Mkt/421 Week 4 Reflection

This week I read from pages 195-247. Sammy is taken into an examination room to have a chip put in him. When they are putting the chip in sammy he has a flashback to over the summer. He sees cassie spraying the hose trying to make a rainbow. Then sammy is moved to a training camp. He is assigned a squad with other of the kids. The kids range from 5 years old to 16 years old. At this camp they are training them so they can survive on their own. They are each given a nickname that represent them. For example, the 5 year old is called nugget because of his size. Then one of their squad members dies and has to be replaced. He is replaced by a girl who is a very good soldier. They were impressed on how accurate her shot were at the shooting range.

The learning team has decided to develop a product launch plan for the Apocalypse Now bar and Agent Orange mixed drink, with accompanying apparel, in both the Korean and Philippines markets. This product launch plan will address the product description, product positioning, targeting, market needs, market growth potential, a complete SWOT analysis, coverage of the competition, marketing strategy, pricing plan, marketing communications plan, distribution strategy, and a review of all the marketing research conducted. The product launch plan starts with a product description.

The challenges of solving this problem include meeting the mandate of the Board of Director’s and presenting a solution that senior leadership feels comfortable with. Classic’s Board of Director’s requires a 15% cost reduction over the next 18 months. Chief Executive Officer Amanda Miller and Chief Financial Officer Catherine Simpson challenged the team to improve the Classic Rewards membership and usage without discounting airfare. The team must stick to the 15% cost reduction and cannot fund the marketing solution with dollars allocated for fuel hedging. In addition, General Counsel Benjamin Sutcliffe reminds the team that union contracts must not be revised to fund the marketing plan. Finding the root cause of the problem should reduce the scope of the solution.

* A positioning statement for the company with careful consideration of their brand and strategy

The past few weeks have been filled with successes. Comparatively this week may seem slow or wearisome but don't go looking for trouble. If you control your ego and temper things will start to look up soon.

I inferred from the data that my topic is one that nobody in the audience knew anything

As I have worked through each week, i have deepened my knowledge more than I anticipated. I learned that I had no clue what I was doing in spreadsheet previously but I sure winged it. Now, I am much more confident and am already applying some of the tools, such as centering and merging cells, adding different formulas and adding or deleting a footer. In future, I would like to build my confidence in creating and converting charts. Also, look forward to becoming more familiar with Powerpoint this week as I answer the remaining week five questions.

I feel this week was very beneficial to me as well as to my business career. I think the information was helpful and made me understand things better. I was unaware of some of the terms in the book, but learned them. This week was smoother than the first week. I thought the first week has been the toughest so far. I feel I am doing well in the course, but I will continue to do better on my assignments.

This week was has been very productive for me. I’ve started to add resources and activities to my curriculum map and my research for my finding presentation is ongoing. I feel I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I am aware of what I want to put in my curriculum map and things are starting to come together. I feel really good about my progress this week.

Some of the important things that I learned during my GSW 1110 course was that I needed to learn how to format my papers correctly, how to write in a clear/concise way, and also how to begin my papers with strong thesis statements. At the beginning of this semester, I set goals that I wanted to achieve throughout my GSW 1110 class. Those goals were, to learn more about beginning and ending my paragraphs with strong statements, how to defeat writer’s block, and staying on topic throughout my paper. I feel that I have achieved the goals that I set for myself. I have become better at all the things I was having problems with like placing my commas in the write places and focusing on my paper by not letting things distract me.

My gender (Abel 2017) is a female. I can describe my race (Abel 2017) by my physical characteristics such as I am white, I have long black hair, I have brown eyes. I can represent my ethnicity (Abel 2017) with my nationality that I am Egyptian, Christian, and I know how to speak 3 languages (Arabic, French, and English). These things have affected my life positively. For example, when I came to the United States, there were many friends who were interested to know about me and my country. Also, it affects negatively because at a time that I was trying to find a job that I like and it was on a factory, they someone came and told me that they didn’t accept me because they needed a boy to work in this position of a job, because you might carry stuff and boys are stronger than girls. Moreover, the Muslim brotherhood force Christian women to wear the hijab. That’s what the Muslim women wear around their

This week, I was able to help with a wound dressing change and I was able to see and assess an infected pressure ulcer.

This week has abounded in good news for us! I passed another exam which automatically will enable me to receive a Transitional Bilingual License. That means: I can start applying for a job!!! And also, my department nominated me to a Phi Kappa Phi Honor Society. I have no words to express my deepest job! Dreams and God's promises are coming true step by step, little by little ...

Unlike last week when I did not really have any challenge. I have encountered a lot of challenges this week. Some of them are: my bike gets stolen, balancing my life, taking care of myself, and saying “no” to an invitation. I believe that saying “no” to an invitation is one of my biggest problem. I feel like I am spending too much time hanging out than I should. However, I was able to countered my challenge from last

This week challenges were mainly because I was feeling a little under the weather and was focusing on feeling better before the convention came. So for the first day of the week I didn’t get to work on my play but I did work on my push. I would say starting off on Monday it was a success and I did get to voice my opinion at work that day, sharing how I felt on a certain matter relating to the production of the print and marketing center at work. Another challenge that I faced is getting my motivation back because although I felt better I still wasn’t 100% so I just tried my best. The