... | Copyright © 2010, 2007 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This course explores the interactions between the arts, advertising, media, and lifestyle and cultural trends in contemporary American society. Familiarity will be gained with the various art forms and their relationship to mass media, personal and professional life, and in particular to how they contribute to the current conception of fine art and popular culture. Students are asked to examine current trends and cultural changes, assessing both the role the arts have played in creating them and the influence these cultural trends have on art itself. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality....
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...majority of the market. The price for coverage is not dictated by only one provider. In the oligopoly model no single theory explains the behavior that is evident. The degree of competitiveness is affected by the economy, law, technology, and the number of firms in the market. Medical loss ratios are often used to help managers understand industry characteristics. Competitors to this industry have changed over the years as well now the closest competitors are government provided insurance, persons who pay out of pocket, and the private sector that operates on donations. I think a good pricing policy for insurance companies to adopt would be one that is based on income. The new health insurance law (Obamacare) is requiring that all Americans carry insurance by January 1, 2014. This law will change the health insurance industry rapidly. The big New York Stock Exchange-listed insurance firms have known for many years that their core business models are not sustainable. The insurance companies have tried to ignore the risk that they were assuming because of pressure from Wall Street. The big companies have done this by simply administering health care benefits of large employers, who take on most of the financial risk by providing coverage to their workers. Almost 50 million Americans are uninsured because less than five percent of the U.S. population has the money to buy coverage on their own because of the hefty premiums. Under Obamacare insurance companies can no long pick...
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...Club de Futbol”, “Real Madrid Club de Futbol in 2007: Beyond the Galacticos” and the links in the footnotes. 1. What differentiates Real Madrid from other Soccer clubs? One thing that differentiates Real Madrid from other top soccer clubs is that Real Madrid is owned by its members while most other top club is owned by shareholders (investors). Another difference is that Real Madrid were quite early to realize the importance to serve as a marketing vehicle all over the world rather than just a soccer club compared many other soccer clubs. This was especially under the management of Perez Real Madrid as a brand and business got in focus. This meant that Real Madrid became a real business and that the management managed Real Madrid as a business rather than just a soccer club. The performance of Real Madrid as a soccer club is still key to the performance of the business though. 2. What provides the revenue stream from which the club benefits? About one fourth of the income in most top clubs is generated on match-day from such things as sponsorships, television rights and merchandising revenues. Revenue depends largely of the clubs participation and performance in major competitive events such as the European Champions League for instance. Below are listed four types of revenues the club generates and what it basically consists of: * Match-day: Gate receipts are an important, but declining source of revenue. * Merchandising: Includes sales of branded goods such as soccer...
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... |HUM/176 Version 3 | | |Media and American Culture | Copyright © 2011, 2010, 2009 by University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description The course provides an introduction to the most prominent forms of media that influence and impact social, business, political, and popular culture in contemporary America. It explores the unique aspects of each medium as well as interactions across various media that combine to create rich environments for information sharing, entertainment, business, and social interaction in the U.S. and around the world. Policies Students will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Campbell, R., Martin, C., & Fabos, B. (2010). Media and culture: An introduction to mass communications...
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...Individual Project 5 Liz Palomo AIU Online HLTH330 Abstract This paper will explain how the new Affordable Care Act came to existence in March 2010. In addition, key features of the law will be described and how these new changes affect employees and employers. Introduction The Affordable Care Act (ACA) as signed on March 23, 2010 by President Barack Obama with the purpose to provide complete health insurance that will; hold insurance companies’ accountable, decrease the cost of healthcare, guarantee more choices, coverage expansion, and enhance the quality of care for all Americans (ACA History, 2016). The affordable care Act is comprised of two separate pieces of legislation; Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 (ACA History, 2016). How ACA Came to Existence For the last 75 years democratic Presidents had attempted to create a nationwide insurance system but they were all unsuccessful. In 2009 was the first year of Obama’s presidency and the house of Democrats introduced a plan of 1,000-page plan with the intention to overhaul the healthcare system on July 14th causing a raged debate on the topic (ACA History, 2016). The senate prohibited individuals that were unlawfully present in the U.S. to benefit from the health reform. Although all republicans voted against it, the senate bill was amended and approved by the House...
