What is a general/global primary outcome measure?

Background and Significance (3 pages Maximum) 1. Select a condition to treat 2. In one to two paragraphs with references, describe the significance of the condition by answering the following questions. a. What is the prevalence the condition? i. The definition of prevalence is the proportion of cases in the population at a given time, i.e. how widespread is the condition? b. From a biopsychosocial perspective, how does the condition i. increase pain, limit physical function and/or generate bothersome symptoms (bio), ii. alter mental behaviors (psycho- anxiety, depression, self-esteem, stress, etc.), and iii. negatively impact social interactions (hobbies, travel, enjoyment of work/ church/community/family events etc.)? c. What is the current approach to treating the condition with respect to effectiveness and side effects? d. What are the economic costs of treating this condition to include healthcare costs (direct) and societal costs (indirect)? e.g. workers’ compensation costs, lost days of work, disability costs, etc. 3. In three to five paragraphs with references, compare and contrast at least 5 Research Articles on the condition using the PICOS framework. (Background Literature) a. P- Participants (Patients) b. I – Intervention c. C – Control / Comparison d. O – Outcome Measures e. S – Study Design 4. In one paragraph, provide a justification (rationale) based upon your summary of the five articles that explains your patient / participant selection, intervention, control, and outcome assessment. 5. State the purpose: The purpose of the study is to describe the effects of the intervention on subjects with the condition as compared to controls and indicated by changes in the outcome measure. Methodology – (10 pages maximum) 1. Participants a. Describe the Sociodemographic Characteristics of the Participants b. Participants: number receiving the treatment and number of controls c. Describe the Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria i. i.e. Describe the presentation of the Diagnostic Criteria that qualifies the patient/participant to be treated with chiropractic treatment intervention to be described d. Describe the Screening Procedures associated with the Inclusion and Exclusion Criteria, i. I.e. What screening procedures were performed to include and exclude the patient from the AOM treatment intervention? 2. Treatment Interventions a. Describe the intervention i. Duration and Frequency of treatments ii. Chiropractic modalities iii. Self-Care Advice iv. Exercise 3. Control Condition a. Describe the control / comparison condition(s). 4. Outcome Assessment a. What is the primary condition-specific outcome measure? i. Describe the primary condition-specific outcome measure. b. What is a general/global primary outcome measure? i. Describe a visual analog scale, numeric rating scale or global rating of change (symptom) scale to assess improvement. c. Include when the outcomes are assessed? i. Describe the expected improvement in percentages at each assessment time point for each primary outcome measure. d. Include Meaningful Clinically Important Differences for the condition-specific and general/global outcome measures. 5. Include a Study Flow Chart References

discuss what other theory or combination of theories may better account for those particular aspects of the crime

Description The course materials present a number of criminological, sociological, and developmental theories that endeavor to explain delinquent behavior among juveniles. In this assignment, you will select a real-life, notorious crime committed by a juvenile. This may be a crime perpetrated by a juvenile many years ago, or a case that is still active and in current events. You will argue for one of the particular delinquency theories as the most appropriate explanation for the perpetrator’s actions. Examples could include: Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold, the shooters in the 1999 Columbine High School massacre Lee Boyd Malvo, the juvenile half of the infamous Washington, D.C., snipers in 2002 Erik Menendez, age 17, murderer of his parents, assisted by his adult brother, Joseph Menendez, in 1989 the juvenile perpetrators (Eric Rivera, Jr., age 17; and Timothy Brown, age 16) involved in the home invasion and murder of Washington Redskins star player Sean Taylor in 2007 4/7/2022 Writers Hub – Freelance Writing https://www.writershub.org/writer/orders/853019#instructions 2/2 other juvenile offenders well-known at either the national or local level may be used with the prior approval of the instructor The paper should include the following sections: an introduction presenting an overview of the crime, including BRIEFLY the basic facts of what happened an analysis in which you present how one particular criminological, sociological, or developmental theory best explains the perpetrator’s actions, and why a discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of that particular theory—how it is that the theory may fall short in explaining certain aspects of the crime. In light of this, discuss what other theory or combination of theories may better account for those particular aspects of the crime concluding thoughts summarizing your research and analysis Format Requirements Paper must be double spaced, 11 or 12 pt font and 1” margins all around. All APA 7th edition format requirements must be followed (cover page, in text citations, reference page). Refer to APA/UMGC – learning resources found in the content page of this course. You must have resources to support your thoughts/opinions/information. These must be cited both in text as well as at the end of the document. Your paper should not contain direct quotes, sourced material must be paraphrased.

