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Demonstrate your comprehension and understanding of the field of human resource management; show your grasp of the strategic role that HR plays in the organization. The topics must be in the field of HRM or some application (e.g., an application of course concepts to your work situation; a research paper, using a survey/questionnaire to investigate a concept of interest and value; a detailed review of the literature about a concept from the course). You must follow the format below for your term project report: (1) Title, (2) Abstract, (3) Table of Contents, (4) Introduction, (5) Background and Significance, (6) Discussion, Implications and Recommendations, (7) References, (8) Appendices.

Respond to these questions below:

– Describe how you would approach a proof that two infinite sets have the same cardinality. Examples you might consider include
|Z| |2Z|, |N| |N0|, or |(0,1)||R|.

– Explain the main ideas behind the argument that Q is a countably infinite set. What does it mean for a set to be countable?

– Explain the main ideas behind the argument that (0,1) [and hence R] is uncountably infinite. What does it mean for a set to be uncountable?

– What does it mean for one size of infinity to be larger than another?

– How would you explain these ideas to a person who has not studied mathematics at this level?

– Explain what the Continuum Hypothesis means and why this is important.

– Discuss the historical context and/or the philosophical implications of Cantors Theory*

Topic: Sufi orders and the Islamic stateHow do you understand the relationship between the Sufi orders and the Islamic state on the basis of your readings of Ernst, Schimmel, and Trimingham?Main Text:Carl Ernst, The Shambhala Guide to Sufism (Boston: Shambala, 1997), pp. 120–46Fritz Meier, “Khurasan and the End of Classical Sufism,” in Fritz Meier, Essays on Islamic Piety and Mysticism, trans. John O’Kane (Leiden: Brill 1999), pp. 189-219Annemarie Schimmel, Mystical Dimensions of Islam, (Chapel Hill: University of N. Carolina Press 1975), ch. 5: “Sufi Orders and Fraternities,” pp. 228-58.J. S. Trimingham, The Sufi Orders in Islam (Oxford: OUP 1973), pp. 1–30Further Reading:M. Hodgson, The Venture of Islam (Chicago/London: University of Chicago, 1974-77), vol. II, pp. 201–54.John Voll, “Sufi Orders,” in J. Esposito (ed.), The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World (Oxford: OUP 1995), IV: 109–117Sara Sviri, “Hakim Tirmidhi and the Malamati Movement in Early Sufism,” in Leonard Lewisohn, The Heritage of Sufism: vol. I: Classical Persian Sufism from its Origins to Rumi, (Oxford: Oneworld, 1999), pp. 583–613Primary Text:Abu Nasr al-Sarraj, “The Book of the Elect: On understanding and following the book of God” in Carl Ernst (ed., trans.) Teachings of Sufism (Boston: Shambhala 1999), pp. 3–14

I have attached the other two assignments that are supposed to go hand and hand in with assignment. Please follow instructions clearly. Thanksprovide more specific elaboration upon the specific area needing improvement that was identified in the Basic Plan assignment previously.In this assignment, much more elaboration is to be provided on the Operational issues needed to address the Hazard / Threat area, which the student has already identified as needing improvement or missing altogether, from the selected jurisdictional plan being reviewed by the student.The Outline used for this assignment is below:Concept of OperationsOrganization and Assignment of ResponsibilitiesCommunicationsFunding for the Operations (the Grant Proposal Assignment below).Please see section 5.1, of the FEMA document URL below, to review the Functional Annexes:http://training.fema.gov/EMIWeb/IS/IS235B/IS235B.pdfThis section of the paper should be 3 to 5 pages in length double spaced and should provide both in text citations, as well as a reference list, that are both in alignment with APA 6th edition citation form and style.If you go over the page limit, no worries as this is your assignment and you may elaborate beyond the page limit if so desired.

