Author: chris

The purpose of this final project is to integrate the information from your textbooks as well as presentations included in your course.

There are 2 options for this project, and you will select 1 of the following to investigate:

1. Movie Character: Select a movie character (lead character or supporting character) that exemplifies issues related to at-risk youth. These categories include:

School Dropout
Substance Use and Addiction
Teenage Pregnancy, STDs, and/or Risky Sexual Behavior
Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Violence
Youth Suicide

When writing on this character please include the following sections:

· Legal and Ethical Issues (related to the chosen character for your case summary)

· Individual Characteristics of High Risk Youth

· Family Problems Related to At-Risk Youth

· School Issues That May Impact At-Risk Youth

· Prevention, Intervention ,and Treatment Options

2. Adolescent Risk Topic: Select a topic from the following categories to investigate:

School Dropout
Substance Use and Addiction
Teenage Pregnancy, STDs, and Risky Sexual Behavior
Juvenile Delinquency and Youth Violence
Youth Suicide

This paper will require the following sections:

· Legal and Ethical Issues (related to the chosen character for your case summary)

· Individual Characteristics of High Risk Youth

· Family Problems Related to At-risk Youth

· School Issues That May Impact At-risk Youth

· Prevention, Intervention and Treatment Options

The body of your paper is to be a minimum of 12 pages not including the title page, abstract, and reference pages. You will be required to use 10 peer-reviewed journal articles for your paper as well as materials from the course textbooks and presentations. You may also use the Holy Bible, in addition to the 10 required journal articles. Internet sources will not be accepted for this paper. Your peer-reviewed sources can be retrieved from the Liberty University Library via a search format (e.g. PsycArticles).

Assignment: Single Page Website
Due Week 8 and worth 140 points
Deliverables: One (1) Web page and one (1) Cascading Style Sheet (.css), including the image file.

Imagine that you have just started your own freelancing business. You have been hired to create a Web page for a company of your choice that announces the item of the week, month, or year. (e.g., Car of the Year, Pet of the Month, Sandwich of the Week, etc.)

Create a Cascading Style Sheet (.css) that applies a minimum of background color and font.
Create one (1) Web page and a heading tag that overrides the Cascading Style Sheet (.css) font settings and makes the font of the heading different from the rest of the page.
The page must also include:
An image depicting the item of the week, month, or year.
At least three (3) hyperlinks to Websites of associated interest to the item and a brief description of what they are about.
Example: Click here to visit Strayer University
This link will take you to the University’s main page where you can find further information.
At the bottom of the page, create a link that would allow the user to email you with questions using the mailto: tag and your email address.
Note: When the email opens the subject line should automatically say, “More Information Please”.
Create a footer displaying the Copyright symbol (using the character entity reference), the year, and your name.
Example: © 2012 Mary Smith
Include a piece of JavaScript in the page.

Research DSL and cable modem services available closest to your community. You may use neighboring communities or regions if your community does not have access to DSL or cable modem services. Researched material must be focused on the technical aspects of DSL and cable modem services. Marketed documents, white papers, or other advertisements may not be used for the completion of this assignment.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

Identify the DSL and cable modem services referenced in this assignment and the region(s) in which they operate.

Create a diagram of the DSL and Cable Modem connections to your ISP, cable organization, and telecom to your home router using Visio or its open source alternative software. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.

Compare and evaluate the speeds of DSL and cable modem that you researched.
Compare and evaluate the cost of DSL and cable modem that you researched.
Compare and evaluate the reliability of DSL and cable modem that you researched.
Recommend DSL or cable modem based on the previous comparison and evaluation of services available closest to your region. Explain your recommendation.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Assignment 3 Part 1: Operation, Technology, and Management Plan

Due Week 8 and worth 70 points

Use the “NAB Company Portfolio”.

Write a three to six (3-6) page paper in which you provide the following information below.

Operations Plan (1 – 2 pages)

Note: Remember to assign a dollar amount to each operational cost you find, as you will need these figures for your income statement and cash flow in Week 8.

Create an operations plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 214 | Operations Plan Preparation Form ). Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences.
Provide a rationale for the competitive advantages section using appropriate functional-level and business-level strategies to explain the competitive advantages.
Note: Much of the research pertaining to the hints provided here can be found in the NAB company portfolio.
Hints: Consider whether you will rent or buy your facilities or outsource production to an existing company.
Hints: One of your biggest expenses as a startup non-alcoholic beverage company will be transitioning from a small batch prototype of your beverage to production on a large scale. Research the equipment you will need (vats, refrigerators, burners, ovens, bottling equipment, and so on), whether you will rent or buy, how you will maintain and clean it, and so forth. Consider how you will ensure quality control. What capacity do you intend to reach?
Hints: Deliberate your inventory control. Where do your supplies come from and what is your turnaround time to produce your beverage once you have received an order?
Hints: Consider your distribution method. Refer back to your notes for the SWOT analysis assignment in Week 2 of class.
Hints: How will you stay abreast of new developments in your industry? What new products do you have in development now, in addition to your flagship product?
Describe your research and development activities and explain how they will contribute to the company.

Technology Plan (1 – 2 pages)

Create a technology plan for your NAB company using the template in the text as a guide (p. 227 | Technology Plan Preparation Form ). Extract appropriate information from the NAB Company portfolio, where applicable. Other required items in the template should be filled in using your personal preferences.
Provide a rationale for the personnel needs section by incorporating appropriate functional-level strategies.
Hints: Consider the type of technology your company will use to conduct the following activities: manage personnel; take, fulfill, and track orders; manage inventory; communicate with customers and provide customer service; and produce your beverage.

