PowerPoint with a few speaker notes. Between 12-15 slides. Nothing to fancy or special. Few pics if you can.

Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to help students understand how manufacturing and service companies can maximize their competitive advantage. The Porter Model is discussed as a method to categorize and assess businesses and industries.

Assignment Steps

Create a presentation in which you address the following:

• Examine and discuss competitive strategies that manufacturers can use to gain competitive advantage.
• Appraise costing and financial strategies for manufacturing and service companies.
• Identify value chain strategies for both manufacturing and service companies.
• Discuss (Porter’s Model) and categorize (NAICS) the industry of a company the Learning Team selects.

Cite 3 scholarly references

Extra Credit: Babel and Crash

Ethics Students, here’s an extra credit project you can do — watch a movie (and include your friends while you do it). Seriously, I’m giving you extra credit if you watch either “Babel” or “Crash” and write a short 1 page reflection on what you “take away” from the movie. Both are about human relationships and the tendency to talk “past each other” rather than “with each other.” They are both on my top 10 list of movies and I think you’ll enjoy them, as well as learn a great deal from them. Watch it with your family or friends. It will spark a lot of “food for thought.” Both are available on Netflix, as well as other internet rental options. You can choose either one (or both if you really want). Have fun!

Hi, I’m currently working on a marketing paper about wedding insurance for my marketing class. Here’s some information about my company.

Our company name: Honey Cover Insurance

Our coverage:

A) Event Cancellation: Cancellation or postponement of your wedding or event due to family illnesses, severe weather, military deployment, ect.

B) Special Coverage: Insures your wedding rings, dress, tuxedos, gifts, photographs and more.

C) Wedding Liability Insurance: Liability Insurance is an optional coverage that can provide coverage for bodily injury, property damage and personal injuries to third parties at the location of your event.

I need some help on these parts…

1) Introduction of wedding insurance, our company, and history of wedding insurance (about 3 pages long, double spaced)

For wedding insurance history, see attached file (History_of_travelers_wedding_insurance.pdf)

2) Analysis on wedding claim data 2011~2015 (About 3 pages long, double spaced)

I have attached a file (Wedding_claim_data_travelers.pdf).

And this is the press release from the Travelers: http://investor.travelers.com/file/Index?KeyFile=3…

3) SWOT Analysis (About 4 pages long, double spaced)

I need you to write this part based on below list…

Strengths

1. Specializing in wedding insurance allows out company to offer a more comprehensive product.

2. Wedding insurance in not subject to changing government regulations unlike health and auto insurance.

3. Wedding insurance is a one-time purchase unlike policies that require periodic, making it more a palatable payment for potential customers.

Weaknesses

1. Younger couples may not want to spend more than necessary for their wedding.

2. The average wedding already costs $35,329. Young couples may not prioritize adding more expenses.

3. Since wedding insurance is a one-time payment, long term customers are not part of our business strategy.

Opportunities

1. Since wedding insurance is rarely advertised, this is a great opportunity for us to advertise wedding insurance to our target market.

2. Expansive presence on social media allows penetration the millennial market segment.

3. More people can become aware of financial coverages that can be provided on their wedding day.

Threats

1. Increasing expenses and lower profit margins have a more significant impact on smaller agencies.

2. Furthermore, stiff competition within the insurance industry can threaten the bottom line.

3. The market segment of millennials are displaying a downward trend of marriages compared to previous generations.

• Left 2 of my assignments till the last moment, therefore will not be able to complete both before the deadline. This is where I ask for your help. Please read and follow carefully ALL the information below. I will also supply a template with descriptions of how the research proposal should look like. You need to write a research proposal on “Racism” and it has to apply to New Zealand (eg. the refugee crisis, refugee housing, multicultural country, etc). The research proposal needs to have references to social and cultural psychology. I am in need of an exceptional quality work that I will thoroughly check before submitting my uni assignment, so please use correct grammar and spelling. The work needs to be plagiarism free and fully APA 6th referenced. I will tip generously if the set standards of work are met. If any questions arise – please ask. Cheers, Dennis

• 1800 word research proposal on something social or cultural psych related (RACISM)
• Two options:

1. A study (basic research)

•Experiment (lab or field), quasi-experiment, or correlational

•Test a theory or hypothesis

Resolve an issue or address a gap in our knowledge

2. An application (applied research)

•Apply our basic knowledge to a social problem

•Use what we know (from literature) to address issues in the real world

• Introduction
  • Introduce the basic ideas, concepts, and theories
  • Why do we care about this topic?
• Literature review
  • What past research has been done? What do we know at this point?
  • You need a minimum of 8 empirical articles (original research, not textbooks or review articles), but probably more
  • I recommend using the PsycInfo database (through the AUT library)
• Predictions/hypotheses

What do you think is going to happen in your research?

• Methods
• – Overview of your research design

  *Include enough detail that another researcher can go out and replicate your experiment

  – Participants

  • Who are they?

  • How were they recruited?

  • Any special populations?

  • Any details that might affect your outcome

  – Materials

  • Any stimuli that participants were exposed to

  • Messages, pictures, etc.

  • Questionnaires, measures

  • If questions are used, include enough detail

  • Sample items, response scale, endpoints, reliability, reverse-scoring, etc.

  – Procedure

  • Step-by-step what the research entails

  • Walk the reader through what a participant would experience

  – If it’s applied research: How will we evaluate effectiveness?

• Anticipated Results/Outcomes
  • How would you determine whether your hypotheses are confirmed?
  • What do you expect the pattern of results to look like? Include figures if relevant
• Discussion
  • Assuming things turn out as expected, what will this mean in the big picture?
  • Relate your anticipated results back to past literature
  • How can we apply this to the real world?
  • What limitations are there in your research design?
  • Future directions: Where do we go from here?

Must be in APA style, including title page, etc. (see Purdue OWL website)

In this assignment, you will submit a 6- to 7-page position paper on the topic that you chose in W3 Assignment 2.

The paper should adhere to the below-mentioned guidelines.

Your paper should have the following sections:

• A title page
• An abstract (not more than 250 words)
• An introduction (not labeled)
• A literature review (discussion of your topic—the body of your paper)
• Discussion and conclusion section
• References

Introduction: The introduction should be of 1- to 2-pages in length. The introduction should include a brief overview of what will be covered in the paper and its purpose.

Literature Review: The literature review, which refers to the review of six peer-reviewed academic journal articles, is a synthesis of the research you conducted in W3 Assignment 2 and other literature you have found on your topic. The literature review is not a copy of that material. Rather, it is a review and synthesis of the material that you have found into a cohesive discussion of the topic. In other words, it is a discussion of your topic backed by information you learned from reviewing the literature on your topic. This will be the bulk of your paper.

Discussion and Conclusion: The difference between a great research paper and a marginal one is the depth and originality of the discussion and conclusion section. The discussion and conclusion section is the area where you can bring together the learning that you have attained from your literature review as well as throughout the course. It is the area for the concluding remarks regarding your topic. The discussion and conclusion section should be of 1- to 2-pages in length.

Reference Page: Remember to apply APA standards to your entire paper, including citation of sources, use of in-text citations, and full references