Category: Essays

The United States criminal justice system has a court system that is modulated in different parts. The Supreme Court is the highest authoritative court in the United States, and for cases to arrive at this court, they must pass through a variety of courts and have a legitimate consequence toward the nation.

You also have state, appellate, and local courts that serve jurisdictions where criminal cases are initially held and decided by a jury or a judge. It is vital to understand that certain crimes like fraud can be tried in the criminal sections of the criminal justice system, but there is also a civil justice system where parties seek civil relief for injustices that may or may not result from criminal activities. The civil courts, another set of courts, provide judgments over the civil cases. Judges decide if the plaintiff’s claim of harm by the defendant is justified.

Criminal cases are heard in criminal courts where, at the conclusion of the trial, the defendant may receive sentences of incarceration or fines as a result of being convicted at the criminal trial.

In a civil court, a person (plaintiff) pursues a civil action against another person (defendant), which may result from damages resulting from a criminal action of the defendant, an accidental action by the defendant, or a disagreement between the plaintiff and the defendant.

Please answer the following questions. As you answer each question, you must provide support or evidence that will enhance and empirically prove your answers. Academic criminal justice articles or real-life criminal justice findings that are not found in journals or other academic sources must be used in supporting your answers. Please use APA style for all cited sources, including your References page.

What is the dual-court system?
Why does America have a dual-court system?
Could the drive toward court unification eventually lead to a monolithic court system?
Would such a system be effective?

Judges have specific philosophical rationales and sentencing guidelines when providing a judgment over presented facts.

If you were a judge, what would be your sentencing goals and philosophical rationales? Why?
Can you envision any circumstances that might make your guidelines or sentencing goals change? Why?
Provide an example of a situation that might be extremely difficult to judge that could put you as a judge in a situation to change your sentencing goals or philosophical rationales.

You must reference at least 4 outside sources for all IPs in this class. Please make sure your sources are reputable

3-4 pages APA format

You have learned that developmentally appropriate practice is not an activity or a strategy but a complex decision-making process, an approach to care and education, and even an underlying philosophy of programs and policies. It is a foundation of every quality program for young children.

How will developmentally appropriate practice influence your career as an early childhood professional? What are your goals and intentions with regard to incorporating developmentally appropriate practice in your work and to further your professional growth?

To complete this Application, do the following:

Review and Reflect

Consider your response to the following multi-part question:

As an early childhood professional, how will what you have learned about developmentally appropriate practice influence your career in relation to:

working with children;
working with families;
working with the community (where you live and where you work);
working with other professionals; and
your professional growth?

To help you answer each part, review the readings for this week and the video presentation on developmentally appropriate practice. Take notes on ideas, insights, perspectives, and professional objectives that have meaning to you.

When you are ready, complete the written assignment below.

State Your Intentions

Summarize your thoughts, plans, and goals with regard to the ways you believe developmentally appropriate practice will influence your career in relation to working with children, families, the local community (where you live and work in the future), and other professionals, as well as your own professional development

How was African internal migration affected by geographic features of the continent? Which geographic features posed the most challenges? Which posed the least? Why?

(2) What are the common beliefs held by the traditional religions in Africa? Why do you think that these religions have common beliefs? While many traditional African beliefs are similar, some are significantly different, which ones are they and what are the significance of these different beliefs?

(3) What are the major language groups in Africa? Describe the areas they inhabited. How are they alike? How are they different? Are there language speakers in Africa who are separated by large geographical areas? If so, why might these different groups share the same language?

(4) As societies change from hunter-gatherers to agriculturalists different technologies and skills are required. What are some technological changes developed or adopted in Africa to help societies move along the development continuum?

(5) Africa is a very large continent that has given rise to many different cultures. What were some of the predominant African societies? How did they relate to other African cultures and societies?

(6) Mamoudou Koyaté is a royal griot whose responsibility it is to recite the traditions of a particular royal line. How does that influence his interpretation of historical events?

(7) Why does Kouyaté believe that the oral record is superior to written records?

(8) Griots usually recite oral traditions before an audience. How can the context of the performance affect the content of the oral tradition

Unlike many of our authors in this class, video footage of Truman Capote abounds. Find a video of him. Post the link in the forum, and tell us a little about your perception of him. How might he have fit in 1960s Kansas, and how might the cultural differences, for better or worse, affected his ability “to get the story”?

Part II: As Truman Capote got to know many of the characters involved in the story behind In Cold Blood, his depictions were undoubtedly influenced. Select one character from the movie that you believe was portrayed in a different light and discuss why you think this character was skewed. Keep in mind that there are a lot of possibilities to consider. Capote’s own feelings could influence the work, the character may be too distasteful (for a variety of reasons), or the exaggeration could simply make a better read. Since we are dealing with a film, the possibility is also there that the change translates better to film. You are welcome to investigate this possibility as well. Please support your ideas. In this assignment, you may want to read other reports of the crime or excerpts from the book.

Part III. Grisham and Capote both straddle the worlds of fiction and non-fiction in their work. Which medium ( film or print) do you find to be more effective in getting an audience to care about the issue at hand? Which genre ( fiction or non-fiction) works best to engage an audience in this same way? Give an example that we haven’t read/viewed in class.

Your initial discussion should be at least 200 words. It must include MLA citations – both in-text and an end citation.

American Literature Since the Civil War. Create edition. McGraw-Hill, 2015

You are preparing for business negotiations with potential partners from Mexico, China, Israel, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). You understand that these cultures are vastly different. They have different business customs, social protocols, and languages. However, they also have a strong relationship with several of your vendors so they may be viable business partners for your hamburger franchise expansion project.

In order to prepare for your first outreach effort with each country, analyze the cultural similarities and differences that exist between the countries and the United States using Geert Hofstede’s 6 Dimensions as discussed in class. Provide a discussion of these comparisons (400-600 words).
Using the United States as a basis for comparison, evaluate each country’s similarities and differences. Use your textbook and the CTU Library to help identify cultural characteristics that will be important during your first meeting with each country. Use a bar graph or table to highlight how the four countries compare to the United States.

Describe the various types of management careers that can be offered within each industry (lodging, and food and beverage).
Compare and contrast the differences between the General Management (GM) positions within the two industries.
Analyze and describe the growth in overall employment within these two industries and how this overall growth is forecasted within the next ten years.
Recommend at least three human resource practices in which each industry can better recruit and retain management talent for their respective industry.
Use at least three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not quality as academic resources.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
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 is not included in the required page length.
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 various career opportunities in the food service and lodging industries.
Describe the significant trends impacting the hospitality industry.
Analyze the basic procedures involved in managing a restaurant operation.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in hospitality and tourism management.
Write clearly and concisely about hospitality and tourism management using proper writing mechanics

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper describing the responsibilities of personal protection officers.

Include the rationale for personal protection, references to the historical evolution of security and personal protection, and an officer’s duties and responsibilities.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Less than 10% Plagiarism

Provide at least three scholarly refernces

The Health Care Scene: Contemporary Trends

As health care leaders, it is important to understand that health care is quite a dynamic field. Its constant changes are a result of continuing trends in regulation, policy, patient and provider advocacy efforts, as well as increasingly sophisticated technology and industry benchmarking guidelines.

For your assignment you analyze the impact of any recent social and/or ethical trends on the health care industry. Discuss at least two issues.

For this assignment, focus on a specific contemporary trend in health care and be sure to include all of the following influences:

Changes in client characteristics
Regulation of the health care industry
Reimbursement patterns and mandates
Restructuring of health care organizations
Impact of technology
Ongoing social and ethical factors

Address the information above as it pertains to your selected topic, in an eight to ten slide (excluding title and reference slides) PowerPoint presentation.

Your presentation should conclude with a summary describing the following concerns:

Overall, why should health care managers be aware of this change and trend?
What impact does this trend have on the stakeholder groups involved (e.g., patients, providers, administrators, third-party payers, legislators, etc.) for a specific organization specified (e.g., for profit, nonprofit, hospital, outpatient clinic, nursing home, etc.).

The information in this presentation will later be used as part of your Senior Project to set the context for the audience you select for a training program on the contemporary trend identified here.

Your presentation must include detailed speaker’s notes (i.e., at least 150 words) for each slide as well as a minimum of one to two scholarly sources from the Ashford University Library and one to two current, scholarly web sources.

Your presentation, and any citations used, must be in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Examples of scholarly web sources are available in this week’s recommended websites. These sources will also count toward the required sources for your Senior Project. Your presentation must be engaging and relevant to your audience. Lines of text on a slide will not be sufficient for this assignment. It should contain images, graphics, and/or multimedia that communicate your training program clearly to your audience.

Deliverable length: 700-850 words

Assignment form to use for this Individual Project in Reading Assignment section of this Phase.

Given the importance of individuals in determining business success, discuss any TWO of the following issues providing examples wherever possible. Format your report so that each section will be clearly identified; including a brief introduction/background of the topic; provide examples and scenarios as needed; citations and references to support your rationale.

Try to give approximately equal weight to each topic chosen.

Entrepreneurs are fundamental part of business success in today’s society. Discuss using real world examples of successful business entrepreneurs to illustrate your points.

Strategic Management is only a function of top management. Other layers of management are not involved. State whether you agree or disagree with the statement, explaining your reasons.

When developing an organizational structure, what are some of the key considerations? Discuss giving real world examples to illustrate your point s where possible.

Choose a company and discuss what type of organizational structure it has and comment on whether you feel comfortable operating in that type of structure, explaining your reasons.

Assignment Objectives

Distinguish the differences between the major forms of business organizations and be able to know and identify the characteristics of each.

Contrast marketing, accounting, and financial management issues in small versus large businesses

Write a four to five page paper about the business you have chosen, its mission, and its immediate M.T.I goals. This exercise involves assessing sustainability and evaluating company stakeholder responsibility, the bottom line, and technology and innovation responsibility of the company.

This should cover the following:

When trying to determine the ability of the organization to manage technology and innovation, it is important for managers to understand the firm s capabilities. Capabilities are the set of characteristics an organization possesses to facilitate and support its strategies. In the management of innovation and technology, there are a number of frameworks for determining the innovative capabilities of the organization. The Innovative Capabilities Audit Framework22 indicates five categories of variables for a business to consider. These categories are:

1. Resource availability and allocation

2. Capacity to understand competitors’ strategies and industry evolution with respect to innovation

3. Capacity to understand technological developments relevant to the business

4. Structural and cultural context of the business unit affecting intrepreneurship (internal entrepreneurship)

5. Strategic capacity to deal with innovation initiatives by internal entrepreneurs

Include this into the discussion:

1. Discuss the definition of technology from a strategic point of view.

2. Discuss the role of innovation in the strategic management process.

3. Define management of technology and give an example based on your knowledge.

4. Define management of innovation and give an example of how a firm can manage innovation processes.

5. Give an example of GE s management of technology and how they were able to gain a competitive advantage from those activities.