What is the company’s position on DEI? Do they have a clear policy or initiative around it?
Netflix chosen company
During your discussions with the experienced project manager, they stressed that beyond profitability, other key elements your project should focus on are diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), while simultaneously demonstrating corporate social responsibility (CSR). In the marketplace, companies that have diverse project teams get varied perspectives that help the overall project. Just as important, companies that “give back” to the communities they service do better and are supported by millennial buyers—a big target segment for many companies.
For your initial post, research your selected company’s position on DEI initiatives and the CSR programs they currently support via the company’s website. Then, address the following questions about your proposed product or service:
- What is the company’s position on DEI? Do they have a clear policy or initiative around it?
- What actions could you take to ensure a diverse, inclusive, and equitable project team is assembled?
- What is the company’s commitment to CSR and how does it affect their profitability or image in the market?
- How does your product or service align with the company’s CSR program and how can you leverage this position as a competitive tool?
Do you believe that the data in these kinds of case studies is accurate?
Read the following articles:
· Case Studies of Successful Enterprise Resource Planning ( https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/111214/lg-case-study-successful-enterprise-resource-planning-system.asp)
· Second Wave Benefits of ERP Systems, Section 3: Automation
These resources discuss examples of successful system implementations. For this discussion, you will focus your attention on Fuze energy drinks specifically.
Wanting to satisfy customer needs in the face of their company’s rapid growth, Fuze stakeholders were confronted with a number of challenges. For your initial post, you will address the following:
· Do you believe that the data in these kinds of case studies is accurate?
· What are the benefits, if any, of utilizing case studies in decision making?
· What were the results of the system implementation that addressed the issues identified in the article?
· If you were the CEO of an organization, would you provide this kind of data publicly? Why or why not?
How does it provide a strategic advantage in the marketplace?
Netflix chosen company
Overview
You are excited to see the possibilities after finishing the Business Model Canvas Template. The next step is the development of the BMC slide deck for review by the experienced former project manager mentioned in the Module Four assignment.
Scenario
In the BMC slide deck, you will make educated assumptions (based on research in Marketline, Yahoo Finance, or the company’s website) about your selected company’s resources, partnerships, cost structures (what needs to be paid for), how the product or service will be marketed, value delivery (product sold online, in-store, or both), and the unique value proposition for a specific targeted market segment.
All 9 segments of your redeveloped BMC must encompass elements to achieve new product/service feasibility.
Beyond profitability, other key elements that the experienced project manager stressed were diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI), as well as corporate social responsibility (CSR). In the marketplace, companies that have diverse project teams get varied perspectives that help the overall project. Just as important, companies that “give back” to the communities they serve do better and are supported by millennial buyers—a big target segment for many companies.
Financials, DEI, and CSR must be addressed in the funding pitch, which you will complete as your course project, due in Module Seven.
Prompt
You will create a slide deck that will help you expand on your BMC chart in detail as you refine how your selected company will create value for itself while delivering a new product or service for customers. Complete the Milestone Two Template linked in the Guidelines for Submission section for this assignment.
Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
- Deliver a unique value proposition.
- Leveraging the blue ocean strategy, what makes the product or service unique?
- How does it provide a strategic advantage in the marketplace?
- Answer key business model questions about the customer.
- Customer acquisitions
- Revenue models
- Price points for the product/service
- Key activities for the value proposition (product or service)
- Answer key business model questions about assets, partners, and cost.
- Assets available
- Key partners
- Cost structures
- Import your existing business model canvas chart from Module Four.
- Clarify your business model assumptions.
- Check your assumptions
- Complete the assumptions chart
- Prepare to meet customers.
- Highlight the materials needed
- Update your documentation.
- Targeted segment
- Type of value delivered
- How the product is unique
- Update your business model.
- Complete any updates to the BMC chart
Guidelines for Submission
Submit the completed Milestone Two Template PPT. Sources should be cited according to APA style.
Explain what professional role you may take when facilitating this group.
i need a rough draft of these questions
- Compare task groups versus educational, support, or skills groups.
- Describe a type of treatment group you would facilitate as a social worker.
- Explain what professional role you may take when facilitating this group.
- Describe what is meant by group norms, and explain how you would help shape these norms based on your role in the group.
