Category: Essays

essay using Biopsychosocial Model to explain Behavior, Thinking & Emotion

Pick something at work or school that you want your boss, peer(s), or subordinate(s) to do, do more of, or do better. This must be something that requires influence —i.e., something that they will not choose to do by themselves, and that they will not do unless influenced to do it. Yet, your request must be realistic (they might actually do it if you communicate well or apply incentives). What you request also must be important to you, not trivial — e.g., giving you a raise, not lending you a pen. Next, address the five items below:

1. Request. (3 points):
What is your request? Describe here briefly what it is you want them to do. Also, why does this request require influence? How do you know they are unlikely do it without this influence attempt?
2. Audience Analysis. (5 points):
Who is your audience? What about your audience must you take into account as you tailor your message to this audience?
3. The Message. (6 points):
Include here what your message is. If the message is to be delivered in writing (e.g., a memo) then include it here verbatim (e.g., include the memo). If the message is to be delivered orally, then include the script and any accompanying visual aids. For the sake of this assignment, please keep this section under four pages long (double-spaced).
4. Influence Tactics. (10 points):
Upon which influence tactics is your message built (e.g., which persuasion tactic, which power base)? Name each influence tactic that you use, and describe how you applied the tactic in your message.
5. Reality check. (1 point):
Will you really deliver this message? Why or why not?

This paper cannot exceed eight double-spaced pages, not including optional title pages, references or appendices. Include the Submission Checklist for Papers, which describes formatting requirements, and it is attached.

Information for the paper: I used to be sponsored by a financial company named Barwa. On summer 2014, my sponsorship contract has been expired and I was given unlimited time to request a new contract that gives me sponsorship for another 2 years. I would like to advice my audience -students who study with me Management class- to accomplish something they need in an earlier time instead of waiting until the last day -e.g. applying for a job no later than a specific date and time, complete an assignment few days earlier before due date…etc. It is important to me to give them an ORAL speech about it because it will help me to have meaningful power in future to convince my managers or coworkers in achieving my goals by using tactics that I used in class speech.

It’s very important to concepts from attached files while writing the paper.

Your team must develop … and report on …

the design of a storm water management system for a 50-acre watershed that is to be developed into a mix of residential and commercial lots. A small shopping area/center is to be included. Predevelopment area is wooded. An elevated four-lane highway forms the downstream boundary of the watershed. Your design must include a standard storm water collection system that will allow part of the runoff to be taken to a treatment facility outside the watershed; you may hook up to an existing collection system at a manhole on the other side of the highway. Performance goals (quantity and quality) for the system and the size, configuration, and location of the system components are at your discretion but must be typical and reasonable. Your system components must include: (1) one or more culverts; (2) a retention basin with appropriate inlet and outlet structures; (3) appropriate drainage structures for roadway(s) traversing the watershed; and (4) at least one grass/infiltration swale placed at your discretion. LID design is strongly encouraged.
Your selection of design environment (slope, soil type, cover, etc.) is at your discretion but must be typical. You are strongly encouraged to select a design environment that is typical of Iowa City and/or Johnson County.

You must …, and will be evaluated on your ability to….

Identify variables/parameters necessary for design of system component
select proper procedure for analysis/design of system component
perform appropriate calculations and assume proper relationships, and
discuss and evaluate design of system component.

Your report must include the following sections (max five pages exclusive of Appendices):
Executive summary (one paragraph, max half page) Introduction (one paragraph, max half page)
Problem Statement (one paragraph, max half page)
Objective (one paragraph, max half page)
Design Strategy (a and b)
Design Calculations (c)
Evaluation (d)

