A business plan template
You want to propose a new way to solve a problem at your workplace. To describe your implementation for this change, use the following information to submit a business plan detailing the need for this change to the head of your department.
For this assignment, complete the “Business Plan” template. Write a 500-750 word summary detailing how implementing the business plan would be beneficial for the organization. Explain how the plan would be a good return on investment for the organization.
Cause and Effect Unit Self-reflection
Write a 250+ word reflection addressing how your position and writing skills have grown over the course of doing your CAUSE AND EFFECT assignment, how you dealt with challenging concepts, and what you can do to further your knowledge in the future. Make sure to use paragraphs to break your ideas into more reader-friendly format. Make sure to use appropriate MLA formatting. Provide specific examples as you reflect on your CAUSE AND EFFECT writing process and assignments.
Unilever “Enhancing Livelihoods
Read the case study “Unilever “Enhancing Livelihoods” through Project Shakti” from the chapter 4 of the Business ethics textbook that you find in the reading assignment.
Based on what you have learned in this unit, answer the following questions:
Do you believe Unilever sponsors the Shakti program to help women, to boost its own profits, or both? Explain your answer.
If Unilever has mixed motives, does this discredit the company in your eyes? Should it?
How is this program an example of both corporate and personal sustainability?
Could this model program be duplicated elsewhere, in another area and with different products? Why or why not?
Project Paper
How communications, the National Incident Management System (NIMS) and planning are utilized to properly conduct crisis management operations. Include examples of incidents from the case studies in the Howitt and Leonard Managing Crises text and other sources that illustrate your paper’s position. Your writing should identify both the “do’s” and “don’ts” associated with these concepts.
Your paper should draw conclusions and make recommendations concerning lessons to be learned in developing an Emergency Operations Plan and implementing the Incident Command System (ICS).
You must support your report and recommendations by using both the course textbook (Howitt and Leonard, Managing Crises) cases and external research.
Essentials of Holistic Planning and Management
Research the Essentials of Holistic Planning and Management. Do the research using the class book, the internet, and other resources that you find. There is not a module 1 file for this assignment. . Once you have completed the readings and the research….do the assignment(s) and the discussions.
Your paper should cover the topic completely. At least 500 words, excluding a reference page, title page, and abstract. Submit the assignment in the assignments section. Remember to use APA style. Turnitin will automatically check for Plagiarism review and Grammar.
Influences on Nutrient Intake and Food Choices
Tabs 2
When we make decisions about what to eat, there are a variety of factors that can influence this choice. These factors might include food accessibility, dietary restrictions, culture, food safety, or current “diet” trends to name a few.
In the Unit 9 assignment, you will be given the opportunity to examine the reasons why you choose the foods you eat.
The following resources may assist you with completing this assignment:
- Leng, G., Adan, R., Belot, M., Brunstrom, J., De Graaf, K., Dickson, S., Smeets, P. (2017). The determinants of food choice. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society, 76(3), 316-327. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/proceedings-of-the-nutrition-society/article/determinants-of-food-choice/BD52A32B893967EB025706AAAB432369
- Roberto, C., & Findling, M. (2015, September 25). Hungry: food choices are often influenced by forces out of your control. The Conversation. https://theconversation.com/hungry-food-choices-are-often-influenced-by-forces-out-of-your-control-46303
- The European Food Information Council. (2006, June 6). The factors that influence our food choices. https://www.eufic.org/en/healthy-living/article/the-determinants-of-food-choice
- Zelman, K. (n.d.). Why we eat the foods we do. WebMD. https://www.webmd.com/diet/features/why-we-eat-the-foods-we-do#1
Assignment Instructions:
- Review your Unit 3 Food Intake Record and reflect on the foods you choose to eat.
- Write an essay that discusses the many factors that influence your food choices.
- Your essay must include one factor from each of the following categories (do not use the examples given):
- Environmental (i.e., organic food does not contain pesticides),
- Psychological (i.e., trying to lose weight to feel “good about myself”), and
- Social factors (i.e., low carbohydrate diets are the “trend”).
- Explain how each of the factors influences your food choices now.
- Explain how each of the factors may influence your food choices in the future.
- Your cultural background might influence what you eat or how food is prepared. Identify three specific examples of how culture impacts food choices or food preparation.
Basic Assignment Expectations
- This assignment should be a Microsoft Word document that is a minimum of 500 words (not including the title and reference pages).
- The body of the paper should follow APA formatting guidelines including an introduction, conclusion, spacing, font size, paragraph style, and margins.
- Your submission must be written in Standard English and demonstrate exceptional content, organization, style, and grammar, and mechanics and use non-offensive, inclusive, and respectful language.
- Your submission should have no evidence of plagiarism. Paraphrase information taken from references.
- Include a minimum of two reliable and/or scholarly sources. A separate page at the end of your submission should contain a list of references in APA format. Be sure to include references for all sources and to cite them using in-text citations where appropriate.
Research the Scope of Emergency Response.
Research the Scope of Emergency Response. Discuss what Emergency Response is. What it entails, how does it occur, who is involved, and how do we know what an EMERGENCY is. Do the research using the class book, the internet, and other resources that you find.
Your paper should cover the topic completely. At least 400 words, excluding a reference page, title page, and abstract. Submit the assignment in the assignments section. Remember to use APA style. Turnitin will automatically check for Plagiarism review and Grammar.
Create and analyze a 1- page simulated case study of an infant or toddler with developmental challenges and who shows evidence of factors that affect development.
Create and analyze a 1- page simulated case study of an infant or toddler with developmental challenges and who shows evidence of factors that affect development. Then, create a 5- page intervention plan based on evidence-based strategies that have proven effective in similar cases and make projections for possible long-term impacts of the child’s current challenges.
