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Google is widely known for its workplace creativity and innovation within the technology field. Its search engine is the most extensively used search tool in the world, its data analytics are revolutionary, and it continues to raise the bar for innovation and design with Google Glass, smart watches, and mobile phones. Google has been featured in dozens of technology and business magazines.

Additionally, Fortune Magazine’s list of the “Best Companies to Work For 2014” has ranked Google number one (#1). This ranking is largely due to employee benefits such as free meals, dry cleaning services, video games, massage therapy, in-door gyms, shuttle services, and affordable daycare services for employees.

In addition to your textbook, review the following articles and videos about Google’s work culture in preparation for this assignment:

“How the Googleplex Works” by Jonathan Strickland, located at http://computer.howstuffworks.com/googleplex2.htm
“Google Employees Reveal Their Favorite Perks Working For The Company” by Kevin Smith, located athttp://www.businessinsider.com/google-employee-favorite-perks-2013-3?op=1
“At Google, Hours Are Long, But the Consomme Is Free” by Sara Kehaulani Goo, located at http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/23/AR2007012300334.html
“Google interns’ first week” (5 min 50 s). Video Source: Google. (2013, June 4). Google interns’ first week [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9No-FiEInLA
“Google Great Place to Work Entry” (2 min 46 s). Video Source: IABAustralia. (2008, April 30). Google Great Place to Work Entry [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n2nfZPsd794

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

Briefly describe Google, its mission, and its business model.
Analyze the types of people that work at Google, with respect to the business culture of the organization. Indicate one to two (1-2) qualities that define a leader at Google, and determine the typical background of a Google employee.
Identify two (2) examples of services or amenities that Google provides to its employees, interns, partners, and visitors. Next, examine two to three (2-3) ways in which such free services and amenities create an organizational culture that fosters creativity and innovation. Note: In the context of business, “creativity” means having the ability to conceive something new and original, including ideas, imagination, and things that are outside of the box. “Innovation” is the implementation and execution of something new, including products, technology, services, and business models.
Discuss Google’s organizational culture, and determine whether or not you would prefer to work in this type of environment. Indicate whether or not Google’s company culture would help you to perform your tasks with a greater degree of creativity and innovation. Provide a rationale for your response.
Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Describe the primary functions of management (planning, organizing, leading, controlling) and the associated skills, tools, and theoretical approaches that can be used to accomplish these functions.
Explain the principal theories and the various approaches to management that have evolved over time and their application to current management situations.
Explain the decision-making process management uses to develop viable courses of action to a variety of management situations.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in management concepts.
Write clearly and concisely about management concepts using proper writing mechanics.

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Assignment 2: Social Control and Criminal Deviance: Bullying

Due Week 6 and worth 65 points

Bullying is a difficult concept to understand and reconcile the consequences. This assignment focuses on the critical thinking skills that are needed to analyze an emotionally charged topic.

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Review the Student’s Guide to Research section of the textbook (Chapter 2)
Take notes as you watch the video below.

Watch the video titled, “From school yard bullying to genocide: Barbara Coloroso at TEDxCalgary” (19 min 5 s) located below. You may also view the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkG0nssouFg.
Watch Video
From school yard bullying to genocide: Barbara Coloroso at TEDxCalgary
Duration: (19:06)

User: tedxtalks – Added: 2/20/14

Write a one to two (1-2) page essay in which you:

Identify the most important step in the student’s guide to research that you would need in order to analyze bullying.
Define the identified critical step of research in your words.
Explain how bullying relates to one (1) of the following topics:
the agents of socialization (i.e., family, teachers and school, peers),
formal organizations (i.e., conformity to groups),
different types of deviance (i.e., everyday deviance, sexual deviance, or criminal deviance).

Provide a rationale for your response.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
To keep this essay short and manageable, your only sources for the essay should be the TED video and the sections noted in your text. For this reason, APA citations or references are not required for this assignment.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Define the basic concepts used in the discipline of sociology.
Define the various methodologies for sociological research.
Identify the sociological perspective to the inequalities of class, race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomics, and political aspects.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in sociology.
Write clearly and concisely about sociology using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.

