ECON312 Week 5 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 March

ECON312 Week 5 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 March

Subject: Economics / General Economics
Question
dq 1
GDP, Aggregate Demand, and Aggregate Supply (graded)

Go to the BEA website (http://www.bea.gov). On the left tab under Resources, go to the Interactive Data. Select GDP & Personal Income. Under Section 1, see Tables 1.1.6 and 1.1.7. Examine all four components of GDP (C, I, G, and Xn). Which of these four components of AD are rising and which are dropping? On the top righthand corner of the page, you can click on Modify to select prior years.

dq 2

Business Cycles? (graded)

See the latest Beige Book of the Federal Reserve at this link: http://www.federalreserve.gov/monetarypolicy/beigebook/default.htm. Read the Summary section. Based on the information provided, the U.S. economy is currently in which phase of the Business Cycle? Why?

NRS440 Week 4 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 April

NRS440 Week 4 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 April

Subject: General Questions / General General Questions
Question
dq 1
Choose one legislator on the state or federal level who is also a nurse, and discuss the importance of their role as advocate for improving health care delivery. What specific bill(s) have they sponsored or supported that has/have influenced health care?

dq 2
Discuss how the CMS reimbursement rules for never events required a shift in the patient care delivery model in inpatient facilities.

 

Hra549 all module discussions latest 2017

Hra549 all module discussions

Subject: General Questions / General General Questions
Question
Module 1 discussion

Choose the employment law you believe is most important from those defined in this module’s web materials (DOL and EEOC websites). Discuss why this law is important to the job titles in the movie theater industry (specifically at LCC). These job titles include, but are not limited to, ushers, concessionists, box office cashiers, projectionists, assistant managers, theater managers, regional directors, etc.

Post an initial response no later than Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.

Specifically focus your responses to your peers’ initial postings using the following prompts:

Why do you think the law you chose is most important?

What did your peers mention that might convince you that the laws they chose are more important?

What did your peers neglect to mention that would add to their discussion?

Post at least two responses to your classmates no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.

Module 2 discussion

Respond to the following situation:

You probably do not work at a movie theater. So think about your own job. How would you conduct a job analysis for your own job title? In a few sentences, briefly describe a plan for how to analyze your job. Who should be involved? What methods will you use to gather information? How long will it take to complete the process?

Post an initial response no later than Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.

Specifically focus your responses to your peers’ initial postings using the following prompts:

Why do you think your peers chose the individuals and methods they did?

Do you think your peers’ expectations are realistic and will provide a complete picture of their job titles?

What did your peers neglect to mention that would add to their job analysis efforts?

Based on what you learned from Stetz’s article, should your peer have any concern about carelessness or bias entering into his/her analysis?

Post at least two responses to your classmates no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/ED

Module 3 discussion

Read the short sidebar “Technology, Testing and Tracking: 9 New Trends in Corporate Recruiting.” This excerpt from The HR Specialist notes some important factors that change how recruiting is done.

Follow the link to read the short sidebar. http://ezproxy.saintleo.edu/login?url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=bth&AN=91651476&site=ehost-live&scope=site

Choose one of the 9 trends mentioned in the article and discuss why you believe it is the most important trend in modern recruiting. If you have personal/professional experience with this trend, feel free to include it to support your position.

Post an initial response no later than Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.

Specifically focus your responses to your peers’ initial postings using the following prompts:

Do you agree or disagree with your peers’ choices, and why?

What information did your peers neglect to present that would support their choices?

Post at least two responses to your classmates no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.

Module 4 discussion

Respond to the following situation:

As mentioned in this module’s AVP, selection systems can never be 100% valid. Some degree of error in assessment will always enter into every system. Statisticians distinguish between two types of errors. Alpha or Type I error (also known as a “false positive”) means making a job offer to someone whom your selection system tells you will be a great productive employee, only to find out later that he/she is not what you expected. Call this “taking some bad with the good.” Beta or Type II error (also known as a “false negative”) means NOT making a job offer to someone whom your selection system shows you SHOULDN’T hire, only to find out later that he/she would have been a great employee. Call this “losing some good with the bad.”

