Reading Comprehension

Comment on a \”concept\” presented by a director in a film or play.  Briefly outline and comment on it\’s success or failure.  Did the concept compliment the story?  Did the concept invalidate the story and redirect focus? 

Discussion Post-Collective

 Read the article titled Discuss the key features of the bargaining process and identify which form of bargaining you feel is most effective in resolving labor disputes. Be sure to support your position.Site sources, 2-3 paragraphs.  

Discussion Post-Labor Relations

he Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization or PATCO was a United States trade union that operated from 1968 until its decertification in 1981 following a strike that was broken by the Reagan Administration. Discuss two reasons why PATCO called the strike and discuss two reasons why the Reagan Administration intervened and broke this strike. Site sources, 2-3 paragraphs. 

Single Factor Experimental Design

 Minimum of 300 words APA format original with no plagerism. Include 2 references one from:    Researchers use single factor experimental designs to try to study causal relationships. For example, if researchers want to know if an exercise intervention reduces depression, they might randomly assign some participants to receive the exercise intervention and others to not. They could collect baseline and post-intervention data and compare the two groups. If the treatment group showed a significantly greater reduction of depression than the control group, the researchers would conclude that the exercise intervention reduced depression.Think of a topic of interest.

Analyzing Capital Expenditures

Assume that you have received a capital expenditure request for $52,000 for plant equipment and that you are required to do a justification analysis using capital budgeting techniques.  The company’s cost of capital is 12% and the equipment (investment) is expected to generate net cash inflows of $13,000 per year for 8 years and then $9,000 for one year.You are to calculate and explain your quantitative calculations of each of the four capital-budgeting techniques listed, then, based upon these calculations, write a summary that provides a justification to proceed or not proceed with the project.To complete this assignment, submit an Excel file with your time value calculations, and a two-page paper that explains the calculations and provides your recommended decision and explanation of why that decision is recommended.   The paper must be submitted as a Word document and it must follow APA style guidelines.

outsourcing

Project managers must find the best resources to complete their IS/IT projects, and often times, the best technical personnel can be found in other organisations. Many companies outsource (that is, contract an outside organisation to produce work or services) some of their IS/IT projects to companies outside of their own organisation and even outside of their own country.In this Discussion, you will critically evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing IS/IT projects.1- Critically analyse the experience and lessons you learned in the management of an IS/IT project that your organisation (or an organisation with which you are familiar) has outsourced.2- In your analysis, identify and explain the advantages and disadvantages of the in-house and outsourced options considered for this IS/IT project.I need it in word format with minimum 450 words and maximum 550 words. At least 4 peer-reviewed references cited in text properly, and one referenced figure or image.it prefere to take one of the reference from:

Survey Techniques

Think about a topic that interests you. Find three sources to help with the development of your survey, with at least one article including a report of survey research. You can conduct your background research on the Internet or cite research in the online resource center database located in the Library link, found in the Course Home page  on the left.Now choose one article that includes a report of survey research. For your assignment, you need to dissect the research article containing the survey.Please include a copy of or cite the research article.By , post responses to the discussion questions in the appropriate . Be sure to use vocabulary that is relevant to the topic.All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources  At the end of , you will have a final project of putting together a survey report. This paper will include a supportive rationale for your survey, survey instrument, data file, and analysis plan. Each module you will have an assignment that helps you work toward the goal of completing your final project. In this module you will work on developing a topic for your survey and identifying your research hypotheses. An important part of this course is the development of a survey project. There are many steps to successfully completing it, and each module will be arranged to guide you to finishing the project in portions.To start your project off, you will need to identify your survey topic.Every survey starts with a purpose, hypothesis, and statement/topic. Before you begin your survey, it is essential that you develop a basic understanding of, and how to develop a hypothesis.Identify a survey topic. Make sure it is narrow. Identify the main variables of the study you wish to propose. List them below. Put an IV next to the independent variable and a DV next to the dependent variable.Discuss the purpose of your survey.Briefly discuss the type of research you are doing as to whether it is causal or correlational. Be sure to refer to Appendix B in your book (Alreck & Settle) to insure you address key issues about external validity.Develop the hypothesis or hypotheses for your survey. In order to keep your survey focused, you should have no more than 3 sets of hypothesesBriefly explain how you plan to design your course project. Briefly justify how it is that you think using a survey best serves your research question.Please make sure that you have the SPSS software available to you as stated in the technical requirements for this course as you will need this software to successfully complete the course project.Your project paper should be in Microsoft Word 2000 or higher. Follow the current edition of APA style guidelines. Your paper should be double-spaced and in 12 pt. font.By , submit to the .All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.  