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Hey :)<br>
thanks for the last few papers, they were a great help to me.<br>
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The objective of this paper is to analyze the strategy of a multi-business firm. This analysis will have two parts:<br>
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Part 1: Competitive and corporate advantage of a single business unit (choose a business unit of NBCUniversal):<br>
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For this analysis, pick one division of your company and analyze the sources of competitive and corporate advantage for that unit. Your analysis should answer the following questions:<br>
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What is the overall strategy of the unit?<br>
What is your analysis of the industry in which it operates and how the industry affects how the unit operates?<br>
What is the unit’s particular competitive position and source of advantage?<br>
Try to quantify this if possible, either through a willingness-to-pay analysis or a relative cost analysis. You may have to make assumptions and that is absolutely fine.<br>
Also discuss how much of this advantage is from being part of the larger multi-business firm (its corporate advantage), versus a strong competitive position as a standalone unit (its competitive advantage)<br>
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Part 2: Corporate strategy of the entire firm:<br>
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Given your analysis in the first part, how would you describe the overall corporate strategy of the firm? Your analysis should answer the following questions:<br>
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“Better off” – Are their constituent businesses “better off” together, and if so, how? Remember to highlight real dollars-and-cents advantages and not just the marketing material that the company creates<br>
“Ownership” – Do these businesses meet the “ownership” test: is common ownership necessary and if so why? In other words, what sources of value highlighted in your answer to the “better off” test cannot be met through a contracting relationship?<br>
“Organization” – can you provide any information about the organization test here? What types of structural and governance choices have they made in order to realize the benefits highlighted in the “better off” test?<br>
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Assignment 10

Begin Final Research Paper: Boundaries in the Movies

In this assignment, you are required to watch and review a movie* where the theme and context is on therapeutic relationships. Write a 10 page paper demonstrating your ability to identify legal and ethical issues related to Therapeutic Boundaries, Dual Relationships and Other Boundary Concerns. Demonstrate application of sound clinical judgment and ethical decision making in your review of the movie. Identify issues of Culture and Human Diversity.

Using the University Virtual Library, find articles from professional journals dated within the past 2 years. A minimum of 5 peer-reviewed journal articles are required to complete this assignment. In addition to the 5 journal articles from the University Virtual Library, you may use the Internet for additional research. DO NOT USE THE COURSE TEXTS FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT. Your assignment must be typed, double-spaced, in APA style, and written at graduate level English.

DO NOT USE THE COURSE TEXTS FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT

The following guidelines will help you prepare for your Final Research Paper:

• Identify boundary and relationship issues to include but not be limited to the following:
Confidentiality, Informed Consent, Therapeutic Boundaries, Dual Relationships, Sexually Exploitive and Non-Sexually Exploitive Relationships, Gifts, Bartering, Touch, Self Disclosure, Out of Office Encounters, Clothing, Language and other areas of Legal and Ethical concern covered in your readings.

• Demonstrate critical thinking in regard to Ethical Decision Making, when to seek Consultation and Supervision, Treatment Planning and appropriate Record Keeping and Documentation

• Identify the Code of Ethics and the violations you are concerned with

• Identify areas of Culture and Human Diversity

• Provide current research related to the course concepts.

*Watch a movie from the list below:
Analyze That
Analyze This
Antwone Fisher
Basic Instinct
Bliss
Dressed to Kill
Girl Interrupted
Good Will Hunting
Mr. Jones
Ordinary People
Prince of Tides
What About Bob

You also have the option to select a movie of your own choice, but it must be pre-approved by the course Mentor. The main context of the movie must also be relevant to therapeutic boundaries and dual relationships.

Assignment Outcomes
Analyze dual relationships in psychotherapy

Assess sexual and non-sexually exploitive relationships

Create treatment planning and record keeping practices in regard to boundary issues and dual relationships

Apply an understanding of culture and human diversity in regard to boundary crossing

Recognize when it is clinically advisable to cross boundaries

Evaluate and incorporate emerging relevant technologies applicable to the field of psychology

Analyze and evaluate information critically and effectively

I will provide you with the references and my 1st draft and 2nd draft.***
you will need to add more information to it in detail. A PDF resource must be used named CLAYS.pdf

Research Paper Description
The research paper should follow the following outline.

