Author: chris

Paper 1

Write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

• What do you think is the scope of the definitions of the terms risks, threats, and hazards? Explain.
• How do you think these concepts should be utilized within the emerging discipline of homeland security? Explain in detail.

Paper 2

Write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas:

• Often, during times of emergency, there are personnel issues that interfere with expeditious resolution of the problem.
  • What examples of those issues can you identify? Explain.
  • How significant are the examples that you have identified? Why?
  • How can the identified issues derail the execution of even the most well-planned emergency response? Explain in detail.
• What can you recommend to avoid these personnel issues and circumstances that interfere with resolution of an emergency? Explain.
  • What do you think is the scope of your recommendations? Explain.
  • Who will be impacted the least? Why?
• What areas of infrastructure do you think can be designated as potential areas of conflict during an emergency? Why?
• In your own opinion, how much of an impact do you think interagency jealousies and disputes have on the emergency response planning process? Explain.
• What role, if any, should the private sector have in emergency response planning? Explain.
  • Should members of the private sector have any authority in the planning process? Why or why not?

Paper 3

Conduct a risk assessment on a community of your choice (San Diego, CA), with specific focus on a specific facility or system within that community that you determine is part of the broader community’s critical infrastructure (e.g., hospital, water system, power system). You should select the community (town, city, county, region, state, or nation) considering the availability of information that exists or your access to information (e.g., your ability to interview community leaders).

Assignment Guidelines

• Address the following in 1,000–1,500 words:
  • Describe (briefly) the community and why you selected it (e.g., demographics, topography/geography, climate, criticality of CI, political issues).
  • Outline the risk portfolio of the selected community (e.g., flood zones; high-value terror target).
    • How did you compile that list?
  • What other risk portfolio and assessments for the community exist (e.g., local hazard mitigation plan, DHS assessments)? Explain.
  • Describe the critical facility or system that you selected, and describe why it is critical to the selected community.
  • What are the possible/probable outcomes of the risks that you identified as occurring as they relate to the whole community and, in greater detail, to the specific infrastructure you selected? Explain in detail.
  • What are the possible/probable cascading effects at the local, regional, national, or international level should one of the risks occur and affect the critical facility/infrastructure you selected? Explain in detail.

Paper 4

• Research your local community (San Diego, CA) and state emergency preparedness plan(s) and then complete an assessment paper.
• Address the following in 1,000–1,250 words:
  • Emergency Preparedness Plan Assessment
    • Title
    • Synopsis
    • Executive summary
    • Introduction
    • Details
    • Summary
    • Conclusion
    • Recommendations
  • Next, create a scenario of a potential emergency situation for your locality. You may select from the following:
    • Major fire
    • Infrastructure failure
    • Flooding
    • Disease epidemic
    • Terrorist attack (Casualties > 200)
    • Terrorist attack (Casualties < 20)
    • Earthquake
    • Hurricane
    • Freezing rain
  • Next create a written plan following the prescribed emergency management rubric above. You must address the above plan sections for your fictional scenario.
• Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.

Project – Problem Analysis and Budget Impact

Based upon your review of the literature and interviews, create an analysis of the patient care financial problem and specify the potential budget impact. You do not need to create specific budgetary numbers, but can describe these findings in other terms, such as small or large. Your analysis should be supported by several references from peer-reviewed publications.

Research the Mount Polley mine spill. Write a case study of at least two pages (not including title and reference pages) on this event. Your case study should address the following items:

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Describe the incident and its environmental impact
Summarize the physical and chemical characteristics of the waste.
The article mentions poor regulation and oversight, an industry-friendly attitude, and political contributions from the mining company as contributing factors in the spill. Which of these do you think could have contributed the most? Take a position and defend it, using at least one outside resource.
Discuss one factor that may have contributed to the accident that was not mentioned in the article.

Your case study should include at least four credible sources, including the textbook. All sources used, including the textbook, must be cited and referenced according to APA style.

 

• Primary Discussion Response is due by Wednesday (11:59:59pm Central), Peer Responses are due by Sunday (11:59:59pm Central).

  Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

  It has been brought to the attention of Krona’s executive management team that the department managers have not been held accountable for their individual department’s budget, which has contributed to increased costs and reduced profits. You need to complete the following:

  • Explain the steps of the budget-building process.
  • Define flexible and static budgets.
  • Describe the budget cycle, the decision problems, and the decision rules that may affect the relationships between the department and total facility.

    Note: Emphasize the role that each department’s input plays into the budget and how it relates to their use of the budget in managing costs.

     

  • For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.
• Objectives:
  • Understand health care financial statements
  • Comprehend the principles of health care accounting.
  • Apply cost information

 

Part 1 is the Questions and Answer worth 10 points. 

Part 2 is two Short Essays worth 10 points.

Writing Assignment

:Review writing assignment instructions.

Follow Question and Answer format.

Start on your writing assignment.

