Archive for September, 2019

Explain Costco’s Supply Chain Management like this:

1. Back Ground of Question: 

 

Primary Care physicians and healthcare personnel offer some preventive services. At least four of these services—maternal, infant, and child health; HIV; sexually transmitted diseases; and immunization and infectious diseases are likely to be available through local departments of public health, in community and neighborhood health center clinics, and from other providers of public health services. 

 

Question: Please share your thoughts on why there is skepticism of cost-effectiveness of preventative services? (Half a Page, 1 Reference)

 

 

 

2. Back Ground of Question: Telehealth use digital information and communication technologies, such as computers and mobile devices, to access health care services remotely and manage one’s health care.  

 

Question: Please share some of the downside of using telehealth? (Half a Page, 1 Reference)

 

 

 

3. Back Ground of Question: Costco’s Supply Chain Management.  

 

Question: Explain Costco’s Supply Chain Management like this:  

 

 

 

Example of the Information I need: Costco has a supplier diversification strategy for this decision area of operations management. However, the company’s supply chain management is focused on quality and low prices. As a result, Costco offers a limited array of products at its warehouses/stores. The company does not sell products with high bulk/wholesale prices. (1 Full Page, 2 References)

Threat Modeling

Threat modeling for privacy issues is an emergent and important area. Much like security threats violate a required security property, privacy threats are where a required privacy property is violated. Defining privacy requirements is a delicate balancing act.  For example, an organization offering a service may want or even need a lot of information that the people using the service don’t want to provide.  People have very different perceptions of what privacy is, and what data is private, and those perceptions can change with time. (For example, someone leaving an abusive relationship should be newly sensitive to the value of location privacy, and perhaps consider their address private for the first time.) 

 

Question:  Are concerns over privacy is a waste?  In other words, if you are not doing anything criminal or illegal then you have nothing to hide.  What are you own person thoughts on privacy? 

Identify and briefly summarize the organization’s mission, values, culture, and strategic direction.

An organization’s mission and strategy, along with other factors, can influence how HR professionals approach development.

 

For this week’s assignment, using the organization you currently work for, a previous organization, or an organization you are familiar with, do the following:

 

 

 

1.  Identify and briefly summarize the organization’s mission, values, culture, and strategic direction.

 

 

 

2.  Analyze how the mission, vision, and strategy influences the type and frequency of training within an organization. For instance, if your organization is retail oriented and focused on millennial fashion, assess how training should be conducted. 

 

 

 

3.  Develop two specific training strategies that would be effective in the organization and industry that you identified. Explain the benefits of these strategies and how these strategies are aligned with the organization’s mission, vision, values, and culture.

 

 

 

 5 Pages

 

APA with Abstract and Running Head

 

3 Scholarly References – For this assignment, a credible source is defined as:

 

 

 

o  A scholarly or peer-reviewed journal article.

 

o  A government-based website or publication.

 

o  A trade or industry journal article, publication, or website, including those from trade organizations such as SHRM.org and TD.org

Speech Communication

Dressing for Success can be a tricky business. Depending upon the workplace dress code and cultural norms, dressing for success can mean a lot of different things. If a nurse showed up to a shift in heels and skirt with a suit jacket, that nurse would not be dressed for success. If a construction worker wore a dry-cleaned trousers and wing-tip shiny shoes to a construction site, that worker would likely be dismissed for the day! Conversely if a lawyer showed up to court wearing scrubs or an orange vest and a helmet, the lawyer might not be taken seriously by the judge or jury.

 

 

 

Read pages 94-107 of your textbook, Communicating at Work (Nonverbal Communication section—end of chapter).

 

 

 

Answer the following questions using complete sentences, edited to reflect college-level writing and professionalism:

 

  1. Why is appearance important in the workplace?
  2. What is the difference between casual, business casual, and business professional attire? Give examples.
  3. Consider the job you want in the future (the career you are aiming for, not an hourly job while you’re still in college). Research online and report what kind of dress code is typically expected for that career position and why.
  4. Find a picture example of what you might wear to that job on a daily basis. Save that picture to your computer/device. Insert the picture into the discussion board post. If you need help doing this step of the assignment, watch this video.
  5. Read your classmates’ posts and comment on something you found surprising, learned from reading/viewing their post, agree, or disagree with and why.

 

The answer to each question is worth 5 points for accuracy of answer, descriptiveness, clarity, college-level writing, and thoroughness.

Business Ethic (MGMT 368)

Silver-Plating and Cyanide

 

The G.R. Bronson Company is a large publicly-owned conglomerate whose holdings are primarily in the retail sale of jewelry. Several years ago, it purchased for $10 million a plant that puts silver and gold plate on jewelry.  The seller, Hedda Wilson, stayed on to manage the company until last year.

