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Critically discuss the following statement: “The positive economic, sociocultural and/or environmental benefits that tourism can achieve for the host community far outweigh any negative impacts brought about by tourism.” In your discussion you need to use a minimum of two current impact issues (economic, environmental, and/or sociocultural) and discuss both the positive and negative impacts of the issues you choose. Use specific, concrete examples from at least two countries of the Pacific Asia region to demonstrate your argument(s). You may compare and contrast how these impact issues play out in different geographic contexts. These could be, for example, economic benefits versus costs, environmental benefits versus costs, and sociocultural benefits versus costs. Try to explain why there are different outcomes in your different country case studies and how these may be best managed. Finally, conclude whether or not “The positive economic, sociocultural and/or environmental benefits that tourism can achieve for the host community far outweigh any negative impacts brought about by tourism.” As in Assignment 1, you are encouraged to use visual devices such as figures and tables. Marking criteria Your essay will be graded according to the following criteria: • evaluates and discusses the positive and negative impacts of at least two current issues (economic, environmental, and/or sociocultural) • uses specific examples from at least two countries from the Pacific Asia region to support your argument • evidence of engagement with relevant theory and academic literature • clear essay structure: introduction, body with paragraphs and conclusion (do not use headings) • innovative use of visual devices (e.g. maps, figures, and tables) • clear and concise expression • consistent Harvard in-text referencing and reference list.
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words: 1300 Marking criteria is also attached. lessons and book images are also attach and we need to use references from book as well as from internet, This is for a Aussi student so make sue use the high level English and no grammar mistakes Essay or Video Script: 1,100 words – 1,300 words (30 marks) 2. What are the advantages for organisations to understand different cultures and intercultural communication? How can any barriers to effective intercultural communication be overcome? You are to use at least FOUR sources in addition to the textbook and weekly lessons in your referencing of this assignment which should include journal articles accessed from the Library databases. Further details on this assessment and a criteria sheet are provided on the Moodle course website. Please review all assessment information before beginning this assignment.
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Task Purpose
The purpose of Assessment Task 2 is to have students undertake a strategic analysis demonstrating quantitative literacy. Quantitative literacy is a required Graduate Capability for this subject.
Quantitative literacy will be assessed within the following sub-tasks:
1) Creation of a numeric dataset based on specific organizational activities;
2) Interpretation of that numeric dataset;
3) Creating a synthetic model showing calculations with the dataset as a basis;
4) Extrapolation and explanation of outcomes for the synthetic model.
The quantitative literacy assessment task requires at least five (5) in-text references from peer-reviewed academic journals to demonstrate engagement with the body of knowledge. These references are best drawn from research into the sector within which the organisation being modelled might be found.
General rules:
1) Engagement with the Body of Knowledge: No academic journal article may be referenced more than twice;
2) Academic journal referencing is required for this task. Where academic journals or other sources are used they must be referenced.
3) The subject text book must be referenced at least once.
Case Background:
International Rescue is a newly formed organisation with expertise in critical incident management.
Vision Statement
International Rescue is the world’s foremost provider of emergency intervention to communities affected by natural disaster.
Mission Statement
The mission of International Rescue is to improve lives through the rapid supply of essential life sustaining items to communities affected by natural disaster and, as necessary, the relocation of people from disaster zones to safe locations.
Current Objective
International Rescue has been commissioned by the French Government, as part of an international humanitarian relief operation, to provide food and drinking water to a group of young people trapped by an earthquake in the town of Berechid, Morocco.
Early warning allowed 126,000 people to evacuate the town before the disaster. Evacuation priority was given to elderly people, people with illness, children under the age of 18 years, men and women with children, men and women over the age 22.
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2956650_2_MGT3SMG-AT2-Assistive.pptx

