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Assignment 2: Reflective Analysis and Interpersonal Improvement Plan

By Week 5, Day 6, complete the following assignment:

In Module 1, you identified a personal, academic, and professional goal. In Module 3, you created an action plan for achieving your goals. Now, you will reflect on the implementation of your action items, analyze their effectiveness, and submit your final Interpersonal Improvement Plan.

Example:
Here is what a reflective analysis looks like using the example we have been using with Toms professional goal:

Professional Goal: Work on nonverbal communication so my words match my nonverbal cues.

Intermediate Goal 1: Take a course on interpersonal effectiveness.
Action Item 1: Review the course catalog to learn about the available courses about Interpersonal Effectiveness.
Action Item 2: Speak to my academic advisor about when I can enroll.
Intermediate Goal 2: Practice conversations with myselfeither talking to myself in the mirror or video recording conversations so I can see what others are seeing.
Action Item 1: Learn to use the video record function on my smart phone by asking a tech-savvy friend.
Action Item 2: Set aside ten minutes three times a week to practice using a positive tone of voice and facial expression when I speak.
Intermediate Goal 3: In each team meeting, remember to smile and offer positive feedback.
Action Item 1: At the very next team meeting, draw a smiley face on the top of my notebook to remind me to smile and make eye contact during the meeting.
Action Item 2: Plan to say one brief supportive statement to each co-worker as they present their weekly reports.
Looking at Intermediate Goal 1, I reviewed the course catalog, spoke to my academic advisor, and discovered an interpersonal communication class is not available until next January. So, while that is definitely a goal, I am changing it to something I can use immediately. Through an online search, I discovered an interpersonal effectiveness seminar happening in my town next weekend so I signed up it and will attend.

Intermediate Goal 2 has been interesting because once my friend showed me how to use the record function on my phone, I noticed that I wear a natural scowl on my face. Each time I pass a mirror, I make an effort to notice my facial expressions. I also notice that I have a natural tendency to cross my arms in conversation. Although this feels comfortable I know that it makes me appear closed off or upset. Since I have been more conscious about how I appear to others, I have noticed that people I dont normally interact with in the office are now starting conversations with me.

Intermediate Goal 3 has shown the greatest improvement. After the first team meeting, a coworker commented that they really appreciated the positive feedback I gave them. In a meeting later in the week, the supervisor shook my hand and said that he appreciated my contribution to the discussion. It looks like the plan is working.

For this assignment, reflect on changes that you have experienced from implementing the action items for each of your goals. You may decide that a certain action seemed like a good choice at first but had to be changed.

Now that you have worked through the steps of the model for improving interpersonal skills you will submit your final Interpersonal Improvement Plan. Use this worksheet as a template for your assignment.

Save your your final Interpersonal Improvement Plan as LastnameFirstinitial_M5_A2 and submit it to the M5: Assignment 2 Dropbox by Week 5, Day 6.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Demonstrated evidence of reflection on improving skills; strong critical analysis.
60
Demonstrated personal growth; assumed personal responsibility.
60
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner, demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources, and used accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
20
Total:
140

Select an article based on global issues relating to corporate social responsibility.. Give a thorough summary and review of the article. Then discuss how you will apply what you have learned from the article in a professional setting. How does the article relate to real world applications or your business? Include how you might share information in the article with your colleagues or supervisor? In addition, please indicate how would this information change the way you approach a situation, project, or discussion related to this topic at work? What did you find interesting or insightful? Your answer should be at least 500 words in length. Support your facts and ideas with citations.
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The resit assignment task (outlined below) is the same as the original group assignment task. You are asked to re-work the assignment based on the feedback provided to you.
For this assignment, you are asked to conduct an empirical analysis on the link between board structure & composition, and firm performance, using a sample of UK listed companies.
You are asked to work in teams of 4-5. Each team must select a sample of 30 UK listed companies from Morningstar Company Intelligence (available under Learning Centre, electronic databases). For each of the companies, you are asked to collate data for the following variables (year 2014 or 2015 if available) and input these into SPSS:
1) Company size: Turnover, number of employees,
2) Company performance: ROCE, EPS, degree of internationalisation (% turnover derived from non-UK activities – from company facts report)
3) Board data: size of board, proportion of non-executive directors, proportion of women directors, average age of board, number of interlocking directorships
You are then asked to write a report on the relationship between corporate governance characteristics and firm performance which should include:
a) An introduction to your report and your selected companies (including an explanation of your sampling procedures).
b) A summary of descriptive statistics for key variables in your sample (min & max values, mean, standard deviation), and necessary variable transformations
c) The results from statistical tests about the relationship between board variables and firm performance, controlling for firm size
d) A discussion of your results. Here, you should discuss which organisational theories best explain your empirical observations and what other explanations there may be for your results.
e) A concluding summary in which you put forward recommendations on corporate governance that can influence companies’ performance, including internationalisation.
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Find three different financial statements that have varying capital structures. Write a paragraph about each that explains the debt-equity relationship and that computes the percentage of debt and the percentage of equity represented.503504
Also note whether the percentage of annual interest on debt is revealed in the notes to the financial statements. If so, do you believe the interest rate is fair and equitable? Why?

