Take a position and discuss if prices should be set based on the value consumers are willing to pay for

Take a position and discuss if prices should be set based on the value consumers are willing to pay for

Pricing

Field: Business & Finance – Marketing
Prices are often set to satisfy demand in the market place or to reflect the premium consumers are willing to pay for the product. Take a position and discuss if prices should be set based on the value consumers are willing to pay for or should prices be set based on cost of producing and marketing a product

A detective is called to a crime scene, where the female victim is in the kitchen and has been stabbed 13 times. The officer notices the following:

 

Field: Law

A detective is called to a crime scene, where the female victim is in the kitchen and has been stabbed 13 times. The officer notices the following:

A detective is called to a crime scene, where the female victim is in the kitchen and has been stabbed 13 times. The officer notices the following:

The room is in turmoil.

The family is not at home.

When the family is questioned, it is noted that nothing is missing.

There is not any evidence of breaking and entering.

The victim has a knife next to her hand. The knife holder is on the kitchen counter next to the victim.

There was a gun in a drawer 10 feet from the victim. It was loaded with one bullet in the chamber.

The victim is 5 foot 9 inches tall, weighs about 140 pounds, and has well-developed muscles.

The coroner tells you that her fingernails were broken, and there were bruises on her upper arms.

What would you say happened to this victim? What are some options for this scenario? What evidence do you do look at as the investiga

Bus 372 Wk 5 Discussion 1 & 2 Replies ($6.00 Do Not Change The Price)/Business & Finance

 

Field: Business & Finance

Bus 372 Wk 5 Discussion 1 & 2 Replies ($6.00 Do Not Change The Price)

Discussion 1

The Decline of Unions

The decline of union membership in the United States raises questions about whether unions will continue to exist in their present configurations. What do you think are the major problems with unions that are costing them membership? Do you think that unions will survive, or do you think they will have to change? What do you imagine unions will look like in the future? Why?

Present your views in approximately 250 words in your initial discussion post. Respond to at least two of your peers’ posts. Utilize the course text, weekly lecture, and at least one other scholarly source. Remember to properly cite your sources.

#1 Shannon Lane

WednesdaySep 13 at 7:37am

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There are many areas that unions need to work on if they want to improve their efficiency in the workplace. I believe two of the biggest problems they face are costs and methodology. According to Collins (2015), unions have created a bad image for themselves with corruption, and methods like strikes hurt other industries and make operation difficult in the market. Unions have changed the workforce too much, and collective bargaining isn’t doing its job. I feel like most people today don’t work as hard for what they want, and just expect it at the drop of a hat. Collective bargaining and compromise are very important to the success of unionization, and members need to remember that.

Seaquist (2015) states that there are multiple reasons why employers resist unionization, including the cost and benefits, paperwork, and legal issues involved (p. 9.2). Employers don’t want to deal with the hassle of higher expenses and legal issues, so unions are not as successful as they once were. Unions have done wonders for the workforce in the past, so it would be a shame to see them completely disappear, but if they keep up the way they are functioning now, that’s exactly what will happen. As Collins mentions, “The uncomfortable fact is that when unions are stronger the economy as a whole does better. Unions restore demand to an economy by raising wages for their members and putting more purchasing power to work. On the flip side, when labor is weak, and capital is unconstrained, corporations hoard, hiring slows, demand goes down, and inequality deepens”.

If unions can remain civil, and receive their demands without exerting too much strain on an industry, I think they can once again be successful and help the economy. There are some big changes that need to be made, though, and it will take an adjustment period to see results.

References

Collins, M. (2015, March 19). The decline of unions is a middle class problem. Forbes. Retrieved from https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikecollins/2015/03/19/the-decline-of-unions-is-a-middle-class-problem/#2f9f16127f2dLinks to an external site..

Seaquist, G. (2015). Employee and labor relations: A practical guide. San Diego: Bridgepoint Education.