Provide an example of a selection situation where you would rather make an alpha error and an example of a different situation where you would rather make a beta error. Elaborate on why you would rather err in these different ways. What internal and external factors would lead you to be more willing to lean toward one or the other type of error?

Post an initial response no later than Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.

Specifically focus your responses to your peers’ initial postings using the following prompts:

Do you agree or disagree with your peers’ assertions? Why?

What did your peers fail to consider in their posts?

What could you add to strengthen your peers’ points?

Post at least two responses to your classmates no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.

Module 5 discussion

Respond to the following situation:

Many organizations use multiple tests or assessments in their selection plan. There are essentially two approaches to evaluating candidates using multiple assessments: the multiple hurdle approach and a compensatory model.

First, passing or “cut” scores need to be set for each test or assessment. These can be set high or low, depending on whether you would rather hire:

More people who are less qualified – with a cut score of 60% or higher, most people will probably pass the test.

Fewer people who are more qualified – with a cut score of 90% or higher, few people will probably pass the test.

Alpha or Beta errors are also a factor…remember last module’s Discussion Question?

In a multiple hurdle approach, candidates are “knocked out” of the selection process after every given step. Say you ask candidates to take 1) an integrity test, 2) a job knowledge test, and 3) a personality test, in that order. If Candidate A fails to achieve the cut score on the integrity test (say you’ll only consider those who score at or above 85% and she scores 77%), there is no need for her to advance to the next test; she is out of consideration. If Candidate B passes the first 2 tests, but fails the personality test, he advanced further, but is still out of consideration.

In a compensatory model, candidates are allowed to take all of the tests, either simultaneously or in order. No decision is made to eliminate any candidate until all tests have been taken. Often, a composite score is created, weighing and combining scores from each test. Thus if Candidate C does well on the integrity test and the job knowledge test, but poorly on the personality test, the better scores can compensate for the worse score.

Provide a concrete example of when and why you would choose to use a multiple hurdle approach or a compensatory model. How could these approaches be combined?

Post an initial response no later than Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.

Specifically focus your responses to your peers’ initial postings using the following prompts:

What are the disadvangates of your peers’ examples?

How strong were your peers’ ideas for combining the two approaches?

What else could you suggest to strengthen your peers’ responses?

Post at least two responses to your classmates no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT

Module 6 discussion

Respond to the following situation:

Your boss sent you the following email this morning:

“Headquarters just told us we need to cut our HR department costs and our time to hire. I need you to look at our selection procedures and recommend what tools we can eliminate from our process to save time and money.”

It is up to you to determine which TWO of the following selection procedures to eliminate. (Note: when responding, assume none of these procedures are required by law):

Resume Check

Application

Biographical Information Blank

Reference Check

Job Knowledge Test

Integrity Test

Panel Interview

Drug Test

Which procedures would you recommend eliminating? Defend your recommendations: Why did you suggest these specific procedures? Where and how could you compensate for the eliminated procedures?

Post an initial response no later than Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.

Specifically focus your responses to your peers’ initial postings using the following prompts:

Why do you think your peers should not have eliminated specific procedures?

What issues did your peers miss when they recommended specific procedures?

What additional support can you add to your peers’ recommendations?

Post at least two responses to your classmates no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.

Module 7 discussion

Respond to the following questions:

Think about your own orientation and onboarding experiences in the workplace. Describe examples of experiences you have had as a new hire that have been particularly effective and/or ineffective. Why were they effective or ineffective? What could have been done to improve your experiences? Did your experiences affect your decision to remain employed in the organization(s)?

Post an initial response no later than Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.

Specifically focus your responses to your peers’ initial postings using the following prompts:

How do your own experiences compare with your peers?

What other suggestions could you provide to your peers to improve their orientation and socialization experiences as new hires?

Do you think your peers made the right decision about remaining employed with their organization(s)?

Post at least two responses to your classmates no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.

Module 8 Discussion

Conduct either an exit interview, OR what Sullivan calls a “stay interview”:

Exit Interview

Conduct a “post-exit” interview with someone who has voluntarily left a job within the past 2 years. You may not interview yourself, and you may not interview someone who was fired, laid off (no involuntary turnover), or someone who left due to retirement or a medical issue (no unavoidable turnover).