- Explain what is meant by group roles. Identify at least one group role, and explain why a group member may take that role.
- Describe a group member role that might be most challenging to you as a group leader, and explain why.
Select one methodology you would use to yield a successful implementation and justify its use.
Overview
In your text, Information Technology for Management: On-Demand Strategies for Performance, Growth and Sustainability, Chapter 13, the opening case was “Denver International Airport (DIA) Learns from Mistakes Made in Failed Baggage-Handling System Project.” The project was intended to integrate baggage handling at all three of the airport’s concourses into one single reliable baggage system. The project was burdened with unrealistic expectations, but it was still approved for implementation despite expert warnings. The implementation proved to be a failure due to numerous delays that impacted the opening of Denver’s international airport.
Prompt
There are many system development methodologies, including waterfall, iterative, DevOps, spiral, lean, object-oriented, and agile.
For this activity, review the case study from Chapter 13. In a 1- to 2-page written document:
· Summarize the SDLC steps taken in the case study.
· Describe at least three points of failure.
· Select one methodology you would use to yield a successful implementation and justify its use.
· Explain how the points of failure would be successfully addressed by the new methodology.
Guidelines for Submission
You will submit your 1- to 2-page written response as a Word document.
Reference:
write a cover letter, craft a persuasive proposal aimed at solving a problem at a company or organization you work or volunteer for.
Write a rough draft of your Persuasive Message assignment, responding to the prompt below. Upload it to this Canvas drop box by the deadline specified on Canvas. At the top of your draft document, before your message headers, you should also include 1 – 2 sentences identifying the kinds of errors or issues you would like your reviewers to pay special attention to.
PROMPT
For this assignment, you may either write a cover letter, craft a persuasive proposal aimed at solving a problem at a company or organization you work or volunteer for.
OPTION 1: Apply to a Job
Complete the following steps:
- Find a job or internship listing to which you would like to apply
- Copy and paste the contents of the job ad into a Word document along with a link to the original ad
- Produce a persuasive cover letter targeted at the job you chose
Your cover letter should:
- Use formal letter formatting (including the complete date of transmission, the recipient’s address, as well as opening and concluding salutations)
- Follow class guidelines for persuasive messages and cover letters
- Adhere to all four of the 4-C style guidelines
- Use block formatting to create a visually-appealing document
- Conclude with tailored, personalized goodwill
When writing this message, channel John F. Kennedy: focus on what you can do for the company, not what getting the job would do for you!
Note: Please upload a single .doc, .docx, or .pdf file containing both the text of the job ad you’re applying to and your cover letter.
Compare Hofstede’s cultural dimensions for the countries of Luxembourg, India, and Japan.
About ArcelorMittal
ArcelorMittal is the world’s leading steel and mining company, with a presence in 60 countries and an industrial footprint in 18 countries. Guided by a philosophy to produce safe, sustainable steel, ArcelorMittal is the leading supplier of quality steel in the major global steel markets including automotive, construction, household appliances and packaging, with world-class research and development and outstanding distribution networks (Arcelormittal, n.d.).
Through the core values of sustainability, quality and leadership, ArcelorMittal operates responsibly with respect to the health, safety and well being of their employees, contractors and the communities in which they operate (Arcelormittal, n.d.).
For ArcelorMittal, steel is the fabric of life, as it is at the heart of the modern world from railways to cars and washing machines. ArcelorMittal is actively researching and producing steel-based technologies and solutions that make many of the products and components people use in their everyday lives more energy efficient (Arcelormittal, n.d.).
The merger of India’s Mittal Steel and Luxembourg’s Arcelor in 2006 produced the largest steel company in the world, Arcelor Mittal. In 2019, ArcelorMittal announced the acquisition of Essar Steel India Limited (ESIL) and simultaneously established a joint venture with Nippon Steel Corporation (Nippon Steel) called ArcelorMittal Nippon Steel India Limited (Kanter, Timmons, & Giridharadas, 2006) .
Reference:
Arcelormittal (n.d.) retrieved from https://corporate.arcelormittal.com/about-us
Kanter J., Timmons, T., & Giridharadas, A, (June 25, 2006) Arcelor agrees to Mittal takeover retrieved from https://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/25/business/worldbusiness/25iht-steel.html?auth=link-dismiss-google1tap
Instructions:
- Read the article Arcelor agrees to Mittal Takeover.
