I only need the first bullet point done and I need 2 references please.
Resources: Riordan Virtual Organization and Environmental Scan Paper
Use the Riordan Virtual Organization and research from last week’s Environmental Scan Paper for this assignment.
• Decide which competitive advantages Riordan has in common with the companies researched last week, and estimate which competitive strategies Riordan could use to improve innovation and sustainability of business operations both in the United States and in the global market.
• Explain why you chose these competitive strategies and estimate how they might affect sustainability of long-term organizational performance.
• Explain how the global market would affect the business strategy of Riordan.
Summarize your findings in a 700- to 1,050-word paper.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Sunday, and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.
To summarize what you have learned in this course and reflect on the future, you will write a brief essay. This essay should consist of a minimum of 3–6 paragraphs and use at least 1 reference (Web site or book may work best). Use the following to guide you as you prepare your essay. For this assignment, do not simply answer the questions; be sure to include an introduction, body, and conclusion in your essay.
The body of essay should cover the following:
1.Academic Strategies and Goals/Success Strategies ?Introduce the most important success strategy that you have learned in this course.
?Discuss what academic strategies you have gained from this course and any other strategies you have gained throughout the course and what you will need to work on moving forward.
?Discuss your academic goals as they relate to the strategies you have learned.
?Briefly explain how you will implement what strategies you have learned from this class as you move forward in your degree program.
2.Career Plans ?Discuss summarize how your short-term goals will help you achieve your or long-term career plans or interests based on the goals you have set.
?Briefly discuss how your academic strategies relate to your career plans.
3.Support and Resources ?Define what support and resources you will need from family, friends, coworkers, fellow students, and the university to help you achieve your goals.
?Briefly explain how you will obtain this support as you work towards completing your degree.
A minimum of 1 reference is required for this assignment
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Assignment 2:
Choose an industry you have not yet written about in this course, and one publicly traded corporation within that industry. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University’s online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.
Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:
Choose the two (2) segments of the general environment that would rank highest in their influence on the corporation you chose. Assess how these segments affect the corporation you chose and the industry in which it operates.
Considering the five (5) forces of competition, choose the two (2) that you estimate are the most significant for the corporation you chose. Evaluate how well the company has addressed these two (2) forces in the recent past.
With the same two (2) forces in mind, predict what the company might do to improve its ability to address these forces in the near future.
Assess the external threats affecting this corporation and the opportunities available to the corporation. Give your opinions on how the corporation should deal with the most serious threat and the greatest opportunity. Justify your answer.
Give your opinion on the corporation’s greatest strengths and most significant weaknesses. Choose the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to take maximum advantage of its strengths, and the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to fix its most significant weakness. Justify your choices.
Determine the company’s resources, capabilities, and core competencies.
Analyze the company’s value chain to determine where they can create value using the resources, capabilities, and core competencies discussed above.
Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality 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; 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 page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Identify how the six segments of the general environment affect an industry and its firms.
Identify the five forces of competition.
Analyze the external environment for opportunities and threats that impact the firm.
Analyze the internal environment of a company for strengths and weaknesses that impact the firm’s competitiveness.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in business administration.
Write clearly and concisely about business administration using proper writing mechanics.
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Write a critical thinking analysis (minimum 3 pages, maximum 5 pages) of the class following the logical progression of: belief systems, values, personality styles, needs hierarchy, motivation, flexibility, your response to change, decision and self-discipline, overcoming fear and doubt, your idea of faith-trust vs. belief
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Please use book “The Norton Anthology of American Literature: Volume A/B” – key elements of the work (plot, character, setting, themes,motifs, metaphors) should be analyzed and interpreted Discuss: American Literature pages:
pages 1170–1174 Frederick Douglass
pages 1174-1239 Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American Slave(1845)
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Chapter 7 presents several mechanisms used to capture and collect employee voice and dissent. These vary in how they operate and what they are able to accomplish.
There are several features of voice mechanisms that make them more or less viable and effective. Essentially, the viability and efficacy of a voice mechanism relies upon the intersection of four qualities (see Figure 7.4):
Select one of the videos from the supplemental materials for this unit to assess the efficacy and viability of the open door policies portrayed.
Thus, you analysis should draw a conclusion about the overall efficacy and viability of the open door policy based upon an assessment of the degree to which it:
• remained confidential
• afforded employee safety
• appeared authentic or trustworthy
• and was administered consistently
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you may watch any of the films below and submit a short paper which briefly describes the film, discusses what you learned, found interesting, or found problematic, and connects the film to the course materials and/or lecture.
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Explain key components and considerations for planning and implementing an interview process, starting with the following:
Explanations of selected type of interview
Sampling plan (purposive and theoretical sampling)
For each component of the interview process, provide the following:
Clear descriptions
An example (either actual or proposed)
Cite your sources as appropriate.
Identify 2–3 key learning points that are associated with interview strategies. Be sure to address the following:
Provide an explanation of each point.
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This essay is an assignment about cities and social equalities and I will upload for you the instructions( PDF called assignment B ) and the assignment is about 3 questions each question in 1 essay page and I want you to stick to them to understand how to do the essay.( please stick to the instructions )
the main textbook that I use in class is ( introduction to cities how place and space shape human experience ) so you will need the knowledge to write the essay
there are other sources I will upload them for you to help you for writing and answering each essay question and it is important to use them. ( the sources are websites and PDFs ) and at least use 2 for every question and be sure that you don’t mix between the websites and the main idea of each question .
these are the websites :
Kansas City Star articles from 1995 on sprawl, wealth, and FHA discrimination in KC
Racial inequality threatens Kansas City economy
http://www.kansascity.com/2013/10/28/4582799/racial-inequality-threatens-kansas.html
Bigotry and Blockbusting in Baltimore
NYC
Dasani – Homeless, Poverty in NYC
http://www.nytimes.com/projects/2013/invisible-child/?smid=pl-share#/?chapt=1
Division Street, U.S.A. (New York Times)
Cities Advance Their Fight Against Rising Inequality (NY Times)
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/07/business/economy/cities-advancing-inequality-fight.html
Census Estimate Shows New Shift To Urban Core
http://hereandnow.wbur.org/2014/03/27/city-growth-census
Does sprawl matter for social mobility?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2014/04/02/does-sprawl-matter-for-social-mobility/
The U.S. Cities Where the Rich Are Most Segregated From Everyone Else
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2014/04/us-cities-where-rich-are-most-segregated-everyone-else/8768/
The U.S. Cities With the Highest Levels of Income Segregation
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2014/03/us-cities-highest-levels-income-segregation/8632/
The U.S. Cities Where the Poor Are Most Segregated From Everyone Else
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2014/03/us-cities-where-poor-are-most-segregated/8655/
suburbs
How to Make Car-Share Work in the Suburbs
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/03/how-make-car-share-work-suburbs/8755/
Can Houston Learn to Love Light Rail?
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/04/can-houston-learn-love-light-rail/8820/
A Ranking of the Most Sprawling U.S. Metro Areas, and Why You Should Care
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/jobs-and-economy/2014/04/ranking-most-sprawling-us-metro-areas-and-why-you-should-care/8782/
In Many Cities, Rent Is Rising Out of Reach of Middle Class
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/15/business/more-renters-find-30-affordability-ratio-unattainable.html
Why Ridesharing Is a Way Bigger Deal for Suburban Seniors Than Urban Millennials (Atlantic Cities)
http://www.theatlanticcities.com/commute/2014/04/why-ridesharing-way-bigger-deal-suburban-seniors-urban-millennials/8930/
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