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     Summarize the options available to Nodal. ·      What strategy would you select for Nodal and why? ·      Summarize your selected company’s hedging strategy. ·      Is the company/industry you selected reducing future risk or creating additional business risk?

Objectives Describe the population of interest for a proposed research question Distinguish between target and accessible populations Discussion Overview This discussion forum explores populations of interest to research studies and distinguishes between target and accessible populations within a study. Deliverables Your participation in the discussion forum, including the following: A response to the initial questions below Responses to at least two other students’ posts Step 1 Reflect on your research. Reflect on your proposed research question or problem of interest. Step 2 Post a response to the discussion board. Address the following questions in your response: Who/what is the population of interest in your proposed study, and why is this population is used to consider the research question? What is the difference between target and accessible populations? What is the target population for this study? What is an accessible population for this study? How will the sample reflect the target population? What exclusion criteria exist, if any?

The budget information problem is the following: the budgeting problem ( the bonus budget is set at the start of the financial year by the finance team and given to the incentive team to to manage. The budget of the sales department is 24% of the full time employees salary. This is reviewed every quarter due to any over spend or under spend depending on sales. The issue that if there is any overspend the next quarter the agents are then impacted by the incentive scheme been reviewed and lowered. As a department we do not see the budget or have any idea on how the budget is performing. The agents are paid a certain % based on their conversion and revenue. Part of the issue is that the marketing team can send out marketing that drives calls into the call center and this can have a positive effect on the agents conversion meaning that the incentive team are paying out more than they budgeted for within that quarter. When the bonus is reviewed if this negativity effects the agents and team moral can drop, Using the following concepts I want you to analyse the problem. Page 134-135 Week 11 the control loop (i need you to annotate and include a annotated image of fig 11.1 Page 135-136 week 11 The function and possible benefits of budgets. Page 137-138 week 11 the Pyramid of purpose. (i need you to annotate and include a annotated image of fig 11.2) also discuss the limiting factors. Page 141 week 11 The time factor. Also if you look at week 12 if any on the concepts are fit in please use these. Where you analyse using a concept please reference with the following OU, PGXX

You will choose an ethics case from those posted on the American Sociological Association website. You may choose from the six cases below, falling under these three categories. Read through only the “Situation” description first. Write a 2-3 page reflection on what ethical issues you identified with the case and how you would advise the person in the case to have handled the situation differently, meeting ethical standards. To conclude, go back to the case and read through the “Discussion” section. Compare and contrast this recommendation to the advice you provided about the case. Throughout, support your ideas by integrating the American Sociological Association Code of Ethics as well as at least two additional scholarly sources. Informed Consent Case 50- Informed consent with vulnerable populations Case 54- Stage names and deception: Two examples Authorship Credit Case 70- Rights to authorship Case 71- Establishing mutually acceptable agreements Conflicts of Interest Case 23- Avoidance of personal gain Case 24- Avoidance of personal gain https://www.asanet.org/teaching-learning/faculty/teaching-ethics-throughout-curriculum

Rouleau et al. (2019) conducted a qualitative study on the nursing practice in support of people living with HIV (PLWH) and their adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART). A total of sixteen nurses participated in the study, where nine nurses were part of a focus group and the remaining seven were interviewed individually. The nurses who participated in the focus group were excluded from participating in the individual interviews. The focus group nurses were part of a convenience sampling strategy, that was broad in nature, with no specific parameters as to who could participate. The focus group was planned as an activity that was part of a 1-day meeting held by an HIV mentoring program. Whereas the sampling for nurses that were selected for the interviews was more focused and certain parameters needed to be met according to the needs of the study. These nurses were selected using a combination of maximum variation strategy and purposive sampling. The purposive parameters included French-speaking nurses who worked with PLWH and wished to reflect on their practice whereas the maximum variation strategy warranted a heterogeneous sample that was extensive in choosing nurses from various nursing practice settings as well as various nurses profiles (Rouleau et al., 2019). I think the combination of the sampling with having a randomized focus group as well as having a more focused purposive selection of nurses who were interviewed individually gives the study a unique edge and broad scope of the population sample. Thus, the quality of the sampling pool in terms of the deviation of the focus group from those who were interviewed individually is a definite strength. There was also variation amongst the nurse practice setting from nurses in clinical practice to those in clinical research, academia, public health, and management. However, while there was variation amongst the practice setting and role of the nurses, eleven out of the sixteen nurses were clinicians practicing in a clinical setting – most working in outpatient HIV clinics. While the focus of the study is a nursing practice in the adherence of ART amongst HIV patients, I think having more nurses who were practicing in the public health setting could’ve also played a role in strengthening the sampling and study overall. Another strength of the sampling pool was the wide variation of years of experience as an HIV nurse ranging from 0.7 years to 25 years with the average nurse having 12 years of experience. Thus, giving a perspective from both nurses who have just begun working with HIV patients to those who are well seasoned and experienced HIV nurses. Age and education were also parameters the sample showed strengths in. However, another area where the study could’ve shown improvement in the quality of the sampling is the ratio of female to male nurses. The sample of the study was predominantly female, with only a total of three males out of sixteen participating in the study. While this could be due to the lack of male nurses in the field overall, having more female participants than male participants could lead to gender bias in the data collection.

