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Behavior Management Plan

Student’s name

Institutional affiliation

Behavior Management Plan

Now that an ideal learning environment has been set created to facilitate learning between teachers, and students, the next step is to come up with a behavior management plan to guide the behavior of both learners and instructors. It is important to lay down rules and regulations that will inform the behaviors and interactions with each other as well as their teacher. Worth noting, if rules are not established, there is bound to be chaos within the classroom that tends to disrupt and derail the learning process. Procedures in the way matters are handled within a classroom setup are important as they help establish order and respect. Expectations are important as they encourage individual and group responsibility.

Rules

Various rules should be observed in the classroom by the students. Class rules are important because they help maintain order among learners. They should be observed regardless of whether the teacher is in class or not. One such rule is ‘Complete assignments and home works daily.’ This rule is the most important rule that should be observed in class. Learners need to recognize that it is their duty to attend all classes, contribute to the discussions, and finish all their daily assignments and homework. Learners should be deliberate with their assignments. They should prioritize them and avoid completing them during rush hour. They should create ample time to do their assignments. Learners, including high school students, have ample time to finish their assignments when they get home or before they go to dinner. Students should not have to rush in the morning to the classrooms to complete their assignments just five minutes before class starts (Alter, & Haydon, 2017). Additionally, students should be diligent and refrain from copying from colleagues or plagiarism work. They should make a point of finishing homework just the night before. Furthermore, learners should be systematic with revisions on daily classes, and they should prepare themselves for lessons scheduled for the next day.

Another rule worth considering is ‘maintain good body and personal hygiene”. It is important that learners know the importance of observing good personal hygiene. Personal hygiene is important for students as it helps students stay comfortable so that they can deliver desirable results. Students should make a point of taking a shower on a daily basis before attending class. For in-person classes, observing cleanliness is important as being dirty, smelly, and sweaty can make other people uncomfortable. This can affect their productivity levels in class and negatively influence their overall academic performance. After spending a long day in class, it is important for learners to take another shower to stay fresh. Furthermore, learners should also wash their hands before and after eating and sneeze into a handkerchief. Another rule is to ‘always be on time”. This rule is common in learning institutions. This is because everything operates on a schedule. Classes are timed, hence the need for learners to observe timeliness. Being punctual is one of the qualities that learners develop right from their first day of school. Learners must show up for classes on time to provide ample time to cover what they have planned for the lesson. Learners should know clearly when a specific class shall commence and end. This enabled them to plan and leave their homes early for the start of the class. It would help if learners developed a routine of arriving at school and being well settled in class before the bell rings. Another important rule to observe in the classroom is ‘No sleeping in class.’ This rule is important as it keeps learners engaged and focused on the right activities of learning. Students should remain active and fresh during class sessions. They should strive to listen to their teacher and takes notes or stay engaged in the topic of discussion by contributing their insights. If learners get tired, they should request a break from the teacher. Alternatively, they can also do warm-up sessions between classes and take enough water. Unless a student is ill, they have no excuse for sleeping during class sessions. A learner may also sleep in class with their instructor’s or school nurses’ permission.

Expectations

One of the most effective methods of assisting students in taking responsibility for their learning is encouraging goal setting and personal reflection. As a teacher, one can support students in this undertaking by helping them define their goals for studying. It helps if learners are given a chance to reflect and re-evaluate themselves. When students set a goal for themselves and try, they will do anything to attain those goals. Goals build a person’s confidence and boost their willingness to keep trying. Goal setting can be as telling learners to note down what they intend to learn on a given subject matter by the end of the lesson (Gentrup, Lorenz, Kristen, & Kogan, 2020). Another way to ensure students take responsibility for their learning is by giving them choices. Instructors should avoid making decisions on behalf of the students and encourage them to make their own decisions. This way, they will form opportunities for themselves to pursue their interests. Another expectation that can encourage learners to take responsibility for their own learning is talking less. The teacher should reduce the hours spent standing in front of them and addressing them. Instead of arranging classrooms in the convectional way where numerous rows of learners face the front of the class, teachers should consider arranging them as roundtables. This way, students can think together, communicate, collaborate, construct meaning through discussion and share ideas. The teacher does not have to approve every exchange; students should communicate with each other directly.

Task Procedures

While different pencil-sharpening procedures seem to work for different classrooms, it is important for every teacher to develop effective sharpening pencil procedures. To start with, only pencil sharpeners will be allowed in the classrooms. Secondly, the teacher should provide all students with pencils. This would mean that the pencils would be shared amongst the learners. The third procedure would be not allowing learners to store their pencils inside their desks. A team manager would keep all pencils under lock and key and only distribute pencils when instructed. Regarding procedure for going for lunch, learners will be required to wait to be served in the school cafeteria in a line and enter the service area in an orderly manner. Also, learners will raise their hands for assistance. They would sit at a designated table and remain sited until they finish their meal. As regards handing back graded work, the instructor can make their work easier and fast by developing group baskets and folders and using them to hand back the work to the students to employ while handing in their work. Then as the teacher grades the work, the teacher should stick it back into the folder for the group. When done, the teacher can now hand the folder back to the group, and together they can collect individual graded assignments.

References

Alter, P., & Haydon, T. (2017). Characteristics of effective classroom rules: A review of the literature. Teacher Education and Special Education, 40(2), 114-127.

Gentrup, S., Lorenz, G., Kristen, C., & Kogan, I. (2020). Self-fulfilling prophecies in the classroom: Teacher expectations, teacher feedback and student achievement. Learning and Instruction, 66, 101296.

A key concept of supply chain management

Abstract

Demand forecasting is the process of estimating the quantity of products or services consumers will purchase (Hugos, 2011). This work looks at an introduction of supply chain management and focuses on demand forecasting. It explores the features, scope and significance of demand forecasting and its contribution to effective supply chain management. It also explores some methods of demand forecasting and their beneficial use in providing accurate information to supply management in a business.