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...Cornell University ILR School DigitalCommons@ILR Student Works ILR Collection Spring 2013 Which Organizations are Best in Class in Managing Diversity and Inclusion, and What Does their Path of Success Look Like? Pin Zhou Cornell University Daniel Dongjin Park Cornell University Follow this and additional works at: http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/student Part of the Human Resources Management Commons This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the ILR Collection at DigitalCommons@ILR. It has been accepted for inclusion in Student Works by an authorized administrator of DigitalCommons@ILR. For more information, please contact hlmdigital@cornell.edu. Which Organizations are Best in Class in Managing Diversity and Inclusion, and What Does their Path of Success Look Like? Abstract Question: Which organizations are best in class in managing diversity and inclusion, and what does their path of success look like? What are the criteria to measure ‘best in class’? Keywords human resources, diversity, inclusion Disciplines Human Resources Management Comments Suggested Citation Zhou, P. & Park, D. (2013). Which organizations are best in class in managing diversity and inclusion, and what does their path of success look like? Retrieved [insert date] from Cornell University, ILR School site: http://digitalcommons.ilr.cornell.edu/student/46/ Required Publisher Statement Copyright by the authors. This article is available...
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...International American University Shaping tomorrow’s leaders today! General Course Policies supplement this syllabus and are available through IAU Online as a digital soft copy. Please make sure that you review the General Course Policies so that you can be successful in this course. 4201 Wilshire Blvd., Suite #610 ♦ Los Angeles, CA 90010, CA, U.S.A. ♦ T: (323) 938-4428 ♦ F: (323) 938-4-4429 ♦ E: www.iau.la MGT 620a Operations Management & Supply Chain Syllabus Class Details Name: Email: Phone: Room: Method: Steve B. Young, Ph.D. (A.B.D.) syoung18@verizon.net (818) 360-6115 LA-Classroom C Hybrid Term/Year: Days: Time: Start Date: End Date: Spring Session 1 / 2015 Wednesdays 6:00pm-10:00pm January 05, 2015 February 27, 2015 Instructor’s Biography Steve Young graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and Business. He spent time as an HR director and consultant with many Aerospace firms. Steve has worked in numerous management positions for Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Eco Polymers, Hughes, and PM-10 Consultants specializing in the area of Human resource, business management, and business operations. Steve received his MBA from West Coast University with an emphasis in management and is looking to receive his PhD from Walden University in Applied Management and Decision Making with specializations in Organizational Change and Leadership in 2008. Steve is a senior faculty member and has been teaching for the University of Phoenix...
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...development of agriculture. In The Omnivore’s Dilemma, Pollan talks about growing corn which is something that people in the United States uses a lot. Corn is used in many products, because corn is cheap and easy to produce. Pollan claims three things that are related to the growth of corn crops which are agricultural act, ecological act and last of all a political act. These three things are what keep farmers to keep growing corn crops and for the government to keep subsidizing them. Eating has become an agricultural act. People keep agriculture moving when they go ahead and buy their favorite groceries. They support the farmers and the government when buying their products. About Five decades ago “Crop yields in agricultural systems depended mainly on internal resources… (Altieri, M.A. 1998). An internal resource means that no chemicals were added to the soil to create the nutrients that corn needs; it all depended on the soil to create its own nutrients. The growing of crops changed, because most of the farmers change to monoculture which only one kind of crop gets planted every year such as corn crops. As crops get planted every year on the same field, the soil’s nutrients starts to decrease and stops giving the nutrients that the corn needs to keep growing bigger and stronger. So the farmers had to find other ways for the soil to keep having the same nutrients or even more than the corn needs. That is when the technology was introduced to experiment with the corn and takes...
