Why are you interested in the issue and the general topic? What are your existing experiences around it?

select one issue that is most interesting to you and answer the following questions about it:

  1. Why are you interested in the issue and the general topic? What are your existing experiences around it?
  2. What is the specific issue you think you might address? Who is concerned about it?
  3. What are the most important questions surrounding the issue?
  4. Why does this issue matter?

Submit your topics, issues, and answers to each of the questions above as a response of least 200 words to this assignment.

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How and why do scholars write about form and style?

ESSAY QUESTION: ESSAY 1

Question: How and why do scholars write about form and style?

Instructions: To answer this question, select ONE element from Block 1: (a) Camera or (b) Mise-en-scène or (c) Cinematography (lighting). You must: • write textual analysis of that element in one film, programme or sequence chosen from the ‘Essay 1 Text List’ contained in this document and • use academic sources to inform your textual analysis of that specific element. o Think: how does that source help you to understand why we as scholars need to study that specific element and how does that source help you to know that your analysis of that FMSU9A2 2022 ESSAY QUESTIONS: ESSAY 1 Page 2 of 10 element is accurate in terms of technique and appropriate in terms of analysis? and • use academic sources to help you discuss why we as scholars must study style and form. Note on sources: there are penalties in place for not using enough eligible academic sources in your essay. Later in this document there are instructions about which sources are eligible for this essay. Further guidance can be found in the Topic 1 folder. Your essay MUST comply with the essay guidance provided for this module in the document ‘FMSU9A2 2022 Academic sources, referencing, essay guidance – Essay 1 and Essay 2’ in the Topic 1 folder. Your essay will be graded on the assumption that you are familiar with this guidance. The Topic 1 folder also provides a list of ‘grade penalties’: what they are and how to avoid them. (They can reduce your grade or even lead to your failing your essay.) Familiarise yourself with that guidance. For guidance on this specific essay, read the rest of this document. For essay writing advice, consult documents in this module’s Topic 1 folder on Canvas. FMSU9A2 2022 ESSAY QUESTIONS: ESSAY 1 Page 3 of 10 Essay 1 Text List: You may select any ONE of the following as the set text for your essay. They are listed in chronological order of release. • A Matter of Life and Death (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1945) • Black Narcissus (Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger, 1947) • The Third Man (Carol Reed, 1949) • The Ladykillers (Alexander Mackendrick, 1955) • Yield to the Night (J. Lee Thompson, 1956) • Zuckerbaby [Sugar Baby] (Percy Adlon, 1985) [only to discuss Johanna Heer’s cinematography] • Happy Together (Wong Kar-wai, 1997) [only to discuss Christopher Doyle’s cinematography and you must not choose the sequence discussed by Greenhalgh although your essay must be informed by Greenhalgh’s findings from that sequence] • Shooting the Past (Stephen Poliakoff, 1999) • A Single Man (Tom Ford, 2009) • Doctor Who: ‘The Girl in the Fireplace’ (Euros Lyn, 2006) [note: Essay 2 gives you the opportunity to write about the Doctor Who FMSU9A2 2022 ESSAY QUESTIONS: ESSAY 1 Page 4 of 10 episode ‘Heaven Sent’, which we will study for a seminar, but if you write about Doctor Who for Essay 1 you cannot write about Doctor Who for Essay 2, not even a different episode] • Call the Midwife series 2 episode 5 (China Moo-Young, 2013) [note: this is a text from Block 2, when we study it in relation to editing. If you use this programme for Essay 1 you cannot use it for Essay 2] • Mudbound (Dee Rees, 2017) [only to discuss Rachel Morrison’s cinematography] • Small Axe episode 2: ‘Lovers Rock’ (Steve McQueen, BBC1, tx. 22 November 2020) • Black Narcissus (dir. Charlotte Bruus Christensen, three episodes, BBC1, tx. 27-29 December 2020)

Using a planning framework, design a health promotion intervention for a specific group focused on one of the following topics:

100% of the marks for this module are for the summative assignment. 

Assignment title: 

Using a planning framework, design a health promotion intervention for a specific group focused on one of the following topics:

Alcohol or substance use

Mental health and wellbeing

Nutrition

Sexual Health

Tobacco use

Word Count: 3000 words, including tables and figures, excluding references.

 

Summative Report:  

Structure – use these headings:

  • Introduction
  • Background
  • Planning model
  • Intervention
  • Critique of the Planning model
  • Conclusion

 

You can use figures and tables within your assignment. Remember to give them titles and numbers, to refer them by Table or Figure number in the text, and describe their key aspects within the report.

You must not copy and paste copyrighted images from datasets or online sources.

Potentially useful figures / tables

  • Determinants of your specific health topic mapped to the Rainbow model framework.
  • Action areas of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion.
  • The Precede Proceed model applied to your intervention, to the show the process, the impact, and outcome evaluations.
  • Behavioural change wheel (COM-B Model) showing the intervention plan.

 

Introduction (150 words)

Specify your target topic, group / community, and setting

Briefly outline what the report will do – a sentence or two on each subsection.

 

Background (500 words)

Define the health topic, using a reference. Describe the epidemiology and current prevalence in your target group and target setting (place, area, country) using reliable surveillance and / or peer-reviewed data. Explain its evidence-based determinants for your target group (consider doing this within the Rainbow mode or other social determinants of health model).

A figure might be useful here, mapping the determinants of your health topic for your group in their setting, mapped to a recognised model.

Explain the evidence-based harms of the problem on your target group, to justify why an intervention is needed.

Explain what health promotion is (aims, perspectives, strategies), and why it is a good fit to your topic. Identify the most relevant WHO Charter for your topic.

A figure might be useful here, showing the action areas of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion

Critically discuss the needs assessment of your choice for your target group and setting. Ensure you use peer-reviewed evidence and / or surveillance data to support this.

 

Planning model (700 words)

Explain what planning models are and why they are suitable to your topic.

Identify, justify, and explain the planning model you will use

A figure may be useful here, to illustrate the phase-by-phase / step-by-step process from the target problem to the expected outcomes. e.g. The Precede-Proceed model applied to your intervention, to show the process, the impact, and outcome evaluations

Explain what would happen within each phase of the planning model. How will the needs assessment be done (what type of data will you collect, and how e.g which valid and reliable measures or psychometrics are suitable), what you expect to find based on the relevant peer-reviewed literature and surveillance data,  and how the identified factors in the health problem would be prioritised.  Include health behaviour / promotion models, as appropriate, to explain the target problem and mechanisms of change in theory. Specify the required resources, and any disparity-based barriers to implementation.

 

Intervention (700 words)

Based on your planning model assessments, specify the targets for the intervention, and the strategies and processes you will use to reduce the problem.  Specify how the health behaviour / promotion model(s) underpin your intervention design, and justify it / them as a good fit for the target problem using critically described peer-reviewed evidence.

Work through each phase of the Planning model,  ensuring you include all the components that culminate in a clearly specified evidence-based intervention, and how the process, and short, medium, and long term outcome evaluations would be conducted (specify suitable data collection methods, reliable and valid psychometrics, surveillance data, etc that fit to the needs assessment and target problem)

Critique of the Planning model (800 words)

Critically discuss the advantages and limitations of the Planning model you selected in comparison to other models, using peer-reviewed literature.

Critically discuss the intervention you proposed, using peer-reviewed literature.

Critically discuss the advantages and limitations of the Health Promotion and Behaviour Promotion model(s) you selected in comparison to other models, using peer-reviewed literature.

Explain the ethical considerations, to ensure no intragenic (accidental harm) effects or worsening of existing disparities.

 

Conclusion (150 words)

Briefly reflect upon the choices made and acquired learning.

After looking over the Rhetorical Tools for textual analysis on p. 179-182, what particular rhetorical tools does Obama use most effectively? Why?

https://www.glamour.com/story/glamour-exclusive-president-barack-obama-says-this-is-what-a-feminist-looks-like

 

Activity – Practicing Critical Reading 

 Overview

The authors of the CEL describe critical reading as a special way of interpreting texts — “not for the sake of judgment or criticism but simply for more insight” (154). Reading critically, in this way, is different than reading for information or reading for pleasure. It is also different from reading to evaluate whether or not you agree with a writer. Critical reading instead involves taking a step back to think about how the writer is developing their text using rhetorical tools and writing strategies.

 Assignment

Read Barack Obama’s essay, “This is What a Feminist Looks Like” in CEL Ch. 20 (p. 593-594). Answer the following questions about Obama’s essay in a response of at least 200 words. 

  • Critical reading requires you to step back from evaluating a text and look for insights that you might otherwise miss. Do you think it’s easier to agree / disagree with an essay than it is to read the essay critically? Why?
  • How are you tempted to judge or evaluate when reading Obama’s essay? What insights do you gain from the essay when you suspend your evaluation?
  • After looking over the Rhetorical Tools for textual analysis on p. 179-182, what particular rhetorical tools does Obama use most effectively? Why?
create a flyer to begin generating interest for your upcoming workshop.

Prior to participating in this discussion, explore the Real-Life Challenges in Education interactive.

