Based on this week’s material, write a 200-250-word count for the below TWO (2) essays. (You must answer both essays separately, each adhering to the above word count).
Essay #1: Compare and contrast the various forms (sects) of Judaism.
Essay #2: What was the impact of the Holocaust on the shape of modern and postmodern forms of Jewish life?
N.B. Support your arguments and conclusions. Explain your answers thoroughly. Reference any appropriate readings in your answer.
1) How have recent changes in technology (for example, robots, 3-D printing, artificial intelligence (AI), Virtual reality (VR), blockchain) affected the four major business-level strategies – overall low-cost, differentiation, focused, and hybrid or combination strategies? How does this relate to the creation of sustainable competitive advantage for a firm?
2) If a firm is successful domestically, it is likely to be successful internationally? Why or why not?
3) What determines the level of competitive intensity in an industry?
4) Marcus Aurelius Antoninus said: “Time is a river of passing events, and strong is its current; no sooner is a thing brought to sight then it is swept by and another takes its place, and this too will be swept away.” Explain what you think this statement means and what are its implications for managing strategically.
5) It is widely recognized that changes in technology and competition have diminished many of the traditional roles of location. Resources, capital, technology, and other inputs can be efficiently sourced in global markets. Firms can access immobile inputs via corporate networks. It is no longer necessary to locate near large markets to serve them. Governments are widely seen as losing their influence over competition to global forces. It is easy to conclude, then, that location is diminishing in importance. Do you agree or disagree with the statement that location is diminishing in importance in the global economy? Support your conclusions.
1) Do you feel the benefits of cloud computing are worth the threats and vulnerabilities? Have we arrived at a point where we can trust external agencies to secure our most precious data? Please explain your answer.
2) In a few short paragraphs, explain which cloud services you use (Google, Amazon, iCloud, Verizon, Microsoft One, Dropbox, etc) and what type of information you store (docs, photos, music, other files?). How much space do you have and what does this cost per month?
Using the following three examples, determine how an identity thief can piece together additional information about you.
Health information technology (health IT) makes it possible for health care providers to better manage patient care through secure use and sharing of health information. Health IT includes the use of electronic health records (EHRs) instead of paper medical records to maintain people’s health information.
Share the EHR platform that your practice uses and discuss the challenges and barriers to electronic charting. Why have we moved from paper charting to EHR’s? What is meant by meaningful use regulations and why is this important to know when documenting in the EHR?
Explain Geert Hofstede’s cultural dimensions *Using the United States as a basis for comparison, evaluate China’s similarities and differences relative to the franchise business deployment. *Discuss the implications for initial communications differences between US and China. Example: What is the impact of collectivism relative to individualism regarding management communication?
When dealing with public health policy and laws, we need to consider various aspects of the economy. Concepts of efficiency can be utilized when deciding which goods and services should be produced and who should receive them.
The three types of efficiencies are allocative, production, and technical. The two types of health economics are positive and normative. Positive Economics deals with “what is” or the current status that is linked to a clear standard of measurement. Normative economics deals with “what ought to be” and is subject to interpretation with the moral or ethical aspects of a policy. Your lecture has more details.
Using South University Online Library or the Internet, search the article, “The Interplay of Public Health Law and Industry Self-Regulation: The Case of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Sales in Schools.”
On the basis of the article and your understanding on the topic, write an essay in a Microsoft Word document on the three types of economic efficiencies and both positive and normative economics as it relates to regulating sugar-sweetened beverage sales in schools.
The discussion assignment provides a forum for discussing relevant topics for this week based on the course competencies covered.
For this assignment, make sure you post your initial response to the Discussion Area by the due date assigned.
Start reviewing and responding to the postings of your classmates as early in the week as possible. Respond to at least two of your classmates. Participate in the discussion by asking a question, providing a statement of clarification, providing a point of view with a rationale, challenging an aspect of the discussion, or indicating a relationship between two or more lines of reasoning in the discussion. Complete your participation for this assignment by the end of the week.
The present health care system relies on public and private health insurance systems. On the basis of your understanding of the health insurance system, answer the following questions:
Discuss the relationship between law and power. Power is a contested concept at the heart of many socio-legal theories. Some theorists emphasize how power shapes the legal system in visible and less visible ways, whereas others seek to develop alternative approaches to law without power. The essay should focus on the in-depth analysis of the original texts from Weeks 5-8. Rather than focusing on one or two authors, use the majority of the Weeks 5-8 readings in an integrated manner and develop a clear argument of your own on law and power. The essay should have a title and a statement of your main thesis in the first paragraph. It is unnecessary to provide full citations for course readings or to include a bibliography, but please indicate the author(s) and year of publication in parenthesis (e.g., Durkheim 1933). If direct quotes are used, please indicate page numbers (e.g., Durkheim 1933, p. 31).
For this assignment, you will submit a paper based on a contemporary media piece (one that was NOT used in this class!) in which some aspect of disability or the experience of disability is a major theme. Media sources may include a book, movie, episode from a sitcom/TV show, or popular music. In the paper, you are required to analyze the media source selected.The purpose of this paper is to view the media’s portrayal with a critical eye and consider the implications such a portrayal may have for society and PWD. Papers should include the following: A brief summary of the video or other media you selected .An analysis of which model(s) of disability is portrayed in the selected media. Further analysis of how disability is portrayed in the media you selected.Include examples from the media selected to back up your point. Be sure to heavily emphasize the information discussed in class to this point. Implications of the portrayal of disability for general viewers What might be the conscious or subconscious take-home message about disability?