Key words: demand forecasting, supply chain management

A key concept of supply chain management

Supply Chain Management is the process of streamlining the supply side of business to maximize customer value. It involves creating measures that ensure supply is efficient and to the required quality standards. Management ensures coordination of all departments in a business to ensure that the business products are constantly available. A manager has to be flexible because of the tastes and preference changes of consumers. Effective supply chain management gives a business a competitive edge over other businesses. It requires a business to pay attention to what happens within the business all the way until the product is delivered to the final consumer (Hugos, 2011).

Supply chain management focuses on several areas that include in-store, sustainable supply chains, logistics and strategy and planning (Hugos 2011). In-store looks at processes involve in the actual store. This include measurements of on-shelf availability, retail ready packing and back-of-store processes. Sustainable supply chains are another area of focus for this management. This looks at sustainable distribution, transport collaboration and consolidation channels. The aim is to come up with sustainable channels that suit customer priorities and avail products to consumers without fail. Logistics is an area that focuses on strategies that agree with market trends and make sure the business is on top of the market. It considers details concerning inventories, location, transportation and information. Strategy and planning discusses forecasting and demand planning. It is a critical focus area for supply chain management. This looks at the challenges of demand forecasting and how it affects demand planning.

Demand forecasting is simply estimating the quantity of a product or service that consumer will buy. It involves analysis of past events and existing trends. Demand forecasting involves identifying how consumers are likely to purchase products or services. This requires critical analysis of whetherconsumers prefer online shopping or actually visiting the business centers to purchase the products or services. This is often demanding because it requires a study of different groups of people and their preferred method of purchase. This information makes it possible to provide accurate forecasting. Demand forecasting also analyzes when they may make this purchases. The importance of when consumers make their purchases defines whether the business products have peak and off-peak sale seasons. This information helps in forecasting because demand that is influenced by seasons makes it possible for the business to avoid excess supply and save on unnecessary cost. This is one of the tasks of demand forecasting that determine whether supply chain management is effective or not.Demand forecasting mainly focus on how much consumers will purchase. This is estimating how much demand a product or service will have in the near future.

Demand forecasting consists of several features that make it possible to understand the concept better. It is the basis of planning production program. A business is able to know the quantity of input for producing an estimated number of products. This guides the budgeting for production since the sector has an estimated target or goal. Demand forecasting is an estimate of sales in the future. Knowing the estimated quantity of products or services consumers will purchase gives the estimated sales. This makes it possible to project sales graphs and plan on the best strategies to use in order to meet the sales target. The basis of demand forecasting is present economic conditions and past trends. Past trends give an overview of consumer response to certain changes and how these affect their purchasing habits. Having past trends provides solid basis to project into the future while incorporating the current economic conditions. For example, if demand for clothes was high during the recession, it is possible to forecast that the demand may reduce as people have other priorities. The forecasting process tries to identify lines of profitable investment. This means that forecasting acts as a guideline to a business on what areas to invest in, for example, moving into new market, diversifying supply of demanded products and services and expanding to other countries.

Chase explains that it iseasier to predict the immediate future than the distant future and this defines the purpose of demand forecasting (Chase, 2013). Short-run forecasting helps in coming up with production schedules, creating price policies and setting sales targets for the business. Long-run forecasting facilitates planning of expansion to new markets, long-term financial and man power requirements as well as developing a suitable strategy to keep the business in the market for the long term.

When aligning the supply chain with the business it is important to identify the scope of forecasting. It determines the appropriate methods to use to make the business succeed. The business must determine whether the forecast is short, medium or long term. This is the length of time for the forecast (Mentzer, 2005). The specific purpose of the forecast also helps make the most accurate estimations concerning demand for a product or service. It is also necessary to identify the type of commodity because some commodities have a pattern of demand (Wallace, 2008).

Since demand forecasting is merely estimation, it is important to understand its significance. It helps in producing the right quantity of products. This avoids excess supply that causes a business to incur losses or more expenses to sell the excess products. It also helps in organizing the factors of production. Demand forecasting helps a business access probable demand and thus ensures effective production and planning. It also allows for estimated budgets and this helps in controlling the business expenses. It allows for stable management of production and employment of workers. Demand forecasting also makes planning of future investments and employment because it provides reliable information about the future.

Coming up with the most efficient method of demand forecasting requires consideration of factors like finances, expertise, purpose of the forecast and the nature of available information (Chase,2013). The first method is opinion polling. This is where buyers, experts and the sales force provide information about market trends. Involving potential customers ensures accuracy of the information, though the process is expensive and time consuming. The business may also choose to use collective opinion method by gathering information from the salespersons that are assumed to have accurate information about the market. The expert’s opinion method is also effective because it involves consulting people with actual experience in demand forecasting.

References

Chase, C. (2013). Demand-driven forecasting: A structured approach to forecasting.

Hugos, M. H. (2011). Essentials of supply chain management. Hoboken, N.J: Wiley.

Mentzer, J. T., & Moon, M. A. (2005).Sales forecasting management: A demand management approach. Thousand Oaks, Calif: Sage Publications.

Wallace, T. F., & Stahl, R. A. (2008).Sales forecasting: A new approach : why and how to emphasize teamwork, not formulas, forecast less, not more, focus on process improvement, not forecast accuracy. Cincinnati, Ohio: T.F. Wallace & Co.

LINK UP SYSTEM

Workflow Analysis and Scheduling

Documents Enclosed

Section 1Task/Result List3

Section 2 PERT Chart4

Section 3 Gantt Chart5

Section 4Scheduling Constraints 6

Section 5Risks Avoided by Schedule Choice7

Link Up

The project designed and described earlier in our project design and control assessment stage involves development and implementation of a new computer system for the Community Mental Health System to be implemented in 83 counties with in the state of Michigan and its partner agencies. The project will assist in improving mental health care in different ways especially in providing a direct line communication between agencies irrespective of their geographical locations. Since the project will involve providing a secure network, it will better coordination, efficiency and speed up authorization of services for mental health patients within the state. Proper filling and access of medical records play a huge role of improving health care and the secure network will provide a good platform for record keeping. Moreover, the billing through the new system will be faster as well as appraisal of the period required to provide services to a client. Faster and easier authorization of services is bound to better accountability and provision of similar health care within the counties. Link up will further be helpful in maintaining quality mental health by eliminating future briefs and reports in case of patient transfers within the agencies since all patient information will be available in the system and accessible by health practitioners within the state of Michigan.