Your supervisor would like you to create a flyer to begin generating interest for your upcoming workshop. However, since this is a document that will be displayed throughout the center, your supervisor has requested you create this and share it with your peers at the center for feedback, before public display. The one-page flyer can be completed in Word, Publisher, PowerPoint, Canva.com or an option of your choice. This assignment will be submitted both in this discussion forum and in your Summative Template; it is a part of the complete package. You will save the file as a PDF and submit to the discussion forum for peer feedback. Review the Canines With Manners Summative Flyer Example document.

In your initial post,

  • You will upload a PDF file of your Workshop Flyer which will include
    • The title of the workshop that will be presented at the University of Arizona Global Campus Multigenerational Center.
    • The objective/purpose of the workshop.
    • The target audience (who should attend).
    • Your name (as the presenter).
    • Time, date, and place.
    • An image to represent the content.
  • Your flyer will
    • Be colorful and engaging.
    • Be organized in a clear layout, and easy for the reader to navigate.
  • You will state the following in the discussion forum in addition to the flyer:
    • State your degree program.
    • The position you interviewed for at the University of Arizona Global Campus Multigenerational Center.
    • Your clients.
    • Title of your workshop.
    • Topic of your workshop.
    • Why you chose this topic for your workshop.
    • Your biggest concern about hosting this workshop.

Please note that this assignment has an early due date, Wednesday, Day 2, to give your peers the time they need to offer you feedback before you include the flyer in your Summative Template.

 

analyse the impact of corporate social responsibility disclosure on financial performance by comparing the management of corporate social responsibility in China and Hong Kong of the property industry and to explore whether there is a difference in management perspectives on CSR performance.

 

  • Background to the study

It is an old and hotly debated issue whether adopting corporate social responsibility (CSR) can improve a corporation’s financial performance (FP). Thus, a strong understanding of the relationship between CSR and FP would be beneficial in terms of corporate managers, stockholders, and stakeholders. In addition, a company adopts CSR generally due to its benefits to the external aspect of reduction in social inequality and environmental improvement, and internal for enhancement of reputation, potentially charge a premium price for products or services, also has the capability to upgrade recruitment and retaining top-quality staffs. The foremost attraction is that companies adopting CSR can result in financial benefits that are greater than the respective costs, thereby increasing FP in the future. Accordingly, adopting CSR can be beneficial to both company’s shareholders and stakeholders, which creates a possible win–win situation (Wu & Shen 2013).

The majority of the scholar mentioned that CSR has gradually become the consensus of all the enterprises in the world, and deem CSR is an activity indispensable (Wu & Shen 2013; Park & Ghauri 2015; Liu, Saleem, Shabbir, Shabbir, Irshad & Khan 2021).

According to the Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction (Globalabc 2021), there is 36 % of global final energy consumption for the building and construction sector, 37% of energy-related CO2 emissions, and there is a fear that construction demand will push up emissions in Asia and estimated that could be doubled the building stock by 2050 anticipation.

Global material use is expected to more than double by 2060, with a third of the growth coming from materials used in the building and construction sector. For the property industry, environmental pollution is a problem that deserves the foremost attention.

The new CSR equation is transparency plus good governance for brand trustworthiness, transparency is an important part of building trust between organizations and their stakeholders, yet many are still struggling to uphold this principle, while good governance is more than just doing good and improving your reputation. It’s a way to catch problems early without any nasty surprises (Miranda 2016).

 

  • Justification of the study

1.2.1 Literature gaps

Previous research has focused on the environment and the CSR of property companies in other countries (Newell and Manaf 2008), therefore, in order to fill a gap in the literature, this paper aims to assess the implementation of CSR which is practiced in Hong Kong and China property, especially from environmental and governance perspective.

 

1.2.2 Importance of the issues in HK / CHINA

Over the past few years, the property industry is growing rapidly in HK and China, given the shortage of housing in Hong Kong, while investors in China are using real estate as a hedge against the surge in inflation (Spiro 2021). The booming would be a concern about the pollution in the environment. Yet, other parties with different cultural influences result in differences in CSR in HK and China. Separately whether CSR is a strategy for Hong Kong and China’s property industry and impacts the financial performance.

  • Research aims and objectives

The research aim is to analyse the impact of corporate social responsibility disclosure on financial performance by comparing the management of corporate social responsibility in China and Hong Kong of the property industry and to explore whether there is a difference in management perspectives on CSR performance.

