share strategies for effective communication strategies. The purpose of your presentation is to guide the conference attendees (your classmates) in successfully applying the content of your presentation to their current or future careers.
Business English Week 8 Communication Conference
This week, you are participating in a professional virtual Communications Conference. The purpose of the conference is to share strategies for effective communication strategies. The purpose of your presentation is to guide the conference attendees (your classmates) in successfully applying the content of your presentation to their current or future careers.
Deliver a professional presentation concerning “Team Work”
Focus on “Team Work” within the US Army military rather than general team work strategies for all professional fields. Choose a topic for your presentation that is practical and relevant to Army military career interests.
Your presentation must include the following:
– Ten-Eleven (10-11) Microsoft PowerPoint slides of information including visual aid. See “Presentations” file to follow the guidelines for Presentations.
– Two (2) professional research sources (not Wikipedia or Investopedia) correctly cited in APA 7th style. In addition to using in-text citations for specific sentences or bulleted items on each slide, include a references slide or section at the end of the presentation.
– One visual aid created by you IN ADDITION TO any other decorative visuals used. The original visual aid created by you might be a pie chart, bar chart, line chart, infographic, flowchart, etc.
– Audio delivery of the presentation. There is no time length requirement. MUST BE done in real FEMALE voice. Learn how to give audio delivery:
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/record-a-slide-show-with-narration-and-slide-timings-0b9502c6-5f6c-40ae-b1e7-e47d8741161c
– To be courteous to your audience, your presentation must be accessible to all! Therefore, include captioning/subtitles OR provide a separate text transcript. Follow these instructions for presenting with real-time captions or subtitles
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/present-with-real-time-automatic-captions-or-subtitles-in-powerpoint-68d20e49-aec3-456a-939d-34a79e8ddd5f
or adding closed captions or subtitles to a recording.
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/add-closed-captions-or-subtitles-to-media-in-powerpoint-df091537-fb22-4507-898f-2358ddc0df18
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Once the Microsoft PowerPoint assignment is done….
– In Microsoft Word, copy the visual that you created for the PowerPoint.
– Discuss the development of your visual by answering the following questions (400 words minmum, no title page):
– What source(s), if any, did you use to collect information to be presented in the visual? Why is this information necessary to support the ideas of your presentation? (Cite the visual as explained in “Documenting Visuals” file)
– Why does the information need to be presented in a visual form? (For instance, why not just present the idea in text?)
– Why is the type of visual you used appropriate for the content? (For instance, why did you choose a bar chart and not a line chart?)
– What “Visual Media and Design” strategies (see file) did you use in your visual? (For instance, how did you employ Gestalt Theory? https://youtu.be/FryaH599ec0)
Critically discuss benefits and Added Value of Ergonomics and Human Factors within ‘Your Organisation’ Risk Management professional
Critically discuss benefits and Added Value of Ergonomics and Human Factors within ‘Your Organisation’ Risk Management professional
Analyze three types of business organizations Andrews and Brown might consider for their existing restaurant.
Read the scenarios and the questions that follow. Answer Scenarios 1 and 2, then select any two (2) of the remaining scenarios for a total of four (4) scenarios.
You must also provide an answer for the recommendations section. Identify and analyze the legal issue(s). Apply legal concepts and make potential arguments as directed using laws, cases, examples, and/or other relevant materials. Consider using short headings (consult APA materials) to separate the topics. Summarize the facts; do not copy the scenarios into the paper. Support your answers with information from the textbook and at least four scholarly sources in addition to the textbook or course lectures. By Day 7, prepare a 5 to 7 page paper that identifies the legal issues and potential solutions and answers all questions presented, supported by relevant legal authority. Do not exceed the page length by more than two pages.
Overview
Headquartered in Savannah, Georgia, ________________ operates two coffee shops in Georgia and one in Alabama. Approximately 30% of the employees work full time; however, ____________ primarily hires part-time employees as baristas, delivery drivers, cooks and dishwashers. The company experienced explosive growth over the last four years, but with the growth came increased legal issues. The owners seek your advice on the following legal and ethical issues.
