apply 3.1

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Think of a specific job that you would like to hold after completing your degree? Human resource manager

. Using at least 4 job board websites, research your desired career. For a list of popular job board websites, visit: http://jobsearch.about.com/od/joblistings/tp/jobbanks.htm (Links to an external site.). For a list of examples of niche job sites, click here.

  • This is a 2-part assignment. Use the supporting bullets as guiding questions to provide direction for your paper. Make sure to properly cite all sources that you use. Please label both parts of your response in your paper.

Part 1
As a human resource manager, evaluate the quality and ease of use of the 4 different websites that you selected.

  • Which job board website is the most user friendly? What features does it have that make it simpler to use?
  • Are some websites better than others for specific industries? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using an industry-specific board to recruit talent?
  • In comparing the same position across different boards, did you find a certain site that consistently painted a clearer picture of the position? Comparatively, what additional details did it include that helped you better understand what “a day in the life” in that position would look like?

Part 2
As a human resource manager, evaluate the quality and ease of use of the 4 different websites that you selected.

  • Do you currently have a profile on a professional networking site such as LinkedIn? Why, or why not?
  • Based on what you’ve learned in this course, what actions might you take to make yourself more marketable to the 21st-century recruiter or human resource manager?

WEEK 5 COMMUNITY DISCUSION

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Ethics In Practice

Tension between Individual and Societal Rights

Gail A. DeLuca Havens, PhD, RNCodes of ethics can be thought of as moral codes. Moral commitments “to adhere to the ideals and moral norms of the profession,” such as maintaining competency in practice, are expressed in the American Nurses Association (ANA) Code of Ethics for Nurses (2001, p. 5) and are made by individuals when they become nurses. The fundamental concept underlying the Code of Ethics for Nurses is respect for persons. Certain principles growing out of this concept guide nurses’ decision making. These include fostering self-determination, doing good, avoiding harm, being truthful, respecting privileged information, keeping promises, and treating people fairly. In their moral decision-making hierarchy, Beauchamp and Childress (2001) refer to principles and rules as action guides. Principles are the more global and basic conceptions that justify the rules.When ethical principles are being considered, it is important to remember that individuals are interdependent members of a community. The nurse will encounter situations in which the tension between individual liberty and the need to preserve the health and well-being of the community creates an ethical dilemma in practice. For instance, the nurse promises, as expressed by the principle of fidelity in the ANA Code, to maintain client confidentiality. However, such a promise is not absolute when innocent parties are in direct jeopardy (e.g., threatened with being killed) (ANA, 2001). This particular kind of dilemma is made even more troublesome for the nurse who is attempting to deal with two opposing or contradictory promises. For example, the implicit promise of the nurse to maintain client confidentiality, as expressed in the ANA Code, may contradict the nurse’s obligation to obey a law that requires reporting a particular situation (ANA, 2001). The nurse also has an ethical responsibility to respect the client and promote self-determination. Consider the following situation.Kay is a community health nurse who has been employed by a home health agency for more than 10 years. Several of her clients live in a homeless shelter and have been referred to her agency for follow-up tuberculosis treatment after hospital discharge. Today she is making her first visit to Paolo, a 33-year-old Hispanic man discharged after treatment in the hospital for acute, infectious tuberculosis. Kay explains that her agency, along with the city’s health department, helps persons with tuberculosis continue to take their medication as prescribed until they are cured. Kay asks Paolo how he is feeling this morning. He replies that he is tired; he did not sleep well this first night in a place not familiar to him. After she completes Paolo’s admission history and physical examination, Kay tells him that she, or a nurse substituting for her, will be visiting Paolo daily for 2 weeks to observe him taking his medication and then twice weekly for at least 6 months. Paolo protests that he is not a child and that he can be depended on to take his medication as prescribed. Kay explains that the current standard of care is that everyone in the community being treated for tuberculosis receive directly observed medication therapy. It will help him remember to continue to take medication as prescribed, particularly when he begins to feel better. Stopping the medication makes the treatment he received in the hospital ineffective. When medication is stopped, often the tuberculosis becomes infectious again. In addition, not completing treatment increases the likelihood that he will develop a type of tuberculosis that is resistant to medication therapy (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 2003a). He could be very ill again. The city has an obligation to protect its residents from becoming infected with tuberculosis. Kay tells Paolo that she will be communicating with health department personnel