The Supreme Court unit 9 discussion

The Supreme Court consists of the chief justice of the United States and such number of associate justices as may be fixed by Congress. The number of associate justices is currently fixed at eight. Power to nominate the Justices is vested in the president of the United States, and appointments are made with the advice and consent of the Senate. The Constitution further provides that “the Judges, both of the supreme and inferior Courts, shall hold their Offices during good Behaviour, and shall, at stated Times, receive for their Services, a Compensation, which shall not be diminished during their Continuance in Office” (U.S. Const., art. III, § 1).For this discussion, visit the official Web site of the Supreme Court of the United States. Choose one recent court decision from the past two years, and complete the following:

Summarize the case and the final decision in 1–3 paragraphs.

 

Discuss whether you think the current Supreme Court is conservative, liberal, or balanced. Use current Supreme Court decisions to argue your position.

For this assignment, you will explain how the constitutional structure shapes American politics. Write a 750–1000-word essay on the relative power of the president, Congress, and the federal judiciary in which you complete the following:

Of the president, Congress, and the Supreme Court, rank which you think has the most power, which has the second most, and which has the least. Support your position with specific examples.

If you think that two or all three have equal amounts of power, explain why.

Discuss limitations on the power of each branch of government.

Draw extensively on information from all relevant chapters of textbook and relevant presentations. Use well-constructed paragraphs and sentences.Requirements

Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message.

Length: 750–1000 words.

Resources: Use at least two scholarly sources from the Internet.

APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to APA (6th edition) style and formatting.

Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

Describe in your own words and in 2 pages what happened in the Megaupload case and the current disposition of ownership claims to the data which were placed in the seized computer systems. Also, describe in your own words and in 2 pages how bit torrent works, how it is used to illegally download music, how using bit torrent with an anonymous server makes it very difficult to determine the identity of the illegal downloader, and what steps are being taken to determine the identity of and prosecute the downloader. Your Assignment will be 4 pages in length.

Business Modeling

Respond to each of the following discussion topics:

Is simulation a Management Information System or a Decision Support System? Support your response with a detailed argument.

We will be using ARENA software in this course. Research one additional software product available for modeling discrete event simulations and compare that product with ARENA.

After posting your initial response, respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. Review the rubric for more information about expectations for this assignment. Your first post must be a minimum of 250 words with 2 references APA formatted.  One reference can be your text.

Social Psychology assignment

Visit the website of The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation, an organization dedicated to altruistic pursuits.

Review the information, literature, and downloadable documents.

Design your own assignment in which you implement five acts of kindness (prosocial behavior). Use your discretion, common sense, and modesty at all times. Do not put yourself in an environment of potential danger or harm.

Write a paper of 500-750 words, in which you:

1. Describe your implementation of kindness: what did you do, how did you approach the idea, where did you implement it and to whom?
2. Describe the reactions you perceived from others and yourself.
3. Describe what you learned about prosocial behavior from this exercise. Compare the actual application of the behavior relative to this topic material.
4. If you are a faith-based person, explain how your faith helped you implement your helping behavior. If you are not a faith-based person, explain what philosophy, belief system, or values you connected to helping behavior.

When writing in APA style, it is important that your analysis is written in third person. Writing in third person helps with clarity and conciseness throughout your paper. However, some instances writing in first person is acceptable and should be used sparingly. Solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. 

Executive Strategies

Strategies implemented by leaders within their respective organizations can differ depending on several variables. Leaders can be very effective in one sector, but fail in another because the same leadership strategies used in one sector may not apply to another. For example, a leader who uses certain strategies in the military sector may not be successful using those same leadership strategies in a nonprofit charitable organization. Effective leaders use the most appropriate strategies not only for a specific situation, but for the overall sector in which they lead.

 

Instructions

 

Focus on the Chief Executive Officer, President, or other title used by the individual at the very top of the organization you have selected as the focus for this course. This individual is ultimately responsible for the organization and usually answers to a board of directors as well as outside stakeholders.

 

Create a PowerPoint presentation for the board of directors explaining the leadership strategies enacted by the CEO/President. Inform your audience how this leader’s strategies align with the leadership strategies most commonly used within the sector. Determine if the leader is using the most effective strategies, and if not, recommend improvements to assist the board.

 

Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as speaker notes for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists.

 

Support your presentation with at least three scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included. 

 

Length: 12-15 slides (with a separate reference slide)

Notes Length: 200-350 words for each slide

 

Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style where appropriate. 

Performance, Legal, and Ethical Issues

The selected company is APPLE INC  the product/service were iPad, watches, iPhone, televisions, and computers.

