Term Paper Assignment

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Reflect back on the various chapters and topics that we have covered in the course (e.g., motivation,  bullying, stress, job design, team development, power in the workplace, cross-cultural communication, negotiating, transformational leadership, organizational culture, psychological contracts, equity theory, organizational politics) and ‘real-world’ situations that you have experienced (or are presently experiencing).

· Prepare a paper describing a situation and how the lessons of Organizational Behavior help explain what is happening AND how the lessons of OB can guide managers to a better way, with respect to that situation. How can you make the lessons of OB work at your workplace?? 

· Target five double-spaced pages (however, if you go over a bit, no penalty). This paper should be your thoughts and analysis and written in your words. Do not quote or copy from the text or other sources (paraphrase content), and do not cut and paste from the Internet (this does not mean you should not cite, INCLUDE CITATIONS BECAUSE YOU ARE USING THE CONCEPTS FROM THE TEXTBOOK).      

· Refer to the specific Learning Objectives (e.g., LO 6 – 3 for learning objective 3 in chapter 6) or the specific topics

o EX: Rewards lead to greater productivity and happier employees (L 6-3) (Author, year, p#) 

· Use headers to separate topics and organize your paper. You can also use the LO as a header. Ex: Rewards (LO 6 – 3)    <- this would be the sub-topic and then you begin to describe how this concept is used at your place of work.

· DO NOT FORGET TO INCLUDE CITATIONS!! YOU ARE STILL USING THE AUTHOR’S WORK TO DEVELOP YOUR PAPER AND MUST GIVE THE AUTHORS CREDIT FOR THEIR WORK.

Unit 5 and 6 Health Behavior

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Unit V Assignment

  • Weight: 10% of course grade
Instructions

In this unit, you will continue to research the health issue identified in the Unit I Assignment. As you carry on with your research, address the following:

  • Apply the social cognitive theory, health belief model, or theory of planned behavior to the health issue that you chose, depending on which one is most appropriate.
  • Discuss your decision to choose the theory you did over the others.
  • Analyze your role as a public health professional in each construct of the theory or model chosen (what are your action items?).

Your assignment should be at least three pages in length, not counting the title or reference pages. You must use at least two sources to complete this assignment. All sources used, including your textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations must be in APA style. 

 Unit VI Assignment

  • Weight: 10% of course grade
Instructions

In the last five units, you have researched many different factors that should be considered when trying to choose an intervention strategy that best supports a specific health issue within a target population. In this unit, you will decide what intervention would work best for your community. Make sure to address the following items.

  • Identify the intervention strategy you think is best to introduce to your community in order to change health behavior as it relates to the health issue you chose in Unit I. Make sure to explain the reasoning behind why this strategy was chosen.
  • State a minimum of one goal with two objectives for the intervention strategy. Remember, the goal will focus on what and the objective will determine how.
  • Identify the setting in which the intervention will take place. Why was this chosen?
  • Identify community resources needed for the intervention.
  • Develop a timeline for the implementation of the intervention.

Your assignment should be at least three pages in length, not counting the title or reference pages. You must use at least two outside sources to complete this assignment. All sources used, including your textbook must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations. All references and citations must be in APA style. 

Module 03 Assignment – DAP Activity Plan

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Purpose of Assignment: 

Understanding Developmentally Appropriate Practice (DAP) Activity Plans for use in an early childhood setting requires comprehension of basic child development for each early childhood age group. DAP Plans provide lesson detail aligning with all five developmental domains and connect the expected outcomes for the child as a result of this plan’s implementation.

Course Competency: Describe developmental domains for children birth to age 8.

Instructions:

Content:

Your assignment is to create and analyze a DAP activity for each of the four selected age groups. Create activities that are developmentally appropriate for each of the following age groups:

  • Infant (ages 0-18 months)
  • Toddler (ages 18-36 months)
  • Preschool (ages 3-5 years)
  • Early School-age (ages 5-8 years)

All four activities need to meet all the developmental PILES (Physical, Intellectual, Language, Emotional, and Social) for that age group.

Describe how to implement each activity and analyze the activity by answering the questions on the provided activity template.