because they are the ones who referred him to her.Paolo agrees, reluctantly, to cooperate in therapy. He asks how long it will take to be cured. Kay knows that the response to therapy varies, but most persons can be cured within 9 months (CDC, 2003b). Kay explains that 6 months of medication has been prescribed to cure his tuberculosis. Before Kay leaves, Paolo takes his first dose of medication, and they establish a schedule for his observed daily self-administration. Paolo’s treatment continues as planned over the next several months. He gains strength and eventually finds a job. Returning to work requires that his medication regimen be modified. Paolo has no trouble adapting it to his more demanding schedule. Several weeks pass with this new arrangement until, one evening, Paolo does not appear. Kay leaves a message for him to call her, but does not hear from him. When Paolo fails to appear again the following evening, Kay returns to the shelter. Eventually, Kay learns that Paolo has not been complying with his prescribed medication regimen. He does not deny it and tells Kay that because he has been taking medication for more than 3 months and feels better, he believes that he is cured of his tuberculosis and no longer needs therapy.How should Kay respond? Should she respect Paolo’s right to self-determination by not interfering with the decisions he has made? What if Paolo were to be harmed by this noninterference? What if others were to be harmed? Does Kay’s obligation to Paolo to maintain confidentiality remain even when his behavior might compromise the health and well-being of others? Under what circumstances might a nurse place the health and well-being of members of a community before those of an individual client?In this situation, because Paolo is an adult who is responsible for his own health, Kay could simply disregard the fact that Paolo has not been adhering to his prescribed medication regimen. However, she would not be helping Paolo to protect himself or others. Another strategy that Kay might employ would be to engage Paolo in problem solving to further explore his reasons for not complying with the medication regimen. Uncovering reasons for noncompliance often results in identifying ways to avoid it. One of the strategies recommended for directly observed therapy is for the nurse to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude toward clients, acknowledging that individuals often will not be 100% compliant with medication regimens. Kay could acknowledge that, because Paolo is feeling better, it is understandable that he is not taking his medication as prescribed. However, she also ought to remind him that he places himself at great risk for getting very sick again and developing drug-resistant tuberculosis by not following his medication regimen. This course of action might also be an opportunity to foster Paolo’s self-determination, to maintain the confidential nature of his care, and to strengthen the client-nurse relationship.However, adopting this strategy does jeopardize Paolo’s health and the health of the people with whom Paolo comes in contact. Kay does not know whether Paolo’s tuberculosis is infectious. Kay initiates tuberculosis screening for the people with whom Paolo has been in contact and creates an opportunity for Paolo to have his tuberculosis reevaluated. This action ought to diminish the potential for harm from active tuberculosis to Paolo and to others with whom he has been in contact. Because Kay’s authority has been delegated to her by the health department, she can communicate with the health department without legally violating confidentiality. Kay is aware that many states require quarantine of individuals who do not successfully complete a medication regimen for tuberculosis. To protect the public, a community health nurse can recommend that formal action be taken to ensure that a person complies with treatment. In this instance, quarantine means that individuals can be hospitalized or incarcerated for treatment of tuberculosis against their will. 

INSTRUCTIONS:

Read Ethics in Practice page 203.

Instructions: Develop a position: should individual rights be compromised to control the spread of communicable diseases for the good of society? What are the role of boards of health in your community and state in preventing and controlling communicable diseases.  

Minimum 250 words. Reply to at least one student with no less than 100 words. 

Cisco Passwords

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Part 1: Type 5 Cisco Password Hashes

To keep your routers, firewalls, and switches secure, they need good passwords. Type 5 Cisco password hashes employ a technique called salting. Discuss password hashes and salting and discuss password cracking tools or websites that can be used to crack Cisco password hashes. Some of the most popular Linux tools are John the Ripper and Hashcat, which are both already included with the Kali Linux distribution. The Windows tool Cain can also crack Cisco passwords. Use the as is choice and the default wordlist that comes with Cain on the password hashes below. You may elect to crack some of them and explain how you did it for part of this discussion:

$1$mERr$TMFGl3gjZgTURz2zWGujv1

$1$mERr$j2lBkUQmIwqeeIUhzEMH/1

$1$mERr$UeZ8mb786UhNnpZquiKwc0

Part 2: Type 7 Cisco Password Hashes

The Cisco type 7 password is not much better than putting the password in clear text, which is the default if you do not type the command service password-encryption. Discuss password hashes and discuss password cracking tools or websites that can be used to crack Cisco type 7 password hashes. Here is a list of some Cisco password hashes. You may elect to crack some of them and explain how you did it for part of this discussion.

