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Complete a two to three page (excluding title and reference pages) report on the progress you have made to date on your Senior Project.  You must use a minimum of three scholarly sources. Your report, and any citations used, must be in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Your progress report should cover the following:: Identify the topic that you have selected for your Senior Project and provide a brief explanation for why you have chosen to address this topic *This may be copied from the Week Two assignment if evaluated as Distinguished Performance. Otherwise, make adjustments per Week Two feedback. : Provide a brief overview of the health care organization that you have selected for your Senior Project including a summary of the challenges and/or opportunities impacting the balance between health care costs, quality, and access to services that the organization is currently facing. The challenges and/or opportunities should directly relate to your rationale for why you have chosen your topic (i.e., training program) to help the organizational leaders manage this challenge/opportunity. Challenges and/or opportunities should be grounded in the research (e.g., web-based resources, electronic articles, or personal interviews). The more informed you are, the better prepared you will be to complete your Senior Project.   Identify the audience for your training program and provide a brief outline of the topics it will address. Include a minimum of three to five learning outcomes that are targeted for your identified audience. Specifically, what do you want your audience to know and/or be able to do after they have completed training? How does this training program align with the overall challenges and/or opportunities that the organization is facing? Overall, how will the training program benefit the organization?

Many organizations today do not utilize business analytics to help them with their decision-making processes. For some organizations, it could be a lack of knowledge about how to apply it, and for other organizations, it could be a lack of technology. When managers do not feel applying business analytics is worth their time or they feel that it is too complicated, they will not utilize it. If you were to work for a company that did not utilize business analytics, how would you convince them that they should?Using the University online library resources and the Internet, research the benefits and challenges of implementing business analytics.Respond to the following questions:Write your initial response in 300–500 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. 

     the public relations campaign which is the subject of the Learning Team project introduced in Week Two as a reference (attached)  a paper of no more than 1,400 words describing in detail the full array of internal and external stakeholders (publics) affected by the campaign. the perceived needs of each of the stakeholder categories and critique how well your selected organization addressed the needs of each of those internal and external publics. Using the critique, and recommendations based on how the organization could have been more effective in addressing the needs of each of the internal and external publics.  and include a concept map that illustrates the internal and external stakeholders (publics) affected.

Considering what we learned about newtorks, answer the following questions in 5-7 sentences each. 1. Are you a member of a student organization dedicated to the support and empowerment of a particular group, whether osocial, cultural, religious, or major-based (e.g. English or Business Honor Society)? If your aren\’t, visit the PSU Abington website and look at the variety of organizations/clubs available —  speak with a friend who is an active emember of such an organization or, if you don\’t have a friend in one of the orgs./clubs, interview the org./club president.2. If you are a member (or spoke to someone who is a member), why does the organizations exist. In other words, what are the conditions, within the university or beyond that encouraged the group to form?3. What are the organization/club\’s goals? How does it work to acheive these goals? Do you anticipate that you will need a group life this once you leave the university? If so, why?4. How does this group help you (or students in general) network and form ties with other students, faculty members, or outside professionals who support the organization\’s goals? How might you (or students in general) benefit from such opportunities now and in the future?

Your Final Project must contain aspects of each element discussed in the course as it applies to your example communication piece. It must use appropriate typefaces, deliver a clear message, and have clear brand identity. It must also use an appropriate composition of graphics, photos, video, or other visual media. In addition to the text, your paper must contain a minimum of five scholarly sources, two of which must be from the Ashford University Library. In your five- to seven-page paper (not including the title and reference pages or the three visual media examples), be sure to address the following: Carefully review the for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment

In this assignment, you will study the factors involved in making leaders change agents.For the assignment, you will put well-known personalities and yourself under the microscope to learn what makes you and the individuals you select not only leaders but also what it takes for leaders to be change agents.Using the South University Online Library, the Internet, and periodicals such as, , and , research about the biographies, case studies, and articles of leaders.Choose any two leaders who you consider to have been very successful change agents and two who you believe have been unsuccessful change agents. Write a brief biography of each of the leaders you selected.In addition, answer the following questions regarding your chosen leaders:Click  to download a template that you can use to complete the assignment

As discovered in previous research, the premium pet industry was not impacted from the recession and continues to grow. You have been approached by an individual who wants to open up a pet food delivery service. Customers will either call an 800 number or go online and place orders for pet foods. The pet foods will then be delivered to the home within 24 hours of the order placement. For an additional fee, the delivery person will place the purchased product in the home and, if necessary, will put the food into a receptacle for the pet owner.The person wants to open up the business in the greater Tampa/St. Petersburg area. However, the person is uncertain as to the type of person they should consider approaching as customers. They do not know who their target market is.Reflecting on the above from a Marketing Strategy Perspective, address the following issues: a.) Develop a target market for this project. Make sure to address at least three market segmentation variables that would be important to consider and how you arrived at the target market you are suggesting for this project. b.) Develop a customer retention program for this business. Discuss the concept of customer orientation and the importance of a customer retention program and what factors should be considered for this business. Identify the type of information the company needs to design this program and from where the company will obtain this information. c.) Marketing strategy focuses on solving problems. Many of the problems originate from specific needs. Identifying the appropriate needs assists in the product differentiation process, as well. Identify the Primary Needs and Secondary Needs this product will satisfy. How will this be used in the product differentiation, positioning of the product, and the impact within the consumer buying process

