Week 2 Assignment

What is the main idea of Each Reading
Read John Updike’s “A&P”, pages 383-88.
  http://www.tiger-town.com/whatnot/updike/
Read William Faulkner’s “A Rose for Emily,” pgs. 403-10. https://flightline.highline.edu/tkim/Files/Lit100_SS2.pdf                cannot open this link, find it by your own in Google as tutor and the name of Reading
Read Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado,” pgs.591-96. https://americanenglish.state.gov/files/ae/resource_files/the_cask_of_amontillado.pdf
Instruction
Each answer to the questions above should be at least one paragraph long, (4-7 sentences or longer.) Answer each question in one paragraph or longer.
 

Challenges In Business Environment PowerPoint Assignment

As you have explored in this course, ongoing challenges in the global business environment are mostly attributed to unethical business practices, failure to embrace technology advancements, and stiff competition among businesses. Imagine that you have been appointed as the Chief Compliance Officer of a Fortune 500 company (HILTON HONORS) and must prepare a presentation for your suppliers regarding your Supplier Code of Conduct to deliver via email, webinar, etc.
For this assignment, you are to create a presentation using PowerPoint (or other equivalent software) and your research on the Fortune 500 company from Assignment 1. In your presentation, you are to summarize the important changes and explanations regarding the code of conduct that you would communicate via email, webinar, etc. The specific requirements are listed below.
PowerPoint
Presentation Requirements:
Create a six to eight (6-8) slide PowerPoint presentation in which you:
1. Summarize your chosen company’s Supplier Responsibility information.
2. In your own words, explain how each aspect of your Supplier Code of Conduct is committed to ethical business practices and society social responsibility.
3. Discuss your company’s stance on each of the following areas:
o  Empowering Workers
o  Labor and Human Rights
o  Health and Safety
o  The Environment
o  Accountability
4. Identify the key ways that your company’s Code of Conduct has changed since last year.
5. Examine the manner in which your company’s Supplier Code of Conduct helps the organization operate as a socially responsible organization.
6. Provide detailed speaker notes of what you would say if you were delivering the presentation.
7. Submit a reference page with at least two (2) quality references, from within the last 2 years, that you used for this PowerPoint presentation. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your PowerPoint presentation must follow these formatting requirements:
·  Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide and three to four (3-4) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
·  Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title and reference slides are not included in the required slide length.

Soc 300 Week 4

Option #2: Bureaucracy – Essay Option

For this assignment, you need to watch the video Busting Bureaucracy by Gary Hamel. Here is the link: https://www.lynda.com/Business-Skills-tutorials/Gary-Hamel-Busting-Bureaucracy/495346-2.html (Links to an external site.). Once you complete this video, you will draft an essay that covers the following points from the video:

  • Describe and define the term bureausclerosis.
  • What elements in your organization contribute to bureausclerosis?
  • How would you resolve or reduce the effects of bureausclerosis in your organization?

Your bureaucracy paper should meet the following requirements:

Refer to the Critical Thinking Rubric in the Module 4 Folder for additional information.

Sociology homework help

Race and ethnicity are terms that are commonly confused in everyday life. Furthermore, the concepts of racism, stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination are often topics of discussion without much thought as to their precise meaning. First, discuss in your life how these terms have been used by yourself, friends, and family members and how that usage differs from sociological understanding. Second, comment on whether or not these terms have played a role in your life (positive or negative) and in what manner. Third, imagine that you identify yourself under the label “Hispanic”; given the knowledge presented, how might you respond to the following statement: “But you don’t look Hispanic … !” Fourth and finally, post a response to another classmate’s posting discussing your thoughts in a respectful and thoughtful manner. What stood out to you about their discussion? Can you empathize?

