What incentives influence firms to use international strategies?

  • What incentives influence firms to use international strategies? What are the three basic benefits firms can gain by successfully implementing an international strategy? Why?
  • Determine why, given the advantages of international diversification, some firms choose not to expand internationally. Provide specific examples to support your response.
  • As firms attempt to internationalize, they may be tempted to locate their facilities where business regulation laws are lax. Discuss the advantages and potential risks of such an approach, using specific examples to support your response.
  • What incentives influence firms to use international strategies? What are the three basic benefits firms can gain by successfully implementing an international strategy? Why?
  • Determine why, given the advantages of international diversification, some firms choose not to expand internationally. Provide specific examples to support your response.
  • As firms attempt to internationalize, they may be tempted to locate their facilities where business regulation laws are lax. Discuss the advantages and potential risks of such an approach, using specific examples to support your response.

Why is it important to define a project’s constraints in a project scope statement as it relates to risk control.

    1. Goal: Conduct a case study analysis based on two scholarly studies that are related to your research topic. After a concise, but thorough, analyses of the cases, summarize the benefits of cross-cultural management in business.

      Instructions: Students will write a 600-750 word case study analysis based on two case studies that involve cross-cultural management. Review the Case Study Analysis procedure as presented in a document located in this week’s reading resources (see Content). Obtain your case study articles from scholarly peer-reviewed journals in the APUS online library. Use case studies that were published within the last ten years. After a concise, but thorough and clear delineation and analysis of the cases, complete the paper with a summary of what you gleaned from using the cases to understand management practice within organizations.

      Write using the APA style format, including a title page and references page (no abstract is required). When you upload your paper, also upload pdfs of BOTH case studies, so the professor can check your analysis.

      This assignment should be submitted as Word.doc attachment in the Assignment section of our virtual classroom. The file name of your paper should be named in the following manner: Last name–truncated Week Number-Assignment name (abbreviated if necessary)

      For example: Smith-Wk07 – Case Study Analysis

      The accompanying articles upon which your work is based should be saved to your computer as a pdf file and then uploaded along with your assignment, named as suits you, EXCEPT put your last name first in the following manner: Last name–the name of the respective article (abbreviate as needed)

      For example Smith-YadaYada Research

      Please note that this week you should upload three items into the same assignment area: your paper (.doc) plus the two case studies (each as a .pdf) upon which your paper is based.

      The grading rubric is found in the Resources section of the classroom.

      A document “Five steps case study analysis” is found in the Content>Readings & Resources as well as in the Resources

How does monitoring and controlling paly an intricate part in risk management?

Question 1.

Build a full risk management plan, including a complete risk matrix for a project for a wedding including the wedding itself, the reception and the dinner.  You own the wedding planning company doing this event.

Question 2.

Create a three page paper with three references other than your text. Explain how the concepts of risk control and quality are related within the project management discipline.  How do the two knowledge areas impact one another?  Explain the work in these two areas from a strategic perspective.

Question 3.

How does monitoring and controlling paly an intricate part in risk management?  How would this involve project communication?  Create a sample communication plan for a project which also includes a RACI as part of the plan. Include at least 10 different individuals and organizations that must be included in the project communications.

APA format, 500 words

Question 1.

Build a full risk management plan, including a complete risk matrix for a project for a wedding including the wedding itself, the reception and the dinner.  You own the wedding planning company doing this event.

Question 2.

Create a three page paper with three references other than your text. Explain how the concepts of risk control and quality are related within the project management discipline.  How do the two knowledge areas impact one another?  Explain the work in these two areas from a strategic perspective.

Question 3.

How does monitoring and controlling paly an intricate part in risk management?  How would this involve project communication?  Create a sample communication plan for a project which also includes a RACI as part of the plan. Include at least 10 different individuals and organizations that must be included in the project communications.

