Discuss challenges and opportunities for American investors posed by the cultural environment.

CULTURAL ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS – NEW ZEALAND 1. Describe the cultural environment of the country, using Hall’s framework and Trompenaars’ framework. 2. Discuss challenges and opportunities for American investors posed by the cultural environment. 3. Based on the challenges and opportunities you have identified through your research, formulate two recommendations, with your supporting arguments, to an American investor to successfully navigate the country’s cultural environment Grading criteria This is a written assignment worth 10 points. It needs to be 3 pages long, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12, 1.25 margins. The 10 points are distributed as follows: – 1.2 point for respecting technical specifications (writing in essay format rather than bullet points; meeting the requirement of 3 pages, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12, 1.25 margins; the length of 3 pages is a specific requirement – 2 points for describing the cultural environment of the country using Hall’s framework (out of which 1 point for correctly identifying if the country is high or low context; and 1 point for explaining which characteristics make the country high or low context) – 2.8 points for describing the cultural environment of the country using Trompenaars’ framework (out of which 0.2 points for correctly identifying the value* the country takes on for each one of the 7 dimensions; and 0.2 points for explaining the choice of value on each one of the 7 dimensions) – 1 point for identifying challenges for American investors posed by the cultural environment – 1 point for identifying opportunities for American investors posed by the cultural environment – 2 points for formulating 2 recommendations (1 point for each recommendation) to an American investor to successfully navigate the country’s cultural environment (the recommendations have to be actionable items and they must take into account identified differences between American culture and the culture of the country, using either Hall’s or Trompenaars’ framework for the comparison between the two cultures; to get the full points, each recommendation has to be supported with arguments). * value = is the country universalist or particularistic?/hkzis the country neutral or affective?/etc.

Explain how these standards and/or policies will guide your actions in addressing care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

Instructions:

Complete this assessment in two parts.

Part 1

Assess the effect of the patient YOU  defined in the previous assessment  (30 YR OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMAILE DEALING WITH DEPRESSION FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS) on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual. Plan to spend at least 2 practicum hours exploring these aspects of the problem with the patient, family, or group. Use the Practicum Focus Sheet: Assessment 2 [PDF] provided for this assessment to guide your work and interpersonal interactions.

Part 2 (MOST OF THIS PORTION CAN BE MADE UP /HYPOTHETICAL AND I’LL ADJUST THE WORDING AS NEEDED)

Report on your experiences with the patient, including how you presented your ideas about the health problem to the patient, family, or group.

Whom did you meet with? MET WITH THE 30 YEAR OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE DEALING WITH DEPRESSION

What did you learn from them?

Comment on the evidence-based practice (EBP) documents or websites you reviewed.

What did you learn from that review?

Share the process and experience of exploring the influence of leadership, collaboration, communication, change management, and policy on the problem.

What barriers, if any, did you encounter when presenting the problem to the patient?

Did the patient agree with you about the presence of the problem and its significance and relevance?

What leadership, communication, collaboration, or change management skills did you employ during your interactions to overcome these barriers or change the patient’s thinking about the problem (for example, creating a sense of urgency based on data or policy requirements)?

What changes, if any, did you make to your definition of the problem, based on your discussions?

What might you have done differently?

Requirements

The assessment requirements, outlined below, correspond to the scoring guide criteria, so be sure to address each main point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. In addition, note the additional requirements for document format and length and for supporting evidence.

Explain how the patient, family, or population problem impacts the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

Cite evidence that supports the stated impact.

Note whether the supporting evidence is consistent with what you see in your nursing practice.

Explain how state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies can affect the problem’s impact on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

Describe research that has tested the effectiveness of these standards and/or policies in addressing care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

Explain how these standards and/or policies will guide your actions in addressing care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

Describe the effects of local, state, and federal policies or legislation on your nursing scope of practice, within the context of care quality, patient safety, and cost to the system and individual.

Propose strategies to improve the quality of care, enhance patient safety, and reduce costs to the system and individual.

Discuss research on the effectiveness of these strategies in addressing care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

Identify relevant and available sources of benchmark data on care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

Use paraphrasing and summarization to represent ideas from external sources.

Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.

Format: Format your paper using APA style. Be sure to include: A title page and reference page.

Appropriate section headings.

Supporting evidence: Cite at least 5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than five years old. Provide in-text citations and references in APA format.

Competencies Measured

Competency 3: Transform processes to improve quality, enhance patient safety, and reduce the cost of care.

Explain how a patient, family, or population problem impacts the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

Propose strategies to improve the quality of care, enhance patient safety, and reduce costs to the system and individual and document the practicum hours spent with these individuals or group in the Core Elms Volunteer Experience Form.

Competency 5: Analyze the impact of health policy on quality and cost of care.

Explain how state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies can affect a patient, family, or population problem’s impact on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

Competency 8: Integrate professional standards and values into practice.

