Explain how and why slavery developed in the American colonies. Why couldn’t colonists use indentured servants as they had in the past? How would you describe the differences between slaves and indentured servants?
Explain how an increased federal budget deficit resulting from a recession can actually help stabilize an economy.Describe how adjustments in wages and prices take the economy from the short-run equilibrium to the long-run equilibrium.Explain why a system of marketable pollution permits leads to less costly pollution abatement and a higher concentration of polluted areas than a command-and-control system.
1. Explain how Adolf Hitler was able to acquire totalitarian power in Germany during the 1930s. Describe Hitler’s totalitarian rule, the conditions in Germany that played a part in his rise to power, and the way he used those conditions to gain power.
3a. Explain how adjusting the customer service level could improve a marketing mix. Illustrate
3b. Discuss the life cycle of a product in terms of its probable impact on a manufacturer’s marketing mix.Illustrate using personal computers.
3c. What are the advantages and disadvantages for shopping for clothing on the Internet?
Explain how a weakened banking sector (extremely low bank capital),rising foreign interest rates (The Federal Reserve has raised interest rates 17times from a low of 1% in June 2003 to 5.25% in June 2006.), andAsymetric Information can contribute to the onset of both a currency andfinancial crisis.
Negative Communication
you are required to write two negative messages AND two short essays.
Please pay particular attention to the principles outlined in Chapter 17: Negative News and Crisis Communication within the Business Communication for Success book from the University of Minnesota.
Overview
Most employers recoil from having to tell employees that they will be “downsized.” To make a difficult job easier, managers sometimes use euphemisms and jargon to avoid bluntly announcing that someone has been laid off. In fact, cutbacks have generated new words like “rightsizing” and “re-engineering.”
Regardless of the language, an economic tailspin forces organizations to explain to laid-off employees that what’s bad for them is best for the company. At eBay, 1,500 employees lost their jobs in a program of “employee simplification”. At Yahoo, the CEO explained layoffs as a way for the company to “become more fit”.
No matter how you look at it, people are worried about losing their jobs, and those who remain are worried about whether the company will stay in business.
Experts differ on how to reveal possible workforce reductions. Should managers disclose the news indirectly and quietly? Or should they use the direct approach and announce loudly that they are taking forceful action to strengthen the organization in a dour economy? Some say that executives should use bland language to minimize the public relations fallout from mass firings. Vague explanations and even corporate jargon may be appropriate to reduce the negative effect on remaining employees and on recruiting new employees when the economy rebounds. Opaque language and euphemisms may lessen the impact of layoffs.
Scenario 1:
Your company has decided to lay off 10 percent of its workforce to maintain profitability. Although every department has participated in cost-cutting measures, expenses continue to mount, and sales are not where they should be. Your direct supervisor, Shirley Schmidt, has asked you to draft an email that goes to the staff whose jobs are untouched by the layoffs. The goal is to assure key employees that management is in control of the situation. You need to emphasize that your company maintains a strong strategic vision, and that management is convinced of the firm’s rosy future in the tech industry. Still, layoffs are necessary to make the company more financially stable. Ever mindful of its people, your company is taking all possible measures to assist those who have lost their jobs. These reductions will help make the firm stronger, says Schmidt.
In addressing remaining employees, your message should explain the bad news and strive to preserve employee morale. Decide whether to use the direct or indirect approach. Apply as many concepts as possible from the readings. After you’ve written the letter, write an essay describing how you used the ideas from the readings.
Scenario 2:
One part of your company’s business (again, the same company in the Case Assignments 1 and 2) is website design and hosting services. Your company values its clients and understands that the recession has affected everyone. But lately you’ve realized that some clients are sapping your business’s already stretched resources. One of your first patrons—Minnie MacElroy of Minnie’s Miniscule Miniatures—has been a demanding client from the get-go. She asked for changes to the site design she had already approved, forcing you to put in more hours than your quote covered. Once the site went live, Minnie consistently badgered you to make other changes so often that you did them without charge just to get her off your back. When payment of her monthly hosting fee started becoming erratic, you agreed to let her slide until her business picked up. But now she’s six months delinquent.
Despite repeated phone calls and several letters asking her to make a payment, you have received nothing. As a business owner, you understand how difficult it is to keep your doors open. You have had to lay off your best Web designer and are now doing your own bookkeeping instead of paying for that service. The contract MacElroy signed has a provision that if an account remains unpaid, your company may opt to render the site nonfunctional. The contract also states that your company retains the copyright on the design of any site it has created. While you are hesitant to lose any business in this economic climate, you have decided that some clients are more trouble than they are worth, and that if MacElroy doesn’t begin paying the money she owes you, you will exercise your option of closing her site.
Write a letter informing Minnie that you are closing down her site if she does not pay the money she owes you. Should you fully explain that she has been a difficult customer, or should you rely on her lack of payment as your reason for threatening to break the contract?
Address your letter to
Ms. Minnie MacElroy,
27694 Bay Point Lane,
Bonita Springs, FL 34134.
(Assignment derived from Dr. Guffey’s Business Communication Newsletter)
In both letters, include a discussion to explain your approach in each case.
Rejecting Opportunities Strategically
you are required to write two negative messages AND two short essays.
(Scenario 1) You have been approached by a head hunter who has a job for you. However, for various reasons (which you will invent for this exercise), you decided to decline the opportunity, and go for the job you really want .Write an email to the recruiter explaining your reasons for declining the opportunity. Be sure to apply the principles covered in this module.
(Scenario 2) The company you are currently working for has decided to increase your responsibilities by adding you to a newly established committee for a new project. Your manager feels that your experience and skills are suited for the position on the committee. You are currently overwhelmed by work, and given the lack of incentives (neither added compensation nor a promotion), you have decided to politely decline. Write an email to your General Manager explaining the situation. (Note: this is not a letter of resignation. You are merely declining the added responsibility while still remaining at your current job).
In both cases, include a discussion explaining the concepts applied. Proper citations and a bibliography are necessary.
Explain how a natural experiment differs from a traditional one by providing an example of each and discussing the differences in Criminal Justice. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each? Which design do you think is most useful and why?
Your main post must be at least 150 words. It should include citations and references to support your conclusions.
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Explain how a country can both gain and lose from joining a customs union. Draw a diagram to show both the gains (in terms of consumption and production) and the losses (trade diversion) when going from trade with tariffs to trade within a customs union.
Explain how community policing differs from traditional policing. Consult chapter 2 of your book for assistance in locating these principles. Explain what community policing is not. Discuss some measures police agencies across the country can take to improve relations with the communities they serve.
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