- Read the article ArcelorMittal and Nippon Steel complete acquisition of Essar Steel.
- Peruse ArcelorMittal’s corporate website for additional information.
- Peruse Hofstede’s Insights for additional information.
- Write a 5-6 page paper following APA Style. For questions on APA Style, go to the APA Style Page.
- In your paper, address the following questions:
- Compare Hofstede’s cultural dimensions for the countries of Luxembourg, India, and Japan.
- Discuss Arcelor’s motivation to be acquired byMittal and Mittal’s motivation to merge with Arcelor.
- Discuss the two major challenges that threatened the Arcelor/Mittal merger. Which of Hofstede’s cultural dimensions might be at the core of these challenges?
- Discuss at least two reasons why ArcelorMittal acquired Essar Steel.
- Discuss the rationale for ArcelorMittal’s joint venture with Nippon Steel.
- If you were a manager at ArcelorMittal, what cultural challenges might emerge in your attempts to integrate a Christian worldview in the workplace?
- Include an introduction paragraph, a conclusion paragraph, APA level one headings, and a minimum of five (5) properly cited sources in your paper.
Explain how your data collection process is consistent and reliable
Week 4 Research Proposal Project: Design (Sampling, Reliability, Validity)
Design
For this section of your research proposal assignment, you will focus on the sampling, reliability, and validity of your research proposal. This section will include information on sampling, reliability, and validity.
The following components should be addressed in your paper this week:
Information on your sample
· Sampling basic information (age, gender, criteria, etc.)
· Sample size
· Explain why your sample is appropriate for your study
Reliability
· Explain how your data collection process is consistent and reliable
· Explain why your measurement tool is reliable
Validity
· Explain how you will ensure you have a valid sample
· Explain how you tested the validity of your measurement tool
APA formatting, references, and citations are required.
Do you believe you have the traits to be an effective leader?
Do you believe you have the traits to be an effective leader? Perhaps you are already in a supervisory role, but as has been discussed previously, appointment does not guarantee leadership skills.
How can you evaluate your own leadership skills and behaviors? You can start by analyzing your performance in specific areas of leadership. In this Discussion, you will complete Gallup’s StrengthsFinder assessment. This assessment will identify your personal strengths, which have been shown to improve motivation, engagement, and academic self-conference. Through this assessment, you will discover your top five themes—which you can reflect upon and use to leverage your talents for optimal success and examine how the results relate to your leadership traits.
Assessment
Post a description of your results from the StrengthsFinder assessment. Then, briefly describe two core values, two strengths, and two characteristics that you would like to strengthen based on the results of your StrengthsFinder assessment. Be specific. (Assessment results has been attached)
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What lessons can today’s correctional professionals learn from the historical punishment practices covered in this chapter?
Discussion Chapter 2: Some people believe the history of corrections shows a continuous movement toward more-humane treatment of convicted people as society in general has progressed. Do you agree? Why or why not?
Discussion Chapter 3: What lessons can today’s correctional professionals learn from the historical punishment practices covered in this chapter? Which practices should we not reinstate? Which practices should we consider adopting?
