Professional Conduct

Read the following case study and answer the questions that follow using APA style formatting where appropriate. Provide sufficient detail to demonstrate a good understanding of the material in the textbook and how it relates to your own personal experiences and opinions.

Case Study

As the new police chief of the Greenfield Police Department, you expected some resistance from officers during the transition from a crime fighting philosophy to a community policing philosophy. Several veteran officers oppose the change. Most younger officers are willing to try community policing and enjoy interacting with the community. Unfortunately, they worry about being rejected by the veteran officers. Most younger officers do not want to buck the prevailing police culture and informal hierarchy.

Officer Blake, a senior officer and vocal opponent of community policing, is an informal department leader. You decide to ride along with him on a patrol shift. He’s an honest guy who tells you exactly what is on his mind. Officer Blake was the department shooting champion and unhappy with the cutbacks in firearms training. He thinks the old way of doing things was working just fine. They kept people in line, and the crime rates reflected it. He tells you that community policing is social work, not police work, and that his job is making arrests and keeping the streets safe.

As you listen to Officer Blake, he patrols a park where a group of young Asian men are gathered. He drives by slowly and stares at them. They look down, not making eye contact. Officer Blake looks at you and says, “I don’t trust those guys. They’re up to something.” Officer Blake drives through the parking lot and back past the young men. “I always make sure they know I’m watching them.” The young men begin playing soccer.

Officer Blake’s next stop is Ruby’s Bar and Grill. Several other squads are parked in front of the building. You learn this is their regular break location and that coffee is free, food is half price and a booth is reserved for cops.

Questions

1. How would you encourage the new officers’ enthusiasm for community policing and help them buck the prevailing culture?
2. Is Officer Blake a good candidate to be a mentor for a new officer?
3. Officer Blake is clearly entrenched in the crime fighting mode of law enforcement.  How does this contribute to community policing or does it contribute to community policing at all?
4. How would his encounter with the young men in the park affect your department’s public image?
5. Isolating police officers in squad cars creates a barrier to good communications and can thwart cultural awareness. How could an emphasis on community policing have changed this encounter?
6. As a new chief attempting to implement a community policing strategy, how would you address the issue of gratuities?

The Greenbelt Movement

Review the following videos as shown earlier in the Lectures:

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFvv9f9u-vY&feature=player_embedded
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQU7JOxkGvo&feature=player_embedded#!
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGMW6YWjMxw&feature=player_embedded
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2uWVtP72LYc&feature=player_embedded
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMw-fP_GRP8&feature=player_embedded
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjRAIpKJDDs&feature=player_embedded

Using APA-style formatting, write a 2-3 page paper describing Wangari Maathai’s Green Belt Movement. In your response, list four ways in which we can use the forests more sustainably and list three ways in which governments and individuals can reduce tropical deforestation.

In the movie, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Senator Paine says:

“Thirty years ago I had your ideals. I was you. I had to make the same decision you were asked to make today. And I made it. I compromised – yes! So that all those years, I could sit in that Senate and serve the people in a thousand honest ways. You’ve got to face facts, Jeff. I’ve served our state well, haven’t I? We have the lowest unemployment and the highest federal grants. But, well, I’ve had to compromise. I’ve had to play ball. You can’t count on people voting. Half the time they don’t vote anyway. That’s how states and empires have been built since time began. Don’t you understand? Well Jeff, you can take my word for it.”

 

Is Senator Paine right or wrong? Is it impossible for a person with steadfast ethics like Mr. Smith to legislate? Is corruption inevitable, and if so, is it justified if it allows congressmen to serve the people in good ways, too? Is there an alternative to building states and empires that do not resort to the compromise of ethics? A strong case can be made both ways. Use examples if needed, and make a clear, coherent, and intelligent case.

MOTIVATING PEOPLE

Employees who are satisfied and feel fulfilled in their jobs will be more productive. Managers will also experience less turnover than with employees who are dissatisfied with their jobs. Finding ways to motivate employees and creating a workplace where they are motivated and feel appreciated can be a challenge for managers.

