...Associate Level Material Appendix B Marketing Concepts In your own words, define the following marketing concepts and provide a relevant real world example to accompany each definition. |Concept |Definition |Example | |Need |Something that the consumer feels |utilities lights, Natural Gas, cell Phone, even cable | | |they can’t do without. | | |Benefit |Makes the consumer feels as if the|Purchasing a new Cell phone with apps that can help | | |money was well spent. |with everyday work duties. | |Exchange |“Barter” the act of swapping a |If someone can paint and need a person to do the | | |service for a service. |plastering. I can plaster and need someone to do | | | |painting. We can swap services that will be a benefit | | | |to both parties. | |Marketplace |Open...
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...health including strategic planning to attain and maintain personal optimal health. In addition, physical and mental diseases are discussed along with the dangers of environmental pollution, stress, addiction, and other negative factors that can affect personal health. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Donatelle, R. J. (2011). Health: The basics (Green ed.). Boston, MA: Benjamin Cummings....
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...professional level 2011 © CPA Australia 2011 CPA PROGRAM GUIDE—PROFESSIONAL LEVEL i Foreword Since its inception in 1986, the CPA Program has undergone many changes to maintain its relevance to the business world and ensure graduates are equipped to be leaders in finance, accounting and business advice. The CPA Program continues to be recognised as a leading professional program and receives strong endorsement by graduates. Over 75 000 members have completed the CPA Program to date. The CPA Program provides graduates with a world class, internationally recognised professional qualification. Employers need good strategists from a wide range of areas, whose skills are complemented by excellent business training. The CPA Program you are undertaking delivers top quality graduates who provide advice of the highest order to the business world. Approximately 23 000 CPA Australia members hold the position of General Manager, Financial Controller, Chief Financial Officer or Chief Executive Officer. CPA Australia strives to continually enhance the CPA Program’s global relevance and provide more ways for people to develop a career built on professional accounting skills. The CPA Program ensures candidates develop the appropriate skills, knowledge and values required of a CPA through a combination of coherent learning experiences. As shown in the following CPA Program diagram, the CPA Program formal education model consists of two levels: ■ The foundation level—core knowledge...
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...course reinforces the concept that learning effectively and living well involves both the mind and body. It presents the fundamentals of wellness and preventive health including strategic planning to attain and maintain personal optimal health. In addition, physical and mental diseases are discussed along with the dangers of environmental pollution, stress, addiction, and other negative factors that can affect personal health. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Getting Help Technical Support: Technical support is available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Call...
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...Contact (POC)] [Address] Re: Letter of Supply Dear Ms. Silver, This Letter of Supply is in reference to the offer that RMP Associates, Inc. submitted in response to the General Services Administration’s Contract GS-03F-0025M. Valley Forge can guarantee an uninterrupted source of supply, with sufficient quantities of product, for the duration of the base contract period (or option period). Valley Forge understands that all products and services that are offered on MAS contracts must be compliant with the Trade Agreements Act (TAA) (19 U.S.C. 2501, et seq.) As such, all products supplied by Valley Forge to RMP Associates, Inc. will be TAA compliant. You will be notified immediately upon discovery of any changes in the Country of Origin of supplied products. EPA/CPG: Valley Forge understands that if they certify that the products being supplied meet or exceed the minimum content levels established under the Comprehensive Procurement Guidelines (CPGs) program then they must furnish RMP Associates, Inc. proof in the form of a copy of the certification from the manufacturer or a copy of the environmental organization’s certification in order for RMP Associates, Inc. to be allowed to display the appropriate environmental attributes on their GSA contract. The percentage of the recovered materials and post-consumer materials must also be provided to the offeror/contractor. Valley Forge understands that if no proof of the environmental attributes being claimed...
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...Associate Level Material Critical Thinking Final Presentation Select and complete one of the following options: Option 1: Education Option 2: Marketing Option 3: City Council This benchmark assessment is a means for you to apply all you have learned in this course. It is recommended that you work on this a little each week to ensure adequate time is spent on building this presentation. To provide context, a variety of scenarios are provided for you to choose from. Regardless of the scenario, the presentation should include the same criteria. Option 1: Education Imagine you are an elementary school teacher wanting to add critical thinking to the curriculum at your school. You are preparing a presentation to deliver to the school board for your district. You want to convince them to change the way they teach thinking and to specifically address the explicit teaching of critical thinking in the elementary school setting. Research this topic online and in the University Library. Locate at least three articles on this topic, in addition to the Elder article. Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that includes the following: • Is this topic a problem or an issue? How would you express it? • What methods could you use to produce ideas to resolve this problem or issue? • What habits and perceptual blocks that hinder your thinking did you have to overcome with this topic? • How did you detect bias in your research...
