Category: Essays

Develop an essay of 750 to 1000 words minimum/maximum with an introduction, body, and conclusion. Include a works cited page.

Be sure to argue a particular point of view in your essay (your thesis) and cite varied examples from the readings in MLA format in order to support your perspective. Please focus on the reading themselves, and avoid using outside sources (particularly open-web sources such as Wikipedia). Whatever you do, DO NOT give me a biography of the author or retell a story.

This assignment is DUE: Mar 12, 2016 11:55 PM.

Choose one of the following topics on religious theme:

1. Oroonoko is often referred to as a Christ figure with his dismemberment resembling the crucifixion. Explore this topic using proof from the text to back up your argument.

2. Discuss the way in which Milton creates his Satan character in “Paradise Lost.” Is he the hero of the story? You may use examples from a film such as “Devil’s Advocate” to explore this sympathetic drawing of Satan.

3. Bunyan is straight forward in his delivery of “Pilgrim’s Progress.” An example of this is the obvious naming of characters. As we have previously noted though, this piece is categorized as an allegory. As such, the tale can be interpreted to reveal hidden meaning. Explore an example of Biblical allegory you see in the text

Develop a compare/contrast essay of 750 to 1000 words minimum/maximum with an introduction, body, and conclusion. Include a works cited page.

Be sure to argue a particular point of view in your essay (your thesis) and cite varied examples from the readings in MLA format in order to support your perspective. Please focus on the reading themselves, and avoid using outside sources (particularly open-web sources such as Wikipedia). Whatever you do, DO NOT give me a biography of the author or retell a story.

This assignment is due Feb 20, 2016 11:55 PM

Chose one of the following topics:

1. Compare and contrast a work with a movie adaptation. For example, compare the recent movie version of Beowulf to the Anglo-Saxon poem or the film Excalibur to Malory. Let me know what adaptation you’d like to write about if it isn’t on this list, and we’ll discuss options. Remember, this is meant to be a thesis-driven essay, not simply a description of the two versions of the story, or a movie review.

2. Compare and contrast two of the tales in the Canterbury Tales. Possible ideas would be to discuss different areas being satirized, tone, and characters. Do not retell two of the stories in this essay but lay out similarities and differences in topic, form, or something else that strikes you as important or relevant. Do not repeat a discussion we have seen in the forum.

3. Suggest your own compare/contrast topic. If there is anything from the past three weeks that has caught your attention, but that we haven’t had a chance to cover yet, let me know. We’ll discuss the option. Note that instructor permission is REQUIRED before you pursue this option.

DISCLAIMER: Originality of attachments will be verified by Turnitin. Both you and your instructor will receive the results.

Outline the steps involved in carrying out a 40-year-old adult female pelvic examination and a 50-year –old adult male genitalia exam.

· Include questions on sexual history for both;

· Female menstrual history, obstetric al history, contraceptive history, and cervical cancer screening;

· Male self-testicular exam, prostate cancer screening, male sexual dysfunction, and scrotal enlargement

HRM538 Assignment 2

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For this assignment, consider the organization where you currently work or an organization where you may have worked in the past as a point of reference for evaluating the coaching model and team-based performance.

(Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of these assignments. In your original work, you may use aspects of existing processes from either your current or a former place of employment. However, you must remove any and all identifying information that would enable someone to discern the organization[s] that you have used.)

Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:

Classify the selected organization’s approach to coaching as it relates to one (1) of the following: Ad Hoc Coaching, Managing Coaching, Proactive Coaching, or Strategic Coaching. Judge the extent to which the identified coaching model has worked to optimize the organization’s performance management activities.
Recommend three (3) practices to improve the selected organization’s current performance from Table 4.3: (ATTACHED) Best Practices for Manager-Coaches in the textbook. Justify each element as it relates to optimizing performance.
Construct five (5) best practices that would maximize team-based performance in the selected organization. Specify the primary manner in which each practice aligns with the organization’s overall goals and vision.
Use three (3) external sources to support your responses. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic 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

Select two historical leaders. One who was known for making a positive contribution in a leadership role, and the other who made a negative contribution in a leadership role (one good leader and one bad leader).

