Discuss representation, participation, and voter turnout in local elections. What trends do you see, and what are their impacts? Your essay should be at least 500 words in length and include an introduction, a body, and a conclusion.

Amazon Fresh is one part of Amazon - so what companies compete with them? Who else is getting into the market? Many people want to skip going to the grocery store - how much are they willing to pay and what are the tradeoffs they let go of ? This is a newer industry - what are the forces?

Create an Excel spreadsheet that will generate random numbers based on the following probability distributions. You can keep the answers to (a) (b) and (c) on the same spreadsheet. If I click on F9 key, the random numbers must be refreshed.

a. Use Excel generic function to generate randomly 50 observations following a general discrete distribution described in the table below. To keep things compact, you don’t need to put the 50 random numbers down one column, instead put them in rectangle region (e.g., 5 columns by 10 rows or 10 columns by 5 rows).

b. Use Excel generic function to randomly generate 10 observations following a normal distribution with a mean of 50 and a standard deviation of 15, and use ROUND() to round these random numbers to the nearest integer.

c. Use Excel generic function to randomly generate 10 observations following a symmetric triangular distribution (50, 65, 80), and use ROUND() to round these random numbers to the nearest integer.

Scenario: You are the assistant superintendant for a high-rise building contractor who specializes in governmental building contracts. Your company, based in Baltimore, MD, was just successful in winning a new job in NY City. This will be your first job in the big apple and your boss, the superintendent "Sam Super" is concerned about recent crane problems that he has been reading about.

He asks for your opinion about the crane safety and crane operations management.

You respond to Sam, wanting to make a good impression, that you will do some research and present him with a report on the topic. Same says "that's a good idea, college boy" and you agree to get to work on it. Knowing that Sam has a famously short attention span you decide to present your research in a concise one-page format.

Instruction:

• Research the topic of crane safety and crane operations management as follows:
  • Google news articles available with a keyword of "crane accident"
  • Read several crane accident related articles
  • Summarize at least two articles with your opinion to create a good report for Sam
  • In the report, put references of the articles that you refer to.
• Submit a one-page report as a Word file to Sam (the word count of your report should be no less than 400) in order to give him a current perspective on crane safety and issues
  • DO NOT cut and paste any portions of the articles into your report. Write the report in your own words based on your research of the articles.

Explain each of the four planning steps in the Production Strategy in a detailed response.   

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A firm’s mix of equity, debt, and internally generated funds that it uses to finance its activities is called what? Explain and provide examples of debt, equity and internaly generated funds. Provide a detailed multiple paragraph response.

1. Compare and contrast the two types of inventory management and explain with examples why one is more effective over the other for an Original Equipment Manufacturer?

A privately owned island off the coast of Florida has been left to you by the eccentric owner who recently died. The island is large enough for several small communities to be developed. You want to start off on the right foot by establishing a local government, a judicial system, and a law enforcement system. The only stipulation is that you cannot be the dictator of the island.

Can someone assist me with this, please? Read the information below.

• Select & research a company that employs a High-performance culture and I think  Net Flix can possibly be one.
• Identify any of the 8 substantive culture-changing actions that the company has undertaken in the last five years. I  must have at least 300 words with a reference.

Use Porter’s 5 forces model for PETRO-CANADA to describe the forces that are acting on the industry in which the company operates. Discuss each of the 5 forces in terms of threat (Is the threat from each force high or low? Why?  

Students will analyze the marketing activities of a company of their choice or their own company (real of fictitious.) This analysis should cover the major topics as discussed in the course. The paper should focus on the strategic marketing decisions of a particular product or service. Students will take the position of a marketing manager for the product or service being studied and make appropriate recommendations in their concluding remarks. This paper should be 4-5 pages in length

How are the three characteristics of effective teams evident in each of Tuckman's five stages of team development? Provide examples to support your response.

Hospital Issues Guidelines Regarding Disclosures to Avert Threats to Health or Safety

After treating a patient injured in a rather unusual sporting accident, the hospital released to the local media, without the patient’s authorization, copies of the patient’s skull x-ray as well as a description of the complainant’s medical condition. The local newspaper then featured on its front page the individual’s x-ray and an article that included the date of the accident, the location of the accident, the patient’s gender, a description of patient’s medical condition, and numerous quotes from the hospital about such unusual sporting accidents. The hospital asserted that the disclosures were made to avert a serious threat to health or safety; however, OCR’s investigation indicated that the disclosures did not meet the Privacy Rule’s standard for such actions. The investigation also indicated that the disclosures did not meet the Rule’s de-identification standard and therefore were not permissible without the individual’s authorization. Among other corrective actions to resolve the specific issues in the case, OCR required the hospital to develop and implement a policy regarding disclosures related to serious threats to health and safety, and to train all members of the hospital staff on the new policy.

What is the significance of the issue?

In addition to the actions taken in the case study, what else could the entity do to improve its processes so that the situation does not happen again?

Wells Fargo: Setting the Stagecoach Thundering Again

1. What is your assessment of the financial performance of Wells Fargo during John Stumpf’s tenure as its Chief Executive Officer (CEO)?
2. What is the rationale of the “cross-sell” strategy? Was the strategy appropriate for Wells Fargo? What challenges related to the cross-sell strategy started to surface in 2011?
3. What are the key elements needed to develop and sustain an ethical corporate culture (see Schwartz 2013)? Were these elements present at Wells Fargo during the period of misconduct?
4. What constitutes ethical leadership (see Schwartz 2013)? Why is it important? What are the qualities of an ethical leader? Were they present in the leadership of Wells Fargo during the period of misconduct?
5. What changes would you recommend the new CEO make to restore the reputation of the bank while also improving financial performance? (Hint: You should outline plans for improving the culture and compensation systems, at a minimum.)