Question 2

Task Result List

Tasks to be Completed

Time Est. Results

1 Conduct a meeting to identify the agencies as well as counties likely to be affected by the new system. .5 day Following the identification of the staff and organizations likely to be affected, the team will be able to determine the hardware, software and knowledge needs of these employees.

2 Site Coordinators and administrators trained and certified

5 days Site coordinators and other administrators, including myself, concerned with overall training and implementation of the program will be trained and knowledgeable on the scope

3 Counties and other agencies that require certain hardware and software upgrades prior to the implementation of the project engage in urgent procurement exercises. 10 days Counties as well as other concerned agencies will be prepared to adopt the new Link Up system.

4 Meet up with site managers to schedule training dates as well as divide the training groups and the trainers into two. .5 day The groups to be trained from the 83 counties will be divided into 16 groups, 2 to be trained simultaneous. As such, 8 rounds of training to be carried out simultaneously will be scheduled.

5 Management will post the training schedules online and direct communication made to the concerned agencies and staff. 2 day The staff to be trained will become aware of exactly when and where they need to report for training.

6 Sites for training management and technical staff will be set up. 1 day Sites to be used in each of the two initial training sessions will be set up, with arrangements for the preparation of other sites to be used in future also being made.

7 A review of the curriculum, materials and programs to be used in training of management and technical staff will be done. 1 day The materials, programs and curricula to be used in training will be revised and ready.

8 Training of management staff will take place in rounds, with a total of 8 sessions being carried out simultaneously in 2 different locations occurring (A total of 16 groups trained). 16 days Technicians and upper management will be prepared to implement and use the new Link Up system, as well as train other employees.

9 Upper management and technicians, who will have participated in training, will prepare and submit schedules for training of employees from the individual centers, agencies and counties (all 83). 1 day Schedules and timetables for the training of employees from the 83 counties and partner agencies will be ready.

10 A review of schedules materials and curricula to be used in the training of employees from the different counties will be done and approved .5 day Counties and agencies will be ready to carry out training sessions.

11 Initial training of employees will take place simultaneously in different counties and agencies over an extended period. 30 days Employees will become aware of what the program entails as well as how to use the new system that will be in place.

12 Site administrators and trainers from individual counties and agencies, will meet management in order to add any new employees that may have come in between training sessions 5 days New employees will continuously be added into the training schedule and be incorporated into the employee roster so as to ensure 100% training for employees.

13 Management to update employees at weekly team meetings and include practice sessions to further enhance an understanding and the adoption of the new program. 20 days Employees will become aware of any changes in training schedules or program

14 All employees will be entered into the Link Up system and necessary permissions and securities set 2 days The employees to use the system as well as their levels of permissions will be set and the employees made aware.

15 A beta test run shall be instituted involving up to 10 counties and agencies, with some employees being used as model patients. 1 day Glitches and potential problem areas shall be identified.

16 Revision and correction of glitches and problem areas, as well as the establishment of a team of technicians to help in solving any future problems shall be done. 3 days Adjustments to the Link Up system will occur and a technical support team selected.

17 Submission of a completion report to Community Mental Health Services Regional office shall be done. 1 day The project will be ready for implementation.

18 The Link up program will be implemented 1 day The Mental Health system in the state of Michigan will change to Link Up and direct communication between all the service providers done.

19 Continuous appraisal and improvement of the system will be done. Open The system will be upgraded continuously.

2433320267335Identification of agency, county and knowledge needs (0.5 days)

Identification of agency, county and knowledge needs (0.5 days)

PERT Chart

-5086352380615Meeting with site managers for scheduling of technicians and upper management training (0.5 days)

Meeting with site managers for scheduling of technicians and upper management training (0.5 days)

51758855986780Submissions to the Community Mental Health Services Regional office (1 day)

Submissions to the Community Mental Health Services Regional office (1 day)

27787607526655Beta Test run (1 day)

Beta Test run (1 day)

-2933707582535Enrollment of all employees into the Link Up system (2 days)

Enrollment of all employees into the Link Up system (2 days)

-5086356485890Addition of new employees to the roster and training schedule (5 days)

Addition of new employees to the roster and training schedule (5 days)

26549356835140Weekly updates for employees(20

Weekly updates for employees(20

-5086355497830Training of technical staff and upper management (16 days)

Training of technical staff and upper management (16 days)

-4483104697095Review of training material and program (1 day)

Review of training material and program (1 day)

-5086353234690Posting of training schedules (2 days

Posting of training schedules (2 days

-4483103981450Setting up of training sites (1 day)

Setting up of training sites (1 day)

45764457009130Implementation of the Link Up project (1 day)

Implementation of the Link Up project (1 day)

48393354590415Correction of any potential glitches, and the establishment of a support team. (3 days)

Correction of any potential glitches, and the establishment of a support team. (3 days)

25590505986780Initial training of employees (30 days)

Initial training of employees (30 days)

25590505085715Review and revision of the submitted material (0.5 days)

Review and revision of the submitted material (0.5 days)

25590503653790Preparation, and submission of training schedules for employees by the trained staff. (1day)

Preparation, and submission of training schedules for employees by the trained staff. (1day)

35883851595755Procurement of software and hardware required (10 days)

Procurement of software and hardware required (10 days)

-2933701595755Training of site administrators and management (5 days)

Training of site administrators and management (5 days)

Gantt Chart

ID Task Name Start Finish Duration Feb. March April May June July Aug. September October