Each leader must be, or have been a business or world leader (each leader) from 1960 or later.
Provide three separate reasons (with referenced examples) to justify the reason they were a good, or bad leader.
Identify, compare, and contrast the two different leadership styles of each one.
The research paper must be 6-8 pages of written text (not including the cover page and reference page), roughly 1500-2000 words.
You must include at least three outside references for each leader, for a total of six references (minimum) for the research paper. The text may be used as a reference but it will not count toward the six required sources.

JImmy Hoffa and Robert Kennedy

My Textbook is (Leadership, Theory,application, and skill development, six edition)/ Robert N. Lussier Christopher F. Achua.

Discuss the positives and negatives of corporate culture in the competitiveness of a firm. Relate how firms should deal with different corporate cultures in mergers and acquisitions.

Explain how value chain analysis can be used to make a firm more competitive.

Identify core competencies, resources, and capabilities found in your Strategic Audit firm. Explain how they make your Strategic Audit firm more competitive.

Discuss in detail how the VRIO Framework can be used to evaluate a business’ competencies. Explain which of the VRIO factors would allow a firm to achieve a sustainable advantage over its competitors, and why?

APA 6th Edition, reference and 100% origina

Choose one of the experimental studies attached and write a reserach proposal that includes the ten elements described in the attachment. The data presented will be fabricated and not based on an actual experiment

Option A is a creative assignment. We’ve learned about creation stories and the essential elements of primal religions. Now I want to learn a new one, from you. Write your own cosmogony, with or without atheogony. Be sure your cosmogony includes an etiology. You are in essence creating a religion and its creation story. Keep in mind what we have learned so far.

Option B:(250 words)
View the art work and read the descriptions at http://arthistoryresources.net/willendorf/willendorfdiscovery.html

and http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/plaintexthistories.asp?historyid=ab20

Then, Then visit the following site and browse through more art and data:

http://www.mc.maricopa.edu/dept/d10/asb/anthro2003/legacy/goddess/mothergoddess.html

Finally, post a thoughtful response to these questions: What are the theories about the significance of cave art and the Venus figurines? What do the art and sculptures tell us about the societies that created them? What, if anything, can we say about the position of women from viewing the Venus Figurines? Relate the material to our textbook discussion of primal religions (and any other information you would like to share). You may include images in your posts.

Option C:(250 words)

After reading the information at the links I have provided below, discuss the history of the Maya paying particular attention to their calendar system, religion, and the Ball Game. Discuss the role human/blood sacrifice had in their society. Why did they believe that human and blood sacrifice was so necessary?

http://www.religionfacts.com/mayan_religion/index.htm

Which one of these was NOT a famous heroic female?

Candace (Kush)

Ariel (Palestine)

Joan of Arc (France)

Mulan (China)

2 points

Question 2

The Maya and the early tribes of Africa were matrilineal, a term meaning?

Societies where females were in charge

Nations without marriage laws

Families that traced descent through the mother’s side

Cultures with art that featured facial structures

2 points

Question 3

The precursor societies to the Maya and the Inca were?

Olmecs and Chavin

Toltecs and Amazonians

Aztec and Toltecs

They had no precursors

2 points

Question 4

Timbuktu was…?

A center of learning and knowledge in Africa

A center of trade and Islamic culture

Capitol of the Malian Empire

All of these

2 points

Question 5

The Inca used a complex writing system based on…?

Beautiful calligraphy

Intricately knotted ropes

Hieroglyphics

Pictures

2 points

Question 6

The Olmec civilization fell due to…?

Outside invasion

Assimilation into the Maya

Natural disasters

Disease

2 points

Question 7

The growth of sub-Saharan African empires was made possible by…?

The camel to facilitate long-distance trade

Left over Roman roads

Rivers that went through the desert bringing goods

Ships moving down the Atlantic coast

2 points

Question 8

The native religions of civilizations in both America and Africa were…?

