Author: chris

Question 1

Describe three factors that cause construction waste. How can a cyclic rather than a liner approach to design and construction reduce construction waste?

Your response should be at least 150 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

 

Question 2

Discuss the contribution of plastic to the municipal solid waste stream and describe the four main categories of plastic and solid waste recycling techniques.

 

Your response should be at least 150 words in length. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

 

This is a CLC assignment.

In your assigned CLC groups, you will develop a three-tiered RTI model brochure for parents as a resource regarding students struggling with reading that includes the following:

1.    Tier 1: Screening and group interventions

2.    Tier 2: Targeted interventions

3.    Tier 3: Intensive interventions and evaluation

In the brochure, incorporate the following components:

1. Definition of response to RTI. Why implement the RTI model?
2. What makes RTI effective?
3. How should the three intervention tiers of RTI model be utilized? Include an RTI intervention tier flowchart.
4. Who is involved and what is the focus of each level?
5. What is the timeframe for implementation?
6. What sources are available for assisting in the selection of reading interventions?
7. Can RTI be used to determine eligibility for special education?
8. Discuss ways to report to and involve parents with RTI.
9. Include a resource page.

Question #1: What type of exposure could a CFO in the U.S. be subjected to a company based in Sweden and the financial statements are prepared according to IFRS?

Question #2: Payments or liabilities may also be subjected to exposure. Explain the operational hedging strategies that may offset exposure.

Question #3: If an investor wants to compare the financial results of The Gap, Inditex, and H&M, what difference does it make that their financial statements are prepared according to different GAAP? Would you expect there to be a big difference between U.S. GAAP as used by The Gap and IFRS as used by H&M and Inditex?

Must be 2.5 pages in length and use of at least three in-text references. ***NEED ALL REFERENCES USED****

Communication tools must be used strategically. They shouldn’t be used simply because they sound entertaining, but should be employed when they are appropriate for a particular program goal. Appropriateness means not only how well it works but also how ethical it is. Consider the water sanitation program created by Water Missions Belize, which is depicted in the media throughout this course. Think about the type of information the organization is privy to with its close work with schools and community leaders, and the cultural implications of the business they conduct. What might some of the benefits be to this organization for using social media to enlist partnerships or funding? What might some of the ethical ramifications be for disseminating information over the Internet?

Now you are on to the next phase of your SPP, a social marketing plan. After seeing examples of social marketing and how others have publicized their health programs, it is now your turn to develop your own ideas.

For this week’s Assignment, visualize your SPP as having unlimited resources.

By Day 7, submit a 5- to 6-page paper (not including references) in which you do the following:

• Describe your target population.
  • Describe your social marketing plan to disseminate information about your public health program. Your marketing plan may include but is not limited to the following tools:
    • Communication technology such as social media Focus groups
    • Brochures
    • Flyers
    • PSAs
• Explain why these tools are appropriate for your target population.
• Explain potential ethical issues you need to consider in disseminating information and communicating a message to your population.

You will revise this to include Instructor feedback and following the parameters outlined on the SPP

Assignment

To complete the following assignment, go to this week’s Assignment link in the left navigation.

9 of the 20 slides are already completed and will be provided upon signing of handshake

Senior Project

To start, select one of the following approved topics for your Senior Project. You may also have a topic of your choice approved by the instructor in Week One.  Many of the approved topics have specific subtopics outlined and, while these topics are not all-inclusive, they do provide insight into specific areas to consider.

Approved Topics:

1. Examine how participative leadership functions in today’s modern health care organization and compare it to other types of leadership styles. Evaluate how each type of leadership style may impact organizational culture, employee performance, and how it may help or hinder the legitimacy of authority.
2. As an administrator, address the challenges of employee recruitment and retention of health care professionals. Additional subtopics may include trends in the nursing workforce, shortage of primary care physicians, staff turnover, retention, and staffing patterns.
3. Analyze the dual role of a manager and healthcare professional. Examine challenges that the health professional compared to those of a non-health professional, may face in terms of leadership style, and the impact these challenges have on organizational culture. The benefits of a health professional manager as an organizational resource may also be included. Explore the career trends of health professionals in organizational leadership positions, such as the types of health professional training that leaders tend to have in common, and the typical demographic background of health professional managers.
4. The health care industry must anticipate and monitor trends that could possibly affect its overall survival. Analyze how regulation of the health care industry impacts a health care organization. Explore some of the possible survival organizational strategies such as, but not limited to, mergers, and affiliations, achieving accreditation status, professional licensure.
5. Analyze the impact of technology on how health care services are delivered. The impact of technology on employee performance, organizational structure, and management planning may also be considered.
6. Analyze the impact of any recent social and/or ethical trends on the health care industry. Discuss at least two issues.

