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Future Opportunities Essay

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Prepare

Prior to beginning work on this final paper, read Chapter 6 in your course textbook. Also considering that this is the final writing assignment, you will want to review all previous class materials, including all chapters read as well as your discussion board responses. Prior to beginning work on this assignment, reflect on your Week 2 and Week 3 assignments and consider how this assignment serves as a culmination of your earlier work. It is hoped that the assignments in this course help trace the development of your thinking, as well as the development of your writing skills; as a result, some work you have already done might help you develop this paper. Please note that you should always reflect on and revise previous work based on your instructor’s feedback before you consider incorporating it into different assignments.

Click the links below to access the Week 2 and Week 3 assignments.

 ENG121 Narrative Arc

  • Wk 5: Future Opportunities Paper

Write

Your paper is required to have an introduction paragraph that will include a thesis sentence and a conclusion paragraph that helps provide closure. Additionally, your body paragraphs will be expected to address the following ideas:

  • Describe your personal ethos.
    • Use your Week 2 Personal-Professional Narrative Essay as a guide.
  • Survey the development of your writing skills over the last five weeks.
    • Refer to your discussion board work, as well as any assessments you made in your Week 3 paper.
    • Be sure to describe how your writing skills stand now, listing particular strengths as well as challenges you still face.
  • Investigate how the personal ethos you articulated in the Week 2 paper helped you develop in this class.
    • Reference specific traits or qualities that fueled specific growth opportunities.
  • Discuss your plan for meeting the challenge of developing your writing skills to be better prepared for applications in your field.
    • Reference your research from the Week 3 assignment paper about what types of writing you may be asked to do in the future.
  • Produce a clear vision of where you will be in five years and how your experience and skills have shaped that development.
  • Refer to your unique experiences and specific skills to help chart this path forward.

The Future Opportunities Essay,

APA STYLE ANNOTATION

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Assignment Details:

you chose a topic research topic and formed a research question (how can pilots avoid birds strikes?!). You will use this research question to complete this assignment, where your goal is to create an annotation for a source in APA Style. Annotated Bibliography Samples: https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/common_writing_assignments/annotated_bibliographies/annotated_bibliography_samples.html 

Use this source:  https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/ecog.04125 

Keep in mind Annotations in APA Style have 4 parts:

  1. A citation of the source in APA Style;
  2. A summary of the source, discussing its thesis and conclusions for a full picture of the content;
  3. An evaluation of the source (following the CAARP method) to determine quality, authority, reliability, etc.; and,
  4. A reflection on the source, discussing your personal opinions/feelings towards it, the source’s relevance for your research question, and how would you actually use the information from this source.

Include the following information for the annotation:

  • Provide a correct APA citation for your source. 
  • Summarize the content of the source in at least 100 words. Discuss the author(s)’ thesis and conclusions, if applicable, to provide a good picture of the content.  (first paragraph)
  • Evaluate the source in a paragraph (with sentences) using the information you submitted for the Find A Source And Evaluate It assignment (based on the CAARP evaluation method). (second paragraph)
  • Reflect on the source: (third paragraph)
    • Did you enjoy the information from the source? Why or why not?
    • Was the source particularly helpful or interesting, or exciting? Why or why not?
    • Will you include this source in your research? Why or why not? How would you use this information?
    • (Don’t just say: “It talks about my topic.” Instead, tell me why you choose this particular source. What does it add to your existing research or your ideas on your topic? Does it give a good background? Does it show a need for further research? Think about your source and why you chose it, and write those details here.)

Do not include the prompts and questions from the bullet points above in your Annotation; instead it should be something like the file that I attached

Statisctics

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Activity 1 – CLO 1, CLO 2, CLO 3, CLO 4

 
 

  1. Ball bearing manufacturing is a highly precise business      in which minimal part variability is critical. Large variances in the size      of the ball bearings cause bearing failure and rapid wear-out. Production      standards call for a maximum variance of .0001 inches. Gerry Liddy has      gathered a sample of 15 bearings that shows a sample standard deviation of      .014 inches. Use ɑ = .10 

a. Please determine whether the sample indicates that the maximum acceptable variance is being exceeded. 

b. What is the p value?

