Develop an environmental analysis that includes competitive, economic, political, legal, technological, and sociocultural forces.

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Document your hypothetical company’s background information and mission statement, your company’s short- and long-term goals, an environmental analysis, and a SWOT analysis.

  1. Develop your company’s mission statement.
  2. Decide the main goals that you would like to achieve within the next year (short term) and the main goals that you would like to achieve within the next five years (long term). Determine the most appropriate ways to measure both short- and long-term goals.
  3. Note: Consider the following metrics: tracking downloads of website content, website visitors, increases in market share, customer value, new product /service adoption rates, retention, rate of growth compared to competition and the market, margin, and customer engagement.
  4. Develop an environmental analysis that includes competitive, economic, political, legal, technological, and sociocultural forces.
  5. Develop both a SWOT analysis and needs analysis for your product / service. Each analysis should examine three strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for your company.
  6. Develop your company’s mission statement.
  7. Decide the main goals that you would like to achieve within the next year (short term) and the main goals that you would like to achieve within the next five years (long term). Determine the most appropriate ways to measure both short- and long-term goals.

Note: Consider the following metrics: tracking downloads of website content, website visitors, increases in market share, customer value, new product /service adoption rates, retention, rate of growth compared to competition and the market, margin, and customer engagement.

  1. Develop an environmental analysis that includes competitive, economic, political, legal, technological, and sociocultural forces.
  2. Develop both a SWOT analysis and needs analysis for your product / service. Each analysis should examine three strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for your company.

What are the differences among ethics, morals, etiquette (values) and laws? Give examples. What factors influence the ethical decision-making process? Give examples.

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You are the finance manager in a long term care facility that is struggling to remain solvent. The facility’s administrator has hired a consultant to work with you to increase Medicaid reimbursement. The consultant recommends that you be more “liberal” in coding the severity of residents’ needs to justify greater reimbursement. The consultant tells you, “everybody does it” and, “it’s an undetectable way to boost revenue.”  You believe this approach is somewhere between inappropriate and illegal. You know the consultant is being paid on a commission and is an old college buddy of the facility administrator. You also recognize that your facility could soon go out of business and leave you without a job.  In a two page paper, respond to the following:  What are your ethical challenges? What are your options? What is your chosen course of action? What will probably happen as a result of this course of action?  Requirements:   2-3 pages in length (not including cover and reference pages)   A minimum of three outside resources (one of these resources can be  your textbook)   Your paper should be formatted according to APA, include a proper  introduction, appropriate headings, and conclusion.

  1. What are the differences among ethics, morals, etiquette (values) and laws? Give examples.
  2. What factors influence the ethical decision-making process? Give examples.
  3. Why do physicians still recite the Hippocratic Oath?
  4. Is it possible for one person to have an ethical dilemma with a situation and for another person not to have a dilemma in the same situation? Why or why not?

Write a journal of 2 or more full double-spaced pages with 1 inch margins and 12 point font, using paragraphs for each response, in which you reflect on what you listened to by responding to these questions.

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In the article Inside the Podcast Brain: Why Do Audio Stories Captivate?, writer Tiffanie Wen shares a quote by Emma Rodero. Roder observes, “Audio is one of the most intimate forms of media because you are constantly building your own images of the story in your mind and you’re creating your own production…And that of course, is something that you can never get with visual media.”

Select a podcast, song, or album that you have not listened to before. Make sure to listen to an episode (or a couple), the entire song, or the album. Write a journal of 2 or more full double-spaced pages with 1 inch margins and 12 point font, using paragraphs for each response, in which you reflect on what you listened to by responding to these questions.

  1. Share the title of the podcast and podcast episode(s), or the artist and song(s), or the artist/album title.
  2. Considering what you read in Chapters 5 and 6, share two things you learned/mental images created that you hadn’t thought of before listening to your choice? Make sure to think about you read, and describe how the things you noticed connect to what you read this week. Be specific with examples that connect to your ideas.
  3. Share two specific ways you believe today’s podcasts or songs/albums are influencing society, and make sure to include examples.

Evaluate the norms of the organization’s learning culture to determine the source(s) that currently prevent productive learning by applying two (2) of the following norms: inquiry, issue orientation, transparency, integrity or accountability.

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Assignment 1: Identifying the Organizational Learning IssuesDue Week 3 and worth 250 pointsSuppose that your organization, or an organization with which you are familiar, is dealing with a major issue in transitioning individual learning (e.g., sharing knowledge, training programs, working as a team, experiences, procedures, processes, etc.) into organizational learning. The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) has asked you, as the Vice President of Human Resources, to assist with the issue and to help the organization transition its culture to this new way of learning. Before you provide any recommendations to address the issue, you must first research the root of the problem and the resistance to this transition.Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment. In your original work, you may use aspects of existing processes from either your current or a former place of employment. However, you must remove any and all identifying information that would enable someone to discern the organization[s] that you have used.Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

  1. Assess the organization’s culture as it relates to shared knowledge, then specify the significant issue(s) that you discovered with the culture. Determine the disconnect you observed between the culture and organizational learning using three (3) of the five (5) mystifications. Support your response with at least one (1) example of each selected mystification within the organization.
  2. Give your opinion on the current Organizational Learning Mechanism(s) (OLMs) that hinder organizational learning. Support your response with one (1) example of a training or learning initiative (e.g., sharing knowledge, training programs, working as a team, experiences, procedures, processes, etc.) and the outcome when it was applied to the organization.
  3. Determine which one (1) of the following OLMs is suitable for replacing the identified OLM(s) that hinder organizational learning as a corrective action to facilitate the transition from individual to organizational learning: Off-line/Internal, On-line/Internal, Off-line/External or On-line/External. Justify your selection.
  4. Evaluate the norms of the organization’s learning culture to determine the source(s) that currently prevent productive learning by applying two (2) of the following norms: inquiry, issue orientation, transparency, integrity or accountability. Provide at least one (1) example of each of the selected norms’ manifestation within the organization in your evaluation.
  5. Use at least five (5) quality academic references in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.

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; citations and 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 assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Examine the processes of how organizations learn and organizational barriers that impact the process.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in developing a learning organization.
  • Write clearly and concisely about developing a learning organization using proper writing mechanic.