11280B061F1B583342

532E26010C082B070B6F02

46152908515041

09611E590A565451

023057495B085E226D6E

062B3D0D1C4A0E4A44

Reflection Journal

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 Reflection Journal

One of the most effective ways we can understand what it is we know, what we have learned, and what we still need to know is through reflective writing. While reflective writing is not, by definition, technical writing, this weekly exercise should help you to better assess your progress through the course and course concepts.

Journal Topics:  Ethical Considerations and Visual Elements

This journal has two parts and Chapter 2 and Chapter 15 of the textbook are the foundation for this reflection.

Part I:  Ethical Considerations

·  According to the textbook, what is a definition of ethics for a technical writer?

·  The textbook author, Leo Finkelstein, Jr. asks: …”what do good and worthy mean?”  Briefly reflect on what good and worthy mean to you in relation to technical writing

·  Several ethical rules/standards are listed in the textbook (Finkelstein pp. 13-14.)  Pick one of them and reflect on what that standard means to you.  Support your discussion with at least one example of a violation of the standard.  Be specific.

Part 2:  Visuals

Chapter 15, Visuals, covers several topics related to the use of visual elements in technical writing. Pick one of the following topics and reflect on the topic, using ideas from the reading to support your discussion.  Your discussion can include examples from personal experience.

·  Guidelines for Design of Visuals – discussion should center around one of more of the guidelines.

·  Types of Visuals – What types of visuals have you used? What types of visuals do you like to see in presentations?

·  Image Alteration – In the context of technical writing, how can image alteration be a benefit? What are the ethical concerns that should be considered?

Journal Requirements

·  Between 250 and 350 words in length.

·  Respond to all prompts in the instructions.

·  Use information from the readings or videos to support your ideas and credit (identify) the source(s) used.

·  Proofread to eliminate technical errors (e.g. spelling, grammar, punctuation).

week 2 summary

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Part 1 : Write a 300-700-word counseling scenario for a family dealing with a substance use disorder. Please note the scenario should be hypothetical and lend itself to one of the brief substance use disorder therapy models discussed in Brief Interventions and Brief Therapies for Substance Abuse: TIP #34. Include information about his/her life circumstances and add family members with descriptive information about each family member and about the family’s interaction to the scenario.

Part 2: Write a 750-1,250-word paper to provide brief therapy to the hypothetical client and his/her family using one of the brief therapy models described in Brief Interventions and Brief Therapies for Substance Abuse: TIP #34.

Your plan should include the following:

1. The therapy model you will implement with the family and rationale for the selected model.

2. Two to four initial counseling goals that you hope to achieve using this model.

3. Planned frequency and duration of counseling.

4. A description of three counseling activities, exercises, or homework assignments that you will use (one in the initial session, one in a subsequent session, and one at termination) that are consistent with the model you have selected.

While APA style is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expect

****LINK Read Executive Summary and Chapters 1, 3, 4, 5, and 8 from “Brief Interventions and Brief Therapies for Substance Abuse: TIP #34,” from samhsa.gov (2012). 

URL:

https://store.samhsa.gov/system/files/sma12-3952.pdf

Week 15 – Reading/Reflection – Due by 12/10 @ 9:30am

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Week 15 – Reading/Reflection – Due by 12/10 @ 9:30am

Waiting by Ha Jin is a story about the Cultural Revolution in China, changing social mores, changing gender and sexual relationships and conflicts of the human heart.  Please wait until you are done reading the assigned pages (pp 3-96) before completing this Forum posting.  Each person should start a new posting.

For this assignment, of the 3 characters, Lin Kong, Shuya, and Manna Wu, given the historical and social circumstances, please explain which character you sympathize with most and why.  Please support your position and analysis with specifics from the reading. 

