For this week’s DB experience, we begin the preliminary developments that will culminate in the construction of the multiple-source essay. Please make sure to read the Multiple-Source Essay Assignment Overview. You are asked to submit TWO documents to the DB this week: The Proposal and the Preliminary Outline. Each of these documents will help you focus your topic, find sources, and outline your overall essay. With the outline file, you have two options. Look through the information, and complete the option that works best for the argument you wish to create. If you run into any trouble, you are welcome to receive help from me or from the invaluable Connie, our class librarian. While the proposal asks you to come up with two potential topics for the multiple-source essay, please note that you can still write about the topic you chose for the synthesis essay (in fact, you are encouraged to use the same topic).Please note that this essay will allow you to argue for a point, a side, a change, etc. To help you with the powers of persuasion, please review the two PowerPoint Presentations available for you: Creating an Argument and Argument Essay Organization. It is critical to be organized when writing, but you must also employ strategy. Think about your topic and the points that you are going to make in support of your point. It is important to take into consideration the counter argument. There cannot be an argument if both sides are not presented. The goal is to bring rise to the opposition and then shut it down. You must determine where you would like to engage the opposition as well as which of your points is strongest and which one is weakest (even your weakest point should be strong).Do not forget that you will need to use the GCSC Library databases for this project. One of the features of the databases is that the source citations have been generated for you. You will need to choose the source of interest and use the menu on the right of the screen to choose the MLA 8th edition citation from the generated list. It is imperative to check the source citation for accuracy regardless of where you found it or what you may have done to create it. Usually the citations generated from the databases are close but not completely correct. Do not forget about the MLA 8th edition resources that have been posted for you in our Canvas page.Also in Module 8, you will find resources regarding the annotated bibliography. Annotated Bibliography Information tells what this type of assignment is and how to construct one. It is essential to read all source material and pull out the critical pieces of information you will want to use to support your argument. Please review the Sample Annotated Bibliography with Citations in MLA 8 to see how it is formatted and the types of information listed in the annotation. You will be tasked with creating an annotated bibliography for your multiple-source essay next week.
Question One Post your multiple-source essay proposal for review Question Two Post a working outline for your multiple-source essay for review
It is my hope that the material presented throughout this class will have made you a more informed (and perhaps more skeptical) consumer of health related information. Hopefully it will also have given you a great deal of “food for thought” when it comes to your own health and the health of those you care about. Speaking of which, perhaps you could now be considered somewhat of an “authority” on health amongst your friends and family (at least for the purposes of this paper). Given that, what are the 4 most important things you feel you have learned from the class in Health Psychology? Please describe these things, and briefly describe why they are so important. If a person needed to change their lifestyle in some way to make these things more possible, what is the best piece of advice you could give them on HOW to make that change happen? What does the literature? Include at least 1-2 peer-reviewed research articles to support your ideas. 1-2 pages long
Rowan University Health Psychology Course Reflection
Limitations of ERP
ERP systems have emerged as one of the latest that organizations are using to meet the needs of a global market. Many companies hope that these systems will help leapfrog to the next level but ERP systems are fraught with limitations that can prove difficult to manage. This paper tries to analyze some of the limitations and provides directions that will help overcome the same Introduction In today’s increasingly competitive world where the world is converging into a single market place, organizations are looking for ways to become globally competitive. Companies must be able to meet customer requirements in the shortest possible time faster than competition and this requires extensive production planning and close coordination between the company and it’s suppliers and customers. MRP (Materials Requirement Planning) was one of the most widely used systems for production planning but it’s main focus was only on managing the production requirements in an organization. MRP systems helped in time phase release of production orders and aggregating planning for material requirements. With time, companies realized that there needed to be an integration of all the functions in an organization and this lead to the development of ERP (Enterprise resource planning) systems. Dr. Suresh Subramoniam et.al [1] defines ERP as “ERP is an Enterprise wide system that facilitates integrated and real-time planning, production and customer response. ERP has multilingual capability, multi-currency handling ability, and can recognize legal and tax reporting needs of various nations across the world.” Traditionally, each department of an organization uses a software application of it’s own and the interaction between these systems is very limited. Thus there is no way of generating consolidated information that is accessible to the entire company. ERP systems were created to address this issue by treating the entire organization as a single enterprise and making information available to all the departments as and when needed. Many companies across