#2 Stephanie Robinson

WednesdaySep 13 at 10:37am

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The Decline of Unions

The decline of union membership in the United States raises the question about the union will continue to exist in their present configuration. There are some major problems that have been faced by the union and its costing memberships elements. The union power has become the victim of decline in recent decades. The union membership consists of the almost 35% of non agriculture workers. And not in this modern day the workers of the union members need to acquire the equation. It is necessary for the civilian workers, those are the member of the union. The rapid decline of the union membership has been argued by the company hostility which may become the major cause to determine the supportive legislation as per the Taft Hartley Act.

The major problem of union to wage a systematic campaign to eliminate the union contracts that greatly influence on the unions undercut. Normally the aggressive unions need to deal with the blame for their loss of influence. It distracts the demanding forms of employers to take easy and reliable jobs. It has been established by the smaller part of the economy and has been created in the service sector which is resistant to the union organization. union membership required for the workers with the congressional mandates to address the workplace discrimination and condition. It is essential to establish the protection for family and concern with the union membership.

References:

Seaquist, G. (2015). Employee and labor relations: A practical guideLinks to an external site.. San Diego: Bridgepoint Education.

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Discussion 2

Globalization

Globalization impacts all business, foreign and domestic. How does globalization impact a union in the United States? Is the impact positive or negative? What aspects of globalization do you think will have the greatest impact on unions? Why?

Present your views in approximately 250 words in your initial discussion post. Respond to at least two of your peers’ posts. Utilize the course text, weekly lecture, and at least one other scholarly source. Remember to properly cite your sources.

#3 Amanda Stringfield

ThursdaySep 14 at 5:59pm

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Globalization impacts all business, foreign and domestic. How does globalization impact a union in the United States? Is the impact positive or negative? What aspects of globalization do you think will have the greatest impact on unions? Why?

In the United States, globalization has impacted unions negatively. Because you are taking what was once a national company and union and have spread it across the boarders and across the world. By doing this, you are not able to get all of your union members together and there are many barriers that are a problem, such as language and local customs. When you are not able to successfully organize your union or communicate with them, you are only going to worsen the situation that you are currently in. I think outsourcing jobs is going to have the biggest impact on unions because you are now taking away peoples jobs and sending them to another country where the labor will be cheaper. You are taking away that source of income for that family but now you are getting a cheaper product and now you have to think about import taxes and if the country has any export restrictions or regulations.

References

Seaquist, G. (2015). Employee and labor relations: A practical guide. San Diego: Bridgepoint Education.

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#4terraia chase

ThursdaySep 14 at 7:15pm

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Globalization impacts businesses in the United States in a major way because as the economy grows and changes so will employers. If a company is not growing and becoming a transnational corporation, it will be hard for it to keep up with the other companies. A larger organization is able to organize and structure their corporation in a better more effective way because they have a bigger income over a smaller domestic company. As stated in our text book the pro to having a union in such a larger company, if a strike happens or something that could deeply impact the company, it would be hard for that union to reach everyone who is affiliated with that company if they are a transnational company. Globalization is a negative and a positive thing to me when it comes to a union. I believe its a negative things because sometime it is hard to get all members of the union on one accord. However if the union is staging something to impact the company its a positive for the company because they would not feel a huge financial hit. Globalizing a company that has a union is also more of a financial strain because of the legal obligations needed to protect the people in the union.

 

 

Discussion 1 Respond To Two Peer With A Min 100 World /Policy and Politics in Nursing and Healthcare

 

Field: Nursing

Discussion 1 Respond To Two Peer With A Min 100 World

 

Discussion 1 respond to two peer with a min 100 world

 

