Author: chris

THIS ASSIGNMENT CONTAINS 7 PARTS. PLEASE COMLETE IT WITH REFERECES. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS PLEASE LET ME KNOW. THANK YOU.

Journaling provides a valuable tool for recording, reflecting on, and reviewing your learning. This approach provides an opportunity for you to “connect the dots” and observe the relationships between and among activities, interactions, and outcomes.

Unlike a personal journal of thoughts and feelings, this Leadership Journal is a record of your activities, assessments, and learning related to this academic experience.

Journal entries should include a record of the number of hours spent with your nurse leader each week.

Part – 1- Write a journal entry of 750-1,500 words on the subject of power, including the following:

Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in Weeks 1-2.
Identify your given “power” at your workplace or in your professional life. What is your greatest contribution in the lives of others?
Find three people with whom you interact professionally and ask them to affirm the influence you bring to their lives. How and why did you choose the individuals? What pearls of wisdom did they share that you had not considered?
Reflect on at least two things you learned from the “Issue of Power” video.
Part- 2- Write a journal entry of 750-1,500 words on the subject of authority, including the following:
Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in Weeks 3-4.
Explain your place of influence in your professional life.
Describe any opportunities you have had to help people be successful.
Identify actions you have taken to serve people and your relationship to those individuals.
Reflect on at least two things you learned from the “Issue of Authority” video.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
Part – 3- Write a journal entry of 750-1,500 words on the subject of purpose, including the following:

Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in Weeks 5-6.
Describe how your nurse leader’s leadership style affects the people the nurse leads. Do staff members express feelings of support and helpfulness? Are there examples of leading rather than dictating? Did the leader say or do things designed to “build up” staff or were there missed opportunities?
Reflect on at least two things you learned from the “Issue of Rule” video
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.
Part – 4- Write a journal entry of 750-1,500 words on the subject of provision, including the following:

Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in Weeks 7-8.
Describe how your nurse leader influences the work environment. Consider how influence protects and values others in the work environment.
Identify two or more ways your own leadership could promote a feeling of protection and honor in your work environment.
Reflect on at least two things you learned from the “Issue of Headship” video.
Part -5- Write a journal entry of 750-1,500 words on the subject of serving, including the following:

Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in Weeks 9-10.
Would your co-workers or those you “serve” consider you responsible for some aspect of their success? Describe a situation where you were able to assist another nurse with achieving a professional goal.
Reflect on at least two things you learned from the “Issue of Servant” video.
Part – 6 – Write a journal entry of 750-1,500 words on the subject of example, including the following:

Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in Weeks 11-12.
Identify three to five personal values or characteristics that you believe are critical components of a good leader, such as honesty, compassion, or fairness. How do you express those values in your professional life?
Reflect on at least two things you learned from the “Issue of Example” video.
Part – 7- Write a journal entry of 750-1,500 words on the subject of humility, including the following:

Provide observations and thoughts on the activities in Weeks 13-14.
Describe an interaction or decision point this semester in which your nurse leader demonstrated humility or a missed opportunity to promote the success of others.
Summarize your practicum experience with your nurse leader. What insight into your own leadership style were you able to see? What do you believe was the most important thing you learned in this experience?
Utilizing servant leadership principles outline a plan to improve your own success as a leader. Identify specific steps you plan to take to create this improvement.
Reflect on at least two things you learned from the “Issue of Humility” video

Create a 5-8 slide presentation that demonstrates the presence of the Mexican Community in Forest Hill, Louisiana

Include responses to the following in your presentation:

 

• What types of racial or ethnic groups are present in Forest Hill?
• In Forest Hill, does your selected ethnic or racial group live in specific neighborhoods?
• How do they assert their existence within the larger society? How do they affect the cultural landscape?
• How are power relationships evident in the visibility, or lack thereof, of the Mexican Community.
• Research the Mexican communities views on sexual orientation, gender identity, and women’s role in society. What were their views and have they changed? Are there differences between the views of the larger society?

