What is the relevance of the customisation-standardisation debate in international marketing strategy and how might this influence the market selection approach of both Small and Medium Sized enterprises (SME’s) and large-scale enterprises (LSE’s)?

Assignment Question

What is the relevance of the customisation-standardisation debate in international marketing strategy and how might this influence the market selection approach of both Small and Medium Sized enterprises (SME’s) and large-scale enterprises (LSE’s)?

Use relevant and recent examples such as McDonalds, which is mentioned below and others.

The below points should be included in the assignment:

Understand and appreciate the underlying theories of international marketing

Critically analyse international marketing opportunities

Demonstrate an ability to formulate and assess international marketing strategies

Demonstrate an understanding of both the process and the complexities associated with the implementation of international marketing programmes

Please also read the below and watch the short youtube video on globalisation.

Theories of Internationalisation

In 1984 Theodore Levitt was credited with popularising the phrase ‘globalisation’, but he viewed this as being part of a process that would culminate in the standardisation of products and services with the same thing being done in the same way everywhere.

Whilst Levitt was one of the first to outline what he saw as the benefits of globalisation, a debate grew around how marketing strategy should develop the changes taking place within the global economy: this became characterised as the standardisation-customisation debate. Quite simply, do marketers strive to ensure that they offer the same offering in the same way and in each marketplace or do they try and customise their products and services to meet the specific requirements of the individual market?

The early phase of globalisation was often referred to a ‘coca-colonisation’ and suggested a US bias to the merits of globalised goods and services. Glocalisation has been the recent mantra that suggests that international marketing strategy should reflect the need, in Professor Lynch’s words, ‘global must be made and delivered local.’ A brief look at the various theories of international marketing strategy will be the focus of this second unit.

Watch the following YouTube video by Professor Richard Lynch, a leading academic in the field of international marketing, regarding McDonalds and its global marketing strategy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v6coDUDCJ10

The assignment should include a table of contents, headings, and conclusion.

In terms of the financing of the scheme, can you explain how the scheme is financed using publicly available information.

Description

Use the Battersea Power Station Development in London as a case study for a development project and answer the following question: In terms of the financing of the scheme, can you explain how the scheme is financed using publicly available information. If you cannot find information, make assumptions. Please draw also a diagram and explain the major investors, lenders, stakeholders and how they interact with each other. (800 Words + References)

create a behavior management plan designed to create and maintain your ideal learning environment.

