Strategic Profile Paper, The aim of SP is for students to perform critical analysis of the current strategy of the company, and research and briefly and clearly analyze its internal and external environment

The aim of SP is for students to perform critical analysis of the current strategy of the company, and research and briefly and clearly analyze its internal and external environment. SP is an exercise in analytical and creative thinking and writing, it is not about recreating an annual report on the company.
Strategic Hypothesis/Theme:
As a key part of this students will also come up with a critical question to be answered about the company’s current strategy and strategic direction. Regarding the “strategic question” or guiding theme of the SP here is an example:
“One of the main strategic issues that Kroger has been facing throughout many years is being not able to change its business operations that could’ve help them to stay competitive within the industry. For example, Kroger did not have home delivery services until April 2017 but only order online and pick up services. All in all, this led to intense competition in grocery retailing, especially after the acquisition of Whole Foods by Amazon in 2017. Kroger’s stock dropped from $31 to $22 per share after this announcement was made. New technological e-commerce grocery delivery services are getting popular comparing to traditional shopping and Kroger’s inability to stay ahead of these changes led to where it is now.
Despite these facts, Kroger’s total sales increased by 11% in the FY2017 comparing to the FY2015. However, the company is still facing high competition within the industry as it reported a decline of net income by 6.7% in the FY2017 comparing to FY2015. What strategy should Kroger implement to maximize its net profit and achieve sustainable competitive advantage?”

Write a “Histology Workshop Report “

Section 1: Red Blood Cells (RBC)

Write a short description of red blood cells regarding their function.

Section 2: Kidneys

Write a short description of the kidney and nephron regarding their structures and function. What is the difference between the glomerulus and the Bowman’s capsule? Together, what is their function? Where is the macula densa located and what is its function?

Section 3: Lungs

Write a short description of the lung regarding their structures and relate them to the function. The sections of lungs are full of gaps, and can often look “messy”. What are these gaps? And what is it that surrounds the “gaps”? (i.e. delineates them)? How can you tell what it is that surroundsthe gaps (or, put another way: what structure within the things that surrounds the gaps tells you what these “things” are?)

Section 4: Pancreas

Write a short description of the pancreas regarding their cell arrangement of acinar cells and cells of islets of Langerhans. Can you spot islets of Langerhans? How are the islets cells stained compared to those acinar cells? What is the staining reagent and what does it bind to?

Section 5: Staining reagents

What is the most common stain used for these slides? What is the basis for how this stain works? What sort of structures in the tissues do not stain so well with this stain?

How is your view on happiness related to your views on ethics? Should we be ethical (Socrates, Callicles)?

what you said about happiness and relativism, and then do your best to integrate the answers with the other concepts we have covered. Assuming that you still agree with what you said then. No problem changing one’s mind.
What is your view on happiness now?
How is your view on happiness related to your views on ethics?
Should we be ethical (Socrates, Callicles)?
What political system is best, most just?
What epistemology (theory of knowledge) best supports the truth claims you have made related to
happiness, ethics, and the best political system?
What metaphysics best supports the philosophical claims made about happiness, ethics, political
system, and epistemology?
Do you believe in God? If no, what reasons do you have that God does not exist? If yes, what reasons
do you have for believing in God?
Do any advances in modern science support or conflict with your beliefs?

Steel imports, Describe the reasoning behind this tariff and identify key factors in both the US and related foreign economies (China, Canada, etc.) that led to this decision.

Instructions: Based on the arguments for restricting trade presented in your textbook Chapter 9
“International Trade,” research and analyze the following situation:
The US is a major producer of steel. The US government, concerned that the domestic price of steel was dropping, imposed a tariff on steel imports in 2018.
Suggested Organization
1. Introduction paragraph: Introduce the topic of the US tariff on steel imports in 2018. End the paragraph with a thesis statement about the topic (e.g. your position regarding the tariff).
2. Body paragraph 1: Describe the reasoning behind this tariff and identify key factors in both the US and related foreign economies (China, Canada, etc.) that led to this decision.
Body paragraph 2: In retrospect, discuss the impact that the tariffs had on the steel industry and the steel consumers in the USA.
Body paragraph 3: Explore how these tariffs on steel affected East Texas.
3. In the body paragraphs, provide sufficient evidence to support your thesis as you develop your
essay. Include data on imports of steel and steel prices before and during the tariffs. Use tables and/or
graphs. Give at least two reasons to defend your position.
Your arguments must be supported by your data analysis.
4. Conclusion paragraph: Bring the essay portion of the project to a logical close

Think about the female role. That this woman is writing during a time when only men did. You must investigate the text and not be general.

Think about the female role. That this woman is writing during a time when only men did. You must investigate the text and not be general.

