Mission, Vision, and Strategic Thinking, Planning for Tomorrow

Theme 1: Companies need to make money to stay in business.  The leader in the organization is to create a vision and mission.  The vision and mission drives decision making in the organization so that resources of the organization, including human resources, are used properly to make financial sustainability happen.

Read:  

• Principle of Management Chapter 4-3: The Roles of Mission Vision and Values
• The Leaders Role in Strategy
• Walt Disney Company’s Mission and Vision Statement a Formula for Success (An example of how they work together to bring corporate success in environmental sustainability)
• Visions Missions of Fortune Global 100 Companies
• Management Tools Mission and Vision Statements
• Strategy Vision and Mission How Do They All Fit Together?

 

Theme 2: Strategic thinking is how Biotech’s vision is crafted by leaders to create organizational wealth, customer satisfaction, and sustainability.  Stated at the outset, leadership talent needs to be built and available to make a company grow in today’s business environment.  Strategic thinking can be done by anyone, but requires an open mind, a positive attitude and an organizational culture that aligns with the vision.

Read:

• Strategic Leadership: Short-term Stability and Long-term Viability
• Why Is Strategic Thinking Important to the Success of Business?
• The Strategic Thinking & Strategic Planning Process
• Integrating Strategic Thinking into your Organization for Long-Term Competitive Advantage
• Walsh, P. (2014, May 20). Are You A Strategic Thinker? Test Yourself
• Three Keys To Improving Your Strategic Thinking

 

Theme 3: Being proactive as a leader means planning for the leadership of tomorrow. In order to sustain competitive advantage, leaders need to plan for tomorrow by ensuring the knowledge garnered by Baby Boomers is harnessed and shared with younger generations before they retire.  Succession planning involves deciding on the leadership of tomorrow, with the knowledge we have about our organization today. This handing of the torch is more than just filling future leadership openings; succession planning ensures that our company’s wealth of expertise, what is commonly called “tribal knowledge”, is protected.

• Successful Organizations Need Leaders at all Levels – Roger Trapp
• Succession Planning Roadmap

Four Tips for Efficient Succession Planning

questions to answers for the essay:

1. what is the final output is being produced in your industry (music industry).
2. what things are likely to affect demand for this product or services?

3.what things are likely to affect the supply of this product or service.

4. would you say that demand is elastic or inelastic? why?
5. what market structure best characterizes your chosen industry?
6. what, if any, sort of government regulations exists in your industry?
7. Have there been any antitrust cases in your industry?
8. what sort of international trade restrictions affect your industry?
9. how can your unique contribution to a firm within this industry enable the firm to prosper?

You are to produce a research proposal on a management topic of your choice. The proposal must follow the structure given below.

This proposal should form the basis of the research you intend to conduct for your dissertation.

Proposal Structure & word count guidance for sections

1. The applicant – context about the researcher, career aspirations, relevant personal work experience etc
2. Name of collaborating establishments [if any]: (Written proof of collaboration req’d)

3. The programme of research
3.1. Title of the proposed dissertation
3.2 Background context
3.3 Research question
3.4 Research aim(s) and 3-5 objectives of the study
3.5 Research Justification – why is this management research worth doing? Using the important criteria – focus, scope, access, impact for business or yourself. (600 words)
(Around 750 words)

4. Initial literature review: Evidence of initial reading and the use of relevant literature to conceptualise the specific problem in the wider literature.
(Around 900 words)
5. Outline Methodology:
4.1) Details of, and rationale for methodological paradigm & research design e.g. how you will design questions, pilot etc.
4.2) Details of case-study site or research population & sampling method
4.3) Details of specific empirical research methods with rationale
4.4) Alignment of the above with topic / question
4.5) Consideration of methods of data analysis
4.6) Consideration of research standards (e.g. validity, reliability &generalisability) and ethical concerns (inc completion of ethics form)
(Around 900 words)

1. Proposed plan of work:
(Evidence of understanding of key deliverables. Identification of specific tasks, timelines, and deliverables from each of the tasks (using Gantt chart). Extent to which the proposed plan of work will help the student to achieve their aims/objectives, stated in section 3.
Resources and Risk Assessment – what resources (e.g. equipment, software etc) will you need to complete this?
What are the three main risks to the project e.g. accessing the sample, managing your time, funding.

8. Ethical sign-off – ethical form signed off by module tutor. This must be included in an appendix with your submission.