Format:

Download this template and use it as your outline to complete this assignment.

DAP-activity-template-mod-3.docx

The template contains instructions for what to include in the assignment, and the document will expand as you type in your answers.

You will include four activities total, one for each of the included age groups. You must include the following components for each age group’s activity:

  • Name the activity.
  • Identify three objectives.
  • Identify the materials needed.
  • Describe how to implement the activity.
  • Describe how the activity supports potential growth in each of the five developmental PILES domains

Resources:

  • Through the SOE guide created just for our program, the School of Education offers access to a wealth of early childhood education resources, including articles and videos, tutoring services, website links, and assistance from a librarian to support your writing growth.
  • APA
  • Microsoft Office
  • CDC’s Developmental Milestones

Submit your completed assignment by following the directions linked below. Please check the Course Calendar for specific due dates.

Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document. (Mac users, please remember to append the “.docx” extension to the filename.) The name of the file should be your first initial and last name, followed by an underscore and the name of the assignment, and an underscore and the date. An example is shown below:

Week 7 ECO

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Context

Risk and uncertainty are often used interchangeably in everyday discussions, but they are different, in business, two different concepts.  Risk describes a situation in which we do not know the outcome, but we do know all the possible outcomes and can assign probabilities to each of these outcomes happening.  Risked can be managed.  Knowing the potential costs of errors, allows managers to hedge and/and or insure against costly outcomes.  For example, ever since you quarterback had shoulder surgery, he only connects with the receiver one out of every four passes.  You know that your kicker can score 80% of the time when your team is within 25 yards of the goal.  You can make the calculation.  Every time you are within 25 years of the goal, an attempted pass will get .25*6 points or the point payoff is 1.5 points. Versus the point payoff for a kick is .80*3  or the point payoff is 2.4 points. You can make a plan for the game.

Uncertainty is the situation in which we do not know all the possible outcomes and, therefore, can’t reasonably assign probability to outcomes.  Uncertainty is the unknown factor(s) in decision making for managers.  Per the Warfighting Manual of the U.S, Marines, Because we can never eliminate uncertainty, we must learn to fight (manage) effectively despite it.  We do this by deploying simple, flexible plans; planning for likely contingencies; developing standing operating procedures; and fostering initiatives among subordinates.” (See reference in the Welcome on this week’s page.) Two entirely new teams have just joined the league.  They will play each other.  Someone will win, but who? (Beware of false probability, each team does not necessarily have an even chance of a win)

Assignment

Government support for the development of Covid-19 vaccines took two different forms.  Some firms accepted grants (a.k.a, direct monetary support) for vaccine development and testing.  As a condition of the grant, the government has options to purchase a first and specific number of vaccine doses.  Other firms chose not to accept grants.  Instead they negotiated advanced-purchase agreement to support pre-approval manufacturing of vaccines.  The purchase agreement stipulates that payment will be made upon delivery of the pre-specified number of doses.

  • 1.  Is the successful development and delivery of a vaccine for Covid-19 virus risky or an uncertainty? 
  • 2.  In the case of direct support agreements, who bears the cost of failure? 
  • 3.  In the case of advanced purchase agreements, who bears the cost of a failure? 
  • 4.  Pfizer was the first firm to have its vaccine authorized for use in the U.S.  It did not accept a grant to support development and testing, but the Pfizer did negotiate an advance-purchase agreement for $1.95 billion to support the manufacturing of 100 million doses.  Looking back, what hidden information is revealed by Pfizer’s deal?

Module 3 Essay Question: The Theory & Practice of Representation (Social & Personal Responsibility Assignment)

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Step 1:

Familiarize yourself with the video found here:

Who Leads Us? video on YouTube

AND the website associated with the video, located here: Who Leads Us? Project website

AND the website of your Senator in the Texas Senate: The Texas Senate Online

OR the website of your Representative in the Texas House: The Texas House of Representatives Online

Step 2:

