Discuss unitarist and pluralist approaches to employee relations and the implications these have on the employment relationship

Contemporary developments in employment relations (DER) assessment brief

This assessment is made up of three parts, assessment activity 1, assessment activity 2 and assessment activity 3.

CIPD learning outcomes and assessment criteria

The following table sets out the CIPD learning outcomes and associated assessment criteria:

Assessment activity 1

Employment dispute case study

Writing this case study review will allow you to demonstrate assessment criteria 1.1, 1.3, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4. Your word count for the case study review is 1950 words (+/- 10%). You must submit assessment activity 1 on the document DER assessment activity 1 template.

Your case study review should include a list of cited references along with a bibliography of sources consulted but not specifically mentioned.

Your references and bibliography as well as all the grey highlighted words in your template are excluded from your word count.

Research a recent employment dispute which resulted in strike action (e.g. Junior Doctors, Southern Rail, London Underground, Post Office) and create a case study review which includes:

Context

• A description of how the dispute came about, the parties involved, what action was taken by both sides and the nature of the dispute. Explain who has been affected by the industrial action and state the outcome of the dispute (if there has been one) (1.1) (1.3)

Analysis

• An explanation of what makes industrial action ‘official’ and comment on the official nature (or not) of your case study (4.1)
• A definition of ‘conflict’ and ‘misbehaviour’ in the context of workplace disputes and identify examples of both in your case study (4.1)
• An assessment of how the conflict and actions taken by the parties involved in your chosen case study differs to high profile industrial disputes of the 1970’s and 1980’s (4.2)

Advice, guidance and further support

• A discussion of how you, as a HR professional, would advise and guide managers to effectively manage and resolve disputes (4.3)
• An explanation of the roles of external conciliation, mediation and arbitration services (4.4)

• Please use the ‘DER assessment activity 1 template’ to submit your report.
• Remember references to back up your findings and recommendations are expected.
• There are a lot of elements to include in this assessment, so be sure to check you have provided evidence for all the assessment criteria before you finalise your work.

Assessment activity 2

Employment relations legislation

Writing this briefing paper will allow you to demonstrate assessment criteria 2.1, 2.2, 2.3 and 2.4. Your word count for the briefing paper is 1950 words (+/- 10%). You must submit assessment activity 2 on the document DER assessment activity 2 template.

Your briefing paper should include a list of cited references along with a bibliography of sources consulted but not specifically mentioned.

Your references and bibliography as well as all the grey highlighted words in your template are excluded from your word count.

You are required to prepare a briefing paper for newly appointed managers in Globex that provides the key information they need to know about employment relations legislation:

• Briefly introduce why line managers need to understand employment relations legislation
• Explain the main legal requirements around the contract of employment including what the minimum requirements are, what employers may choose to include and wider influences on contractual working arrangements. (2.1)
• Identifies and explain at least two sources (one of which should be the EU) of where UK employment relations legislation originates from (2.2)
• Review two recent developments in individual employment rights and comment on their impact on employers and employees (2.3)
• Explain the statutory trade union recognition and derecognition processes and consider why an employer may or may not want to recognise a trade union (2.4)

• You can base your response around your own organisation or one you know well if you prefer.
• Remember to pitch your note to line managers in terms they will understand.
• Please use the ‘DER assessment activity 2 template’ to submit your report. You can adapt the template to include your organisation’s logo/house style etc. but you should keep to the format as this will help ensure you include all the key elements.
• Remember references to back up your findings are expected so here you will need to cite statute, regulations and case law along with robust sources of your wider reading.
• uk, Acas and Citizens Advice are all useful websites for simple employment law guidance

Assessment activity 3

Employee voice

Writing this report will allow you to demonstrate assessment criteria 1.2, 3.1, 3.2 and 3.3. Your word count for the report is 1950 words (+/- 10%). You must submit assessment activity 3 on the document DER assessment activity 3 template.

Your report should include a list of cited references along with a bibliography of sources consulted but not specifically mentioned.

Your references and bibliography as well as all the grey highlighted words in your template are excluded from your word count.

As part of the employee engagement programme within Globe-X, Philip Benn has been hearing anecdotes about the value of ‘employee voice’ and would like to understand whether there is any substance to the claims. Assess whether investing in employee involvement and participation initiatives will strengthen the employment relationship between Globe-X and its employees.

Write a report to Philip in which you:

• Discuss unitarist and pluralist approaches to employee relations and the implications these have on the employment relationship (1.2)
• Explain what is meant by employee involvement, participation and partnership along with an example of each (3.1)
• Compare and contrast union and non-union forms of employee representation and how these have evolved (3.2)
• Assess evidence linking employee voice and organisational performance referring to research and examples of organisational practice (3.3)

• You can base your response around your own organisation or one you know well if you prefer.
• Please use the ‘DER assessment activity 3 template’ to submit your report. You can adapt the template to include your organisation’s logo/house style etc. but you should keep to the format as this will help ensure you include all the key elements.
• Remember references to back up your findings and recommendations are expected.
• Refer to the programme text book for some useful supporting evidence for employee voice.

How can technological innovations be optimised for bushfire detection and control?

Introduction

1.1 Background

The study regards exploring the potential of using drones/RPAs as technological pathways to the early detection and prevention of bushfires. The problem of bushfires is associated with forest burns, and their effects are disastrous to the living organisms that inhabit the ecosystem (Hossain et al., 2020). Vardoulakis et al. (2020) contend that bushfires have usually characterised Australia’s natural environment. Still, their risks continue to increase over time because of the early commencement of fire seasons, their delayed end seasons, and their influence on climatic extremities. The bushfires are associated with extremely hot, dry, and windy conditions that render the fires move fast and become uncontrollable (Di Virgilio et al., 2019). Thus, bushfires are associated with climate change as part of their adverse effects (Harris and Lucas, 2019). For instance, the 2019-2020 bushfires witnessed in Victoria, Queensland, Australian Capital Territory, and New South Wales led to about 33 fatalities, heightened property damage, and flora and fauna destruction (Vardoulakis et al., 2020). The bushfires also exposed many people to extremities of air pollution (Vardoulakis et al., 2020). Smoke from bushfires and that which emanates from prescribed burns has complex particles and gases in them, which, once they are chemically transformed into the atmosphere, can be propelled by the wind to travel over a long distance (Vardoulakis et al. 2020). This aspect, therefore, contextualises bushfires as a cause of public health deterioration because of their adverse effects on air pollution.

Forest fires have emerged as part of international concerns because of the detrimental effects on the environment, thus impacting the imperatives of life for people and animals. According to Corcoran et al. (2021), there has been a consistent rising trend of forest fires and devastating economic and ecological impacts. Barmpoutis et al. (2020) assert that bushfires are linked to alterations in climatic patterns, hence the need to adopt novel pathways to facilitate their early detection and mitigation. Hughes (2021) argues that the effect of bushfires can be attested by the increase in the deviation of annual temperatures of 1.5℃ as of 2018 compared to the -0.5℃ recorded in 1910. Nithyavathy et al. (2021) found that Nigeria’s economy has lost about $4.4 billion in contemporary contexts due to bushfires, implying the need for urgency in addressing this challenge. Consequently, the use of technological pathways such as drones and RPAs in detecting bushfires has been argued as advantageous due to its features of video coverage or pictorials’ real-time transmission (Witwer, 2020). These characteristics are integral in helping to precisely model and predict the episodic happenings of bushfires.

There are various areas where the use of RPAs and drones can help detect bushfires earlier and help escalate the deployment of mitigation schemes. For instance, Kyuchukova et al. (2019) suggest that drones can be integral in providing detection and monitoring of bushfires since they produce big data that can be used to foster progress through continuous improvements. Tehseen et al. (2022) explain that drones are regarded as flying robots; hence, they can control the bushfires at early stages efficiently. In this regard, if the drones’ sensors detect anything that shows fire, then the information is relayed to the control room, whereby the controller will redirect the signals to the drone to help in visualising the forest area where the fire had been detected (Tehseen et al. 2022). Moreover, in the case of fire, the drones deployed for monitoring will identify the fire’s intensity and relay back information to the control room for timely decision-making on combating the fire before spreading (Kinaneva et al., 2019).

Fuquan et al. (2019) argue that there is a need for higher spatiotemporal imagery to facilitate the efficient monitoring as well as deployment of drones to offer high-resolution as well as images that are relayed in real-time, thus providing accurate mapping of the fire incident coupled with tracking, which is integral in making relevant decisions. Alkhatib (2014) indicates that optical sensors, digital cameras, sensor networks, and satellite systems constitute the widely adopted methodologies for detecting forest fires and offering their monitoring. Moreover, based on Fuquan et al. (2019), information gathered when such methods are deployed for fire monitoring and detection enables the creation of automation of warning systems for bushfires via advancing image and video processing. Bao et al. (2015) reveal that the utilisation of multi-objective algorithmic control that has visual analysis capabilities can help deescalate the detection expenses while simultaneously increasing the coverage area of fire detection. These methods provide novel ways of using artificial intelligence and machine learning capabilities to detect and map fire outbreak areas, facilitating faster control.

