Using the framework discussed in the background readings, critically analyze General Mills’ strategic choices at the Corporate level (remember that “corporate” level is the very highest level of the organization, with lower levels being the “functional” and the “business” levels).

WEEK 1:

What are General Mills’ corporate-level strategies? What generic Porter strategy does the company follow? Are General Mills’ strategic choices aligned with the Porter generic strategy you believe the company follows?

WEEK 2:

Using the Grand Strategy Selection Matrix, or GSSM (the GSSM can easily be found via a Google search), decide which one of the four quadrants General Mills fits best within? Defend your decision!

You are the lead consultant for the Diligent Consulting Group. It is mid-October. One of your top clients, Sunshine Floor Barn, has just closed the books for the first three quarters of the year (January through September). Sunshine Floor Barn requests that you analyze the sales performance of its 5 product lines over this 3-quarter period. From past consulting work you have done for the company, you know that Sunshine Floor Barn has 4 regions and 18 total store locations. Each Regional Manager at the company has compiled the data for his/her region. The raw data provided consists of the sales revenue for each of the 5 premium flooring lines for all 4 regions and 18 locations for the first three quarters of the current year.

Case Assignment
The data have been provided in list format. Generate a Pivot Table Report with Charts. Use the Pivot Table and Charts to analyze the data. Following your in-depth analysis of the data, write a report to Sunshine Floor Barn in which you discuss and analyze the data, and make appropriate recommendations relative to how Sunshine Floor Barn should improve its sales performance going forward.

Assumed Certainty: Multi-Attribute Decision Making (MADM)

Scenario: You are the Vice President of Franchise Services for the Lucky restaurant chain. You have been assigned the task of evaluating the best location for a new Lucky restaurant. The CFO has provided you with a template that includes 6 criteria (attributes) that you are required to use in your evaluation of 5 recommended locations. Following are the 6 criteria that you will use to evaluate this decision:

Traffic counts (avg. thousands/day)—the more traffic, the more customers, and the greater the potential sales.

Building lease and taxes (thousands $ per year)—the lower the building lease and taxes, the better.

Size of building (square feet in thousands)—a larger building is more preferable.

Parking spaces (max number of customers parking)—more customer parking is preferable.

Insurance costs (thousands $ per year)—lower insurance costs are preferable.

Ease of access (subjective evaluation from observation)—you will need to “code” the subjective data. Use Excellent = 4, Good = 3, Fair = 2, and Poor = 1.

Now that you have collected the data from various sources (your CFO and COO, local real estate listings, personal observation, etc.), you have all the data you need to complete an analysis for choosing the best location. Download the raw data for the 5 locations in this Word document: BUS520 Module 3 SLP.docx

Assignment

Review the information and data regarding the different alternatives for a new restaurant location. Then do the following in Excel:

Table 1: Develop an MADM table with the raw data.

Table 2: Convert the raw data to utilities (scaled on 0 to 1). Show the utility weights in a second table.

Table 3: Develop a third table with even weights (16.7%) for each variable.

Evaluate Table 3 for the best alternative.

Table 4: Complete a sensitivity analysis by assigning weights to each variable.

In a Word document, do the following:

Discuss the process used to put together Tables 1–4 above.
Provide the rationale you used for choosing for each of the weights you used in Table 4.
Give your recommendation of which location the company should choose (based on results of Table 4).
SLP Assignment Expectations
Excel Analysis

Complete Excel analysis using MADM (all four tables noted above must be included).

Accurate Excel analysis (Excel file includes working formulas showing your calculations; all calculations and results must be accurate).

Qualitative research is fundamentally distinct from its quantitative counterpart. While quantitative research methods rely upon the conversion of observable phenomena into numeric data, qualitative analyses do not necessitate such a transformation of data points. Qualitative analysis offers a discriminating researcher a very nuanced approach to examining many specific social phenomena and is enjoying a resurgence among researchers.

After reading Chapters 7 and 9 of Creswell’s Research Design, identify the key tenets of qualitative methods used in criminal justice research.

What do you see as the most critical aspects of qualitative research methods?
How do these key tenets of qualitative research assist us when evaluating criminal justice data?
How do these key tenets contribute to successfully interpreting published research findings?
How would you apply these tenets to answer a criminal justice research question?

Examining and Thinking About the World Around Us
Qualitative analysis requires a much different approach than that found in quantitative methods. There exist many nuances in the approach to qualitative inquiry. It can be as much an artistic expression of formal research as it is scholarly. In Chapter 9, Creswell suggests researchers follow six steps in order to most effectively conduct qualitative analysis. After reading Chapter 9, identify and discuss the salient aspects of the six steps of qualitative analysis suggested for use by the author.

What are these six steps and what are their most salient aspects?
How do these steps assist us when evaluating criminal justice data?
How do these steps contribute to successfully interpreting published research findings?
How would you apply these steps to answer a criminal justice research question?

