Within the Discussion Board area, write 400-600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments.
Review and reflect on the various components of training in human resources. Based on your review, reflection, and the materials presented this week in the course, answer the following questions:
In your opinion, why it is important for organizations to use a strategic approach to training employees?
How might training needs vary for employees who take on global assignments?
Why is e-learning an important component of training efforts today? How do you believe this will change, if at all, 10 years from now?
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Please share a situation where a problem in communication caused an issue at work. What was the communication issues and why did it occur? How did you resolve it? Use an example of communication challenges from Richard L Daft Management textbook.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
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This Abnormal Behavior paper is needed for my Mental Health in Criminal Justice class.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you examine the field of abnormal psychology. Address the following items:
• Describe challenges related to classifying normal versus abnormal behavior.
• Analyze the psychosocial, biological/medical, and sociocultural theoretical models related to the development of abnormal behavior.
• Describe the relationship between abnormal behavior and criminal behavior.
• Explain how correctional institutions have been affected by abnormal behavior.
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You have to read the book “Globalization and its discontents by Joseph Stieglitz” completely to write this assignment.
1. On the first page please write something about the author and the period of time he grew up and lives in so that the reader can understand in which context the author sticks to the topic
2. After that please give a summary of the book (5-6 pages)
3. Then shortly describe what the Russian crisis is (all facts about it, effects, where it comes from etc.) (1 Page)
3. In the last step please apply the content of the book on the Russian crisis 1998/1999 to explain it (5-6 pages)
It`s very important that the reader can understand the connection of the books content and the Russian crisis.
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Assignment Brief
Supply chain challenges
Background
Supply chain leaders must invest in developing their team’s skills to meet growing expectations about how procurement can support the business.
A survey of 750 senior supply chain professionals by SCM World, found they are facing five major issues.
Kevin O’ Marah, Chief executive officer at SCM World and co-author of the report, said: “Supply chain needs to catch up to the bigger role we have claimed
for ourselves in recent years. Unfortunately, we still seem to struggle with developing the skill sets required among our teams.
“Too little systematic talent development and too hazy a measurement system may be confounding our efforts and investments at exactly the time they are
needed most.” (O’ Marah, 2013)
The five issues cited by The Chief Supply Chain Officer Report 2013 were:
• The need to continue to reduce costs while improving customer service and supporting expansion in new markets and product lines. Some 68 per cent of respondents said operating cost reduction is “very important”, compared with 64 per cent in 2012.
The need to manage the “complexity of ‘omnichannel’ selling and customer fulfilment”. More than half (55 per cent) said the demands of ecommerce and mobile-enabled consumers are increasing the number of stock keeping units they have to support. Almost 55 per cent reported
they are building new distribution centres, and 48% are building direct-tocustomer fulfilment capabilities.
• The fact, boards expect lower costs and greater efficiency. Nearly half (47 per cent) agreed this was the case this year, up from 43 per cent last
year, and 32 per cent in 2011. Following the horse meat scandal, safety and quality incidents are at the
top of the risk index, with 37% reporting that they are “very concerned” about this for 2013-14 and 35 per cent are “concerned”
• Facilitating career progression, developing new production skills and demonstrating a return on investment are further issues. Three-quarters
(76 %) said providing compelling career options for talented supply chain staff is “challenging”, this is up from 66% in each of the previous two years. Some 53% believe new product introduction and launch
capabilities are now “essential” for supply chain, up from just 18 per cent in 2011. Finally, 53% of respondents – and 31% of those spending 5 per
cent or more of their personnel costs on training and development – say they don’t track return on investment.
Assignment Tasks:
Select an organisation and attempt the following tasks:
1. The above article highlights five major issues or challenges faced by the supply chain professionals. For a company of your own choice, analyse the impacts of each of the above raised issues on the profitability of your chosen company. (LO1)
2. Evaluate the role that e-business and e-commerce can play in providing a solution to the issues / challenges raised in the above article. (LO2)
3. The chosen organisation aims to develop a low cost and high efficiency supply chain. Recommend best practices aimed at enabling the chosen organisation to achieve its objectives. You should ensure your
recommendations are supported by robust argument and evidence.