APA format, 500 words

Discussion Board Requirements

Current Topic Discussion Guidelines

Students must make a minimum of three substantive contributions on three separate days of the learning week to the management discussion topic using authoritative sources including those found in the KU library. Post your response to the discussion question early in the learning week (no later than Wednesday), and then make a minimum of two other posts Thursday through Sunday. All discussions are weighted equally and should be of high quality and add to the learning. The discussion exercise closes on Sunday except the last week. Late discussions are not accepted.

Week 6 Discussion Questions

Milton Friedman wrote that the goal of any business is the maximization of shareholder wealth. What does this mean? Is this goal necessarily ethical or unethical? Justify your stance with research from experts (using APA citations where appropriate).

If you wish to submit your original post to SafeAssign, you first need to go to Discussions – SafeAssign Checks link on the left navigation panel or Getting Started -> Discussions – SafeAssign Checks (Weeks 1-8). In this link, you have unlimited attempts to upload your original post, return to check your SafeAssign score, fix your post if needed, and resubmit the corrected document by selecting the START NEW button.  Once you press START NEW, you no longer have access to the previous posts or their SafeAssign scores.  So, save those if you need a record to refer to as you make further corrections.

After you have submitted your final version of the original post and you are satisfied with the SafeAssign score and your corrections, copy/paste that same version of the original post to the discussion forum so your classmates and instructor can read it, by following the next steps below.

Remember: WHEN YOU ARE READY TO PLACE YOUR POST IN THE DISCUSSION FORUM AND/OR REPLY TO OTHER THREADS, SELECT THE “WEEK 6 DISCUSSION FORUM” LINK JUST ABOVE.

THEN, IN THE WEEK 6 DISCUSSION FORUM, SELECT THE “REPLY” TO ADD YOUR RESPONSE TO THE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS.

Current Topic Discussion Guidelines

Students must make a minimum of three substantive contributions on three separate days of the learning week to the management discussion topic using authoritative sources including those found in the KU library. Post your response to the discussion question early in the learning week (no later than Wednesday), and then make a minimum of two other posts Thursday through Sunday. All discussions are weighted equally and should be of high quality and add to the learning. The discussion exercise closes on Sunday except the last week. Late discussions are not accepted.

Week 6 Discussion Questions

Milton Friedman wrote that the goal of any business is the maximization of shareholder wealth. What does this mean? Is this goal necessarily ethical or unethical? Justify your stance with research from experts (using APA citations where appropriate).

If you wish to submit your original post to SafeAssign, you first need to go to Discussions – SafeAssign Checks link on the left navigation panel or Getting Started -> Discussions – SafeAssign Checks (Weeks 1-8). In this link, you have unlimited attempts to upload your original post, return to check your SafeAssign score, fix your post if needed, and resubmit the corrected document by selecting the START NEW button.  Once you press START NEW, you no longer have access to the previous posts or their SafeAssign scores.  So, save those if you need a record to refer to as you make further corrections.

After you have submitted your final version of the original post and you are satisfied with the SafeAssign score and your corrections, copy/paste that same version of the original post to the discussion forum so your classmates and instructor can read it, by following the next steps below.

Remember: WHEN YOU ARE READY TO PLACE YOUR POST IN THE DISCUSSION FORUM AND/OR REPLY TO OTHER THREADS, SELECT THE “WEEK 6 DISCUSSION FORUM” LINK JUST ABOVE.

THEN, IN THE WEEK 6 DISCUSSION FORUM, SELECT THE “REPLY” TO ADD YOUR RESPONSE TO THE DISCUSSION QUESTIONS.

Case Study – Revitalizing A Brand

    •  Read the case study titled Revitalizing a Brand [PDF]. Develop a PowerPoint Presentation with a minimum of 14 slides. The 14-slide minimum includes the title slides and sources slides. Please note that PowerPoint slides must include detailed speaker notes. For more information on creating effective PowerPoint slides, please review this video: Five Essentials for Designing Effective Slides. For more information on using speaker notes, please review this video: Use Speaker Notes in PowerPoint. The PowerPoint slides should include the following information:
      1. A description of current marketing communication, identity, and brand position of Plaza Home Health Services.
      2. A detailed SWOT analysis associated with  current marketing communication, identity, and brand position of Plaza Home Health Services.
      3. An assessment of  the importance of benchmarking in Plaza Home Health Services’ development and implementation of an effective brand strategy (marketing communication, identity, and brand position).
      4. A comparison of branding and communication strategies of a similar health services organization with that of Plaza Home Health Services. Determine whether Plaza Home Health Services should apply additional best practices into its current branding and communication strategies. Provide a rationale and support for your response.
      5. Use five sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source slide at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.