 

1 – Introduction  (Domestic and Foreign in separate sub-headings)

 

Describe separately in sub-titled sections:

a  – the company,

b – the product,

c – and the elements you will be addressing in your plan, 

 

2 – Incorporate Executive Summary (Week 6)

After researching the components typically included in an Executive Summary, provide such elements.  Using numbers, include:

1. Strategic Objectives (Domestic and Foreign in separate sub-headings)
2. Products or Services (Domestic and Foreign in separate sub-headings)
3. Resources Needed (Domestic and Foreign in separate sub-headings)
4. Projected Outcomes (3 years) (Domestic and Foreign in separate sub-headings)

 

3 – Incorporate Understanding Target Markets (Week 2)

 

Describe separately in sub-titled sections:

 

a – Select a geographical area,

b – provide a customer demographic profile (Domestic and Foreign in separate sub-headings)

c – provide the quantitative demographics for the geographical area (Domestic and Foreign in separate sub-headings)

d – compute the area market potential for the selected target market (Domestic and Foreign in separate sub-headings)

 

4 – Incorporate Promotion and the Product Life Cycle (Week 3)

 

Describe separately in sub-titled sections:

 

Here you discuss how Promotion Strategies change in each one of the five stages – (Domestic and Foreign in separate sub-headings)

 

a  -Introduction,

b – Growth,

c – Maturity, ‘

d – Decline,

e – Termination)

of the PLC 

 

5 – Incorporate Price and Channel Strategy (Week 4)

 

Describe separately in sub-titled sections:

 

Here you provide your Distribution Plan for

 

a – your product/service,(Domestic and Foreign in separate sub-headings)

b – your selected channels (be specific) – (Domestic and Foreign in separate sub-headings)

c – and the pricing (use ‘numbers’) schedules for the selected channels. – (Domestic and Foreign in separate sub-headings)

 

6 – Incorporate Marketing Communication and Brand Strategy (Week 5)

 

Describe separately in sub-titled sections:

 

Here you describe

 

a – the message you would use to start your brand and  (Domestic and Foreign in separate sub-headings)

b – to then maintain your brand, (Domestic and Foreign in separate sub-headings)

c – and describe the 6 marketing elements strategies to build and maintain your product/service brand. (Domestic and Foreign in separate sub-headings)

 

7 – Legal, Social and Ethical Considerations (Week 6)

 

Describe separately in sub-titled sections:

 

Here you enter:

 

a – legal,  (Domestic and Foreign in separate sub-headings)

b – social  (Domestic and Foreign in separate sub-headings)

c – and ethical issues related to the marketing of your product and service. (Domestic and Foreign in separate sub-headings)

 

8 – Develop a process to monitor and control marketing performance (Week 6)

 

Describe separately in sub-titled sections:

 

Use specific numbers or  

 

a – expected number ranges and  (Domestic and Foreign in separate sub-headings)

b – describe how you would monitor your marketing implementation.  (Domestic and Foreign in separate sub-headings)

 

9 – Conclusion

 

Here you conclude your plans.

 

Please, make sure that your paper contains 9 Titled and numbered Sections to reflect the assignment titles and numbers as they are listed above.

 

Cite a minimum of three peer-reviewed references. 

Include all peer-reviewed references from the previous weeks’ individual assignments in your marketing plan.

Leadership strategy

Prior to creating organizational strategies, it is important to thoroughly understand the sector in which the organization operates, along with typical strategies organizations within this sector use to achieve their long-term and short-term goals and objectives. Analyzing the sector includes examining the overall industry, identifying what determines success in that industry, what stimulates growth, and what strategies other successful organizations are implementing to achieve their goals and objectives. Based on a comprehensive sector analysis, executive leaders can begin outlining a strategic plan.

 

Instructions

Analyze the sector your organization operates in and create a report for the organizational stakeholders. Respond to the following in your report:

·       Identify the sector that the organization belongs to.

·       Determine the main goal of that sector in terms of achievement and operational goals. (Examples: increase profits, serve more people, increase revenue, etc.) Identify some of the largest and most successful organizations within the sector.

·       Explain how your organization specifically fits within the sector in terms of size and success.

·       Determine the internal and external forces that influence the success or failure of the organizations within this sector.

Support your assignment with at least five scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.

Length: 5-7 pages, not including title and reference pages

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.

Earned Value Analysis

Resource: Project Management: The Managerial Process, Ch. 13 and Electroscan, Inc. Student Table spreadsheet

 

Evaluate the Earned Value Management (EVM) Case Study found on p. 499 in Project Management: The Managerial Process, Ch. 13.

 

Case Study

 

Tree Trimming Project

 

Wil Fence is a large timber and Christmas tree farmer who is attending a project management class in the fall, his off season. When the class topic came to earned value, he was perplexed. Isn’t he using EV?

 

Each summer Will hires crews to shear fields of Christmas trees for the coming Holiday season. Shearing entails having a worker use a large machete to shear the branches of the tree into a nice, cone shaped tree.

 

 

 

 

 

Will describes his business as follows:

 

 

 

  

I count the number of Douglas Fir Christmas trees in the field (24,000).

 

  

Next, I agree on a contract lump sum for shearing with a crew boss for the whole field ($30,000).

 

  

When partial payment for work completed arrives (5 days later), I count or estimate the actual number sheared (6,000 trees). I take the actual as a percent of the total to be sheared, multiply the percent complete by total contract amount for the partial payment [(6,000/$30,000 = 25%), (.25 × $30,000 = $7500)].

 

  

Is Will over, on, or below cost and schedule? Is Will using earned value?

 

  

How can Will set up a scheduling variance?

 

Discuss descriptive and inferential statistics in a quantitative study and why in a qualitative study this is not an issue. Also, discuss what a consumer of research should know about (p values) pertaining to quantitative research finding. 

600 words

 

ApA Format