Explain your vision of the ideal learning environment for the age and subject you intend to teach in a 3 – 5 page original paper. You must answer the questions below, using a 12 point font and double spaced. Then, complete the behavior management plan that supports your vision using the form provided. 1. How do you create and maintain a mutually respectful and collaborative class of actively engaged learners? Include how it responds to student needs and incorporates student strengths and personal experiences. You must support your selection of these strategies and identify and explain the research. In order to create and maintain a mutually respectful and collaborative class of actively engaged learners, a teacher must create good relationships with students, and create and clearly communicate an ethos that sustains participation and cooperation to reach a common goal. That goal is mastery of the content. Although what exactly constitutes ethos in the classroom is debated (Donnelly 2000; Solvason 2005) it is agreed that developing and maintaining a classroom ethos is important in promoting student learning and achieving quality education (McLaughlin 2005). This foundation supports a teacher to create an environment where all students feel safe, valued, and ready to learn in collaboration with their teacher and their classmates. According to Solvason (2005) ethos is not something you can touch, but rather “the feeling” of the classroom.” The ethos of the classroom is the philosophy that guides the creation of classroom management strategies, classroom organization and expectations for student behavior. Teacher expectations are also a key part of the classroom management strategy that forms an ideal learning environment. A teacher must believe that all his students can achieve mastery of the objectives. Students tend to confirm teacher expectations (Brophy & Good 1974), so believing and modeling to students that mastery of the objectives is within all students’ grasps is essential to overall student success. It is also essential that the teacher have high expectations of themselves as well. “If a teacher does not believe in his job, does not enjoy the learning he is trying to transmit, the student will sense this and derive the entirely rational conclusion that the particular subject is not worth mastering” (Csikszentmihalyi 1997). Clear Communication is also a pillar of a successful classroom. Teachers must be able to translate jargon filled objectives into student-friendly language. In tandem with high expectations, clearly communicated behavioral expectations are essential to classroom management. Effective teachers use classroom management not to control student behavior, but to influence and direct it in a constructive manner to set the stage for instruction (McLeod, Fisher, & Hoover, 2003). Consistent routines also lend to effective student learning and the minimization of distraction. The teacher’s expectation should be that students enter the classroom ready to learn. A good way to implement this is to have daily bell work. Bell work helps to untether the student’s mind from what is going on outside the classroom and settle their thinking on the day’s learning objective. The teacher then transitions to instruction by referencing the contents of the bell work and links it to the lesson. 2. What strategies will you use to build relationships with students? Use research to support your selection of these strategies and identify and explain the research. Building positive relationships with students and parents is a good place to start an effective classroom management strategy. It is important that the teacher get to know each student and that the students get to know the teacher. Teachers may be tempted to go straight into content when the school year starts but taking the time to create relationships and community with students pays dividends later in the year. Authenticity is an essential component of building positive relationships and teachers must come across as genuine and caring to parents and students. This requires the teacher to be passionate, knowledgeable, self-aware, balanced and fair, and consistent. (De Bruyckere and Kirschner 2016). These characteristics should be modeled by the teacher, and this helps to create a foundation of the mutual respect that will make the classroom successful. In a participatory, collaborative classroom, questioning is essential, and students must feel safe to ask questions and give answers that may be incorrect without fear of intimidation. Teachers should encourage and model curiosity about the subject matter, thus stimulating students’ innate curiosity and making it possible for students to generate good questions. The teacher can provide a powerful model by providing examples of ways that students can support one another. Each student brings her own personal experience to the class and this enriches everyone. Teachers must also recognize and praise students’ use of positive collaborative communication (Bridges, 1995). 3. How will you physically organize your classroom to ensure flexibility and accommodate the learning needs of all students including those with disabilities? Consider things such as the three zones of proximity and furniture. The aspects of classroom organization that are utilized are those that focus on the physical environment. A collaborative classroom consists of tables or individual flat-top desks that can be arranged in groups of about four students. The classroom is organized such that students know how to access items like calculators, pencil sharpeners and mini-whiteboards. It may take some time for students to learn how to access all the materials in the classroom, but – in time – consistent classroom organization will lend to the optimization of student learning and reduce distractions. It is almost impossible for students to learn in a chaotic, poorly managed classroom (Wang, Haertel, and Walberg, 1993). Fred Jones (2007) proposes arranging tables such that an interior loop is created. This minimizes the number of green zones that are farther from the teacher, allowing more flexibility in seating students who are more likely to go off task. The most basic factor that governs the likelihood of student misbehavior is their physical distance from the teacher. By utilizing both proximity and movement, teachers can optimize the positive impact that their presence has on students. Simply by moving in the direction of burgeoning misbehavior, a teacher can quickly reduce the likelihood of escalation and redirect student attention to the task at hand. Students with special needs face many challenges when entering the classroom. School furniture is often inadequate for providing the physical support students need to learn. For proper learning to occur, high and low seating options should be made available with some desks in a bar style, higher up off the floor and others at the standard level. Placing high desks in the back of the classroom prevents students who are sitting there from having to look over and around the students sitting closer to the front. Teachers cannot always control the sizes of the classroom or the size of the class. Classrooms should always make space by the door for the entry of wheelchairs and seats closes to the door made available to students who use wheelchairs. 4. Explain how your behavior management plan supports your vision for the ideal learning environment. My ideal learning environment is made up of a mutually respectful and collaborative class of actively engaged learners. Rules 1and 2 help ensure the enviornment is mutually respectful. Entering a class quietly lends to students being in the mindset for work, leaving other things outside. Raising your hand to ask a question promotes respect so students do not talk over one another and do not interrupt the teacher when he is helping someonen else and cannot give his full attention. Rule 3 keeps distractions from snacks and drinks to a minimum. Rule 4 supports the teacher’s seat assignment plan and aids in an efficient check of the attendance record. Expectation 1 fosters the collaborative nature of the classroom. Students should not immediately seek help from the teacher when they find an obstacle. Making students responsible for their missing work promotes responsibility and collaboration. Expectation 3 reuiqres students to learn to manage his workload and is an important lesson students can learn to promote selfreliance. Expectation 3 lends to developing mutual respect in the classroom explicitly. The establishment and maintenance of classroom management strategies, classroom organization and expectations for student behavior all come together to create a safe, orderly environment in which students can feel empowered to learn effectively. They come together to develop trust in the teacher and each other, which in turn, decreases distracting behaviors, increases time spent engaged in learning, establishes and sustains an orderly classroom, facilitates independence and responsibility on the part of the student, and social and emotional growth. Maslow tells us that students need to feel safe in order to attain self-actualization. Only by creating an environment in which students feel safe can learning take place. 5. Using the template below, create a behavior management plan designed to create and maintain your ideal learning environment. Your behavior management plan must include: • 3 – 5 positively worded rules that you can consistently enforce • 3 – 5 expectations that encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning and instill a culture of individual and group accountability • Procedures for at least 3 – 5 common classroom tasks, such as returning graded work, turning in make-up work, handing out materials, going to lunch/being dismissed from class, sharpening pencils, going to the restroom, etc

