1. Provide a brief introduction focusing on your education, career, and decision to apply to University of the Cumberlands.

Ph.D. candidates should provide authentic personal statements to each of the five following questions/prompts reflecting on their own personal interests. In the event that any outside resources are used, resources should be cited in APA format. Submissions should be a maximum of 500 words or 125 words per question/prompt. It is best to respond to each prompt/question individually for clarity of the reviewer. Documents should be submitted in Microsoft Word format.

1. Provide a brief introduction focusing on your education, career, and decision to apply to University of the Cumberlands.

2.In relation to your doctoral program application, what area of recent research in the field would you want to study, and why?

3. How does your current vocation relate to your application to the doctoral program?

4.How will your experiences and personal skills help you to be successful in your program?

5.What long-term goals do you have for applying your learning from your doctoral program?

Identify and discuss briefly the possibility that applies to each of these six unions. Your response must first state the name of the Union, then identify and discuss which of the six possibilities was selected for that union

Reference: Course Textbook, Chapter 13, page 467, Figure 13.1 and Table 13.1. Note eTextbook page number may be different.

Identify and discuss briefly the possibility that applies to each of these six unions. Your response must first state the name of the Union, then identify and discuss which of the six possibilities was selected for that union. More than one possibility may apply. Include your reasoning.

  1. American Federation of Teachers (AFT)(Links to an external site.)
  2. Communication Workers of America (CWA)(Links to an external site.)
  3. International Brotherhood of Teamsters(Links to an external site.)
  4. Service Employees International Union (SEIU)(Links to an external site.)
  5. United Automobile Workers (UAW)(Links to an external site.)
  6. United Mine Workers of America (UMWA)

Research and then describe your Alibaba Group Holding Limited company’s primary business activities.

  1. Research and then describe your Alibaba Group Holding Limited company’s primary business activities. Include:
    1. A brief historical summary,
    2. A list of competitors,
  2. Include information from a variety of resources. For example:
    1. Consult the Form 10-K filed with the SEC.
    2. Review the Annual Report and especially the Letter to Shareholders
    3. Explore the corporate website.
    4. Select at least two significant news items from recent business periodicals
  3. Submit a written report that is 4 pages long. The report should be well written with cover page, introduction, the body of the paper (with appropriate subheadings), conclusion, and reference page. References must be appropriately cited. Be sure to address all of the points in Section A above, using all of the resources listed in Section B. Format: Double-spaced, one-inch margins, using a 12-point Times New Roman font. Use APA format throughout.

The Importance of the Internet for E-commerce” and answer three questions from that video:

Dear BUS320 Class,

Our first class discussion topic comes from Chapter 1 “The Revolution Is Just Beginning”.

Please watch the video case 1.1 below “The Importance of the Internet for E-commerce” and answer three questions from that video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQjaqn5BqfQ(Links to an external site.)

Question 1: What are some examples cited in the video as to how a customer might use the internet on a typical morning?

Question 2: Why is a company’s web presence important for attracting and retaining new customers?

You do not need to answer all three (3) questions above:

Question 1 needs student X1to answer it, student X1will receive 4 points.

Question 2 needs student X2to answer it, student X2will receive 4 points.

After student X1, X2, answered Question 1, 2, (which means three classmates did their work before you get here), you can choose two postings from two of those three classmates and provide your critique to each. You will receive a full 2 points for each of your critique if the classmate’s name was also provided at the beginning of your critique (everybody would benefit more if we can follow discussion thread exactly). Otherwise, you will not receive a full 2 points.

Always, you must Unicheck before your posting.