In order to maintain the uniqueness of each person’s individual thoughts on these people, please do not look at anyone else’s Forum posting before you think about and elaborate on your own position.  After you are done posting then you may look at what your peers have written and see how other people have thought about these issues and why and see how it compares to your own thinking.  We will compare and contrast these findings in class.   There is no right or wrong answer—it will be interesting to see what we as a class think.

ALSO REMINDER:

For the Weekly Reading /Reflections Assignments you are only required to do 7 of these.  Or I will only count the 7 highest scores.  So if you have already done 7 and are happy with your grades on this aspect of the assignments, you do not need to do any more.  However, if you would like to improve your grade, then you can do additional ones in the hopes of improving your grade and replacing any that received a low score.

OperationsManagementForLeaders_Assessment3

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Prepare 10-12 PowerPoint slides to present a supply chain management plan, including your analysis and recommendations for a supply chain design and logistics, for a provided scenario or business of your choice.

Introduction

This portfolio work project, a presentation of a supply chain management plan, will help you understand how supply chains and logistics create value for a company.  

Scenario

For this assessment, choose either Option 1 or Option 2. You do not need to do both. Both options will be graded using the same scoring guide.

Option 1

Wild Dog Coffee Company, a locally owned company with a single coffee shop location, serves a wide selection of espresso products, small breakfast and lunch menu items, and a limited evening menu. The company is planning to expand the business by adding an additional location. While different menu items may be tested at the new location, the espresso beverage preparation process will remain exactly the same. You and your business partners need to make a decision about the supply chain before the move. The following information may help support your analysis for Wild Dog Coffee Company:

  • You have one espresso maker that brews the espresso and froths the milk at each location. 
  • Each espresso beverage requires 1.5 minutes of the barista’s time.
  • Each espresso beverage requires some combination of espresso beans, milk, and flavoring.
  • Each espresso beverage is served in a paper cup with a lid and sleeve.
  • Monthly cleaning and maintenance of the espresso maker is outsourced to a services company.
  • You stock one type of espresso bean. If you run out of inventory, you have to close the business until the next shipment of beans arrives.
  • Espresso beans are received seven (7) days after placing the order.
Option 2

If you chose Option 2 for Assessment 1 and 2, use the same business for this assessment, or select a different business. Note that it is recommended that you use the same business for each assessment in this course, using the following criteria for your selection:

  • The company fits the assessment requirements and you have access to the information needed to complete the assessment.
  • The business information is disclosed in the assessment for faculty’s reference.
  • You can distribute the business data without disclosing confidential information.

Contact faculty with questions. 

Your Role

Option 1

You are an owner of Wild Dog Coffee Company. You and your business partners are preparing for the opening of your second location. You need to analyze and make recommendations for supply chain management for the two locations.   

Option 2

Your boss, a director, has tasked you with a supply chain management project. She is relying on you to prepare an analysis and recommendations for demand management that can be presented to the executive team of the company. 

Requirements

Create a PowerPoint presentation of your supply chain management plan, which you will present to your business partners. Include the following:

  • Analyze supply chain designs.
    • Your analysis should detail two different supply chain scenarios for either Wild Dog Coffee Company or your selected business.
    • Use a flow chart to indicate all inputs and outputs for each supply chain and to clearly indicate areas in the supply chain designs that are different.
  • Analyze the points at which the supply chains intersect with logistics. What role does logistics play in each supply chain design?
  • Assess bottlenecks in the supply chain designs. How would you overcome each bottleneck in the two supply chain designs?
  • Analyze how supply chains and logistics create value for the selected business. Why is it important for Wild Dog Coffee Company or your selected business to focus on supply chains? 
  • Recommend a supply chain design for the selected business.
    • Include your rationale for the most appropriate supply chain for Wild Dog Coffee Company or your selected business.
    • Be sure to include any assumptions you had to make to develop the supply chain designs that support your recommendations.    