After learning about Reflective Democracy across the United States it is time to learn about how it affects you. Begin by examining yourself and your surrounding community. How would you describe your cultural background? How would you describe the cultural background of your Texas Senator/Representative? How would you describe the cultural background of the district that he or she represents (and that you are a part of)? Compare and contrast the culture of the district to the culture of your Senator/Representative. Compare and contrast the culture of your Senator/Representative and your culture. Compare and contrast your culture with the culture of the district that you live. Where do you see the greatest differences between cultures? What are some advantages and disadvantages of these cultural differences? How would you work to bridge the divide between cultures? (SR 1)

Step 3:

Find a policy issue that your Texas Senator/Representative has taken a stand on. Explain that issue in detail. Once you have explained the issue, provide information on where your representative stands on the issue. Where do you stand on the issue? What do you believe should be done? What might be another alternative solution? Thinking about your ideas on the issue who might object to your viewpoint and what might their objections be? Once you’ve laid out their objections, respond to them, and explain, with logic, why your perspective is correct and your opponents’ objections are mistaken. (PR 1 and PR 2)

Step 4:

Now that you have officially staked out a policy position, you need to think about how to get it put into action. Who in the government, and who in your community. do you believe should be involved? What specific actions should you (and those in the community) take? Why is it important to get your community involved and what will be the benefits of activating people to the cause? (SR 2)

Step 5:

Let’s assume that you are successful in your efforts, and you achieve your policy goal. What do you believe will be the consequences of putting this policy into practice? How far reaching do you think the consequences will be for your community? Your state? Your country? What do you think will be the effects over the short term? Over the long term? Be sure to mention both positive and negative consequences that might result?  (PR 3) 

H8

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TOPIC C – posted Thursday

1) Assuming these production costs,

1 factory rent @ $100 per shift1 sewing machine rent @ $20 per shift1 operator – .5 hours per jean @ $10 per hour1.5 bolts of denim per jean @ $30 per bolta. What are total fixed costs?b. What are total variable costs?c. What is the cost of producing 1,000 jeans?d. If capacity is 800 jeans per shift, what would happen to the total production cost for 1,000 jeans?

2) Suppose this mythical Tight Jeans Corporation leased a second sewing machine, giving it the following production function:

Number of workers: 0    1     2     3     4      5     6     7     8

Quantity of output:   0   10   36   56   68    74   76   76   74

At what level of employment does:

a. the law of diminishing returns become apparent?

b. the marginal physical product (MPP) hit zero?

c. the MPP become negative?

3) Complete this table  MarginalCost.png

MarginalCost.png

a. What output has the lowest per-unit cost? 

b. What is the value of fixed costs?

c. What is the significance of the marginal cost numbers?

TOPIC B - POSTED TUESDAY - Price Elasticity

The response of consumers to a change in price is measured by the price elasticity of demand, as follows: Elasticity = percent drop in quantity demanded / percent increase in price1) Suppose the following demand exists for iPhone apps: (quantity  is in millions)Price$10$9$8$7$6$5$4$3Quantity demanded  2  3 4  5 6  7  8  9a. At $9, what quantity is demanded?b. If the price drops to $6, what quantity is demanded?c. Is demand elastic or inelastic in that price range?d. If advertising convinces people to demand 3 million more apps at every price, how many apps will be demanded at a price of $9?2) Using this demand schedulePrice (per pair)$120$100$80$60$40Quantity demanded (in pairs per year)6M10M15M20M 26Ma. As the price drops from $120 to $100 a pair, is demand elastic, unitary elastic, or inelastic?b. As the price drops from $80 to $60 a pair, is demand elastic, unitary elastic, or inelastic?c. As the price drops from $60 to $40 a pair, is demand elastic, unitary elastic, or inelastic?d. What is the significance of these calculations of Elasticity?

TOPIC A - posted Sunday

1) There are two approaches to measuring a country’s macroeconomic activity, which are Gross Domestic Product, and National Income. What do each of these approaches measure. List at least one advantage and disadvantage of each approach.2) Taken together, housing, transportation, food, and health expenditures account for 70 percent of the typical household budget. Most people regard these items as the “basic essentials.” What this figure depicts is how the average consumer has chosen to spend his or her income.chart.docx

  • How do each of these components of demand change as prices increase?
  • What is price elasticity and how might that add to your answer in #1?
  • Why is the demand for San Francisco cigarettes so much more price elastic than the overall market demand for cigarettes (see in your text, the News Wire “Substitute Goods”)?
  • When gasoline prices go up, how is demand for the following products affected: (a) SUVs; (b) electric cars; (c) beach hotels; (d) Netflix?
  • What goods do people buy a lot more of when their incomes go up? What goods are unaffected by income changes?