Human Resource Management homework help

select ONE artwork from module 4 and ONE artwork from module 5. In a three-page essay, you
will compare these two objects. You will create a thesis statement that explains the reason for one
significant similarity OR difference between your two objects. Your thesis statement should include
some aspect of ICONOLOGY; that is, the background culture of each work.
FORMAT OF THE ESSAY:
PARAGRAPH ONE: Introduce your objects and state your thesis. Your thesis will explain the REASON for
one similarity OR one difference between your art objects.
BODY PARAGRAPHS (between 3 and 6 paragraphs): Each body paragraph will describe BOTH objects in
terms of ONE category of formal analysis (line, shape, texture, etc.)
SYNTHESIS PARAGRAPHS (between 2 and 4 paragraphs): You will explain the background of both works
of art (iconology).
SUMMARY PARAGRAPH: RESTATE your thesis and add a few points about the iconology of your works.
Papers must be double-spaced in 12 pt. Times New Roman font. Acceptable formats are PDF and Word
documents.
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Criminal homework help

 
“The Opioid Crisis”  Please respond to the following:

  • From the e-Activities, data shows the increasing threat posed by controlled prescription drugs (CPDs), with deaths involving opioid CPDs exceeding those involving cocaine and heroin combined. Street gangs and other criminal groups have seized the opportunity to make enormous profits from the sale of CPDs. Imagine that you are the official investigator for an opioid epidemic task force in your city. Suggest one strategy you would implement that’s geared toward improving the efficiency of the investigation of CPD distribution by street gangs and other criminal groups. Provide a rationale to support your response. Next, discuss how you would use the ODMAP to track the sale of CPDs by criminals. Provide a rationale to support your response and respond to no less than one of your peers.

Applied Sciences homework help

H1N1 Influenza Response and Lessons Learned for Future Epidemics (Topic)
 
In this discussion area, for your upcoming Research Paper assignment, you will declare your research topic relating to the concept of resilience with respect to planning and preparedness for disaster response and recovery.
Instructions for this assignment are available under the Course Content > Research Paper Assignment. See Tips for Declaring Your Research Topic, at Course Content > Research Paper Assignment, for suggested topics and advice on choosing a topic.
NOTE: The 9/11 terrorist attacks and Hurricane Katrina are off-limits as topics.
Please post a description of the topic (i.e., a brief proposal or thesis statement) for your research topic for my review and approval. The description must:

  • Provide a well-formulated thesis statement. If you are not sure how to properly construct a thesis statement, research the topic. You can contact the UMUC Effective Writing Center and also visit their website. At their website, there is information on formulating a thesis statement.
  • Identify your research strategy(ies); for example, use academic and government sources; conduct interviews; collect and analyze data.
  • List at least 4 high quality references, such as peer-reviewed journal articles or substantive government sources on the topic, cited in correct APA reference list format as a preliminary bibliography.

Managment Process

 
College of Administrative and Financial Sciences
 
Assignment 1
 
 

Course Name: Intro to Operations Management Student’s Name: Bader AL Qahtani
Course Code: MGT 311 Student’s ID Number: S180304976
Semester: 2nd / Spring 2019-20 CRN:   20584
Academic Year: 1440/1441 H

 
For Instructor’s Use only

Instructor’s Name: Dr. Gaurav Sukhdayal Vishwakarma
Students’ Grade:               XX/5.00 Level of Marks:                High/Middle/Low

Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY

  • The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
  • Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
  • Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
  • Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
  • Late submission will NOT be accepted.
  • Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
  • All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
  • Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

 
 
 

  • Demonstrate the concept of operations functions, supply chain strategy and issues required for a new production design.
  • Exhibit the factors to determine the production and service processes.
  • Demonstrate process-flow analysis, process design solutions, operations strategies in the business operation.

Assignment Question(s):                                                         (Marks 5)

  • Describe the nature of operations management in the following organizations. In doing this, first describe the operation process of the production system. Second, identify operations decisions. (Marks 3) (word count maximum:500)
  • A paper manufacturing
  • An internal design office

 

  • Suppose that a firm is considering moving from a batch process to an assembly-line process to better meet evolving market needs. What concerns might the following functions have about this proposed process change: marketing, finance, human resources, accounting, and information systems? (Marks 1) (word count maximum: 150)

 

 
 
 
 
Answer:
 
 
 
 

Discussion Board 16

In your opinion, how will the future human resource department in a health care setting look? What do you believe will be the most critical issue facing human resource managers and leaders in health care in the future? How do you plan to respond to these future pressures in a consistently changing and evolving environment?