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...Europe is one of America's main business and political partners. America has made a huge financial investment in Europe, going back to World War II. However although many American companies have trading partners in Europe, they need to understand that there are major political and social differences when it comes to doing business in Europe. Human Resources managers, who usually are the ones who end up smoothing over ruffled feathers, should prepare themselves to deal with a new field of HR problems. This paper will discuss some of the HR challenges American companies doing business in Europe and how they can overcome them. A different political and Economic landscape Although Europe, and Britain in particular, is America's closest political and economic partners, many Americans have not ventured abroad. HR managers will need to understand that they will probably have to give American executives a short crash course on Europe's political and social landscape. While Europe is about the sized of America, it is made up of several individual countries, each with it's own language and culture. Although many parts of the European union have a common currency (the Euro) and constitution, the different nation states still retain their own individuality. Most Americans executives will probably find it easier adjusting to work life in Britain, with it's common language. HR managers should note that the southern European countries such as Italy, Spain and Portugal, have...
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...Business Analysis: Ford Motor Company Milan C. Kelly MGT 521 Christopher Romano August 1, 2011 Abstract In recent years several American corporations have seen record low sales and profit accumulation. Ford Motor Company is a company that has made steps toward improving sales, profit, and meeting the needs of all stakeholders. As a mutual fund manager, I will examine the SWOT Analysis, financial statements, and trends in the market to determine if Ford Motor Company is a wise investment. Recently, Ford has changed to make the company more appealing to investors. Strengths in the company include: strong engineering capability, extensive dealer network, diversified product base, and a strong market position. Ford’s focus in improving their automobile’s engineering capability is fuel efficiency and safety. The improvement of these characteristics is more appealing to consumers and allows this company to further develop the product line. With an extensive dealer network of 17,107 Ford could market and sell automobiles globally. Acquiring such a large global distribution permits Ford to meet the demands of the market as well as their consumers. The diversified product portfolio gives Ford an advantage over the competition. New and updated vehicle models such as small, mid-size, and premium sedans, pickup trucks, compact, and sports utility vehicles give consumers of different demographics a wide range...
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...Business Analysis: Ford Motor Company Milan C. Kelly MGT 521 Christopher Romano August 1, 2011 Abstract In recent years several American corporations have seen record low sales and profit accumulation. Ford Motor Company is a company that has made steps toward improving sales, profit, and meeting the needs of all stakeholders. As a mutual fund manager, I will examine the SWOT Analysis, financial statements, and trends in the market to determine if Ford Motor Company is a wise investment. Recently, Ford has changed to make the company more appealing to investors. Strengths in the company include: strong engineering capability, extensive dealer network, diversified product base, and a strong market position. Ford’s focus in improving their automobile’s engineering capability is fuel efficiency and safety. The improvement of these characteristics is more appealing to consumers and allows this company to further develop the product line. With an extensive dealer network of 17,107 Ford could market and sell automobiles globally. Acquiring such a large global distribution permits Ford to meet the demands of the market as well as their consumers. The diversified product portfolio gives Ford an advantage over the competition. New and updated vehicle models such as small, mid-size, and premium sedans, pickup trucks, compact, and sports utility vehicles give consumers...
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...companies have become foreign owned, which in turn means that more and more employees are getting foreign employers. The ongoing globalization process is indicating this trend will continue. The question is if the foreign investor will prioritize development in Sweden or if the research and development departments will be moved out from Sweden. A common effect of foreign acquisitions of Swedish companies has been the move of head offices out from Sweden, which can cause Sweden to lose competences in how to lead a large organization. Moreover, most foreign owned companies are controlled by a foreign com-pany or investor from any of the countries Norway, the USA, United Kingdom or Denmark. Purpose The purpose of this study is, from a management perspective, to investigate and discuss if and how a manager’s role and leadership style is influenced by having a foreign owner. As a part of the discussion the study will also examine which impact a foreign owner has on a Swedish subsidiary accord-ing to its leader. Method To accomplish the purpose of the study a qualitative approach has been applied. Telephone interviews of a semi structured character have been conducted with six managers with leading positions within middle-sized and large-sized companies. Conclusion Foreign owned subsidiaries tend to be managed rather independently from within the parent companies. In general, the subsidiaries have autonomy to a certain degree decided by the frames which have been set...