Scenario 1 Business Organizations
Bailey Andrews and Danita Brown met while working at Starbucks and attending college in Georgia. Bailey studied business at South University, while Dania attended the Art Institute for culinary management. The two friends were tired of working for someone else and opened [SELECT A NAME FOR THE COFFEE SHOP] as a partnership after college. Now that the business has grown, the two partners are considering a new legal form for their business.
Analyze three types of business organizations Andrews and Brown might consider for their existing restaurant. Be sure to consider at least one limited liability option. Explain the advantages and disadvantages of each type.
Select one type of business for Andrews and Brown and provide support for your choice.
Select a name for the coffee shop and use it when answering the remaining scenarios.
Scenario 2 Employment Discrimination
Born in 1975, Juanita Mendoza immigrated from Mexico in 2005 and became a U.S. citizen in 2010. Mendoza speaks fluent English with a strong Hispanic accent. Her accent does not interfere with her ability to communicate with others. Mendoza worked as a cook and waitress for 20 years. Although she did not have any formal management experience, Mendoza applied for a shift managers job with [Restaurant Name]; however, she was not hired for the position. The restaurant currently employs 5 full time employees and 14 part time employees.
Analyze the possible grounds Mendoza might have for a discrimination lawsuit against [Restaurant Name].
Provide support for each ground selected and then provide arguments that [Restaurant Name] could make to counter each claim.
Explain how your answer might change if the restaurant only employs a total of 12 people.
Scenario 3 Secured Transactions and Bankruptcy
Bayside Restaurant Supplies agreed to sell 10 new commercial coffee makers and 5 freezers to [Restaurant Name] for $27,500. Bayside retained a security interest in the equipment. [Restaurant Name] agreed to pay for the equipment in equal installments over 48 months.
Evaluate Baysides rights as a creditor if [Restaurant Name] files bankruptcy 18 months after purchasing the equipment.
Discuss Baysides rights as a creditor if [Restaurant Name] sold the 2 refrigerators and 5 coffee makers for $750 approximately 30 days prior to filing bankruptcy.
Explain how a failure by Bayside to file a financing statement might impact the outcome of both scenarios.
Scenario 4 Insurance and Agency
Dylan is a delivery driver for [Restaurant Name]. While delivering orders within the scope of employment, Dylan rear-ended a car driven by Vickie Talley. Dylan was insured by State Farm and his policy contained the following information.
ExclusionsWhat is not Covered
State Farm will not pay for any damages an insured person is legally obligated to pay because of:
Bodily injury or property damage arising out of the use of your insured auto while used to carry persons or property for a charge, or any auto you are driving while available for hire by the public.
Analyze the liability on the part of Dylan, Vickie, State Farm and [Restaurant Name]. Be sure to cover issues related to both insurance and agency.
Scenario 5 Consumer Protection
[Restaurant Name] does not publish the prices of drinks on the menus. Nik Carlson, a customer of the restaurant filed a lawsuit claiming that failure to provide drink prices on the menu constitutes an unfair business practice because customers must make quick decisions about ordering drinks after asking about the price. Another plaintiff, Joe Swanson, claimed that he was not provided with a cost for his drink until after he ordered it, which constitutes consumer fraud.
Analyze the applicability of state and/or federal consumer protection laws that Carlson and Swanson can assert against [Restaurant Name]. Select which party should win and support your answer.
Scenario 6 Liability on Negotiable Instruments
Andrews and Brown hired a bookkeeper, Jenice, and gave her general authority to issue company checks drawn on SunTrust Bank so that Jenice can pay employees wages and other company bills. Jenice decides to cheat her employers out of $10,000 by issuing a check payable to the Bayside Distributors, one of the suppliers of seafood and fresh local produce. Jenice does not intend for Bayside to receive any of the money, nor is Bayside entitled to the payment. Jenice endorses the check in Baysides name and deposits the check in an account that she opened at Wells Fargo Bank in the name Bayfood Dist. Co. Wells Fargo accepts the check and collects payment from the drawee bank, SunTrust. SunTrust charges [Name of Restaurant] account $10,000. Denice transfers $10,000 out of the Bayside account and closes it. [Name of Restaurant] discovers the fraud and demands that the bank return the money.
Evaluate which party or parties bear the loss.
