Based on your initial assessment, describe the top five differentials you selected, and discuss which tests you ordered to either rule in or rule out those conditions.

Description 1. Describe the patient’s presentation and your initial assessment of the patient based on the history and physical you completed in i-Human. What are your top three concerns for this patient and why (based on objective and subjective data)? Patient is CHarlie Harris who presented with fevers in the last 3-weeks, progressive dyspnea at rest and on exertion, and a 5-pound unintentional weight loss. Physical exam revealed a fever of 101 F/38.3C, hypoxemia with a pulse ox of 82%, and cervical and axillary adenopathy. 2. Based on your initial assessment, describe the top five differentials you selected, and discuss which tests you ordered to either rule in or rule out those conditions. Address if the tests you ordered are both time/cost effective, or if a better approach could have been used. Asthma, COPD, HIV, lung neoplasm, bacterial pneumonia 3. Present the patient’s final diagnosis, and discuss the pathophysiology behind the condition.

HIV/AIDS with Pneumocystis jirovecci pneumonia

4. Describe how you plan to treat this patient based on current clinical guidelines. 5. Support your analysis with at least five reliable references from the text, clinical guidelines, and research. At least two of the five references must come from peer-reviewed research that is less than five years old.

research and identify the type of small industry-related business you’d like to start

Description VE Assignment #3: Business Ideas Assignment:

To research and identify the type of small industry-related business you’d like to start Background: A new venture begins with an inspiration, a passion, an idea. Step One: Decide if you will work individually or in a team of two for this semester-long project. Step Two: Through research and self-reflection decide on two different business that you would like to start if given the opportunity. These businesses should relate to the Tourism & Hospitality Industries. These should be small businesses, not large endeavors like a hotel or chain restaurant. You may want to focus your research on businesses that can succeed in an online and/or technology-based environment. Step Three: Open a Word Document and provide the answers to the following questions. Make sure to use full sentences, not fragments or one-word answers. 1. Identify the two types of businesses you’d like to start 2. To what sector(s) of the TAH industry do these businesses belong? 3. For each business, explain, in detail, why you’d like to start this type of business 4. Discuss how you would make your businesses different from those that already exist 5. Identify which business is your preferred business 6. Explain why.

How does automatization of warehouses give the business a competitive edge while saving on labour costs and expand the company.

Topic:

How does automatization of warehouses give the business a competitive edge while saving on labour costs and expand the company.

Task specific guidance:

 

10000 word Research Report

 

Your Research Project must contain the following sections/chapters:

  • The cover, displaying the module code, the course name, the student’s name, the supervisor’s name, the title of the project and the date of publication (i.e. April 2022)
  • The “Declaration of Original Authorship”
  • Acknowledgements
  • The Abstract
  • The Introduction, containing the Research Background and Rationale, the Aim and Objectives/Research Questions and the summary of the contents of the Research Project
  • The Literature Review containing a critical discussion and analysis of literature pertinent to the research topic
  • The Research Methodology including an Introduction, Methods and techniques, Methodological appropriateness, Sampling, Validity and Reliability, Analytical techniques, Pilot study and Research Ethics
  • Findings and Discussion
  • Conclusion and Recommendations
  • Reflection on Learning
  • The core knowledge requirements that must be demonstrated to obtain a pass in the module relate to the acquisition of knowledge and the application of theory, concepts and frameworks in order to solve a research problem or issue related to the Transport & Logistics/Travel & Tourism Industry
  • In undertaking a Research Project, you will be expected to use a suitable range of textbooks, journal articles, market data, earlier analytical work etc
  • The core intellectual / cognitive skills which are expected to master include critical analysis, argument, synthesis and reflection.
  • The writing style will need to be formal and academic. The structure is a project report with discreet chapters

 

 

 

 

 

 

This section is for information only.

 

The assessment task outlined above has been designed to address specific validated learning outcomes for this module. It is useful to keep in mind that these are the things you need to show in this piece of work.

