prevention of additional Enrons

prevention of additional Enrons

From the Andersen/Enron mess we got new legislation, SOX. What is SOX and what are the key provisions put in place to prevent additional Enrons?

Impact of the organization

Impact of the organization

1-What are the opportunities and threats that could impact the organization?

Instructions
  • Review all the general environmental categories. (PESTEL Analysis)
  • Use Porter’s Five Forces model to analyze the company’s industry. Identify key competitors and analyze their strategies, core competencies, and competitive response.

2-What are the strengths or weaknesses of the organization?

Note

  • Review factors within the company that are critical to the strategy of the firm and classify them as strengths or weaknesses.
  • Look for resources, capabilities, and core competencies.
  • Use the “Four Criteria of Sustainable Competitive Advantage”.

3-In the past, BMW has been able to successfully differentiate its products by engaging in value-adding value chain activities. What are some of these specific activities? How can BMW ensure its ability to continue with value-adding activities as it evolves into a maker of self-driving cars?

Note

  • Use the “Value Chain Analysis” to identify value-adding activities and functions. 
  • This question is not about Business or Corporate level strategies. focus on the functional level.

 

observation report

 An observation report

Your observation report will have two sections, Introduction and Cognitive Development.

It should include:

 APA style title page

 Observation report with two sections

 APA style reference page

 A Case Study Permission Form

Introduction

Include the following descriptors:

Give the child’s name, age, and a brief description of physical appearance.

Describe the child’s environment at home and childcare/school. Including family members living in the

home.

Describe characteristics that identify the socioeconomic status of the child’s family. Instead of

reporting income, report items such as parents’ education level, housing and neighborhood, current job,

etc. Do not ask the family any personal income questions!

Tell why you have chosen this child.

about DNA

About DNA

After viewing the video, Epigenetics,  (Links to an external site.)respond to the following questions:

  • What did you learn about DNA?
  • What applications do genetics have in a new form of medicine?
  • What concerns or interests do you have regarding this topic?

Discussion Directions:

Read through the other entries and reply directly to at least one classmate When you reply, ALWAYS type the name of the classmate you are responding to, and your name at the bottom of the message.

Note

Make sure to use professional grammar and punctuation in this college level course in all correspondence. Please avoid “text” or “twitter speak” when corresponding.

long tail change

long tail change retail economics

  1. Based on Chapter 7 in your textbook, create a Paper that thoroughly answers in written paper / paragraph format one of the following questions:
    1. What is the long tail? How does the long tail change retail economics? How does it influence shoppers’ choice of where to look for products? What firms, other than Amazon, are taking advantage of the long tail in their industries? OR
    2. How successful have Kindle e-book readers been? How about Fire tablet, Fire TV, and Echo? What barriers does the firm face in competing? What advantages does Amazon have?

Note

The official form and style format for the College of Business is APA. You must use appropriate APA format for citations and references. Using your text book and Library Resources include 2 or 3 resources to support your answers / point of view. Review information to Automatically Format Bibliography in Word (Links to an external site.).

The instructor will be grading the 750+ Microsoft Word paper using the Case Study rubric.

 

Complexity of Information Systems

 This week’s journal article was focused on the Complexity of Information Systems Research in the Digital World.  Complexity is increasing as new technologies are emerging every day.  This complexity impacts human experiences.  Organizations are turning to digitally enabled solutions to assist with the emergence of digitalization. Please review the article and define the various technologies that are emerging as noted in the article.  Note how these emerging technologies are impacting organizations and what organizations can to do to reduce the burden of digitalization.Be sure to use the UC Library for scholarly research. Google Scholar is also a great source for research.  Please be sure that journal articles are peer-reviewed and are published within the last five years.

Requirements

  • 3-5 pages in length (not including title page or references)
  • APA guidelines must be followed.  The paper must include a cover page, an introduction, a body with fully developed content, and a conclusion.
  • A minimum of five peer-reviewed journal articles.

SEED autobiography

SEED autobiography

You must include:

  • in depth discussion of at least three of your identities that we discuss in class (including at least 1 systemically dominant and 1 systemically targeted identity) including how you identify with this identity, how others identify you with this identity, and how you understand this identify to be linked to social and systemic power;
  • at least five stories of specific moments from your life that illustrate your understanding of your identities;
  • at least 15 references (cited in text and listed on a reference page) including introducing at least 10 references from class and 5 new references from outside of class that help connect your understanding of your own identity to these identities as broader social systems of power;
  • a through line that connects your stories together and is forward facing – what brings your stories together and where will you go from here?

Note

that the 3000-word limit is a maximum and includes your reference list.

Rubric

Final Paper Rubric

Criteria Ratings Pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

3 Identities & 5 Stories

Student takes up at least 3 identities and includes 5 stories to explain identities.

8 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Social Systems & Justice

Student connects personal identities to social systems including what justice looks like for them and from them.

4 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

APA References, Citations, & Format

Includes and appropriately cites at least 15 references (at least 10 from class, at least 5 out of class) in the reference list and in-text in APA format

6 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Consideration of the Future, Overall Grammar/Flow

Essay flows grammatically and stylistically and considers the future.

2 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning Outcome

Additional Comments

0 pts

 

human blood

human blood type inheritance

Explain the human blood type inheritance.

Instructions

750 words. APA format

The Role of Women

The Role of Women

Module 3: Reading Quiz 3

What can you tell from the readings about the role of women in Roland’s and The Arabian Nights’ societies?How does this role compare to the role of women in Gilgamesh’s and Odysseus’ societies?Do you think that Christianity and Islam has influenced the role of women in these texts at all? Why or why not?

Note

Good answers should be about 250 words.Be specific. Refer to examples from the text to prove your conclusions.Complete this quiz entirely on your own. Do not copy answers from online sources. If you quote from the text, remember to use quotation marks (Ex: “Blessed are the pure in heart”).

Week 9 Discussion Question 1

As you read the selections from The Arabian Nights, how does this reading fall into the canon of the epic hero tales?  Destiny, or fate, or predestination is an important thread running through the stories of the Nights.  Is this idea of destiny, or fate, or predestination apparent in other stories you have read this semester?

Week 10 Discussion Question 1

This module showcased literature from both the Christian and Muslim world during the time of the first Crusades.  What similarities and differences did you notice between the works?