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Lesson 01 - Assignment  
Watch the following video (The World is Flat - Thomas Friedman) and then provide your personal point of view on today's challenges, what solutions have matured and what business value is derived from Friedman's perspective. 
Your submission should be a Word document of at least 400 words, with proper grammar, spelling and punctuation, including APA formatted references and in-text citations. 
Watch Video  The World is Flat  


YouTube URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53vLQnuV9FY  

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Lesson 02 - Assignment  
Read Case #2 - "Michael Porter on TED - The Case for Letting Business Solve Social Problems" and watch the TED video below, then answer the following questions: 
1. In today's global business environment, does the physical location of a business matter? 2. Do you agree or disagree that business can solve social problems? Justify your answer. 
Your submission should be a Word document of at least 320 words, with proper grammar, spelling and punctuation, including APA formatted references and in-text citations.  All case studies are found at the end of the chapter in your textbook.  

https://embed.ted.com/talks/michael_porter_why_business_can_be_good_at_solving_social_problems

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Lesson 02 - Assignment  
Read Case #2 - "Michael Porter on TED - The Case for Letting Business Solve Social Problems" and watch the TED video below, then answer the following questions: 
1. In today's global business environment, does the physical location of a business matter? 2. Do you agree or disagree that business can solve social problems? Justify your answer. 
Your submission should be a Word document of at least 320 words, with proper grammar, spelling and punctuation, including APA formatted references and in-text citations.  All case studies are found at the end of the chapter in your textbook.  

https://embed.ted.com/talks/michael_porter_why_business_can_be_good_at_solving_social_problems

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Deliverable 1 - Credibility Markers

Competency
Distinguish the relevance and credibility of various digital marketing information sources.
Scenario
You are currently an assistant to the print advertising director in the marketing department at Digital Market Makers, a national marketing firm with local offices across the nation. The position of assistant to national director of online marketing has opened, and you have applied, interviewed, and been selected as one of the top three candidates for the position. Part of the internal search process is demonstration their understanding of digital marketing.
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Rowan Jones, the national director, has asked you to prepare a presentation demonstrating understanding of what impact credibility markers could have on a digital marketing campaign. Select a for-profit company that has a website and sells within multiple states. Ideally, select a company that is small-to-midsized. The company should have no more than 500 employees and the revenue (if known) should be less than $40 million.

Create a presentation 7 slides that details credibility markers. Include:
•    A brief summary of why credibility markers are important for an organization to consider
•    Select credibility markers an organization should review.
o    Detail the importance of each one.
o    Indicate the potential impact on website.
o    Rank these in order of importance to the company.
•    Identify credible sources to be added to the website.
•    Prove why the credibility markers are trustworthy and how they would possibly connect to the target audience for the company.
•    Having a good set of speaker notes for each of your slides helps ensure you cover everything necessary.

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First, listen to the podcast and summarize it in two paragraphs. What were the two or three main points the presenter was trying to make and what evidence was provided to support their assertions? Then, do some critical thinking. Did you find the evidence presented to be credible? Why or why not? Can you find evidence to the contrary or additional evidence to support the ideas presented in the podcast? Any outside sources are cited in APA format. Link to the podcast -> 
https://www.piie.com/experts/peterson-perspectives/trade-talks-episode-22-other-uk-trade-deals-brexit-and-rolling-over

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Presentation on your gained knowledge on management and how you will apply your new learning to your life. What is your management style? How can you influence others? What will you be doing to continue to care for you? Your presentation should be professional and include visual aids to engage your listeners.

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Write an eight- to ten-page paper that follows appropriate APA format. This should be about  personal development and personal theory of management that includes the following sections:

What practical applications have you drawn from the course?
An assessment of your strengths and weaknesses as a manager
How can you apply those to your work environment?
Goals for personal and professional development
Goals for influencing and developing others

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You are working with your Project Sponsor to decide on the optimal project management structure for an upcoming complex project that will involve over 100 members, similar to this project: 

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/digger/wp/2016/10/18/marriott-to-move-headquarters-to-downtown-bethesda/?utm_term=.721d2114db06

The Sponsor believes that a dedicated project team structure will not work. He has the same concerns about this structure that the author has noted. You are confident that this structure or a matrix structure will work for the project. Describe how you will reassure him that either structure will be successful.

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Performance Evaluation Design: Design a performance evaluation that you would recommend to your organization. The performance evaluation should include the factors evaluated, a rating scale, comments section, and a process for departments to follow. Be sure to include a recommendation for continued learning section in the evaluation. 

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Research and analyze an example of a GSA contract. What are the specific details of your example that make it GSA compliant?  
Based on your analysis, are the requirements regarding winning GSA contracts as outlined in the reading too onerous? Select at least two (2) areas that you believe could be improved and explain why.

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What do you think about the efficiency of financial markets in the U.S.? What do the stock market crashes tell us about the efficient market hypothesis?

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you’ll begin by visiting this website: https://www.tylervigen.com/spurious-correlations. 

Select one of the sets of data that demonstrate a correlation. Take a screenshot of that set of data. Next, create a PowerPoint presentation with that screenshot as your first slide and argue for the correlation as a false conclusion. Create three more slides and use them to make an argument that the correlated information in the set you picked is truly related. (Minimum of 10 slides.) These slides must show:

Part 1: In the first 4 slides, convince your audience that your evidence is either empirical, anecdotal, or logical. Describe how the correlation supports your false argument.

Part 2: In the rest of the slides, disprove your argument. Find real data that the correlation is supposed to represent. How does the data you found disprove the original argument?

Create a references slide to include your sources