The GEOL130 paper must be 1000-1500 words in length (not including the works cited page), typewritten (12 point font), double spaced, and prepared in accordance with either APA or MLA guidelines (specify style when the paper is uploaded to Blackboard. Papers must include a minimum of five sources. A minimum of two of the five sources must be from state or federal government agencies. 

write about a historical volcanic eruption or a more recent volcanic eruption.  In the United States, the 1980 Mt. St. Helens volcano eruption impacted travel and commerce in the U.S. for several weeks.  The Iceland volcanic eruption of Eyjafjallajokull in April 2010 grounded airplane travel in Europe for several weeks and impacted University of Evansville students trying to fly home after a semester at Harlaxton College in England. In Hawaii, the  Kilauea Vocano continues to erupt. There are volcanoes in Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Yemen.

You can choose to write about any of these volcanoes or other historical volcanic events.  I recommend you use one page of your paper to explain the different types of volcanoes (shield volcanoes, composite volcanoes, and cinder cones), then use the rest of your paper to describe a volcanic eruption that occurred and how it impacted people living in the area. 

Getting Started

This discussion provides an opportunity for you to apply the Virtuous Business Model to a parable Jesus told his disciples. As you explore the scripture and reflect on its meaning and significance, consider your understanding in the context of your personal and professional life. If you are not familiar with parables, it may be helpful to understand Jesus used the narrative format to help his followers comprehend what was to come and to help guide their lives as they furthered his ministry.   

Imagine the wisest teachers you have encountered in your lifetime. Maybe it was a history teacher in high school or an undergraduate professor who possessed a great mastery of his or her chosen content. Once you have recalled this individual, consider why the instruction he or she provided was so powerful; it is highly likely these individuals drew you into their lessons and engaged you by sharing interesting stories and examples. That is how Jesus often ministered and taught. He used stories to illustrate important and necessary concepts for his followers to grasp.

Upon successful completion of this discussion, you will be able to:

• Interpret the Virtuous Business Model through the lens of a parable (a story told by Jesus).
• Analyze an issue or problem-related to a specific industry using the lens of the VBM as framed in this parable.

Background Information

In each of the remaining weeks, we will begin the workshop by reading a parable from the Bible and spending time learning together. This discussion activity will help you make progress toward the following Course Learning Outcomes:

• Integrate the Virtuous Business model into your reading, research, writing, and reporting.
• Analyze issues and problems related to specific industries.

This discussion should result in new ways of thinking about and applying the VBM and new ways of looking at issues and problems in specific industries. Learning is wasted if it doesn’t change the way we see and move in the world.

Instructions

1. Review the rubric to make sure you understand the criteria for earning your grade.
2. Read Matthew 13:1–23(new tab) and review the Virtuous Business Model. 
3. Reflect on the following questions: 
   1. What problem does this parable illuminate?  
   2. Why is it a problem?  
   3. Where is the problem observed?  
   4. Who is impacted?  
   5. How is the problem observed?  
   6. How often is the problem observed?
4. Write/Create an initial response to the following prompts. 
   1. Apply the Virtuous Business Model to the parable and explain how the components correlate.  (Note that not all 18 components may correlate.)     
   2. How does this application impact your understanding of your own spiritual journey? How might you use the teaching in this parable in your personal or professional life? 
   3. Give an example of a problem or issue related to specific industries and how you can analyze it by applying your learning from this discussion.
5. If you choose to record a Video Note, draft out your response before you record your video. This will become your “script” for the video. Planning what you say is important because your video recording is limited to three minutes. The Video Checklist contains public speaking techniques that will not only improve the delivery and quality of your video note but can be applied to any public speaking situation. 
   1. Read the article, Using Video Note(new tab).
   2. Watch the video, Using Video Note(new tab).
   3. Review the Video Checklist(PDF document).
6. Post your initial response by the end of day 4 of the workshop. 
7. Read and respond to at least two of your classmates’ postings, as well as any follow-up instructor questions directed at you, by the end of the workshop. 
8. Your postings are interactions with your classmates and instructor that should facilitate engaging dialogue and provide evidence of critical thinking. Focus on the following in this discussion:
   1. Relevancy: Relate the topic to a current event.
   2. Challenge: Interrogate assumptions, conclusions, or interpretations.
   3. Relational: Make comparisons or contrasts of themes, ideas, or issues.
   4. Action: Identify an application or an action in personal or work life.
   5. Clarification: Provide clarification to classmates’ questions and provide insight into the discussion.

APA 7th edition

200 to 250 words

Assignment Details

Assignment Description

This week, you will identify which components and interfaces will be included in the System Integration Project, and you will discuss the advantages and disadvantages specific to your project.

You are now progressing with laying out the framework for your System Integration Project. It is important that you identify and develop requirements for all of the major components and interfaces that should be included in this project.

Assignment Guidelines

For this week’s assignment, you will be developing the Requirements Specification for this integration. You should use all of the tools available to you to elicit requirements (such as one-on-one interviews with all major stakeholders, surveys, artifact reviews, joint requirement specification meetings, and so forth).

