Standardized tests have been a hot-button issue for many years now with supporters both for and against the use of standardized testing for students. For this assignment, you are to research standardized testing as well as the arguments for and against it. After your research, please write a 500-word-minimum essay that addresses the following […]
Read the following two statements taken from a Forbes article in December 31, 2013. Statement 1: “there is a certain crowd in Washington who, for the last few decades, have said, let’s respond to this economic challenge with the same old tune. The market will take care of everything, they tell us. If we […]
Administrative Discretion NAME SCHOOL Should public administrators be restricted to only laid down rules in the discharge of their duties as espoused by Max Weber or should they have some amount of discretion? To me that is a very open question in regards to public administration and depending on the situation either administrators’ following guidelines […]
You are required to cover the following topics covered in the module: Resource Audit Value Systems Product/Service portfolio (BCG Matrix) Potential future strategic growth o Identification of options o Evaluation of options You may want to focus the analysis on a specific product. This is fine but you will […]
Research Paper: The intent of this assignment is to allow the student to write a research paper and propose a solution to a public issue. Remembering that this course is “Entrepreneurial Governance,” the student will take an actual public problem and employ the “Entrepreneurial Governance Framework” within one of the three streams studied in this […]
Describe with examples the kinds of influences that affect children and young people’s development. Background; There are many factors that can influence a child and young person’s development, particularly in relation to their background. The formative years can be termed as crucial in regards to development and any major setback can create many problems for […]
A. Company Industry Position Apple is the iconic company behind the mouse-driven Macintosh computer, the phenomenal iPod music-player and the recently launched iPhone. The company’s marked inventiveness keeps it in the lead (Economist. com website) and secures its place in the industry. Apple’s relentless efforts and continual investments in research and development are seen to […]
PROMPT: This week’s readings feature 2 pre-Early Modern theologians (Augustine is considered Classical; Aquinas Medieval), and one Catholic amidst Protestants. By the end of the sixteenth century in England, Protestantism had taken hold and it was the Catholics who were persecuted. That said, Catholicism was not eradicated in England – quite the contrary. Catholicism was […]
A leader is considered to be a individual who knows about the people being led and managed, pass oning values and precedences and patterning good pattern. Effective leaders adopt a strategic attack and lead by illustration. Most significantly they know that people are their cardinal resources and without them, there would be no organisation to […]
On March 9, 2009, Merck & Co., Inc. and Schering-Plough Corporation announced that their Boards of Directors have unanimously approved a definitive merger agreement under which Merck and Schering-Plough will combine, under the name Merck in a stock and cash transaction. As the two companies’ combined 2008 revenues were $47 billion. The deal officially closed […]