1) A clear argument, and you must tell me the argument and how you intend to make that argument in the introduction. Never drift from the argument. Your essay should have nothing that is off-topic.2) A clear structure. There should be an introduction, body and conclusion. The body should be made up of paragraphs and each of those paragraphs should be making a point that supports or builds your argument. Make sure that I understand the point of each paragraph. One way to ensure that your paragraph is making a clear, coherent point is to structure each paragraph with a first sentence introducing the point, further sentences that help you make that point (evidence, scholarly opinions, etc), and a final concluding sentence.3) Use the ancient literary sources as your evidence and reference them. The ancient literary evidence is very important. The degree to which one uses ancient literary sources depends on the topic. For a topic relating to politics or military history, the ancient literary evidence is the most important form of evidence and should be your main source of facts. For a political history or military history essay, use and cite the ancient sources for your facts and use modern scholarship for their interpretations and theories regarding the topic.4) If one is using archaeological evidence, and to varying degrees archaeological evidence is relevant to every topic, but especially art and religion, for example, you will of course be dependent on modern scholarship for that info, since you are not going out into the field yourselves. Use and cite the modern works when dealing with archaeological evidence.5) When not using the modern scholarship for archaeological evidence, use them primarily for their interpretations and theories regarding the topic, as I said in point 3. You can agree or disagree with them. Use their work to frame your own argument.6) Reference a lot. Every piece of evidence needs to be referenced. Every argument by a modern scholar that you use needs to be referenced. If it\’s something well-known/broad like, \’Hannibal beat the Romans at Cannae\’, then such a statement doesn\’t need referencing, but if you want to discuss that battle in detail and various elements of that battle, reference the relevant passage in, in this case, Polybius\’ Histories (or Livy\’s History, but note that Polybius is mostly more reliable – that doesn\’t mean that Livy is unreliable).Use footnotes when citing modern scholarship. For preparing footnotes and bibliographies with regard to modern scholarship, the following link is useful: http://www.mq.edu.au/about_us/faculties_and_departments/faculty_of_arts/mhpir/current_students/writing_essays_in_history/. I expect a surname, a page number and a third element such as the title (usually abbreviated in footnotes) or year of publication. E.g.Hoyos, Hannibal\’s Dynasty, 23 or Hoyos (2003) 23.Note that ancient sources are cited differently to modern scholarship. If I were to cite Appian\’s Iberica (The Wars in Spain) chapter 7, I would write the following: App. Iber. 7. If it were Polybius book 16, chapter 8, part 9, I would cite it like this: Pol. 16.8.9. I have not bothered to include the title of his work, Histories, in the reference, as Polybius is only known for the one work. Likewise, Livy and Diodorus are known for the one work. Note that the names of ancient authors are usually abbreviated.Important thing! use footnotes for modern sources! different to priamary sources!

Instruction & Requirements:
Prepare a PowerPoint presentation for your organizations board of directors and senior leaders to ensure they have the information they need to make informed decisions regarding changing times in the twenty-first century. Remember to provide credible facts backed by citations (give credit where credit is due) and a references page. Be sure to consider how these changing times will affect the overall health of your organization.

To ensure you cover all topics from the course, provide at least one slide per topic, with each slide containing at least one professional or scholarly resource:

The Global Business Environment

Leading and Managing Culture

Corporate Social Responsibility

Entrepreneurship, Intrepreneurship, and Innovation

Organizations and Stakeholders

Leading and Managing Change

Technology in the Twenty-first Century

Length: 12-15 slides, not including the title slide and the references slide.

Listed below are some tips for your slide presentation.

1.Begin your presentation with a title slide that includes your name. (Do not include the NCU coversheet for your PowerPoint presentation.)

2.Use plenty of white space on the slides.

3.Provide a few appropriate graphics to break up the text.

4.Use six bullets per slide or less.

5.Use Times New Roman, 28 or 32-point font.

6.Use the speakers notes area to include the information you want to share with your audience. The speakers notes must be coordinated with the information on the slides. Be sure to provide citations for your sources. Speakers Notes Length: 150-200 words for each slide

7.Be creative. You can add audio to the presentation if you choose to do so; however, it is not required.