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WITH THE SECOND-HIGHEST INCARCERATION RATE IN THE UNITED STATES, Oklahoma has been at the forefront of the nation’s “tough-on-crime” agenda. The state’s elevated incarceration rate is now 78 percent higher than the national average and is projected to grow another 25 percent in the coming decade. Oklahoma already spends half a billion dollars annually on corrections, and the projected growth will more than double the state’s yearly operating budget for prisons and cost more than $1.2 billion in new construction, on top of that. The state is now changing course. Seeking a Better Return on Investment, a 21-member, bipartisan and multi-sector select group, was appointed by Governor Mary Fallin to “develop comprehensive criminal justice and corrections reform policy recommendations designed to alleviate prison overcrowding and reduce Oklahoma’s incarceration rate while improving public safety.”1 Oklahoma is not alone in wanting a more cost-effective corrections system. Political leaders all over the country, once the loudest voices for ever-tougher penal policies, are suddenly instead looking for ways to control the cost of the corrections system. One census of prison-related reforms found that 46 of the states have passed legislation designed to reduce the number of people going to or returning to prison and jail.2 This pattern is true in traditionally conservative states, such as Texas, which has actually closed three prisons,3 to more-liberal states such as Michigan, which reduced the prison population by 12 percent and closed more than 20 prisons.4 During 2015 almost half the states in the United States had actual reductions in the number of people in prison.5 Since 2010, in fact, more than half the states have reduced both their imprisonment rates and their crime rates.6 These changes come after nearly four decades of uninterrupted prison growth (see “The Great Experiment in Social Control” on pages 6–7). The scope of America’s longterm commitment to a big corrections system has been described as one of the greatest policy experiments in modern history. In 1973 the prison incarceration rate was 96 per 100,000 Americans. For 38 consecutive years after that, the number of people in prison increased—during periods when crime went up, but also during periods when crime Almost two-thirds of the members of the current U.S. population, including most of the readers of this book, were born after 1971. For them it has been entirely normal to see yearly increases in the number of Americans in prison, in jail, and under correctional supervision. This group of citizens has seen corrections grow every year—in good economic times and bad, during periods of rising crime and of dropping crime. This growth trend began with the “baby boom” generation: When Americans born in the two decades after World War II hit their twenties and thirties, the peak crime-prone age, they clogged the criminal justice system. The large and growing correctional populations that seem so normal have not always been so. From 1900 until about 1970, U.S. prison populations were quite stable, hovering between 90 and 120 per 100,000 citizens. After more than 35 years of steady growth, the rate of incarceration is now five times as high as it was in 1973. In 2007 the correctional population reached its highest point in U.S. history—by most accounts the largest correctional population in the world, with more people in prison than China, which has four times more citizens. This period of U.S. history could be called the “great experiment in social control,” for it has defined a generation of Americans who have witnessed the greatest expansion in government control ever undertaken by a democratic state. Researchers have tried to explain the sources of this growth. Some of it stems from increases in crime, but most of this crime growth occurred during the first half of the “experiment.” Some is because of increased effectiveness at apprehending, arresting, and convicting criminally involved people. But this aspect of the “experiment” is minor compared with changes in punishment policy. In the United States the chances of a person convicted of a felony getting a prison sentence instead of probation have increased steadily for several decades, to the point where the chance of getting a probation sentence is now a fraction of what it used to be. Therefore, more people are going to prison, and they are serving longer terms as well. Further, the strictness of postrelease supervision has also increased so that more people on probation than before are being sent back to prison because of a failure to abide by strictly enforced rules. This triple whammy—less probation, longer prison terms, and stricter postsentencing supervision—has fueled a continuing increase in correctional populations, especially prison populations, even when crime rates are dropping. Some scholars have tried to explain the unprecedented punitiveness of the late-twentieth-century U.S. policy (see “For Further Reading” on page 28). They discuss the importance of U.S. politics and culture, and they expressly point to the effects of two decades of the “war on drugs.” This is certainly a part of the explanation, but nationally only 16 percent of people in prison are there for a drug crime.7 Yet why this punitiveness occurred is far less interesting than what its results have been. Over the coming years, researchers, scholars, and intellectuals will begin to try to understand what we have learned from this great experiment. The effects of this experiment in social control fall into three broad categories: its effects on crime, on society, and on the pursuit of justice. First, and most important, how has the growth of corrections affected rates of crime? Because so many factors affect crime, we cannot easily distinguish the effects of a growing corrections system from those from other factors, such as the economy or times of war. Researchers who have tried to do so have reached divergent conclusions, but even the most conservative scholars of the penal system now seem to agree that further growth will have little impact on crime.8 Others note that because the crime rate today is about the same as it was in the early 1970s, when the penal system began to grow, the corrections system has not likely had a large effect on crime.9 Second, there is a growing worry that a large corrections system—especially a large prison system—damages families and communities, and increases racial inequality. For example, almost three million children have a parent in prison or in jail, including more than 10% of African American children.10 How do these experiences affect their chances in life? And what does it mean that more than one in four male African Americans will end up in prison? Third, how does a large penal system affect the pursuit of justice? Do people feel more confidence in their justice system? Is it right to have people who break the law end up punished the way that America punishes them? In this great experiment in social control, have we become a more just society?
