Author: chris

In this assignment, you will be able to identify and understand the steps in the proposed ethical decision-making model presented in your textbook by Bush et al. (2006). In addition, you will be able to discuss the strengths and weaknesses of this proposed model.

Tasks:

Write a 3- to 4-page paper, including the following points:

• A summary of the eight steps in the ethical decision-making model proposed by Bush et al. (2006).
• A critical analysis of the ethical decision-making model (i.e., analyze the strengths and weaknesses of the model in ethical decision making).

Read Case 3: Altex Corporation in the case study section of your text. Write a summary of the case and answer the following questions from the end of the case.

 

• Why was a risk management plan considered unnecessary?
• Should risk management planning be performed in the proposal stage or after contract award, assuming that it must be done?
• Does the customer have the right to expect the contractor to perform risk analysis and develop a risk management plan if it is not called out as part of the contractual statement of work?
• Would Altex have been more interested in developing a risk management plan if the project were funded entirely from within?
• How might the Army have responded if they were presented with a risk management plan early during the R&D activities?
• Can risk management planning be justified on almost all programs and projects?

 

Your paper must be 2-4 pages in length (not including title, introduction, conclusion and reference page), doubled spaced, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved style guide.  A minimum of two sources must be used to complete this assignment.

 

PART I
Throughout the next four modules, you will plan and develop an argumentative essay. Your homework assignments will consist of:
• Module 5: Taking a Stance
• Module 6: Developing an Outline
• Module 7: Providing Body Paragraphs
• Module 8: Submitting the Completed Essay
Taking a Stance
Below you will find the topic for Essay 2.

Essay 2 Topic

With a rise in Internet use, millions of people around the globe have flocked to a variety of social networking sites to connect with others. Sites such as Facebook and Myspace have allowed people to reconnect or to meet for the first time. With the ability to create personal profiles, to include pictures, and to supply personal and professional information on these sites, people are divulging a lot of information over the Internet. Some people argue that social networking sites offer people the opportunity to build a stronger and ever-expanding community of friends from around the globe (a global community). Others argue that social networking sites cause problems because of the amount of information (whether negative or positive) that people provide to friends and strangers.

For this essay assignment, consider the following:

1. Do networking sites such as Facebook and Myspace compromise personal and professional security?

For this essay, you will want to do the following:
• Utilize and analyze some essays in your textbook as well as outside sources (a minimum of 2 sources are required)
APA Format:
• Length is 3 pages
• Font: Times New Roman
• Spacing: double-spaced
The main purpose of this assignment is to develop an argument regarding the essay topic. You will need evidence and examples to help you formulate a stronger argument. Also, remember to utilize outside sources that agree and help to strengthen your position in this essay; therefore, a minimum of two sources are required. With either position in this topic, there are plenty of critics who offer their opinions as well. You should have little problem finding these sources.

You should provide 3 pages, Times New Roman, 12-point font, and double-spaced for this essay. You must also format your essay using APA format. Remember, a strong essay will have a clear thesis statement that establishes your position. The remainder of your essay will support your thesis statement with reasons and evidence.
Module 5 Homework Assignment Instructions

Upon reading the Essay 2 prompt, you will consider your position on the essay topic. Your task for this Module 5 Homework Assignment is to submit an introductory paragraph with a thesis statement regarding the above essay topic. Remember that a thesis is the claim or main idea or premise of an argument, so you will submit your claim in this Module 5 Homework Assignment. For some information about writing thesis statements, please read Tips and Examples for Writing Thesis Statements (Purdue Online Writing Lab).

Since you have to submit a thesis statement for this assignment, it will help to include an introductory paragraph. Remember that a thesis statement (your claim/argument) is usually placed toward the end of the introductory paragraph. By including your thesis statement in your introductory paragraph, you allow your reader to understand your argument early in the essay. Once you have an introductory paragraph with a strong thesis statement, the remainder of your essay will flow better.

Part II: Using Appeals

After you have written your introduction and thesis statement, you should consider what you will use in order to convince your audience. For each – ethos, pathos, and logos – write a paragraph in which you describe how you would use this appeal in your essay.

1. Solid Waste in History: Economics and Legislation:
2. Outline how the management of municipal waste has changed over the years. Compare and contrast historical solid waste management efforts with current solid waste management efforts.
3. What led to the development of sanitary landfills? How do sanitary landfills differ from open dumps? Describe how a sanitary landfill is created. How does this type of landfill construction help prevent groundwater contamination, and is it always successful?

 

2. Energy Conversion and Integrated Solid Waste Management:
3. What is the potential for energy recovery from solid waste? Outline how refuse can be burned and describe the results of refuse combustion.
4. Describe an integrated solid waste management plan for reducing waste at its source. How have these strategies contributed to the growth in recycling/recovery during the last 20 years?

 

3. Waste Reduction, Reuse, and Recycling:
4. Identify how waste reduction can be achieved. What incentives are there for the public to change its use of materials?
5. What are some examples of waste reduction that you can utilize in your everyday life? What are the benefits of recycling and what are the negative issues apparent with recycling? Identify and explain some obstacles with recycling.

 

4. Litter Collection: You are a consultant in a community of around 4,000 people. The city council has asked you to create an anti-litter campaign to assist the clean-up of their community. Since you believe that litter can be controlled by cognitive, social, and technological means, outline the different steps you would take in evaluating the community, why there is litter, and what you can do to assist in building the anti-litter campaign for the city council. How would your means be effective?

 

5. Municipal Solid Waste Characteristics: Define the term moisture transfer and outline how it is used in refuse management. Explain why moisture transfer is important in studies on refuse composition and materials recovery. How is it also important in energy conversion?

 

 

 

My response should be at least 200 words in length. APA Format, References

1. Choose one of the following topics : (30 points)
2. Discuss the early Christian (pre-critical) approach to the OT. Answer the following questions:

1. a) What did the Christians in the early Church believe concerning the nature of the Scripture or its origin? What did they believe about inspiration? According to them, who wrote the Pentateuch?

1. b) Did they believe that the Scripture is inerrant in all its parts? Why?

1. c) Did they always interpret biblical texts literally? What methods did they use? Give one example of each of these methods. Briefly discuss their advantages and disadvantages.

1. d) What was the major task or goal of the Christian interpreters of the OT?

1. e) How does the Catholic Church  position (today) on the nature of  the Scripture  differ from the position on the nature of the Scripture held by the early Church?
2. Discuss the Catholic modern or critical approach to the OT today. Answer the following questions:

1. a) How many books does the Catholic Bible have in its OT part? When (approximately- between what centuries) and by whom (Jews or Christians) were these books written?

1. b) What is the modern Catholic position on the nature or authorship of the biblical books? What does it mean that the “scripture is inspired by God”? In what sense is the Bible “God’s Word”?

1. c) Does the Catholic Church today believe that the scripture is inerrant in all its parts? Why? In what sense is scripture inerrant or what is true in it?

1. d) What is the Historical- critical method? What is its task? To what questions concerning the text does it try to find the answers? Which extra- biblical sources or other sciences  does it use? How does the Historico-critical approach correspond to the position held by the Church today on the nature of the Scripture?

1. e) What is the Documentary hypothesis? What does it say concerning the authorship of the Pentateuch? When and who gave to it its final shape? What problems does it try to resolve?

1. Choose  one of the following topics: (10 points)

3.What are the Patriarchal stories? What do they try to explain? How do the ancient authors of these stories depict their ancestors? What virtues and vices do their main actors (Abraham, Jacob, Joseph, Judah and Levi) examplify?

4. What (human) characters and in what stories demonstrate the following virtues:

1. a) faith/trust in God; b) obedience, commitment to God; c) solidarity, compassion; d) justice; e) forgiveness; f) humility

What (human) characters and in what stories demonstrate the following characteristics/vices:

1. a) lack of trust/faith in God; b) fear and hatred of people; c) jealousy; d) cowardice; e) dishonesty; f) arrogance

5.  Briefly discuss the Christian  allegorical, typological and prophetic interpretation of the Abrahamic cycle (Gen. 12:1-7, 18; 22).

6.  Briefly discuss the Christian allegorical and typological interpretation of the Exodus story (  the plagues, the first Passover/Pesach, the  crossing of the Red Sea/ Sea of Reeds).

7. Give the examples of 5 characters from Genesis-Exodus who (for the Christians readers of the OT) are the prototypes or prefigurations of Jesus. Explain: what is similar between each of these characters and Jesus?

III.(You have no other choices: (20 points)

8. a)Contrast the origin, and function of the Mosaic constitution in Israel with the origin, nature and function of the constitution in America.

1. b) What is “sin” in the OT and what do we call “transgression” today?

1. c)  What crimes were/are considered the most grievous in the Ancient Israel and in America today?

1. d) Explain, why the Ancient Israel’ religion was not compatible with the concepts of democracy (=rule of the people), separation of Church/religion and State and religious plurality/tolerance?

1. Choose one of the following topics: (20 points)

1. Discuss how the biblical authors viewed monarchy and their rulers. What should be a king ideally (acc. to the Mosaic law)? Why did the biblical authors disapprove the establishment of monarchy and considered it as a sin? Under what condition would God tolerate monarchy? What political/religious mistakes did the rulers make?  Use the examples of David, Solomon, Rehoboam, and Jeroboam (all of them!).

1. Discuss the position (ideal and real) of a prophet in the Ancient Israelite society. Use the example of Jeremiah. Describe his relationships with kings, priests and other prophets. Why was he blamed for being unpatriotic? Who does he call “false prophets”? Give 2 criteria of a true prophet.

1. Compare the prophet Jeremiah with Moses: when (in what –different!-centuries) did they live?  Compare and contrast their calls, missions, and their accomplishments. To which historic events were they witnesses?

1. Discuss the meaning and function of the prophetic symbolic acts using examples (at least 3) from the books of Hosea and Jeremiah.

1. Contrast  Jonah with Jeremiah. Compare their missions, their behavior, and their accomplishments. Why do the Jews read the book of Jonah on the Day of Atonement?

1. Discuss the imagery and metaphors used by the biblical writers for God and Israel (at least 5 for Israel). Explain their meanings in the context of the different periods of the history of Israel. Give examples from the Pentateuch (Ex., Deut.), Hosea, Jeremiah and Isaiah 40-55.

1.  According to tradition, who -priests, professional chronographers/historians or the prophets- wrote the biblical historical books (the Deuteronomistic History)? Explain that. Contrast the biblical interpretation or the explanation of the historic events with our modern approach to history. Bring one example of the event from the OT and one example from the non-biblical (American, European) history. How did the biblical writers explain why that event happened? How does this approach differ from our way to see the causes behind history?

1. Discuss how the Second Isaiah envisioned the restoration of Israel and its mission to other nations. Discuss the nature of the New Covenant preached by Jeremiah. Contrast that New Covenant with the old one.

1. Choose one of the following topics (20 points):

1. Discuss the role and duties of priests in Ancient Israel as well as the challenge(s) associated with their profession. Describe the priests’ position (ideal and real) with respect to the prophets, kings, judges and other people on the basis of the Pentateuch (Aaron in Ex. 32; Dt. 16-17), Hosea and Jeremiah.

1. What is “atonement”? Discuss the evolution of the concept of atonement on the basis of priestly cultic laws,  Isa 52:13-53:12 ;  and Jesus’ death on the cross. What is the“vicarious suffering”? Compare a sin offering (an animal without blemish of the cultic laws) with the atoning death of the innocent ones (the Suffering Servant, martyrs, Jesus). In what sense does the sin offering prefigure Jesus?

1. Who is “messiah”? What do the Jews expect from the Messiah? (Use Targum for Isa 52:13-53:12 and your notes for the last class). Discuss messianic role of Israel/Christians on the basis of 2^nd Isaiah.

Extra credit essay. (5 points max)

1. Choose five stories/texts. Demonstrate the relevance/importance of the messages/lessons they teach for us today (for our family life or spiritual/religious life, or political life, etc.)

HRM and the Strategic Planning Process Case Study

Frank is the lead broker at a real estate firm that is located in one large city. The company has a nationally known real estate training program that costs $2,000 to attend. The program motivates real estate agents to sell more, gives tips on how to get leads, and recruits more agents to Frank’s brokerage firm.

Each real estate agent in his firm grosses a 3% commission with each transaction involved with buying or selling a house. After the broker’s cut, most agents net a commission of 2.1% with each transaction.

Frank’s motivation is to build his training program and the size of his brokerage firm by adding real estate agents. To do so, he decided to provide his real estate agents some incentives.

At noon on the first Monday of each month, agents sign up for four hours of floor time for the month via computer. Floor time at the downtown office allows each agent to be the sole person to accept phone calls, answer e-mails, or visit with walk-ins to get possible listings and generate more business. Floor time occurs from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. each day. Agents love floor time so much that by noon each Monday sign-up day, all floor times for the month are taken.

There are other ways to get real estate leads such as contacting people who have de-listed their houses or are showing “For Sale by Owner” signs in front of their houses. But floor time in this firm accounts for a third of all leads.

Here is the new incentive policy:

Realtors can receive up to four hours of floor time per month if they have had a transaction in the last three months.

Realtors receive one additional hour of floor time per month for exceeding three transactions in a three-month period. If there are four transactions in a three-month period, Realtors receive one additional hour. If there are five transactions, Realtors receive two additional hours. Six transactions lead to three hours and so on.

Realtors receive one additional hour of floor time per month for referring one person to Frank’s training program. They receive two hours for two people, three hours for three people, and so on.

The system worked well for two months after initiation of the program. On the third month, floor time ran out. Agents who had rights to floor time but could not get it were promised extra floor time the next month. The real estate firm added 16 real estate agents (while losing only two) and brought in 18 agents to the training program due to referrals from other agents. The superstar real estate agent Trina was involved with nine real estate transactions during the three-month period.

Frank decided to change the standard one week before Realtors could sign up for the next floor time. Realtors can now receive up to four hours of floor time per month if they have had a transaction in the last two months (effective next sign-up). All other aspects of the incentive program will continue.

Stacey has been a Realtor with Frank’s brokerage firm for the last 15 years. She had been on vacation in February and was gone in late March, so she did not get the e-mail on the new incentive policy. She thought she could sign up for floor time because she had a transaction in the last three months. She went on the computer to sign up for floor time as usual on Monday, April 3, at noon. She was locked out. The computer said she had insufficient transactions over the last two months.

Stacey immediately called Frank at 12:05 complaining that she couldn’t sign up for floor time. Frank said that she should have been keeping up with all e-mail correspondence from the firm. She said it wouldn’t have made a difference. “I went on vacation knowing I was safe for floor time. Now you surprised me. The firm is going to get bigger and bigger, and it is only going to get tougher to get floor time.”

She was disgusted by the fact that her friend Trina received 20 hours of floor time in April. The incentive plan was also unfair to newcomers who get no floor time. Stacey said, “Trina is a machine. She has a staff that helps her get sales. She even hired a person to find Realtors to go to your training seminars. How can I compete against Trina who will capture all the floor time in the firm?”

Stacey also wondered about the training seminars. She got into the business of real estate to sell houses, not seminars.

Frank stated that he wants to give the spoils to those in the firm who produce the most. Trina happens to be one of the most productive Realtors in the city and state. Trina also nets 2.5% with each transaction because she passes the magical $3 million threshold each year. Besides, said Frank, floor time is only a small piece of the pie.

Reference
Gundars Kaupins, Boise State University

Questions:

• What were Frank’s strategic purposes for the incentive plan? Did the incentive plan accomplish his purposes? Why or why not?

• Which incentive option is Frank choosing?

• Do you think that high-level performers should get the bulk of the rewards in an organization, or should the rewards be meted out in a more egalitarian fashion?

• Let’s say Stacey represents most of the Realtors of the firm. How could Frank have improved the cooperative development of incentives with Stacey prior to incentive initiation?

• Given Frank’s strategic purposes, what alternative incentive plans would be appropriate for this real estate firm? Consider incentive plans mentioned in the chapter.

Select one artwork that reflects the downturn of the Great Depression. State the title, artist, date, and then provide a visual analysis of the work including a personal interpretation. Your essay should be no less than two paragraphs and should be written in your own words.

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Imagine you are a museum tour and you are responsible for conducting an international tour of foreign visitors and students through a museum exhibit exploring Abstract Expressionism. In your own words, describe how you would define the movement and explain the style and meaning of Abstract Expressionism art. Your essay should be no less than two paragraphs.

Which of these artists were exhibited by Alfred Stieglitz at his 291 gallery?

____________________ was the art movement with clean, sharp lines that focused on factories, buildings and American consumerist goods.

According to our reading, select the statements below that illustrate how Abstract Expressionism was not a unified ‘school’ of art? (select all that apply)

 

		The artists didn’t know each other
		The artists varied between realism and abstraction
		The artists valued personal autonomy
		The artists rarely exhibited together
		The artists had different styles

 

Compare and Contrast: Pollock vs. Rothko

 

Compare and Contrast – Jackson Pollock’s White Light, 1954 with Mark Rothko’s Number 15, 1957.

• White Light
• http://www.moma.org/collection/works/79481
• Number 15
• http://www.orartswatch.org/wpcontent/ uploads/2012/02/Rothko_untitled_1957.jpg

Spend time looking carefully at each work. Write down a list of words that describe each work – include nouns, verbs, adjectives, and adverbs.

• What do you think initially, and then what details do you begin to see?
• What is similar about these works?
• What is different?
• They were both American Abstract Expressionists – why are they linked together in this art movement?

Do you believe that their intended message is similar?

An anecdote about an event in Auschwitz appears on page 134 of Religions of the West Today

Explain the significance of what is described there, especially the fervor with which the Jews present “sang and danced and cried.”  Why is the knowledge of Sh’ma Yisrael (shema) by the young boy an occasion for such joy among the Jews in the death camp?  Be as specific as possible in explaining the meaning of this anecdote.

2 pages, typed and double-spaced

The Double Helix

Describe the role of double helix in complimentary base pairing in DNA replication. What does it mean when we say that the two strands of DNA in the double helix are antiparallel? What would the end of the double helix look like if the strands were parallel? Remember to cite any references you use in proper APA format.

 

DNA and RNA

Compare and contrast DNA and RNA. Discuss why humans did not evolve with one central repository of DNA, but rather it is replicated throughout the body?

Your assignment should be 250-500 words in length.

Remember to cite any references you use in proper APA format