1 Agency Iden 25 Feb 25 Feb 0.5d 2 Training 26 Feb 2 Mar 5days 3 Procuremen 26 Feb 7 Mar 10 days 4 Meeting 8 Mar 8 Mar 0.5 days 5 Schedule P. 9 Mar 10 Ma 2 days 6 Training Site 11 Mar 11Mar 1 day 7 Review 12 Mar 12 Ma 1 day 8 Training 13 Mar 29 Ma 16 days 9 Schedule 30 Mar 30 Ma 1 day 10 Review 1 April 1 April 0.5 d 11 Initial Traini. 2 April 1 May 30 days 12 New Employ 2 May 7 May 5 days 13 Updates 7 May 23 Oct 20 days 14 Registration 8 Mar. 9 Mar. 2 days 15 Test Run 13 Oct 13 Oct 1 day 16 Corrections 14 Oct 16 Oct 3 days 17 Regional Off 23 Oct 23 Oct 1 day 18 Implement. 31 Oct 31 Oct 1 day Scheduling constraints

The project will be designed to achieve a common goal within a specified time. However, the implementation stage is designed in stages whereby every stage is expected to achieve a certain goal within a specified time. In projecting and allocating the time expected for each stage certain constraints will be observed. The following are five main constraints:

All technicians and upper management staff cannot be obtained at the same time from all 83 counties as it would cripple mental health services in the state of Michigan.

Health care system is a critical sector and limiting the number of staff, technicians and upper management available for duty in the industry in the entire Michigan state can have serious negative consequences. For these reason, the new project implementation should be designed in a way that ensures the stability of healthcare system is not negatively affected. During training, each county is expected to provide two health care stakeholders; a technician and a member upper management and during for all counties may result to shortage in the mental health clinics especially for small health clinics for some counties.

There are only two training teams for training technicians and management staff.

The project development stage is designed to provide training to counties is different groups and in different days. Meaning that since there will be two training groups the counties will be grouped into two groups for the training to be effective. Each training team will group the counties assigned in groups of five counties and each group will be trained for one, meaning that each training a team a group of five counties and a total of ten counties will be trained in a day. Therefore, the scheduling the entire project duration consideration will be taken on the training period.

There are a number of hardware upgrades that might need to be done in some counties before training can be done , the time required for procuring these reduces the time available for training.

There are two stages of training to be completed before final implementation of the project. The project is designed to provide training to all the members who will be involved in its implementation. To begin with, training will be provided to a few technicians and upper management members who will act as pioneers in their respective counties. After their training has been completed, they will be expected to design a curriculum as well as a schedule on how they will train the other healthcare practitioners in the counties. The two stages of training for all the members will take time but will be essential in ensuring proper implementation of the project.

The time allocated for correcting glitches identified after the beta test run will depend on how early employee training is completed. This means that training stage will be essential for the project but this will later be followed by a testing or feedback stage. This stage be used to develop a beta test run which will be essential for determining whether the project is actually positive for the health care industry in the state of Michigan.

Specific Risks that will be encountered with using the front-loaded schedule

The project will really on a frontloaded schedule for its design and planning. Front-loaded schedule means that the project will be developed using conceptual development process which with the main focus being on planning using strategic information. Front loaded schedule which is also referred to as pre-project planning schedule has several advantages when addressing risk. This is because it focuses on ways of minimizing risk by analyzing all available resources. However, the schedule will encounter several risks such as inability to tackle unexpected risks that mostly arise for external resources. This scheduling system does not also provide accurate financial statements since it relies heavy on estimates rather than actual figures. Bottom line, the project is expected to be successful under the front loaded scheduling system since the risks associated with the system are minimal compared to its expected strengths.

Introduction #2

Business ethics are the values and principles which operate in the world of business. They form the moral framework of the organisation. For Companies such as ShafferFashion, operating in a safe, healthy, and at competitive pay for all of its workers are important in ensuring ethics ae maintained.

Overseas Factories Use #3

Demands from interest groups have forced companies with overseas factories and operations to rethink how they interact with workers especially in the developing world. Tragically, nonetheless, well-documented issues relating to unhealthy and unsafe worker environment still exist in large scale, even for large companies such as Nike. ShafferFashion has the chance to use specially tailored approaches that will address the employee needs, ensure costs remain relatively low, and become a leader in business ethics.

Collaboration with competitors to create better work conditions in overseas companies is suggested as a viable option. While individual firm supply chain management is a form of competitive advantage, issues on labor conditions should not be an area of competition. Therefore, ShafferFashion must build on local capacity, come up with performance measuring initiatives, and explore ways to audit the suppliers.

Introducing Lean Manufacturing #4

ShafferFashion can bridge the gap between organizational and shareholder aims versus the issues in overseas factories relating to workers. Lean manufacturing is able to attain these goals with effectiveness and responsiveness.

The process is simple and sustainable for the company as it involves a focus on eliminating wastes, emphasizes flexibility, and enables skilled workers.

The lean manufacturing process allows workers to perform a variety of roles and tasks and are actively involved in process improvements.

The end goal is to enable employees to be more productive, ensure compliance of companies to labor provisions, and have a positive effect on the safety, health, and environmental compliance.

Collaborating with other entities #5

Collaborating with other entities is an effective option to ensure that ShafferFashion attains the continued use of overseas factories, but under improved working conditions. Partnering with the media to ensure that all efforts are shared with the public, collaborating with law enforcement agencies to ensure compliance, partnering with worker rights groups to fit strategy to overall employee benefits, and ensuring that suppliers remain ethical is a sure way to have effectiveness in implementing the suggested lean manufacturing and other strategies that will provide the company with a good public standing. These measures will also enable ShafferFashion to gain competitive advantage by enabling its workforce to be more competitive and productive compared to the competition.

