Texas Government Common Assignment Critical Thinking Component

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Please note that the structure of this assignment differs from the other written assignments in this course.  You must complete all sections of this assignment; I recommend completing the Visual Literacy Component First. The graphs for this component are included in the attached PDF Document.

1. Compare the budget of the state of Texas and the budget of the state of Massachusetts. How are the states similar in how they spend money and how are the states different? How would you expect life to be different in Massachusetts compared to Texas based on how the governments spend their money? Base your arguments on the multiple sources provided and not your own “guess.” (CT 1 and CT2)

2.  Life in Texas and Massachusetts can be very different, but that does not make one superior to the other. Which state is more suitable to live in is determined by how one defines a “quality” life. What factors do believe would lead to a high quality of life? How you rate different life factors can be your opinion, but the factors you use should be based on research. How do you think living in Texas, and spending by the Texas state government, influence your perspective on what is a “quality” life? (CT 3 and CT 4)

3. Looking back at spending by the states of Texas and Massachusetts what would happen if each state changed its spending priorities. How would you expect altering state spending would harm or enhance the quality of life for people living in that state? Be sure to mention specific spending changes and base your argument on how you would define quality of life. (CT 5)

Texas Government Common Assignment 

Visual Literacy Component 

1. Describe what the graphs look like visually. Pretend that the reader is not able to see the graphs and give as much detail as possible. (VL 1)

2. What information are the graphs presenting? What are the graphs telling you about? Take the information that is presented visually and communicate it to the reader in written form. (VL 2)

3. What does the information in these graphs mean for the government of Texas versus the government of Massachusetts? How would the residents of each of the states be affected by the information presented in the graphs? (VL3) 

Texas Government Common Assignment – Articles

“Why Texas Is Our Future” Time Magazine article

“Why Greg Abbott Says Texas Is the Top Technology State in the US” CNBC article

“Massachusetts Is the Best State in the Union” Slate article

Massachusetts The Best State in nation according to US News & World Report” CBS Boston news article

  

Visual Literacy Component Reference Graph #1

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Visual Literacy Component Reference Graph #2  chart.png 

Avery Data analysis

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Submit ALL Demonstrate activities in one Word or PDF document. Use the print screen or snipping tool to show your output. 

Part 1: 

Select the appropriate measure of central tendency to describe the data in answer to the research questions below. As appropriate describe the variability of the variable. Use the Avery Fitness Center SPSS Data File to conduct your analysis to answer the research questions.

  • On average, what is the likelihood to recommend AFC to a friend or family member? Describe the variability of the data.
  • On average how old is a typical member of AFC? Describe the variability of the data.
  • What is the typical time of day that members visit the center?
  • How did  customers typically find out about the center? 

Part 2: 

Often, restaurant diners leave no feedback on the food they eat. With politeness in mind, dissatisfied diners often do not mention their dissatisfaction to their servers. Their impressions and opinions are instead reflected in return visits. If they liked the food, they are likely to come back. If they didn’t like the food, they are unlikely to come back, and are also likely to speak badly of their experience to all their friends. To address this problem, Sue opened Tastetastic, a B2B company that performs taste testing research for restaurants. When a chef wants to introduce a new menu, he takes his dishes to Tastetastic, who will gather diner focus groups to share their opinions. 

Too spicy, too bland, too creamy, too heavy – these are the opinions that can really make a difference for a small, growing restaurant’s bottom line. With what she learned in her research class, Sue has carefully designed her approach to conducting this research. She pays random groups of theoretical restaurant-goers to taste the food, ensuring her sample represents her population of interest. She asks each participant to eat each dish from the chef’s new menu. Afterwards, she collects survey measures assessing one construct per dish: overall flavor. It is on a scale of 1 to 7, where 1 = ‘worst I’ve ever had’ and 7 = ‘best I’ve ever had’. With what she learned in her statistics class, Sue has correctly produced several histograms that illustrate her interval-level data clearly for her clients. But one of her current clients wants a little more detail. ‘Graphs are pretty,’ he says, ‘but we have many dishes, and many of the graphs look similar. The graphs seem to cluster around the same values. So how can we tell the dishes apart? And some of these graphs are much wider than others – what does that mean?’  Take a look at Sue’s survey data for yourself in Dish.xls (Excel) or Dish.sav (SPSS). Although graphing and illustrating data makes them more easily interpretable, sometimes we need precision. The problem in this case study is one that can’t be solved by graphing alone. While we could create a unique histogram for every dish, we are then left with the problem of comparing those histograms. If two histograms are visually similar, it can be difficult to determine just how similar the underlying data really are. This is exactly the problem Sue faces.

