Write a summary of your understanding of the following Quality Concepts (one half page for each concept):

(1) Continuous Process Improvement,

(2) Kaizen,

(3) ECRS Method,

(4) Performance Measurements, and (5) Benchmarking.

With the increased use of the Internet, more companies are selling directly to their customers. How does this affect their wholesalers and retailers? Do customers want to buy everything on the Internet? What are the pro's and con's of selling direct?

If you were developing an advertisement for Huggies diapers;

Who would be your target market?

What media would you use?

Would you use comparative or competitive advertising?

· Describe three major concepts in each of theTransformational Leadership Style. (Major Concepts)

Include an application section for the leadership style. In this section describe how you would apply these major concepts in your practice. Address issues of diversity and include other stakeholders, if applicable, in your discussion. (From Theory to Practice)

"Imagine that you are the director of student affairs at a small liberal arts college in the Midwest. During a staff meeting, the president of the college shares a number of complaints. The complaints allege that many LGBT students encounter prejudice and discrimination both on campus and among townspeople. The students feel that these problems are college-wide and need to be addressed by the president and her staff as well as by community leaders.

The president asks you to create an action plan. She feels that the college needs to open the lines of communication and encourage inclusive, honest dialogue on this issue.

Develop a summary of what you propose. Include the rationale behind your action plan."

Put the following sentences in the correct and create an APA unstructured informative abstract.

The purpose of this study was to document the type of food marketing activities occurring in Canadian schools and examine differences by school characteristics. Overall, 84% of schools reported at least one type of food marketing and the median number of distinct types of marketing per school was 1 (range 0–6). Food marketing, Schools, Canada, Policy, Food environment, Obesity, Self-regulation, Children, Adolescents An online survey was sent to public primary and secondary schools from 27 school boards in Ontario, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia and was completed by 154 Principals in spring 2016. The presence of food marketing in most participating schools suggests that the current patchwork of policies that restrict food marketing in Canadian schools is inadequate. Unhealthy food marketing is considered a contributor to childhood obesity. In Canada, food marketing in schools is mostly self-regulated by industry though it is sometimes restricted through provincial school policies.

How do you manage products (sell products) that are in the introduction, growth, maturity, and decline stages? What can we do in each stage to help them become successful? What pushes a product into decline?

How is adverse selection mitigated in the US system of care? How might repealing the individual mandate affect adverse selection and insurance premiums?

When it was passed, part of the goal of the ACA was to decrease health care costs in the United States. Discuss the ways in which costs might be reduced and the ways in which costs might actually increase as a result of ACA (There are several supplemental readings that are helpful for answering this question).

We have now looked at three different health care systems. Compare and contrast the American System with the Bismarck and Beveridge Systems. What are the strengths and weaknesses of each in your mind?

Suppose you are a middle-aged person with cancer. Your job doesn’t offer health insurance. Briefly explain how you might have been impacted by the implementation of the ACA.

1. To be effective, what three qualities does a selling proposition in an advertising campaign need to have?

2. Which of the two types of appeals does each of these ads represent?

One reform idea that is often floated in the US is the use of Medical Savings Accounts (MSA’s) in conjunction with high-deductible insurance plans (sometimes called catastrophic coverage). Individuals could deposit pre-tax dollars into their MSA and use the money to pay for out-of-pocket medical expenses. If unused, the MSA money simply becomes savings for the individual. a. What is a high-deductible plan? b. What are the pros and cons of such a plan?

In Human Resources, qualitative and quantitative evaluation measures are used often. How might you use this data from a workforce planning perspective?

Southwest Airlines: (Questions were in one, but separated to make easier to read.) Research on Southwest Airlines

1.Relate Southwest’s Strategy to Michael Porter’s basic strategy. What strategic position are they seeking to obtain and hold? What are the key policies, procedures, operating practices, and core values underlying this strategy?

2.What are the key elements of Southwest’s culture? Does culture make a difference in their relative success as a business?

3.What weaknesses or problems do you seat Southwest through the case presentation?

4. What strategic recommendations would you make to the CEO and management team to carry them into the next decade?

You have been doing research on how to make primary students (class 1-5) of Bangladesh financially literate . Include a 3 page report on financial literacy for Bangladeshi children. Give reference of at least 15-20 useful websites.

Q: Do you think employees who take advantage of these forms of family friendly-assistance support truly value these services more than they would an equivalent amount in take home pay? Explain

Family friendly meaning paternity leave, maternity leave, childcare, etc.