 

Behind the plating facility there are three underground tanks.  One is filled with cyanide, a gas used in silver plating.  Last year, after spending $100,000 in legal fees, Bronson successfully fought zoning efforts that would have effectively forced the plant to move at a cost of $2.5 million.

 

Jerry, the new plant manager replacing Hedda, called Mason, a vice president at corporate headquarters, with the following report:

 

I think I have a serious problem, and I wanted you to know immediately.  I didn’t think I should put it in writing.  Last week, I noticed that the levels of cyanide are about 25 percent less than they should be, given the amount I had used.  I called Hedda, and she told me not to worry, that it was either a bad meter or bad records.

 

I checked this out with the foreman and discovered that the tank is 25 years old but the meter was replaced two years ago.  The foreman said that they had suspected a leak for some time but that Hedda said it would be much more expensive to fix the tank (at least $60,000) than to lose some cyanide.  Besides, Hedda thought the community would go berserk if they even thought there was a cyanide leak.

 

I am fairly certain there is a leak, but I am not sure.  It could be just an error in our records.  I don’t see how a leak could be dangerous, though, since the adjoining land is at least 150 yards away.  I suppose if the cyanide got into the water supply it could cause someone to get ill, but it would be much too diluted to cause serious harm.

 

I checked with local counsel who told me there is a state law requiring that we report a known leak to the authorities within 24 hours of discovery.  He says that the knowledge requirement is pretty strict and we probably don’t have enough certain knowledge to invoke the statue.  He says it is our call.

 

If I report what I know to the state, I’m told the authorities will immediately shut us down for at least one month and require us to dig out the tank and have it repaired or replaced and they will take all kinds of steps to test and treat the water and soil in the area and charge us all costs.  It could easily cost $100,000.  In addition, this is all the community needs to start a new drive to zone us out of business.

 

1. What should Mason do or not do?

 

2. What ethical principles are involved?

 

3. Who are the stakeholders?

 

Suppose that Bronson is the rumored target of a hostile takeover and that Mason concluded that revealing the leak would subject the company to lawsuits and articles that would lower the stock price and seriously increase the likelihood of the take over.

 

1. How do these facts affect Mason’s ethical obligations?

 

Assume Mason instructs Jerry to drain the tank and go about getting it fixed but in a way that attracts no attention, including from employees.  Two weeks later, Jerry reads in the paper that an infant living near Bronson’s facility had died and two members of the family had become quite ill.  reasons are unknown, but there are indications of cyanide poisoning.  No explanation has been offered (it is not generally known that Bronson uses cyanide in its operations, as previous zoning actions were based on aesthetic, not health, reasons).

 

1. What should Jerry do?

 

2. If Jerry tells Mason and Mason orders him to say nothing, what should Jerry do?

 

All the above facts are brought to the attention of the president of the company.

 

1. What are his options?

 

2. To whom does he owe his highest loyalty?

 

3. What should he do about the potential leak?

 

4. What should he do about Mason and Jerry?

 

5. How candid should he be with the press when they contact the company?

 

6. Is it justified to deceive the press in order to protect the company from the hostile takeover?

Using the Dunkin Donuts websites, address the following

1. Using the Dunkin Donuts websites, address the following: Go to the Company’s website, locate the “For Business” section, and access the “Suppliers” link. 

 

 

 

2. Evaluate how the requirements and standards to become a Dunkin Donuts’ supplier. Also address competitors such as Peet’s Coffee, Starbucks, etc.

 

 

 

3. Using the transformation process (Uploaded and Example *Do not need pictures just Info), explain how Dunkin Donuts’ and similar companies serves its customers, from Inputs to Outputs. Conduct additional research as needed. 

 

 

 

4. (2-3 References 1 Full Page) Need 16hrs minimum

Museam Assignment

Need a Museum assignment worksheet and a follow up of the Museam Paper preferably someone that is familiar with Houston’s fine arts Museam, I will also add the professor’s requirements for this one.

 

 

 

 

 

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Complete and submit the Museum Assignment Worksheet.

 

Take notes for a comparison and contrast paper on two artworks at one of the Houston art museums (1 Menil Collection www.menil.org; 2) Museum of Fine Arts Houston www.mfah.org (Links to an external site.)

 

Apply the visual elements and principles of design.