Write a 2000 word essay looking at a lifecourse approach to understanding health behaviours.

Biopsychosocial development across the lifecourse
2,000-word essay assessment structure guidance document

Overall essay structure

To structure this essay, write a short introduction at the start of the essay and a conclusion at the end of it. In between the three main sections outlined below, try to write a sentence that links the essay together, so it flows as one continuous piece of narrative, rather than separate sections. Try to think about the overall argument you are making about the topic you have chosen. There are marks awarded for presentation, grammar and spelling and logical development of the essay (5%).

Title

(not included in the word count) You can write your own title for this essay.

Introduction

You can introduce what you are going to be covering in your essay. This should just be a brief overview, but it is a good opportunity to tie the three parts of the essay together. For example: ‘This essay will summarise a research article on x, it will discuss y communication skills and identify relevant resources on z’. Include a sentence as to why the topic you are writing about is important for healthcare today.

First part of essay

In the first part of the essay, you should summarise the article using the techniques you have learnt throughout the seminars. This will include a summary of the aim of the study, the methods, the main findings and some of the authors interpretations of the findings. After this, you can begin to discuss the person in the case study. Here, you should demonstrate how the broader evidence about the lifecourse and the health behavior you are writing about can be used to understand and relate to the individual in the case study (40%).

Second part of the essay

In the second part of the essay, you should describe how you would use a strength-based approach to work with the person in the case study. For this part of the essay, take one of the strength-based communication approaches from the seminar series and justify why you would use that approach in the context of the case study you are looking at. Emphasise how you would use this e.g. what does the communication approach involve – to make the link clear between the topic and professional practice. You should also demonstrate some wider reading about strengths-based approaches. (20%)

Third part of the essay

In the third part of the essay, you will discuss the services and resources that could be helpful in working with those in the case study. You should include some suggestions along with what they offer, how these can be accessed or contacted and why they will help those in the case study. (20%)

Conclusion

The Conclusion should be a brief summary of what you have done in your essay – again bringing together the three parts of the essay, if you can, and perhaps providing a sentence about any implications for practice.

Citation practice

Throughout the essay, you should cite good quality literature/evidence to support your work (i.e. academic research articles, professional sources). A minimum of ten sources should be cited (10%).

Reference list

The full Reference list is not included in your word count and should appear at the end of your essay. Make sure you use the correct formatting. Check this link for help with referencing: Cite Them Right webpage (5%)

Word count

The essay should be 2,000 words. You are allowed to write up to 10% more than this – i.e. up to 2,200 words.

Grading and feedback rubric

Use the grading and feedback rubric document to carefully check you have addressed all the criteria – this is what markers use when they are marking your work, so it is important to read it carefully.

Using the information gathered for the OT analysis, develop an EFE matrix using five (5) opportunities and five (5) threats. Discuss how you developed the EFE matrix and the outcome

Project 2: Tool Analysis

Purpose

This project is the second of four projects. It also represents the second part of the external environmental analysis part of a strategic management plan. You will use the tools and apply concepts learned in this and previous business courses to demonstrate an understanding of how organizations develop and manage strategies to establish, safeguard and sustain their competitive position in the 21^st century (rapidly evolving/shifting/changing), uncertain hyper-competitive business environment.

