choose a company that has been recognized recently as successful and is located in Saudi Arabia. Then, in an original post, present well-written answers to the following questions: Identify the organization and its ownership Describe the organization’s products/services

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To launch the rich dialogue of what is expected throughout this course, choose a company that has been recognized recently as successful and is located in Saudi Arabia. Then, in an original post, present well-written answers to the following questions:

  1. Identify the organization and its ownership
  2. Describe the organization’s products/services
  3. Describe the organization’s strategy (how does it create value)
  4. How does Saudi Vision 2030 impact the organization’s strategy? Be specific.
  5. How does the organization’s strategies support Saudi Vision 2030?

Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories (require supporting citations) in your initial response along with at least one scholarly, peer-reviewed journal article.Keep in mind that these scholarly references can be found in the Saudi Digital Library by conducting an advanced search specific to scholarly references. Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style guidelines.

Identify a business leader in Saudi Arabia and explain which characteristics of leadership that person espouses. Find research that speaks to leadership characteristics and their importance. In what ways will the leadership of your chosen person allow for a more diverse economy in the Kingdom?

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With Saudi Vision 2030, “Saudi Arabia is moving aggressively to diversify its economy and implement important reforms,” according to Stephen A. Schwarzman, co-founder of the private equity company Blackstone Group (Sorkin, 2017, para. 6).

Identify a business leader in Saudi Arabia and explain which characteristics of leadership that person espouses. Find research that speaks to leadership characteristics and their importance. In what ways will the leadership of your chosen person allow for a more diverse economy in the Kingdom? You should justify your position with research you found regarding leadership characteristics and how they apply to your subject.

Be specific about the leadership characteristic and find an example of that person exhibiting it.

Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories (including supporting citations) along with at least one current, scholarly, peer-reviewed journal article. You may find that your discussion of leadership characteristics is easily supported with such current scholarly research, while the information about how your chosen leader exhibits those leadership characteristics is supported by popular research.

How has globalization affected different world regions? What are some of the benefits and costs of globalization for different sectors of society (for example, companies, workers, and communities)?

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For our first discussion, let us discuss globalization and decision-making. You all have some idea of how globalization has affected your life, so let’s expand on that and talk about:

  • How has globalization affected different world regions?
  • What are some of the benefits and costs of globalization for different sectors of society (for example, companies, workers, and communities)?
  • How does globalization relate to the Saudi Vision 2030?

Embed course material concepts, principles, and theories, which require supporting citations along with two scholarly peer-reviewed references supporting your answer. Keep in mind that these scholarly references can be found in the Saudi Digital Library by conducting an advanced search specific to scholarly references.

Be sure to support your statements with logic and argument, citing all sources referenced. Post your initial response early and check back often to continue the discussion. Be sure to respond to your peers’ posts as well.

Define the following systems-thinking concepts in your own words: Systems thinking Collection Feedback loop Stock and flow diagram Causal loop diagram

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  1. Define the following systems-thinking concepts in your own words:
    1. Systems thinking
    2. Collection
    3. Feedback loop
    4. Stock and flow diagram
    5. Causal loop diagram
  2. The following scenario describes the system used for fulfilling an online order at Lost Pines Outfitters, a medium-sized outdoor clothing store. Read this scenario and create a basic map of the system using Microsoft Visio.

3. Once you have mapped this system, you will map relationships contained within the system. First, identify relationships within your system diagram that represent feedback loops, and represent those loops within your model. Then, identify a relationship within the system that could be modeled with a stock and flow or causal loop diagram, and model that diagram in Visio.

4.Compose a brief, 250- to 500-word summary of the given system, as well as the relationships present in this system. In your summary, describe the system, feedback loops, and other archetypes you identified within the system.

Basic Country Facts: Identify government types, languages, and religions for both countries. Business Etiquette: Identify common business etiquette in both countries (e.g., common greetings, differences in communication toward men and women, negotiating styles, and acceptable business attire).

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United States and Canada

Overview

Doing business in a foreign country can be fraught with pitfalls, from culturally inappropriate hugging to accidental obscene hand gestures. By researching and understanding the culture of a foreign country, you can better prepare yourself and your team to avoid mistakes and leverage cultural protocols to your advantage.

In this assignment, you will compare the culture of the United States against the culture of the country you chose in Milestone One to show how doing business can be very different from one country to another.

