Healthcare System Of Saudi Arabia

Consider the evolution of healthcare in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. Investigate new proposals or policy implementations that have impacted this evolution, as well as current healthcare access and efficiency issues in the Kingdom.

Write a paper that addresses the following:

Introduction,

History and evolution of Saudi Arabian healthcare, including the growth of the healthcare system,

Policy and/or proposed rulings affecting the healthcare system,

Impact of population growth on current Saudi Arabian healthcare access and efficiency, and

Conclusion.

Requirements:

Your paper should be 4-6 pages in length, not including the title and reference pages.

You must include a minimum of four credible sources for support. Use the Saudi Digital Library to find your resources.

Your paper must follow Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style guidelines, as appropriate.

Victimology 4

 The experience of a trial can be particularly challenging for crime victims. What are the pros and cons of notifying victims of progress made in their offender’s case? Why might laws regarding victim notification have developed in the first place? What harms may come from failing to notify victims of any updates on their offender’s case? 

Discussion Questions

Discussion 1:  

From the e-Activity, determine whether stock prices are affected more by long-term or short-term performance. Provide one (1) example of the effect that supports your claim.

 * From the scenario, value a share of TFCbs stock using a growth model method and compare that value to the current trading price of a share of TFC. Determine whether the stock is undervalued or overvalued. Provide a rationale for your response.

Discussion 2:   Identify and briefly describe the biggest competitor for your business. Think about their approach to marketing. (juice business)

Outline the value your product brings to your customers and how they will benefit (what problem is your product solving).

What would be your marketing strategy to reach your customers?

Assignment 1: The Art of Negotiation

Due Week 4 and worth 150 points  Research a current conflict or negotiation in progress from the last 6 months like peace talks in the Middle East, a corporate merger, a labor dispute, etc.   Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you: 

Briefly describe the selected negotiation. 

Examine the issues versus the interests of the parties involved. Determine how this difference affected the negotiation.

Analyze the ethical behavior or tactics that are being used in the negotiation. Determine the effect they might have on the outcome of the negotiation. 

Determine the Best Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement (BATNA) and Worst Alternative to a Negotiated Agreement (WATNA) for each side of the negotiation.

Develop a proposal for a distributive negotiation strategy for this negotiation.

Develop a proposal for an integrative negotiation strategy for this negotiation.

Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. 

ASSIGNMENT 1: SOCIAL PERFORMANCE OF ORGANIZATIONS

According to the textbook, the current world economy is increasingly becoming integrated and interdependent; as a result, the relationship between business and society is becoming more complex. Please choose ONE of the following companies to research for this assignment or you may choose to write about the company you currently work for.

BUS475 Company List

Tesla

Wells Fargo

Hilton Hotels

Coca-Cola

Progressive Insurance

L’Oreal Personal Care Products

Uber

Kroger’s Grocery

Nike

Northrop Grumman Corporation

Facebook

Starbucks

Prepare and present a video that is a maximum of three to five (3-5) minutes OR write a two to four (2-4) page paper in which you:

1.   Specify the nature, structure, and types of products or services of your company, and identify two (2) key factors in the organization’s external environment that can affect its success (i.e. competition, economy, weather, technology).

2.     Suggest 2-3 ways in which the primary stakeholders (i.e. employees, consumers, suppliers, stockholder) can influence the organization’s profitability.

3.     Specify one (1) controversial corporate social responsibility concern associated with your company.

4.     Submit a reference page with at least three (3) quality references that you have used for this presentation / paper. 

Business Strategy 1

1. Describe the strategic management process, and include how it is used by organizations.

Your response should be at least 100 words in length.

2. Do you feel an organization should maintain their original mission and vision statement(s), or do you feel these statements should be periodically updated? Please explain your answer. 

Your response should be at least 100 words in length.

3. What is the difference between long-range planning and strategic planning? Explain your answer. 

Your response should be at least 100 words in length 

4. Colleges and universities, like all business, have strengths, weaknesses, and competitors. What would you consider to be an online university’s internal strengths and weaknesses? Why? Also, who would you say are the competitors to online universities? What are three external opportunities and three external threats? 

Your response should be at least 200 words in length.

5.   Within this unit, we discussed how businesses may need to adapt to changing times in order to stay competitive. Their initial practices may have worked well previously, but may not serve them well in the long term. The newspaper industry is one that may face extinction. Explain why they may need to rethink their business strategy, and provide some advice on possible strategic management changes. Be specific to include goals/objects, strengths, and weaknesses. 

Portfolio Management

Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:

1. Analyze the relationship between risk and rate of return, and suggest how you would formulate a portfolio that will minimize risk and maximize rate of return.

2. Formulate an argument for investment diversification in an investor portfolio.

3. Address how stocks, bonds, real estate, metals, and global funds may be used in a diversified portfolio. Provide evidence in support of your argument.

4. Evaluate the concept of the efficient frontier and how you will use it to determine an asset portfolio for a specified investor.

5. Consider the economic outlook for the next year in order to recommend the ideal portfolio to maximize the rate of return for the short term and long term. Explain the key differences between the short and long term.

6. Use four (4) external resources to support your work. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Yield Markets

Prepare a report that includes tables with the raw data you copied and graphs that depict the term structure of interest rates. The narrative portion of the report should describe the shape of the yield curves, compare the curves, and include plausible explanation for the shape of the curves. 

Negotiation skills

 Every professional sports league (e.g., National Football League,  National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, Major League  Soccer, etc.) re-negotiates their contracts between the owners and the  players union. Each party has their own unique power base. Take a side  (owners or players union) and describe how you will use your power base  to get the other side to give in to the demand regarding salaries &  retirement or an issue of working conditions. Use references to support  your position. 

Please respond to the following:

Examine the concept of product life cycle analysis. Provide one example of the way in which this analysis can help an organization to determine whether to continue offering a specific service to the community it serves.

Determine two reasons why the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) portfolio analysis would be effective in developing a specific adaptive strategy for a healthcare organization. Provide a rationale for your position.