Introduction
• Discuss Brisbane 2011 flood
• Discuss damaged property
o How many
o Disaster funds
o Need for assessment for validity of compensation claims
o Use of esri GIS data to provide maps of properties to determine if the claims are justified
Background
• Highest flood in 100 years
• Peak level
• Volumes
• Cost $
• Claims
• Using GIS software
Recommendations
• How gis can be used for disasters
• Others (expand)
Limitations of using GIS in Study
• Open to interpretations
Overview
Skillful observation, its accurate recording, and its appropriate interpretation (informed by consultation of relevant literature and based on both deductive and inductive reasoning) comprise a major part of the scientific process. In this field project, you will be practicing your observation skills to document the occurrence and behavior of wildlife (here, restricted to animals) in urban settings. Your observations will include both direct observations of individual animals and observations of animal sign that tells you about a species’ presence and often its behavior in an ecosystem (e.g., tracks, scat, feeding marks, nests, cavities). While we will be making similar observations of wildlife and their signs in various ecological communities during our field trips, this project will be based on observations that you make independently from the class trips. You will also need to consult and cite scientifically relevant resources that you use to identify species and interpret animal sign and behavior.
Observation Criteria
For this project, you will make and record a minimum of three sets of wildlife observations. In total, those observations must meet the following criteria:
Learning Objectives
Find relevant literature resources.
Assignment/Situation: You are now in a meeting with your HRD team and preparing to meet all the Pegasus department heads. Discuss organizational interventions to recommend. Take into consideration your previous diagnosis and the emotional state of your employees from your interview. Include a brief description of each intervention of priority and why you chose this intervention.
Your group has recommended reorganizing Pegasus into project-focused groups; in other words, engineers, computer aided design (CAD) designers, scientists, and model makers will work together on specific projects. Senior management is in favor of the idea, as it reminds them of how they worked together when they started the company. Some newer members of the team doubt that this structure will work in the now-large Pegasus organization.
Discuss research methods, including the comparative benefits of quantitative and qualitative research. Ask yourself these questions:
� How will I measure the success or failure of this strategy?
� What research processes will I use to determine if the strategy is helping or harming Pegasus?
Key area or points needed to cover:
1. Use of real-experiences or current events are a plus
2. You are now in a meeting with your HRD team and preparing to meet all the Pegasus department heads. Discuss organizational interventions to recommend. Take into consideration your previous diagnosis and the emotional state of your employees from your interview.
3. Include a brief description of each intervention of priority and why you chose this intervention.
4. Discuss research methods, including the comparative benefits of quantitative and qualitative research. Ask yourself these questions:
� How will I measure the success or failure of this strategy?
� What research processes will I use to determine if the strategy is helping or harming Pegasus?
***Ensure all information sources are cited using APA guidelines.
Scenario:
You are an internal consultant directed to plan the reorganization for Pegasus Company, a large aerospace research and development company. You work in the human resource development (HRD) department and have three direct reports. Your team has never experienced reorganization, and you will be responsible for coaching them as well as facilitating the reorganization itself. The goal for you and the HRD team is to help Pegasus remain effective and efficient in today�s competitive marketplace.
You, as the lead internal consultant, are first tasked with restructuring the organization. This may mean a reduction in force (RIF). You hope you can restructure without a RIF. You will also need to bring the various teams of employees together and teach them communication skills, process skills, and leadership skills that can hold the company together. You have your work cut out for you.
Company History: Pegasus is widely known for its wind tunnel research technology. Scale models of new products (planes, helicopters, jets, space shuttles, etc.) are tested for imperfections, safety, and practicality. Pegasus is comprised of engineers, computer-aided design (CAD) designers, scientists, model makers, and administrative staff. The company started out small and has grown rapidly over the past few years. With that growth came the company’s organization into departments by skill group (e.g., engineering, design, R&D). By now, people in different skill groups do not communicate to each other except to pass along designs, projects, and other pertinent ideas to complete project goals. This has caused many problems in the past because each type of worker has his or her own language for his or her subculture of the organization. Therefore, projects take a long time to complete because of mistakes in the plans, redoing the mistakes, and failing to take into account the specifications of the scientists and engineers by the CAD designers because they have not been clearly communicated. The administration and leadership of the organization lack good skills in interpersonal communications because of their heavy science background, and they also need leadership training in the form of management and executive development.
