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Marketing Research

You are interviewing for a position of Marketing Researcher with a large electronics firm in a highly competitive market that has always purchased their research efforts from consulting firms in the past. If you are to secure the position, you must impress them with your knowledge of the research processes. Focus your discussion on your understanding of sampling design and procedures, plus the statistical considerations that must be evaluated when selecting the design process. Explain how you would prepare the data and how you would select from among the various analytic techniques that are statistically available. To help them realize your understanding of these methods, use examples of the various types of research that might apply to each analytic approach.

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postmodernism features in City of Glass By Auster

The essay should discuss postmodernism features in City of glass by Auster.  Use the sources that are in the abstract, and add more 4 sources to make the argument strong.THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF SOURCES ARE 8. If you find the sources are not useful in your argument you can replace one or two but not all of them.
In addition of the abstract, here are some questions to help you to build the argument.
1-what exactly make Auster’s novel is postmodern ?
2-does anyone or would anyone disagree with this characterization of the novel?
3- provide both views for critics who agree and disagree with your argument.
4- how might returning to Auster’s postmodernism novel provide insight into possible answers to the question of how we might define the contemporary literature?
(you have to include QUOTES from the novel to support the argument) it is really important.

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Case study 3 (PDSA)

Case study 3 (PDSA)
Case Study (Part 3): Using the templates provided in class, create a model of the PDSA process around one of the school/district goals that can be used to guide future short cycles of improvement.
Questions to Consider:
What tools would you use with each step of the PDSA process? (2 pages)
What metric would you use to monitor the short cycles (every month, every quarter) and how would you collect and set up time for teams to review and analyze the data? (1 page)
What type of process or template would you use to organize the “do/act” phase of the cycle? (1 page)
What accountability steps would you introduce to make sure there is consistency across the team? (1 page)
The school goal is to promote good citizenship and high performing academics.

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Personal Marketing Plan

Personal Marketing Plan
Develop your own personal marketing plan. If you do this correctly, you will be able to use this to market yourself into the job you want in order to reach the vision you have for your life.
When developing your Personal Marketing Plan be sure to include goals and strategies about how you are going to address the personal weaknesses you identified in your Brand Me Questions. Your personal weaknesses need to be addressed just as you would address a businesses’ weaknesses in a business marketing plan.

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mind map

mind map
– Professional (Mind Map) (using Genius or alternative)
– Clear Understanding of Critical Theory
– Clear Understanding of Critical Management Studies
– Evidence of Understanding Critical theorists
– Evidence of wide reading
the work is mind map , please put the reference in a separate page

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Social Policy Model Paper

Poilcy
Write a Social Policy Model Paper which examines a specific social policy issue. 10 pages.
The policy to be The Dream Act.
1. Program must already existence
2. Give background information
3. Explain the policy who, what, when where and how.
4.Find the needs to be changed about the policy
5.What is good about it?
6. How can it be improve
7. Where is the loop hole, gaps and needs for change
8 How will this be done?, Funding, Local, state or federal.
It needs to be written in the form of a proposal. Have a good argument to back it up. APA FORMAT.

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Design of a Graduate Development Programe

Design of a Graduate Development Programe
Coursework Title:
Individual assignment A: Design of a Graduate Development Programme
Task Details/Description:
Your task is to plan a development programme for a new graduate on completion of his/her degree programme within an organization of your choice. You have two options:-
Base your assignment on an organization with which you are familiar through your placement year.
Focus on an organization where you would ideally love to work in the future. This may involve research through the internet or other means to gain background information.
Even though you may be drawing on your own experience and aspirations, the assignment should be completed in the third person, i.e. as though written by a third party- an HRD specialist, for example.
The development programme should last for three months, and should incorporate both on and off the job training. You MUST have a specific organization in mind to provide the background for your development programme. You are allowed to make reasonable assumptions, for example, the job the graduate will perform on completion of development, and person-related training needs.
You should take into account the following:-
The objectives for the development programme
How the plan fits with the HRD strategy of the organization
Psychological and sociological learning theories to underpin proposals
A range of interventions based on formal as well as informal learning
How the learning will be evaluated
You should present a detailed timetable of the development programme, stating your objectives for the programme, and detailing the business case for your proposal.
You should specify how you will evaluate the effectiveness of the event.
Module Learning Outcomes Assessed:
1.Professional Skills:
Apply the theories learned on the module and design a learning intervention for a live case study organisation ensuring the alignment between the systematic training design and organisational strategy.
2.Intellectual Skills:
Critical evaluation, reasoning, analysis, synthesis.
3.Knowledge & Understanding:
Explain the different facets of training design and critically examine the contextual factors that impact upon that shape training design.
Identify the individual components of training design and critically examine their core underlying theories.
Critically evaluate the role of key stakeholders in the planning, design and delivery of training interventions.
Evaluate the extent to which each of the learning theories can be applied to androgogy and the way in which these can be operationalised in a workplace context.
4.Transferrable Skills:
Time management, communicating ideas effectively, planning and organising, working independently, discussing in teams, job analysis, secondary research skills and ICT skills.
Presentation Requirements:
Font Size: 12 point Arial or Times New Roman
Line Spacing: 1.5 line spacing
Referencing: Harvard Style Referencing throughout
Report format but ensure that you construct a narrative and focus on continuous prose as much as possible.
You will need to make a start on your assignment at an early stage to meet the deadline comfortably. You will see that each week is closely linked with a chapter within the recommended textbook- Mankin 2009.
Assessment Criteria
Theoretical analysis 40%
Theoretical issues highlighted to set work into broader
context, e.g. learning theory, training needs analysis, factors in the
organizational context impacting upon learning (organizational
learning?), types of learning events and rationale for their use,
how the effectiveness of the programme might be evaluated.
Application 40%
Organization selected upon which to base assignment.
Appropriateness of learning interventions proposed given the
business challenges faced (e.g. relationship to business strategy).
The extent to which the timetable is realistic, given business
constraints (e.g. costs, time, implications for other employees).
Presentation 20%
Report format but ensure that you construct a narrative and focus on continuous prose as much as possible. Bring together theoretical and practical
perspectives. Well structured, written (language and spelling)
and referenced.

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Econ

Econ
This paper is worth up to 15 percent of your final score for the class. Evaluate the economics of installing PV solar panels using your family’s electricity profile. Please use a 10 percent discount rate. Please assume a 25 year time horizon and that your family installs solar panels to produce enough electricity to meet 100 percent of its average electricity demand. For simplicity, assume that the real price of electricity does not change over the next 25 years.
In your analysis, please use the solar power calculator at the following URL: https://www.solar- estimate.org/?page=rightforme (please copy this URL)
A valid U.S. or Canadian Zip code is needed to use this calculator. Students without a valid U.S. or Canadian Zip code should use CUA’s Zip code which is 20064 and also assume a monthly electricity bill of $200 per month.
The paper must be typed and clearly written. It should include a table of your data inputs (including your Zip code) such that a reader could replicate your analysis. It should also have a table that clearly reports your results.
Data items needed from the solar calculator: Installed Gross Cost of a PV System Average Annual Utility Savings
Greenhouse Gas (CO2) Saved over 25 years
Data item needed from your family: Average monthly electricity bill
So as to focus on fundamentals, please ignore all subsidies and tax credits.
Issues that your paper should address
a) What is “payback period” for this investment? Explain.
b) What is the Net Present Value (NPV) of this investment assuming a 10 percent discount rate? Please show all your work. What does the value of the NPV suggest? What does the value of the NPV suggest about the concept of the payback period?
c) What is the internal rate of return (IRR) on this investment? Please calculate this using EXCEL (see https://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/irr-function-HP010342631.aspx ) What does the value of the IRR suggest? For information about IRR, please see the following URL: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internal_rate_of_return
d) Professor Paul Krugman, a recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics and the author of your textbook, has noted that, “ If the downward trend continues — and if anything it seems to be accelerating — we’re just a few years from the point at which electricity from solar panels becomes cheaper than electricity generated by burning coal. “ (https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/07/opinion/krugman-here- comes-solar-energy.html?_r=0 ) Does your analysis support this view?
e) What is the cost per metric ton of carbon of using PV solar to reduce carbon emissions? In answering this question, use the reduction in CO2 emissions for your family by the website.
Please use the following formula to calculate the cost per metric ton:
Cost per metric ton = (-1)*NPV ÷ (reduction in CO2 over 25 years in metric tons)
What does this number suggest given that there are numerous ways to reduce carbon emissions at less than $50 per ton?
f) What does your analysis suggest about the subsidies paid out by the government to purchasers of solar panels?
-use the zip code and the families monthly electricity expense is 350 dollars.
General outline for questions A-F
a) Calculation and explanations
b) Net present value and explanation
c)Calculations and explanations
d) analysis supported by A,B,C
e) calculation and analysis of calculations
f) analysis of A,B,C,D,E,F
the key is analyzing everything
relate answers from A,B,C TO D,E,F

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International Tourism

International Tourism
QUESTION: You should consider the role of an international tourism manager and using examples discuss and explain the strategies that must be put in place if the business is to be successful and above all sustainable. You may wish to consider carbon management, supply chains, CSR among others. You should be sure to take a critical view of the strategies you should discuss and decide whether, how and why they will contribute to a successful business.
*Essay will be assessed in terms of its content, style and structure.
1) Validity and clarity of any arguments put forward.
2) Apply theory into essay and explore and apply with examples
3) Demonstrate your ability to analyze and synthesize information into a logical argument
4) Draw a well thought through conclusion.
* To answer the questions:
1) You should take the role of international manager to mean anyone with responsibility for a tourism organisation large or small.
2) You are discussing and analysing strategies not companies
3) You should use companies as examples of good or poor practice.
4) You may need to consider success and sustainability through different strategies.
5) Success isn’t just about profitability.
6) Consider your points from both business and customer perspective.
7) You should consider fewer strategies in more depth, but may wish to mention the ones you do not discuss in an introduction.
* Structure of essay: (Remember to use well referenced examples from the literature and relevant tourism industry examples.)
1) Introduction
2) Discussion and analysis of strategy
3) What is it, how is it used, what are the benefits and barriers to a company using this strategy.
4) How does it benefit success/ sustainability
5) Repeat for a second/ third strategy
6) Conclusion (This is where you summarize your findings and you may wish to suggest which strategies you think are most important to success/ sustainability)

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Discuss Paleolithic art in specific relation to it’s probable meaning, use, and purposes.

Discuss Paleolithic art in specific relation to it’s probable meaning, use, and purposes.

-All essays are to be 6-7 pages in length (double spaced/12 point type)
-Please include a minimum of five bibliographical references (excluding internet sources)
-Please use primary and secondary sources exclusively
-NO Wiki or Encarta references please (see above)
-All quotes must be footnoted in the appropriate manner
-All quotes must be footnoted in the appropriate manner
-No plastic folders or covers please. A simple cover page will suffice.
-Please use the standard MLA format for theses and dissertations
-Standard procedures regarding plagiarism/copying apply
This paper is a chance for you to explore an area of interest in greater detail. I am looking for a good
grasp of the basic facts/issues under examination, in addition to a willingness to apply original thought
based on your observations and research.
You are welcome to chose another topic, but please discuss your ideas with me first.

preliminary work completed. If this is the first time you have written a college research paper,
please be sure to let me help you. It is important to learn good research habits now.
The essay assignment is very important to take seriously. The skills required to write a good paper are
also necessary for success in the workplace today. The paper requires you to gather information from a
variety of sources, distil the information, discuss your chosen topic utilizing your sources where
appropriate, and assess your conclusions. If you can do this, then most careers in today’s demanding
information-rich work environment are open to you.