After identifying your topic, choose a health care organization in your area. This organization may be small or large and may provide single inpatient health service or multiple outpatient services; it is your choice. Consider your topic in light of the leadership of this organization and research the challenges and successes it has faced in managing operational effectiveness.  You are welcome to use as many research methods as possible to obtain information for your organization and its managers (e.g., web-based resources, electronic articles, or personal interviews). The more informed you are, the better prepared you will be to complete your project.

Finally, develop a management training program that includes relevant guidelines and information to combat the issues identified in the selected topic, as well as recommendations for managers to more effectively lead health care organizations. Your training program should be in the form of a 20 to 25 slide PowerPoint presentation (excluding title and reference slides) that includes comprehensive speaker’s notes (i.e., at least 150 words) for each slide. Utilize at least three to five scholarly sources from the Ashford University Library and two to three current, scholarly web sources (total of five to eight references required). All sources must be cited according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Your presentation must be engaging and relevant to your audience. Lines of text on a slide will not be sufficient for this project. It should contain at least five images, graphics, and/or multimedia that communicate your training clearly to your audience. For tips on creating an excellent presentation, read this overview.

Creating the Senior Project

The Senior Project:

1. Must be 20 to 25 PowerPoint slides (excluding title and reference slides) in length. There are 20 content criteria worth a total of 10 points.
2. Must include a title slide that contains the following:
   1. Title of project
   2. Your name
   3. Course name and number
   4. Instructor’s name
   5. Date submitted
3. Must include an introduction with a succinct thesis statement.
4. Must address the topic of the project with critical thought in the areas of:
   1. Organization details
   2. Challenges and opportunities
   3. Training program outcomes
   4. Impact on at least three stakeholder groups involved delineated by cost, quality, and access to service
   5. Suggested actions
5. Must include a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
6. Must use at least five supporting graphics (images, graphics, and/ or multimedia) are included and relevant communicating the training content (two points).
7. Must include speaker’s notes that have evidence of critical thinking and application (content analysis, synthesis, evaluation) related to the research methodology used to develop (six points):
   1. Project content
   2. Practical and relevant solutions to the organizational challenges/opportunities</l
      

Choose two questions below to answer thoroughly and then respond to two of your  classmates  postings.

• Why is Cuba considered the example of a populist socialist revolution?
• What did revolutionaries want to achieve and why?
• Why did the U.S. oppose these revolutions?

 

 

Your course project is to research and write a 5-7 page analytical research paper about how one health care organization or company of your choice measures the effectiveness and results of their health care and how they use this data to implement quality improvement. The use of three research sources is required, and additional resources are strongly encouraged.

 

 

Now it’s time for your first assignment! In 2-3 paragraphs, name and describe the health care company you have selected for your course project. Discuss why you have selected this company and what you know about how they measure their results

Using Microsoft (MS) Excel, construct a graph showing supply and demand in the E-Book market based on the data above. (Save this file because you will re-work it later in the assignment.) When finished, copy and paste or import your graph into an MS Word document.

 

In your MS Word document, below your imported graph, respond to the following:

1. Explain how the Laws of Supply and Demand are illustrated in this graph.
2. Describe the equilibrium price and quantity in this market.
3. Assume that the government imposes a price floor of $12 in the E-Book market. Explain what would happen in this market.
4. Assume that the price floor is removed and a price ceiling is imposed at $6. Explain what would happen in this market.
5. Now, assume that the price of E-Readers (used with E-Books) drops from $60 by fifty percent. How would this change impact the demand for E-Books? Explain your answer. Then, reconstruct your original graph to show this change and place it in your MS Word document below your explanation.

Remember, quotations, paraphrases, and ideas you get from books, articles, or other sources of information should be cited using APA style

 

1. Transshipment

   Your text explores the strategies of transshipment and inventory pooling in chapter 7. List and describe at least two similarities between transshipment and inventory pooling strategies. Identify two companies or supply chains of that use transshipment strategies and why is transshipment a good strategy for them? Why would inventory pooling not be a better choice for these companies or supply chains?

2. Retailer Supplier Partnerships

   Identify and describe the three types of retailer supplier partnerships discussed in chapter 8. Manufacturers and retailers occasionally find using third parties to perform certain aspects of the materials management and /or product distribution functions beneficial. Why might this be the case? Provide details in your response