Create an operations, technology, and management plan for a company, including considerations for ethics and social responsibility and business financials.

Week 8 Assignment – Operations, Technology, Management, and Social Responsibility Plan (With Financials)OverviewIn this assignment, you will focus on these sections of your business plan:Operations.Technology.Management and Organization.Social Responsibility.Financials.You will revise the Operations, Social Responsibility, and Financials sections based on the feedback you received in the discussion threads and any changes you want to make to your business plan.The Technology and Management and Organization sections are new. You have not worked on these sections in your discussion threads.The assignment consists of two parts:The business plan (an MS Word document).Business plan financials (using the Business Plan Financials Excel Template).To successfully complete this assignment, you must attach both documents to the submission area as separate files and then click Submit.Reminders and NotesYour chosen company will operate in a 100-mile radius from your home address. Your goal is to reach $1 million in sales by the end of the second year.Be sure to follow the guidelines, whether you use the snack food company scenario or the company of your choice:You are not starting this assignment from scratch. You have already worked on these sections of your business plan in the weekly discussions:Operations (Week 5 discussion).Social Responsibility (Week 6 discussion).Financials (Week 7 discussion).Part 1: Business PlanWrite a 4–5 page paper, in MS Word, in which you provide the specified information in each section.Operations Section (1–2 pages)NotesChapter 11, “Operations,” pages 195–218, of your textbook provides information about developing an operations plan. The chapter also provides a sample operations plan. You’ve already read this chapter in Week 5. Refer to it on an as needed basis as you work on this section of your business plan.Assign a dollar amount to each operational cost you find; you will need these figures for your financials (Business Plan Financials Excel Template).If you are working with the snack food company scenario, be sure to use the information and costs provided in the Snack Food Company Guidelines.Revise your post and the feedback you received on it in the Week 5 discussion thread to create your operations plan.InstructionsCreate an operations plan for your selected company expanding on each of these topics:Facilities.Consider questions such as these regarding facilities:Will you rent or buy your facilities, or will you outsource production to an existing company?If you are renting or buying your facilities, what utilities will be required to run the operation?What will be the costs associated with any necessary utilities?Production Process or Description of How Your Business Will Operate If Retail or Service Company.Include any equipment you plan to use, if applicable.Research needed equipment, such as machines, refrigerators, burners, ovens, and so on.Will you rent or buy needed equipment?How will you maintain and clean the equipment?How will you ensure quality control?What capacity do you intend to reach?If you have a retail or service business, consider any equipment you might need in your process.Explain your approach to inventory, as applicable.Where do your supplies come from?What is your turnaround time to produce your product once you have received an order?Research and Development.How will you stay abreast of new developments in the industry?What new products or services are in development?Personnel Needs in Operations.How many operations employees do you plan to have?What will their roles be?Technology Section (1–2 pages)NotesChapter 12, “Technology Plan,” pages 225–234, of your textbook provides information about developing a technology plan. The chapter also provides a sample technology plan. You’ve already read this chapter in Week 5. Refer to it on an as needed basis as you work on this section of your business plan.Assign a dollar amount to each technology cost you find; you will need these figures for your financials (Business Plan Financials Excel Template).If you are working with the snack food company scenario, be sure to use the information and costs provided in the Snack Food Company Guidelines.Consider the type of technology your selected company will use to conduct activities, such as managing personnel; taking, fulfilling, and tracking orders; managing inventory; communicating with customers and providing customer service; and producing your product or providing your service.InstructionsCreate a technology plan for your selected company expanding on each of these topics:Software Needs.Examples of software you might need include graphics, customer relationship management, accounting, inventory, and office suite.Hardware Needs.Examples of hardware you might need include computers, monitors, servers, routers, and tablets.Telecommunication Needs.Examples of telecommunication equipment you might need include phones, Internet, fax, and mobile phones.Personnel Needs in Technology.Will your technology personnel be in-house or outsourced?Management and Organization Section (1–2 pages)NotesChapter 13, “Management & Organization,” pages 235–258, of your textbook provides information about developing a management and organization plan. The chapter also provides a sample management and organization plan. This chapter was part of the assigned reading for this week. Refer to this chapter on an as needed basis as you work on this section of your business plan.Be sure to include the salary costs associated with the management personnel; you will need these figures for your financials (Business Plan Financials Excel Template).InstructionsCreate a management and organization plan for your selected company expanding on each of these topics:Key Management Employees.List key management team members along with a several sentence description of each person’s relevant business background and responsibilities.Advisors.List any people you will use as advisors for your business; include a several sentence description of these individuals’ areas of expertise and their expected contribution to the business.Management Hierarchy.Outline your company’s management hierarchy using the flow charts on page 248 of your textbook as a guide.Import/include all charts or diagrams into the MS Word document.Social Responsibility Section (1–2 pages)NotesChapter 14, “Social Responsibility & Sustainability,” pages 259–270, of your textbook provides information about developing your social responsibility plan. The chapter also provides a sample social responsibility and sustainability plan. You’ve already read this chapter in Week 6. Refer to it on an as needed basis as you work on this section of your business plan.Revise your post and the feedback you received on it in the Week 6 discussion thread to create your social responsibility plan.InstructionsCreate a social responsibility plan for your selected company expanding on each of these topics:Impact on Stakeholders.Describe the ways your chosen company will impact stakeholders, such as employees, customers, suppliers, and the community. This is the people section of the triple bottom line.What types of benefits (such as health care, flexible work hours, and opportunities for advancement and education) will your company offer employees?What types of opportunities (such as classes, sponsored events, and assistance to causes and charities) will your company offer the community?Environmental Impact.Explain how your company’s activities will affect the environment.Identify the steps you will take to mitigate any negative impacts.How will you minimize your ecological footprint in your operations? Consider energy usage, waste disposal, recycling, using recycled materials, et cetera.FormattingFormat your assignment according to these requirements:This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course.Typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.You must include headings in your paper for each major topic.Include a cover page containing the assignment title, your name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.Include a source list page. All sources used must be listed in the source list page and have a corresponding in-text citation. Citations and references must follow SWS format. The source list page is not included in the required page length.Note: There is no minimum requirement for the number of resources used in this assignment.Part 2: Business Plan FinancialsRevise the Business Plan Financials Excel Template based on feedback from the Week 7 discussion thread and changes you make to your business plan.Be sure the numbers in the Business Plan Financials Excel Template match any numbers included in the Operations, Technology, and Management and Organization sections of your business plan narrative.Remember that the guidelines, whether for your own startup company or for the snack food company scenario, provide helpful information on completing the worksheets within the Business Plan Financials Excel Template.Learning OutcomesThe specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:Create an operations, technology, and management plan for a company, including considerations for ethics and social responsibility and business financials.

