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Weekly Thought Evaluations (WTEs). Each week, the instructor will ask for a 3 5 page paper on the current week’s topic. The content of the paper will respond to the topic by including a summary of the relevant chapter and/or readings and an application of that chapter material to the topic.
WTE 5
Please prepare a 3 5 page paper in response to this narrative and upload as indicated.
Thomas Malthus argued that capitalism was unstable due to booms and busts in the economy, and so he wanted to see more of society’s surplus go to the landlord class.
1. To what extent is Malthus’s view similar to and/or different from that of John Maynard Keynes, who argued in his General Theory that “animal spirits” motivated profit expectations and were associated with volatility in capital markets and hence with chronic and periodic unemployment of factors of production?
2. How was Malthus’s view different from Keynes? How was the period during which he was writing affect this comparison? Does his feeling that the landed aristocracy should be promoted also affect this comparison?
What is the purpose of the moka ritual in the film Ongka’s Big Moka? In the article “Born in the U.S.A.” why is the naming ceremony so important for Sierra Leonian Americans in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area? u will watch the film on Youtube! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYNIbqjsCrk
Assignment 1: Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness
Choose one (1) public corporation in an industry with which you are familiar. Research the company on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University’s online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.
Write a four to six (4 6) page paper in which you:
1. Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched.
2. Apply the industrial organization model and the resource based model to determine how your corporation could earn above average returns.
3. Assess how the vision statement and mission statement of the corporation influence its overall success.
4. Evaluate how each category of stakeholder impacts the overall success of this corporation.
5. Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
· Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
· Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
· Determine ways in which the vision, mission, and stakeholders of a firm impact that firm’s overall success.
· Use technology and information resources to research issues in business administration.
· Write clearly and concisely about business administration using proper writing mechanics.
Assignment 3: Buy American Requirements
Due Week 6 and worth 240 points
In order to complete this assignment, refer to the scenario from Assignment 1, as well as to the scenarios and readings from previous weeks.
Write 7 pages paper in which you:
1. Specify the main points of the Buy American Requirements in one (1) page or less.
2. Determine the substantive means by which the Buy American Requirements would benefit both VectorCal and your new company. Provide a rationale for the response.
3. Analyze the fundamental ways in which the Buy American Requirements are contradictory to a capitalistic ethos, given that the U.S. government claims to promote competition and the U.S. espouses a free market ideology (i.e., capitalism). Support your answer with two (2) examples of such a contradiction.
4. Debate whether or not you believe that the exceptions to the Buy American Requirements set forth by the government are fair and advantageous to the U.S. economy. Provide a rationale for the response.
5. Determine the key advantages and disadvantages of using the Buy American Requirements with the navigation system that both VectorCal and your company produce. Justify the response.
6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
· Determine how to validate costs and certify cost and pricing data.
· Specify the government policies regarding profit and pricing adjustments for contracts.
· Write clearly and concisely about cost and price analysis using proper writing mechanics.
