CO2: Explain the ramifications of the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) technology in supply chain management
Prompt:
Assess and critique the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), also known as drones, in supply chain management. Consider the use of UAVs usage indoors, such as in a warehouse, and outdoors, such as being used for home delivery. In addition to reading your assigned resources for week 2, research online definitions for unmanned aerial vehicles.
Category: economics
Purnell Model For Population Sub-Group
Identify cultural influences on health and decision-making. Create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses the following items:
Sub-group name and image with rationale
Purnell’s Model constructs and sub-group information (n = 12)
Sub-group presence and issues related to local and global community
Summary of recommendations for providing culturally competent nursing care to this sub-group
Presentation is original work and logically organized. Followed current APA format including citation of references.
Power point presentation with 10-15 slides were clear and easy to read. Speaker notes expanded upon and clarified content on the slides.
Incorporate a minimum of 5 current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work.
Why it is important to understand the different types of economies
Compose a self-reflection on why it is important to understand the different types of economies in the social work profession. Consider the relationship between the state, the market and organizations in the creation of social policies and how different economic contexts (capitalism, socialist economy, mixed economy, neoliberalism and political economy) influence the creation of social policies and Social Work practice and service delivery.
Economist for the Vanda-Laye Corporation
You are an economist for the Vanda-Laye Corporation, which produces and distributes outdoor cooking supplies. The company has come under new ownership and management and will be undergoing changes in its product lines and operating structure. As an economist, your responsibilities include examining the market factors that affect success or failure of a product, including the supply and demand for the product, market conditions, and the behavior of competitors with similar products.
The new management has identified several possible investments for the coming year. It has asked you and your team to evaluate the possibilities and make a recommendation to the board of directors. Jorge has identified an opportunity and assigned you the task of making a recommendation on the investment.
Use any product that a company similar to Vanda-Laye might produce.
Tasks:
Summarize the course project including information you have learned each week.
Analyze marketing factors that can contribute the success or failure of a product for a company such as Vanda-Laye.
Evaluate the role capital budgeting can play in the recommendation of a new product.
Explain how government intervention can impact a new product such as the one you chose.
Justify if the product should be recommended. What were the determining factors in this decision?
The elasticity of demand
Pick a product or service that you consume on a regular basis and speculate on what the elasticity of demand might be for that product. What might be the income elasticity of demand for that product? Explain and support why you think the product has the elasticity that it does based on how price sensitive you think people are when it comes to this product or service.
The analysis of an export subsidy is similar to the analysis of a tariff
Consider a small country that exports steel. Suppose that a “pro-trade” government decides to subsidize the export of steel by paying a certain amount for each ton sold abroad.
Is it a good policy from the standpoint of economic efficiency? (Hint: the analysis of an export subsidy is similar to the analysis of a tariff)
PRICE OF TWO SUBSTUTUTE PRODUCTS
Select at least two news articles that discuss demand, supply, and equilibrium price of two
substitute products, like beef and chicken; butter and margarine. It can be two articles that discuss
both products, or one article about one product and another article about another product.
At least one news article should be dated within the previous two months.
Refer to week 2 content materials and use specific economic vocabulary within your
discussion, i.e.
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Demand for one product:
o Quantity demanded,
o Determinants of demand,
o Shifts in demand curve, etc.
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Demand for another product:
o Quantity demanded,
o Determinants of demand,
o Shifts in demand curve, etc.
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Supply for one product
o Quantity supplied,
o Determinants of supply,
o Shifts in supply curve, etc.
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Supply for another product
o Quantity supplied,
o Determinants of supply,
o Shifts in supply curve, etc.
• Changes in equilibrium quantity and equilibrium price for one product
• Changes in equilibrium quantity and equilibrium price for another product
The articles you choose may not use these exact terms; therefore, it is incumbent upon you to
convert the article language into economic language as is appropriate.
Worldview & Decision-Making
Discuss how your worldview will impact your decision-making about one of the following:
Taking a daily medication to manage a health condition you wish you didn’t have.
Participating in an advance care planning discussion related to your preferences about life-sustaining treatment following a sudden neurological injury from which you are not likely to recover.
Exploring use of a complementary or alternative medicine treatment.
Macroeconomics
In your opinion, is a high national debt a problem for future economic growth? What is the ideal debt-to-GDP ratio? Research academic sources or refer to the information available through the simulation to support your opinion.
Government spending increases national debt and can cause a crowding-out effect. Explain what the crowding-out effect is and why it’s considered a negative effect of increased government spending. Use information from the textbook to support your analysis.
While on a mission to Perú with your youth group
While on a mission to Perú with your youth group, you are asked by one of your hosts, who teaches high school, to come and speak to some of her classes. She would like her students to know what a typical day is like for the average American high school student. She wants to know the following:
• when you wake up;
• how you get ready for school;
• how and when you get to school;
• what courses you take;
• when and what meals you eat;
• activities after school;
• when you return home and what you do there;
• your nightly routine;
• when you normally go to bed.
To incorporate the vocabulary and grammar you have learned so far in your Spanish courses, you will need to create a presentation. You can write an essay, make a video or an audio recording.
- Requirements:
Part A: Tell about the information listed above in each of the bullet points.
Part B: Pick one of the following styles of presentation: