What do you think are the most important components of a successful and productive group work?

Part 1
Demonstrate leadership and teamwork skills to effectively manage health care projects and teams.
In week 8 you will have to submit a group assignment. In preparation for this event, write a 2-3 pages individual reflection paper discussing the following:
1.  What do you think are the most important components of a successful and productive group work? Support your choices with credible evidence.

2. How to organize the group work to meet the components you mentioned in # 1? Offer practical and useful process solutions.
3. What challenges the group dynamic might present you with? Offer examples. How to overcome the obstacles? Offer practical and doable solutions. Support them with credible evidence.
   4.  Propose a conflict resolution process to ensure the important components are met and the group is effective and efficient.  

Part 2 has the table
Demonstrate leadership and teamwork skills to effectively manage health care projects and teams.
Develop a Group Charter based on the template below. You can modify the template to meet your group’s needs. The components that must be present are:

1. Communication table/ portion
2. Role distribution table with the role definitions and expectations
3. Conflict resolution process (HINT: do not state something like: “We are adults and we will respect each other time and will contribute equally and on time” or “We will involve the faculty to mediate among us”). Be specific by identifying the conflict resolution framework, documentation, and penalties in case no resolution is met.    

What distinguished the first human-like creatures from our closest relatives among the apes? Describe and explain how modern man evolved.

Answer the questions in as much detail as you can!

1-What distinguished the first human-like creatures from our closest relatives among the apes? Describe and explain how modern man evolved.

2-How did the first people make a living? How was their society organized?

3-How did agriculture originate? What advantages and disadvantages were there in the new way of making a living?

4-It is usually argued that the difference between rich and poor arose with the agricultural society. Why? Explain!

5-What was it that distinguished high culture compared to earlier stages in human development? Why did several high cultures arise around large rivers?

6-Explain the following phenomena and concepts: domestication, nomads, the land of two rivers, cuneiform writing, hieroglyphs, walking graffiti.

What kind of problems can be caused by losing the connection to the database?

Designing a Wireless Network Part 4
Assignment Overview
Quality of Service (QoS) is significant because it allows the user to prioritize tasks completed over a wireless network. When working with wireless networks, you must consider what is important when designing QoS. In this assignment, students will gain experience on how to conduct QoS in a wireless network. Refer to your research on QoS, for successful completion of this assignment.
All Case Studies
Directions: Refer back to the Design Document. Complete the “QoS Requirements” section. Consider the following:
Include a plan for QoS.
A plan for IP wireless phones.
Plan for devices accessing applications.
Devices connecting to application databases.
Why are devices connecting to an application database important?
What kind of problems can be caused by losing the connection to the database?
A method to determine the QoS for each of the applications.
Is there anything needed for different devices/applications vs. IP wireless phones?

How would you choose between the different types of architecture that allow you to cover for redundancy, common access, and service to remote offices?

Topic 4 DQ 1
100-150 words
How would you choose between the different types of architecture that allow you to cover for redundancy, common access, and service to remote offices?
Reply to discussion
75-100 words

Name the “risk types” Amazon used, in a table, that describes the Cause-Event-Effect; include anticipated consequences.

Name the “risk types” Amazon used, in a table, that describes the Cause-Event-Effect; include anticipated consequences. we discussed these in class 23 August and covered them in the provided power-points. Part of your response may be your own opinion based on the details of the article. In addition, were these good risk decisions?

Develop a 7-page process improvement plan for a provided scenario or a business and process of your choice, using data to support your recommendations.