      Your submitted presentation should follow these formatting requirements:

      • Include a cover slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover slide is included in the required number of slides.
      • Sources slide(s) at the end of the presentation with five quality sources cited using the Strayer Writing Standards format.
      • Speaker notes should be detailed and submitted with slides.
      • Use clear bullet points with summary when needed. Presentation slides should be clear and concise about health services strategic marketing using proper writing mechanics.
      • Use pictures, diagrams, and graphs where applicable to make your slides more appealing. Visit Pexels for free stock photos and videos you may use in your presentation.

Discuss on Risk Analysis and Change Control Management

  • Project Plan: Project Schedule and Budget (Team Assignment): Develop a realistic project schedule taking into account non-workdays and holidays and a realistic budget (including foreign countries if applicable). Conduct research and use selected industry salaries, wages, costs, etc.  Create the schedule and budget in MS Project or MS Excel and transfer them to the MS Word document. The MS Project /MS Excel file will be turned in with the MS Word document. Format the paper (in MS Word) according to APA in terms of citations and references
  • Project Plan: Risk Analysis and Change Control Management (Team Assignment): Develop a risk management plan identifying at least five primary risks that are relevant to the chosen project. Create a risk assessment matrix table in MS Word and quantify the likelihood and probability of the risk occurring, identify the effect of the risk, provide an overall risk assessment score, estimate when the risk could occur, and provide a risk control matrix, also in MS Word, explaining how each risk will be controlled. Then, develop the change control management plan describing how changes to the project scope, timeline, and budget for the chosen project will be requested, reviewed, approved, reported, and communicated. Additionally, identify who will be responsible for managing the change control process, reviewing and approving the change requests, communicating the approved changes to project stakeholders and explain the role of change control management and discuss how changes to the project schedule and project budget will be managed. Format the paper (in MS Word) according to APA in terms of citations and references.You are required to cite any paraphrases, quotations, or support for your opinions/assertions; providing appropriate references on the references page.
  • . Format the paper (in MS Word) according to APA in terms of citations and references.

How can we effectively manage emotions at work?

How can we effectively manage emotions at work? 

A salesperson with intense passion can convince someone to make a purchase. On the other hand, an angry manager can prompt an unfair review (Lamia, 1). In this discussion, you find yourself in a workplace situation where you are a team leader.  You are asked to help your team understand and manage their emotions at work. You mention your challenges to manage emotions among your team and your boss tells you to read an article about it.

  • STEP 1: Read Lamia, Mary. December 31, 2010. Like it or not, emotions will drive the decisions you make today.  https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/intense-emotions-and-strong-feelings/201012/it-or-not-emotions-will-drive-the-decisions-you
  • STEP 2: SCENARIO: Assume you are a team leader and your team is having an emotional response to an upcoming deadline. The deadline energizes and motivates some people and paralyzes others with anxiety and fear that they can’t meet the challenge.
  • STEP 3: Respond to the discussion by sharing three things you can do as the manager to help your team MANAGE THEIR EMOTIONS and work together to meet the deadline.
  • STEP 4: Use in-text citations for any ideas that you write about in your post that come from another source.
  • STEP 5: Provide a source list with sources you used for this discussion
  • Week 8  Discussion

What decisions can you make RIGHT NOW to achieve your career goals? 

This week we are focused on decision-making! Going to college can be one of the most profound decisions that someone can make in their life.  There are all kinds of reasons to earn a college degree, but most are trying to gain skills and knowledge to advance their career (College Stats, 1).   For this discussion, think about what decisions you can make right now to advance your career.