Prompt

Use the Module Two Assignment template located in the Guidelines for Submission section to create a cultural comparison guide between the country you selected for your course project and the United States. In Part One of the template, you will identify common information about both countries, including their cultural backgrounds and business etiquettes. In Part Two of the template, you will identify the six dimensions in the Hofstede model of national culture for both countries. In Part Three of the template, you will draw conclusions on how doing business in the country you selected will differ from doing business in the United States and tips for individuals doing business in your selected country.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

  • Basic Country Facts: Identify government types, languages, and religions for both countries.
  • Business Etiquette: Identify common business etiquette in both countries (e.g., common greetings, differences in communication toward men and women, negotiating styles, and acceptable business attire).
  • Tips for Doing Business: Identify three tips you would give to individuals doing business in the non-U.S. country you selected. Tips could be about behaviors to avoid (e.g., items as innocent as posture or body language or attitudes regarding punctuality or approaches to business).
  • Cultural Dimensions: Identify and examine the six dimensions in the Hofstede model of national culture for both countries.
  • Conclusions: Conclude how doing business in your new country will differ from doing business in the United States.

You are an international trade consultant ranking the overall quality of various international markets for a product of your choosing. Select a product you would be interested in introducing to a new market

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Overview

There are many factors that should be examined when considering a new international market. In this assignment, you will explore how a company can qualify or quantify economic factors of markets and how it can influence the process of selecting a new market for a product. As you complete this assignment, consider how the lessons learned and resources used can be applied to your course project.

Prompt

You are an international trade consultant ranking the overall quality of various international markets for a product of your choosing. Select a product you would be interested in introducing to a new market, then complete the Module Three Assignment Template (located in the Guidelines for Submission section of this document). Then rank your recommendations for a new market and justify your rankings using key economic and political data points. Examples of products include digital cameras, activity trackers, curtains, coffeemakers, and so forth.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

  • Application of Data: Describe your initial thoughts on how insights from the required data to be collected could help to inform business decisions. For example, consider what information each data point provides, whether you think some data points should be weighted more or less heavily than others in making a business decision, what ideal data points might look like for expansion into a new market for your product, the ways that different political systems may impact a decision, and so forth.
  • Political and Economic Data Collection: Complete the table in the provided template by finding the appropriate information and data points for each identified category using course and external resources.
  • Ranking and Rationale: Rank the appropriateness of introducing your selected product into the three markets from “most appropriate” to “least appropriate” using the gathered political and economic data you collected, then provide a rationale for why you ranked the markets the way you did on the basis of the data you gathered.

Guidelines for Submission

Submit the completed Module Three Assignment Template. In Sections One and Three, complete sentences should be used. In Section Two, numbers are appropropriate. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

The third country is CANADA

In one paragraph, using examples from the cartoon or storybook, describe how males and females are represented: Are characters portrayed in gender-stereotyped roles? Are males and females equally represented in exciting plot activities?

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Assignment 1: Evaluating Gender-Stereotyping

Watch a children’s cartoon or obtain a children’s storybook.

Tell me what cartoon your watched or what storybook you selected.

In one paragraph, using examples from the cartoon or storybook, describe how males and females are represented:

  1. Are characters portrayed in gender-stereotyped roles?
  2. Are males and females equally represented in exciting plot activities?
  3. Are behaviors, attitudes, and characteristics of males and females characters strongly gender stereotyped?
  4. Overall, how would you evaluate the cartoon or storybook in terms of gender typing?
  5. What recommendations would you make to counter any influences observed?

Describe how members of the healthcare team exchange critical patient information. Identify the types of handoff you witnessed and/or participated in. Where did the handoff listed above occur?

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Professional Communication Assignment

 

During a clinical day you will observe and participate in handoff and complete the following assignment. The assignment typed on the format provided. References that guided the development of this assignment are listed below. They will be useful to you in completing the assignment. The grading rubric is found on the last page.

To access chapter 34 of the handbook: copy/paste the link below in your browser. Scroll down the page and click on chapter 34.

http://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/clinicians-providers/resources/nursing/resources/nurseshdbk/index.html

OR copy/paste this link into your browser: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK2649/

 

  1. Identify the members of the healthcare team present during your clinical day by position title

(example: RN, UAP, attending provider, consulting provider, respiratory therapist, dietary, housekeeping, unit secretary, etc.)

