Module: Aviation Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Topic: Benefits and Risks of Global MRO and OEM

In this discussion activity, kindly address the following in your primary, original posting:

– Choose and examine a business in the aviation industry that has partnered with a global MRO or OEM provider.

– Discuss the benefits and risks associated with this relationship.

– Example: American Airlines To Outsource Aircraft Maintenance To China

Include at least one appropriate and correct in-text citation from the textbook and any other source you use to support your response. You are also required to provide a reference list reflecting the source(s) used in your response. Your in-text citations and reference list must be in accordance with the current APA publication manual.

References:

– Textbook chapter from Supply Chain Management and Transportation Logistics (Liu, 2011).
Chapter 11 – Aviation Logistics Management

– and other sources welcome

Part 1: After completing the reading in Northouse and Huber, and viewing the leadership PPT Part II, answer the following questions:

Reflect on your own leadership style, ability, and skills.
In two to three paragraphs, identify the qualities or traits you believe an effective leader possesses; comment on those qualities/traits that you have.
Do you believe in the traits model that says leadership traits are innate and not developed, or do you feel the process/skills models where a leader develops their competencies over time and with experience is a better model of leadership?
Comment on the three domains of leadership skills (administrative, interpersonal, and conceptual); which do you feel is most important to effective leadership, and why?

Part 2: After viewing the video on The Biggest Mistake A Leader Makes, answer the following questions:

Identify what you believe are the one to two biggest mistakes made by a leader, and state why.
In two paragraphs, discuss one or two of the mistakes and refer to specific examples.

Part 3: Specific requirements for this paper.

Your final paper should be between 500–750 words in length.
Follow APA 6th edition for style requirements. Ensure that citations and references are in correct format.
Cite at least two leadership references in your responses. Make sure your citations were published within the past five years, and use peer-reviewed scholarly articles.
the video

ASSESSMENT TASK In the current international economic environment, managers are frequently required to undertake project work in addition to their core responsibilities. Frequently these projects are focused upon investigating new opportunities or potential strategic changes in order to retain and extend competitive positions within a turbulent business environment. This module aims to equip managers and aspiring managers with the necessary skills to undertake independent project work within a business environment. It will achieve this via asking participants to conduct an independent piece of research based upon an actual business case situation which may be industry or corporate focused. Specifically, participants are invited to pursue one of two possible approaches: 1. An inductive study whereby participants are required to carry out a research project within a particular corporate or industry setting and derive some general management principles or theories. 2. A deductive approach whereby participants are required to examine or test the validity of an existing management theory to a particular management context. OVERALL AIM(S) FOR THE MODULE • To facilitate the development of advanced level independent working and critical problem-solving skills in a largely unstructured framework. Participants will be asked to define both the business problem and select the most appropriate data sources. This will include development of an appreciation of the case study technique as a vehicle for understanding managerial problems and issues. In particular, participants should be able to comprehend the complimentary nature of various research approaches and methodologies and the value of triangulation in research design. • To develop participant knowledge of and proficiency with, a range of management research methodologies including quantitative and qualitative interventions, including data gathering, synthesising, analysing and consultancy skills alongside capabilities in report writing. The module aims not just to develop an academic writing style but to also enable participants to cultivate a professional corporate style. Additional Guidance Projects should be submitted with an ethics approval form which has been signed by a supervisor. Word Limits The word limit for this assignment is 15,000.

The magical power of African art, illustrated in the nkisi nkonde figure and referenced by Tania Bruguera’s Displacement and Picasso’s Les Demoiselles d’Avignon, is unfamiliar to Westerners. In addition, our knowledge of these figures and the cultures that produced them has been gained at great loss to those cultures. As Western culture has encountered non-Western cultures, particularly from the nineteenth century forward, local customs and tradition suffered and art was pilfered. Research the relationship between museums and non-Western collections. FOCUS on recent attempts to return artifacts to the people whose ancestors produced them.

You can go to this website and check it out as well as carefully reading the information below:

EVB102 – report writing aids; WRISE – report writing; http://learningcentre.usyd.edu.au/wrise/

 

Tips for Writing A Field Report

All scientific reports generally follow the same structure and layout. For your Field Reports, use the following headings and include information

 

Aims

• What is the aim of this report or the hypothesis that is being tested?