 She has created histograms for each dish individually, but she still doesn’t have the answer the client wants – all she has is a big pile of histograms and doesn’t know how to compare them. Where exactly is the middle of a histogram? Does it matter where the ends of the histogram fall? She needs more precision to draw the conclusions the client is looking for.  As such, she needs to compute the measures of central tendency and assess the variability in the data.  

For review watch each video in SPSS and EXCEL.  In each software platform compute the measures of central tendency and variability. Use the snipping tool or print screen to show your output and upload into Assignments for Week 7.  Please include Demonstrate Part 1 and Demonstrate Part 2 in the same Word or PDF.

The SPSS Files and EXCEL files are on the course site that are used in the videos below:  

The files will not have the calculations.  You will implement the calculations, based on what you have viewed in the videos

View the video to calculate descriptive statistics using SPSS here:
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid790261335001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAPmbRRLk~,C5G7jhYNtifB7aWTdZf87KOT82XYugjP&bctid=2277361367001

Recreate the analysis and upload your SPSS file

Descriptive statistics can also be calculated using EXCEL

View the video to calculate descriptive statistics using EXCEL here:
http://link.brightcove.com/services/player/bcpid790261335001?bckey=AQ~~,AAAAPmbRRLk~,C5G7jhYNtifB7aWTdZf87KOT82XYugjP&bctid=2277365305001

Recreate the analysis and upload your EXCEL file template of the file is in Demonstrate

Once you have completed your calculations—interpret the results.

Can the below be done in 24 hours. 7-8 pages long. plagiarism free.

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Functions of HRM

[WLO: 3] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

The primary function of HRM is to increase the effectiveness and contribution of employees attaining organizational goals and objectives. Consider all the areas of HRM that have been discussed in this course:

  • Performance management
  • Human resources planning, recruitment, and selection
  • Human resources development
  • Compensation and benefits
  • Employment and labor laws and regulations

In your final paper,

  • Provide a high-level overview of each HRM area listed above.
  • Discuss HR functions within a performance management system that contribute to effective training and development.
  • Explain how an effective performance management system along with compensation and benefits can attract, develop, and retain talented employees.
  • Analyze employment and labor laws and regulations that impact these areas of HRM listed above and the relationships between employees and employers.
  • Explain how the functions of HRM work together in order to optimize organizational and employee behavior.

For additional support with completing your final paper, please refer to the following tools:

The Functions of HRM paper

  • Must be seven to eight double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.) resource.
  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted

For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.).

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Week 7 Assignment: Final Project – Policy Issue

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Required Resources
Read/review the following resources for this activity:

Instructions
You are a lobbyist for an issue that you find important. For example, you would like to see the banning of smoking in federal buildings (Note: This policy has already been enacted.) You are going to make an informational pamphlet to highlight your points to prominent members of Congress. Research members of Congress that you will target in your lobbying. Explain why these members are critical to your goal. Make a plan of action and produce a pamphlet supporting your cause. Who will you be reaching out to? Why? Write a cover letter to a Congressional member and include your reasoning for reaching out to them in particular in the letter. Remember a lobbyist is only as good as the information they provide. A lobbyist who provides incomplete or unreliable information will soon be unemployed, or lose access to officials.

Cover letter should:

  • Follow a standard business format
  • Correctly address your Congressperson
  • Use the correct postal address
  • Explain your choice to write to this representative in particular, and provide your pamphlet. For example, maybe your research showed that this representative sponsored legislation on this issue in the past.

Pamphlet should:

  • Define the problem. Tells us exactly what the problem is. Detail its urgency and provide data. Be objective.
  • Analyze the problem. Provide relevant data. Tell us how to make sense of the data. Provide any findings
  • Offer a recommendation. Do not generalize. Be specific.
  • Must be persuasive.
  • Cite four scholarly sources

Submit your cover letter and pamphlet for grading.