 

On completion of this module, students will need to demonstrate:

 

Knowledge and Understanding Outcomes  

 

On completion of this module students will:

 

  1. Define a problem or issue to be investigated within the chosen subject area.
  2. Identify and appraise appropriate literature in relation to the research topic
  3. Demonstrate an appropriate understanding of research approaches

 

         Ability Outcomes

 

On completion of this module students will be able to:

 

  1. Produce a project development report to assess the feasibility of undertaking a research project
  2. Undertake research in an ethical and responsible manner
  3. Make appropriate use of relevant data to meet the research aim
  4. Communicate a written research project effectively

 

Please note these learning outcomes are not additional questions.

write a short briefing document to the Board of Directors of an organisation that works within the construction industry that is considering whether to adopt PRINCE2®.

Assignment – Details of Task

You are required to write a short briefing document to the Board of Directors of an organisation that works within the construction industry that is considering whether to adopt PRINCE2®.

In writing the briefing document you need to choose an organisation, real or imagined, and provide a short background section providing details about the organisation and what that of projects they specialise in. Your Background section needs to include the company size, employees, types of projects they specialise in. If you are using a real organisation you must state your source of information about the organisation in the Background section. The only criterion that you must adhere to in describing your organisation is that they currently do not have a formal project management method in place and need advice on the best way forward.

Your briefing document needs to include the pros and cons of adopting PRINCE2®, alternatives and your recommendations (you need to include at least 3 other alternatives). You must also include how PRINCE2 will look like from an operational basis for the company. Your briefing document must also contain references to the project management literature, with the emphasis being on peer-reviewed papers in academic journals.

You will also need to demonstrate skill in structuring your briefing document appropriately. As a minimum you will be expected to write a clear introduction and concluding section and in addition you will be expected to structure the rest of your briefing document in a coherent and logical fashion. Further, you will be expected to write in a style that is readable and presents your arguments in a clearly understandable fashion.

The maximum word count for your briefing document is 4,500 words, this excludes references and appendices. Appendices should be kept to a minimum and should not be used to place material that should be in the main body of the report.

How does Native American activism and environmentalism correlate to the “Land back” movement of today?

12 pages + well-structured + cited references

Description

Using primary and secondary historical sources, comprise an essay with an introduction, historiography of the topic, body paragraphs and conclusion addressing: Winona LaDuke’s influence in Native American environmentalism What has been Native American involvement in the post-1960s environmentalism movement? Are there greater civil rights for Native Americans granted by growing environmental concerns? “Ecological Indian” narratives?” Keystone pipeline and other Native American environmental activism that is correlated to Native American sovereignty How does Native American activism and environmentalism corrolate to the “Land back” movement of today? Is there a gendered element to Native American environmental activism? Is there a gendered element to environmentalism in the United States? What is the historiography surrounding environmentalism in the United States?

Using your Gap Analysis create a Risk Register in which you list 10 or more specific and separate risks.

Project #1: Cybersecurity Strategy & Plan of Action

Your Task:

You have been assigned to support the Padgett-Beale Merger & Acquisition (M&A) team working under the direct supervision of Padgett-Beale’s Chief Information Security Officer (CISO). The M&A team is in the planning stages for how it will integrate a new acquisition, Island Banking Services, into the company as its financial services arm (PBI-FS). Initially, PBI-FS will function as a wholly owned subsidiary which means that it must have its own separate cybersecurity program.

 

Your first major task (Project #1) will be to help develop a Cybersecurity Strategy & Plan of Action for PBI-FS. Island Banking Services never had a formal cybersecurity program so you’re starting from scratch. You will need to research best practices as well as relying heavily upon what you learned in your undergraduate studies in Cybersecurity Management and Policy. The CISO has provided detailed instructions for this task. (These appear after the Background section below.)

Background

After five years of operation, Island Banking Services — a non-U.S. firm — was forced into bankruptcy after criminal money laundering charges were filed against the company and its officers. Padgett-Beale, Inc. purchased the digital assets and records of this financial services firm from the bankruptcy courts. The purchased assets include licenses for office productivity software, financial transactions processing software, database software, and operating systems for workstations and servers. Additional assets included in the sale include the hardware, software, and licensing required to operate the company’s internal computer networks.