Discuss any other factors (including substitutes, complementary goods or other factors affecting demand and supply) that have impacted the TOBACCO price.

The presentation has to be How world commodity prices (for a chosen commodity – Tobacco)are changing and what, if any, the connection is with the change in world oil prices. Each slide should be accompanied by notes that explain what the slides show. The report should not exceed 2500 WORDS. We have to follow the data from the excel sheet – CMO- Historical Data Annual (you have already this file).

 

  1. Relevant data for the ten years – discuss how the price for this commodity has changed in the past ten years – from excel sheet CMO- Historical Data Annual (you already have this file). (one slide for the table/statistical representation and another drop for discussion note)

 

  1. The link between the commodity prices and oil prices – With statistical representation, discuss the changes in world oil prices for the past tenyears – (2010-2020) and how it relates to the commodity you have chosen. (one slide for the table/statistical representation and another drop for discussion note. Do same for all) from excel sheet CMO- Historical Data Annual (you have already this file).

 

  1. Any other factors that have impacted tobacco prices.  – Discuss if the changes in the price of the commodity chosen are related to changes in the price of oil, using a correlation or simple regression analysis to show the relationship between the price of the commodity and oil price.- EXCEL REGRESSION AN EXCEL CORRELATION ANALYSIS from excel sheet CMO- Historical Data Annual (you have already this file)(Discuss the statistical significance of the relationship).

 

4 . Demand and supply analysis – from excel sheet CMO- Historical Data Annual (you have already this file). –

Discuss any other factors (including substitutes, complementary goods or other factors affecting demand and supply) that have impacted the TOBACCO price. Using Diagram, show how substitutes and compliments commodities/products have affected the price of your chosen commodity.

  1. Elasticity of demand and supply –

Apply the concept of Demand and supply analysis to your discussion using diagrams. Apply the concept of Elasticity of demand and supply using a diagram. –  CMO- Historical Data Annu

  1. Substitutes and compliments

 

Identify 3 socio-cultural and 3 socio- economic factors from the analysis which impact on the choice of HRM interventions
Unit learning outcomes On completion of this unit you should be able to:

1        Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding

Analyse major theoretical perspectives of HRM evaluating how this shapes the perspective and the role of HR. [CIPD LOs 5BIC 1,2,3,4,5; 5MHR 1,2,3,4,5,6]

2        Demonstrate the following skills and abilities

Undertake analytical review of models, compare and contrast different perspectives [CIPD LOs

5BIC 1,2,3,4,5; 5MHR 1,2,3,4,5,6]
 

What am I required to do in this assignment?
Based on the case study provided you must analyse the internal and external contexts of the organisation and recommending solutions to a specific business issue using your knowledge and understanding of strategic HRM theories and practices.

 

1.     Analyse contemporary issues and key theories relating to HRM demonstrating awareness of the implications for practice.

2.     Assess strategic HRM approaches in practice within a given context.

 

3.     Analyse the internal and external context of an organisation using appropriate analytic tools demonstrating an awareness of the impact of various contextual factors on the development of the role of HR, HR strategies and practices.

 

4.     Propose solutions to a specified business problem. To complete these tasks, undertake the following:

•       Complete a STEEPLE analysis establishing key drivers for any organisational changes using information from case study to inform choices as to which are most appropriate to specific organisational and external conditions.

•       Identify 3 socio-cultural and 3 socio- economic factors from the analysis which impact on the choice of HRM interventions

•       Critically evaluate stakeholder interest and make recommendations about how HRM activities can help the organisation move forward without conflict, integrating information to inform choices as to which are most appropriate to specific individual, organisational and external conditions.