2. The grade point averages of 352 students who completed a college course in financial accounting have a standard deviation of .940. The grade point averages of 73 students who dropped out of the same course have a standard deviation of .797. 

a. Do the data indicate a difference between the variances of grade point averages for students who completed a financial accounting course and students who dropped out? 

b. Use ɑ = .05 level of significance. 

c. What is the p value? 

Note: F of alpha / 2 with degrees of freedom 351 and 72 which yields 0.025 area under its graph to the right is 1.466

Discussion and assignment 2

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Discussion Question:

When discussing stress and burnout in nursing, the nursing shortage is a concern that comes to the top of the list (for legal and ethical reasons), both for working nurses and educational faculty. Find an article that explores this issue, summarize the article’s findings, and add a possible solution to the problem.

Your initial posting should be at least 400 words in length and utilize at least one scholarly source other than the textbook. Please reply to at least two classmates. Replies to classmates should be at least 200 words in length.

Assignment:

Start by reading and following these instructions:

Quickly skim the questions or assignment below and the assignment rubric to help you focus.Read the required chapter(s) of the textbook and any additional recommended resources. Some answers may require you to do additional research on the Internet or in other reference sources. Choose your sources carefully.Consider the course discussions so far and any insights gained from it.Create your Assignment submission and be sure to cite your sources if needed, use APA style as required, and check your spelling.

Assignment:

Role Strain and Burnout in Nursing

Write a 1000-1500 word essay addressing each of the following points/questions. Be sure to completely answer all the questions for each bullet point. There should be three main sections, one for each bullet below. Separate each section in your paper with a clear heading that allows your professor to know which bullet you are addressing in that section of your paper. Support your ideas with at least three (3) sources using citations in your essay. Make sure to cite using the APA writing style for the essay. The cover page and reference page in correct APA do not count towards the minimum word amount. Review the rubric criteria for this assignment.

 

What happens to the nurse when role stress or strain becomes too overwhelming? What happens to patient care? How is this related to possible ethic and legal issues? Discuss how nurses can manage or reduce role stress and role strain.

Explain two issues that lead to nurse burnout and discuss a solution for each issue.

Think of an experience in your nursing profession where you either felt strain or burnout and how you overcame this event. (Since this is personal experience, you can use first person narration for this portion of your essay.)

Assignment Expectations:

Length: 1000-1500 words; answers must thoroughly address the questions in a clear, concise manner.

Structure: Include a title page and reference page in APA format. These do not count towards the minimum word count for this assignment. Your essay must include an introduction and a conclusion.

References: Use appropriate APA style in-text citations and references for all resources utilized to answer the questions. A minimum of three (3) scholarly sources are required.

Rubric: This assignment uses a rubric for scoring. Please review it as part of your assignment preparation and again prior to submission to ensure you have addressed its criteria at the highest level.

Format: Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document (.doc or .docx) or a PDF document (.pdf)

Nursing Research paper critique

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NSG 502: Guidelines for Critique of Qualitative Research

1.  Use the following guidelines to critique the research article provided. There is a distinct difference between critiquing and reporting. Make sure you critique and provide the analysis of “why” in your support. Refer to Chapter 18 for specific critiquing questions. Guidelines adapted from:  Gray, J.R., & Grove, S.K. (2021). The practice of nursing research: Appraisal, synthesis, and generation of evidence (9th ed.). Elsevier.

2.  Prepare your paper using APA format 7th edition.

3.  No abstract is required.

4.  Page length should be no more than 4 pages, excluding title and reference pages. 

TITLE (3 points)

Does the title represent the focus of the study?

Abstract (3 points)

Does the abstract summarize the purpose of the study, qualitative approach, sample and key findings?

