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Part A

(CHP 7) Kohl’s Department Store Case Study () THIS INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ONLINE, I DON’T HAVE THE TEXTBOOK, SO ANSWER THE BEST YOU CAN

After reading the relevant chapter sections and the case study on page 268. Please address the following questions:

• How could the store have better handled the termination?
• Should the three employees have been fired?
• What could Kohl’s have done to have prevented the situation in the first place?
• What could have the employees have done differently?

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Formal Discussion Forum Requirements:
1. Initial Reply/Post:
      o Provide a complete answer to each of the questions asked.
      o Use at least 7-10 sentences (or more) to address each question.
      o Include at least one reference to support your discussion, properly cited in APA format. This reference can come from the textbook, lecture materials, or additional scholarly research you conduct.

Part B

(CHP3A) BFOQ Hooter’s Forum

After reviewing the Hooter’s video please provide 1) your thoughts and opinions on the video, and 2) comment of the video being sure to include how the content in this video relates to chapter 3’s concept of BFOQ (see p. 92).

 Formal Discussion Forum Requirements:
1. Initial Reply/Post:
      o Provide a complete answer to each of the questions asked.
      o Use at least 7-10 sentences (or more) to address each question.
      o Include at least one reference to support your discussion, properly cited in APA format. This reference can come from the textbook, lecture materials, or additional scholarly research you conduct.

PART C

Exercise 3.2 – Adverse Impact 

• Submitting a text entry box

Using the document provided in the Module section of the course labeled “Exercise 3.2 – Adverse Impact” Download “Exercise 3.2 – Adverse Impact”you are to determine if an EEOC investigation will reveal adverse impact on the basis of either 1) sex or 2) race? Assume that any applicant with two or more years of college was hired. 

You should carefully review the example provided on pages 94-95, paying close attention to table 3.2 on page 95 of your text.

For both 1) Sex and 2) Race you should provide the following information like presented below for both sex and race. 

	Males	Females
Number of Applicants	A	B
Numbered Hired	C	D
Selection Ratio	C/A	D/B

Adverse Impact Calculation = (D/B) / (C/A) = X, IF X < .80 THEN ADVERSE IMPACT 

Assignment Title: Creating an Informational Flyer on False Memory and Eyewitness Testimony

Objective:

To help students understand the complexities of memory and the implications of eyewitness testimony, as well as to highlight the importance of accurately assessing these elements in the justice system.

Background:

In this assignment, you’ll use insights from the “60 Minutes” segment on Ronald Cotton to create an informational flyer aimed at educating judges and juries about false memories and eyewitness testimony. Ronald Cotton’s story is a compelling case study on the impact of mistaken identity and the fallibility of human memory in the legal system.

Instructions:

Watch the 60 Minutes Segment:

Watch both parts of the “60 Minutes” segment on Ronald Cotton and Jennifer Thompson. This is a legal case that happened right here in NC, and resulted in legal changes in how you will be interviewed by law enforcement. This can typically be found online through streaming services or on the official “60 Minutes” website. Here is a link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-SBTRLoPuo

Research and Understand the Concepts:

Review key concepts related to memory, including false memories, the malleability of eyewitness accounts, and the psychological factors that can affect testimony.

Look into relevant research studies and psychological theories that pertain to memory accuracy and witness reliability.

Create an Informational Flyer:

Assessing Classroom Materials for Diversity

[WLO: 3] [CLO: 2]

Prior to beginning this assignment, Read Understanding Anti-Bias Education: Bringing the Four Core Goals to Every Facet of Your CurriculumLinks to an external site..

The toys, materials, and equipment you put out for children; the posters, pictures, and art objects you hang on the wall; and the types of furniture and how you arrange them all influence what children learn. What children do not see in the classroom teaches children as much as what they do see.

In this activity, you will evaluate a classroom environment and determine what you would like to change and expand. In addition to the visual images displayed in your classroom, this activity encourages you to think about how the following support diversity and inclusivity.

• Dramatic play materials
• Manipulatives
• Language
• Dolls
• Books
• Posters, photos, etc.

Louise Derman-Sparks recommends reviewing a list like this at least once a year, preferably with any colleagues you share a room with. The checklist is also a useful tool for observing and assessing programs you observe or are considering working in.

Classroom Environment Options

You have two options to complete this learning activity:

Option 1: If you have approved access to a classroom that serves children 0–8, please assess 3 sections of your choice and provide documentation, photos, or videos of the classroom areas, practices, and/or interactions.

Option 2:

If you do not have access to a classroom, please choose one of the following options to conduct an assessment. Please assess three areas:

• Room 1 Child Development Center at MiraCosta CollegeLinks to an external site., a collection of photographs of a toddler room at the MiraCosta College Child Development Center.
  
