Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas,

and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce

your ideas.

There is a certain amount of risk involved in doing business anywhere, internationally. Chose a country, and discuss the following:
•What are the political, cultural, environmental, economic, and trade risks present when doing business in the country as an outsider?
•What type of business would you do there in light of the risks? ◦For example, would it be labor or capital intensive?
◦Would it be a manufacturing or distribution center, etc.?

•Would it be a representative office or a full-fledged operation? ◦Why should you as a manager be concerned with all this?

Length: Each e-portfolio should be around 500 words.

Assessment Objectives:
This assessment items relates to course learning outcomes:
1.Articulate the recent developments in e-business industry and its likely future directions.
2.Compare and explain various types of e-business infrastructure technologies, business models, and payment and security systems in a corporate setting.
3.Formulate and critically evaluate the impact of e-business strategies on organisational processes and outcomes.
4.Demonstrate the technical research skills to assess existing and emerging e-business technologies to transform organisations for competitive advantages.
5.Develop the ability to work independently and contribute as a member of team employing appropriate interpersonal, professional and technical communication skills.
6.Interpret the legal, ethical, social and cultural issues that affect the use, design, and implementation of e-business systems.

Assessment Task:

This is an individual assessment. In other words, the e-portfolio is to be maintained by every student individually.
The e-portfolio assignment aims to enhance your weekly learning and teaching as per the weekly topic and maximise your engagement with the course resources (please see weekly topics under Schedule in this course profile).

As a learning tool, e-portfolio will enable you to accumulate evidence of your learning during the term. In this assignment, you are required to research at least
three references (two academic and one general; and published within the last 3 years) that are relevant to the topics covered in each week from teaching Week-3 to Week-8. So the entries will be made in the portfolio on a weekly basis starting from Week-3 until the end of Week-8 (due date). You will briefly describe and relate the academic sources to the topics covered in that week. You will enrich your weekly e-portfolio with relevant illustrations, video clips, and other multimedia applications as well. As a total you need to have 6 e-portfolio documents, and each e-portfolio carries 5 marks. The length of each weekly e-portfolio should be approximately 500 words.

Marking Criteria for E-Portfolio:
• Knowledge and understanding of the topic
• Quality of academic source
• Relevance of the academic source
• Description of the source
• Relating the source with the topic.
• Overall quality of the work

Six Portfolios Topics
1. Building an E-commerce Presence
2. E-commerce security and Payment system
3. E- commerce Business Strategies
4. E-commerce Marketing and Advertising
5. Social, Mobile and Local Marketing
6. E-commerce Retailing and Services.

Correctional Facility Violence and Victimization Paper

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you discuss correctional facility violence and victimization. Include the following in your paper:

• Correctional practices and responses to correctional facility violence and victimization
• Crime data and trends in correctional facility violence and victimization
• Future approaches to limiting correctional facility violence and victimization
• Identification and discussion of any sources of police injustice related to correctional facility violence and victimization

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Functional behavior assessment (FBA) (descriptive assessment) process and functional experimental analysis (FA) process.

You are to write a five-page paper that discusses the definitions and unique differences about the functional behavior assessment (FBA) (descriptive assessment) process and functional experimental analysis (FA) process. In addition, you should take a stance on the usefulness of the FA process. Discuss the pros and cons of conducting a FA for students with challenging behaviors. For example, discuss any cautions that might need to be considered when using FA to identify functions of the problem behavior.

Human Resources Management (HRM)
Always look at the assessment criteria:
Criteria for performance evaluation report (overall worth 60% of module mark) Weighting
A performance analysis of the candidates drawing upon a completed paper based
analysis of each of the candidates’ CVs and covering letters (using the criteria written
for assessment one) and a completed performance based analysis of each of the
candidates during the interview (drawing on the grading sheet designed for the
interviews). Drawing upon these analysis instruments and academic theory, a critical
reflection on the top two candidates’ ability to do the job focusing on knowledge and
experiences of leadership, creating excellent group dynamics, and motivating, engaging
and satisfying staff.
40%
In table format, a short training and development plan for each of the top two
candidates that identifies some training that they will benefit from in improving
leadership, creating good team dynamics and motivating, engaging and satisfying
employees.
25%
A short critical analysis about the advantages and disadvantages of different structures
and how these contribute to the culture within an organisation.
25%
Pack presented in a professional manner. Harvard referenced bibliography of resources
drawn upon to aid in the completion of the pack.
10%Post interviews: Performance
evaluation report (3000 words)
Section one: 40% Circa 1000 -1500words (300-500 words per candidate)
Individually, you must undertake a performance analysis of the candidates. This analysis

will
draw on:
• A completed paper based analysis of each of the candidates’ CVs and covering letters.

To aid
you, you must use the criteria you wrote for assessment one (place the criteria and
completed scoring sheet for each candidate in the Appendices).
• A completed performance based analysis of each of the candidates during the interview.