T5

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Considering the readings, video presentations, and your own research, draft a quality 5–7 pg. research paper on the logic, rationale, and effectiveness of Global Economic Governance in accordance with the following prompts, answering in a separate or integrated manner as you wish.

  • Reasoning with clear ideas and examples, explain at least 3 reasons for the authority and legitimacy of the IMF and World Bank? According to their defenders, what is their stated role and rationale? In reverse, mention at least 3 criticisms of these institutions. Is there a particularly Christian approach to international finance or micro-finance, or might Christians split left to right on this issue? Explain. 
  • Reasoning with clear ideas and examples, discuss the pros and cons of the free trade regime established after WWII. Most Western economists defend free trade as a religious mantra, believing it a partial remedy for the ills of inequality between peoples, states, and regions like the North-South divide for example. Many Christians endorse free trade as one of the only ways to reconcile capitalism, freedom, and Christian faith. Providing 3 pros and 3 cons, offer a more balanced view of free trade.
  • Length of assignment: 5-7 pages
  • Format: APA
  • Number of citations: at least 5-7 scholarly sources
  • Acceptable sources: scholarly articles, books, current affairs events, Bible, etc.   

Ques

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 and stions, necessary to build a health history. Questions are phrased in a manner that supports the patients comfort.

20 (20%) – 22 (22%)

The script contains a mostly complete set of questions, including difficult questions, necessary to build a health history. Most questions are phrased in a manner that supports the patients comfort.

17.5 (17.5%) – 19.5 (19.5%)

The script containing some relevant questions, including a few difficult questions. Information collected provides a cursory health history. Questions are not phrased in a supportive tone.

0 (0%) – 17 (17%)

The script contains few or no relevant questions, including few or no difficult questions. Information collected is not sufficient to provide an adequate health history. Questions are not phrased in a supportive tone.

In addition to your script for building a health history for this assignment, include a separate section called “Reflection”

Briefly reflect and provide a summary of your experiences in developing your script during your health history.

27 (27%) – 30 (30%)

The response provides an accurate, clear, and complete summary of experiences in developing the script during the health history

24 (24%) – 26 (26%)

The response provides an accurate summary of experiences in developing the script during the health history

21 (21%) – 23 (23%)

The response provides a vague, inaccurate, or incomplete summary of the experiences in developing the script during the health history

0 (0%) – 20 (20%)

The response provides a vague, inaccurate, or incomplete summary of the experiences in developing the script during the health history, or the summary is missing.

Written Expression and Formatting – Paragraph Development and Organization: Paragraphs make clear points that support well-developed ideas, flow logically, and demonstrate continuity of ideas. Sentences are carefully focused—neither long and rambling nor short and lacking substance. A clear and comprehensive purpose statement and introduction is provided which delineates all required criteria.

5 (5%) – 5 (5%)

Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity.

A clear and comprehensive purpose statement, introduction, and conclusion is provided which delineates all required criteria.

4 (4%) – 4 (4%)

Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 80% of the time.

Purpose, introduction, and conclusion of the assignment is stated, yet is brief and not descriptive.

3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)

Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity 60%–79% of the time.

Purpose, introduction, and conclusion of the assignment is vague or off topic.

0 (0%) – 3 (3%)

Paragraphs and sentences follow writing standards for flow, continuity, and clarity < 60% of the time.

No purpose statement, introduction, or conclusion was provided.

Written Expression and Formatting – English writing standards:
Correct grammar, mechanics, and proper punctuation

5 (5%) – 5 (5%)

Uses correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation with no errors.

4 (4%) – 4 (4%)

Contains a few (1 or 2) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.

3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)

Contains several (3 or 4) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.

0 (0%) – 3 (3%)

Contains many (≥ 5) grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors that interfere with the reader’s understanding.