Gulcl et al. (2016) contend that the conventional watchtower method in detecting bushfires is constrained by inherent limitations that include its linkage to unfavourable weather conditions, thus making it inappropriate for detecting such fires over extended distances. Akay and Erdogan (2017) suggest that to prevent the inherent constraints of the conventional watchtower method, geographical information systems (GIS) and novel technologies can be applied to scale up the bushfire hotspots coverage. Gulcl et al. (2016) suggest that utilising Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) can help achieve brushfires’ autonomous scanning. On the contrary, Kucuk et al. (2017) assert that efficiency in managing bushfires requires devices that have capabilities of relaying visibility data and detecting smoke coupled with other variables that indicate forest fires. Zhang et al. (2020) contend that the deployment of sensors that offer optical capabilities for terrestrial areas can alleviate the issues of visibility; however, the authors note that there are limitations on the field of view. This perspective is reiterated by Barmpoutis et al. (2020), whose study indicated that the use of surveillance algorithms could help detect such bushfires both during the day and at night. Alkhatib (2014) and Zhang et al. (2020) state that deploying many cameras can help improve brushfire detection. These assertions indicate the various technological pathways that can be utilised to scale up the identification and control of forest fires. In this study, the use of drones/RPAs to improve the detection and management of bushfires is examined.

1.2 Research Rationale

The rationale of this study is to examine how drones/RPAs can be used to facilitate the early detection and control of bushfires. Early detection of bushfires is integral to ameliorating the adverse effects of air pollution and climate change (Vardoulakis et al., 2020). Previous scholarship has disclosed that various technological solutions can be integrated into the detection, control, and mitigation of bushfires (Yuchukova et al., 2019; Yuan, 2015). However, the attention drawn to drones/RPAs does not provide a nuanced understanding of their capabilities and efficient application to improve detection outcomes (Tehseen et al., 2022). Therefore, this study is essential in providing in-depth insights into how drones/RPAs can be deployed to foster real-time detection of bushfires and transmission of relevant data to the control room, thus helping avert the losses associated with such fires in Australia.

1.3 Research Aims and Objectives

This inquiry aims to explore the use of innovative technologies and artificial intelligence to facilitate the aversion of bushfires in Australia through timely detection and deployment of control and mitigation strategies. The study’s specific objectives include:

1. To compare the various types of drones that can be deployed for bushfire detection and their effectiveness
2. To explore the efficiency outcomes of using drones/RPAs in bushfire detection and control
3. To examine how drones/RPAs can obtain optimal results in real-time transmission of bushfire information to the control room.

Research Question

1. How can technological innovations be optimised for bushfire detection and control?

Carry out a research on WHY CONSUMERS CHOOSE ORGANIC WINE: THE PERCEPTION OF PRODUCERS AND RETAILERS

           WHY CONSUMERS CHOOSE ORGANIC WINE: THE PERCEPTION OF PRODUCERS AND RETAILERS

Abstract

Purpose The literature is not clear on why consumers choose to buy organic wine. Most studies focus on consumers’ values and beliefs, based on greater environmental awareness and health concerns. In contrast, this study will examine the importance of organic wine’s intrinsic and extrinsic qualities to consumers.

Design/mythology/approach – The study uses a qualitative method that was undertaken to elicit the opinion of producers and retailers about the motivation of organic wine consumers. The information was obtained via semi-structured interviews and analysed by using thematic coding.

Findings – There are not a large number of organic wine buyers, and most of them also buy conventional wine, so that it can be argued that organic wine consumers are “floating” between organic and conventional wine. However, these consumers are environmentally aware, but choose between conventional and organic wine based upon their perception of the intrinsic and extrinsic qualities of the wine, mainly taste, price and quality. Sustainable qualities are “nice to have” but not paramount.

Research limitation/implications – All of the findings are based on interviews with producers and retailers. The results suggest that further research needs to be tested through a quantitative study administered to consumers.

Practical Limitations – Organic wine marketers should focus on the intrinsic and extrinsic qualities of the wine in marketing campaigns, and place less emphasis on the environmental and health aspects.

Originality/value – The results of this study are valuable because they deviate from the focus on the values and beliefs of organic wine consumers, and address the question of consumer perception of the value of organic wine as a consumption experience, based on the same factors as conventional wine.

Keywords – Organic wine, consumer behaviour, producers

Paper Type – Research Paper

Formulate differential diagnoses for patients using DSM-5-TR criteria 

Assignment: Family Assessment and Psychotherapeutic Approaches

I EXPECT YOU TO DO A GOOD JOB IN THIS ASSIGNMENT AS YOU HAVE DONE ALWAYS. PLEASE PAY ATTENTION AND CAPTUTER EVERY INSTRUCTION. THANKS

COURSE: NRNP 6645: Psychotherapy with Multiple Modalities

(Please Avoid plagiarism and do not use any work from Course Heroes Professors checks both for plagiarism and Course heroes and their likes please) Capture every numbered question on the rubrics maintaining subtitles pls Apa 7^th edition,

Note Support your rationale with a minimum of five academic resources You should be utilizing the primary and secondary literature.

