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> Select a specific ‘thought leadership’ topic, trend or regulatory change that is emerging within a specific market sector that will adversely or positively impact our client(s) projects, operations or manner in which they engage with engineering consulting firms. Explain why?

> Outline where Cardno has the ability to deliver expert advice and to provide client-oriented solutions to assist our clients to proactively respond to the specific topic, trend or regulatory change identified above. Summarise the anticipated client benefits from seeking Cardno’s advice in this area of ‘thought leadership’

> Identify a campaign of initiatives that could be implemented over a 12 month period (both internally and externally) to promote Cardno’s leading expertise in this area of ‘thought leadership’.

We know from text readings and the two cases we reviewed, Butler and Schecter, that FDR’s New Deal ran into considerable opposition from the very conservative Supreme Court. Find one of the agencies or programs created by the New Deal that was challenged in the Supreme Court but survived the challenge, maybe for only a couple of years (although some still exist today) and tell us about the agency and its purpose, and about the litigation, the basis of the challenge to the agency or program, and the Supreme Court’s holding. Please remember to cite your sources in APA style.( make sure to make it simple and clear because I’m international student thanks .)

Project 2 Artist Critique Instructions

describing the work.( will be provided)

talk about that work( will be provided) . Tell us what works and what doesn’t work, and why. Then proceed with how you would change or not change to make the work better in terms of how you view the work as a whole, looking at it both technically and aesthetically. So, tell me if the design is good/bad and what is good or bad about it. Technically means, good to excellent work using Photoshop (clean edges, borders, logos, etc). Aesthetically means if the artwork and artistic elements come together well and work together with the color palette, design, etc.

Here are the Questions to help you get started, but please respond in a clear, concise, essay:

1. Describe the work based upon aesthetic appeal as related to the elements and principles of art.

2. What is the message/concept?

3. Who is the target audience? How do you know?

4. What is the intent of the design?

5. What makes the design successful?

it is a research paper comparing the different types of bicuspid aortic valve. So, the paper has to resume, anatomy,histology, genetics, embryology, clinical aspects, and differences between the types of bicuspid aotic valves.

Arbitrary Metrics and Questionable Questions
Read the two articles and answer the following questions

1. State the thesis of each article.

2. State the arguments given in support of the thesis of each article.

3. Discuss the implications for test validity of the positions in the articles.

4. Describe the solutions, such as they are, the authors propose to address the problems they identify.

5. Discuss the implications of the problem and proposed solutions for how you will address your quantitative research questions.

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Click On: Cengage Advantage Series: Voyage of Discovery: A Historical Introduction to Philosophy, 4th Edition
Read/ Review Pages 127-220
After reading pages 127-220 write a one page response to the following discussion question:
“Scholasticism”, appealing to past experts on a topic rather than simply doing one’s own work, began a tradition that continues in scholarship to this day – although we do original research, we review what others have already written on the topic. What are some advantages to this? What are some disadvantages? William of Ockham, in claiming that the simplest explanation is usually the best, implied that, while ancient experts have some good ideas, a better, simpler explanation shouldn’t be ignored because it differs from what others have said. How did this free philosophical thought from medieval scholasticism?

Readings:

George F. Kennan, “The Long Telegram” (1946)
Joseph McCarthy, “Speech Delivered in Wheeling, West Virginia” (1950)
Donald M. Griffith, “Interview” (2003)
There are assigned readings from Michael Johnson’s Reading the American Past. Response Papers: Please answer one of the reading questions and write that question out at the top of your response.
The recommended length for the response is 300 words. Please double-space and turn in a digital copy to the designated folder on Dropbox via d2l. Response papers are due each week by noon on Friday without exception. Quotes & Sources: No external reading or research is necessary. If you want to quote the reading, please be sure that your quotes are less than 10 words. Otherwise, paraphrase. If you use a quote, please put the page number in parenthesis. Any information brought in from lecture or from the textbook can be considered common knowledge and does not need a citation. Grading Rubric: 1. Data: Did you draw on the assigned readings to support your points? (No external sources are necessary.) Is it sufficient, clear, and accurate? Are quotes appropriately cited? 2. Organization: Are your thoughts and sentences well organized? 3. Logic: Is your writing clear? Does it follow a rational sequence? 4. Prose: Is your grammar, spelling, and writing style fluent? In other words, do these take away from the message of your response? 5. Scope: Does your response answer the chosen question? Is it broad enough? Does it go into sufficient depth?

