Assignment: Small Business Expansion Strategy

Have you ever gone on a trip and wished you could have packed your favorite local small business in your suitcase and taken it with you? What is so special about this business that it would make you want to have its services or products available to you wherever you are located?

For this Assignment, you will identify a local small business in your area, and develop a strategy for expanding that business in either a regional, national, or global market.

In your 2- to 3-page paper, be sure to address the following:

• Identify the business you selected, and provide a brief description of the services provided.
• Identify which geographic market you selected (regional, national, or global).
• Why do you believe the business could succeed in this new geographic market?
• What are the benefits of expanding into this geographic market?
• What are the risks of expanding into this market?
• What obstacles will the business have to overcome? Take into consideration seasonality and supply chain management (i.e. vendors, raw materials, in-bound logistics).
• What strategies will help lead the business to success over the initial year of the expansion? Justify your response.
• What strategies will help lead the business to success over the next three to five years? Justify your response.
• How will the business maintain its branding while expanding into the new geographic market?

By Day 7

W6 Assignment: First Amendment

Introduction to Philosophy

The First Amendment

There are three parts to this assignment.

Part One

The First Amendment actually says, “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof.” Our Founding Fathers were very familiar with the writings of John Locke, and the need to keep government and religions separate was just as important to them as guaranteeing the toleration of different religious beliefs.

• What were Locke’s three primary reasons for keeping government and religion separate? Which one of those reasons do you think is the most applicable today, and why?

Part Two

Many people misread the First Amendment and think it is advocating “freedom from religion” rather than “freedom of religion.” They use this misreading to ban symbols of religion from public places.

• From what you know about Locke, explain whether or not you think that Locke’s view of religious toleration would require the removal of religious symbols from the public view. Be sure to provide evidence for your position that is based on logical reasoning rather than emotional reactions. Feel free to quote from the textbook to support what you believe would be Locke’s position concerning the government prohibiting the display of religious symbols.

• Also, based on what Locke has said, do you think there ever could be times that it would be legitimate for the government to suppress a religion or some of their beliefs because of that religion’s extreme practices—even if what they are doing is not breaking the law? Why or why not?

Part Three

Regardless of how you answered the second question, Mill (a father of Liberalism) insists that progress and happiness (for both the individual and society) is only possible when each person is able to express himself openly and fully about the things important to him. The criticism of this liberal view is that left to our own devises, the diversity in our pursuits of individual goals and interests will lead to disputes, and, thus, rules and regulations are needed to allow individuals to develop their goals within a more structured society and so they can learn their social obligations to the community as a whole. The problem with liberalism, the critics say, is that by making our ability to choose for ourselves the highest objective, we may embrace the notion of diversity, but we are no longer interested in tolerating differences or even in considering how to integrate the diversity of ideas into a cohesive society made up of individuals. Ultimately, then, following this line of thought, the toleration of a diversity of religions leads to a disunity within the community and a disinterest in social responsibility.

• If the above conclusions about liberalism are true, would restricting religious diversity to five or six major religions in the United States still give people a choice in how they worship but also eliminate some of the religious divisiveness which separates people (whether through stereotyping or other forms of prejudice) and prevents the citizenry as a whole from viewing itself as a single nation in which we all cooperate and work together for the common good? In other words, is all of this religious toleration actually dividing us even further rather than uniting us as a society? Be sure to explain your thinking with examples and detailed reasons.

Instructions for your paper

The paper should follow APA formatting and rely on only your own ideas and those from the textbook. Please make sure that it is at least 600 words and no more than 900 words.

W7 Assignment 1 “Final Draft”

 

Final Draft

Throughout this course, you have been working toward your final project; this week you will be submitting your completed assignment. Make the necessary corrections to your project and submit your completed work this week. Remember to use the information and feedback you received from your instructor and peers from your rough draft submission in week five.

Check your rough draft against the requirements:

As a Paper

Your paper should be creative and interesting, and demonstrate what you have learned. It should be a minimum of 5-7 pages in length and you will use APA style formatting with a title page and reference section. You should use Times New Roman, 12pt. font, double-space your lines, and set your page up with one inch margins (See the APA Template included in the Course Resources folder)

For All Assignment Types

Your assignment should be well-organized and demonstrate an orderly flow of information that clearly addresses the subject chosen. In addition to the above criteria, your final project should include the following elements:

· The Community Organization: Clearly indicate the focus of the organization and the community needs that the organization. A brief historical background of the organization should also be included.

· Discuss any community partnerships that they have. Suggest additional partnerships that you feel they should have.

· Explore how the cross-cultural challenges and humanitarian considerations are involved.

· Demonstrate how the organization uses volunteers and the economic benefits associated with this (not just “free labor”).

· Illustrate any roadblocks that the organization has faced or potential could face and how they did or might find solutions.

· Describe the organization’s vision for the future.

· Indicate what areas in which you feel the organization could improve. What challenges (technological, political, economic, laws and regulations, community-based initiatives, educational, etc.) will they need to overcome?

· Discuss potential ways you might be able to contribute to the organization. How could your own interests, talents, and skills benefit this organization?

Note: You will need to include a minimum of ten (10) sources to support your project claims. Additionally, make sure the sources you choose are no more than five (5) years old. 

Other Criteria:

Title your Project

Introduction: Begin with the attention-getter, tie in the background information, and end the introduction with your thesis. 

Body:

· Clearly identify the topic of each section. The topic must be a statement, not a question, and should begin with your own ideas and your own words.

· After identifying your topic, use quotations or paraphrase from your sources to help illustrate the point you are making (be sure to identify the author(s) and source(s)).

· After you have given support, spend a sentence or two explaining how the example(s) support the section topic.

· A compilation of your research, your literature review, your methods, (how the data was collected or generated and analyzed), and your results should be included in the body of your project.

Conclusion:

· Restate your thesis. This means that you say about the same thing as you did in your thesis, but you say it differently. 

· After stating your thesis, restate the topics from each of your body sections and emphasize what is important for your audience/readers to remember.

· End your conclusion with a call to action that illustrates what your audience/readers should do with the information you presented.

Please note: You will have the opportunity to revise and perfect this project, but you should do your best to make each step as complete as possible so you can receive more relevant and constructive feedback from your instructor and your peers

To prepare for this Discussion, think about how your dissertation has social change implications. Clearly state the social change implications in your dissertation, as well as your abstract

Post- provides your definition of social change and the social change implications of your research. Describe your experiences with completing this stage of the process, highlighting any barriers or challenges. You may want to also provide guidance to each other’s posts as well.

Post whether you met the goals that you set for yourself in the beginning of the quarter and whether your expectations differed from reality. If you have met your goals, explain how. Provide an effective tip or strategy can you share with your peers to help them complete their dissertations. Identify any specific barriers or challenges that you encountered. Explain how they were resolved.

Post what you accomplish this week and post any questions, comments, or concerns for your Chair.