Journal Instructions
Directions: In this journal entry, you will explore the historical context for John Millington Synge’s Riders to the Sea. In his 1911 introduction to the play, an American writer named Edward J. O’Brien suggests that Maurya’s suffering is a virtue: “It is their virtue in life to be lonely, and none but the lonely man in tragedy may be great. He dies, and then it is the virtue in life of the women mothers and wives and sisters to be great in their loneliness, great as Maurya, the stricken mother, is great in her final word.” Using the idea of tragedy to describe actual suffering sometimes suggests that there is something noble and mysterious about the difficulties people face. The word tragedy may even suggest that some larger or uncontrollable force, much like the sea, may be the ultimate source of the suffering.
However, historical studies of Ireland in the mid to late 19th century reveal that many Irish people were driven from their farmlands to the less fertile lands along the coast after the Great Famine (1845 – 1852). Fishing was not a primary occupation for most of the people displaced to the coast, and in contrast to farming, it proved be a much more dangerous way of acquiring food and money. Synge’s family, however, belonged to the wealthier, landowning class in Ireland. The very same class of people who were largely responsible for the evictions that took place during the Great Famine. Begin your research by reading a short entry on Riders to the Sea in The Encyclopedia of Americanafrom 1920. Next, your Module 4 Readings document includes a few pages of Richard Barry O’Brien’s account of the evictions in his book, Fifty Years of Concessions to Ireland (1883). Compare his account to a report given by the Liberal Union of Ireland in The Plan of Campaign (1892) on pages 36 – 37. This reading is also included in the Module 4 Readings.
Finally, on your own, find three sources of information about the Great Famine or the Irish Potato Famine, as it is commonly referred to in America. These sources can include other artistic works such as songs, paintings, or documentary films. Explain how this historical context helps to provide a better understanding of Synge’s play. Do you think Synge’s play sheds more light on the socio-economic factors surrounding the difficult lives of the people of Aran, or does the playwright tend to romanticize or idealize their suffering?

Format / Layout of Assessment (details of what to include)
Individual Report:

Table of Contents
Synopsis / Executive Summary Introduction
Findings
Conclusion
Recommendations
Reference List
Appendices

Assessment instructions
This report requires you to focus on critical analysis of a specific business issue, closely linked to various aspects of Strategic Intelligence.
The purpose of this assignment is to assess your
• ▪ understanding of concepts/principles of Strategic
All the Intelligence ( Business intelligence , Competitive Intelligence, knowledge Management and Artificial Intelligence)
• ▪ ability toapply the conceptsandlogicofStrategic
Intelligence in real life situations
• ▪ ability to develop and support an argument/ position in
strategic management
• ▪ ability to analyse, critique and think strategically
• ▪ ability to identify enhancements to strategies, systems and
practices

INDIVIDUAL REPORT ASSESSMENT & MARKING GUIDELINES
Choose your own Organisation & Strategic Issues facing it (discuss with me first to ensure suitability).
The organisation could be a business, or it could be a Government department or a not-for-profit (e.g. Charity). It does not have to be Australian, HOWEVER all reference materials (including on-line sources) must be in English.
It is advisable to choose a substantial organisation which has at least 100 employees i.e. NOT an SME. But it could be a local branch of a large multi-national corporation.
You may find it useful to choose an organisation that you are familiar with.
It can also be useful to imagine that you are part of a CEO’s strategic intelligence business unit charged with advising him/her about the chosen issue.
Your report should cover at least the following aspects:
• identify the main challenges (key strategic issues) faced by
the business or organisation
• address how senior management could address the
situation
• identify & determine what analytical tool(s) could assist in
helping to analyse the issues
• suggest what role an analyst or strategist could play in
working on these issues
• make recommendations to address or improve the
situation
• attempt to conclude how successful your proposed solution
would be
Should include (pestle, swot, porter five forces)
Company strategic intelligence (Business intelligence , Competitive Intelligence, knowledge Management and Artificial Intelligence)
• Intelligence Cycles
• Process Components
• Intelligence Approaches
• Analysis and Analytic Tools
The Strategy Tripod
SI Process Flow Chart
Elements of the Strategic Intelligence Process
• Potential Problems(The problem types most often encountered in Strategic Plans are commonly termed as
1. simplistic;
2. deterministic;
3. moderately random;
4. severely random; or
5.
Elements of the Strategic Intelligence Process
Original Task, Conceptual Model , Problem Definition , Project Planning

