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Write a paper  in which you consider the merits of applying ethnography, phenomenology, grounded theory, narrative inquiry, and case study to the scenario above. Include the following in your paper:

A brief description of what types of information about the given scenario could be gathered from each of the qualitative methods listed above.
A brief statement of the potential utility and scientific merit of the information to be gathered by applying each of the qualitative methods above to the given scenario.
A brief statement describing which qualitative method(s) listed above would be best suited to the scenario in light of the potential gains in both utility and scientific merit expected from completing the study.

Emotional disabilities may inhibit one’s ability to manage emotions. This inability to cope with feelings may adversely affect one’s daily life. Children with emotional disabilities often also experience problems with learning.

For this Assignment, please write a paragraph on EACH of the questions below:

Choose one emotional disability and describe the characteristics of the disability (e.g., bipolar disorder, ADHD, eating disorders, oppositional defiant disorder, depression, recent exposure to violence or disaster, or conduct disorder).
Describe the treatment for the disability.
What issues do you think might arise in a school setting for a child with this disability?
How might a school professional help the student cope with this emotional disability in the school setting?

What competencies were you able to develop in researching and writing the Comprehensive Project that was due in Unit 5? How did you leverage feedback from your peers in the Discussion Boards for Units 1–4 in completing the project? How will these competencies and knowledge support your career advancement in management?

Need the assignment in red, not the bottom portion

Dr. Bueller had recently overheard a few of his colleagues discussing possible investments in the international marketplace. Wanting to explore all of his potential investment options, he has asked you to explain the various aspects of investing in foreign markets.

Your job is to research the following concepts and present your explanations to Dr. Bueller as a formal research paper:

Foreign investments and portfolio diversification
Reasons to invest internationally
International investment risks
International investment mediums

You must provide examples of these concepts using at least 5 peer-reviewed articles from the Library’s full-text database. The articles selected must be appropriate, support your explanations, and be acknowledged.

The paper must include all necessary in-text citations as well as a complete reference list formatted in APA.

Assignment Guidelines

Research the four international investment concepts listed in the Assignment Description.
Find at least 5 articles in the Library’s full-text database that provide examples for two of the concepts.
Write a formal research paper for Dr. Bueller that answers the following questions:
What is portfolio diversification? Explain.
Why are foreign investments effective at diversifying a portfolio? Explain.
What are the main reasons to invest in international markets? Explain.
What are the major risks associated with investing internationally? Explain their potential impact on an investment portfolio.
What are the various methods for investing in an international market? Explain how these can be used to address portfolio risk.
Compile your answers into a single Word document.
Provide in-text citations and a complete reference list in APA format.

You are a police officer in Centervale. While on patrol, you are dispatched to investigate a theft from a local retail store where the loss prevention representative has made an apprehension of a suspect. You are also notified that there are several employee witnesses and the suspect has other people with him in the store. All of these people may or may not be involved in this crime. Additionally they may be witnesses and have critical information needed for successful prosecution of this case.

Click here to read the transcript of your interactions at the retail store.

Tasks:

Prepare a 9- to 10-page Microsoft Word document which accommodates the following:

Compare and contrast the fundamental concepts of communication in an investigatory interview and an interrogation. Analyze and explain whether the communication in this scenario would be classified as an interview or an interrogation. Apply the comparison and contrast information, the script, and external resources to support your position, and rationale.
Analyze and discuss at least two different confession elicitation tactics that were used by Officer Stone in an effort to get Marty to confess. Contrast one of these tactics with a tactic that might have been less effective in this situation.
Evaluate the effectiveness of Officer Stone’s efforts. Analyze and discuss a key area of strength and weakness in his approach. Identify any fundamental legal issues that Officer Stone may encounter related to how he handled this situation and his choice of tactics.
Evaluate how you would have executed this communication in order to achieve the confession? Use empirical research in support of your evaluation; suggest how to improve an area of weakness and how to overcome any other obstacles you can identify in this situation.
Predict what would happen if Marty implicated his friend Joe? Identify the questions that should be asked to provide evidence to Marty’s claim?

Imagine that you are a hospital administrator at the Sunlight Hospital in California. The main complaint among the patients is the quality of care. Your job is to understand the state of the hospital, create value, increase efficiency, and turn the facility into a local hospital of choice. Whenever you are making visits in various wards to meet the employees and the patients, you hear how the patients love the hospital, but they would like to see certain improvements in care. The employees seem to be very busy executing their duties and not interacting much with the patients. The hospital board has asked you to compile a report of your findings and suggested strategy for achieving the hospital’s current goals.

Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

Classify five (5) measurements of quality of care in a hospital, and justify the major reasons why you believe these measurements matter to patients in their process of choosing a hospital for emergency or inpatient care.
Specify four (4) main features in health care organizations that can be used to design a successful quality improvement plan. Articulate the significant manner in which the specified features can lead to failure or success of quality of care in Sunlight Hospital.
Suggest the salient reasons why quality of care would add value to and create a competitive advantage for the Sunlight Hospital. Justify your response.
Use four (4) recent (within the last five [5] years) quality academic resources in this assignment.