Part A: Case study – Brand Reflection Report (25%) Overview: “ Brand Awareness and Brand Associations” The objective of this assignment is to test students’ ability to measure, compare and critically analyse the brand salience and associations of two brands available in the Australian market. It is expected that students will be able to justify the importance of brand salience and brand associations for brand managers. The report should be typed in 1.5 line spacing on one side only of single A4 sheets using 12pt font and 2cm margins. It should be of no more 1,500 words (excluding cover sheet, reference list and appendices). Include all secondary data research (netnography) in the appendix. To complete the assignment, you need to be familiar with the customer based brand-equity (CBBE) model (Chapters 2 and 3, Keller 2013). The CBBE model looks at building a brand as a sequence of steps required for successfully achieving set objectives. The first step – brand salience – ensures the identification of the brand by customers, as well as step 2 – allows for identification of relevant brand associations of the brand with a specific product class and customer need. Details Choose any two brands from the following FMCG product categories available in Australia: Instant coffee, Instant Noodles, Potato Chips, and Toothspaste Detergent. Choose one brand that is prominent in the marketplace and another one (same product category), which you feel Australian consumers are not very familiar with. Conducting secondary research you are expected to report on the breadth and depth of brand awareness (page 108; Keller 2020) for the chosen brands. For any one of the brands discussed, identify the associations that you feel contribute significantly towards the brand’s equity. Using secondary research, you have to construct a mind map by undertaking a ‘brand associations’ research task. You are expected to report on the strength, favourability and uniqueness of brand associations (pages 76-77; Keller 2020) as well as present the brand’s mind map (pages 333-336; Keller 2020). Your report should have the following components: 1. Introduction (about 150 words) The introduction should highlight the main purpose of your report. Further, it should guide the reader/examiner on the structure of your report. 2. Discussion I. Brand awareness (600-650 words) Theoretical discussion of the importance of brand awareness (about 200-250 words). Referring to 1-2 journal articles on brand awareness (concepts relating to brand salience include brand recall, recognition, and brand familiarity), discuss the importance of measuring brand awareness. Note: Do not regurgitate the Keller textbook. Presentation and discussion of breadth and depth of brand awareness for chosen brands (about 400-450 words). (Note: Secondary data results to be included in the appendix). II. Brand associations (about 600-650 words) a. Discussion of the importance of brand associations (about 200-250 words). Referring to 1-2 journal articles, discuss the rationale for measuring brand associations from the authors’ perspective. b. Presentation and discussion of the “brand associations” findings including mind map (about 400-450 words). (Note: Secondary data results to be included in the appendix). 3. Conclusion (about 100 words). The last part of the report is the conclusion, which wraps up the key points of your work.

You are a digital content developer and you own your own digital publishing establishment. You wish to expand your readers’ target audience reach base with another digital publishing establishment that has the audience you desire to reach and capture. The other digital publishing establishment envy’s online advertising reach for advertisers and the creative expertise you have for graphic designing. And you like to share the use of the other digital publisher’s servers as he/she has a data storage capacity of over 50 trillion bytes. Note that in the near future data management, data control, and data analysis are important factors to a digital economy. Employing your own creativity and imagination create an MOU document that will be a win-win for your partnership

Objective: Create a report that addresses the most important issues you have identified in the case and how they can be addressed currently and avoided in the future.  Do not just restate the facts of the case or answer the questions; discuss the importance of relevant issues and how they can be addressed/incorporated into a business solution. Requirements: Successful Critical Thinking Analysis will be five (5) to six (6) pages in total length, including the cover and reference pages. This translates to 900 to 1,200 words or three ( 3) to four (4) pages of primary content. Cite your sources using APA In-Text Citation (Links to an external site.) format, as you have been doing in your discussion posts. Your submission will incorporate the information and knowledge gained in the course addressing the areas defined in the Analysis Questions.

Personal statement letter into the dept of couple, marriage, and family therapy. In 500 words or less, describe explicitly your professional goals and any further information relevant to your interest and capacity for graduate study. Include a statement of how experiences in your family of origin have influenced your career goals.

Your Term Paper must address the ECONOMICS of the Health Care Reform Bill, with a focus on identifying and explaining the economic impact of one reform initiatives for each of the following years (2011, 2012, 2013, 2014). Reform initiatives should include insurance, provider, reimbursement and or technology, etc I want you to use the tools (terms and concepts from the course) of economists to analyze intended impact versus the actual impact. Summarize your term paper by sharing your educated opinion if these reforms should be repealed or modified based on their performance to date. The term paper requires 2,500 words. An “A” is earned because it reflects a critical analysis of the term papers key points in the context of what you learned in the course in terms of health care economics. You need to incorporate economic terms and concepts from the course into the term paper in order to achieve a high grade. The terms and concepts need to hang together and have the appropriate citations in APA format. Citations are vital.