Deliverable Format

Requirements:
  • Presentation is 10–12 slides (in addition to title, reference, and appendix slides).
  • Select a PowerPoint slide template appropriate for a professional presentation. Include the content of the slides as well as the supporting narrative. Do not overbuild your slides; information that supports what you will be saying should appear at the lower portion of each slide as notes.
  • Power Point Presentation – Each criterion requires a written slide with notes supporting the slide.
Related company standards:
  • The PowerPoint is a professional document and should therefore follow the corresponding MBA Academic and Professional Document Guidelines (available in the MBA Program Resources).
  • Use 2–3 scholarly or academic sources, where applicable, one of which must come from the Wall Street Journal, Forbes, or MIT Sloan Management Review.
  • Use APA formatting for citations and references.

Evaluation

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies through corresponding scoring guide criteria:

  • Competency 1: Analyze how operations management theories and models effect the development and delivery of products or services to the marketplace.
    • Analyze how supply chains and logistics create value for the selected business. 
  • Competency 2: Use logistics and supply chain management tools to manage the distribution of products and services.
    • Analyze the points at which the supply chains intersect with logistics.
    • Assess bottlenecks in the supply chain designs.
  • Competency 3: Use data to evaluate the effect of operations management decisions on organizational goals.
    • Analyze supply chain designs. 
  • Competency 4: Evaluate the effectiveness of operations management strategies to achieve quality and customer service goals.
    • Recommend a supply chain design for the selected business. 
  • Competency 5: Communicate business needs, opportunities, and strategies with multiple stakeholders.
    • Write coherently to support a central idea with correct grammar, usage, and mechanics as expected of a business professional. 

Case Brief 3

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*Important Note: This is your 3rd case brief this semester, and you should be feeling more comfortable with the process. While you are free to consult outside sources to better help you understand the cases, you must use your own words when writing your brief. 

Case Briefing

To fully understand the law with respect to business, you need to be able to read and understand court decisions. To make this task easier, you can use a method of case analysis that is called briefing. There is a fairly standard procedure that you can follow when you “brief” any court case. You must first read the case opinion carefully. When you feel you understand the case, you can prepare a brief of it.

Although the format of the brief may vary, typically it will present the essentials of the case under headings such as those listed below.

  1. Citation. Give the full citation for the case, including the name of the case, the date it was decided, and the court that decided it.
  2. Facts. Briefly indicate (a) the reasons for the lawsuit; (b) the identity and arguments of the plaintiff(s) and defendant(s), respectively; and (c) the lower court’s decision—if appropriate.
  3. Issue. Concisely phrase, in the form of a question, the essential issue before the court. (If more than one issue is involved, you may have two—or even more—questions here.)
  4. Decision. Indicate here—with a “yes” or “no,” if possible—the court’s answer to the question (or questions) in the Issue section above.
  5. Reason. Summarize as briefly as possible, in your own words, the reasons given by the court for its decision (or decisions) and the case or statutory law relied on by the court in arriving at its decision. 

Touchstone 3

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Directions

  1. Think about a persuasive speech that you would like to present on a topic of your choice. The speech can be for any context and any length, but it must be persuasive.
  2. See the list of example speech occasions and purposes for inspiration, if needed.
  3. Plan your speech, considering what your introduction, main points, and conclusion will include.
  4. Organize your speech, following the structure of Monroe’s Motivated Sequence. Your speech should include an introduction, body, and conclusion. The introduction should contain your key message. The body should cover your main topics and support to back up your main points. Make sure that all support is relevant and from credible sources. Your conclusion should summarize your main points and provide a call to action.
  5. Create notes or bullet points that you can refer to while presenting your speech.
  6. Practice presenting your speech. Aim for a speech that is 3 to 5 minutes in length.
  7. Before filming, review the rubric to ensure that you understand how you will be evaluated.
  8. Film yourself presenting the speech. Be sure that you can be easily seen and heard, and direct your speech to the camera.
  9. Review your video to ensure that you can be seen and heard. Refilm as needed.
  10. Review the checklist and requirements to ensure that your Touchstone is complete.
  11. Upload your video using the blue button at the top of this page.

Touchstone Support Videos

Organizing your Persuasive Speech
Persuading your Audience
Choosing the Right Language
Overcoming Public Speaking Anxiety

Speech Occasions

Personal

  • Product recommendation

Academic

  • Presenting academic work (argumentative paper, research, or report)
  • Academic speech and debate

Community

  • Speech at a community gathering (PTA meeting, boy/girl scout convention, town hall, homeowner’s association, athletic league, school board meeting, etc.)
  • Community action speech (asking for something, promoting a policy, etc.)
  • Political speech (on behalf of a candidate, yourself as candidate, etc.)