1) Policy and Politics in Nursing and Healthcare

Yuritza medina

Florida National University

Policy and Politics in Nursing and Healthcare

From a reading of Chapter 1 of the book, I developed an in-depth understanding of the general perspective of the authors on policy and politics in nursing care. I selected this chapter because it provided an opportunity to understand the critical points in the issue of policy making and politics, as it relates to nursing care. The chapter introduced me to the making of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) which has become a rather debated law especially after it was assented. According to the authors, the ACA is “arguably the most significant piece of social legislation passed in the US since Medicare was implemented in 1985” (Mason, Leavitt, & Chaffee, 2011). The law was aimed at guaranteeing coverage to more than 94% of the population and ensure that patients are protected so that insurance companies do not deny them coverage on subjective grounds (Mason, Leavitt, & Chaffee, 2011). The author further notes that this law was aimed to do much more than reform the health insurance industry. It also contains provisions that seek to reform the procedure of delivering healthcare. This is premised on the realization that the national can no longer afford a health care system that is centered on providing technology-intensive acute care to individuals after they become sick or injured. Understanding the background to the development of the ACA helped me as an advanced practice nurse to learn that I should undertake the role of advocacy with utmost commitment. This is because I have a role of creating awareness in the community as I serve in that people should seek to follow the law because of the merits it has for the health sector. As an FNP, I will have an important role of being impartial, working to actualize the benefits envisioned by any given law that respects to the provision of nursing care.

References

Mason, D. J., Leavitt, J. K., & Chaffee, M. W. (2011). Policy and Politics in Nursing and Healthcare. Elsevier Health Sciences.

Buettgens, M., Blumberg, L. J., Holahan, J., & Ndwandwe, S. (2016). The Cost of the ACA Repeal. Urban Institute.

Milstead, J. A. (2004). Health policy and politics: a nurse’s guide. Jones & Bartlett Learning.

2) Edith Elizabeth Gonzalez
Florida National University

Dr. Deborah Crevecoeur

1.-What interested you most about this chapter and why did you select it?

What interests me about the chapter is the significance that the political process plays in the development of health policy all around the country and how it impacts the provision of medical services in the health industry.

2- How does it relate to what you understand or have learned so far about the role of nurses and advanced practice nurses in policy and politics?

It reveals that nurses have much to offer the entire political process and therefore need to develop all the relevant skills in political analysis and strategy so as to be able to make a substantial change in the setting of relevant laws and policies in the health industry.

3- How does it relate to your current clinical practice?

Give at least one specific example.It may enable the institution of relevant and beneficial policies that will aid the nursing fraternity immensely. For instance, the proposed mandatory continuation of the education process for nurses can serve as a possible solution to the problematic challenge of ensuring the competency of the nursing staff (White 2011).

4- How does it relate to what you hope to accomplish as an advanced practice nurse?

As a practicing nurse I aim to provide ultimate health care service for the patients who are under my care and therefore through the use of legislation and the setting of policies by policy makers I can be able to take care of key stakeholders in the healthcare industry such as the patients to whom I have a duty to cater to their best interests. Furthermore consumer advocacy organizations such as AARP possess significant bargaining and lobbying power to necessitate important reforms in the healthcare industry thereby streamlining and enhancing my work as a health official.

References

White, K. M. (2011). Demonstrating the value of the nursing workforce: an interview with Kathleen M White. Interview by Deborah Gardner. Nursing Economic$, 29(5), 276–277.

 

Develop 18 story users  IS&T Capstone: Client Project Proposal: Fall 2017

Develop 18 story users

Need Research values-based-leadership and discuss the four stages of the learning and mastery process.

 

Critical

Field: Human Resource Management

Research values-based-leadership and discuss the four stages of the learning and mastery process. Then discuss these concepts in the context of effective healthcare leadership, medical team-building, and communication in healthcare organizations.

 

Your well-written report should meet the following requirements:

 

– four to five pages in length, not including the cover or reference pages.

– Formatted according to APA writing guidelines.

– Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of four scholarly articles. Two of these sources may be from the class readings, textbook, or lectures, but two must be external.

– Utilize the following headings to organize the content in your work.

Introduction

Values-Based-Leadership

Team-Building

Organizational Communication

Recommendations

Conclusion

References

Management Study Case

 

Management Study Case
Field: Business Finance – Operations Management

The uploaded file with video link. There only 4 questions at the end of the study case, you could answer them in 4-5 sentences. The four answers should be in one page but they need to fully answer the question
Management study case
Management Information Systems 15e KENNETH C. LAUDON AND JANE P. LAUDON