the world have either implemented or are in the process of implementing ERP systems across their organizations with the intention of making their businesses globally competitive. Despite their best intentions, there are widespread instances where ERP systems have failed to live up to their expectations and have even lead to the demise of companies. Some companies have been able to absorb these losses (Hershey’s, Whirlpool, Nestle, IBM, Apple, etc.) but most haven’t. Even those companies that have successfully implemented ERP have found it difficult to realize the true potential of the system. A few findings as reported by Panorama consulting in their 2010 ERP Report are as follows: Close to 57% of the ERP implementations take longer than expected About 54% of ERP implementations cost more than expected Most ERP implementations under-deliver business value (Fig 1) Companies do not effectively manage the organizational changes of ERP Limitations of ERP Limited to the “four walls” of the company ERP is an evolution of MRP which was solely focused on manufacturing and materials planning. ERP systems were designed to manage more functions of enterprises thus integrating all business management functions, including planning, inventory and materials management, engineering, order processing, manufacturing, purchasing, accounting and finance, human resources, etc. Though considered as a revolution during it’s time, ERP did not take into account any of the external relationships that a company had as enterprises were run as independent entities during those times. Within an organization the system was able to support all functions but was unable to handle the various interactions that the enterprise had with it’s suppliers and customers. Conventional ERP helped automate individual departments but did not integrate its back-office benefits into the front-office to help businesses manage people, workloads and supply-chain issues; it could not establish consistent control of all the processes of the business Even within the organization, some of the difficulties faced by managers were Only the current status could be accessed, such as open orders. But managers often need to look beyond the current status to find trends and patterns for better decision-making. The data in the ERP application was not integrated with other enterprise systems and did not include external intelligence. ERP systems could not meet all of the analytical and reporting needs of organizations. ERP systems are generally very expensive to install. They call for voluminous and exorbitant investments in terms of time and money without guaranteeing the said benefits. The time taken for an organization to migrate to an ERP system is quite substantial. Extensive training has to be provided at the expense of existing working hours which can also result in a loss of business during the transition period. Apart from the installation costs, companies also charge annual maintenance and renewal costs. These costs put together may not justify the implementation of ERP systems especially for companies that are smaller in scale Since each business has different needs there has to be a level of customization to ensure that the all the factors relevant to the industry are considered. This may call for changing the ERP software structure to match the business workflow which is generally not allowed by the software vendors. ERP systems are built as per industry standards and when company wants to implement the system, it may have to change it’s way of functioning to match these standards. This can either be beneficial or can lead to the business loosing it’s competitive advantage Some companies have relatively simple operations and the use of ERP may complicate the existing setup thus leading to an over-engineering as compared to customer’s needs The biggest advantage of ERP is it’s ability to provide an information across the organization. There are instances where departments are unwilling to share information due to reasons best known to them thus reducing the effectiveness of the ERP system Many companies run on legacy systems and implementing ERP results in compatibility problems across departments. Conversion of these legacy systems into modern ones in itself results in huge cost overruns The easy availability of information also raises the question of security and privacy. Access to the various functionalities has to be carefully regulated to prevent unauthorized access and information theft. The time frame to realize the full benefits of a successful ERP implementation is longer that most companies would have initially expected. There would be a dip in the performance immediately after it goes live as employees take time to adjust to the new systems. With time, there will be changes in the requirements of the organization. Since the ERP system would be customized during the installation phase, there would be a limit to which the system can be scalable. Like for example, if a company wishes to add more fields to a data recording system there may be a pre set limits for the same. In order to overcome this, companies would have to pay the vendor an extra fee for such future upgrades Ongoing support – After the implementation, companies would require constant support. The technical support provided by the software vendors maybe insufficient if the ERP systems encounter some major issue Overcoming the Limitations ERP as discussed before is a very comprehensive when it comes to handling the transactions within an enterprise but fails when there is an interaction with systems external to the organization. To overcome this, the concept of ERP II has been developed which integrates the ERP systems of an enterprise with that of the suppliers and event the customers. Using Enabling Technologies ERP can be considered as the backbone of an enterprise’s applications, but successfully handling the complexities of modern business will depend on a company’s ability to share information promptly, securely, and effectively with customers, partners and suppliers. Organizations must seamlessly integrate their supply and value chains. The figure below shows the enabling technologies that will help organizations achieve the same Companies should constantly work towards integrating new technologies with their existing ERP systems. ERP systems are expensive to implement, but if they are not constantly updated they tend to get obsolete and may result in lost opportunities in terms of meeting customer needs. ERP is the central or the core component around which the various technologies are integrated, and these combine to enable an organization automate most of it’s processes. The technologies that will enable companies to do business at Internet speed when integrated with the ERP system are Business Intelligence (BI), Data Warehousing, Data Mining, On-line Analytical Processing (OLAP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and Geographical Information Systems (GIS). A case in point is A