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...reasonably assure investors, lenders, management, and stakeholders that the financial statements are free from material misstatement and accurately reflect the accounting of the entity for that period of time. However, an auditor cannot provide an absolute assurance due to the inherent limitations of an audit. Generally, an audit includes the following steps: overall audit planning, assess control risk, perform tests of controls, perform substantive tests of account balances, and finally complete the audit (Kerr, Elder and Arens). In the overall audit planning stage, the CPA has to obtain an understanding of the potential client’s business and establish if the CPA Firm and its associates are independent. These two steps must be done before the CPA Firm can decide to accept the audit engagement. There are many important factors, steps, issues, knowledge, just to name a few that go into an audit but this paper will focus on the issue of independence. One of the principles listed in the AICPA Professional Code of Conduct states that an auditor in public practice must be independent in appearance and fact (AICPA Standards). As stated previously, the initial step in the audit process is to perform overall audit planning. Within this first step the Firm and its associates have to decide if they are independent in regards to the potential client. The term associate will include all of the following entities and/or individuals; CPA Firm, the CPA employed by the CPA Firm, a partner...
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...7, 2009 Company Presented by: LOGO - PCI Associates President Adjunct Instructor – IU Kelley School of Business - IUPUI John S. Pennington Why Plan? Planning is a strategy for survival. Planning can be anywhere on the spectrum from the dream to the nightmare. PCI Associates 2 Why Do Organizations Plan? To anticipate and prepare for the future To ensure adequate and available resources To complete projects on time To avoid problems To establish backup plans To ensure we don’t forget tasks To determine potential results PCI Associates 3 What’s The Alternative? The alternative to planning is NOT planning, & businesses that do not plan are extremely difficult to control and manage: EXPEDITING is endemic Drift from Crisis to Crisis Priorities change from minute to minute High Stress diminishes customer service Costs are difficult to contain PCI Associates 4 What needs to be planned? Resources Information Systems Finances Services Products Materials Labor Equipment Facilities 5 PCI Associates SALES AND OPERATIONS PLANNING PCI Associates 6 Sales and Operations Planning All functions are aligned on one business plan CUSTOMER Strategic Plan Business Plan Sales and Operations Planning (Integrated set of Numbers) Mfg. Lab Finance HR Sales & Mktg. Aggregate Sales Plan Key Accounts Recruitment and Training Plans Territories Prd’n Plan Master Schedules Inventory Plan Raw Material Schedules New Product Development Plans Data...
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...Supply Chain Management According to APICS, a supply chain is a “Global network used to deliver products and services from raw materials to end customers through an engineered flow of information, physical distribution and cash.” The Basic Supply Chain consists of three units….Supplier, Producer and Customer Four basic flows connect these entities together: 1. The flow of physical materials and services from suppliers to producer to customer 2. The flow of cash from the customer back “upstream” toward the supplier 3. The flow of information back and forth along the chain 4. The reverse flow of products returned for repairs, recycling or disposal.(This is called reverse supply chain and is handled by reverse logistics.) Value Chain (Vs) Supply Chain A Value Chain can be any series of activities that increases the value of a product or service as it passes through stages of development and distribution before reaching the end user. Supply Chain is but one part of value Chain. In basic terms, your supply chain consists of your suppliers, your customers and of course, yourself—the producer. Your extended supply chain adds your supplier’s supplier and your customer’s customers to create your extended supply chain. In order to maximize your competitive advantage you need to strengthen your whole supply chain (the extended supply chain) and turn-it into a value chain. Converting supply chains into value chains is a powerful strategy. Supply chains consist of weak bonds and can be broken...
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...Running head: Differences in competencies Differences in competencies between nurses prepared at the associate- level versus the baccalaureate-degree level John Edgar May 15, 2011 Differences in competencies between nurses prepared at the associate- level versus the baccalaureate-degree level As a registered nurse the individual has an opportunity to work with other healthcare professionals in an effort to provide quality of care to the clients they are responsible for in a variety of different settings. In an effort to provide quality of care it is important to verify that the care is delivered safely and in a manner that promotes the patients over all well-being. The question that is being asked by many in the healthcare community is whether or not the patient is best served by having the care delivered by an associate-degree nurse (ADN) or a nurse that has a bachelor of science in nursing (BSN). This paper will review a few of the differences in competencies for nurses that are prepared at the associate-degree level versus the baccalaureate-degree level in nursing. There are three levels of education that will qualify an individual to take the National Council Licensure Exam (NCLEX). The associate’s degree in nursing consists of two years of concentrated study focused on clinical skills in the community college setting. The diploma nursing program offers three years of nursing education focused on learning nursing skills in a hospital-based setting. In diploma nursing...