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Systems

CHAPTER 4 ETHICAL, SOCIAL, AND POLITICAL ISSUES IN E-COMMERCE

CASE 1 What Net Neutrality Means for You

SUMMARY Net neutrality refers to the pricing of Internet broadband service by the telephone and cable companies that provide the Internet backbone (Internet Service Providers or ISPs). Facing very large investment costs, ISPs would like to be able to charge more for heavy users of their networks—people, who, for instance, watch a large number of Netflix streaming movies each week. In some cases, ISPs have suggested they would like to eliminate or slow down certain traffic altogether, like BitTorrent music files, or Skype VOIP phone calls. The FCC and public policy advocates claim any discrimination against certain types of files, or charging more for heavy bandwidth use, is unfair, discriminatory, and will likely hurt innovation and the Internet. If Netflix and YouTube customers had to pay more for their videos, they might not watch so many.

(a) The FCC’s new net neutrality rules, explained in 172 seconds URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBKPacCuXsw; L=3:06

(b) CNET News—What the FCC Net neutrality rules will mean for Internet users

URL https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84r3qd19tZU; L=1:37

CASE Net neutrality is the idea that ISPs like Comcast, Time Warner, Verizon, and AT&T, must allow customers equal access to content and applications, regardless of the source or nature of the content. ISPs may not discriminate against any content, or types of files, by refusing to transmit these files, charging more for these files and content, or providing special high speed access for some users, like Netflix or Google. It also means that everyone will be

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charged the same flat fee regardless of how much bandwidth they consume. This means that people who download very large video files pay no more for service than people who just send emails. The Internet currently fits this description, but service providers are increasingly interested in changing this fundamental principle to respond to recent trends in Internet usage.

Currently, most Internet traffic is treated equally (or “neutrally”) by ISPs in the sense that someone who streams a Netflix movie each day to their computer pays no more for Internet service than someone who uses the Internet for email and Web surfing. This is not true for the cell-phone wireless system, where there are many different data plans, and the more bandwidth you use, the higher the charges. Net neutrality does not apply to wireless smart- phone service.

However, ISPs would like to be able to charge differentiated prices based on the amount of bandwidth consumed by content being delivered over the Internet, much like a utility company charges according to how much electricity consumers use. The carriers claim they need to introduce differential pricing in order to properly manage and finance their networks. Critics worry about ISP conflicts of interest: AT&T may want to prevent Skype traffic on its Internet connections in order to force customers to use the AT&T cell network.

There are three basic ways to achieve a rationing of bandwidth using the pricing mecha- nism: cap plans (also known as “tiered plans”), usage metering, and “highway” or toll pricing. Each of these plans has historical precedents in highway, electrical, and telephone pricing. Cap pricing plans place a cap on usage, say 300 gigabytes a month in a basic plan, with more bandwidth available in 50 gigabyte chunks for, say, an additional $50 a month. The additional increments can also be formalized as tiers where users agree to purchase, say, 400 gigabytes each month as a Tier II plan.

A variation on tier pricing is to offer speed tiers, charging more for higher speed Internet service. An alternative to cap plans are metered or usage-based billing charging on the basis of metered units of Internet service. One variation on metering is congestion pricing, charg- ing more for peak hour Internet service congestion pricing, where, as with electric “demand pricing,” the price of bandwidth goes up at peak times, say, Saturday and Sunday evening from 6:00 P.M. to 12 midnight—just when everyone wants to watch a movie!

Still a third pricing model is highway (toll) pricing where the firms that use high levels of bandwidth for their business pay a toll based on their usage of the Internet. Highway pricing is a common way for governments to charge trucking companies based on the weight of their vehicles to compensate for the damage that heavy vehicles inflict on roadways. In the case of the Internet, YouTube, Netflix, Hulu, and other heavy bandwidth providers would pay fees to the Internet carriers based on their utilization of the networks in order to compen- sate the carriers for the additional capacity they are required to supply to these heavy user

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firms. Presumably, these fees would be passed on to customers by the industry players by charging users a distribution expense. The only way to do this fairly is to charge fees to users based on how much they download, e.g., a short YouTube video might cost 10 cents, while a feature-length movie might cost $1.