Lists five tools that can be used by security administrators, network administrators, and attackers alike.

Lists five tools that can be used by security administrators, network administrators, and attackers alike. Search the Web for three to five other tools that fit this description. Using a Web browser and the names of the tools you found, find a site that claims to be dedicated to supporting hackers. Do you find any references to other hacker tools? If you do, create a list of the tools along with a short description of what the tools do and how the tools work.

Briefly describe the therapeutic actions of drugs affecting blood pressure (diuretics, ACE inhibitors, ARBs, CCB, sympathetic nervous system drugs).

The advanced practice nurse is updating the plan of care of nursing home patients with hypertension.Briefly describe the therapeutic actions of drugs affecting blood pressure (diuretics, ACE inhibitors, ARBs, CCB, sympathetic nervous system drugs).What important teaching points should be addressed for patients receiving antihypertensive drugs?Your initial post should be at least 550 words, formatted and cited in current APA style with support from at least 3 academic sources.

Summarize why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation.

Assignment: Agenda Comparison Grid and Fact Sheet It may seem to you that healthcare has been a national topic of debate among political leaders for as long as you can remember.Healthcare has been a policy item and a topic of debate not only in recent times but as far back as the administration of the second U.S. president, John Adams. In 1798, Adams signed legislation requiring that 20 cents per month of a sailor’s paycheck be set aside for covering their medical bills. This represented the first major piece of U.S. healthcare legislation, and the topic of healthcare has been woven into presidential agendas and political debate ever since.As a healthcare professional, you may be called upon to provide expertise, guidance and/or opinions on healthcare matters as they are debated for inclusion into new policy. You may also be involved in planning new organizational policy and responses to changes in legislation. For all of these reasons you should be prepared to speak to national healthcare issues making the news.In this Assignment, you will analyze recent presidential healthcare agendas. You also will prepare a fact sheet to communicate the importance of a healthcare issue and the impact on this issue of recent or proposed policy.To Prepare:• Review the agenda priorities of the current/sitting U.S. president and at least one previous presidential administration.• Select an issue related to healthcare that was addressed by two U.S. presidential administrations (current and previous).• Consider how you would communicate the importance of a healthcare issue to a legislator/policymaker or a member of their staff for inclusion on an agenda.• Use your Week 1 Discussion post to help with this assignment.The Assignment: (1- to 2-page Comparison Grid, 1-Page Analysis, and 1-page narrative) with a title page. Use 2-3 course resources and at least 2 outside resources.Part 1: Agenda Comparison GridUse the Agenda Comparison Grid Template found in the Learning Resources and complete the Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid based on the current/sitting U.S. president and the previous president, and their agendas related to the population health concern you selected. Be sure to address the following:• Identify and provide a brief description of the population health concern you selected.• Explain how each of the presidential administrations approached the issue.• Identify the allocation of resources that the presidents dedicated to this issue.Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid AnalysisUsing the information you recorded in Part 1: Agenda Comparison Grid on the template, complete the Part 2: Agenda Comparison Grid Analysis portion of the template, by addressing the following:• Which administrative agency (like HHS, CDC, FDA, OHSA) would most likely be responsible for helping you address the healthcare issue you selected and why is this agency the most helpful for the issue?• How do you think your selected healthcare issue might get on the presidential agenda? How does it stay there?• An entrepreneur/champion/sponsor helps to move the issue forward. Who would you choose to be the entrepreneur/champion/sponsor (this can be a celebrity, a legislator, an agency director, or others) of the healthcare issue you selected and why would this person be a good entrepreneur/ champion/sponsor? An example is Michael J. Fox is champion for Parkinson’s disease.Part 3: Fact SheetUsing the information recorded on the template in Parts 1 and 2, develop a 1-page fact sheet that you could use to communicate with a policymaker/legislator or a member of their staff for this healthcare issue. Be sure to address the following:• Summarize why this healthcare issue is important and should be included in the agenda for legislation.• Justify the role of the nurse in agenda setting for healthcare issues.Writing requirements: 2 full pages for part 1.1 full page for part 2.1 full page for Part 3.At least 3 references .Note: the agenda Comparison template is attached. Please fill that and answer the other questions for part 1 too.