Use paraphrasing and summarization to represent ideas from external sources.

Explain to your students the difference in sentence structure between declarative sentences and questions.

Your test should be typed and turned in as a single pdf document in D2L’s mid-term folder.
PART 1 For each of the next 10 questions, identify the error (1/2 point), show how to fix the error (1/2
point), and thoroughly explain why it is an error in a way that is appropriate for an ELL (2 points).
NOTE: many exercises in the workbook give reasons like “don’t forget to use the ‘-s’ or “Do not use ‘am,’
‘is,’ or ‘are’ with the wrong subject.” These are neither appropriate nor sufficient answers for your
students or for this test. You need to be much more specific – not lengthy, just specific. One, two or
three sentences of explanation should be more than sufficient for each sentence.
Example: She are one of the good students. The error is “are.”
Correct : She is one of the good students.
Explanation: This is a subject verb agreement error. The correct form for the verb “to be” in
the present tense for a subject that is “he, “she” or “it” (the 3
rd person singular)
is the form “is.”
Each of the following ten sentence has an error. Correct the sentences without changing the basic,
intended meaning of the sentence.
1. Will he goes to the lake with us on Saturday?
2. The dogs are my favorite kind of pet.
3. How long the storm lasted?
4. Byron is seeing Diane for three months now.
5. Brian wrote so good on the test that he doesn’t have to take the next writing class.
6. Writing about dinosaurs is a best idea so far.
7. The team we played against was not having a chance to beat us.
8. I watching television when the power went out.
9. Bill’s dad took Bill and I to the basketball game.
10. Our class will meet in April twenty-third for the final exam.
PART 2 In the following sentences identify the subjects (Sub), the simple predicates (V – verb only), the
direct objects (DO), indirect objects (IO), subject complements (SC), and object complements (OC). Then
identify whether the verb is intransitive, monotransitive, intensive/linking, ditransitive, complex
transitive or auxiliary. (1/2 point for each element correctly identified.)
1. Nancy Pelosi just appointed Donald Trump “Dictator for Life.”
2. The baby slept soundly through the night.
3. Bob gave Doug a swift kick in the pants.
4. Bubba shot the jukebox last night.
5. Sarah looks ravishing.
PART 3 Answer the following completely.
6. Explain to your students the difference between negating a sentence where the verb “to be” is
used and a sentence where any other verb is used. Your explanation should be valid for both
simple past and simple present tenses. (2 points)
7. Explain to your students the difference in sentence structure between declarative sentences and
questions. What are the simple rule(s) for making the transformation from a declarative
sentence to a question? Your explanation should be valid for both “to be” and non-“to be”
verbs. (2.5 points)
8. You are sitting in an ESL classroom as an observer, and, during the course of the lesson, the
teacher says “When we talk about the future, we always use “will” and the present tense of the
verb.” You know that this statement is incorrect and a gross oversimplification of English
grammar. Write a letter to the teacher (500 – 700 words) in which you point out the teacher’s
errors and give explanations of all the other ways (at least 4 ways other than “will”) that we talk
about the future. Be specific as you explain the various usages (meanings) of the other ways we
talk about the future, and give at least one clear example of each. Also include explanations of
any other errors and give good, clear examples for every point you bring up here as well. (5
point

Describe and explain the differences between value-based and standards-based instruction in social studies education.

Assignment Content Teaching social studies can be controversial because it includes topics such as politics, religion, values, civics and citizenship, and personal perspectives. Considering how you would address these topics is an important part of your preparation to become a teacher. Research articles addressing potential controversies that can arise when teaching social studies in a secondary setting. Choose two articles to review and share: one covering civics and citizenship and one covering another potentially controversial social studies topic. Wikipedia should not be used as a source since it is not considered reliable nor scholarly. Write a 800+word paper in which you do the following: Summarize the articles. Describe and explain the differences between value-based and standards-based instruction in social studies education. Connect state standards to the topics chosen. Explain how you would address issues that arise during controversial topics in the classroom. Justify the teaching of these controversial topics. Include a Concept Map that demonstrates the similarities and differences between value-based and standards-based instruction. This should be embedded in your paper, not a separate document. You can choose the format – most choose a Venn Diagram or T-chart. Include APA-formatted in-text citations and a reference page. Submit your paphkzer in APA 7 format.