 Develop a 7-page process improvement plan for a provided scenario or a business and process of your choice, using data to support your recommendations.
Introduction
This portfolio work project, a process improvement plan, will help you demonstrate competencies in process documentation, process analysis, and process improvement.
Scenario
For this assessment, you will apply this scenario in the Requirements below.
Option 1
Wild Dog Coffee Company, a locally owned company with a single coffee shop location, serves a wide selection of espresso products, small breakfast and lunch menu items, and a limited evening menu. The company is planning to expand the business by adding an additional location. While different menu items may be tested at the new location, the espresso beverage preparation process will remain exactly the same. The company wants to ensure that the espresso beverage preparation process is documented and refined before the move.
Your Role
Option 1
You are one of three owners of Wild Dog Coffee Company. Your background is primarily in operations. Your business partners’ backgrounds are in marketing and sales. While they are working on the external aspects of the business that will bring customers in, you are focused on making the internal customer-facing processes as efficient as possible. You are preparing an analysis and recommendations that will help manage a core process improvement for the successful opening of a second location.
equirements
Include the following in your process improvement plan:
Assess the steps for a selected process.
Develop a flowchart showing the process’ steps. You may include as many steps as are relevant for your selected scenario.
If using Wild Dog Coffee Company, show the steps for preparing an espresso beverage (for example, latté, cappuccino); there are two steps that must be included: (1) order is submitted and (2) beverage is handed to the customer. Hint: You may want to visit a local coffee shop to observe the beverage preparation process.
Prepare a procedure documenting the selected process. At a minimum, the procedure must document the following for your selected process:
Metrics. Identify at least two metrics that will be useful in determining how well the new process is performing. Be sure to identify the target value of the metric and how you will measure it.
For Wild Dog Coffee Company, it could be how well the beverage preparation process is performing. A third metric is already identified for you: order delivery time. (This is the time between when the order is submitted and the time the beverage is handed to the customer.)
Procedure. This section describes each step of the process.
For Wild Dog Coffee Company, your procedure should be titled, “Espresso Beverage Preparation Process.” Be sure to include order submittal and handing the beverage to the customer as part of the procedure.
Purpose (of the procedure). This section describes what the procedure is intended to do.
Analyze data for process changes for a selected process. Respond to the following questions:
Is the process centered? Provide the results of your calculations and the rationale for your decision by thinking about the process capability.
Is the process capable at 3-sigma? Provide the results of your calculations and the rationale for your decision by thinking about the process capability index.
Is the process in statistical control? Provide the appropriate numbers and the rationale for your decision using a control chart for individuals.
For Wild Dog Coffee Company, analyze the Beverage Service Times [XLSX] data. This data is for 50 beverage preparation events and was collected using their order processing system. Each individual order gets a time-stamp when it is placed and again when the beverage is handed to the customer. The senior barista thinks the beverage delivery times should range between 2 and 3 minutes. The known process standard deviation, which has been calculated on an on-going basis, is 0.5903 minutes.
Analyze the cause and effect of process variances.
Brainstorm possible sources of variation to create a cause-and-effect diagram to help analyze potential sources of variation in the espresso beverage preparation process at Wild Dog Coffee Company or for your selected business’ process. Your diagram must include at least four of the “6 Ms” (that is, management, manpower, method, measurement, machine, materials).
Recommend quality and customer service improvements for a selected process.
Detail the results of your analysis for Wild Dog Coffee Company or your selected business’ process to substantiate your recommendations.
Deliverable Format
Requirements:
The process improvement plan is to be a minimum of 7 pages, not including the title, reference, and appendix pages.
Use a process improvement plan template of your choice.
Related company standards:
The process improvement plan is a professional document and should therefore follow the corresponding MBA Academic and Professional Document Guidelines (available in the MBA Program Resources), including single-spaced paragraphs.
In addition to the title and reference pages, include the following in the appendix:
Flowchart.
Procedure.
Detailed results of order delivery time analysis.
Cause-and-effect diagram.
Use American Society for Quality (ASQ) data analysis tools and 2–3 additional scholarly or academic sources where applicable.
Use APA formatting for citations and references.
Evaluation
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies through corresponding scoring guide criteria:
Competency 1: Analyze how operations management theories and models effect the development and delivery of products or services to the marketplace.
Assess the steps for a selected process.
Competency 2: Use logistics and supply chain management tools to manage the distribution of products and services.
Prepare a procedure documenting a selected process.
Competency 3: Use data to evaluate the effect of operations management decisions on organizational goals.
Analyze data for process changes for a selected process.
Analyze the cause and effect of process variances.
Competency 4: Evaluate the effectiveness of operations management strategies to achieve quality and customer service goals.
Recommend quality and customer service improvements for a selected process.
Competency 5: Communicate business needs, opportunities, and strategies with multiple stakeholders.
Write coherently to support a central idea with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a business professional. 