Changing Business Strategy to Remain Cost Competitive #6

Companies often find it difficult to please all of its stakeholders, as they have different interests. Ultimately companies aim to make a profit and sometimes this can conflict with acting in a responsible way. Larger, global companies can often find it difficult to regulate their activities in other countries. ShafferFashion can leverage its position by changing and expanding its strategy to accommodate the increases in cost due to better working conditions. Creating an organizational culture that attracts only the best, maintaining sustainable business processes, establishing a unique value proposition based on sustainability, and identifying shifts in key components of cost are al expected to push ShafferFashion further ahead and make up for the costs incurred during the improvement process.

Changing Business Strategy to Remain Cost Competitive #7

As the global landscape continues to bring several waves of change, businesses are increasingly moving to take advantage in several fronts. For example, the demand for a more sustainable business processes brought about a wave of green and sustainable business that introduced new business models, companies and operations into the global market (Pandey, 2014). In line with new global demands, organizations are restructuring to operate better, in line with the current market dynamics and competition. As part of the solution for ShafferFashion, it is suggested that new changes be internally conceived to correct the demands of the external environment, including a change of corporate culture and a new focus on meeting the demands of the global market.

Changes Required to Serve Low-Income Communities #8

To become a cost leader, ShafferFashion will have to significantly increase its production scale by increasing the volume of materials so as to further reduce costs. Additionally, Business Roundtable (2020) advocates for investing and creating innovative technology to help firms become cost leaders. Technology may reduce costs through enabling more manufacturing of products per a given period, limiting the number of workers required for tasks, and other benefits to increase efficiency. Also, companies such as Nike have shown that sourcing raw materials and minimizing the dependence third-party products will lower costs (Anzia, 2021). Combined, these processes would help ShafferFashion to improve efficiency and limit its products and services to what is required.

Win-Win Scenario for all Stakeholders #9

A win-win situation would satisfy shareholder goals of profit maximization. Without satisfying the shareholders, the business would not exist. The first goal is to meet the bottom-line that includes cost reduction and profit maximization. Then, the new changes expect workers to have more pay, safer, and healthier work conditions. This goal can be attained, but may affect the cost competitiveness desire from the shareholders. A trade-off emerges where the shareholder needs to be satisfied, yet the workforce must remain satisfied in order to increase productivity and effectiveness of policies. The managers want reduced pressure to produce results despite the current environment. For worker rights groups, a win would entail labour laws compliance and better work conditions for the employees in said overseas companies.

Prioritizing Stakeholders #10

What is a win-win solution? It is a solution that caters for the needs of every stakeholder. Attaining a win-win solution for all stakeholders is fairly difficult since there are a lot of trade-offs that exist between solutions that satisfy different requirements. Without a doubt, ShafferFashion may be unable to meet the demands of every stakeholder group. In case a win-win solution is unattainable, the shareholder deserves priority. Other stakeholders’ goals would not be met fully, but through a partial implementation that caters for the most demanding needs.

Prioritizing Stakeholders: Power Influence Matrix #11

The ratings for interest and power place the shareholders, board of directors, and executives as the most important group. Nike showed the importance of ensuring shareholder prioritization and the support needed to ensure progress (Xu & Leibold, 2020). Therefore, this group must be prioritized over any other group. The stakeholder with the highest index is accorded the first priority. The interests of these groups include profit maximization and continue cost effectiveness. The Eyal Press (2020) best highlights how stakeholder wars have the power to destroy a business as shown by the involvement of the labor secretary in the regulation capacity against employees and the OSHA. Overall, it is important to ensure that the most important groups are prioritized.

Conclusion #12

Business ethics may present a dilemma for an organization. As the global landscape continues to bring several waves of change, businesses are increasingly moving to take advantage in several fronts. All factors considered, it is important to consider which stakeholder to prioritize. In the case of ShafferFashion, the needs of the Board of Directors, the executives, and the shareholders must be met first. They have high power and high interest.

References

Anzia N. (Jan. 26, 2021). Now is the perfect time to rethink your wardrobe, with an eye toward sustainability. The Washington Post.

Eyal Press. (October 10, 2020). Trump’s Labor Secretary is a Wrecking Ball Aimed at Workers. The New Yorker.

Business Roundtable. (September 2020). Addressing Climate Change: Principles and Policies

Xu. V. X. & Leibold, J. (March 17, 2020). Your favorite Nikes might be made from forced labor. Here’s why. The Washington Post.

McFall-Johnsen, M. (October 17, 2019). The fashion industry emits more carbon than international flights and maritime shipping combined. Here are the biggest ways it impacts the planet. Business Insider US.

Pandey, A. H&M Tests Renting Clothes to Boost Environmental Credentials. EcoWatch.

Marketing

Students Name

Institution of Affiliation

Course Title

Date

Product ideas for Nike

1. Develop game apps

2. Venture into the smart hardware industry

3. Host TV shows for marathon or contests

4. Host enthusiast sports events

5. Establish specialty gyms like rock climbing

6. Venture into nutritional and health advice business

7. Manufacture sports bikes and sport cars

8. Sponsor and hold events like rallies

9. Invest in building sporting grounds for hire

10. Sponsor young talents

Best idea

Manufacture sporting bikes and cars

Nike ventures in promoting sports and therefore the concept of manufacturing sports bikes and sporting cars is in line with their field. The introduction of the Nike bikes and Cars manufactured explicitly for racing will attract more customers to the field of sports for entertainment and healthy fitness.

Target market

The target market for these products will be specifically for people who particular don’t participate in gaming events like footballs and athletics but are interested in safari rallies as well as bike racing. Besides those who wish to ride bikes for fun. Overall the product targets the general population, especially for the bikes.

Market and advertisement

The two products will be advertised through the media such as TV shows, social media and also through brand ambassadors in various parts of the world. Customer loyalty will also play a significant role in the marketing of the products since millions of customers have trusted the Nike Company for their quality.

The brand name for the products

The product names will be: ‘Nike Bikes’ for the bikes and ‘Nike Safaris’ for the sports cars.