Use 2 -3 articles from course resource and another 5 -8 academic resources from outside resource less than 5 yrs. Maintain title and subtitles according to the rubrics/instructions

When issues arise within a family unit, the family often presents with one member identified as the “problem.” However, you will frequently find that the issue is not necessarily the “problem client,” but rather dysfunctional family patterns and relationships. To better understand such patterns and relationships, and develop a family treatment plan, it is essential that the practitioner appropriately assess all family members. This requires you to have a strong foundation in family assessment and therapy.

This week, you practice assessing and diagnosing client families presenting for psychotherapy.

Learning Objectives

Students will:

• Apply concepts, theories, and principles related to patient interviewing, diagnostic reasoning, and recording patient information
• Formulate differential diagnoses for patients using DSM-5-TR criteria
• Formulate plans of care for patients that incorporate family psychotherapy interventions
• Develop psychotherapy genograms

To prepare:

• Review this week’s Learning Resources and reflect on the insights they provide on family assessment. Be sure to review the resource on psychotherapy genograms.
• Download the Comprehensive Psychiatric Evaluation Note Template and review the requirements of the documentation. There is also an exemplar provided with detailed guidance and examples.
• View the Mother and Daughter: A Cultural Tale video in the Learning Resources and consider how you might assess the family in the case study.

The Assignment

Document the following for the family in the video, using the Comprehensive Evaluation Note Template:

• Chief complaint
• History of present illness
• Past psychiatric history
• Substance use history
• Family psychiatric/substance use history
• Psychosocial history/Developmental history
• Medical history
• Review of systems (ROS)
• Physical assessment (if applicable)
• Mental status exam
• Differential diagnosis—Include a minimum of three differential diagnoses and include how you derived each diagnosis in accordance with DSM-5-TR diagnostic criteria
• Case formulation and treatment plan
• Include a psychotherapy genogram for the family

Note: For any item you are unable to address from the video, explain how you would gather this information and why it is important for diagnosis and treatment planning.

CASE STUDY

PLEASE COPY AND PASTE ANY OF THE BELOW LINK ON CHROME BROWSER TO ACCESS THE VIDEO

https://video-alexanderstreet-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/watch/mother-and-daughter-a-cultural-tale

https://video-alexanderstreet-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/p/nRO2BP00l

https://video-alexanderstreet-com.eu1.proxy.openathens.net/p/nRO2BP00l

Provide relevant background information about the food item and present some of the key social issues associated with that food item.

