Author: chris

In this assignment, you get the chance to create your dream job and to build its compensation plan and appraisal performance.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

1. Create a job description and specifications for your dream job. 2. Design a compensation and benefits package related to your dream job. 3. Rationalize your compensation and benefits package. Be sure to indicate the research and considerations that went into the design of the compensation and benefits package. 4. Imagine this is the only position of its kind in the organization. From this perspective, design a performance appraisal program to assess your job performance. 5. Rationalize your performance appraisal program. Be sure to indicate the research and considerations that went into the design of the performance appraisal program. 6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources. 7. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements: a. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides. b. 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. c. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

 Discuss job analysis, job descriptions, and specifications.  Analyze various techniques, considerations, and designs of employee compensation programs.  Analyze various techniques, considerations, and designs of performance appraisal programs.  Use technology and information resources to research issues in human resource management.  Write clearly and concisely about human resource management using proper writing mechanics.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

1. Explain, in detail, what you believe to be the greatest challenge facing law enforcement agencies investigating exploitation, cyber stalking, and obscenity. Provide a rationale for your response.
2. Identify the specific challenges that overlapping of jurisdictions pose in the fight against cyber-crime. Next, propose salient solution(s) for overcoming the challenges in question. Justify your response.
3. Discuss whether or not law officers from different states should have the ability to work with one another when a cyber-crime is carried out across state lines.
4. Use at least three (3) quality references for this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Describe law enforcement roles and responses.
• Analyze the different types of crimes on the World Wide Web involving victimization, sex crimes, and obscenity.
• Explain the various digital laws and legislation in support of law enforcement.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in information technology in criminal justice.
• Write clearly and concisely about information technology in criminal justice topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style convention.

Your good friends have just adopted a four-year-old child. At this point, the only socialization decision they have made is that the child is going to preschool. Imagine that you are an expert in your chosen field. Your friends have come to you for advice and to devise a plan to raise their child. They ask you to be frank with them and give them specific examples to support your opinions. They are determined to raise this child to the best of their ability. Since they are new parents, they need advice on everything!

The Final Paper should include the following:

1. Summarize Bronfenbrenner’s ecological model and describe why it is important for them to be aware of this theory.
2. Suggest and explain a parenting style/philosophy (authoritarian, authoritative, or permissive) that you believe will be most beneficial for the child and the family.
3. Explain which childcare (nanny, center-based, or family-based care) option (before/during/after preschool) you think is best for the child and why. Be sure to include discussion of the social factors that influence the likelihood of the family selecting a particular form of childcare.
4. Share specific suggestions, including at least two to implement safe technology use in the home. Explain how the media can (both positively and negatively) influence the child.
5. Discuss the importance of culture and ethnicity in the development of the self-concept. Share your ideas of ways that the new parents can create opportunities for the child to learn about his or her culture.
6. Describe at least two researched methods to increase the child’s self-esteem and positive attitude.
7. Differentiate between the importance of socialization that occurs in the home and at school. Explain the importance of each venue as a positive haven for the child.
8. Explain the importance of the teacher’s role in the child’s life. Give examples of how the school and the teacher will affect the child’s socialization.
9. Share the importance of positive peer interactions. Give two examples for the parents to implement at home to foster friendships.
10. The conclusion of the Final Paper should include the following:
    1. Brief discussion of the student’s future profession and how understanding the nature of families and children in relation to society is important for that profession.
    2. Discussion of how the student’s knowledge of the theories of socialization will impact his or her work in the future profession.
    3. Discussion of how the student’s understanding of child development will assist him or her in the chosen profession.

The Final Paper:

1. Must be seven to nine double-spaced pages in length, not including the title page, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a title page with the following:
   1. Title of Final Paper
   2. Student’s name
   3. Course name and number
   4. Instructor’s name
   5. Date submitted
3. Must be well organized and reflect college-level writing.
4. Must be supported by at least five scholarly sources in addition to the text.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

 

1.  Discuss how organizational architecture and corporate culture are related. Use an example of a real-life firm and discuss how its corporate culture blends with its organizational architecture.
2.  Billy Riggan is in charge of all technical developments at Always Round Tire. He makes all the choices concerning product innovations in the company. He finds that he is overworked and that several of his research scientists seem to be spending work hours playing tennis. What is going on?
3. Always Round Tire tries to base its promotions on seniority (where education and training requirements are not necessary). The company finds that this system seems to work most of the time with shop floor supervisors and team managers. But the system breaks down for higher-level positions. Why?
4.  Economists believe the free rider problem is very important in complex business organizational structures. Still, businesses continue to build teams to solve problems or to deliver products to consumers. Often special rewards or bonuses are provided to the team rather than to the individuals on the team. Write a brief essay that either defends the economists’ concern or explain why economists are wrong on this issue.
5.  Many firms today use 360-degree performance evaluations. Make a case for this type of evaluation based on the informativeness principle. What problems may be encountered from implementation of such a system?