 

Figure 1. Island Banking Services IT Infrastructure Purchased by Padgett-Beale, Inc.

 

Padgett-Beale’s legal counsel successfully negotiated with the bankruptcy court and the criminal courts for the return of copies of the company’s records so that it could restart Island Banking Service’s operations. The courts agreed to do so after Padgett-Beale committed in writing to reopening the customer service call center (but not the branch offices) on the island. Reopening the call center will provide continued employment for 10 island residents including 2 call center supervisors. Padgett-Beale intends to relocate the call center to a company owned property approximately 10 miles away from the current location and adjacent to a newly opened Padgett-Beale resort.

 

Padgett-Beale’s Risk Manager has recommended that the Merger & Acquisition plan be amended such that Island Banking Services would be operated as a wholly owned subsidiary for a period of 5 years rather than being immediately and fully integrated as an operating element of Padgett-Beale. The company’s attorneys agreed that this would be the best approach given the potential for additional legal troubles related to the actions of the previous owners and employees. The Board of Directors has signed off on this amendment to the M&A plan and stipulated that the new subsidiary will be named PBI Financial Services (PBI-FS). The company officers and senior managers for PBI-FS will be named at a later date. For now, the leader of the M&A Team will serve as the Chief Operating Officer. Padgett-Beale’s Chief Information Security Officer will be loaned to PBI-FS while a search is conducted for a dedicated CISO for the subsidiary.

CISO’s Detailed Instructions to You

The CISO has given you and your team mates a set of instructions (below) which you should follow as you complete this task.

Task #1: Read and Analyze the Background Materials

If you have not already done so, read the Background information in this file. Next, review the Padgett-Beale M&A Profile 2020 which was posted to the LEO classroom. You should also review all materials from the classroom for Weeks 1 – 4 as these provide needed information about the Financial Services industry and the legal and regulatory requirements which apply to this industry.

Task #2: Perform a Gap Analysis & Construct a Risk Register

Using the information available to you, determine the most likely information technology/security gaps which existed at Island Banking Services prior to its being acquired by PBI. Next, determine which of these, if not addressed, will likely exist in the newly formed subsidiary PBI-FS. Document your analysis and evaluation in a Gap Analysis.

 

Your Gap Analysis should address operating issues relating to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (CIA) of information, information systems, and information infrastructures owned or used by PBI-FS. Your analysis should also consider and use the People, Process, and Technology framework.

 

Step 1: Identify 10 or more significant cybersecurity issues/challenges/risks which the background information and M&A profile indicate currently exist at PBI-FS / Island Banking Services. You are allowed to “read between the lines” but must be able to map your analysis and findings to specific statements from these documents. These items will become your “Gaps” for the Gap Analysis. Use one or more cybersecurity frameworks or standards (e.g. NIST CSF; People, Processes, and Technologies; Confidentiality, integrity, availability) to organize your analysis.

 

Note: there was significant criminal behavior found at Island Banking Services. Your analysis must address internal weaknesses which allowed this to occur without being discovered by the employees who were not involved in the crimes.

 

Step 2: Using your Gap Analysis (step 1) create a Risk Register (see Table 1 at the end of this file) in which you list 10 or more specific and separate risks. For each risk, assign a category (confidentiality, integrity, availability, people, process, technology) and a severity (impact level using a 1 – 5 scale with 5 being the highest potential impact).

 

Step 3: Review the laws and regulatory guidance which apply to the Financial Services industry and companies like Island Banking Services. For each entry in your risk register, identify and record the laws, regulations, or standards which provide guidance as to how the identified risks must be addressed or mitigated. Record this in your risk register.

 

Step 4: Review laws and regulations which apply to all companies, i.e. Sarbanes Oxley, IRS regulations for Business Records, SEC regulations and reporting requirements, etc. Review your Risk Register and either map these requirements to existing entries in your risk register or insert new entries for significant legal or regulatory requirements which you were not able to map to your previously identified risks. (Include risk related to non-compliance.)