• New Content (Week 2) 
  • Requirements Specification
    • Describe the process you used to elicit the requirements.
    • List of all of the stakeholders and their roles.
    • Describe of all components and interfaces, including a schematic that depicts them (such as the various layers of integration).
    • Provide detailed and measurable functional requirements.
    • Provide detailed and measurable nonfunctional requirements.
    • List assumptions for the scope of the project.
    • Discuss the pros and cons of proceeding with the project while giving consideration to the requirements you have defined.
• Make sure that the document is in APA format.
• Submit the document for grading.

Competency

This competency will allow you to investigate the influence leaders have on business culture and how it can impact change.

Instructions

In your continued role as NoJax’s organizational behavior consultant, you will examine their culture and how management can help employees adjust to change. You will need to use the management profiles in the company background document

to analyze leadership traits and styles. NoJax needs you to write a report of their company’s culture and how change may impact employees and their relationship with management.

• Assess the company’s culture and provide your analysis, including the relationships between management and employees.
• Identify the company’s structure and explain how it impacts the culture.
• Provide an analysis of management leadership traits and leadership styles. Assess how those traits and styles may be impacting the company’s culture.
• How might a change in structure or management style impact the culture and employees?

Grading Rubric

FFCBA01234No PassNo PassCompetenceProficiencyMasteryNot SubmittedNo assessment of company culture or analysis of relationships between management and employees.Assessed company culture but offered no analysis of relationships between management and employees.Assessed company culture and offered vague analysis of relationships between management and employees.Assessed company culture and offered detailed analysis of relationships between management and employees.Not SubmittedNo identification of company structure or explanation of how it impacts the culture.Identified company structure but no explanation of how it impacts the culture.Identified company structure but explanation of how it impacts the culture lacked detail.Identified company structure and explanation of how it impacts the culture provided good detail.Not SubmittedNo analysis of leadership traits and leadership styles. No assessment of how those traits and styles may be impacting the company’s culture.Provided a good analysis of leadership traits and leadership styles. The assessment of how those traits and styles may be impacting the company’s culture was missing.Provided a good analysis of leadership traits and leadership styles. The assessment of how those traits and styles may be impacting the company’s culture was vague.Provided a good analysis of leadership traits and leadership styles. The assessment of how those traits and styles may be impacting the company’s culture was detailed.Not SubmittedNo identification of how change in structure or management style may impact the culture or employees.Identified how change in structure may impact the culture or employees but nothing about how change in management style may impact the culture or employees.Identified some elements of how change in structure may impact the culture or employees and a few elements about how change in management style may impact the culture or employees.Identified many elements of how change in structure may impact the culture or employees and about how change in management style may impact the culture or employees. 

Download a copy of the most recent CAFR for the American Cancer Society and familiarize yourself with the contents. The entity’s website is often a great source for this document.(https://www.cancer.org/)

The six page Final Paper will discuss/analyze the document with at least three scholarly sources in addition to the text and must contain the following sections:

1. Introduction

a. Refer to the letter of transmittal or other narrative that accompanies the document. Provide an introduction to the chosen entity. This introduction should contain information regarding the history of the entity, including the mission, services provided, and area or individuals served.

2. Financial Section

a. Audit Report

i. Discuss the opinion expressed (unqualified or qualified) and the independent firm or government organization providing the opinion. Include a discussion of the statements covered by the opinion (basis statement plus combining statements and fund statements).

b. Financial Statements

i. Discuss the statements included in the report (government and/or fund statements), including any noted trends or concerns.
ii. Discuss each fund utilized by the entity, including the type of fund, source of revenues, noted trends, and financial condition.

c. Notes to the Financial Statement

i. Discuss the number of notes contained in the report and topics covered. Are any concerns noted after reading the notes?

d. Management Discussion and Analysis (MD&A)

i. Discuss the provided MD&A, including any concerns, trends, and anticipated changes.

3. Operations

a. Capital Assets

i. Discuss the capital assets reported on the government-wide statement and the note disclosures regarding balance changes as well as policies regarding depreciation and capitalization thresholds.

b. General Long-term Liabilities and Debt Service Funds

i. Discuss any noted general Long-term Liabilities, including changes, debt limitations, and any overlapping debt.
ii. Discuss whether a Debt Service Fund is noted, including the debt instrument being serviced by the fund.

c. Internal Service and Enterprise Funds

i. Discuss whether any activities are administered by an internal service or enterprise fund. If an internal service fund is not utilized, note how activities commonly used by more than one fund such as purchasing and printing are handled. Note whether any enterprise fund is operating at a deficit, and if so, how it is handled.
ii. Discuss any regulations governing the operations of the enterprise fund(s).

d. Fiduciary Funds

i. Discuss whether any fiduciary activities are reported noting the fund utilized, purpose, and basis of accounting used.

4. Recommendations

a. As a result of reviewing the CAFR, discuss any recommendations you might have for improving the financial position of the entity. Keep in mind any items noted in the audit report, MD&A, as well as foot notes.

5. Conclusion

a. Summarize your findings, including any noted trends and concerns.

The CAFR Assessment

1. Must be six double-spaced pages in length (excluding the title and reference pages), and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a title page with the following:
   • Title of paper
   • Student’s name
   • Course name and number
   • Instructor’s name
   • Date submitted
3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
6. Must use at least three scholarly sources 5
7. Must document all sources in APA style 
8. Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style