Great Docs, a three-physician practice with two office sites, is considering whether to buy or lease a new computer system. Currently they own a low-tech (and low-cost) information system. The new system will have to meet all government specifications for an electronic health record system and will also have to connect the two office sites. It will be considerably more sophisticated than the current hardware and software and thus will require training for office staff, clinical staff, and the physicians. Everyone agrees there will be a learning curve in order to reach the system’s full potential.
Doctor Smith, the majority owner of the practice, wants to buy a medical records system from Sam’s Club. He argues that the package is supposed to electronically prescribe, track billings, set appointments, and keep records, so it should meet their needs. The cost of the first installed system is supposed to be $25,000, plus $10,000 for each additional system. The doctors are not sure if this means $25,000 for one office site plus $10,000 for the (connected) second office site for a total of $35,000, or if this means $25,000 for the first installed system plus $10,000 each for three more doctors, for a total of $55,000. There is also supposed to be $4,000 to $5,000 in maintenance costs each year as part of the purchased package. Doctor Smith proposes to pay 20% down and obtain a five-year installment loan from the local bank for the remaining 80% at an interest rate of 8%.
Doctor Jones, the youngest of the three physicians, has been recently added to the practice. A computer nerd, he wants to lease a complete system from the small company his college roommate began last year. While he has received a quote of $20,000 for the entire system including first year maintenance, it does not meet the government requirements for an electronic health record system. Consequently, the other two doctors have outvoted Doctor Jones and this system will not be seriously considered.
Doctor Brown, the usual peace-maker between Doctor Smith and Doctor Jones, wants to lease a system. He argues that leasing will place the responsibility for upgrades and maintenance upon the lessor company, and that removing the responsibilities of ownership is advantageous. He has received a quote of $20,000 per year for a five-year lease that includes hardware and software for both offices, that meets the government requirements for an electronic health record system, and that includes training, maintenance, and upgrades.

Summarize the costs to the practice of owning a system (per Doctor Smith) versus leasing (per Doctor Brown). Include a computation of comparative present value.

Metropolis Health System has to do something about their ambulance situation. They have to (1) buy a new ambulance, (2) lease a new one, or (3) renovate an existing ambulance that MHS already owns. Rob Lackey, the Assistant Controller, has been asked to gather pertinent information in order to make a decision. So far Rob has found these facts:505506 1. It will cost at least $250,000 to purchase a new ambulance, although the cost varies widely depending upon the quantity and sophistication of the emergency equipment contained on the vehicle. 2. In order to renovate the existing vehicle, it will cost at least $100,000 to purchase and install a new “box.” (In other words, a new emergency-equipped body is installed on the existing chassis.) Rob has found this existing ambulance has an odometer reading of 80,000 miles. The vehicle will also need a new fuel pump and new tires, but he believes these items would be recorded as repair and maintenance operating expenses and thus would not be included in his calculations. 3. Lease terms for ambulances also vary widely, but so far Rob believes a cost of $60,000 per year is a ballpark figure.

Required

How much more information should Rob have before he begins to make any calculations? Make a list. Which alternative do you believe would be best? Give your reasons.
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INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND INFORMATION (3 paragraphs )
*Personal Information on Explorer – birth ,place of birth,death, information
*What country sponsored the explorer\’s explorations?Why? Who was involved? Was anyone else interested in exploring this region?
*Was there anyone else involved? Did anyone else make significant contributions to the exploration?

ARREARS EXPLORED (3 paragraphs)

*What regions did this explorer explore? Describe the region?
*When did the explorer explore the region?
*Who occupied this land before the explorers came to the region? What were they like?
*Why was the explorer exploring this region?
*What did the explorer hope to find?
*What were the conditions of the time that lead to the exploration of this region?

EFFECTS OF THE EXPLORATION (3 paragraphs)

*Why is this exploration significant in history? Were any major discoveries made in the exploration?
*What were the effects of this explorer\’s discoveries and explorations in Europe,America, or around the world? Were there economic effects? Was there an increase in scientific knowledge?
*What were the effects of the explorer\’s explorations on the native peoples already in the region?
*Are there any lasting effects of this explorer\’s exploration in our time?

