Describe the three categories of ratios used in ratio analysis.

 

Each week, you will be asked to respond to the prompt or prompts in the discussion forum. Your initial post should be 300 words in length, and you should respond to two additional posts from your peers.

Ratio Analysis

Describe the three categories of ratios used in ratio analysis. When working on assessing the company you chose, which of these ratios do you think is the most important indicator of successful performance, why?

Explain and assess: what does this mean and is it a development to lament or approve?

Four options. Please answer ONE of the following:

1) Having learned about the different types of Buddhism from Prothero and the course optional video lectures, how would you sum up the major differences? What are the variables that seem to differ among these schools of Buddhism? When you consider factors such as accuracy of its view of life, psychological benefits, moral guidance, and other values you might hold, does a particular form of Buddhism seem more attractive to you than others?”

2) Seth Zuiho Segall’s “The Best Possible Life” is a thoughtful reflection on how Buddhism has changed and will change as it develops in the West. Please explain how the Problem-Solution-Technique process is present in the article. What are issues or problems that bring Westerners to Buddhism? What would a resolution to these issues look like? He thinks this solution will require a blending of Western thought (from Aristotle) and Buddhism, something he calls “eudaimonic interpretation of awakening.” What are his “dimensions” (techniques?) of this awakening?

3) Please analyze Veseley-Flad’s article on Black American Buddhists’ practices (“For Black Buddhists Struggling With . . .”) through the notions of congruence and relevance explained in the first three pages of Segall’s article (“The Best Possible Life”).

4) Consider Moffitt’s “The Mindfulness of the Buddha,” Goldberg’s “The Long Marriage of Mindfulness and Money,” and other readings on meditation and mindfulness. Across these articles, we see how Buddhist mindfulness meditation has been transformed by its adoption and popularity in the West, even to the point of becoming “Buddhism stood on its head” (Goldberg). Explain and assess: what does this mean and is it a development to lament or approve?

Explain in 3–4 sentences how your personal values, worldviews, life experiences, and/or your personality influenced your selection of the top three theories or models.

The Theoretical Evaluation Self-Test (TEST) was developed by Daniel Coleman. It is a quantitative instrument that measures a therapist’s theoretical orientation. It consists of 30 close-ended statements with a 7-point Likert scale, asking the extent of agreement about “psychotherapy, the human psyche, and the therapeutic process” (Coleman, 2008, p. 74). The seven theoretical orientations that are measured are psychodynamic, biological, family systems, ecosystems, cognitive, pragmatic, and humanistic.

For this Discussion, you take the TEST to stimulate self-reflection. You will also take some time to reflect on all the different theories and models covered in this course.

  • After taking the TEST, post your results.
  • Explain in 2–3 sentences the extent to which you were surprised or not surprised by the TEST results and explain the reasons why you were surprised or not surprised.
  • After looking back at the array of theories and models that were covered in this course, identify the top three theories or models that most appealed to you.
  • Explain in 3–4 sentences how your personal values, worldviews, life experiences, and/or your personality influenced your selection of the top three theories or models.

Resources

Coleman, D. (2008). Theoretical evaluation self-test is an interactive test of theoretical orientation for mental health clinicians or graduate students [Interactive media]. http://web.pdx.edu/~dcoleman/test.html

Coleman, D. 92003). Learning about therapy theories: An empirical test of an experiential technique. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 23(3/4), 73-89.

https://doi.org/10.1300/j067v23n03_07.

How do staff at their school work to develop the FBA?

 

Scenario

Interview a special education teacher, behavior support specialist, school psychologist, or Exceptional Student Education (ESE) Specialist and ask their perspectives on conducting a Functional Behavioral Assessment (FBA) in the school setting. (If you are unable to speak to someone directly, watch a You Tube video with a behavior specialist and react to the same questions below).

  1. What do they say about the process?
  2. How do staff at their school work to develop the FBA?
  3. What personnel are involved at their school?
What were the primary Soviet critiques of the United States, and what symbols did these posters use to communicate them?

The Cold War era was one of intense diplomatic, proxy, and global conflict between the two binary superpowers of the United States and the Soviet Union, each seeking to make wins on each other through any means possible, including things like the space race, arms build up, and regular propaganda. Examine the two Soviet propaganda posters and answer the following questions in complete sentences. Each question should have support for your position. When you are done, comment on the arguments made by two of your colleagues. About 300 worlds

  1. What were the primary Soviet critiques of the United States, and what symbols did these posters use to communicate them?
  2. Is there value in studying a rival’s propaganda against your own country, and how effective is propaganda. Where do we see the same tools and tactics that make propaganda effective in our daily lives?
  3. Propaganda like this shaped the Soviet people’s view of the United States. Imagine you are an American – how would you explain the criticisms leveled in these posters to a Soviet citizen?
When and why should participation be used to improve leadership effectiveness?

 

Assignment Details

This assignment has 4 parts:

  1. Collaboration in a business environment is a best practice that leverages the collective knowledge of the team assembled. Peer evaluation and support, provided in the spirit of continuous improvement and organizational success, result in higher quality deliverables than generally possible by the efforts of an individual. Please describe the process you plan to use to conduct research, identify findings, and develop the Comprehensive Project due in Unit 5 and present a preliminary outline indicating how you intend to organize the project deliverable.
  2. Please review the process and outlines of other students, providing an objective assessment and constructive feedback that will help strengthen the effectiveness of their efforts and the quality of the finished product. (SEE ATTACHMENT OF ONE OF MY CLASSMATES)
  3. What is the role of relationship development and management in effective leadership, and how are these concepts used in improving leadership effectiveness?
  4. When and why should participation be used to improve leadership effectiveness?
Define public-key cryptosystem.

Using the APA writing style, write a 4–5 page paper that answers the questions below. Be prepared to fully support your answers. Provide the paper with the following structure and content.

  • Title Page
  • Introduction
  • Define public-key cryptosystem.
  • In your own opinion, why do you think it is important to utilize public-key cryptosystem?
  • How is it different from symmetric key algorithms?
  • What are the 5 main requirements that a public-key cryptosystem must fulfill to be a secured algorithm?
  • Conclusion
  • APA Reference List
Briefly discuss why technology, as your authors note, is not the end in itself. 

Post Your Technology Reflection 

Consider the technology you grew up with and how it has changed over time.  Think about how technology currently impacts society and student learning.  Specifically, address the following prompts:

1.  What technology did you have as an elementary student? How does that compare with the technologies currently being used in today’s classrooms?

2.  Based upon your fieldwork observations in preschool at California, how are educational technologies being used for engaging and supporting student learning, English language acquisition, and inclusion?

3.  How might technology continue to impact TK-12 education?

4.  Briefly discuss why technology, as your authors note, is not the end in itself.