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  • Discuss the budgetary and managerial impact that future trends

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    Criminal Justice Trends Paper

    Select one of the components of the criminal justice system (law enforcement, courts, or corrections).

    Write a 1,400- to 1750-word paper in which you evaluate past, present, and future trends of the criminal justice component you select.

    Discuss the budgetary and managerial impact that future trends will likely have not only on the component you select, but also on the other components of the criminal justice system. Be sure to include current research data (qualitative and quantitative) in your analysis.

    CJA 484 Week 1 Individual Assignment Criminal Justice Trends Paper

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  • Barriers to Effective Communication Essay

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    Write a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper in which you describe the following:

    • · The process of communication and its components
    • · Differences between listening and hearing in communication
    • · The formal and informal channels of communication in criminal justice organizations
    • · Different barriers to effective communication
    • · Strategies that may be implemented to overcome communication barriers

    Provide real-world examples to illustrate your points.

    Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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  • Marketing Plan for Jenny’s Closet Party LLC

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    MKT 500 Assignment 3 Part C: Your Marketing Plan

    Due Week 8 and worth 280 points

    From the start of this course, you have accessed the Interactive Marketing Plan tool and used the step-by-step guide to complete Part C of your marketing plan. You are required to submit a marketing plan for a hypothetical product-based company. Your plan must include the company’s social media strategy, and information collected from Steps 6-7 of the Interactive Marketing Plan, located in the course shell. Note: Some elements may not be covered in the Interactive Marketing Plan and will require additional research.

    Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

    Write a six to seven (6-7) page paper in which you:

    Develop the company’s branding, pricing, and distribution strategy.
    Provide the following marketing strategy information:
    Classify the company’s major competitors as inter- or intra-competitors. Categorize the competitors’ major strengths and weaknesses.
    Develop the differentiation strategy in relation to the closest competitor.
    Establish whether the company’s intention is to be a leader or follower within the industry.
    Assess the level of impact that the salient macro-environmental issues (e.g., legal, technological, social, and economic, etc.) and trends with which the company must contend could potentially have on the company’s marketing strategy.
    Discuss the marketing research tools that you used in your marketing strategy.
    Construct an implementation strategy for your hypothetical company in which you specify the essential activities and responsibilities. Include a timetable for completion of each component of your strategy.
    Develop a five (5) year expansion plan that includes future profitability and market share growth. Include necessary graphs to explain your plan.
    Specify two (2) social media and / or media tools that you would use as you develop your plan. Justify each of your chosen tools.
    Choose two (2) performance standards, two (2) monitory methods, and two (2) financial controls that you would implement that differ from the standards that you had provided in Assignment 1. Justify your choices.
    Assess the potential for your company’s overall performance in relation to the marketing plan objectives.
    Suggest the integrated marketing communications that are most relevant for your marketing plan. Relate each marketing communication to your company’s advertising strategy.
    Use at least five (5) academic resources that address sustainability and monitoring of effective marketing plans and determine the applicability for your hypothetical company. These resources should be industry specific and relate to your chosen product / service. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

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  • MKT 500 Assignment 3 Branding, Pricing, and Distribution

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    MKT 500 Assignment 3 Branding, Pricing, and Distribution

    Continuing to build your marketing plan, this assignment focuses on branding, pricing, and distribution of your product and service.

    Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

    1. Create the domestic and global product branding strategy.
    2. Determine and detail the optimum pricing strategy.
    3. Examine how your pricing strategy supports your branding strategy.
    4. Prepare a distribution channel analysis identifying the wholesaler, distributor, and retailer relationships (include any e-Commerce as well).
    5. Discuss whether a push or pull strategy will be used, justify your rationale.
    6. Discuss how the distribution strategy fits the product / service, target market, and overall marketing strategy for the company
    7. Support your marketing plan with at least two (2) reference sources that discuss the nature of the assignment

    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.
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  • Minicase 1: Verizon and Rivio Use the Web to Offer Big Benefits for Small Businesses. Page 553

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    Q1. In what ways might IT strategy and alignment differ for small businesses as opposed to that of larger organizations?

    Q2. What are some of the major challenges for aligning IT in a small organization?

    Q3. What are some of the pros and cons of using large providers to meet the IT needs of small business customers?

    Q4. Conduct some research on the Rivio system and make your own assessment as to whether the claim of Rivio’s chairman – that “Rivio will enable Verizon’s small business customers to more efficiently run the businesses, giving owners and employees more time to focus on revenue-generating activities” – is hype or reality.

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  • Mini case: Blades Inc.

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    1. If Blades uses call options to hedge its yen payables, should it use the call option with the exercise price of $0.00756 or the call option with the exercise price of $0.00792? Describe the tradeoff.
    2. Should Blades allow its yen position to be unhedged?  Describe the tradeoff.
    3. If Blades does not enter into the agreement with the British firm and continues to export to Thailand and import from Thailand and Japan, do you think the increased correlations between the Japanese yen and the Thai baht will increase or decrease Blades’ transaction exposure?
    4. Do you think Blades should import components from Japan to reduce its net transaction exposure in the long run? Why or why not?

