Author: chris

More than many other professionals, public administrators face the daily challenge of balancing personal rights with the needs of society. To perform their functions and duties, public administrators may have to carry out administrative actions that invade privacy interests and violate civil liberties. What would your personal ethical code of conduct dictate in the face of political or organizational policies that threaten personal liberties? What might help you frame your responsibilities in terms of protecting civil liberties while protecting all members of society?

In this Assignment, you analyze the complex administrative responsibilities in ensuring public freedom while protecting civil liberties.

For this Discussion, read one of the articles highlighting the threat to civil liberties in the United States (Greenblatt, Inazu, McKelvey, or Wilke).

Post your reaction to the article you selected. Then, explain how that article frames the responsibilities of public administrators who face ethical dilemmas in the attempt to ensure civil liberties while protecting all members of society. Multicultural and/or international examples are welcome but not required.

Support your postings and responses with specific references to the resources.

• Greenblatt, A. (2013). Free speech at risk. CQ Researcher, 23(16), 377–400.

  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

• Inazu, J. D. (2010). The forgotten freedom of assembly. Tulane Law Review, 84(3), 565–612.

  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

• McKelvey, B. (2011). Due process rights and the targeted killing of suspected terrorists: The unconstitutional scope of executive killing power. Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law, 44(5), 1353–1384.

  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

• Wilke, C. (2005). War v. justice: Terrorism cases, enemy combatants, and political justice in U.S. courts. Politics & Society, 33(4), 637–669.

  Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

Using a company with which you are familiar (perhaps as a customer), identify at least two activities/components for that specific business related to each of the four categories of the balanced scorecard.

500- 700 words.

APA style.

 

Two references at least, shall be only from the web.

What trade-offs are involved in deciding to have a single large, centrally located facility instead of several smaller, and dispersed facilities? Who needs to be involved in this decision? And, how can technology facilitate an optimal decision in the present circumstance? Visit the web and identify an organization that made similar decisions. If you can, tell us how the organization made the decision. Make sure that you support your answers with research.

500- 700 words.

APA style.

 

Two references at least, shall be only from the web.

1. Briefly discuss the differences in the old Minimum Foundation Program ( 1947 ) and the FEFP ( 1973 ).
2. What part of the basic FEFP formula ( State Aid = WFTE x BSA – (.96 AV }  provides A. equity for students and B. equalization of funding for districts?
3. Review how student transportation dollars are calculated. What are the two major components?
4. What is the function of Workforce Development funds?
5. What are Categorical Program funds? How do they differ from general FEFP funding?
6. What are the four constructs on which the FEFP is based? ( Page 1–2^nd paragraph )
7. Briefly define the following:
   1. Full time equivalent
   2. Program cost factor
   3. Weighted FTE
   4. Base student allocation
   5. District cost differential
   6. Sparsity supplement
   7. Supplemental academic instruction
   8. 0.748 Mills Discretionary Compresion (audio is incorrect-changed from Local Discretionary Equalization).
   9. ESE guaranteed allocation
   10. Required local effort

    

   Please answer all in as a mini- brief and follow directions as I tried to be as spicific as possible with the questions.

Week 6 Discussion 1

Performance Appraisals” Please respond to the following:

• Determine why organizations can have higher productivity when top managers encourage supervisors to set goals, assess performance, and provide feedback to employees. Support your answer with examples. Then, describe the experience you have had with performance appraisals and how your performance has been influenced by them.
• From the e-Activity, rate the importance of measuring performance and providing an opportunity for feedback. Support your position.

Week 6 Discussion 2

Performance Measurement” Please respond to the following:

• Imagine you are working at an ice cream shop. It is the middle of summer, the shop’s busiest season, and the electricity goes out during a storm. Rank the actions that you should take in order of importance, as your performance will be measured regarding your immediate actions.
• Assess the advantages and / or disadvantages of having more than one source of performance measurement within a company. Support your position with examples. Of the performance measurement sources you

Week 7 Discussion 1

“Training Assessment” Please respond to the following:

• Imagine you are a new employee in a human resource (HR) department. Your first task is to develop a stress management seminar for the employees. Determine the topics that should be covered in the seminar. Support your selection of the topics.
• Develop criteria to assist in selecting the vendor to use for the training.

Week 7 Discussion 2

“Training Effectiveness” Please respond to the following:

• From the e-Activity, determine if Southwest’s method of training is an effective way to conduct training. Support your position. Provide one recommendation for improvement.
• Compare the following training methods: presentations, case studies, simulations, and discussions. Determine which training method you believe to be the most effective and explain why.