Note: you must submit only ONE word file and ONE Excel file with as many sheets as necessary.
Part 1: Dream Company Description
a) Describe your dream company (your service or product, your customers, your mission and vision, etc.)
b) What are some managerial decisions that should be made within your company?
c) How optimization can help you improve the decision making process within your company?
Part 2: Linear Programming Model
Consider one of the managerial decisions in Part 1 above.
d) Describe the problem in words (objective, parameters, constraints, etc.)
e) Define the decision variables.
f) Formulate the problem as a linear programming (LP) model.
g) Use Excel Solver to solve the associated LP model and find the optimal solution. Ask Excel to generate the Answer and Sensitivity reports.
Part 3: Decision Analysis Under Uncertainty and Risk
h) Consider possible outcomes that might happen in the future (e.g., demand level) and different alternatives. Create the payoff table.
i) Decision Analysis Under Uncertainty: Analyze different alternatives you have assuming you have no information about the probability of each outcome. Identify the best alternative using the following decision models:
1. Maximax
2. Maximin
3. Criterion of realism
4. Equally likely
5. Minimax regret
j) Decision Analysis Under Risk: Assume a probability for each of the outcomes. Identify the best alternative using the following decision models:
1. Expected monetary value
2. Expected opportunity loss
k) Calculate the following based on the outcome probabilities in section (l) above:
1. Expected Value with Perfect Information (EVwPI)
2. Expected Value of Perfect Information (EVPI)

Here is a guide/prompt to help you with this project; please read carefully:

You need to know what can be gained or was gained from your group before you start with anything else. What is the gnosis, the special knowledge that is to be known or gained? Is it a mystery about life or death, or is it some knowledge necessary to the role one is to play in their society? Remember the question, “What is a mystery worth knowing, or experiencing?” You need to understand Victor Turner and the chapter on ritual, as well as the Joseph Campbell chapter, “The Importance of Rites.” If you did not read “The Importance of Rites” due to time constraints, you will need to read it. I went over the pertinent information in my PowerPoint demonstration.

The function of rites along with the axiomatic concepts found in Turner should fuel your creation or research. Here are some of the main concepts to take into consideration, both optional information and non-optional information. Non-optional must be included in your writing while optional may give you more points if you show an understanding and familiarity with the terms:

1. Non-optional: a. Exegetic, operational, and positional (axiomatic concepts) b. Separation, liminal, aggregation (Rites de Passage) c. Is the group you are studying liminoid or liminal?

Exegetic, operational, and positional are concepts that denote types of information. The Rites of passage is the primary ritual that you are using the axiomatic concepts to describe and define. 

1. Optional material: You can use concepts from Campbell, such as his discussion of Freud’s ‘reality function,’ or you may use the role of rites in modern conceptions of the mystery (Hermetic groups). You may wish to refer to Turner’s discussion of play in pre/postindustrial society, etc. Optional material is a bit more sophisticated and therefore more challenging. I will reward any attempt, if there is evidence of some understanding of the material.  If in doubt, stick to the non-optional material.

You have three main options.

