You are to narrow your topic focus to a single or small number of specific issues that your subject company will face in achieving its objectives. Identify one or two specific issues facing the company that will result in strategic options presented at the end of the case.
For the third research assignment, you are to narrow your topic focus to a single or small number of specific issues that your subject company will face in achieving its objectives.dentify one or two specific issues facing the company that will result in strategic options presented at the end of the case. It will be necessary at this point to identify a single protagonist who will represent the decision maker in the company who will be faced with the strategic options you present. The person you identify as the protagonist does not have to be an actual person in the company, but they will need to represent an actual organizational role or position in the company. For example, you may not know the name of the vice president for product development at company X, but you do know that such a role exists. The use of a protagonist helps the reader understand the motivations and limitations of the decision maker. Please review the “writing case studies” material for more explanation of the role of protagonists in business case studies.
The steps to complete this assignment are as follows:
Identify one or two specific issues facing the company that will result in strategic options presented at the end of the case.
Identify a specific protagonist by name and by position in the company that will be the immediate decision maker in the case.
Develop a profile of the company that is the subject of the case that includes a brief statement of its mission, history and current activities related to your issue(s).
Focus your country data research on providing background information on the specific issue(s) you identified. This is important! You should move away from general facts about the country and toward very specific research about the specific issue as manifested in your country!
Identify at least two discrete strategic options for the company that may allow the company to achieve its objectives related to your issues.
This assignment will move you closer to completing the case project and should be seen as a brief,VERY rough draft that will be improved in future submissions.
Here are very brief examples to illustrate what is needed:
EXAMPLE 1: Joe Smith, the Director of Customer Service at American Express, is considering ways to improve customer satisfaction (COMPANY OBJECTIVE) with over the phone customer service interactions. American Express outsources (TOPIC) its customer service function to call centers in India. The problem Joe is facing is that a significant number of AMEXs American clients feel that Indian accents are hard to understand over the phone (ISSUE 1). Joe has discovered that American clients are more likely to perceive female Indian accents as more acceptable. Unfortunately, women in the parts of India where the call centers are located are reluctant to work in the evenings for cultural reasons (ISSUE 2), when most American customer service calls come in. Joe is considering providing additional financial incentives for women to work evening hours in call centers (OPTION 1). He is also considering whether the outsourcing of customer service should be moved to another country, such as South Africa, where Americans seem less disturbed by the local accents (OPTION 2). Joe needs to make a decision that achieves customer service objectives while maintaining the benefits of outsourcing.
In this example, you would need to provide background information on the cultural reasons related to the reluctance of women to work at night. You would also need to provide information on why AMEX outsources customer service and what the company needs from call centers.
EXAMPLE 2: Mary Jones, founder and CEO of the People Fund, a not-for-profit organization seeking to educate the world about the need for environmental sustainability (TOPIC), is facing a dilemma. People Fund has a new focus on improving recycling behavior in China (OBJECTIVE), where growing incomes have increased the amount of plastic waste entering the environment in the form of discarded consumer products and packaging (ISSUE 1). People Fund believes it can best educate people on the need to recycle by using Chinese government-controlled media. People Fund would partner with the government in developing effective messaging for China. Unfortunately, local Chinese city governments are currently not prepared for a large increase in recycling behavior due to a lack of public recycling facilities (ISSUE 2). People Fund is concerned that without government support, its message will not result in a change of behavior. Mary is considering whether the recycling campaign should be limited to only those areas with current recycling capabilities (OPTION 1) or whether it should do a nation-wide campaign, but focus only on recycling easily recyclable products such as plastic water bottles (OPTION 2).
In this example, you would need to provide background on the extent of the pollution problem in China, the role of the Chinese government in controlling media and the relationship between the Chinese governments and foreign firms seeking to influence Chinese society.
Your write up for this assignment should be a minimum of two double-spaced pages. Think about having at least one paragraph that describes and explains the information contained in the five steps.
You should review all of the material in the Case Study Resources folder on Blackboard before beginning this assignment.
As always, you should provide references and a citations list at the end of your submission identifying the sources of your factual information.
Does Saudi Aramco is focusing on material topics? Is the agenda comprehensive and ambitious enough?