Writing Requirements (APA format). 

  • Length: Cover letter to Congressman should be only 1 page
  • Pamphlet should be 5 pages in length
  • 1-inch margins
  • 12-point Times New Roman font
  • Reference page (minimum of 4 scholarly sources)

Grading
This activity will be graded based on the Assignment Grading Rubric.

Course Outcomes (CO): 2, 4, 6

Due Date: By 11:59 p.m. MT on Saturday

Recommended Action Plan

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This is the final component of your course project. You are tasked with the development of an action plan designed to enhance the service delivery and program management of your organization through the next decade.

Using your Unit 7 assignment, select what you believe to be the best practices designed to enable your organization to thrive through the next decade. Design a presentation that includes the following:

  • The challenges currently facing your selected organizations.
  • An evaluation of the power and influence of the organization to change society.
  • The impact of technology and innovation on the ability to accomplish the mission, vision, and values of the organization.
  • The top opportunities for enhancing the service delivery and program management of the organization.
  • An implementation plan that incorporates the following:     
    • Goals you wish to accomplish.
    • The steps you plan to take to achieve those goals, including the best practices of innovative leaders and organizations.
    • A means of evaluating achievements based on goals.
    • A means by which your organization will amend the plan based upon results of implementation and measurements.

It is up to your group to determine the type of presentation you will design; the only constraint is that it must be able to be reviewed by your instructor and your peers. Present the information in a concise, balanced, and logically organized way, citing appropriate supporting evidence, validation, and examples.

7 pages

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The Privatization of Intermediate Sanctions

Growing concerns over budget shortfalls have forced many states to turn to the private sector to run probation and parole services. The moves started with other community correctional services, such as halfway houses and work release programs, gradually became an alternative for probation and parole programs, and eventually even jails and prisons themselves. You will research the growing popularity of privatizing intermediate-level sanctions. After researching this topic, you will write a paper in discussing the advantages and disadvantages of privatization with the following outline.

I. Privatizing the selected sanction (one to one and a half pages)A. A brief history of the privatization movementB. The goals of privately administered sanctionsC. The major players today within the field today and how they administer the sentences​

II.​Advantages (two – three pages)

A.​To clients

B.​To staff

C.​To the public

D.​To the government​

III.​Disadvantages (two – three pages)

A.​To clients

B.​To staff

C.​To the public

D.​To the government​

IV.​Whether the sanction should be administered by the private sector (two – three pages)

A.​Discussion as to whether the advantages outweigh the disadvantages

B.​Your opinion as to whether the sanction should be privatized

C.​Evidence that support your opinion

D.​Discussion of how to measure the success of privatization of the sanction

V.​Conclusion

A.​Summarize the importance of privatization of the selected sanction

B.​Restate your position

C.​Provide a prediction as to the effects of your position on the administration of ​intermediate sanctions

VI.​Works Cited

A.​Sources used to present your account of privatization and the justifications for your ​position.

Keep in mind that you are writing to persuade an audience of the viability of privatizing a specific intermediate sanction. You should weigh the advantages and disadvantages to all parties concerned before making your decision. Your papers must be TYPED in 12-point font, 1.5 spacing, and one-inch margins. All papers must include a bibliography with a minimum 10 sources and at least 25 citations within the paper using APA style 6thedition. 

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Introduction
The purposes of each case study assignment include the following:

  • To hone your abilities to research using scholarly sources
  • To advance critical thinking and writing skills
  • To compile a response to the prompts provided
  • To explore a historical topic and make connections to change over time

Instructions
Pick one (1) of the following topics. Then, address the corresponding questions/prompts for your selected topic. Use at least one (1) documented example of the corresponding primary source in your writing.

Option 1: Big Business (Monopolies) and Exploitation of Workers
View the following resource:

Browse and read one (1) of the following:

Then, address the following:

  • Explain if big business leaders were “captains of industry,” “shrewd businessmen,” or “robber barons.”
  • Based on one of the resources noted for this option, assess American working conditions and exploitation of workers in the Age of Industry.
  • Analyze the role that government played in reforming American working conditions.
  • Explain the benefits of the Federal Government regulations of monopolies.
  • Analyze which progressive presidents attained economic justice and reform for workers.