Stay Interview

Conduct a stay interview with a colleague, friend, or significant other who has been with his or her organization for at least 2 years. Again, you may not interview yourself. Likewise, do not interview a coworker unless it is within your power to make changes based on the coworker’s feedback.

In your interview, obtain the following information:

Job title

Brief job description

Approximate length of time in the job

For an exit interview:

Reasons for leaving the job

Any attempts to negotiate with the organization before leaving

For a stay interview:

Reasons for staying on the job

Reasons the employee would consider leaving

Summarize this information in a discussion post to share with your classmates. Additionally, use what you have learned from this module’s readings to highlight aspects of the job that may lead/or may have led to voluntary turnover and any retention efforts that could be/could have been used to keep that employee working at the job.

Post an initial response no later than Thursday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.

Specifically focus your responses to your peers’ initial postings using the following prompts:

How do your peers’ interviews compare with your own interview?

What else could you recommend to address the turnover issue that your peers did not mention?

Do you think your peers’ recommendations for retention are realistic? Will they help to decrease the potential for turnover? Why or why not?

Post at least two responses to your classmates no later than Sunday 11:59 PM EST/EDT.

ETHC445 Final Exam 2017 March

ETHC445 Final Exam 2017 March

Subject: General Questions / General General Questions
Question
Question 1. 1. (TCOs 2, 4, 5, 6) The idea that the assisted suicide of terminally ill patients should be allowed simply at the patient’s direction reflects what type of ethics? (Points : 5)

Hobbes’ State of Nature

Rand’s Objectivism

Aristotle’s concept of Virtue

Thomas Aquinas’ concept of conscience

Socrates’ concept of excellence

Question 2. 2. (TCOs 1, 2, 7) What is the moral ideal of justice? (Points : 5)

Acts of mercy beyond what is required

Making decisions in order to build friendships

Meeting legal requirements

Evaluation of situations according to their merits

Meeting the terms of the Social Contract

Question 3. 3. (TCOs 1, 2) One of the common errors in Ethics is unwarranted assumptions. Unwarranted assumptions consist of what? (Points : 5)

Preconceptions before ethical dilemmas are confronted

Failing to read carefully and with attention to detail

Taking too much for granted

Speculating apart from information

Treating case studies carelessly

Question 4. 4. (TCO 2) Prescriptive language is commonly used in ethics for what reason? (Points : 5)

To indicate what is prohibited or impossible

To indicate that one choice is better than others

To show what actions are legal

To convey requirements and obligations

To indicate that there are really no choices available

Question 5. 5. (TCOs 7, 8) Each person ought to do whatever will best promote his or her own interests. (Points : 5)

Utilitarianism

Kant’s Categorical Imperative

Social Contract Theory

Ethical Egoism

Gilligan

Question 6. 6. (TCOs 2, 4, 9) Free people are motivated toward forming social structures according to a social contract in order to overcome what problem identified by Thomas Hobbes? (Points : 5)

The need to overcome disagreements

A perpetual state of warfare

The establishment of a monarchy

Taxation to support the costs of government

Organized ways to select leaders

Question 7. 7. (TCOs 3, 6) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was created through a congressional enabling act as a governmental agency to act on the concerns voiced by environmental ethicists. Their actions include which of the following? (Points : 5)

Subpoena regulation offenders

Monitor situations of environmental concern

Fine offenders

Sponsor new legislation on environmental issues

All of the above.

Question 8. 8. (TCOs 3, 6, 7) The notion that the only thing good without qualification is a good will is attributed to whom? (Points : 5)

St. Thomas Aquinas

Socrates

John Locke

Immanuel Kant

Oliver Cromwell

Question 9. 9. (TCOs 8, 9) John Stuart Mill’s theory of Utilitarianism is the most common form of ethics in use today. It is used so commonly because it belongs to which of the Primary Schools of Ethics? (Points : 5)

Care-based

Ends-based

Economy-based

Law-based

Efficiency-based

Question 10. 10. (TCOs 3, 6, 7) What is the purpose of proving whether a syllogism of formal logic is “valid”? (Points : 5)

To identify the connecting phrase “therefore” or a synonym of it before proceeding further