Students will analyse the corporate sustainability agenda of Saudi Aramco (Saudi Aramco Sustainability Reports 2021 and 2022) and submit a presentation with answers to the following questions:
Does Saudi Aramco is focusing on material topics? Is the agenda comprehensive and ambitious enough?
Summarise the business case for sustainable transformation (focus on risks and opportunities)
In class, you learnt the 10 golden rules for sustainable transformation. Use these criteria to produce a table analysing Saudi Aramcos approach
Your patient is a 42-year-old female that arrives in the ED with complaints of fever and not feeling well. She is currently undergoing chemotherapy for bladder cancer. She has an indwelling urinary catheter with scant amount of dark, foul smelling urine. She has a temperature of 102.2F, HR 136, BP 110/50 and RR 28. She is allergic to penicillin and Sulfa. What type of shock is she experiencing? What interventions do you anticipate the doctor will order? What can you teach this patient about prevention of infection?
Your patient is a 42-year-old female that arrives in the ED with complaints of fever and not feeling well. She is currently undergoing chemotherapy for bladder cancer. She has an indwelling urinary catheter with scant amount of dark, foul smelling urine. She has a temperature of 102.2F, HR 136, BP 110/50 and RR 28. She is allergic to penicillin and Sulfa.
What type of shock is she experiencing?
What interventions do you anticipate the doctor will order?
What can you teach this patient about prevention of infection?
The doctor orders Bactrim. What should you be concern about? Why?
A woman fell ill in a store. A store employee put the woman in an infirmary but provided no medical care for six hours. The woman died. The womans family sued the store for wrongful death. Complete an IRAC argument saying that the store was liable. Then complete an IRAC argument saying that the store was not liable.The signals on a railroad crossing were defective. Although the railroad company was notified of the problem a month earlier, the railroad inspector failed to come by and repair them. Seeing the all-clear signal, a car drove up and stalled on the tracks as a train rounded the bend. For the past two weeks the car had been stalling, and the driver kept putting off taking the car to the shop for a tune-up. As the train rounded the bend, the engineer was distracted by a conductor and did not see the car until it was too late to stop. A.) Complete an IRAC argument that the train company was negligent. B.) Then complete an IRAC argument that the engineer was negligent. C.) Then complete an IRAC argument that the cars driver was negligent. Then D.) complete an IRAC argument that the inspector was negligent. E) Consider and determine who must bear the liability for the damage to the car and to the train?
A woman fell ill in a store. A store employee put the woman in an infirmary but provided no medical care for six hours. The woman died. The womans family sued the store for wrongful death. Complete an IRAC argument saying that the store was liable. Then complete an IRAC argument saying that the store was not liable.The signals on a railroad crossing were defective. Although the railroad company was notified of the problem a month earlier, the railroad inspector failed to come by and repair them. Seeing the all-clear signal, a car drove up and stalled on the tracks as a train rounded the bend. For the past two weeks the car had been stalling, and the driver kept putting off taking the car to the shop for a tune-up. As the train rounded the bend, the engineer was distracted by a conductor and did not see the car until it was too late to stop. A.) Complete an IRAC argument that the train company was negligent. B.) Then complete an IRAC argument that the engineer was negligent. C.) Then complete an IRAC argument that the cars driver was negligent. Then D.) complete an IRAC argument that the inspector was negligent. E) Consider and determine who must bear the liability for the damage to the car and to the train?The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission sought data about the racial composition of Terrific Textiles labor force. Terrific refused on the grounds that inadvertent disclosure of the numbers might cause certain elements to picket its factories. The EEOC took Terrific to court to get the data. Complete one IRAC argument for either the EEOC or Terrific.In order to police the profession, the state legislature passed a law granting the State Plumbers Association the power to hold hearings to determine whether a particular plumber violated the plumbing code of ethics (which was written by the association). Sam, a plumber, objected to the convening of a hearing when he was accused by Roger, a fellow plumber, of acting unethically by soliciting business from Rogers customers. Sam went to court, seeking to enjoin the associations disciplinary committee from holding the hearing. Complete an IRAC argument on behalf of the Plumbers Association. A.) Complete an IRAC argument on behalf of Sam. B.) Who do you think would be successful? Why?Assume that the new president of the United States was elected overwhelmingly by pledging in the campaign to do away with bureaucrats who interfere in your lives. The day s/he took the oath of office s/he determined to carry out the pledge. A.) What justification would the President have to fire all incumbent commissioners of federal agencies in order to install new appointees. B.) What justification would the President have to demand that all pending regulations being considered by federal agencies be submitted to the White House for review and redrafting, if necessary. C.) Could the President require that s/he interview potential nominees for agency positions to determine whether their regulatory philosophy is consistent with his/hers.
