IT Management

Your company has decided to move forward with the acquisition of the smaller company as
$3.50 ( Total: $14.00) described in the Phase 7 Individual Project. Your company was impressed with the information that
you provided about Porter’sfive factors and your qualitative evaluation of the industry’s strategic
Essay Writing position. Your management has now asked you to create a Strategic Business Plan for the newly
acquired company. You must provide this new plan and incorporate the information about Porter’s
Master five factors. Your Strategic Business Plan should include the following features: Executive summary
Marketing analysis You should identijjl a target market You should establish a strategy for
APA acquiring a customer base. Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis
Financial statements Summary of the relevance of Porter’s five factors Conclusion

Erikson's eight stages of development

When considering Erikson’s eight stages of development, the way a person moves through each stage directly affects their success in the next stage. Their personality is being built and shaped with each stage. At each stage, there is a turning point, called a crisis by Erikson, which a person must confront.

In this assignment, you will observe or interview two different people, each at a different stage of development. For a third observation, take a look at yourself and the stage that you are in (this stage must be different from your other two observations).

Record your three observations in a template. Include the following information: Name Age Gender Current developmental stage Status within the stage (i.e., identity achievement or role confusion) Events that have lead to this status Download a Development Template from the Doc Sharing area to record your observations.

Summarize what you have learned about psychosocial development through these observations/interviews. Summarize the trends you see in your observations/interviews regarding psychosocial development. How does movement through Erikson’s stages influence personality development? Again, be specific. How do Erikson’s stages of development compare to Freud’s stages? How are they similar? How are they different? Between these two theories, which one do you feel best explains your own personality development? Justify your answers with specific examples.


Attachments

ancient civilizations of China, India, and the Mediterranean

This week, we read about the ancient civilizations of China, India, and the Mediterranean. Each civilization developed a unique culture based on the themes otherwise known as the markers of civilization: economy, government, art, administration, religion, and geography. Choose one of these themes and compare how the theme you have chosen contributed to the development of society in all three regions. Be sure to use specific examples from all three chapters assigned in this module in your answer.

As you consider the answers posted by classmates, compare their thematic choice to your own. Ultimately, how do these markers of civilization interact to create cultural distinctions? For instance, how is religion dependent on economy, or how is society shaped by government? By comparing your theme to themes chosen by classmates, you will develop a stronger, interrelated understanding of the relationships of the ancient world.

Are ethics limited to duty, or does it extend to personal desires?

Scenario

You are about to graduate from the police academy. You have a friend that works at the same precinct or town to which you are applying. You know that upon your employment with the law enforcement agency, you may be required to take a polygraph test with questions about prior arrests, drug use, or theft. These types of questions are intended to disqualify potential police officer candidates. Your friend tells you to lie on the questionnaire and not to include information from your old college days when you both were arrested for marijuana possession. Although the case was dismissed, you and your friend are concerned that the record of the arrest is still in the court system. Your friend has informed you that this law enforcement agency does not employ the polygraph test; they only use a questionnaire. Your friend informs you that he lied on his questionnaire when he went through the employment application process.

Address each of the following questions:

Are ethics limited to duty, or does it extend to personal desires?

What are the implications of lying on a questionnaire even though the department may not find out the truth?

What would you gain if the truth was told?

If you do tell the truth, would you include the information regarding your friend, explaining that you and your friend were arrested?

Discuss the implications of including your arrest and the implications for including your friend. Use theoretical concepts associated with ethics to help you determine the consequences (good or bad) associated with immoral behaviors and how you formulate your decision.

Educational programming

Question3

Give some specific instructional interventions for the learner selected in question one and modification to his learning environment (including

strategies for management of the teaching and learning in the classroom where this student is included.)
Also, make suggestions for technology use and appropriate support services for the learner selected in question one.
Addressing:
• Enhancing assessment performance
• Inclusion in various settings
• The advances and limitation of specific instructional strategies and practices for teaching
• Sources of specialized materials, curricula, and resources
• Methods for increasing accuracy and proficiency in curriculum content

Question4

Describe the role of families as related to their children’s education and suggest potential parent education programs related to academic,

language and social behavior.
Discuss the interplay between the family culture and language, the culture biases of teacher and the resulting educational programming.

how health assessment is impacted by culture

You are teaching first semester nursing students about culture and health assessment. Write up a short scenario that shows how health assessment is impacted by culture. (Note you can use your own experience or make-up a situation.)  The title of your post should include the culture you use in your scenario (for example: ‘Basic Assessment of a Mexican American with limited English proficiency’)

Describe how the statement of cash flows is linked to each of the other financial statements (income statement and balance sheet)

Assignment 1: Cash Flows and Dividend Valuation  In this Assignment you will be reviewing the case study of Starbucks Corporation and completing questions and exercises relating to financial reports, financial statement analysis and financial valuation. This will show you how investors and analysts understand the present profitability and risk of firms and forecast future investment decisions.  Questions and Exercises: Income and Cash Flows  Answer the following questions from your textbook: (view grading rubric):

1.Chapter 3: Questions and Exercises: 3.2 (p.196): Articulation of the Statement of Cash Flows with Other Financial Statements. Describe how the statement of cash flows is linked to each of the other financial statements (income statement and balance sheet). Also review how the other financial statements are linked with each other.