Business

  • Presenting to colleagues or peers (pitching ideas, etc.)
  • Presenting to superiors (project proposal)
  • Convention presentation (pitching new products, rally speech, teachable moments, etc.)

Submission checklist

_ I have selected a speech purpose that is persuasive.
_ My speech follows the structure of Monroe’s Motivated Sequence.
_ My speech has an introduction, body, and conclusion.
_ The introduction includes my key message (thesis).
_ The body includes my main points and support.
_ I have selected sources that are credible and support that is relevant.
_ I have used language that is appropriate to my audience.
_ The conclusion summarizes my main points and includes a call to action.
_ I have filmed a video of myself presenting my speech.
_ The video of my speech is 3 to 5 minutes in length.
_ I have reviewed the video and I can be easily heard and seen.
_ I have adhered to all of the requirements.
_ I have read through the rubric and I understand how my Touchstone will be evaluated.

Requirements

  • All video content must be appropriate for an academic context
  • Speech must be original and written for this assignment; plagiarism of any kind is strictly prohibited
  • Video is 3 to 5 minutes in length
  • Your video submission should include your name and the date

dess book ford

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 Each individual is asked to prepare a case analysis on FORD (found in our text C277). The expected length of this Case Analysis is 3 pages, 1-inch all-around margins, single-spaced and Times New Roman 12-point font.  Please see grading rubric in syllabus for more information. 

Rubric is below

 

Criteria, Ford Case Individual Rubrics

Ratings

Points

a. Question 1 – Internal and external analysis 

Description: The report provides both Internal (5) and external analyses (5). 

10.0 pts

Excellent

8.0 pts

Good

6.0 pts

OK

4.0 pts

Needs work

2.0 pts

Weak

0.0 pts

No marks

10 pts

b. Question 1 – Categorizes trends 

Description: The report categorizes internal  issues as weaknesses (2.5), and strengths (2.5); and categorizes external issues as opportunities (3) and threats (2).

10.0 pts

Excellent

8.0 pts

Good

6.0 pts

OK

4.0 pts

Needs work

2.0 pts

Weak

0.0 pts

No marks

10 pts

c. Question 1 – Provides a multi-functional analysis 

Description: In the analysis of the internal environments, the report includes issues regarding at least 3 different functional areas (6), the report includes the financial health of the organization (4). 

10.0 pts

Excellent

8.0 pts

Good

6.0 pts

OK

4.0 pts

Needs work

2.0 pts

Weak

0.0 pts

No marks

10 pts

d. Question 2 – Strategic action 1 

Description: The report recommends a strategic action to the CEO that combines a weakness/strength with an opportunity/threat (2). The report provides strong rationale for the merits of strategic action 1 (8). 

10.0 pts

Excellent

8.0 pts

Good

6.0 pts

OK

4.0 pts

Needs work

2.0 pts

Weak

0.0 pts

No marks

10 pts

e. Question 2 – Strategic action 2 

Description: The report recommends a strategic action to the CEO that combines a weakness/strength with an opportunity/threat (2). The report provides strong rationale for the merits of strategic action 1 (8).

10.0 pts

Excellent

8.0 pts

Good

6.0 pts

OK

4.0 pts

Needs work

2.0 pts

Weak

0.0 pts

No marks

10 pts

f. Question 2 – Strategic action 3 

Description: The report recommends a strategic action to the CEO that combines a weakness/strength with an opportunity/threat (2). The report provides strong rationale for the merits of strategic action 1 (8).

10.0 pts

Excellent

8.0 pts

Good

6.0 pts

OK

4.0 pts

Needs work

2.0 pts

Weak

0.0 pts

No marks

10 pts

g. Question 2 – Strategic action 4 

Description: The report recommends a strategic action to the CEO that combines a weakness/strength with an opportunity/threat (2). The report provides strong rationale for the merits of strategic action 1 (8).

