Identify two (2) organizations that are using the Internet to sell to business customers. For each company, explain the role of the Internet in selling, and how each companys site could be improved. Which company has a more effective Internet selling strategy and why?
Discuss African American Culture.
Are any employees of your company represented by labor unions or covered by collective bargaining agreements? Are any of these employees working outside of the United States?
Does your company employ expatriates in any overseas operations it might have? If so, what resources does the company provide to train expatriates before they go to the foreign location? Does the company also provide training or support for expatriates during the repatriation phase?
To what extent, or in what ways, does your company use the Internet for employee training and development?
What products are sold in the company’s international markets? Do they vary by country or by region?
What types of promotion does your favorite company emphasize in its international markets? Do they differ from those used in its domestic market?
What kinds of distribution channels are being employed in your company’s international markets?
Is the company practicing global procurement? If the company is procuring globally, what goods and services is it procuring and from which countries?
Is the company practicing global production? If the company is producing globally, what goods and services are produced globally and in which countries?
Has the company outsourced goods and services? Has the company in sourced goods and services?
Is the company a member of one or more supply chains? If yes, can you identify the major members of the supply chain(s)?
In what countries does your company export goods? Import goods? How would changes in the values of these countries’ currencies relative to the U.S. dollar affect transactions and translation risks? Economic risk?
First, select one (1) of the following critical infrastructure sectors that you have an interest in (links take you to their sector specific plans https://www.cisa.gov/2015-sector-specific-plans). Chemical, Commercial Facilities, Communications, Critical Manufacturing, Dams, Energy, Financials Services, Food and Agriculture, Healthcare and Public Health, Information Technology, Transportation Systems, Water Systems. “Critical infrastructure includes the vast network of highways, connecting bridges and tunnels, railways, utilities and buildings necessary to maintain normalcy in daily life. Transportation, commerce, clean water and electricity all rely on these vital systems.” So, I suggest you pick something that really matters to the nation.
Then discuss the most prevalent threats your chosen sector currently faces, as well as how a private sector organization within this sector could enhance its ability to provide its essential services when facing such threats and hazards. This latter section relates to private sector organization Continuity of Operations Planning, focused on current threats and hazards you address.
You can find the primary components of such a plan in the document Continuity Guidance Circular 1 (CGC 1) Continuity Guidance for Non-Federal Entities. Additional information concerning this assignment can be found below and attached.
Amplification: First chose a single critical infrastructure sector, say transportation systems. Then you address the most prevalent threats to that sector overall (say natural disasters and sabotage by extremists as two examples for this sector). Next you pick a specific private sector organization within that sector, say the Railway company CSX Transportation as one. Then you discuss how this private entity can enhance essential services based on those specific threats. In this final part you are basically outlining a Continuity of Operations Planning COOP for them. See this FEMA brochure on COOP.
2) Additional Instructions:
Make sure you read the instructions carefully and that you focus your paper on answering the assigned questions. This assignment is a research paper, not an opinion paper, so you need to use scholarly sources to support your thesis (see this library article How do I write a good thesis statement). Use formal academic writing and do not use the first person such as ‘I’ or ‘my’; see this site on academic writing style (scholarly voice). Make sure you use APA style 7th edition in-text parenthetical citations at the end of every sentence where you are quoting another’s ideas (or any information) that is not your own thoughts and words, like this (Bergen, 2015, para. 14). Citations are required for paraphrases as well, but not the page or paragraph number in that case. I highly recommend you use the APUS writing guide which can be found in the university library or at this link: APUS Research Writing and Style Guide. You are welcome to use supplementary sources to compliment the assigned readings based upon your research, but make sure you use only scholarly and credible sources (do not use open websites and you never want to use wikipedia for a college level paper). Also, dictionaries and encyclopedias as well as general news sites (like CNN) are NOT appropriate for college level research papers. A good example of what NOT to use is NSA.Gov1.info — not only is it not the NSA webpage, the site loaded with bogus information and if you scroll down to the bottom it says “This is a parody of nsa.gov and has not been approved, endorsed, or authorized by the National Security Agency or by any other U.S. Government agency.” Also, do not cite the weekly lessons as those are only basic information to start off the topic with. You need to use mainly scholarly and reputable academic books and journal articles. Refer to the guide provided to you as an attachment here titled Dr Gardner’s Toolbox that includes a section on “How to find scholarly research sources for HLSS Courses.” Also, see the APUS Library Homeland Security Program Guide for good sources, as well as the APUS Research Primer and the APUS Library Research FAQs. For formatting, the best option is to use the attached example paper as a template (for formatting purposes only). I also recommend you use the attached toolbox for crafting your paper, especially the section on How to write an effective college level research paper for HLSS Courses.