Research methods of motivating employees using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet,

Go to the Webliography and review the following:

• Pink, D. (2010, April 8). RSA Animate – Drive: The surprising truth about what motivates us. [Video]. Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce (RSA).

https://www.thersa.org/discover/videos/rsa-animate/2010/04/rsa-animate—drive/

This is the link for the Webliography review material. 

 

 

Based on your readings and research complete the following:

• Develop a scenario illustrating how you, in your role as a manager, might use motivational concepts to create an environment where your employees are motivated and satisfied with their jobs. Be sure to include potential challenges you may face and possible solutions for these.

Give reasons in support of your assertions.

Write a 2–3-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Problem 1:

Robert’s New Way Vacuum Cleaner Company is a newly started small business that produces vacuum cleaners and belongs to a monopolistically competitive market. Its demand curve for the product is expressed as Q = 5000 – 25P where Q is the number of vacuum cleaners per year and P is in dollars. Cost estimation processes have determined that the firm’s cost function is represented by TC = 1500 + 20Q + 0.02Q2.

 

Show all of your calculations and processes. Describe your answer for each question in complete sentences, whenever it is necessary.

 

1. What are the profit-maximizing price and output levels? Explain them and calculate algebraically for equilibrium P (price) and Q (output). Then, plot the MC (marginal cost), D (demand), and MR (marginal revenue) curves graphically and illustrate the equilibrium point.
2. How much economic profit do you expect that Robert’s company will make in the first year?
3. Do you expect this economic profit level to continue in subsequent years? Why or why not?

   Problem 2:

   Greener Grass Company (GGC) competes with its main rival, Better Lawns and Gardens (BLG), in the supply and installation of in-ground lawn watering systems in the wealthy western suburbs of a major east-coast city. Last year, GGC’s price for the typical lawn system was $1,900 compared with BLG’s price of $2,100. GGC installed 9,960 systems, or about 60% of total sales and BLG installed the rest. (No doubt many additional systems were installed by do-it-yourself homeowners because the parts are readily available at hardware stores.)

   GGC has substantial excess capacity–it could easily install 25,000 systems annually, as it has all the necessary equipment and can easily hire and train installers. Accordingly, GGC is considering expansion into the eastern suburbs, where the homeowners are less wealthy. In past years, both GGC and BLG have installed several hundred systems in the eastern suburbs but generally their sales efforts are met with the response that the systems are too expensive. GGC has hired you to recommend a pricing strategy for both the western and eastern suburb markets for this coming season. You have estimated two distinct demand functions, as follows:

   Qw =2100 – 6.25Pgw + 3Pbw + 2100Ag – 1500Ab + 0.2Yw

   for the western market and

   Qe = 36620 – 25Pge + 7Pbe + 1180Ag – 950Ab + 0.085Ye

   for the eastern market, where Q refers to the number of units sold; P refers to price level; A refers to advertising budgets of the firms (in millions); Y refers to average disposable income levels of the potential customers; the subscripts w and e refer to the western and eastern markets, respectively; and the subscripts g and b refer to GGC and BLG, respectively. GGC expects to spend $1.5 million (use Ag = 1.5) on advertising this coming year and expects BLG to spend $1.2 million (use Ab = 1.2) on advertising. The average household disposable income is $60,000 in the western suburbs and $30,000 in the eastern suburbs. GGC does not expect BLG to change its price from last year because it has already distributed its glossy brochures (with the $2,100 price stated) in both suburbs, and its TV commercial has already been produced. GGC’s cost structure has been estimated as TVC = 750Q + 0.005Q2, where Q represents single lawn watering systems.

   Show all of your calculations and processes. Describe your answer for each item below in complete sentences, whenever it is necessary.

 

1. Derive the demand curves for GGC’s product in each market.
2. Derive GGC’s marginal revenue (MR) and marginal cost (MC) curves in each market. Show graphically GGC’s demand, MR, and MC curves for each market.
3. Derive algebraically the quantities that should be produced and sold, and the prices that should be charged, in each market.
4. Calculate the price elasticities of demand in each market and discuss these in relation to the prices to be charged in each market.
5. Add a short note to GGC management outlining any reservations and qualifications you may have concerning your price recommendations.

Short Paper on Kant

Kant famously–and controversially–argued that some knowledge is synthetic a priori. Can you explain in your own words what Kant might have meant by this, and can you give an example of the sort of knowledge that Kant believed possessed this strange status?

