Discuss the problematic nature of attempting to define popular culture. Why is it such a difficult subject to find a working definition?

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Discuss the problematic nature of attempting to define popular culture. Why is it such a difficult subject to find a working definition? Give examples of some of the issues encountered when attempting to define and study this complex subject. This paper should be 1-2 pages, in APA style, utilizing the college’s library resources. One scholarly article as a minimum should be included in your essay.

Grading Rubric

Scoring Rubric:

Criteria

Weight

Analysis of the problematic nature of attempting to define popular culture.

50

Gives examples of some of the issues encountered when attempting to define and study this complex subject.

35

Demonstrates knowledge of studying popular culture as an academic pursuit.

15

APA Form Total

100/100%

Prepare 10 legal questions that may be asked during the interview. For each question, be sure to justify each question.

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Anti-Discrimination Laws Related to Employment Your supervisor has placed you in charge of hiring a new, full-time administrative assistant for your department.

•Prepare an advertisement for that position that complies with federal law. This advertisement must be detailed. The minimum length of your job description must be 300 words (approximately three-fourths of a page). You can make up the job details but must include the following:

•A job description

•A description of the job duties •A description of the minimum qualifications

•Prepare 10 illegal questions that must not be asked. For each question, be sure to justify your reasoning.

•Prepare 10 legal questions that may be asked during the interview. For each question, be sure to justify each question.

Submit your three- to five-page paper (not including the title and reference pages). Your paper must be formatted to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide and must cite at least three scholarly sources in addition to the textbook.

Describe the effect each movement had on society. How did the movement change public opinion on gender issues?

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Due by 10pm tonight
Write a 700-1000 word paper to explain the effects of those movements on gender. Address the following questions.

Provide an Introduction and conclusion
Describe each social movement, What was the social and political environment when the movement occurred?
Describe the effect each movement had on society. How did the movement change public opinion on gender issues? What other changes did it bring? What effect, if any, does the movement have on your view of gender in today’s society?
APA format and please provide at least 3 reliable sources

Determine what you want to do with your degree, specifically: where you want to work; what you want to do, and what motivated you to choose that job and place to work?

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Management and Leadership and Practical Reflection”

Stojkovic, our textbook author, identifies both management and leadership as process. For this discussion, research and report on the differences between management and leadership. How do these differences influence professionals in criminal justice organizations?
Determine what you want to do with your degree, specifically: where you want to work; what you want to do, and what motivated you to choose that job and place to work?

Describe ways by which the company can integrate corporate responsibility principles into their operations.

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Overview: You will submit a sustaining operations case study analysis that will discuss the emerging concepts of sustainability in business management, specifically the topics of corporate responsibility and environmental compliance. This case study analysis will be incorporated into the final summative analysis. This milestone is due in Module Five.

Prompt: Refer to the Nissan case study and the course materials to answer the following items. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

I. Theories and Techniques A. Summarize the following theories: just in time (JIT), Toyota Production System (TPS), and Lean. How are these concepts related? Describe the advantages and disadvantages for using each of these concepts at the company presented in the case study.

II. Sustainability A. Describe how the emerging concept of the triple bottom line can be used to enhance operations management at the company. Be sure to address each component of the triple bottom line. B. Explain how the company integrates ISO 14000 standards in its manufacturing plants. Support your explanation with citations from your textbook or outside sources. C. Describe ways by which the company can integrate corporate responsibility principles into their operations. Which of these do you believe to be the most effective? Why? Support your opinions with citations from your textbook or outside sources.

Guidelines for Submission: The format for this assignment will be a Word document using a business writing format of your choice. There is no minimum page length requirement, but the submission should be double spaced, and no more than four pages in total. Copy and paste any data analysis from Excel into your Word document for submission. You may include your original Excel documents as supplementary material if you believe this will strengthen your contribution.

What data would you collect and how would you collect the data to help answer this question?

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NEED TO ANSWER ALL TWO DISCUSSION QUESTIONS…also specify which answer goes to which discussion question

question 1 – statistics in your field of study

Statistics is useful in all fields of studies including business, sports, healthcare, and criminal justice.
Discuss how statistics is related to your field of study.
What question would you be interested in answering?
What data would you collect and how would you collect the data to help answer this question?
What statistics do you want to find, such as mean, median, variance?
What conclusions can be drawn based on the results?

question 2 – management strategy

Read the case history and discuss the Management strategy that resulted in Reader’s Digest’s bankruptcy.How would you change the strategy that resulted from the bankruptcy?

Case Study – A Reader’s Digest That Grandma Never Dreamed Of

How do you think value chain management helps companies create and build value?

