Author: chris

Imagine that you own each of the following businesses:

Tinker’s Home Security Service (sole proprietorship)

Tinker & Tailor’s Home Security Service (general partnership)

Tinker & Tailor’s Home Security Service (LP)

Tinker & Tailor’s Home Security Service, Inc. (corporation)

Tinker & Tailor’s Home Security Service, LLC (LLC)

1. The businesses are being sued for breach of contract. Create a matrix that lists each business, and compare and contrast your personal liability exposure as an owner as a result of the lawsuit.
2. For each business entity, analyze how you might limit your liability exposure as an owner.
3. Describe a business that you may own some day or that you currently own. (Even if you never plan to own a business, pretend as if you will do so for the purposes of this assignment.) Examine the best business organizational form for the business that you have described, including in your examination personal liability exposure, management, taxation, and ease of formation.

Submit a four- to five-page paper (not including title and reference pages). Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide and you must cite at least three scholarly sources in addition to the textbook.

Discuss Manet’s relationship with historical painting. What examples did he follow, and in what ways did he radically break from those examples?

 

2. Using Mont Saint-Victoire as an example, explain how Paul Cézanne changes Impressionism and sets the stage for twentieth-century art.

 

3. Compare and contrast the goals of two art movements of the 20^th Century. Focus your analysis on how they rebel against. Use examples of artists and their artworks to illustrate your points.

 

4. Describe the development and influence of cubism on twentieth century art. Include a comment regarding the working relationship of Picasso and Braque.

 

 

Final Project – Submission

 

The Final Project is due this week with your Module 8 Homework Assignment.  Please upload a second document entitled “Final Project” with your Module 8 Homework Assignment.

 

Choose one of the following artworks or artists for your Final Report.  Your report must completely answer the four questions posed to guide your research.  Write in complete sentences and utilize APA guidelines.  You will need to use the LIRN library and the Internet to find enough information and, therefore, you will need to cite your sources on a final page labeled “References.”

 

1. Describe the work or artist (100 words or more).

–       state the correct name

–       state the artist(s) if known

–       give the actual dimensions of the work (feet and inches)

–       note the principle features of the work

 

2. Compare (50 words or more).

–       explain how this artwork (or artist) is similar to others of the same time

–       is it part of a trend?

 

3. Contrast (50 words or more).

–       explain how this artwork (or artist) is different from all others of the same time

–       is it/he part of a revolution

 

4. Evaluate (100 words or more).

–       explain why this artwork (or artist) is significant or important to his or her age

–       why did he become popular during his time

–       what did he contribute to the future of art

 

5. References

–       list your sources of information so that the instructor can locate them later and check your work

 

 

• Artists

• A couple of the topics we discussed was authentication and authorization. Is it possible to have authorization without authentication? Justify your response.
• Discuss biometrics.  Identify the most widely used technology and why this is the case.
• What are the relationships between a trusted and an untrusted network?

Prepare a 350- to 1,050-word paper that fully discusses the topic questions

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.Format your paper consistent with APA guide

You must answer each of the following by drawing on examples and concepts from the readings and lectures to support your answers. Purely hypothetical discussions will NOT be accepted.

 

1. Anthony Downs presents ten traits of suburban sprawl.  Discuss the positive and negative impacts of each trait.

 

1. Downs argues that building new highly visible infrastructures is more desirable by public agencies rather than renovating the older ones. Why this is the case?

 

 

1. Downs writes, “The second set of problems affects mainly big cities, inner-ring suburbs, and a few outer-ring suburbs. These problems arise because suburban sprawl concentrates poor households, especially poor minority households, in certain high-poverty neighborhoods. Those neighborhoods then suffer from high crime rates, poor-quality public schools, other poor-quality public services, and fiscal resources that are inadequate for the services needed…”. Why are fiscal resources inadequate for these particular urban centers, and what should be done to resolve the issue?

 

1. “And many outer-ring suburbs with low commercial tax bases but a lot of relatively low-cost housing have inadequate taxable resources to pay for decent schools and other services, so they have high tax rates and poor services.” Why does having a low commercial rate impact the viability of services in mainly low-cost housing areas?