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...found any. Jerry’s style always seemed to Tony to be more about the people than the numbers. He obviously hit promotion finally started to sink in. Jerry’s promotion to regional manager didn’t give either of them a lot of time to manage the transition, so the day had been filled with a lot of information—forms, rules, regulations, guidelines, and plenty of tips and tricks from Jerry on how to cope with the unexpected. In the peace and quiet of his apartment, Tony started thinking back to his earlier days at the Taco Barn and to the many lessons he had learned from both Jerry and Dawn. They were very different in their approach to their jobs. Dawn was all about the numbers. 26 LEARNING objectives CH A P T ER After studying this chapter, you will be able to: 1 Explain the role of the Industrial Revolution in the development of managerial thought and identify the captains of industry and their role in management’s evolution. Define scientific management, and outline the role Frederick W. Taylor played in its development. Identify and explain the human relations movement. Explain the systems...
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...Ibrahim Masmoum Business Development in Emerging Economies 11 April 2014 A) In your opinion – What is the future of Emerging Economies? It seems almost impossible to deny that the emerging economies have a big future. In the last two decades, many developing countries have experienced economic growth and have come over many challenges such as social, political and technological. The economic growth is changing the outlook of those emerging markets. The future of developing countries is very promising and likely to bring large-scale developments and improvements for those emerging economies. Emerging economies are growing at a high rate, which is giving them an economic importance as their share of the world total GDP is still growing (IMF, 2014). However, many factors are challenging the rapid growth of emerging markets. In fact, in some countries such as Turkey and Brazil, it’s proving difficult to achieve a sustainable growth due to political risks. In terms of opportunities, emerging markets are the most promising because they are very rich in human resources (China and India) and natural resources (oil in Middle east and energy in Russia). The financial crisis in 2008-2009 has given the emerging markets more confidence to take the lead on the international level. In my opinion, the opportunities for emerging economies are big because they are experiencing a lot of social and political developments and on the long-term nations like China, India, Russia and Brazil...
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...Weaknesses | 9 | 2-3Opportunities | 10 | 2-4Threats | 10 | 3-Corporate Social Responsibility | 11 | 4- PESTEL Analysis | 14 | 4-1 Political analysis | 14 | 4-1-1 Coca Cola Company is an American symbol of imperialism | 15 | 4-1-2 Coca Cola in MENA Region | 15 | 4-2Economic analysis | 16 | 4-3 Social analysis | 19 | 4-4 Environmental analysis | 19 | 4-5 Legal analysis | 19 | 5- marketing mix | 19 | 5-1 product line and range | 19 | 5-2 pricing | 19 | 5-3 promotion | 19 | 5-4 place | 21 | 6 – the bottling company | 21 | 7 - conclusion | 22 | Executive Summary Coca cola company market audit should be wider than the range of this report. With a pioneer company holding the biggest market share in its industry, there are lots of parameters to analyze and study to find out the secrets and factors of this huge success. A SWOT analysis was done, explaining strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats facing the company. And that is followed by a SELPET Analysis explaining Social, Economical, Legal, Political, Environmental and Technological factors. In the sustainability report, the current CEO Muhtar Kent announced a company expansion target of the double by 2020, and the ways to reach their. He explained the main areas which the company has to focus on in order to achieve this great goal. The market mix of the company was explained. The Corporate Social Responsibility of the company and its impact of cleaning the company’s image were...
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