Category: Essays

One of our chapters discussed the role of values and beliefs in forming an organization’s culture. The topic of organization culture is big business on the Internet. Many companies use their Web pages to describe their mission, vision, and corporate values and beliefs.

There also are many consulting firms that advertise how they help organizations change their cultures. The purpose of this exercise is for

you to obtain information pertaining to the organizational culture for two different companies. You can go about this task by very simply

searching on the key words “organizational culture” or “corporate vision and values.” This search will identify numerous companies for you

to use to answer the following questions. You may want to select companies that you would like to work for in the future.

What are the espoused values and beliefs of the companies?
Using the worksheet on Figure 3.6: What does the web page reveal about the culture of this organization? Would this culture be conducive

to effective project management?

Organizational Culture Diagnosis Worksheet
FIGURE 3.6
Power Corp.
I. Physical Characteristics:
Architecture, office layout, décor, attire
Corporate HQ is 20 Story modern building—president on top floor. Offices are bigger in the top floors than lower floors. Formal business

attire (white shirts, ties, power suits, . . . ) Power appears to increase the higher up you are.
II. Public Documents:
Annual reports, internal newsletters, vision statements
At the heart of the Power Corp. Way is our vision . . . to be the global energy company most admired for its people, partnership and

performance. Integrity. We are honest with others and ourselves. We meet the highest ethical standards in all business dealings. We do

what we say we will do.
III. Behavior:
Pace, language, meetings, issues discussed, decision-making style, communication patterns, rituals
Hierarchical decision-making, pace brisk but orderly, meetings start on time and end on time, subordinates choose their words very

carefully when talking to superiors, people rarely work past 6:00 P.M., president takes top performing unit on a boat cruise each year . .

.
IV. Folklore:
Stories, anecdotes, heroines, heroes, villains
Young project manager was fired after going over his boss’s head to ask for additional funds.
Stephanie C. considered a hero for taking complete responsibility for a technical error.
Jack S. was labeled a traitor for joining chief competitor after working for Power Corp. for 15 years.

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Keeping in mind the repeated question “why teach writing?” take a look back at readings we had this semester. Also remember answers we

give for why
we teach writing should lead to the answers we give to the question, “How should we teach
writing?” The later question will be the focus of the second half of our semester. For now, let’s
focus on the former. Now, I would like you to compose an essay 1200-1800(4-6pages) you will examine the question,“Why teach

writing?”through the
perspectives of the authors we have read so far (you’ll address this question from your own
perspective later in the semester). This essay should look a lot like a literature review in which
you compare and contrast, analyze, and theorize the way several authors deal with the subject
at hand. Although many of our assigned authors did not explicitly answer this question, your
task is to analyze their texts and o?er a reasonable view of how they might do so. You will, of
course, be expected to focus your discussion around a clear thesis, clearly summarize key points
from the readings, use e?ective and relevant textual support, and also follow all the MLA
formatting. Your exam will be evaluated on how well you have understood and discussed the
class readings in relation to the question that introduced this course and this exam prompt.

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choosing Plato’s philosophical theory of human nature and then compare it with the existentialist’s theory of human person.
The following areas that are needed for your comparison:

1.Analyze the historical, political or cultural context of Plato’s theory of human nature.
2.The philosophical approaches (materialism, empiricism, idealism or skepticism) used by the philosopher.
3.Main epistemological, metaphysical and ethical views of the philosopher.
4.Explanation and evaluation of theory of human person as compared with the existentialist’s views.
5.Share your own philosophical insights like your own personal view of human nature based from what
you’ve learned from human nature and existentialism.