Research Problem (5 Points)

What is the phenomenon of interest? Is it explicit? Significance to the researcher noted? To nursing?

Purpose and Research Questions (5 points)

Clearly stated? Logical approach to addressing the research problem of the study? Addresses population as connected to identified problem?

Are there explicit questions? Are they consistent with the framework, problem, and purpose? Is a qualitative method appropriate to answer the research questions?

Literature Review (4 points)

References current? Reviews previous studies and theories? Critically appraises and synthesizes the studies? Summarizes what is known and not known?

Philosophical Foundation/Theoretical Perspective (5 points)

Philosophical theory and perspective described? Primary source cited for the philosophical foundation/theory? Broad philosophy used? If so was a specific philosopher identified? 

Research Design (5 points)

Is the design appropriate based on the qualitative method chosen? What is that stated or implied research approach? Describe the qualitative research perspective and state if the researcher was true to the design? Is the research question asked, appropriate for the methodology? (Gray, Grove & Sutherland, 2017, Chapter 4 may be helpful in reviewing different qualitative research methodologies). 

Sample and Setting (5 points)

What sampling method was used? Is it appropriate for the type of study? 

Was the sample described? How were participants selected and recruited? What was the site(s) for participant selection? Was the inclusion and exclusion criteria for participant selection described? Was the sample size sufficient and how was it determined? Was data saturation described? What was the role of the researcher in the sampling process?

Data Collection (20 points)

What was the data collection process?  Discuss the period of time for the interviews and data collection period? Describe the data collection process (individual interviews or focus groups)? Was the research study conducted in a consistent manner or if changes were made were they described? 

Was protection of human subjects addressed? Did an Institutional Review Board approve the study by approving the research process, protection of human subjects and outcome? Did the researcher provide information on potential risk and benefits?

Ethical: Where there any adverse events and were they managed well? Did the researcher acknowledge potential participant vulnerability and or sensitivity? What type the thematic analysis process for coding data based on the design methodology? 

Data Analysis and Methodological Congruence (20 points)

Discuss rigor and threats to the qualitative process (Make sure to address all aspects of rigor evaluation)? Did the researcher maintain ethical rigor? Discuss ethical implications related to the study? Was there a decision trail or auditability? 

Analytical Preciseness

What type the thematic analysis process for coding data based on the design methodology? Are the study themes logical and correspond with findings? Was there member checking (expert in field) applied to the study?

Theoretical Connectedness

Are the themes and concepts clearly described, logical, interconnected and reflective of the study population? Are the concepts and themes congruent with the phenomena? 

Heuristic Relevance

Can the reader recognize the phenomenon described in the study and its theoretical significance? 

DISCUSSION

Interpretation and Implications for Future Research (6 points)

Was a theory produced?  Were findings linked to the framework? Were implications for nursing practice, education, theory development, research or nursing science addressed? Were suggestions made for future research?

EVALUATION (4 Points)

Summarize strengths and weaknesses of the study 

Explain how the study contributes to nursing knowledge 

 APA, GRAMMAR, SPELLING, CONSTRUCTIVE WRITING (15 points)

Graduate level writing should be concise, clear, and organized. Content should flow from paragraph to paragraph using proper transitions. Correct use of grammar, spelling, and punctuation will assist in this process.  All graduate papers must be written using the APA 6th edition. Please refer to the APA Manual 7thedition when completing this assignment.

Respond to Peer Post 2

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In your first response, critique one of your peers’ Part 1 scenarios. 

BELOW IS PART 1 SCENARIO:

PLEASE RESPOND TO THIS POST BELOW CRITIQUING THE SCENARIO..

Data Analysts must have a keen sight for decision alternatives to optimize rules on expects profit payoffs. The upcoming holiday season has two toys that gained my attention as a business executive for ChoiceToys, conducting data analysis for expected profit payoff and associated probabilities.

