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Give a brief overview of the levels of the Project Management Maturity Model (PMMM). Review the “Foundation of Excellence” section of Chapter 4 of the text. Explain how strategic planning can enable a company to reach level five of their PMMM.

Give a brief overview of the levels of the Project Management Maturity Model (PMMM). Review the “Foundation of Excellence” section of Chapter 4 of the text. Explain how strategic planning can enable a company to reach level five of their PMMM.

Why did ancient religions form and become so central to the everyday life of most people in ancient societies?Explain.

Instructions: Please complete the following assignment. For all questions, please respond in at least three complete sentences.

  1. What was so different about Chinese religion and why?
  2. What was similar about nearly all ancient religions and why?
  3. Why was the movement of people from hunting and gathering to farming (the Neolithic Revolution) so important?
  4. How is the invention and evolution of writing like modern Information Technology?
  5. What was the problem with early economies?
  6. Describe how the first civilizations evolved once people began to farm.
  7. Why did ancient religions form and become so central to the everyday life of most people in ancient societies?
  8. Pick one of the four river-based civilizations and describe some of the things they developed or discovered that influence us today.
  9. How were the people of ancient societies structured?
  10. During the rise and development of the four primary river-based civilizations what was happening in Europe, Africa, and the Americas?

Describe 2 changes you would make to the physical design of the classroom to promote optimal learning through play.

Assignment

This unit analyzes the different ways you can adapt the environment to meet the needs of the children in your class. When designing your environment, it is important to keep in mind the skills that the children in your group are learning and have mastered. The way you arrange your classroom, and the materials you fill it with can have a big impact on the kinds of play and learning opportunities you provide to your students.

For this Assignment, you will use the developmental milestone chart, unit readings, and four classroom models provided to analyze the physical design, developmentally appropriateness of materials, and need for adaptive materials for each age-level classroom model on the template located in Doc Sharing.

For each classroom model, you analyze the physical design and materials and then:

  1. Describe 2 additional developmental materials or activities to address skill level or needs of the children.
  2. Describe 2 changes you would make to the physical design of the classroom to promote optimal learning through play.
  3. Describe 2 adaptive materials or activities to address the needs of children with the following diverse needs:
    • 1-year-old infant who is not yet crawling
    • 2-year-old toddler who has difficulty with hand-eye coordination.
    • 4-year-old preschooler who needs sensory stimulation.
    • 6-year-old ESL learner (English as Second Language)

You will also include an overall two paragraph reflection describing how the developmental domains were incorporated, which theories influenced the design of the classrooms, and the selection of materials for each of the age levels. Be sure to incorporate citations and sources to support statements made.

The grading rubric that will be used to evaluate your Unit 3 Assignment is located in your class Syllabus. Be sure to complete all of the boxes on the Assignment template and check for correct spelling and grammar.

Finally, your assignment will include a title page and reference page with at least three sources. Submit your completed assignment to the Unit 3 Assignment Dropbox. If you need help using the Dropbox, see the Guide located in the Academic Tools Tab.

Compare and contrast one of the men who made a fortune in the Industrial Revolution (i.e., Rockefeller, Carnegie) with someone who has made a fortune in today’s technology revolution (perhaps Steve Jobs or Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg).

“The Industrial Revolution” Please respond to the following:(Note: Please respond to one [1] of the following two [2] bulleted items in a primary posting of at least 125 words. In addition, please make a substantive comment to one [1] of your classmates.)

 

  • From the scenario, the Industrial Revolution created many changes in American society. Imagine yourself as an “average” person at the time who worked on a farm or in one of the new factories, and consider at least two advantages and two disadvantages the new industries brought to your life.
  • Compare and contrast one of the men who made a fortune in the Industrial Revolution (i.e., Rockefeller, Carnegie) with someone who has made a fortune in today’s technology revolution (perhaps Steve Jobs or Bill Gates or Mark Zuckerberg). Areas to consider might include their socio-economic backgrounds, how they developed their business models, their charitable donations (and motivations), their treatment of workers (at all levels), and their involvement with anti-trust or other similar issues. Pick at least two areas to discuss. (Note: Please don’t cut and paste their bios from the Internet.  We can all look that up ourselves– we want to hear your own thoughts and analysis of your reading.  Just explain where you found the information.)

Explain the concept of the strategic management (three-tier) process.

Assignment Checklist:

  • Explain the concept of the strategic management (three-tier) process.
  • Discuss the importance of having a future oriented plan.
  • Discuss the organization’s vision, mission, purpose, philosophy or goal.
  • Discuss the strategic process as input for future decision making.

The nature and value of strategic management is to achieve the desired results and outcome due to careful research (environmental scanning), planning and development of a company’s strategy as well as the implementation and maintenance of it (Pearce & Robinson, 2013, p. 3).

For this week’s Assignment, you will complete a short answer on the following question:

  • Why is strategy important to business?
  • You will want to address the main components (three-tier process) of the strategic management process while discussing the importance of strategy for business.

Be sure to use your Reading this week as a resource. You are encouraged also to use the Library databases and the Internet as additional resources.

For additional Assignment details see Rubric below.

Reference:

Pearce, J. A., & Robinson, R. B. (2013). Strategic management: Planning for domestic & global competition (13th ed.). New York, NY: McGraw-Hill.

Assignment Checklist:

  • Explain the concept of the strategic management (three-tier) process.
  • Discuss the importance of having a future oriented plan.
  • Discuss the organization’s vision, mission, purpose, philosophy or goal.
  • Discuss the strategic process as input for future decision making.

What was Major General William T. Sherman’s rationale behind his decision to attack the population of the Confederacy rather than seek to fight and destroy its armed forces?Discuss.

Write a 1-2 page paper in APA format with sources cited from your readings that answers the following question:

What was Major General William T. Sherman’s rationale behind his decision to attack the population of the Confederacy rather than seek to fight and destroy its armed forces? Do you think this strategy is always effective in warfare? Why or why not? Assignment checked for plagiarism through SafeAssign.

Explore the functions of communication in the strategic and program planning processes for a health care organization.

Communication in the Planning Process

Explore the functions of communication in the strategic and program planning processes for a health care organization. Consider the topics discussed thus far and clearly integrate at least five key concepts related to an effective and efficient strategic plan for organizational communication dissemination. Identify three challenges with organization-wide strategic plan communication dissemination and recommend communication strategies to ameliorate these challenges. Your paper must be three to five double-spaced pages (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Utilize a minimum of two scholarly sources that were published within the last five years. One source must be obtained from the Ashford University Library. All sources must be documented in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.