(Around 450 words)

All your sources must be referenced using the APA reference system.
A reference list must be included.
Word Count +/- 10%

This assessment requires you to complete a Genetic/Genomic Nursing Assessment using the information found in your text on page 198, Box 7-7. You DO NOT need to create a family tree. Rather, write out your assignment in APA format and address the items from the Nursing Assessment box 7-7.

Your paper should include the following information:

Identify three generations of one family (male/female, age, role in the family such as son/daughter, father, mother, grandmother, grandfather). You may use grandparents, parents, and children. Be sure to find a family with children.
Brief health history of each family member (for example what health problems has each member encountered in his/her lifetime). Focus on any/all genetic diseases that may be present or those for which family members may be at risk.
Complete a reproduction history for relevant above identified family members
Describe the ethnic backgrounds of family member
Identify any growth and development variations of each member
State to what extent each family member understands the causes of their health problems
Relate what questions family members may have about potential genetic risks
Describe what nursing intervention strategies the family health nurse should relate to your selected family based on the obtained assessment

Identify two weaknesses of the organizations utilization management plan and describe “why” you consider them to be weaknesses. Postulate ways in which the weaknesses can be overcome.

Background Video
Utilization Review Committee – Resource Management Operations:

Search Sharp Memorial Hospital utilization management plan.
1. Identify the organization you researched and include the URL for the page of the utilization management plan that you examined.
2. Provide an overview of the organizations utilization management plan- specifically, discuss each of the elements of the plan and describe how each of the elements contributes to health care quality.
3. Identify two weaknesses of the organizations utilization management plan and describe “why” you consider them to be weaknesses. Postulate ways in which the weaknesses can be overcome.

Legal advice in essay format. 1500 words. I attached the example of the assignment with this order. the topics covers topics1-4 on page 4 on unit outline.Topic 1: Contract formation
1. Agreement – Offer
2. Agreement- Acceptance
3. Consideration
4. Introduction to promissory estoppel
5. Intention to create legal relations
6. Certainty / Completeness
Topic 2: Parties to the contract
1. Privity
2. Mental capacity
Topic 3: Terms of the contract
1. Express terms
2. Extrinsic evidence
3. Implied terms
4. Interpretation/ Construction / Classification
5. Exclusion clauses
Topic 4: Enforceability
1. Formalities/Part performance
2. Statutory illegality
3. Common law illegality / Public policy
4. Consequences of illegality

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A recent study illustrates that nearly two (2) million juveniles are processed through juvenile courts across the United States each year. Depending on the nature of the crime, juveniles may face detention or incarceration if they are convicted. Given the fact that many courts are reluctant to incarcerate criminal offenders, judges often consider alternatives to incarceration. The driving force behind these alternatives is to save taxpayer money yet still demand offender accountability and impose sanctions for criminal behavior.

Use the Internet or Strayer databases to research the use of sanctions other than incarceration or detention for juvenile offenders.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

Examine the underlying historical and economic reasons behind the quest for alternatives to incarcerating offenders in jails and prisons.
Describe three (3) alternatives to incarceration that juvenile courts currently use. Provide examples of such alternatives in practice to support the response.
Discuss the significant societal and individual benefits of imposing sanctions or punishments that do not involve removing an offender from his / her family or community.
Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
our written 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.

Choose an international terrorist group from the following list, and use the Internet or Strayer databases to research the origin, purpose, and effects on the U.S. or targeted countries.

Hezbollah
HAMAS
Al Qaeda (AQ)
Al-Shabaab
Haqqani Network (HQN)

Write a ten to fifteen (10-15) page paper in which you:

Provide a brief description of the group, and summarize its origins.
Explain the group’s major motivation(s) (beliefs or causes), and / or its justification for engaging in terrorism.
Describe the group’s major sources of both financial and non-financial support.
Evaluate the importance of the group’s use of media to aid in its terrorist activities. Indicate, at a minimum, the group’s purpose for using the media, the image being portrayed, and the preferred methods of communication.
Determine whether or not the group has a legitimate complaint or demand. Defend your response.
Determine whether or not the group and its activities are of importance to the U.S., and explain the key reasons that they are or are not significant.
Analyze the response of the U.S. to the group or its activities, regardless of whether or not either the group or its activities directly threaten or target the U.S. Determine whether or not that response has been effective. Support your answer with examples of such effectiveness—or the lack thereof.
Suggest the major changes you would make geared toward increasing the efficiency of the U.S.’s response to the group. Justify your response.
Use at least five (5) 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:

Interpret the operational functioning of terrorist groups.
Describe the history and development of the major terrorist groups in the world.
Analyze current terrorist threats and the role of terrorist networks.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in Terrorism and Antiterrorism.
Write clearly and concisely about terrorism and antiterrorism using proper writing mechanics and APA style conventions.

research at least three (3) peer-reviewed articles about individual rights, morality, ethics, individual rights, duty, or codes of conduct for criminal justice professionals.

Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

1. Create a philosophy and approach for balancing the issues of individual rights and the public’s protection. Provide one to two (1 to 2) examples illustrating how you will balance the two issues in your own career in law enforcement.

2. Determine a philosophy and approach for balancing the use of reward and punishment in criminal justice. Provide one to two (1-2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career.

3. Select a philosophy and approach that addresses the use of immoral means (e.g., torture or lying in interrogation) to accomplish desirable ends. Provide one to two (1-2) examples illustrating how you will use this philosophy in your own career.

4. Explain what you believe the Ethics of Care and Peacemaking Criminology presented in your textbook should mean for law enforcement professionals.

5. Support your position statement with three (3) relevant and credible references, documented according to latest edition of APA. (Note: Do not use open source sites such as Ask.com, eHow.com, Answers.com, and Wikipedia.)

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 format (latest edition). Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page developed in accordance with the latest edition of APA, including a running head, page number, the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page, revision of the previous assignment, and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Analyze the issues pertinent to codes of conduct and / or the ethics of duty.
Recommend ways to use ethics to improve decision making in the criminal justice system.
Analyze various philosophical approaches for ethical decision making, and the effectiveness and limits of each approach for making ethical choices.
Analyze the ethical issues involved with balancing means and ends in the criminal justice field.
Examine the key elements of virtue and character.
Examine reasons for and effective ways to apply critical ethical thinking to criminal justice issues.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in ethics and leadership in criminal justice.
Write clearly and concisely about ethics and leadership in criminal justice using proper writing mechanics.

1. (a) Explain what Business-Information Technology alignment is and why is it important for
organizations’ success? Bring an example to support your answer (2 marks)
(b) Consider Porter’s five Strategies for Competitive Advantages. Firstly, explain why do you
think an organization’s choice of these strategies involves ‘trade-offs’?
Secondly, refer to Budgetdirect.com.au. Critically analyze which strategies seem to be
adopted by BudgetDirect, and what trade-offs BudgetDirect may have been made in
choosing particular strategies over others from Porter’s five strategies for competitive
advantage (4 marks)
(6 marks in total)
2. Australian Taxation Office (ATO) is the main Government organization in Australia for
collection of tax money from individuals and businesses. Suppose ATO suffers from several
IT inefficiencies at the moment, and they believe their IT services and operations need an
overhaul without significant disruptions to their service to the community. Given this, would
you recommend a Business Process Reengineering (PRR) or a Business Process
Improvement (BPI) approach? (1 mark) Support your answer with two reasons (4 marks)
(5 marks in total)
3. In a recent interview with CBNC’s Squawk Alley, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff said
Facebook is addictive like cigarettes and should be regulated like big tobacco. He said: “I
think that you do it exactly the same way that you regulated the cigarette industry. Here’s a
product: Cigarettes. They’re addictive. You know, they’re not good for you…There’s a lot of
parallels,”
(a) Do you agree or disagree with the above statement? Why (2 mark)
(b) Conduct a research on the Internet and discuss four negative effects social media sites
such as Facebook can have on users’ well-being (4 marks).
(6 marks in total)
4. (a) What is design thinking and why it is increasingly being adopted by organizations? (2
mark)
(b) Using an example of a real-world company’s experience with design thinking, express
whether and why you agree or disagree with the following statement. Why? (2 marks)
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“The key in design thinking is the hard skills of design, Photoshop, CAD, or database
engineering, and other outcomes like beautiful software code. Design thinking has very firm
and a specific deliverable, like a user interface or the consumer messaging”
(4 marks in total)
(Use references to support your answer)
5. One challenge of small organizations is a shortage of available fund and money for IT
investment and for acquiring state of art IT resources and infrastructure. Grid computing can
help small organizations to tackle this challenge. Explain four benefits of grid computing for
small organizations in accessing IT resources
(4 marks).
6. (a) Differentiate between blog and wikis. (2 marks)
(b) Why influential people or CEOs (like Bill Gate’s Gatesnotes.com) may use Blogs and not
Wikis to share news and developments? (2 marks)
(4 marks in total)
7. (a) Explain three reasons that show how Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS), Platforms as a
Service (PaaS), and Software as a Service are similar? (3 marks)
(b) Discuss how are they different? (3 marks)
(6 marks in total)