Assignment:

In reviewing the PLE data, Elizabeth Burke noticed that defects received from suppliers have decreased (worksheet Defects After Delivery). Upon investigation, she learned that in 2010, PLE experienced some quality problems due to an increasing number of defects in materials received from suppliers.

The company instituted an initiative in August 2011 to work with suppliers to reduce these defects, to more closely coordinate deliveries, and to improve materials quality through reengineering supplier production policies. Elizabeth noted that the program appeared to reverse an increasing trend in defects; she would like to predict what might have happened had the supplier initiative not been implemented and how the number of defects might further be reduced in the near future.

In meeting with PLEs human resources director, Elizabeth also discovered a concern about the high rate of turnover in its field service staff. Senior managers have suggested that t

Some publicly traded companies have made embarrassing marketing missteps in recent years and have had to pull advertising or apologize publicly for the errors in marketing, Tweets, Facebook postings, and so forth. Write an essay about how you would aim to prevent these errors. Cite specific examples of the errors and state whether you think the action the company took was effective to restore the corporate reputation. You must provide at least two separate marketing errors. Multiple errors in one advertisement/marketing campaign count only as one marketing error. 

Watch a brief video of John Gottman discussing his research: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=625t8Rr9o6o
In a 1-2 page paper, answer the following:
In what ways did the couples display each of the following horsemen (one per couple)? Be specific about their verbal and nonverbal behavior that led you to this conclusion:
Contempt, criticism, stonewalling, and defensiveness
How would you recommend each couple communicate better to address the problem they demonstrate? Be specific. For example, avoid generalizations like talk more, be nicer, listen. Instead, recommend specific verbal and nonverbal messages they could use.
Importantly, why do you think the behaviors you recommend address each of the four horsemen?

Watch this movie and complete a write up. In your write up, link the movie to marketing strategy and specifically the hospitality industry. This video special is now 16 years old.  What have we learned? What are the take-home messages and/or prescriptions the video offers? Think about the significance of the movie for explaining and guiding the hospitality industry over the next 1-4 years. 

The movie: https://www.pbs.org/video/frontline-persuaders/

Submit Term Paper in Turnitin Here. Remember to include both reference and intext citations and follow the APA guidelines to format paper. Select three topics of your choice and reflect on what you learned in the course. Remember to apply concepts from the course material and from two outside sources. Students are also required to develop a list of three topics that you found difficult to comprehend and explain why. The term paper must be written using the APA guidelines. Both references and in-text citations must be APA format. This paper should be in MS WORD, double-spaced, Arial or Calibri font, between 4 to 5 pages in length.

Functions of HRM
[WLO: 3] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
The primary function of HRM is to increase the effectiveness and contribution of employees attaining organizational goals and objectives. Consider all the areas of HRM that have been discussed in this course:

Performance management
Human resources planning, recruitment, and selection
Human resources development
Compensation and benefits
Employment and labor laws and regulations
In your final paper,

Provide a high-level overview of each HRM area listed above.
Discuss HR functions within a performance management system that contribute to effective training and development.
Explain how an effective performance management system along with compensation and benefits can attract, develop, and retain talented employees.
Analyze employment and labor laws and regulations that impact these areas of HRM listed above and the relationships between employees and employers.
Explain how the functions of HRM

Question 1

Why is strong marketing management probably more important in healthcare than in other industries?

Question 2

What is the explanation for the growing influence of marketing research on the decision-making process in healthcare?

Reference:

Thomas, R (2020). Marketing Health Services: Fourth Edition. Foundation of the American College of Healthcare Executives

should include at least two peer-reviewed article/journal/book as a citation (not including the course textbook)

Project Proposal
Throughout this course, you will work in each unit to build a project plan that will ultimately become your final deliverable for Unit VIII. Starting in Unit II, you will begin creating components that will cumulatively make up your final project plan. Your professor will grade each component and offer feedback. The feedback can then be used to make any improvements before submitting all components of the final project plan in Unit VIII.
The outline below represents how your final project plan should be organized.
Project Overview (Units II and III)
1.1 Purpose, Scope and Objectives, and Business Case
1.1.1 Scope
1.1.2 Statement of Work (SOW)
1.1.3 Business Case
1.2 Project Deliverables
1.3 Project Organization
1.4 Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
1.4.1 Task Description Documentation
1.4.2 Organization Breakdown Structure (OBS)
1.5 Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
1.6 Work Authorization
1.7 Work Charter
Risk Assessmen

Ratio Analysis
This is your opportunity to play detective and do some financial statement analysis. Please select any publicly traded company. The CSU Online Library has several databases to choose from that are good starting points for your research:
Mergent Online,
Business Insights: Global,
Business Source Ultimate, and
ABI/INFORM Collection.
In addition to using at least one database article or report from the CSU Online Library, you may also use any reliable website, such as the companys web page.
For the company you select, find the annual report and the financial ratio information for the following ratios:
debt-to-equity,
current ratio,
return on equity,
quick ratio,
working capital ratio,
price earnings ratio, and
earnings per share.
Once you have reviewed the information, write an essay that begins with a brief introduction to your chosen company. Next, explain how the company is doing with respect to the ratios. In one to three sen

The purpose of this paper is for you to make connections between and among the topics that you addressed in weeks 1 through 6.

Note this paper is NOT a cut and paste of your posts and threaded comments. It is an analysis of the interrelationships of themes, topics, and implications of your work from the first six weeks of the course.

Your paper should address the following:

      Information collected from your posts and some of the more provocative insights from your classmates to create an amalgam that spans the six weeks of the posting assignments.

      The articles you select to use in your weekly posts could be about debates and controversies in cross-cultural management and its impact on leadership.

Requirements include:
      The final paper should be 8-10 pages in length.

      Include at least 10 references (these may be from your readings throughout the course as wel