The assignments have been designed to help you integrate and apply the concepts you have learned up to this point. These concepts provide a foundation on which other course concepts are built. Assessing your comprehension will help ensure that you are on track to successfully complete the course. Refer to the Course Guide for general guidelines on preparing and submitting assignments. Also, be sure to read your instructor’s introductory postings pertinent to the assignments in the Discussions area of the course.

The activities in this module have introduced key features of the strategic model. This assignment will test your understanding of these features and what you have learned in Modules 1–3. All of the activities done for this module are the foundation for this assignment; a review the readings and the activities should reveal the appropriate answers to the questions posed.

This assignment consists of two parts: Part A requires an analysis of Build A Bear (as of March 2013), and Part B requires that you submit evidence of your work on the module activities. The assignment is worth 15 per cent of your final grade in the course.  Click here to see the Form 10K.

Part A: 80% of the assignment grade

Perform an analysis of Build A Bear. Your analysis will draw on the latest Form 10K (as of March 2013). Your analysis can include information prior to March 2013 but should not draw on any information that you might come across that is post-March 2013. Bear in mind that as a strategic manager you do not have the benefit of foresight and hence your analysis must be confined to the period defined in the Form 10K as of financial year ending March 2013 for this assignment.

Address the following in your analysis:

1. Read the Build A Bear Case material and identify and analyze the principal strategies that the firm expresses and assess whether these strategies are appropriate for the industry in which it operates.
2. Identify and explain the forces that have shaped the company and defined its current place in the marketplace. Determine and discuss whether the firm faces more challenges than opportunities in its market.
3. Prepare a SWOT analysis of the company, revealing awareness of the firm’s competencies, capabilities, and resources and relate the same to the opportunities and threats confronting the firm. Pay close attention to its financial performance over the last few years. Using the SWOT as your foundation, discuss whether the firm’s strategies conform to what the theory suggests would be appropriate.
4. Based on your awareness of the firm as revealed in questions 1–3, what must the firm do to improve its performance and long-term sustainability? As appropriate, refer to strategic management theory and the evidence from the case to support your assessment.       
5. 7-What is the corporate level strategy?
6. 6-Social and ethical responsibility
7. 5-Product differentiation
8. 4-Competitive advantage
9. 3-Vertical and horizontal analysis of income statement
10. 2-SWOT analysis (make table)
11. 1-Porter 5 forces analysis
12. PLEASE INCLUDE:

Part A should not exceed 10 pages in length, double spaced, Times Roman 12 pt. Page setup: 1 inch margin on the left and right.

Part B: 20% of the assignment grade

Write a brief report that demonstrates your active participation in the discussions and contributions to your personal journal. It should include examples of your postings on the activities, your thoughts and personal musings on the problems and issues introduced in the activities, and a summary of what you learned in this module. In addition, you can refer to questions that arose from your work on the activities. If you replied to questions posed by other class participants, indicate what your replies were and whether the interaction with other participants increased your understanding of course concepts, such as strategy formation and the strategic planning process. DO NOT copy and paste from your personal journal or discussion postings.  Part B is an executive summary of the relevant issues/theory raised in the module activities.

Part B should not exceed 4 pages in length, double spaced, Times Roman 12 pt. Page setup: 1 inch margin on the left and right.

When you have completed the assignment send it to your Open Learning Faculty Member using the Assignments function in Blackboard.

The assignment must be properly formatted and be professional in appearance.  It must include your name, TRU student ID, Course name, assignment number, your TRU or personal email address and your current home mailing address, and other information as described in the course guidelines.

Prepare Assignment 3 in Microsoft Word format. Part A and Part B must be presented in a single document. Assignments will not be graded if both parts are not included.

Identify what three time management processes need to be accomplished even if you use scheduling software and explain why.

Use at least 75 words to answer this essay.

 

2. Describe the five factors that may limit how fast a project can be completed. Give an example of each.

   Use at least 75 words to answer this essay.

 

3. List at least four potential problems in creating accurate duration estimates for activities. Describe at least two methods for dealing with each potential problem.

   Use at least 75 words to answer this essay.

 

4. Identify advantages and disadvantages of Monte Carlo simulation. Also, define Monte Carlo simulation.

   Use at least 75 words to answer this essay.

 

5. Identify and describe three risk identification techniques. What are some of the benefits of each technique?

   Your essay must be a minimum of 200 words.

 

6. How might you approach the prioritization of the risk events identified by your project team and subject matter experts? How would you use the results of this prioritization effort to guide the development of risk responses?

   Your essay must be a minimum of 200 words.

 

7. Describe the beneficial aspects of conflict on a project and identify at least three of the six step conflict resolution process that a project manager can use.

   Your essay must be a minimum of 200 words.

 

8. Identify and describe five characteristics of a high-performing project team.

   Your essay must be a minimum of 200 words.

 

9. Project closing can have a significant impact on the members of the project team. Describe the approach you would take to address the needs of your team members during this difficult period in the life of the project.

Your essay must be a minimum of 200 words.

 

10. What is “validate scope” and why is it important to the project?

    Your essay must be a minimum of 200 words in length.

Follow all instructions

Use APA format and in text citations IS A MUST

Use this source:

Kloppenborg, T.J. (2015).Contemporary project management (3^rd ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage Learning.

Hello Kim,

I need 10 acedamic resources to put in the annotated bibliography, and an outline of at least 4 main points and one intro and one conclusion.

 

The topic is about Faith Healing. How people heal themselves through faith and religious experiences.

You need to think of this topic in a way that relate to the idea of “God and the Human Experince.” mostly ideas in terms of William James book: 

http://sqapo.com/james.htm

 

To understand the topic click on:

tatistics Assignment (assignproject01@gmail.com)

 

DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS PROGRAMME (DIB)

STA 1101 Quantitative Methods

Group Assignment: ONLY TWO (2) or THREE (3) students in one group

This assignment provides 20% to your coursework marks. DO not plagiarize as this assignment will help you understand the theory and concept of statistics. Assignment could be done with typed using the computer (Times New Roman, font size 12, 1.5 spacing) and must have a front cover with all the team members name, matriculation id and signature. Besides that, must include the declaration by group leader.

Assignment must be handed up by week 12to Mr. Josh Si during the class. Hand up late will be penalized. Date of submission:

Section	Date of submission	Time
DB 5	12/11/2015, Thursday	9am-10am
DB 6	13/11/2015, Friday	10am-11am
DB 10	12/11/2015, Thursday	10am-11am
DB 11	13/11/2015, Friday	4pm-5pm

 

 

 

 

You must abide by the rules plagiarism.

Plagiarism is presenting somebody else’s work as your own. It includes: copying information directly from the Web or books without referencing the material; submitting joint coursework as an individual effort; copying another student’s coursework; stealing coursework from another student and submitting it as your own. Suspected plagiarism will be investigated and if found to have occurred will be dealt with according to the procedures set down by the university/college.

Note: Plagiarism is strictly prohibited. Any student found to have plagiarized their assignment will result in an automatic deduction of marks.  

Kindly Copy and paste the following declaration agreement in your assignment.

Declaration by Group Leader:

I, _________________, hereby declare that the attached assignment is our own work and understand that if we are suspected of plagiarism or another form of cheating, my work will be referred to the Programme Officer/HOP who may, as a result recommend to the Examinations Board that our enrolment in the programme be discontinued.

 

______________________Signature by Group leader

Question 1

Two orchards that produce durians approached you as you want to buy a durian orchard. Below are the data of their durians on their trees. Which orchard will you buy? Argue and give your reasons based on statistical results and formula.

ORCHARD A
Durian on tree	Number of Trees
0-4	2
5-9	5
10-14	12
15-19	20
20-24	13
25-29	6
30-34	3

ORCHARD B
Durian on tree	Number of Trees
0-4	5
5-9	10
10-14	11
15-19	13
20-24	14
25-29	4
30-34	2

 

Question 2

A manufacturing company regularly conducts quality control checks at specified periods on the products it manufactures. Historically, the failure rate for LED light bulbs that the company manufactures is 5%. Suppose a random sample of 10 LED light bulbs is selected. What is the probability that

1. a) None of the LED light bulbs are defective?
2. b) Exactly one of the LED light bulbs is defective?
3. c) Two or fewer of the LED light bulbs are defective?
4. d) Three or more of the LED light bulbs are not defective?

 

 

 

Question 3

A researcher wants to know if the mean Body Mass Index (BMI) among a group of college students differs from 22. He took a random sample of 20 students and obtained their BMI:

22	21	21	22	26	24	20	24	24	27
36	28	20	25	22	19	24	26	22	21

 

 

 

 

 

Question 4

The monthly income (in RM‘000) for husband and wife in 12 households

Household	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
Husband	2.5	4.7	3.5	7.6	10.6	4.7	5.6	12.7	15.6	4.5	5.5	12.5
Wife	2.6	4.0	4.0	7.9	5.8	1.6	6.0	3.0	15.8	4.5	6.5	8.5

 

For the question above

1. a) Describe the two sets of measurements. (Such as: Mean and Standard deviation of the data).
2. a) Test if there is a significant difference between the two set of measurements.
3. b) Obtain a 95% confidence interval for the difference and interpret what it means.