Identify three of the most salient aspects of the ten distinguishing characteristics of qualitative writing.
Discuss why these aspects were selected.
Describe how the selected aspects relate to the evaluation and interpretation of criminal justice data and research findings.
Explain why researchers would consider qualitative methods an artistic expression of formalized methodology.
The paper

Must be three to five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style

Adherence to Safe Infant Sleep Guidelines among Low-Income Parents
through Education on the Infant Sleep Environment.

As an early childhood educator, it is crucial to identify resources around the community to create a quality early care and education program. Our communities provide resources for families and early care and education programs to support children’s development. The Internet is a virtual tool that provides access to many resources. As a professional, you will need to evaluate the resources for quality and credibility.

For this assignment, you will write a three- to four-page paper providing a review of a community resource and two virtual resources that are available to you. Please include:

One community resource to share with parents and to use as an early childhood professional to support children’s development.
One virtual resource to share with parents.
One virtual resource that you can use as an early childhood professional.
For each of these resources, please provide the following:

A summary of what the resource includes and how it supports children’s development.
A rationale explaining why this resource is valuable to educators and to parents.
An explanation of how you will use this resource as an educator or how you will encourage parents to use this resource.
Your paper should be three to four pages in length (not including the title and reference pages) and must be formatted according to APA style. You must include one community resource, two virtual resources (websites), the textbook, and one additional scholarly source, all formatted according to APA styl

.Explore 1 of the Cult of True Womanhood principles (purity, domesticity, submissiveness, and piety) examined in Jacobs Narrative and its impact.

2.Explore the role of psychological trauma experienced by Jacobs in the Narrative? What were fears Jacobs had? How did such fears of the real and emotional threats of sexual violence impact the narrator’s identity?

Assessment 1: Assessing the Abdomen
A woman went to the emergency room for severe abdominal cramping. She was diagnosed with diverticulitis; however, as a precaution, the doctor ordered a CAT scan. The CAT scan revealed a growth on the pancreas, which turned out to be pancreatic cancer—the real cause of the cramping.

Because of a high potential for misdiagnosis, determining the precise cause of abdominal pain can be time-consuming and challenging. By analyzing case studies of abnormal abdominal findings, nurses can prepare themselves to better diagnose conditions in the abdomen.

In this assignment, you will analyze a SOAP note case study that describes abnormal findings in patients seen in a clinical setting. You will consider what history should be collected from the patients, as well as which physical exams and diagnostic tests should be conducted. You will also formulate a differential diagnosis with several possible conditions.

Abdominal Assessment

SUBJECTIVE:

CC: “My stomach hurts, I have diarrhea and nothing seems to help.”
HPI: JR, 47 yo WM, complains of having generalized abdominal pain that started 3 days ago. He has not taken any medications because he did not know what to take. He states the pain is a 5/10 today but has been as much as 9/10 when it first started. He has been able to eat, with some nausea afterwards.
PMH: HTN, Diabetes, hx of GI bleed 4 years ago
Medications: Lisinopril 10mg, Amlodipine 5 mg, Metformin 1000mg, Lantus 10 units qhs
Allergies: NKDA
FH: No hx of colon cancer, Father hx DMT2, HTN, Mother hx HTN, Hyperlipidemia, GERD
Social: Denies tobacco use; occasional etoh, married, 3 children (1 girl, 2 boys)
OBJECTIVE:

VS: Temp 99.8; BP 160/86; RR 16; P 92; HT 5’10”; WT 248lbs
Heart: RRR, no murmurs
Lungs: CTA, chest wall symmetrical
Skin: Intact without lesions, no urticaria
Abd: soft, hyperctive bowel sounds, pos pain in the LLQ
Diagnostics: None
ASSESSMENT:

Left lower quadrant pain
Gastroenteritis
PLAN: This section is not required for the assignments in this course (NURS 6512) but will be required for future courses.
To prepare:

With regard to the SOAP note case study provided:

Review this week’s Learning Resources, and consider the insights they provide about the case study.
Consider what history would be necessary to collect from the patient in the case study.
Consider what physical exams and diagnostic tests would be appropriate to gather more information about the patient’s condition. How would the results be used to make a diagnosis?
Identify at least five possible conditions that may be considered in a differential diagnosis for the patient.
To complete:

Analyze the subjective portion of the note. List additional information that should be included in the documentation.
Analyze the objective portion of the note. List additional information that should be included in the documentation.
Is the assessment supported by the subjective and objective information? Why or Why not?
What diagnostic tests would be appropriate for this case and how would the results be used to make a diagnosis?
Would you reject/accept the current diagnosis? Why or why not? Identify three possible conditions that may be considered as a differential diagnosis for this patient. Explain your reasoning using at least 3 different references from current evidence based literature.