Option 2: Who is A Progressive?
Review the following site:

Then, address the following:

  • According to Roosevelt, what are the characteristics of a progressive?
  • Explain and give examples of the characteristics of “anti-progressives.”
  • Trace what types of activities “anti-progressives” engaged in?
  • Analyze the goals of progressivism.
  • Explain what areas of society progressives addressed?
  • Analyze the progressive achievements Roosevelt highlights in his speech?

Option 3: World War I
Review the following resources:

Then, address the following:

  • Trace the origins of World War I, and assess if the world war was inevitable in 1914?
  • Explain if it was possible for the United States to maintain neutrality in World War I. If yes, explain how. If no, explain why not.
  • Analyze if the United States should have entered World War I to make the world safe for democracy.
  • Analyze if the Treaty of Versailles was a fair and effective settlement for lasting world peace.
  • Explain if the United States Senate should have approved of the Treaty of Versailles.

Writing Requirements (APA format)

  • Length: 3-4 pages (not including title page or references page)
  • 1-inch margins
  • Double spaced
  • 12-point Times New Roman font
  • Title page
  • References page
  • In-text citations that correspond with your end references

Deliverable 2 – Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness (MEMO- 6-8 Pages)

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  NETFLIX

Competency

Utilize leadership skills to influence organizational effectiveness.

Scenario

You are the Director of HR for your selected organization—Netflix. You report directly to the newly hired COO. During a recent meeting with the COO, it was brought to your attention that there is not a formal training plan for newly onboarded leaders within the organization. The COO has requested that you draft a plan for developing the needed training and report back with the initial plan steps.

Instructions

Write a formal email, with appropriate format and tone, to the COO in which you outline steps for developing a formal training plan that will improve organizational effectiveness. In the email you will identify the steps of the training plan and review how the absence of a formal plan can impact organizational effectiveness. 

In the email you will:

  • Evaluate the desired leadership styles, leadership traits, and communication expectations that are the focus of the leadership plan.
  • Discuss how leadership skills influence organizational effectiveness.
  • Discuss the benefits of organizational effectiveness within the workplace.
  • Evaluate how the company’s organizational effectiveness can be impacted by the lack of a formal training processes.

NOTE – Be sure the document displays proper grammar, spelling, punctuation, and sentence structure.

Week 5 – assignment a, b, and c

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Assignment A:

in your own words, explain what CSR is. Name two examples of socially responsible companies you know and explain why you consider them so.

It is important for companies to incorporate social responsibility into their strategic plans. Give a brief summary of the company you chose in Week 1. What aspects of corporate social responsibility would you recommend they incorporate into its strategic plan? Support your rationale from your research.

(NOTE: Incorporate the feedback you receive from your instructor and save your work. It will be part of your Strategic Plan Final Project for this course).

Assignment B:

 

When companies expand into the international arena, they do so either because their home market has matured or because they see real opportunities in the foreign market.

Increasing the number of strategic business units requires a more complex business strategy. Sometimes the road to success in a foreign market can be a bumpy one. For insights into some of the more extreme cultural challenges posed when entering foreign markets as experienced by one of the United States’ largest fast food chains, read How McDonald’s conquered India (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Kannan, 2014) and  McDonald’s Settles Beef Over Fries (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. (Grace, 2002).

For this discussion, determine whether or not the company operates in the international marketplace. If so, research the company’s international strategy and evaluate it in terms of effectiveness in regards to one of the issues below. If your company is not involved internationally, then choose one that is and evaluate that company’s international strategy in terms of effectiveness in regards to one of the following issues:

  • Cultural Barriers
  • Monetary Exchange Rates
  • Political Instability 

Then,

  • Assess how your chosen issue potentially affects the strategic considerations of your organization involved in a global economic environment.
  • Propose language to add to the organization’s strategic plan that addresses the potential impacts to the organization’s global strategy.