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...populations” (American Nurse Association 2014). Individuals who pursue a nursing career have many responsibilities, for nursing is not just a compassionate profession, but a profession that entails one to be a critical thinker with imperative knowledge in order to effectively care for individuals. Associate Degree Nursing and Bachelor degree nursing are both degrees in which help individuals who pursue a career in nursing, to gain the knowledge and critical thinking to become an effective nurse. Although the associate degree and bachelor degree produce different competencies of nursing from one another, a nurse with higher education possess qualities to provide higher level of care. Associate Degree Nursing Associate degree nursing is a two year technical academic program, developed due to a nursing shortage by Mildred Montag in 1952, that combines general education of nursing and clinical ( Creasier & Friberg, 2011, p. 27). Registered Nurses at an associate degree level are able to function adequately in the intermediate level with the amount of time they are taught in their clinical setting (Masters 1989, pg. 391). The general education of nursing provided in an Associate Degree level of nursing is limited to the theories and leadership roles of bachelor degree students, “…BSN graduates are prepared are prepared as generalists to practice nursing in beginning leadership positions in a variety of settings” ( Creasier & Friberg, 2011 p. 25). Upon entering the workforce much of...
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...University of Phoenix. All rights reserved. Course Description This capstone course integrates concepts from all prior courses in the program. Students apply the concepts of strategic planning and implementation to create sustainable, competitive advantage for an organization. Other topics include environmental scanning, strategic analysis, corporate social responsibility, implementation and evaluation, and risk management. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible for understanding and adhering to all policies contained within the following two documents: • University policies: You must be logged into the student website to view this document. • Instructor policies: This document is posted in the Course Materials forum. University policies are subject to change. Be sure to read the policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Final Exam The final electronic exam is an individual and not a collaborative assignment. Students are expected to abide by the University’s Student Code of Conduct policy and refrain from receiving unauthorized assistance, collaborating, or inappropriate sharing of work as it relates to the electronic exam. Information used in...
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...Associate Level Material Assumptions and Fallacies Write a 150- to 200-word response to each of the following sets of questions: • What are assumptions? How do you think assumptions might interfere with critical thinking? What might you do to avoid making assumptions in your thinking? An assumption is something that is accepted as true or certain to happen, without proof. When you make an assumption you are, ultimately, throwing reasoning out the window because you have replaced critical thinking with, either, hearse or imagination. In order to not let assumptions take control of your critical thinking you, basically, need to only look at what is and speculate about potential scenarios as being true or believed to happen scenarios. This, with most things, is definitely an easier said than done scenario. For me, the best way I’ve learned to not let assumptions ruin my own critical thinking is to simply my thought process and not expect anything to happen until it actually does happen. This way I only deal with what is and not what I think. • What are fallacies? How are fallacies used in written, oral, and visual arguments? What might you do to avoid fallacies in your thinking? Fallacies are mistaken beliefs or unsound arguments that render an argument invalid. Fallacies can be used in all forms of arguments the person preparing the argument does not validate their statements by either checking the quality of their sources or not obtaining factual...
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...Differences in Competencies, ADN v. BSN Jett Jordan-Woodbury Grand Canyon University RN-BSN NRS 430v: Professional Dynamics Linda Permoda May 11, 2012 Difference in Competencies Between an Associate Degree and a Bachelor Degree Nurse While an Associate Degree Nurse, also known as an ADN, and Bachelor of Science in nursing nurse, also known as a BSN, are given the same preliminary education relating to patient treatment, there are notable differences in their professional and educational preparation, as well as their competencies. These two degrees have different levels of patient interaction and contact, as well as job expectations. ADN and BSN programs focus on different aspects and angles of education and job focus that all ultimately lead to taking optimal care of the patient. This paper compares the differences between those two areas and how important it is for these two degrees to work together as a team to provide the best possible outcome for all patients and nurses involved. This paper will touch on the differences between the educational levels and focuses, the clinical competencies, and the job expectations of the ADN and the BSN. Educational Competencies and Job Expectations The educational levels of the ADN and the BSN differ drastically, they can last anywhere from two to four years in length and focus on many different aspects of the nursing profession, but they all are geared toward the same outcome, optimal care of the patient. In the two year...
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...centers in 1994 in Canada with the acquisition of Aikenhead’s home improvement centers, in 2001 under the acquisition of Total HOME that expand the vision in Mexico, and 2006 the company extended its reach to China by acquiring the The Home Way, a 12 store chain. Their global expansion demonstrates how The Home Depot combines its vast knowledge of the home improvement industry with the needs, shopping trends and customs of each unique geography to best serve customers. They are committed to being a global company by enhancing their direct relationships with quality manufacturers, and reinforcing the confidence they have in global suppliers to provide products that offer Home Depot customers quality, value and innovation. From the start, associates were able to offer the best customer service in the industry, guiding customers through projects such as laying tile, changing a fill valve or...
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