• First grade classroom photos in the following articles:
  First Grade Classroom Makeover: Come Take a Tour!Links to an external site.
  or
  Come On In to My 1st Grade ClassroomLinks to an external site.

Please pick three sections of your choice to assess. You do not need to address all sections. Use the Assessing Classroom Materials for Diversity Download Assessing Classroom Materials for Diversityhandout or cut and paste the following:

Report Requirements

Please use the Diverse Materials Assessment Report Download Diverse Materials Assessment Reporttemplate to submit your findings. In the report,

• Identify the age range of the classroom. (Infant/Toddler, Pre-K, Kinder, First, Second, or Third)
• Summarize the importance of using diverse materials. Please use the text or outside source to support your thinking.
• Describe three strengths of the classroom environment that you observed while using the checklist. Be sure to provide pictures/video/images (for outside classrooms).
• Describe three areas that you did not observe (example: Materials the show diversity of gender roles) while using the checklist and areas and how these three areas could be improved. Be sure to explain why you are making these recommendations and provide images or links to recommended items that would help the classroom better meet the assessment requirements.

The Diverse Materials Assessment Report,

• must be at least 2–3 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource.
• must use at least 1 credible source and/or the course text.
  • The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source.
  • To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, review this Quick and Easy Library ResearchLinks to an external site. tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
• must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site. guide.
• must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. Review the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site. resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Scenario
You have almost completed your analysis of Companies A and B and are scheduled to deliver your proposal to the board. While researching to ensure accurate and up-to-date data, you learn that two of Company B’s aircraft have been grounded over the past couple of months due to technical issues, one of which could have been an FAA safety violation.

The subsequent investigations, technical repairs, and grounded flights have led to a 10% drop in their revenue over the last month. Mitigation expenses have added about $80,000 to their operating costs. Company B has also suffered negative customer feedback due to some of the ground crew’s mishandling of the situation.

In this assignment, you will write an executive summary to capture the situation and share your analysis and perspective on how these safety issues might affect your acquisition recommendation.

Prompt
Write an executive summary describing the newly discovered concerns and your analysis of the situation at Company B.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

Summarize the safety issues and their direct impact on the company over the past month.
Describe how this news affects factors other than revenue, which will then affect the company’s value.
How does this affect your initial performance evaluation and analysis of the company?
Do you see any additional risks? Explain.
Will it impact your recommendation about acquisition? Why or why not?
What additional information about this situation will you need to make your final decision?
What to Submit
Submit a 1 page Word document using double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Included APA7 sources.

Overview

In today’s information age, customers have access to various digital platforms to access and share information. Customers also use these platforms to communicate with service providers, share opinions, and provide feedback. Therefore, it is important for product owners and service providers to be ready with a response plan for all communications over digital platforms.

You are a regional marketing director of a theme park and responsible for designing marketing strategy for the reopening of the park. Each department is helping you with the relevant and required information. As the date of reopening of the parks gets closer, the business intelligence unit of the organization in the scenario has noticed a surge of negative opinions among consumers. This is evident not only on social media platforms but also across a host of other digital media platforms, such as the organization’s websites and other digital information sources. A major cause of concern is that the organization’s ethics are being questioned in most of these negative opinions.

The business intelligence unit has sent a memo to share their concerns. The CMO has asked you to respond to this memo by creating a recommendation report.

Prompt

Write a recommendation report, in a memo format, to the CMO of the organization in the course scenario, describing the strategies to minimize the negative opinion from consumers. Refer to the Business Intelligence Memo attached to ensure adjustments and additions to the plan for stopping negative publicity. In your memo, emphasize the need for cross-functional effort alignment, crisis management, social media response methods, and CSR communications.

Specifically, you must address the following criteria:

1. Describe how you must now pivot from your previous plan to introduce strategic changes to stop negative publicity.
   • Which two steps will you take to effectively address the negative publicity related to the park re-opening?
2. Describe the cross-functional effort alignment.
   • How can the organization’s sales and operations departments help address the negative publicity?
   • How can you use marketing channels to communicate the safety measures to the customers?
3. Explain how a crisis communication plan can improve the organization’s image, when aligned with ethical practices.
   • How would you use your public relations efforts in crisis communication?
   • How would you use your corporate website for crisis communication?
4. Describe the social media response methods to be used in this scenario.
   • How would you address negative comments?
   • How would you answer the safety-related questions?
5. Describe the corporate social responsibility (CSR) communications strategy in this scenario.
   • What are the key CSR initiatives and policies for the organization?
   • What are the key channels of communicating the CSR initiatives?

What to Submit

Submit a 1-page Word document using double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Included APA7 sources.