– Individual Report (20% of the final grade) Individually, each student will be responsible for writing a report about one food system issue related to their food item. Write a 1500-word report that outlines and analyzes one of the issues from your proposal. This is to be completed independently. Each paper topic should be unique. It is not sufficient to simply describe the stage of the food system or food chain. For example, it is not sufficient to simply describe how coffee is produced or processed. You will find that each stage of the food system/food supply chain will have any number of sub-issues. Think about the social implications of each topic. Think about: Who are the winners and losers during the production of the food item? Who holds the power in the processing of your item? What knowledges are considered most important and valuable during the promotion or marketing of your food item? As in the proposal, each group member is to select one stage of the food system/food supply chain, focus on a specific topic within that stage of the food system and write an analytical paper about it, on their own. Avoid overlap of topics between group members. Each group member should have a different topic. This way, each student can contribute new and unique knowledge to the group presentation. The goal is for each of you to contribute to an overall “big picture” of the food system for the food item you are researching. Content and style requirements: The writing of an assignment from a sociological perspective requires the primary use of scholarly sources, such as scholarly journals, or books. The report should be approximately 1,500 words (+/-) 50 words. The abstract is included in this word count. This word count does NOT include the title page or bibliography. Please use the format in the chart below to structure your paper. Use Times New Roman, 12-point font size, and double line spacing. You are required to include a full reference list of all materials used in the paper. • Sources of Evidence: At least four scholarly sources (peer-reviewed) journals, book chapters or books, plus the required textbook (Koc, Sumner, & Winson, 2021) are included (for a minimum of five references). There is a list of suitable sources in Chapter 1 of the text on page 13. The list on page 13 includes examples of suitable sources. These are examples of academic, peer reviewed scholarly sources. Feel free to use other scholarly and peer reviewed sources. You are not limited to that list. • Currency and quality: Sources are carefully selected, with attention to timeliness and relevance. • Application and Relevance: Research is appropriate and relevant for the assignment topic and sufficiently integrated into the analysis. • Non-scholarly Sources: In addition to scholarly sources, you may include other relevant sources from media or web sources to highlight current discourse on the topic. Analysis provides context for why these sources are relevant, and how they relate to the research presented. See note below. • Follow APA guidelines for citation format (APA 7th edition preferred) – see Ryerson University Library’s Citation Guide. In addition to sociological sources, you may require other data, such as government data from Statistics Canada, Health Canada, United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (UNFAO), the World Health Organization (WHO), or other reputable sources such as Food Secure Canada (FSC) to provide a rationale for your argument. If you are providing any context for your paper from news sources, please note that these are NOT scholarly sources and will NOT count towards your minimum required number of scholarly sources. For example: • Newspaper articles (Toronto Star, The National Post, Huffington Post, etc.) • Magazine articles (Macleans, Newsweek, The Economist) • Encyclopedia reference (including Wikipedia) • Dictionary references • Non-scholarly websites, blogs, etc. The content in the online modules is NOT to be used as a source of reference for your paper. Any issue raised in the module must refer to the original scholarly source(s) upon which it was based. Criteria Description Abstract The abstract provides a 150-word synopsis of your paper and has the following elements: • 1–2 sentences on the central issue and context • The abstract is on the main points of the analysis • 1–2 sentences on key conclusions Introduction The essay introduction provides brief context for your topic. It should include your thesis statement and an overview of the essay’s structure. Background In this section you can provide background information about your food item and your stage of the food system or supply chain. You can outline why this topic is important. You can also outline a few major debates that are currently taking place regarding your topic. This will help the reader situate your topic within a broader body of literature. You are welcome to incorporate relevant course content here as well. Analysis/Discussion In this section, please focus on providing evidence in support of your thesis statement or argument. Please ensure that your analysis incorporates scholarly sociological (and/or food studies) literature. Your writing should clearly incorporate several key themes or concepts from the course in a way that demonstrates a solid understanding. You will be required to think critically and assess how this content supports your thesis statement. • Use a critical approach. Critical analysis focuses on the source nature and consequences of power relationships. Critical sociologists who study food raise questions such as how differential access to land, resources, and healthy food affects human health and how the environment is affected. They also emphasize how social institutions and popular beliefs can resist or reinforce the existing distribution of power and of resources. • Both direct quotes and an author’s ideas must be referenced in your paper script using in-text citations (APA style). Do not use more than 10% of the word count as direct quotes. Conclusion Your conclusion should clearly link to the opening remarks from your introduction. It should provide a brief summary and highlight significant points from your analysis. It is not a section of the paper to introduce new evidence and analysis. Writing Style • Your paper is to be organized as outlined above and presented in a coherent style. • Your analysis is to be clearly written and free of grammatical and spelling mistakes. • Proper referencing style (APA) for citations is required. See Ryerson University Library’s Citation Guide for support on using APA. No hard copies or email submissions will be accepted. Note: You will not be required to share your paper with your group members, but you are encouraged to share your abstracts with your team as you prepare your final presentation. Part 3 – Group Presentation (20% of the final grade) As a group, students will develop a presentation that provides a critical analysis of the food system using what they have learned in their individual reports. As a group, you will develop a 5 – 10 minute presentation about your food item, highlighting key issues from your written report. Content: By this time, you have all researched and written individual reports about different stages of the supply chain/food system of a specific food item. In the group presentation you will put all that knowledge together and present a broader story about the food item. In the presentation: • Provide relevant background information about the food item and present some of the key social issues associated with that food item. • Work together to share and synthesize information to create a holistic and fluid presentation that is interesting and engaging. Avoid simply having each group member present their piece separately. Work on the presentation together as a group by sharing and exchanging information and helping each other develop a cohesive representation of the food item. Avoid reading from your paper, it will not make for an engaging presentation. Find connections or common themes between the different stages of the supply chain/food system and demonstrate the significance and implications of those connections. • The style and content of the presentation should be at a level that would be informative and engaging for your peers in the class. That is, your audience has a general familiarity with the issues, but your task is to provide a detailed and critical presentation of the issues that occur along the food chain for your food item.

explore and critically analyze issues in the food system using the lens of one food product.

