Challenging The Reliance Of Import Economy

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Challenging The Reliance of Import Economy

Greetings Rossana G Nieves, and BUL2261 Law of International Trade – Virtual College Students:

After watching the video: Michael Shuman on Going Local: Creating Self-Reliant Communities in the Global Age, complete the following critical thinking questions – support your position(s) with cited academic/peer reviewed and credible resources. After answering the questions, respond to at least one other classmate’s post with substantive (challenging) information/questions/additional sources.

Watch Video

Answer All Discussion Questions:

  1. Why have imports?
  2. Why limit imports?
  3. How would a city or region that imported less benefit from limiting imports?
  4. What types of products could be more locally produced? Why? How?
  5. In what other areas would self-reliance be a good idea? (other “essentials”)
  6. What are local examples of self-reliance or import substitution? (farmers’ markets, local fairs with local products)
  7. Does self-reliance mean no trade?
  8. In what ways do current laws/regulations make it difficult for businesses to stay local (not export) their labor/resources/businesses? Be Specific.

Activity: TQM Contributors Practice

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Activity: TQM Charting Practice

This activity consists of two problems.

Problem One

Dr. Raymond Hill, Director of Surgery, for Forest Medical Center in Lake Park, Illinois, received some recent statistics concerning data on the surgeries performed in his center during 2019. He was somewhat surprised to see the high number of what is classified as “late surgeries.” He has asked you, a quality analyst, to examine this data.

He requests the following items from you:

Create a scatter plot in Excel of the number of late surgeries versus the overall number of surgeries.

Create a run chart in Excel for the number of late surgeries and a run chart for the overall number of surgeries for 2019.

Create separate control charts in Excel for the number of late surgeries and the overall number of surgeries with a 95% confidence level.  Show all calculations that you use to arrive at these control charts.

In a Word document, draw two conclusions regarding these three analyses regarding the late surgeries at Forest Medical Center.

Late Surgeries versus Overall Surgeries

Month Number of Surgeries Number of Late Surgeries

January 435 112

February 401 129

March 572 186

April 409 103

May 577 89

June 329 156

July 467 156

August 301 94

September 235 89

October 325 127

November 378 156

December 444 124

Total 4873 1432

Problem Two

Dr. Amanda Guzik, head of infectious diseases for Forest Medical Center in Lake Park Illinois, asks you to analyze the following influenza data that she has collected over five years from cases that were treated at this medical center.

Use Excel to create a run chart for the data.

Use Excel to create a control chart with a 95% confidence level for this data. Include the mean, the LCL, and the UCL. Show all calculations that you use to arrive at these control charts.

In a Word document, draw two conclusions from these charts regarding the influenza cases that the Forest Medical Center had treated.

Submit Word document(s) and Excel file(s) showing your responses and calculations.

Influenza Data by Quarter

Year Quarter # of Cases of Influenza Observed

1 1 3452

1 2 346

1 3 483

1 4 3984

2 1 4120

2 2 376

2 3 429

2 4 3583

3 1 4219

3 2 385

3 3 392

3 4 3614

4 1 3568

4 2 439

4 3 326

4 4 4103

5 1 4209

5 2 396

5 3 411

5 4 4008

Leadership Assignment

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Leadership/ Personal Reflection Paper

As the BA in Leadership capstone course, a central activity is to articulate your synthesis of learning about leadership and yourself as a person and as a leader. This paper serves to explain and guide how you live your life, a set of beliefs and principles that ground you in how you will lead, and a set of commitments that drive your actions as a leader.

Using course readings, material from forum discussions, and thoughts/ideas/concepts from your previous courses, reflect on the following questions. Remember, this paper is all about YOU and your thoughts and beliefs.

  1. What is your Worldview? This answer should be 1.5 pages long.
  2. What do you believe in terms of spirituality (religious beliefs)?
  3. What is your understanding of people: Their origins and human nature, their needs individually and socially?
  4. What do you think are the most important aspects of life? How do you want to live your life? This includes your values, principles, and commitments.
  5. What is Your Philosophy of Leadership? Which type (or types) of leadership do you believe is the most effective way to lead? How does this relate to your understanding of what people need in their leaders? You may include personal examples of leaders from your personal, academic, and employment experiences. This answer should be one page long.
  6. How will you live out your worldview and leadership perspectives in your Vocational Calling and Work Life? This includes what do You specifically want to do in your future career and what kind of leader would you like to be? This answer should be one-half page long

Total paper length is three pages. In addition, include a Title Page and Bibliography page (ie. 5 pages in all). You do Not need a lot of references as this is a paper about what You believe.

Upload your paper into the Drop Box in Moodle.

Papers will not be marked on students’ beliefs, but on how well their worldviews, leadership philosophy, and future goals are articulated.

 

 

Musyiokiones

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OVERVIEW
Vertical integration is part of the strategic operations of the healthcare organization. An
organization that is vertically integrated owns multiple part of their supply chain and controls the
commodities, manufacturing, distribution and retail portions of the market. In health care we see
this as integrated healthcare delivery systems where a managed care organization (MCO) or
Accountable Care Organization (ACO) provides acute patient care, multispecialty medical care
delivery system, is capable of contracting for various needed patient services and a payer.

INSTRUCTIONS

Using the information below provide options and directions in an APA formatted paper of at
least 500 words that is supported by 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly references and 1 instance of
Biblical integration.

Explain the vertical integration options and directions for the following providers:
(a.) A major academic medical center such as the University of Iowa
(b.) A five-person general surgery group
(c.) A manufacturer of durable medical equipment

Items to include are outlined as follows:
• Length of assignment – 500 words
Excluding title page/ Cover page and reference page.

