differences arising from customer preferences and each market’s economic conditions

differences arising from customer preferences and each market’s economic conditions

Assignment

Products must be adapted to accommodate national differences arising from customer preferences and each market’s economic conditions, climate, culture, and language.

Think about the following products: packaged flour, swimsuits, textbooks, and automobiles. For each of these products, describe how a company would need to adapt marketing to suit conditions in China, Germany and Saudi Arabia. In particular, think about the nature of the product, its pricing, distribution and marketing communications (advertising and promotional activities) associated with it.

Keep in mind that China is an emerging market, Saudi Arabia is an emerging market with a conservative culture rooted in Islam and Germany is an advanced and liberal economy.

There is no page limit. Make sure that you included all the products and markets to your paper listed above, your answers/analyses make sense and prepared a high quality paper.

You can use 12 font, Times New Roman and 1,5 space. You can also use MLA, Harvard or APA as a citation and referencing style.

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You must analyze internal or external factors that could negatively affect or assist the organization with accomplishing their goals

You must analyze internal or external factors that could negatively affect or assist the organization with accomplishing their goals

Module 02 Content

  1. Complete a SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities & Threats) Analysis of a private, government funded or non-profit hospital within your state of Minnesota.
  2. You must analyze internal or external factors that could negatively affect or assist the organization with accomplishing their goals. Please begin the assignment by reviewing this week’s classroom lecture notes and locating a nearby hospital (Mayo Hospital, Rochester, MN). After discovering a suitable hospital, you should research the social media accounts, accreditation reports, newspaper articles, or Joint Commission updates.

    Submit your completed assignment to the drop box below. Please check the Course Calendar for specific due dates.

Discuss  the relationship between the concepts of employee relations and  performance management.

Discuss  the relationship between the concepts of employee relations and  performance management. Include in your response the following:

  • The impact of employee issues on individual and organizational performance. Discuss at least one example.
  • The difference between performance issues and conduct issues and how  to ethically and effectively handle each situation, including  terminations.
  • How workplace privacy, health, and safety issues can impact employee performance and behavior. Discuss at least one example.

Be sure to provide the references for the sources of the information you used including the material provided in the classroom.

Discussion Two:  Application

Read the Module 5 Case and in-depth scenario 1. After reviewing the module material, answer the following taken from the module:

A) Is allowing some employees to work from home “unfair” to other  employees who do not work from home? Why or why not? How will you handle  potential conflicts between employees over this issue?

B) Assuming some employees will be allowed to work from home, how  will HSS determine which employees will be allowed to work from home?  How will you manage the performance of employees who work from home?

C) Write a brief memo (1–2 paragraphs) to the board of directors,  either justifying the expansion of telecommuting for software developers  at HSS or stating why telecommuting should not be allowed for software  developers at HSS. In your memo, include some discussion of why it is  important to have a clear policy on this issue.

Be sure to provide the references for the sources of the information you used including the material provided in the classroom.

Make sure to also respond to two students with thoughtful comments.

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Determine the impact of computerization on food service and lodging operations in your state

Most states regulate their health departments by city or county. Use your textbook, the Internet, and Basic Search: Strayer University Online Library to research health department regulations for food service facilities that are closely related to the location where you reside. Focus on possible challenges to the restaurant industry, such as health department regulations and requirements, social concerns, competitive issues, and demographic and geographic issues.

Instructions

Write a 4–5 page paper in which you:

·  Determine the challenges involved in managing a restaurant operation that are specific to your state or local municipality, as well as how you would address those challenges.

·  Determine the impact of computerization on food service and lodging operations in your state, particularly in the areas of reservations, accounting, personnel management, and the recording of sales transactions.

·  Consider the quality of technology infrastructure in your state and the degree of technology usage by potential customers visiting or using these services within your state.

·  Analyze the interdependence of food service, lodging, and meeting segments of the hospitality industry and make two recommendations for how the synergy among the three could be improved, using examples from your state to illustrate your case.

·  Consider how these segments can improve their relationships with one another and how they can combine their services in order to be more marketable in your home state.

·  Determine the likely consequences of the introduction of gaming entertainment into your state, or if your state already allows gaming, the impact of significant economic expansion of the segment upon other segments of the hospitality industry.

·  Use the Basic Search: Strayer University Online Library to find at least three academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites are not considered quality references.

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:

·  Examine key challenges of the hospitality and tourism industry specific to a state, including considerations for segments to be more marketable and the impact of the gaming industry.