Follow these guidelines when completing this assignment. Speak with your faculty member if you have questions.
1) Select a disease process that interests you.
2) Obtain approval of the selected disease process from the course faculty.
a. Faculty will share how to submit your topic choice for approval.
3) Write a 2‐3 page paper (excluding title and reference pages).
4) Include the following sections about the selected disease process (detailed criteria listed below and in the Grading
Rubric).
a. Introduction of disease ‐ 20 points/20%
• One paragraph (approximately 200 words)
• Includes disease description
• Includes epidemiology of disease
b. Etiology and risk factors ‐ 20 points/20%
• Common causes of the disease or condition
• Risk factors for the disease or condition
• Impact of age
• Prevalence based on gender,
• Influence of environment
• Genetic basis of disease
• Lifestyle influences
• All information supported by current literature
c. Pathophysiological processes ‐ 20 points/20%
• Describes changes occurring at the cellular, tissue, and/or organ level that contribute to the disease
process.
• Describes adaptation of the cells and body in response to the disease.
• Relates disease processes to manifested signs and symptoms.
d. Clinical manifestations and complications ‐ 20 points/20%
• Describes the physical signs and symptoms that are important in considering the presence of the disease.
• Identifies signs that contribute to diagnosis of the condition
• Identifies symptoms that contribute to diagnosis of the condition.
• Identifies complications of the disease.
• Discusses the implications to the patient when complications are left untreated.
e. Diagnostics ‐ 10 points/10%
• Includes list of common laboratory and diagnostic tests used to determine the presence of the disease.
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• Discusses the significance of test findings in relation to the disease process.
f. APA Style and Organization ‐ 10 points/10%
• References are submitted with assignment.
• Uses appropriate APA format (6th ed.) and is free of errors.
• Grammar and mechanics are free of errors.
• Paper is 2‐3 pages, excluding title and reference pages
• At least two (2) scholarly, primary sources from the last 5 years, excluding the textbook, are provided
For writing assistance (APA, formatting, or grammar) visit the Citation and Writing Assistance: Writing Papers at CU
page in the online library.

Task
The scenario for this first part of the assessment is represented in the article entitled: “Blackwood crowdfunds town centre Wi-Fi”. You are to take the role of a consultant employed by Blackwood’s Business Improvement District (BID). Their reason for initiating the study is that they are worried that current plans to procure the required funding to carry out the proposed initiative will not be sufficient. You have been asked to undertake a study to help identify ways of attracting additional funding. Their overall mission is to create a viable economic environment for Blackwood by embracing the digital future.
The report is to contain your answers to questions (i) – (v) below:

(i) Undertake a pre-analysis of the situation and explain in full your awareness of and commitment to the study. (~ 1 page)
(20 marks)

(ii) Draw a diagram showing what you believe to be the main variables in the situation and the relationships between them. Make sure you include a title to the diagram and give a brief summary of the key features of the diagram. (~ diagram + half a page)
(20 marks)

(iii) Draw an objectives network outlining mission, goals, and objectives of the client set. State any constraints that will influence the objectives. Select one objective as the starting point for a first pass through your analysis. State your criteria for selecting this objective as opposed to any other. (~ Hierarchy diagram + half a page)
(25 marks)

(iv) Identify at least four possible Routes to the objective you have just chosen, suggest a suitable Measure of Performance(s), and indicate the advantages and disadvantages of this measure(s). (~ 1 page)
(20 marks)

(v) Choose a modelling technique suitable for the objectives, Routes and Measures of Performance you have just justified. Then:

• explain and justify your choice
• outline the essential features of this modelling technique
• indicate briefly how it might be applied in this case (e.g. identify the variables that you would need to include)
• indicate the additional information, if any, you would need in order to apply it.
• identify the strengths and weaknesses of adopting your chosen model in this situation
(~ 1 page)

