The topic of your project needs to be a contemporary societal problem, such as healthcare reform, immigration reform, privacy rights, euthanasia, First Amendment Rights, stem cell research, capital punishment, corporate prisons, legalizing drugs, ageism, animal rights, cloning, prayer in schools, racial profiling, recycling/conservation, sexism, outsourcing jobs, workplace bullying, etc. The topic must focus on a single aspect, as in “How far do corporations intrude into the private lives of their employers?” or “The social costs of financing the distribution of custom-designed drugs.” You may suggest another topic to use, but the instructor must approve the topic during the Week Two Discussion.

The Final Research Project will present research relating the responsibilities of a critical thinker to contemporary society. In this assignment, you will do the following:

• Research one aspect of a contemporary social problem.
• Define the problem.
• Propose a possible solution for the problem.
• Create an argument that supports your thesis position. You should take on the perspective of a critically thinking researcher. The argument must present a thesis statement and evidence to support the thesis statement.
• Evaluate the ethical outcomes that result from the position you take on the issue and explain how those outcomes would influence society and culture.
• Interpret statistical data from at least two peer-reviewed scholarly sources.
• Evaluate evidence using the following standards: validity, reliability, and bias related to the chosen topic and accurately identify strengths and weaknesses.

Research and Define the Problem

You must take on the perspective of your major field of study and explain in your paper what that perspective is and how it informs your view of the topic. The topics listed above are far too broad to write about in 10–12 pages (3,300–3,900 words). Instead, you must choose a narrowly defined thesis and approach it from the perspective of your field.

Example: If you are an economics major, and you are interested in immigration reform, you should approach a very specific aspect of immigration reform through the lens of economic theory and practice. A specific thesis question would not be, “How does illegal immigration influence the U.S. economy?” One could write thousands of pages on such a topic. Instead, a better question would be, “How do illegal immigrant hotel workers in Chicago impact the economy of Northern Illinois?” You would then want to do the research and determine the positive and negative impacts they have, ultimately trying to conclude how illegal immigration in this area should be approached ethically.

How to Hone Your Thesis: It is important that you start your research early in this course. Try to find the most important contemporary questions and theories in your field of study and then align the most important questions with a very specific aspect of the general topics above. For example, if you are a psychology major, you might want to start thinking within the realm of healthcare reform or aspects of mental health and criminality in the prison system.

Your Argument

You must present a complete argument, including a major claim with at least five points of evidence, information, or data that will prove the claim.

• The thesis statement must be
  • A clear, simple declarative sentence as the first or last sentence in the opening paragraph of the essay.
  • Of such a nature that it can be substantiated, corroborated, verified, and proved through appeal to primary or secondary academic research source materials.
• The introductory paragraph must
  • Present the thesis statement, an explanation for the importance of the topic, and its relation to the student’s field of study.
• Beliefs, opinions, and personal opinions must not be introduced at any point in the essay.
• All beliefs and opinions should be supported with academic evidence. Sweeping generalizations with no supporting academicevidence do not reflect adequate critical thinking skills.
• Do not include rhetorical questions in your essays. All the questions that are pertinent to your project need to be answered in your essay and your answers again need to be supported with evidence from peer-reviewed journal articles and academically published books.

Attributes of Good Critical Thinking in Papers

• Your paper should include academic sources that explain multiple sides of the issue.
• The evidence that you use should come from high-level researchers engaged in your field of study.
• Your interpretations of the evidence should be objective and state the conclusions and theses presented in the evidence clearly and fairly.
• Your paper should place the various forms of evidence in relation to one another and demonstrate why one form or perspective is stronger than the other positions that one could take on the issue.
• Your paper should point out the limitations of current evidence and attempt to indicate areas for future research.

Ethical Outcomes of the Position You Take

After you have defined the problem and created an argument about how one ought to respond to the issue, you need to explain the ethical outcomes of the position you have taken. This should again be in relation to the field of study in which you are working. There might be different ethical outcomes that result from your analysis. For example, going back to the example issue above, from an economic standpoint, illegal immigrants might contribute positively to the economy of Northern Illinois in a specific number of ways. Thus, an economist who believes that positive impact to the economy is the greatest good would say that one should promote the use of illegal immigrants. However, because these workers are often paid less than others and eliminate jobs that could be done by residents of Chicago, there could be other negative ethical outcomes that would outweigh the positive impacts to the economy. It is your goal to draw out the ethical implications of your thesis and explain the underlying rationale that is the foundation for your claim that one action is better than another.