Analyze ethical and legal dilemmas that healthcare workers may encounter in the medical field.

Competency
Analyze ethical and legal dilemmas that healthcare workers may encounter in the medical field.

Instructions
You have recently been promoted to Health Services Manager at Three Mountains Regional Hospital, a small hospital located in a mid-size city in the Midwest. Three Mountains is a general medical and surgical facility with 400 beds. Last year there were approximately 62,000 emergency visits and 15,000 admissions. More than 6,000 outpatient and 10,000 inpatient surgeries were performed.

An important aspect of the provider/patient relationship pertains to open communication and trust. Patients want to know that their doctors and the support staff associated with their care understand their wishes and will abide by them. Ideally, these conversations happen well before an emergency or procedure takes place; however, often times this information is missing from a patient’s file. As part of Three Mountains’ initiative to build trust with their patients, an increased emphasis has been placed on obtaining living wills from the patient as part of the intake process to ensure that the healthcare team has written directives of the patient’s wishes in case of incapacitation.

You will be creating a living will for a patient and provide educational information as to why the patient should fill it out during the admission process before a procedure.

  1. Introduction: Explain the definition of a living will and its key components. This section will provide an educational overview of the document for the patient.
  2. Living Will Template: Create a living will that can serve as a template to the patients. This should cover the basic treatment issues such as resuscitation, feeding tubes, ventilation, organ and tissue donations, etc. Provide instructions in the template that can be easily altered, depending on each patient’s wishes.
  3. Summary: In this section, you will discuss the importance of this document and encourage patients to complete it. Address how this document ensures that a patient’s wishes are known and followed by the healthcare team.
  4. NOTE – APA formatting and proper grammar, punctuation, and form required. APA help is available here.

Provide an overview of HIPAA and the level of confidentiality that the patient can expect from Three Mountains Regional Hospital.

Competency
Examine legal requirements for managing patient information, health information documentation, the release of information, and electronic health records.

Instructions
You have recently been promoted to Health Services Manager at Three Mountains Regional Hospital, a small hospital located in a mid-size city in the Midwest. Three Mountains is a general medical and surgical facility with 400 beds. Last year there were approximately 62,000 emergency visits and 15,000 admissions. More than 6,000 outpatient and 10,000 inpatient surgeries were performed. Three Mountains was recently in the news after employee emails were published where patients were discussed in very negative terms.

Due to the breach of information, many patients are skeptical about selecting Three Mountains as their hospital of choice. Even though specific names of patients were not disclosed as part of the inappropriate dissemination of information, parts of their medical records were mentioned. The patient information was not shared in a favorable light. Patients want to feel secure when they share information with their healthcare providers and be certain that it will remain private.

You will create an informational brochure educating patients about the contents of the medical record and the proper release of information. In a double-sided brochure you need to address the following topics:

  1. The Electronic Medical Record: Definition and contents of the EMR. You will want to include some of the Joint Commission’s requirements pertaining to what should be included in the medical record and when entries should be completed.
  2. HIPAA/Confidentiality: Provide an overview of HIPAA and the level of confidentiality that the patient can expect from Three Mountains Regional Hospital.
  3. Release of Information: Explain the process for a patient to obtain either copies or sections of their medical records. Discuss that information cannot be shared without their express permission.
  4. Privacy Pledge: Craft a privacy pledge statement informing the patient that they can trust that their information will remain private.
  5. The brochure that you will create should be a tri-fold design with two pages (the first for the outside and the second for the inside). Draw attention to your brochure by using well-placed art, an easy to read design, and use of color.

    NOTE – APA formatting, and proper grammar, punctuation, and form required. APA help is available here.

Describe the three types of technologies

Please answer the following questions in a 500-word minimum double-spaced, Times New Roman 12 pt. font.  Word count does not include title or reference pages.  Use APA formatting to cite and list your eText and at least one additional scholarly source for a total of at least 2 references.1. Provide the business strategy or a possible business strategy of a local, national or global company.  Explain why the business strategy is important for the company to succeed.

2. Explain what is meant by the term competitive priority and describe the four categories of competitive priorities discussed in the chapter. Please identify one competitive priority the company identified in question one is using.

3. Describe the meaning of productivity.  Explain the three types of productivity measures. Describe one type of productivity measure your company identified in question one is using. How is this related to their business strategy, mission or vision?