    Chap 6

    1. Did the intervention effort by the Thai government constitute direct or indirect intervention? Explain.
    2. Did the intervention by the Thai government constitute sterilized or non sterilized intervention? What is the difference between the two types of intervention? Which type do you think would be more effective in increasing the value of the baht? Why? (Hint: Think about the effect of nonsterilized intervention on U.S. interest rates.)

    Chap 8
    1. What is the relationship between the exchange rates and relative inflation levels of the two countries? How will this relationship affect Blades’ Thai revenue and costs given that the baht is freely floating? What is the net effect of this relationship on Blades?

    Chap 10
    1. What type(s) of exposure (i.e., transaction, economic, or translation exposure) is Blades subject to? Why?

    The Mini Case 2

    Blades, Inc. needs to order supplies 2 months ahead of the delivery date. It is considering an order from a Japanese supplier that requires a payment of 12.5 million yen payable as of the delivery date. Blades have two choices:
    • Purchase two call options contracts (since each option contract represents 6,250,000 yen).
    • Purchase one futures contract (which represents 12.5 million yen).
    The futures price on yen has historically exhibited a slight discount from the existing spot rate. However, the firm would like to use currency options to hedge payables in Japanese yen for transactions 2 months in advance. Blades would prefer hedging its yen payable position because it is uncomfortable leaving the position open given the historical volatility of the yen. Nevertheless, the firm would be willing to remain unhedged if the yen becomes more stable someday.
    The table below summarizes the option and futures information available toBlades:

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  • Minicase: Can Brazil Become a Global Competitor in the Information Technology Outsourcing Business?

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    1. Use the theories of international trade and investment that have been presented in this chapter to help explain Brazil’s intentions and actions regarding the international information technology sector.
    2. What recommendations would you give to the Brazilian government and its outsourcing industry in order to improve their prospects for success in building a strong international competitive position in the information technology outsourcing business?
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  • MINI-CASES I. Deals-R-Us Brokers (Part 1)

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    MINI-CASES I. Deals-R-Us Brokers (Part 1)

    Fred Jones, a distant relative of yours and president of Deals-R-Us Brokers (DRUB), has come to you for advice. DRUB is a small brokerage house that enables its clients to buy and sell stocks over the Internet, as well as place traditional orders by phone or fax.

    DRUB has just decided to offer a set of stock analysis tools that will help its clients more easily pick winning stocks, or so Fred tells you. Fred’s information systems department has presented him with two alternatives for developing the new tools.

    The first alternative will have a special tool developed in C++ that clients will download onto their computers to run. The tool will communicate with the DRUB server to select data to analyze. The second alternative will have the C++ program running on the server; the client will use his or her browser to interact with the server.

    1. Classify the two alternatives in terms of what type of application architecture they use.
    2. Outline the pros and cons of the two alternatives and make a recommendation to Fred about which is better.
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  • Chapter 8 Minicase: Proposal to accept Muster or Skilboro

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    Flowton Products enjoys a steady demand for stainless steel infiltrators used in a number of chemical processes. Revenues from the infiltrator division are $50 million a year and production costs are $47.5 million. However, the 10 high-precision Munster stamping machines that are used in the production process are coming to the end of their useful life. One possibility is simply to replace each existing machine with a new Munster. These machines would cost $800,000 each and would not involve any additional operating costs. The alternative is to buy 10 centrally controlled Skilboro stampers. Skilboros cost $1.25 million each, but compared to the Munster, they would produce a total saving in operator and material costs of $500,000 a year. Moreover, the Skilboro is sturdily built and would last 10 years, compared with an estimated 7-year life for the Munster.

    Analysts in the infiltrator division have produced the accompanying summary table, which shows the forecast total cash flows from the infiltrator business over the life of each machine. Flowton’s standard procedures for appraising capital investments involve calculating net present value, internal rate of return, and payback, and these measures are also shown in the table.

    As usual, Emily Balsam arrived early at Flowton’s head office. She had never regretted joining Flowton. Everything about the place, from the mirror windows to the bell fountain in the atrium, suggested a classy outfit. Ms. Balsam sighed happily and reached for the envelope at the top of her in-tray. It was an analysis from the infiltrator division of the replacement options for the stamper machines. Pinned to the paper was the summary table of cash flows and a note from the CFO, which read, “Emily, I have read through 20 pages of excruciating detail and I still don’t know which of these machines we should buy. The NPV calculation seems to indicate that the Skilboro is best, while IRR and payback suggest the opposite. Would you take a look and tell me what we should do and why. You also might check that the calculations are OK.”

    Can you help Ms. Balsam by writing a memo to the CFO? You need to justify your solution and also to explain why some or all of the measures in the summary tables are inappropriate.

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