Instructions
• Please include:
o Cover page
o Table of contents
o Introduction (report)
o Introduction (chosen organisation)
o Conclusion
• Please highlight the relevant tasks (above) before answering every
question
• Provide at least 9 to 10 references
READING LISTS:
Please use the following sources to write this assignment for this module.
We recommend that you buy the Core Text listed below and in addition consider obtaining other books from the list. You may wish to form a study group with other students to facilitate the sharing of non-core texts.
The core and key texts are also available in library
Core Text Logistics Management
Author: David B. Grant. Pages: 305 Size: 192.86 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Pearson
Education M.U.A.
eISBN-13: 9780273731382
Books and Texts
Logistics and Supply Chain Integration
Author: Ian Sadler.Pages: 289 Size: 1.81 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
eISBN-13: 9781848604735
Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Author: Martin Christopher.Pages: 288 Size: 4.44 MB Format: PDF Publisher: Pearson
Education M.U.A.
eISBN-13: 9780273731139
Further reading
• Bangle, C. (2001) The ultimate creativity machine: how BMW turns art into profit,
Harvard business Review, Jan, 47-55. (A good description of how good aesthetic
translates into business success)
• Bruce, M. and Bessant, J. (2002) Design in Business: Strategic innovation through
Design, FT Prentice Hall and The Design Council, Harlow
• Brandimarte, P. and Ville, A. (1999) Modelling Manufacturing Systems: From
Aggregate Planning to Real Time Control, Springer, New York.
• Hopp, W.J. and spearmen, M.L (2000) Factory Physics, 2nd edn, McGraw-Hill, New
York
• Emmet, S. and Granville, D (2007) Excellent in Inventory Management: How to
minimise Costs and Maximise Service, Cambridge Academic, Cambridge.
• Flores, B.E. and Whybark, D.C. (1987) Implementing multiple criteria ABC analysis,
journal of Operations management, vol.7. no.1.
• Andersen, M. and Skjoett-Larsen, T (2009) cooperate social responsibility in global
supply chains, supply chain management
• Chopra, S. and Meindl, P (2009) Supply Chain Management, 4th edn, Pearson Prentice Hall, Upper saddle River, NJ
• Bradford, M. (2010) Modern ERP: Select, Implement & Use Todays Advanched business system, lulu.com
• Ahlsrom, P. (2004) Lean service operations: translating lean production principles to service operations.
Students will be strongly encouraged to use journal articles relevant to their areas of research.
These may include articles extracted from the following sources, which are not exhaustive:
• Harvard Business Review
• Journal of Business Communication
• Personnel Today
• CIPS.
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Annotated Bibliography Assignment for Career Essay
(50 points)
To create an annotated bibliography, please refer to the guidelines in your textbook and handbook. Your bibliography should include a minimum of five sources. For each source, you need to include full and accurate bibliographic information as well as a short paragraph evaluation as to why this information will be useful for your essay. At least two references in the bibliography must be from sources beyond an internet search. The sources you choose for your bibliography must be the same sources you use in your final essay.
Note: Your sources must be in alphabetical order.
-You do not need to use #’s or bullet points to separate the sources.
-The sources must be in full MLA format. (see below)
-Your evaluation must be written in complete sentences and say something specific about the source. Do not just say: “I will use this.” “This is good for my paper.”
Career Research Paper Requirements
• The essay must be four -five pages in length using MLA format.
• Your essay should have a formal topic outline like the model provided.
• You must incorporate at least five different sources. At least two sources must be something beyond an internet search. The sources you incorporate should be the same sources as those in your annotated bibliography.
• You must correctly incorporate each source inside the essay using parenthetical references (quotes and/or paraphrases).
• You must have a correctly formatted MLA works cited page to accompany your essay.
• The paper should be typed, double spaced, in 12 point Times New Roman font.
• The essay should use 3rd person point of view only.
• Final drafts are due on Monday, 3/11.
Choosing a Topic
The topic you choose for your researched paper should be about a problem(s) that exists in the field you plan to go into. For example, educators may want to research the problem of discipline, vet tech students may want to know more about dealing with difficult humans, and health care workers may need to review confidentiality issues, and so forth.