  • STEP 1:  Read: Purcell, Maud. May 17, 2016. Demystifying decision-making. https://psychcentral.com/lib/demystifying-decision-making#1
  • STEP 2: Before you begin to write your discussion post, take a moment to think about your decision to earn your college degree.  What problem are you hoping to solve by earning your degree?  What are some other things you can do in addition to earning your degree that can help you to also solve that problem?
  • STEP 3: Respond to the discussion by:
    • Share what problem you’re hoping to solve by earning your degree.
    • In addition to earning your degree, identify THREE other approaches you can take in the next few months to solve that problem.
    • Explain why you decided on these approaches.
  • STEP 4: Use in-text citations if you paraphrased any ideas that you read about from a source.
  • STEP 5: Create a source list for your discussion that documents any sources that you used for your discussion post.How can we effectively manage emotions at work? 

    A salesperson with intense passion can convince someone to make a purchase. On the other hand, an angry manager can prompt an unfair review (Lamia, 1). In this discussion, you find yourself in a workplace situation where you are a team leader.  You are asked to help your team understand and manage their emotions at work. You mention your challenges to manage emotions among your team and your boss tells you to read an article about it.

    • STEP 1: Read Lamia, Mary. December 31, 2010. Like it or not, emotions will drive the decisions you make today.  https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/intense-emotions-and-strong-feelings/201012/it-or-not-emotions-will-drive-the-decisions-you
    • STEP 2: SCENARIO: Assume you are a team leader and your team is having an emotional response to an upcoming deadline. The deadline energizes and motivates some people and paralyzes others with anxiety and fear that they can’t meet the challenge.
    • STEP 3: Respond to the discussion by sharing three things you can do as the manager to help your team MANAGE THEIR EMOTIONS and work together to meet the deadline.
    • STEP 4: Use in-text citations for any ideas that you write about in your post that come from another source.
    • STEP 5: Provide a source list with sources you used for this discussion
    • Week 8  Discussion

    What decisions can you make RIGHT NOW to achieve your career goals? 

    This week we are focused on decision-making! Going to college can be one of the most profound decisions that someone can make in their life.  There are all kinds of reasons to earn a college degree, but most are trying to gain skills and knowledge to advance their career (College Stats, 1).   For this discussion, think about what decisions you can make right now to advance your career.

    • STEP 1:  Read: Purcell, Maud. May 17, 2016. Demystifying decision-making. https://psychcentral.com/lib/demystifying-decision-making#1
    • STEP 2: Before you begin to write your discussion post, take a moment to think about your decision to earn your college degree.  What problem are you hoping to solve by earning your degree?  What are some other things you can do in addition to earning your degree that can help you to also solve that problem?
    • STEP 3: Respond to the discussion by:
      • Share what problem you’re hoping to solve by earning your degree.
      • In addition to earning your degree, identify THREE other approaches you can take in the next few months to solve that problem.
      • Explain why you decided on these approaches.
    • STEP 4: Use in-text citations if you paraphrased any ideas that you read about from a source.
    • STEP 5: Create a source list for your discussion that documents any sources that you used for your discussion post.

Describe how the confusion matrix is used for model evaluation.

Describe how the confusion matrix is used for model evaluation.

Describe the definition of accuracy, precision, recall, sensitivity, specificity, True positive rate, False positive rate.

Synthesize real-life examples where you would rely on each one of these measures to evaluate prediction, or classification, performance of your model.

What is a Lift chart? Explain in what situations you would use it?

What is ROC chart? Explain in what situations you would use it?

You are encouraged to help each other in understanding Unit Activities and practicing with scripts and answering the questions in the discussion forum.

While you are watching the videos, and while you are reading the required texts, (Book chapter and articles) in “Unit 6: Activities” experiment with scripts and exercises in the Book chapter and the content and/or similar scripts. Practice with R scripts discussed in those resources using the  installed Rstudio on your computer.

Call the libraries you use within every one of your scripts (even if you have called it in your command line) because your professor should be able to run your script on his/her computer. When you use one of the functions from a library, specify the library you are using by ”::“ notation. For example:

Describe how the confusion matrix is used for model evaluation.

