Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you  have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will  reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your  responses. Refer to the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric under the  Settings icon above for guidance on how your discussion will be  evaluated.   Globalization and Barriers to […]

  Principles of Business Management – Week 6 Assignment Organizational Strategy and Innovation In this assignment you’ll be developing the second section of the Camp Bow Wow Dog Park Summary Report that is based around the concepts of organizational strategy, innovation, and managing change. Now that you have mapped out how you are planning, organizing, leading, and controlling your task force formation, the next step […]

  The importance of audience analysis, particularly demo graphical information, can be to your speech presentation. Knowing the makeup of your audience allows you to tailor your speech. The topic you choose, your word choice, and your examples should all factor in the specific audience you will address. This assignment will ask you to complete an analysis of a particular audience. The guidelines are outlined […]

Week 14 185-237 identify what portion of the reading you thought was particularly important/interesting. Describe why this portion of the reading important and what should be learned from it. Identify any sociological concepts that this portion of the reading displays and how it displays them. Then write one good discussion question question about this week’s reading material. In your replies to peers you should answer […]

  As an aside – My personal belief is that concepts and theories are of little value to each us if we do not learn to apply them to the real world. For this reason, we will have applied activities as often as possible.  We are always learning together, myself included.  Please feel free to call or email me if you want to discuss further. […]

Purpose of Assignment  The Case Study focuses on CVP (Cost-Volume-Profit), break-even, and margin of safety analyses which allows students to experience working through a business scenario and applying these tools in managerial decision making.  Resources Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis Grading Guide Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)  Tutorial help on Excel and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft Office website. […]

  Introduction Disagreements occur because we have differences of opinions, values, and goals. Solutions to disagreements require negotiation skills. While negotiating, the parties involved have to “generate options, brainstorm ideas, give and take, and attempt to get their mutual goals met” (Hocker & Wilmot, 2014, p. 249). Reference Hocker, J., & Wilmot, W. (2014). Interpersonal conflict (9th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill. Demonstration of Proficiency […]

Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:  One criticism of psychological profiling is the tendency for police to believe the expert, even if the profile is mistaken on key variables, which may divert them from meaningful leads. This was exemplified in the search for the D.C. snipers in 2002. Do you think this is a common danger for profiling? If so, how […]

  White collar crimes are generally crimes committed in a business/banking type manner. Crimes where you can wear a white shirt and tie, and not get dirty. Something you won’t get wrinkled, bloody, dusty, greasy, etc. doing. Nonviolent – for profit – economic gain – no person to person injury. Take a look at the statutes below for the four major flavors of these crimes: […]

  This is the final assessment part of a cluster of AACSB initiatives.  You must complete it before thend of the term but after Module 4.  To do this assessment,  first read the following article: Sims Faraj & Yun (2009).pdf and then view (if you have not already done so) the docudrama “Pirates of Silicon Valley (Links to an external site.)” (1999)  available online.   Once you […]