Do you have your own 5.5 keys to success? How do they compare to Gitomers statements?
Gitomer Sales Caffeine of November 7, 2023
From Sales Caffeine, Gitomer speaks to: Here are the 5.5 success keys:
Do you have your own 5.5 keys to success? How do they compare to Gitomer’s statements? (10 points)
Make sure to follow Formal Rules of English, such as but not limited to: EX: grammar, spelling, paragraphs APA in text citation. (5 points)
SCENE 1: Joey Slater, an 8-year-old child who received blood transfusion for femur, is now ready for discharge. Stacey, a licensed practical nurse/licensed vocational nurse (LPN/LVN), offers to take care of discharge teaching about cast care, while Charlotte, an RN, calls home health care to arrange a home visit. SCENE 2: Five weeks later, Joey is readmitted to the pediatric floor. On assessment by the RN, maggots were coming out of the cast, and perineal skin breakdown was noted. As Charlotte and the mother discuss the situation, its clear that there was a lack of education. The mother also states that home health nurses never contacted her. Later, Charlotte calls the agency and discovers that they tried repeatedly to contact the family without success. SCENE 3: Charlotte tells Joey that the doctor says he can go home, but he seems worried and scared. Later, Charlotte calls social services to involve them in the patients care. Charlotte advocates for the patient by delaying his discharge and reporting subjective and objective findings to social services. Instructions: 1. Read the case study above and then, answer the following questions for Scene 1: a. What primary violation of the Code of Ethics in Nursing did you witness in this scene? b. What evidence do you see for proper delegation, if any, by the RN in the video case? · What improper delegation took place? · What would you as the nurse have delegated in this scene? 2. Now, answer the following questions for Scene 2: a. What evidence do we have of the potential for professional negligence and malpractice in the care delivery for this patient? b. Which of the nine Code of Ethics for Nursing provisions were upheld by the registered nurse in this scene?
CASE INTRODUCTION – Charlotte Greene, a registered nurse, is discharging a pediatric patient, Joey Slater, to home care under the supervision of his mother. The child returns to the hospital five weeks later with some concerning issues
Brief Summary of Case
SCENE 1: Joey Slater, an 8-year-old child who received blood transfusion for femur, is now ready for discharge. Stacey, a licensed practical nurse/licensed vocational nurse (LPN/LVN), offers to take care of discharge teaching about cast care, while Charlotte, an RN, calls home health care to arrange a home visit.
SCENE 2: Five weeks later, Joey is readmitted to the pediatric floor. On assessment by the RN, maggots were coming out of the cast, and perineal skin breakdown was noted. As Charlotte and the mother discuss the situation, its clear that there was a lack of education. The mother also states that home health nurses never contacted her. Later, Charlotte calls the agency and discovers that they tried repeatedly to contact the family without success.
SCENE 3: Charlotte tells Joey that the doctor says he can go home, but he seems worried and scared. Later, Charlotte calls social services to involve them in the patients care. Charlotte advocates for the patient by delaying his discharge and reporting subjective and objective findings to social services.
Instructions:
1. Read the case study above and then, answer the following questions for
Scene 1:
a. What primary violation of the Code of Ethics in Nursing did you witness in this scene?
b. What evidence do you see for proper delegation, if any, by the RN in the video case?
· What improper delegation took place?
· What would you as the nurse have delegated in this scene?
2. Now, answer the following questions for
Scene 2:
a. What evidence do we have of the potential for professional negligence and malpractice in the care delivery for this patient?
b. Which of the nine Code of Ethics for Nursing provisions were upheld by the registered nurse in this scene?
