Category: Essays

Read “A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings” by Gabriel García Márquez (attached). Reflect and respond to the story in a 3- to 4-page reader-response essay.

Remember that reader-response essays are less formal than other types of academic writing. You may use the personal pronoun “I” and may write about whatever strikes you from the story. You may also choose to write from one of the following prompts:

Explain how “good” and “evil” co-exist in this story, and which one you think wins out in the end. Use specific lines of text from the story to support your assertion.
Was the old man with the enormous wings truly an angel? Why or why not? Use specific lines of text from the story to support your assertion.
Gabriel García Márquez is said to have fathered the genre of “magical realism” with this story. What parts of the story felt magical to you and what parts felt real? How do they work together to convey the overall message of the story? Use specific lines of text from the story to support your assertion.
Does the fact that Márquez is a South American writer have any influence on the developments of this story? Does its international setting have any impact on the reader’s potential understanding of the story?

For a successful paper:

Have a strong thesis statement at the end of your introduction paragraph.
Use a “hook” in the introduction paragraph to grab your readers’ attention.
Use specific textual support from the short story in the body of your paper.
Finish with a strong conclusion that summarizes your main points, restates the thesis in some way, and possibly returns to the initial “hook.”
Proofread for errors in spelling, grammar, and writing mechanics. Vary sentence structure and sentence length to add interest.
2-3 APA formatted references
Times New Roman 12 Point double spaced font, no additional space between paragraph.
If you have questions about citing in APA, contact the CSU-Global Librarian a

Complete a web search to find a cartoon or advertisement in the popular media that conveys an image or message related to sexuality and older people. Examine the medium’s portrayal of sexuality in older adults by answering the following questions. Also, attach or provide the url of your cartoon or advertisement with your assignment submission.

Using a minimum of 1000 words, answer the following questions.  Be sure to use outside references (formatted in APA style) to support your conclusions.  Your job is to convince me that you have a clear understanding of the issues surrounding sexuality and the elderly.

1. What is the message of the popular media cartoon, or advertisement?
2. What examples of physiological, psychological, or social aspects of sexual development are conveyed? Explain.

 

	Possible points	Student points and instructor feedback
The writer establishes a clear message from the chosen medium. All supporting ideas are strongly related to the topic. the 1000 word minimum is met.	30
Examples of physiological, psychological, or social aspects of sexual development are clearly conveyed and evaluated.	30
Responses are thoughtful and engaging. The writer may choose to use his/her unique experiences or view of the world as a basis for writing or to connect ideas in interesting ways.	30
References are included in summaries and follow APA 6th ed. formatting style.	10
Total

Write a paper discussing the differences between modnernism and postmodernism.

Role of vision and mission statement

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Role of Vision and Mission Statements

In this assignment, you will learn the significance of the vision and mission statements of an organization.

Visit the websites of the following organizations and read about the organizations’ missions and visions as well as about their leaders.

National Center for Healthcare Leadership
American College of Healthcare Executives
Institute for Diversity in Health Management
Association of Hispanic Healthcare Executives
National Association of Health Services Executives

Based on your research and reading, complete the following tasks in a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document:

Critically analyze the vision and mission statement of each of the five organizations.
For any one organization, identify its leader. Do you find the identified leader to be effective? Why or why not? Support your answer using concepts learned in the week.
What do you think is the greatest difficulty in achieving the vision and mission of these organizations? In other words, are the organizations’ vision and mission statements clear, concise, measurable, and realistically achievable?
If you were an employee or member of these organizations, would the vision and mission statements of the above mentioned organizations motivate you? Why?
For the selected organization, what action would you suggest to help the organization overcome the difficulties in achieving the vision and mission?

Click here to download a template that you can use to complete the assignment.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA forma

Imagine that a company has recently hired you as a senior business consultant. The company is seeking to gain better traction with regard to customer satisfaction and loyalty. The company hired you because of your expertise with mobile apps, social media, and cloud technology. The management of the company feels that yearly revenues could top $20 million per year with the infusion of current technology. Currently the company has revenue of $5 million per year.

Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:

1. Write an introductory statement of the company including but not limited to the type of the company, the location, the industry in which it competes, and the organizational vision and mission that encompasses the nature of the company.
2. Specify the current situation of the company with regard to its technology and security aspects.
3. Determine at least five (5) information technology personnel / roles that would be in place in order to start the business venture of gaining better traction of customer satisfaction and loyalty. Justify your response.
4. Conduct a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis for the business venture in question for the company. Justify your response.
5. Develop at least five (5) major goals for the information technology strategic plan. Justify your response.
6. Speculate on three (3) positive organizational impacts of implementing the strategic plan. Justify your response.
7. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Refer to the Nissan case study, your own independent research, and the course materials to complete this milestone. Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:

1. Generating Value
   1. Evaluate how the company in the case study uses operations management functions to provide products and generate value for its customers.

      Support your claims with examples from the case study or outside sources.

   2. Assess how this company achieves a competitive advantage using operations management. Provide examples found in the case study or outside

      sources to support your reasoning.

   3. Compare and contrast service operations and manufacturing operations at the company in the case study. How are they the same? How do they

      differ? How does each of these operations provide value for their customers?

2. Theories and Techniques
   1. Compare and contrast the critical path method (CPM) and the program evaluation and review technique (PERT). What types of projects at this

      company would favor PERT over CPM? Why? What types of projects at this company would favor CPM over PERT? Why?

   2. Explain the steps used to develop a forecasting system. How would these steps be specifically utilized by this company? What do you predict

      would be the result of implementing a forecasting system for the top-selling product line at this company?

   3. List the major categories of supply chain risk and associated risk reduction tactics. How could the company mitigate exposure to supply chain

      disruptions caused by natural disasters? For example, consider the 2011 earthquake and tsunami that devastated parts of Japan.

Guidelines for Submission: The format for this assignment will be a Word document using a business writing format of your choice. There is no minimum page length requirement, but the submission should be no more than four pages in total. Copy and paste any data analysis from Excel into your Word document for submission. You may include your original Excel documents as supplementary material if you believe this will strengthen your contribution

In Week Five of this course, you will submit a four- to five-page Literary Analysis in response to one of the topics from the approved List of Writing Prompts.This week, you will choose the prompt you would like to explore, offer some information on what interests you about this prompt, and supply a working thesis and key ideas you would like to develop. Though it might seem early to choose your topic, with only five weeks in the course, it is important to start early to best set yourself up for success.

After reviewing the list of prompts, choose one that you would like to explore. In addition, you should choose the text you will discuss from the List of Literary Works. Be sure to choose a text or texts as directed in your prompt of choice.

Ashford 2: – Week 1 – Discussion 1

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Why Read Literature?

Discussion Title
Prepare: Prior to writing your initial post, read Chapters 1 through 3 of Journey into Literature.

Reflect: Chapter 1 of our text provides a number of reasons why people choose to explore literature. Clugston (2014) writes that there is “a powerful curiosity about human relationships and how to cope in the world in which we find ourselves” (Section 1.1, para. 2). The text gives a number of general motivations for reading, but it is helpful to put those motivations into context. Consider what your motivations are for reading.

Write: Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length, not including references. In your post, answer the following questions:

What does literature offer an individual?
How has the importance of reading changed from earlier eras (pre-digital/audio/visual media) to our present day? Do you think we read differently now than we did in prior generations?
Do you think Clugston’s quote is valid? How have perceptions regarding the value of literature changed, if at all?
What causes people’s perceptions regarding the value of literature to change?
Incorporate readings found in Chapters 1 through 3 to help illustrate the points you make.

Respond to Peers: Respond to at least two of your classmates’ initial posts. Each response should be at least 75 words in length and address two or more of the following points:

Do you agree with your classmates’ perspectives? Why, or why not? Be specific.
Ask a specific question to encourage further discussion on the topic.
Challenge your classmates’ interpretation of literature and/or point of view.
Do a small amount of research and share what you learn with your peers about the topic discussed in this post.

Ashford 2: – Week 1 – Discussion 2

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Writing About Literature

Discussion Title
Prepare: Prior to writing your initial post, read Chapters 1 through 3 of Journey into Literature.

Reflect: As we explored in the “Why Read Literature?” discussion, literature can provide us with a multitude of perspectives, ideas, and experiences. Additionally, there is a long tradition of critical reading and writing about literature (i.e., analyzing literature to seek a deeper understanding about various interests and concerns). Chapter 2 focuses on these ideas. Consider why people write and how that writing may benefit us.

