research to see what information is required in the corporate annual report. Who requires it and why?

Week 1

Go to the Internet and select a publicly traded corporation such as target.com. Use the corporate annual report for the most recent year and describe its contents. Then research to see what information is required in the corporate annual report. Who requires it and why?

All  posts (both initial and responses) must be substantial (several paragraphs each) and each of your initial posts must be supported by 3 peer reviewed (from the KU library)/authoritative sources cited properly in APA format.  Responses should have proper support with at least 1 different source as applicable.

Make your original post by midnight Wednesday and post your substantial responses to at least two other students’ posts, with support for your opinions/comments from peer reviewed/authoritative sources, by midnight prior to the week ending. Your total of 3 posts (1 initial post and 2 responses) must be submitted on 3 different days throughout the week.

If you need a little assistance locating peer reviewed articles in the KU Library please review the Library link in Getting Started.  You may also want to submit your work to the Writing Studio if you need help with APA format or your writing.

How does an organization’s mission, vision, and strategy affect individual performance?

· 1200 words MINIMUM (not including cover/reference pages)

· Requirement is at least three scholarly articles, ONE maybe the course textbook BELOW

· Textbook(s)

Varma, A., & Budhwar, P. S. (2020). Performance management systems: An experiential

approach. SAGE.

UNIT1 Complete

1. How does an organization’s mission, vision, and strategy affect individual performance? Discuss and describe the process of aligning organizational strategic objectives and individual performance. What are the potential dangers of not having alignment?

2. How does the movement toward team-based work devalue individual appraisal systems?

3. Compare performance-based pay systems and tenure-based pay systems. Which is more effective? Explain

4. Refer to the case study, South Korea Cuts ‘Inhumanely Long’ 68-Hour Working Week, at the end of chapter one. It is believed that the more individuals work, the more productive they will be, and the more their nation’s economy will flourish. What do you think of this? Why? In a free market economy, should the government have any role in managing employee working conditions? If employees are ‘working themselves to death’ at the cost of their personal lives, what responsibility do HR departments have to promote work-life balance?

How plausible do you think Substance Dualism is compared to Property Dualism and Parallelism? 

DISCUSSION QUESTION CHOICE #1: How plausible do you think Substance Dualism is compared to Property Dualism and Parallelism? (Reading 3.2 pp. 25-32) Briefly explain your understanding of the solution to the mind-body problem called Substance Dualism and argue why or why not it seems like a plausible explanation. Use your knowledge of the readings, your own experiences and judgments to support your argument.

DISCUSSION QUESTION CHOICE #2: How plausible do you think Property Dualism is compared to Substance Dualism and Parallelism?  (Reading 3.2 pp. 32-34) Briefly explain your understanding of the solution to the mind-body problem called Property Dualism and argue why or why not it seems like a plausible explanation. Use your knowledge of the readings, your own experiences and judgments to support your argument.

DISCUSSION QUESTION CHOICE #3:   How plausible do you think Parallelism is  compared to Substance Dualism and Property Dualism? (Reading 3.2 pp. 34-41) Briefly explain your understanding of the solution to the mind-body problem called Parallelism and argue why or why not it seems like a plausible explanation. Use your knowledge of the readings, your own experiences and judgments to support your argument..

(1) Robinson, Howard, “Dualism.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. (2020) 

A short but informative introduction to the mind-body problem, the history of dualism, and the arguments for dualism including substance dualism property dualism, and parallelism, among others.

Supplemental Online Audio/Video

(1) “Where Does Your Mind Reside?: Crash Course Philosophy #22.” YouTube, uploaded by CrashCourse, Aug. 1, 2016. [9:06]  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SJROTXnmus&t=4s&ab_channel=CrashCourse

Hank Green’s informative video discussing the mind-body problem in philosophy, including Cartesian dualism as well as some modern physicalist theories.

(2) “PHILOSOPHY – Mind: Mind-Body Dualism [HD].” YouTube, uploaded by Wireless Philosophy, Sep. 19, 2014. [8:24]  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMTMtWHclKo&ab_channel=WirelessPhilosophy

(3) “Daniel Dennett – What is the Mind-Body Problem?” YouTube, uploaded by Closer to Truth, Jun 30, 2014. [3:13]. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zDUVCcknlJY&ab_channel=CloserToTruth

John Locke (d. 1704)

(1) Uzgalis, William, “Some Issues in Locke’s Philosophy of Mind.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. plato.stanford.edu (2018)

Locke developed a Philosophy of Mind similar to substance dualism.

(2)  Gordon-Roth, Jessica, “Locke on Personal Identity.” Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. plato.stanford.edu (2019)

Locke also developed a philosophy of personal identity and of persons that was the foundation of much of his political philosophy.

(3) “PHILOSOPHY – History: Locke on Personal Identity #1.” YouTube, uploaded by Wireless Philosophy, Aug. 29, 2014 [11:30]  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=462Y898PVn8&ab_channel=WirelessPhilosophy

Dr Della Rocca of Yale discusses the Personal Identity Theory of John Locke.

If you were designing a Web-based system to make airline reservations and to sell airline tickets, which DBMS Architecture would you choose

Discussion 2 (Chapter 2):  If you were designing a Web-based system to make airline reservations and to sell airline tickets, which DBMS Architecture would you choose from Section 2.5? Why? Why would the other architectures not be a good choice?

Describe ageism and its impact on societal views of older adult clients.

Directions:

Due to the increasing percentage of older adult clients in the U.S., it is imperative that healthcare providers assess and confront their own attitudes and perceptions toward older adults.

In your initial post, address the following:

1. Describe ageism and its impact on societal views of older adult clients.
2. Explain how ageism can influence the healthcare provisions of older adult clients.
3. As a healthcare provider, how can one best assess and confront attitudes, perceptions, behaviors, and biases toward older adults?

Respond to at least one of your peers who has different perspectives than your own.

Describe methods and tools of validation and analysis.

 Data and Threat Analysis

1. This week, the data collected using the methods and sources you identified previously is analyzed for usable threat intelligence for your organization.

   Complete the following steps to document your work for your project this week:

   1. Describe methods and tools of validation and analysis.
   2. Illustrate 2 visualizations constructed for analysis.
   3. Articulate structured analysis of competing hypotheses.
   4. Explain threat analysis findings.
   5. Cite any references to support your assignment.

Explain how charismatic leadership (e.g., striving to create interdependency) could support Ashley’s success.

Unit V Case Study

Instructions

In Chapter 3 of the textbook, locate and read Leadership Case Problem B. In a two-page essay, address the prompts below.

· Contrast transformational and charismatic leadership.

· Based upon the scenario in Case Problem B, research and identify which leadership style you think would be the most effective for this scenario (other than transformational and charismatic). Apply creativity and innovation to the efficacy of the leadership style you choose for this scenario.

· Address the efficacy or shortcomings of Ashley’s efforts.

· Apply transformational leadership directly to Ashley’s scenario. Provide any recommendations to ensure transformational leadership is effective in the scenario.

· Explain how charismatic leadership (e.g., striving to create interdependency) could support Ashley’s success.

Please provide a meaningful introduction stating the purpose of the paper and key points to be addressed. Also, ensure you include a synthesizing conclusion. At a minimum, please include the textbook as a source. The required title page and reference page do not count toward the page requirement. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.

Explain the major contributions of this theoretical model to the field of addiction treatment.

Assignment: Scholar Practitioner Project Assignment: The Disease Theoretical Model of Addiction

There are a number of theoretical models that explain addiction from a wide range of perspectives. It may be ideal to consider addiction from a broader perspective as a condition influenced by the interaction of all spheres of life: biological, psychological, sociological, and spiritual.

While no one model will be all-inclusive, the medical model is more widely accepted than others in the field. The medical model, also known as the disease theoretical model, is more comprehensive than other models and is currently the most applied model in the treatment of addiction. It is the model that you are most likely to encounter as a helping professional.

For this Assignment, review this week’s Resources. Focus on the strengths and limitations of the disease theoretical model of addiction as it applies to Marge from this week’s media piece. Consider the limitations in its applicability in treatments of addiction. This Assignment will inform your Scholar Practitioner Project (SPP) for this course.

Assignment:

In a 3-page APA-formatted paper, address the following:

· Explain the key points of the disease theoretical model of addiction.

· Explain two strengths and two limitations of this theoretical model.

· Explain the major contributions of this theoretical model to the field of addiction treatment.

· Explain whether the limitations that you identified may affect the applicability of the model in the treatment of addiction and why. Use Marge from the media piece as an example.

References:

Toward more efficient diagnostic criteria sets and rules: The use of optimization approaches in addiction science – ScienceDirect

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0306460319301571?via%3Dihub

Doweiko, H. E. (2019). Concepts of chemical dependency (10th ed.). Stamford, CT: Cengage.

· Chapter 2, “The Nature of the Beast” (pp. 9-16)

· Chapter 25, “Biopsychosocial Model of the Addictions” (pp. 343-375)

As you reflect on your chosen case, identify two issues that you would want to address as the social worker.

Assignment: Accessing Information About Evidence-Based Practices

As a student, you have learned to look to the professional and scholarly literature to better understand concepts, support your analyses, and apply reputable, research-based evidence to a problem. The same is true of practicing social workers. Although they may already have a theoretical orientation and a set of interventions with which they are familiar, current research allows them to remain abreast of new developments and evidence-based practices and interventions that might work for a particular client, family, or group.

In this Assignment, you assume the role of a social worker assessing a client. In order to best treat that client, you must survey the research literature and analyze potential evidence-based interventions for treatment.

To Prepare

· Access the Social Work Case Studies media and navigate to Tiffani, Jake, and Paula. Choose one on which to focus your Assignment.

· As you reflect on your chosen case, identify two issues that you would want to address as the social worker.

· Research in the Walden Library for evidence-based practices that could be used to treat each issue. Ensure that you are searching for peer-reviewed scholarly research articles de

2- to 3-page paper in which you approach your chosen case as a social worker:

· Describe two issues in your chosen case that would be important for intervention.

· Identify one evidence-based intervention for each issue (from peer-reviewed journals). How do you know these interventions are “evidence-based”? Refer to the main characteristics of evidence-based practice (EBP) in your explanation.

· Summarize the main information about the interventions from each journal article—research design, sample, sample size, and findings/outcomes in a 1-paragraph annotation.

· Evaluate the interventions and their suitability to the case.

Required Readings

Faulkner, M., & Parrish, D. (n.d.). Evidence-based practice is a process. Texas Institute for Child & Family Wellbeing. https://txicfw.socialwork.utexas.edu/evidence-based-practice-is-a-process/

Grady, M. D., Wike, T., Putzu, C., Field, S., Hill, J., Bledsoe, S. E., Bellamy, J., & Massey, M. (2018). Recent social work practitioners’ understanding and use of evidence-based practice and empirically supported treatments. Journal of Social Work Education, 54(1), 163–179. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2017.1299063

describe factors that might have influenced pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes of the patient you identified.

Post a description of the patient case from your experiences, observations, and/or clinical practice from the last 5 years. Then, describe factors that might have influenced pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes of the patient you identified. Finally, explain details of the personalized plan of care that you would develop based on influencing factors and patient history in your case. Be specific and provide examples.