 

  1. Describe how members of the healthcare team exchange critical patient information.

 

  1. Identify the types of handoff you witnessed and/or participated in.

 

  1. Where did the handoff listed above occur?

 

  1. Document your shift-to-shift handoff which you provided to your primary nurse

 

  1. List 5 internal and/or external factors that may contribute to handoff communication errors?

 

  1. List 2 strategies that may reduce each error listed above

 

  1. Identify handoff tools used at your clinical facility

 

  1. What could you do differently when giving handoff to increase patient safety?

 

  1. The assignment is completed in a professional manner. Correct writing mechanics are utilized. Report is typed.

 

 

References

 

Friesen, M., White, S., & Byers, J. (2008). Handoffs: Implications for nurses. In A. f. Quality, Safety and Quality: An evidenced-based handbook for nurses.

 

Sherwood, G. (2014). Quality and safety in nursing education: The QSEN project. In B. Cherry, S. Jacob, & 6 (Ed.), Contemporary nursing: Issues, trends, and management (pp. 398-399). St. Louis, MO: Elsevier.

 

CriteriaObservation
Identify the members of the healthcare team present during your clinical day by position title

(Example: RN, UAP, attending provider, consulting provider, respiratory therapist, dietary, housekeeping, unit secretary, etc.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Describe how members of the healthcare team exchange critical patient information. 

 

 

 

 

Identify the types of handoff you witnessed and/or participated in 

 

 

 

 

Where did the various types of handoff occur 

 

 

 

 

Document your shift-to-shift handoff 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

List 5 factors that contribute to handoff errors

and 2 strategies to reduce each error

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What handoff tools were used at your facility?

 

 

 

 
What could you do different to increase patient safety during handoff? 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Therapeutic Communication Grading Rubric
CriterionSatisfactory (10 points)Needs Improvement (5 points)Unsatisfactory (0 points)
1. Identify members of healthcare teamAt least four members are identified3 members are identified2 or fewer members are identified
2. Exchange of critical informationThoroughly discusses how members of the healthcare team exchange critical patient informationBriefly discusses how members of the healthcare team exchange critical patient informationDoes not discuss how members of the healthcare team exchange critical patient information
3. Types of handoff witnessed or participate inLists two or more types of handoff witnessed or participate inLists one type of handoff witnessed or participate inDoes not list types of handoff witnessed or participated in during the clinical day
4.Location of where handoff occurredLocation where handoff occurred is listedNot applicableDoes not list location of where handoff occurred
5.Document shift to shift handoffShift to shift handoff is documentedNot applicableDoes not document shift to shift handoff
6. List factors that may contribute to handoff errorsLists five or more factors that may contribute to handoff errorsLists four or less factors that may contribute to handoff errorsLists three or less factors that may contribute to handoff errors
7. List strategies to reduce handoff errorsLists two strategies to reduce each handoff error contributorLists one strategy to reduce each handoff error contributorLists less than one strategy to reduce each handoff error contributor
8. List handoff tools used at the clinical facilityLists handoff tools used at the clinical facilityNot applicableDoes not list handoff tools used at the clinical facility
9. What could you do differentlyReflects on how to increase patient safety through appropriate handoffNot applicableDoes not reflect on how to increase patient safety through appropriate handoff
10.ProfessionalismAssignment is typed, APA citation used where appropriate, used proper writing techniques.Not applicableAssignment is not typed, APA citation used where appropriate, used proper writing techniques.

 

Comment on the function of the text you have identified as significant. Do not merely write, “This shows Heathcliff’s character” or paraphrase the quotation. Instead, explain how the selected lines function within the big idea you’ve selected; elaborate on the purpose and effect.

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Wuthering Heights: Critical Analysis Guide

 

 

Instructions

 

This is a complex novel with a frame narrative containing two narrators, multiple characters, two generations of characters (some with similar names!), and a series of parallel and recurring events. It will take some study.

 

This guide is organized by literary elements or big ideas. Just as you consider all elements every time you read, you should consider this guide in its entirety each time you read. You should add quotations and analysis in the different big ideas with each reading. Follow these steps to complete your reading and this guide.