Scenario 7 Breach of Contract and Remedies
Andrews ordered 20 round tables to seat parties of two, 25 square tables to seat parties of four, 5 tables to seat larger parties and 175 chairs. The tables were specially ordered to contain the logo of the restaurant on the top of each table. Andrews paid for the entire shipment when placing the order; however, the supplier was responsible for making the shipping arrangements. The tables and chairs arrived three weeks later; however, five were scratched and damaged. Seven of the chairs were missing.
Analyze the restaurants options related to the damaged tables and missing chairs. Be sure to address the applicability of the UCC to the transaction.
Recommendations
Conclude your paper by justifying suggestions for [Restaurant Name] to help prevent future occurrences of these types of legal problems. Identify any ethical issues you find and present recommendations as applicable. Be specific in your recommendations.
Explain the controversy that surrounds dissociative disorders.
To Prepare
Review this week’s Learning Resources on dissociative disorders.
Use the Walden Library to investigate the controversy regarding dissociative disorders. Locate at least
three scholarly articles that you can use to support your Assignment.
The Assignment (2–3 pages)
Explain the controversy that surrounds dissociative disorders.
Explain your professional beliefs about dissociative disorders, supporting your rationale with at least
three scholarly references from the literature.
Explain strategies for maintaining the therapeutic relationship with a client that may present with a
dissociative disorder.
Finally, explain ethical and legal considerations related to dissociative disorders that you need to bring
to your practice and why they are important.
What has been and is the impact of Covid-19, Brexit, the climate emergency on your chosen industry?
INDIVIDUAL REPORT 1
1,750 words max
You must choose an industry of interest, collect relevant industry-level data from Orbis and other data sources and analyse it using the economic concepts and theories discussed.
PART A – Technical report (1,500 words max) for an audience of economists
1. For this assignment you MUST choose one of the following options:
– Choose an industry and compare it across at least two countries or regions
– Choose one industry in one country/region and compare it over time
– Compare two industries within a same country
2. Analyse the industry(s) chosen using data you downloaded from Orbis as well as additional data and information gathered by you.
– You must address the following questions by analysing the data from Orbis:
– How important is the chosen industry for the economy of the region/country chosen?
– How many companies are there in total and what is the proportion of large, medium, small or micro firms?
– Are they part of a larger business group? And is this foreign owned?
– What’s the average turnover in the chosen industry/country? Are there significant differences across firms in your industry/country with respect to their turnover and are there any outliers?
– What’s the average and median number of employees? Is there dispersion and are there any outliers?
– What are the important markets for this industry and this country/region in relation to this industry?
NOTE: For this part you are expected to use tables and figures
2. Analyse the level of industry concentration using a combination of concentration measures.
– In the module we will look at various measures to assess the degree of concentration of an industry and we will look at different theories too, which will help you evaluate determinants, trends and future prospects of the chosen industry in the chosen regions/countries or over time.
– What is the level of industry concentration in this region/country. Have they changed over time?
– Are there any big players dominating the industry/market?
– What are possible factors explaining the observed level of competition/concentration?
NOTE: for this part you are expected to use tables and figures
4. Draw any conclusions and recommendations
– What has been and is the impact of Covid-19, Brexit, the climate emergency on your chosen industry?
– Provide any policy recommendations to support your industry of choice
NOTE:
1. Tables and figures: For part 2-3 you are expected to use tables and figures. Look here for information on table and charts position and numbering. Tables and figures are not part of the word count.
2. Referencing: References are not included in the word count. In-text referencing and a reference list are expected to be used. Refer to the library’s guidance and services to support your correct referencing. This will ensure you don’t commit an academic offence and lose marks.
3. Word count: You are allowed a +/-10% on the word count. After this, I will simply stop reading and won’t consider anything in excess.
4. Writing style: This is a formal report to be submitted to your employers (a large consultancy firm) and potentially to parliament and should be written using formal language, be rigorous, supported by evidence and must look professional
5. Font, style and margins: I will not be prescriptive, but make sure you choose something that looks professional and it’s easy to read and at least with 1.15 spacing.
For each country (or years) chosen, you need to provide what is the percentage of small, medium, large, very large firms.
ECON 1077
Step by step guide to the technical report (1,500 words)
IMPORTANT REMINDERS:
1. this assignment should be based on ana analysis of ORBIS industry-level data using Excel.
