Assignment #2: Whole-Class Project: Community Engagement Event and Blog (Final Draft) Submit Assignment

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Requirements for the final draft of the blog are as follows.

Choose a free site and design an original blog. (Suggestions: tumblr, wix.com, wordpress.com.) Include the following 4 elements in your blog:

  1. A summary of what the Service Learning experience has been like for you this semester: report what the class has done collectively and what you have done individually. Include your personal reactions to the experience—both successes and challenges. Refer to at least one scholarly article on service learning in your discussion, including quotes from the article. (A suggested list of articles will be provided by the instructor and, perhaps, the class.)
  2. Find a scholarly article on one of our issues this semester (examples from past classes: homelessness or problems related to domestic animal care and resources or disaster relief / hurricanes). First, identify author and publication information (and provide link) . Second, offer a brief summary of the article. Third, analyze the rhetoric of the article. Talk about ethos (Google the author for his/her credentials), pathos (appeals to the audience’s values and emotions), and logos (how logical the argument is) . Identify the target audience for the article. Discuss the language choices (technical or for the lay reader? any jargon used?). Fourth, include your own personal reaction to the article. Discuss your opinions. Add examples or counterexamples from your own experience that might continue the conversation begun by the author.
  3. Images. Find images that you, the instructor, or a classmate has taken during community engagement activities or found online (in past face-to-face classes students have used pictures from bake sales and donation drop-offs; however, since this class is an online course you can include selfies doing work at your computer designing promotional flyers, images found online, etc. Be creative!). Provide captions that either explain what the image shows with dates or other identifying information and/or that offer general info or statistics about the subject being shown in the image (example: statistics about how many homeless are estimated to be in Miami, etc.)
  4. Embed a video of some kind in your website related to one of our issues or filmed at one of our events (if any). You could choose a YouTube video like the one available online of a young man offering free haircuts to the homeless in New York City, or a more scholarly TEDTalks type video, or even an ad. Provide a caption or short paragraph with the video summarizing it or explaining its significance.

HCM 515 (KD)

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Critical Thinking: Case Study – Cost Containment 

Choose a current event pertaining to an effort to contain costs or review this case study: 

Manzoli, L., Di Candia, V., Flacco, M. E., Panella, M., Capasso, L., Sargiacomo, M., & … Muraglia, A. (2012). The impact of health policy: the extreme case of Abruzzo, Italy. International Journal of Care Pathways, 16(4), 115-121. doi:10.1177/2040402613479343

Write a four- to six-page report evaluating the case and providing your recommendations for this case. Your report should address the following substantive requirements:

  • Description      of what occurred, who was affected, and rationale
  • Assessment      of the case from the following perspectives:
    • Health reform – illustrate how this case and your role       as administrator are different now due to changes in health law and       expectations from health reform.
    • How cost containment plays a factor in your decision.
  • Recommendations      for implementation of procedures or partnerships to continue containing      costs and increasing efficiency.

Your well-written report should meet the following structural requirements:

  • Be      four to six pages in length, not including the cover or reference pages.
  • Formatted      according to Saudi Electronic University and APA writing guidelines.
  • Provide      support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of four      scholarly articles. Two of these sources may be from the class readings,      textbook, or lectures, but two must be external.
  • Use      correct terminology pertaining to the law and ethics
  • Utilize      the following headings to organize the content in your work.
    • Introduction and Description
    • Assessment
    • Recommendations
    • Conclusion

Ford Case Study 2 pages

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Teri Takai, Director of Supply Chain Systems, has been asked what sounds like relatively narrow question by the company’s most senior executives: How should Ford use Internet technologies to improve the way it interacts with supplier? To answer it, Ford needs to think about relationships not only with suppliers but also with dealers and customers. As supply chain members study the Dell model in particular, they come to appreciate that “virtual integration” must include design fulfillment, forecasting, purchasing, and a variety of other functions long considered as a separate entity within the Ford hierarchy. The steps Ford might consider taking towards implementing BTO strategy would best be served by analyzing the four questions below.