 

Introduction

• State the nature of the problem, including any background information that provides context and purpose to the study
• Provide detail on the rationale & approach used
• Be succinct – a couple of paragraphs should provide enough information
• Do not copy information from the lab/field handout

 

Materials & Methods

• Briefly describe the procedure/s you used (enough detail to enable a reader to replicate the study but not in as much detail as in the lab/field handout)
• Include:
  • data collection techniques and location of study,
  • equipment used,
  • experimental design,
  • methods used for recording, summarizing & analyzing the data

 

Results

• Present a short summary of your key findings (relative to your aims) using sentences and referring to correctly labeled graphs, tables and figures (don’t just provide a list or table of results)
• Present your results in a logical sequence
• Do not include any interpretation of the data

 

Tables, graphs & figures:

• Should be placed immediately after where they are first referred to in the text
• Label them sequentially, eg. Table 1.1; Figure 1.2, etc.
• See QUT CiteWrite for information about referencing tables, graphs & figures in your report (citewrite.qut.edu.au)

 

Discussion

• Evaluate whether you have fulfilled the aims of your experiment
• Provide an interpretation and evaluation of the results, including any unexpected results
• Identify sources of error and any inadequacies of the techniques
• Comment on what is significant or important about your results and the implications of your results
• Comment on any areas for possible further research
• Draw conclusions about your findings, referring back to your original hypothesis or aim

 

References

• Provide an accurate list of all resources cited in the body of your report
• References are listed in alphabetical order. For each reference give the author’s name, the year of publication, the full title of the book or article and the publication details.
• Be consistent in your referencing style (ie. use the same system throughout eg. Harvard)
• Avoid plagiarism – plagiarism involves representing another person’s words, ideas or work as your own without acknowledging them with the appropriate reference. See QUT CiteWrite for more information about plagiarism (www.citewrite.qut.edu.au) and academic integrity (http://www.citewrite.qut.edu.au/academic_integrity/avoidplagiarism.jsp)

 

General Tips and Tricks

1. Do not use dot points; write in paragraph format. If you have a list, enumerate the list (1., 2., 3., etc) with each member of the list on a different line and separated by semicolons;
2. Your titles should be above tables and below figures. For figures, do NOT include the title from Excel or drawing program. The only title for a figure should be in the full, stand-alone caption below the figure;
3. BIG TIP: Turn on the grammar and spelling checker in MS Word; consult a written English book or software, For example, The Little, Brown Handbook (Pearson) is very good (copies are in the library). Grammar Monster is also useful – download the free app on your phone and you can consult rules to correct your grammar wherever you are! These aids will help you write in conversant and accurate English. Additionally, consult well-written journal articles carefully and emulate the scientific writing style. Most of all, practice, practice, practice.

 

For this assessment, your review will provide a comprehensive overview of the needs of the population you identified in the Windshield Survey assessment in terms of health promotion and disease prevention, the factors that contribute to health disparities for the population, and the need for the organization to improve health care delivery to the population.
Examine the health care risks and needs of your population.
Analyze the need to improve health care delivery to the population.
Evaluate, critically, the factors that affect health promotion and disease prevention for the population.
Examine strategies to reduce health disparities for your population.
Locate at least 5–7 resources so that you can eliminate 2–3 if necessary. You may discover, for example, as you read each article more in-depth, that they may not all have the focus you need for your review.

Requirements
For this assessment, you need to develop several points around which to apply the research from the articles you located. Specifically, you need to:

Compare statistics for the primary health concern of your population to the rest of the general population in the United States. This would include frequency of occurrence, age groups most at risk, frequency of fatality, and so on.
Describe the epidemiological concepts, data analysis methods, tools, and databases used in the research studies you located. Address any flaws or biases you believe are present.
Explain the factors that affect health promotion and disease prevention for the population. (Hint: These may be things such as language barriers, cultural values, generational differences, social fear, and access to services.)
Describe the types of health care initiatives that have been tried by other organizations specifically for the primary health care concern or the population.
Recommend one health care initiative for your population, based on your research,
These should be the ideas, or points, that your review is based on. For each point, present all of the evidence you located. For this assessment, that should be at least four current research articles, although not all of the articles will typically offer evidence on all of your points.