1. The first option is to create your own mystery religion or secret society. This is a work of fiction.  If you actually are a member or a creator of a society of this kind, I will not know the difference, so your secret is safe with me. This can be done rather straightforwardly as an essay or it can entail a work of short fiction, a fictional memoir, a dossier, etc.  Before the creative writing you need at least one paragraph in which you need to tell me what type of approach you are taking. You need to designate which type of social structure you are going to discuss, whether it is a mystery religion or a secret society. Often this is merely a matter of perspective. The value of the initiation and rituals change depending on which of these you choose and from what perspective, for example: There will be a difference between how a detective would see a group, or a member of a family that has a relative who has joined a religion they do not understand, as opposed to an anthropologist or a member of the religion.  A secret society can revolve around initiation. There are a few directions you can go with this option.  You can be a member (group, society, kin-based group, etc.), or the creator, or third person omniscient.  I consider these three essentially one concept.  You are on the inside and therefore your exegetic information comes from you.  You can also look at the study of a mystery religion or secret society as if you were an outsider attempting to look at it anthropologically, in which case your exegetic information would change.  In this scenario you are on the outside.  Both of these approaches are creative approaches to a fiction.  You will need to introduce your approach carefully and make sure I understand both the role of the axiomatic concepts and the rites of passage.
2. The second option is to study an actual mystery religion or secret society and act as if you are an anthropologist/mythologist, or at the very least research the society, using full MLA in this case, and using the terminology found in the Victor Turner section. In this scenario you will actually study, for more contemporary examples: the Branch Davidians, the Manson Family, gnostic groups or hermetic groups such as The Golden Dawn, Theosophical Society, Philosophical Research Society, or Temple of Thelema, etc., etc. You can also choose one of the essential mysteries we know about from history, such as: The Mithraic Mysteries, The Eleusinian Mysteries, The Orphic Mysteries, The Oracle at Delphi, Dionysian mysteries, The Isis mysteries, etc. If you choose this approach, you must understand that you are undergoing a research heavy choice not a creative choice.
3. Your third option is to evaluate a mystery religion or secret society that has been portrayed in either a book or film using the same information that you would use in the previous two choices.  In this option you are not talking about a real historic mystery religion, nor are you discussing one of your own creations.  Here you are looking at the ways in which fictional narratives of any kind have used the same information to give a verisimilitude to the work in which you find your example. This can be anything from the work of William Blake (his own gnostic approach to religion in his poetry), H.P. Lovecraft (Cthulhu Cult in the mythos) to films such from Harry Potter (Death Eaters), Kubrick’s Eyes Wide Shut, etc.  As long as it meets the criteria of the assignment, you can identify 1. Exegetic material 2. Operational 3. Positional within 1. Pre-liminal 2. Liminal 3. Post liminal.

 

 

How to structure the assignment:

You need and introduction which deals with the essential questions of what your group is, how you are going to approach your paper from the options listed above, and then mention how the operational and positional perspectives work, making sure to mention where exegetic information originates. These three divisions are the axiomatic concepts you will use to discuss the three basic functions of any mystery religion.  If you are writing this as a creative project, then this introduction can be separate from the main work, as mentioned above, as an introduction to me in order to keep the work itself flowing better.  That is up to you.

Remember that the Rites of Passage are understood using the axiomatic concepts mentioned above. One way this could work, if you want to write this in essay form, is to use these three aspects as your three-pronged thesis statement, with exegetic information, positional, and operational details used to explain the significance of each of the three divisions of the Rites. You could, on the other hand, use exegetic, positional and operational as your three prongs discussing separation-aggregation in each prong.  It is also fine by me if you use, with the body structure, bullet points, an outline, short story, a memoir, etc.  Just as long as you address these three concepts within the confines of your creation (the following is merely a few examples of the kind of information required to understand each of the three main concepts):

Separation:

1. How do you get members (neophytes)?  Who is good material for your particular group?
2. Once you define how you get neophytes, you then must illustrate if they need to wear something different in preparation for initiation, etc.

 

Liminality:

1. How does your group view the uninitiated that has at the same time been separated from society as a whole?  What makes this the threshold period?
2. List and describe in detail your initiation rites and how this relates to becoming a member of this group, or how these steps transition a person into a new phase or function within a society. How many steps, what are these steps, etc.

Aggregation:

1. Once the initiation period has been dealt with, then you need to tell me what is gained with being taken as an equal member in this mystery.
2. Does being a member mean …?  You tell me.  Is there ever a time when a member can rejoin society, or are they similar to a priestly class.  Are they ostracized from society, or is participation in typical society expected?’

 

 

Last thing you will write is a concise conclusion telling me what you think can be gained from this type of analysis. Even if you write a fictional account, you need to conclude with what significance as a reader I should take from your assignment.

