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, “In Sneaker Wars, It’s Also Curry (Under Armour) vs. James (Nike)”, on the use of celebrity endorsements in the competition between Nike and Under Armour. Think about a time when a celebrity endorsement influenced you to buy a product. In the discussion thread,describe the following:

1. The product and the celebrity endorsing it
2. How the endorsement influenced your decision to buy the product

1)Address the role of unions in wage and salary policies and practices.
 Your response must be a minimum of 200 words in length.

2) Explain alternative rewards systems for unions and their purpose.
   Your response must be a minimum of 200 words in length.

3)Summarize and explain the influence that three of the following laws or regulations play in special group compensations:

• Davis Bacon Act of 1931
• Walsh-Healey Act of 1936
• Equal Pay Act of 1963
• Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009
• Your response must be a minimum of 200 words in length.

4)Address how Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) plays a role in executive benefits.
Your response must be a minimum of 200 words in length.

 Instructions

Reflect on leaders in your own life (either personally or professionally).  Describe one leader who you feel was able to guide diverse teams effectively.  What qualities did this leader possess, and what explicitly did you learn from  this individual? 

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are  necessary. 

Answers all questions, 7 in total, attached in a complete essay with a 3-page with 3 references in APA format. 

Your paper must be double spaced, in 12 points and include a cover page and page numbers. 

The case study can be found in Harvard Business Publishing.

Arguments Worksheet

Selectand reviewone of the following articles from Opposing Viewpoints in Context:

· Health Care Issues

· Compensation for College Athletes

· Technology and Society

· Social Media

· Advertising

Write a 25- to 50-word response to each of the following prompts:

1. What is the issue in the argument you selected?

2. Provide an unbiased explanation of all viewpoints or premises of the issue.

3. Which viewpoint or premise is weak or irrelevant? Explain why.

4. Is the argument inductive or deductive? Why?

5. What is the value of understanding multiple viewpoints before forming an opinion or argument?

1. Provide an APA-formattedreferencefor the article you reviewed. Use the Citation Tools link in the Tools section to the right of the article for assistance, and select “APA, 6th Edition” from the drop-down menu.

performance Appraisals

• Determine why organizations can have higher productivity when top managers encourage supervisors to set goals, assess performance, and provide feedback to employees. Support your answer with examples. Then, describe the experience you have had with performance appraisals and how your performance has been influenced by them. 
• Go to businessballs’ Website and review the information regarding performance appraisals. Next, rate the importance of measuring performance and providing an opportunity for feedback. Support your position.

Hi, I really need help taking a Health Service Management Quiz..10 questions.. the chapters are in leadership and chapter 13 Motivation ..online class will provide login info

Post a cohesive response to the following:

Post a model you have selected that health care organizations might use to improve the culture of quality. Describe whether the ethical theory of Just Culture would improve the quality of a health care organization and how.

Support your response by identifying and explaining key points and/or examples presented in the Learning Resources.

Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings. Consider how your colleagues’ postings relate to the information presented in the Learning Resources and to your own posting.

Scope Management and Health Checks

Your brother in-law is about to submit a scope statement to the town council for the July 4th parade and picnic he has volunteered to project manage. Your town has about 6,000 households, and this is the first time the town council gave a tentative approval for the parade and picnic. The council president thinks that about $1,500 can be allocated for the event. Since your brother in-law knows you are taking a project management class, he has asked that you to look over his draft scope statement. He knows that the scope statement should be professional so that the town council will see him as responsible and allocate the money for the parade and picnic. Here is his scope statement.

4th of July Parade and Picnic in Anytown, USA

Project Objective – to organize and hold both a parade and picnic from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on July 4th

• Deliverables
• Parade security
• Picnic security
• Hour parade
• Hour picnic
• Local business sponsors
• Food Trucks
• Latrine Arrangement
• Advertisement
• Volunteer Coordination

Milestones

1. Get permits for closing the parade route to traffic
2. Finalize venue location (local school or park)
3. Police
4. Fire Department
5. Sponsorships
6. Latrines
7. Food trucks
8. Set-up
9. Clean-up

Technical Requirements

1. Parking for parade
2. Parking for picnic
3. Audio system for music
4. Traffic control

Limitations

1. Maximum 20 automobiles/floats
2. Insurance
3. Food trucks donate 10% to town council
4. Fire marshall
5. Strict adherence to time limit of 10 a.m-2 p.m.

Provide input to your brother-in-law on:

• the scope statement,
• scope creep prevention,
• stakeholder management,
• metrics for success,
• ways to recover the project should it become distressed,
• how and when he should perform health checks, and,
• any other items he should consider from a project management perspective.

Instructions

Select the company from the Fortune 500 –  https://fortune.com/fortune500/ 

Prepare a 10-page Research paper on one of the following topics:

• Changing Organizational Priorities that change scope of projects
• Change Management impact on Projects and/or Change management impact on operations management
• Lack of accountability on project requirements
• Unrealistic deadlines for project completion
• Relationship of project to strategy of the business

Guidelines:

• Relate your paper to a specific project or initiative (this can be a past or future project at your organization, a past project from another company or a future project you wish to undertake). In review of all of the aspects of Project Management what one area do you believe will be your biggest challenge? Explain for the project chosen, explain, analyze, synthesize, and summarize the impact that the application of operations management will have. Provide examples of specific projects or operations failures for the chosen company, and relate how this conforms or deviates from effective project management standards/theory.
• Research Paper will be in APA format
• Research papers will be 10- pages in content length (not including cover and reference page)
• Research paper will have a minimum of 10 quality peer-reviewed references in APA format including intext citations.

FYI, it doesn’t have to be *just* a Fortune 500 company, it can be a previous employer or even a current one as well, whether they are a Fortune 500 or not. You can analyze and discuss a project or standard operating procedures that you witnessed or went through there, discuss the specs, challenges, risks, failures, aspects that went well, etc. If you’d like you can do some comparing to your current/proposed project you’ve been working throughout the term as well…but I’m most interested in seeing you analyze and breakdown a project of some sort. Be sure to tie the discussion back to content, concepts, and theoretical frameworks that we have discussed throughout the term.

Now, you can also analyze a company that you’ve never worked with. A great place to look for an example is in our current textbook. Beginning in Part Six (page 433), it is all case studies. This would be a great place to find an organization, get the details on a project/operational dilemma, and be in a position to analyze the material in more detail. Of course, you can use some additional research, like looking at the organization’s website and other Internet searches for background info on the company as a whole…but those case studies will provide a great deal of info for you in regard to the content we’re discussing.

Textbook

Schroeder, R., Goldsetien, S. & Rungtusanatham, J. (2010). Operations Management: Operations Management in the Supply Chain: Decisions and Case, 6th edition. ISBN:978-0073525242