Read through the Case Study entitled “Highline Financial Services, Inc.” in Chapter 3 of your textbook. It covers the role of forecasting in operations management. Examine the demand that this company has experienced for the three categories of service it offers over the preceding two years. Assuming nothing changes in terms of advertising or promotion, and competition also does not change, predict the demand for the services the company offers for the next four quarters. (Note that there is not enough data to develop seasonal relatives.)You should be able to make reasonably good, approximate, intuitive estimates of demand. What general observations can you make regarding demand? Should Freddie have any concerns? Explain your answers in a 4-6 page paper, not including the cover and references pages. Use at least one outside reference to support your recommendations.

Incorporate article and film in these questionWhat alternatives are there to media constructed ideas of relationship in the context of violence and domination?What media content patterns are identified with the presentation of violence as the common problem solution? If Violence gets our attention and attention is the media marketed commodity, what can we do to change the violence patterns in media content?What research methods did Gerbner and other researchers use in the Cultural Indicators research Project to identify the Mean World Syndrome? What theory developed from the research results?Article 1Television and The Cultural Indicator Reading Notes The Cultural Indicators Project is an ongoing research since 1967 that relates recurrent features of the television world to media policy and to viewer conceptions of reality. Results provide argument for public attention and participation in the cultural production process  Three primary methods of analysis are used in the Cultural Indicators Project. Message System Analysis—Content analysis and annual monitoring of TV program content.Institutional Policy Analysis—Economic and political economic analysis examines the economic and political basis of media decision making. Cultivation Analysis—Media effects research conducted since 1967 produced an assessment of the long range consequences of exposure to television's systems of messages called cultivation analysis.  Results affirm television images, as a pervasive influence on thoughts and action and that TV "cultivates and confirms stable conceptions about life" that reflect the TV reality.  Stories animate our cultural environment and serve these three distinct functions. Reveal how things workDescribe what things areTell us what to do about it Stories are the basis for almost all human communication in all media formats. Violence is a structural basis for formula driven “assembly line” produced programs that dominate the airwaves. Violence produces predictable outcomes. Now, TV, film, and videogames use this formula regularly to produce predictable popularity and profits. Violent media is "the product of a complex manufacturing and marketing machine. “Mergers, consolidation, conglomeratization & globalization speed the machine" (Gerbner 2003, 344) Heavy TV viewers show greater apprehension and vulnerability, fear of crime, assume crime is rising, purchase locks, watchdogs and guns for protection. Ownership concentration within the media industry impedes access to new entries and alternative perspectives. Violence is a media ingredient that requires no translation and fits any culture in the global multilingual media market.  Mean World Syndrome is the term for world perceptions in heavy TV viewers that reflect the common, repeated patterns of the television world as a violent, mean and scary place. Gerbner suggest that a liberating alternative to the violence formula would be public participation and citizen involvement in decision making about cultural investments, policy, and creative freedom. Gerbner says our children have a right to be born into a “free fair diverse and non-threatening cultural environment.” We now have a way to go to achieve that world. Reference Gerbner, G. (2005) Cultural Indicators Ch13. in On the highway of mass communications studies. New York City, NY: Hampton Press. Gerbner, G. (2013) Television: The new state religion, 462-467. ETC: A Review of General Semantics. Reprint (1977) ETC 34(2). Flim 2The Mean World Syndrome Film Notes Watch The Mean World Syndrome (51 minutes)   Watch the film for this lesson. Filmmaker Info and Transcript are available online.   “Debate has raged about the effect of violence on our behavior.” Does media violence make us violent? Decades of research has affirmed media violence is not likely to cause us to imitate violence but “likely to make us more scared of violence being done to us.”  “As a citizen, I would consider a matter of grave concern that a society in which most or many people expect a high degree of victimization, sooner or later they are going to get it violence” stated Gerbner in testimony to Congress. George Gerbner fled facism in Hungary, worked in OS, US Army in WWII. After, he spent his life studying how media violence affected our consciousness and behavior in the real world. As Dean of the Annenberg School of Communication, University of Pennsylvania, Gerbner and others conducted extensive longitudinal research since 1967, the Cultural Indicators Research Project. Gerbner researched media violence and how it functions in society with the premise that  “Commercial media have eclipsed religion, art, oral traditions and the family as the great story telling engine of our time”    A Tidal Wave of Violence Global media “conglomerates own and control he telling of all the stories over the world” … “have global marketing formulas that are imposed on the creative people in Hollywood … get told every day ‘put in more action, cut out complicated solutions’ …apply this formula because it travels well in the global market, need no translation, image driven, speak action in any language…leading element of that formula is violence …Tidal wave of images of violence, inundating every home with expertly choreographed brutality such as the world has never seen…mass production and introduction to every home… a relentless pervasive exposure to violence and brutality many times every day.”   The formulaic, cultural difference transcendent language of violence draws on the powerful persuasive power of fear to appeal to global audiences. “American children see 8000 murders by elementary school and over 200, 000 violent acts by age of 18.” “Violence is a legitimate artistic and journalistic feature…and it is necessary to show sometimes…Most of violence is ... ‘happy violence’… Violence is thrilling, glamorous, spectacular …and they always lead to a happy ending…sugar coated with humor.  “Humor makes the pill (of power) easier to swallow…who can get away with what against who?” What matters most about media violence “is not simply the quantity of violence that saturates the media landscape, but how it all adds up to tell a story…that reinforces and normalizes a certain view of the world… the meaning has the greatest effect.” Does it create more violence? Research says “contribution of TV violence into the actual committing of violence is practically negligible compared to poverty and other factors. Payne Fund Studies 1929-1932 found media effect of violence, raised interesting questions. Most interesting example is “War of the Worlds” October 30, 1938 drama radio broadcast. The vast majority of listeners did not respond in panic but understood the fictional nature of the radio program. Magic Bullet Theory explained media effects as direct and powerful, and viewers as passive, but it was wrong!  These cause and effect arguments were wrong and not scientifically verified. “Its like fish in water, a pervasive environment is always beyond perception.” Gerbner’s Cultural Indicators Research Project (CIP) research found very limited effects of TV violence on increasing violent behavior effects. The primary effect was increase of fear in heavy viewers. This longitudinal research project affirmed what Gerbner (2010) called, “Cultivation - a stable system of messages and images that shapes our conception of the world and of ourselves, life society and power.” CIP used survey methodology and response analysis to measure what TV violence and other content elements would cultivate in audiences. Response analysis would take age, gender, ethnicity, and light or heavy viewing characteristics into account. This methodology has become known as cultivation analysis. The Mean World Syndrome Television media content ranges between banality and extreme violence. News sensationalism is constant and intense. Cultivation analysis shows anxiety and fear of victimization increase with heavy TV viewing. In 2010, violent crime continued to drop but arms sales continued to increase. CIP scientific research showed a causal relationship between the rising fear and anxiety in audiences and their heavy viewing of TV content inundated with violence. Mean People Research also found that fear and anxiety, were disproportionally attributed to those represented in TV as violent. Content analysis research affirms that TV still over-represents people of color in criminal or violent action or as deserving of violent response in TV content. These representation patterns dehumanize and contrast the actual crime and violence statistics. These meanest representations reinforce a siege mentality, and cultivate irrational, fear and anger. The Fallout What lies ahead in the world of increasingly violent media? Can we look forward to a media landscape where more respect for human diversity and dignity can coexist with images of conflict? Reference Morris, S. (Producer), & Earp, J. (Director). (2010). The mean world syndrome: Media violence and the cultivation of fear [Motion Picture]. United States: MEF