To determine whether the situation described is accurate

To determine whether the premises are true before continuing

To determine whether the conclusion proceeds from the premises

To determine that there are only two premise statements in the syllogism

Question 11. 11. (TCOs 1, 2) Different from normal problem solving, dilemmas are different in what aspect? (Points : 5)

Problems are much more complicated

When one choice is chosen, the opportunity for the others is lost

Problems are much more urgent

Problems are so much more real and less theoretical

Problems usually involve not honoring our own virtues

Question 12. 12. (TCOs 1, 2, 7) According to Thomas Aquinas, what ethical capacity do people of every culture naturally possess? (Points : 5)

Logical thinking

Personal virtues

Self-interest

Ability to learn lessons

Conscience

Question 13. 13. (TCOs 2, 8) The single criterion for making decisions in objectivist ethics is what? (Points : 5)

Professional development

Personal self-interest

The physical environment

Financial gain

The close group of family and friends who will be impacted

Question 14. 14. (TCOs 1, 2, 5) The world view of ruthless and unending competition for property and wealth was spelled out in which of these concepts? (Points : 5)

Locke’s notion of the natural state of man

Rawls’ notion of the veil of ignorance

Aristotle’s notion of the doctrine of the mean

Hammurabi’s code of law

Hobbes’ state of nature

Question 15. 15. (TCOs 3, 6, 7) Kant’s concern that people choose to observe universal laws as their duty is expressed through what actions? (Points : 5)

Their habits

Their maxims

Their desires

Their loves

Their loyalties

Question 16. 16. (TCOs 2, 7, 8) Personal development and discovery through the repetition of good acts and study of virtue characterizes what ethicist? (Points : 5)

Plato

Aristotle

Luther

Augustine

Socrates

Question 17. 17. (TCOs 2, 8) Professional codes of conduct serve what function for business and industry? (Points : 5)

Allow businesses to avoid training professional staffers

Enable transfer of valued employees across state lines

Enable contracting of temporary employees

Specify continuing education needs and requirements

Providing assurance of the professional qualifications of members

Question 18. 18. (TCOs 2, 7) Aristotle’s Ethical Doctrine of the Mean measured personal virtues on a scale that included the virtue itself, the excess of it, and the deficiency of it.

If the virtue is GENEROSITY, and the excess is WASTEFULNESS, what is the deficiency?

(Points : 5)

Carefulness

There is no deficiency

Being broke (having no money)

Stinginess

Moderation

Question 19. 19. (TCOs 8, 9) In personal or organizational conflict, what benefits accrue to all parties when a leader or consultant employees one of the ethical conflict resolution models of Week 6? (Points : 5)

Objectives of what winning the conflict means get refined and better understood

Conflict management gets slowed down and settled.

Conflict can be handled in a sequential, step-by-step manner

Parties can be reconciled without solving the issues

Personal relationships can be separated from issues

Question 20. 20. (TCOs 1, 2) The Latin term a priori describes the origin of knowledge developed rationally, and the term a posteriori describes knowledge developed through observation and experience. What is an example of ethics is best described as discovered in an a priori manner? (Points : 5)

Utilitarian ethics

Objectivist ethics

Deontological ethics

Political ethics

Scientific ethics
1. (TCOs 1, 2, 3, 7) In support of TCO #7 and in the Week 7 discussions, you developed and placed into the threaded discussions your personalized ethics statement of what has become important to you in the practice of ethics as you have practiced ethics during the course. Your first task in this question is to briefly present that personalized statement in just a few sentences before continuing with the question. Much of the rest of the exam will involve your working with that personalized statement through brief applications and cases.

Use your ethical philosophy to solve the following ethical situation. Explain how your philosophy helped you make your decision.

Should citizens have an ethical obligation to serve their country when it is at war? Under what circumstances, if any, is it ethical for a person to refuse to serve?

A significant number of people believe war is always wrong, and that no circumstances justify one nation’s taking up arms against another. Is this view ethically sound? How about realistically? Please state which side you agree with, and why. Explain and defend your position using your ethical position statement.

In answering, be sure to look at both sides of war: that is, a country defending itself against aggression and of a strong country coming to the aid of a weaker country that has been attacked unjustly. Then, explain how your ethical philosophy affected how you answered this problem.