After studying the assigned reading  considering the concepts of timeliness, proximity, uniqueness, prominence, impact, conflict and human interest, provide a current example of a compelling news story. Feel free to use the current U.S. Presidential Elections or other recent news items as samples.  Then, answer the following questions or prompts. A) Why is it compelling? Which of the concepts does it exemplify? B) In general, how have these concepts been challenged by the advent of immediacy in news release?  Make in text citations where necessary, and cite any outside sources that you use. Submit your response in the file submission area for this assignment. If you choose to “add a file” by attaching a MSWord or PDF document, please also copy and paste your response into the comments area. 

 SWOT Analysis table an environmental scan for the health care organization you chose in Week Two.Use the SWOT Analysis table, located on the student website. the SWOT analysis as a Microsoft Excel attachment. a 1,400- to 1,750-word report in which you do the following:at least three sources to support your information. your paper consistent with APA guidelines   Professors feedback- make sure to make adjustments  Thanx  for your first section as you described Ascension and their vision. Keep pushing your research depth as you prove that the directions you are suggesting are the right ones, and also what changes are in order. Don\’t forget specific headings in between each section to keep your thoughts and research in their own areas. OK? This project will expand as you do more comparative research into AH and where they are versus where they should go. Ask yourself, so what, for each topic as to its value to them moving forward. Try to stay way from just stating reality and making general summaries. If you bring up Lewin or 7-s then tell us why or how they have been used. If you talk about thier mission, vision, values, etc. dissect what it means for them. Make sense? Make this more than a general report about AH. Be analytical. \”The purpose of this is to propagate a compact image supported by the Catholic ministry. Finally, the organization utilizes strategic resources within its value chain to propagate its strategic plan.\” OK, good, now dissect this as to what it means for them. Get specific, OK? Overall, this was an OK start for your strategic plan so keep up the good work, increase the depth of research and resultant comparative analyses to your project’s subject areas, and make certain that your focus on your problem areas flows through as you examine each topic as it relates to their future successes or challenges. Examine if where they are heading is the right way, and use your research to support the same. Keep discussing how your position relates to their overall vision/mission, and how it flows into the overall strategic plan. You can even choose one area or another as a primary focus for AH which YOU are interested. If your focus is on eliminating injury, focusing on quality or outcomes as in your references on those topics, great, then talk about these topics in every section and build up your research and support for the same. Make sense?

Part 1 – Sketching Renaissance Disk Turning, Feet Styles and Notable Chairs

For this part of the assignment you will study Renaissance disk turning and furniture feet styles, plus learn a bit about the most notable Renaissance chair styles. To complete your sketching requirements, draw each of the Renaissance disk turnings and feet forms listed in the table below, plus two of the six chairs listed. For the disk turning, feet forms and for the chairs you select to sketch, you should reference Chapter 4 in the course e-text. There you can also find chair images to study for relevant details related to styles of the Renaissance period. This will allow you to identify at least three details on each chair and fully describe the details. Use pencil, ink and markers to clearly depict each item and related details. If using pencils make sure you use soft dark leads so the sketches you create are visually engaging when inserted into the background file.

Turning and Feet styles
Sketch each detail listed below.

Baluster 1 turning
Baluster 2 turning
Bobbin turning
Bulbous turning
Cup and cover turning
Ball foot
Bun foot

Renaissance Chair Styles
You are to sketch any two of the six chairs listed below.

Sgabello
Sedia
Savonarola
Wainscot
Caquetoire
Sillon de frailero

Once completed, scan your sketches and insert them into this template. Before inserting the images, make sure to crop off additional margins around each sketch so the focus is on the drawing. The disk turning and feet forms are to fit on one slide and the chairs on another.

Labeling:

Each student must provide computer text labels for all assigned details per the list within the table. All labels are to include a very brief description to clearly identify the detail targeted. Research the label definitions then use your own words for the descriptions. Also make sure the descriptions apply to furniture, entablature, pottery or motif designs. For strong, well-balanced digital design presentations:

Locate the text of each label so it is directly across from the detail it represents.
Use a horizontal leader to point from the label to the detail.
Use the template to guide your presentation.
Add citations for the image you copied below each sketch. Use the MLA Citation Helper for guidance.
Add punctuation at the end of each label description.
Be sure the completed composition is visually balanced with nicely scaled images and supporting text. Save the completed study as a single .pdf file to your desktop or another folder you have designated for this course.

Part 2 – Selecting Renaissance Furniture, Textiles, Tapestry and Sculpture

This part of the assignment will be divided up to study Renaissance furniture, interior elements and accessories. The intent of this study is to advance every student’s knowledge of various Renaissance furniture details, tapestries, textiles, art and rugs. As Renaissance furniture was still quite heavy and masculine you will find that most furniture pieces are laden with intricate carvings. You will also find that Renaissance interiors were visually intense with elaborately carved wainscot, wall and door details, and accented with lavish rugs, tapestries and textiles of deep rich colors.