Analyse and Calculate ADR, REVPAR, profit for Laila and Marys offers (Here you need to calculate the ADR and REVPAR with the data provided and comment on the ADR and RevPAR

Assessment Task: Lingham Hotels in Melbourne CBD has 85 fully services rooms. The DOSM – Laila wants to plan for the Christmas holiday period and thus started to see if they have any offers on the way. Last year 2021 records showed that the hotel had suffered a heavy blow because of the governments lockdown restriction and customers were not ready to risk their money and life because of the lockdown scenarios. This year they are getting offers from everywhere and they are worried that they will be overbooked. During the summer season from 21st December 2022 – 4th January 2023 the hotel will serve as the host hotel for the Crickets Association. The Association originally blocked 35 rooms per night for the period at a rate of $100.00 per night. All the rooms in their block have been picked up. The group has requested that Laila add 15 rooms each night to its block at the originally contracted rate of $100.00. It states that its members will use all of the additional rooms if they are made available, but if not, they will move their remaining 15 attendees down the street to the Comfort Inn. Laila is in favor of increasing the block and keeping the group together. Mary the Sales Manager is opposed. She is convinced she can sell 30 more rooms at the normal rack rate of $110. Under her plan, she states, “The hotel can maximize its ADR.” There are two offers that currently need to be considered. You as a revenue manager is required by the RM committee requires to calculate and differentiate explain which of their costs are fixed and variable and any recommendations to change from the variable to fixed costs or would that be better to stay as variable costs according to the cost behaviour and driver and provide a report with the information provided below Forecasted Expenses from for the Christmas period break 21st December 2022 – 4th January 2023 with 80% occupancy Casual staff wages $27,000.00 Electricity charges $12,750.00 Full time staff Salary $45,000.00 Guests’ laundry charges $1,200.00 Phone and internet charges $780.00 Room Cleaning charges $3,750.00 Travel agent Commissions $2,250.00 Water charges $4,200.00 Property Maintenance charges $510.00 Sewage cleaning charges $7,350.00 Superannuation charges $7,200.00 Required: The DOSM, head of the RM committee has asked you to prepare the following and submit a report to the RM committee with the following requirements below to decide. Task 3A: Prepare a short 6 to 8 mins video presentation about your findings and recommendations to the RM committee of Purple Resorts. (20 Marks) The DOSM would like to see these following in the video Presentation for the committee. 1. Cost analysis and Break even Analysis (5 marks) 2. Comparison of Laila and Mary Proposal and normal estimated occupancy and which would be yielding more and your recommendation on which one would yield more? (5 marks) The video presentation should be a created using a PowerPoint slide with a maximum of 10 slides and minimum 6 mins duration (anything less than 6 mins would be marked zero) Once the PowerPoint slides are created, you can use Microsoft PowerPoint to Present and record your presentation. (please go to LMS online learning page to see how to create video presentations) (Tip: First finish your draft analysis in task 3c and then do your presentation) Note you must upload the video link (through Google drive) and PowerPoint slide to the Lms Submission box (both Video and the PowerPoint slides) Note: Posting only PowerPoint slides with no video presentation would be awarded no marks. The task requires to upload both using the LMS drop box link provided Task 3B: Forum Discussion (10 Marks) Task requirements: • Develop (thread) for online discussion based on the Video by uploading your video link Task3A onto LMS discussion forum • Request other students to comment on Your presentation by providing suitable discussion point/s • Students respond to other discussion forums: Students receive 1 point (maximum of 5 points) for every response they receive from other students’ on their discussion forums. A response will only receive a point if it provides the opportunity for further discussion (5 marks). Your video submission link should be posted in the discussion forum by (week11 Sunday, 5 June 2022 11:55 pm) week 12 Sunday, 12 June 2022 11:55 pm Forum discussion Report submission in the Assessment 3b submission link after taking screenshot of the colleague’s discussion. you must paste the discussion forum with replies in a word document and submit in the LMS assessment 3B drop box) Task 3C: Your report should be presented in this format: 30% – week 12 Sunday, 12 June 2022 11:55 pm Contents Page: A. Executive summary (250 – 500 words) (Note- this should be posted in task 3b discussion forum) B. Body of the Report (total 30 Marks) (body of the report should comprise the following) 1. Cost Analysis & Break even Analysis: (Here you must differentiate cost as fixed cost / variable cost and state the reason why they are fixed / variable related to their cost behaviours and recommendations to transform from variable to fixed costs or would that be better to stay as variable costs according to the cost behaviour and driver calculate your BEP using the BEP formula so you need your Fixed cost and variable cost per unit calculated for each room and find out what the Breakeven rooms per day and propose the committee what would be the BEP in units and dollars for 80% occupancy.) (750 – 1000 words) (5 Marks) 2. Analyse and Calculate ADR, REVPAR, profit for Laila and Marys offers (Here you need to calculate the ADR and REVPAR with the data provided and comment on the ADR and RevPAR (10 marks) C. Decision / Recommendation (Explain the reason which offer should the committee accept or be better not accepting any offer with reasons for your explanation with comparison of the offers for your decision (10 marks) (750 words) D. References: Overall Report presentation with no grammar, formatting errors, proper APA style referencing (please check the video on how to properly reference and format in LMS ) (5 Marks)