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Statistics process control and Quality improvement in Health care

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Serial killers usually pursue a particular type of victim. Analyzing the characteristics of a killer's victims can greatly assist the effort to create a typology of the killer.
•What does "demographics of victimization" mean? How can location relate to the demographics of victimization?
•Discuss how serial killers with different typologies use different methods for victim selection.
•How are the methods used for victim selection by serial killers similar to or different from the methods used by a mass murderer?
•Consider any of these killers: Aileen Wournos, Ted Bundy, or Wayne Williams. Discuss how their choice of victims related to their typology. If you were an investigator working on this case, how would you use the victims' characteristics to assist in the investigation?

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Organized and Disorganized Serial Killers

A key characteristic of a serial killer is whether he or she is organized or disorganized. Your texts discuss this topic. Be sure to read the assigned sections for this week in order to complete this assignment:

You are a behavioral analyst who has been hired to train your city's homicide detectives about organized and disorganized serial killers. Create an 8- to 10-slide presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint that addresses the following points:
•Explain the characteristics of organized and disorganized killers.
•Describe the kinds of clues that can indicate whether a killer is organized or disorganized.
•Explain how determining whether a killer is organized or not can assist in the investigation. For example, can clues from the crime scenes give you information about the killer's lifestyle, personality, etc.?
•Give a real-life example of both types of killer. Your texts offer profiles of many serial killers, so you can look there for examples.
◦Be sure to show specifically why you consider each to be organized or disorganized.
◦Indicate how this determination affected the investigation, if applicable.

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1. What could you do if you want to advise a supervisor or boss on something that you knew was wrong?  What is a tactful way to change something that needed changing?
   
   2. Did you find that the group experience moved you toward some new ways of thinking? Or did the multiple perspectives of your group get in the way of progress or cause some extra inefficiency? 
   
   3. Cite a useful management book, journal, or article that you have come across--with full bibliographical information so the rest of the class can find it. Then explain briefly what you liked about this particular publication.

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Your team has won a consulting contract for a product design company. Assume that your team has already proposed and won the contract to work out a feasible response to the various problems caused by the company's move to a new location. Your team is now at the point of producing a formal report that presents a plan of action for the company.

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Assume that you are the Director of Food & Beverage at a full-service hotel, operating in Orange County, California. You oversee an extensive Banquet facility, Nightclub and Pool bar, three Restaurants, Kitchen Production, and 24-hour room service. Using terminology (minimum 30 terms) and major concepts from your text and class discussions, prepare a three-page word processed essay responding to the following prompts:

-Discuss your personal philosophy on legally managing a hospitality operation. 
-Discuss your philosophy on legally managing employees. Elaborate on your plan for managing performance, progressive discipline, and conducting defensible employee terminations.
-Discuss the types of liability you need to be concerned with in a food and beverage operation. Discuss how you will train your managers and front line employees to respond to a workplace incident.
-Discuss your plan for facility maintenance and legal considerations for preventing accidents and complying with Title III of the American with Disabilities Act. Discuss your legal responsibility for guest property and your procedures for limiting liability.
-Discuss your legal obligation for serving food safely and your operation’s food safety plan.
-Outline your Responsible Alcohol Service training program. (Chapter 12 and ServSafe Alcohol Awareness Power Points)
-Discuss your philosophy on maintaining a safe and secure workplace. Discuss the type of training your employees will need to comply with related laws and to be ready in the event of an emergency. (Chapter 14)
-Discuss the necessary types of insurance coverage for your F&B operation and how you will limit your risk exposure, save money and improve productivity. 

Demonstrate overall cohesiveness of essay. Demonstrate proper grammar and spelling. Use minimum 30 terms from text in your own words. Bold minimum 30 terms throughout.

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Identify two critical stakeholders in the external environment that would affect the profitability of the U.S. Airline Industry. Explain why they can affect the profitability and what can be done by the key internal stakeholders to improve it.

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Directions: Answer the following questions on a separate document. Explain how you reached the answer or show your work if a mathematical calculation is needed, or both. Submit your assignment using the assignment link above. This homework assignment is worth 20 points.

1. Select one factor that affects cash flows for a bank valuation. Why is this factor significant for banking operations?

2. Select one factor that affects the required rate of return for investors in commercial banks. Why is this factor significant for investors?

3. Differentiate interest income from non-interest income. Which, if any, is more significant for long-term health of banks (in your opinion)? Why?

4. Refer to Exhibit 20.5 in Chapter 20. Briefly explain one-way bank managers may minimize the risk of loan losses given economic conditions.

5. Problem 1 - assessing bank performance (chapter 20, page 576).

6. Briefly explain why a bank's capital - or net worth - is important when it comes to possible losses, such as during the 2008-09 financial crisis.

7. Briefly explain one of the risks banks face. Why is this risk significant for banks?

8. Select and briefly explain one way banks may manage interest rate risk. Why might it be impossible to eliminate the risk completely?

9. Select one notable bank failure during the 2008-2009 credit crisis. What was the primary reason for this failure?

10. Briefly explain how a credit union differs from a traditional commercial bank.

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For this assignment, select a real company in the fast food industry. 

You have just been hired by (your selected company) as its new vice president of strategic planning. The corporation’s performance in recent years as well as the changes with business and economic conditions will be a central focus of your new job.

Given the size of the corporation and the fact that it is in a highly competitive industry, the chief executive officer (CEO) to whom you report has already given you permission to hire a staff of recent Master of Business Administration (MBA) graduates to assist you in your efforts. You recently completed the interviewing and hired four people with minimal real business experience.

In coming months, you and your team will be creating a completely new—and, presumably, more effective—strategic plan. You plan to begin by holding a kick-off meeting with your team.

Deliverable Length: 1,000–1,250 words

To feel confident that all of the employees in your strategic planning team understand all that you have taught them, you require each to prepare a streamlined version of the key elements of a strategic plan. You require each employee to prepare the following sections of a strategic plan for the corporation's next 3-5 years:

Mission and Vision Statements (Simply copying from an existing real company is unacceptable.)
Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic, and Time-Bound (SMART) Goals and Objectives
Industry Analysis
Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats, and Trends (SWOTT) Analysis
A Perceptual Map
Choose any criteria that you think are important to plot.
Explain why you picked the criteria.
Your task is to create a plan, following the same parameters, which will be the sample standard that your employees' submissions should match.

Please submit your assignment.

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Having experienced a robust debate discussion on the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats, and trends (SWOTT) analysis and strategic planning for a particular fast-food franchise, it is time to shift gears a bit and consider the competition in the fast-food industry. Read this article to frame this week’s discussion. Complete the following:

Identify 1 or 2 other major competitors in the fast-food industry, and describe their sources of competitive advantage.
Discuss a current issue that this industry faces. It could be favorable or unfavorable to the industry.
Which of the major competitors has the strongest competitive advantage and ability to overcome the barriers presented by the current issues identified and why?

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Answer these questions.

1. You may have experiences and insights to share on the use of Google Docs, Dropbox, Skype, and many of the other tools that are currently available. If so, can you offer some advice on some good ways to collaborate electronically?

2. Some formal reports include both a very brief abstract and an executive summary.

What are the respective functions of the brief descriptive abstract and the longer informative summary?

In what circumstances would it be a good idea to include both a brief abstract and an executive summary in a report?

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Answer these two questions.

1. In light of all the electronic communication developments and social media proliferation, can we assume that we still have some measure of privacy?

2. Do you have any good advice on how to manage subordinates: i.e., newly hired engineers, technicians working on one of your projects at work, or various employees in other functions, such as labor union staff, marketing staff, or technical writers?