Your Food System Project

This assignment will encourage students to explore and critically analyze issues in the food system using the lens of one food product. The assignment includes three stages that will require each student to work individually and with a group (up to 5 members). Part 1 – Group Proposal (10% of the final grade) As a group, students will explore a food item at various stages of the food supply chain or food system. Follow the steps below to sign up to a group. Selecting a food item and forming a group You are required to self-enroll in a group for two of the required assignments – the Group Proposal and the Group Presentation. Your instructor will create groups in D2L under the category titled ‘Food System Project’. • Selecting a food item: Each group is labeled with a different food item. Sign up to the item you wish to explore in more detail. This will be the food item that you will explore in more detail in the Group Proposal, Individual Paper, and the Group Presentation. If there is a food item you are interested in as a group, but it is not listed, please contact your instructor and propose the new food item. • Group enrolment: You will be required to self-enroll in a group on D2L. To enroll in a group, go to ‘Communication’ in the navigation bar and then ‘Groups’. When viewing the ‘Groups’ table, you will find a list of food items (each food item represents one group) and you will see how many members have already enrolled in each group. The group limit is 5 people. To select a group – click select and confirm your enrollment in the group. Once you enter a group, you will be able to view the related assignments and discussions associated with the group. You can use the group discussions to contact your group members. You can also email your group members using the email icon. When you email your group this way, the emails will remain anonymous and will not be displayed. You have to ask fellow group members to share their email. You can find more information about groups in D2L here: https://www.ryerson.ca/courses/students/tutorials/groups/ If you do not sign up by that time, you will automatically be placed in a group. However, you are encouraged to sign up to a group as soon as possible. This will ensure you have sufficient time to communicate with your group and submit a good quality proposal. By default, users cannot self-enroll in more than one group. If you want to change groups, you must leave a group first and then sign up to a new group. Leaving and changing groups is not permitted after the end of week 3. Completing the “Group Proposal” Review the document titled ‘Group Proposal Template’. You will find this document on D2L under ‘Assignments’. The document outlines specific instructions for the proposal and provides a template of what you are required to submit as the Group Proposal. The group proposal forms the basis of the next stages of the assignment – the individual paper and the group presentation. In completing the template, each student will focus on one stage of the food system for the food item, such as production, processing, or environmental, political, or cultural aspects of the food item. Please ensure each group member focuses on a different stage of the food system for the food item. Aim to minimize overlap between topics. There are many topics you can consider under each stage of the food system. Develop a focused topic. A more focused topic will allow you to explore an issue more rigorously and more thoroughly. To do this, narrow the scope of your topic. For example, pesticide use of coffee production, corporate concentration in the production of coffee, the environmental impacts of coffee pods or the impacts of fair trade on small coffee producers. These are all good examples of a focused topic. Criteria Description Required Elements All required components are completed Organization Presents relevant information in the table that relate to the stages of the food system and the thesis statements. Thesis statements Thesis statements are clear and concise. Each student in the group is to provide a thesis statement for their proposed topic. The topic is to relate to the food item and take a sociological perspective. References Includes a list of relevant, scholarly sources. A minimum of 5 sources in total at this stage (or the number of students in your group). Any additional nonscholarly sources used to research the proposal, such as web sources and news items are also to be listed. Although each group member is responsible for a different stage of the food system, you are welcome to share and use the same sources for your papers and identify themes that connect between your various topics. Ensure that the sources are relevant for your topic. Do not underestimate the significance of the proposal. Use the proposal to ensure your topic is well researched and that this is something you are interested in. The goal of the proposal is to illustrate to the instructor that you have begun researching your topic and that you have a good idea of what your individual paper will focus on. Developing a good group proposal will save you a lot of time in writing your paper and developing the group presentation. Coordination with your group for this work can be done in multiple ways. There are numerous social media platforms as well as D2L that will allow you to communicate with your group members online. As a group, you are responsible to communicate and collaborate with one another in a fair and just manner. Submission: The deadline to sign up to a group is by the end of week 3. Only one submission is required per group. Do NOT email your submissions. Emailed assignments will not be marked.

critically analyse the different prescribing decisions that could be made in the management of a specific condition.

Assignment

Guidance for the written assignment Level 6

In this assignment you must critically analyse the different prescribing decisions that could be made in the management of a specific condition. It is not a case study, but an opportunity to consider the effectiveness of the pharmacological treatment options for the management of a condition. You should consider the quality of the evidence supporting different treatment choices.

The pass mark for this assessment is 40%.

• The Module Learning Outcomes should be the focus for the assignment.
• Critically analyse and synthesise the evidence of the chosen topic in depth

Justify any proposed changes to practice in your area on the basis of the examination of the literature

• Word Limit 2000 words +10%

The assignment allows the student to analyse the different prescribing decisions that could be made in the treatment of a patient. It will allow the student the opportunity to critique the different options. The pass mark for this assessment is 40%.

1. Introduction to your assignment: Briefly explore the areas that you will discuss in this assignment 250 words – contraception for adolescents.

2. Introduction to the condition to be discussed: Briefly explore the condition to be discussed 250 words – contraception – Why is it important, why I chose it, I do see it regularly yes

3. Discuss the health advice that should be discussed: Critically explore the evidence on the effectiveness of any health advice 250 words – include health advice such as Contraceptive methods protect against pregnancy. If you use contraception correctly, you can have sex without worrying about getting pregnant or getting someone pregnant. Most methods of contraception won’t protect you against catching or passing on a sexually transmitted infection (STI).Condoms are the only method that can protect against both STIs and pregnancy. Protect your own and your partner’s health by using condoms as well as your chosen method of contraception.

