examine the different environments in which businesses operate.

The purpose of this assignment is to examine the different environments in which businesses operate. Include social, technological, economic, legal, and market environments when you complete the three exercises. 

Detailed instructions are located in the assignment template. 

Click here to access the template for this assignment. Save all of your work to the template before submitting it in Blackboard for grading. Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below. 

Write 3 pages focused on gap analysis and your simulation experience for conducting a training needs analysis that is the basis for an effective training and development program design.

Write 3 pages focused on gap analysis and your simulation experience for conducting a training needs analysis that is the basis for an effective training and development program design.

Introduction

For this assessment, you will use the CapraTek: Training Needs Assessment simulation. Using this simulation, featuring a fictitious technology organization, will require you to make some decisions about which employees to gather data from, and about what data to utilize and interpret in your assessment. The goal of developing this data is to drive employee performance in the direction of the organizational strategy.

Note: The assessments in this course build upon each other to form a training and development program, so you are strongly encouraged to complete them in sequence.

The first and most critical step of designing a training and development program is to conduct a training needs analysis (or assessment) to identify actual training needs. This is often referred to as a gap analysis because the gap is the difference between what the employees currently know and what they need to know.

In developing a training and development program, you often interview subject matter experts (SMEs) to gather data on training needs. This assessment asks you to imagine yourself in the role of a training consultant who will be developing a training program, and the simulation’s design demonstrates how to create strong questions for SMEs and how to use the interviews to obtain key documentation and data about training needs.

In this assessment, you will practice performing a training needs analysis (TNA) by selecting whom to interview and deciding what data to gather in order to identify gaps in trainee knowledge. You will summarize your findings using a TNA format. Include what trainees should know (or be able to do), and then using your findings, identify what they currently know (or can do). The gap will determine the learning objectives on a specific topic that the trainees should meet during the program you design and develop in this course. Using Bloom’s Taxonomy, a model that classifies levels of learning, can help you successfully prepare learning objectives for trainees at the proper level of human cognition: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, or evaluation.

Describe how different environments impact a business.

Assignment

This assignment allows you to demonstrate the following outcomes:

2. Examine the different environments in which businesses operate, to include social, technological, economic, legal, and market environments.

2.1 Describe how different environments impact a business.

2.2 List the characteristics of different environments as they relate to a business.

Instructions: The purpose of this assignment is to examine the different environments in which businesses operate. There are three parts to this assignment. Read each set of instructions before completing the three exercises. Then, save all of your work to this template and submit it in Blackboard for grading.

Exercise 1

The table below contains cells where you can insert the elements for each type of environment: (a) the characteristics of the environment as it relates to the business and (b) a description about how the environment impacts the business. For Exercise 1, your answers should focus on the following type of business: a retail business with clothing and other apparel.

In your own words, complete the table below by inserting the appropriate elements.

What is ISO 9000, and why is it an important designation for competing globally

Q2. What is ISO 9000, and why is it an important designation for competing globally

Q5. How do the activities of manufacturers, merchandisers, and service businesses differ?

Q6. In what ways does a typical manufacturing business differ from a merchandising concern? In what ways are they similar

Q20. How does the computation of cost of goods sold for a manufacturer differ from that of a merchandiser?

Q21. How would you describe the following accounts: Finished Goods, Work in Pro- cess, and Materials?

Q22.Compare the manufacturing, merchandising, and service sectors. How do they differ as to the kinds of businesses in each cate- gory, the nature of their output, and type of inventory, if any?

Q27. Distinguish prime cost from conversion cost. Does prime cost plus conversion cost equal the total manufacturing cost

Q29. How do “cost of goods sold” and “cost of goods manufactured” differ for a manufacturer?

Q32. How do “cost of goods sold” and “cost of goods manufactured” differ for a manufacturer?

Q33 When is process costing appropriate, and what types of businesses use it?

Q34. What are the advantages of accumulating costs by departments or jobs rather than for the factory as a whole?

Q35. What is a job cost sheet, and why is it useful?

Q36. What are standard costs, and what is the purpose of a standard cost system?

Do you think the posters would say the same thing in the same way if they were having a face-to-face discussion on this topic?