 

Choose from among the following topics:

 

Menil Collection 1) compare and contrast a Byzantine icon with an African tribal sculpture

 

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 2) compare and contrast an Italian Renaissance painting with a Greek vase painting or Roman sculpture

 

Menil Collection, or MFAH 3) Modern and Contemporary art: compare and contrast a contemporary nonrepresentational artwork (i.e. Barnet Newman; Mark Rothko; Jackson Pollock; David Smith (sculpture or painting) with an early 20th century modern abstract artwork (i.e. Picasso; Matisse)

 

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNMENTS: MUSEUM ASSIGNMENT Research paper #1: (25% final grade; worksheet 5%)   Students are required to write a 4-6 pages. comparison and contrast paper on two artworks they have viewed and analyzed at one of the Houston art museums (1 Menil Collection www.menil.org; 2) Museum of Fine Arts Houston www.mfah.org

 

Choose from among the following topics:

 

Menil Collection 1) compare and contrast a Byzantine icon with an African tribal sculpture

 

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston 2) compare and contrast an Italian Renaissance painting with a Greek vase painting

 

Menil Collection, or MFAH 3) Modern and Contemporary art: compare and contrast a contemporary nonrepresentational artwork (i.e. Barnet Newman; Mark Rothko; Jackson Pollock; David Smith (sculpture or painting) with an early 20th century modern abstract artwork (i.e. Picasso; Matisse).

 

Research each artist and stylistic movement or civilization. Apply the visual elements in a comparison and contrast pattern of development. 

 

 Briefly research the artists’ biography and define the stylistic movement, and place the artwork within a cultural context (two-three paragraphs). 

 

Then apply the concepts and vocabulary listed on the Museum Assignment Worksheet (Do not submit the worksheet here.)  Write a stylistic analysis of three-five paragraphs. Develop paragraphs of three-five sentences in length, each of which begins with a topic sentence for each applicable visual element or principle of design! Be sure to clearly define and illustrate the use of each term by describing specific areas of the artwork’s composition.

 

Provide at least two research references for each artwork, in addition to the textbook. 

 

Bibliography:

 

Carr, Annemarie Weyl, Bertrand Davezac, and Clare Elliott. Imprinting The Divine : Byzantine And Russian Icons From The Menil Collection. n.p.: 2011.

 

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  • The Menil Collection: A Selection from the Paleolithic to the Modern Era. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1997. Print.   

 

Newman, Barnett, et al. Barnett Newman : The Late Work, 1965-1970. n.p.: Houston : The Menil Collection, [2015], 2015.

 

Van Dyke, Kristina. African Art From The Menil Collection. n.p.: 2008. 

 

Wilson, Carolyn C. Italian Paintings Xiv-Xvi Centuries in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Houston, Tex: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in association with Rice University Press and Merrell Holberton Publishers, London, 1996. Print.

 

Papers must be typed double-spaced with one inch margins and black 12pt Times Roman font. Use formal English composition format and organization.  Use MLA source citation method (Author, page) in body text to document your research, and attach a separate Works Cited page.  Use a minimum of two research sources other than your textbook. Use the MLA Handbook as a reference guide to style, formatting and documentation, and the Writing Center for assistance. [Fully document web sources according to the MLA style:

 

Author. “Title”. Journal/Sponsor. date. web. In-text: (shorten“title” paragraph).]

Website Evaluation

Select 3 websites from different industries and different-sized companies.

 

Write a 1,050-word summary (total word count for the assignment) on the three websites that includes the following:

 

  • Analyze the website’s performance in relation to standard components of a digital marketing plan.
  • Recommend potential changes to improve website performance based upon your initial impression of the site.
  • Assess how the website ranks by looking it up using a search engine and using various keywords. 

 

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. 

Why were Anzaldua and other Chicano students required to take two speech classes at Pan American University?

Gloria Anzaldua’s “How to Tame A Wild Tongue” Reading and Vocabulary Guide

 

 Comprehension Questions 

 

1. Why were Anzaldua and other Chicano students required to take two speech classes at Pan American University? 

 

2. How does Anzaldua describe Chicano Spanish? What are three of the languages Anzaldua lists as spoken by Chicanos today? 

 

3. In your own words, describe Pachuco using 2-3 complete sentences.

 

4. What are some of the differences between Chicano Spanish and Standard Spanish according to Anzaldua? 

 

5. According to Anzaldua, how do Chicanos and Chicanas who grew up speaking the language feel about it?

 

6. What does Anza Id ua say is the way to “really hurt” her on page 59? How does this hurt her?

 

 7. What does Anza Idua mean when she writes that “Chicanos straddle the borderlands?”

 

8.What is the “dual identity Anzaldua describes of Chicanos and other people of color on page 63? 

 

 

 

Evaluative Questions

 

1. Does using message? Why or why not? 

 

2. How would you label the different languages you speak like those Anzaldua lists and explains? For example, do you speak in a version of slang with your friends versus what you speak with your parents or boss?

 

 3. If you do not speak or read Spanish, how did you go about reading it? Did you skip words, look up the translations, or try to interpret them on your own? If you DO speak or Spanish, how did having to switch from English to Spanish impact the way you read the essay?

