India, Great Britain, and China

identify the best 2 markets from the 3 previously chosen countries (India, Great Britain, and China) and identify 3 potential products or services that could be provided in the countries based on existing and projected demand conditions. Support your recommendations with outside sources (Use at least 2 references from credible sources).

Discussion Questions

DQ1

Identify at least two ways culture can impact the way we do business. Be specific about it and provide examples for each. For each of the two ways that you identify, explain with examples, the potential challenges that could materialize. (i.e., If it is decision making and negotiating, describe the challenges in detail along with recommendations).

DQ2

Select one developed country. Utilize a combination of the World Factbook at https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/xx.html and the HDI at http://hdr.undp.org/en/statistics/, and formulate an opinion of why you think the country is a developed country. Identify the country\’s per capita GDP and HDI ranking to assess its level of development. Please try and not to use the same country as those in previous posts.

DQ3

Read the following excerpt from a 2010 Wall Street Journal article about the WTO:

The World Trade Organization formally condemned European subsidies to civil-aircraft maker Airbus, concluding the first half of the most expensive trade dispute in WTO history.

Its main finding was that more than $20 billion in low-interest government loans used to develop six models of passenger jet constituted prohibited export subsidies.

The ruling could force the parent company of Airbus, European Aeronautic Defence & Space Co., to repay some aid money or risk giving the U.S. the right to raise import tariffs in retaliation on goods imported from Europe, such as cars, wines and cheese.

Do you agree with the WTOs assessment? Is it fair for the United States to retaliate against the airplane manufacturer with tariffs on other imported products? How might US consumers react to additional taxes imposed on popular imported products such as cars, wine, and cheese?
Please use scholarly sources if you do use sources. Also please try to answer the questions to the fullest and you can get right to the point. Please make it in a simple form (not big words). Thank you so much for your help!

Identify the contributing factors that caused the disaster.

Research an article on one of the focusing events that occurred between the years of 1927-1950 (The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927, 1930s Dust Bowl, or Texas City Explosion). Respond to the following questions:
1. Identify the contributing factors that caused the disaster.
2. Why is this disaster a focusing event?
3. Identify the affected population.
4. What social and political groups collaborated to implement
changes?
5. What changes were implemented to improve emergency management?
The article review should include a title page, body (a minimum of two pages), and reference page. The body of the paper should include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Format the paper, in-text citations, and references in APA (6th ed.) format.
Research articles from the CSU Online Library

Incident Response (IR) Strategic Decisions

Suppose that you have been alerted of a potential incident involving a suspected worm spreading via buffer overflow techniques, compromising Microsoft IIS Web servers. As the IR Team leader, it is your responsibility to determine the next steps.

1.Explain in detail the initial steps that would need to be made by you and the IR team in order to respond to this potential incident.
2.Construct a process-flow diagram that illustrates the process of determining the incident containment strategy that would be used in this scenario, and identify which containment strategy would be appropriate in this case, through the use of graphical tools in Visio, or an open source alternative such as Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
3.Construct a process flow diagram to illustrate the process(es) for determining if / when notification of the incident should be relayed to upper management, and explain how those communications should be structured and relayed through the use of graphical tools in Visio, or an open source alternative such as Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
4.Detail the incident recovery processes for the resolution of this incident.

Labor Relations and Collective Bargaining

Which party (union or management) would likely be in a stronger position to bargain for its preferred wage outcome under the following conditions, and why?
high profits, an expanding market share, a healthy economy, and the cost of living rising less than two percent per year low profits, stagnant sales growth, uncertain economic conditions, and a projected four percent annual rise in cost of living

Disaster Scenario in Ecuador

Address the following:
1.Compose a disaster scenario involving an earthquake in Ecuador.
2.Identify the detailed events for the disaster scenario. For each detailed event, describe the expected emergency response actions. (Review the FEMA Independent Study IS139 March, 2003)
Please do not fill up the first paragraph with a bunch of fluff. Address the two questions

Assignment Expectations:
Length: This Case Assignment should be at least 3 pages not counting the title page and references.
References: At least 4 references should be included from academic sources (e.g. peer-reviewed journal articles). Use a minimum of 3 direct quotes. Quoted material should not exceed 10% of the total paper (since the focus of these assignments is critical thinking). Build on the ideas of others. When material is copied verbatim from external sources, it MUST be enclosed in quotes. The references should be cited within the text and also listed at the end of the assignment in the References section using APA format.

Organization: APA Subheadings should be used to organize your paper according to each question.
The following items will be assessed in particular:
Relevance: All content is connected to the question.
Precision: Specific question is addressed. Statements, facts, and statistics are specific and accurate.
Depth of discussion: Student presents and integrates points that lead to deeper issues.
Breadth: Multiple perspectives and references, multiple issues and factors considered.
Evidence: Points are well-supported with facts, statistics and references.
Logic: Presented discussion makes sense, conclusions are logically supported by premises, statements, or factual information.
Clarity: Writing is concise, understandable, and contains sufficient detail or examples.
Objectivity: Student avoids use of first person and subjective bias.
Instruction files

is139_exercise_design.pdf(2,93 MiB)