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Q.1.Explain what you understand by a “co-creation activity” . How might this type of activity be implemented at a firm level for

innovation ? What is the role of marketing activities in successful implementation of this type of strategy for innovation and growth?
(Note: you may use a firm using co-creation to innovate as a case study to demonstrate your answer.) (20 marks)
Q.2.Critically examine innovation via a “Value -Innovation Strategy”. How might such a strategy for innovation and growth be implemented

in practice.? Give examples to illustrate your answer. (20 marks)
Q.3
a. What are the key indicators used in practice to monitor innovation performance of (1) a country and (2) a company? Are these indicators

related? Give examples to illustrate your answer. (20 marks)
b. With close reference to key indicators in part (a) and relevant academic literature, choose an innovative company operating in a

knowledge-based economy of your own choice and critically examine and explain company’s strategy, operations, marketing activities, and

management style for innovation and growth. Explain how your chosen company has been able to innovate to achieve sustained growth over

time.
( Note: You must provide relevant empirical evidence presented in tables, charts and graphs to support your discussion ).
(40 marks)

Guidance for the preparation and submission of the assignment
1. Provide a critical review of pertinent academic literature to support discussion and analysis relating to each question .
2.Collect, present, and provide an analysis of secondary data on innovation activities at firm and national levels ,including

data/information on R&D activities, patents, marketing budgets, sales, profits, market valuation and share prices to support your

theoretical discussion .
3. Presentation to the class of company and country that you have chosen( Q.3) ,the reasons for your selection based on evidence

collected, company’s key activities, innovation strategy, operation ,management style and culture. This is a key requirement for the

submission of the assignment.
4. Using relevant academic literature with secondary data and other evidence collected to arrive at a conclusion. Data appendices are

allowed.
5. Appropriate use of Harvard Referencing system both in the text and in a reference section. This is important and it is expected that

you would make use of key and up-to-date references in ALL questions to support your analysis.

Question 3
Part 1 Country: South Korea
? GDP—ECONOMY
? Strength of science and engineering base- publications and citations.(university)
? R&D expenditure
? Patents
? Networks and collaborations-cooperations by firms.
? Innovation products, share of sales attributed to new products(export)
Knowledge–Technology change—Innovation– Growth

Part 2
Company —Samsung
? Mission& vision statement
? Key stakeholders
? Key market, main competitors
? Porter’s five force models, discuss market condition (if have)
? Strategic focus

? What marketing activities has been use, how many people involed?
Insight—market place, customer, configure products, services around emerging needs.
Value innovation strategy carried out by firm

? Collaboration (with partner reduce cost and nothing to lose)
? Operational process
? Organisation and management (employees important, well satisfy)

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Choose one individual to be the subject of your sartorial biography. This person can be anyone from a stranger to a close friend or family member. Importantly, they must differ from you in at least one significant way (i.e. age, gender identity, size, ethnicity, etc.). Your task is to use their wardrobe as the key to the narrative of their life, or a portion of it.

You should, as much as possible, keep in mind themes from the course in connecting the dress practices of this individual with their life story. Please use course readings and outside research to do so.

Details:

In choosing your subject, think about what this research entails: spending a fair amount of time with them, preferably including some time

where they live, and discussing their clothes. Ideally you would be able to interview them in their bedroom or closet.

You are an ethnographer, a sartorial detective, and it is your job to allow your subject to speak truthfully about their relationship to

clothes without trying to guide their answers to suit your hypothesis. Still, be sure to approach any interview session with a list of

thoughtful questions before seeing where the interview takes you.

Ask your subject to show you their clothes, photos of themselves, etc. to support their answers to your questions. Include these photos,

and any you take of their clothes during interviews, to the degree that your subject is comfortable with you doing so. At least one photo

of the subject is mandatory, so be sure to clear that with them before you begin.

Here are some possible lines of questioning that could relate their stories back to course content:

Do you consider yourself belonging to any particular subculture? If yes, what role does dress play in this community? Have you adapted

your style to feel more at home in this group?
Do you dress differently in New York than other places you may visit frequently or have lived before? Can you describe your style prior to

coming here? Do you dress differently for different neighborhoods of the city?
How much do you think about money when you buy clothing? Do you feel that your economic status has an effect upon how you dress?
Do you keep clothing for a long time before discarding it? Do you have particular memories associated with any of your clothing? Do you

have things sitting in the back of the closet that you can’t bear to throw out, although you never wear them? Are there particular people

you think of when you wear certain things?
Do you like to dress in a gender-normative way, or do you prefer to play with gender in your dress? Do you see a connection between this

gender expression and your gender identity?

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The final assignment this semester is to write a paper in which you will work individually to
investigate a trending topic in Operations and Supply Chain Management that is of specific
interest to you. Choose a topic that is trending, i.e. appearing with greater frequency in the
business press. This may be a topic that is currently an important issue in your workplace, or a
topic that caught your interest in the readings this semester. For example, supply chain security
has become important in recent years, as has re-insourcing of operations, and new technologies
in logistics – these are just a few examples of an appropriately scoped topic.
This assignment involves selecting, reading, and synthesizing themes and concepts from at least
three full-length articles. For your sources, draw from the practitioner literature/trade
publications (e.g. SC Management Review, Industry Week, etc – see
http://www.logisticslist.com/logistics-publications.html) for a list), and from general business
periodicals (e.g. Forbes, Fortune, Economist, Bloomberg Business Week, Wall Street Journal,
New York Times, etc.). Don’t forget to look to the professional associations (e.g. ISM, APICS,
CSCMP, etc.) for articles that appear on their website and in their magazines.
The final deliverable is a 1500-2000 word paper (3-4 single spaced pages). Be sure to:
? include a short history and motivation for the topic that explains why this topic has
become important in OM
? demonstrate knowledge of readings, including the Schroeder text as well as your selected
articles
? develop a well-structured framework for synthesizing and reporting your topic
? organize your findings in a logical fashion
? relate the sources you select to the concepts and constructs you learned this semester
Grading criteria for this assignment are based on content (70%), clarity of writing (20%), and
mechanics (10%). The report is to be single spaced, using 12-point font and 1” margins. Please
include a document header with the name of the assignment and your name.
This paper is due on the final exam date. Please submit your paper electronically to this link, and
then be prepared to briefly discuss what you learned writing this last paper during the required
final exam period.

Those are the directions straight from my professor. I’d like you to pick supply Chain Manangment as your topic. You need to get sources

from what she stated in the instructions. Also use the text book we used Operations Management in the Supply Chain: Decisions and Cases,

6th Edition, (2013) by Roger
G Schroeder, M. Johnny Rungtusanatham, and Susan Meyer Goldstein, McGraw-Hill Irwin, ISBN-13
9780073525242. Be sure to get the 6th edition, it has a burgundy and gold cover.

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The assignment is designed to enable you to build a comprehensive knowledge of key variables which are significant to the understanding of

consumer buying behaviour. The assignment requires you to conduct extensive reading in order to develop a knowledge-base of various

consumer research processes and variables. The relevant learning outcomes are available in the module descriptor.

Task 2 (3500 words; 75%)

2) Choose two purchase situations from the above. Compare and contrast these situations by considering the factors that existed at the

time of purchase (such as in-house promotions, store layout and customer service) or prior to it (such as advertising; psychological and

demographic variables) which influenced your purchase decision.

3) Discuss these two buying situations by critically examining the relevance of:

a) various psychological variables (that you may have covered in the class and others you may have come across in your reading). For

instance you might argue that you have held a strong attitude towards a particular issue such as child labour, which has influenced your

buying in the clothing context. Provide evidence from the literature (secondary sources) to back up your discussion. For instance the

relevance of attitudes as discussed by others academics .

b) various demographic variables and as above provide evidence from the literature to back up your discussion.

4) Choose the most appropriate decision making models available in the literature and discuss
the stages you adopted whilst buying. However if your identified buying stages do not fit in
with the existing models you may suggest a variation and describe it.