The final draft will include all of the following, in the following order:
a. a title page with your paper’s title, student name, date, course name and
number. This page must also include your declared major (e.g., B.A. in Biology);
b. an abstract page with a complete abstract, and a signed notation at the
bottom of this page noting that the Mercer Honor Code has been observed;
c. 5-7 pages of text;
d. a reference page(s) (properly formatted–see below);
e. photocopies or printouts of the actual first page (i.e., that includes title
and abstract) of every article cited, taken as a representation of the actual
article you possess in its entirety;
f. both copies of peer-edited rough drafts with their completed rubrics;
g. a copy of the term paper grade sheet.
Additional requirements:
• Photocopies must be from the relevant published article. Pages of titles and
abstracts printed from Galileo or other literature search engines are not
acceptable.
• Do not add a running header (or footer) of your name or paper title on each page.
• Number each page except the title page, i.e., there is no page number on the title
page, the abstract page is page 2, and other pages (including reference pages)
are numbered consecutively after that. In Microsoft Word this can be set by going
to Insert ® Page Numbers, and then unchecking the box “Show number on
first page”. Page numbers should be centered at the bottom of each page.
6. Your paper should follow the reference format of the Journal of Experimental
Biology. Instructions that the editors for this journal have provided to authors is given
below, and are published in full at:
http://jeb.biologists.org/site/author/manuscript_preparation.xhtml#references.
3.3.3. References
3.3.3.1. References in text
References in the text should be cited using the Harvard (name, date) referencing system.
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Each reference cited in the text (including those cited in supplementary information) must
be listed in the Reference list and vice versa: please check these carefully.
Literature citations in text are as follows.
• One author – (Jones, 1995) or (Jones, 1995; Smith, 1996).
• Two authors – (Jones and Kane, 1994) or (Jones and Kane, 1994; Smith, 1996).
• More than two authors – (Jones et al., 1995) or (Jones et al., 1995a,b; Smith et
al., 1994, 1995).
• Manuscripts accepted for publication but not yet published: list in Reference list
and cite as (Jones et al., in press).
• Manuscripts posted on preprint servers but not yet published: list in Reference list
and cite as (Smith et al., 2016 preprint).
• Citation of unpublished work: we discourage citation of unpublished data; if it
is necessary, use the format (S. P. Jones, unpublished observations/data).
Unpublished data cannot be included in the Reference list.
• PhD theses: cite in the text but do not list in the Reference list; use the format
(Arthur R. Goode, Title of thesis, PhD thesis, Institute, Year).
• Website URLs: cite in the text but do not list in the Reference list; provide the
URL and, if the website is frequently updated, the date that the site was accessed.
• Personal communications (i.e. the unpublished observations of other
scientists): when a person who is not an author on the paper is the source of
unpublished data, those data should be cited as a personal communication using
the format (full name, institution, personal communication). Personal
communications should not be cited in the Reference list and will only be
published when substantiated by written permission (e.g. email) from the scientist
cited.
• Dataset: we recommend that all publicly available datasets are fully referenced in
the reference list with an accession number or unique identifier such as a DOI.
Include author surnames in the text citation, e.g. (Jones and Jane, 1994).
3.3.3.2. Reference List
References are listed in alphabetical order according to surname and initials of first
author.
• Use the following style:
Journal
Rivera, A. R. V., Wyneken, J. and Blob, R. W. (2011). Forelimb kinematics and
motor patterns of swimming loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta): are motor
patterns conserved in the evolution of new locomotor strategies? J. Exp. Biol. 214,
3314-3323.
Book
Hochachka, P. W. and Somero, G. N. (2002). Biochemical Adaptation: Mechanism
and Process in Physiological Evolution. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.
Book chapter
Feller, G. (2008). Enzyme function at low temperatures in psychrophiles. In Protein
Adaptation in Extremophiles (ed. K. S. Siddiqui and T. Thomas), pp. 35-69. New
York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.
Preprint server
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Baillie-Johnson, P., van den Brink, S. C., Balayo, T., Turner, D. A. and Martinez
Arias, A. (2014). Generation of aggregates of mouse ES cells that show symmetry
breaking, polarisation and emergent collective behaviour in vitro. bioRxiv
doi:10.1101/005215.
Dataset with persistent identifier
Zheng, L.-Y., Guo, X.-S., He, B., Sun, L.-J., Peng, Y. and Dong, S.-S. (2011).
Genome data from sweet and grain sorghum (Sorghum bicolor). GigaScience
Database. http://dx.doi.org/10.5524/100012.
Kingsolver, J. G., Hoekstra, H. E., Hoekstra, J. M., Berrigan, D., Vignieri, S. N.,
Hill, C. E., Hoang, A., Gibert, P. and Beerli, P. (2001). Data from: The strength of
phenotypic selection in natural populations. Dryad Digital Repository.
http://dx.doi.org/10.5061/dryad.166.
• If there are more than 10 authors, use ‘et al.’ after the 10th author.
• Within a group of papers with the same first author, list single author papers first,
then papers with two authors, then et al. papers. If more than one reference exists for
each type, arrange in date order. Use a and b for papers published in the same year.
• ‘In press’ citations must have been accepted for publication and the name of the
journal or publisher included.