HINT: To answer this question in a clear and well-organized manner, you might want to first explain and illustrate Kant’s distinction between apriori and aposteori knowledge and also his distinction between empirical and synthetic judgments.

Please ensure that your essay addresses each component of the assigned questions and that your answer is well-organized, uses excellent, college-level prose, and makes judicious use of textual evidence. Your essay should be 600-900 words long.

write an essay about a specific company that does business in the global marketplace. This essay should be 6 pages long double space.

The essay should describe:

(1)  1- the business

(2)  2- the industries involved

(3)  3- ONE challenge at least the business has faced or is currently facing

(4) 4-  How the business is attempting to solve the challenge.

In your role as the Human Resource Manager at Epic Health Solutions, you need to decide what job analysis method to use for the new position that is being created. Then you will do a brief job analysis to create the job description. In a 2-3 page report, prepared in APA style with at least two references, do the following:

• Explain which method of job analysis you decided to use to analyze the new position in order to develop an understanding of its responsibilities.
• Continue by creating the job description. Be sure to include the descriptive header, the summary, the major functions, and then the job-specifications.
• Finish your report with an explanation of how you will use the job description to create the performance appraisal with the standards.

Imagine that you are a supervisor in an organization. The human resources manager has been talking to the management team about developing staff through coaching. You are eager to use coaching methods as a tool to further develop your team.

Review performance coaching and conduct academic researchon new methods. In a 2-3 page report, prepared in APA style with at least two references, do the following:

• Describe what is meant by “coaching employees.”
• Create a coaching plan for your team. Be sure to discuss what type of organization you chose and what your team does in that organization.
• Finish your report with an explanation of how you will evaluate whether or not the coaching plan was successful

To conclude your marketing plan, in Assignment 3, you will describe the company’s, marketing strategy, implementation strategy, expansion plan, social media strategy, monitoring methods, and integrated marketing communication strategy.

Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

Write a six to seven (6-7) page paper in which you:

1. Develop the company’s branding, pricing, and distribution strategy.
2. Classify the company’s major competitors as inter- or intra-competitors. Categorize the competitors’ major strengths and weaknesses.
3. Develop the differentiation strategy in relation to the closest competitor.
4. Establish whether the company’s intention is to be a leader or follower within the industry.
5. Specify two (2) social media and / or media tools that you would use as you develop your plan. Justify each of your chosen tools.
6. Suggest the integrated marketing communications that are most relevant for your marketing plan. Relate each marketing communication to your company’s advertising strategy.
7. Use at least five (5) academic resources that address sustainability and monitoring of effective marketing plans and determine the applicability for your hypothetical company. These resources should be industry specific and relate to your chosen product / service. Note: Wikipedia and other 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:

• Develop strategies to assess performance and achieve marketing goals.
• Develop pricing strategies and distribution channels for products.
• Analyze integrated marketing communications and its relationship to advertising strategy.
• Evaluate marketing research tools involved in the marketing process.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in marketing management.
• Write clearly and concisely about marketing management using proper writing mechanics

Assignment 6: Information Report – Revision

Choose a household appliance in which you have some familiarity (e.g. vacuum, toaster, hair dryer).

Rewrite your earlier mechanism report (Assignment 4), making the necessary adjustments for format and content. If necessary, tighten up (condense) or expand on the appliance information. Review the clarity and brevity of content and correct editorial issues. Read the mechanism report example in the textbook if you have not done so already. The document must include:

Headings
Graphics
A logical spatial order
A citation of any graphic(s) if taken from a source

In your document, you should:

Ensure the document is clear and brief.
Exercise logic in design, including placement of headers and graphics.
Use appropriate language for the audience and purpose.
Follow the steps identified in the textbook.
Cite source(s), including any graphics.

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; 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 page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Revise draft documents to improve audience comprehension.
Explain ideas in proper format using accurate details and relevant examples.
Design effective graphics for visual presentations.
Use syntax, tone, and word choice appropriate to technical communications.
Prepare reports, project requirements, and other various technical writing genres
Use technology and information resources to research issues in technical writing.
Write clearly and concisely about technical writing using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.