MAP OF EXPLORATION:

Provide a map that shows this explorer\’s most famous route. Include the following detail:
-Starting point
-Final destination
-Red line showing the route
-Ocean Names
-Country Names
-Compass rose (North Pole)
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Pulmonary Case Study
CH is a sixty-three-year-old man who has had emphysema problems for many years. History: He smoked for twenty years before quitting.
The nurse meets CH for the first time. In performing a physical assessment, the healthcare provider would expect CH to have a \”barrel\” configuration to the chest. What is the underlying pathological process that contributed to the \”barrel\” chest configuration?
Lab values were drawn during the last physician visit; would you expect arterial gases to be normal or abnormal? Identify the pathological process involved in your response. CH and other patients with emphysema are at risk for what complications because of the pathologic process of their disease?
Grading Criteria Maximum Points
Quality of initial posting 35
Participation in discussion 5
Writing mechanics (spelling, grammar, APA) and information literacy 5
Total: 45
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You have just been hired as an information security engineer for a large, multi-international corporation. Unfortunately, your company has suffered multiple security breaches that have threatened customers\’ trust in the fact that their confidential data and financial assets are private and secured. Credit card information was compromised by an attack that infiltrated the network through a vulnerable wireless connection within the organization. The other breach was an inside job where personal data was stolen because of weak access control policies within the organization that allowed an unauthorized individual access to valuable data. Your job is to develop a risk management policy that addresses the two security breaches and how to mitigate these risks.

This assignment requires two to three pages in length, based upon the APA style of writing.

Use transition words; a thesis statement; an introduction, body, and conclusion; and a reference page with at least two references. Use double-spaces, Arial font, and size 12.

write a 3 page paper discussing planning and response for large scale events. You can draw from the Boston Marathon Bombing as well as planning done for other events such as the Super Bowl, NASCAR races, etc.
Be sure to include any major events hosted in your own jurisdiction and how your agency handles management of these events and what contingency plans may be in place for specific incidents that may include mass fatalities (for this one you can do the all american race that is hosted every year by FORT BRAGG here in Fayetteville NC). (I understand that there is going to be things that you don\’t know about how my department runs so I\’m fine with you just coming up with things that sounds good. Im happy as long as its 3 pages of information, with the sources cited correctly in the paper)

Write a reflective statement relating to Activity 1 in which you explain:
– how you ensured your own capability and readiness to deliver the activity
– how you ensured the availability of space, equipment and resources for the
activity
– the physical and psychological features of a ‘positive learning environment’
and the steps you took to create this
– your reflections on the effectiveness of your skills in delivering an L&D
activity

this is a reflective paper about the presentation i did. (i will attach it)

– my presentation was on Thursday – 20 minutes – about online shopping.
– all my colleagues chose to do their presentation on Wednesday and i did it on Thursday for just 2 people in the room (the tutor & one student).
– i did 3 activities to engage the audience.
-first activity was (activity of pairs) i used 2 flip charts (one for advantages of online shopping & the other one for the disadvantages of online shopping ) and i wrote 10 advantages on a sticky notes and 10 other disadvantages and i let the two people in the room matches these sticky notes in the flip chart and who finishes first win.
– the second activity was about the history of online shopping and here i used (Kahoot.it) website and let people play through their laptops by seeing the an important event about online shopping and guessing which year it happened.
third activity i did is a group discussion. i gave them couple of minutes to discuss and tell me tips on how to save money through online shopping.
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Go to www.chase.com for my communication dashboard project
THIS IS MY COMMUNICATION DASHBOARD PROJECT FOR CHASE.COM. THIS IS THE FIRST PART OF MY PROJECT. I AM UPLOADING AN EXAMPLE FOR THIS PROJECT IN THE ATTACHMENT. THE FILE IS CALLED JETBLUE EXAMPLE. PLEASE FOLLOW ALL THE STEPS AND CONTENT FROM THE EXAMPLE PAPER. EVERYTHING SHOULD BE THE SAME BUT THE COMPANY IS DIFFERENT. YOU ARE RESEARCHING ABOUT CHASE (THE BANK). YOU MUST FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS BELOW AND IT IS VITAL THAT YOU TAKE SCREENSHOTS OF THE WEBSITE WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THE FEATURES THAT THEY OFFER TO THEIR CLIENTS. FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE PAPER, SEE HOW MANY SCREENSHOTS ARE THERE IN THE PAPER, THEN I WANT YOU TO PUT THAT MANY IN MY PAPER.
THE EXAMPLE FOCUSES ON THE TRAVELING INDUSTRY BUT MY PROJECT WILL FOCUS ON THE FINANCIAL INDUSTRY. TALK ABOUT THE FINANCIAL ASPECTS AND THE FINANCE INDUSTRY.
AGAIN, I AM REPEATING MYSELF THAT FOLLOW EXACTLY THE SAME THING FROM THE EXAMPLE PAPER. EVERYTHING SHOULD BE THE SAME FROM THE ORDER TO THE CONTENT BUT THE COMPANY IS DIFFERENT.

1. Description of communication vehicle or campaign and definition of communication and business objectives
 Brief description of the communication vehicle or campaign
 Three well‐defined communication objectives and rationale for selecting them
 Explanation of how the communication vehicle elements or functionality
support the objectives – include screenshots where appropriate
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