1. Consider the experiences that you (or your friends or members of your family) have had in buying a car; compare these to the experience of buying a computer online (if you’ve never done this, go to Dell’s website—www.dell.com and explore how online computing buying work). What do you think explains the differences?

2. What advantages does Dell derive from virtual integration? How important are these advantages in the auto business?

3. what challenges does Ford face that are not also faced by dell? How should Ford deal with these challenges?

4. If you were Teri Takai, what would you recommend to senior executives? To what degree should Ford emulate Dell’s business model?

Business Paper Organizational Development and change

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No plagiarism

must be in business letter format 

Case Study 5, Solving Team Challenges At DocSystems Billing Inc, in Organization Development 

Consider :

  1. What problems exist in this organization?
  2. How are team roles impacting this organization?
  3. What is the presenting problem(s) ?
  4. What is the possible root cause(s)? 

 Write:

A business correspondence to Jim, Senior Director Customer Service at  Doc Systems that :

1. Summarize the situation as you see it.

2. Make a recommendation the client about what could be done next based on the data included.

a. Recommended intervention(s)

b. Intervention strategy and purpose

Work Product:

Your work product is a business letter.  

Organization 5

Content 5

Language Used 4 

Rubric

Professional Writing Rubric (2)Professional Writing Rubric (2)CriteriaRatingsPtsThis criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeContent1pt • Purpose of letter is unclear • Main idea is not supported by explanations or facts • Letter rambles; hard to follow or understand • Tone is inappropriate for intended audience 4pt • Letter clearly states the purpose as assigned • Appropriate explanations or facts used to support the main idea • Easy to follow • Tone is appropriate for intended audience5.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeOrganization1pt • Several noticeable errors in use of correct business letter format (heading, greeting, introduction, body, closure, signature, enclosure, and copy) 4pts Accurately uses correct business letter format (heading, greeting, introduction, body, closure, signature, enclosure, and copy)5.0 pts
This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeLanguage used1pt • Incorrect use throughout the letter of punctuation or grammar • Frequent spelling errors distract from letter 4pt • Accurate use of punctuation and grammar • No spelling errors4.0 pts 

Week 4 Discussion 1&2

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Discussion 1

Quantitative Research Designs

A research design is like a blueprint for conducting research. It guides the researcher in determining when and how often the data will be collected, what data will be collected and from whom, and how the collected data will be analyzed. While there are several research designs available, the most common designs associated with quantitative research include true experiments, quasi- experiments, pre-experiments and correlations.

Instructions:

First, select one quasi-experimental design and develop an example of a study that would require that design. Identify the independent and dependent variables, and discuss the necessary conditions required for that design.

Then, answer the following questions:

  • How could you change this study to make it a true experiment?
  • What would be the advantages of using a true experimental design over a quasi-experimental design?
  • In what situations might a quasi-experimental design be preferred over a true experimental design?

Your post should be at least 300 words. 

Dicussion 2

Experimental Validity

Experimental validity refers to the manner that variables influence the results of the research and the generalizability of the results to the population at large. The two types of validity that are relevant to experimental designs include internal validity and external validity.

Instructions:

Using a topic of interest to yourself, briefly describe a proposed research study you would like to conduct.

  • Provide a detailed discussion regarding some of the potential threats that could occur to the internal validity of your study.
  • Examine how these threats could reduce the validity of your study and possibly make the study invalid.
  • What are some ways you could increase the internal validity?
  • What is the importance of external validity for your study?
  • Is internal validity or external validity more important for your study?
  • What do you find most difficult about the idea of validity?
    • What aspects of evaluating it or integrating it into research desin are the most challenging and why?
    • What questions do you still have about experimental validity after this exercise?

Your post should be at least 300 word

What factors should an entity consider when deciding to form a partnership, limited partnership, and limited liability company?

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Research Paper: This is a graduate course and students will be expected to research and write papers summarizing in their own words what they have found on current topics from the weekly readings. Research is a theoretical review of relevant literature and application of findings in the literature to a topic related to a specific industry, field, or business problem.

The research must be conducted using peer-reviewed trade or academic journals. While Blogs, Wikipedia, encyclopedias, course textbooks, popular magazines, newspaper articles, online websites, etc. are helpful for providing background information, these resources are NOT suitable resources for this research assignment.

Please Note: The UC Library staff are very helpful with assisting students in using the UC Online Library journal database. Please contact them if you have issues. In addition, the instructor has provided additional resources, including a research tutorial, in the “Course Resources” folder in the “Content” area of the course.

Assignment Requirements:

  1. Choose a research topic from the chapter readings or from the list provided by your professor.
  2. Research/find a minimum at least four (4), preferably five (5) or more, different peer-reviewed articles on your topic from the University of the Cumberlands Library online business database. The article(s) must be relevant and from a peer-reviewed source. While you may use relevant articles from any time frame, current/published within the last five (5) years are preferred. Using literature that is irrelevant or unrelated to the chosen topic will result in a point reduction.
  3. Write a four (4) to five (5) page double spaced paper in APA format discussing the findings on your specific topic in your own words. Note – paper length does not include cover page, abstract, or references page(s).
  4. Structure your paper as follows:
    1. Cover page
    2. Overview describing the importance of the research topic to current business and professional practice in your own words.
    3. Purpose of Research should reflect  the potential benefit of the topic to the current business and professional practice and the larger body of research.
    4. Review of the Literature summarized in your own words. Note that this should not be a “copy and paste” of literature content, nor should this section be substantially filled with direct quotes from the article. A literature review is a summary of the major points and findings of each of the selected articles (with appropriate citations). Direct quotations should be used sparingly. Normally, this will be the largest section of your paper (this is not a requirement; just a general observation).
    5. Practical Application of the literature. Describe how your findings from the relevant research literature can shape, inform, and improve current business and professional practice related to your chosen topic.
    6. Conclusion in your own words
    7. References formatted according to APA style requirements

Grading Criteria:

  • Content Knowledge & Structure (15 points): All of the requested components are completed as assigned; content is on topic and related to legal, ethical and social environment, critical thinking is clearly demonstrated (few, if any, direct quotations from the source in the paper); scholarly research is demonstrated; topics and concepts gained from the assigned reading and/or from research is evident.
  • Critical Thinking (8 points): Demonstrates substantial critical thinking about topics and solid interpretation of materials and reflection.
  • Clarity & Effective Communication (8 points): Communication is clear, concise, and well presented; scholarly writing is demonstrated; grammar, sentence structure, writing in third person, and word choice is used correctly.
  • Integration of Knowledge & Articles (8 points): Articles used are current and relevant (preferably published within last five (5) years and MUST be from peer-reviewed journal article publications. At least four (4) peer-reviewed journal articles are examined and analyzed in the paper.
  • Presentation & Writing Mechanics (16 points): Cover page, headings, in-text citations, page citations (page number citations required for specific information such as dates, years, list of items from article, names, numbers, statistics, and other specific information), and references are properly formatted.

problem management short report

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 Write a short report illustrating an example of a project undertaken by a company, municipality, or non-profit organization demonstrating how this project links to the organization’s mission, vision, and values. If possible, show the numerical rationale (NPV, IRR, Payback Period) used as a rationale. 

 

How this will be graded:

Structure, Organization, Ease of reading, Grammar: 2 Points

  • Did you write this to be easy to read?  For example, have you avoided huge blocks of text with no headers? Did you use (sparingly but where needed) highlighting (bold, underline, italic text)?
  • Did you follow the structure of the sample Assignment 1?
  • Did you follow the advice given in the lectures and From Your Instructor about the format?
  • Did you follow rules of English grammar, spelling, and syntax?  Did you fix errors pointed out via Word’s editing capabilities (e.g. squiggly blue or red underlined text)?