Secondary sources are not required or permitted for this assignment. It is worth 10% of your final grade in this course.
Choose one of the passages below and prepare an analysis of it. Your analysis should explore and explain the meaning and significance of the passage. Be careful not to impose on the passage, though. Your analysis, or exegesis, should explain the passage, not pass moral judgment on it. Explain what you think the author means, not how you feel about the author’s meaning.
You should briefly place the passage in its context within the work (i.e., note in a sentence or two, but no more, anything of particular relevance that happens before or after; where does this passage appear in the text?). The analysis, however, is the most important component of this assignment. The majority of your submission should explain and analyze the meaning(s) of the passage, discuss the ways that the passage contributes to the themes and argument of the text as a whole, and identify any striking literary or rhetorical tools or imagery which the author uses to convey his or her point. Do not summarize the passage or the larger text; analyze the passage. Focus on this passage and don’t get bogged down in explaining the theme or plot of the work as a whole.
You might consider the following questions, but please do not simply answer them in a list.
1. What is the genre of the text (e.g., poetry, essay, novel, etc)? How does that genre affect the meaning?
2. What are the major themes and meanings of the work as a whole? How does this passage contribute to them? Does it complicate or refine those themes and meanings? How? (You need to be aware of the themes of the work as a whole, but remember that this assignment is focused on a particular passage. Do not distract yourself by analyzing the overall theme at the expense of the particular aspect of the theme which appears in your chosen passage.)
3. What does the passage tell us about the characters involved? If applicable, which characters are speaking?
4. What is the significance of this particular passage?
5. Does the passage contain allusions to other texts? How do those allusions contribute to our reading of the passage? Does it contain assumptions which influence our understanding of the themes and meaning of the larger work
Choose one passage for this analysis:

Mariama Bâ, So Long a Letter
Mariama Bâ, So Long a Letter
Mariama Bâ, So Long a Letter

I was irritated. He was asking me to understand. But to understand what? The supremacy of instinct? The right to betray? The justification of the desire for variety? I could not be an ally to polygamic instincts. What, then, was I to understand?
How I envied your calmness during your last visit! There you were, rid of the mask of suffering. Your sons were growing up well, contrary to all predictions. You did not care about Mawdo. Yes, indeed, there you were, the past crushed beneath your heel. There you were, an innocent victim of an unjust cause and the courageous pioneer of a new life (Mariama Bâ, So Long a Letter, translated by M. Bodé-Thomas, 1982, 35).
I shall never forget your response, you, my sister, nor my joy and my surprise when I was called to the Fiat agency and was told to choose a car which you had paid for, in full. My children gave cries of joy when they learned of the approaching end of their tribulations, which remain the daily lot of a good many other students.
Friendship has splendours that love knows not. It grows stronger when crossed, whereas obstacles kill love. Friendship resists time, which wearies and severs couples. It has heights unknown to love (Mariama Bâ, So Long a Letter, translated by M. Bodé-Thomas, 1982, 56). I try to spot my faults in the failure of my marriage. I gave freely, gave more than I received. I am one of those who can realize themselves fully and bloom only when they form part of a couple. Even though I understand your stand, even though I respect the choice of liberated women, I have never conceived of happiness outside of marriage.
I loved my house. You can testify to the fact that I made it a haven of peace where everything had its place, that I created a harmonious symphony of colours. You know how soft-hearted I am, how much I loved Modou. You can testify to the fact that, mobilized day and night in his service, I anticipated his slightest desire (Mariama Bâ, So Long a Letter, translated by M. Bodé-Thomas, 1982, 58).

Disability Insurance Claims Handling at Insure IT We consider the following business process for handling insurance claims for disability insurance (Disability Insurance is a form of insurance that insures the beneficiary’s earned income against the risk that a disability creates a barrier for a worker to complete the core functions of their work) at an insurance company Insure IT.