 

 

1. Downs discusses specific anti-sprawl tactics. What are these tactics? Do you think is it possible for us to implement the first tactic in a market oriented society such as ours?
   1. Does our political system allow for unilateral decisions by bureaucrats, technocrats and career politicians?
   2. If politically feasible, can planning agencies limit growth/sprawl through zoning ordinances?

 

6. The third tactic recommended by Anthony Downs is, “The third tactic is some form of regional tax-base sharing, with all additions to commercial and industrial tax bases shared among all communities in the region, not just captured by the places where those developments are built. Such tax-base sharing would reduce fiscal disparities among local governments and thereby provide more equal opportunities for citizens across the entire area.” What is California’s current tax base structure?

 

7. Coughlin starts his article with the depiction of an economic model where individuals in the process of maximizing their own self-interest undermine the overall economic benefits of the rest of the society.  Do you think this is a good depiction of our society today?  What steps should be taken in order to resolve some of these issues?  By using Harding’s model of the tragedy of the commons, how do you explain our traffic congestion today?

 

8. Coughlin discusses two models of policy strategies for managing traffic congestion – supply-side management versus demand-side management.  Describe each model as they apply to this topic.

 

9. Proponents of demand-side management seek to change individual behavior.  Discuss the various tools or strategies for changing individual behavior when it comes to traffic.

 

10. Wildavsky discusses that “planning is the attempt to control the consequences of our actions. The more consequences we control, the more we have succeeded in planning. To use somewhat different language, planning is the ability to control the future by current acts” Do you think can we control the future of our cities through planning? Why planning is so complicated and difficult to control city design?

 

11. What were some of the major technological and organizational factors that contributed to the development of cities in the United States? Why did so little world urbanization occur before 1800? What were some of the major functions of the early cities? Why did they often appear in river valleys?

 

12. What were some of the major technological and organizational factors that produced the urban-industrial city? Why did creation of specialization or the factory system was crucial to the massive urbanization that began to occur?

 

13. During the lectures, I described some of the major ways that urbanization in the United States has changed in the past 200 years. In other words, some of the major changes in the nature of urban settlement were described. What are some of these changes, and when did they begin to occur on a major basis? Be able to define what is meant by the various changes.

 

14. In class we discussed 6 factors behind urban growth in the United States. Describe each and provide examples. What role did industrial revolution play in development of the cities?

 

15. Three major issues dominate the history of urban housing: tenure, cost and quality. Describe each.

 

16. The Great Depression lead to the creation of the New Deal policies. Describe how the creation of the Federal Housing Administration (FHA) in 1935 and the National Defense Highway Act in 1956 played a role in the expansion of cities and creation of suburbs.

 

17. Describe Levy’s five styles of planning.

 

 

18. Describe Levy’s eight goals of comprehensive planning.

Deliverable Length:  1-2 Body Pages

 

A project has an expected duration of 34 weeks with a critical path variance of 6. Suppose the project network is given and the critical path is identified on the network.  Suppose the normal time, crash time, and the associated cost for each activity is given. You have been asked by your supervisor to prepare a research paper that addresses the follow criteria:

• What is the probability that the project will be completed in 32 weeks or less?
• If the project is to be shortened by four days, list the process you would take to determine which activities, in order of reduction, would be shortened and the resulting cost.
• Describe project cost and the requirements for its determination and application in a production facility.
• Analyze implications of changes in the parameters of project timing and cost determination.
• Evaluate application of project cost and timing concepts on a firm’s business operations.

Present your findings as a 1-2 page Word document formatted in APA style.

Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:

• Title page: Remember the running head and title in all capital letters.
• Abstract: This is a summary of your paper, not an introduction. Begin writing in third-person voice.
• Body: The body of your paper begins on the page following the title page and abstract page, and it must be double-spaced between paragraphs. The typeface should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics except as required for APA level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 3–4 pages. In-text academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
• Reference page: References that align with your in-text academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hang indention, italics, and upper- and lower-case usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the reference page is not a bibliography, but it is a further listing of the abbreviated in-text citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-text citation.

 

Please submit your assignment.

Part 2

 

Deliverable Length:  3 slides w/ notes & Word docs.