 

YOUR ARTIST OF CHOICE HAS TO BE APPROVED BY YOUR INSTRUCTOR BY WEEK 5 OR YOU RCEIVE AN AUTOMATIC F FOR THE PAPER.

IF YOU CHOOSE NOT TO COMPLETE THIS WRITING ASSIGNMENT THAN YOU CANNOT PASS THECLASS NO MATTER HOW MANY POINTS YOU HAVE!

Submission Instructions:

Complete your assignment using a word-processing software such as Microsoft Word and Open Office (download free software at http://www.openoffice.org/).

Save your document as word doc to ensure that it can be opened at any computer.

Submit your assignment through the proper link .

No assignments will be accepted by email.

Choose a visual artist who was BORN after January 1, 1900 from your book and answer the 6 questions below.(EMAIL THE INSTRUCTOR BY WEEK 5  FOR APPROVAL OF YOUR CHOSEN ARTIST!).

.Filmmakers (including animators) or performance artists are not eligible for this assignment.

Artists that work as a team count as a single artist.

Answer each question individually (re-write the question and then answer the question in a paragraph APA writing style)

.Points will be deducted for missing or incomplete responses

.Follow Question and Answer format.Question and Answer format:

Double space and use APA format.

Include a separate title page with course title,date of submission,your name,instructor’s name.

Watch for correct punctuation and spelling.Include specific details.

Use 12 point font.Artist name, year of birth, country of birth, textbook page where the artist is mentioned. (1 point)Example: John Doe, Born 1902, Russia, Page 101

Complete website where you found information about the artist. This website must be specific to your artist. (1 point)Please Note: Sources from websites such asWikipedia, Artcyclopedia or Artopedia will not be accepted.

What is his/her primary media? (1 point)Example: Oil Paint on wood panel…. cast bronze….

Include TWO locations where the artist work is currently displayed or was recently displayed. Be specific. (2 points)Example: Museum of Modern Art, NYC and Leo CastelliGallery, NYC.

Write two paragraphs(a paragraph is 5-7n sentences long) about this artist,his work,his techniques, why he/she interests you. (2 points)For full credit your response must be at least 200 words

.Locate on the Internet, one piece of the artist’s work that is not found in A World of Art. (3 points)Fully describe the art;describe the colors used,media,techniques,style,subject matter

Post the image

Analyze and Interpret this art work discussing the art ,(remember to use art terms to analyze the piece,focal point,composition,perspective,subject matter.)Include the full website where you found the piece.For full credit your response must be at least 200 words

 

part two:Short Essays,Select TWO topic questions from the list below.Write your response in essay format.For full credit you response to each topic question must be more than 250 words.Re-write the topic question and then respond to the topic questions in essay format.double space.Points will be deducted for incorrect grammar and spelling.

Topic Questions to choose from:

Identify the four roles that artists play that have not changed over time.Cite examples for each that are NOT from Chapter

.Explain the method by which Jackson Pollock created his abstract paintings and their relationship to Allan Kaprow’s “Happenings” ?

Compare and Contrast Venus of Urbino by Titian (1538) and Olympia by Manet (1863).

Describe the features and purposes of The Great Stupa.

Explain how the group of artists known as the Impressionists got their name. Discuss major factors that tied them together as a group.

Discuss the process by which work Over the River, Project for the Arkansas River, State of Colorado was created by artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude.

Directions:

Taking on the role of a CEO, develop a PowerPoint presentation of approximately 15 slides that explains how you would adapt the Western leadership strategies of either Heifetz and Linsky or Drucker in your approach to managing an international organization on the brink of structural change and expansion. One of your main goals will be to motivate and communicate a vision while connecting to the firm’s mission for all stakeholders, including your Board of Directors. A brief profile of the organization is as follows:

The company is a manufacturing firm with annual earnings in excess of $350 million.
It is headquartered in the United States, has two branches in the United Kingdom, and one expansion branch set to open in China.
A new branch will provide more innovative technologies to infuse the firm’s declining market share while also presenting cultural management and organizational integration challenges.

Your presentation should contain the following components:

Identification of your chosen leadership philosophy with justification of your choice.
Using Porter’s Five Forces as a strategic guide, please explain how you will approach Foreign Direct Investment and Financial Risk Assessment.
Complete a Financial Risk Assessment for acquiring the new technology company by identification and explanation of at least four risks which could impact your organization.
Identification and explanation of the key internal structures (at least 3) that will be designed to enhance the culture within your organization
Explanation of how projected global and market trends over the next 10-15 years will impact your company’s ability to maintain a competitive advantage.