The culture of the organization has been what has kept most people there, not the compensation. In the past, the organization was open, nonhierarchical, and it enabled employees to pursue their professional passions. The main piece of the culture of Pegasus that has always led to retention of employees is that the employees feel as though their jobs are their life and that they have accountability for their part to the greater whole of whatever project on which they are working.
Many employees feel like the company is disintegrating because of the difficulties in communication which, in turn, makes it more difficult to get the projects completed in a timely manner. This is leading to rumblings among the staff about leaving Pegasus. Because Pegasus is located in a highly concentrated technical area of the country, there are other companies that pay better and seem to be more competitive for contracts. The leaders of Pegasus are afraid of losing their best and brightest employees and feel the pressing need to streamline their organization to remain effective, efficient, and competitive.
What is ?Popular Culture
Religion vs. Spirituality: A Contemporary Conundrum,? Sandra Schneiders, Spiritus Vol 3:2, pp. 163-185
N.B. In the Gordon Lynch article, “What is ‘Popular Culture?'” be aware that he is first describing some of the past shortcomings of other scholars’ definitions as a way to avoid these pitfalls before offering his own definition.
1] Using the readings, define [pop] culture, its purpose and compare/contrast Lynch and D/T?s definitions.
2] Using Sandra Schneiders, define religion and spirituality, their purposes and why these two terms are considered a conundrum.
3] Of the 10 items listed in D/T as important features of our postmodern world, which three do you think are the most important and why?
Although budgeting may appear to be a straightforward set of calculations, there are still many areas in the budgetary process where unethical practices may occur. By misusing tools or calculations, a deceitful picture of an organization’s financial reality can be painted, misleading investors, employees, or stockholders.
For this Application, you will first need to review the case study, “Conflict Between Doing Well and Doing Good?”
Formulate a brief response for each of the seven questions listed at the end of the case study. In addition, comment on some potential consequences of unethical behavior in budgeting. Find examples in the news to demonstrate the consequences.
Implications for Contingent Self-Worth and Coping” by Melissa L. Kamins and Carol S. Dweck.
1. As a general rule, feedback to children is given as either praise or criticism. Within these categories feedback can evaluate two distinct aspects. What are these areas?
2. What are the aspects of a helpless response in children? What are the aspects of mastery-oriented responses?
3. What is contingent self-worth?
4. In Kamins and Dweck’s first study, the finding showed that children’s experiences with feedback affected how they responded to setbacks. What were the two specific findings?
5. Did the results of the second study, the effect of praise on subsequent setbacks, differ among the children from the results of the first study? If so, how?
1. Synopsis (20 Points): Give a brief synopsis of the play (150-250 words). A synopsis is not a description or summary. A synopsis tells briefly what happened in the play. It gives the plot (not the story!) in ten or twelve sentences.
2. Theme (20 Points): What is the theme of the play? (Again, a theme answers the question �What is the play about?� without referring to the action in the play. It is the �unifying subject� of the work. ) Give three examples of how the theme arises in the performance.
3. Non-Realistic Elements (10 Points Each): This production, being non-realistic, portrayed characters and/or events in ways that differ from reality. Give three examples of non-realistic elements in the production. For each, describe what you think the point of the element was and explain the effect on the audience.
4. Personal Reaction (10 Points): Did you like the play? Examine your reaction and figure out why you liked or did not like the play. Did your reaction have anything to do with the non-realistic elements? Give examples from the play and be specific.
describe 5 different coping strategies used by elite athletes identified in chapter 12. Which do you feel has the greatest application to your environment?
Fire Control system
Q . propose and give details of an appropriate fire prevention system for the grouped cooking facilities on the factory floor of food factory .
( you should write about Typical Automatic Cooking Canopy Fire Suppression System and fire extinguishers ,blankets.)
Mechanical Conveyors (lift) machine room less lift (MRL)
Q. In line with best practice recommend a mechanical elevator system that will provide a means of access to the first floor amenities for people with disabilities. Discuss the merits of you proposal and type of system.
• Recommend a elevator system for people with disabilities.
• Discuss the merits of your selection and type of system.