3. Your paper should be:
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research the Obama administration’s (2009-2017) environmental record. What were Obama’s successes and failures in the area of environmental policy during his presidency (be sure to discuss Obamas climate change policy). What overall grade would you give President Obama for his environmental record, and why? Then, compare and contrast Obama with the Trump administration (2017-2021). What were the Trump administration’s major initiatives in the area of environmental policy?
Your assignment is to research the Obama administration’s (2009-2017) environmental record. What were Obama’s successes and failures in the area of environmental policy during his presidency (be sure to discuss Obamas climate change policy). What overall grade would you give President Obama for his environmental record, and why? Then, compare and contrast Obama with the Trump administration (2017-2021). What were the Trump administration’s major initiatives in the area of environmental policy? What overall grade would you give Trump for his environmental record and why? What explains such major differences, if any, in the way both presidents approached environmental policy? What have been the environmental policy successes and failures of the Biden Administration? What grade would you given Biden so far, and why?
he lymphatic system is a network of tissues and organs that help rid the body of toxins, waste, and other unwanted substances. The primary function of the lymphatic system is to transport lymph, a fluid containing infection-fighting white blood cells, throughout the body. Pick an organ and explain which lymph node region would be most likely, if any, for primary cancer in that organ to show lymph node involvement.
Introduction: The lymphatic system is a network of tissues and organs that help rid the body of toxins, waste, and other unwanted substances. The primary function of the lymphatic system is to transport lymph, a fluid containing infection-fighting white blood cells, throughout the body.
Pick an organ and explain which lymph node region would be most likely, if any, for primary cancer in that organ to show lymph node involvement.
For this post, you will:
Pick an organ and explain which lymph node region would be most likely, if any, for primary cancer in that organ to show lymph node involvement.
Relate one part of the anatomy of a lymph node to the potential for a cancer cell from your organ to be recognized by a white blood cell. Anatomical parts of the lymph node include: numbers of specific types of white blood cells, amount or type of connective tissue fibers, trabeculae, numbers of afferent or efferent vessels, sinuses, nodules, lymph presence.
In addition to lymph nodes, the lymphatic system also has many vessels (from smaller collecting vessels through ducts) and other lymphoid tissues (e.g., MALT, tonsils, thymus, spleen). Pick one of these. If you picked a lymphatic vessel, compare it to an analogous blood vessel (provide the name of the blood vessel, for example, the jugular vein or an arteriole) anatomically. If you picked a lymphoid tissue, compare its structure to a lymph node.
You are a finance administrator, and a patient has no insurance or monies to pay for his or her care. Research your state resources for health care services for the uninsured. Consider these research options: Review the Department of Health website for your state. Contact care transition teams or social work groups at local health care organizations. Describe your state’s health care services for the uninsured.
You are a finance administrator, and a patient has no insurance or monies to pay for his or her care. Research your state resources for health care services for the uninsured. Consider these research options:
Review the Department of Health website for your state.
Contact care transition teams or social work groups at local health care organizations.
Describe your state’s health care services for the uninsured.
Note: You will also need this information to complete this units assignment.
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Though just one of many causes, Yellow Journalism did play a role in making Americans aware of the situation in Cuba and building support for the Spanish-American War. Some historians argue that Yellow Journalism was critical to the United States declaring war. After reading your text and viewing the provided materials, consider the role of media shaping American public opinion and action. To what extent did Yellow Journalism lead to war with Spain? What benefit did the newspaper owners gain from the war? How has journalism evolved since the Spanish-American War? Is the role or prominence of media today likely to have a greater or lesser effect on the American public now?
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Discussion: Yellow Journalism and War
Though just one of many causes, Yellow Journalism did play a role in making Americans aware of the situation in Cuba and building support for the Spanish-American War. Some historians argue that Yellow Journalism was critical to the United States declaring war. After reading your text and viewing the provided materials, consider the role of media shaping American public opinion and action. To what extent did Yellow Journalism lead to war with Spain? What benefit did the newspaper owners gain from the war? How has journalism evolved since the Spanish-American War? Is the role or prominence of media today likely to have a greater or lesser effect on the American public now? Fully explain your answers and give specific examples when needed.
To receive full credit for this assignment your post must:
1. Address all questions asked in the paragraph above in at least a 300-word post and cite all outside sources appropriately.
2. In your initial post, include at least one interesting question the readings raised for you.
