Category: Essays

Discussion Question: Effective Question

respond to the discussion question assigned Submit your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Use the sameDiscussion Area to comment on your classmates’ submissions and continue the discussion until Wednesday, January 20, 2016.

Jacob, a 13-year-old male, is caught shoplifting a hoodie at a local department store. Security detained Jacob and called the police. Jacob was then interviewed at the local police station. His parents were called and attended his interview with the detective.

The detective asks Jacob, “Why did you take the garment? Didn’t you think you would be caught? What did you think your parents would say? Why did you do such a stupid thing?”

What do you think is wrong in this scenario?
What do you think Jacob is feeling?
What do you think Jacob’s nonverbal behavior would exhibit?
If you were the detective, how would your questions differ? Give an example of three questions you would have presented Jacob.
What type of interview strategy would you have used?
In what type of environment would you conduct the interview?

Respond to at least two other posts and cite, as appropriate, the online course, the textbook, and other credible, scholarly sources to substantiate the points you are making

Roles of the Financial Controller Paper

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Select an organization with which you are familiar and briefly describe the organization including its status as either a nonprofit manufacturing or service organization or a for-profit manufacturing or service organization.

Write a paper of 700- to 1,050- words explaining the roles and responsibilities of the controller for the financial function of the organization.

Describe the major stakeholders of your chosen organization.
Describe in detail the controller’s role in communicating financial information with identified stakeholders

Assignment 1: LensCrafters Case Study
Due Week 4 and worth 250 points

This assignment requires student complete an analysis of the LensCrafters case from Chapter 6 of the text.
Write a six to seven (6-7) page paper in which you:

Evaluate LensCrafters’ operations strategy and explain how the organization seeks to gain a competitive advantage in terms of sustainability.
Analyze how operation management activities affect the customer experience. Select two (2) operation management challenges and provide the solutions for confronting them.
Examine LensCrafters’ value chain and evaluate its effectiveness to operations in terms of quality, value creation, and customer satisfaction.
Determine the different types of performance measurements that can be used to measure LensCrafters’ service-delivery system design. Select at least two (2) types that can be applied and provide justifications for the selection.
Examine the different types of technologies applied to LensCrafters’ service operations and evaluate how the technologies strengthen the value chain.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in 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:

Apply the concept of operations management.
Compare and contrast the difference between a supply chain and a value chain.
Analyze the types of measures used for decision making.
Analyze the five key competitive priorities and their relationship to operations strategy.
Analyze different types of technology and their role in manufacturing and service operations.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in operations management.
Write clearly and concisely about operations management using proper writing mechanics

Can you help with this writing assignment

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Imagine that you are a contracts officer for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), and that your supervisor has tasked you with the procurement of a new software system for processing tax returns.

Use the Internet to research one (1) scandal related to government procurement that has occurred within the past four (4) years.

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

Analyze the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR), and conclude whether or not these regulations overall offer adequate protection of the collective buying power of the American people. Prepare an argument in support of your position.
Based on the scandal that you have researched, determine whether or not the executive branch is the proper branch to effectuate change that would provide checks and balances for the purchase of good and services for the United States government. Provide a rationale for your answer.
Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality academic resources

powerpoint

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If you could not add pictures, I can find some pics if needed.

Your facilitator will assign a case study scenario from the Week Five Case Studies document. You are a new manager appointed to find a solution to the challenges presented in the scenario.

Use the steps of the decision-making process regarding your assigned scenario.

Case Scenario 2 The staff members at Smiley Hospital are assigned to specific patient age groups and their responsibilities differ across the floor. The staff has been complaining that their evaluations do not accurately measure their responsibilities, and they are being measured on performance outcomes they cannot control. Morale is low because they believe their work is not being recognized. The directors at Smiley Hospital have been challenged with developing a new way to fairly assess individual performances according to their various job descriptions.

Create a 7- to 12-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation that addresses the following:

Identify the purpose.

Identify the challenges of being a manager.

Set the criteria.

Explain the goals you want to achieve as a manager.

Weight the criteria.

Explain the goals in order of importance as a manager.

Seek alternatives.

Analyze alternative tools a manager can use to motivate staff.

Analyze how a leader can use these tools to motivate staff.

Explain how leaders and managers motivate staff differently.

Explain tips managers can use to empower staff.

Test alternatives.

Analyze how positive modeling can be used in this scenario and the alternatives available for modeling.

Analyze how managers can incorporate mentorship into daily responsibilities.

Troubleshoot.

Explain how to address resistance from staff.

Explain the issues that may impede the achievement of goals.

Evaluate the action.

Evaluate how goals will be measured to ensure success.

Analyze the ethical considerations in leadership and management.

Explain other management decisions that must be considered in the scenario to improve employee morale.

Analyze how the success of the decisions will be measured.

Cite a minimum of 5 references.

Format your presentation according to APA guidelines

Statistics Assignment

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Option 1: Springdale Shopping Survey

Instructions

The major shopping areas in the community of Springdale include Springdale Mall, West Mall, and the downtown area on Main Street. A telephone survey has been conducted to identify strengths and weaknesses of these areas and to find out how they fit into the shopping activities of local residents. The 150 respondents were also asked to provide information about themselves and their shopping habits. The data are provided in the file SHOPPING. The variables in the survey can be found in the file CODING.

In this exercise, some of the estimation techniques presented in the module will be applied to the Springfield Shopping survey results. You may assume that these respondents represent a simple random sample of all potential respondents within the community, and that the population is large enough that application of the finite population correction would not make an appreciable difference in the results.

Managers associated with shopping areas like these find it useful to have point estimates regarding variables describing the characteristics and behaviors of their customers. In addition, it is helpful for them to have some idea as to the likely accuracy of these estimates. Therein lies the benefit of the techniques presented in this module and applied here.

Item C in the description of the data collection instrument lists variables 7, 8, and 9, which represent the respondent’s general attitude toward each of the three shopping areas. Each of these variables has numerically equal distances between the possible responses, and for purposes of analysis they may be considered to be of the interval scale of measurement.
Determine the point estimate, then construct the 95% confidence interval for μ7= the average attitude toward Springdale Mall.
Repeat part (a) for μ8 and μ9, the average attitudes toward Downtown and West Mall, respectively.
Given the breakdown of responses for variable 26 (sex of respondent), determine the point estimate, construct the 95% confidence interval for π26= the population proportion of males.
Given the breakdown of responses for variable 28 (marital status of respondent), determine the point estimate, and then construct the 95% confidence interval for π28 = the population proportion in the “single or other” category.
Assume the managers have requested estimates of the mean attitudes towards each mall with a margin of error of 0.05 for each mall. If the managers want to have 95% confidence that the sample mean will fall within this margin of error, how large should the sample size be for each mall?

Paper Requirements

Write a report that uses the Written Assignment Requirements under the heading Expectations for CSU-Global Written Assignments found in the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements. Items that should be included, at a minimum, are a title page, an introduction, a body that answers the questions posed in the problem, and a conclusion paragraph that addresses your findings and what you have determined from the data and your analysis. As with all written assignments, you should have in-text citations and a reference page too. Please include any tables of calculations, calculated values and graphs associated with this problem in the body of your assignment response.

NOTE: You MUST submit your Excel file with your report. This will aid in grading with partial credit if errors are found in the report.

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In February 2015, Walmart announced that it is increasing wages to just over $10 an hour for all employees. This wage is now substantially higher than the federal minimum wage but still below the $15 an hour rate recommended by many labor activist groups. Review the following information on the recent wage changes:

In Letter to Associates, Walmart CEO Doug McMillon Announces Higher Pay
What You Should Know About Walmart’s Raise
Walmart Lifts Its Wage Floor to $9 an Hour

In a paper, respond to the following questions:

Do you think Walmart raised wages because of supply and demand in the labor market or because of the pressure of labor activist organizations? Explain your reasoning.
Do you think Walmart should raise wages to $15/hour to match what labor activists are calling for? Why or why not?
Should the government raise the minimum wage and if so, to what level? Please support your answer.

For additional details, please refer to the Short Paper Guidelines and Rubric document in the Assignment Guidelines and Rubrics section of the course

Case Study: Use the Internet and Chapter 11 of your text to research the murder of JonBenet Ramsey.

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1) In a narrative format, discuss the key facts and critical issues presented in the case. Minimum word count is 500 words.

2) Based on your research, determine who you believe the killer to be and why. Give at least five reasons/factors (physical evidence) to support your conclusion.

3) As lead investigator in the case, you would need to hold a debriefing with your detectives. List what they did correct and any mistakes that were made. What should be done to ensure the mistakes are not repeated in the future

The Centervale Police Department (CPD) decided to assign Anne Doil and Justin to work together as partners because Anne has worked well as a mentor to Justin. Justin continues to learn from Anne’s experience and expertise in the field and at the office.

This week, Anne and Justin are attending the court proceedings of a case in which they arrested the defendant. The case is currently set for a jury trial. The prosecutor has substantial evidence against the defendant because Justin and Anne did a great job documenting the case. The prosecutor would like Justin to testify regarding the evidence he collected and the statements the defendant made during the arrest. It is Justin’s first court appearance and he is nervous. Justin confides in Anne that he remembers the theory behind what he has learned and the roles of the players, but is unable to decide whether the judge or the jury is more important in a trial.

Use the Argosy University online library resources to research the role of the judge and jury in a trial process.

Submission Details:

By Week 2, Day 3, in a minimum of 250 words, post your response to the following in the Discussion Area:

What are the roles of the judge and the jury? How are the two roles similar and how are they different?
Who among the two is more important in a trial process? Why?
Explain the education, training, and selection processes for a judge. Do these processes alone make the judges the most important figures in the courtroom?
Considering that some judges are elected, others are appointed, and some are chosen on the basis of merit, is justice inside the courtroom affected by the type of judicial selection?
Support your positions on the above with references from your library research.

By Week 2, Day 7, read and respond to at least two of your classmate’s posts by commenting on the examples and explanations in their postings.

Discussion Grading Criteria and Rubric

All discussion assignments in this course will be graded using a rubric. This assignment is worth 40 points. Download the discussion rubric and carefully read it to understand the expectations

To support your work, use your course and text readings and also use outside sources. As in all assignments, cite your sources in your work and provide references for the citations in APA format.

Discuss a current public controversy surrounding a health care issue. Examine the issue from a sociopolitical, economic, and cultural perspective. What are the ethical and legal dilemmas that nursing professionals face when health care issues are politicized