Write a profile of a leader you know. Preferably, this is someone in management where you work – or where you once worked. If you don’t know such a leader, write about some other leader you know who leads an organization such as a school, church, service club, Girl or Boy Scouts, or local National Guard.

Your profile should include the following:

Introductory description of the leader.
Show an example of the leader in action.
Analyze your leader in terms of one of the theories discussed in your textbook. Click here to view an example chart starter that you could complete. Take notes on the various leadership traits and then select one or two to develop in your profile.

Based on your chart and other notes, finish writing the profile based on your observations and analysis of your leader. Your submitted assignment should be 1-3 pages. Be sure to use proper spelling, punctuation, and grammar and cite your sources per APA. For more information on APA,

Responses should be complete and thorough in reflecting your position or justifying your information. Must be original with references. Do not copy from sources or internet. At least 1 1/2 page per question.

1. Binary Arithmetic and Hardware: What are the advantages and disadvantage of integers and floating numbers? Give two different applications that need hardware capable of handling floating numbers, not integer numbers. What would happen if these applications’ inputs are floating point numbers but they are designed to only handle integers?

2. Multiplication and Floating Numbers: Only theoretical mathematicians care about floating point accuracy. Do you agree with this? Support your answer with examples. Also consider the practical applications of floating numbers in your discussions. Support your opinion with at least one reference.

In the Vice documentary, The New Era of Canadian Sex Work, the filmmakers are making a policy proposal for the legalization of prostitution in Canada.

1) The filmmakers make several arguments of category throughout this short film (i.e. the proposal of “legalized prostitution” is connected to a handful of positive values). What are three positive values that the filmmakers argue are related to legalized prostitution? What evidence is offered for each of these arguments of category? Make sure to include the quote from the film that led you to each argument of category.

-safety.

2) What is the best attempt on the part of the filmmakers to appeal to ethos, pathos and logos in making their argument? (one example each)

3) Opponents of legalized prostitution in the film make their own arguments of category (i.e. the proposal of “banning prostitution” is connected to a handful of positive values). What are three positive values that opponents of legalized prostitution relate to banning prostitution? What evidence is offered for each of these arguments of category? Again, include the quote from the film that led you to each argument of category.

4) Las Vegas, Nevada is used in this film as an argument of resemblance. What is shown as “evidence of the positive outcome” of legalizing prostitution in Las Vegas?

5) After watching this documentary, which side of the argument do you fall on? Should the US legalize prostitution or ban it? What are three positive categories that you could connect to your side of the argument?

Discussion Question (1-2 paragraphs)

 

“Strategic Planning and Management” Please respond to the following:

• Thinking in terms of an organization you previously worked for, currently work for, or would like to work for,

 

Extra Credit (5 points)

You can’t argue with the idea that every American needs healthcare coverage, but many people are displeased with the way Obamacare was implemented in the beginning of 2014. Here are some ideas that the GOP has for revising the plan and the ACA legislation. Join us in the “Business News” discussion thread this week to give us your take on some of these ideas.

How does the film American Revolutionary: the Evolution of Grace Lee Boggs represent interdisciplinary scholarship? What are its sources?

Using the attached information, you will create a presentation using PowerPointto present your findings to your school at an after school staff meeting. Include speaker notes if using PowerPoint. If using a program other than PowerPoint, submit a document with speaker notes included for each slide.

There are two parts to this discussion.

Part 1: Share the process and results of the action research planned

Describe the purpose of your study by writing a statement that completes the following sentence, “The purpose of this study is to…” (two to three sentences).

Post your research question(s) – Include definitions of key technical terms, if necessary. (one to three sentences)

Outcomes/Results The “so what?” of your study—Answers to your research questions. (three to four sentences)

Assuming you would conduct another cycle of this study, what specific modifications or adjustments would you make, and why? (three to four sentences)

Explain why this study is important to the school and the students. ( two to three sentences)

Explain why this study is important it is important for teachers and other educational practitioners to become researchers of their own practice. (two to three sentences)

Part 2:

In one paragraph include how your assessment promotes learning and innovation skills and how it could be used as a tool for ongoing evaluation of student progress.

Select a representative natural ecosystem in your area or one in which you are interested—such as a lake, preserve, or park—that is managed for native species.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper explaining the following:

• The major structural and functional dynamics of your selected ecosystem
• How humans may have affected the cycling of matter in ecosystems, including effects to the nitrogen, phosphorus, or carbon cycle
• How knowledge about that ecosystem’s structure and function can help or has helped to develop plans for its restoration or management
• The implication of species interactions on your selected ecosystem

Include two outside references.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Write a 450- to 700-word essay to describe the relationship between classical and operant conditioning. Explain their elements and how they differ from one another. Additionally, provide an example for how learning can occur through each mode of conditioning. Explain how Ivan Pavlov and B.F. Skinner contributed to the study of learning and conditioning.

Resource: Ch. 9 of Introduction to Psychology

Develop an 8- to 12-slide Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® presentation with speaker notes on the following topics:

• How intelligence is measured
• The characteristics of a good measure of intelligence
• The benefits of testing for intelligence
• The criticism of intelligence testing

Contrast intelligence theories, from early theories to more contemporary ideas on intelligence.

Format your presentation consistent with APA guidelines.

 

Using the Internet, library, your text book or other sources, locate ten of the best-known brands in the world. What do they have in common? How do they differ? What explains their success?