In this assignment, we will examine the relationship between social media and prejudice

Scan social media websites to find three posts that reflect negative stereotypes and/or prejudiced attitudes, or posts that take a social justice perspective on the topic (e.g., the site suggests ways to combat these attitudes and beliefs).

Be sure to include links or images of the posts as attachments

Respond to EACH of the following questions in 300 words. The entire submission should include a total of 3 scholarly references to support your position.

1. What key words did you use and why did you choose them? How easy or difficult was it to find posts using those key words? What are your thoughts about why it was easy or difficult to find the information?

2. Was it easy or difficult to determine the beliefs or attitudes of the individual posting? What cues did you use to determine those attitudes and beliefs?

3. Do you think the posters would say the same thing in the same way if they were having a face-to-face discussion on this topic? Does it matter? Why or why not?

4. Some individuals use their name and/or photo and others used a “handle” or a pseudonym with no photo or a photo of something other than themselves. How does this affect the tone or content of the post?

5. What message does the individual’s posting want the reader to come away believing about different social groups? What cues led you to determine the message?

6. What has been your overall experience with this assignment? How has it affected your attitudes of social media?

What types of challenges must global transportation managers deal with?

Aspects that Support Planning Excellence

In 4-5 pages, list and discuss:

1. What types of challenges must global transportation managers deal with?
 2. What are free trade agreements and what impact do they have on transportation?
 3. What is the purpose of the distribution channel?

4. Please compare different transportation modes with respect to strength, limitation, primary role, primary product characteristic, and example products.

5. Describe the importance of global route planning.
 6. What options do exporters and importers have to manage risk?

Explain how your integrity of character can lead to motivated employees.

Reflection Paper

Instructions

In this unit, we learned about the value of a leader’s character and how it impacts all facets of one’s leadership style. Review the previous assignments in this course, and write a reflection paper describing your primary leadership and/or coaching style, your primary conflict management style, and your emotional intelligence quotient profile. Discuss the importance of strong character in these components. Include the elements listed below in your reflection paper.

· How do your leadership, coaching, and conflict management styles work together as you lead and coach others?

· Discuss the use of social awareness strategies in order to build your emotional intelligence.

· Explain how your integrity of character can lead to motivated employees.

· Analyze the relationship between adaptive leadership styles and strong character.

· Explain how your value for differences can enable you to reach your organizational goals.

· What steps can you take to sharpen your leadership skills and continue learning?

· What have you learned from the assignments and research that will influence how you lead and coach others in the future?

Your completed reflection paper must be at least a minimum of two pages in length. Outside sources are not required for this assignment. If outside sources are used, they cannot be a blog of any type, and please adhere to APA Style when creating citations and references for this assignment. APA formatting, however, is not necessary.

What were the significant challenges with the response?

Course Outcomes for Assignment: 
Apply and integrate the concepts and knowledge gained in prior general management and health care administration courses to industry-relevant challenges. 
Assess the relevant strategic decision-making and implementation issues within a health care organization.
2017 Las Vegas Mass-Shooting
The Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act of 2012, signed into law in January 2013, defines a mass killing as one resulting in at least 3 victims, excluding the perpetrator. On the evening of October 1, 2017, Stephen Paddock, a 64-year-old man from Mesquite, Nevada, opened fire upon the crowd attending the Route 91 Harvest music festival on the Las Vegas Strip in Nevada. Between 10:05 and 10:15 p.m. PDT, he fired more than 1,000 rounds of ammunition from his 32nd-floor suites in the Mandalay Bay Hotel, killing 60 people and wounding 411, with the ensuing panic bringing the injury total to 867. About an hour later, Paddock was found dead in his room from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. This incident was the deadliest mass shooting committed by an individual in modern United States history.  University Medical Center of Southern Nevada,
Your assignment: In a MEMO format in 1000 words, please discuss the following about the 2017 Las Vegas Mass Shooting Disaster Response: 
•             What went well with the response?
•             What were the significant challenges with the response?
•             In which ways could the response have been improved?
•             During Week One, we discussed Fayol’s Five Functions of Management: (a) Planning, (b) organizing, (c) coordinating, (d) commanding, and (e) controlling. As the Chief Operating Officer (COO) how would you augment your healthcare facility’s disaster preparedness? Discuss which ways you would exercise Fayol’s Third Function of Management, coordinating into enhancing your facilities’ mass casualty, preparedness.
Make certain that your assignment is in the APA 7th edition format with a cover page, separating your sections by the appropriate APA Level Headings. Also, make sure you include a reference page and at least five references, with in-text citation

Explain why these strategies or measures partially resolved or did not resolve the health inequity.