Go to the NIH website: http://www.ott.nih.gov/forms-model-agreements. There are four model agreements listed under CRADAS, read the following two agreements:

1. Model PHS Cooperative Research and Development Agreement

2. Model PHS Cooperative Research and Development Agreement for Extramural-PHS Clinical Research

Please write a 3-5 page paper presenting the common elements of each agreement and the unique elements of each agreement.

Read the “Developing Your Empowering People (Delegating) Skill” Skills Exercise at the end of Ch. 10 of Management.
Discuss the scenario with your Learning Team.
Consider the five behaviors described for delegating to determine how to handle the scenario.
Ricky Lee is the manager of the contracts group of a large regional office supply distributor. His boss, Anne Zumwalt, has asked him to prepare by the end of the month the department’s new procedures manual that will outline the steps followed in negotiating contracts with office products manufacturers who supply the organization’s products. Because Ricky has another major project he’s working on, he went to Anne and asked her if it would be possible to assign the rewriting of the procedures manual to Bill Harmon, one of his employees who’s worked in the contracts group for about three years. Anne said she had no problems with Ricky reassigning the project as long as Bill knew the parameters and the expectations for the completion of the project. Ricky is preparing for his meeting in the morning with Bill regarding this assignment.
Five Behaviors of Delegating (copied from textbook)
1.Clarify the assignment. Determine what is to be delegated and to whom. You need to identify the person who’s most capable of doing the task and then determine whether he or she has the time and motivation to do the task. If you have a willing and able employee, it’s your responsibility to provide clear information on what is being delegated, the results you expect, and any time or performance expectations you may have. Unless there’s an overriding need to adhere to specific methods, you should delegate only the results expected. Get agreement on what is to be done and the results expected, but let the employee decide the best way to complete the task.
2.Specify the employee’s range of discretion. Every situation of delegation comes with constraints. Although you’re delegating to an employee the authority to perform some task or tasks, you’re not delegating unlimited authority. You are delegating authority to act on certain issues within certain parameters. You need to specify what those parameters are so that employees know, without any doubt, the range of their discretion.
3.Allow the employee to participate. One of the best ways to decide how much authority will be necessary to accomplish a task is to allow the employee who will be held accountable for that task to participate in that decision. Be aware, however, that allowing employees to participate can present its own set of potential problems as a result of employees’ self-interests and biases in evaluating their own abilities.
4.Inform others that delegation has occurred. Delegation shouldn’t take place behind the scenes. Not only do the manager and employee need to know specifically what has been delegated and how much authority has been given, but so does anyone else who’s likely to be affected by the employee’s decisions and actions. This includes people inside and outside the organization. Essentially, you need to communicate what has been delegated (the task and amount of authority) and to whom.
5.Establish feedback channels. To delegate without establishing feedback controls is inviting problems. The establishment of controls to monitor the employee’s performance increases the likelihood that important problems will be identified and that the task will be completed on time and to the desired specifications. Ideally, these controls should be determined at the time of the initial assignment. Agree on a specific time for the completion of the task and then set progress dates when the employee will report back on how well he or she is doing and any major problems that may have arisen. These controls can be supplemented with periodic checks to ensure that authority guidelines aren’t being abused, organizational policies are being followed, proper procedures are being met, and the like.

In Week 2, you were introduced to Joseph Campbell’s ideas of the Monomyth. Using his ideas, you will read Homer’s The Odyssey and trace Campbell’s assertions throughout the story. Then, in a paper of 5 to 7 seven pages, you will demonstrate where the stages of the Monomyth appear within the story. More details will be given in the course