Be sure your assessment includes:

An introduction that presents the points you will cover.
The body that presents the research on the points.
A conclusion that restates the points in your introduction.
Your assessment should be 4–5 pages in length, not including the title page and reference page. Be sure you follow APA guidelines for style and format.

Additional Requirements
Include a title page and reference page. The completed assessment should be 4–5 pages in length, not including the title page and reference page.
Reference at least four current scholarly or professional resources.
Use current APA format.
Use Times New Roman font, 12 point.
Double-space.

For this assessment, using your windshield survey. prepare an 8 slide PowerPoint presentation in which you:

Identify the topics you will cover in your educational plan.
Provide a list of resources your audience can use to further their understanding of complimentary alternative medicine (CAM).
Explain why it is important for nurses and members of other health care teams to develop an understanding of CAM, traditional medicine, holistic health, and spirituality.
Examine any ethical, legal, and economic principles related to CAM, traditional medicine, holistic health, and spirituality.
Describe how these forms of health care can affect a plan of action for individuals and populations.
Your presentation should include a slide with the title of your educational session, a slide with the topics that will be covered (your agenda), and a reference slide at the end. Use the notes section of each slide to provide additional information on each topic, along with supporting references. References and in-text citations must adhere to APA guidelines.

Now that your team has a better understanding of the population served by the organization, you need to evaluate how able the organization is to serve the specific health care needs of the population identified in the Windshield Survey assessment.

Use the Internet to locate at least three academic or professional resources to use in this assessment.
Follow the same formatting instructions that you used in the Windshield Survey assessment. Your assessment should be done as a report for your team, using APA formatting for in-text citations and references.
Requirements
In your organizational evaluation, complete the following:

Describe the primary health concern for a vulnerable or diverse population.
Explain how the organization currently serves this health care concern. Be sure you include information on how the organization communicates to the population.
Identify gaps in the health care service provided to the population.
Explain evidence-based strategies to bridge the gaps in health care service provided to the population.
Identify any possible barriers to implementing your strategies.
Additional Requirements
Include a title page and reference page. The completed assessment should be 3–5 pages in length, not including the title page and reference page.
Reference at least three current scholarly or professional resources.
Use current APA format for citations and references.
Use Times New Roman font, 12 point.
Double space.

What would be your arguments for supporting tariffs? Under what circumstance(s) would you not support tariffs? Address the concepts below within the essay submission.
Define specific tariff, ad valorem tariff, and compound tariff.
Explain how a tariff affects the welfare of a small importing country and a large importing country.
This essay should be comprised of the sections listed below.
Introduction: Provide a brief summary of tariffs, and include one sentence that identifies if you support tariffs or not.
Discussion: Provide a brief summary of two selected articles attached by comparing and contrasting how large and small
importing countries are affected by tariffs. Then, state briefly your position in light of each of the articles.
Conclusion: Summarize the main results, and provide policy recommendations based on them.
You are required to use a minimum of two sources (the articles attached) from the CSU Online Library. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced;
paraphrased material must have accompanying in-text citations.