Test market

The test market will be among the willing volunteers who will test the product and comment on product satisfaction, and they will include people in the racing sports.

Commercialization

The products will commence it sales after test and the complete satisfaction of the simulating pioneers. The volunteers will each be awarded either a bike or a car depending on the sporting field. Afterwards, the products will start commercialization through pre-order until the market is already aware of the product. Later, there will be mass production of the products that will be ferried at various Nike deports all over the globe.

Linux Is Hard To Rule The PC Operating Systems, But It Can Be Widely Used In The Area Of Server Systems And Embedded Systems

Introduction

An increase in Linux applications for server and embedded system developments has generated an enthusiastic up-surge in embedded OS market. This aspect is contrasted to its relatively uncompetitive nature in PC and workstations field. WindRiver Systems (WRS) may be considered as a key provider embedded OS vendor, despite an attempt by Microsoft to enter the fray with its Windows CE (Compton, 2000).

It is a tricky effort to predict the future in PC, serve and embedded systems; often it has turned out to be a failed endeavor. In this paper most arguments will be based on positioning of traditional players in embedded systems as of present. Also several initiatives, trends, and forces driving Linux towards embedded systems will be covered. lastly, attention will be paid on how free software and open source community as well as developers of embedded systems influence choice of Linux as a leader in Operating systems (OS) (Yaghmour,2003).

Embedded OS systems

An embedded device refers to any internally sophisticated system comparable to a computer, but does not resemble the traditional desktop machine or serve. Examples range from the “Black box”, internet router, to touchy consumer devices such as credit card readers or cash registers (Lehrbaum, 2001).The universe of embedded computing encompasses PCs of different sizes scaling from portable tiny devices like wristwatch cameras to large systems having thousands of nodes such as telecommunication switches in mainstream worldwide distribution. Embedded systems range from simple microcontrollers to parallel and massive processors which are prodigious to computing memory power (Deshpande, 2004).

Linux operation system is not new, it has been available for years for desktops and servers and has continually gained market share for both computing segments. This growth lends credibility to Linux to established companies in PC industry such as Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Oracle, Dell, Compaq and others. Although Linux was primarily designed for desktop followed by adaptation to servers, it is currently a force to reckon after entering the fragmented embedded system market (Lehrbaum, 2001).

The embedded OS market still remains fragmented. However, the market tilted in favor of Linux long time when majority of engineers (50%) preferred “roll your own” operating systems which are in-house and custom-made. for this reason Linux becomes more attractive grabbing sizeable market from board established vendors of embedded OS. Linux has also capitalized on this aspect to penetrate the last frontier in global embedded OS. Jack Ganssle, however cautions that Linux future in embedded world is hazy (Yaghmour, 2003).

For instance, BlueCat Linux was released by Real-Time Systems (RTOS) in November 1999, which later changed name to LynuxWorks. Linux added LynxOS to run unmodified binaries for its proprietary RTOS. The company strategy was to capture market for royalty-free and non-real-time embedded OS which continues up to today through BlueCat and LynxOS. Linux is ahead of competitors because most of them like WRS and QNX failed to engage free software and open source community instead made grave mistake by spreading FUD or launching substitutes to please developers of embedded systems (Yaghmour,2003).

Subsequently, stability in Linux commercials has increased in numbers because it’s major distributors of have collapsed into a small but powerful group. This include, SuSE, Red Hat, Debian, mandrake, Slackware, others are Xandros, Gentoo, and LindowOS. The company has taken advantage of growth in Linux installation packages due to improved skills among people (Adam, 2003). For example, Linux release of Kernel 2.6 polarized competition to key vendors of RTOs, such as WinCE and VxWorks to capture a niche in embedded market. The Linux 2.6 introduced various new applications making it an excellent OS in embedded computing. Easier porting to new PCs, enhanced real-time performance, improved I/O, large memory models, and microcontroller’s support system features are reminiscence of Linux 2.6. The features of kernel 2.6 empowered it as a technology firm of choice in the embedded computing world (Deshpande, 2004).

Competition by Microsoft flopped twice in its quest to dominate the embedded market, first by introducing Windows CE which performed marginally, followed by Windows NT embedded system. Despite the competition, Linux still managed to scale heights by heaping a $ 3.5 billion per annum from embedded system development tools. In the past two years alone, enthusiasm for Linux systems has dramatically increased (Compton, 2000). Future of Linux looks bright with the launch of Mini-ITX as one of modern Ultra-compact technology targeting new generation entertainment and information systems. This technology has revolutionized latest generation minute, ergonomic, affordable, and innovative embedded systems incorporating technology convergence and integration such as Flash, Slim-drives and other potable gadgets (Linux Devices, 2004).

The merits that Linux offers in embedded systems are similarly applied its popular Server operating system strengths. This includes low cost, open source code, and high reliability. This is a plus for most programmers working on Linux OS development. Although, TimeSys and MontaVista as established embedded OS players leading claim for new markets targeting Linux distributors, their efforts can not surplus advantages of systems such as BlueCat and Lynux Real-Time Systems among their users (Compton, 2000).

Conclusion

Success of Linux in server and embedded systems unlike the PC competition is attributed to technology revolution amid economic, financial, and technological inhibitions without fear of unknown. Company’s which stick on the past and worry over risks limits management from venturing into future prosperity. Therefore Linux, embedded systems versatile compatibility simplified complex applications to satisfy human needs. Innovation of Mini-ITX is one of modern Ultra-compact technology targeting new generation entertainment and information systems. This technology has revolutionized latest generation minute, ergonomic, affordable, and innovative embedded systems incorporating technology convergence and integration (Linux Devices, 2004).This can be likened to delegating responsibility to vendors in the field, generating sound business economics, and increasing market share with aim of future long-term benefits (Heller, 2006).