If you are not sure about what problems exist in your field, you should begin reading journals or industry publications or web sites, ask the library staff at Gaston College to assist you in finding relevant publications in your field, or approach professors or people you know who work in the field for their ideas about current problems/issues/debates.
In the essay, you should also address the following: education requirements, salary, job duties, job prospects, and both pros and cons of occupation. You may choose to address these issues in the introductory paragraphs of your essay before diving further into the problem(s) you would like to discuss, or you may choose to incorporate these elements into the body paragraphs if any of these coincide with the problem(s) you are discussing. In your final paragraphs and/or conclusion, you should also address possible solutions to the problem(s) you discussed. What do you and others in the field think can be done to improve upon the problem(s)?
Helpful Resources: Ferguson’s Career Guide, Occupational Outlook Handbook, and the Career and Technical Education Database. All of these resources can be found on the library’s home page.
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How Apple leverage its competitive advantage in the international market
The new phone products that are widely attributed to IPhone
The iPhone is a portable device that features a combination of mobile phone and widescreen iPod and an internet device. The phone is rectangular shaped and filled with touch screen on the entire front surface. All functions of this phone are activated by touch but when the user brings the phone closer to the face, the touch screen is turned off by the proximity sensor to prevent a face dial. It can provide the user with a full-screen web-browsing service, a multi-touch screen, and other essential applications such as wireless streaming of videos on YouTube and Google Maps (Rayna & Striukova, 2014). The gadget runs on a Mac OS X and it has the capacity to download movie and music. Unlike the common smartphones that present websites in mobile version, the iPhone present the full website version. The main disadvantage of the initial versions this phone is low speed but current versions now have a third generations (3G) broadband capacity.
International presence and different entry modes of the iPhone
IPhone entry mode in the international market was facilitated through partnership with the region’s dominant Communication and Technology firms. In the United States, AT&T, the largest wireless phone company with over 58 million subscribers sold the iPhone to its customers in early 2000s and no other American company was able to sell the phone to uses until 2009. Through the partnership Cingular (AT&T’s parent company), Apple was able to develop breakthrough features such as visual voicemail (Kooti, et al, 2017). This service enabled the users to see voicemail messages in a single list and select which to listen to in any order instead of following the order like it is the case with most mobile subscribers. Apple also partnered with Yahoo, the largest email service in the world by then, to provide push-email service. This feature instantly forward emails from the server to the client and was only available with BlackBerry phones which charged clients for email services. Apple also created a partnership with the other technological firms in America such as Google in providing the users with live navigation through Google Maps and video streaming through You Tube.
In East Asia, IPhone successfully managed to penetrate the market because this was its main manufacturing base. Most of its success was through the help of Taiwanese companies that were known to the investors and consumers (Lin & Yazdanifard, 2014). In addition, Apple does not manufacture its products but instead outsource manufacturing specialists with extensive operations in China to assemble parts designed the Apple way.
In Europe, the company has entered three countries through a partnership with Vodafone, France Telecom, T-Mobile, Deutche Telcom, and Telefonica as the main iPhone carriers. Although the company did not make significant entry due to the fragmented market in Europe, it was able to penetrate the European market significantly.
How Apple leverage its competitive advantage in the international markets
References
Kooti, F., Grbovic, M., Aiello, L. M., Bax, E., & Lerman, K. (2017, February). iPhone’s Digital Marketplace: Characterizing the Big Spenders. In Proceedings of the Tenth ACM International Conference on Web Search and Data Mining (pp. 13-21). ACM.
Lin, C. O. Y., & Yazdanifard, R. (2014). How Google’s new algorithm, Hummingbird, promotes content and inbound marketing. American journal of industrial and business management, 2014.
Assignment Questions
Blockbuster
Home movie and video game rental services giant, Blockbuster Video, was founded in 1985 and arguably
one of the most iconic brands in the video rental space. At its peak in 2004, Blockbuster employed 84,300 people worldwide and had 9,094
stores. Unable to transition towards a digital model, Blockbuster filed for bankruptcy in 2010.