Could a public health disaster such as DES occur again? Please elaborate in your answer. Do you believe there is enough, too much, or not enough regulations for drugs? Please elaborate in your answers.
Define LMS. Explain how LMS affects and supports online learning (for both students and teachers). Summarize what researchers say about LMS., chronological order earliest to latest (ex. 2009 to 2020). Include how LMS contributes to student student and student willingness to complete work.
Deepwater simulation, including:
A summary of your financial performance
A discussion of the ethical challenges you confronted
How you prepared your strategy and how you changed your strategy throughout the simulation
Your view on the effectiveness of Deepwater in learning about ethics in business
The American Government under President Harry S. Truman struggled to work what type of threat the Soviet Union represented. Between 1946-1950, American policymakers answered the question. Below are three documents that show the evolution of American Cold War policy.
THE THEORY: George Kennan (1904-2005) was an American diplomat and historian. In 1946, Kennan was stationed in Moscow and was extremely concerned that the Soviet Union was trying to take over the world. He shared his concerns with Washington in a secret “Long Telegram” that argued the Soviet regime was expansionist and could only be contained by the United States. The arguments that Kennan made in the Long Telegram would go on to influence American Cold War policy in the 1940s and 1950s known as the Truman Doctrine.
You can find a copy here: https://nsarchive2.gwu.edu//coldwar/documents/episode-1/kennan.htm (Links to an external site.)
THE POLICY: The Truman Doctrine was an American foreign policy to counter Soviet expansionism around the world. The Truman Doctrine, named after President Truman, was first announced to the world in 1947 and then expanded upon in 1948 when the United States pledged to stop the spread of communism in Greece and Turkey. The Truman doctrine was the closest the United States came to declaring war during the Cold War. The policy defined the Soviet Union as the enemy of mankind and committed the United States to fight communism where ever it appeared around the world.
You can find a copy here: https://www.trumanlibrary.gov/library/research-files/truman-doctrine (Links to an external site.)
THE MILITARY PLANS: In 1950, President Truman reads a top-secret 66-page document written by the National Security Council called United States Objectives and Programs for National Security. Better known as NSC-68, this document contained a blueprint for the militarization of the Cold War from 1950 until its end in the early 1990s. NSC-68 called for a large expansion of the military budget, the maintenance of a conventional peacetime army, and most importantly, the development of the hydrogen bomb. The NSC argued all of these changes were necessary to defeat the Soviet Union. This document was the point of no return. From 1950 onwards the United States was committed to fighting the Cold War using nuclear weapons.
You can find a copy: https://digitalarchive.wilsoncenter.org/document/116191.pdf?v=2699956db534c1821edefa61b8c13ffe (Links to an external site.)
Instructions:
Today, you have a job in the White House advising President Truman on American Cold War strategy. You can choose which key moment in the formulation of US strategy – the theory, the policy, or the military plans – you want to focus on. Your job is to summarize key arguments of the document and present a short bullet point briefing to President Truman. This is a crucial moment in the early Cold War and your words will have a major impact on what happens next.
Specifically, your briefing is worth 50 points and should be no longer than 1 page. Note, as the US President is a very busy man, assignments longer than 1 page will be downgraded. You should include the following elements:
You should introduce your document and explain its significance.
1. This should be a quick statement that only focuses on the most important conclusion of the document.
2. You should use bullet points to summarize key conclusions, quotes, or statistics from your source. You should have only three bullet points you think President Truman must see before making any decisions. Remember, this is briefing and you must carefully select the information.
3. Finally, you should end with a personal recommendation about whether the president should accept or reject the conclusions of your document. Remember to think like an American official in the 1940’s. Remember, you are only concerned about the future of your country.
Pre-deployment Briefing Assignment Instructions
Description:You are supporting Special Forces and they are deploying to a classified location. It is 0400 hours and you are located in the base theater briefing those who are heading down range.
You may use AFI 52-104, Chaplain Corps Readiness, paragraph 2.11.5 and Attachment 3 “Personnel Deployment Function (PDF) Chaplain Station Checklist” as a reference for the content of the briefing. See also pages 2-3 of this document for suggestion on content. CIA World Factbook also offers excellent material for your briefing: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
In this course, you learned about many different single-subject design methodologies. Behavior analysts use reversal designs, multiple baseline designs, changing criterion designs, and alternating treatment designs to implement interventions and identify if there is meaningful change in behavior. Each design serves a different purpose.
What is your single-subject research design of choice, and how you would apply that research design if you were conducting a behavioral study relating to your area of professional interest?