References

Adam, S (2003). The Future of Linux. Retrieved August 16, 2010 from <http://www.osnews.com/story/5354/Editorial_The_Future_of_Linux>

Compton, J. (2000).Is Linux the Embedded Operating System of the Future? Retrieved August 16, 2010 from <http://www.developer.com/tech/article.php/625941/Is-Linux-the-Embedded-Operating-System-of-the-Future.htm>

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Yaghmour, K. (2003). Building Embedded Linux Systems: Embedded Systems, Linux, and the Future. Retrieved August 16, 2010 from <http://www.cotsjournalonline.com/articles/view/100129>

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Behavior modeling is an exceedingly common topic in today’s world. It involves mapping and observing the successful processes, which make the foundation of an exceptional performance of some sort. One can define modeling as a process of assimilating complex series of events and breaking them up into small parts for the purposes of recapping them. One of the most significant purposes of modeling is to develop a pragmatic model or map of a certain behavior, which one can utilize to simulate certain aspects of that performance. The main aim of modeling is to identify the significant factors of action and thought needed to produce the desired results or responses. This article will discuss the issue of behavior modeling and why today’s individuals should be concerned with the content shown in films and television programs.

The social learning theory is one of the common behavior theories relevant to criminology. Albert Bandura, one of the world’s significant psychologists believed that aggression and violence is learned through behavior modeling. He argued that people usually are not born with violent tendencies, but they model them later in life. He pointed out that people, and particularly children, learn violence and aggression responses from looking at and observing other individuals, either through the environment, media or personally. He argued that most people hold the notion that aggression and violence will lead to reinforcements. These reinforcements in turn can formulate into tension reduction, gaining praise from others, attaining financial rewards and building one’s self esteem.

During the Bobo doll experiment, the children participating in the experiment imitated the aggression the adults displayed because of reward or positive reinforcement achieved. Bandura had significant interest in development of children, and he pointed out that if aggression and violence in children was diagnosed early enough then these children would reframe from growing up to become adult criminals. He stated that aggression and violence in most children is influenced and encouraged by the positive reinforcement they receive from the family, media and the environment.

The same psychologist also believed that the media and especially, the television is a significant source of behavior modeling. In the current world, television shows and films show violence and aggression graphically. Violence is usually shown as behavior that is acceptable, especially for the heroes who never receive punishment. Since violence and aggression are prominent characteristics of numerous programs, children with a higher level of exposure to the media might show a relatively higher incidence of aggression in imitation to the violence they witness.

There have been numerous incidences and cases of extreme violence were individuals acted aggressively towards others, as a result, of violence witnessed in television programs and films. This is one of the main reasons why in the current world, where all sorts of things are allowed and broadcasted in media ranging from violence to abuse to substance and drug abuse to sexual abuse to undesirable social behaviors, parents must be careful with what they expose their children to in the media. As Bandura argued, children are predisposed to pick and simulate numerous kinds of bad habits from the media, and assimilating and copying the same behaviors. Because of these higher rates of instances of children copying or modeling undesirable behavior from the media, as well as, from adults, there should be increased concern on what films and programs are broadcasted in the television.

Reference

Bandura, A. (1962). Social learning through imitation. Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press.

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A learning environment with a different smell

A different smell … that is right. In fact, everything about this environment is different from the conventional learning environments. Right from the height, the length, the width, and (you guessed right), the weight. It is an Apple MacBook Air (11.6 inch). With a small size, sleek design and light weight, the Apple laptop makes for a full learning environment. It is 0.68 inches at the back, while its front has been narrowed down to a negligible eleven-hundredths of an inch. Most of the computer’s exterior sticks out, thanks to its void nature. Its front incorporates an indent that has been cut out from the bottom lip providing a spot where one can open the screen. It is noteworthy that the screen of MacBook 11.6 can be lifted up easily with one finger. One notable thing about the machine is that, its bottom and rear are pretty featureless. Its bottom incorporates four plastic bumpers, which essentially lifts the machine from the work surface. Its bottom also incorporates five-lobed Torx Screws, which are tempting enough for individuals who would be courageous enough to void their warranties.

On opening up the MacBook Air (11.6 inches), there is a typical laptop sight, which essentially incorporates individual black keys that stick out through the perfectly-cut holes on the case made of aluminum. It is noteworthy that its keyboard does not incorporate back-light, which makes it easy for low-light computing. The keyboard also makes typing easy, which comes in handy during online chats and even doing the exams.

MacBook Air’s trackpad is somewhat large, a feature that has been amplified by the machine’s minute figure making it quite impressive. A trackpad, also known as touchpad, refers to a pointing device that incorporates a tactile sensor. The sensor is a specialized surface that is capable of translating the position and motion of one’s finger to the relative position on the machine’s screen. The large trackpad in the MacBook Air incorporates a number of buttons, which aids in complementing the ease of use. This trackpad aids in the usage of the machine during learning as one can flip through the notes quickly and easily. Notably lacking in the MacBook Air are in-built optical drives, while the eject button has been replaced by power button. This, however, resembles any other key on the machine’s keyboard. As much as the keyboard may show considerable flexibility if pressed, one would not have to worry about it even when he is a heavy typist. In addition, as much as the power button resembles every other button in the keyboard, powering-off the laptop is not a problem since the machine sleeps remarkably quickly.

The MacBook Air incorporates an impressive display or screen that boasts of superb horizontal viewing as well as ordinary vertical ones. One notable feature of the learning environment is its impressive resolution of 1366×768, and the contrast that comes with a typical contrast ratio of 755:1 with minimum backlight and 696:1 with full backlight. The machine’s display is glossy, making it an impressive compromise between glossy screens that may look like annoying mirrors and matte screens that can mix colors. In addition, the laptop’s display uniquely lacks glass, which essentially shaves off the machine’s weight. The weight of the machine is further reduced by the edge – to – edge black-bordered display which has been replaced with aluminum. Nevertheless, its attractiveness has not been compromised or limited in any way. This is especially due to the incorporation of the antiglare screen. The laptop incorporates functional speakers, but relatively scarce bass. However, while the speakers make communication pretty listenable, external speakers or even headphones could serve the machine in a better way than the in-built speakers. However, one would appreciate that the inbuilt speakers can get quite loud, which aids in communicating with lecturers in e-learning especially when one needs to consult on a certain issue.