 

6.  Reflecting on what you have learned in this course, discuss the relevance of Responsible Stewardship in the context of economic analysis and organizational architecture.

 

 

7. Choose a real-life example of a firm that you think is part of an oligopoly market and describe the characteristics of the market structure that explain why the firm would be classified as such.

For this assignment, you will explore managed care.  Address the following points in your paper:

1. Describe managed care as a component of the U.S. health care system and its impact on health care spending from the perspective of the Affordable Care Act.
2. Explain why rising exposure to health care costs is threatening the well-being of American families.
3. Explain your personal perception of the future of managed care from a leadership perspective focusing on key issues related to health care costs/spending.

Your paper must be five double-spaced pages (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA  Utilize a minimum of three to five scholarly sources that were published within the last five years,

In an essay, review the following statements based on the readings from this week’s module (Windows Administraton Chapter 10 of “Security Strategies for Windows Platforms and Applications):

1. Once your operating system is secure, you can focus on securing the software that runs in the operating system.

2. Evaluate some of the most popular Microsoft applications. Additionally, analyze how to make each one more secure to protect your organization’s data.

Provide information from your readings to support your statements.

Deliverables:

Your well-written essay should be two or three pages in length, incorporating at least two academic resources from the Library in addition to the case study. Cite all sources using APA style guidelines found in the Library, citing references as appropriate.

1. Review your notes for Isserman and Kazin, “Why Did the United States Fight in Vietnam?” and for my lecture about the Cold War and the Vietnam War (The Vietnam War, Part 1 week). Outline for yourself an answer to this question: • Why did the U.S. aid South Vietnam? 2. Write the first paragraph of the assignment in response to the question. Your topic sentence needs to be a direct answer to the question and might be: The United States aided South Vietnam for several reasons. You do not have to use this example sentence. To write the rest of the paragraph, you need to supply evidence from the Isserman-Kazin article and from my lecture. To do this you must: • Identify the source of your information by beginning a sentence like this: Historians Maurice Isserman and Michael Kazin write that the United States aided South Vietnam because or Historian Robert Morrow explains that the United States aided South Vietnam because. • For the sentences that follow this one, you do not need to identify your source as long as you are still drawing on Isserman and Kazin or Morrow, but, if and when you switch to your other source, you need to identify the source in a similar manner to above. • You need to explain the evidence in a way that makes it obvious how the evidence relates to the topic sentence you have written. • Your paragraph should be at least five sentences in length, including the topic sentence. 3. Review your notes for the four documents we read in Takin’ It to the Streets: • George Skakel, “One Soldier’s View: Vietnam Letters” • Paul Potter, “The Incredible War” • Martin Luther King, Jr., “Declaration of Independence from the War in Vietnam” • John Kerry, “Vietnam Veterans Against the War” Outline for yourself an answer to this question: • What reasons did opponents of the war give for their opposition to the United States involvement in South Vietnam’s civil war? 4. Write the second paragraph of the assignment in response to the question. Your topic sentence needs to be a direct answer to the question. The more of these four critics of the war that you can include in your paragraph the better. As you bring in reasons for their opposition, you must make it clear which of the men is making the argument that you are explaining. You also must make it clear how the reasons fit with your topic sentence. This second paragraph also should be at least five sentences in length, including the topic sentence. 5. Type up your two paragraphs and be sure that they conform to these rules: • They must be typed, double-spaced, with your name at the top of the first page. • They must be written entirely in your own words. USE NO QUOTATIONS. • They must not include any information taken from any source other than those assigned in the class. USE NO INTERNET SOURCES TO WRITE THIS ASSIGNMENT. 6. You must submit your paper on Blackboard: • The paper is due by 11:00 p.m. on October 27 (November 2 for the Monday evening class) • Submit your paper in a format compatible with Microsoft Word for Mac 2011. Note: Rich Text Format is a common format that is compatible with this standard. Please avoid using PDF or Apple Pages formats if you possibly can. • The link for submitting it is under the Writing Assignments section in a folder labeled “Vietnam Assignment.” In that folder is a link labeled “Submit the Vietnam Assignment.” • If something goes wrong submitting it on Blackboard, e-mail me a copy as an MS Word file before the deadline. Problems with Blackboard are not an excuse to submit the paper late. • This paper will be graded on a 50-point scale and that score will count toward the 180-point total for the Writing Assignments part of the course grade. • The grades of all late papers will be lowered two full letter grades (for example, an A paper becomes a C paper if it is late). And I will not accept the papers more than one week late. • Papers that include passages plagiarized from the Internet, another student’s paper, or any other sourc

Each year, Forbes publishes lists with the valuations for sports franchises and reviews of the businesses of the main professional sports leagues in North America. For this assignment, complete a review of the determinants of franchise valuation. In a narrative format, using the most current Forbes (www.forbes.com ) report and three scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook, write a paper that includes:

Analysis of the economic determinants of professional sports franchise value.
Evaluation of the franchise valuation of one sports franchise of your choice. In the valuation include factors such as, championships, price paid, revenue, operating income, debt/value, player expenses, gate receipts, wins-to-player cost ratio, revenue per fan, and metro area population.