5) What kind of risks that trigger the financial distress for the institution? Bank level risk? Market level risk?

Washington Mutual Bank’s management stated in its annual report: the company is exposed to four major categories of risk: credit, liquidity, market, and operational risk (1). Operational risk is exposed to a high level, especially when the WaMu was too aggressive in its selling Mortgage Backed Security and massive expansion within a short period. While the relaxation of lending standards by WaMu, such as the underwriting of loans with high loan-to-value ratios, high loan-to-income ratios, little or no documentation of income, and so on amplify the financial distress (Robertson, 2011)(2). The nature of the loan business was the credit risk that was accelerated to an extreme risky level at Washington Mutual’s loan factory, underlying poor credit standards, lingering underwriting system and ambitious sales target. The credit risk that triggers the crisis included: highly risky lending strategies, poor lending practices, steering borrowers to high risk loans, excessive loan error and exception rates, failure of OTS to enforce corrective actions, inaccurate rating models used by CRA’s market rating.
The most significant risk that triggers the financial distress for Washinton Mutual is Market Risk where the primary market risk that WaMu is exposed is interest rate risk. The Washington Mutual began to engage in risk taking activities and constantly dominated the MBS and CDO markets from 2004 until the Crisis. The interest rate risk triggers the crisis on June 29, 2006, when the FED had increased the federal funds rate 25 basis points to 5.25 percent to keep the funds rate at the level for the remainder of 2006. With interest rates rising and the deflation of housing price made mortgage debt higher than the value of the property, causing many homeowners becomes negative equity and the end of the easy money in the residential real estate market. With inflated income stated on the loan applications, loan borrowers faced with the reality that they had never anticipated: they were no longer afford to pay interest and installment. Washington Mutual as the representatives of the CDOS foreclosed on the loans as intended and placed the properties up for auction. However, given the large number of properties that appearing on the property market at once, housing supply exceeded demand and the market values of these properties consequently began to fall. In 2007, WaMu recorded a $67 million loss and shut down its sub-prime lending unit. When the outbreak of loan defaults, housing foreclosure spread out national wide for a long period enough, the economic and financial systems became weakening, leading to the U.S. financial crisis and causing immense collapses of financial institution and the U.S. banking system. These incidents presented how the market risks affect businesses and as well as the national as the whole. In that lousy financial picture, clients were fearful of losing Washington Mutual Bank’s resources and capital, put the company at a high liquidity risk and forced to bankruptcy. Washington Mutual Bank may not anticipate a badly-ever economic scenario can be happened when all business risks occur simultaneously and at the magnitude of a tsunami that eventually swept out the company in an instant.

1. http://getfilings.com/o0001047469-05-014026.html
2. https://www.occ.treas.gov/publications/publications-by-type/occ-working-papers/2012-2009/wp2011-1.pdf
3. https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/6649126.pdf

Task:
Provide an essay that includes the following contractual legal cultures: (i) English, (ii) German, and (iii) Norwegian, and (iv) Italian, (v) CISG, (vi) PECL, and (vii) UNIDROIT.
Create an executive summary of the key differences in contract formation across the seven legal cultures. Be objective and not argumentative or persuasive, simply make the legal rules clear and set out clearly their differences. The summary should include following topics:
1. Comparative Contract Formation, 2. Comparative Contract Interpretation, 3. Comparative reasonableness in contracts, 4. Comparative aspects of ‘good faith’ in alternative legal cultures.
Each sentence must have a footnote where the specific page is given. Only sentences which are common knowledge or own ideas must not have a footnote. (strictly use of OSCOLA citing style)
• The essay has a total body word count of 3,000 words.
• Title page, table of contents, footnote and citations, and the references/bibliography are not included in the word count.
• All citations must be in OSCOLA, unless pre-approved by the Coordinator to use Blue Book citation formats; no other formats permitted.
• Foreign language legal references should refer and cite to official English language translations when available, otherwise, citation should follow OSCOLA norms while also presenting translations of titles in English within brackets, these things

ESSAY TOPIC – Are Organisations in Australia diverse and inclusive in the context of Disability Recruitment/Hiring?

