A. Introduction (in English): Students need to be enrolled in this course, their content and language learning goals, their background before enrollment in this course, their strengths and weaknesses, and their expectations of the course (5 paragraphs) . Use the Paragraph Construction Rubric in Appendix B as a guide to develop the introduction. The facilitator will use this rubric to evaluate the introduction.develop the introduction. The facilitator will use this rubric to evaluate the introduction.
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The purpose of this assignment is to give learners an opportunity to apply lessons learned about performance management. 

Use  the same company you did in Week 2. This assignment is a spin-off of the work you did with your team. So, refer to the work you did with your team and to your text. Please refer to the resources below to assist with the assignment. 

Use Attachments to complete the assignment Week two assignment is the one that says teamsays team

Assignment Steps   to 1,225-word Full Performance Strategy Analysis including:

• Describe the overview of the performance management process.
• Include a flowchart of the performance management process.
• Explain the job analysis.
• Examine the skills gap analysis and performance evaluation.
• Determine ways to measure employee performance.
• Assess counseling for exceptional or performance that needs improvement.counseling for exceptional or performance that needs improvement.
• Attach an appendix of the resources needed to create a comprehensive performance analysis. 

​​​Format  your assignment consistent with APA guidelines. 

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• Based on the video, fast forward to the current day, and give your opinion on whether or not Apple's product strategy should change given its current rate of success and potential competing companies (ie Samsung, etc.) operating within their market. Provide a rationale for your response.
• For reference, review the supplemental article titled,  "Competitive Strategy", which discusses Michael Porter's Five Forces .

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In this assignment, you will be exploring current and potential health problems in the childhood years using a functional health assessment and Erickson's Stages of Child Development. To complete this assignment, do the following:

1. Using the textbook, complete the "Children's Functional Health Pattern Assessment." Follow the instructions in the resource for completing the assignment.
2. Cite and reference any sources used in your answers. Include in your assessment a thorough discussion of Erickson's Stages of Child Development as it pertains to the developmental age of the child.

 Solid academic writing is expected and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide.

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Unit VIII Final Project

Locate and evaluate a periodical or newspaper article in print or online (e.g,, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Time magazine, The Economist, Forbes) that details an economic issue on the local, state, or federal level. Make sure that the article is dated no longer than six months ago and the article is relevant to a topic covered in the course.

Upon reading the appropriate article, write a 1000-1100 word analysis, making sure to clearly answer and include the following:

 Write a summary of the article in your own words with limited quotes or paraphrasing. All quotes and paraphrasing must have proper APA citations.

 Discuss changes that you would make to your local, state, or national budget based on the economic issue addressed in this article.

 If you feel no changes are necessary, explain how the current budget influences the circumstances in the article.

 Include your views (pro/con) on a possible amendment to the Constitution requiring a balanced federal budget.

 Identify and analyze an historical event comparable to your article’s economic issue and how that incident impacted the daily life (work, home, and recreation) of the time.

 Once you have evaluated the impact of this issue, discuss how the economic issue in your chosen article applies to your own daily life (work, home and recreation).

Your paper should be written using proper APA format. You should also have proper APA formatted in-text citations and ending references.

APA Guidelines

The application of the APA writing style shall be practical, functional, and appropriate to each academic level, with the primary purpose being the documentation (citation) of sources. CSU requires that students use APA style for certain papers and projects. Students should always carefully read and follow assignment directions and review the associated grading rubric when available. Students can find CSU’s Citation Guide by clicking here. This document includes examples and sample papers and provides information on how to contact the CSU Success Center.

Grading Rubrics

This course utilizes analytic grading rubrics as tools for your professor in assigning grades for all learning activities. Each rubric serves as a guide that communicates the expectations of the learning activity and describes the criteria for each level of achievement. In addition, a rubric is a reference tool that lists evaluation criteria and can help you organize your efforts to meet the requirements of that learning activity. It is imperative for you to familiarize yourself with these rubrics because these are the primary tools your professor uses for assessing learning activities.

Rubric categories include: (1) Assessment (Written Response) and (2) Assignment. However, it is possible that not all of the listed rubric types will be used in a single course (e.g., some courses may not have Assessments).

The Assessment (Written Response) rubric can be found embedded in a link within the directions for each Unit Assessment. However, these rubrics will only be used when written-response questions appear within the Assessment.

Each Assignment type (eg, article critique, case study, research paper) will have its own rubric. The Assignment rubrics are built into Blackboard, allowing students to review them prior to beginning the Assignment and once again the Assignment has been scored. This rubric can be accessed via the Assignment link located within the unit where it is to be submitted. Students may also access the rubric menu by selecting "Tools" and then "My Grades."

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Again, it is vitally important for you to become familiar with these rubrics because their application to your Assessments and Assignments is the method by which your instructor assigns all grades.

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The Blue Nights Inn

Tom and Lisa have recently moved from California. After working and living in the Bay Area for 20 years, they have managed to save enough money to purchase a nice new home in Ashland and have a decent retirement fund. After six months of living in Ashland, they’ve decided to invest part of their retirement money in a business. They thought of owning and running an inn whose customers will mainly be tourists who come for the Shakespeare Festival.

