1.              Write a one page report on any government current topic analyzing the pros and cons by utilizing current issues from any magazines, newspaper, or internet source – of your choice – source may come from either print or online.  You MUST cite your source for me in your report in order to get credit.

2.              Visit a city government entity or building and write a one page report about it (who, what, when, where, why, your opinion / observations).

3.  Write a paper on the upcoming Midterm Election between Beto O’Rourke and Ted Cruz.

4.              It is important that you understand the electoral college and its function.  Write a one page report explaining what the electoral college is, your understanding of why it is considered controversial, and your opinion of the electoral college.

5.              Think about what qualities you think are most important in the President.  Please tell me at least three and explain why you think these are essential qualities for our president to possess.

CT 2 Dynamics Of Power

Transformation leaders are viewed as change agents in their organization.  They develop, build, model and encourage the vision for the organization. Choose a leader and evaluate how he or she supports the elements of vision in his or her organization. You must identify the leader and his or her organization, and provide a URL to the leader’s website and to the organization. 

Instructions:

Evaluate how this leader communicates the vision.

What does this leader do to encourage experimentation

How does this leader model the vision?

Evaluate how this leader builds commitment to the vision.

Paper Requirements:

Your paper should include an introduction and a conclusion and should be 4-5 pages long, not including the title or reference pages, which you must include.

Incorporate two scholarly references.

Follow APA writing guidelines. 

RESEARCH DESIGN

Clearly depict the research design of your study. 

It is critical that your research design represents a scientific inquiry into a social problem involving stakeholders and relevant data. 

Review Creswell’s thoughts regarding your chosen design (mentioned in the purpose statement) and begin articulating your design. You may also wish to think about the following questions while planning the design:

• Can you use the designs in the textbook as to build a reproducible design?

• Can you adopt a design from the literature?

• Does the design help you determine a practical sampling strategy?

• Does the design ensure the collection of needed data as to address the research questions

hypothesis tests?

• Can you describe the design using simple terms and concepts from the textbook?

• explain how your instruments match the design and collect information able to be turned into relevant findings.

• …justify the validity and reliability of your instruments such that their use may enable another researcher to replicate your study.

• …explain (and justify) how your coding and/or hypothesis tests can help you obtain findings relevant to your study.

• …explain (and justify) the various types of validity relevant to your study.

Here is the task!!!!

******Please create a draft of the research design; that details the appropriateness of design; the procedure; and the role of the researcher.  

Also explain how the selected design collects the data needed to address the research questions and hypotheses.

And explain how to present the procedure in a clear fashion allowing other researchers to replicate your efforts. 

All in all make sure the following information is addressed within the paper 

Research Design

Appropriateness of Design

Procedure

The Role of the Researcher

Research Questions

Theses

Population and Sample

Geographic or Virtual Location

Instrumentation

Data Collection 

Data Analysis

Human Participants and Ethics Precautions

Validity and Reliability

Contribution to Social, Practice, or Organizational Change

Summary

Multinational Corporation Case Study

Multinational Corporation Case Study

McDonalds: Over 100 Cultures Served

For decades McDonald’s has been the undisputed king of global food franchising. With more than 34,000 restaurants in over 118 countries and serves more than 69 million customers every day.

So how did McDonald’s become such a global powerhouse? It certainly didn’t get there through hamburgers alone. Since it first began expanding overseas, McDonald’s has been careful to include regional tastes on its menus along with the usual Big Mac and French fries. For instance, in Thailand patrons can order the Samurai Burger, a pork-patty sandwich marinated in teriyaki sauce and topped with mayonnaise and a pickle. If fish is more your taste, try the Ebi Filet-o shrimp sandwich from Japan.

McDonald’s is also careful to adapt its menus to local customs and culture. In Israel, all meat served in the chain’s restaurants is 100 percent kosher beef. The company also closes many of its restaurants on the Sabbath and religious holidays. McDonald’s pays respect to religious sentiments in India as well by not including any beef or pork on its menu. For more examples, go to www.mcdonalds.com and explore the various McDonald’s international franchises websites. Notice how the company blends the culture of each country into the restaurant’s image.