 

Define the following vocabulary terms: 

 

Vocabulary Words 

 

Anglo

 

 Chicano

 

 discourse 

 

patois 

 

heterogeneous 

 

acculturating 

 

“Mother Tongue,” Amy Tan 

 

1. What does Tan mean by the phrase “mother tongue,” and why does she feel so deeply about her mother tongue? 

 

2. Describe Tan’s attitude toward her mother’s language in her youth? How has Tan’s attitude changed since then

 

3. Make a list of the ways in which the language skills of Tan’s mother have been described; point to specific word choice in the text to support your response. Alternatively, how does Tan see her mother’s language abilities? Again, point to specific word choice in the text to support your response 

 

4. How does Tan use her mother tongue in her work today?

 

 

 

 

 

 GLORIA ANZALDUA How to Tame a Wild Tongue  LINK:https://www.everettsd.org/cms/lib07/WA01920133/Centricity/Domain/965/Anzaldua-Wild-Tongue.pdf

 

 Mother Tongue, by Amy Tan 

 

 

 

LINK:http://www.umsl.edu/~alexanderjm/Mother%20Tongue%20by%20Tan.pdf

 

 

 

just follow the question to answer not essay thanks !

Human Resource Metrics

Assignment Description/Scenario

 

In this exercise, you will do web based and library research on Human Resource metrics and measurements and write a 7-page paper.

 

You are to research relevant metrics for a mid-sized company. What HR metrics should the HR department of a mid-sized company be aggregating data for and then analyzing and reporting to management on a regular basis. Examples of metrics are Compa-ratio, Market Index, Turnover Rates (Voluntary and Involuntary), Time to Hire, Revenue per employee, Total Compensation to Revenue, Revenue per employee etc.

 

The Assignment

 

For your paper you will research, study and then write a report on the appropriate type of Human Resource Metrics that a typical mid-sized company with a 1000 to 3000 employee base should be sourcing the data for, then analyzing the data and finally, regularly reporting to Senior Management. You are required research and study up on the various types and categories of metrics a mid-sized company should regularly collect and report on.

 

Your research sources should be books (like the one authored by Dr. Jac Fitz-enz) and other sources like PricewaterhouseCoopers Human capital Analytics services (You will find a lot of material on this service, and their portfolio of comparative metrics for which they collect and compile and publish from various companies – www.pwc.com (Links to an external site.)). In the webliography, you will find a lot relevant material on Human Resource Metrics. When you Google the term HR Metrics you will also find a lot of material. Chapter 7 of your textbook is also a great source.

 

Discuss the various public or private sources of comparative Human Resource Metrics data. Report what you have found from library and web research on sources of comparative Human Resource Metrics. Which sources would you recommend for a mid-sized company?

 

Grading Criteria

 

Grading Criteria: This assignment is worth 100 points.

 

The following information must be included in your completed paper. Use the headings outlined below for your paper.

 

Paper Headings
DescriptionPointsIntroduction
Introduction provides sufficient background on the topic and previews major points. 5A General Discussion on HR Metrics

 

What are main types and categories of Human Resource Metrics. What do each of these metrics measure? Why are they important in analyzing the effectiveness of a company’s human capital expenditures? Why is it important to use quantification in measuring the effectiveness of a company’s human resources?

 

 25Suggested metrics for a mid-sized companyWhich metrics are important for a mid-sized company with 1000 to 3000 employees? Elaborate on the reasons why. Which metrics are must haves, or these mid-sized companies and which metrics are wants? 30Collecting Comparative Data on Human Resource Metrics

 

Discuss the various public or private sources of comparative Human Resource Metrics data. Report what you have found from library and web research on sources of comparative Human Resource Metrics. Which sources would you recommend for a mid-sized company?

 

Important! Do NOT simply cut and paste information from web sites or copy information directly. 20ConclusionConclusion is logical, flows from the body of the paper and reviews the major points.10
Mechanics

 

  • There is a hard 7-page maximum for this paper, however, it should be thorough, yet concise.
  • Include all aspects of the assignment criteria, outlined on the previous page—these are good paper headings.
  • There should be minimal quoted material in this paper, <5%.
  • Cite in text when using words/thoughts that are not your own. All sources must be appropriately cited—use APA for in text and reference list citation formatting.
  • Include a reference page for source(s).
  • Follow APA formatting for citing and the reference page.
  • Put the paper title information on a separate page.
  • Use 12 pitch font (Arial, Times Roman), double spaced, and 1″ margins as a standard format.
  • Do not include extra lines between paragraphs, etc.
  • Grammar, punctuation, spelling, etc., will all be taken into consideration when awarding points.
  • Proofread your papers before submitting. Spell check is not foolproof.
  • Re content, if you make a statement, for example “all people who break the law should improve their communication skills to stay out of jail,” you need to substantiate that statement. If that statement is not your own thought or a statistic, cite. If it is your opinion, state that and explain what led you to that conclusion. Provide enough information to validate and explain the statement.
  • Treat these assignments as real-world situations. This will give you the opportunity to practice how you would research and provide information as an HR professional.