Research DSL and cable modem services available closest to your community. You may use neighboring communities or regions if your community does not have access to DSL or cable modem services. Researched material must be focused on the technical aspects of DSL and cable modem services. Marketed documents, white papers, or other advertisements may not be used for the completion of this assignment.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

Identify the DSL and cable modem services referenced in this assignment and the region(s) in which they operate.

Create a diagram of the DSL and Cable Modem connections to your ISP, cable organization, and telecom to your home router using Visio or its open source alternative software. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.

Compare and evaluate the speeds of DSL and cable modem that you researched.
Compare and evaluate the cost of DSL and cable modem that you researched.
Compare and evaluate the reliability of DSL and cable modem that you researched.
Recommend DSL or cable modem based on the previous comparison and evaluation of services available closest to your region. Explain your recommendation.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Assignment 1: LASA 2: Inappropriate Behavior

Marwan has worked at Studio Five Theme Park as a character actor portraying a swash-buckling pirate. He does not have an employment contract. He loves his job because of his seniority with the company and all the attention he receives from the guests in the park. Unknown to anyone, his prosthetic leg has no noticeable impact on Marwan’s success in this position.

Marwan has become an accomplished flirt with all this attention, and now goes to the extent of placing his hands on the female guests’ behinds when posing for pictures. The women he has encountered so far have not complained, didn’t seem to mind, or they were taken by such surprise they were not sure how to respond.

One day, Marwan grabbed the breast of one of his fellow female actors who had been recently hired. When she threatened to report him, Marwan told her that he could get her fired if she did not go on a date with him. The fellow employee reported the incident anyway and Marwan was terminated immediately. Marwan contends that he was terminated as a result of physical disability.

Directions:

Research employment law related to hiring/firing and discrimination, using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet. Based on the facts of the case and research, write an analytical paper. In the paper, respond to the following questions:

What civil rights laws may prohibit Marwan’s conduct with his fellow co-worker? Do those laws apply to his conduct toward the park guest? Explain both answers.
Did Marwan commit sexual harassment? If so, what type? Explain your answers and the terms you use.
What is the legal nature of Marwan’s employment? Explain your answers and the terms you use.
What actions and steps should Studio Five take against Marwan? Explain what actions you considered and why you either recommend them or reject them.
Discuss Marwan’s allegation that he is being discriminated against based on his disability and what response Studio Five may have to that allegation. What would each of them have to prove in court?
If the female employee sues Studio Five Theme Park, what defenses can Studio Five use? Are they liable for Marwan’s conduct even if they were unaware of and did not approve of Marwan’s actions? Explain your answers and the terms you use.
If Marwan was a member of a union that had a collective bargaining agreement with Studio Five, would that change any of your previous answers? If so, why?
What types of company policies, procedures, and actions should businesses employ to avoid harassment of their employees?

CS:

In this case assignment consider some key strategies recently implemented by Comcast in its effort to succeed and compete in its current competitive environment. Discuss the strategic direction of the company and whether you believe the organization to be on the right track. Make recommendations that you believe would help Comcast to gain market share (that is, hypothetically formulate what you think would be useful strategies for Comcast to consider). Also comment regarding whether you believe Comcast operates in a socially responsible manner and whether their CSR record helps or hinders their success

SLP:

For this SLP submission you will be asked to submit your third blog entry about another important aspect of the strategic management process and to provide examples based on current events pulled from recent articles from reputable sources (such as a major national news source like the NY Times, Business Week, etc.).

Recall that the main article(s) for each of your blog entries must be no older than 4 months old. If you use an older article as your primary focal article, you will be asked to redo the assignment. You may, of course, use older sources to support your discussion but the article serving as the main focus of your paper must be recent.

For your third SLP discuss the importance of the strategy formulation and planning phase. Identify one recent article that identifies a recent major strategic effort on the part of an organization. What would you have recommended if you were sitting at the strategy planning table? Examples of such an effort might include mergers, buy-outs, sell-offs, introduction of innovative products, strategic marketing campaigns …and the like.

Discuss to what extent you believe this effort will succeed given the organization’s external environment. What is the take-away for your reading audience? That is, what strategic planning lessons can be learned from the situation you highlighted in your blog entry?

Per the textbook, trying to understand factors that impact the outcomes of business process is an important aspect of improving business operations. Conventional wisdom plans experiment one-factor-at-a-time (OFAAT). Compare and contrast the main advantages and disadvantages of OFAAT and DOE and select the approach (e.g., OFAAT or DOE) that you would use in order to obtain effective business process. Provide a rationale for your response.

Based on the feedback you have received on your introduction paragraph, write a rough draft of the body paragraphs of your research paper, which should have a clear focus, problems and solutions, and reliable/scholarly sources as support. You should currently have a good supply of research notes to bring into each of your arguments. Be sure your rough draft includes the following:

An introduction that has been revised based on prior feedback
Body paragraphs organized around focused analysis and supporting evidence for each of the key points that you are researching
In-text citations and a reference page to document sources being used

Select a health care organization for which to create a QI plan.

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you do the following:

· Select two to three areas of potential improvement for the organization you chose. Describe the data needed to monitor improvement. Identify and describe at least three data collection tools you can use to collect performance information.

o What types of information does each tool collect?

o What are the strengths and weaknesses of each tool for each area?

o How are the data collection tools similar? How are they different?

· Research at least two tools that measure and display the QI data that can be gathered with the data collection tools.

o What types of information does each tool measure and display?

o What are each tool’s strengths and weaknesses?

o How are the tools similar? How are they different? How are these tools helpful for health care organizations?

Cite at least three sources to support your information.