What are the implications for the penetration into the indoor sporting goods market?
- Prepare a chart similar to the one in the downloaded file to indicate whether the correlation between variables A and B were found to be positive, negative, or minimal.
- Provide an explanation and justification for your decisions.
In your own words, explain what it means if the correlation of 2 variables is positive, negative, or minimal (close to 0), and give an example of each.
- What do you deduce from the correlations? Explain if you believe these to be short or long-term objectives and outcomes.
- What are the implications for Big D Incorporated regarding its client in the outdoor sporting goods?
- What are the implications for the penetration into the indoor sporting goods market?
- Also, how can you use the correlation tools to identify the variables in the research toward the expansion into the indoor sporting goods market?
Who will be affected by the strategic plan?
Your capstone project should be based on the following outline:
| I. Abstract |
a. Should provide an overview of the project summarizing the key points.
b. Briefly introduces the problem and the program/policy.
| II. Introduction |
a. Formally begins presentation of the problem, introduces the need for the strategic plan and business policy, and leads into the background section.
| III. Background (Analysis of the Problem) |
1. Document need for strategic change
1. How do you define it?
2. Set boundaries
2. Describe history of problem
1. How long has it existed?
2. Has it changed over time?
3. Examine potential causes of problem
1. What factors cause or contribute to your identified problem or need? Individual? Group? Organizational? Community? Social Structure?
4. Identify relevant stakeholders
1. Stakeholder is any person, group, or agency who has a legitimate interest in the organizational problems and/or proposed intervention.
2. Asks whose views should be considered in planning process.
5. Identify barriers to change.
1. Make sure to include an objective, driving forces, and restraining forces.
| IV. Strategic Plan |
a. Strategic Plan Design –
1. Define target population: Who will be affected by the strategic plan? What is the organizational population and culture?
2. Define Decision authority: Who has the authority to carry out the plan?
3. Provide the provisions of the strategic plan
i. Vision
ii. Mission
iii. Strategic Objectives
iv. Business Policy Strategy
4. Corporate Strategy
i. Overall direction of company and management of it’s business
5. Business Strategy
i. Competitive Strategies
ii. Cooperative Strategies
6. Functional Strategy
i. Maximize Resource Productivity
7. Policy – what links the strategy to the implementation?
8. Strategy Implementation
9. Evaluation & Control
i. Performance
ii. Feedback
b. Develop an Action Plan (i.e writing the instructions!)
1. Specify dates by which implementation tasks will be accomplished and assign responsibilities throughout the organization for carrying out tasks.
2. Develop mechanisms of self-regulation
i. Create mechanisms to monitor strategic performance
3. Specify plan to build and maintain support:
i. Anticipate sources of resistance and develop responses.
| V. Curriculum Components (only if applicable) |
a. Add this section to your program.
1. Should include important topics your coursework throughout your degree program.
2.
b. Confirming comprehension of key business components related to your graduate degree program
| VI. Review and Summary |
a. Provide a brief Review and Summary that “connects the dots” of how the strategic plan will benefit the organization and business community.
| APPENDIX A: Budget |
a. Create Line Item Budget.
1. Develop a complete budget for your strategic project. Utilize an Excel spreadsheet to present the numbers, and attach an accompanying page that provides the basis for the numbers entered.
2. You must demonstrate an excellent grasp of the line item budgeting process as indicated by detailed budget categories with precise supportive rationale. Fully-detailed support for the numbers must also be supplied.
Why is it important to understand management style in a human relations course?
Why is it important to understand management style in a human relations course? Discuss at least three points.
Exercise Instructions: You are required to submit a 2-Page (Title Page and Content Page), APA formatted paper with substantial content. Substantial content requires staying on topic and fully addresses the assignment in a clear, concise, and meaningful manner. The deliverable length of your posting responses must be at least 2-pages, (Title Page and Content Page) APA format.
Exercises must be the students original thoughts based on the topics from the “Open Educational Resource” (OER) Course Textbook and/or other referenced sources. Direct quotes from references must be less than 20 words. Please review for sentence structure, grammar and punctuation errors. Plagiarized submissions may result in a “0” for the submission.
Late submissions will be deducted 5 points.
All assignment(s) derive from the OER Textbook. For academic purposes, at least 1 APA formatted reference is required pertaining to the topic(s).
Describe childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and G6PD deficiency and the incidence, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, evaluation, and treatment of each.
· Describe childhood acute lymphocytic leukemia (ALL) and G6PD deficiency and the incidence, pathophysiology, clinical manifestations, evaluation, and treatment of each.
Analyze and comment on economic analyses of health administrative innovations that are germane to the provision of health services.
Prior to engaging in this discussion, please read Chapters 13 and 14 in the text and review any relevant Instructor Guidance. It is suggested that you review the recommended articles to glean any helpful information. Analyze and comment on economic analyses of health administrative innovations that are germane to the provision of health services. How have these innovations become more important in health care delivery within the context of the Affordable Care Act? Develop a list of similarities and differences between cost benefit analysis and cost effectiveness analysis as they pertain to specific health care service demands. Compare and contrast economic challenges and incentives as they relate specifically to cost benefit and cost effectiveness analyses.
In your opinion, will consumers begin to demand increasing transparency in pricing?
Prior to engaging in this discussion, please read Chapter 11 in your text and review any relevant Instructor Guidance. It is suggested that you review the recommended articles to glean any helpful information. Analyze the role of the paradigm shift under the Affordable Care Act and discuss how transparency will play a greater role in pricing of health care. In your opinion, will consumers begin to demand increasing transparency in pricing? Provide at least one peer-reviewed reference outside of your textbook to support your position. Do you believe accrediting commissions (e.g., the Joint Commission) will demand greater transparency in pricing? How will these demands be weighted as compared to individual consumers’ demands? Again, be sure to cite research that supports your statements.