4. Discuss the main pharmacological treatment options

• Critically explore the evidence on the effectiveness of the main pharmacological treatment options. –implant, coils
• Consider the quality of the evidence you present.
• Include relevant pharmacology – Pharmacology of hormonal contraception
• Consider in what circumstances the drugs discussed would be first line treatment options 1000 words

Conclusion

Brief summary of the key areas that have been discussed 250 words

In the case of this assignment I would like it to look at contraception for adolescents focusing on long term contraception narrow down to 2/3 options such as pills, coil, implants.

It has to critically analyse the different prescribing decisions, relating to current guidance such as NICE guidelines – What is the best guidance/contraception and why.

Include relevant pharmacology : How do they work, evidence/studies on how effective they are. End with 1^st line management will be ……… as per NICE guidelines

Remember it needs to be critically analysed all the way through, he said, she said but guidelines state this etc. etc.

Medline, Embase, Global Health, Popline, CINAHL Plus, and Cochrane Library

Increasing awareness and understanding of contraceptives among adolescents is the first step in preventing unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections (Fallon, 2009).

What Niche Does the Company Fill in The Marketplace?

Publicly traded Company

Description of the Company’s Operation

Alphabet company was created to reorganize several interests of Google Inc as a conglomerate. Alphabet’s establishment was prompted by a desire to become a conglomerate technology, thus making the core Google internet services more accountable (Lee, 2019). The company allows a greater autonomy to the team corporations which operate in businesses rather than services of the internet. Alphabet company is engaged in the business of operation and acquisition of different companies. It operates through other internet services segment and Google segment which include its main products of the internet such as Commerce, Maps, Search, Apps, Adds, You Tube Chrome, Android, Google Play, and hardware products such as Chromebook, Chromecast, and nexus. Other internet services segment includes businesses such as Google Fiber, Access or Nest, GV, Verily, Google capital, and other initiatives.

The Founders of the Alphabet Company

Alphabet is a company in the United States, and its headquarters is in Mountain View, California. The company was founded on October 2 the year 2015, by Sergey Brin and Lawrence E. Page (Lee, 2019). The founders are still in the company.

What Niche Does the Company Fill in The Marketplace?

The company is predominantly part of the online advertising industry, whereby its niche is the search engine industry (Wirtz, 2021). The major application of alphabet company is to provide web-based applications such as maps and e-mail, provide search capabilities, and online text or banner advertisements.

Management Style

Alphabet company uses the Laissez-faire management style to promote the workers’ creativity and innovation (Wirtz, 2021). The company recruits only class-A workers providing them with the freedom to exercise their creativity. On the other hand, the company saves some costs when class- B individuals are recruited, thus pushing the company into mediocrity in the long run.

Corporate Culture

Alphabet company has an organizational culture for innovation. In addition, it empathizes the significance of openness amongst the workers to promote an innovative mindset. The result of innovation applies to the approaches of Google in competing in several industries.

The Industry Where the Company Operates

Alphabet company is the largest information technology company in America. The company operates in the conglomerate industry.

The Most Significant(Strongest) Competitors and How the Company Is Positioned in The Industry

The strongest competitors of alphabet Inc company are Google, Lurkin, Meta, Apple, and Microsoft. On the fortune 500 largest corporations, alphabet company is ranked number five. The company became the fourth United States company to attain one trillion-dollar value in the market on January 16, 2020. The company entered the trillion-dollar corporations club for the first time (Dolata, 2017).

Strategy

The strategy of the alphabet company involves rapid growth via acquisitions. The company made 30 acquisitions and acquired 200 companies between 2015 and 2016 (Dolata, 2017).

Products/Services

The segments of the alphabet company include Google Cloud, Google services, and Other Bets. The Google services include Android, ads, hardware, chrome, Google Play, Search, Google Maps, and YouTube.

Innovation

Alphabet company was introduced to create a more stable management structure whereby the CEOs are appointed for every separate business to handle operations independently. This strategy allows the founders of the alphabet company to focus on maturing and generating new changing ventures and ideas globally.

Targeted Customers

Most of the users of Alphabet company are from the upper-middle-class income structure. Normally, the users are technologically competitive and highly educated. In addition, they are business-minded professionals.

Demand and Competitive advantages/Disadvantages

With $A2.092 trillion makes, the Alphabet company become the third- most valuable corporation in the market in the United States after Microsoft and Apple (Dolata, 2017). Alphabet company obtains new skills, potent technologies and advances its services and products by buying other companies, thus permitting the corporation to grow faster with less effort. The company can be highly dependent on ad revenues.