1.Design Alternatives/Technologies Introduction: (Give an overview of the researched alternatives/technologies)
2.Technology Motivation and Context (What are the motivation and the context of the technology?)
3.Technology Objectives (What are the technology objectives and the questions/hypotheses associated with the technology?)
4.Approach to Advance the Technology (What are the approach and/or methodology and/or model and/or framework employed in design alternatives/technologies evaluation? What are the data used? (Not applicable for technologies that do not have an empirical evaluation) How accurate are the data used? )
5.Current Status of the Technology (What are the current research results and conclusions regarding the technology?) Provide a critical evaluation of the results. (What do the results tell us about the research questions/hypotheses?) Provide a review of how the technology is currently being used.
6.Technology Extension (What are the future directions for the technology?)
7.Practical Contribution of the Technology (How would you rate the overall contribution of the technology to the area of Systems Engineering?)
8.Conclusion
9.Technology Paper Evaluation (Describe the contribution of this research paper to you and the course. How would you improve this semester project?)

You should explain everything in your own words and your discussion should be understandable to someone who is not familiar with the topic! Do not assume that your reader is aware of the design alternatives/technologies. Therefore, make the effort to succinctly introduce basic concepts and ideas.

This paper should be on design alternatives/technologies, 5 pages long, using IEEE format.

We are all too familiar with the way that terrorism, espionage, cyber attack, and weapons of mass destruction are all features of the darker side of our modern world. Of course the type and mix of security threats shifts. Over recent decades new threats have emerged (Al Qaida, Islamic State )  old ones have fallen away (Cold War subversion), mutated (Northern Ireland-related terrorism) or branched out in new forms (cyber espionage).”
What is your response to the above  ? Comment on any aspect or any issues that emerge from  this quotation.
If Australia were to suffer a terrorist attack  what form do you think it would most likely take ?     What type of incident  is likely to have the widest range of flow – on effects ?
Which type of incident is likely to pose the greatest  difficulties  for the agencies responsible  for response ?    What could be a” nightmare” scenario?

Are more females becoming involved in terrorism ? Why are females drawn to roles in terrorism that go against their traditional roles as   ” nurturers of life”

Citizen participation in the court process is an important component of the American judicial system. Discuss the reasons why citizen participation in the court hearing process is important, being sure to highlight points from both the defendant and juror perspective.

Topic: geology and element of soil mechanics

Be sure to listen to the interview with Matthew Kieran (in the Assignments folder for the topic: Art and Philosophy), then compose a thoughtful essay that addresses the following questions:
One reason why Plato has Socrates banish art from his ideal city is that it can cause us to give in to our desires for sex, anger, violence and can corrupt decent people. Perhaps we may put his argument like this:
1. Art arouses harmful desires and has the power to corrupt and degrade even decent people.
2. If art arouses harmful desires and has the power to corrupt and degrade even decent people, then it shouldn’t be allowed in a well-ordered society.
3. Thus, art shouldn’t be allowed in a well-ordered society.
Please provide a quote (or quotes) from the assigned readings (not from the internet) in which Plato appears to make this argument.
Based on what he says about catharsis, which premise of Plato’s argument might Aristotle reject and why? What does Aristotle mean by catharsis? Do you find the appeal to catharsis convincing; is art always cathartic and powerless to corrupt us? Feel free to mention the Rock’N Roll Murder case we discussed in class (http://www.films.com/ecTitleDetail.aspx?TitleID=1792&r=) or some other contemporary case/example. Before answering this question, please provide a quote from the readings in which Aristotle mentions catharsis.
Based on what he says in the interview we listened to, “Art, Censorship and Morality” (http://www.open.edu/openlearn/history-the-arts/culture/philosophy/art-censorship-and-morality), which premise of Plato’s argument do you think Kieran would reject and why? According to Kieran, what is the role of public art institutions and what is the point of good and great art? How, according to Kieran, does controversial art help us learn about the world and about ourselves? What would be an example of this? Do you think Kieran’s main reason for opposing censorship of controversial artworks is because such works can also be beautiful, or is it because of what they can teach us? Explain. Do you think that confronting the views expressed by controversial art can be an educative experience? Explain. Do you agree with Kieran on censorship, or do you think museums should censor the works he mentions?
Your paper should be 5 – 7 double-spaced pages in length (not more than 7) and it must be typed. The font size should be 12. I am concerned primarily to have you state clearly the views of these three philosophers and their reasons for holding those views. Critical remarks, either in support of or in opposition to those views are very important, but they won’t come to much unless you can make clear just what their views are and what grounds have been offered to support them. If you need help I am available. Make sure your name appears on your paper.