Explain why you selected these individuals and/or teams and how they will support your success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse.

Assignment: Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Part 1: Developing an Academic and Professional Network When was the last time you read Meditation XVII of John Donne’s Devotions Upon Emergent Occasions? Unless you are a student of seventieth-century poetry, you may not be all that familiar with this piece. However, you may be much more familiar with one of its well-known phrases: “No man is an island…”. As you begin your journey toward achieving your academic and professional goals, you have a great opportunity to network with academics and professionals who can help ensure you do not travel alone. This network can help to clarify your own vision for success and can help guide you now and in the future. To paraphrase Donne, no one is an island. Begin creating an academic and professional network by identifying which academic and professional connections and resources with which you need to collaborate to succeed in your MSN program and as a practicing nurse. To Prepare: ·         Consider individuals, departments, teams, and/or resources within Walden University and within your profession that you believe can support your academic and professional success. ·         Identify at least two academic and at least two professional individuals, colleagues, or teams that might help you succeed in your MSN program and as a practicing nurse. ·         Download the Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template. The Assignment: Academic and Professional Network Complete Part 1 of your Academic Success and Professional Development Plan Template. Be sure to address the following: ·         Identify at least two academic and at least two professional individuals or teams to collaborate with to be successful in your MSN program and as a practicing nurse. ·         Explain why you selected these individuals and/or teams and how they will support your success in the MSN program and as a practicing nurse.

Choose 2 or three tort law cases and write a paper that compares or contrasts them.

1. Choose an important tort law case to discuss. include the history of the tort law involved and how the case was significant to the field of tort law. you should include your own opinions about the case and include any prior cases which affected the prior case as well as subsequent cases.  2. Choose 2 or three tort law cases and write a paper that compares or contrasts them. As with the prior suggestion, cover the history of legal issues involved, your own opinion about the cases and subsequent cases dealing with the same issues.

Explain the non-price factors that cause the demand curve to shift.

Supply & Demand Discussion This week’s discussion utilizes simulations so you can experiment with the demand curve, supply curve, and changes in equilibrium.  Assignment Objective Analyze the factors that cause the demand curve and supply curve to shift.  Determine changes to equilibrium price and equilibrium quantity when a curve shifts.  Directions Pick ONE of the three options… Option 1: Practice applying your knowledge of demand by playing the “Simulation: Demand for Food Trucks”  (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site. .  Summarize your experience with simulation in one paragraph.  Did it help you understand demand?  Explain the non-price factors that cause the demand curve to shift.  Include a few examples in your explanation. OR Option 2: Practice applying your knowledge of supply by playing the “Simulation: Supply of Food Trucks”  (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site. .  Summarize your experience with simulation in one paragraph.  Did it help you understand supply?  Explain the non-price factors that cause the supply curve to shift.  Include a few examples in your explanation. OR Option 3:  Practice applying your knowledge of equilibrium by playing the “Simulation: Food Trucks and Changes in Equilibrium”  (Links to an external site.) Links to an external site. .  Summarize your experience with the simulation in one paragraph.  Did it help you understand changes in equilibrium?  

Explain how HR professionals should fix the company’s problems and also explain what you will do to improve those same problems within yourself.

A. What is right about the company (explain 1-2 positives about the firm) and then explain how these 1-2 positive attributes relates to your personal brand; B. What is wrong with the company (explain 1-2 problems with the company) and how these 1-2 negatives relate to your personal brand; C. Explain how HR professionals should fix the company’s problems and also explain what you will do to improve those same problems within yourself.  It is fine if the company is one where you work or have worked. But, there must be publicly available information about the company. Articles about the topic should be from well-respected publications (e.g. Time; Wall Street Journal; Yahoo! News; The Huffington Post; MSN.com; etc.). The paper should address the following issues: Who is the company, what does it do?  What did you learn from this assignment? Explain what is right about the company and yourself. Do they make great products? Are they good at recruiting/hiring? Why? How? Does the company pay well and/or have good benefits? Do workers and managers have input into the company’s decisions? Do people get promoted fairly? Do they offer good training? How so? These are just examples, you can use other positives about the company, too. Relate those positives to yourself. Are you good at getting people to hire you/hang out with you? Are you fair to others? Do you always turn in work on time? Do you make good products/websites or anything? Are you good at statistics? Give details explaining why and how you are good at these things. Explain what is wrong with the company? Do they treat some employees better than others? Do they have many legitimate lawsuits against them (what kind of lawsuits, why?) Do they mismanage their finances? How so? Do their workers make bad products? Why? How? Do you go to work late a lot? Do you do things that cause you to get fired or not to be promoted? Do you not study enough for exams and fail classes? Do many people have legitimate grievances against you? Do you spend too much money? Give details explaining why and how you these are things that you need to improve. Who does these company issues affect and how? (e.g. managers, companies, society, government, staff employees, etc.) How do your problems affect you? (e.g. in school, at work, getting a new job, relationships, etc.?) How should the firm address these problems? How can HR professionals help address these issues?  What role can they play and what are the likely outcomes of their involvement?  What will you do to solve your problems? What is the plan and what is the likely outcome of the plan?

Describe how Joan might use motivation techniques to assist in creating the best environment for the organization.

Read The Case of Joe the Jerk (or, the Very Capable Jerk) document. Write a paper from Joan’s perspective outlining the best ways to address her dilemma with Joe. Include the following: Evaluate how Joan has utilized her role to ensure that lower-level management upholds their position in creating a positive environment. In what ways has Joan been effective, and in what ways could she improve? Describe how Joan might use motivation techniques to assist in creating the best environment for the organization. Include financial and nonfinancial techniques. Describe how Joan may work with individuals in various levels of the organizational structure to deal with her dilemma with Joe and maximize her power in the situation.

Describe at least two additional IMC tools that will be part of this campaign.

Assignment Content Select one of the following scenarios, for which you will design a visual advertisement, and identify additional Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) tools. Create a visual, electronic advertisement based on one of the following scenarios. You can use a webpage or an online presentation. Describe at least two additional IMC tools that will be part of this campaign. Scenario One: You work for DQ+A, the hottest, hippest independent advertising agency in Miami. You are charged with creating a campaign for a fast-food restaurant with brand identity issues. Create an electronic advertisement to attract consumers, particularly a younger male demographic, to the restaurant.

What is Strategy/Adaptability: The New Competitive Advantage

Below you will find an article on strategy entitled, “Adaptability: The New Competitive Advantage” by Reeves and Deimler (2011). This article addresses how companies are adapting their strategy’s to gain a competitive advantage for the future. Your assignment is to read this article, and summarize its major points. Using those key points compare and contrast them to another author’s article you will research using the search words “What is Strategy?”  This is NOT a book report. What are the key similarities, differences, evolution of thought processes, etc. of what you have read and discerned from the articles. You may go forward  to germinal works in your research or to newer works today. The choice for comparison is up to you (note articles not to use below) as long as it is focused on strategy formation, implementation, and or evolution. ARTICLES and sites not to use: What is Strategy Anyway – Ann Latham What is Strategy (And Why Should you Care) Kristian Halvorson https://guides.wsj.com/management/strategy/what-is-strategy/ Compare and contrast the viewpoints and concepts. Note the changes that have occurred between the two writings. Or, has there been any change??