Assignment 1: Innovation from Google’s Free Food Strategy

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Assignment 1: Innovation from Google’s Free Food Strategy

Due Week 4 and worth 300 points

 

Google is widely known for its workplace creativity and innovation within the technology field. Its search engine is the most extensively used search tool in the world, its data analytics are revolutionary, and it continues to raise the bar for innovation and design with Google Glass, smart watches, and mobile phones. Google has been featured in dozens of technology and business magazines.

 

Additionally, Fortune Magazine’s list of the “Best Companies to Work For 2014” has ranked Google number one (#1). This ranking is largely due to employee benefits such as free meals, dry cleaning services, video games, massage therapy, in-door gyms, shuttle services, and affordable daycare services for employees.

 

In addition to your textbook, review the following articles and videos about Google’s work culture in preparation for this assignment:

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

  1. Briefly describe Google, its mission, and its business model.
  2. Analyze the types of people that work at Google, with respect to the business culture of the organization. Indicate one to two (1-2) qualities that define a leader at Google, and determine the typical background of a Google employee.
  3. Identify two (2) examples of services or amenities that Google provides to its employees, interns, partners, and visitors. Next, examine two to three (2-3) ways in which such free services and amenities create an organizational culture that fosters creativity and innovation. Note: In the context of business, “creativity” means having the ability to conceive something new and original, including ideas, imagination, and things that are outside of the box. “Innovation” is the implementation and execution of something new, including products, technology, services, and business models.
  4. Discuss Google’s organizational culture, and determine whether or not you would prefer to work in this type of environment. Indicate whether or not Google’s company culture would help you to perform your tasks with a greater degree of creativity and innovation. Provide a rationale for your response.
  5. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

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 or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • 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.

 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 

  • Describe the primary functions of management (planning, organizing, leading, controlling) and the associated skills, tools, and theoretical approaches that can be used to accomplish these functions.
  • Explain the principal theories and the various approaches to management that have evolved over time and their application to current management situations.
  • Explain the decision-making process management uses to develop viable courses of action to a variety of management situations.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in management concepts.
  • Write clearly and concisely about management concepts using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.

Questions

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11) In the development of a SFAS matrix, the first step is to
A. enter the ratings of how the company’s management is responding to each of the strategic factors
B. calculate the weighted scores
C. list the most important EFAS and IFAS items
D. indicate short-term for the duration
E. enter the weights for all of the internal factors
12) The technique that illustrates how management can match the external opportunities and threats with its strengths and weaknesses to yield four sets of strategic alternatives is called a (an)
A. IFAS Table
B. EFAS Table
C. SFAS Table
D. TOWS Matrix
E. Issues Priority Matrix
13) Which strategy specifies the firm’s overall direction in terms of its general orientation toward growth, the industries or markets in which it competes, and the manner in which it coordinates activities and transfers resources among business units?
A. Corporate
B. Functional
C. Divisional
D. Organizational
E. Business
14) Continuous improvement is an operations concept developed in
A. the United States
B. Sweden
C. Japan
D. Germany
E. Canada
15) The process by which a firm approaches its cross-border activities and those of competitors, and plans to approach them in the future, is called
A. staging
B. international strategy
C. competitive strategy
D. cross-border configuration
16) What question must managers ask concerning the relationship between economic logic and international strategy?
A. Which geographic areas will we enter?
B. How does our international strategy contribute to the economic logic of our business and corporate strategies?
C. How does being international make our products more attractive to our customers?
D. Which international market-entry strategies will we use?
17) Which strategy is developed to pull together the various activities and competencies of each department so that corporate and business unit performance improves and resource productivity is maximized?
A. Business strategy
B. Competitive strategy
C. Generic strategy
D. Enterprise strategy
E. Functional strategy
18) The strategy that deals with product and process innovation and improvement is known as a ________ strategy.
A. marketing
B. R&D
C. operations
D. financial
E. human resource management
19) The hiring of new people with new skills, firing of people with inappropriate or substandard skills, and/or training existing employees to learn new skills are included the process of
A. training
B. staffing
C. structuring
D. operating
E. financing
20) The strategy implementation tool used to determine what actions are going to be taken, by whom, during what time frame, and with what expected results is called a(n)
A. mission statement
B. action plan
C. MBO
D. TQM
E. succession plan

Illustration Paragraph

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 Write an Illustration Paragraph (5 – 7 sentences).