As the information is provided above, Toy 1 is new to the market, and it is believed that no competitor will be able to bring a similar toy to the market in time. Because of the no market competition, the company is not sure it will be a success or a bust.

Toy 2 has been in the market long enough to have two competitors. With ChoiceToys joining the market, it will make three company’s competing in the holiday season. The profit payoff could either be highly successful, successful, and not successful. Being all in or not, we are only projecting either highly successful or not profitable.

Before we continue the rabbit hole, as a business executive for ChoiceToys, it is crucial for us as a company to list what the definition of success is to us. Because the data that considerer success is missing, we would need to know so we can use it to see if it is achievable. Would it be the maximum profit? Would it be breaking even with the cost? Because we are a company, it is easy to assume that we are in the business to make money, and making money constitutes success. So, we would need to gauge how much needs to be produced and sold to be out of the red. Sarpe et al. (2019) state that determining costs and price is based on an expert’s probability. In the scenario, we only have three choices:  highly successful, successful, and not successful. Based on this probability has a risk that is associated.

The use of a decision tree would be found most beneficial. There are no data related to the supply or demand for the toys. Based on the data, we can create a payoff table that shows a 33.33% chance of achieving either choice. Toy 2 only wants to project either highly successful or not, increasing both the risk and the reward. The Expected Value for and standard deviation would reflect more uncertainty than compared to Toy 1. Toy 1 would have less risk and has more chance of measuring success through more choices. Unlike the all-or-nothing approach in Toy 2, the successful variable is included in the measurement in Toy 1. Based on the gain or loss approach, success can be measured as receiving profit, but not the maximum profit as highly successful would establish variable.

Based on expected value, Sharpe et al. (2019) state minimax reflect the safest choice using minimal cost while trying to receive the maximum return. Toy 1 shows the more conservative approach towards recovery. In contrast, because the market offers two competitors are already in the field, and ChoiceToys is joining, the maximum return is in that market. I would recommend investing more in Toy 2 because of the already established market and the large pool of customers.

Community Policy Proposals

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Community Policy Proposals

You will be using the results of your Unit 3 Community Assessment assignment as the basis for this assignment. You have examined the social change and public policy environment of your home community by surveying the population demographics (taking into account gender, race, and sexual orientation, as well as varied nationalities and their social and economic status) and explored public sources of information in order to identify demands for social changes in businesses, non-profits, and government. These demands reflect the possible need for public policy development. 

  • Draft and present two possible policy proposals that respond to the specific public demands you identified in your community in the previous assignment. 
    • These demands may apply to businesses, non-profit organizations, or government.
    • Utilize the document entitled, “Elements of a Standard Policy Statement,” which is located in your Social Policy Toolbox, to guide your development of these proposals.
    • Include a title for each proposal.
  • Write a 750-word summary of your two possible policy proposals, emphasizing these elements:
    • State the proposed policy on which you have decided, with the following:
      • A descriptive title.
      • A statement of the public entity for which the policy is intended.
      • The beneficiaries of the policy.
      • The human service outcome for social change.
    • State which actors in the home community may play a constructive and active role to advance the policy process, and identify the actors or factors that may pose as obstacles to your proposed policy.
    • State the key discussion points raised by your peers in support of or in opposition to your proposed policy.
    • State your rationale for choosing the policy proposal.

Assignment Requirements

  • Summary Length: 750 words.
  • Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
  • Formatting: Present your paper in APA format. 
  • Written communication: Written communication must reflect graduate-level writing skills and successfully convey the message.

management strategy, planning and implementation

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this is a discussion answer we need to write a reply for this answer and should be in peer review topics from recent published papers just one page to write reply and need 3 reference must be in APA7 format and times new roman format.