For a couple of months, Tom and Lisa put their thought into action. They collected basic information relevant and important to building and running an inn. First they scoured the newspapers and talked to realtors to look for an ideal house for sale located in a place perfect for an inn. They needed a house that is large enough to have six bedrooms, and have ample parking space for their guests. After several months of searching, they finally found one – an 80-yearold Old Victorian 2500 square-foot home that sits in a half-acre lot selling for $350,000. The value of the land, Tom and Lisa estimated to be at $300,000.

Tom and Lisa thought that the house must be renovated, refurbished, and redecorated before it is ready for occupancy. After consulting with an architect and a building contractor, they estimated the renovation, refurbishing, redecorating, and landscaping to cost an additional $150,000. They also estimated that it would cost an additional $50,000 to furnish the inn. On top of these, they estimated they needed $50,000 as working capital.

In order to start the process, Tom and Lisa needed a total of $600,000. They planned to invest $250,000 of their retirement fund and borrow the balance from a local bank at 8.0% interest per annum, payable in 30 years. They’ve figured that the inn could be open for business in January of 2007. They will call the inn The Blue Nights Inn .

The inn Tom and Lisa plan to build will have five bedrooms. The largest bedroom will be the Presidential Suite. Three medium rooms will be called the DeLuxe Room and one small room will be called Heavenly. After checking around, they thought to apply the following room rates:

Presidential $250 per night

Deluxe $150

Heavenly $100

Tom and Lisa realize that running and maintaining the inn would cost additional money. After much research and discussion, they identified and listed expense items, and came up with what they deemed reasonable and expected monthly cost estimates shown below. They thought to use these expense items for all months of the year.

Expense Category Est. Monthly Expense

Owner’s Salary $1,500

Housekeeper Salary (two full-time) $4,000

Utilities – Gas $ 300

Utilities – Electric/Water 250

Advertising and Promotion 300

Insurance 100

Maintenance Expense 300

Landscape Maintenance 300

Telephone 50

Website Maintenance 150

Internet Cable Connection 50

Miscellaneous 500

Tom and Lisa are projecting a 3% increase in these costs from year 1 to year 2 and from year 2 to year 3.

Tom and Lisa plan to open the inn 365 days per year. Based on this, they estimated the capacity (in terms of number of room-days) of the inn shown in the table below.

Since occupancy rates in Ashland are not the same throughout the year, T and L did some research and found the following information published in an annual report published by the Ashland Chamber of Commerce. The pie below shows the relative shares of revenues earned each quarter.

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Other assumptions:

1. Getting each room ready (regardless of type) costs $15.00

2. The cost of serving breakfast per room occupancy is $5.00

3. Depreciation Rates:

a. Building – 30 years (straight line)

b. Furniture Fixtures – 10 years (straight line)

Your Task:

1. Based on the given information above, prepare a financial plan for Tom and Lisa’s planned business (use the Dr. Dungan’s BA 499 Template)

2. Evaluate the financial viability of the planned business – inspect closely the balance sheets, cash flow, break-even and other important financial information.

3. Evaluate the assumptions used in this business planning scenario. Are there any important assumptions that were not included or omitted in this scenario? What are they? If any assumption appears unrealistic or does not represent the current condition, change them and revise the financial template to reflect the more current assumptions.

Very Important Note: The case presented above is just an example. The figures are contrived and are not based on actual research. The scenario was written for the sole purpose of demonstrating how to use the financial template used in BA499. In your case, when you develop your business plan, all the assumptions you use in coming up with your plan (marketing, operations, financial, HR, etc.) will be closely scrutinized by your BA499 instructor and professors who may be attending your oral presentation. Be ready to back up any assumption you use in your plan with data or research.

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Read the question, follow the instructions, and write 300-400 words.

Watch anyone of the following documentary/movie.

1. Capitalism; A Love Story (2010)

2. The Corporation (2005)

3. Food Inc. (2009)

4. An Inconvenient Truth (2006)

Share your understanding around 

WHO: THE PEOPLE INVOLVED.

WHAT: THE PROBLEMS, THINGS, IDEAS.

WHEN: PAST, PRESENT, FUTURE OF THE TOPIC.

WHERE: THE PLACE INVOLVED.

WHY: THE CAUSES, REASONS, RESULTS, CONDITIONS.

HOW: HISTORY OR FUNCTION (HOW IT BEGAN OR OPERATES).

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Please use Hua Wei as the company. 

Attached assignment brief and below is the expansion. 

Attached a sample assignment (follow very closely, especially how the Value Chain/ VRIN was done) on Air Asia.

 1. A brief (maximum 100 words) introduction to the company 

WORD COUNT WILL NOT BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION. 

-Nature of business

-Market segments served

 2. Company data which can be used to evaluate its success concluding with your thoughts about whether or not the company can be described as “successful”. 

300 WORDS. talk about the "HOW?"  Present with data, e.g. financial performance or employee satisfaction rating.

-An academic definition of success

-How to measure the success of the company (use Balanced Scorecard)

 3. An outline of 6 to10 business reasons behind the success stated in a simple, straightforward way with a brief (4/5 sentences) explanation of each reason. Avoid strategy “jargon”; no analysis is required – this is a test of your broad business knowledge and understanding.  

