Author: chris

You have to answer the questions. And before you start to write you need to see a reading material. Here is the url.
http://nonlocalscifi.com/2015/03/science-fiction-as-an-ethical-lens-aimed-at-our-society/
1) Your reading by Dombrowski discussed how science fiction is an ethical lense aimed at our society. What do you think is the most important ethical issue that science fiction grapples with? Why do you think it is the most important issue? What are the consequences (if any) of not discussing this issue?
2) You must post one commentary or thought about the reading on the discussion forum. This is could be a question, critique, musing, or elaboration of any of the material covered during the unit.

CASE STUDY US HEALTH REFORM CASE OBJECTIVES:
� Explain the policy tradeoffs and macroeconomic implications of alternative was of organizing health insurance and delivery
� Analyze how healthcare reform affects businesses, both within health-oriented industries (pharma and medical devices) and in other sectors for which healthcare costs and the management of insurance options pose growing challenges.
� Describe three core models that exist internationally with some slight variation across developed countries.
� Analyze healthcare resources, utilization and outcomes in the three systems including an evaluation of opportunities for cross-system learning.
CASE CHALLENGE QUESTIONS (TO CONSIDER IN YOUR ANALYSIS)
1. Does healthcare spending contribute to or detract from national economic growth?
2. Why is the United States spending more than twice as much per capita on healthcare than England or Germany?
3. What aspects of the German or British healthcare system could the United States draw upon?

we will read and discuss Confucius Lives Next Door, by TR Reid. Throughout his stay in Japan and travels across Asia, Reid observes cultural landscapes that diverge deeply from many of those seen in the West. For this assignment, write a paper (around three-to-four pages) that addresses the following:
§ Summarize this book and the author’s aims in one paragraph.
§ Explain the second “Asian miracle” that Reid alludes to. Discuss its various components and how these differ from the United States.
§ Using at least two examples from the book (e.g. something in Reid’s neighborhood, in his personal conversations, etc.) and tie them to the Japanese cultural axioms (e.g. wa, giri) that we have discussed in class.
§ Use a third example from the book and tie it to one of Trompenaars’ cultural dimensions.
§ In your estimation, how has this cultural environment enabled the rapid economic growth witnessed in Japan, South Korea, and other countries?
§ What are the benefits of the Japanese school system: to individuals and Japanese society? Any drawbacks?
§ Chapter 6 seems to infer that ‘continuing education’ is an important element of Japanese society and throughout much of East Asia. How does it play an integral role in the ‘second miracle’ described above?
§ In the last part of your paper, discuss your impression of Japan’s social and cultural environment. Would you feel stifled or motivated by it? Do such environments benefit society as a whole? What are the long-term ramifications? Support your positions.

• Deborah Knott, “Critical Reading Towards Critical Writing” (http://tinyurl.com/8th9glh)
Homework:
(1) Read Deborah Knott’s piece on critical reading and writing. Note ways in which the principles of critical thinking are involved in her discussion (though she never mentions the phrase).
(2) Write an essay in which you discuss the nature of explicit and implicit bias. Be sure to define your terms and provide enough context and explanation for your readers to understand what you’re talking about. Use some of the texts we have read (Radford’s “How Astrology is Like Racism,” Dean’s “How a Psychological Bias…”, Ellis’s “Why I Quit the Klan,” Three Rivers’ “Cultural Etiquette,” Shadoan’s “I Am Racist, and So Are You,” and McIntosh’s “White Privilege”) to provide both quoted and paraphrased material for your discussion

Write for me easy vocabulary because I will do presentation about it. Also I want you to answer all of this question.
what is a dietary supplement?
Do you really need supplements in order to build muscle?
Does this product have any safety risks?
Do you think protein supplement better than healthy food?
why many people use protein supplement ?

Describe what MEDIUMS OF EXCHANGE might be like in an Engels non-capitalist technologically driven future.
Engels notes and the Engels reading.
considering elements in our current society that suggest the ways that technology is making the need for capitalism obsolete. This should give you a general sense of how to construct an Engels Utopia.
Next you should consider some currently important areas of society that you might find most feasible to extrapolate as elements of this futuristic Utopia.

Locate a research article using one The Social Ecological Model and describe, explain, and summarize how the theory was used. Be sure to include discussion of the key concepts. Approx 1 page

You have just been promoted from front-line supervisor to be one of the firm’s senior managers. During your business education, you learned that the primary role of a manager is to make good decisions. As a supervisor, you had frequently been making routine decisions, but you realize that decision making for the overall company can and will have far greater impact on the company and its employees.
Your boss, the chief executive officer (CEO), realizes that you do not have much practice in this higher level, decision-making process and has asked you to write a memo describing your understanding of how to make important decisions.
Your memo should address the following questions:

Describe at least 3 criteria that would determine whether the manager a making good decisions. What should be done to better assure that you are making a good decision?
In the realm of decision making, what are assumptions? Rather than use a dictionary definition, cite several specific assumptions that would go with any real-life decision you have made or have seen made at a company at which you have worked.
Given the importance of proper assumptions, your boss asked you to assess the accuracy of certain business assumptions and what could you do to test or confirm the credibility of them. The following were major assumptions for each firm:
An automobile manufacturer’s assumption that the demand for SUVs would continue because gas prices would continue to rise
An airline’s assumption that there was a need for an airline that provided no added amenities

Select one environmental health issues (built, chemical, climate, food, others) in the USA. Visit the American Public Health Association at http://www.apha.org/programs/environment/ and http://www.apha-environment.org/ . Relate the theories discussed in your text to your problem and content from one of the many links associated with these websites. Remember to post all of your references/ links. Approx. 1 page.

ASSIGNMENTS:
1. Evaluation Plan Proposal for Lean Six Sigma for AM Turnaround Time Program
2. Evaluation Plan Proposal for a Pregnancy Education Program
Describe for EACH assignments: what you learned from the peer review about providing and receiving stakeholder input.
•Did you agree with your reviewer’s input?
•Was your reviewer’s input valuable?
•What did you find most useful about your reviewer’s input?
•How would you change the way you presented your program evaluation based on your reviewer’s feedback?
•What would you do differently as a program evaluation stakeholder?