Write a document analysis essay, following the required methodology, addressing specifically the document(s) assigned, using information and knowledge acquired through your textbook and own research. Format: 4 page essay. Upload and submit a file containing your essay. The file must be in either MS Word (.doc / .docx) or Rich Text Format (.rtf). Document : For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary May 1, 2003 President Bush Announces Major Combat Operations in Iraq Have Ended Remarks by the President from the USS Abraham Lincoln At Sea Off the Coast of San Diego, California THE PRESIDENT: Thank you all very much. Admiral Kelly, Captain Card, officers and sailors of the USS Abraham Lincoln, my fellow Americans: Major combat operations in Iraq have ended. In the battle of Iraq, the United States and our allies have prevailed. (Applause.) And now our coalition is engaged in securing and reconstructing that country. In this battle, we have fought for the cause of liberty, and for the peace of the world. Our nation and our coalition are proud of this accomplishment — yet, it is you, the members of the United States military, who achieved it. Your courage, your willingness to face danger for your country and for each other, made this day possible. Because of you, our nation is more secure. Because of you, the tyrant has fallen, and Iraq is free. (Applause.) Operation Iraqi Freedom was carried out with a combination of precision and speed and boldness the enemy did not expect, and the world had not seen before. From distant bases or ships at sea, we sent planes and missiles that could destroy an enemy division, or strike a single bunker. Marines and soldiers charged to Baghdad across 350 miles of hostile ground, in one of the swiftest advances of heavy arms in history. You have shown the world the skill and the might of the American Armed Forces. This nation thanks all the members of our coalition who joined in a noble cause. We thank the Armed Forces of the United Kingdom, Australia, and Poland, who shared in the hardships of war. We thank all the citizens of Iraq who welcomed our troops and joined in the liberation of their own country. And tonight, I have a special word for Secretary Rumsfeld, for General Franks, and for all the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States: America is grateful for a job well done. (Applause.) The character of our military through history — the daring of Normandy, the fierce courage of Iwo Jima, the decency and idealism that turned enemies into allies — is fully present in this generation. When Iraqi civilians looked into the faces of our servicemen and women, they saw strength and kindness and goodwill. When I look at the members of the United States military, I see the best of our country, and I’m honored to be your Commander-in-Chief. (Applause.) In the images of falling statues, we have witnessed the arrival of a new era. For a hundred of years of war, culminating in the nuclear age, military technology was designed and deployed to inflict casualties on an ever-growing scale. In defeating Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, Allied forces destroyed entire cities, while enemy leaders who started the conflict were safe until the final days. Military power was used to end a regime by breaking a nation. Today, we have the greater power to free a nation by breaking a dangerous and aggressive regime. With new tactics and precision weapons, we can achieve military objectives without directing violence against civilians. No device of man can remove the tragedy from war; yet it is a great moral advance when the guilty have far more to fear from war than the innocent. (Applause.) In the images of celebrating Iraqis, we have also seen the ageless appeal of human freedom. Decades of lies and intimidation could not make the Iraqi people love their oppressors or desire their own enslavement. Men and women in every culture need liberty like they need food and water and air. Everywhere that freedom arrives, humanity rejoices; and everywhere that freedom stirs, let tyrants fear. (Applause.) We have difficult work to do in Iraq. We’re bringing order to parts of that country that remain dangerous. We’re pursuing and finding leaders of the old regime, who will be held to account for their crimes. We’ve begun the search for hidden chemical and biological weapons and already know of hundreds of sites that will be investigated. We’re helping to rebuild Iraq, where the dictator built palaces for himself, instead of hospitals and schools. And we will stand with the new leaders of Iraq as they establish a government of, by, and for the Iraqi people. (Applause.) The transition from dictatorship to democracy will take time, but it is worth every effort. Our coalition will stay until our work is done. Then we will leave, and we will leave behind a free Iraq. (Applause.) The battle of Iraq is one victory in a war on terror that began on September the 11, 2001 — and still goes on. That terrible morning, 19 evil men — the shock troops of a hateful ideology — gave America and the civilized world a glimpse of their ambitions. They imagined, in the words of one terrorist, that September the 11th would be the “beginning of the end of America.” By seeking to turn our cities into killing fields, terrorists and their allies believed that they could destroy this nation’s resolve, and force our retreat from the world. They have failed. (Applause.) In the battle of Afghanistan, we destroyed the Taliban, many terrorists, and the camps where they trained. We continue to help the Afghan people lay roads, restore hospitals, and educate all