can join (many have student memberships at reduced prices; you may want to join now!). Explain the benefits of belonging and when you will join the organization.

Explain if polls are an accurate assessment of public opinion.

Reflective Journal 3OverviewWrite a 1-page journal entry (approximately 250 words) in which you:Explain if polls are an accurate assessment of public opinion. Cite a recent poll to support your claim. How can polls sway public opinion? Does the overabundance of accessible information lead to inaccurate polls? Why or why not?Complete the page/word amount requirement.Write with clarity, following mechanics and formatting requirements.RequirementsYour assignment must follow these formatting requirements:This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course.Include a source page and a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date. A Journal Sample [PDF] has been provided for your reference. The source page and cover page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The paper will focus on personality type and career choice.  You will take an

The paper will focus on personality type and career choice. You will take an informal assessment that will approximate your personality type according to the dimensions of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). Use the following website to take the assessment: http://www.humanmetrics.com/cgi-win/jtypes2.aspAfter obtaining your results from the assessment, write a 5-to-7 page paper that addresses the following:Explain your personality type based on the assessment you took.Identify a career that is suitable for you based on your personality type and explain why the career is suitable for you.Explain how your personality type influences your career choice.Identify and explain your career goals.Identify the knowledge, skills, and abilities you need for your career.Describe the action plan you will use to achieve your career goals.

Explain a process in which inflammation is beneficial in.

Inflammation is one of the body’s non-specific defense mechanisms that protects itself from foreign invaders. It is also a crucial step in the healing process. However, more recently inflammation has been linked to a number of chronic disease processes.Please complete the following steps for your discussion post and response.Read the article:Hobson, K. (2017, July 21). Is Inflammation Bad for You or Good for You?NPR.[Weblog post]In your own words, briefly describe the major signs of inflammation and explain the mechanism that causes each one.Explain a process in which inflammation is beneficial in.Research and discuss a condition that chronic inflammation has been linked to.In your opinion, for your selected condition which should be treated first: the inflammatory response or the cause of the inflammatory response? Support your opinion.Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.

Is the process in statistical control? Provide the appropriate numbers and the rationale for your decision using a control chart for individuals.