Consider the following statement: “The best-performing companies worry less about performance and more about their organizational capabilities” (Bititci, 2015). Then, review the interview notes memos for Company A and Company B. Then think about organizational performance in relation to organizational capabilities and address the following in your initial post:

• Do you agree with the statement above? Why or why not?
• How does organizational culture affect capability and performance? For example, an active, participative culture is essential for encouraging organizational learning.
• What do you think about the organizational culture and capabilities of Companies A and B and their role in the two companies’ performances?

Now that you have completed your SWOT Analysis, select and analyze the areas in need of improvement, and narrow down the list of places to do your Gemba walk.  

Use your SWOT analysis to focus your Gemba walk. Identify and analyze weaknesses and threats to review during your walk. 

While completing your walk, look for ways to eliminate inefficiencies, reduce waste, improve a product, or streamline a process. 

Write a 750-word Opportunities for Improvement Recommendation report for management on your observations and recommendations from your Gemba walk, based on your SWOT analysis from Week 3. Complete the following in your report: 

• Include a summary of the organization (e.g., products or services, mission, and vision). 
• Provide context (where did you focus your Gemba, and why?). 
• Explain how you utilized your SWOT analysis to focus your Gemba walk. 
• List your Gemba observations: 
• What was the goal of your Gemba? 
• Where did you go? 
• What did you observe? 
• Who did you observe? 
• Prepare an analysis of your observations. 
• List key takeaways, providing evidence for each. 
• Choose 1 long-term and 3 short-term opportunities to eliminate inefficiencies, reduce waste, improve a product, or streamline a process within the organization.  

Cite any references that support your work (e.g., trade or industry publications, government or agency websites, scholarly works, or other sources of similar quality). 

Instructions:

For this assessment:

• Use the Assessment 02 Supplement: Ethical and Policy Factors in Care Coordination to select the community organization or support group that you plan to address.
• Develop a PowerPoint with typed speaker notes (the script for your voice recording) and audio voice-over recording, intended for that audience. Video is not required.

Note: PowerPoint has a feature to type the speaker notes directly into the presentation. You are encouraged to use that feature or you may choose to submit a separate document. 

For this assessment, develop your presentation slides and speaker notes, then record your presentation. You are not required to deliver your presentation to an actual audience.

Presentation Format and Length

You may use PowerPoint (recommended) or other suitable presentation software to create your slides and add your voice over. If you elect to use an application other than PowerPoint, check with your faculty to avoid potential file compatibility issues.

Be sure that your slide deck includes the following slides:

• Title slide.
  • Presentation title.
  • Your name.
  • Date.
  • Course number and title.
• References (at the end of your presentation).

Your slide deck should consist of 10–12 slides, not including a title and references slide with typed speaker notes and audio voice over. Your presentation should not exceed 20 minutes.

Create a detailed narrative script for your presentation, approximately 4–5 pages in length.

Supporting Evidence

Cite 3–5 credible sources from peer-reviewed journals or professional industry publications to support your presentation. Include your source citations on a references page appended to your narrative script.

Grading Requirements

The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the Ethical and Policy Factors in Care Coordination Scoring Guide, so be sure to address each point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.

• Explain how governmental policies related to the health and/or safety of the community affect the coordination of care.
  • Provide examples of a specific policy affecting the organization or group.
  • Refer to the assessment resources for help in locating relevant policies.
  • Be sure influential policies include the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPPA).
• Identify national, state, and local policy provisions that raise ethical questions or dilemmas for care coordination.
  • What are the implications and consequences of specific policy provisions?
  • What evidence do you have to support your conclusions?
• Assess the impact of the code of ethics for nurses on the coordination and continuum of care.
  • Consider the factors that contribute to health, health disparities, and access to services.
  • Consider the social determinants of health identified in Healthy People 2020 as a framework for your assessment.
  • Provide evidence to support your conclusions.
• Communicate key ethical and policy issues in a presentation affecting the coordination and continuum of care for a selected community organization or support group. Either speaker notes or audio voice-over are included for a proficient score; both speaker notes and the audio voice over are included for a distinguished score.
  • Present a concise overview.
  • Support your main points and conclusions with relevant and credible evidence.

Assessment 02 Supplement: Ethical and Policy Factors in Care Coordination:

Your project must be submitted as a Word document (.docx, .doc). Your project will be individually graded by your instructor and therefore may take up to five to seven days to grade.

Be sure that each of your files contains the following information:

• Your name
• Your student ID number
• The exam number

To submit your graded project, proceed to the Graded Assignment page in this lesson. Follow the instructions provided to upload the file and submit it for grading.

Be sure to keep a backup copy of any files you submit to the school!

After your assignment has been graded, feedback will be available on the Graded Assignment page within the course. It will have an option to download the feedback from the instructor.

