Please read the mini case Can You Follow an Icon and Succeed? Apple and Tim Cook after Steve Jobs and answer to the followings on page 408 of the textbook and provide an APA formatted written paper, minimum of four (4) pages (and at least six (6) peer-reviewed resources in support of your arguments) and answer the following questions:

• Please evaluate a CEOs job, and what makes a CEOs job so complex? Use the challenges Tim Cook faces as Steve Jobs successor to provide examples that support your answer.
• Tim Cook came from Apples internal managerial labor market to succeed Steve Jobs. According to your analysis, do you think that using the internal managerial labor market is the best approach to follow when replacing S. Jobs? 
  • Use materials in the chapter regarding the internal and external managerial labor markets to explain your answer.
• Given their different leadership styles of Steve Jobs and Tim Cook, describe the differences you found in Apples culture under Tim Cooks leadership compared to the culture in Apple when Steve Jobs was CEO. 
• Using the information in this Mini-Case as well as you found additional materials through your searches, how do you evaluate Tim Cook as a CEO? 
  • Is he an effective strategic leader or not? Use examples from the chapters discussion of Key Strategic Leadership Actions to justify your answer to this question.

Marketing Unit 4 Brief Writing Activity:

 Franchising Franchising is a very important method of distribution for many corporations. In this short writing assignment, you will select and examine two franchise businesses.

 Instructions

 1. Go to Franchise Direct, Top 100 Franchises for the current year and review two franchise business opportunities. They must be from different industry categories. 

2. In a 500-750 words, answer the following questions:

 a. Identify the industry and name for the franchise. How long have the franchises been in business?

 b. How do the requirements for physical location (territory granted) contribute to the distribution of the product or service? 

c. What are the main problems, including supply chain management, facing the franchise as they add additional franchise locations? Additional research will be needed to address this question. 

d. Are there other distribution channels the franchise might use to expand distribution of their good or service? An example would be Dunkin placing bags of coffee in grocery stores. Please be specific and utilize your readings and research to substantiate your thoughts. 

Requirements:

  Prepare a quality, substantive paper that addresses the objectives of the assignment and the expectations set forth in the grading rubric. 

A minimum of500 words excluding the title page and references is required.

  Support your answers with a minimum of three scholarly and/or professional sources that have been published within the past 5 years.

  Use APA format for sources, but APA formatting is not required for the paper. o Refer to APA Style and the Online Writing Center resources in Academic Resources for guidance citation formatting.

  Note: an abstract, introduction, and conclusion are not required for this assignment. 

field of study is Forensic Psychology and no concentration

Discussion using the following headings and according to the italicized instructions given for each element:

Program of Study: Identify your specific program of study and, if applicable, your concentration area.

Social Problem: Briefly describe the social problem or phenomenon of interest. Typically, this can be done in 3 or fewer sentences.

Quantitative Research Problem: Complete the following sentence: The scholarly community does not know

Quantitative Research Purpose: Typically, this is a 1-sentence statement addressed by completing the following sentence: The purpose of this quantitative study is

Quantitative Research Question: Typically, this is a 1-sentence question unless you have more than one research question.

Theory or Conceptual Framework: Identify a specific psychological or sociological theory or specific aspects of a conceptual framework that guides that guides the scenario. Briefly describe how the specific theory or conceptual framework guides your research question and will aid in interpretation of results.

Qualitative Research Problem: Complete the following sentence: The scholarly community does not know

Qualitative Research Purpose: Typically, this is a 1-sentence statement addressed by completing the following sentence: The purpose of this qualitative study is

Qualitative Research Question: Typically, this is a 1-sentence question unless you have more than one research question.

Theory or Conceptual Framework: Identify a specific psychological or sociological theory or specific aspects of a conceptual framework that guides the scenario. Briefly describe how the specific theory or conceptual framework guides your research question and will aid in interpretation of results. If this is the same as described for the quantitative scenario, then just indicate same as quantitative.

Note: Use proper APA format. If helpful, support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.

**Notes for this unit should be recorded for (1) What is racism? and (2)What if I talk about race wrong?**

For accountability, please take notes on assigned readings and videos. 

You may upload the notes in word, pdf, jpeg, etc. Feel free to choose a quote or phrase from one of the articles to react to. You can also write a summary as your reaction. 

1-2 paragraphs or bullet points are sufficient for a completion grade. 

Please upload all reactions from the week in one file. 

 Pricing is a key aspect of a product or service. 