PROJECT BRIEF FOR N1576 NEW VENTURE CREATION AND BUSINESS PLANNING
1: An individual project of 3500words (100%) to be submitted as directed on your Study Direct site. This individual work will be based on each student’s perspective relating the team discussions relating to the project. Each student will have a different view of the business, in terms of market penetration, turnover, timings, financials and general assumptions, and so each student’s work will be different from every other member of their team. Each team’s work will be checked carefully to make sure that each submission is individual, and this is particularly the case in relation to the financials which will evidence the individuality of the work.
2: During week 3 seminar session, each team must submit a) the project plan and b) team name, team member names, plus team leader email address. This plan will be reviewed, to form the basis for a robust business plan.
It will be assumed that each team member has contributed 100%: we will be working on projects during the seminar sessions, and attendance at seminars should be noted by team leaders as this attendance contributes towards team participation. If the team feels that any member has contributed at less than 100%, then at the time of submission of the final report, the team leader should submit a document signed by at least 75% of the team that confirms which team member has not contributed, and the level at which this team member has worked. This team member will receive reduced marks corresponding to this participation.
3500 word Project plan The individual project of 3,500 words should follow the format of an expanded business plan. The word count does not include the appendices. You should include the following:
MAIN REPORT
1) Executive Summary
2) Venture Overview
3) Financial Plan Overview
4) Business objectives
5) Source of competitive advantage
6) Critical risks/threats and opportunities
7) Market analysis (overview)
8) Competitor Analysis (overview)
9) Management Team
10) Key people and advisers
10) Operations plan
11) Funding Request
12) Exit Strategy
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2949832_1_C-New-Venture-project-brief.docx
2949832_2_new-venture.docx
2949832_3_capsule-hotel.docx

In 2007 the Australian government first embarked on so-called income management
policies with regard to certain forms of welfare payments in certain communities. The
basic idea of income management is that control over spending by recipients of
payments is limited in a number of ways – some part of the payment may be withheld
by Centrelink in order to pay for essentials such as rent on the individual’s behalf; the
component of the payment available as cash is strictly limited; payments might be
restricted to particular electronic means (the BasicsCard); particular classes of goods
(pornography, alcohol, gambling) could not be purchased using the specified
electronic means.
In 2016 this approach evolved into the cashless debit card program. This involves an
80:20 split of welfare payments with 20% going into the recipient’s bank account and
80% going onto a debit card that can be used for purchases as usual wherever pointof-sale
facilities are available. The card cannot be used to withdraw cash, or used at
businesses that primarily supply gaming or alcohol products. Recently the Federal
Government announced that all people under income management in the Northern
Territory would be moved to the cashless debit card
The stated intent of the scheme is to reduce socially harmful outcomes in communities
with high welfare dependence, by essentially forcing expenditure towards basic health
and education maintenance and other supporters of child welfare in particular, and
away from expenditures regarded as harmful and injurious. A recent discussion of the
scheme from someone with involvement in its implementation can be found here and
another perspective on evaluation here.An account critical of the approach can be read
here.
1. (a) What are the economic justifications for distributing welfare payments via
the cashless debit card? [5 marks]
(b) Are they consistent with the standard economic argument that payment in
kind is inferior in welfare terms to payment in cash? [see Unit 3 lectures, Week 4]?
[5 marks]
2. (a) What ethical framework underlies the case for the cashless debit card you
described above? [See Unit 5 lectures, Week 5] Explain. [5 marks]
(b) Would it matter for this case if people using the cashless debit card were
worse off compared to being able to allocate their own expenditure? Why or
why not? [5 marks]
3. What arguments are there against the program based on the ethical framework
you identified in Question 2? [5 marks]
4. What arguments can be made for and against the program based on an
opposing ethical framework? [See Unit 5 lectures, Week 5] [10 marks]
5. (a) Taking into account both the economic and ethical argument, is income
management via the cashless debit card justifiable on balance or not? [10
marks]
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2949827_1_ECON111-assignment-2019.pdf