8.Include references on your final slide(s). Include a minimum of one resource per slide. You may use any resource included in this course along with external resources of your choice (not Wikipedia).

Your presentation should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect professional business writing and current APA standards.

Instruction & Requirements:
VIOLENCE AND ZERO TOLERANCE

Prepare a PowerPoint presentation (with references) in which you:

Discuss organizational guidelines (or policy) that ensure a safe learning environment in the United States Air Force Academy.

SLP Assignment Expectations

Indicate that you did research and background reading to complete this paper; include in-text citations and a reference list.

Required Reading

Students must select a minimum of two literature resources from the list below. It is also expected that students will search online for one additional reference for each Case and SLP assignment

Articles

Robelen, E. W. (2009, April 29). Strip-search case testing balance between privacy, student safety. Education Week, 28(30), 13. Available in Presentations section.

Website

This website provides an overview of various perspectives on school violence and safety issues. You are not required to study any of these documents in depthjust take note of various approaches to addressing violence in schools.

Healy, S. J. (2007). Best practices for making college campuses safe. International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA). Retrieved August 2009 from http://www.iaclea.org/visitors/PDFs/HouseTestimony_Final_13May07.pdf

Reading for the Discussion

Police, school district defend drug raid. (2003). In CNN.com. Retrieved August 2009 from http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/11/07/school.raid/index.html

Preventing school shootings: A summary of a U.S. Secret Service safe school initiative report. (2002). NIJ Journal 248. Retrieved August 2009 from http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/jr000248c.pdf

Department of Justice. (2005, December). Sexual assault on campus: What colleges and universities are doing about it. Retrieved August 2009 from http://www.ncjrs.gov/pdffiles1/nij/205521.pdf

Read the article, visit the Baltimore Museum of Art(don\’t need to visit, I\’ll give you the photo), and write a response.Part 1. Read Carol Duncan and Allan Wallach, “The Universal Survey Museum.”Here are some questions that will help you take notes on the reading. You will need to know the answers in order to complete Part 2.What is the “universal survey museum?”What museums do the authors use as their examples?Duncan and Wallach use several interchangeable terms to describe the museum, including: “an ensemble” (p. 51), “a complex” (p. 52) and “a totality” (p. 53). These terms all roughly mean the same thing. What do all three terms capture?What happened to the experience of the visitor when museums shifted from princely collections to public institutions (55-58)?What do Duncan and Wallach mean when they say the museum has a “hegemonic” function? (59)Part 2. Pick two different artworks in the museum. One artwork should be located in the Modern Art/Cone Collection section, and one located in any other gallery in the museum. The goal of this assignment is to think about the ways in which modern art is displayed differently than art from other time periods, and why. Then post a 500-word response that addresses the following points.A – Introduction to your artworks – What are the two artworks you chose, and where are they located in the museum?Tip! Make sure to label the artwork properly, for example: Paul Cézanne, Mont Sainte-Victoire (1885)WRITE THIS TWO ARTWORKS:1. Mont Sainte-Victoire Seen from Bibémus Quarry (PAUL CÉZANNE)2. Flower observatory (OLAFUR ELIASSON)B – Observations & analysis – Analyze the three following elements of the museum:Architecture & spatial layout – What is the exhibition space like in the Modern Art gallery versus the other gallery you chose? How do the two exhibition spaces relate to the rest of the museum building, collections, or nearby galleries? (COMPARE CONE COLLECTION, CONTEMPORARY SECTION AND ENGLISH SPORTING ART SECTION)Texts – What type of information do the wall texts or brochures give you about your two artworks?Display strategies (lighting, cases, pedestals) How are your two artworks displayed in the space? Are particular aspects of the artworks highlighted? Does the display encourage visitors to act in a particular way?C – Save space for a final paragraph! Answer the following question: How does the display strategies you observed connect to the Duncan & Wallach article? You MUST refer to at least two concepts or quotations from the article.*****Here is the rubric on which you\’ll be graded:Properly identify your selected artworks & their locations: 3 pointClearly articulate your observations on 3 different subjects (architecture & spatial layout; texts; display strategies): 3 pointsWrite a conclusion that addresses the question “How does the BMA, the artworks, and/or the display strategies you have observed connect to the Duncan & Wallach article?” 2 pointsProperly cite 2 concepts or quotations from the Duncan & Wallach article: 2 points

