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From politics to marketing, from sociology to public health, surveys are routinely used for gathering information about an identified population. Surveys may cover a large swath of a population, such as the U.S. Census, or represent a microcosm of a larger population, such as a neighborhood public health survey.

In community health assessment, surveys are commonly used to explore an issue more widely than is possible through individual interviews or focus groups. Surveys may collect quantitative or qualitative data, or both. This week, you examine the use of surveys in community health assessment. Specifically, you consider the advantages and challenges of involving community members in both the design and implementation of surveys.

For this Discussion, review the Resources related to community involvement in survey design and implementation. Review the media titled Surveys. Consider some of the different ways that surveys were implemented and how the community was or was not involved in their design and implementation.

With these thoughts in mind:

3 pages of one advantage and one challenge of conducting community public health surveys and explain why. Describe one benefit and one limitation of involving the community in designing a survey and explain why. Then, describe one advantage and one challenge to involving the community in the implementation of a survey and explain why.

Be specific and use the Resources, media, and current literature to support your response.

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There is a vast body of scholarly literature devoted to theory-driven assessment for employee screening and selection. Drawing upon the textbook readings for this module and the Argosy University online library resources, research employee assessment theory and selection practices. Good starting points for conducting your research are the endnote chapter references in the textbook, as well as the articles mentioned in the Readings and Assignments suggestions for this module, which can be found in the Course Home section. On the basis of your research, address the following:

• What do assessments actually measure?
• What theory supports the use of assessments? When is it useful to use assessments for employee screening and selection?
• What are some of the legal considerations when using assessments for employee screening and selection purposes?

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Choose one (1) of the three (3) reading selections from the list of topic choices below. The focus is on brief but important primary source material written by major authors. Read the selections  as identified with each topic below. Write a three to four (3-4) paragraph essay (250 words minimum) which analyzes the “surprise ending” of the reading selection.

Topic Choices

• Reading selection from Descartes’ Discourse on the Method (Part IV). Descartes begins with a  proof of one basic conclusion and ends with a proof of something much grander. Remember to focus on the surprise and point of realization, not the details of the philosophical argument. Read Part IV of the Discourse on the Method located at http://www.earlymoderntexts.com/authors/descartes.html. This is only four or five (4 or 5) pages of the larger work.
• Reading selection of Swift’s A Modest Proposal. It is essential to recognize the genre of this work, as discussed in our class text, which you should consult and cite. Swift promotes a radical solution, but subtle options are mentioned. You are looking for surprise and a point of realization. Read and focus on A Modest Proposal located at http://www.victorianweb.org/previctorian/swift/modest.html.
• Two (2) reading selections from Voltaire’s Candide. Consider how these readings start and end in terms of the action and the beliefs. You are looking for surprise and a point of realization. These selections can be found on pp. 840-841 in the textbook. In addition, consult the class text at pp. 824-825.

For the reading selection you choose:

1. Clearly state in your own words the “surprise ending” in the reading you selected. Clearly identify the point in the reading when you realized that there were elements in the reading that surprised you. Not all of the surprises come at the end.
2. Evaluate how successful the author was in convincing you to accept the validity of the “surprise ending” that was different from what you expected.

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 Style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. (Note: Students can find APA style materials located in the Additional Resources section of their Student Center within their course shell for reference)
• 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.
• Use the source(s) identified above for the topic you choose, focusing on the main primary source of that author. You may use additional sources also if they are of good academic quality for college papers (Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify). Use proper APA style in-text citing and also a matching APA style References list at the end.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Explain how key social, cultural, and artistic contributions contribute to historical changes.
• Explain the importance of situating a society’s cultural and artistic expressions within a historical context.
• Examine the influences of intellectual, religious, political, and socio-economic forces on social, cultural, and artistic expressions.
• Identify major historical developments in world cultures from the Renaissance to the contemporary period.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in the study of world cultures.
• Write clearly and concisely about world cultures using proper writing mechanics.

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writing a one page essay to talk what the movie talking about.

name: Immortal Beloved

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Discuss your personal vision for what you would like for the future of OD. What is your realistic vision of what you think the future of OD is? Compare your ideal and realistic visions for the future of OD. Are they different? If so, why? What will be required to match the two visions?

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As a first amendment issue, prepare a cognent and thoughtful analysis comparing the 1971 New York Times publication of the classified Pentagon Papers obtained by Daniel Ellsberg and released to disclose deceits, misreprentations, and secret polocies pursued by the U.S Government between 1945 and 1967 in its Vietnam involvement, and the creation and implication of Wikileaks with respect to making public classified information that can endanger diplomats, itelligence officers, military personnel and others.

How does each relate to fundamental First Amendment Issues?

What are the differences?

What are the similarities?

What components of the mass media, government, business community and legal world should (or shouldn’t) be involved in developing criteria for media leaks that can put lives at risk? what should some of these criteria be?

How should National Secruity be defined?

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Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is a leading company in its industry and a widely recognized name, both domestically and internationally. Additionally, Wal-Mart has taken steps to ensure the success of not only its company but also their business ecosystem.