For
this you will need to draw on the ‘interview’ questions & grading system, you mutually
agreed within your 5 person team during Week 10 of the module. (place the completed
grading sheet for each candidate in the Appendices). BUT ……..
• Once you have undertaken these analyses of the candidates you must write a critical
reflection on the top two candidates’ ability to do the job focusing specifically on

each
candidate’s knowledge and experiences of leadership, creating excellent group dynamics,
and motivating, engaging and satisfying staff. In so doing, you must show evidence of
drawing upon the analysis instruments and academic theory to provide a strong level of
critique. It would be best to integrate this into your 4-500 words per candidate.Section

two: (circa 750 words)
• To complete the analysis of the candidates you should also
provide a short training and development plan for the top two
candidates that identifies some training that they will benefit
from. This training should be directed towards improving
leadership, creating good team dynamics and motivating,
engaging and satisfying employees (25% – table format).
Section three: (circa 750 words)
• Chris has also requested you write a short critical analysis
about the advantages and disadvantages of different structures
and how these contribute to the culture within an organisation
as she recognises this also needs addressing within her
company (25% – approx. 800 words).

• Read the New York Times article entitled “From Single Cells, a Vast Kingdom Arose” found here then provide a summary of the article. Next discuss what you believe to be the origins of animals.
• Consider three (3) problems out of control population growth will create in regards to the environment. Next discuss three (3) effects of China’s one child rule. In your response please consider social, ethical and environmental sides of the effect.
• Read the Guardian article entitled, “Humans creating sixth great extinction of animal species, say scientist” found here. Next provide a brief summary of the article and in your summary discuss what, if anything happens when an animal or plant species becomes extinct. Next propose three (3) human behavior changes that could help prevent or slow down animal extinction. Justify your response.

**includes answering classmates post

 

• Question: Consider three (3) problems out of control population growth will create in regards to the environment. Next discuss three (3) effects of China’s one child rule. In your response please consider social, ethical and environmental sides of the effect.
• The inception of the one-child policy occurred as China regained social and political stability in the late 1970s after the chaotic decade of the Cultural Revolution. After the death of Mao Zedong, Deng Xiaoping rose to power and began his four-fronted modernization project in industry, agriculture, national defense, and science/technology.The ideas behind the one-child policy developed from studies of population growth and ecological habitat as propounded by Thomas Malthus, the classical economist.According to the World Population Facts in the 1980s, it was estimated that one half billion people were starving or malnourished; an additional one billion lacked access to basic conditions for human subsistence such as clean water and medical care. Moreover, one-third of the world’s labor force was unemployed. From 1950 to 1975, population in Third World countries increased from 1.7 billion to 3.0 billion. This rapid growth in population is widely understood as the chief factor contributing to poverty and backward economic conditions.

Assignment 4: Part D: Your Marketing Plan – Video Presentation

Due Week 10 and worth 200 points

Imagine that you are pitching your hypothetical service-based company’s marketing plan to the Shark Tank Team for possible investment. Use a tablet, smartphone, laptop, desktop, or traditional video recorder to record a three to five (3-5) minute dynamic video in which you present your full marketing plan from Assignments 1, 2, and 3.

Note: If you are using a tablet or smartphone you will need to email the video file to yourself, then save it to a computer in order to upload to Blackboard. You may want to upload your video to a file sharing service, such as Dropbox, if your email will not let you send a large video file. Dropbox is accessible from all smartphones and tablets from the Dropbox app.

Once you are ready to upload your video to Blackboard, please use the following naming convention in the popup window for your video once it is finished uploading:

• Title: Your First Name, Your Last Name – Shark Tank Investment Video Pitch
• Tags: MKT500, Shark Tank
• Description: First Name, Last Name – MKT500 Assignment 4 (Date Uploaded ex. 5-23-2014)

Note: Check with your professor for any additional instructions. If you do not have access to a video camera or necessary hardware to complete this assignment, please contact your professor.

Note: If you receive an “Error while uploading” message and you are unable to upload your video file, let your instructor know right away. You can send the file in an alternate way such as sending it to your instructor’s email via a file sharing service such as Google Drive, or you can upload your video file to a video sharing service such as YouTube and then send the link to your instructor to view it from. If your video is unable to upload to any of these sources either, your computer may have insufficient bandwidth to upload video, and you should copy the file to a thumb drive and send it from a different computer or mobile device.

Tips to prepare for your video:

• Create note cards
• Practice in front of a mirror and / or friends
• Review materials thoroughly
• Be persuasive
• Be professional
• Be creative
• Have fun!

Create a two to five (2-5) minute video presentation in which you:

1. Present the major points of your marketing plan.
2. Project your voice in order to clearly convey your ideas.
3. Present in a professional manner.
4. Use technology (e.g., i.e. audio quality, video quality, naming conventions) to convey ideas.
5. Use voice inflection and proper grammar.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze the marketing framework including the concepts of the 5Cs, STP, and 4Ps.
• Develop strategies to assess performance and achieve marketing goals.
• Create an effective marketing plan.
• Examine the marketing science of customer behavior and products in the marketing exchange process and create dynamic strategies for competing.
• Evaluate the basis for market segmentation and approaches to segmentation.
• Evaluate target customer segments and positioning products within these segments.
• Develop branding strategies for existing and new products.
• Develop pricing strategies and distribution channels for products.
• Analyze integrated marketing communications and its relationship to advertising strategy.
• Evaluate marketing research tools involved in the marketing process.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in marketing management.