Write: Your initial post should be at least 200 words in length. The minimum word count does not include references. In your post, answer the following questions:

Why might a writer feel compelled to write about literature? How does it benefit us personally and/or professionally?
What kind of writing and thinking skills do you hope that you will develop in this course based on the description of writing about literature in Sections 1.1, 2.1, and 2.3 of the text?
Incorporate readings found in Chapters 1 through 3 to help illustrate the points you make.

Respond to Peers: Respond to at least two of your classmate’s initial posts. Each response should be at least 75 words in length and should address two or more of the following points:

Do you agree with your classmates’ perspectives? Why, or why not? Be specific.
Ask a specific question to encourage further discussion on the topic.
Challenge your classmates’ interpretation of literature and/or point of view.
Do a small amount of research and share what you learn with your peers about the topic discussed in this post

Put the6 competencies in essay format (Department Primary Care). I will upload a sample format of how the competencies should be answered.

I have Bachelors in Psychology and Masters in Health Administration and Post Grad Doctoral in Health Administration-all course work completed in dissertation phase. I have 3 years of experience in healthcare field

Job Title: Staff Assistant

DUTIES:

Incumbent is the Staff Support Assistant to the Prime Care Administrative Officer. Duties and responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Coordinates Prime Care Veteran Satisfaction program to include extracting, analyzing, generating and communicating data

Provides advice and guidance on the interpretation of administrative directives and instructions

Identifies and resolves problems arising from internal administrative management activities

Maintains, monitors and tracks records/files, prepares documents and recruitment actions

Assist with the analysis of annual training needs and requirements of employees to ensure required training is accomplished

Reviews and analyzes existing reports and directives and advises personnel of revised polices and procedures consistent with such directives

Conducts studies/special projects

Specialized Experience: Specialized experience is experience which has equipped the applicant with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the position, and which is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. Examples of Specialized Experience include: coordinating personnel actions; maintaining personnel records/files, preparing documents and recruitment actions; conduct studies; coordinate/tracking of reports and training; maintain suspense systems to ensure items assigned for action are completed and submitted on time. Candidates must possess one (1) full year of specialized experience with the particular knowledge, skills and abilities to perform successfully the duties of the Staff Assistant, GS-09 position and that is typically in or related to the work of the position to be filled. To be creditable, specialized experience must have been equivalent to the GS-07 level in Federal service to qualify at the GS-09 level.

Put the competency in essay format Bachelors in Psychology and Masters in Health Administration and Post Grad Doctoral in Health Administration-all course work completed in dissertation phase. I have 3 years of experience.

Competency 1 – Knowledge of clinical and administrative protocols required to meet the established goals and objectives of the Medical Care Line and the Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center (MEDVAMC).

Competency 2 – Knowledge of medical terminology required to perform as works pertain to various medical subjects/processes.

Competency 3 – Ability to communicate orally and in writing, tactfully and courteously, with people from varied backgrounds.

Competency 4 – Ability to provide leadership skills in order to effectively move complex organizations and diverse people to a unified and progressive direction toward outcomes.

Competency 5 – Ability to analyze and define opportunities for improvement, collect necessary data and take appropriate action in support of program implementation.

Competency 6 – Skill in organizing and communicating ideas and thoughts effectively through written correspondence and oral presentation

Since 2013 there has been on and off talk of Sprint purchasing T-Mobile. This move is led by Masayoshi Son, the chair of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, which owns Sprint. Mr. Son is a bold entrepreneur who is known for his penchant for risk taking and desire to be a global leader in the telecommunications industry. If the merger ever goes through it would result in a merger of the third and fourth largest mobile phone carriers in the United States.

Most recently, it appears that the merger will not go through. But the fact that talk of this merger has been rumored for quite a long time suggests it must have been a very difficult decision for Masayoshi Son. Such a large-scale merger brings great benefits in allowing a combined Sprint/T-Mobile to compete with industry leaders AT&T and Verizon. But mergers are always very risky and require a huge amount of debt to finance, not to mention overcoming numerous regulatory hurdles.

