Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® comparing two of the following branches of Christianity:

CatholicOrthodoxProtestantPentecostalNontraditional/Alternative

Include a brief history of the two traditions and a comparison of their approach to the Bible, art, specific symbols, and rituals as well as core beliefs. You might consider visiting in person or exploring one of these churches online to add your own experiences.

Format your references consistent with APA guidelines.

Present your Christianity Presentation.

Assignment 3: Market Plan Section 1

Preface:

You are the new marketing manager to The Waters Bottling Company (WBC) of Munsonville, NH. They have never done any marketing for their water before so they will need to be educated as to the role of marketing in their company’s success. They started their company last year and want to “do it right” according to their president and founder, Dr. M. Waters. (The M stands for Muddy so he prudently only uses the initial. He also is rather fond of Blues music, which he would like to incorporate into the marketing plan in some way.) They want to sell their crystal clear, granite filtered mountain water to the “right” market. It is your job to identify that target market. At this point, they don’t even know how the product should be packaged or have a name to identify it. You will get to make that determination and carry that product through the entire Marketing Plan.

Imagination and creativity combined with solid marketing concepts will be the basic framework for your report. They will be relying on you for all of the details to make this product successful. They are well funded and ready to bring this product to market, with your help and guidance.

Use the attached Marketing Planning Guide to build your marketing plan for their naturally mineral rich pure mountain water. Be sure to relate the marketing concepts/ theories to this product/ company as you build the marketing plan over the length of the course. The competed sections of the marketing plan will be submitted in the Dropbox for each module. Use each of the outline items as headers/ subheads for your analysis. Be concise and apply each of the appropriate concepts to the WBC scenario.

Marketing Planning Guide

Section 1 – The Environment (Module 1)

• Introduction to Marketing
• The Marketing Mix
• The Marketing Environment
• Marketing and its relationship with other functional areas of business
• Strategic Marketing
• Planning Process
• Strategy
• Organizational Levels
• Goals and Objectives
• Planning Gap
• Ethics in Marketing

You will create a complete Marketing Plan by the end of the course. You will write the first section of the Marketing Plan for this assignment. Use the guide to identify the sections of the Marketing Plan and the marketing elements contained therein. This assignment will focus on Section 1 – The Environment (Module 1).

Over the span of the course, you will gather information from a number of probable sources. Some of the sources may include, but are not limited to, the Internet, public libraries, business magazines, newspapers, the Harvard Business Review, the Wall Street Journal, annual reports, consultant/industry analyst reports, databases, Department of Commerce publications, Temple and other university libraries, trade and academic journals, Moody’s, Value Line, etc.

You may be surprised and overwhelmed by the volume of information that is available for many topics, though you may have to do some “detective work” to locate them.

You may find Web sites such as Hoovers.com and Lexis-Nexis extremely helpful.

Create a 4- to 6-page Word document for your Marketing Plan Section. Apply a standard business writing style using the Market Planning Guide sections as your (headers/ sub heads/ bullets) to your work. Be sure to cite your work in the APA format.

Use the following file-naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M1_A3.doc. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SmithJ_M1_A3.doc.

By Wednesday, May 14, 2014, deliver your assignments to the M1: Assignment 3 Dropbox.

Assignment 1: LASA 2: Implementing Leadership Techniques: Creating an Executive Brief (CO1, 2, 3)

Submit your assignment to the M5: Assignment 1 Dropbox by Saturday, February 9, 2013.

Success University (SU) is a medium sized undergraduate institution located in Southern California.  SU offers Associates and Bachelors programs in Business, Psychology and Education at their San Moreno campus and online. SU has decided to launch three new programs next Fall.

The three programs to be launched are:
1) A  Business Certificate in Leadership
2) An Associates of Science  (AS) degree in Business Administration
3) A Bachelor’s of Science degree in Business Administration (BSBA) with a concentration in Organizational Leadership

The accrediting body of Success University has given the programs their blessing and the School of Business has been charged with launching the three programs.  They have created a team consisting of faculty, graduates, admissions staff, student services personnel and a marketing representative from the Corporate Office to assist in the launch of the programs.

You are tasked with bringing the team together, apprising them of their roles and responsibilities within the team and mapping out a timeline with deliverables.

You are to produce an executive brief of a 5 – 7 pages (not including the title or reference page) that clearly outlines the:

1. Team plan: Your plan to create a cohesive team. Include at least three strategies you plan to use to ensure a unified team.
2. Launch plan – a comprehensive list of steps (at least 6) describing how you will launch the new programs.
3. Goals and Deliverables: Describe the goals you have set for this project and create a timeline with clearly marked deliverables.
4. Evaluation and Monitoring: Explain how you plan to evaluate the progress of your team and individual team members – discuss the key strategies you will adopt to monitor your team’s progress and coach them to success. Examples might include weekly face to face meetings or written reports submitted to you weekly by each team member.
5. Implementation plan: How do you intend to implement the launch plan? Discuss how the team will function and their roles during the implementation.
6. Change plan: Create a strategy to deal with potential resistance from all stakeholders involved in the running and delivery of the new programs.  For example there may be a concern in terms of increased workload, having to learn new policies and processes and the speed of the planned changes.

Two assignments due will pay $60 for both assignments must be free of plagirism and resources must be from school library. Will provide extra information.

Week 3 Assignment due 9/29/14

Topic: “The Cost of Health Care“
To complete the following assignment, go to this week’s Assignment link in the left navigation. 

Executive Summary Presentation

This week, you will prepare a PowerPoint presentation of your executive summary for your Final Paper proposal.  

Assignment requirements:

1. Review the Final Paper instructions in Week Five of your online course or in the “Components of Course Evaluation” section of this guide. 
2. Select one of the provided topics for your Final Paper. 
3. Prepare a presentation that outlines and summarizes the key points that will be included in your Final Paper: an executive summary, a statement of the problem(s), the history of the problem(s), its international context, the stakeholders involved, policy impact, and future recommendations.
4. Provide detailed speaker’s notes for each slide.      

For tips on creating an excellent presentation, read this overview.  Prior to creating your presentation, you are strongly encouraged to review the Ashford Writing Center and the Purdue O.W.L. website for information on how to write an effective academic research paper.   

Creating the PowerPoint Presentation:
 
The PowerPoint Presentation:

1. Must be 10 to 15 slides (including one for each of the key points described above), that provide an overview of your proposal  and explains the content that will be included in your Final Paper.
2. Must include a title slide with the following:
   1. Title of the training
   2. Student’s name
   3. Course name and number
   4. Instructor’s name
   5. Date submitted
3. Must include slide images and text that tastefully conveys the message of that particular slide. 
4. Must utilize the speaker’s notes function in PowerPoint must be used to write out in more detail what will be presented for each slide. 
5. Must begin with an introductory slide.  A succinct thesis statement must be present, either in the text on the slide or clearly stated in the speaker’s notes.
6. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.  This must be stated either in the text on the slide or in the speaker’s notes.
7. Must use at least five scholarly resources, retrieved from the Ashford University Library.
8. Must have appropriate in-text citations of all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
9. Must include a separate reference slide, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

 

Week 5 Assignment due 10/101/14

Topic is ” The Cost of Health Care“

 

 

Final Paper 

The U.S. health care system has numerous known issues that affect the overall quality, access, and cost of services available. For your Final Paper, you will create an eight- to ten-page proposal (excluding the title and reference pages) on your solution to one of these issues. In the proposal, you will describe the nature of the issue, trace the history of its development, describe what has and has not been done to address it thus far, provide a set of recommendations on what should be done to address it in the future, and discuss how major stakeholders should be involved to make your proposed changes.

Select one of the following issues in health care for the topic of your Final Paper:

1. The cost of health care
2. The health care workforce
3. The uninsured and under-insured population
4. Medical and health information technology
5. Select your own topic. If you would like to use a topic other than the ones listed above, you must get approval from your instructor by the end of Week Two of the course.

 

You are encouraged to break your proposal up into sections to be sure you address each of the questions below. Specifically, you should address the following in your proposal:

1. Executive Summary: Introduce the topic that you chose. Provide a brief overview of content of your proposal.
2. Statement of the problem: Clearly describe the topic that you chose. Define and explain the major problems related to this issue.
3. History of the problem: Review the major developments in the evolution of this problem in the U.S. How did this issue develop historically? How did we get to where we are now?
4. International context: Compare and contrast this problem in the U.S. to that of other countries. How does this issue in the U.S. compare to other countries? Is the issue more common here or in other countries and why?
5. Stakeholders: Describe the role of major stakeholders in the problem. How have federal and state governments and the health care industry worked to address this issue so far? What have been the successes and failures of their attempts?
6. Policy: Provide examples of how the P.P.A.C.A. and other federal policies have attempted to address this issue. What has been the impact of their action or non-action?
7. Recommendations: Provide a set of recommendations on what should be done to address this issue in the future. What should the major stakeholders, such as the government, the health care industry, and health care consumers do to implement these recommendations and how? Provide a justification for why you believe each recommendation will address one or more of the problems related to this issue.
8. Conclusion: Construct a brief conclusion that highlights the key points from your proposal and describes the expected outcomes if your recommendations were to be implemented.

 

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

1. Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a title page with the following:
   1. Title of paper
   2. Student’s name
   3. Course name and number
   4. Instructor’s name
   5. Date submitted
3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
4. Must address each of the eight points listed above.
5. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
6. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
7. Must use at least five scholarly sources, all of which must be from the Ashford University Library.
8. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
9. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.