 

This assignment is 4 page minimum, but if you could do more than that, it will be wonderful. Also, please be knowledgable in this area, as i will ask you alot of question, so be prepared, you also have to read the pages in the book i scanned, i will email the pages to you when we reach an agreement and you use quotes from it, no exceptions, outside sources are ok

Review the Project Management email. 

Write an email response in which you address the following points:

• Determine which project might be implemented and why (e.g. feasibility study, breakeven analysis, etc).
• Describe the five phases of a project
• Describe the key deliverables associated with the selected project(s).

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

The purpose of this task is to research three industries of which you are interested in. This will enable a better understanding of what is required of you for each industry and give you direction of your career.
You must submit a career research report (via EAST) which requires you to research and report on three (3) industries you are interested in and discuss the following sections for each industry.
The following sections must be covered:
Section 1:
You are required to research three specific fields of employment in your discipline that you are interested in pursuing a career in.
Your research should be undertaken with respect to discussion of  all aspects of the ‘field’ including the following: the nature of the work, the environment, the education, skills, training and personality traits required to be successful, average salaries, the labour market outlook, related positions and typical employers. Sources to use include: books, periodicals, newspapers, professional journals, trade journals and websites.
Section 2:
This section of the assignment requires you to research a specific employer in each ‘field’ you have researched in section 1.
You are required to include the following in your report: the nature of the employer including the size of the organisation, its history, the organisational structure, its culture and/or mission, branches or subsidiaries, clients or customers, products or services, opportunities for promotion, etc. Most medium to large size organisations have this information on their web site. However, you are encouraged to research information from other resources other than the organization itself.
Section 3:
A description of the typical career path one follows as he/she advances in this career. What is an entry level position? What are other names of entry level positions? Is there more than one path one could take? What are the middle to upper level positions? What qualifications are required?
Section 4:
Your reflection on the above three sections. For instance, reflect on how well you think you would fit in with this employer. Describe your satisfaction in working in the career field you have investigated. How has this research confirmed or changed your plans and why? Are there any areas in which you need to continue to develop skills? Which aspects of the field/position do you like/dislike and why? Which aspects/characteristics do/do not fit? Refer to the exercises completed on interests, skills, and values. Specifically state how there is, or is not a match among these. Thorough and thoughtful analysis is critical to this section. Give specifics!
References & Citations:
The report must include references from at least six different resources consisting of the print resources, web or other sources.

Android Mobile Implementation
Layouts and Fragments

Assignment 1: Grades Application
Create a tablet application that can save your graded assignment scores to a local SQLite database. The database should save the following information:
Assignment name
Points possible
Points earned
The application should have basic functionality that includes:
Splash screen
Listing entries
Deleting entries
Adding entries
Fragments
Display of total points
Assignment 2: Layout Strategies Paper
Find a current article about best practices for proper layout strategies.
Write a 1-to 2-page paper discussing the article and its relevance to this week’s individual assignment.

If used correctly, e-commerce can offer an organization powerful, sustained competitive advantage. In this assignment, you will consider the different models of e-commerce and what types of technologies and steps they use.

Write a paper in which you address the following prompts:

• Describe how a product or service would move through the business-to-consumer e-commerce cycle.
• Illustrate how a product or service would move through the business-to-business e-commerce cycle (use a B2B model of your choice).
• Analyze how mobile- and voice-based technologies could be used in each of the above e-commerce cycles.