2. This is not a company report. This is an industry report. An industry is constituted by a group of firms (rather than just one firm) supplying the same product. Depending on the industry the group of firms could be small, with up to 10 firms, or contain hundreds of firms.
3. You must undertake each step of the analysis, rather than rely on a ready-made analysis.
4. Remember that the two countries (years) need to be analysed separately, as you need to compare them. The comparative element is an important criterion in this assignment. This means that if you have chosen, say the UK and Germany, you will have to calculate the measures below separately for each and then compare the results.
5. This is not a statistics module, so providing results without economic interpretation is not enough.
6. Don’t assume that I know what you are doing. This is an assessment. That is, the tool through which I will assess the extent to which you have acquired the necessary knowledge and developed the required skills. Be fully transparent on your choices about data and measures. Justify each choice you make, ideally on some objective ground.
Intro:
You may want to provide a brief intro about your industry worldwide before focusing on the two specific markets of your choice. Why is it important for the two markets chosen? Perhaps you could provide some figures that show its importance, for example how much it contributes to GDP in percentage terms, or to total employment, or total exports?
Industry identification:
Make sure your industry is clearly identified/identifiable based on the NACE Rev.2 Indicate exact digits and provide a description of that product category.
Firm size distribution:
1. For each country (or years) chosen, you need to provide what is the percentage of small, medium, large, very large firms.
2. Explain whether you are defining firm size based on number of employees or turnover. It would be preferable for this to be the number of employees, but there may be issues with your data. If you have some missing data there are a few things we can do, as discussed in the WK 11 tutorial (recorded and available in the Panopto section). However, if you have too many missing data in the employee’s column, then it may be better to use Turnover as a criterion to for firm size. Use an established criterion for firm size, such as the one provided by the OECD or national Statistical offices. You may even come up with your own classification to introduce some granularity in the case in which you only have very large firms, but also in this case demonstrate awareness of established approaches and explain in detail your classification also explaining why you are using it.
3. Use tables and figures to show in a clear and engaging way how the two countries (years) compare in terms of firm size distribution.
4. Interpret the results: Do the countries (years) differ in terms of their firm size distribution? What are the possible implications for the economy and society of having a larger percentage of larger (smaller) firms? For example see this blog entry by Dr Helena Vieira titled ‘In a recession large firms are more likely than SMEs to resort to personnel cuts”, LSE.
Descriptive statistics:
1. What is the max and min firm size in terms of both number of employees and turnover?
2. What is the mean turnover? The median? How much dispersion (use the standard deviation) is there?
3. What is the average number of workers, the median and the standard deviation?
4. Is there a correlation between turnover and number of employees? That is, do firms with more employees also tend to have higher turnover? (NOTE, correlation doesn’t imply causation, so we cannot establish based on a simple correlation whether, for example, having more employees causes the firm to have more turnover). Excel will calculate the correlation. Use a scatter plot to show whether there is correlation.
5. Are there outliers? What happens to your mean and standard deviation once the outliers are removed?
6. Is the distribution skewed (for example you tend to have a few very large firms and many very small firms)?
7. Use a table to represent in an effective manner all these descriptive measures and to allow comparison of these measures across the two countries (years)
8. Interpretation: Taken all together, what do these measures tell us from an economic perspective? Is the industry in one country experiencing higher revenues than the other? Are all the firms in a country equal when it comes to turnover? Do we have any firm that is significantly under-performing or over-performing?
Seller concentration analysis:
1. Calculate the total turnover in each country (year)
2. Calculate the market share for each firm in each country (year)
3. Choose a suitable CRn for your industry and calculate it for each country (year) separately
4. Calculate the HHI for each country (year)
5. Compare the CRN and the HHI in each market
6. Calculate the RE and/or the Variance of the logs in each country (year)
7. Interpret the results from these measures. Do the various measures provide consistent results? If not, could that be related to the way the different measures are constructed? What exact information is each measure conveying? Are they comparable?
8. What can we conclude with respect to the level of concentration of your chosen industry in each of the countries (year) chosen? Is this an industry with high, medium, or low concentration? What implications could this have for other firms, consumers, and society?