Guidelines:

• Briefly discuss barriers faced by people with disability, challenges faced by organisations to hire people with disability, give one or two examples of countries and international organisations which have an effective disability hiring/recruitment plan or strategy and what are they are doing differently from organisations in Australia;
• Critical analysis and reflection and always relate back to the essay question
• Discuss briefly benefits of employing people with disability
• Few topics to cover – Social and Economic Models of Disability; Supply-side and demand-side of disability;
• The Legal frameworks/laws in Australia should be correctly referred to and provide sections if included in the essay answer
• The essay has to answer the question; Critically analyse while providing answer to the essay question
• DO NOT provide recommendations list but can talk about in conclusion if mentioned it in the essay
• A good quality Essay ought to reflect thoughtful and wide reading, suggesting that at least 20 sources are used.
• Footnotes and appendices may be used for explanatory purposes but are counted towards the word limit.
• A Table of Contents (optional), Abstract (optional), Headings and Sub-Headings, Tables, Charts, Diagrams and the Reference List do not count towards the word limit.

The United States has a variety of regulations to address the economic harm resulting from monopoly power in an industry. This includes the Sherman Act of 1890, the Clayton Act of 1914, and the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914. These acts were aimed at restricting the formation of cartels and monopolies to protect consumers and ensure competition. The article The Oligopoly Problem argued that oligopolies fall through the cracks of these regulations and leave consumers unprotected from harmful business practices where industries are highly concentrated. Read the article and respond to the following in your initial post:

What are examples of firms in an oligopolistic market that abuse their power? Explain how they abuse their power and describe the impact on consumers.
Do you agree with the author’s feelings about increased government oversight of such industries? Why or why not?

Health Care Organization Criteria

Select organizations that represent either a health care product, service, or company that is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) or NASDAQ market. Make sure that your companies are competitive in nature.

The organizations chosen for this study is GlaxoSmithKline and Johnson & Johnson. They are both classified as major pharmaceutical companies. The reason for these two choices is because they are competitive in nature and they operate in the same or similar line of business. The two companies are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE).

Post the organizations you have selected with their symbols and a brief summary of the organization and their missions.
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK)
Mission and brief summary
GlaxoSmithKline is a science-led global healthcare company that researches and develops a broad range of innovative products in three primary areas of pharmaceuticals, vaccines and consumer healthcare.
Our mission is to help people do more, feel better, live longer.
The business is focused around the delivery of three strategic priorities which aim to increase growth, reduce risk and improve our long-term financial performance. These priorities are: grow a diversified global business, deliver more products of value, and simplify the operating model.

Operating responsibly and ensuring our values are embedded in our culture and decision-making helps us better meet the expectations of society.

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ)
Johnson & Johnson, incorporated on November 10, 1887, is a holding company. The Company and its subsidiaries are engaged in the research and development, manufacture and sale of a range of products in the healthcare field. The Company operates through three segments: Consumer, Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices. The Company’s primary focus is on products related to human health and well-being. The Company’s subsidiaries operated 119 manufacturing facilities, as of January 1, 2017. The Company’s research facilities are located in the United States, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, France, Germany, India, Israel, Japan, the Netherlands, Singapore, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The Company has over 230 operating companies, which conduct business around the world.

Caring for the world, one person at a time, inspires and unites the people of Johnson & Johnson. We embrace innovation—bringing ideas, products and services to life to advance the health and well-being of people around the world. We believe in collaboration, and that has led to breakthrough after breakthrough, from medical miracles that have changed lives, to the simple consumer products that make every day a little better. Our over 125,000 employees in 60 countries are united in a common mission: To help people everywhere live longer, healthier, happier lives.