Reverses Logistics

We return to the hypothetical grocery delivery business described in Case 1.If you buy a defective computer, then it’s a given that you’re going to take it back to where you bought it, either to be repaired, replaced, or returned in exchange for a refund. If you buy a net of onions that has some moldy ones in it, then it’s a given that you’ll simply throw them away. Taking them back to the store isn’t worth the trouble.In the case of MyShoppingCart, the situation is a bit more complex. Your customers are paying a high premium for fast, 24/7 delivery of groceries. If a Silicon Valley matron gets a corked bottle of pinot grigio, or a tin of  with an unwholesome aroma, then she expects your company to come get it, and credit her account.This is an example of reverse logistics, which your readings describe as “a supply chain opportunity.” But you’re having difficulty finding any opportunities in the smelly bags of spoiled groceries that turn up at your warehouse from time to time. This problem is a lemon. Your challenge – to make lemonade!Carefully examine the situation, and discern any opportunities to profit from the returns, or at least earn enough money to offset the losses. Here are some clues. You bought the products from somebody, right? Maybe they’re good for it. Also: information about product quality is valuable, at least in principle. How could you monetize that value? Who would be interested in seeing that information, and what could you gain by providing it to them?Again, be sure to base your discussion on a close reading of the required sources. Be sure to provide citations and references.  fromHawks, K. (2006). What is reverse logistics? Retrieved on 13 Jan 2015* fromMalone, R. (2004). Closing the supply chain loop: Reverse logistics and the SCOR model. Retrieved on 13 Jan 2015* from WFP (2013). Reverse logistics (a module of the World Food Program’s Logistics Operational Guide). Retrieved on 14 Jan 2015* from * When citing a source, be sure to enter the date  accessed it.

Community IP 4

 6 Pages ewly appointed Police Chief Alexandra Delatorre of the Anytown Police Department (APD) has been attending several town and city council meetings whereby she has heard numerous complaints about the increase in armed robberies being committed by the local transients (homeless people) in and near the Anytown Gallery Shopping Mall. Chief Delatorre checked with the crime analysis unit of the department to obtain information on the crime statistics for robberies in the area of the shopping mall. The crime analysis unit determined that there was 75% increase in the number of robberies between 2009 and 2011. The chief attended a meeting with the shopping mall executives and learned that there had been a steady increase in the number of businesses leaving the mall, which served as major sources for employment and revenue for the city.One week ago, Chief Delatorre drove to the shopping mall one evening at 9:30 p.m., before the mall was about to close, and discovered that several sections of the subterranean multilevel parking lot had poor lighting and no security gate that secured the parking area, and the guard shack was in an obscure portion of the first level and appeared to not have been used for quite some time. She also found what appeared to be small “camps” of blankets, trash, old and dirty clothes, and metal shopping carts that belonged to different local grocery stores in the far corners of the parking lot on the lower two levels. There was also a very strong odor of urine in the area of the “camps.”Chief Delatorre has convened you and your team to make recommendations on addressing the problem of the robberies at the shopping mall. She wants to implement a program using the community-oriented policing (COP) philosophy. She has several specific areas that need to be considered for the COP program to reduce or even eliminate the robberies at the shopping mall.

assignment

The Research Paper will be a comprehensive research review of the significant principles of management communications used to successfully achieve organizational objectives. For this assignment of a minimum of eight pages, you need to integrate material from the readings, multimedia, and class discussion boards, and also reflect on professional experience where possible. It is mandatory to include research from the classroom text as well as from six scholarly sources to support your views. Consider the validity of your resources carefully before using them in academic papers. Use at least one professional example to address the topics below.