Step 1: Begin by breaking the reading into six chunks:

  • Opening: Chapters 1-3
  • Heathcliff’s growing up years—Part 1: Chapters 4-14
  • Heathcliff’s growing up years—Part 2: Chapters 15-17
  • Heathcliff’s adulthood—Part 1: Chapters 18-24
  • Heathcliff’s adulthood—Part 2: Chapters 25-31
  • Ending: Chapters 32-34

Step 2: Read and annotate. Consider using a specific pen or sticky note color to track each big idea. Upon completing a section, review your annotations and choose quotations to include in your analysis in this guide.

Step 3: Record important quotations in their corresponding big idea, including the speaker if applicable and the chapter and page number. Quotations should come from throughout the book.

Step 4: Comment on the function of the text you have identified as significant. Do not merely write, “This shows Heathcliff’s character” or paraphrase the quotation. Instead, explain how the selected lines function within the big idea you’ve selected; elaborate on the purpose and effect.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SAMPLE Entry

Character

 

Chapter, Page #, Speaker if applicableQuotationCommentary
Chapter 11, page 101, Heathcliff“Cathy, this lamb of yours

threatens like a bull!” he said.

“It is in danger of splitting its

skull against my knuckles.

By God! Mr. Linton, I’m

mortally sorry that you are not worth knocking down!”

Heathcliff reveals his complete disdain for Edgar. Even though Cathy has already married Edgar, Heathcliff still behaves as a rival for her attention. Heathcliff addresses Cathy as if Edgar were not there. The animal metaphor develops Heathcliff’s cruel nature and conveys contempt for Edgar, as if he were a dumb animal. By using “lamb,” Bronte makes it apparent that Heathcliff considers Edgar weak and meek.

 

 

 

Character

Choose quotations that reveal complexities in the character, develop a relationship between characters, show how the character fits an archetype, or indicate a change in that character.

 

·         Heathcliff and Catherine Earnshaw (the eldest Catherine): 2-3 entries for each

·         Hareton, Catherine Linton, and Edgar: 1 or more entries for each

Chapter, Page #, Speaker if applicableQuotationCommentary
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

 

 

Narrator

Choose quotations that reveal the point of view and its effect, show how details, diction, or syntax reveal the narrator’s perspective, or portray how the narrator’s reliability affects the narrative.

 

·         Lockwood: at least 2 entries

·         Nelly Dean: at least 2 entries

 

Chapter, Page #, Speaker if applicableQuotationCommentary
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

Setting

Choose quotations that reveal the setting, show the relationship between setting and character, or portray the setting functioning as an archetype or symbol.

 

·         Thrushcross Grange: at least 1 entry

·         Wuthering Heights: at least 2 entries

·         Moors: at least 1 entry

 

Chapter, Page #, Speaker if applicableQuotationCommentary
   
   
   
   
   

 

 

 

Structure

Choose quotations that portray significant events or a related set of events that contribute to the meaning of the work as a whole, develop a conflict, employ contrasts, shift the tone, or use structure for effect.

 

·         Significant events that show or develop the conflict: 2-4 entries

·         Contrasts: at least 2 entries

·         Structure for effect: at least 1 entry

 

Chapter, Page #, Speaker if applicableQuotationCommentary
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

Figurative Language

Choose quotations that contain diction that contributes to tone, convey recurring symbols and imagery that contribute to the larger meaning of the work, and use simile, metaphor, personification, and allusion for particular effects.

 

·         Diction / Tone / Tone shifts: at least 1 entry

·         Symbols: at least 2 entries

·         Figurative Language and Imagery: at least 2 entries

 

Chapter, Page #, Speaker if applicableQuotationCommentary
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

Use a visual presentation tool of your choice to create a map of the traits, skills, and strengths and weaknesses you have identified about yourself as a leader. You are encouraged to use the results from course resource assessments, such as the Big Five assessment, to guide your reflections.

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Overview

Leadership maps are a valuable reflective tool for emerging leaders. They help leaders develop self-awareness and a growth mindset while revealing areas of opportunity for improvement. In this assignment, you will review the results of the self-assessments you’ve completed throughout the course as well as reflect on your perceptions and biases. Then, you will create a leadership map using a presentation tool of your choice. Your leadership map will also help you complete Project Two, due in Module Eight.

Prompt

Use a visual presentation tool of your choice to create a map of the traits, skills, and strengths and weaknesses you have identified about yourself as a leader. You are encouraged to use the results from course resource assessments, such as the Big Five assessment, to guide your reflections.