1- Scenario: Disability Insurance Claims Handling at Insure IT
We consider the following business process for handling insurance claims for disability insurance (Disability Insurance is a form of insurance that insures the beneficiary’s earned income against the risk that a disability creates a barrier for a worker to complete the core functions of their work) at an insurance company Insure IT.
The process starts when a customer lodges a disability claim. To do so, the customer fills in a form including a 2-page questionnaire describing the disability. The customer can submit the form physically at one of the branches of Insure IT, by postal mail, fax or simply via e-mail (digitally signed
document).
When a claim is received, a junior claims officer first enters the claim details into the insurance information system. Data entry usually takes 10 minutes. The same junior claims officer performs a basic check to ensure that the customer’s insurance policy is valid and that the type of claim is covered by the insurance policy. It is rare for the claim to be rejected at this stage (it only happens in 2% of cases). Otherwise the claim is marked as “eligible” and moves forward in the process.
Next, the claim is moved to a senior claims officer who performs an in-depth assessment of the reported disability and estimates the monthly benefit entitlement (i.e. how much monthly compensation is the claimant entitled to, and for what period of time).
In the case of short-term disability benefits, the senior claims handler can perform the benefit assessment without requiring further documentation. In these cases, the benefit assessment takes 20 minutes. Once a decision is made, the senior claims handler registers the entitlement on the insurance information system and informs the customer of the outcome via e-mail or postal mail.
However, in the case of long-term disability claims (more than three months), the senior claims handler requires a full medical report in order to assess the benefit entitlements. Senior claims handlers perceive that these medical reports are essential in order to assess the claims accurately and to avoid fraud. Once the senior claims handler has received the medical report, they can assess the benefits in about one hour on average. The senior claims handler then sends a response letter to the customer (by e-mail and post) to notify the customer of their monthly entitlement and the conditions of this entitlement (e.g. when will the entitlement be stopped or when is it due for
renewal). The entitlement is recorded in the insurance information system.
Later, a finance officer triggers the first entitlement payment manually and schedules the monthly entitlement for subsequent months. The finance officer takes on average 20 minutes to handle an entitlement. Finance officers handle payments in batches, once per working day.
When a medical report is required, a junior claims handler contacts the customer (by phone or email) to notify them that their claim is being assessed, and to ask the customer to send a signed form authorizing Insure IT to request medical reports from their health provider (hospital or clinic).
Health providers will not issue a medical report to an insurance company unless the customer has signed such an authorization.
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All these questions (except number one) are from the book “Fundamentals of Business Process Management”, 2nd
Edition, by Marlon Dumas, Marcello La Rosa, Jan Mendling, Hajo A. Reijers, Springer.
Once the authorization has been received, the junior claims handler sends (by post) a request for medical reports to the health provider together with the insurer’s letter of authorization. Hospitals reply to Insure IT either by post or in some cases via e-mail. On average, it takes about 15 working days for Insure IT to obtain the medical reports from the health provider (including 4 working days required for the back-and-forth postal mail). This average however hides a lot of variance. Some health providers are very cooperative and respond within a couple of working days of receiving the request. Others however can take up to 30 working days to respond.
As a result, the average time between a claim being lodged and a decision being made is 3 working days in the case of short-term disability claims, and 20 working days for long-term disability claims.
Naturally, so long waiting times cause anxiety to customers. In the case of long-term disability claims, a customer would on average call or send an e-mail enquiry twice, while the disability claim is being processed. Such enquiries are answered by the junior claims handler and it takes about 10 minutes per enquiry. In about a third of cases, junior claims handlers end up contacting
the health provider to enquire about the estimated date to obtain a medical report. Each of these enquiries to health providers takes 10 minutes to a junior claims handler.
The total benefit paid by the insurance company for a short-term disability is EUR 5K (typically spread across 2 or 3 months). For long-term disability, this amount is 20K, but some claims cancost up to 40K to the insurance company. In case of long-term disability, the duration of the benefit (number of months) cannot be determined in advance when the claim is lodged. In these cases, the
benefit is granted for a period of 3 months and the case is reviewed by a senior claims officer every 3 months in order to determine if the benefit should be extended. Half of the benefit renewals are done after a simple check, which takes 30 minutes to the senior claims handler. But in the other half of renewals, the senior claims handler requires a new medical report, which means that the whole process of obtaining a medical report has to be repeated (except that the letter of authorization signed by the customer during the initial assessment can be reused). It often happens that the renewal takes too long and customers stop receiving their monthly benefit temporarily
during the renewal process.
The insurance company receives 2000 disability claims per year, out of which 20% are for shortterm disability and 80% for long-term disability.
The company employs two full-time junior claims handler and two full-time senior claims handler dedicated to disability insurance.
The performance of insurance companies is often measured in terms of the so-called combined ratio, which is the sum of claim payouts plus operational expenses (per year), divided by the sum of insurance premiums paid by customers (per year). The disability insurance unit of Insure IT has
a combined ratio of 97%. As any other insurance company, Insure IT perceives investment income from the capital it retains.
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All these questions (except number one) are from the book “Fundamentals of Business Process Management”, 2nd
Edition, by Marlon Dumas, Marcello La Rosa, Jan Mendling, Hajo A. Reijers, Springer.
InsureIT’s sales department estimates that the extreme delays in handling disability claims costs EUR 50K per year to InsureIT in lost sales of insurance policies due to unsatisfied customers and the resulting negative publicity.
Given the persistent problems with obtaining health reports in a timely manner, claims handlers have tried to negotiate with several health providers a faster approach to obtain medical reports. A handful of health providers (the more cooperative ones) are willing to accept medical report requests by e-mail to save 2-3 working days. However, the majority of health providers do not see
any incentive to put more resources into issuing medical reports for insurance companies. They perceive that their customers are the patients. The process of issuing medical reports to insurers is secondary for them.
a) Propose a set of changes in the process. For each change, you should provide:
A. A brief description of the process change;
B. Which issue(s) are being addressed by the proposed change;
C. How feasible is this change? In other words, how likely it is that the change can be implemented in a way that the benefits of the change exceed the costs in the medium term (six months to one year timeframe). If the change requires an upfront investment,
describe what investment is needed and how likely it is that this investment is justified given the impact of the issue that is being addressed.
b) Draw a “to-be” BPMN model that incorporates your proposed changes.
2- Explain the similarities and differences between production and ad hoc workflow systems.
Include in your explanation a reflection on the type of support they provide on the one hand and their orientation in the spectrum of data versus process on the other.
3- Classify the following objectives of the various organizations described that use a BPMS and use the categories of advantages: Workload Reduction, Flexible System Integration, Execution
Transparency, and Rule Enforcement.
• A legal company wishes to track all the participants it has involved in its
formalized process for the preparation of litigation cases.
• A governmental agency wishes to reduce the penalties it must pay for late
payments of invoices.
• A bank wishes to demonstrate to its external auditor that it strictly enforces the principle that each large loan is approved by two separate clerks.
4- Identify the type of the tasks in Figure 1, and represent them using appropriate BPMN markers.
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All these questions (except number one) are from the book “Fundamentals of Business Process Management”, 2nd
Edition, by Marlon Dumas, Marcello La Rosa, Jan Mendling, Hajo A. Reijers, Springer.
Figure 1
5- Consider the following business processes. Identify which of these models can be automated and justify your choice.
1. Recruiting a new soldier.
2. Organizing a court hearing.
3. Buying an item at an auction on eBay.
4. Managing inventory assets disposition.
5. Booking a trip online.
6. Handling an IT-system maintenance job.
7. Servicing a used car at a mechanic.
8. Making online trade customs declarations.
9. Processing employee payrolls.
10. Synchronizing data servers in a distributed environment.