 

Live Nation Competitive Strategy

It is essential for any company seeking to remain successful to devise strategies of keeping up with the competition in any industry. Companies can either achieve this through the creation of competitive advantage or by offsetting competition. One of the ways of offsetting competition is through mergers and acquisitions (Gerber, 2020). A merger is a business strategy in which two firms amalgamate or merge to create a new firm dropping the initial company name and creating a new company with a new name (Haeruddin, 2017). An acquisition on the other hand is a business strategy in which a firm usually larger buys another firm usually smaller. Mergers and acquisition is a highly competitive strategy of increasing market share and offsetting competition (Vekariya, 2016). Live Nation is one of the companies that has made use of this strategy to increase its market share and completely obliterate the competition.

Live Nation is one of the largest companies in the live entertainment industry globally. The company has expanded its operation to more than 40 countries globally through the consolidation of concert promoters. The company has become one of the leading live entertainment companies through the business strategy that has allowed it to thrive by crashing competition (Jarnow, 2014). Live Nation is one of the companies that has leveraged horizontal mergers and acquisitions to strengthen its competitive position. Mergers have been shown to improve the performance of companies that utilize this strategy as it allows more effective control of the market by eliminating unnecessary competition and allowing merging companies to thrive (Zulheri, 2017).  In 2010, Live Nation was the world’s largest concert promoter. The company entered into a deal with Ticketmaster, the largest ticket provider creating a new merger the Live Nation Entertainment. Before the merger, the two companies held about 80% of the market share in this industry. Ticketmaster was Live Nation’s biggest competitor. The company’s management entered into a deal with its largest competitor to diversify its business and to do away with competition in the industry. This is a strategic move that allowed both companies to eliminate competition and dominate the market to date. As of 2018, the 9 billion ticketing market was dominated by the crated merger Live Nation-Ticketmaster. Today, Live Nation Entertainment, the newly created company after the 2010 merger controls virtually every aspect of the ticketing business. Dominance in this market has allowed the company to control prices and thus significantly multiply its sales revenues.

Live Nation has always been aggressive in acquiring other businesses in the industry to diversify its business and remove any competition that threatens the dominance of the company. Ticket scalping or ticket reselling is a common practice whose popularity has increased with the penetration of the internet giving rise to various websites that buy and resell tickets at a significantly higher price than the face value of the ticket. Although this practice is seen as a shady business practice, it is estimated to be worth 8 billion. Recently, Live Nation acquired secondary ticketing websites including Seat wave and Get Me In allowing the company to not only benefit from primary but also a secondary sale of concert tickets (Holmstrom, 2019). One of the largest acquisitions made by the company was in 2006 when it acquired HOB Entertainment for $350M. The company’s aggressive strategy in acquiring other businesses has allowed it to maintain its position in the market and the company continues to pursue this strategy to date. In 2016 alone, Live Nation acquired seven live event companies including Big Concerts, the largest music show promoter in South Africa, the festival portfolio of Union Events in Canada, Ticket hour Athens based sports ticketing operator, Nous Productions a French promoter purchased from Warner Music Group, Ac Entertainment majority stake, Sweden Rock Festival majority stake and a controlling stake in Australia’s Secret Sound Group (Ingham, 2017). Live Nation is set on controlling the live entertainment market on the global space as evidence by its aggressive acquiring of companies in this industry in different parts of the world. The aggressive acquisition strategy undertaken by Live Nation in 2016 allowed the company to increase its concert promotion revenues by 20%. The company also increased its sponsorship and ticketing revenues by double digits. In addition to the acquisitions made by the company in 2016, 2017 is also another year during which Live Nation continued to extend its dominance in the live entertainment market through acquisitions. In the first few months of 2017, the company had acquired six music businesses in different countries increasing significantly the number of artists under the management of the company (Holmstrom, 2019).