Why attending a community college is right for me.

 

ENG 0113 (1)CriteriaRatingsPtsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeForm Topic Sentence or Thesis Statement about a Given Issue
20.0 ptsWell-constructed topic/thesis sentence is made about a given issue

16.0 ptsA somewhat convincing topic/thesis is made about a given topic or issue

12.0 ptsTopic/thesis sentence is vague or poorly constructed

8.0 ptsTopic sentence/thesis has been attempted. *Written as a fragment or run-on.

4.0 ptsNo topic/thesis sentence has been stated.
20.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOrganize and Connect Major Ideas Logically (Use of a pre-writing activity)
20.0 ptsOrganization is so clear that the reader knows at all times what the purposej is and how the writer intends to accomplish it.

16.0 ptsOrganization is clear though lacking full clarity and coherence.

12.0 ptsOrganization is evident but not effective.–pre-writing incomplete

8.0 ptsOrganization is unclear. –pre-writing is missing–under written

4.0 ptsThe paragraph lacks a beginning, middle, and/or end.
20.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWrite a Variety of Sentence Structures.
20.0 ptsThe writing displays a variety of sentence structures. Sentences reflect student’s mastery of language.

16.0 ptsThe writing contains a variety of sentence structures; however, content lacks cohesion

12.0 ptsThe writing contains a variety of sentence structures with isolated errors (fragments and run-ons)

8.0 ptsThe writing lacks a variety of sentence structures with significant errors (fragments and run-ons)

4.0 ptsThe writing contains excessive sentence structure errors.
20.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeExpress Ideas in the Clearest Form of Standard English
20.0 ptsFree of errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and usage. Collegiate level vocabulary is used throughout the writing.

16.0 ptsMinor errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and usage.

12.0 ptsIsolated errors in grammar, punctuation, spelling, and usage. Clarity and credibility are reduced.

8.0 ptsGrammar, punctuation, spelling, and usage errors are frequent.

4.0 ptsGrammar, punctuation, spelling, and usage are severely deficient.
20.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeWord Process Document According to MLA Guidelines.
20.0 ptsWork meets MLA guidelines.

16.0 ptsWriting displays adequate format with isolated/minor oversights.

12.0 ptsDocument has 2-3 areas with significantt format errors.

8.0 ptsMakes attempt to follow format guidelines with difficulty.

4.0 ptsMakes no attempt to follow format guidelines.
20.0 pts
Total Points: 100.0

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Part One: There is a range of school models that exist within our school communities, all of which have the goal of helping students achieve their potential. You will need to interview two teachers, principals, or teaching support staff members from two different schools to complete this assignment. Although it is not necessary, you should try to visit each site. Each school must be a different school model as discussed in the readings. Compare and contrast the two schools based on what you learn from your visits and/or interviews. The goal is to analyze the two different school models, compare the type of teaching and learning that occurs within each, understand what each school has identified as a priority, and understand what each school or classroom has determined is the top issue(s). In addition to identifying key statistics, such as the type of school, demographics, and student-to-teacher ratio, use the following questions as a guide for your observation/interview:

  1. What are the most important issues you currently face in ensuring all students achieve their potential?
  2. How are you addressing these issues?
  3. What role does technology play in classrooms to support teaching and learning?
  4. If you had to choose one subject area that your students need the most support in mastering, what would it be?
  5. What do you see as the most important skills to be taught?
  6. How would you identify 21st-century skills?
  7. How would you describe the teaching in your classroom?
  8. What role do you see students having in the teaching and learning process? Teachers?
  9. How has teaching changed over the years?
  10. What are the key issues you currently face?