10.0 pts

Excellent

8.0 pts

Good

6.0 pts

OK

4.0 pts

Needs work

2.0 pts

Weak

0.0 pts

No marks

10 pts

h. Question 2 – Strategic actions recommended are both at the Business-level and at the corporate level 

Description: The report recommends at least one  strategic action at the business-level (how to compete) (5) and at least one action at the corporate level (where to compete) (5). 

10.0 pts

Excellent

8.0 pts

Good

6.0 pts

OK

4.0 pts

Needs work

2.0 pts

Weak

0.0 pts

No marks

10 pts

i. Writing and Communication Skills – Message, Grammar and Spelling

Description: The report fully answers the questions using business core knowledge (5), is written in complete sentences (2), with appropriate English grammar (2) and spelling (1).

10.0 pts

Excellent

8.0 pts

Good

6.0 pts

OK

4.0 pts

Needs work

2.0 pts

Weak

0.0 pts

No marks

10 pts

j. Writing and Communication Skills – Format Guidelines

Description: The report followed the guidelines provided. It is single-spaced (1), 1-inch margins(1), 3 pages long (7), 12-point-times New Roman (1).

10.0 pts

Excellent

8.0 pts

Good

6.0 pts

OK

4.0 pts

Needs work

2.0 pts

Weak

0.0 pts

No marks

10 pts

Criteria, Apple Group Case Team Rubrics*

Ratings

Points

a. Question 1 – (Ch.1) Analysis of the strategic planning process

Description: The report appropriately utilizes a process theory to describe the strategic planning process at Apple. 

10.0 pts

Excellent

8.0 pts

Good

6.0 pts

OK

4.0 pts

Needs work

2.0 pts

Weak

0.0 pts

No marks

10 pts

b. Question 1 – (Ch.2) Analysis of external environment

Description: The report characterizes opportunities created by various elements of the firm’s general environment; it also characterizes opportunities observed via competitor profiling.

15.0 pts

Excellent

8.0 pts

Good

6.0 pts

OK

4.0 pts

Needs work

2.0 pts

Weak

0.0 pts

No marks

10 pts

c. Question 1 – (Ch.3) Analysis of internal environment

Description: The report includes an analysis of Apple’s strengths and weaknesses, and any resource combinations or capabilities that may have been relevant. 

15.0 pts

Excellent

8.0 pts

Good

6.0 pts

OK

4.0 pts

Needs work

2.0 pts

Weak

0.0 pts

No marks

10 pts

d. Question 1 – (Ch.4) HR strategy

Description: The report adequatelycharacterizes the firm’s HR strategy, including distinctive competences and interactions with other firm resources.

10.0 pts

Excellent

8.0 pts

Good

6.0 pts

OK

4.0 pts

Needs work

2.0 pts

Weak

0.0 pts

No marks

10 pts

e. Question 1 – (Ch.5) Business-level strategy

Description: The report adequately categorizes the business-level strategy of Apple and outlines how its value chain was utilized to create such a strategy.

15.0 pts

Excellent

8.0 pts

Good

6.0 pts

OK

4.0 pts

Needs work

2.0 pts

Weak

0.0 pts

No marks

10 pts

f. Question 1 – Corporate-level strategy

Description: The report accurately characterizes corporate-level strategies such as diversification, M&A, strategic alliances, vertical integration if they were deemed important to Apple’s success. 

15.0 pts

Excellent

8.0 pts

Good

6.0 pts

OK

4.0 pts

Needs work

2.0 pts

Weak

0.0 pts

No marks

10 pts

g. Writing and Communication Skills – Message, Grammar and Spelling

Description: The report has headings and subheadings to organize thoughts. It fully answers the questions using business core knowledge (5), is written in complete sentences (2), with appropriate English grammar (2) and spelling (1).

10.0 pts

Excellent

8.0 pts

Good

6.0 pts

OK

4.0 pts

Needs work

2.0 pts

Weak

0.0 pts

No marks

10 pts

h. Writing and Communication Skills – Format Guidelines

Description: The report followed the guidelines provided. It is double-spaced (1), 1-inch margins(1), 6-10 pages long (7), 12-point-times New Roman (1).

10.0 pts

Excellent

8.0 pts

Good

6.0 pts

OK

4.0 pts

Needs work

2.0 pts

Weak

0.0 pts

No marks

10 pts