 

Step 5: Review section 1.2 Risk Management and the Cybersecurity Framework in the NIST Cybersecurity Framework v1.1 (https://‌nvlpubs.nist.gov/‌nistpubs/‌CSWP/‌NIST. ‌CSWP. ‌04162018.pdf)

Using this information, determine the best strategy for addressing (“treating”) each of your identified risks. Remember the four types of risk mitigation strategies (accept, avoid, control, transfer).

 

Consider the business impact for each of your mitigation strategies (e.g. if you applied an “avoid” strategy across the board, the company would not be able to operate in the financial services industry because it would need to shut down all operations).

 

Record your risk mitigation strategy for each risk in your risk register. For each of your “control” entries, include the corresponding control category and subcategory (if applicable) from the NIST Cybersecurity Framework (see Tables 1 and 2 in version 1.1). Examples: ID.AM Asset Management or PR.AC Identity Management and Access Control. Remember to cite your sources.

 

Step 6: Develop a Cybersecurity Strategy that presents five or more specific actions (strategies) that the company should take to implement your recommended risk mitigations. Include information from your gap analysis, legal and regulatory analysis, risk analysis and proposed risk mitigations. Under each strategy include information about how the strategy will affect or leverage people, policies, processes, and technologies (hardware, software, infrastructure). Include examples and other pertinent information about Island Banking Services and Padgett-Beale. You should have at least one technology related strategy which includes an updated Network Diagram. This diagram must show the to-be state of the IT infrastructure including recommended mitigating or “control” technologies, e.g. intrusion detection, firewalls, DMZ’s, etc. (start with the diagram provided in this assignment file).

 

Note: Your strategy will be presented to the Board of Directors by the executive who is leading the Merger & Acquisition Team so make sure that you write in appropriate language and include sufficient detail to explain your recommended strategy.

 

Step 7: Develop and document a proposed plan of action and implementation timeline that addresses each element of the cybersecurity strategy that you identified previously (in step 6). Provide time, effort, and cost estimates for implementing your recommended actions (include appropriate explanations of your reasoning). Include the resources (people, money, etc.) necessary for completing each task in the timeline.

 

Step 8: Develop a set of 5 or more high-level summary of recommendations regarding the next steps to take in mitigating the risks that you identified in steps 1-7. These recommendations should logically flow from your analysis and be supported by your Cybersecurity Strategy and Plan of Action.

Are the social determinants of health effecting poor children’s oral health in London

12 pages + well-structured + cited references

Description

This is a 10,000 word dissertation which requires at least 100 references but more is welcome, the design method is a quantitative systematic review. My research question is “Are the social determinants of health effecting poor children’s oral health in London”. We are required to have 15 – 20 research papers, mine all need to please be UK based, quantitative and from within this decade

To what extent is LMX theory still relevant in contemporary organisations?

Assessment Brief

Assignment instructions –

You are required to write an essay on a specific leadership topic indicated below.

Background: Leader-member exchange (LMX) theory posits that in organisations, managers and leaders develop distinct relationships with their employees at the dyadic level. For example, with some subordinates, supervisors have so-called ‘high quality’ working relationships.

Essay Topic

In your essay, answer the following question: “To what extent is LMX theory still relevant in contemporary organisations?”

In writing your answer, you should be using academic references on the LMX theory and provide one or two practical examples from the real world. For instance, you can focus on identifying the ‘ingredients’ of ‘high quality’ relationships, the factors that contribute to forming and maintaining effective leader-follower working interactions, and on addressing the wider implications of the LMX theory for workplace outcomes and organisational performance.

Marking criteria used for Part B and their weighting

– Presentation: 10% of the mark for Part B is allocated to the presentation of the essay. The overall clarity, structure, writing fluency, and ‘neatness’ of the essay (cover page, table of contents, page numbers included, clearly marked headings and use of paragraphs). Please avoid typographical and spelling errors.

– Referencing: 10% of the mark for Part B is allocated to the appropriate referencing of content. You should be familiar with the APA referencing system (7th Edition, available on Moodle) and use it correctly by including references in the text. Use of a good range of academic resources (books, journal articles, publications by business practitioners, etc); the literature used should be consistent with the arguments being made. Avoid using websites as references. Use only credible, academic references.