(Points : 30) Spellchecker

Question 2. 2. (TCOs 1, 2, 7) Analyze the following ethical situation using YOUR ethical philosophy. Read the situation and then in your answer, explain why this is an ethical situation, what the “issues” are, and how an “ethical” person would resolve them. Explain how YOUR ethical philosophy has helped you reach a conclusion about how to resolve or analyze this situation.

As a result of the economic down-turn starting in 2008, efficiency has become more and more the byword of the successful business person. The axioms of the efficiency expert are: “Eliminate what need not be done; simplify what must be done; combine tasks wherever possible.”

Putting this into practice means, among other things, eliminating people’s jobs. Sometimes it also means making one person do two or three people’s jobs. As company’s gain the upper hand in employment (when the number of employees wanting good jobs is higher than the number of good (i.e. high paying) jobs available), they will more and more expect employees to be willing to work longer hours and to do accomplish more and varied tasks.

1. Under what circumstances is it ethical business practices to ask employees to multi-task or do more than one person’s job?

2. Under what circumstances is it ethical for an employee to refuse to do more work than can be taken on in a conventional 40-45 hours per week?

3. Let’s assume that it is BECAUSE employees are willing to multi-task and do two or three people’s jobs, that others LOSE their jobs. Who is more at fault ethically? The employer who requests the extra work from the remaining employees? Or the employees who are willing to do the extra work, thereby putting the others who aren’t willing out of work?

Question 3. 3. (TCOs 1, 7, 9) How do you feel Immanuel Kant would have solved the above ethical situation differently or the same as you did using your philosophy? Please explain the reasons for the similarities or differences. (Points : 40)

Question 4. 4. (TCOs 1, 2, 4, 9) Regina is chairperson of her city’s United Fund campaign. In her annual preparations meeting with her staff of canvassers, she gives this advice: “Hit the business places first. Don’t approach anyone who is walking alone in a hall or working alone in a closed office. Look for two or more people standing together or working side by side. Try to make them compete with each other in generous giving. Capitalize on their desire to show off and outdo the next person.” She then states that the canvasser who raises the most money of all will be awarded with a 5% cut of the total amount that canvasser raises. Her approach pays off and the United Fund raises the most money ever.

Tell what ethical philosophy Regina is using, if any.

Now, use your ethical philosophy to analyze the situation. Explain how, using your philosophy, you would have solved this situation either the same way as the character in the situation did, or differently. Why?

Question 5. 5. (TCOs 5, 6) You are a new employee in an advertising company. Your client is a well known soup manufacturer who wants to feature in advertisements a picture showing the solid ingredients in its soup. Unfortunately, your advertising group found that the solid ingredients sank to the bottom of the bowl and were barely visible. All that could be seen was the broth. Your boss hits upon a solution–put marbles in the bottom of the bowl before pouring in the soup! You try it and the vegetables sit nicely on the top, giving the appearance of thick soup. Your boss wants you to run with the project with this solution.

What will you do? Explain why you will do this and what ethical analysis you used to come to this conclusion.

Question 6. 6. (TCOs 6, 8) Analyze your answer above using the Front Page of the Newspaper ethical dilemma resolution model. Show your steps. (Points : 40)

Soc 276 Final Exam – Transnational employment and marriages

Soc 276 Final Exam – Transnational employment and marriages

Subject: Sociology / General Sociology
Question
Soc 276: Fall 2017 Study Guide For the Final Exam

Although the review guide is organized around book chapters, all additional readings posted on D2L, the lecture notes, and class exercises/discussions/videos are also included. When you review, it is imperative to understand the main points/central arguments, make connections among concepts and definitions, theories and research findings. More specifically, the test may include but not limited to the following items. To make your review a coherent one, instead of revolving the central points around specific readings, I organize them according to our weekly activities since Exam 1. You may find the relevant book chapters from the syllabus and all the relevant reading materials at the D2L Content modules:

Transnational employment and marriages (marriage for a better life)

(note: according to the syllabus, this section should include Karraker’s Chapter 5, but I moved it to next section in my ppt notes and hence this review)

Some key points and questions:

? Meanings of marriage for immigrant women from the Third World;

