Short Paper: Metrics

Based on this module’s readings and your own independent research, develop a listing of what you believe are the most important metrics for operations managers.

How does each metric support the overall financial performance of the organization? What data would be used to support this metric and how would you ensure that the data are of sufficient quality? How does data analytics support your metrics?

Be sure to fully explain your rationale for selecting these metrics.

South Dakota’s Response to COVID-19

Write an essay of fifteen pages that examines an issue related to South Dakota. (South Dakota’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic).  Your essay should make a point. This paper should incorporate at least 10 sources. Try to approach the topic from the perspective of at least two different disciplines (e.g. economics and political science or history and law).

Please format your essay according to MLA 8th edition.

Youll write the essay in three stages after conducting your research. The first (partial) draft will be subject to guided peer review in an in-class workshop. The following week, after carefully considering your reviewers feedback and completing your essay, youll submit a completed draft for comments that will guide your revision process. The final draft will be fully graded and counts for quite a lot of your final grade.

Length: 15 pages (not including your works cited page)
Sources: 10
Peer review draft due: April 9 at 8am (Central)

Emancipation and Reconstruction

At the end of the Civil War, the issues that most white Americans had with slaves and slavery in general did not just fade away because the North had won the War. There were those who thought that the former slaves deserved the same rights as other Americans, while others thought that just because slavery had ended that did not make the former slaves equal to whites.

While Reconstruction made it possible for some black people to partake in the political system and establish schools and churches, many lacked land on which to subsist and the Freedmans Bureau was of little assistance. Despite the passage of the 15th Amendment and the Civil Rights Act of 1875, the Black Codes, Klu Klux Klan and the general attitude of many whites made life very difficult for the former slaves.
1. Discuss the successes and failures of reconstruction and whether you believe that overall it assisted Blacks in their search for real freedom.

Cm week 3 discussion

Watch the Fox News video labeled Military tactics, Equipment Helped Authorities End Alabama Hostage Standoff.

What successful crisis leadership strategies (i.e., decision making, planning, and training) were displayed during the crisis event that led to the safe return of the 5 year old boy?
If you were the senior FBI agent in charge, is there anything else that could have been done to save the life of the hostage taker?

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/02/07/alabama-kidnapper-was-killed-in-firefight-during-storming-bunker-fbi-says.html