 Using the information in your text and the NCSL article “Generic Retail Drug Pricing and States,” 

(THIS WEBSITE IS LINKED BELOW)

describe the pricing strategy for one of the companies mentioned in the article.  Then think of a prescription drug you or someone you know uses and describe your opinion of the price of this drug (s). Identify the likely pricing objective and the possible pricing strategy used. If you do not take any prescription drugs or know anyone who does, choose another product or service and identify the pricing objective and possible pricing strategies. Support your conclusions.

https://www.ncsl.org/research/health/generic-retail-drug-pricing-and-states.aspx

Participation Requirements: Original discussion forum posts:

• Create a thread for your original post identified with your name.
• Prepare a quality, substantive post that addresses the objectives of the discussion forum and the expectations set forth in the grading rubric
• Include supportive evidence; such as direct applicable experience and expert sources.
• Due no later than Wednesday at 11:59 PM CT

Help with the following:

Instructions:
Research a company that recently declared a stock split.
Then answer and discuss the following questions:

1. Discuss the results of stock split for the company you researched and determine if it was successful or not.
2. Also discuss when stock splits are typically used, and the ethical implications of using stock splits.

THIS ONLY NEEDS TO BE ABOUT 200 WORDS. WITH 2 SOURCES.

• Create a thread for your original post identified with your name.
• Prepare a quality, substantive post that addresses the objectives of the discussion forum and the expectations set forth in the grading rubric
• Include supportive evidence; such as direct applicable experience and expert sources.
• Due no later than Wednesday at 11:59 PM CT

Responses to discussion forum posts: 

Superior Wholesale Corporation planned to purchase Regal Furniture, Inc., and wished to deter-mine Regals net worth. Superior hired Lynette Shuebke, of the accounting firm Shuebke Delgado, to review an audit that had been prepared by Norman Chase, the accountant for Regal. Shuebke advised Superior that Chase had performed a high-quality audit and that Regals inventory on the audit dates was stated accurately on the general ledger. As a result of these representations, Superior went forward with its purchase of Regal.

After the purchase, Superior discovered that the audit by Chase had been materially inaccurate and misleading, primarily because the inventory had been grossly overstated on the balance sheet. Later, a former Regal employee who had begun working for Superior exposed an e-mail exchange between Chase and former Regal chief executive officer Buddy Gantry. The exchange revealed that Chase had cooperated in overstating the inventory and understating Regals tax liability. Using the information presented in the chapter, answer the following questions.

1. If Shuebkes review was conducted in good faith and conformed to generally accepted accounting principles, could Superior hold Shuebke Delgado liable for negligently failing to detect material omissions in Chases audit? Why or why not?
2. According to the rule adopted by the majority of courts to determine accountants liability to third parties, could Chase be liable to Superior? Explain.
3. Generally, what requirements must be met before Superior can recover damages under Sec-tion 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC Rule 10b-5? Can Superior meet these requirements?
4. Suppose that a court determined that Chase had aided Regal in willfully understating its tax liability. What is the maximum penalty that could be imposed on Chase?

Debate This:

Only the largest publicly held companies should be subject to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

Assume that the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has a rule under which it enforces statutory provisions prohibiting insider trading only when the insiders make monetary profits for themselves. Then the SEC makes a new rule, declaring that it has the statutory authority to bring enforcement actions against individuals even if they did not personally profit from the insider trading. The SEC simply announces the new rule without conducting a rulemaking proceeding. A stockbrokerage firm objects and says that the new rule was unlawfully developed without opportunity for public comment. The brokerage firm challenges the rule in an action that ultimately is reviewed by a federal appellate court. Using the information presented in the chapter, answer the following questions.

1. Is the SEC an executive agency or an independent regulatory agency? Does it matter to the out-come of this dispute? Explain.
2. Suppose that the SEC asserts that it has always had the statutory authority to pursue persons for insider trading regardless of whether they personally profited from the transaction. This is the only argument the SEC makes to justify changing its enforcement rules. Would a court be likely to find that the SECs action was arbitrary and capricious under the Administrative Procedure Act (APA)? Why or why not?
3. Would a court be likely to give Chevron deference to the SECs interpretation of the law on insider trading? Why or why not?
4. Now assume that a court finds that the new rule is merely interpretive. What effect would this determination have on whether the SEC had to follow the APAs rulemaking procedures?

Debate This:
Because an administrative law judge (ALJ) acts as both judge and jury, there should always be at least three ALJs in each administrative hearing.

For the first part of your final assignment, you will use research magazines, newspaper articles, and web resources for your Annotated Bibliography. You will:

1. Locate two articles that appear to be useful for your research project. You will use the MasterFile database to search for a magazine article and the News & Newspaper database to search for a newspaper article.
2. Use the internet to locate three resources that may be useful for answering your research questions. From the three resources, select the one that is best for answering your research questions.

Click the link below to download the Magazines, Newspaper Articles and Web Resources Worksheet. Use the information that you gathered to successfully complete this worksheet.

 As you begin your Advanced Graduate journey here at Walden University, there is some information the university and its faculty would like you to know and understand in order for you to be successful.  This information includes policies in the Walden Student Handbook, understanding that this program does not lead to licensure, and the need to have access to an educational setting.