Example: the change in flopp disk to flash drive. 

 

 

Assess the value of the product life cycle as a tool for product succession planning and related product management activities. Give your opinion on whether or not the Product Life Cycle can help health care managers in promoting portfolio planning, strategy formulation, and forecasting. Provide one (1) example to support your rationale.

Select two (2) stages of the Product Life Cycle. Describe the methods for strategically and tactically managing products during each of the selected stages. Relate the selected stages to two (2) real-life examples of strategic or tactical initiatives within a health care organization.

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research about qualitative approaches. Based on your research, respond to the following:

• Analyze and describe any two types of qualitative research methods.
• Recommend in which situations, qualitative research methods can be used in public health research.
• Explain the advantages and disadvantages of qualitative as well as quantitative research.
• Analyze and explain why qualitative research and mixed methodologies are given preference over quantitative methodology in most cases of public health research.
• Is it true that the value of the dependence of qualitative research on small samples renders it incapable of generalizing conclusions? Why?
• Describe the key fundamental differences between experimental and quasi-experimental designs. Provide at least one example of each experimental design that identifies the situations in which the experimental design can be used.
• Analyze and explain whether there are any possible ethical issues associated with each of these experimental designs in the field of public health research. If yes, what are they? If no, why?

This is not an essay, it is a 250 word minimum forum post.  Need by 0700 EST on 3 January. 

It is said that effective executives should employ a political frame in their work.  Explain how the political frame would be a part of the strategic planning process, which steps are appropriately political, and why this frame is important to the ultimate success of a strategic plan.  

Incorporate the course materials and cite your sources. Reply to at least two of your classmate's posts.

1.  Explain the four combinations of explicit and tacit knowledge and the theory that ties them together.

2.  What role does social learning play in communities of practice (CoPs)?

3.  What role does knowledge creation and knowledge management play in organizational learning?

4.  Explain the difference between single loop learning and double loop learning.

5.  What role does individual learning play in organizational learning?

Describe Absolutism in either France or England.  Please analyze the nature of Absolutism, what caused monarchs to opt for Absolutist rule?  What were the outcomes of the Absolutist experiments?  Describe Mercantilism in context of the Absolutist monarchies.   

 

2 -3 page

Assignment 1: Discussion—ABC or Activity-Based Costing

In your readings this module, you were introduced to Activity-Based Costing or ABC. It is a method used to determine a reliable predetermined benchmark for the allocation of overhead costs to the products produced based on their activity levels. In this discussion, we will work a case study on ABC together. For your initial response, attempt to answer the questions yourself and post all the required items into the Discussion Area. You may want to post some elements during different days so the class can work this problem together. Then in your response postings, help each other with misunderstandings or miscalculations.

Tasks:

• Examine the case below and then…
  • Calculate the amount of overhead allocated to small and large advertising campaigns under existing methods.
  • Apply activity-based costing to calculate the cost per cost driver for each of the cost pools.
  • Use the costs per cost driver to calculate the activity-based overhead applicable to small and large campaigns.
  • Calculate the percentage to be added to direct advertising costs to recover overhead costs under activity-based costing.

Merit-o-cracy PLC is a specialist advertising agency. It has been long-established but is experiencing difficulties in winning new business. The Chief Executive believes that its pricing methods are leading to the loss of large customer advertising campaigns while it is consistently winning smaller business.

Merit-o-cracy costs work for pricing purposes on the basis of direct advertising costs (i.e. space or time purchased from newspapers, radio and TV) plus 100%. The 100% is intended to cover all the overheads of the business, which run at $2 million per year. It does not include any profit margin. This budget cost comprises:

Creative staff                                        $500,000

Production staff                                    $750,000

Administrative & support staff              $300,000

Rental and associated costs                  $450,000

Merit-o-cracy classifies its advertising campaigns as either small or large. Of the 350 campaigns the agency wins, about 325 are classified as small. A typical small advertising campaign incurs direct advertising costs of $4,000 each (and therefore is allocated $4,000 of overheads under current methods). The other 25 advertising campaigns are large and incur direct advertising costs of $28,000 each.

