Thursday, October 3, 2013

Reynold american inc, (tobacco)


3 question case answer (4-6 pages) use the book provided in the link below
http://www.coursesmart.com/
isbn 9781133495246
This assignment is an individual case assignment. Unlike our other case assignments.
this case. please answer the questions below. Your write-up should be mall-written.
double-spaced,.and use a Times New Roman size 12 font. It should be tween 4 – 6
pages long. and include at least two outside sources (use APA format).
1. Discuss the environmental threats faced by RA! and the tobacco industry.
Hint: see Table 3 in the “Preparing a Case” section of the textbook.
2. Given your response to #1. what strategic measures have been used to overcome
or contend with these challenges? In your opinion. have any of these strategic
measures been unethical? _ i
3. It is alien said that the tobacco industry is “ethically chat . ; Vi‘
would you recommend for RAl’sl continued success in . ‘v(,n.”t;_;:{ ; .3’,
industry, can RA] be both successful andnct in an

Project Proposal & Feasibility Study


Prepare a “proposal” project plan for a made made up company. I’ll upload the file that has the information needed about the customer very soon.
The proposal need to includes:
1- Introduction to the project plan and background on the project. (check pdf file)
2- Organizational Information (your company & employees). This is a made up company, not real!
a. We are a startup company (…), small that has 6 employees.
3- Reasons why your company is the best choice, without stating “our company is the best choice because …”. Rather state the strength of your company and any relevant experience/expertise your company has.
a. please just make simple, not an impressive company! something like expertise in data bases and C++ and so on!
4- Identification of the business problem (Scope, Stakeholders, and Goals). Hint: Limit the scope; nice simple solutions.
5- Identified constraints. e.g. time, funding, operation system (e.g. Ms windows xp,& and or 8, Mac OSX, )
6- Naming Conventions & Definitions. (glossary containing the meaning of all names, acronyms, and abbreviation used by the stakeholders)
7- A simple project plan describing how your company will break down the project and proceed. This includes the software development process model you have selected, the activities to be undertaken, the milestones identified and how we ascertain whether those milestones are reached.
• They prefer to use the current hardware (if possible) in addition to new ones that required for the new concept.
• Backup or a copy of the current database.
• New backup system.
8- A time estimate to project completion (This should match up to the activities above..consider a technique like a Gantt Chart).
• The project must take no more than four months to be completed.
9- Overall project cost, including hardware that maybe required.
* Please clarify how did you calculate the total price:
a- Fix cost: office rent, wages, supply, PC and so on.
b- Variable cost: Travel, Hotel, meals and so on. *assume the company is 150 miles away from the customer.
c- IT supports.
10- A risk assessment.
11- A feasibility assessment.
For more clarification on this project you may use the book named below as a guidelines.
Robertson, Susanne & James, Mastering the Requirements Process – Getting Requirements Right (Third Edition)
- If considering the Volure Template in the textbook, you’ll be basically taking an initial stab at most of the subsections in the Project Drives, and Project Issues sections.
Remember you only have high level requirements.
-The purpose is to understand the business problem, not gather specific requirements. The proposal is the only communication with Pivotal Communications decision makers you have. You are trying to show the decision makers that your company is competent and capable of delivering THE required system, on time and on budget.

Bob Knowlton


Based on the case study “Bob Knowlton” You are Dr. Jerrold. Having just received Bob Knowlton’s letter, what specific recommendations do you make to resolve the problems you identify in the case study? Be specific and provide complete justifications. You DO NOT need to write a synopsis. Please take the extra time to develop your recommendations.
The case study will include three Findings of Fact. Each Finding of Fact will require a justified recommended solution. You do not need to provide a synopsis. As you have learned throughout the course, it is important to develop a solution for the problem.

Film Review of The Wicked Lady


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGA9w4YFkwY
This is the link for this movie.
Here is the require for this film review:
These papers do not need to be polished arguments but they should contain specific examples pulled from the films/texts covered in class. The examples used in the papers should address questions, insights or arguments that you may have concerning the material. Do not simply regurgitate plot . Since these papers are short, every sentence should be focused on making the point(s) that you want to make or raising the question(s) that you want to raise.

hematologic disorder



Expand your assessments and plans. More is better. An example: if you are refering to a genetic counselor, why? what teaching did you do to prepare the patient for the visit with the counselor. I want to know what you will say to her about the MSAFP and what the genetic counselor is for; what is the next step. The patient came to you not understanding the lab results, when she leaves, you want her to have some information and preparation for her next appointments with the genetic counselor.this is question and the document has my answer which need to be paraphrase and edit
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coworkers, and herself influence her motivation? minedly over the sheets when he heard someone come witho
Use expectancy theory (see Chapter 3) to determine into the room behind him. He looked up expectantly. answ
what relationship would be most affected (effort-to- Jerrold often stayed late himself, and now and then
performance, performance-to-outcome, or reward dropped in for a chat. This always made his day’s end ings.
valence). especially pleasant. But it wasn’t Jerrold. The man who grou
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rating, and compromising (see Chapter 12)- very wide leather belt with a large brass buckle. The this o
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Contract Negotiations



Contract negotiations require considerable education, experience, and training. Trained negotiators have solid knowledge and skill sets that often enable them to garner a more favorable contract for their party.
In a one-to-three page paper, detail the following in relation to contract negotiation:
Describe the knowledge and skill that are critical to the success of a contract negotiator.
Present one strategy an effective negotiator should consider to achieve a more favorable contract (for e.g., to prepare diligently for each negotiation).

Discuss some of the problems faced by poverty-stricken immigrants jacob riis


Discuss some of the problems faced by poverty-stricken immigrants jacob riis describes in his essay “the down town alleys”. link riis essay to bernardo vega’s “memories of bernrdo vega”. be sure to use examples from the essay to support your points. there is no personal opinion. v
1.Introduction- The problems of the immigrants, in the Riis story, the problem he said they had to face(should be about 2 sentences)-Poverty, Health conditions, buildings were in bad shape, the country didn’t care, Crime.(First part of the intro should be 2-3 sentences.
• link the 2 stories, find the similarities between the 2 stories. make sure to mention the titles and authors.-
Both stories talk about immigrants, prices, the additiueds from society who didn’t care.
•The whole introduction should be not longer then 5 sentences.
2.Body- Topic sentence-Each problem from the introduction gets a different topic sente’nce.
•Riis talks about the terrible health conditions in the 1800′s.
•Crime- Swamp angels, canraket, volume of crime, go back to the text for each of these crime description.
•Footnote should look like that, (Riis 64). after each sentence.
•The entire problem paragraph should be about 5-8 sentences.
In his story riis talk about terrible health conditions, high mortality rate among kids(, result of lack of medical attention(Riis 298). Riis also talks about the common disease measles, consumption, cholera and tuberculosis(Riis 305).
Riis also talked about the terrible health conditions among immigrants.
•Mortality rate.
•Lack of medical attention.
•diseases.
In The story, Riis mentions the high crime rate among the tenements tenants.
•For the comparison paragraph: Riis story is similar in many ways to vega’s story.
in ths paragraph,
•Both talks about immigrants.
•Riis talks about low prices in nyc back then. (give examples) then we talk about how vega talks about these prices in his story.
Conclusion- Restate the introduction. paraphrasing(putting it in your own words.