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Unit 1 – Discussion Board 2
Unit: Intro to Economic Thinking

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas:

Health economists use demand and supply theory to discuss the “Health Insurance Exchange” created by the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare). Mandated by law everyone now must have health insurance.
Discuss the following:
How would the law affect the demand for health insurance? Why?
How would the law affect the average price of health insurance? Why?
How would the law affect the supply for health insurance? Why?

Unit 1 – Discussion Board 2

Unit: Operations Management
Part 1

Within the Discussion Board area, write 200-300 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
The line managers in the production department have heard a lot of good things about value chain management. They heard that you have done considerable research on this topic. They have come to your office today to discuss value chain management with you. Complete the following:

Summarize 3 examples of how value chain helps companies become more competitive. You are presenting these to the administrative team from the production department.
Discuss how value chain management helps companies create and build value for their clients and partnering organizations by answering the following questions:
How do you believe value chain management works?
How do you think value chain management can help companies be more competitive?
How do you think value chain management helps companies create and build value?
Be sure to include your references, and format your submission in APA format.

Part 2

This course uses a simulation (separate from Intellipath) to support student learning of operations management, with real world scenarios and issues. In units 2-4, you will be completing various ‘modules’ in the simulation and tasked with including content in your submitted work that reflects lessons learned while in the simulation. The following video will help you prepare a bit for what is to come.
Watch this video explaining operations management.

Discuss 2 items that caught your attention in the video. Write 100 words on Part II

Unit 2: Discussion Board and Simulation Module 1: The Production Process

Unit: Supply Chain Design

Module 1: The Production Process

Operations is the engine that drives a business. This module focuses on the heart of that engine: managing the production process. (12 Turns). To gain access to this module, please access the URL your faculty posted in the announcements and course materials section of the classroom to begin. Using the email from Words of Wisdom (WOW) containing your sign in information, log into your McGraw Hill student account and select the MGMT 345 Master (Cape & Cullen), then select “Click here to launch MH Practice.” On the next screen, select Play to gain access to the various modules. Find “Module 1: The Production Process” on the list and select Play Game. From that point follow the instructions in the simulation
Within the Discussion Board area, write 200-300 words that respond to the following with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas. Using what you learned in the game module, please explain the following aspects of a production process:
Provide an overview of what a manufacturing process is and how it is organized.
Explain the concepts of setup time, utilization time, production scheduling, and bottlenecks in a simple manufacturing process and what the role of the operations manager is.
3 Word docs assignment

Describe the steps to reconstruct a case and use an example to illustrate the concepts.

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The principle methods of inquiry are divided into two broad, distinct categories: those that reconstruct the past and those that discover or create new knowledge. Based on your reading answer the following questions:

What are methods of inquiry and how are they used in criminal investigation?
Describe the steps to reconstruct a case and use an example to illustrate the concepts.
Describe how reconstructing a crime scene can aid in understanding the fundamentals of criminal investigations. Keep in mind the fundamentals are identifying witnesses, offenders, connecting evidence from the scene to the offender and victim, and but not limited to apprehending the offender(s).
Requirements

APA format and Style
5 pages, include Title and Reference page
1 resource, can include textbook
Standard American English Grammar, sustained point of view throughout the writing

What kinds of evidence does the author muster in support of this view?How adequate is the evidence?

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When reading professional articles, it is important to challenge the article’s validity by considering such questions as: What errors are there in the reasoning behind the article?Is the author attempting to put forward a particular theoretical view of the world?What kinds of evidence does the author muster in support of this view?How adequate is the evidence?What would you have liked to have seen in the article with respect to arguments or evidence that was not there?Select a topic in psychology that interests you. Review the article using a critical thinking perspective.With these thoughts in mind:Provide an analysis of the professional journal article you selected in which you apply principles of critical thinking and analyze common errors in logic. Include a citation of the professional journal article you used for the Discussion in APA format

When an organization has offices in multiple countries how would you overcome the location and language barriers when creating a cross-functional or cross-departmental team?

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This DB has three parts.
As a manager, you may have employees who are not enthusiastic about working on a team. This could be due to any number of reasons. However, if your organization depends on cross-functional or cross-departmental teams to maximize resources and manpower, the employees will need to not only work on a team but be an active member. When faced with employees who are not willing to be an active member of a cross-departmental team how would you coach the employee to gain their buy-in.
Why do you feel it is important to establish the authority a team has in the decision-making process prior to a project beginning?
When an organization has offices in multiple countries how would you overcome the location and language barriers when creating a cross-functional or cross-departmental team?