300 WORDS. talk about the "WHY?"

-What are the critical success factors? 

Please give at least 8-9 reasons, 2 to 3 sentences for each reason. 

 4. A detailed analysis of the company’s strategic capabilities starting with a Value Chain and followed by a VRIN evaluation. Your interpretation of the analysis must clearly show how the company has been able to build competitive advantage.  

800-1000 WORDS. Most important part of this assignment. 

*REFER TO SAMPLE ATTACHED*

-Value chain*

-Core competencies

-Analyse internal capabilities using VRIN framework

 5. An evaluation of the contribution of leadership to the company’s success, basing this on appropriate theory. A wide range of topics will be acceptable including: o Leadership (e.g. styles, attributes) o Management theories o Organisational culture o Decision-making 

MAX 800 WORDS. Use The Blake Managerial Grid.

Talk about the leader, not company. E.g. Apple = Steve Jobs. So, Hua Wei =  Ren Zhengfei 

 6. A detailed analysis and interpretation based on one further topic area from the following list: o Business (competitive) strategy consistent with strategic capabilities o International strategy (based on the framework in Exploring Strategy) o Innovation strategy o Collaboration (alliances, joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions) 

-Growth strategy

-International strategy

-Competitive Strategy

-Collaborative strategy

Critic and not describe how good they are. Do not describe what the company have done or is doing. 

 7. An explanation of any external and/or internal factors that might make it difficult for the company to be successful in the future and suggestions (based upon your prior analysis) as to how the company can best deal with these. 

500 WORDS. PEST ANALYSIS?

Analyse the sustainability of the company based on environmental trends. 

*your prediction of the company's success in 10 years. no recommendation needed. 

DO NOT USE SWOT ANALYSIS IN ASSIGNMENT. 

DO NOT USE ANSOFF MODEL IN ASSIGNMENT. 

Discuss if Huawei used backward/forward/horizontal/vertical integration? What values did they create for customers? (Related Diversification)

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Compare and contrast two techniques used to reduce the use of medical services in Saudi Arabia to control the cost of care. How do healthcare providers (such as physicians and hospitals) address financial constraints and continue to ensure that safe, effective, and efficient care is provided to the patient? What do you see in the future for utilization management?

In developing your initial response, be sure to draw from, explore, and cite credible reference materials, including at least one scholarly peer-reviewed reference. 

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Analysis/Synthesis Essay

Purpose: To write an in-depth analysis/synthesis essay about a famous painter and one of his or

her paintings.

Audience: Educated adults who are not necessarily familiar with the painter and/or painting.

Detailed Instructions:

Your essay should consist of 2 ½ – 3 typed, double-spaced pages.

Include these parts in your essay:

Title

 Catch the reader’s attention with a creative, relevant phrase.

 Avoid creating a too general title (e.g., “Beauty”) or using the painting’s title or the painter’s name as your title.

Introduction paragraph

 Begin with an attention-getting “hook.”

 Introduce the painter and the painting: You don’t have room for a biography, but do provide the painter’s birth and death years along with a couple of interesting facts about him or her. (If you

use anything that would not fall under “common knowledge,” you must include an in-text citation

and Works Cited entry for the information.)

 Provide your initial thoughts about the painting and why you were attracted to studying it.

First body paragraph

 Introduce an in-depth article about the painter or painting: First provide its author, title and main idea.

 Share some ideas from the article that you find most interesting and explain why you find them illuminating, surprising (or even shocking), disturbing, inspiring, or any other adjectives that fit

your reactions. About half of the paragraph should be your own ideas.

Second body paragraph

 Introduce another in-depth article about the painter or painting: First provide its author, title and main idea.

 Share some ideas from the article that you find most interesting and explain why you find them illuminating, surprising (or even shocking), disturbing, inspiring, or any other adjectives that fit

your reactions. About half of the paragraph should be your own ideas.

Final (Conclusion) Paragraph

 Discuss your thoughts about the painting after reading the two articles. For instance, did any ideas from one or both of the articles deepen your understanding or appreciation of the work?

Did you change any of your opinions about the painting after reading the articles? Did you find

one of the articles more helpful than the other and, if so, why?

MLA documentation for all quoted and paraphrased information

 Use sources responsibly. For help, review pages 546-560 in your textbook, “Skill 22.2: Know When and How to Use Summary, Paraphrase, and Quotation.”

 Add attributive tags to separate your ideas from an author’s.

 Include in-text citations and a Works Cited page. For help, review pages 561-566 in your textbook, “Skill 23: Citing and Documenting Sources.”

Tips and Reminders:

 Use the Detailed Instructions in this assignment sheet as a checklist for your essay.

 Use scholarly or professional articles, not Wikipedia or other undergraduate students’ work.

 Punctuate, capitalize, and format all titles correctly.

 Go into depth. Push yourself to get beyond obvious points.

 Use the format stated in the syllabus.

 You may use “I” in this essay when needed, but do not use “I” as in “I think that …,” “In my opinion …,” “I believe …”.

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