of their children. Yet we also have dangerous work to complete. As I speak, a Special Operations task force, led by the 82nd Airborne, is on the trail of the terrorists and those who seek to undermine the free government of Afghanistan. America and our coalition will finish what we have begun. (Applause.) From Pakistan to the Philippines to the Horn of Africa, we are hunting down al Qaeda killers. Nineteen months ago, I pledged that the terrorists would not escape the patient justice of the United States. And as of tonight, nearly one-half of al Qaeda’s senior operatives have been captured or killed. (Applause.) The liberation of Iraq is a crucial advance in the campaign against terror. We’ve removed an ally of al Qaeda, and cut off a source of terrorist funding. And this much is certain: No terrorist network will gain weapons of mass destruction from the Iraqi regime, because the regime is no more. (Applause.) In these 19 months that changed the world, our actions have been focused and deliberate and proportionate to the offense. We have not forgotten the victims of September the 11th — the last phone calls, the cold murder of children, the searches in the rubble. With those attacks, the terrorists and their supporters declared war on the United States. And war is what they got. (Applause.) Our war against terror is proceeding according to principles that I have made clear to all: Any person involved in committing or planning terrorist attacks against the American people becomes an enemy of this country, and a target of American justice. (Applause.) Any person, organization, or government that supports, protects, or harbors terrorists is complicit in the murder of the innocent, and equally guilty of terrorist crimes. Any outlaw regime that has ties to terrorist groups and seeks or possesses weapons of mass destruction is a grave danger to the civilized world — and will be confronted. (Applause.) And anyone in the world, including the Arab world, who works and sacrifices for freedom has a loyal friend in the United States of America. (Applause.) Our commitment to liberty is America’s tradition declared at our founding; affirmed in Franklin Roosevelt’s Four Freedoms; asserted in the Truman Doctrine and in Ronald Reagan’s challenge to an evil empire. We are committed to freedom in Afghanistan, in Iraq, and in a peaceful Palestine. The advance of freedom is the surest strategy to undermine the appeal of terror in the world. Where freedom takes hold, hatred gives way to hope. When freedom takes hold, men and women turn to the peaceful pursuit of a better life. American values and American interests lead in the same direction: We stand for human liberty. (Applause.) The United States upholds these principles of security and freedom in many ways — with all the tools of diplomacy, law enforcement, intelligence, and finance. We’re working with a broad coalition of nations that understand the threat and our shared responsibility to meet it. The use of force has been — and remains — our last resort. Yet all can know, friend and foe alike, that our nation has a mission: We will answer threats to our security, and we will defend the peace. (Applause.) Our mission continues. Al Qaeda is wounded, not destroyed. The scattered cells of the terrorist network still operate in many nations, and we know from daily intelligence that they continue to plot against free people. The proliferation of deadly weapons remains a serious danger. The enemies of freedom are not idle, and neither are we. Our government has taken unprecedented measures to defend the homeland. And we will continue to hunt down the enemy before he can strike. (Applause.) The war on terror is not over; yet it is not endless. We do not know the day of final victory, but we have seen the turning of the tide. No act of the terrorists will change our purpose, or weaken our resolve, or alter their fate. Their cause is lost. Free nations will press on to victory. (Applause.) Other nations in history have fought in foreign lands and remained to occupy and exploit. Americans, following a battle, want nothing more than to return home. And that is your direction tonight. (Applause.) After service in the Afghan — and Iraqi theaters of war — after 100,000 miles, on the longest carrier deployment in recent history, you are homeward bound. (Applause.) Some of you will see new family members for the first time — 150 babies were born while their fathers were on the Lincoln. Your families are proud of you, and your nation will welcome you. (Applause.) We are mindful, as well, that some good men and women are not making the journey home. One of those who fell, Corporal Jason Mileo, spoke to his parents five days before his death. Jason’s father said, “He called us from the center of Baghdad, not to brag, but to tell us he loved us. Our son was a soldier.” Every name, every life is a loss to our military, to our nation, and to the loved ones who grieve. There’s no homecoming for these families. Yet we pray, in God’s time, their reunion will come. Those we lost were last seen on duty. Their final act on this Earth was to fight a great evil and bring liberty to others. All of you — all in this generation of our military — have taken up the highest calling of history. You’re defending your country, and protecting the innocent from harm. And wherever you go, you carry a message of hope — a message that is ancient and ever new. In the words of the prophet Isaiah, “To the captives, ‘come out,’ — and to those in darkness, ‘be free.'” Thank you for serving our country and our cause. May God bless you all, and may God continue to bless America. (Applause.)