Describe one internal and one external method for the dissemination of your evidence-based change proposal.

Describe one internal and one external method for the dissemination of your evidence-based change proposal. For example, an internal method may be the hospital board, and an external method may be a professional nursing organization. Discuss why it is important to report your change proposal to both of these groups. How will your communication strategies change for each group? Topic: Adverse Drug reaction in elderly

Identify in one sentence your overall branding strategy or brand image you want to achieve in the mind of your target segment.

, write 400-600 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. (2-3 references)This morning, walking into the office, you greet Michelle who says, “I’d like to meet with you tomorrow to develop the branding strategy for the new product. Let’s meet for a working lunch and brainstorming session.” “That sounds great,” you reply. “I’ll schedule the meeting and order in lunch.”Entering your office, you begin to think about the items that you will be discussing during tomorrow’s meeting with Michelle.We haven’t even come up with a product name yet, you think. We also need to work on an advertising slogan or tag line. You know that Michelle has an extensive background in marketing, but you really want to make a good impression and bring a sound branding strategy to the meeting. How are we going to distinguish our product from our competitors? What are the benefits that we are going to highlight in our brand that will meet the needs or wants of our target customers?You create the following list of items that you need to address:Identify in one sentence your overall branding strategy or brand image you want to achieve in the mind of your target segment.Product nameAdvertising slogan or tag lineProduct attributesProduct benefits

Is the agreement a breach of the antitrust laws? Explain briefly the reason behind your answer.

Plaintiffs, soft drinks retailers, brought suit alleging that their wholesalers had engaged in an unlawful conspiracy to restrain trade by refusing to sell soft drinks unless plaintiffs paid cash in advance or at the time of the delivery. The wholesalers had an agreement that none of them would grant short-term credit although such credit had been extended in the past. Question: Is the agreement a breach of the antitrust laws? Explain briefly the reason behind your answer.

Analyze the listed ideas and discuss their relation to the United States Legal System.

https://www.foxnews.com/us/cities-record-homicides-2021Use the link to answer the questionsAnalyze the listed ideas and discuss their relation to the United States Legal System.Reflect on how this subject matter may relate to your life and the life of others as well as popular culture in general.150 words

On how many continents and in how many countries does GE do business? Does GE offer different product lines in different countries? If so, why, and if not, why not?

This week, we learned about different types of leadership directives and leadership styles. As a reflection of these principles, visit the website of General Electric, a powerful MNC in energy and power systems, health care, finance, and appliances.Discover GE’s international operations, learn about its product lines, review its new and existing members on the board of directors, and review its latest annual report. Then answer these questions with a focus on GE’s leadership:On how many continents and in how many countries does GE do business? Does GE offer different product lines in different countries? If so, why, and if not, why not?Using the Managerial Grid (Fig.13-2), in which country or countries could GE apply each of the 5 management styles? Give examples of each of the 5 styles.Using the Managerial Grid (Fig. 13-2), which leadership style do you think the GE corporate CEO could implement on a global basis, and why?Reflect on this Module and this course and explain whether the leadership style you chose in # 3 above matches your skills, abilities, and personality. Why or why not?

Identify a current global strategy that is reactive and past-focused and then reconstruct that strategy to one that is creative, proactive and future-oriented.

Global strategy making involves a major shift in focus from analytic, reactive and past-focused thinking to creative, proactive and future-oriented thinking. Identify a current global strategy that is reactive and past-focused and then reconstruct that strategy to one that is creative, proactive and future-oriented. Your post should illustrate how an organization can transform its thinking from reactive and past-focused to one that is proactive and future-oriented.

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