? Opportunities and obstacles they confront;

? Global inequality reflected in intimate migration;

? The social nature of cross-border marriage through experiences of immigrants and world history; social means marriage for group well-being rather than, or in addition to, personal happiness;

? Arranged marriage as earlier patterns of world marriage form which change according to broader societal changes;

? Understanding contemporary marriages from the historical perspective;

1. How do women from poor countries marry men from rich countries reflect global inequality?

2. What gaps exist between dreams of migration and barriers to migration?

3. What are purposes of Third World women marrying men from the First and Second World?For family

4. What are some venues for cross-border marriages to happen?

5. The stories of migrants becoming victims and/or perpetrators and the circumstances under which they happen.

6. Can one rich country build fences to stop illegal immigrants from entering the country? Why or why not?

7. How prevalent is arranged marriage around the world? Has that only been the phenomenon among non-Western societies according world history?80%; existed in the West as well—marriage as social.

8. What was marriage designed for? Political alliances, production and reproduction.

9. Are love-based marriages happier compared to arranged marriages? How?No.

10. What is the relationship between marriage and class?Marriageas the privilege of the rich, not a matter of choice.

11. How do we understand low marriage rates among African American families?Unaffordability, not attitudes.

Love displaced-transnational employment and migrant mothers (and fathers)

Some key points:

? Class in global context seen through, for example, care work;

? Work-family conflict on the global scale;

? Gender inequality as part of work-family conflict;

? Work-family linkage (i.e. work and family affect each other) across borders;

? Immigrant families’ experiences shaped by national policies.

1. What are characteristics of transnational employment in ongoing globalization?

2. How may transnational employment pattern further contribute to inequality between rich and poor countries?

3. How is the domestic employment treated different from other types of employment under globalization?

4. What are global care chains?How does this reflect inequality between Third World women in transnational domestic employment and First and Second World middle-class career women. And how is this created and developed?

5. How do transnational domestic workers help fill gender gaps in middle-class families in the West?

6. How does transnational domestic work affect female domestic workers’ well-being and their families?

7. Is Third World women in transnational domestic employment a win-win situation for these women and their families as well as middle-class women in rich countries? How so?

8. How do you understand the persistence of gendered division of labor at home?

9. What are challenges to women from both rich and poor countries?

10. How does neoliberalism help generate poverty in Third World countries, using the Philippines as an example (see Ligaya Lindio-McGovern’s article on D2L)?

Gender relations

Some key points:

1. Multilayered patriarchy in non-Western societies (e.g Zuo’s study on traditional Chinese families) ;

2. Two-sidedness in gender (in)equality in both in non-Western and Western families;

3. Social construction theory of gender theory;

4. Social construction of power theories.

Questions:

1. What is a multilayered patriarchy? How does it work?

2. According to the authors, Western migrant women tend to lose marital power when marrying a non-Western man (e.g. the Anglo-Indian couple, p. 124)? How does this happen? Why so?

3. The authors also observe that non-Western migrant women gain power when marrying a man from Western societies? How does this work? How do you explain this?

4. How do women and men of immigrants select their mates? How does gender play out?

5. What is social construction of gender theory? How do you explain gendered behavior and relations described in BB, Chapter 7?

6. What is social construction of family power? Dependency theory and cultural perspectives

Based on Zuo’s article on family patriarchy in traditional China (on D2L):

1. How many layers of family patriarch were there in traditional China?

2. Did the man of a junior couple have power when living with his parents?

3. What was the nature of the man’s mother’s power? What was her position in the patriarchal family system?

4. How did the man’s mother gain power in her life course?

5. What did the Chinese case study tell us about the relationship between generation- and gender-based patriarchy? In other words, how do we understand male power in a family system where there are two-layered patriarchy?

Transnational family networks

Some key points:

? Problems with linear thinking of modernization;

? Recognition of various paths to modernization and various type so modernization;

? Family-run enterprises and family relations.