 

Using Earned Value to Determine Status

Jennifer turned in her status report for the newly approved mailing activities. She feels that her pieces are on track with nothing for you to worry about. She reports the following information for the critical path tasks:

You review her status report and determine that Jennifer does not have a solid grasp of her status. Ben was unable to provide you with anything more than, “Things are moving along just fine.”

• Using earned value measurements along with the other information and metrics available, determine the true status of Jennifer’s portion of the project.
• Prepare an updated status report (1 page) for Jennifer and share the measurements and your rationale in your determination of the status for the project.
• Create a 2-3 slide presentation explaining the benefits of using EVM.
• Be sure to document some instructions (1-page document) for Jennifer and Ben for determining the project status for their next project update to you.
• Also, provide materials that would be used to train Jennifer and Ben on the benefits and application of earned value.
• The materials should include some guidelines for Jennifer and Ben to help them create and then interpret the metrics.

Please refer to the following multimedia course material(s):  

• Unit 5: Cost and Schedule Measures
• Unit 5: Controlling a Project
• Unit 5: Earned Value and Risk Management
• Unit 5: Earned Value Analysis

 

Complete the Bus Radio Theft Investigation Simulation located in the Week One Assessment section of the student website.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper, in which you answer the following questions from the point of view of the investigator:

• What documents, interviews, direct observations, and additional tactics would you use to conduct the investigation?
• What technological tools might be helpful to conduct the investigation?
• Where might you find information?
• What questions would you ask and of whom?
• What type of documentation would you create for the file?

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

 

A project has an expected duration of 34 weeks with a critical path variance of 6. Suppose the project network is given and the critical path is identified on the network.  Suppose the normal time, crash time, and the associated cost for each activity is given. You have been asked by your supervisor to prepare a research paper that addresses the follow criteria:

• What is the probability that the project will be completed in 32 weeks or less?
• If the project is to be shortened by four days, list the process you would take to determine which activities, in order of reduction, would be shortened and the resulting cost.
• Describe project cost and the requirements for its determination and application in a production facility.
• Analyze implications of changes in the parameters of project timing and cost determination.
• Evaluate application of project cost and timing concepts on a firm’s business operations.

Present your findings as a 1-2 page Word document formatted in APA style.

Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:

• Title page: Remember the running head and title in all capital letters.
• Abstract: This is a summary of your paper, not an introduction. Begin writing in third-person voice.
• Body: The body of your paper begins on the page following the title page and abstract page, and it must be double-spaced between paragraphs. The typeface should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics except as required for APA level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 3–4 pages. In-text academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
• Reference page: References that align with your in-text academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hang indention, italics, and upper- and lower-case usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the reference page is not a bibliography, but it is a further listing of the abbreviated in-text citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-text citation.

 

Please submit your assignment.

Part 2

 

Deliverable Length:  3 slides w/ notes & Word docs.

 

Using Earned Value to Determine Status

Jennifer turned in her status report for the newly approved mailing activities. She feels that her pieces are on track with nothing for you to worry about. She reports the following information for the critical path tasks:

You review her status report and determine that Jennifer does not have a solid grasp of her status. Ben was unable to provide you with anything more than, “Things are moving along just fine.”

• Using earned value measurements along with the other information and metrics available, determine the true status of Jennifer’s portion of the project.
• Prepare an updated status report (1 page) for Jennifer and share the measurements and your rationale in your determination of the status for the project.
• Create a 2-3 slide presentation explaining the benefits of using EVM.
• Be sure to document some instructions (1-page document) for Jennifer and Ben for determining the project status for their next project update to you.
• Also, provide materials that would be used to train Jennifer and Ben on the benefits and application of earned value.
• The materials should include some guidelines for Jennifer and Ben to help them create and then interpret the metrics.

Please refer to the following multimedia course material(s):  

• Unit 5: Cost and Schedule Measures
• Unit 5: Controlling a Project
• Unit 5: Earned Value and Risk Management
• Unit 5: Earned Value Analysis

A project has an expected duration of 34 weeks with a critical path variance of 6. Suppose the project network is given and the critical path is identified on the network. Suppose the normal time, crash time, and the associated cost for each activity is given. You have been asked by your supervisor to prepare a research paper that addresses the follow criteria:

What is the probability that the project will be completed in 32 weeks or less?
If the project is to be shortened by four days, list the process you would take to determine which activities, in order of reduction, would be shortened and the resulting cost.
Describe project cost and the requirements for its determination and application in a production facility.
Analyze implications of changes in the parameters of project timing and cost determination.
Evaluate application of project cost and timing concepts on a firm’s business operations.

Present your findings as a 1-2 page Word document formatted in APA style.

Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:

Title page: Remember the running head and title in all capital letters.
Abstract: This is a summary of your paper, not an introduction. Begin writing in third-person voice.
Body: The body of your paper begins on the page following the title page and abstract page, and it must be double-spaced between paragraphs. The typeface should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics except as required for APA level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 3–4 pages. In-text academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
Reference page: References that align with your in-text academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hang indention, italics, and upper- and lower-case usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the reference page is not a bibliography, but it is a further listing of the abbreviated in-text citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-text citation.

Please submit your assignment.

Part 2

Deliverable Length: 3 slides w/ notes & Word docs.

Using Earned Value to Determine Status

Jennifer turned in her status report for the newly approved mailing activities. She feels that her pieces are on track with nothing for you to worry about. She reports the following information for the critical path tasks:

You review her status report and determine that Jennifer does not have a solid grasp of her status. Ben was unable to provide you with anything more than, “Things are moving along just fine.”

Using earned value measurements along with the other information and metrics available, determine the true status of Jennifer’s portion of the project.
Prepare an updated status report (1 page) for Jennifer and share the measurements and your rationale in your determination of the status for the project.
Create a 2-3 slide presentation explaining the benefits of using EVM.
Be sure to document some instructions (1-page document) for Jennifer and Ben for determining the project status for their next project update to you.
Also, provide materials that would be used to train Jennifer and Ben on the benefits and application of earned value.
The materials should include some guidelines for Jennifer and Ben to help them create and then interpret the metrics.

Please refer to the following multimedia course material(s):

Unit 5: Cost and Schedule Measures
Unit 5: Controlling a Project
Unit 5: Earned Value and Risk Management
Unit 5: Earned Value Analysis

nvironmental deaths include drowning, lightning, hypothermia, and hyperthermia. Write a 3–5-page paper comparing environmental deaths and homicide investigations; be sure to cover the following:

• Elaborate on each type of environmental death including drowning, lightning, hypothermia, and hyperthermia.
• Choose a state in the United States, and research the rates of occurrence of these types of deaths in that state.
• After determining the rate of occurrence, break the occurrences down into age groups, race, and sex.
• The investigative approach in homicide vs. natural causes

Provide citations and references for your materials in APA style

ote that we are continuing with our scenario from Week One. This week you travel to the Roto Air plant in Florida to hold the project kick-off meeting.

In preparation for the meeting:

1. Identify at least three categories of stakeholders that should be invited.
2. Remembering that interested parties are in both New York and Florida:
   • Select three methods of communicating with the attendees.
   • Describe the best method of holding the meeting that also limits travel costs.
3. Describe at least three team building exercises that could be used during the meeting.
4. Before leaving the office, Shawn mentions that her husband is employed as a sales representative by the manufacturer of one of the needed machines.
   • After reviewing the Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Code of Conduct, specify which potential violation exists.
   • As the team leader, describe how you expect Shawn to proceed regarding this issue.
   • Explain what action you would recommend to Shawn’s husband.

Your paper must be 900 to 1200 words in length (not including title and reference pages) and must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide. Contextual (Level One) headings must be used to organize your paper and your

Write a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper which addresses the following in reference to the case study:

• Develop at least one process evaluation measure and at least one outcome evaluation measure that you suggest for the Consultation and Education Department at Greenby Community Mental Health Center to display the program’s effectiveness and efficiency.
• What are the scope and purpose of your process evaluation measure and outcome evaluation measure and how did they influence your design?
• What issues and challenges may arise from evaluating the Greenby Community Mental Health Center?
• Explain why an evaluation may be helpful to the Consultation and Education Department director’s situation.