23 Apr What are the pros and cons of the different types of health insurance benefit packages that someone might purchase? What is the best type of health insurance

Q1

1. What are the pros and cons of the different types of health insurance benefit packages that someone might purchase? What is the best type of health insurance? Justify your answer.

Q2

Prescription drug costs are skyrocketing in this country. This topic continues to be a hot topic, particularly in the political arena. Please take a position on whether you support or oppose the importation of drugs into the United States, as a possible strategy for addressing the issue with high prescription drug prices. 

Q3

discuss your reactions to the concept of relationship rewards based on social exchange theory. Do you think this concept has merit?  Why or why not?

Q4

Looking at the organization for which you work, describe how forecasting demand is facilitated and what is being forecasted.  Help us all also understand what forecasting factors (variables) affect the accuracy of forecasting and what factors (variables) cause errors.  If it helps deepen your understanding, talk to someone in your organization who is involved in forecasting demand, requirements, or materials.  Search out what improves the accuracy of the forecasting model used and what detracts from accuracy.  This week, let's educate each other regarding forecasting models used, causes for error, and what predictability factors re important to the accuracy of your organization's forecasting efforts.  Dig deep and let's help each other understand how forecasting works in the real world. 

Finally, in a short two or three sentence summary, assess the quality the forecasting models in your organization.  Also address what could be done to improve forecasting

Q5

We learned of multiple perspectives on the meaning and application of strategic risk.  An example of a strategic risk event occurred on March 17, 2000, when a ten-minute fire at a Royal Philips Electronics semiconductor plant in Albuquerque, New Mexico, "touched off a corporate crisis that shifted the balance of power between two of Europe's biggest electronics companies…" (Wall Street Journal, January 29, 2001). This occurred because, besides directly destroying several thousand chips for mobile phones, the fire contaminated the clean room environment in the semiconductor plant, effectively shutting it down for weeks. At the time, both Nokia and Ericsson were sourcing microchips from the Philips plant. However, while Nokia was able to quickly shift production to other Philips plants and some Japanese and American suppliers, Ericsson was trapped by its sole source dependence on the Philips plant ( Strategic Risk from Supply Chain Disruptions, Hopp, et al.) Using perspectives from Ch. 4, how do you think these two companies viewed strategic risk, before the fire?

Q6

Growing up, in what ways (and by whom) were you encouraged to conform to a particular gender role? Did you ever feel limited by expectations other people had for you based on the way they perceived your sex or gender? What social, cultural and other outside influences contribute to the development of gender identity?

Q7

Create an icebreaker topic for a departmental meeting in an effort to promote unity among the team and establish a healthy culture in the work environment.   What would your icebreaker be for the team of 15 department heads and how would you manage the meeting? 

Q8

Plagiarism and serious ethical lapses do not just occur in college papers; there are social and financial consequences to plagiarism and ethical misdeeds in the real world (CO4). Please review the following cases that have serious ethical issues:

· Jayson Blair and the New York Times.

· Jonah Lehrer and the New Yorker.

· "Surfin' USA" and "Sweet Little Sixteen."

· Jane Goodall an her book, "Seeds of Hope: Wisdom and Wonder."

· Janet Cooke and the Washington Post. 

Choose one of the above examples and answer the following:

· Describe the plagiarism or unethical behavior that occurred.

· What was the outcome of this plagiarism or unethical behavior?

· Find another example of real-world plagiarism to share with the class. Explain the main details of the story, and include a web link to it. *Only posts that include a link to the story will earn full credit.

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