*** Please follow each instruction carefully. Each module should have a minimum of 2 references, including some the required reference listed for each case. In end there will be 4 separte papers with proper ABA formatting. DO NOT COMBINE INTO ONE*** I have attached not only all required refences but a WORD DOC of the assignments.Module 1The SLP sequence for this course requires that you choose an organization, and that you apply the Five Compass Model of Strategic Leadership to that organization. For background on the 5 Compass Model, see:Wilson, I. (1996). The 5 compasses of strategic leadership. Strategy and Leadership, 24(4), 26-31. Retrieved from ProQuest.AssignmentWrite a 3- to 4-page paper in which you address the following:After selecting a for-profit or not-for-profit organization that is of interest to you, analyze the organization’s vision and mission statements against the criteria for meaningful statements, revising the statements as required.Keys to the AssignmentThe key aspects of this assignment that should be covered in your paper include the following: Using the library or the Internet, choose an organization that is of interest to you. For this purpose, you are required to choose an organization in which you are not currently employed. (Hint: You may want to choose your target organization using a current listing of Fortune 500 companies.) Locate the organization’s website. Spend time navigating the company website, so that you have a good understanding of what the company does. Provide the name and website address of your chosen organization. Locate and write down the organization’s mission and vision statements. Critique each of the foregoing statements against the criteria included in the Background readings and/or the criteria you developed for the Case assignment. Note: Organizations have a tendency to combine their mission and vision statements; therefore, you may need to decide whether a given statement is a mission statement or a vision statement. Be sure to back up your critiques with research that appropriately supports your analysis. Rewrite the vision and mission statements in the proper format for vision and mission statements. In the context of the criteria for “good” vision and mission statements, defend the adjustments/changes you have made to the statements. Reference that Must be used:Wilson, I. (1996). The 5 compasses of strategic leadership. Strategy and Leadership, 24(4), 26-31. Retrieved from ProQuest. ***Find 2 additional references for a total of 3 for this module. Module 2 In the Module 2 SLP, you will determine the most salient environmental threats and opportunities currently facing your target organization. Write a 3-page paper in which you address the following: Evaluate the external environment of your selected organization, determining the extent to which opportunities exceed threats, or threats exceed opportunities. Keys to the Assignment The key aspects of this assignment that should be covered in your 3-page paper include the following: Define and discuss the most significant environmental threat or threats that currently confront the organization you selected in the Module 1 SLP.Discuss the most important opportunities faced by your organization.Do environmental threats outweigh opportunities, or do opportunities outweigh the target organization’s threats? Explain.Based on your assessment, how do you believe your organization should respond to its active environmental threats? How should it take advantage of opportunities that might exist at present? ****Find at least 2 References to use**** Module 3 In a 3- to 4-page paper, determine the grand strategy or strategies currently pursued by the organization you have selected. After you have applied the Grand Strategy Matrix to an organization, determine whether the strategy your company now follows is the most optimal one. Keys to the Assignment The key aspects of this assignment that should be covered in your 3- to 4-page paper include the following: Visit your chosen organization’s website, and using the company’s Annual Report and/or other additional research, determine the organization’s strategy or strategies. For example, is the company presently pursuing a Concentration strategy? An Innovation strategy? Is the company in Retrenchment?Applying the Grand Strategy Matrix (GSM) to your organization, discuss the assumptions you are using to determine the optimal strategy your organization should pursue.Decide whether the organization is pursuing the best strategy (or strategies). If not, what grand strategy or strategies should the organization pursue at present? Defend your answer. ****Find at least 2 References to use**** Module 4 In the Module 4 SLP, we will explore your target organization’s culture, and determine the extent to which culture relates to the success of your organization’s strategic choices. Write a 3- to 4-page paper in which you address the following: After completing some research concerning the culture of your selected organization, discuss assess the extent to which your organization’s stated values and culture do – or do not – support the grand strategy you selected in the Module 3 SLP. Keys to the Assignment The key aspects of this assignment that should be covered in your 3- to 4-page paper include the following: Perform some research in the library and at your target organization’s website, and learn as much as you can about the organization’s culture.Describe the organization’s culture (its artifacts, symbols, stories, and other characteristics).Identify three (3) stated values of your chosen organization, and discuss how well these values support the organization’s strategies.Briefly restate the strategy you selected in the Module 3 SLP, and state why this strategy was selected (e.g., overcome weaknesses, maximize strengths, etc.).Critically assess the extent to which the organization’s culture and values support – or do not support – the strategy or strategies that you identified in the Module 3 SLP. ****Find at least 2 References to use****