The purpose of the final assignment on environmental degradation and justice is for you to culminate the learning achieved in the course by proposing a solution to one of the many areas of environmental injustice discussed in the previous weeks, such as locating hazardous waste industries in poorer communities, reduced life expectancies in inner city communities, unsafe housing predominantly impacting minorities, etc. Choose an environmental health, human health, or economic development injustice that

• has been addressed in some form by policy and/or regulatory strategies, and
• has been the subject of a current emergency management measure or measures.

After you select your injustice, compose a study that covers the following:

• Compose a thesis statement (Links to an external site.) that addresses your chosen injustice.
• Examine the history of your chosen injustice. Be sure to include the following:
  • Identify the affected geographic area (e.g., local, national, or international).
  • Describe the population or populations affected, including the culture and or race.
  • Analyze the health issues experienced by the population or populations affected.
  • Assess the existing policy or regulatory strategies and emergency management measure or measures.
    • Explain why these strategies or measures partially resolved or did not resolve the health inequity.
  • Propose a solution to your selected environmental health, human health, or economic development injustice.
  • Justify your solution with supporting evidence by highlighting expected costs and resources needed. Be mindful of the estimated costs, as you likely will need to highlight an existing program whose funding would decrease to support yours.
  • Contrast your proposed solution with expected counterarguments or views, including limitations, to your solution.
  • Close with a defense of your proposed solution against the above counterarguments that is backed by supporting evidence.
  • Conclude your assignment with a restatement of your thesis and solution.
• The purpose of the final assignment on environmental degradation and justice is for you to culminate the learning achieved in the course by proposing a solution to one of the many areas of environmental injustice discussed in the previous weeks, such as locating hazardous waste industries in poorer communities, reduced life expectancies in inner city communities, unsafe housing predominantly impacting minorities, etc. Choose an environmental health, human health, or economic development injustice that
• has been addressed in some form by policy and/or regulatory strategies, and
• has been the subject of a current emergency management measure or measures.

TOPIC TO USE: POLLUTION 

After you select your injustice, compose a research that covers the following:

• Compose a thesis statement  that addresses your chosen injustice.
• Examine the history of your chosen injustice. Be sure to include the following:
  • Identify the affected geographic area (e.g., local, national, or international).
  • Describe the population or populations affected, including the culture and or race.
  • Analyze the health issues experienced by the population or populations affected.
  • Assess the existing policy or regulatory strategies and emergency management measure or measures.
    • Explain why these strategies or measures partially resolved or did not resolve the health inequity.
  • Propose a solution to your selected environmental health, human health, or economic development injustice.
  • Justify your solution with supporting evidence by highlighting expected costs and resources needed. Be mindful of the estimated costs, as you likely will need to highlight an existing program whose funding would decrease to support yours.
  • Contrast your proposed solution with expected counterarguments or views, including limitations, to your solution.
  • Close with a defense of your proposed solution against the above counterarguments that is backed by supporting evidence.
  • Conclude this assignment with a restatement of your thesis and solution.  
• Must include intro and conclusion  Must use at least four scholarly and six credible sources 

Explain if you had a nuanced understanding of how garbage and sewage disappeared yet posed a continued hazard to humanity.

Many forms of environmental degradation are caused by entities and factors beyond our individual control. Some, however, are factors we each can influence, and can do so nearly every day of our lives. Think about what you have learned during this week about solid and liquid waste.

In your journal entry, consider your level of knowledge about the processing and fate of materials that enter the waste stream before you took the class. In your journal,

• Explain if you had a nuanced understanding of how garbage and sewage disappeared yet posed a continued hazard to humanity.
• Critique your awareness: Did you worry about these wastes or just thought that they were someone else’s problem (if, while being honest, you thought about it much at all)?
• Examine which ethnic groups are more commonly impacted by solid and liquid waste pollution and why.
• Conclude with how your thinking has changed since taking this class.
• Share how your attitudes and planned actions have changed regarding waste disposal.

Your journal assignment should be at least 500 words in length.