Using the excerpts from Alexander Falconbridge\’s \”The African Slave Trade (1788) and Olaudah Equiano \’s Life (1791), and Reverend Robert Walsh\’s \”A Cargo of Black Ivory (1829) and ONE scholarly article of your choosing . Describe the Middle Passage- the overseas journey of enslaved black Africans from west Africa to the New World. Conclude the essay with some comments about what you think of all this, and some thoughts about any relevance o these experiences to today\’s world. Are people still being \”shipped\” in dark holds or containers? Has he Slave Trade ended?USE QUOTATIONS FROM THE EXCERPTS.Also my professor is big on answering the questions being asked and quoting from the excerpts.I couldn\’t get my hands on Reverend Robert Walsh\’s excerpt. If you search up\”reverend Robert Walsh a cargo of black ivory\” on google and it will come up.

Writing Assignment #3: Research-Supported Cause-Effect EssayWriting assignment #3 will be an essay supported by research in which you analyze either causes or effects of a phenomenon.You are encouraged to use your field of study to help in generating a topic for this essay. Some sample topics are listed below:The topics listed above are provided in order to help you generate ideas. You are not required to select one of the topics above.OrganizationThe essay should have the following elements:• an engaging introductory paragraph. You might even want to cite sources in the opening paragraph to make your opening engaging to the reader.• an effective and clear thesis statement• a statement of definitions and background on the topic on which you are writing.o You will want to define any terms necessary for the reader.o You may want to provide a historical background on your topic.• unified, supported, and coherent body paragraphs that defend the thesis• sources cited throughout the body paragraphs that support the arguments in the paper• an effective conclusion• a “references” page that lists the sources cited. The references should be listed in APAformat.In addition, the paper should be formatted according to APA style in accordance with the video tutorial you observed in class, How to format your paper according to APA style.• Use one-inch margins.• Double space.• Use size 12 Times New Roman font.• Include a running head.• Include page numbers.• Include a title page.• An abstract is not required.The sources and citation format for this essayYou are required to use at least six sources for this essay.At least four sources must be acquired through the databases subscribed to by UMUC’s Information and Library Services. In addition, at least three sources are to come from scholarly journals.Keep in mind that if the sources are scholarly, the argument you make in the paper will be more persuasive. For this reason, feel free to use all scholarly sources if you can.In addition, please feel free to cite more than six sources. You may find that seven or eight sources (or more) are necessary to establish your argument and defend your thesis. Please do not feel limited to using only six sources. Use more if you would like to or need to.Please cite your sources and list them at the end of your paper using APA format.In addition, as noted above, the paper should be formatted according to APA style in accordance with the video tutorial you observed in class, How to format your paper according to APA style.Persuasive or ExpositoryThis essay can be a persuasive essay, in which you try to persuade the reader of a particular position. Or it can be an expository essay that synthesizes material, an essay in which you give information to the reader and synthesize the different viewpoints on an issue. The following examples help illustrate these two approaches.For example, if you were to write on the effects of video games on students’ learning abilities, the following would be options:You could write a persuasive essay in which you take the position that video games should be integrated into school science curricula to teach middle school students. You would cite articles that demonstrate research studies and other pieces of evidence to support the claim that video games can enhance instruction in science classes and will help middle school students learn science more effectively.If you write a persuasive essay, please follow one of the following three options for organization:• Classical (deductive) approach• Inductive approach• Refutation approachYou could write an expository essay that synthesizes information on this topic, one that summarizes and analyzes the impacts of video games on learning.Length and Due DateLength: 1500-2000 words