Discuss the various levels and types of strategies the firm may use to maximize its competitiveness and profitability.
- Overview
In this assignment, you are to use the same corporation you selected for the assignments in Weeks 3, 6 and 8. You will prepare an executive level PowerPoint presentation that could be delivered to the board of directors.
Use any or all of the following resources to conduct research on the corporation:- The corporation’s website.
- Public filings from the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Filings & Forms page.
- Strayer University’s online databases.
- The Lexis Advance database.
- Other credible sources. (The corporation’s annual report will often provide insights that other resources may not include.)
- (Note: It is expected that you will also use your course textbook to complete the assignment.)
Instructions:
Use the Capstone Template [PPTX] to develop an 8-12 slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes and appropriate graphics. This presentation should be prepared for the board of directors of the corporation and is based only on your assignments from Weeks 3, 6, and 8, and the following:
- Create a SWOT analysis for the company to determine its major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
- Based on the SWOT analysis, outline a strategy for the company to capitalize on its strengths and opportunities, and minimize its weaknesses and threats.
- Discuss the various levels and types of strategies the firm may use to maximize its competitiveness and profitability.
- Outline a communications plan the company could use to make the strategies you recommend above known to all stakeholders.
- Assess efforts by the corporation to be a responsible (ethical) corporate citizen and the impact on the corporation’s bottom line. Provide specific examples to support your response.
- Use three or more quality sources, including your textbook, to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. (Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as academic resources)
- For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
- Follow the guidelines in the Strayer Writing Standards Slideshow and ensure all references are included on the sources list slide using SWS format.
- For additional support, view the following LinkedIn Learning videos:
- Note: Do not submit a recording or video of your presentation.
- 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. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is as follows: - Develop a corporate presentation based on a SWOT analysis, strategies for maximizing competitiveness and profitability, a communications plan, and an assessment of efforts related to ethics.
How do specific foods/nutrients work physiologically within the body to help combat the disease?
Nutrition plays a vital role in a person’s overall health and well-being. Not getting enough of the recommended nutrients over the long-term can lead to malnutrition which often results in disease and illness.
In a 3-page paper, written in APA format using proper spelling/grammar, address the following:
1. Define malnutrition and identify a specific disease that can result from it.
2. Perform library research about the selected disease, and explain its physiological effects on a person’s body.
3. Describe the relationship between specific foods/nutrients and the disease. Use the questions below to guide your response.
4. Does research indicate that a lack of specific foods/nutrients increase a person’s chance of contracting the disease?
5. Are there specific foods/nutrients that should be avoided by an individual afflicted with the disease?
6. How do specific foods/nutrients work physiologically within the body to help combat the disease?
7. Evaluate nutritional recommendations to help combat the disease.
8. Cite at least 3 credible references and present the resources in APA format on the References page.
Does the program reflect current and confirmed research in each of the areas of reading?
Research-Based Reading Program Paper Assignment – (100 points)
ALSDE Standard (2)(g)2.(i)
Using your textbook and a search of the UWA online library, locate a research-based reading program that applies rigorous, systematic, and objective procedures to obtain valid knowledge relevant to reading development, reading instruction, and reading difficulties and empirical (valid and reliable) methods of data collections and analysis in all of the areas of reading ( phonological awareness, alphabetic principles or phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.)
· Scroll down and type in whatever you want to research under EBSCO Discovery Service at UWA
And click research.
Examples of some of the programs listed in your textbook are:
Great Leaps Reading Program
Learning Strategies Curriculum
Phonic Reading Lessons
Phonological Awareness Training for Reading
Specific Skill Series for Reading & Multiple Skills Series for Reading
SRA Early Interventions in Reading
Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes
Orton-Gillingham
READ 180
Lexia Reading
Project Read
Soar to Success
1. Select a research-based reading program from your textbook, the list found above or through a search of the UWA online library services. Submit the name of the reading program to the Instructor for approval before completing your project.
2. Analyze each of the five areas of reading in each program listed above. Does the program reflect current and confirmed research in each of the areas of reading? Write an analysis of each area of reading within the reading program. Are there areas that are not adequately addressed?
3. Use the file attached, A Consumer’s Guide to Analyzing a Core Reading Program Grades K-3: A Critical Elements Analysis, to guide you as you analyze the five areas of reading (phonological awareness, alphabetic principles or phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension.)
4. Check to see how well the program provides explicit, systematic instruction in each area of reading.
5. Was the reading program tested in numerous schools with a variety of student demographics (urban, rural, suburban, socioeconomics, and racial/ethnicities?)
6. The last section of the body of your paper should include your reflection of numbers 4 and 5 above, as well as your view on the effectiveness of the program and how you could use it as an educator.
7. Your paper should be written using the current edition of the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association (APA style). Include a title page and reference page. Include all resources used to complete this assignment in the reference page. You should have a minimum of two references for this assignment.
8. The body of your paper should adequately address each area of reading and should be at least 5 – 6 pages in length. (The total page number for this assignment will be the 5 – 6 pages for the body of the paper, one for the title page and one or more for te reference page. The total page number for this assignment will be 7 – 8 pages.
What are your conclusions?
Discussion Question:
Go to the Office of Justice Programs (CrimeSolutions.gov) website and read the evaluation summary of Hot Spot Policing in Lowell, MA. Apply relevant elements of Clarke and Eck’s framework (Tables 9.1 and 9.2) to this example. What are your conclusions?