The retailer is seeking various ways to growing its business. It has launched a few promotion campaigns recently; it is exploring the potential to launch clothing rental service (e.g., it run a short survey to examine people’s intentions); it is also open to ideas to extend the business to other product categories or services. In this project, your task is to use marketing analytical tools to aid in future decisions about the company.

Sky5 is a fictitious retailer that sells clothing and home items (similar to Zara) in the US. The retailer is seeking various ways to growing its business. It has launched a few promotion campaigns recently; it is exploring the potential to launch clothing rental service (e.g., it run a short survey to examine people’s
intentions); it is also open to ideas to extend the business to other product categories or services. In this project, your task is to use marketing analytical tools to aid in future decisions about the company.
You cannot do everything so that you must be selective about the topic, techniques and data used.
The dataset about Sky5 has been posted to the module webpage of KEATS. Two versions of dataset (SPSS and Excel) are available. You can find the details about each variable in the SPSS file. The data includes a representative sample of customers with information integrated from several sources (e.g.,
survey, transaction record, information from third parties). Part of your task is to examine what information is available in the dataset and then to decide on your research topic. You do not have to make use of all the variables but rather only those that you believe are useful for your research topic.
There may be many research topics that you can explore. The following are only a few examples and you are encouraged to explore other creative ideas:
• Segment customers to identify those who are most valuable for products
• Identify factors related to product selection or revenue
• Predict why customers are leaving (e.g., inactive for long)
• Predict the customer future purchases for new offers
• Develop new product ideas, e.g., related to lifestyle, technology or media Individual Report
Assignment Details
You will follow your proposal to perform the analyses and write a report (<2,500 words, double spaced, Times New Roman 11-points). Your report will consist of the following:
• Executive Summary – One-page, a non-technical summary of key points of your entire report.
• Introduction – Describe your research topic and explain why it is important.
• Methodologies – Describe the data used (e.g., including how you pre-process the data, recode some variables if any, select certain samples) and the techniques used (e.g., why uses some methods over the others, their relative advantages and disadvantages).
• Results & Limitations – Summarize your findings. You may have run many analyses, but you should report only those findings that are relevant and meaningful to your research problems. You must indicate, where appropriate, whether your findings are statistically significant. Add tables & figures if
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help to illustrate your results. Note any limitations that you are not able to
address in the report.
• Business implications – Based on your findings, discuss the business implications and recommendations.