To conclude your marketing plan, you will describe the company’s, marketing strategy, implementation strategy, expansion plan, social media strategy, monitoring methods, and integrated marketing communication strategy.

Write a six to seven (6-7) page paper in which you:

Develop the company’s branding, pricing, and distribution strategy.
Provide the following marketing strategy information:
Classify the company’s major competitors as inter- or intra-competitors. Categorize the competitors’ major strengths and weaknesses.
Develop the differentiation strategy in relation to the closest competitor.
Establish whether the company’s intention is to be a leader or follower within the industry.
Assess the level of impact that the salient macro-environmental issues (e.g., legal, technological, social, and economic, etc.) and trends with which the company must contend could potentially have on the company’s marketing strategy.
Discuss the marketing research tools that you used in your marketing strategy.
Construct an implementation strategy for your hypothetical company in which you specify the essential activities and responsibilities. Include a timetable for completion of each component of your strategy.
Develop a five (5) year expansion plan that includes future profitability and market share growth. Include necessary graphs to explain your plan.
Specify two (2) social media and / or media tools that you would use as you develop your plan. Justify each of your chosen tools.
Choose two (2) performance standards, two (2) monitory methods, and two (2) financial controls that you would implement. Justify your choices.
Assess the potential for your company’s overall performance in relation to the marketing plan objectives.
Suggest the integrated marketing communications that are most relevant for your marketing plan. Relate each marketing communication to your company’s advertising strategy.

Resources: Virtual Organizations

Click the Virtual Organization link to access the Virtual Organizations.

Select one of the Virtual Organizations as the basis for this assignment.

Obtain faculty approval of your selected organization before beginning the assignment.

Access the information contained in your selected organization’s balance sheet and income statement to calculate the following:

Liquidity ratios
Current ratio
Acid-test, or quick, ratio
Receivables turnover
Inventory turnover
Profitability ratios
Asset turnover
Profit margin
Return on assets
Return on common stockholders’ equity
Solvency ratios
Debt to total assets
Times interest earned

Show your calculations for each ratio.

Create a horizontal and vertical analysis for the balance sheet and the income statement.

Write a 350- to 700-word memo to the CEO of your selected organization in which you discuss your findings from your ratio calculations and your horizontal and vertical analysis. In your memo, address the following questions:

What do the liquidity, profitability, and solvency ratios reveal about the financial position of the company?
Which users may be interested in each type of ratio?
What does the collected data reveal about the performance and position of the company?

For the MMWR Term Paper, find a recent publication/paper within CDC’s MMWR from http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/ that describes an epidemiologic study. Make sure the article describes an exposure and an outcome that was investigated. Also, make sure that it describes what population was used and how the data on the exposure and outcome were collected.

Make sure the MMWR article is not an announcement, a review of ecological or cross-sectional data or a review of some performance metrics. You are looking for a study that looked at some cause-effect relationship.

In your paper, your purpose is to apply your learning in epidemiology to make the study and disease/health issue more accessible to an audience (the reader) as well as to analyze the MMWR study over-all.

The paper needs to be 4 pages, double-spaced summarizing the major points of the MMWR investigation/discovery/report. The pages for the APA formatted citations and a cover page are in addition to the 4 content pages.

The paper should include:

Introduction – (1/2 page) Overview of the study outlining the purpose of the MMWR paper (be sure to mention the exact study you are exploring early, if not in the title of your assignment;

Body – (3 pages) How the health issue was approached. To do this, you may answer the following questions:

· How was the disease defined?

· What was the scope of the study?

· Did the authors apply descriptive epidemiology and how was it used in the study.

· What determinants of health were discussed?

· How did the study address association and/or causality and to what degree is the study asserting a relationship with the disease and risk factors/determinants?

· What type of study design is this—and is it a good study design for the issue at hand?

Assignment Option 1: Classical Influence on Current Policies and Politics

Compare and contrast at least two of the philosophers discussed in the text: Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, St. Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Burke, Mill, and/or Marx. Give examples of their philosophy being utilized in politics today. This may either be an active policy or the platforms or speeches of candidates.

Cite at least two credible outside sources to support your writing. As one of these, consider http://www.iep.utm.edu/polphil/. (Consider specifically Sections 3a, 3b, and 3c.) Be certain to add citations for your sources.

1. Valuing Diversity

Consider a preconceived perception you have about someone who comes from a different background. The differences can include regional, ethnic, class, values, beliefs, gender, or even generational factors. Review Shockley-Zalabak’s (2015) explanation of valuing diversity on pages 170-173, and explain which barrier(s) to valuing diversity you could apply to better understand and appreciate the contributions that this person�s differences can make. In your discussion, answer the following questions:

What preconceived ideas do I have about this person?
What is the source of those preconceptions?
How do my preconceptions facilitate or impede communication attempts with this person?
What personal communication habits (verbal or nonverbal) do I portray that this person may not understand?
How did I, or can I, overcome barriers and create genuine communication between us and in the organization as a whole?