• Critical thinkers are those who can outline the positive and negative ethical impacts of their positions. In addition, they are able to provide a rationale for why they believe a specific position is the right position, even when it leads to negative outcomes.
• Critical thinkers are also able to be honest and objective about the limitations and gray areas that pertain to their theses.

Final Research Project Requirements

The Final Research Project may be presented as a formal research paper (essay format), a PowerPoint presentation, a video, or a podcast equivalent to a minimum of 10 – 12 pages in APA format (approximately 3,300 – 3,900 typewritten words, excluding title page and reference pages). Written essays must adhere to all APA formatting standards and requirements, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

PowerPoint presentations must include the full text (at least 3,300 words) in the speaker notes portion of the slides, with appropriate citations, and full reference pages. PowerPoint presentations must adhere to the basic principles of PowerPoint presentation design and must include citations and references according to APA standards and requirements.

Videos and podcasts must include a full transcript, in APA format, including appropriate in-text citations and a references page.

Quotations:

There must be no more than 15% quoted content in the body of your essay. All quoted material must bear quotation marks and a full quotation citation.

Source Documents:

• There must be 10 or more source documents used, cited, and referenced.
• Multimedia sources (such as videos) may be used, but no more than two such sources may be used. If multimedia sources are used, then they must be authored and distributed by credible sources, such as universities, law schools, medical schools, or professors, or found in the Ashford University Library.
• Where print documents are used for source materials, those must be peer-reviewed, scholarly journal articles, and academically published books. Popular media sources (e.g., newspapers, magazines, television and radio shows, etc.) may not be used. Materials from advocacy groups (e.g., Greenpeace, Human Rights Campaign, National Organization for Women, etc.) may not be used.
• Two of the peer-reviewed scholarly sources used must include statistical evidence, which must be accurately interpreted.
• Sites such as ProCon.org and Wikipedia should not be used.
• Religious texts are neither peer-reviewed nor scholarly and so may not be used in any way.

Summary Conclusion:

You must have a summary conclusion as the last paragraph(s) of the project, presenting the major point of the essay and the evidence supporting that point.

Word Count:

The content body of the project must be 3,300 words or more. The word count does not include anything in the title page, running header, or reference list. It is expected that you meet all logistical requirements of this paper.

Reference List:

• The list of references must include only those source documents that are cited within the body of the project.
• The project must fully comply with APA formatting standards and requirements as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center: title page, running header with page numbers, font face and size, line spacing, citations, and reference page(s).

Data Structure in C programing using eclipse

 

the program has already been built. i need different implementation of the sorting algorithm, adding some functions to the program and answers to questions related to the implementation and the sorting algorithms.

 

i will upload the program once the agreement is done.

 

Part 1        Describe your sort algorithm in pseudo code.

Part 2        Answer the following questions (See below)

 

1.      Which sorting method did you choose?

2.      The sorts we discussed were selection, insertion, bubble, merge, quick, and shell.  In about a paragraph, discuss why the ones that you didn’t choose would have been less appropriate?

3. How much slower would you expect bubble sort of 10,000 elements to be than merge sort?
4. What is the fastest algorithm for finding the k^thlargest element of N numbers?
5. What is the primary disadvantage of Quick Sort? How could this disadvantage be eliminated?
6. What is an advantage of bubble sort over selection sort? What is an advantage of selection sort over bubble sort?
7. Why is a hybrid algorithm combining insertion sort with quick sort often faster than solely using quick sort?
8. Describe how radix sort of integers can be implemented to require only twice memory, rather than ten times memory.
9. State one or two problems that you can think of that are associated with sorting a linked list as compared with arrays?
10. Give one or two advantages that the linked list implementation has over arrays.

Part 3        Implement the program. Turn in the lab, including files containing the typed answers to the part 1 questions, the pseudo-code.

 

Hints and Instructions

 

1) Implement your employee list program using a linked list instead of an array //(or binary tree in my case becuase i didnt implent unordered array as it required in the first lab) .  We will also add a sort option. Your menu will look something like the following:

 

Employee Maintenance

1) Add Employee

2) Remove Employee

3) Display Employee

4) Display Employee List

5) Reset List

6) Create Initial List

7) Sort Employee List

8) Help

9) Quit

Please Select:

 

2) The sort option will put the employee list in order of ascending item numbers.  Pick the sort that you think is most efficient for this project, but do not copy to an array and sort the array. The lab requirement is to sort the linked list directly, without using arrays.

 

INTERVENTION PROPOSAL

In Week Three, you created a literature review around the scenario that you selected in Week One. For the Week Six assignment, you will create an intervention proposal that contains a professional recommendation for the chosen case study. The Intervention Proposal should incorporate any feedback that the instructor provided in the Week Four Literature Review or Week Two Annotated Bibliography assignments.

 

In a 10- to 12-page paper (not including the title page or references page) the student will:

 

Briefly restate the problem from the chosen case study.

Compose a thesis statement that contains the student’s professional recommendation. The thesis statement should be located near the end of the second paragraph of the report.

Explain the relevant theories and empirical studies that have led to the student’s professional recommendation. The explanation must include evaluations of seven to eight, peer-reviewed articles from the Annotated Bibliography that was created in Week Two. At least one of these articles must be about a specific empirical study. In addition, the explanation must:

Evaluate each article (comparing and contrasting them with the other articles) and answer the following questions:

What was the researchers’ research question?

What was their hypothesis?

How many participants did they have?

Was the research design method appropriate for that particular hypothesis? Was it valid?

Did their findings support the hypothesis?

What are the implications?

What are the limitations?

Discuss the opposing sides to the student’s recommendation and explain:

Why it is relevant.

Why it should be considered.

Why it should be discounted for this recommendation.

Discuss any limitations or gaps in existing research.

Restate the professional recommendation in one to two concluding paragraphs.

 

The paper must include a title page and references page, and it must be formatted according to APA style as outlined

 

Organization tip: It is best to start with the least related and most broad article and move toward the most relevant. It can be helpful to think of the organization for this report as a funnel: The articles evaluated should get more and more specific and narrow in breadth throughout the report.

 

Language Note: This report is being written for an audience that is not familiar with the theories and material that are discussed. This means that the paper needs to be accessible to all individuals. All technical terms, acronyms, and theories should be explained and jargon should be avoided.

 

The Intervention Proposal

 

Must be 10 to 12 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined

Must include a separate title page with the following:

Title of paper

Student’s name

Course name and number

Instructor’s name

Date submitted

Must use at seven to eight peer-reviewed sources that were all written within the past ten years, in addition to any seminal works that should be included.

Must document all sources in APA style as outlined

Due Week 5 and worth 75 points

Using the Northern College Health Services visit volume in Appendix 6-1 on page 113 of the textbook, for this assignment, you will be providing a forecast of the number of clinic visits for November 2008 using the average change, confidence interval, average percent change, moving averages, and exponential smoothing forecasting methods. Use the Internet or Strayer Library to research at least two (2) examples of the forecasting methods being used in health services organizations.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

1. Explain each step in the forecasting process for each method.
2. Provide a brief summary of your researched health services organizations implementing the forecasting methods.
3. Provide a forecast of the number of clinic visits for November 2008 using each method of the forecasting process.
4. Conclude which forecasting method provides the best forecast, and provide a rationale for your conclusion.

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:

• Evaluate forecasting strategies and methods.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in quantitative methods for health services.
• Write clearly and concisely about quantitative methods for health services using proper writing mechanics.

• NETWROK CONSISTS OF 26 COMPUTERS AND 8 SERVERS (WEB,FTP,FILE,MAIL,PRINTER,3 ADDITIONAL)
• NETWORK IS FOR A HOSPITAL WHERE SECURITY IS THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY…
• List the user groups and access rights for the network. Include your justification for the user policy.
• Describe the process that you plan to use for the implementation of the user policy on the network computers. The description should provide an overview of the process and does not require all details. The configuration options need to only include the most important settings.
• Discuss additional security measures that you plan to implement for the network to meet the needs of the client and his or her intended use of the network.
• use 3-4 credible sources!! not wikipedia.

 

In the background materials you read about some very traditional theories of motivation such as Theory X and Theory Y, and the hierarchy of needs.  But one trend that has received a lot of attention in the media is that of weird or offbeat methods to motivate employees.  The recent movie The Internship is set in the odd (or “googly”) workplace culture of Google.  Zappos Shoes even mentions “weirdness” in the list of corporate values.

 

CashLinq , a financial services firm, is famous for their Nerf gun battles in the office.  Eric Ryan, found of the highly successful soap company Method, was known to go to extremes to motivate employees such as dressing up as a chipmunk or holding impromptu office dance parties.  Other examples of unorthodox motivation techniques may include unusual perks such as health insurance for your pets, or allowing employees to ride scooters in the office.

 

But is this just a passing fad for trendy new companies, or there actually a method to their madness?  For this assignment, you will be doing some research on these offbeat new motivation techniques and investigating whether or not these techniques actually fit in with standard textbook theories of motivation.  Review the background materials, and then read the following articles and also see if you can find any other examples of bizarre or unusual workplace motivation techniques:

 

Alsop, R. J. (2010). The last word. Workforce Management, 89(10), 50. [Proquest]

 

Petrecca, L. (Dec. 30, 2011). Quirky perks for workers: Pet insurance, massages. USA Today [Proquest]

 

Quirky offices may inspire employees. (Dec. 17, 2010, Dec 27). McClatchy – Tribune Business News [Proquest]

 

Habib, M. (Oct. 7, 2011). Foosball? bah. employers dangle offbeat incentives. The Globe and Mail [Proquest]

 

When you are done with your research, write a four to five page paper addressing the following issues: 

 

1. Are these unusual motivation techniques more closely matched to McGregor’s Theory X, or his Theory Y? Cite at least one of the textbook chapters from the required background readings to support your answer.

 

2. Which of Maslow’s needs do you think these techniques address or do not address – physiological, safety, belonging, esteem, and self-actualization? Cite at least one of the textbook chapters from the required background readings to support your answer.

 

3. Overall, what do you think the main advantages and disadvantages are of these new and unusual motivation techniques as compared to more traditional techniques?

Write a Senior Project Summary paper on the Contemporary trends in healthcare.

 

1. Title PageIntroduction: Provide a description and a thesis statement. Identify the organization that you have chosen to address, including why the issue of your selected topic is important to the health care administrators in your organization, and to the health care industry in general. This should be about one-third of a page.
   1. Anticipated title (this may change for the completed project)
   2. Your name
   3. Course name and number
   4. Instructor’s name
   5. Date submitted
3. Scope of the Senior Project: This section should summarize the content topics and sub-topics related to the health care trend that will be addressed in the Senior Project.
4. Discussion: This section should be a constructive and analytical overview of what was found in the scholarly and professional literature. Make sure to discuss the pros/cons or strengths/weaknesses of the stakeholder group impacted (e.g., patient, provider, third-party payer, administrator, legislator, etc.) as applicable. In developing this section, it is important to demonstrate your understanding of the topic and the interventions and influences. This should be about one page.
5. Conclusion:  Provide a summary of the main effects of the contemporary health care trend on costs, quality, and access to services as it impacts various stakeholder groups.
6. Reference Page

The Senior Project Summary should be two- to- three pages (excluding title and reference pages) in APA format

 

This assignment provides an opportunity for you to apply what you have learned in this course to prepare a professional PowerPoint presentation, such as one you might present to coworkers when discussing discrimination.

Select ONE of the options below as the subject for your final project. Do your research, and then develop a PowerPoint presentation to demonstrate your understanding of the topic. Use the slide notes function to explain slide contents as necessary.

Your presentation must include at least the information presented under each heading. It must consist of a minimum of 20 PowerPoint slides, excluding the title and reference slides. Use proper APA formatting when citing sources, including your textbook. (Remember that unmonitored Internet sources, such as Wikipedia, are not acceptable.) If you need to review guidelines for effective PowerPoint presentations, the presentation is linked here. Additional information is available on the Internet.

Option 1: Disability Discrimination

 

1. Discuss a minimum of five benefits of organizational diversity.

 

2. Identify at least three factors that have led to increased emphasis on disability discrimination in the workplace.

 

3. What are three benefits of diversity in the workplace?

 

4. Discuss statistical data on education, participation rates, employment, and income levels of individuals with disabilities.

 

5. Provide a historical background of the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Rehabilitation Act of 1963. Compare and contrast these two pieces of legislation.

 

6. Find two lawsuits against companies in the United States that relate to disability discrimination, and discuss their basis and their results. Do you agree with the results?

 

7. Why does disability discrimination persist despite legislation and other efforts to eliminate it?

 

8. Explain the role of stereotyping and prejudice in perpetuating in-group favoritism and out-group bias.

 

9. Identify three ways in which employers can make reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities.

 

10. If you had to argue for including obesity as a disability, what information would you use to support your argument, and what piece(s) of legislation would be most helpful in supporting your stance? Why?

 

Option 2: Religious Discrimination

 

1. Discuss a minimum of five benefits of organizational diversity.

 

2. Explain at least two reasons for the increased emphasis on religious discrimination in the United States. Why is religious diversity so important for the U.S.?

 

3. Conduct research to determine how many different religions exist in the world.

 

BSL 4000, Managing Diversity in Organizations 4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4. Research three religious groups in the United States, and explain why these groups continue to be victims of prejudice and discrimination.

 

5. Identify and describe Title VII of the Civil Rights Act as it pertains to religious discrimination.

 

6. Discuss two cases related to religious discrimination in the United States. Provide a minimum of two reasons for the persistence of religious discrimination.

 

7. Describe at least two ways in which religious discrimination can lead to in-group favoritism and out-group bias.

 

8. Should employers provide reasonable accommodations for religious practices? Why, or why not? Please substantiate your response with legal and moral reasons.

 

9. Discuss at least three ways in which employers can accommodate religious practices of employees and applicants.

 

10. Provide a minimum of three recommendations to improve organizational cultures for religious diversity.

 

Option 3: Gender and Sexual Preference Discrimination

 

1. Discuss at least five benefits of organizational diversity.

 

2. Provide a minimum of two reasons for the increased number of women in the workplace in the United States. How would employer-provided child and elder care impact this segment of the work force?

 

3. Explain the historical background of gender discrimination in the United States.

 

4. Provide employment data, educational attainment, and income levels for women and sexual minorities in the workplace.

 

5. Describe the basic purpose of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

 

6. Define sexual orientation. Should sexual orientation be protected under federal legislation? Please justify your response.

 

7. Although sexual orientation is not protected by federal legislation, is it acceptable to discriminate against sexual minorities because of their preferences?

 

8. Define sex discrimination, and provide at least one example.

 

9. Define the two types of sexual harassment and provide an example of each.

 

10. Discuss case details for two lawsuits: one involving sex discrimination in the United States and one involving sexual harassment in the United States.

 

11. Provide at least two reasons for the pervasiveness of sex discrimination in the workplace.

 

12. Provide a minimum of three recommendations to improve organizational cultures for gender equity and sexual minorities.

 

Option 4: Racial Discrimination

 

1. Discuss a minimum of five benefits of organizational diversity.

 

2. How have changes in the racial makeup of the U.S. population impacted racial discrimination?

 

3. Explain the historical background of race in America and the concept of “White privilege.”

 

4. Discuss affirmative action and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act as it relates to race in America. What are the major components of each piece of legislation?

 

5. Compare and contrast two racial groups in America on the basis of employment, education, and income levels.

 

6. Provide case information on a minimum of two lawsuits related to race discrimination in the United States.

 

7. Discuss a minimum of three reasons for the persistence of racial discrimination in America.

 

8. Explain how racial discrimination can lead to in-group favoritism and out-group bias in the workplace.

 

9. Provide a minimum of three recommendations to improve organizational cultures for racial equality.

 

Option 5: Age Discrimination

 

1. Discuss a minimum of five benefits of organizational diversity.

 

2. Explain recent and projected changes in the demographic makeup of the U.S. population as they relate to age discrimination.

 

3. Why has age become such a major topic in the American workforce?

 

4. Define and discuss the major components of the Age in Discrimination Employment Act.

 

5. Provide employment, education, and income levels of workers over the age of 40 in the United States.

 

6. Provide case information on a minimum of two lawsuits related to age discrimination in the United States.

 

7. Define ageism and discuss misconceptions about the performance and abilities of older and younger workers.

 

8. Discuss methods that can be used to improve organizational culture for the aging workforce.

Discussion, consider the stories told by the faculty and staff in the audio program. Each of these individuals represents a different perspective on issues at their institution. Imagine yourself as a program, department, or division leader at an institution like this. Your concerns are meeting the needs of all students, faculty, and staff in your area, implementing new initiatives or approaches that are likely to improve your area’s effectiveness, and working within budgetary and bureaucratic constraints—priorities that often conflict. You face challenges like those raised by leaders at different institutional levels, as described in your reading in Turnaround Leadership. Use the following questions to guide your Discussion:

• How could an administrator or other leader working with faculty and staff like those in the audio program do a better job of addressing their differing perspectives?
• What leadership challenges have you faced in your work environment? Are these similar to or different from those highlighted in the readings and audio program? What leadership skills appear to be necessary in higher education institutions?
• How do you see people in these roles employing leadership strategies to effect change in the institution?
• Are there common leadership strategies or qualities you can identify in the readings, in the audio program, and in the position announcements you found for the Application Assignment?
• Do people in different roles or at different levels within the institution use different leadership strategies? How?