It is fortunate that the MacBook Air fully supports Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. The incorporated Bluetooth allows for quick transfer and sharing of data between two machines, in which case notes and other reading materials would be easily shared. Wi-Fi technology, or Wireless Fidelity in full, refers to a popular technology that enhances the wireless exchange of data by electronic devices over computer networks. The technology, therefore, enhances access of data and reading material from online libraries and other resourceful websites, thereby enhancing learning. In addition, varied inputs are showcased on the sides of the laptop. There is a USB 2.0 port situated on the left and the right side of the machine, a mini-DisplayPort port, remote-control jack, in-built microphone and combo headphones. Coupled with the Wi-Fi internet connectivity, the combo headphones and in-built microphones would enhance communication with lecturers and online chats. In essence, it would be possible to ask lecturers for clarification on issues that may not be clear such as requirements and submission of assignments, as well explanations on complex issues in the notes. Responses would be instantaneous just like a one-on-one or verbal communication, as long as there is sufficient internet connectivity. With the 68 GB hard disk capacity, the storage of notes and other learning materials would not be much of a problem. Surely, the learning environment provided by the laptop comes with an entirely different smell.

Becoming a Mother at 19 Years Old

The complexities of premature childbearing in teenagers are indisputable. Poverty, academic failure, unemployment as well as low self-esteem are regarded as negative consequences of premature childbearing. Teenage pregnancy is considered as one of the most disturbing issues in the contemporary world. Generally, a girl who becomes pregnant prior to adulthood is seriously looked down with dishonor. Essentially, teenage pregnancy takes place as a result of diverse reasons that include outcomes of peer group pressure, contraceptive failure, and raging hormones.

Causes of Adolescent Childbearing

First of all, peer pressure is another cause of premature pregnancy. Most adolescents choose to experiment in sexual intercourse since they need to attain the approval offered by their circle of acquaintances. In this regard, the sole way to acquire acceptance is by have sexual relationships with the opposite sex. This promiscuous conduct usually leads to unnecessary teenage pregnancies.

Secondly, adolescent pregnancy may be caused by contraceptive malfunctions. This is another fundamental reason for adolescent pregnancy. Numerous types and brands of contraceptives are easily accessible in the market. However, contraceptives are not usually a guarantee for absolute safety. Many adolescents lack adequate information on how to use contraceptives. The majority of the adolescents are ignorant on the risks involved in the use of contraceptives, and the risks involved in using contraceptives. Therefore, this conduct results in premature pregnancies.

Lastly, consequences of intense hormones may lead to teenage pregnancy. This is because, at the adolescent phase the girl may experience abrupt and unfamiliar emotions. In this phase of growth, there is an enormous hormones influx that causes sensations to rage and modify among adolescents. Adolescents also experience an innate sense of rebellion against the laid down rules and norms. This, together with an impulsive sense of newly-found sexuality and liberation, results in the release of their emotions through sexual channels.

Other causes such as rape have also been documented. Whatever the causes, the experience of adolescent childbearing can be extremely traumatic. Consequently, appropriate education on sexuality ought to be taught to adolescents at school, and at home.

Effects of Adolescent Childbearing

The children born as a result of adolescent pregnancies are more liable to grow up in lack, poverty, and experience more health related problems. Research reveals that these children are liable to experience higher rates of neglect and abuse, perform dismally in school. Studies also reveal that these children are prone to becoming teenage mothers, committing delinquent acts as well as adult crimes. These children may also incur unsuccessful adult marriages together with other relationships.In most cases, adolescent mothers have increasingly lower levels of scholarly attainment than in comparison to other women. This factor severely limits their profession options and sharply augments their possibility of economic dependency. It is evident that approximately 70% of adolescent mothers complete their high school education or attain a high school diploma. Children of juvenile mothers have considerably higher probability of placement in special learning classes. They also have considerably higher incidence of milder academic problems.

Conclusion

It is essential that adolescents realize that prior to engaging in sexual relationships, parenting entails being responsible for unreservedly loving, nurturing, developing, teaching, and guiding another human being. Adolescents ought to realize that the parenting decisions are enormous and cannot be taken frivolously. The current programs related to sex education in schools ought to acknowledge the varied contributions the school environment can make. In the school environment, the interaction among the teacher and students is usually not adequate in order to advise individual students. This setting may only offer the provision of information from a disconnected perspective.

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The history topic I selected to research about is the battle of fallen timbers that is in the Native American history category. The battle of fallen timbers was a battle that showed and proved to people that delicate young republic is capable of countering a military threat when Shawnee Chief Blue Jacket’s alliance was defeated by General Anthony Wayne (Bauman 2010). The battle of the fallen timbers took place in the 1794 on 20th August, this battle was the last major in the Northwest Territory that was an Indian war between the United States and the Native Americans. During the war the almost modern day Toledo, Ohio the General Anthony Wayne steered the Unites States troops and gained victory over the alliance of Indian warriors that were led by the Miami’s Chief Little Turtle and the Shawnees’ Chief Blue Jacket. The modern day Ohio was open to the white settlers as a result of the treaty of Greenville that was signed in the following year (Tebbel 1972). The Native Americans victory could also be attributed from the support that they got from the British whose leader was Captain Alexander McKillop against the United States. The battle was mainly about gaining control over the Northwest Territory which had been handed to the United States during the signing of the Treaty of Paris in 1783.

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Bauman, A. (2010). General “Mad” Anthony Wayne & the Battle of Fallen Timbers: a Look at Some Key Events in the Life and Times of General Wayne. Bloomington, IN: Author House.

Tebbel, J. (1972). The Battle of Fallen Timbers, August 20, 1794; President Washington secures the Ohio Valley. New York: F. Watts.