Content: 7 Points

  • Did you find an interesting project?  Did it come across that you yourself seemed interested in the project?
  • Did you inform the reader about the project so that you could discuss it intelligently with someone else?
  • Did you link the project to the organization’s mission, vision, and values?
  • Did you make assertions, such as “this project was a success”, or “this project is used as an example a to how NOT to run a project”.
  • Did you provide numbers – percentages, monetary amounts, resources used, etc., to make their point?  In particular, did you tie into the course content regarding NPV, IRR, Payback Period as suggested?  NOTE: If your project has intangible or hard-to-measure benefits (saving lives, protecting the environment, reducing hunger) you need to talk to that aspect and indicate why you cannot provide these financial figures.

References and resources: 1 Point

  • Did you provide at least 2 references to a business journal or scholarly source to make a connection to the principles of mission, vision, values, benefits realization, charter creation, or other project, program, or portfolio concept?

Other things to consider:

  • Did you add value from your own professional and/or personal experience
  • Did you make appropriate use of figures and tables in an appendix?  Don’t substitute quantity for quality here – one good, relevant, and meaningful small table is worth 100 randomly inserted graphs and charts.

Below are example files, not necessarily even the highest-scoring assignments, made available to you so you can see the approximate length, scope and appearance of successful submissions from the recent past. Use them for those purposes only.

 There is no specified length minimum or maximum, however to express this properly with enough background and to avoid writing a small novel, best practice seems to be about 4-5 pages of double-spaced 12-point Times New Roman font text. If you have many  or larger supporting tables, figures, etc., you can include them as an Appendix.  

Community’s Source of Energy

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Examining Your Community’s Source of Energy

It is easy to criticize society for not using renewable resources, but in reality, how difficult would this transition be? What processes and procedures would be involved? How would such a transition be made?

The purpose of this assignment is for you to consider what type of energy your neighborhood is currently powered by and what it would really take to convert this source to a renewable one. How much would it take to switch your community to a renewable resource and what would this mean for the environment?

For the assignment, complete the following:

  • 1. Identify three primary types of energy that powers your home as well as all of the homes in your community. You may find this information on your community Web site or the Web sites of the local power companies. For example, your community may use electricity and solar panels.
  • 2. Explain how the sources of energy you identified impact the environment. 
    • Consider the following:
    • Does the use of these types of energy resource have a negative impact on the environment in your area?
    • Does your community have nuclear waste to dispose of?
    • Has your community always used these three power sources? If so, how do you feel this has impacted the environment over time?
    • How much of an impact have these sources of energy had on local air and water quality?
  • 3. Considering the current source(s) of power available, determine how much energy your house uses each month. You can find this information on your monthly energy bill.Calculate your annual usage for a year (1,183 kWh). Using this value, estimate the energy consumption for your community. The US Census Bureau is one resource you can use to estimate the number of households in your community (300).
  • You can use the following formulae for this calculation:

    (monthly energy usage) × (12 months per year) = (household energy usage per year);
    (yearly energy estimate for your house) × (estimated number of houses in your community) = (estimated yearly energy use for your community)

  • The following is an example of the above calculation:
  • 52.8 kilowatt hours (kwh) per month × 12 months = 633.6 kwh;
    633.6 kwh × 200 houses in your community = 126,720 kwh
  • 4. Recommend a realistic, renewable resource to power your community, using your calculated power needs. Consider the following sources: hydropower, solar power, wind turbines, and geothermal energy.
  • 5. Which source would be the best for your community?
    • Justify your choice based on the kind of resources that are available, how much power these alternative sources can produce, and your estimated energy demands for the community.
  • 6. Having recommended an alternative power source, conclude by addressing the following:
    • How realistic is this alternative power source for your community?
    • How will people in your community respond to energy conversion? Will they support it or be against it? Give reasons.
    • How expensive would it be to convert to the alternative power source you recommended? How would this new source impact the environment?
    • 7. What organisms would benefit most from this conversion?

