Please answer at least one of the questions below.
Have you ever worked on a documentation project with another writer (or, any project that dealt with collaborating with other students/coworkers)? What were the benefits and challenges to sharing the work? What are some tips you can share to successfully collaborate with other departments and writers?
If you work in an Agile environment, how is documentation incorporated in the planning/sprints?
Please answer at least one of the questions below.
Have you ever worked on a documentation project with another writer (or, any project that dealt with collaborating with other students/coworkers)? What were the benefits and challenges to sharing the work? What are some tips you can share to successfully collaborate with other departments and writers?
If you work in an Agile environment, how is documentation incorporated in the planning/sprints?
What is the biggest challenge in relation to multiculturalism/diversity in prison populations? You can start your research on page 334 of the book, and also look for outside resources to support your opinion. Remember that your first post needs to be at least 8 sentences, and cite your sources.
Then respond to another student who chose to discuss a challenge different than yours. This post needs to be at least 4 substantive sentences.
Understand the case of Li&Fung by answering the following questions. It can be at any length (i.e. 3-5 pages) as long as the questions are perfectly asked.
1. Discuss the change management issues confronting Li & Fung (“LF”) i.e. how Li&Fung has dealt with the changes in the market and in the world, how did the company overcome every obstacle and comment on their reactions.
2.The 2017-2019 three-year plan is quite a significant departure from its history of growth through acquisition. Should LF continue with its past acquisition strategy? What is LF’s core strength? Integrating and extracting value from acquirees, or growing organically, which is the focus of the 2017-2019 three- year plan? Would organic growth be able to sustain LF’s past growth?
3.Will LF succeed with its 2017-2019 three-year plan? ls it too late to play catch-up to Amazon and Alibaba?
4.Critique the following paragraph from Dr Marco Tieman, the founder and CEO of LBB International (a logistics consulting and research firm that specializes in agri- food supply chains, industrial logistics and third-party logistics):
“Technology is also transforming the field of supply chain management The reality is that we are entering an era of transformation from fixed assets (factories and warehouses are owned)to virtual assets(hired when needed),from fixed labor (staff on own payroll) to virtual labor (outsourced, app builders);and from fixed inventory(stored at physical location)to virtual inventory(available in the network).Supply chain management has advanced beyond organizing supply network towards orchestrating entire brand channels.”
Source: New Straits Times (Malaysia) July 8, 2015 “Branding the channel in today’s virtual world.
5.What factors may derail LF’s future?
6.Discuss Spencer’s standing as the CEO of LF.
For your final assignment in the class, locate a community-based organization in your local community. Research the history of the organization, including an interview with a member of the organization’s leadership, and define its purpose(s) in the community. Discuss the role a needs assessment played in creating the organization and identify how those needs have evolved over time and how the organization has responded to changing needs. Drawing upon current scholarly research, using at least 5 appropriate resources, evaluate the organization in terms of its effectiveness in terms of social capital, organizational relationships, leadership, and cultural influences. Identify the organization’s strengths and weaknesses, and suggest methods to improve its effectiveness. Examine the ethical issues that face this organization and critique the organization’s response to those issues. Finally, create a job position within the organization where an applied sociologist would best fit and discuss how this position would positively impact the organization. This paper should be at least 2000 words and adhere to APA standards.