For this assignment, thoroughly review the background materials on the Vroom-Yetton decision-making style model. This involves answering seven questions relating to a decision and using the results from the model to determine your decision-making style. Make sure you understand the model, including the seven questions and the path diagram that you follow in order to find the preferred leadership style. The Vroom-Yetton model allows you to choose between different levels of autocratic, consulting, or group decision-making styles.

After you have reviewed the required background materials including Stanford(2007), Vroom (1976), and Rigolosi (2005), do some research on Sprint’s decision whether or not to purchase T-Mobile and think about what kind of answers you would give to the seven questions involved in the Vroom-Yetton model. Here are some articles on the rumored Sprint/T-Mobile merger to get you started:

Gelles, D., & De La Merced, M. J. (2014, Jun 05). T-Mobile and Sprint zeroing in on merger. New York Times [Proquest]

Yao, D. (2014). Moody’s: Sprint/T-Mobile merger faces negative free cash flow until at least 2018. SNL Kagan Media & Communications Report [Proquest]

De La Merced, M. (2014, Aug 07). Sprint ends its attempt to purchase T-Mobile. International New York Times [Proquest]

Once you have finished your research on the Vroom-Yetton model and on the merger, write a 4- to 5-page paper addressing the following issues:

Imagine you are Masayoshi Son and have to decide on which decision-making style to use. Go through the seven questions from the Vroom-Yetton model and give your answers based on what you think the main issues are in the decision of whether or not to purchase T-Mobile. Explain your reasoning behind each answer
Go through the diagram in the Vroom-Yetton model based on your answers to the seven questions and see what kind of decision-making style is recommended for Masayoshi Son. Use the diagram (Figure 6.2) on page 118 of Rigolosi (2005). Are you surprised by this answer? Is it the kind of decision-making style you would personally recommend based on your own research?
Conclude your paper with a discussion of your own opinion as to the usefulness of the Vroom-Yetton model for choosing your decision-making style. Would you recommend that corporate executives receive training in this model? Is there any ways in which you think the model could be improved? Explain your reasoning.

Assignment Expectations

Follow the assignment instructions closely and follow all steps listed in the instructions.
Stay focused on the precise assignment questions; don’t go off on tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing general background materials.
Make sure to cite readings from the background materials page. Rely primarily on the required background readings as your sources of information.
Include both a bibliography and in-text citations. See the Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality Academic Paper, including pages 13 and 14 on in-text citations.

Module 4 – SLP
LEADERSHIP AND DECISION-MAKING STYLES

For this assignment think about a specific decision that was made by your supervisor in the organization you currently work for or have worked for in the past. Review the background materials carefully on the Vroom-Yetton model and think about how this model applies to this decision that you experienced. Then write a 2- to 3-page paper applying the Vroom-Yetton model to this decision:

Describe the decision that management had to make, and also whether their decision-making style was autocratic, consultative, or group-based. Explain your reasoning.
Go through Vroom-Yetton’s seven questions and apply these questions to their diagram to see what decision-making style their model suggests. Briefly explain the reasoning behind your answers to the seven questions.
Conclude your paper with a discussion of whether or not you would recommend this model to your supervisor and whether or not you were surprised by the recommendation given by this model regarding decision-making style.

SLP Assignment Expectations

Follow the assignment instructions closely and follow all steps listed in the instructions.
Stay focused on the precise assignment questions; don’t go off on tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing general background materials.
Make sure to cite readings from the background materials page. Rely primarily on the required background readings as your sources of information.
Include both a bibliography and in-text citations. See the Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality Academic Paper, including pages 13 and 14 on in-text citations

Working as a student is the equivalent of a part-time or full-time job. The job’s compensation is in the form of grades and feedback. As the supervisor of the student position, put the role as a student into the context of a job.

Write a brief job description (around 350 words) of the major duties of the job of a student.

Identify the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) required for successful performance of the job of a student.

• What training courses should the manager make available to help improve the current performance of a typical student?
• What developmental opportunities should the supervisor (mentor) suggest to the student (employee) to further enhance the student’s performance and prepare the student for possible promotion to a position as a graduate student?

Summarize how the job description, KSAs, training, and development will enrich the job of the student and meet the mission requirements of a learning organization. The job description, KSAs, description of training and developmental activities should be between 1,050-1,400 words.

Format the analysis in the APA format.