Alike in that they all featured human sacrifice

More philosophical traditions than religions

Believed in a single all-powerful god

Polytheistic – many gods over natural forces

2 points

Question 9

Calendars and history was viewed by early Americans as…?

A wheel without fixed beginning where events happened at multiple or different points

A line with a fixed beginning and a definite end of the world

A cycle of endless renewal of both time and people

Important only for the farming of corn and religious rituals

2 points

Question 10

What was a major characteristic of surviving Olmec art?

It was the first abstract art

A focus on the human face

It glorified corn

It was the first to not depict the gods

2 points

Question 11

What was a major difference between African societies and those of the west, the east, and the Americas?

A – Society was much more strict in Africa than elsewhere

B – Women held relatively more power in African societies than in others

C – There was not such a wide gulf between the rulers and the ruled

Both B and C

2 points

Question 12

What was “Great Zimbabwe”?

A large confederation of nations fighting off the rule of outsiders

A stone-based culture of Bantu speakers that moved through southern and central Africa

A primitive society of hunter/gatherers not aligned with other groups

A form of artistic expression unique to Africa

2 points

Question 13

How did the Greeks influence east African societies?

By bringing trade, language, and eventually Christianity to areas under Axumite control

By introducing philosophy to primitive African tribes

By creating city-state systems that persisted in Africa until modern times

By making the Greek the main language of modern day east Africa

2 points

Question 14

How were the Spanish able to conquer the Americas so quickly?

There was no time for American cultures to adapt to disease, technology, and government in the face of more advanced Europeans

The foolishness of American political and military leaders

The American civilizations lacked a truly military culture

The American civilizations were all already in decline

2 points

Question 15

What about the Mayan civilization helped it to fall to the Europeans?

They were essentially pacifists who refused to fight off invasions

The society was weakened by human sacrifice

Environmental problems reduced populations and power prior to Spanish arrival

The Aztecs had already conquered large swaths of Mayan territory

Diagnosing Children

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The Vignette of Marus

Marcus is a 10-year-old boy who has been struggling at school. During the past year he has frequently been in fights with other students during recess. He argues with his teacher and sometimes refuses to follow her requests. He has also been in trouble for taking items belonging to other students such as lunch snacks, a sweatshirt left on the playground, and some loose change that was sitting on a desk. During class time, Marcus has difficulty following instructions and completing his work. He is easily distracted, does not pay attention to details, and frequently leaves his seat to interrupt the work of other students.

Marcus is doing better at home. He spends the weekdays with his mother and two younger brothers whose ages are 5 and 7. He helps with many of the household chores his mother cannot attend to while she is at work full time. On the weekends, Marcus lives with his father, stepmother, his 11-year-old stepsister, and his 3-year-old half-sister. He describes his father and stepmother as being very strict, but he enjoys playing with two other boys his age who live in the neighborhood.

Marcus’ teacher has met with his parents on several occasions to discuss his poor academic progress. She has expressed concern with the level of his academic skills in writing and math, as well as with his ability to get along well with others. Both the teacher and school principal have recommended counseling for Marcus, and the parents’ insurance plan will pay for 10 visits. Marcus’ pediatrician has also suggested the possibility of medication.

Based on the information presented, address the following questions:

What mental disorder would you consider for Marcus? List the specific criteria from the DSM-5that you believe Marcus meets, given the information you currently know about him. If Marcus does not meet all of the criteria needed for a diagnosis, what additional information would you need to gather?
What score would you document for Marcus, if Marcus’ family completed the parent- or guardian-rated Level 1 cross-cutting symptom measure? Include the specific information you included when coming up with this score.
What other factors (such as school system, family constellation, or medical and health care system) would you need to include when formulating a diagnosis and treatment plan for Marcus? In what way is his family system either helping him to cope at school or exacerbating the problems Marcus is having?
How would you explain Marcus’ symptoms from a biological perspective? How would you explain his symptoms from a psychosocial perspective?