Write a 7-10 page research paper on the topic of performance management and training for an organization of your choice.

Description Write a 7-10 page research paper on the topic of performance management and training for an organization of your choice. Research the topic of performance management and training for an organization of your choice. Performance management includes the supervision of employees and ongoing goal setting, training, and measurement to meet individual and organizational objectives. A minimum of five resources are required to support your work. Choose an organization to use for this assessment. It can be where you are currently employed or a company with which you are familiar. It must be an organization that is researchable, as you will need to gather and analyze information to complete the assessment. You may use the same organization for the other assessments in this course. If you choose the organization where you are currently employed, please keep in mind that the analyses you make must be based on facts that can be documented rather than your personal opinion as an employee. 4/5/2022 Writers Hub – Freelance Writing https://www.writershub.org/writer/orders/852537#instructions 2/2 Write a research paper based on your research into the performance management system, which includes training, of the chosen organization. In your paper: • Describe the performance management system currently in place. • Explain how the performance management system is explained and communicated to employees. • Analyze how the current performance management system is effective for the organization or why it needs to be changed. If the system needs to be changed, discuss how current trends of performance management could be incorporated into the current system. • Explain the differences between formal and informal performance feedback processes. • Analyze best practices to improve employee performance. • Analyze the importance of training to meet organizational needs and performance goals. o What should be considered in designing an effective training program? • Explain how training and performance management protect an organization from possible litigation. o What types of litigation might arise? Note: You must address all the required elements of this assessment. If details for any of the bulleted points are unavailable, research the topic and present recommendations you believe would be best for the organization, along with your supporting rationale. By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the course competencies through the following assessment scoring guide criteria: • Competency 1: Apply human resource strategies to business needs. o Explain how training and performance management protect an organization from possible litigation. o Analyze how the current performance management system is effective for the organization or why it needs to be changed. • Competency 2: Analyze core functions of human resource management. o Describe the performance management system currently in place and how the performance management system is explained and communicated to employees. o Explain the differences in formal and informal performance feedback processes. • Competency 3: Analyze the strategic value of human resource management within a competitive global business environment. o Analyze best practices to improve employee performance. o Analyze the importance of training to meet organizational needs and performance goals. • Competency 4: Communicate effectively in a scholarly and professional manner. o Apply APA formatting to in-text citations and references. o Convey purpose in an appropriate tone and style, incorporating supporting evidence and adhering to organizational, professional, and scholarly writing standards.

Find out how much power each state has in the US presidential elections according to the Shapley-Shubik power index.

Each final project will have the following:

• 12 point font, Times New Roman
• 1” margins top, bottom, left, right
• Cover page with title, my name, and student name
• 6 – 12 page typed, double spaced paper
• APA 7 formatted paper and reference page (at least 5 sources that are scientific based)
• 5 – 10-minute presentation for the class on the research
  • What did you do?
  • What did you find?
  • What did you learn?

You may choose from the following topics:

1. The Evolution of Cryptography through Number Theory
   1. Who was influential?
   2. What is used and why?
   3. When did cryptography start? Was number theory before, during, or after?
   4. Other questions to consider…..
2. Scheduling problems: Look for explicit scheduling examples in your life. Here are some ideas to consider.
   1. When organizing a conference or event, how do you schedule the talks according to participant and room restrictions?
   2. How are final exams, sports competitions, and community events scheduled at NCC? How do you make sure that all or participants must be able to attend their events or exams?
   3. How many teachers’ committees are there in your school and how are they formed? When are regular faculty meetings scheduled? How are classes assigned to you? How are classes scheduled?
   4. Use different techniques and levels of difficulty: weighted graphs, SDRs, matchings, chromatic polynomials.
3. Power in games : Look for any kind of real-life examples where some kind of vote takes place. Model and determine the power that each involved party has using the Shapley-Shubik power index. Here are some possibilities.
   1. Find out how much power each state has in the US presidential elections according to the Shapley-Shubik power index.
   2. Are there student elections at your school? Do you vote on certain school decisions? How much power do you have in an election where each department has one vote, but some departments are larger than others? What kind of majority is needed?
4. Pascal’s Triangle and Binomial Coefficients:
   1. Study Pascal’s triangle and look for any kind of patterns and binomial coefficient identities.
   2. Do the same for Pascal’s triangle mod n.
   3. What is Pascal’s tetrahedron? How can you use it in algebraic expansions, that is, is there something like the binomial theorem for Pascal’s tetrahedron?
5. Latin squares Study Latin squares and their relationship to Sudoku.
   1. How many Latin squares are there of a fixed size under certain given restrictions? Come up with easier but still interesting Sudoku variations.
6. Algebraic representations of graphs
   1. Study the adjacency matrix of a graph. How can you find the number of edges, the degrees, the number of triangles, etc., without drawing the graph? Just by using the entries of the matrix.
7. Number Theory
   1. Survey of arithmetic functions σ, τ, µ, ϕ and how to compute them. Combinatorial proofs
   2. Understand divisibility criteria. Develop divisibility criteria for “nontraditional” primes, like 7 or 13. Can you explain why these are not usually mentioned in the regular literature?
8. Other ideas?
   1. They must be approved by Dr. Counterman prior to starting. Be sure to get your idea to her by the first check in assignment of the project.