Jane Wilson, the Director of Social Media for Sunshine 100, an organisation
specialising in responsible foods, pulled her Hyundai Elantra into a parking
space near the entrance to her company’s headquarters in Brisbane. She was
keen to get to her office. The company was in negotiations to expand to China.
The previous round of talks in Beijing had gone well for the company: managers
had seemed enthusiastic about launching the company’s new line of wholesome
baby foods. The professional nutritionists and dieticians led by Dr Jeremy Jones
had asked Jane to start working on a social media campaign to promote the
company’s values, ‘Together, may we create a healthier life by starting with the
food we eat’.
Today Jane would also get the go ahead to start Sunshine 100’s Twitter campaign
‘KidsEats’ a recently launched initiative with a focus on working directly with
schools as well as children’s organisations to educate primary aged school
children about healthy foods and healthy eating.
Jane entered the building and took the lift to the tenth floor. As the doors opened
she could see Paul Morgan, the CEO and Alice Jones, the Director of
Communications, waiting for her just outside her office. Paul met Jane at the
door. ‘Jane, we’ve got a real problem,’ he said. ‘It has to do with the launch of
KidsEats’.
Jane looked over at Alice, who closed her eyes. Paul continued. ‘Last night this
posting to Facebook by one of our employees was picked up by five media
outlets. We’re even made the Number 1 breaking news spot this morning with
Daily Events’. The room was silent. Jane could feel her stomach beginning to knot
and felt very taken aback.
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2958784_1_Assessment-3-Task.docx
2958784_2_ASSESSMENT-3-Communication-Plan-Template.docx
2958784_3_Assessment-3-case-study-.pdf
2958784_4_Assessment-3-Marking-Criteria-and-Rubric.pdf

Assessment Task 3: Essay: The challenge of leadership today? Due Date Sunday Week 7 via Moodle Weight 40% Length 1500 words “The life of a modern-day leader clearly is not easy. Inside their organizations, they need to lead and motivate a diversified group of people, work across organizational boundaries, improve efficiency, and achieve growth. Externally, they face a complex and globalized environment; they have to manage the requirements of government, keep up with competitors, and meet the expectations of other stakeholders. And within this global environment, there are many cultural considerations leaders must face to be effective. They must work across cultural boundaries and alongside others who, at times, are very different from them and have different ways of getting work completed” Gentry W.A, Eckert, R.H, Stawiski SA, and Zhao S (2016) Center For Creative Leadership, “The Challenges Leaders Face Around the World More Similar than Different” p3 Accessed on J

2.2. Case Study #2: DTGOV
DTGOV is a public company that was created in the early 1980s by the Ministry of Social Security. The decentralization of the ministry’s IT operations
to a public company under private law gave DTGOV an autonomous management structure with significant flexibility to govern and evolve its IT
enterprise.
At the time of its creation, DTGOV had approximately 1,000 employees, operational branches in 60 localities nation-wide, and operated two
mainframe-based data centers. Over time, DTGOV has expanded to more than 3,000 employees and branch offices in more than 300 localities, with
three data centers running both mainframe and low-level platform environments. Its main services are related to processing social security benefits
across the country.
DTGOV has enlarged its customer portfolio in the last two decades. It now serves other public-sector organizations and provides basic IT
infrastructure and services, such as server hosting and server colocation. Some of its customers have also outsourced the operation, maintenance,
and development of applications to DTGOV.
DTGOV has sizable customer contracts that encompass various IT resources and services. However, these contracts, services, and associated
service levels are not standardized—negotiated service provisioning conditions are typically customized for each customer individually. DTGOV’s
operations are resultantly becoming increasingly complex and difficult to manage, which has led to inefficiencies and inflated costs.
The DTGOV board realized, some time ago, that the overall company structure could be improved by standardizing its services portfolio, which
implies the reengineering of both IT operational and management models. This process has started with the standardization of the hardware platform
through the creation of a clearly defined technological lifecycle, a consolidated procurement policy, and the establishment of new acquisition
practices.
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2958663_1_2.2.-Case-Study–2–DTGOV.pdf

Students will research and write a literature review paper with analysis of chosen leadership topic from the list below. Please choose only ONE topic.
1. Theories of leadership – reviewing current research on the evolution and applicability of leadership theories
2. Servant leadership versus authentic leadership – critique the two and their effectiveness
3. Followership – exploring the concept of followership and its impact on leadership practice
4. Distributed leadership versus shared leadership – exploring origins and key concepts of the two forms of leadership
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2958653_1_new-one.docx

Question
Discuss any five (5) key barriers to organisational learning in organisations in your home country. Explain in detail, any four (4) strategies that that can be implemented to improve organisational learning.
Support your discussion on the barriers with examples drawn from your home country.
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2958651_1_new-one.docx