Part Two: Place the information you glean from your interviews in a chart similar to the one below. This project is designed to give you insights into the real-life issues, topics, and complexities that practitioners address daily while also providing a forum for you to reflect on your beliefs and practices. Once the chart is complete, you should include a two- to three-page summary, identifying the implications of what you gleaned from your research on your own practice. Questions to consider in your summary are:

  1. What did you learn from the visits?
  2. What are the implications for your own teaching and learning? Your philosophy of education?
  3. What areas of new knowledge do you plan to explore?
  4. How was your thinking different or similar?
  5. How would you address some of the issues in your classroom?
  6. How would you prioritize the work in these classrooms if you were the teacher?
  7. What role could technology play in assisting with the work?
  8. Reflect on the ISTE Standards for Teachersyou reviewed last week and share any insights related to your research.

  School A
 School B
 Differences/Similarities identified
between schools. Points to consider.
Type of School
      
Total Population/Demographics
      
Student to Teacher Ratio
      
Key Issues Facing
      
Role of Technology
      
21st Century Skills
      
…………      


Please support your claims and assertions with the literature and information from the interview. For your references, you should use the course textbook, the videos, and resources for this week, as well as at least two peer-reviewed articles from the Library. This assignment should be three to five pages in length plus a title page and reference page.

Discussion Board

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The medieval period in history is the period in which monotheist took root against polytheism and pantheism. It was a definite transition period that changed the scope of history and shaped everything from artwork and philosophy to science and fashion.Imagine if that hadn’t happened. Imagine if polytheism and pantheism had remained strong and Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and the other monotheistic religions hadn’t become strong. Choose a country in the world and tell what would be different about that country if monotheism had been just one of many options in religion rather than the dominant religion of the state. Each student must pick a different country. Find out what the native religion of the country was and explain how that might have effected the development of the nation. 

Write at least 20 complete, grammatically correct sentences about this matter

Respond to a classmate’s post after posting your own adding to their picture if you know any other details about the development of their country (3 complete, grammatically correct sentences at least).

student post

If the current dominant monotheistic religions had not been shoved into the social/political/institutional aspects (the everythings) of history, religion itself would not have the influence we see now. Polytheistic and pantheistic religions did not demand so much force. Seeing God as the Universe (pantheism) or God in multiple essences (polytheism) had influence on the people, of course. But the world had not seen quite such large-scale intimidation before seeing God as one and as above you. All three dominant monotheistic religions have been utilized by those in power to oppress the common people, but Christianity in particular comes to mind. Christianity has seen epochs of brutal force and fear strike (western) society.  In Europe they did so by instilling fear of GOD; the fear of hell. Beyond just that, the powerful convinced the people that in order to be Good and go to Heaven, one must abide by the rules of their institution. They must go to church and listen to a (man) spew lies about the Bible and how one must live their lives. This European influence followed the very foundation of the United States of America! It is in GOD that we trust not in many. Christianity has been the justification for what the powerful deem acceptable. It has been used in the U.S. to justify things from the oppression of woman to the subjugation of blacks to the abuse of immigrants and the persecution of gays. But it is the fear and the misguidance of a seemingly all powerful institution that destroys the name of Christianity. Had it not been for Christianity, all this would be different and far less rampant. Or at least the justification would not be so strong and influential because the religious institutions would not have been such a powerful force to begin with. People would not have been fed such potent lies. 

Reflection

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Interpersonal effectiveness is a broad topic that entails many aspects of how we view and interact with the world. In each module, you will take in a great amount of information from a variety of sources—your reading, media presentations, case studies, etc. In addition to graded reflection activities, you are encouraged to keep a journal through the course to reflect on how what you learn applies to your life as a person, professional, and student. This module, your graded reflection activity will focus on your own interpersonal effectiveness and propose ways that you can improve areas of weakness.

For this assignment, you must submit a brief reflection paper to the Submissions Area. Before you start, choose a partner to interview, someone who is close to you that can provide you with serious feedback about your interpersonal effectiveness. This person may be a close friend, family member, or significant other. Explain each of the four components of interpersonal effectiveness to your partner (competence, mindfulness, emotional intelligence and ethics). Ask your partner how they feel you are doing in each component.  (Take notes!) What do you do well, what needs attention or improvement?
 

You should write your reflection paper using Microsoft Word, double-spaced, and using a 12-point font. Provide a reference for any sources, such as your textbook, at the end of your paper. This paper should be about 1 pages in length. Please make sure that you are including the terms and concepts from your readings and course site to support your reflection.

Consider the four components of interpersonal effectiveness, competence, emotional intelligence, mindfulness and ethics. Think about how you are doing in each of these components. How does your friend/partner think you are doing on each of these components? Where are you doing well? Where do you need some practice?    

  1. How do each of these tenets of interpersonal communication affect you in the following areas: (Please write at least ½ page for these.)   
    1. Personally?
    2. Academically?
    3. Professionally?
  2. Summarize two key insights from this assignment. What do you know now about your behavior and interpersonal effectiveness that you didn’t know before? (Please write at least ½ page for this.)
  3. Looking back at the goals that you set for yourself, what new behaviors can you practice that will help you reach them? Explain. (Please write at least ½ page for this.) 

Save your paper as LastnameFirstinitial_M2_A2 and submit your responses to the questions to the Submissions Area by the due date assigned.

PRES 111 Presentation Essentials Unit 1 DB rhetorical_triangle

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Use the Internet, library, and unit resources to research each of the following
four approaches for developing a presentation:

a speech or lecture

 

a workshop

 

a discussion

 

a group activity

 

You are expected to do the following:


Explain the reasons why or when you would use each of these approaches.


Describe how the three attributes of the Rhetorical Triangle (speaker,
audience, and situation) are utilized in each of the four approaches

 

 

LAYOUT OF PAPER:

Part  1: A speech or lecture

 

– Begin this section of your paper by explaining how, why and/or when you would use a
speech or lecture to develop a presentation.

 

– Then you should explain how the three components of the Rhetorical Triangle (i.e.,
the speaker, the audience, and the situation) operate within the dynamics of a
speech or lecture.

 

Part 2: A workshop

– Begin this section of your paper by explaining how, why and/or when you would use a
workshop to develop a presentation.

– Then you should explain how the three components of the Rhetorical Triangle (i.e.,
the speaker, the audience, and the situation) operate within the dynamics of a
workshop.

 

Part  3: A discussion

– Begin  this section of your paper by explaining how, why and/or when you would use a
discussion to develop a presentation.

– Then you should explain how the three components of the Rhetorical Triangle (i.e.,
the speaker, the audience, and the situation) operate within the dynamics of a
discussion.

Part 4: A group activity

– Begin this section of your paper by explaining how, why and/or when you would use a
group activity to develop a presentation.

– Then you should explain how the three components of the Rhetorical Triangle (i.e.,
the speaker, the audience, and the situation) operate within the dynamics of a
group activity.

 

5. CITATIONS AND REFERENCES

Be sure to use your own words in composing this assignment. You also should cite
all of your sources and include a reference section at the end of your
paper. APA is the preferred formatting style for work in this
class.

6. LENGTH

You should expect this assignment, fully completed, will be about 3-4 paragraphs
long.

            

GA

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There are 3 PDF, 1 word doc and 1 powerpoint you can find down there. 
Please write 3-5 pages long, in MLA format (double spaced, TNR/Arial/Calibri 12, 1 inch margins). Pay attention to grammar, spelling, citations, and other mechanical issues. You must have a works cited page.  (don’t just cut and paste all your annotations together)
 

1. PDF 1: Please see “Lit review thoughts” first, then you will know what you will do for the Literature Review. Use the Annotated Bibliography that you did before (you find 5 articles and did  Annotated Bibliography for those five). Then, for this work, the Literature Review, you don’t need to use all 5 articles. You can just use 3 or 4 articles for this work which can contribute to one topic (related to the topic that I choose). More details are in the “Lit review thoughts”.