Project to do in database programming in .NET.
In this project you will be creating a data layer for a Video Library application. You will be working with a Visual Studio class library project VideoLibraryDataLayer that contains public interface IVideoLibraryDAL defined as follows:
public interface IVideoLibraryDAL
{
/// <summary>
/// Search Videos table using the following rules:
/// a. if Title is not null or empty string, search by Title (partial match)
/// b. if Director is not null or empty string, search by Director (partial match)
/// c. if Year is positive, search by Year (full match)
/// d. if more than one condition applies, use AND logic
/// e. do not return videos marked as deleted
/// f. if no search criteria is provided, return all videos
/// g. if search criteria cannot be satisfied, return empty collection
/// </summary>
/// <returns>Collection containing search results</returns>
Collection<VideoSearchResult> SearchVideoLibrary(VideoSearchCriteria criteria);
/// <summary>
/// Create new row in Checkouts table using the following rules:
/// a. throw exception if user already has this video checked out
/// b. throw exception if TotalCopies value is 0
/// c. throw exception if videoId does not exist
/// d. throw exception if userId does not exist
/// e. successful checkout should decrement TotalCopies value
/// f. throw exception if video is deleted
/// </summary>
void CheckOutVideo(int videoId, Guid userId);
/// <summary>
/// Update row in Checkouts table that corresponds to the last checkout using the following rules:
/// a. successful check-in should increment TotalCopies value
/// b. throw exception if corresponding checkout is not found
/// c. throw exception if videoId does not exist
/// d. throw exception if userId does not exist
/// </summary>
void CheckInVideo(int videoId, Guid userId);
/// <summary>
/// Add new row to the Reviews table using the following rules:
/// a. user can create multiple reviews
/// b. throw exception if videoId does not exist
/// c. throw exception if userId does not exist
/// d. throw exception if reviewText is null or empty
/// e. throw exception if video is deleted
/// </summary>
/// <returns>Integer representing ReviewID</returns>
int AddReview(int videoId, Guid userId, string reviewText);
/// <summary>
/// Update existing row in the Reviews table using the following rules:
/// a. throw exception if reviewId does not exist
/// b. throw exception if reviewText is null or empty
/// </summary>
void UpdateReview(int reviewId, string reviewText);
/// <summary>
/// Add new or update existing row in the Ratings table using the following rules:
/// a. user can only have one rating for a video
/// b. throw exception if videoId does not exist
/// c. throw exception if userId does not exist
/// d. throw exception if rating is less than 1 or greater than 5
/// </summary>
void AddUpdateRating(int videoId, Guid userId, int rating);
/// <summary>
/// Add new or update existing row in the Videos table using the following rules:
/// a. create new record if VideoId property value is 0
/// b. update existing record if VideoId property value is positive
/// c. throw exception if user is not a member of the Administrator role
/// d. throw exception if user does not exist
/// e. throw exception if VideoId is positive but video does not exist
/// f. throw exception if Title, Year, Director values are missing
/// g. throw exception if TotalCopies value is negative
/// </summary>
/// <returns>Integer representing VideoID</returns>
int AddUpdateVideo(VideoInfo video, Guid userId);
/// <summary>
/// Mark video as deleted by setting IsDeleted column value to 1 using the following rules:
/// a. throw exception if video has pending checkouts
/// b. throw exception if user does not exist
/// c. throw exception if user is not a member of the Administrator role
/// d. throw exception if video does not exist
/// </summary>
void DeleteVideo(int videoId, Guid userId);
}
Classes such as VideoSearchCriteria and VideoSearchResult are already declared within the project. Please download VideoLibraryDataLayer.zip from the Assignments section of the Blackboard. Your goal is to create two implementations of this interface: one using ADO.NET (either straight up or with Enterprise Library Data Access Application Block), and another using Entity Framework. I am going to use a suite of automated unit tests to verify the implementations. The fewer unit tests fail, the higher your grade is going to be. Maximum number of points for this project is 30.
Please add two new class library projects to the solution and have them both reference VideoLibraryDataLayer project. First class library should implement IVideoLibraryDAL using ADO.NET, and second class library should implement it using Entity Framework. For EF, I recommend to use code-first approach. Do not copy classes from VideoLibraryDataLayer to your new projects. For your own unit testing, you may add another project, e.g. Windows Forms, Console App, or Test Project.
The code must throw exceptions as specified in the requirements. Some conditions are automatically checked by SQL Server (e.g., invalid userId value) and violations will result in a SqlException. It is OK to let SqlException bubble up – test suite does not require specific exception type.
Database is provided as a backup file VideoLibraryDB.bak that you can download from the Assignments section of the Blackboard and restore on your SQL Server 2012 instance. Example of the RESTORE command (you may need to adjust file paths as necessary):
USE [master]
RESTORE DATABASE [VideoLibraryDB]
FROM DISK = N’C:\UCSD\VideoLibraryDB.bak’
WITH FILE = 1,
MOVE N’VideoLibrary’ TO N’C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\VideoLibraryDB.mdf’,
MOVE N’VideoLibrary_log’ TO N’C:\Program Files\Microsoft SQL Server\MSSQL10.MSSQLSERVER\MSSQL\DATA\VideoLibraryDB_Log.ldf’,
NOUNLOAD, STATS = 5
Diagram below describes the schema. Note that correct values for FormatCode column of the Videos table are “VHS”, “DVD”, or “BLU”.
Management Question
Here are some details about me.
Course: early childhood education
First degree: English and literary studies
Occupation: primary school teacher
applying to universities for master in childhood education.
Motivation: have the pass to impact knowledge on children and drive for their academic and social development.
I have attached the resume to give more insights about me