It may be argued that the principle of statutory interpretation diminishes the status of legislation as the primary source of law in the UK. Discuss.

It may be argued that the principle of statutory interpretation diminishes the status of legislation as the primary source of law in the UK. Discuss.

You are reminded to revisit the relevant material from the taught sessions on this topic and to fully utilise the sources on the Leganto online resource list. Please ensure that you are accessing credible literature to support your answer, including journal articles, text books, Parliamentary papers, Law Commission publications and case law (to name a few).

All content within your answer must be referenced in accordance with the Harvard referencing system.

Specific Guidance

You may wish to use the following questions as a guide to answering the above question:

What is statutory interpretation?

Why is it necessary?

Should the law-makers be clearer in expressing their intentions via statute?

Does statutory interpretation cause problems?

Are there any rules that underpin statutory interpretation?

Appraise the social construction of crime and the complexities of reintegrating criminals back into society.

Description 4000 words Q1. The media has contributed to Islamophobia. Describe how moral panics help us to understand this relationship. (2000 words) Q2. Crime prioritisation, investigation and punishment is driven by the elite, for the elite. Using theory, explore this comment and provide critical reflection. (2000 words) Should: 1.Demonstrate a critical attitude towards the conceptualisations of the terms criminality, deviancy and abnormality. 2. Appraise the social construction of crime and the complexities of reintegrating criminals back into society. 3. Compare alternative perspectives of crime and deviancy and cross-apply sociological theories to divergent cohorts and multiple case studies. 4. Employ evidence-based reasoning and explore the moral and ethical issues associated with a legal and social system established upon stereotypical and prejudiced discourses. 5. Communicate sociological ideas of abnormality and deviancy confidently in a variety of formats as appropriate to a specified audience. Maximum word count 4000 words.

Plato, Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius, and St. Augustine are all concerned, in one way or another, with the establishment of order. Based in your interpretation of at least two of the authors from the course, how should we develop political order?

Final Paper Prompts

Answer one of the following questions to the best of your ability. Follow all technical requirements carefully.

Technical Requirements:

Times New Roman Font

Double Spaced

1” Margins

Length: 8 or more pages , non-inclusive of citations

1. The majority of the authors in this course give some explanation of what it means to live a/the good life. Explain what it means to live a/the good life from the perspective of at least two of the authors and then give your perspective on the matter. In doing so, it may be helpful to you to consider it from both an individual, person perspective, and a group, political one.

2. Plato, Aristotle, Marcus Aurelius, and St. Augustine are all concerned, in one way or another, with the establishment of order. Based in your interpretation of at least two of the authors from the course, how should we develop political order? In developing your answer to that question, it might help you to consider the sorts of people that would be best suited to developing political order, the sorts of institutions they would build, and questions of who should rule.

3. Develop a research question of your own design, and send a brief, 200 word proposal.

Notes:
You must cite course materials no fewer than ten times. Feel free to cite other materials as well.
Use whatever citation method you prefer so long as you are consistent
I will be willing to look over one draft from each student if you email it to me until 48 hours before the deadline.

Describe the key Crime Prevention theories and explain how they might be applied in practice (using examples).

Prepare a 2000 word ‘Report’ answering ONE of the following questions;

N.B. – It is crucial to read and understand the guidance for students contained within this document including the assessment criteria upon which assessments are marked.