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Discussion question 1<br>
Describe what would happen to a company’s value chain if all electronic devices and systems suddenly were unavailable and an expected time for resolution time is unknown. How might a company prepare for and manage the risk associated with potential outages? Could a value chain be maintained without electronics and technology to support it? If so, how? <br>
•The response should use first person (“I”, “me”) perspective.<br>
•Compose a response of at least four paragraphs of 4–5 sentences per paragraph. <br>
•No references are required for this Unit 5 Discussion, but if you do use source material, apply no more than one APA formatted reference and citation per paragraph and use APA in-text citation within the response and list the applied reference(s) at the end of the response using APA formatting. <br>
•Proofread your response, run spell check and grammar check, and proofread again<br>
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Discussion number 2<br>
Employee Satisfaction and Value Chain Management <br>
ll consider the human resource aspects and enablers of value chain management. It is widely accepted there is a distinct, measurable and positive relationship between employee satisfaction and customer satisfaction. In value chain management, the goal of creating customer value for the organization includes customer delight (exceeding customer satisfaction) and profitability. Organizational leadership plays a key role in establishing programs, policies, and process that enable ongoing employee satisfaction. <br>
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Directions <br>
<a href=”https://1.Assume” target=”_blank”>1.Assume</a> you are working in a role as a decision-making leader. You are tasked with the responsibility to create employee satisfaction programs and processes related to the following human resources enablers. Additionally, address how could you use these human resource enablers to improve employee satisfaction during times of change? • People and Culture<br>
• The Three People Traits: Knowledge, Skills, and Beliefs<br>
• People and Trust<br>
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<a href=”https://2.No” target=”_blank”>2.No</a> references are required for this Unit 6 Discussion, but if you do use source material, apply no more than one APA formatted reference and citation per paragraph and use APA in-text citation within the response and list the applied reference(s) at the end of the response using APA formatting. <br>
<a href=”https://3.Compose” target=”_blank”>3.Compose</a> a response of at least four paragraphs of 4–5 sentences per paragraph. <br>
<a href=”https://4.Proofread” target=”_blank”>4.Proofread</a> your response, run spell check and grammar check and proofread again. <br>
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make sure references are independent and listed under appropriate discussion question

There are many measurements of the human body that are positively correlated. For example, the length of one’s forearm (measured from elbow to wrist) is approximately the same length as the foot (measured from heel to toe). They are positively correlated because, as one measurement increases, so does the other measurement.
You will discover through this project whether a human’s arm span (measured across the body with the arms extended) is correlated to his height.
You will need to collect data from 11 people, which will give you 12 data points including your own personal data. You will turn in and answer questions regarding only one scatter plot if doing the project alone.
Part One: Measurements
Measure your own height and arm span (from finger-tip to finger-tip) in inches. You will likely need some help from a parent, guardian, or sibling to get accurate measurements. Record your measurements on the “Data Record” document. Use the “Data Record” to help you complete Part Two of this project.
Measure eleven additional people, and record their arm spans and heights in inches.
Part Two: Representing Data with Plots
Using GeoGebra or graphing software of your choice, create a scatter plot of your data. Predict the line of best fit, and sketch it on your graph. Then, use the software to make a box plot.
Note: Directions for downloading and using GeoGebra can be found in the “Course Information area.”
Copy and paste your scatter plot and box plot into a word processing document.
Part Three: The Line of Best Fit
Include your scatter plot, box plot, and the answers to the following questions in your word processing document, and submit to your instructor. Be sure to review how to save your files before getting started.
Which variable did you plot on the x-axis, and which variable did you plot on the y-axis? Explain why you assigned the variables in that way.
Which two points did you use to draw the line of best fit?
Write the equation of the line passing through those two points using the point-slope formula y−y1=m(x−x1). Show all of your work. Remember to find the slope of the line first.
What does the slope of the line represent within the context of your graph? What does the y-intercept represent?
Test the residuals of two other points to determine how well the line of best fit models the data.
Use the line of best fit to help you to describe the data correlation.
Using the line of best fit that you found in Part 3, Question 3, approximate how tall is a person whose arm span is 66 inches?
According to your line of best fit, what is the arm span of a 74-inch-tall person?
What might cause the arm span and height not to be equal?
Explain why the equation you wrote to represent a human’s arm span (measured across the body with the arms extended) is a correlation and not causation.