4. Describe the three types of technologies. Explain the strategic role of technology?  Please identify which of the three technologies your company identified in question one is using. If it is a product technology, please provide the name of the product.

Is it ethical for the IMF to bail out countries that repeatedly make bad economic and fiscal decisions?

For a long time, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has had its supporters and detractors. In this discussion, you will have the opportunity to consider some of the IMF’s actions and determine whether they were beneficial as well as ethical.

To help frame this discussion, consider the IMF’s actions in Greece. Greece spent a decade in economic turmoil starting in 2009. The IMF provided financial assistance to “bail out” Greece multiple times during the crisis. Their loans came with requirements that Greece needed to meet. Some argue that the IMF made the crisis much worse, whereas others feel the IMF provided timely support to Greece not long after the global financial crisis of 2008.

In your initial post, use the following questions to guide your responses:

  • When should a government, economy, or country be bailed out, if ever? Justify your answer with specific examples and how the bailout or lack of bailout would impact the global economy and the future of globalization.
  • Ideally, which countries or organizations would provide the economic support for a government that needs a bailout? Is the IMF the ideal organization to bail out a country?
  • Is it ethical for the IMF to bail out countries that repeatedly make bad economic and fiscal decisions? Is it ethical for the IMF to have significant requirements attached to its loans?
  • What lessons should be learned from the Greek debt crisis for countries with debt obligation issues and for organizations such as the IMF?

Foreign exchange impacts the profitability of transactions in international markets

Overview

Foreign exchange impacts the profitability of transactions in international markets. It can turn a profitable business into one that loses money and can turn an unprofitable business into one that makes money.

In this assignment, you will analyze the impact of foreign exchange on different business scenarios and present your findings in a short business memo.

Scenario

You manage the international business for a manufacturing company. You are responsible for the overall profitability of your business unit. Your company ships your products to Malaysia. The retail stores that buy your products there pay you in their local currency, the Malaysian ringgit (MYR). All sales for the first quarter are paid on April 1st and use the exchange rate at the close of business on April 1st or the first business day after April 1st if it falls on a Saturday or Sunday. The company has sales contracts with different vendors that determine the number of units sold well in advance. The company is contractually obligated to sell 4,000 units for exactly 1.25 million MYR for the first quarter. The break-even point for each unit is $90 in U.S. dollars. Use the following foreign exchange rates:

  • On January 1, the daily spot rate is 3.13 MYR, and the forward rate is 0.317 U.S. dollars/MYR for April 1st of the same year.
  • On April 1, the daily spot rate is 3.52 MYR.

Prompt

Using the information above, create a short business memo that explains the profitability, viability, and importance of considering foreign exchange on the basis of the scenarios below.

Scenario 1: The company uses the spot rate on April 1st to convert its sales revenue in MYR to U.S. dollars.

Scenario 2: On January 1st, the company uses that day’s forward rate today to lock in a foreign exchange rate for its expected 1.25 million MYR in sales. This means the company agreed to exchange 1.25 million MYR using the forward rate on January 1st when April 1 arrives.

Scenario 3: Another option for the company is to spend the foreign currency and avoid any currency exchange. Because it is a manufacturing company, raw materials are always needed.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

  • Foreign Exchange Calculations: Determine the profitability of the international business by using foreign exchange calculations for the first and second scenarios.
  • Spend or Save: Discuss what you would need to consider when determining if the company should buy raw materials with the foreign currency in an effort to avoid foreign exchange risk and whether this is a viable option for the company.
  • Conclusion: After determining the result for each scenario, explain the importance to a company’s financial results of considering foreign exchange risk.

Guidelines for Submission

Submit this assignment as a 250- to 300-word Microsoft Word document. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

Draw the network diagram

Draw the network diagram

For this assignment, you will practice drawing a network diagram; determine the project completion time, critical path(s), activity slack times; and create a Gantt chart for a specific project. You will reflect on what insights this information provides and consider the types of work activities that should be included in a comprehensive work breakdown structure.

For this assignment, refer to the Case Question for discussion in Operations and Supply Chain Management, Chapter 19: Project Management, Chapter Review: Integrative Case: Hudson Jewelers (page 606).

Be sure to include the following critical elements in your submission:

  1. Draw the network diagram
  2. Determine the project completion time, critical path(s), and activity slack times
  3. Create a Gantt chart for the project
  4. Summarize your insights
  5. Identify what other types of work activities might be included in a more comprehensive work breakdown structure