1. Describe the key Crime Prevention theories and explain how they might be applied in practice (using examples).

2. Critically Assess the application of Evidence Based Policing in a case study of your choice.

Further Information

• Outline the key theories of Crime Prevention.
• Ensure you expand your reading as widely as possible.
• Academically source your theories.
• Remember to use academic sources from a primary source.
• Use a case study whereby crime prevention has been effective and link this back to the theories contained within EBP

determine whether listening to music can have an effect on an individual’s emotions/well-being even when the music does not match the mood experienced by the participants

The purpose of this study is to [1] determine whether listening to music can have an effect on an individual’s emotions/well-being even when the music does not match the mood experienced by the participants, [2] to contribute to the existing evidence regarding the influence of music exposure on cognitive performance and determine whether using an emotional regulation strategy will enhance
the effects of the music compared to the previous experiment where no emotional regulation strategy was used.

The hypothesis is that there will be a significant difference in both mood and cognitive function between people exposed to mood-matching music and those subjected to mismatching music. Additionally, this is expected to be true for both positive and negative valence and there are expected to be more enhanced effects in this replication of the experiment due to the use of the emotional regulation strategy.

Here are some references,on top of this ones should use many more around 40 in total.

References not older than 5 -8 years

Gabrielsson, A., and Lindstrom, E. (2010). “The role of structure in the musical expression of emotions. P. N. Juslin and J. A. Sloboda(Eds.), Handbook of music and emotion: theory, research and applications (pp.367-400). New York, NY: Oxford University Press

MacDonald, R., Kreutz, G., Mitchell, L. (2013). Music, Health, and Wellbeing. NY: Oxford University Press.Nosek, B. A., & Banaji, M. R. (2001). The go/no-go association task. Social cognition, 19(6), 625-666

Franco, F., Swaine, J. S., Israni, S., Zaborowska, K. A., Kaloko, F., Kesavarajan, I., Majek, J. A. (2014). Affect-matching music improves cognitive performance in adults and young children for both positive and negative emotions. Psychology of Music, 42; 869-887.

Ward, E. V., Isac, A., Donnelly, M., Puyvelde, M. V., Franco, F. (2021). Memory improvement in aging as a function of exposure tomood-matching music. Acta Psychologica, 212.

Schellenberg, G. E., Krysciak, A. M., & Campbell, J. R. (2000). Perceiving emotion in melody: Interactive effects of pitch and rhythm.Music Perception, 18; 155–171.

Swaine, J. S. (2014). Musical communication, emotion regulation and the capacity for attention control: A theoretical model.Psychology of Music, 42;856-863

Glowinski D., Camurri A. (2012). Music and emotions, in Emotion-Oriented Systems, ed Pelachaud C. (Hoboken NJ: John Wiley and Sons, Inc.), 247–270.1

Baltazar, M., Västfjäll, D., Asutay, E., Koppel, L., & Saarikallio, S. (2019). Is it me or the music? Stress reduction and the role of regulation strategies and music. Music & Science, 2,

Damasio, A. R. (2004). “Emotions and feelings: a neurobiological perspective,” in Feelings and Emotions, eds A. S. R. Manstead, N.Frijda, and A. Fischer (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press), 49–57.

Karreman, A., Laceulle, O. M., Hanser, W. E., & Vingerhoets, A. J. J. M. (2017). Effects of emotion regulation strategies on music-elicited emotions: An experimental study explaining individual differences. Personality and Individual Differences, 114, 36-41. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.paid.2017.03.059

Are states really the most important actors in international security?

Essay

Write a 1.800 word essay in response to ONE of the questions below

• Are states really the most important actors in international security?
• Does the ‘responsibility to protect’ have a future?
• Why is security an ‘essentially contested’ term?

Please use Harvard referencing system.

Topics and readings covered in the module:

What is global security today? Mapping the field

• Williams, P. (2013a). 1. Security studies: an introduction, 2nd ed. London: Routledge. Available from http://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=WestminUni&isbn=9780203122570.

• Ole Waever and Barry Buzan. (2013). Chapter: After the Return to Theory: the Past, Present, and Future of Security Studies. Contemporary security studies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 417–435.

Realism: territory, sovereignty and security in the post-9/11 security environment

• Dunn Cavelty, M., Mauer, V. and Balzacq, T. (eds.). (2016b). The Routledge handbook of security studies. London: Routledge. Available from https://www-taylorfrancis-com.uow.idm.oclc.org/books/e/9781317620921.

• Mearsheimer, J.J. (1990). Back to the Future: Instability in Europe after the Cold War. International Security, 15 (1). Available from https://doi.org/10.2307/2538981.

Liberalism, Governance & Security Institutions

• Martha Finnemore. (2009). Legitimacy, Hypocrisy, and the Social Structure of Unipolarity: Why Being a Unipole Isn’t All It’s Cracked up to Be. World Politics, 61 (1), 58–85. Available from http://www.jstor.org/stable/40060221?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents.

• Dunn Cavelty, M., Mauer, V. and Balzacq, T. (eds.). (2016c). The Routledge handbook of security studies. London: Routledge. Available from https://doi-org.uow.idm.oclc.org/10.4324/9781315753393.

The changing character of war

• Williams, P. (2013d). Security Studies: An Introduction. Routledge, 187–205. Available from http://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=WestminUni&isbn=9780203122570.

• Barkawi, T. (2004). Connection and constitution: locating war and culture in globalization studies. Globalizations, 1 (2), 155–170. Available from https://doi.org/10.1080/1474773042000308532.

Security as Global Social Construction: Securitization and beyond

• Nyman, J. (2018). Security Studies: An Introduction. 100–113. Available from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/westminster/detail.action?docID=5295090.

• Wendt, A. (1995). Constructing International Politics. International Security, 20 (1). Available from https://doi.org/10.2307/2539217.

Security and Global Justice: Between ‘Human security’ and Emancipation.

• Williams, P. (2013f). Security studies: an introduction. London: Routledge. Available from http://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=WestminUni&isbn=9780203122570.

• Dunne, T. and Wheeler, N.J. (2004). ‘We the Peoples’: Contending Discourses of Security in Human Rights Theory and Practice. International Relations, 18 (1), 9–23. Available from https://doi.org/10.1177/0047117804041738.

Security and the Global Economy: Circulation, Capital and Violence

• Dunn Cavelty, M., Mauer, V. and Balzacq, T. (eds.). (2016d). The Routledge handbook of security studies. London: Routledge. Available from https://www-taylorfrancis-com.uow.idm.oclc.org/books/e/9781317620921.

• Campbell, D. (2007). The Biopolitics of Security: Oil, Empire, and the Sports Utility Vehicle. In: Dauphinee, E. and Masters, C. (eds.). The logics of biopower and the War on Terror: living, dying, surviving. New York, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 129–156. Available from https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/westminster/detail.action?docID=4715751.

Risk and the Privatisation of security

• Bigo, D. (2013). International Political Sociology. London: Routledge, 120–134. Available from http://www.vlebooks.com/vleweb/product/openreader?id=WestminUni&isbn=9780203122570.

• Abrahamsen, R. and Williams, M.C. (2009). Security Beyond the State: Global Security Assemblages in International Politics. International Political Sociology, 3 (1), 1–17. Available from https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1749-5687.2008.00060.x.

Security and Topology: The Securitization and Militarisation of Cities

• HOULIHAN, B. and GIULIANOTTI, R. (2012). Politics and the London 2012 Olympics: the (in)security Games. International Affairs, 88 (4), 701–717. Available from https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1468-2346.2012.01097.x.

• Elisabetta Brighi. (no date). Security, Society and the Games. Available from http://www.e-ir.info/2012/11/09/security-society-and-the-games/.

Based on your analysis, identify some effective ways to make that change happen.

Change Management Individual Assignment

Question

Select one particular change in business, government or wider society. Describe the change. Analyze the change using one of the theories which we have discussed. Based on your analysis, identify some effective ways to make that change happen. Identify some ways of implementing that change and the risks associated with it.

Word limit 1,000 words.

What am I looking for?

1. Selects an interesting change process.
2. Evidence of wider knowledge of that change. It should show you have done some background research on the phenomenon.
3. The change is clearly described and complexity is captured.
4. The essay uses a range of appropriate theories which we discussed in the course to analyze the change. It shows both an accurate understanding of these theories as well as an ability to apply those theories. Excellent essays are likely to have gone beyond the assigned readings and lectures and done additional research.
5. There is likely to be a tradeoff between depth and breadth of theories which you select. You could select one or two topics which we looked at in the course and explore those theories in more depth. Alternatively, you could look at a longer list of theories but not go as much in depth on those theories. The choice is yours to make.
6. The essay shows an ability to logically connect your analysis with the solutions which you identify. For instance, if you say there are problems with incentives when you would logically suggest some change to the incentive structure.
7. The essay should show you can think about the practical aspects of actually implementing a change – that means describing some kind of intervention which can actually be done.
8. You should also consider some of the risks associated with your solutions and potentially how to mitigate those risks.

Write a critical review of an area of business, explicating the implications of that review for a specific research question for further investigation.