Assignment C:

 

Strategic Plan

Prior to completing this assignment, review your prior research and course submissions related to the company you selected for research in Week 2’s Environmental Scanning interactive assignment. Ensure that you have incorporated the feedback you received from your previous submissions. In your Final Project this week, you will pull the various elements you’ve created together to aid your creation of a Strategic Plan. From the perspective of an executive with the firm, your supervisor has tasked you with creating a strategic plan to grow the business over the next three years using this Strategic Plan TemplatePreview the document. Continue to access the Mergent  Ashford University Library online database which offers company financials, descriptions, history, property, subsidiaries, officers, and directors and the Business  Insights database. (View the Mergent tipsheetPreview the document and Business Insights tipsheet Tips  document for suggested methods of searching Ashford University Library databases generally as well as specific advice for searching these two databases).

Your strategic plan must be future-oriented and must

  • Describe the company, the company’s history and its 4Ps (Product, Price, Place, and Promotion).
  • Examine the company’s mission statement and assess its impact on the organization’s activities.
  • Explain the current situation of the organization in the market (industry, market, and general environment analysis).
  • Add your SWOT analysis (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) of your chosen company here. Evaluate areas that offer opportunities for
    • Choose three or four areas from your SWOT analysis and assess why the areas you have chosen are essential to your strategic plan
  • Summarize the results of your Environmental Scan and Porter’s 5 Forces.
    • Evaluate the degree to which they aid in conceptualizing the company’s competitive position in its marketplace.
  • Assess the company’s international performance in light of Cultural Barriers, Monetary Exchange Rates, and Political Instability.
  • Assess the financial performance and condition of the
  • Operational budget: Research and assess the company’s operational budget.
  • Assess the performance in terms of key performance indicators.
  • In your analysis, be sure to include profitability ratios relevant to your analysis.
    • Debt to Equity ratio
    • Debt to Assets ratio
  • Based on the data, evaluate the overall current financial condition of the company.
    • Support your analysis by referring to the company data
    • Create a three year end trend analysis
  • Assess how your Operational Budget analysis affects your three-year strategic plan.
  • Recommend an organizational structure in terms of the organizational design as defined in Abraham (2012) section 2.6.
  • Assess the impact of the strategic plan on the organizational culture.
  • Strategic Goals: Create measurable core strategic goals for each of the three to four areas addressed from the SWOT analysis, addressing any contingencies associated with the strategies you are recommending and prioritizing them according to ease of achievement and time to completion.
  • Recommend marketing positions and opportunities for growth in your strategic plan
  • Add specific language to the strategic plan that addresses the company’s Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Explain your plan to measure the success of your strategic
  • Submit the Strategic Plan to the instructor.

The Final Paper

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Case scenario pneumonia

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Practicum Case Scenario/ Study The following outlines general instructions for a case scenario/study submission. Please remember not to include any HIPPA information. Concerns and questions related to care should be included. Include references to treatment plans using APA format You can use https://nurseslabs.com/ or your choice. Completion of the case study counts toward the practicum experience. Case studies are expected to be a minimum of 500 words, detailed and comprehensive. 

In this case, this patient is a 45-year-old male who came into the clinic and was diagnosed with pneumonia 

Please follow the outline as below when submitting your case study:

NURSING 2021 Case Scenario/Study

Student Name: 

Submission Date: 

Case Study:

Patient Initials, Age, Gender

Subjective information from the patient (History of Present Illness/Symptoms)

Current Medications 

Medical History – Medical Problems

Objective findings from physical examination

Vital Signs, Weight, Height, BMI

Focused examination findings based on diagnoses being addressed.

Assessment

ICD-10 Diagnosis (include ICD-10 code) for contact dermatitis. 

Nursing Diagnoses https://nurse.org/resources/nursing-diagnosis-guide/

Or https://nurseslabs.com/

Plan

Care Plan based on the diagnosis.

Include specific nursing care planning for patients to include.

Potential issues with achieving quality, comprehensive care.

Information on best practice care considerations.

Care outcomes from current treatment

Possible side effects of medications or treatments

Patient education planning/instructions

Care outcomes

Plans for the follow-up to review response to treatment.

References: APA format must be within the last 5 years.