Written Expression and Formatting – The paper follows correct APA format for title page, headings, font, spacing, margins, indentations, page numbers, parenthetical/in-text citations, and reference list.

5 (5%) – 5 (5%)

Uses correct APA format with no errors.

4 (4%) – 4 (4%)

Contains a few (1 or 2) APA format errors.

3.5 (3.5%) – 3.5 (3.5%)

Contains several (3 or 4) APA format errors.

0 (0%) – 3 (3%)

Contains many (≥ 5) APA format errors.

Total Points: 

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Assignment 1: Your Business Venture

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 You are stepping into the world of becoming an entrepreneur. For this assignment, and the next three (3), pick an industry and a business you would like to own. This business must require the purchase of new or used equipment as an essential part of running the business (e.g., machine tooling, commercial stove top, dry-cleaning equipment, or commercial printing equipment).  

(My business Is going to be a Massage Therapy & Facial Spa in Columbia, SC. My local competition is Massage Envy and Hand & Stone.)

 

Write a one (1) page paper in which you: 

  1. Describe the industry and the type of business you plan to start. Provide specific details, such as the location, type of customers, and closest or main competition. 
  2. State why this type of business interests you.
  3. Indicate why you believe this business could be successful. Provide support for your rationale. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in financing entrepreneurships.
  • Write clearly and concisely about financing entrepreneurships using proper writing mechanics.

HIST 329 Assignment 3

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 I WANT 3.5 PAGES OF ESSAY OF THIS WRITING ASSIGNMENT DOUBLE SPACED MLA FORMAT. THE QUESTION AND INSTRUCTRIONS ARE GIVEN BELOW: 

This assignment is based on chapter 12 of Prosperity Through Competition by Germany’s former Economics Minister and Chancellor/head of government Ludwig Erhard, widely regarded as one of the architects of Germany’s post-World War II economic recovery and affluence, and of the German “social market economy” that combines a dynamic capitalism with a generous welfare state. The readings for this assignment are the following:

Ludwig Erhard, “Prosperity Through Competition,” 1957, Chapter 12

http://mises.org/daily/4440 

Facts About Germany: the Strong Welfare State, and Dual Vocational Training, 2020

https://www.tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de/en/germany-glance/strong-welfare-state 

https://www.tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de/en/working-germany/dual-vocational-training 

Ludwig Erhard was Economic Minister of the post-war Federal Republic of Germany from 1949 to 1963 and Chancellor of Germany 1963-1966. He used his 14-years directing German economic and state policy to re-build that country into the economic powerhouse of Europe and to create the financial basis for Germany’s broad, generous and expensive social welfare policies. Yet in Prosperity Through Competition, Chapter 12, Erhard claimed that welfare polices could only be sustained through a strong economy, that such a strong economy required individual responsibility and initiative and public policy that maintained a stable currency. Yet Erhard wrote the following statement in Prosperity, Chapter 12 outlining what he claimed were the dangers of this social security system he helped built in Europe’s richest country:

In recent times I have frequently been alarmed by the powerful call for collective security in the social sphere. Where shall we get to and how are we to maintain progress if we increasingly adopt a way of life in which no one wants any longer to assume responsibility for himself and everyone seeks security in collectivism? I have drastically described this flight from responsibility when I said that if this mania increases we shall slide into a social order under which everyone has one hand in the pocket of another. The principle would then be this: I provide for someone else and someone else provides for me.

The blindness and the intellectual inertia that are pushing us toward a welfare state can only bring disaster. This, more than any other tendency, will serve slowly but surely to kill the real human virtues — joy in assuming responsibility, love for one’s fellow being, an urge to prove oneself, and a readiness to provide for oneself — and in the end there will probably ensue not a classless but a soulless mechanical society.

To what degree does Erhard make a reasonable argument on the need for individual security in industrial societies on one hand and the potential problems and dangers of the welfare state to personal initiative, responsibility and independence on the other? Is his arguments balanced or is there a contradiction between his role in building Europe’s biggest welfare state while warning of potential dangers to a prosperous and dynamic society this system might pose if people come to expect to be taken care of by the state?  Be quite specific about the views and reasoning in support of them.