• APA Format

• Number of citations:
2 peer-reviewed, scholarly references and 1 instance of Biblical integration.

• Acceptable sources
Scholarly articles published within the last five years

 

Discussion 7 – Concepts from Chapter 14

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Discussion 7 – Concepts from Chapter 14

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Read Chapter 14 and watch the Ted talk at this Link (Links to an external site.) before answering the following questions:

1. What percentage of companies currently export and why do you think that is the case?

2. Mention a local business that could benefit from exporting, how and why?

 

Week 4 – Assignment 2: Apply Strategic Thinking And Policy Implementation To Improve Operations

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Week 4 – Assignment 2: Apply Strategic Thinking and Policy Implementation to Improve Operations

The purpose of this assignment is to develop an inter-agency policy memorandum regarding the policy proposal to change the eligibility criteria for HUD’s Housing Choice Voucher Program. This HUD Housing Choice Voucher Program provides housing assistance to certain eligible individuals. For this assignment, you are a newly assigned member of an advisory group reporting directly the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development. Your policy proposal should including the following:

  1. Explain the current eligibility criteria under the Housing Choice Voucher Program.
  2. Identify and propose two changes to the eligibility criteria, and then explain your rationale.
  3. Determine the policy implications for your proposed changes to the eligibility criteria.

Length: 5-7 pages, not including title and reference pages

References:  Include a minimum of 5 scholarly resources.

Your presentation should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy.

Changing Of Environment Conditions

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Changing of Environment Conditions

1. Describe some changes that commonly occur in the macroenvironment facing companies today. What kinds of changes do companies make to adjust to those changes? Identify a few examples of companies that have adjusted well to changing environmental conditions.

2. File Management

Explain the importance of file management and how to control files over time. Be sure to give examples based on the hierarchical system used by Windows. How would you use file and folder names to assist you in managing your files? How would you apply this for your personal, professional and educational file management?

Mantel Health Module 08 Anxiety Disorder/Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

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Case Study – Anxiety Disorder/Obsessive Compulsive Disorder

Course Competency

Assemble nursing care interventions for clients with behavioral or cognitive disorders.

Scenario

Lauren has been diagnosed with Social Anxiety Disorder and experiences obsessive thoughts that result in compulsive behaviors. This has a major impact on her life and day to day functioning.

Instructions

View the videos segments 1, 2, and 3 for Lauren.

Notice how the nurse continues to gather information to assess the extent of Lauren’s illness. The content relates to the objective that you will be able to describe the symptoms of anxiety and OCD.

Segment 1

Segment 2

Segment 3

Create a document which contains this information:

  • Describe at least three clinical signs of Anxiety observed in the videos.
  • Describe at least three Obsessive-Compulsive behaviors observed in the videos.
  • Explain at least three therapeutic communication techniques used by the nurse in the videos.
  • Discuss at least two nursing interventions appropriate for Lauren. Support your choices with rationales.
  • Support your ideas with at least two credible resources.

Please do it in APA  format

Leadership 222

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440 Paper ：1. Choose a company. (your choice)2. Fill in the building model canvas with three of the nine blocks for your company. Attach it as an Appendix to your paper.3. Explain the three building blocks in your own words and demonstrate at least one element or characteristic from the text for each block.Give me an example of how it works.4. Make sure the blocks are under headings so there's no confusion.**NO WIKIPEDIA**
Example:Customer Segments
Customer Segments are the people an organization wants to serve either through its customers or business alliances (Osterwalder & Pigneur, 2010). As a luxury car representative, Porsche is constantly entering new market segments and provides different and appropriate products or services for each market segment. Porsche uses two variables to determine which customers to target, including description elements and behavioural elements. According to a scholar's study, “Descriptive elements include demographics, psychology, and geography. Behavioral elements include personal responses to brands, uses, and interests” (Zoeller, 2018). Porsche focuses on a niche market of high-income customers. The characteristics of the high-income class consumer psychology are appreciating the prestige of the brand as well as the new and attractive vehicles Porsche produces.
1. You may attach the canvas to your paper and submit it via Moodle as a proper scholarly paper. The paper will be approximately 5 1/2 pages as follows:1 Cover page,1/2 page for the introduction1/2 page for each of 3 blocks. (1 1/2 pages total)1/2 page conclusion,1 page canvas (as an appendix),1 page for references..Here is what I am looking for: 20% – Introduce your chosen company briefly. After the introduction, give a thesis statement. In this paper/presentation, I will show you how the Blah blah company utilizes the nine building blocks to …
60% – In your own words, explain what each building block means to you. Give an example of the block. Show one element/characteristic the company utilizes. Tie them in from the Scaling Up text to support your work if possible. You must show each chosen block on the canvas as it relates to your company.
10% – Conclusion – Does the company utilize the building blocks? Would you change anything the company does? What is your outlook on the building blocks?
10%  – Grammar, APA & References
Read over your paper. Does it make sense? Where did you get your work from?

 

Public Speaking

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Public speaking is different from conversation. Explain differences and similarities of these two types of speaking by addressing an issue from your personal life or from current events.

NOTE: You may conduct research to complete any of these discussions (if you are still waiting on the book), using the Internet or other resources. Be certain to properly cite your sources and provide a bibliography in appropriate format. This information is also addressed in this week’s audio lessons.

Remember that your discussion response must include the following:

  1. A reflection on the concept we are discussing. Give us a summary of things you learned about this concept from your assigned chapter readings.
  2. A thorough example/discussion to support your reflection.
  3. A final statement that tells us what you take away from this week’s lesson.
  4. Properly formatted in-text citations and references.
  5. Strong grammar, spelling, and mechanics.
  6. In total your discussion should be at least 250 words.