Merit-o-cracy’s accountant has heard of activity-based costing. After speaking to the management team, she has gathered information on the most common causes of costs. She believes that creative staff costs are linked to the number of advertising campaigns the agency competes for. Production staff costs are related to the number of advertising campaigns the agency wins. Administrative and support staff costs are related to the number of customers the agency has. Rental and associated costs are people-based and as a similar number of staff is employed in each of the three departments, the costs should be equally shared.

The accountant has also collected data on the activity levels in each of the three departments over the budget period. These are:

            Creative                       

• 800 advertising campaigns the agency bids for
• 400 of these are bids for large campaigns and 400 for small campaigns

Production

• 350 advertising campaigns the agency wins
• 325 of these are small campaigns and 25 large campaigns

Admin & support           

• 400 customers the agency services
• 300 of these are customers with small campaigns and 100 have large campaigns

Submission Details:

By the due date assigned, post your initial response to the Discussion Area below. Through the end of the module, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses on two different days. Your response should be thorough and address all components of the posted question in detail, include citations of all sources, where needed, according to APA style, and demonstrate accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation

5 paragraph essay exam 

minimum word-count requirement of 350 words but should be between 400-600 words. 

 

The first paragraph should introduce the topic and contain a thesis statement. It should contain between three-five (3-5) complete sentences, including the thesis statement. 

 

The second, third, and fourth paragraphs are the body paragraphs. Each body paragraph should contain between three-five (3-5) sentences, including the topic sentence (first sentence of the body paragraph, states a main point that supports the thesis) and at least two-three (2-3) specific examples per main point. 

 

The fifth and final paragraph should begin with a restatement of the thesis. It should be three-five (3-5) complete sentences, and include a brief summary/conclusion of the student's answer to the essay question. 

 

You are not required to do outside research for these essays but if you choose to do so, the usual source standards apply (no encyclopedias or dictionaries). You must cite any course materials used and any outside sources used and include a bibliography after each essay.

Essay exam. Essay should be five paragraphs long, have a minimum word-count requirement of 350 words. There is no maximum word count but students who do well typically stay between 400-600 words. 

The first paragraph should introduce the topic and contain a thesis statement. It should contain between three-five (3-5) complete sentences, including the thesis statement. 

The second, third, and fourth (body) paragraphs:

 Each body paragraph should contain between three-five (3-5) sentences, including the topic sentence (first sentence of the body paragraph, states a main point that supports the thesis) and at least two-three (2-3) specific examples per main point. 

The fifth and final paragraph should begin with a restatement of the thesis. It should be three-five (3-5) complete sentences, and include a brief summary/conclusion of the student's answer to the essay question. 

Outside research for this essays must follow the usual source standards APA format, academically credible sources (no encyclopedias or dictionaries). You must cite any course materials (Listed under lesson 4 below) used and any outside sources used and include a bibliography at the end of the essay.

 

 

 

19th century: Jan 1st 1801 –  December 31st 1900.

 

Thesis:  Europe was undergoing a period of change or by definition, a revolution, which would forever change the political, social, and economic structures of its' inhabitants. 

 

3 topic paragraphs: political, social, and economic

 

ideas for each:

Political: nationalism 

Social: revolution

Economic: industrialism?

 

 

 

Some References: (academically credible required.) 

https://www.britannica.com/topic/history-of-Europe/Revolution-and-the-growth-of-industrial-society-1789-1914

https://study.com/academy/lesson/political-economic-reform-in-19th-century-britain.html

https://study.com/academy/lesson/the-19th-century-world-economy-major-changes-their-impact.html

* Slawson, L. (2017, Aug. 31). Imperialism, Revolution, and Industrialization in 19th-Century Europe. Retrieved from https://owlcation.com/humanities/Imperialism-Revolution-and-Industrialization-in-Nineteenth-Century-Europe

Revolutions of 1848

The following readings are from

Jonathan Sperber The European Revolutions, 1848-1851

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Chapter 1 Society and Social Conflict in Europe During the 1840s Pages 5-12

– Crafts, Manufacturing and their Social Order Pages 12 -20 Suggested Reading (Notrequired)