You’ll find your case study assignments in the textbook, Psychology and Your Life, Fourth Edition. Use your textbook to complete your Case Study.

Please take a few moments to watch the video in the next resource titled, “Case Study Instructions.” The video gives a verbal explanation of this assignment.

Read the following case studies in your textbook and answer the questions in your text:

• Case Study 1: “The Woman Who Dreams of Stress,” after Module 14
• Case Study 2: “John Buckingham, the New Guy on the Job,” after Module 43

Process

Your assignment must include the following:

• A cover sheet
• The answers to both Case Study 1 and Case Study 2 written in complete sentences

The Cover Sheet

The first page of your paper will be the cover sheet. Provide the following information:

• Case Studies
• Your name and student ID
• Current date 
• Essentials of Psychology SSC130
• Assignment #

Formatting

Format your paper using a standard font, such as Times New Roman, 12 point, double-spaced. Set the margins at a standard 1 inch on all sides. Since you’ve given your information on the cover sheet, no header is necessary.

For the body of your paper, make a clear distinction when you’re answering the questions about Case Study 1 and answer questions 1–5 in complete sentences. Then move on to Case Study 2 and continue in the same format.

For clarity, please include each question from the case study prior to your response. 

Grading Criteria

Your instructor will use the following rubric when grading your essay. You may use this rubric as a guide when writing and completing your assignment. 

Essentials of Psychology Case Studies Project
Name: Student ID:	Skill Realized	Skill Developing	Skill Emerging	Skill Not Evident
CONTENT • The student provided thoughtful answers in complete sentences for the questions regarding both case studies (“The Case of the Woman Who Dreams of Stress” and “The Case of John Buckingham, the New Guy on the Job.”) (8 points per question)  _ /80	80	75	74	62	50	10	0
GRAMMAR, SENTENCES, and MECHANICS • The student proofread his or her paper.  _ / 2 • The student used correct grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure.  _ / 5 • The student made sure that there were no typographical errors and chose appropriate and correct words.  _ / 3	10	9	8	7	6	4	0
FORMAT and LENGTH • The student’s cover page contains all the required information (the title; his/her name and student number; the current date; the course title and number, Essentials of Psychology, SSC 130; and the case studies project number).  _ / 5 • The student used a standard 12-point font and 1-inch margins.  _ / 5	10	9	8	7	6	4	0

 

This practical application is worth 30 points and is due by Sunday at midnight, at the end of Week 6. 

For each of these problems, you will find a similar problem worked and explained, in the practice problems for M&A.

For full credit, you need to show the inputs and equations used. Zero credit if no work is shown.

• What are four possible sources of synergy related to an acquisition or merger? (1 point each, for a max of 4 points)

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• Liquor Depot is considering acquiring Wines R Us in an all-cash deal. Liquor Depot has 325,000 shares outstanding at $78.90 per share and Wines R Us, a private company, has expected annual cash flows of $1,050,000 per year (forever). Both firms have a(n) 8.4% cost of capital. Liquor Depot anticipates that with their marketing & sales expertise, they could increase Wines R Us annual cash flows by 2.5% annually if the firms combine. Show as total dollar figure, rounded to the nearest dollar.

a) What is the current market value of the target? (3 pts)

b) What is the total incremental value (synergy) of the merger to the acquirer (Hint: this is the PV of the increase in annual cash flows related to the merger) (3 pts)

 c) What maximum cash price should the acquirer offer for the target? (3 pts)

• Handy Mart is being acquired by Spiffy Rental for $3,250,000 worth of Spiffy Rental stock. Handy Mart has 85,000 shares of stock outstanding for $37.80 a share. Spiffy Rental has 435,000 shares outstanding with a market value of $23.65 a share. The incremental value of the acquisition is estimated to be $132,000. Hint, look at practice problem (M&A) #10.

a) How many new shares of the acquirer’s stock will be issued to pay for the target? (4 pts)

b) How many shares will the acquirer have after the merger? Rounding to the nearest whole share is fine. (2 pts)

• Before a potential merger, First Line Books had 14,500 shares outstanding at a market price per share of $38.60. Specialty Thrillers has 6,500 shares outstanding at $32.10 per share. Assume First Line Books has estimated the value of the synergistic benefits from acquiring Specialty Thrillers to be $8,500. Neither firm has outstanding debt. First Line Books has offered $33 per share to the target. Based on this information, answer each of the following:  Hint, see practice problem #15
• What is the value of the target firm to the acquirer (current market value + synergy)? (3 pts, show answer to the nearest dollar)

• What is the NPV of the proposed acquisition? (to the nearest dollar) (4 pts)

• If the deal goes through, what is the price per share of the merged firm? (show as $xx.xx per share) (4 pts)