Write letters (at least 350 words each) to TWO of your workshop group members critiquing their essay drafts and offering suggestions. To see an annotated example of a great peer review letter, 

In your letters address at least four of the following:

• Summarize or identify the thesis.  Does it meet the criteria for a good thesis (focus, assertion, complexity, tension).  Offer suggestions or ask questions that might help the writer improve the thesis.
• Ask four questions about specific words, sentences, or points the writer has made and that will require the writer to clarify, elaborate, or give examples.
• Identify where the writer uses sources. Are both primary and secondary sources used? Identify the purpose you think the writer is using each source. Offer any advice about better integrating the sources with the writer’s ideas/sentences. Offer ideas about other sources they might use.
• Describe the structure of the essay. Were there places where you became confused? Explain where these were and why they were confusing.
• Are all the questions posed in the assignment (see Looking in the Popular Culture Mirror Blog Post in Course Content) answered by the essay? If not, which ones still need addressing?
• Describe the overall tone of the essay. Is it consistent? For what type of audience does the tone, language, and reasoning of the writer’s essay seem appropriate? Where might you envision the writer’s essay being published (i.e. a textbook, a personal blog, a popular magazine, etc.).
• Identify and explain any potential fallacies in logic or loaded language.
• Does the writer address possible counterarguments or alternative viewpoints? If not, offer a counterargument or alternative reading of the evidence the writer presents, or point out where the writer’s arguments/evidence might be unconvincing or oversimplified.
• What is missing? Or what did you want more of?
• Where is information unnecessarily repeated or awkwardly stated?
• If you noticed any grammatical, punctuation, or spelling errors, what were they?
• What are the main strengths of the draft?

You will now complete your secondary market research and consider what distinguishes your company from your competitors, their products, and / or the price of their products and services.

The key word in Unique Selling Proposition (USP) is “unique.” There are very few products or services that are truly one of a kind. In order to target the demographic for your company, you need to pinpoint what makes your business standout among the competitors (e.g., Charles Revson, founder of Revlon, always used to say he sold hope, not makeup. Neiman Marcus sells luxury and customer service. Wal-Mart sells bargains. Amazon is earth’s biggest bookstore.)

Use the Internet to research two (2) of your favorite companies and two (2) companies that are similar to your company. Identify the USPs of these companies, and consider what the USPs mean to you. Next, prepare to create a USP for your company.

 

Tips on creating a USP for your company:

• Put yourself in your customers’ shoes. Consider what your customers really want. Consider what could make them your repeat customers and instead of your competition‘s.
• Research what motivates your customers’ behaviors and buying decisions. You need to know what drives and motivates customers.
• Uncover the real reasons why customers buy your product instead of a competitor’s. As owner of a start up, ask people why they buy your future competitors’ product. This will help you uncover why they might buy yours. Ask yourself the following questions:
• • What does our product or service do better than anyone else?
  • How is our business model different from that of our competition? How could our product or service be different?
  • What market category or niche is not being served by our industry?

 

Write a four to six (4-6) paragraph journal entry in which you:

1. Identify the target market and your secondary market for your company. Note: Be as specific as possible (e.g., women 30-45, with a high school education and some college; people working full time and living in the Midwest, etc.).
2. Describe your unique selling proposition (USP). Explain the key factors that make your company different than competitors within your industry. Describe the primary way in which the USP for your company targets the two (2) markets you identified in Question 1.

Example of a USP:

 

• My product is t-shirts and coffee mugs with fun and empowering logos for women.
• My target market is women ages 35-55, college educated, working full time. My secondary market trends a little younger at 25-35, women passionate about their professional life and their personal pursuits.
• My USP is “Be Authentic, no Apologies.”
• My reasoning is I want women to buy my sassy slogans, because they want to show their authentic voice on a shirt or mug.

1. Distinguish between the types of bonds. What factors determine their value? Explain three important relationships that exist in bond valuation.

2. Distinguish between preferred stock and common stock. Compare valuing preferred stock and common stock.

Instructions: Your initial response should be at least 250-words with at least one scholarly journal reference. Support your main response with at least 1 scholarly journal reference in addition to the course materials. Please note Wikipedia, Investopedia and similar websites are not credible academic references. Use the Online Library to research credible references. Respond to at least two of your classmates with a minimum of 100 words and include direct questions. Include in-text citations and references in APA format. Refer to Forums Grading Rubric for additional guidelines.

With the increasing use of digital payments and the decreasing use of cash payments, enhanced digital security and tracking of financial transactions have become significant aspects of many businesses. The executive director of operations of Centervale Apparel has asked you to research this issue and prepare a presentation for the executive committee to educate them on these issues. You remember hearing that the National Automated Clearing House Association (NACHA) is a leader in this field and would be a good place to start your research.

Review the following:

• NACHA – The Electronic Payments Association. (2011). News headlines. Retrieved from www.nacha.org

Using the University online library resources as well as NACHA’s Web site article to complete the following:

• Describe NACHA and its role.
• Examine and explain the Automated Clearing House (ACH), its role, and how it relates to NACHA.
• List and explain the key participants in an ACH e-payment.
• Describe the key initiatives currently underway at ACH.
• Identify and analyze at least four digital payment concerns Centervale Apparel might want to consider in light of what you have learned from NACHA.
• Use the Notes function in Microsoft PowerPoint to prepare detailed speaker’s notes for your formal presentation to the executive committee.