McDonald’s main global market concern as of late has been Asia. So far McDonald’s strategy seems to be working. In Shanghai the company’s Hamburger University attracts top-level college graduates to be trained for management positions. Only about eight out of every 1,000 applicants makes it into the program, an acceptance rate that is even lower than Harvard! McDonald’s is reaching out further in Asia where it opened its first store in Vietnam in 2014. The Vietnamese location in Ho Chi Minh City is the country’s very first drive-thru restaurant. Bringing McDonald’s to Vietnam is a dream come true for Henry Nguyen, founder of Good Day Hospitality, who has been wanting to introduce the brand to Vietnam for over a decade. Nguyen brought in 20 top McDonald’s employees from Australia to help aid in the opening while also sending prospective Vietnamese employees to Queensland to learn the ropes in a real-life restaurant setting. In the end, one can only hope that McDonald’s remains dedicated to quality as it continues adapting and expanding into the global market.

Case Analysis Questions

1. Explain in 175 words what makes a company a “multinational corporation”.

2. Complete the chart in a total of 350 words using 3 to 5 examples of multinational corporations.

Name of multinational corporation

Defining characteristics of the company that make it a multinational corporation.

Music Paper

Pick a particular Era, Chapter, Genre/Style, Composer/Musician, Instrument, or Musical Piece discussed in our Textbook – You decide what to write about. Two page Essay is required . Essay #1 – Unit 1: Chapters #1-14

Reflective Journal 1: My Views On Mass Media Or Effects Of Advertising

Write a 3/4 to 1 page journal entry (300 to 500 words) in which you:

1. Describe one or two (1-2) experiences with mass media (movies or television) that affected you positively or negatively, explaining when, how, and why.
2. Complete the page requirement.
3. Write with clarify, following mechanics and formatting requirements.

Health Discussion

If you were finding out about birth control options for the first time again, what do you know now that you wish you had known before?

If you are willing to share, please include how old you were when you first found out about “sex” and about “birth control options”.

Did your parents tell you about sex? Friends

What kind of “Sex Ed” did you receive in school?

Did you feel prepared regarding sexual issues or unprepared?

Principals Of Management

NEED a two-page(500 word) paper on the United Kingdom and what is learned about the country and how the UK’s culture would affect an organization’s ability to conduct and manage business globally.

Advanced seminar in Economics

Week 7 – Monopoly

Part a

1. Monopoly and price discrimination:

(a) What is the profit maximization condition for a (single-price) monopolist in the short-run? How about in the long-run? Is it effi cient to have monopoly in the society? Why or why not? When does the government allow monopoly?

(b) If a monopolist is allowed to price-discriminate, what are the three broad categories of discrimination? Explain each one of them with example.

2. A monopolist faces the following demand curve: P = 1200− 3Q, its total cost is given by: TC = 5000 +Q2.

(a) If it is a single price monopolist, what is its profit maximizing price and quantity? How much is the profit? How much are consumer surplus, producer surplus and dead-weight loss? Compare these to the effi cient outcome where the social surplus is maximized.

(b) Suppose it is a first degree price discriminator instead of a single price monopolist. What is the lowest price that the monopolist will charge? How much will be the profit (loss) of the firm? How much are consumer surplus, producer surplus and dead-weight loss? Compare these to the effi cient outcome.

Part b

3. Third degree price discrimination:

During the war, the same arms merchant often sells weapons to both sides of the conflict. In this situation, a different price could be offered to each side because there is no danger of resale. Suppose a US arms merchant has a monopoly of a special air-to-sea missiles and is willing to sell them to both India and China. India’s demand for missiles is P1 = 840−2x and China’s is P2 = 1040−2.5y, where P1 and P2 are in millions of dollars. The marginal cost of missiles is MC = 2Q, where Q = x+ y. How many missiles will be sold to each country and what price will be charged to each country?

4. Multi-plant monopolist:

A monopolist has access to two production processes with the following marginal cost curves: MC1 = 2x and MC2 = 60+ y, where output in production process 1 is x, output in production process 2 is y and hence total output produced is Q = x+ y.

(a) During peak season, the monopolist faces the following demand curve: P = 160 − 23Q. How much should he produce at each facility to maximize profits?

(b) During off season, the monopolist faces a reduced demand given by: P = 70− 23Q. How much should he produce at each facility to maximize profits?

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Wk3 Discussion 2

After reading Chapter 8 in the text and viewing the Fixed, Variable, and Marginal Cost (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. video, address the following in your initial post:

First, describe several different fixed costs and variable costs associated with operating an automobile.

Next, assume that you would like to travel from Los Angeles to New York City by either car or plane. Which costs would you take into account in making your decision, fixed costs, variable costs or both? Make sure to explain your analysis in the decision that you have to make.

https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/microeconomics/firm-economic-profit/average-costs-tutorial/v/fixed-variable-and-marginal-cost