Calculate your water footprint using the water footprint calculator

Paper details:

Calculate your water footprint using the water footprint calculator: https://www.waterfootprint.org/en/resources/interactive-tools/personal- water-footprint-calculator/ • In the “Select a Country” drop down menu, select your country, and complete the short survey. • At the bottom of this results page, click on the “Extended Water Footprint calculator”. Complete this much more detailed survey. If you don’t know the answer to a question, estimate as best as you can. To the right are some conversions to help you. • Print screen/capture the results page from your extended calculator and attach to your assignment  Explore the National Water Footprints table posted on Quercus. Specifically, focus on the Total and per capita Water Footprint columns of different countries as compared to the global average.  Using information gathered from external research and coursework, present an analysis of not more than 1000 words on whether you think  a more equitable distribution of water resources is possible, and  what steps can be made to reduce water usage globally to achieve this goal. Your discussion should outline steps that need to be taken in three categories of water usage and which category you believe to be the most feasible for ensuring equitable water resource use: 1. Individual actions/ choices 2. Agricultural 3. Manufacturing and industry Your discussions should take a GLOBAL perspective. All ideas should be backed by external researhkzch and be as specific as possible.

Why do you think financial pros like Warren Buffett suggest that young people invest in index funds for a long period of time instead of investing in individual stocks?

For this week’s discussion, you will use an online interactive activity to investigate what stocks and industries make up the widely used S&P 500 market index fund. You will learn how to analyze the returns of the S&P 500 and gain an understanding of diversification and the value of investing in index funds (a type of mutual fund). First, go to the following link where you will see a visual representation of the S&P 500: FINVIZ S&P 500 Map (Links to an external site.) How to Read the Interactive Map: ● Each box represents one company in the S&P 500 ● The size of the box represents the size of the company (Size is defined by market capitalization) ● The letters represent the ticker symbols for the company (e.g., FB=Facebook, AAPL=Apple) ● The companies are grouped by industry (e.g., money center banks, beverages – soft drink) ● The color and percentages represent the change in the stock price (refer to the color key at the bottom right). ○ Green indicates that the stocks rose during that time period. The brighter the green, the better the percentage return for that time period. ○ Red indicates that the stocks declined during that time period. The brighter the red, the worse the percentage return for that time period. Then, use the information found in the interactive to respond to the following discussion questions in this forum: 1) Use your mouse to hover over the different boxes across the map. What are the first 3 things that stand out to you? 2) The companies in the S&P 500 are categorized by industry (e.g., Technology). What are the three largest industries included in the S&P 500? Now, in the drop-down menu at the far left, select “1 Year Performance”. The map will then show how the stock price of each individual company has performed over the past 12 months. 3) Overall, has the past year been a good one for investing in stocks? Use information from the map to support your answer. 4) What are three of the top performing stocks and their returns in the past year? What are three of the worst performing stocks and their returns in the past year? 5) Look at the color key below the map that shows the overall performance range. What is the range for 1 Year Performance? How does it compare to the 1 Day Performance range? 6) On this map, you see the returns of individual companies. How do you think someone would calculate the return of the entire S&P 500 index fund? 7) Even if some of the stocks have negative performances, can investing in the whole S&P 500 still provide a decent return? Why or why not? 8) Industry analysis: Go back to “1 Year Performance” and find the Communication Services industry → Internet Content and Information section underneath. (Tip: Bring your cursor over the different sections to view data.) a. Who are the leading companies in this industry (based on size)? b. Are all the companies in the industry about the same size? If not, how do they differ? c. How would you assess the competitive situation in the industry? d. Did all of the companies in this industry have a similar stock price performance over the past 12 months? What might explain the differences? e. True or False: The largest companies performed the best over the past 12 months. Give evidence to support your answer. 9) Why do you think financial pros like Warren Buffett suggest that young people invest in index funds for a long period of time instead of investing in individual stocks? 10) What major takeaway did you learn abohkzut the S&P 500 from completing this activity?

What are the strengths and weaknesses of the article?

This assignment will allow you to further explore programs that are the future of juvenile justice. To begin, access and read the following article from the Academic OneFile database in the CSU Online Library: Keena, L. (2015). Restorative justice and higher education: The interactive classroom. Corrections Today, 77(3), 54-59. After reading the article, submit an article review summarizing the article. Please include the following components in your article review: Provide a title page. Provide a short introduction of the article to include the main idea(s). Include the purpose of this article. Provide an evaluation of the article: Is the main idea important? Does this article relate to juvenile delinquency; why, or why not? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the article? Was it well written, organized, and easy to understand? Who is the intended audience? Is the article supported by evidence? Did the author forget anything? Your article review must be a minimhkzum of two pages. https://online.columbiasouthern.edu/webapps/portal/execute/tabs/tabAction?tab_tab_group_id=_24_1

Explain how the patient, family, or population problem impacts the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

In a 4-5 page written assessment, assess the effect of the patient, family, or population problem you’ve previously defined on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual. Plan to spend approximately 2 direct practicum hours exploring these aspects of the problem with the patient, family, or group you’ve chosen to work with and, if desired, consulting with subject matter and industry experts. (THE CHOSEN PATIENT FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT IS A 30 YEAR OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE PATIENT WHO HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED WITH DEPRESSION AT THE AGE OF 27. SHE CURRENTLY ATTENDS WEEKLY THERAPY SESSION AND IS CURRENTLY TAKING A DAILY PRESCIRBED MEDICATION CALLED PROZAC. THIS COMBINED TREATMENT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE FOR HER FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS.)