– Critical analysis: 60% of the mark for Part B is allocated to the critical analysis presented and demonstrated in the essay. You must examine theoretical concepts and frameworks appropriately. You must demonstrate knowledge of the wider context and present an in-depth discussion of current issues related to the essay topic. Higher marks are awarded for the critical analysis skills demonstrated and for the development of sound, logical arguments communicated clearly and coherently.

– Conclusion: 20% of the mark for Part B is allocated to the quality of conclusions drawn. The conclusions should identify the main themes or issues addressed in the essay, be well presented, flow logically from the analysis, highlight insights, and formulate practical recommendations as appropriate.

 

Useful Guidance Notes

When writing your essay, you should refer to the relevant literature. Credible sources include textbooks, journal articles, or other relevant business publications.

The following databases may be particularly useful in finding relevant literature sources to help you develop your essay:
– ABI Inform Complete (ProQuest),
– Ingenta,
– Science Direct,
– Sage Online.

In particular, the following academic journals should be useful to you in relation to the assigned topic:
– Leadership Quarterly (Available on Science Direct),
– Leadership & Organization Development Journal (Available on ABI Inform),
– Team Performance Management (Available on ABI Inform),
– Journal of Management Development (Available on ABI Inform),
– Group & Organization Management (Available on Sage Online),
– Journal of Leadership Studies (Available on the e-library website, rubric “Finding Resources”),
– Journal of Managerial Psychology (Available on the e-library website, rubric “Finding Resources”), etc.

In your essay, start with an introduction section, where you explain the purpose of the essay, how it is structured and how you will proceed. In the body of the essay, refer to the relevant theory and cite relevant academic research to support your arguments. All the works cited must be referenced using the APA Referencing system.

Be sure to properly structure your essay and use appropriate headings: include an introduction, descriptive headings for each section, and conclusion/

recommendations for practice sections. Do not label the body of your essay as “main body”; instead, use descriptive headings which signpost the content of each section.

Do not use footnotes in your essay.

 

Please use British English spelling in your writing: avoid “z’s” such as “organization” and use the standard British English spelling of “organisation”, “behaviour”, “centre”, etc.

Bullet points and numbered lists should not be used in your essay; instead, write in full sentences and develop your arguments using evidence from the academic literature. Please use “justify” alignment and one-and-a-half (1.5) or double spacing. Do not use single spacing. Use only the Times New Roman or Arial fonts, size 12.

Although we do not specify a particular number of references/citations to be used, you should include in your essay a minimum of 15 different academic sources such as textbooks and/or journal articles. Do not use websites as references because websites will not count among the minimum 15 academic sources required

Please answer the question posed. Your essay should not be a summary of various leadership theories.

In your essay, you must specifically address the topic and question posed.

The combined word count set for Part B is 2,000 words. This does not include the cover page, table of contents and reference list. There is a ±10% allowance to the allocated word count.

The following is an indicative structure for your essay:

–        Table of Contents and table of figures where applicable – Does not count towards word count.

–    Introduction: 200 words
–        The content of the essay (the “body”) with descriptive headings for each section: 1,400 words
–        Conclusion/Recommendations for Practice: 400 words

Appendices should not be included in your submission, as this is an essay.

marking criteria:

– Presentation of the essay. Clear use of paragraphs and headings and the text is free from typographical and spelling errors. (10%)

– Referencing of content. Referencing throughout the essay with adequate citation support for arguments being made. (10%)

– Analysis. Comprehensive examination of appropriate theoretical models. Strong arguments presented with critical insights and good communication skills in evidence. (60%)

– Conclusions. Clear identification of key themes and issues. Synthesis of core arguments and formulation of insights and recommendations as appropriate. (20%)

 

Useful resources :

This section contains some useful current articles and a handbook that may serve as a starting point for your essay. You will need to read much more widely than this, but this is good place to start. Please be aware that some of the links below may only be accessible via the virtual desktop service. If you are experiencing difficulty accessing an article, please try to access the article through the library search.

  • Bauer & Erdogan (2015)
  • Walumbwa et al. (2011)
  • Fang et al. (2021)
  • Liu et al. (2021)
  • Tan et al. (2021)