Monitoring competitors’ performance is a key aspect of performing an external environment analysis.  This project provides you with the opportunity to evaluate the competitive position of your assigned company and integrate that information in a partial SWOT (OT), Porter’s Five Forces, External Factor Evaluation (EFE) matrix, and Competitive Profile Matrices (CPM).

In this project, you are presenting a report document. The expectation is that the report provides details to help the audience grasp the main topics and to understand and complete the External Environmental Analysis.

“Analysis” is the operative word. In analyzing the external environment, you are expected to thoroughly research the company. As part of this effort, you will need to take that research and break it into small parts to understand better what is happening in the external environment of the business. In researching an industry, it is important to understand that every company within an industry is different, so gathering information on one company does not mean that the collected information is relevant to other companies. When researching, parsing the material is critical to an accurate analysis. Avoid presenting just any information as that may lead to using irrelevant information.

You will then write the report in your own words to share the external analysis. You are expected to present information and support the ideas and reasoning using the course material and your research.  You will not lift any information from source documents without properly citing and referencing.  For the technical analysis aspect of the project, you must create the technique on your own and may not use any source material that you happen to find. No work from a clearinghouse or similar website may be used or cited as a credible source.

Outcomes Met With This Project

• Utilize a set of useful analytical skills, tools, and techniques for analyzing a company strategically;
• Integrate ideas, concepts, and theories from previously taken functional courses including accounting, finance, market, business, and human resource management;
• Analyze and synthesize strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) to generate, prioritize, and implement alternative strategies to revise a current plan or write a new plan and present a strategic plan.

Instructions

Step 1  Specific Company for All Four Projects

The company that your Instructor has assigned to you for Project 1 is the company you will use for this project.  The assigned company must be used for this project and in subsequent projects in the course.  Students must complete the project using the assigned company. Deviating from the assigned company will result in a zero for the project.

After reading the course material, you will complete the steps below.

Step 2   Course Materials and Research

• You must research information about the focal company and the environment for this project. You are accountable for using the course materials to support the ideas, reasoning, and conclusions made. Using course material extends beyond defining terms—the ‘why and how’ of a situation.  Using one or two in-text citations from the course materials and then relying on Internet source material will not earn many points on the assignment.  A variety of source material is expected, and what is presented must be relevant and applicable to the topic being discussed. Avoid merely making statements but close the loop of the discussion by explaining how something happens or why something happens, which focuses on importance and impact. In closing the loop, you will demonstrate the ability to think clearly and rationally, showing an understanding of the logical connections between the ideas presented from the research, the course material, and the question(s) being asked.

Note: Your report is based on the research results performed and not on any prepared documentation.  What this means is that you will research and draw your own conclusions that are supported by the research and the course material rather than the use of any source material that puts together any of the tools or techniques whether from the Internet, for-pay websites, or any pre-prepared document, video or source material. A zero will be earned for not doing your own analysis.

Success: The analysis is based on research and not opinion. You are not making recommendations, and you will not attempt to position the focal company in a better or worse light than other companies within the industry merely because you are completing an analysis on this particular company. The analysis must be based on factual information. Any conclusions drawn have to be based on factual information rather than leaps of faith. To ensure success, as stated above, you are expected to use the course materials and research on the focal company’s global industry and the focal company. An opinion does not earn credit, nor does the use of external sources when course materials can be used. It is necessary to provide explanations (the why and how) rather than making statements. Avoid stringing one citation after another, as doing so does not show detailed explanations.

Library Resources

• On the main navigation bar in the classroom, select Resources and then select Library. Select Databases by Title (A – Z). Select M from the alphabet list, and then select Mergent Online. Dun and Bradstreet’s Hoovers Database, among others, is another excellent source for competitors and industry information. You are not to depend on one resource to complete the analysis.  Moreover, it is impossible to complete Porter’s Five Forces, a competitive analysis, or an OT using only the course material.
• You should not be using obscure articles, GlassDoor, or Chron, or similar types of articles.
• Research for Financial Analysis:Financial Research
• Research for IndustryAnalysis CSI Market
• UMGC library is available for providing resources and services. Seek library support for excellence in your academic pursuit.

