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Predict the type of long-term care needed as the 21st Century America advances in age. Defend or critique the type of care patients obtain in private nursing homes as compared to public institutions or in-home care. Provide a rationale for your response.

Poka Yoke, Organizational Improvement. Please answer the question in 150 words. Refer to “34: Poka Yoke (Mistake Proofing)” What improvements could be done at your organization using these principles?

As the managing director for your company, based in India, that manufactures computer equipment, you are negotiating with an official in China. His job is to select computer equipment for city employees. You are adamant that you want all the specifications named clearly in a contract. However, the Chinese official is not interested in the technical and financial details. In one to two pages, explain why having a cultural profile of people in the official’s cultural group could help you avoid a breakdown in communication in this situation. How can you get through the intercultural impasse and obtain a contract that both you and the Chinese official find acceptable?

Protecting organizational assets and information within the company has become a top priority for many organizational leaders. Review the article titled “Missed Alarms and 40 Million Stolen Credit Card Numbers: How Target Blew It”, using the following link.

A thorny issue in the philosophy of religion is the problem of evil. Explaining the problem is simple enough: How can one reconcile the existence of a good and omniscient God in light of how much suffering and evil there is in the world? But providing an argument that resolves this philosophical tension is far more difficult.