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OPS 571 Week 2 Assignment Statistical Process Control Methods NEW Purpose of Assignment The purpose of this assignment is for students to learn how to apply Statistical Process Control Methods to a business process. Assignment Steps Resources: Microsoft® Excel® and PowerPoint® Select a complex continuous process from your personal life or work. The process can be the same as in Week 1 assignment. Complete the following: • Use Microsoft®Excel®to calculate the defined process metrics inc...

MGT 498 WEEK 1 Strategic Planning and Strategic Management Purpose of Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to help students understand strategic business terminology (vision, mission, goals, objectives, specific objectives, internal and external scanning), to recognize the components of a strategic plan and to be familiar with the core information and steps needed to create a strategic plan. Furthermore, this assignment allows students to recognize the difference between strategic plann...

ACC 561 WEEK 6 Managerial Analysis Green Pastures is a 400-acre farm on the outskirts of the Kentucky Bluegrass Purpose of Assignment This comprehensive case requires students to evaluate a static budget and prepare flexible budgets to meet managerial needs. Students are required to calculate and analyze variances and discuss how variances are critical to managerial decision making. Assignment Steps Resources: Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commi...

PSY 345 WEEK 5 Chemical Senses Paper Resource: The “Chef’s Tools: Nose and Tongue” section of the “Smell and Taste: Science of the Senses” video, located in this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings. Write a 1,250- to 1,500-word paper that addresses the following: • How do smell and taste affect each other? • Which would you change to make a meal taste better? • If you created the most memorable meal of your life, what sensory elements must be present to emphasize the connection ...

MKT 438 WEEK 4 The Tactical Plan for the Public Relations Campaign Paper Resource: The Practice of Public Relations, Ch. 9 and Ch. 15 Last week’s assignment dealt with strategic approaches in public relations. This week’s assignment deals with tactical campaign approaches. You will develop an implementation plan to execute on the strategy that you have developed for your campaign. Select up to six PR tools you will use to promote your client’s product or service. Review The Practice of Pu...

Approach to Crisis Management: Defending an Organization’s Reputation MKT/438 University of Phoenix MKT 438 WEEK 4 Approach to Crisis Management Defending an Organization’s Reputation RESOURCE: The Practice of Public Relations, Ch. 3, Ch. 5, Ch. 6, Ch. 13, and Ch. 17 SELECT one of the following case studies to read and do research on from The Practice of Public Relations: • Race Relations with that Soy Latte? (page 59) • Uber Success Brings PR Problems (page 102) • Ethical Hammer Fall...

How Organizations Proactively Approach and Respond to Social Responsibility/ Sustainability MKT/ 438 University of Phoenix MKT 438 WEEK 3 How Organizations Proactively Approach and Respond to Social Responsibility Sustainability SELECT an organization that has a known interest in social responsibility and/or sustainability. WRITE a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper that addresses the following questions: • Why did you select this organization? • Why do you think this organization is socially respon...

MKT/438 University of Phoenix MKT 438 WEEK 1 The Role of Public Relations SELECT a company business or non-profit organization and provide an example about how public relations (PR) principles apply. WRITE a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you examine the following: • The multiple definitions of Public Relations. • The connection between PR and the promotional aspect of the marketing mix (advertising publicity public relations)? • How are they similar and how are they different? • How...

MGT 498 WEEK 2 Building a Competitive Advantage Purpose of Assignment The purpose of this assignment is to help students understand how manufacturing and service companies can maximize their competitive advantage. The Porter Model is discussed as a method to categorize and assess businesses and industries. Assignment Steps Write a 1,050-word report in which you address the following: • Examine and discuss competitive strategies that manufacturers can use to gain competitive advantage. • Ap...

RES 351 WEEK 4 Understanding Business Research Terms and Concepts: Part 1 Identify two articles in the University Library: one in which the business problem is researched using a qualitative design and the other using a quantitative design. Summarize each of the research designs. Write a 350- to 700-word paper in which you compare and contrast the two approaches: • What are the strengths and weaknesses of each approach? • How can they be used most effectively in a combined approach? • Whic...