NO PLAIGAIRSIM

APA Format

Minimum of 9 pages in word doc (not including title and reference page)

Minimum of 5 American References in APA Format

MUST support statements with appropriate examples 

DUE BY APRIL 15th, 2018at 8:00pm

Letter: Negative Message 1 Page single space

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Assignment:You are a student worker at FIU for the past two years, and you are now graduating in two months. Write a letter to your supervisor, Ms. Walker, indicating that you are no longer able to continue working as a student worker. Your letter should express appreciation for the experience and insight gained as an employee. Keep in mind the five goals of delivering bad news

Format:Use the modified block letter format for this assignment. Please note the differences carefully.There are two main ways to format a negative message letter; directly or indirectly. For this exercise, you will be utilizing the indirect approach. You view Ms. Walker as a mentor, and wish to maintain a professional relationship with her. The format of your letter tells the reader a lot about you and your professionalism. Since you do not want to completely cut ties, it is important to leave a lasting respectful impression. Pay particular attention to your letter’s margins, line spacing, font type and size, and placement of letter parts such as the return address, date, inside address, salutation, complimentary close, and signature block.The contact person for this position is: Ms. Walker, Supervisor, 11200 SW 8thStreet, Miami FL, 33199.

Recommended OrganizationIntroduction/Opening: Open the letter with a buffer. Express appreciation for the opportunity, Be genuine in tone. Body/Discussion:In the first paragraph of the body, explain the situation and deliver bad news. Be clear, professional, and concise. Avoid restating bad news. Minimize use of negative words.In the second paragraph, acknowledge the insight gained and express appreciation again. Indicate that you wish to maintain communication.

The uploaded file is the format of the letter:

Deliverable 7-Provide Insights through Data Visualization

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Assignment Content

  1. Competencies
    • Describe the process of creating data sets.
    • Determine audience needs for effective data visualization.
    • Discuss presentation of data using editorial thinking and communication.
    • Translate quantitative and qualitative data into appropriate visualizations.
    • Explain how visualizations are used to capture actionable insights and address business problems.
    • Student Success Criteria
      View the grading rubric for this deliverable by selecting the “This item is graded with a rubric” link, which is located in the Details & Information pane.

      Scenario
      Al Gore, the 45th Vice President of the United and renowned environmentalist, has hired you. Many people believe that global warming is a fallacy and that the current uproar about drastic climatic changes is mere political rhetoric championed by extremists. Their belief is that hydrocarbons released into our atmosphere over the past century are the main cause of major climate changes that have contributed to global warming.

      Mr. Gore needs to demonstrate that there is merit to the present claim of a global warming crisis. To do this, he has asked you to create a visual presentation of the contiguous U.S. climatological changes for the past 100 years in yearly increments. Also, Mr. Gore would like you to create a visualization story utilizing qualitative data extracted from the various sources of 2015 Greenhouse Gas Emissions. The audiences that he intends to present your findings to are the naysayers both in Congress and key industrialists.

      Instructions
      Tableau Presentation
      Create a Tableau visualization story that links the measures of quantitative and qualitative data necessary to support the communication Mr. Gore requires. Use visualization stories and visualization tools to capture key insights and express them in business terms.

    • Utilize appropriate visualizations in your presentation, based upon your analysis of Tableau visualization options and audience needs.
    • Create data sets that will be used in this presentation.
    • Chart the average, minimum, and maximum temperatures, and precipitation levels in the contiguous U.S.
    • Present changes in the occurrence of drought in the same 100 year time span using the U.S. Drought Severity Index (PDSI) rankings as compared to the 20th Century averages.
    • Apply the proper visualizations for the qualitative data found on Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
    • Word Document
      After your research and creation of the visualization story, draft a summary in Word addressing the following information:
    • Identify the needs of your audience.
    • Explain your presentation and the justification for the data sets you used.
    • Discuss presentation of data using editorial thinking and communication.
    • Identify data found to be unavailable, and provide an explanation of why it is not available.
    • Devise a plan to turn insight derived from the data into actions to meet the communication goals.
    • Explain what makes this insight actionable.
    • Data Links
      NOAA Website
      Environmental Protection Agency Website

      Resources
      For assistance in using Tableau Desktop, please navigate to the Tableau Public Resources and view videos 1, 2, 4, 11, 17, 18, and 20.