1. What is modernization? What are some of modernization assumptions and arguments?

2. What do family enterprises say about the modernization path?

3. What do family relations look at in family enterprises compared with non-business families?

4. How do we understand unequal family relations in family enterprises?

Intimate is global: the model of distant love

Some key points:

? Ways in which globalization hits home (i.e. how we experience globalization in our domestic lives);

? Important global issues that affect family lives, such as global inequality, cross-border communication, national frontiers, national legal systems, etc.;

? Impact of structural adjustment imposed by IMF/World Bank on debtor nations on family well-being; Please first understand what structural adjustment is;

? Deterioration of working class families in the U.S. in the midst of globalization, addressed by Stephanie Coontz, an American historian and sociologist (see her article in the module “Intimate is Global.”

Questions:

1. In which ways may families experience inequality among family members from different countries?

2. In which ways may immigrant families experience inequality within the family?

3. Does race make also make a difference?

4. How may global inequality challenge contemporary Western definition of family, using the example of German husband and a Thai wife?

5. How do you reflect on Section 4 “Beyond National Law”?

8. What are challenges faced by contemporary families?

9. What are global policies concerning family well-being?

10. What did IMF and the World Bank do to Third World debt nations? Impact on their family well-being?

11. Which countries in EU do not see child care as a private, family responsibility?

12. Why does Karraker think family rights are human rights?

13. What is Marsha A. Freeman’s argument about family issues as human rights issues (see Karraker, pp.212-219).

International violence and families

Some key points:

? Various ways in which international violence impacts on families;

? Linkages between globalization and violence;

? Ways in which families show their resilience to International violence

Questions:

1. What are “international systems of oppression” that Karraker refers to?

2. What are forms of international violence? How do they affect family lives?

3. Karraker does not see a direct connection between globalization and war (p. 130); the instructor disagrees. What evidence did the instructor show in class that confirms connections between globalization and war?

4. Does international violence affect your family life? If so, then, how?

5. Ways in which colonialism is related to world conflicts today?

6. How does war exacerbate crimes such as sex/human trafficking?

7. What is the nature of rape and sexual slaves? Against women or humanity?

8. Ways in which war affects marriage and marital relations?

9. How do families and individuals caught in the war show their resilience?

10. Jannifer Blank’s article attached to Karraker, Chapter 4, pp. 151-155.

11. Why do some young people join ISIS?

Bio291 week 4 discussion (dq1+dq2) latest 2017

Bio291 week 4 discussion (dq1+dq2) latest 2017

Subject: Biology / General Biology
Question
Week 4 discussion

DQ1

Pretend you are a molecule of oxygen and describe your trip from the outside world down to the level of the alveoli.

DQ2

Explain the differences between internal and external respiration.

HCA610 Week 1 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 May

HCA610 Week 1 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 May

Subject: General Questions / General General Questions
Question
dq 1
Discuss at least two implications of health care reform on the health care organization’s goals and strategic plan. How will processes and operations need to be adjusted to meet the requirements of health care reform legislation?
dq 2
Evaluate the “Comprehensive Organizational Plan” presented by Oetjen and Rotarius. Is this model suitable for any type of health care organization? Discuss the implications of the model on the ability of health care managers to contain cost, preserve quality, and promote universal access.

Final paper -Analyzes how a particular educational

Final paper -Analyzes how a particular educational

Subject: General Questions / General General Questions
Question
This is about my final paper draft. (not completed paper) You will write a final paper that analyzes how a particular educational intervention, related to participantsâ cultural background, influences their learning, achievement, or educational engagement. In your paper, you will describe the intervention and its purpose, explain how culture is involved. You will discuss the effects of intervention, including results from either an interview with someone who is involved in the intervention or who is studying it or an observation that you made of the intervention. This paper will be about pacific island immigrant which is Micronesian in Hawaii

MAKE SURE YOUR INTERVENTION IS “WE ARE OCEANIA” (http://www.weareoceania.org)

Also, just pretend that you were interview a person who are in this department which is weareoceania (WAO) and including a clear description of the interview, including who was interviewed and why, relevant background information about the interviewee, where it occurred, for how long, and how you recorded it. The interview questions are in an appendix.

Here is rubric.

1.There is a clear description of the issue that the intervention is designed to address. It is clear how the issue or intervention is related to culture and participantsâ learning, achievement, or engagement.