2.Chapter 3: Integrative Case 3.1 Starbucks, Cash Flows: f (p. 219): Refer to the income statement for Starbucks in Exhibit 1.27). Compute the amount of EBITDA for 2010, 2011, and 2012.

3.Chapter 11: Integrative Case 11.1 Starbucks, Dividend Valuation; a, b (p. 903): a. Use the CAPM to compute the required rate of return on equity capital for Starbucks. b. Compute the weighted-average cost of capital for Starbucks as of the start of Year +1. At the start of Year +1, Starbucks had $550 million in outstanding interest-bearing debt on the balance sheet and no preferred stock. Assume that the balance sheet value of Starbucks’ debt is approximately equal to the market value of the debt. Assume that at the start of Year +1, Starbucks will incur interest expense of 6.25% on debt capital and that Starbucks’ average tax rate is 33.0%.

conspiracy

 

conspiracy
Respond in detail to the following questions:

1. Explain the four elements of a conspiracy and then provide an example.

2. Discuss the four things that have to be present to prove that an accessory is guilty of a crime.

Must be in essay form, submitted using Microsoft Word, double spaced, Times New Roman 12 font.

 

 

Evaluate strategies for communicating change

Assignment 5: Change Management Plan

Due Week 10 and worth 300 points

In this assignment, you will combine the previous four (4) assignments into a proposal that you could present to the executive leadership and board members. You will argue the value of the change management plan to the overall success of the organization. Add to your previous submissions a plan for sustaining the change in the long run.

Write a six to ten (6-10) page paper in which you:

Section I: Organization: Describe the organization and comment on the HR change that the organization should make. Utilize effective diagnostic tools to assess the organizations ability to change. Support assertions with theoretical evidence.

  1. Describe the company in terms of industry, size, number of employees, and history.
  2. Analyze in detail the current HR practice, policy, process, or procedure that you believe should be changed.
  3. Formulate three (3) valid reasons for the proposed change based on current change management theories.
  4. Appraise the diagnostic tools that you can use to determine an organization’s readiness for change. Propose two (2) diagnostic tools which you can utilize to determine if the organization is ready for change. Defend why you believe the diagnostic tools selected are the best choice for diagnosing change in the organization.
  5. Using one (1) of the diagnostic tools you selected, assess the organization’s readiness for change.
    1. Provide results of the diagnostic analysis
    2. Explain the results
  6. Interpret whether or not the organization is ready for change. Substantiate your conclusion by referencing current change management theories.

Section II: Kotter Change Plan: Utilizing the Kotter eight (8) step method of change, create a solid change management plan for the HR initiative you identified as requiring improvement.

  1. Ascertain how each of the steps applies to your specific organization.
  2. Develop a strategy that illustrates how you would address each of the eight (8) stages of change:
    1. Establishing a sense of urgency
    2. Creating coalition
    3. Developing vision and strategy
    4. Communicating the vision
    5. Empowering broad-based action
    6. Generating short-term wins
    7. Consolidating gains and producing more change
    8. Anchoring new approaches into the culture

Section III: Resistance and Communication: Research methods of minimizing resistance to change and create plan to address resistance within your change management initiative.

  1. Diagnose the reasons for resistance to change.
  2. Interpret the potential causes of resistance in the organization. Identify and describe three (3) potential causes of resistance to your change plan. Identify and describe three (3) potential sources of resistance to your change plan.
  3. Create a plan for minimizing possible resistance to your change management plan.
  4. Elaborate on the relationship between resistance to change and communication.
  5. Evaluate three (3) communication strategies.
  6. Recommend one (1) communication strategy that would be applicable to your organization. Diagnose why this communication strategy is best for your organization.
  7. Create a solid communication plan for your change initiative.

Section IV: Sustaining Change: Research methods of sustaining change in organizations and create a plan for sustaining proposed change.

  1. Recommend two (2) strategies for sustaining change:
    1. Diagnose the two (2) theories from a scholarly perspective
    2. Evaluate why the strategies selected are viable for the organization

Section V: Presentation: Create a visually appealing and informative presentation espousing the importance of the change management plan you developed.

  1. Create a ten to fifteen (10-15) slide PowerPoint presentation to submit to executive leadership and board members outlining and describing your recommended change. Include the following criteria:
    1. Be creative in your design so that is appealing to others.
    2. Ensure that all of the MAJOR points of the plan are covered.
    3. Create bulleted speaking notes for your presentation to the shareholders in the Notes section of the PowerPoint. Note: You may create or assume any fictitious names, data, or scenarios that have not been established in this assignment for a realistic flow of communication.
    4. Use a professional technically written style to graphically convey the information.
    5. Create a video of yourself presenting the presentation to key stakeholders. Note: View the “Creating a Presentation for Your Course” playlist, located here for tutorials on creating and submitting video assignments.

Section VI: References: Utilize good scholarly research skills and writing skills to develop a solid change plan and presentation.

  1. Use at least ten (10) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources
  2. Write clearly and concisely about managing organizational change using proper writing mechanics.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Evaluate the reactions to change including identifying signs of resistance and approaches to managing it.
  • Evaluate strategies for communicating change.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in managing organizational change.
  • Write clearly and concisely about managing organizational change using proper writing mechanics.
  • Evaluate strategies for communicating change.