Describe the definition of accuracy, precision, recall, sensitivity, specificity, True positive rate, False positive rate.

Synthesize real-life examples where you would rely on each one of these measures to evaluate prediction, or classification, performance of your model.

What is a Lift chart? Explain in what situations you would use it?

What is ROC chart? Explain in what situations you would use it?

You are encouraged to help each other in understanding Unit Activities and practicing with scripts and answering the questions in the discussion forum.

While you are watching the videos, and while you are reading the required texts, (Book chapter and articles) in “Unit 6: Activities” experiment with scripts and exercises in the Book chapter and the content and/or similar scripts. Practice with R scripts discussed in those resources using the  installed Rstudio on your computer.

Call the libraries you use within every one of your scripts (even if you have called it in your command line) because your professor should be able to run your script on his/her computer. When you use one of the functions from a library, specify the library you are using by ”::“ notation. For example:

Discuss Employment Relationships

Assignment Details

Harassment of any kind has no place in the workplace. If you are an employer subject to federal anti-discrimination laws, you have a legal obligation to provide a work environment that is free from intimidation, insult, or ridicule based on race, color, religion, gender, or national origin. You must also be concerned with preventing harassment because you can sometimes be sued in state courts, depending on your state’s anti-discrimination laws.

Therefore, take steps to prevent and deal with sexual and other types of harassment in your workplace. As an employer, you may be held liable for your own acts of harassment that affect employees in the workplace, as well as the acts of your managers, employees, and even harassment by customers, suppliers, and others who regularly do business with you.

Your manager would like you help in developing a training program. As such, he has requested you to evaluate the applicable laws and add a section to the employee handbook. Draft a section for the employee handbook (minimum of 5 page) that addresses the following:

  • Gender discrimination
  • Sex discrimination
  • Harassment
  • Hostile workplace

Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:

  • Title page: Remember the running head. The title should be in all capitals.
  • Length: 5 pages minimum
  • Abstract: This is a summary of your paper, not an introduction. Begin writing in third person.
  • Body: This begins on the page following the title page and abstract page and must be double-spaced (be careful not to triple- or quadruple-space between paragraphs). The typeface should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics, except as required for APA-level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 5 pages. In-body academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
  • Reference page: References that align with your in-body academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hanging indent, italics, and uppercase and lowercase usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the Reference page is not a bibliography but a further listing of the abbreviated in-body citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-body citation.

Discuss on Healthcare Compliance

USE AS A CITATION

Teitelbaum, Joel, B. and Sara E. Wilensky. Essentials of Health Policy and Law. Available from: Strayer University Bookshelf, (4th Edition). Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2019.

Read If a Patient Is Noncompliant, Can the OB/GYN Be at Fault? Then, write a 1-2 page report in which you:

  1. Analyze three main points relevant to the case. Consider if there were issues in explaining the injury, and whether the defense proved that the mother was noncompliant with the care recommended by her provider.
  2. Argue the case as to why you agree or disagree with the outcome providing three points to support your rationale.
  3. In addition to the textbook, provide two sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and valid. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
  4. https://www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/if-patient-noncompliant-can-obgyn-be-fault USE AS A CITATION

    Teitelbaum, Joel, B. and Sara E. Wilensky. Essentials of Health Policy and Law. Available from: Strayer University Bookshelf, (4th Edition). Jones & Bartlett Learning, 2019.

    Read If a Patient Is Noncompliant, Can the OB/GYN Be at Fault? Then, write a 1-2 page report in which you:

    1. Analyze three main points relevant to the case. Consider if there were issues in explaining the injury, and whether the defense proved that the mother was noncompliant with the care recommended by her provider.
    2. Argue the case as to why you agree or disagree with the outcome providing three points to support your rationale.
    3. In addition to the textbook, provide two sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and valid. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
    4. https://www.contemporaryobgyn.net/view/if-patient-noncompliant-can-obgyn-be-fault