Early literacy support programme
custom writing service This small-scale research project focuses on The Early Literacy Support (ELS) Programme (DfES, 2007) within an urban primary school. Over the past few years there has been a large amount of investment provided by the Government to help raise children’s attainment in literacy. As a result, additional support programmes and interventions have been developed. The ELS Programme is an intervention produced by the National Strategies aimed at Year 1 children, who with additional support, should reach or exceed age related expectations in literacy. Aims This research aimed to study the ELS programme to identify how children are selected to participate in in the programme and to investigate the staff and children’s perceptions of the intervention and impacts as a result of the programme. This research examined three key questions; How is Early Literacy Support supporting children’s specific needs? What are the perceptions of teaching staff on how Early Literacy Support has impacted on children’s enjoyment, development and attainment in literacy? What are the perceptions of the children on Early Literacy Support and their enjoyment and development in literacy? Rationale I have a keen interest in literacy and am interested in learning about different ways to support children who struggle to easily acquire literacy skills within the mainstream classroom. The main reason for conducting research into this area was to enable me to gain a better awareness of literacy interventions for young children, which will ultimately increase my understanding and inform my future practice as a teacher. The class where I was on placement had a large number of children who required additional literacy support, so it seemed the ideal opportunity to further investigate the literacy interventions that children were involved in. Furthermore, although research has previously identified the positive impact of ELS and other phonics interventions, there is no documented research assessing children’s or adult’s views on the programme. The present research aimed to address this literature gap. Literature Review ‘Learning to read, write and spell are among the most critically important and empowering skills that children will learn at school’ (Pumfrey
HUM 2250 Florida State College All Quiet on the Western Front Book Report
HUM 2250 Florida State College All Quiet on the Western Front Book Report.
3 paragraph discussion for forum for the following Reading 34.4 from Erich Maria Remarque’s “All quiet on the Western Front” (1928) (Remarque is a male)Paragraph 1 Remarque: Discuss the element of macabre in the reading selection from All’s Quiet on the Western Front. Explain with a specific example of the macabre from the selection. Reading 34.7 from Eli Wiesel’s Night (1958)Page 414 World War 2 Autobiography (Wiesel is a male)Paragraph 2 Wiesel: Compare and contrast Remarque’s’ writing style with that of Eli Wiesel in the selection “Night”. What effect do these two writing styles and techniques have on the reading experience?Reading 34.6 Shuson’s Haikus (c. 1945) Page 414 World War 2 Autobiographical Poetry (Shuson is a male)Paragraph 3 Shuson: Discuss how Shuson’s Haiku poems chronicle love and loss in poems of 17 syllables each. Explain why the term “verbal compression” is appropriate in Haiku.
HUM 2250 Florida State College All Quiet on the Western Front Book Report
Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness
Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness. I need an explanation for this Management question to help me study.
Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness
Overview
Choose one public corporation in an industry with which you are familiar. Research the company on its own website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database, the University’s online databases, the Nexis Uni database, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.
Requirements
Write a four- to six-page paper in which you do the following:
Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched.
Apply the industrial organization model and the resource-based model to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns.
Assess how the vision statement and mission statement of the corporation influence its overall success.
Evaluate how each category of stakeholder impacts the overall success of this corporation.
Go to Basic Search: Strayer University Online Library and locate at least three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not quality as academic resources.
Use the Assignment 1 Template [DOCX] to ensure that your assignment meets the above requirements.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
This course requires use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow SWS 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 outcome associated with this assignment is the following:
Determine the impact of globalization and technology changes, strategic models, vision and mission statements, and stakeholders on a corporation’s success.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic and organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the scoring rubric.
Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness