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1) Defend which reform movement you feel was most successful in this antebellum America; identify significant writings, leaders, methods, and obstacles faced when working towards this goal.

2) Identify the innovator from 1815-1860 you feel had the most significant impact on American culture and expansion, including which innovation(s) and why.

3) Take the perspective of an American citizen in 1837, and identify yourself: location, age, and occupation. Assuming this role with no future knowledge, describe your view of Andrew Jackson. Provide an opinion on at least three distinct issues that took place during his administrations (1829-1837).

Each queston yields a 200 word response.

As one of the program outcomes for the Bachelor of Science in Information Technology program, students must apply the principles of systems analysis and design to fundamental business systems within the organization.

The final individual paper for this class includes three sections: one section of the paper is due each week; the final section is due in Week Four.

Complete Section 1 of the Service Request SR-rm-022 paper. Using the Service Request SR-rm-022, analyze the HR system.

Prepare a 4- to 6-page paper that accomplishes the following:

What key stakeholders in Riordan Manufacturing would you gather requirements from?
Describe the information-gathering techniques and systems analysis tools you would propose for the project.
Identify the key factors that help ensure the information required for the project is gathered successfully.
Explain what project scope is and why it is important. Describe the areas of project feasibility that are examined in the analysis phase of the SDLC.
Cite and discuss 2 to 3 references, in addition to the required readings, that are relevant to the assignment. Include citations and references formatted consistent with APA guidelines.

Discussion 1
In your own words, explain how to obtain the “expected value of perfect information” for any payoff table, which has probabilities associated with each state of nature. Then, provide an example, drawing from any of the payoff tables in Problems 1-17 in the back of Chapter 12. If no probabilities are given for the states of nature, then assume equal likelihood.
Problems
1. A farmer in Iowa is considering either leasing some extra land or investing in savings certificates at the local bank. If weather conditions are good next year, the extra land will give the farmer an excellent harvest. However, if weather conditions are bad, the farmer will lose money. The savings certificates will result in the same return, regardless of the weather conditions. The return for each investment, given each type of weather condition, is shown in the following payoff table:
Weather
Decision Good Bad
Lease land $90,000 $−40,000
Buy savings certificate 10,000 10,000
2. Select the best decision, using the following decision criteria:
1. Maximax
2. Maximin
3. The owner of the Burger Doodle Restaurant is considering two ways to expand operations: open a drive-up window or serve breakfast. The increase in profits resulting from these proposed expansions depends on whether a competitor opens a franchise down the street. The possible profits from each expansion in operations, given both future competitive situations, are shown in the following payoff table:
Competitor
Decision Open Not Open
Drive-up window $−6,000 $20,000
Breakfast 4,000 8,000
4. Select the best decision, using the following decision criteria.
1. Maximax
2. Maximin
5. Stevie Stone, a bellhop at the Royal Sundown Hotel in Atlanta, has been offered a management position. Although accepting the offer would assure him a job if there was a recession, if good economic conditions prevailed, he would actually make less money as a manager than as a bellhop (because of the large tips he gets as a bellhop). His salary during the next 5 years for each job, given each future economic condition, is shown in the following payoff table:
Economic Conditions
Decision Good Recession
Bellhop $120,000 $60,000
Manager 85,000 85,000
6. Select the best decision, using the following decision criteria.
1. Minimax regret
2. Hurwicz (α = .4)
3. Equal likelihood
7. Brooke Bentley, a student in business administration, is trying to decide which management science course to take next quarter—I, II, or III. “Steamboat” Fulton, “Death” Ray, and “Sadistic” Scott are the three management science professors who teach the courses. Brooke does not know who will teach what course. Brooke can expect a different grade in each of the courses, depending on who teaches it next quarter, as shown in the following payoff table:
Professor
Course Fulton Ray Scott
I B D D
II C B F
III F A C
8. Determine the best course to take next quarter, using the following criteria.
1. Maximax
2. Maximin
9. A farmer in Georgia must decide which crop to plant next year on his land: corn, peanuts, or soybeans. The return from each crop will be determined by whether a new trade bill with Russia passes the Senate. The profit the farmer will realize from each crop, given the two possible results on the trade bill, is shown in the following payoff table:
Trade Bill
Crop Pass Fail
Corn $35,000 $8,000
Peanuts 18,000 12,000
Soybeans 22,000 20,000
10. Determine the best crop to plant, using the following decision criteria.
1. Maximax
2. Maximin
3. Minimax regret
4. Hurwicz (α = .3)
5. Equal likelihood
11. A company must decide now which of three products to make next year to plan and order proper materials. The cost per unit of producing each product will be determined by whether a new union labor contract passes or fails. The cost per unit for each product, given each contract result, is shown in the following payoff table:
Contract Outcome
Product Pass Fail
1 $7.50 $6.00
2 4.00 7.00
3 6.50 3.00
12. Determine which product should be produced, using the following decision criteria.
1. Minimin
2. Minimax
13. The owner of the Columbia Construction Company must decide between building a housing development, constructing a shopping center, and leasing all the company’s equipment to another company. The profit that will result from each alternative will be determined by whether material costs remain stable or increase. The profit from each alternative, given the two possibilities for material costs, is shown in the following payoff table:
Material Costs
Decision Stable Increase
Houses $ 70,000 $30,000
Shopping center 105,000 20,000
Leasing 40,000 40,000
14. Determine the best decision, using the following decision criteria.
1. Maximax
2. Maximin
3. Minimax regret
4. Hurwicz (α = .2)
5. Equal likelihood
15. A local real estate investor in Orlando is considering three alternative investments: a motel, a restaurant, or a theater. Profits from the motel or restaurant will be affected by the availability of gasoline and the number of tourists; profits from the theater will be relatively stable under any conditions. The following payoff table shows the profit or loss that could result from each investment:
Gasoline Availability
Investment Shortage Stable Supply Surplus
Motel $−8,000 $15,000 $20,000
Restaurant 2,000 8,000 6,000
Theater 6,000 6,000 5,000
16. Determine the best investment, using the following decision criteria.
1. Maximax
2. Maximin
3. Minimax regret
4. Hurwicz (α = .4)
5. Equal likelihood
17. A television network is attempting to decide during the summer which of the following three football games to televise on the Saturday following Thanksgiving Day: Alabama versus Auburn, Georgia versus Georgia Tech, or Army versus Navy. The estimated viewer ratings (millions of homes) for the games depend on the win–loss records of the six teams, as shown in the following payoff table:
Number of Viewers (1,000,000s)
Game Both Teams Have Winning Records One Team Has Winning Record; One Team Has Losing Record Both Teams Have Losing Records
Alabama vs. Auburn 10.2 7.3 5.4
Georgia vs. Georgia Tech 9.6 8.1 4.8
Army vs. Navy 12.5 6.5 3.2

Discussion 2
Select one (1) of the following topics for your primary discussion posting:
•Identify the part of setting up a simulation in Excel that you find to be the most challenging, and explain why. Identify resources that can help you with that.
•Explain how simulation is used in the real world. Provide a specific example from your own line of work (Biotech/Pharmaceutical), or a line of work that you find particularly interesting.

 

Special education professionals need to create, “safe, inclusive, culturally responsive learning environments to engage individuals with exceptionalities in meaningful learning activities and social interactions.” (CEC Initial Preparation Standards with Elaborations, Element 2.1)

Create a PowerPoint presentation that addresses the following questions for the inclusive, resource, self-contained, and online environments:

1. What are the advantages for students with and without disabilities?
2. What are the disadvantages for students with and without disabilities?
3. How can you ensure students with disabilities can be successful in this type of classroom?

The presentation must include a title slide, a reference slide, and speaker’s notes that detail what you would be saying during the presentation.

While APA format is not required for the body of this assignment, solid academic writing is expected, and in-text citations and references should be presented using APA documentation guidelines, which can be found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

Imagine you are the HR manager at a company, and an employee came to you upset because she felt a male co-worker had sexually harassed her by repeatedly asking her out on dates even after she said “no.” What would you do?

Write a one (1) page paper in which you:

1. Formulate the conversation you would have with the employee, based the concepts found in Chapter 2 in your textbook.
2. Summarize the conversation you would have with the employee’s male co-worker, based on the concepts found in Chapter 2 of your textbook.
3. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
   1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
   2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Explain the human resource management process, its role in supporting the overall organizational strategies, and the various functions involved in human resource management.
• Explain the key provisions of major government legislation affecting human resource management, including equal employment opportunity, affirmative action, health and safety, and labor relations.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in human resource management.
• Write clearly and concisely about human resource management using proper writing mechanics.

Part 1: “Rhetorical Heritage, Modern Applications” (Lesson 1) Write a letter to your mentor explaining why a study of rhetoric and rhetorical canon is valuable to you, a modern-day student of English Composition. 300 words

 

Part 2: “Considering Your Audience” (Lesson 1, Chapter 1) Your text discusses three possible ways to view your writing audience (classical view, cognitive view, social view). Briefly describe each view, and for each one identify a type of writing for which that view would be particularly appropriate. Close your brief essay by telling which view you employ most often in writing. The paper should be about 250 words long—longer if necessary—and should clearly demonstrate your understanding of the content.

 

You are about to take over MoneyPlays Bank, a small but lucrative financial institution. You have hired new staff and are conducting orientation and training. You need to explain financial management risk to the new staff. Using the library and other credible sources, prepare a report responding to the following regarding factors of financial risk:

• Explain risk management to your new staff.
• Distinguish between the 3 factors of financial risk as it pertains to the banking industry. Explain each of the following:
  • Credit
  • Commodity
  • Operational risk
• Be sure to include an introduction and conclusion
• APA format

 

Directions: Read the scenario below and then respond to the questions/statements which follow.

Scenario: Sally is a 3rd grade student with an identified specific learning disability in the academic areas of reading comprehension and math reasoning. Sally requires a resource level of support whereby she spends the majority of her school day within her general education 3rd grade classroom. Sally spends at least 20% of her school day receiving specialized instruction in the areas of reading comprehension and math reasoning (i.e., the academic areas where her disability manifests itself). Sally’s specialized instruction may include small group instruction with the special education teacher outside or inside of her classroom.

Based on what you have learned about inclusion:

1. Are Sally’s current special education services consistent with the inclusion model? Why? Why not?
2. What should Sally’s general education 3rd grade teacher do to help fully include her within the 3rd grade classroom?

Question 1

 

What is your opinion on the use of nuclear power to fulfill our energy needs? Do you feel that the benefits of nuclear power outweigh the risks? 100 words and APA format

 

Question 2

 

Discuss your reaction if there were to be a MSW incinerator constructed in your community. What would your concerns be? If you want to fight the placement of the incinerator, how would you address the Not in My Backyard (NIMBY) issue? In other words, if it is not placed in your community, where should it be placed? Lastly, would you be more comfortable if the proposed waste disposal facility were a landfill? Why or why not?

 

There are two parts to this week’s Essay Prep assignment.  First, you’ll practice citing and referencing.  Second, after reviewing the textbook information in chapter 7 on White Collar crimes and reviewing the FBI web site, you’ll create an outline for your final essay assignment on White Collar crimes.  Third, you’ll include Part 1 and Part 2 in a Word document that you’ll save and upload to the appropriate portal.

 

Part 1.  Practicing APA

 

1. Quote from the textbook and cite per APA
2. Paraphrase and cite from any the page of interest at the FBI web site.
3. Practice a reference list for the textbook and the website you cited above

 

Part 2. Complete your Outline

 

Below is the outline for your Class Essay.   Go to the FBI White Collar Crime web site and review a few of the Major Threats and Programs.  After reading through a few pages of interest to you, fill in the blue sections of the outline with information that YOU want to write about for your paper.  Re-write the outline so that it reflects what you’ll be writing your paper about.

 

1. Introduction (summary of main points, thesis statement)
2. Define white collar crime and provide two examples that you’ll write about in your two content paragraphs
3. Identify one white collar crime that you want to research and write about
4. Identify a second type of white collar crime to research and write about
5. Conclusion (summary of main points)