– Social Structure and the Elites Pages 20 – 23

Chapter 2 The Pre-Revolutionary Political Universe Pages 56-59

– Political Doctrines Pages 65

o Liberalism 65-69

o Conservatism 73-76

Laissez-faire 77-80

o Radicalism 80-84

– Nationalism pages 89-92

o Nations and Nationalism in Germany and Italy Pages 93-98

Chapter 3 The Outbreak of Revolution Pages 109- 124

China

The following reading are from

Stephen Haw, Modern History of Asia

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Chapter 6 Change in Mandate The Manchu Conquest, 1644-1860 Pages 66-72

– The Si Ku Quan Shu to Manchu Decline Pages 77-79

Chapter 7 Besieged The Late Qing Dynasty, 1860-1911 Pages 80-99

Chapter 8 Northern Peace? The Republic, the Warlords and Communist Revolution, 1911-1949 Pages 100-110

 

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Week 6 End of the 19th Century to 1950s

This week’s readings are from

Nicholas Atkin and Michael Biddiss

Themes in Modern European History 1890-1945

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Chapter 2 Social and Economic Developments in Europe 1890-1939

– Demographic change Pages 49-57

– Industrial Change to 1914 Pages 59 – 60

– Workers’ Organization 60-62

– Women Workers 62-64

– Social Welfare and Worker Society 64-67

– The Impact of World War I on European Economy and Society pages 70-73

– The Family and Depopulation Pages 75-76

– Social Impact of World Depression 76-79

Chapter 3 Intellectual and Cultural upheaval, 1890-1945 Page 82

– Positivism under challenge Pages 84-89

– Blood and Darkness Pages 98-100

– Ideological Confrontation 100-104

– The Authoritarian politicization of culture pages 104- 108

Chapter 5 World War I – Conduct and Consequences Pages 146-158

– Adjusting to the demands of War Pages 160-168

– Financing the War 168-169

Chapter 7 Fascism: A Revolutionary Right in Interwar Europe Pages 215- 230

Chapter 9 The Origins of World War II in Europe Pages 273-296

1. Describe the political and ideological effect of this statement by Pope Nicholas V

“We weighing all and singular the premises with due meditation, and noting that since we had formerly by other letters of ours granted among other things free and ample faculty to the aforesaid King Alfonso — to invade, search out, capture, vanquish, and subdue all Saracens and pagans whatsoever, and other enemies of Christ whosesoever placed, and the kingdoms, dukedoms, principalities, dominions, possessions, and all movable and immovable goods whatsoever held and possessed by them and to reduce their persons to perpetual slavery” Nicholas V -Romanus Pontifex on January 5, 1455

2.What were the consequences and outcomes of the Popes’ conflict with the Holy Roman Emperors/ French Kings? Describe the Papal ideologies and actions in facing the secular powers. Describe the nature of the Lay Investiture Controversy. Please provide examples of the confrontations. How does the call to Crusades in 1095 by Urban II fit into the larger controversy/conflict?

3.Describe Absolutism in either France or England. Please analyze the nature of Absolutism, what caused monarchs to opt for Absolutist rule? What were the outcomes of the Absolutist experiments? Describe Mercantilism in context of the Absolutist monarchies. 

4.Describe the nature and ideology/doctrine of the Protestant Reformation? What was Luther’s essential argument and how did it fundamentally challenge the Catholic Church and its doctrine? What was Calvin’s doctrinal argument? What were the political and economic consequences of the Protestant Reformation, both Lutheran and Calvinist?

Choose one of the following schools of Buddhism:

• Theravada Buddhism
• Mahayana Buddhism
• Vajrayana Buddhism
• Zen Buddhism–as a special school of Mahayana Buddhism

Write a 700- to 1,050-Microsoft Word paper that addresses the following:

• Summarize the history of Buddhism and the life of Buddha.
• Explain the basic teachings and moral aspects of Buddhism.
• Explain what makes the school of Buddhism you selected unique.

Next  part on a different sheet

  

Write a 90- to 175-word response for each of the following:

1. Explain the basic Buddhist teachings, including the three marks of reality, the Four Noble Truths, and the Noble Eightfold Path.

 

2. Describe the three major Buddhist traditions—Theravada, Mahayana, and Vajrayana—and how each tradition developed from the early teachings. 

 

have to be done by tomorrow from the time it was posted.