Describe an on-the-job-training that you have participated in. Discuss what made the training successful, or what should have been done differently if the training was not successful.
Shockley-Zalabak (2015) defines virtual groups as, “teams of individuals organized either temporarily or permanently to work together linked by technology across time and space” (p. 205). Do you agree or disagree with the following statement:
Working with group members virtually can never be as effective as face-to-face communication.
Why, or why not? Offer examples to support your viewpoint.
Was the Quasi-War, the Barbary War, or the War of 1812 the more dangerous conflict for the young nation?
Discussion #1
Using the Oyez website (http://www.oyez.org), review contemporary cases decided upon by the U.S. Supreme Court. Select one case and discuss how the Court’s decision influenced criminal justice policy.
In your answer:
Identify your selected constitutional issue.
Evaluate the effect of the key arguments on the police, judicial, or corrections systems and the final Supreme Court ruling.
Describe how the Supreme Court ruling affected criminal justice policy.
Analyze how this ruling affects social justice within America.
Analyze how nationalism and imperialism contributed to the outbreak of World War I. Use historical examples to support your answer. Of the various causes of World War I, which do you think was the most important and why?
Identify and describe two events that led to and/or deepened the Cold War. You are free to pick from any number of events but analyze in depth each event (e.g., the Korean War, the Cuban Missile Crisis, or the Vietnam War).
Analyze how the Solidarity (Solidarnosc) movement in Poland led to the collapse of communism in Poland. Point out what events led to the growth of the Solidarity movement and then identify and analyze the events that followed Gorbachev’s policy of political pluralism in Poland. Then evaluate the relative success of democracy and capitalism in Poland after the end of the Cold War.
You have heard the expression “Nine Eleven” in relationship to an historical event. How does that awareness affect your understanding of the play titled “Nine Ten”? Discuss in relation to each of the characters in the play, and what they are trying to do. Have you ever been called for jury selection? What did you notice about the others also there for the same reason?
Imagine you are cultural anthropologist searching for a hidden time capsule from both the Renaissance and the Age of Baroque. In each capsule it is rumored that there is at least one example of each of the following items locked inside:
Art
Music
Descriptions of drawings or architecture
Philosophy
Literature
Write a 1000- to 1200-word paper describing which examples you would expect to find and how each of your examples reflects world events and cultural patterns of the time. In other words, what does each example tell us about the time period to which it belonged? Based on what you know about the Renaissance and Baroque periods, how does the art, music, architecture, philosophy, and literature capture the tenets, spirit, ideology, thinking, concerns, aesthetics, politics, cultural and social mores, etc. of the period?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Note: You must use your course text as a reference for this assignment. This means that you should include quoted or paraphrased text from your readings to support your discussion of the assignment topic. Course readings should be acknowledged with an in-text citation.
Write a one page response to the following statement:
“U.S. regulators should enforce antitrust laws against the Microsoft Corporation.”
Begin a response to this statement with your assertion – Agree or Disagree – then provide reasoning to support your assertion.
Assignment 2: Discouraged Workers and the Economy
A “discouraged worker” is an individual without a job who has a desire to work; however, the worker has not actively searched for a job within the last six months, because the worker believes that there are no jobs available. Such a worker is not included in the official unemployment count.
Consider a scenario where discouraged workers are now included in the official unemployment rate during a recessionary period in the economy. Which of the three types of unemployment—frictional, structural, or cyclical—do you believe that these unemployed workers would most closely qualify for? How about during a period of economic expansion? Explain your answers and include examples.
Next, discuss and explain how including discouraged workers in the official unemployment rate would affect both the federal deficit and the national debt. Include examples to support your conclusions.
By Saturday, August 29, 2015, post your initial discussion response in the M1: Assignment 2 Discussion Area. By Wednesday, September 2, 2015, read all of the other students’ postings, and post comments in the Discussion Area on at least two other responses.
Craig is a safety consultant in the mid-west. He received a telephone call from the Director of Countryside Care Center (a 207-bed nursing home facility in Aurora, Illinois that employs 65-70 nurse aides to work with residents and a total staff of 160 employees).
When the Director explained that he wanted to hire Craig as a consultant to improve safety, Craig initially thought: “How dangerous can a nursing home be?” He soon learned. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, in 2000, the average nursing home injury and illness rate was 14.2 per 100 full time employees. Comparable rates include: coal mining (6.2), construction workers (10.8), and truck drivers (13.8).
Nurse aides assist residents in many day-to-day tasks. One of the most hazardous (to the aides) is physically moving the residents to-and-from beds, chairs, and the toilet. The Director explained that the nurse aides were taught “safe” lifting techniques and to use a “two-person” lift whenever handling residents. However, despite this training and the adoption of what most consider the industry’s “best practices,” nurse aides are continuing to experience a high rate of injuries (especially back injuries) leading to Workers’ Compensation injuries claims.
Craig has read about healthcare safety training and mechanical lifting devices but is unsure what would be the best advice to improve safety and decrease injuries.
In a 2-3 page report, prepared in APA style with at least two references, do the following:
Recommend to Craig a more effective safety program he could suggest to the Director of the nursing home to reduce injuries
Advise Craig about any equipment that could be purchased to mechanize the lifting process for residents
Suggest to Craig a safety incentive program that you think could be implemented to incentivize the staff to reduce injuries and be cost-effective