9. What factors could contribute to explaining the level of seller concentration in the industry?
Trends in the industry:
– What has been/will be in your view the impact of Covid-19/Brexit/climate emergency or any other event, trend or shift that may have a significant impact on your industry?
– Can you derive any policy recommendations from your analysis?
Should the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recommend to the President and Congress to remove the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from the DHS structure and make it an independent agency of the US Executive Branch?
Complete a briefing paper on the following:
Should the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) recommend to the President and Congress to remove the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) from the DHS structure and make it an independent agency of the US Executive Branch? Discuss challenges facing FEMA responding to
disasters. What strategies should be taken to lessen these challenges?
Provide a short legal brief you might submit to your superiors. The writing assignment should provide a balanced analysis of the issue assigned based on pertinent legal and other materials. The material for each assignment will come both from the required readings and outside research in order to fully
assess the issues.
Technical Requirements
Your paper must be at a minimum of 3-5 pages (the Title and Reference pages do not count towards the minimum limit).
Scholarly references should be used. A good rule of thumb is at least 2 scholarly sources per page of content.
Type in Times New Roman, 12 point and double space.
Students will follow the current APA Style as the sole citation and reference style used in written work submitted as part of coursework.
Points will be deducted for the use of Wikipedia or encyclopedic type sources. It is highly advised to utilize books, peer-reviewed journals, articles, archived documents, etc.
What does airline maintenance involve and how is outsourcing involved in each stage?
Literature review with relevance to research questions in mind.
Research Sections Research Question Research Objectives
Types of Airline Maintanence and outsourcing’s role in each part/section What does airline maintenance involve and how is outsourcing involved in each stage?
• Understand the Lifecyle of aviation maintanence
• How outsourcing can be used
• How an airline can view outsourcing in degrees of criticality
Outsourcing and the requirements to implement What is the decision-making process surrounding outsourcing in aviation maintenance?
• How to identify your requirements
Comparing outsourcing suppliers What are the differentiators in outsource suppliers?
• The skill sets different suppliers have and identifying what your specific business needs
An analysis of outsourcing in a maintanence program What does a maintenance programme look like that involves outsourcing?
• How outsourcing impacts the business
• how to manage the outsourcing relationship
1. What does airline maintenance involve and how is outsourcing involved in each stage?
2. What is the decision-making process surrounding outsourcing in aviation maintenance?
3. What are the differentiators in outsource suppliers?
4. What does a successful maintenance programme look like that involves outsourcing?
Sections to cover in Lit review
• Component repair and supply (parts suppliers, rotable parts exchange programs, supply chain and logistics)
• Types of MRO Model (listed below)
1. Joint Venture
2. Wholly Owned subsidiary
3. Fully integrate MRO
4. Partially Outsourced MRO
5. Mostly outsourced MRO
6. Wholly outsourced MRO
• 2 previous thesis papers (The determinants and impact of outsourcing on airlines performance) and also (Development of a relationship management framework and related performance metrics for outsourced aircraft maintanence)
• MRO provider selection
• Relationship management for outsourcing
• Key performance indicators
• Summary of literature review
Digital Economy
The title of the paper is “How does the digitalisation (of processes) change business / bring opportunities / introduce risks to the finance industry”.
I am required to draw on digital economic theory and concepts throughout, using a literature review to show how the topic could be considered from more than one perspective. Source, synthesise, analyse and present data as part of your argument. Finish with a conclusion that critically reviews your analysis demonstrating your understanding of the economics of the digital economy.
Learning outcomes
LO1: Demonstrate an understanding of the key principles and concepts of the digital economy
LO2: Apply the key principles and concepts to a range of contexts
LO3: Source, analyse, apply and critically evaluate relevant readings to a specific aspect of the digital economy
LO4: Analyse, synthesise and present data
LO5: The ability to communicate complex ideas, issues, and evidence, clearly and effectively
Starbucks Expanding in China
Please answer all the questions below in essay format
- Critically discuss the marketing mix (4Ps) of Starbucks in China.
- Present the attractive market segments for Starbucks in China and analyse the target market and the positioning of the company in the Chinese market.
- Explain the international market entry methods that Starbucks used in China and critically discuss the advantages and disadvantages of these methods for Starbucks in China.