Wal-Mart Stores, established in 1969, is the largest retail company in the world, with over 4,000 stores in 12 countries. Wal-Mart has three types of retail stores: discount stores, supercenters, and neighborhood markets, as well as Sam’s Club warehouse stores. Between the various types of Wal-Mart and Sam’s Club stores, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. offers merchandise and services that range for grocery goods and household supplies to tire and lube service, clothing, and vision centers. Additionally, Wal-Mart has an online music store, a private label cosmetics brand, and pre-paid debit cards for low-income US customers. Some of the company’s private-label brands are Sam’s Choice, Equate, No Boundaries, Mainstays, and Parent’s Choice. Wal-Mart also stocks several licensed brands, including General Electric, Disney, McDonalds, and Mary-Kate and Ashley. For the fiscal year ending in January 2008, Wal-Mart reported over $375 billion in revenue (Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Company Profile, 2008).

Wal-Mart has dominated its market, in part, due to the way it approached its business ecosystem (Iansiti & Levien, 2004). There are many examples of Wal-Mart’s ecosystem approach, including their procurement system and their recent focus on more specialized stores.

Keeping its ecosystem in mind, Wal-Mart has built a procurement system that not only enhances its performance, but the performance and operation of businesses within its ecosystem. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. requires that all of its suppliers operate the RetailLink^® system (Requirements, 2008). RetailLink^® is a one-of-a-kind system that allows suppliers to receive real-time data regarding their product in individual stores. Such real-time data allows suppliers to effectively plan for and execute distribution, while also personalizing their product supply by store. According to Iansiti & Levien (2004), “Wal-Mart’s procurement system offers it’s suppliers invalueable real-time information on customer demand and preferences, while providing the retailer with a significant cost advantage over its competitiors” (p. 69).

Stankevich (2002) noted the success of Wal-Mart’s system in terms of micromarketing and efficiency. Jon Ragsdale, vice president of marketing at Dickies, discussed with Stankevich the way RetailLink^® brought to light the differences in demand for different sizes and colors of products in different markets. Ragsdale noted, “Before RetailLink^®, we were using pretty much a cookie cutter approach to stores” (para. 10).

In recent years, Wal-Mart has begun to take a more specialized approach by offering different goods and adjusting the layout of the stores based on location demographics. Once a one shop fits all store, Wal-Mart now has several stores that cater to the needs of a specific location. One store in Plano, TX has been adapted to appeal to the higher number of affluent customers in that area. The store now offers consumer-electronic specialists, that are more versed in the specifics of electronics than a typical sales associate. Also, that particular store adapted the sporting goods section to have more of a child focus, based on the notion that more affluent individuals purchase their sporting goods from country clubs (Zimmerman, 2006).

In terms of competition, Wal-Mart plays an interesting role. While the most obvious conclusion is that Wal-Mart is the biggest competition for small businesses and retailers, it is apparent that their approach to a business ecosystem is also positive for small business owners. “For small manufacturers and small consumer-goods companies, Wal-Mart is the customer they pray for and the one that can propel their company into big-time sales. Wal-Mart is the ‘elephant’ they dream of bagging” (Campbell, 2005, para. 5).

Questions

After reading the case study on Wal-Mart, use the case study and information from your weekly readings to answer the following questions in 200 to 300 words each.

1. What is a business ecosystem? Do all businesses function within an ecosystem? Why or why not?

2. What potential role does the ecosystem play in Wal-Mart’s innovation efforts? Provide examples.

3. In terms of innov

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The text identifies three principal components that jointly comprise the cash conversion cycle.  The cash conversion cycle is defined as the average length of time a dollar is tied up in current assets, and it is determined by the interaction between the production cycle (also called Days of Sales in Inventory), receivables collection period (also called Number of Days of Credit, Collection cycle, or Days of Sales Outstanding), and the accounts payable cycle (also called Days of Payable Outstanding).  Ideally, a company wants to minimize the cash conversion cycle as much as possible.  In some circumstances, a firm has a comparative advantage in working capital management because of the nature of its business.  We will look at the cash conversion cycles of companies and their implications.

1. Go to http://finance.yahoo.com and get a quote for one company of your choice. On the left column, scroll down and select “Income Statement.”  Write down the annual sales, cost of goods sold, and depreciation expense for the most recent year.

2. Select the firm’s Balance Sheet. Write down the balances shown for the firm’s inventories, accounts receivable, and accounts payable.

3. Using the information from parts a and b, calculate its inventory turnover, accounts receivable turnover, and accounts payable turnover. You should show your work!

4. Calculate production cycle (also called Days of Sales in Inventory), collection cycle (also called Number of Days of Credit or Days of Sales Outstanding), and accounts payable cycle (also called Days of Payable Outstanding). You should show your work!

5. What is the company’s cash conversion cycle? You should show your work! The correct formula is

CCC = DSI + DSO – DPO

6. Discuss the results that you receive in one paragraph. Should the company decrease cash conversion cycle? Please explain your answer.

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