Justify your analysis and recommendations

Explain and critically discuss your detailed Personal Leadership Development Plan including your ideas for implementation and evaluation
Task details and instructions: You will be required to produce a 2500 Patchwork of your learning throughout the module, demonstrating the development of your leadership skills and knowledge necessary to work in Health & Social care contexts.

In order to complete this Patchwork assessment, you will need to:

·      explore your own engagement in peer and self-review processes (Learning Outcome 1 & 2).

·      demonstrate the identification and generation of appropriate evidence or patches in order to evidence your engagement with Leadership and Education in your professional / interprofessional environments. (Learning Outcome 2 and 3).

·      produce an individually justified Personal Leadership Plan (PLP) (Learning Outcome 4).

What is a Patchwork assessment?

This is where a variety of pieces of work, activities, reflections you engage with throughout the module (which individually are complete in themselves) are woven or stitched together into something new (a patchwork).

This end piece of work or patchwork is your critical commentary, where you pick pertinent or key patches to reflect upon, linking these life experiences to theory.

How do I develop the patches?

Throughout the module, and whilst working in your action learning sets, you will be set tasks, activities, and exercises to help you reflect on what you are learning in the module, how you are linking this to wider practice, what this means to you now and how this impacts on the development of your leadership knowledge and skills.

Key Principles of Patchwork assessment:

·      It is a bespoke and authentic piece of work where you chose the pivotal learning moments which are significant to you to create a “patch”.

·      It is a continuous process, you are developing skills of synthesising, scrutinising, making sense and reflecting on your learning as you go.

·      These learning moments are real world learning moments, either from personal experience, observing others, learning from other stories or encounters.

·      You receive continuous formative feedback in many styles, this could be from supporting your peers and working in your action learning sets, it could be from tutor discussions, it could be from practice mentors etc

The minimum pass mark for the module is 40%
Module

learning outcomes:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 On successful completion of this assessment, you will be able to:

Module Learning Outcomes

1.     Critically evaluate concepts of leadership and make judgements on approaches that solve organisation problems

2.     Critically reflect on your approaches to leadership and decision making in complex and unpredictable contexts, acknowledging uncertainly, ambiguity and the limits of knowledge

3.     Critically evaluate and reflect on your approach to education in your profession and in inter professional arenas

4.     Critically reflect on your emerging leadership approach and ongoing development needs
Guidance linked to grid ·      Subject Knowledge & Understanding. To complete this element successfully you need to:

·      Demonstrate a clear knowledge and understanding of leadership theories and skills required in order to develop effective leadership within the Health and Social Care context.

·      Provide an examination of your own approaches to leadership development, demonstrating your leadership journey throughout your 3rd year.

·      Demonstrate a clear understanding and appreciation of how complexity and/ or unpredictability impacts on decision making and leadership in the workplace

 

Intellectual Skills. To complete this element successfully you need to:

·      Critically evaluate and incorporate appropriate literature and evidence to support your patchwork discussion and the production of your Personal Leadership Plan

·      Make informed decisions and judgements about your own leadership behaviours

 

·      Subject Specific Skills. To complete this element successfully you need to:

·    Consider and critically evaluate potential leadership and /or education challenges and opportunities related to your future professional role.

·    Explain and critically discuss your detailed Personal Leadership Development Plan including your ideas for implementation and evaluation

·    Reflect on and critically discuss organisational culture and challenges which may impact on your future leadership role.

 

·      Transferrable Skills. To complete this element successfully you need to:

·

·      Present your work professionally, and ground your discussions in a wide range of contemporary literature.

·      Demonstrate critical thinking skills which convey your understanding of the leadership at individual and team level

·      Articulate a self-awareness of learning and development in terms of your own leadership journey
Create a 10-minute PowerPoint presentation and a short report on one global health problem in a country other than Australia.

Digital Presentation & written report

Task Rationale

Communicating global health challenges to a general audience is pivotal to developing awareness of often-complex global health issues. Therefore, for this assignment, you will:

Create a 10-minute PowerPoint presentation and a short report on one global health problem in a country other than Australia.

 

Instruction: The task is to create a digital presentation on one global health

problem in a country other than Australia. Explain the problem and then evaluate two factors that contributed to its development in the country. Please include a short report using the template attached.

 

Word limit: Presentation – 10 minutes (no word limit)

Report – 500 words. Headings and in-text citations are included in the word count; the reference page is not (a word count that is outside the ±10% range will lead to a reduction of 10% of the total mark available for the assessment)

Font (Written report):  Times New Roman 12

Line Spacing (Written report): 1.5 or double

Reference system: APA 7th (minimum 5 credible references no older than ten years old)

Why did the strong U.S. dollar during 2015 have a negative impact on Apple’s earnings?

When Apple reported its fourth quarter earnings in January 2016, they contained a nasty surprise. According to CEO Tim Cook, the strong U.S. dollar had cost Apple nearly $5 billion in revenue. If currency moves were excluded, Apple would have generated $80.8 billion in revenue in the quarter ending December 31, 2015. Instead, it reported $75.9 billion in revenue, knocking down what would have been an 8 percent increase to just 2 percent. Although the U.S. dollar has been trending higher against most currencies since 2012, the appreciation has accelerated since September 2014. For a company like Apple, which gets 66 percent of its revenues from outside of the United States, this can have a major impact. Since September 2014, according to Cook, the appreciation in the value of the dollar against most of the world’s currencies has meant that $100 of Apple’s revenues outside of the United States translated into just $85 by January 2016. With regard to specific currencies, between September 1, 2014, and March 21, 2016, the U.S. dollar appreciated by 17 percent against the euro, 15 percent against the British pound, 5 percent against the Chinese yuan, 21 percent against the Canadian dollar, 33 percent against the Mexican peso, 62 percent against the Brazilian real, and 82 percent against the Russian ruble. Cook referred to these moves, and others like them, as constituting “extreme conditions unlike anything we have seen before just about everywhere we look.” CLOSING CASE Apple’s Earnings Hit by Strong Dollar 310 Part 4 The Global Monetary System Apple has tried to protect the dollar value of its overseas sales by buying currency forward to hedge against future increases, but the appreciation of the dollar has been faster than forecasted, and Apple’s hedging activity has been insufficient to protect the value of its overseas earnings. To shore up its revenues and protect profit margins, in some markets the company has turned to price increases. But there is only so far that Apple can push this strategy before people stop buying its phones. Nor is Apple alone is feeling the pain from a sustained increase in the value of the dollar on foreign exchange markets. Numerous other major technology enterprises— including Microsoft, Google, IBM, and Oracle—have also reported lower revenues and earnings due to the translation effects of the strong dollar. Large technology companies are particularly hard hit by the appreciating dollar because they generate 59 percent of their revenue outside of the United States on average, compared to 48 percent for companies within the broader S&P 500 index. So why is the dollar so strong? There are several reasons. First, the U.S. economy has performed better than most since the great recession of 2008–2009, making it a more attractive destination for foreign capital. The U.S. economy, for example, has consistently outperformed the economies of all major European nations, Japan, Australia, and Canada. Foreigners have responded by investing more in the United States, and the inflow of capital has driven up the value of the dollar. Second, governments in Europe and Japan have responded to slow growth by lowering interest rates and expanding their domestic money supply. The purpose of such “quantitative easing” is to try to encourage consumption and investment. At the same time, interest rates in the United States have started to inch up as the economy continues to expand. Investors have responded by moving money to the United States to take advantage of favorable interest rate differentials. Third, several developing nations have seen their economies hammered by adverse developments, which has put downward pressure on their currencies. The rapid fall in the price of oil since mid-2015, for example, has hit major oil exporting nations such as Russia hard. In Brazil, a serious corruption scandal coupled with economic mismanagement has translated into a lack of consumer confidence, slow economic growth, and a weak currency. In China, a slowdown in the rate of economic growth from 10 percent per annum to around 6 percent per annum is exposing structural flaws in the economy, including excessive debt and too many poorly managed state-owned enterprises, resulting in an outflow of capital. The Chinese reportedly spent $500 billion trying to prop up the value of the yuan against the U.S. dollar in 2015 and another $500 billion in 2016. Despite this aggressive action, the yuan has depreciated against the dollar, although by less than most other major currencies. The conditions that have led to an increase in the value of the dollar are unlikely to change in the near future. For companies like Apple, this means that they must adopt strategies to hedge against further increases. At the same time, too much hedging can expose the company to significant financial risks if the dollar does not move in the predicted direction. It is crucial, therefore, for Apple to get its hedging strategy right. Sources: B. White, “Here Is Why the Dollar Is So Strong and What It Means for Investors,” Business Insider, January 30, 2015; D. Clark, “Strong Dollar Batters Earnings for U.S. Tech Firms,” The Wall Street Journal, January 31, 2016; Mark DeCambre, “Apple Chief Tim Cook: We’re Seeing Extreme Conditions Everywhere We Look,” Market Watch, January 27, 2016. Case Discussion Questions 1. Why did the strong U.S. dollar during 2015 have a negative impact on Apple’s earnings? 2. Why did Apple not fully hedge its foreign exchange exposure to avoid a hit on earnings? 3. Why was the U.S. dollar so strong during the 2014–2016 period? Was the strength in the dollar a rational response to economic fundamentals? 4. Under what conditions do you think the U.S. dollar might weaken against other major currencies (e.g., the euro, yen and yuan? 5. How would a fall in the value of the U.S. dollar against other major currencies impact Apple? 6. Some companies do not hedge their foreign exchange exposure? Do you think Apple is correct to hedge? Why?

What effect is the creation of a single market and a single currency within the EU likely to have on the competition within the EU? Why?

Homework Assignment 5 Task 1: Regional Economic Integration (Chapter 9) What effect is the creation of a single market and a single currency within the EU likely to have on the competition within the EU? Why? Write a 1-page paper to summarize your thoughts. Task 2: NAFTA, USMCA and the U.S. Textile Industry (Chapter 9) Prior to the signing of the NAFTA agreement, many concerns were raised regarding the potential for a significant loss of jobs in the American textile industry. Indeed, between 1994 and 2004, employment in the U.S. textile industry fell from about 858,000 to 296,000. However, at the same time, U.S. consumers have enjoyed lower clothing prices and U.S. fabric and yarn makers have seen a boost in their exports to Mexico. QUESTION 1: Who gained from the process of readjustment in the textile industry after NAFTA? Who lost? QUESTION 2: With hindsight, do you think it is better to protect vulnerable industries such as textiles, or let them adjust to the painful winds of change that follow entering into free trade agreements? What would the benefits of protection be? What would the costs be? QUESTION 3: On 1/16/2020, Senate passed USMCA, a revamped trade deal with Mexico and Canada to replace NAFTA. Who would be the winners and losers of USMCA? Write a 1-page paper to summarize your thoughts. Task 3: CLOSING CASE (Chapter 10): Apple’s Earnings Hit by Strong Dollar Summary The closing case explores the implications of changing currency values on the profits of computer giant, Apple. Apple reported a 2016 fourth quarter loss of $5 billion in revenue due to exchange rate changes. The impact on the company was significant, bringing its revenues from an 8 percent increase to just 2 percent. Apple engages in hedging to protect itself from foreign exchange fluctuations, but noted that the rise of the dollar came more quickly than had been forecasted leaving the company exposed. QUESTION 1: Why did the strong U.S. dollar during 2015 have a negative impact on Apple’s earnings? QUESTION 2: Why did Apple not fully hedge its foreign exchange exposure to avoid a hit on earnings? QUESTION 3: Why was the US dollar so strong during the 2014‒2016 period? Was the strength in the dollar a rational response to economic fundamentals? QUESTION 4: Under what conditions do you think the U.S. dollar might weaken against other major currencies (e.g. the euro, yen and yuan)? QUESTION 5: How would a fall in the value of the US dollar against other major currencies impact Apple? QUESTION 6: Some companies do not hedge their foreign exchange exposure. Do you think Apple is correct to hedge? Why?