 
2. word doc 1 : “lit review info” the word doc will tell you what is Literature Review.
 
3. Powerpoint 1: “lit review presentation” will help you know more detail about this work.
 
4. PDF 2: Also, “Example lit review” is a Example about how to do this work (Literature Review). Look careful for this PDF, and follow this template.
 
Make sure you do this work after you see this two PDF, 1 word doc and 1 powerpoint.
 
5. PDF 3:”example paper scans” is an other example that can help you write the Literature Review. If you understand how to do this work, you cannot see this PDF.
 
(For last work you did: My professes give me some advise for last work the “Annotated Bibliography”one Overall, some solid research. Your articles are good and should help you with your project. I would liked to have seen a little more discussion of your critique and your evaluation, but overall, nice job. 
please just add some critique for it. Thank you so much!)

Municipal Solid Waste

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v Assignment

Deliverable Length: 2–3 pages    

Points Possible: 150   

Library Research Assignment

 

Municipal solid waste (MSW) is all of the garbage, refuse, trash, or junk that gets thrown away from homes and small businesses. All of this MSW is collected and taken away. Have you ever wondered where it goes? In the 1950s and 60s, it went to open dumps. In the 1970s, landfills were established, but there were problems, and today there is new legislation and technology to better manage this waste.

 

For this assignment, you will review the history of MSW and complete the following:

 

·         Describe an open dump.

o    Explain the environmental problems.

·         Describe an early landfill.

o    What are the problems associated with early landfills?

o    Include a discussion of leachate, methane, incomplete decomposition, and settling.

·         Describe a modern landfill.

o    What are the differences as compared to early landfills?

o    What improvements have been made?

·         Choose 1 of the following landfills, and explain the innovations being implemented to make the landfill more productive and to reduce its environmental impact:

o    Mariannhill Landfill, South Africa

o    Puente Hills Landfill, California

o    Altamont Landfill, California

o    Tessman Road Landfill, Texas

 

Philosophy Discussion

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Your answers to each of these questions should be at least one paragraph (6-7 sentences) long, and it should show some thoughtful consideration regarding the matters raised in the questions.  Your total set of answers to these questions needs to be at least 200 words.  Also, when you reply to these questions, be sure to insert the letter for each question next to your answer corresponding to that question.

You will also need to reply to at least two students.  When you reply to another student, you do not need to reply to that student’s answers to every single question for this week.  You can just pick their reply to one question and reply to their answer to that question.  Your replies to other students should be at least 100 words long each.

A. Start off by summarizing Anselm’s argument for God’s existence in your own words.  After summarizing Anselm’s argument, state if you think if it is a good argument or not.  Why or why not?

B. Reflect on Aquinas’ arguments for God’s existence.  Do you think that they are compelling arguments for God’s existence?  If so, why, if not, why not?

C. Suppose that Paley is offering an analogical argument for God’s existence.  Then we would take his argument to be like this.

Look at a watch, it has certain features such as order and intricately integrated parts that serve some purpose.  This is similar to lots of things that exist such as the eye, animals, and plants, which exhibit order and intricately integrated parts that serve some purpose.  Thus, since watches have a designer, there needs to be a designer of all of the things that exist in the universe.  This designer of everything in the universe is God.

An argument from analogy breaks down if there is enough dissimilarity between the two objects being compared.  Is this a problem for Paley’s argument (again assuming that he’s arguing by analogy)?  Why or why not?

D. Think about the argument for God’s existence developed by Collins.  The argument can be represented like this:

(1) Our universe is fine-tuned to sustain conscious, intelligent life.

The best explanation of (1) is that an intelligent designer such as God created our universe.

Assess the strength of this argument for God’s existence.  Do you think that it provides good reason to believe in God?  Why or why not?