Your paper must be four to five double-spaced pages (not including a title page and reference page) and written in APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center

Where’s My Hand?

Robert is a 67 y.o. male who has a history of hypertension.  He is a retired executive and can be found in his garden on most days.  One day as he is working in his garden, he begins to notice numbness in his right hand.  He tries to finish, but the numbness is spreading.  He goes into the house and tries to talk to his wife, but is unable to get the words out.  She calls 911 and he is rushed to the hospital.  He is admitted to the hospital with a Cerebrovascular Accident.

 

Over the next two days, Robert’s symptoms increase.  He is given glucocorticoids, but not tissue plasminogen activator (tPA).  He is also put on oxygen.  After 3-4 days, Robert is once again able to speak a few words, but his right upper and lower extremities are flaccid.

 

1. a) Why do Robert’s symptoms increase in the first two days?  Why is he given glucocorticoids?
2. b) Based on the fact that Robert was not given tPA, what is the most likely cause of the CVA?
3. c) Which side of the brain was involved in this CVA? How do you know? What does “flaccid” mean and will Robert’s extremities stay flaccid if he does not gain the ability to move them?
4. d) There will be a team approach to Robert’s recovery.   Describe the role that the physical therapist, occupational therapist, speech-language pathologist, and social worker will play in Robert’s recovery.  Give at least 2-3 examples of what each of these people will do for him.

 

2. The Weak Leg

 

Lynn is a 38 y.o. mother of two, a 10 y.o. girl and a 2 y.o. boy.  She is active and has always enjoyed good health.  For the past two weeks, Lynn has been having problems with her right lower extremity during her daily walks.  She has noticed that she is tending to catch her toe more, especially toward the end of the walk.  It is also harder for her to go upstairs.  A physical therapist friend does a manual muscle test on her lower extremities and finds that the left lower extremity tests normal at 5/5, but that the hip and knee muscles of Lynn’s right lower extremity only test at 3/5.  The physical therapist recommends Lynn see a neurologist, which she does.

 

The neurologist performs several diagnostic tests and does two MRIs over the next few weeks.  The findings of the tests include the following.

 

MRI:  Evidence of 4-5 plaques in the spinal cord.

 

Visual Evoked Potential (VEP):  Slowed response time.

 

Blood Tests:  Normal.

 

Cerebral Fluid Analysis:   Oligoclonal bands present.

Elevated IgG antibodies.

 

After approximately 1 month and several other tests, Lynn is given a diagnosis.  She is told to expect exacerbations and remissions.  Lynn is given glucocorticoids to take during exacerbations.

1. a) What is Lynn’s likely diagnosis?  Which of the findings of the medical tests support this diagnosis?  Which of the findings is the most conclusive for this disease?
2. b) What causes this disease?  What happens to the nerves in this disease?  Are there cognitive deficits?
3. c) Does it affect men or women more often?  Is it common?
4. d) Why is Lynn given glucocorticoids to take during exacerbations, what will they do for her?
5. e) How will this disease progress over the next few years?  What is the prognosis?

Details:

Use the following scenario from The IRIS Center to complete the tasks below:

Jacob is an active boy in the 4^th grade who enjoys coming to school and participates in sports after school. Jacob does well in most classes but has difficulty with new vocabulary words. This difficulty with new vocabulary is not only seen during reading class but also during content area classes such as science and social studies. Jacob’s mother indicated that he has always had difficulty understanding new vocabulary but that it has not affected his comprehension until this year. Jacob is willing to adopt new strategies that will assist him in learning and remembering new vocabulary words and to help him better understand the story as a whole. Jacob and his teacher developed the following goal for him:

•  Given vocabulary words, Jacob will define and use each in a sentence.

Paulsen, K., & the IRIS Center.(2004).Comprehension & vocabulary: Grades 3–5.

 

Research three strategies regarding vocabulary instruction that will assist Jacob in reaching his goal.

In 500-750-words, identify and explain how each strategy could assist Jacob in reaching his goal.  In addition, discuss how you would involve Jacob’s parents, and develop an activity from one of these three strategies that Jacob’s parents can use at home.

Include three sources from your research in your essay to support your position.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide,