Prepare a 350 word paper, using the service area chosen in Week One for your Government Relationships Paper, which includes the following:
Describe the service area’s funding sources.
Explain the role of planning in that service area.
Discuss how the service area’s budget is used to carry out plans
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“Build vs. Buy” Please respond to the following:
Your manager just asked you to join a meeting in progress to speak for five minutes about a build versus buy decision the company is about to make. Describe how you would spend those five minutes in presenting the most important element of the decision.
List and describe the advantages and disadvantages of building a system from the ground up
There are extensive federal regulations governing airplanes and pilots. Assume that the state of New York passed a statute containing numerous requirements, some conflicting with federal regulations, covering operation of airplanes and licensing of airplane pilots.
If the New York state statue is challenged as being unconstitutional, what is the likely result? Describe the applicable law and rationale for your conclusion.
2.)
Fifty CPAs together want to form a new firm. They want to use a business organization form that will provide each of the 50 owners of the new firm with limited liability.
Analyze and describe the business form(s) that will provide the new owners with limited liability.
3.)
Aaron plans to open Aaron’s Pet Supplies, a pet supplies outlet, and plans to hire 2 part-time employees. Aaron will invest only his own money in the business. He does not expect to make any profit for at least 2 years and to make very little profit for the first 3 years after the first 2 years. He does expect to make a profit eventually.
Which form of business organization is most appropriate and easiest for Aaron to use in opening his pet store – and why?
Write a 1-2 page paper in APA format with sources cited from your readings that answers the following question:
Was the success of the Mongols in Asia and in Eastern Europe the result of the superior tactics and strategy developed by Genghis Khan or superior weaponry (ex. short bow, cavalry) and why? Assignment checked for plagiarism through SafeAssign
DiNitto and Johnson identify four obstacles to policy implementation: poor communication, lack of resources, attitudes, and bureaucracy. Discuss how these factors might impede policymaking at an agency. Which of these factors do you believe has the most potential to impede policymaking? As a practitioner or an administrator in an agency, can you think of other obstacles that might also exist?
You have been hired as an evaluator and asked to conduct an evaluation of a spousal abuse program that has been implemented at Agency X. The goal of the program is to empower women who are victims of violence to terminate abusive relationships by providing them with training to make them more employable. The funders are interested in learning about the effectiveness of this program. As an evaluator, what are some initial questions you would ask program administrators and staff before designing the evaluation?
Select and review an episode of a television show or a film depicting a character that represents a psychology professional.
Review the following:
ACA Code of Ethics
Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct: Including 2010 Amendments
Using the readings, analyze the selected episode or film and complete the following:
Describe the character and the character’s role in the television show or film. Cite the source (include the citation of the show or film).
Evaluate the credibility of the character portraying the psychology professional (job title, credentials, level of experience, etc.).
If information on credibility is not clearly provided, identify the character’s role (psychologist, counselor, etc.) and describe the likely level of education, type of licensure, and estimated number of years of experience. Does the character seem well trained, professional, and experienced?
Do you have any concerns regarding the ethical behavior of the character? Be sure to cover the following:
Identify at least one ethical dilemma encountered by the character as well as one example of the character behaving unethically in the episode or film.
Either discuss how the character made the right ethical choice or describe the ethical behavior the character should have demonstrated.
Provide the relevant ethics code or standard in quotation marks from the readings.
How realistically has the show or the character depicted the profession of psychology? Does the show harm the image of psychology or help it? Be specific in your response.
Identify any multicultural issues that arise in the show or film. Does the character demonstrate multicultural competency? In what ways? If not, how does the character demonstrate a lack of sensitivity and what should the character have done instead?
Support your statements with information from academic sources, such as your textbook and assigned readings and articles you find in the Argosy University online library resources.
Submission Details:
Write your initial response in a minimum of 300–400 words. Apply APA standards to cite sources.
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
Consider how you would make the quarterly ordering decision without using optimization techniques. This is called heuristic decision making – meaning it is an approximation.
Discuss where heuristic decision making might be better than using Optimization. What are the benefits v costs? In other words, when is it not cost effective to spend the additional time and money to obtain the Optimum solution
Thanks to the ever-increasing wireless connectivity, the boundary between work and personal life is constantly thinning. A new term “weisure” describes the increasing tendency to continue to work during leisure time (Patterson, 2009). Examples include reading work e-mail while spending time with the family and answering work-related cell phone calls during a leisure outing. This trend, according to Patterson, is partly due to the increasing enjoyment of work but also due to the difficulty faced in establishing clear boundaries between work and leisure time. This difficulty is magnified by the increase in the average number of hours in the workweek for many in the workforce and multiple roles. Many are parents, spouses, partners, employees, and caregivers to elderly parents and also engaged in continued education.
Whether you decide to enter the workforce directly upon graduation or attend graduate school, you will be faced with the challenge of juggling multiple roles and maintaining a balance. You will also be attempting to prove yourself as a new employee or as a new graduate student. The temptation to overwork will be great. However, it can have ethical implications, especially if you work in the psychology field. The stress you face may impair your effectiveness, leading to ethical ramifications (Barnett, Baker, Elman, & Schoener, 2007).
Using the Argosy University online library resources, research work–life balance. You may want to use some or all of the following search terms: work–life balance, job satisfaction, burnout, weisure, overworked, and self-care.
Select at least one authoritative article from the library and provide a summary. Focus on the effects of work–life imbalance and the benefits of work–life balance.
Describe your own experience with attempting to achieve a work–life balance.
What have you done that has improved this balance?
What have you done that has worsened it?
How do you think your situation will change upon graduating from college?
Will you experience more or less difficulty in achieving this balance? Why?
Discuss any ethical ramifications of failure to take proper care of yourself while working in the field of psychology. Identify at least one ethical standard from the American Counseling Association (ACA) Code of Ethics and one standard from the APA Ethical Principles of Psychologists and Code of Conduct that apply, providing the specific standards’ numbers and titles.
Be sure to cite your sources.
References:
Barnett, J. E., Baker, E. K., Elman, N. S., & Schoener, G. R. (2007). In pursuit of
wellness: The self-care imperative. Professional Psychology: Research and
Practice, 38(6), 603–612.
Patterson, T. (2009). Having it all: Work–life balance: Welcome to the “weisure”
lifestyle. Retrieved from http://edition.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/worklife/
05/11/weisure/
Submission Details:
Write your initial response in a minimum of 300–400 words. Apply APA standards to cite your sources.
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.
Controlling is the final function of management. Its purpose is to create ways to monitor and track the progress of goals. This means that the activities in controlling have a very close relationship to the decisions made in planning. For this week’s course project, you will be using a template to track and measure the goals you created in the planning portion of the course project.
In order to complete this assignment, you will need to revise the two SMART goals you created in week four, and then design control methods for them. If you’ve forgotten what these SMART goals are, your planning assignment can be accessed by going back to the module four course project page and clicking the file at the very bottom. This will pull up your submission.
Download the control template in the resources section below and complete the following:
Points to Addressed
Improve and revise the goals from the week four course project assignment.
Each page will evaluate one of your SMART goals.
Fill out the chart, giving basic information about each goal.
Explain the system that you will create to track each goal.
Demonstrate an understanding of your obligation to complete this goal within the given time frame.
Develop and identify adjustments that can be made if the business is falling behind in achieving this SMART goal.
An example has been provided below the template. It will provide some guidance on how the final product should look
n the first two modules, you explored your career options and identified available positions related to your interests. You also determined which of these positions requires a master’s or a doctoral degree. For this assignment, research graduate school programs for the selected career using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet.
For this assignment, you will need to complete the following:
Select one of the careers that require graduate-level degrees.
Identify at least three graduate school programs you would consider attending. For example, if you hope to become a licensed professional counselor (LPC), you would first need to earn a master’s degree at the very least. You would want to research programs that provide master’s degrees in counseling. Include research on whether you would fulfill the requirements for licensure in your state of residence if you completed those specific programs. Cover the following:
Indicate which license you would seek and which programs would or would not prepare you to be eligible for licensure.
If you want to become licensed, ensure that these programs meet your state’s requirements for licensure. For example, if you wish to become an LPC, you would have to review the American Association of State Counseling Boards and locate your state’s licensing board website address.
For each of the three graduate school programs, research and discuss the institution’s accreditation. Is it nationally or regionally accredited? Most state licensing boards require the higher-level of those two options, which is regional accreditation.
You might want to review the US Department of Education’s Database of Accredited Postsecondary Institutions and Programs to determine whether the school is regionally accredited.
Most states also require a specialized accreditation for licensure as an LPC or a psychologist. For counseling licenses, most states honor programs that have the CACREP designation. For psychology licenses, APA accreditation is usually required. Click here to find programs with the CACREP designation.
Discuss any concerns you may have about applying to or attending graduate school. List any questions you have about the application or licensure process.
Provide at least two authoritative references or sources for the information you have discussed. One of these can be the textbook.
Submission Details:
Write your initial response in a minimum of 300–400 words. Apply APA standards to cite sources.
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.