Library Support

• Extensive library resources and services are available online, 24 hours a day, seven days a week athttps://www.umgc.edu/library/index.cfm to support you in your studies. The UMGC Library provides research assistance in creating search strategies, selecting relevant databases, and evaluating and citing resources in various formats via its “Ask a Librarian” service https://www.umgc.edu/library/libask/index.cfm.
• Scholarly Research in OneSearch is allowed.
• To search for only scholarly resources, you are expected to place a checkmark in the space for “Scholarly journals only” before clicking search.

Step 3   How to Set Up the Report 

The document has to be written in Word or RTF. No other format is acceptable.  No pdf files will be graded.  Use 12-point font for a double-spaced report.  The final product should be 9 – 10 pages. The final project may not exceed 10 pages, including all tables and matrices, but excluding the title and reference pages. Do no use an Appendix.

• Create a title page with the title, your name, date, the course number, the instructor’s name.
• Create Topic Headings that correspond to exact sections of the project requirements. 

Step 4   Industry Analysis

• Perform a Porter Five Forces analysis on the organization’s industry and the focal company in particular.

The industry is the global industry. First, use the course materials to identify the five forces and what components make up each force. Then, perform an analysis of each force that clearly discusses the ‘why and how’ and concludes with the effect of the given force on the fortunes of the industry (industry profitability) and/or industry dynamics; that is, whether the effect of the force on the industry is weak/modest/average/moderate or strong/severe and also on the focal company. You may not use a Porter Five Forces analysis that is already completed and available on the Internet. A zero will result if used as the analysis results from your research and your own development.

Step 5   Competitive Analysis

• Perform a Competitive Analysis using the focal company’s closest three competitors plus the selected company. Explain why these companies are competitors. Analyze the competition’s products and services, explaining features, value, targets, etc. What are the competition’s strengths and weaknesses, and what is the market outlook for the competition?
• Identify and discuss at least eight (8) key success factors (critical success factors). Each industry has different key success factors, so make sure the success factors fit the industry. Review the Competitive Profile Matrix Example under Week 3 Content for clarification.
• Develop a Competitor Profile Matrix (CPM). Explain how you developed the matrix. Make sure to support your reasoning.

Step 6   Partial SWOT Analysis 

A SWOT analysis is a tool used to assess the strengths and weaknesses (internal environment) and the opportunities and threats (external environment) of an organization. You will complete a partial SWOT analysis only completing an analysis on the OT (Opportunities and Threats). The information presented is not based on your beliefs but fact-based, data-driven information. The items used in the OT are factors that are affecting or might affect the focal company or those companies within the identified industry.

You will:

• Develop an OT table using your research to identify at least five (5) opportunities and five (5) threats that influence the industry and the focal company. Make sure to cite the elements within the table.
• Perform an OT analysis (separate from the SWOT table).
• You may not use a SWOT analysis that is already completed and available on the Internet. The OT is for the focal company and no other company. A zero will result if used as the analysis results from your research and your own development.

NOTE:  A matrix is a table. It is not an analysis.

Step 7   External Factor Evaluation (EFE) Analysis

The External Factor Evaluation (EFE) matrix will allow you to use the industry analysis and the competitive analysis to assess whether the focal company can effectively take advantage of existing opportunities while minimizing the identified external threats that will help you formulate new strategies and policies. You will use the opportunities and threats from the OT analysis.

• Using the information gathered for the OT analysis, develop an EFE matrix using five (5) opportunities and five (5) threats. Discuss how you developed the EFE matrix and the outcome.  Make sure to support your reasoning.

Step 8  Conclusion

Create a conclusion. The Conclusion is intended to emphasize the purpose/significance of the analysis, emphasize the significance/consequence of findings, and indicate the wider applications derived from the main points of the project’s requirements. You will conclude with the findings of the external environment analysis.

Step 9  Review the Paper

Read the paper to ensure all required elements are present.