Plans to ration bandwidth are controversial and have brought legal, regulatory, and political scrutiny. For instance, in 2007, Comcast, the largest ISP in the United States, began to slow down traffic and specific Web sites using the BitTorrent protocol not because the content was pirated, but because these video users were consuming huge chunks of the Comcast network capacity during peak load times. Comcast claims its policy was a legitimate effort to manage capacity. In 2008 the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) disagreed and ordered Comcast to stop discriminating against certain Web sites. Comcast filed suit and in 2010, a federal appeals court ruled against the FCC and for Comcast, arguing that Comcast had the right to manage its own network, including charging some users more for band- width or slowing down certain traffic such as BitTorrent files (Wyatt, 2010).

In 2009, the FCC began developing a national broadband strategy. In December 2010, the FCC approved “compromise” net neutrality rules (Schatz, 2010). The rules forced ISPs to be transparent about how they handle network congestion, prohibited them from blocking traffic such as BitTorrent or Skype protocols on wired networks, and outlawed “unreason- able” discrimination on such networks. The regulations did not cover wireless cellular networks, nor did they prohibit paid prioritization, in which broadband companies could enable premium customers to have access to higher-speed, higher-priced “fast lanes.” In 2011, Verizon sued the FCC to stop its net neutrality rules from going into effect and won their case, crippling the FCC’s restrictions (Wyatt, 2011a).

In January 2014, a federal appeals court threw out the FCC regulations on blocking and price discrimination, but allowed the FCC to have some jurisdiction over Internet providers, and also upheld transparency rules (e.g., ISPs are required to make public their network manage- ment practices). In 2015, much of the debate centered on whether the FCC could classify ISPs as public utilities, giving them much more power to regulate their activities.

In the end, net neutrality is about distributing the costs of building high-speed broadband Internet networks. Companies like YouTube and Netflix, very heavy users of Internet band- width, want no price rationing, caps, metering, or toll pricing in order to maximize their revenues. One price fits all. ISPs and landline carriers of the Internet want to charge heavy bandwidth users more than light users, in order to maximize their revenues.

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1. What did the FCC’s net neutrality rules decide in 2015 about whether or not ISPs can be regulated as public utilities, and why is this important?

2. Are you in favor of network neutrality? Why or why not?

3. Do you believe broadband providers should be allowed to charge companies like Netflix and YouTube a premium for their bandwidth consumption?

4. What are some of the potential regulations the FCC might impose on ISPs?

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The Role Of Leadership In Managing And Implementing Quality Initiatives

The Role Of Leadership In Managing And Implementing Quality Initiatives

Field: Human Resource Management

Personal Leadership Style

Locate and read three scholarly research articles on the role of leadership in managing quality and safety initiatives in healthcare in Saudi Arabia. Select articles that demonstrate three different styles of leadership (e.g., servant, transformational, transactional).
Based on your readings, prepare a report that includes the following elements:

 

A summary of the three leadership styles you researched, including the pros and cons of each as they relate to quality and safety initiatives
An explanation of the impact of leadership styles on Saudi healthcare quality improvement initiatives
An analysis of the style of leadership that most closely aligns with your current leadership style.
Your well-written report should meet the following requirements:

 

Four pages in length, not including the cover or reference pages.
Formatted per APA standards.
Provide full APA references for the three articles selected and any additional sources used, along with appropriate in-text citations.
Utilize headings to organize the content in your work.

Research values-based-leadership and discuss the four stages of the learning and mastery process

Values-Based Leadership

Field: Human Resource Management

Research values-based-leadership and discuss the four stages of the learning and mastery process. Then discuss these concepts in the context of effective healthcare leadership, medical team-building, and communication in healthcare organizations.

Your well-written report should meet the following requirements:

 

Be four pages in length, not including the cover or reference pages.
Formatted according to APA writing guidelines.
Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of four scholarly articles.
Utilize the following headings to organize the content in your work.
Introduction
Values-Based-Leadership
Team-Building
Organizational Communication
Recommendations
Conclusion
References

Determine the similarities/differences to the environment within your organization.

Discussion Board

Field: English

WATCH the TEDTalks video of Dan Pink as he speaks to “motivation”. Determine the similarities/differences to the environment within your organization. Provide examples. Use the Discussion Board link

 

 

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