Industrial Hygiene
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Week
V Assessment
1.
Define exposure assessment, and describe the seven steps involved in an exposure
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assessment
strategy. Apply each step to a scenario where you, as an industrial hygienist, are asked to
describe a worker’s exposure to cadmium duri
ng a brazing operation.
Your response should be
at least 200 words
in length
, and 100 % original, non
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plagiarized
material
.
All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced;
paraphrased and quoted
material must have accompanying citations.
2.
What are the elements of the risk
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assessment paradigm? How can these elements be applied in
a workplace setting in which an emergency responder is addressing a large spill of
trichloroethylene?
Describe how risk assessment can be used in industrial hygiene practice.
Your response should be
at least 200 words
in length
, and 100 % original, non
–
plagiarized
material
.
All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced;
paraphrased and quoted
material must have accompanying citations.
3.
In your own words, define risk. What are the four functions of risk? How can these four
functions be used to make risk decisions? List the factors that affect risk perc
eption in the
workplace. How can an industrial hygienist determine how much risk is acceptable?
Your response should be
at least 200 words
in length
, and 100 % original, non
–
plagiarized
material
.
All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced;
paraphrased and quoted
material must have accompanying citations.
4.
Define instantaneous monitoring, integrated monitoring, personal monitoring, and area
monitoring, and explain the differences among each one. Prov
ide a scenario in which in each
method would be used.
Your response should be
at least 200 words
in length
, and 100 % original, non
–
plagiarized
material
.
All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced;
paraphrased and quoted
material must have accompanying cita

Human Resource Assignment : Dismissal Meeting
• Imagine that you are an office manager and you have been tasked with the job of coordinating and heading the dismissal meeting for an employee layoff.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
1. Propose three (3) ways that a manager can cope with any negative emotions that may accompany an employee layoff.
2. Describe a step-by-step process of conducting the dismissal meeting.
3. Determine the compensation that the fictitious company may provide to the separated employee.
4. Using Microsoft Word or an equivalent such as OpenOffice, create a chart that depicts the timeline of the disbursement of the compensation.
5. Predict three (3) ways that this layoff may affect the company.
6. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

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1. Choose four standard corporate executive positions and describe their roles on the IT Steering Committee.

2. Explain the relationship between the IT architecture and the IT Roadmap used in the IT Strategic Plan.

3. Different kinds of personnel are required to staff an IT department depending on their IT strategy. For the two organizations below, identify four IT positions that are most important in each organization and why.

a. An organization whose IT strategy is to outsource as much of their IT as possible, and

b. An organization whose IT strategy is to develop proprietary, in-house applications that directly support their business and operation.

4. Explain what business continuity planning is, who should create the plan, and the role of IT.

5. Explain what it means to say that the “IT Strategic Plan is aligned to the business Strategic Plan”.

6. Explain risk management and what it means to the CIO.

7. Give an example of a tangible (quantifiable) and an intangible (qualitative) performance measure and discuss the value of each.

8. The CIO is responsible for the business rules or requirements that generate a new system or changes to the existing system. How is his/her role responsible for these changes?

9. What is change management and how does it relate to the IT organization?

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Assignment 1: LensCrafters Case Study
Due Week 4 and worth 250 points

This assignment requires student complete an analysis of the LensCrafters case from Chapter 6 of the text.
Write a six to seven (6-7) page paper in which you:

Evaluate LensCrafters’ operations strategy and explain how the organization seeks to gain a competitive advantage in terms of sustainability.
Analyze how operation management activities affect the customer experience. Select two (2) operation management challenges and provide the solutions for confronting them.
Examine LensCrafters’ value chain and evaluate its effectiveness to operations in terms of quality, value creation, and customer satisfaction.
Determine the different types of performance measurements that can be used to measure LensCrafters’ service-delivery system design. Select at least two (2) types that can be applied and provide justifications for the selection.
Examine the different types of technologies applied to LensCrafters’ service operations and evaluate how the technologies strengthen the value chain.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Apply the concept of operations management.
Compare and contrast the difference between a supply chain and a value chain.
Analyze the types of measures used for decision making.
Analyze the five key competitive priorities and their relationship to operations strategy.
Analyze different types of technology and their role in manufacturing and service operations.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in operations management.
Write clearly and concisely about operations management using proper writing mechanics.

LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES IN BUSINESS

In 1999, a Seattle man took a popular soft-drink company seriously when one of its commercials made an offer of a Harrier jet, the famous high-tech jump jet used by the U.S. Marines. In a television commercial that aired in 1995, the company jokingly included the Harrier as one of the prizes that could be received with a mere 7 million company points. Although that sounds like a lot of points to get from drinking the soft drink company’s products (roughly 190 drinks a day for 100 years), the company also allowed customers to purchase points for 10 cents each.

The man did the math and discovered that the cost of the 7 million points needed for the jet was $700,000. He then put together a business plan, raised the $700,000 from friends and family, and submitted 15 points, the check, and an official order form with a demand for the Harrier jet.

The company wrote back, stating that the Harrier jet in the commercial was simply used to create a humorous and entertaining advertisement. They apologized for any misunderstanding or confusion people may have experienced and enclosed some free product coupons.

The free coupons did not satisfy the man, who then took the soft drink company to court. Finally, a federal judge for the Southern District of New York held that the company was only joking when it implied in its ad that it was giving away fighter jets. The judge noted that because the jets sell for approximately $23 million, no one could have concluded that the commercial actually offered consumers a Harrier jet. Instead, this was a classic example of a deal that was too good to be true.

Write a paper of 4–6 body pages that answers the following questions, including an in-depth explanation of the supporting rationale:

What are the key legal factors present in the scenario?
What are the 4 elements of a valid contract? How do they relate to the scenario in question?
What is the objective theory of contracts?
How does the objective theory of contracts apply to this case?
In your own words but based on research and analysis of relevant legal concepts and cases, why do you think the court held that there was not a valid agreement in this scenario? Provide support for your position.
Are advertisements generally considered offers? Explain.
How does this case differ from a reward situation in which a unilateral contract is formed upon completion of the requested act?
What recommendations (at least 2) would you make for a company considering an aggressive marketing campaign with giveaways of high value items? Explain the rationale behind each recommendation.

Your submitted assignment (200 points) must include a Word document of 4–6 body pages that contains your answers to the questions listed and a reference list of any sources that you used within your paper (cited properly in APA format).

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Part 1 (paragraph length)

The CEO of your company has asked you to make a speech at the next board of directors meeting to the directors on stocks and dividends.

the following:

For each event:
explain the effects to stockholders
explain the effects on the financial statements of the corporation
Discuss why it is important to know what the company’s net income and not just rely on the stock price.

Part 2 (1-2 pages)

The owner of the company where you work finds out that you are majoring in accounting and she wants you to explain the corporate structure to her. She also wants to see why someone would want to invest in a corporation. She wants to better understand stock transactions that the corporation would engage in.

She wants you to:

Explain the corporate structure.
Select two companies in the same industry and find their financial statements for the last two years. Provide citations for all statements.
Compare the stockholder’s equity between these two company’s financial statements.
Explain what kinds of stock transactions have taken place in the last two years.

Directions: Using your textbook and at least two additional resources (Wikipedia sources are not permitted), write a four to five page paper addressing the following prompts. Your submission should comply with APA guidelines for formatting and citations. Be sure to list each resource used at the end of paper in the reference list section. Please remember that you may utilize LIRN to help you search for resources. You can visit the Academic Resource Center for a guide on how to utilize LIRN successfully.

Part I:

1. Explain how the Cairo 1994 Population Conference strategy of increased women’s responsibility and education will help to reduce fertility rates. What sub-issues are also brought forth from this approach?

2. Interpret and further explain the world arguments for and against birth control in Section 24. Also try to interpret and represent different cultures’ and non-western, developing countries’ viewpoints.

3. Outline clearly why declining world fertility rates do not reduce population growth at a parallel rate.

4. Describe why the concept of population carrying capacity is difficult to apply to the human population.

5. Describe the dynamics of food supply for increasing human populations.

Part II:

Explain why population growth is more rapidly growing in the lower developed countries and will account for most of the new population by 2025.

Part III:

Using the Internet and other sources, research in more detail food supply problems for LDC’s and industrialized nations in view of the next century’s population growth and their national population growth.

Paper

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that describes the importance of blue ocean strategy and identifies a product or service that would be considered a blue ocean move. Include the following:

A description of blue ocean strategy and its importance

A product or service that might be considered a blue ocean move and why

An alternative red ocean move for the same product or service along with the pros and cons of that strategy

Format your paper consistent with APA guideline