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This case study is a case study of a specific advertising campaign from the recent past and this requires you to develop detailed

discussion of the semiotics of advertising imagery and place it in the context of the economic, social and cultural context in which it

was produced. (You can choose one famous brand advertising campaign (Like a charity campaign or fashion or tourism) and analysis them and

you can focus on key examples). Furthermore, in campaign, you MUST follow those point: 1: How do these advertisements relate to the market

position and strategies of the commissioning agent? What were the stages of development of the campaign, its overall objectives and means

selected? 2.Who produced the actual advertising material? Is it characteristic of their ‘style’? To whom is this material addressed – and

what is the evidence for this? 3: Consider the entire range of advertisements that form part of the campaign, paying particular attention

to their semiotic character- i.e. the means by which visual, textual and aural signs combine in them to convey the message that are their

point. 4: Consider also matters of perception – how are these phenomena encountered, what makes up the experience of seeing/reading them?

5: Place these works and the campaign as a whole in the social, economic, cultural and political context in which they were produced. And

please draw on appropriate theoretical and historical texts with right references, you must use advertising theories to support your

ideas. Besides, please must use appropriate in text citations with right form and you can only use quotation for two or three. In

addition, you should write about 200 words in introduction and conclusion with good structured.

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Film Reaction
In order to promote application of sociology to popular culture, a film reaction assignment is required throughout the course of the

semester. As everyone has varying fields of interest, this will be an independent assignment.
Your critique should be 4-5 typed pages and organized around one or two key questions (I would suggest no more than three). You should

also plan to include a brief summary. Although you may choose any sociological issue as a theme for your film critique, here are some

questions you might want to consider:

1. What central social or cultural issues does the film raise? If the film seems to emphasize psychological over social themes, does it

also attempt to place the psychological issue within a broader social or cultural context?
2. Is social class a factor in the movie, either as part of the story of the movie or as part of the overall tone of the movie?
3. Are gender roles a factor in the movie, either as part of the story of the movie or as part of the overall tone of the movie?
4. What does the film suggest about the cultural mood of the time in which the story was set?
5. In order to analyze this film, what about the context of the times in which the film is set must the viewer understand?
6. Does the film contain any apparent ideological or utopian themes?
7. Does the film contain any apparent political biases?
8. Are the central themes in this movie similar to – or different than – the themes of any of the other films from this era?

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As you review and respond to various aspects of the case study, your analysis and evaluation of the family system will help you determine how to deliver comprehensive treatment, therapy, and care to family members.

Your Final Project must be presented as a 12- to 15-page (not including references, title page, or abstract), double-spaced, APA-formatted paper.

For the Final Project:

Use a minimum of 10 scholarly references (in addition to any course readings that you may wish to reference).

Note: Wikipedia is not an acceptable scholarly reference. Please consult the Walden University Library’s instructions for evaluating research resources, which includes a link to criteria for evaluating resources.

Describe any ethical issues and violations in the case study, and explain how you would address them. Be sure to include ethical standards you would use when analyzing the ethical issues and violations.

Describe multicultural considerations you would need to consider while working with the family in the case study. Explain how you would demonstrate cultural competence while working with the family.

Explain which social work theory(ies) you would use with the family in the case study, and why.

Explain which social work theory(ies) you would not use with the family in the case study, and why.

Explain how you might use circular questioning with the family in the case study.

Describe the transtheoretical stage of change of the family at the beginning of the case study. Over the course of the case, explain any interactions that might have affected the client’s movement between the stages of change.

Develop an evaluation plan for the family in the case study that includes the following:
Describe the type of data you would collect to measure the family’s baseline in the beginning of treatment and the family’s progress throughout treatment.
Explain how the data you collect might impact or inform your evaluation of the intervention.
Your Final Project will be graded on a 20-point scale and is worth 30% of your final grade. Although the Final Project is not to be submitted until Day 7 of Week 11, you should become familiar with the project requirements and have them in mind as you proceed through the course.

The Final Project will be evaluated according to all four indicators in the Application Assignment and Final Paper Writing Rubric, which is located in the Course Info area. Be sure that the Final Project is written using APA format.

Information on scholarly writing may be found in the Essential Guide to APA Style for Walden Students and at the Walden Writing Center website. Also, see “Policies on Academic Honesty,” in Walden University Policies and Information, in the Guidelines and Policies area.

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