2. There is an insightful description of the intervention, including details on how it is applied and who participates in it. There is a clear discussion of relevant background information, such as how and when the program developed.

3. There is a clear description of the interview, including who was interviewed and why, relevant background information about the interviewee, where it occurred, for how long, and how you recorded it. The interview questions are in an appendix.

4. There is a clear description of the observation, including its focus, when and where it occurred, for how long, and how the observations were recorded.

5. There is an insightful discussion of an appropriate psychological or educational theory that supports why the intervention is proposed to work

6. There is an insightful discussion of the interventionâs outcomes, including results from the interview or observation and information from 8 or more scholarly articles or reports.

7. The writing is clear and well organized.

8. There are relatively few errors of APA style and other writing conventions.

The paper draft should be approximately 5 pages, typed, doubled-spaced (with page numbers) applying stylistic conventions specified by the American Psychological Association (2010). You should include at least 8 scholarly articles or reports on the intervention or related information

Nurs340 all week discussions latest 2017

Nurs340 all week discussions latest 2017

Subject: General Questions / General General Questions
Question
Week 1 discussion

Consider the community surrounding your school of nursing. Pick two environmental conditions and assess these conditions. Where do you think you could locate data to support your observations?

Week 2 discussion

Look through several major newspapers for articles that discuss care for the elderly in the community or care for those at the end stage of a life-threatening illness. Then answer the following questions:

A) What is the role of a community health nurse in assisting families in the care of the elderly in their homes?

B) What are some of the barriers related to the initiation of home care services in communities?

C) How does living in an urban area versus a rural area affect home care services?

Week 3 discussion

Within your community, there has been a large increase in teenage smoking, and community leaders are developing a plan to decrease the incidence of smoking. To help them, you will:

A) Develop a research question to address the problem.

B) Determine what kind of study should be undertaken.

C) Design a study to decrease the incidence of smoking in teenagers.

Week 4 discussion

Recently, immunizations have become a major topic in health care at the governmental level. Based on community-level data, you have identified the need to increase immunization rates in the refugee and immigrant population in your community. Whom might you enlist as partners in planning and implementing programs to achieve desired health outcomes at the community level? Why did you select these partners?

Week 5 discussion

Complete your Week 5 required discussion prompt.

You are a school nurse. A student comes into your office and is hesitant to share his thoughts with you. What could you say or do to develop a therapeutic alliance?

Week 6 discussion

An 86-year-old male parishioner is on hospice care at home, and his daughter, who is a nurse, has been trying to meet all his physical needs around the clock. The pastor, who made a home visit, calls the faith community nurse to express his concern that the daughter is becoming “burned out.” How can the faith community nurse engage the faith community as a whole to provide volunteer support to this family?

Week 7 discussion

After viewing your classmates’ presentations, describe some new things you learned about two different vulnerable populations other than the one you researched.

Week 8 discussion

As you look back on Sessions A & B of Public Health Nursing, reflect on what you knew then and what you know now about the role of the public health nurse and her/his importance locally as well as globally to various communities.

Mgt305 week 4 learning activity latest 2017

Mgt305 week 4 learning activity latest 2017

Subject: Business / Management
Question
Week 4 learning activity

Learning Activity #1

Compare and contrast KM applications that are driven by an objective of reuse versus those driven by an objective of innovation.

Describe the key challenges of developing and managing an organizational memory system.

What does the term corporate amnesia mean? Provide examples to illustrate.

Do respond to any one of the above questions.

Please post a minimum of two substantial paragraphs for your initial response. Please ensure you follow the rubric requirements included in the syllabus.

Participate in online conferences – Initial response due Thursday by noon; response to class mates and instructor due by Sun midnight.

Do respond to at least one of your fellow student posts.

Learning Activity #2

Provide a list of knowledge assets and provide some examples.

From a metrics standpoint, describe some measures and tools used to measure KM benefits.

What is the relationship between human, structural and relationship capital? How can one measure these?

Do respond to any one of the above questions.

Please post a minimum of two substantial paragraphs for your initial response. Please ensure you follow the rubric requirements included in the syllabus.

Participate in online conferences – Initial response due Thursday by noon; response to class mates and instructor due by Sun midnight.

Do respond to at least one of your fellow student posts.