Select an organization and conduct an in-depth managerial analysis of a selected organization,

Select an organization and conduct an in-depth managerial analysis of a selected organization, e.g., a corporation, company, firm or association (ideally, an organization which you have some interest in joining as an employee or associate). In your analysis you should address the following elements:

1. What is the mission of the organization?
2. What planning methodologies are utilized?
3. Define and assess the organization’s strategy.
4. Identify its customers and/or constituents; and its competitors. 

1. Describe how the firm is organized.
2. Note the formal structure (organizational charts); also what informal entities exist?
3. Describe the decision-making process.
4. How does the organization manage change?

1. What is the leadership style?
2. Who are the organization’s heroes?
3. Describe the motivational environment.
4. Assess the effectiveness of the organizational communications.

1. Comment on the processes for control.
2. Note the type of controls.
3. Describe the financial controls.
4. Describe the operational controls.
5. What role(s) do information systems play?

1. Evaluate any innovative managerial practices.
2. How is entrepreneurship encouraged?
3. What ethical dilemmas are faced?
4. What sources of “employee empowerment” are utilized?
5. Role(s) of technology

1. Assess your interest in joining the organization.
2. Why or Why Not?
3. How?

What is the filibuster, how is it used today, what changes could be made to it, and should we make them?

1.  Perhaps the most fundamental role of Congress as an institution is legislating, but passing legislation in a highly polarized environment is very difficult.  The filibuster is one of the primary obstacles in the legislative process.  What is the filibuster, how is it used today, what changes could be made to it, and should we make them?  Also, in the lecture, I note that Congress is widely disliked — so then why do its members almost always get re-elected? 

2.  The Founders gave limited powers to the presidency — and yet the office is today the most powerful in American government, by far. What are the expressed, delegated, and inherent powers of the presidency? What additional tools and resources do modern presidents use today? As presidents rely more on the unilateral actions inherent in many of those tools, does that pose a threat to the Founders’ ideal of checks and balances? Why or why not?

3.  What is “bureaucracy,” and why do we have it?  How is the U.S. executive bureaucracy organized?  How do Congress, the President, and the Courts control bureaucracy — and how effectively?  How might the executive bureaucracy be reformed?

4. What is judicial review, and how did the courts originally acquire that power? The competing philosophies regarding the exercise of judicial review — judicial restraint versus judicial activism: what are they, and how do they differ? The text’s authors note that, “…the philosophy of activism versus restraint is, in part, a smoke screen for political ideology” — what do they mean by that?

Hadley cells & coriolis effect assignment

1) If you begin a flight in Bogotá Colombia destined for Los Angeles, how will the flight path potentially be altered by the Coriolis effect? Explain the essential mechanism of the Coriolis effect in your answer.

2) Describe how both the Sahara desert at (30 degrees north latitude) and the Amazon rain forest (along the equator) are both products of the same process driven by Hadley cells. (three or four sentences minimum) 

3) Explain how the CORIOLIS effect and HADLEY CELLS combine to create the Easterly (flowing from east to west) TRADE WINDS in the tropics.  (three sentences minimum)

Length: This should be three paragraphs

You are not allowed to yell “fire!” in a movie theater

You are not allowed to yell “Fire!” in a movie theater—it is not protected speech—and yet people can hurl insults at you with almost no fear of prosecution. They are stating their opinion, protected by the First Amendment and free speech. This dilemma raises the critical question: Where do we draw the line?

In this Discussion, you will consider how “free” speech is today, how social media has played a role, and what we should be doing to promote, or protect, our speech.

To prepare for this Discussion:

• Read the Communication Program Discussion Guidelines.
• Watch Freedom of Speech: Crash Course Government and Politics #25.
• Watch Freedom of Speech.
• Read “6 Surprising Exceptions to Freedom of Speech.”  

By Day 4

Post a response that addresses the following questions:

• How “free” do you believe your speech is today? 
• How has social media changed the conversation surrounding free speech? What problems does this bring? 
• Should we be doing more, less or the same to regulate speech? Why?

Imagine that you have been asked to deliver a presentation about the evolution of leadership to a high school management class.

Imagine that you have been asked to deliver a presentation about the evolution of leadership to a high school management class. Create a eight to ten slide PowerPoint presentation (excluding the title and references slides) that highlights three key ways in which leadership and management theory has evolved from the industrial age to the present. Use four outside sources in addition to the required readings to support the statements made within your presentation. Also, within the PowerPoint presentation, incorporate at least 100 words of speaker notes for each content slide. 

How did this experience (using this medium) differ from watching a feature film in a movie theater?

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This week, watch at least a half hour of a movie on a laptop  on a portable media device (such as a smartphone, iPad, Kindle Fire, or other mobile device). What movie did you watch? 

How did this experience (using this medium) differ from watching a feature film in a movie theater? If possible, watch a movie that you saw at the theater for a better comparison. 

Describe your experience in detail.(250 minimum word count)place your word count in parenthesis at the end of your response

Develop an email to the CEO of CommonGood Health Care asking for the funding you desire for your department/facility.

Healthcare Administration

In this scenario, everyone in class works for CommonGood Health Care, a community-based health care campus comprised of a health care clinic, hospital, skilled nursing facility, assisted living facility, Alzheimer’s House, and an inpatient chemical dependency facility.

As you can imagine, the CEO receives numerous requests, oftentimes financial, from facility directors and department managers. Some of the most common requests include:

• The nursing department always wants the latest and greatest equipment
• The dietary department keeps asking money for new utensils
• The maintenance department is always running out of tools
• The business office wants money to update the billing system
• The chemical dependency facility wants its own exercise facility
• The quality assurance department keeps asking money for training
• The Alzheimer’s House keeps requesting money for games and activities

In this scenario, you are a facility director (Clinic Director, Hospital Administrator, Nursing Home Administrator, Assisted Living Executive Director, Alzheimer’s House Manager, or Licensed Alcohol and Dependency Counselor) or a department manager (Maintenance Director, Social Service Director, Activities Director, Nursing Director, etc.) asking for money from your CEO for a legitimate expense within your department.

You can either use one of the examples above or create one of your own. The request should be a legitimate expense for a proposed purchase or initiative that you believe will benefit the department and the organization.

In your initial reply, develop an email to the CEO of CommonGood Health Care asking for the funding you desire for your department/facility. Be sure to substantiate your expenses and the legitimate reasoning for the request. This is your opportunity to persuade your executive leader to support your initiative.

Create a 350- to 525-word, guide that explains the use of backward design in lesson planning.

One popular approach to lesson planning for all levels of education is backward design or the backward planning approach. The idea behind backward design/backward planning is that you teach and plan toward the end goal, or what you want the students to be able to know or do. This typically ensures that the content being taught stays focused and more organized, thus promoting better understanding for the students.

*If you are not familiar with the Backward Design or Backward Mapping, I encourage you to go to YouTube and look up videos on these concepts. 

reinforces the learning of backward design and provides an opportunity to develop a planning template for future use.

Part 1: Backward Design Guide

Create a 350- to 525-word, guide that explains the use of backward design in lesson planning.

Include the following in your guide:

• Explain backward design using these terms:
• Definition of the facets of understanding
• Explanation
• Interpretation
• Application
• Perspective
• Empathy
• Self-knowledge
• Describe the 3 stages of backward design:
• Desired results
• Assessment evidence
• Learning plan

Journalism help (one journal entry)

Journalism help (one journal entry)

When considering a story idea, ask yourself what sort of documents might exist, and where would you most likely find them?Your first source should be the person or organization that you plan to write about. You most likely can find them online. What sort of documents and information is provided on the website? Are there annual reports, news releases, studies and statistics?Are there professional watchdog groups or government agencies that might compile the sort of information that you need?Are there any religious organizations or charities that keep records that might lend some insight into your topic?Have other media done stories that might help you with your own research?Do local public libraries or academic libraries have special collections or databases that you can access?

Journal entries should include the following:

A one-sentence description of your story idea and a short paragraph describing the sorts of places you looked for appropriate nonhuman sources

A list of four possible nonhuman sources 

Links to where you found the possible nonhuman sources or a description of where you found them offline

How would you describe each of these passages and what are the key features?

Instructions

From pages 718-723 of your textbook, you will answer and reflect upon prompt one in the RESPOND box which asks you to look closely at five passages, each of which is from an opening of a published work. From there, you need to decide which ones provide examples of academic argument. In order to make this determination, you should answer the following questions: 

1. How would you describe each of these passages and what are the key features? 
2. Which is the most formal and academic? And Which is the least formal and/or academic? Please explain how you made this determination using what you have learned from Chapter 17. 

Guidelines

• Reflection must meet a minimum of 500 words in length 
• Original Title at the top of your reflection  “Walker WK1 Reflection” is not original. Try and think outside of the box and pull something unique and individual from our weekly assigned readings
• Assignment will be Assessed using Knowledge Check Rubric