Assess the impact of taxation on land ownership and occupation

Module Outcomes Assessed:

1. Assess the impact of taxation on land ownership and occupation;

2. Appraise the tax aspects of proposals for the management or development of land and estates;

3. Mitigate the impact of taxation on rural property ownership, occupation and management;

4. Plan for succession and inheritance on rural land holdings with full regard to clients’ wider objectives.

Task outline:

Please see separate case study relating to the Dawson Park Estate family and assets.

1. Assess what Susan Collins’ objectives may currently be for the estate, and how they will differ from her father’s objectives, set out when he last took advice in 2010.

1. Provide Inheritance Tax calculations for Susan Collins, Peter Dawson and Jill Dawson on the assumption that they die today (and that there is no spousal transfer/relief), and identifying what reliefs may be available (with explanatory notes).

1. Identify the key Inheritance Tax issues (if any) for Susan Collins, Peter Dawson and Jill Dawson and suggest:

• Actions that could be taken to mitigate the impact of Inheritance Tax on the estate

(ii)        Any drawbacks to those actions (tax or otherwise)

1. Advise on, and explain, the Capital Gains Tax position (full calculations not required in submission) in the event that land at Vale Farm is sold for development, and suggest how any CGT liability can be minimised.

5. Identify and comment on other key (not Inheritance or Capital Gains Tax) issues (prioritising a maximum of four) you consider need to be addressed by Susan Collins.

6. Suggest what further information you require in order to further advise Susan Collins.

Presentation requirements:

Two documents should be uploaded:

Document 1 – A briefing note for the senior partner of your firm. This should comprise no more than four sides of A4, no less than 11-point font with margins no smaller than 2.5 cm, .pdf format.

The document should also include a reference list, which does not fall within the page limit.

Document 2 – Tax calculations carried out on a spreadsheet and copied into a Word document that you then save as a .pdf document to upload. Again, the font used to present these must be at least 11pt and the margins at least 2.5cm. Calculations should be presented in tables with annotation.

References should be used where appropriate within both the briefing note, the annotated calculations and the review of developments.

write a critical essay that reflects on the content of a media article of public health relevance

PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, NUTRITION & HEALTH

Coursework Essay

Overview

For this coursework you will write a critical essay that reflects on the content of a media article of public health relevance, which you will be provided with. The aim is to develop your knowledge in the relevant area and your ability to critically review what has been published in-light of scientific evidence. This meets all four learning outcomes of the module, which are to:

• Demonstrate an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the science underpinning nutrition and physical activity, in the context of human health and disease.
• Demonstrate a critical awareness of current public health claims and guidance relating to diet and sedentary behaviour.
• Discuss the rationale for dietary and/or physical activity interventions in the prevention and treatment of non-communicable diseases.
• Search for, and critically and analytically appraise relevant literature in this area.

Details

This assignment is worth 100% of the overall module mark. The word limit is 2500 (± 10%).

The assignment should include the following:

• Your essay, which should be appropriately referenced. I would anticipate in the region of 15-25 references being used to support the essay.

For your essay you should:

• Read the media article and consider what messages it is communicating.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/food-and-drink/fruit-vegetables-how-many-per-day-nutrition-vitamins-diet-a8943466.html

• Identify and access any original source(s) of data that are referred to.
• Research the background to the topic area by searching for related, recent, peer-reviewed scientific literature.
• Write a critical review of the content of the article in-light of the current scientific evidence. Don’t forget to introduce the essay and provide some background/context, and to provide an appropriate conclusion.

expand on this by criticising and unveiling to what extent are these wealth orders effective and also look at what else besides tackling Oligarchs and their properties how else are they useful.

Description

It will be interesting to look at the mandate by the UK government to crack down on money laundering committed by Russian oligarchs and politically exposed persons in light of recent events with the war and occupation of Ukraine. One of the ways is using wealth orders and seizing property. Please expand on this by criticising and unveiling to what extent are these wealth orders effective and also look at what else besides tackling Oligarchs and their properties how else are they useful.

Determine the questions you would ask. Indicate if these questions lend themselves to quantitative or qualitative methods Explain why.

