Author: chris

Imagine that a newly engaged couple hears that you are taking a course in interpersonal communication, and wants advice for their relationship. Based on what you have learned in this course, what advice would you give them regarding how to effectively use interpersonal communication in their relationship? Write your paper in the form of a letter.
Instructions
Choose at least five (5) of the twelve (12) course learning outcomes below to help guide your letter: For each of the five learning outcomes that you use, create a separate section with a heading that reflects the learning outcome that you are using.

Explain the principles and misconceptions in effective interpersonal communications.
Identify the barriers to effective interpersonal interactions.
Describe the process by which self-concept is developed and maintained.
Assess their personal communications and improve their communication competencies.
Develop strategies for active, critical, and empathic listening.
Recognize how words have the power to create and affect attitudes, behavior, and perception.
Understand how perceptions, emotions, and nonverbal expression affect interpersonal relationships.
Define emotional intelligence and its role in effective interpersonal relationships.
Evaluate appropriate levels of self-disclosure in relationships.
Describe strategies for managing interpersonal conflicts.
Recognize how self-concept and defensive and supportive messages and behaviors create positive and negative communication climates.
Understand the impact of gender and culture on interpersonal communications.

Student life does not generally afford a great deal of free time to pursue your personal interests; however, at one point, you may have considered turning a personal interest or hobby into an official enterprise. Today, you have finally decided to turn that hobby into a business but have realized that you need start-up capital from a lender or investor.

To obtain funding, you need to convince a lender / investor that your business is more than a hobby. You need to demonstrate that you have a firm grasp of your business, the accounting practices that impact your business, the controls needed to safeguard assets, and which accounting system will produce accurate and relevant financial information.

Write a business plan in which you:

1.)    Describe the type of business you have created including:
a. The product or service, and general staffing plan. Provide a rationale for your plan.
b. The form of your business and the benefits it offers your particular business,
c. A chart of accounts specific to your business, including a rationale as to the selection of each account. (Note: The chart of accounts is a blueprint of your business for the lender/investor. It should report the expected resources that you will consume in your business (assets), the sources of those resources (liabilities and equity), the sources of revenue, and expenditures that you expect to incur to earn those revenues. You may build a detailed chart that includes business units, divisions, product lines, etc.)

2.)  Based on the form of your business, analyze whether or not you will be required to use Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) accounting methods and how the IFRS / GAAP convergence will impact your business. Suggest how you will incorporate any changes into your books and records. (Note: You need to demonstrate to the lender/investor that you have recognized possible changes to GAAP that may impact the accounting and reporting of your accounting events.)

3.)  Prepare a pro forma balance sheet and income statement providing the assumptions made and support the valuations assigned.

4.)    Considering the value of assets (assigned per your balance sheet) used within your business, recommend two (2) specific internal controls that you will implement to protect your company’s assets and resources, justifying how each will provide assurances to management. (NOTE:  Safeguarding assets and protecting personal data are paramount to ensuring the viability of a business.  Demonstrate to the lender/investor that your assets will be safeguarded and customer information (if applicable) will be protected.)

5.)  Based on the internal control recommendations that you made, suggest how you will implement each within your business environment, indicating how challenges or resistances will be overcome.

6.)  Evaluate the impact of the regulatory environment, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other regulatory requirements, on your business venture, giving considering to how you intend to comply with the requirements and the general impact to decision making within your business.

Politicians often accuse each other of being too influenced by special interests. This criticism suggests that this undue influence comes at the cost of doing what’s in the best interest of the general public. Provide your best argument either for or against the continued involvement of special interest groups in the political process.

12th edition by Joseph A. de Vito. 3-4 reference

Throughout the course, you had opportunities to clarify your passions and interests in psychology practice and scholarship, create goals to help you achieve your vision, and explore the competencies and requirements for pursuing a career in your specialized field of psychology. This final assignment provides you an opportunity to transform your vision into reality by translating your exploration and brainstorming activities into a plan to actualize your vision and achieve your goals. Complete the following:

Review your completed work in the Your Career in Psychology Worksheet.
Review your formatted assignment in the Your Career in Psychology Template one last time to complete any last refinements

1.    Select any one of the articles included in this course as supplemental references that provide examples of application of theory to practice to respond to the discussion topics. Identify the article you have selected and describe a situation in your nursing practice where the use of this theory may be appropriate.

2.    If you were to use this theory as a basis for a research study, what are some of the questions that this theory would help you to answer? (Remember that research questions are asked as open-ended questions rather than questions that can be answered with a simple “yes” or “no”).  How did you arrive at these questions?

****Discuss some of the specific things in your population of interest (group of patients) that you would need to consider- be specific.  (Look at Figure 3-1 in the Good chapter- might be helpful).

**** Discuss how the assumptions and propositions assisted you in the above exercise.  Be specific, by citing examples.

***When you respond to two of the your classmates’ postings, consider the following in your response:

****Did you learn or see something new about the theory itself of the use of theory from the postings, or were there more questions or confusion created for you about “applying” the theory?

*****Were the questions or situations presented consistent with the theory?

****Did you think the theory was used appropriately?  If not, then explain why, and what should have been done.  ( in order to answer this, think about what parts of the theory that you would look at or examine that will assist you to determine this?  Hint:  think about you did in critiquing the theory…e.g. looking at the assumptions, propositions, etc.).