Companies can either pursue a defensive or offensive competitive strategy against their competitors. An offensive competitive strategy is one in which a company directly competitors from who it wants to capture market share. A defensive competitive strategy is a marketing strategy in which firm strategies to retain its market share from being overtaken by a competitor. The strategy undertaken by Live Nation is primarily an offensive. The company has practically created a sort of monopoly by ensuring that it controls every aspect of the live entertainment industry. The company is set on acquiring any business that threatens its dominance in any sector of the live entertainment industry. The company utilizes its huge size to buy off its rivals in different parts’ of the world doing away with any competition and in the process creating a monopoly. The company has even been criticized for violating Antirust law by creating an environment in which other firms cannot compete and essentially controlling the market to the detriment of the consumer whose choice is limited and is subject to price exploitation.

References

Gerber, D. J. (2020). Mergers and acquisitions. Competition Law and Antitrust, 75-88. https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198727477.003.0007

Haeruddin, I. M. (2017). Mergers and Acquisitions: Quo Vadis? management, 7(2), 84-88. DOI: 10.5923/j.mm.20170702.02

Holmstrom, E. (2019). Dancing in the dark: An analysis of the live entertainment industry and the deceptive market practices of Ticketmaster and live nation. Western Journal of Legal Studies, 9(2). https://doi.org/10.5206/uwojls.v9i2.8070

Jarnow, J. (2014). Live nation. Oxford Music Online. https://doi.org/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.a2267077

Vekariya, S. (2016). Impact of pre-merger and post merger on financial performance (With reference to private sector banks). Indian Journal of Applied Research, 1(5), 6-8. https://doi.org/10.15373/2249555x/feb2012/3

Zulheri. (2017). Competition merger review for cross-border mergers and acquisitions in Indonesia. Indonesia Law Review, 7(3), 395. https://doi.org/10.15742/ilrev.v7n3.374

Assignment 1: Developing the Corporate Strategy for Information Security Due Week 4

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 Assignment 1: Developing the Corporate Strategy for Information Security Due Week 4 and worth 100 pointsImagine that you are working for a startup technology organization that has had overnight success. The organization’s immediate growth requires for it to formulate a corporate strategy for information security.  You have been recruited to serve as part of a team that will develop this strategy.As part of the Information Security Strategy development, you are required to define specific Information Technology Security roles that will optimize and secure the organization’s data assets.Review the “Cybersecurity: The Essential Body of Knowledge (EBK)” textbook for information necessary to complete this assignment. Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you do the following, based on the scenario described below:1. The Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) is responsible for several functions within an organization.     a. Examine three (3) specific functions a CISO and provide examples of when a CISO would execute these functions within the          organization.     b. Specify at least three (3) competencies that the CISO could perform using the provided Website titled, “ Information Technology          (IT) Security Essential Body of Knowledge (EBK): A Competency and Functional Frame-work for IT Security Workforce          Development.”2. The Chief Information Officer (CIO) is responsible for several accountability functions within an organization:     a. Identify at least four (4) functions of the CIO using the EBK as a guide. Provide examples of how the CIO would execute these          functions within an organization.      b. Classify at least two (2) security assurances that could be achieved by the CIO developing a formal security awareness, training,          and educational program.     c. Suggest methods, processes, or technologies that can be used by the CIO to certify the security functions and data assets of an          organization on a day-to-day basis.3. Describe how the digital forensics function complements the overall security efforts of the organization.4. Evaluate the operational duties of digital forensic personnel and how these help qualify the integrity of forensic investigations within the enterprise and industry.5. List at least three (3) technical resources available to the digital forensics professional to perform forensic audits and investigations. 6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. 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:

  • Describe and apply the 14 areas of common practice in the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Essential Body of Knowledge.
  • Describe best practices in cybersecurity.
  • Identify and analyze the role of the Chief Information Officer, Information Security Officer, and IT Security Compliance Officer in the context of cybersecurity.
  • Compare and contrast the functional roles of an organization in the context of cybersecurity.
  • Describe the corollary roles of security in an enterprise.
  • Evaluate the ethical concerns inherent in cybersecurity and how these concerns affect organizational policies.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in cybersecurity.
  • Write clearly and concisely about topics associated with cybersecurity using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills. Click here to access the rubric for this assignment.