Description

Choose one of the scenarios below to prepare a voice-over PowerPoint presentation. Your target audience includes newly minted MSWs to whom you are providing training on social work research methods for their practice. Presentations provide a key form of communication in the social work field and will be used throughout your program. You may already find you use presentations in your work. Presentations are used for many different kinds of conference sessions, from panels to posters. Presentations are also used in training and teaching in all settings. They provide an invaluable tool during webinars, seminars, and other training and information-sharing venues. Presentations are used to propose projects, show a status of progress, and defend ideas. Be sure to review the NCU Guide to Creating a Successful PowerPoint presentation located in this week’s resources. Assume you are a social worker supervisor for a young adult men’s forensic facility for individuals 18 to 24 years old. You have noticed that there is an unspoken rank and file among the residents (for instance, certain residents are allowed to cut in the lunch line while others are not) as well as a somewhat secretive code of behavior that staff has observed. You are interested in better understanding the culture of this facility through the eyes of your social work staff, who provide case management to the residents. You have weekly supervision appointments with each of your case managers (this is your sample) and plan to interview the staff members on resident culture during the individual weekly meetings with you. Determine the questions you would ask. Indicate if these questions lend themselves to quantitative or qualitative methods Explain why. Identify the research design you would choose. Explain your reasoning for choosing this design. Identify and discuss any ethical concerns and how you would overcome these concerns.  Explain your role as the researcher. Describe how you would record their information and protect their confidentiality. Explain the importance of using the design you chose for this evaluation – quantitative or qualitativefor evaluating social work practice. Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as speaker notes for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists and should cite material appropriately. Add audio to each slide using the Media section of the Insert tab in the top menu bar for each slide. Support your presentation with at least three scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included. Length: 12-15 slides (with a separate reference slide) Notes Length: 100-150 words for each slide Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style where appropriate.

Evaluate the current developments in recruitment and the requirements for successful employability

Description

1000 word introductory summary – Unit learning outcomes 1. Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding • Evaluate the current developments in recruitment and the requirements for successful employability 2. Demonstrate the following skills and abilities • Articulate a personal development plan to strengthen and evidence your capabilities and demonstrate what you have to offer employers through different phases of the application and selection process This assignment is designed to enable you to become business-ready and to utilize your remaining studies to enable you to compete successfully in your chosen graduate employment sector. 1. You will produce an introductory written summary (1,000 words). In this you will analyse how the initial activities have prepared you for work. Comment on the use of social media in the form of a personal website and benefit of ‘Linked In’ contacts to promote yourself and network. Also, analyse how the skills audit questionnaire completion has enabled you to evaluate gaps in your knowledge and skills. Comment on how the interview with an employer and additional research into the company enabled you to prepare tailored documentation based on the current requirements of your chosen industry. In addition you will need to evaluate your strengths and weaknesses, identifying how well you currently meet person specifications for the sort of positions you hope to gain after your first degree. 2. You will produce appendices comprising documentation required for the various stages of the application process.

The appendices to include: Completion of the Skills Audit Questionnaire using ‘STAR’ to give clear examples Interview an employer on what they look for in a graduate and complete research on the company suitable for interview preparation Completion of a Tailored Application Form Compose your Tailored CV with links to WIX.com Personal Profile and ‘Linked In’ profile with contacts added The assignment allows you to showcase what you have learnt in the scheduled sessions in a manner that prepares you for real job applications. It develops you as a person in relation to knowing yourself better, and how to differentiate what you can bring to the company, particularly when making applications for graduate schemes and for professional roles. In the scheduled sessions you will develop high level communication, interpersonal skills and digital and information skills that prepare you for functioning in complex, multi-cultural and multiprofessional environments. This is achieved through interactive lectures followed by group work, relevant experiences which take you out of your comfort zone and develop soft skills, employer talks and discussion activities that draw on your experiences and build confidence. The unit is designed to inspire you to enjoy learning and have high and realistic ambitions. It is fully supported by Breo. Topics covered in the first 6 weeks include: Online presence – preparing a Personal WIX website.com and ‘Linked In’ profile with contacts. Skills Gap analysis and initial development planning Looking at ‘Prospects’ and’ Target’ to know the market and shape your dreams Employer interviewing and research, career office and professional body information Preparation of documentation. Tailored Application Form, Tailored CV Online tests and telephone interviews