D??????????????????????evelop a 7-page process improvement plan for a provided scenario or a business and process of your choice, using data to support your recommendations.IntroductionThis portfolio work project, a process improvement plan, will help you demonstrate competencies in process documentation, process analysis, and process improvement.ScenarioFor this assessment, choose either Option 1 or Option 2. You do not need to do both. You will apply one of these scenarios in the Requirements below. Both options will be graded using the same scoring guide.Option 1Wild Dog Coffee Company, a locally owned company with a single coffee shop location, serves a wide selection of espresso products, small breakfast and lunch menu items, and a limited evening menu. The company is planning to expand the business by adding an additional location. While different menu items may be tested at the new location, the espresso beverage preparation process will remain exactly the same. The company wants to ensure that the espresso beverage preparation process is documented and refined before the move.Option 2Select a business and process of your choosing. Note: It is recommended that you use the same business for each assessment in this course. Before choosing a company, read all three of the assessments thoroughly to ensure the following:The company fits the assessment requirements and you have access to the information needed to complete the assessment.The business information is disclosed in the assessment for faculty’s reference.You can distribute the business data without disclosing confidential information.Contact faculty with questions.Your RoleOption 1You are one of three owners of Wild Dog Coffee Company. Your background is primarily in operations. Your business partners’ backgrounds are in marketing and sales. While they are working on the external aspects of the business that will bring customers in, you are focused on making the internal customer-facing processes as efficient as possible. You are preparing an analysis and recommendations that will help manage a core process improvement for the successful opening of a second location.Option 2Your boss, a director, has tasked you with a process improvement project. She is relying on you to prepare an analysis and recommendations that can be presented to the executive team of the company.RequirementsInclude the following in your process improvement plan:Assess the steps for a selected process.Develop a flowchart showing the process’ steps. You may include as many steps as are relevant for your selected scenario.If using Wild Dog Coffee Company, show the steps for preparing an espresso beverage (for example, latté, cappuccino); there are two steps that must be included: (1) order is submitted and (2) beverage is handed to the customer. Hint: You may want to visit a local coffee shop to observe the beverage preparation process.Prepare a procedure documenting the selected process. At a minimum, the procedure must document the following for your selected process:Metrics. Identify at least two metrics that will be useful in determining how well the new process is performing. Be sure to identify the target value of the metric and how you will measure it.For Wild Dog Coffee Company, it could be how well the beverage preparation process is performing. A third metric is already identified for you: order delivery time. (This is the time between when the order is submitted and the time the beverage is handed to the customer.)Procedure. This section describes each step of the process.For Wild Dog Coffee Company, your procedure should be titled, “Espresso Beverage Preparation Process.” Be sure to include order submittal and handing the beverage to the customer as part of the procedure.Purpose (of the procedure). This section describes what the procedure is intended to do.Analyze data for process changes for a selected process. Respond to the following questions:Is the process cente??????????????????????red? Provide the results of your calculations and the rationale for your decision by thinking about the process capability.Is the process capable at 3-sigma? Provide the results of your calculations and the rationale for your decision by thinking about the process capability index.Is the process in statistical control? Provide the appropriate numbers and the rationale for your decision using a control chart for individuals.For Wild Dog Coffee Company, analyze the Beverage Service Times [XLSX] data. This data is for 50 beverage preparation events and was collected using their order processing system. Each individual order gets a time-stamp when it is placed and again when the beverage is handed to the customer. The senior barista thinks the beverage delivery times should range between 2 and 3 minutes. The known process standard deviation, which has been calculated on an on-going basis, is 0.5903 minutes.Analyze the cause and effect of process variances.Brainstorm possible sources of variation to create a cause-and-effect diagram to help analyze potential sources of variation in the espresso beverage preparation process at Wild Dog Coffee Company or for your selected business’ process. Your diagram must include at least four of the “6 Ms” (that is, management, manpower, method, measurement, machine, materials).Recommend quality and customer service improvements for a selected process.Detail the results of your analysis for Wild Dog Coffee Company or your selected business’ process to substantiate your recommendations.Deliverable FormatRequirements:The process improvement plan is to be a minimum of 7 pages, not including the title, reference, and appendix pages.Use a process improvement plan template of your choice.Related company standards:The process improvement plan is a professional document and should therefore follow the corresponding MBA Academic and Professional Document Guidelines (available in the MBA Program Resources), including single-spaced paragraphs.In addition to the title and reference pages, include the following in the appendix:Flowchart.Procedure.Detailed results of order delivery time analysis.Cause-and-effect diagram.Use American Society for Quality (ASQ) data analysis tools and 2–3 additional scholarly or academic sources where applicable.Use APA formatting for citations and references.EvaluationBy successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies through corresponding scoring guide criteria:Competency 1: Analyze how operations management theories and models effect the development and delivery of products or services to the marketplace.Assess the steps for a selected process.Competency 2: Use logistics and supply chain management tools to manage the distribution of products and services.Prepare a procedure documenting a selected process.Competency 3: Use data to evaluate the effect of operations management decisions on organizational goals.Analyze data for process changes for a selected process.Analyze the cause and effect of process variances.Competency 4: Evaluate the effectiveness of operations management strategies to achieve quality and customer service goals.Recommend quality and customer service improvements for a selected process.Competency 5: Communicate business needs, opportunities, and strategies with multiple stakeholders.Write coherently to support a central idea with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a business professional.Faculty will provide feedback as if they were the recipient of your deliverable in the workplace, using the scoring guide. Refer to the scoring guide to ensure that you meet the grading criteria for this assessment before submission.ePortfolioThis portfolio work project demonstrates your competency in applying knowledge and skills required of a MBA learner in the workplace. Save this activity to your ePortfolio for future reference in the workplace.S??????????????????????CORING GUIDE

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