Resources, Capabilities, and Core Competencies That Benefit the Company

The company is well known for its effective search engine, and it has become a valuable resource for Google, thus driving advertisements that account for $37.9 billion in revenue. Also, Workers are valuable resources for Google (Bricka & Schroeder, 2022). The search engine Alphabet company shares the core competencies of Google, ranking a logarithm, data warehouse, and computing.

The Areas in Which the Company Is Weak or Require Managerial Attention

The company has been struggling with external and internal criticism over the past years on various issues. For instance, some customers say that the services provided are biased based on ethnicity and the management need to address this matter to promote equity.

The Overall Conclusion Regarding the Company’s Current Operations

The core google business is made more accountable and cleaner by the alphabet company, thus permitting better autonomy to group the corporations that operate rather than internet services.

Financial Strength and Weakness

The domination of the search engine market share makes google a major site for retaining and attracting advertisers. The falling ad rates of the company may lower the advertising revenue.

Performance, Operating Margin, Leverage, ROE, Stock Price, Expected Growth in Revenues, and Net Profit

The operating margin of alphabet company was 19% as of the end of March 31, 2020. The company’s leverage ratio was 1.43 for the quarter as of December 31, 2021. The return on equity of the alphabet company was 30.18% compared to the -0.05% return on equity of the internet services industry. The stock of the alphabet company has received a consensus buy rate. The average rating score is 92 buy ratings, 0 sell ratings, and four hold ratings. The company’s revenue amounts to $68 billion and above. Alphabet company continues to make a profit. Currently, the company’s profit has increased by 36% (Chalkidis, 2019).

Acquisitions/Mergers, Alliances with Other Companies

The merging and acquisitions of companies include Motorola mobility, DoubleClick looker, and Nest.

Economic Issues, Oil Prices, Trade, Inflation, Interest Rates, and Tensions Among Countries

External economic factors influence alphabet company. The economic stability of labor markets and the rapid growth of developing countries decrease the cost of renewable energy. The company’s current price of over 2 000dollars is still an appreciation of 10.91% over the past year, while the inflation has doubled to 8.5%. The interest rate has been 1.3% over the last twelve months. The average interest rate from December 2017 to 2021 was 1.7%. The company operated on a median effective interest rate of 1.2% from 2017 to 2021 (Finbox, 2022).

References

Bricka, T. M., & Schroeder, A. N. (2022). Having a platform to stand on: examining modern challenges faced by workers in platform-facilitated multi-sided markets. In Handbook on Digital Business Ecosystems. Edward Elgar Publishing.

Chalkidis, G. (2019). Alphabet inc-internet/advertising (Doctoral dissertation).

Dolata, U. (2017). Apple, Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft: Market concentration-competition-innovation strategies (No. 2017-01). SOI Discussion Paper.

Finbox. (2022). Effective Interest Rate for Alphabet Inc. https://finbox.com/NASDAQGS:GOOG.L/explorer/interest_rate_effective#:~:text=Alphabet’s%20latest%20twelve%20months%20effective,ending%20December%202017%20to%202021.

Lee, M. (2019). Alphabet: The Becoming of Google. Routledge.

Wirtz, B. W. (2021). Google/Alphabet Case Study. In Digital Business and Electronic Commerce (pp. 649-680). Springer, Cham.

Explore the topic and gather the information needed to teach your fellow learners

This week, you will have the opportunity to unleash your creativity in order to help you and your classmates study.

For this assignment you will be able to create an infographic or video presentation and upload it here for grading.

Assignment Instructions:

1. Select one of the topics below.

Alterations in Cognitive Systems, (Chapter 16, p. 351)

Alterations in Cerebral Hemodynamics, (Chapter 16, p. 367)

Alterations in Neuromotor Function (Chapter 16, p. 370)

Central Nervous System Disorders (Chapter 17, p. 384)

Peripheral Nervous System Disorders (Chapter 17, p. 405)

Tumors of the Central Nervous System (Chapter 17, p. 406)

Alterations of Neurologic Function in Children (Chapter 18, p. 414)

2. Explore the topic and gather the information needed to teach your fellow learners.

3. Please create these items using infographics (Canva.com) or video (Powtoon.com). If you would like to use a different media source, please email your Instructor first for permission.

When, if ever, does it become morally wrong for social media platforms to post factually incorrect facts and stories?

Topic: When, if ever, does it become morally wrong for social media platforms to post factually incorrect facts and stories?

Description

Application of one ethical theory (virtue ethics, deontology, utilitarianism, care ethics) to the topic analyzing and explaining the ethics of the issue using at least three key components of that theory.