In 2000, Netflix approached Blockbuster with an offer to sell their company to Blockbuster for US$50 million. The Blockbuster CEO, was not interested in the offer because he thought it was a “very
small niche business” and it was losing money at the time. As of July 2017, Netflix had 103.95 million subscribers worldwide and a revenue of US$8.8bn.
As a Digital Marketing Consultant for Blockbuster your task is to create a report on how Blockbuster could have made use of digital marketing strategies and tactics in a bid to prevent bankruptcy.
You are required to write a report that addresses the following 6 tasks:
1. Discuss the differences between Traditional and Digital Marketing. Explain why it would have been important for Blockbuster to invest in digital marketing. LO 1
2. Demonstrate and discuss how Blockbuster could have utilised website optimisation techniques to improve the performance of their website. LO 3
3. Critically discuss how Blockbuster could have used Search Engine Optimisation (SEO), Social Media (SMM) and Content Marketing to attract, retain and
engage with customers. LO3
Your discussion should cover:
• Key activities associated with implementing a SEO, SMM and Content Marketing Strategy. Including screenshots of the tools used within the workshops for SEO, SMM and Content marketing.
• Critically discuss the KPIs and metrics that should be used to manage and monitor an SEO, SMM and content marketing strategy.
4. Discuss how Pay-Per-Click advertising (PPC) and Online Display (& Video) advertising could have been used to increase brand awareness and website
visibility amongst its competitors. LO 2, LO 3
Your answer should cover:
• The steps that should be taken to design an effective PPC and Online Display (& video) advertising campaign. Including screenshots of the
tools used within the workshops for PPC and SEO.
• Identification of how Boo.com could target its key audience through these channels.
• Explanation of any budgetary implications or dependencies.
• An overview of the relevant laws and guidelines.
5.Outline how Blockbuster could have incorporated Email Marketing into its digital marketing strategy to attract and retain customers. LO3 & LO4
6. Discuss the ways by which boo.com could have made use of ongoing analysis and management of digital marketing methods discussed within this report. LO5
Answers must be supported with the following evidence:
• Key activities, processes or milestones associated with each digital marketing discipline.
• Appropriate tools and technologies that can be used.
• Appropriate objectives, KPIs, and metrics to support, measuring and optimising the digital campaigns
• Relevant laws and regulations pertaining to digital marketing
• Provide examples, include screenshots of the tools used within the workshops each week and real-world cases studies to support your discussion.
• Note any budget implications or dependencies
Reading Lists:
Please use these sources to assist you, with this assignment for this module.
1. Ryan, D. (2017) Understanding Digital Marketing: Marketing strategies for engaging the digital generation, 4th Edition, London: Kogan Page Publishing.
·2. Tuten, T and Solomon, M (2017) Social Media Marketing, 3rd Edition, London: Sage Publishing.
3.·Chaffey, D and Smith, P.R (2013) eMarketing Excellence, Planning and Optimising your Digital Marketing, 4th edition, Oxon: Routledge
·4. Blyth, A. (2011). Brilliant online marketing: How to use the internet to market your business. Harlow, England: Prentice Hall
Is the presence of more women in the workforce a sign of greater gender equality or just an example of exploitation of cheap labour? Give reasons for your answer.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
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Introduction:
• Start with a related quote to draw the reader’s attention. Write your thesis sentence and explain in brief what you are about to examine further. Explain what is going to be discussed in more detail. Your arguments and position should be stated in your introduction.
Main Body:
• Discussion of the first point. Begin with the topic sentence and provide an explanation and the supporting evidences (facts, statistics, theories, reasons etc.) that can back up your views and opinions.
Write the concluding sentence of your paragraph and provide a linking phrase or word so that your writing has a logical flow.
• Discussion of the second point and support.
• Discussion of the third point and support.
Conclusion:
• Summarize. You should mention your thesis and how your evidences support it. Provide an overall evaluation of the main points discussed and make a final statement. You should not mention any new knowledge in your conclusion.
Important Note:
Do not include any subtitles in your essays. Your writing should indicate each paragraph’s purpose so the words introduction, main body or conclusion should be avoided. Also you should avoid using numbers, bullets or any kind of points that divide your writing. Use of linking words and phrases for an easier flow is recommended.
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