Preparation: In this assessment, you’ll assess the effect of the health problem you’ve defined on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

To prepare for the assessment:

Conduct research of the scholarly and professional literature to inform your assessment and meet scholarly expectations for supporting evidence.

Review the Practicum Focus Sheet: Assessment 2 [PDF], which provides guidance for conducting this portion of your practicum. (THIS WILL BE ADDED AS A PDF FILE UNDER THE MATERIALS SECTION)

Instructions:

Complete this assessment in two parts.

Part 1

Assess the effect of the patient YOU  defined in the previous assessment  (30 YR OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMAILE DEALING WITH DEPRESSION FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS) on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual. Plan to spend at least 2 practicum hours exploring these aspects of the problem with the patient, family, or group. Use the Practicum Focus Sheet: Assessment 2 [PDF] provided for this assessment to guide your work and interpersonal interactions.

Part 2 (MOST OF THIS PORTION CAN BE MADE UP /HYPOTHETICAL AND I’LL ADJUST THE WORDING AS NEEDED)

Report on your experiences with the patient, including how you presented your ideas about the health problem to the patient, family, or group.

Whom did you meet with? MET WITH THE 30 YEAR OLD AFRICAN AMERICAN FEMALE DEALING WITH DEPRESSION

What did you learn from them?

Comment on the evidence-based practice (EBP) documents or websites you reviewed.

What did you learn from that review?

Share the process and experience of exploring the influence of leadership, collaboration, communication, change management, and policy on the problem.

What barriers, if any, did you encounter when presenting the problem to the patient?

Did the patient agree with you about the presence of the problem and its significance and relevance?

What leadership, communication, collaboration, or change management skills did you employ during your interactions to overcome these barriers or change the patient’s thinking about the problem (for example, creating a sense of urgency based on data or policy requirements)?

What changes, if any, did you make to your definition of the problem, based on your discussions?

What might you have done differently?

Requirements

The assessment requirements, outlined below, correspond to the scoring guide criteria, so be sure to address each main point. Read the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed. In addition, note the additional requirements for document format and length and for supporting evidence.

Explain how the patient, family, or population problem impacts the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

Cite evidence that supports the stated impact.

Note whether the supporting evidence is consistent with what you see in your nursing practice.

Explain how state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies can affect the problem’s impact on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

Describe research that has tested the effectiveness of these standards and/or policies in addressing care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

Explain how these standards and/or policies will guide your actions in addressing care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

Describe the effects of local, state, and federal policies or legislation on your nursing scope of practice, within the context of care quality, patient safety, and cost to the system and individual.

Propose strategies to improve the quality of care, enhance patient safety, and reduce costs to the system and individual.

Discuss research on the effectiveness of these strategies in addressing care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

Identify relevant and available sources of benchmark data on care quality, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

Use paraphrasing and summarization to represent ideas from external sources.

Apply APA style and formatting to scholarly writing.

Format: Format your paper using APA style. Be sure to include: A title page and reference page.

Appropriate section headings.

Supporting evidence: Cite at least 5 sources of scholarly or professional evidence that support your central ideas. Resources should be no more than five years old. Provide in-text citations and references in APA format.

Competencies Measured

Competency 3: Transform processes to improve quality, enhance patient safety, and reduce the cost of care.

Explain how a patient, family, or population problem impacts the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

Propose strategies to improve the quality of care, enhance patient safety, and reduce costs to the system and individual and document the practicum hours spent with these individuals or group in the Core Elms Volunteer Experience Form.

Competency 5: Analyze the impact of health policy on quality and cost of care.

Explain how state board nursing practice standards and/or organizational or governmental policies can affect a patient, family, or population problem’s impact on the quality of care, patient safety, and costs to the system and individual.

Competency 8: Integrate professional standards and values into practice.

Use paraphrasing and summarization to represent ideas from external sources.

How would you update the solutions Frantz Fanon suggested in 1960 against colonialism, given what we all see happening in Ukraine today?

Why is the adoption of new technology necessarily an “amputation” of a previous sense, and what effect does the immune system produce in response?

Paper details:

Choose one of the following questions to answer. Link to the movie below. Additional notes attached https://ww5.0123movie.net/movie/videodrome-13959.html?play=1 1. Why is the adoption of new technology necessarily an “amputation” of a previous sense, and what effect does the immune system produce in response? 2. What does Max’s contact (the older woman) mean when she says Videodrome is different because it “has a philosophy?” 3. Explain the literal meaning of Videodrome (what is a “drome?”hkz), and why do its creators call it that?