Analyze the business-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the business-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether you judge this to be a good choice.

 In this assignment, you are to use the same corporation you selected and focused on for the assignments, Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness and External and Internal Environments.
Research the company on its own website, public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Filing & Forms page, Strayer University’s online databases, the Lexis Advance database, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.
Use the Business-Level and Corporate-Level Strategies Template [DOCX] to ensure that your assignment meets the requirements.
Requirements
Write a 6-8 page paper in which you do the following:
Analyze the business-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the business-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion.
Analyze the corporate-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the corporate-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion.
Analyze the competitive environment to determine the corporation’s most significant competitor. Compare their strategies at each level and evaluate which company you think is most likely to be successful in the long term. Justify your choice.
Determine whether your choice from Question 3 would differ in slow-cycle and fast-cycle markets.
Use at least three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as academic resources.
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:
Determine business-level and corporate-level strategies for a corporation’s long-term success comparable to the competitive environment. 

Why is culture an important consideration in the study of mind and behavior?

Why is culture an important consideration in the study of mind and behavior?

Use information learned from your assigned readings for this week to answer this question. You may also use any scholarly outside sources of your choosing to answer this question if you’d like. You may also use personal experience/observations, but make sure to support these with information from the assigned readings or other scholarly sources. Make sure to read the one-page “What are Scholarly Sources”.

What is “consciousness raising” and what is its purpose according to one of the authors from TBCMB (Moraga, Anzaldúa, Rushin)

400 words

Angela Davis ends Chapter 3 of Women, Race, and Class with the idea that the women’s movement, while involved in abolitionism, failed to address “racist consciousness.” What does this mean? What is “consciousness raising” and what is its purpose according to one of the authors from TBCMB (Moraga, Anzaldúa, Rushin)

use supply and demand curves to identify market equilibrium price and quantity

Task 1: 300 words with APA references

Go to the internet and find a news article published within the last month that discusses changes in demand and supply of particular goods/services, summarize key points and post in the Discussions area.

Refer to week 2 content materials and use specific economic vocabulary within your summary, i.e. demand, quantity demanded, determinants of demand, shifts in demand curve, etc. Likewise with supply. Also you should discuss changes in equilibrium quantity and equilibrium price.

The article you choose may not use these exact terms; therefore, it is incumbent upon you to convert the article language into economic language as is appropriate.

Please note that the goal of this discussion is to read, understand, and discuss recent news using microeconomic terminology. The article should be from an on-line newspaper or magazine. Materials posted on educational websites, like www.thebalance.com, www.khanacademy.org , and so on, are not considered news articles even if they were recently updated and contain material related to the discussion topic.

Week 2:

Introduction

Week 2 study materials demonstrate how demand and supply curves can be used to model a competitive market for a good or service. After analyzing the factors that change the shape and position of demand and supply curves, we will show how a change in demand or supply changes the equilibrium market price and quantity of a particular good.

You will learn that as the price of an item goes up, the quantity demanded goes down. But by how much, and what difference does it make? Suppose you are a seller and you decide to lower the price of a product to attract new customers. When you decrease the price, you accept less money for each unit you sell. Doing so reduces your firm’s revenues. You hope to offset this loss by gaining new customers.

If buyers are relatively unresponsive to your new price, however, increased revenues from new customers may not offset the losses that come from selling the product at a lower price to everyone who would have bought it at the old one. It is important for a firm to know whether potential buyers will respond to a decrease in price.

Outcomes

After completing Week 2 of the course, you should be able to

· use supply and demand curves to identify market equilibrium price and quantity

· use supply and demand curves to illustrate the effect of a change in a determinant of demand or supply on the market equilibrium price and on the quantity of a particular good

· compute the various coefficients of elasticity, list their determinants, and explain their implications