What is ‘hot tubbing’

1. [5 marks] Consider Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action Inc v Environmental Protection Authority [2021] NSWLEC 92

Outline the:

1. Relevant facts
2. Issue(s)
3. Relevant Finding(s)
4. Decision
5. Relevance to planning law in NSW.

2. [5 marks] Consider Peabody Pastoral Holdings Pty Ltd v Mid-Western Regional Council [2013] NSWLEC 86

Outline the:

1. Relevant facts
2. Issue(s)
3. Decision
4. Relevance to planning law in NSW

3. [5 marks] Consider Queanbeyan City Council v ACTEW Corporation Ltd [2011] HCA 40

Outline the:

1. Relevant facts
2. Issue(s)
3. Decision
4. What the numerous interventions indicate.

4. 4. [10 marks] The Hickman Principle
5. With regard to the Hickman Principle or Hickman Approach (Hickman):

• What is the common law origin of this?
• What are the key elements?

[5 marks]

1. b) What relevance does Hickman have to local government and planning law in Australia?

Identify as examples at least two statutory references

[5 marks]

5. [15 marks] Consider:

• Alison Ziller, The New South Wales Joint Expert Report Policy – reflections of an SIA practitioner (2016) 21 LGLJ 149
• ABC Radio National, Law Report, Hot tubbing, 5 May 2009,

http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/lawreport/hot-tubbing/3137260#transcript

1. Outline what is a ‘doorstop SIA’

Students need to identify:

• The statutory basis for ‘SIA’
• The reason for the use of ‘doorstop’

[1.5 marks]

1. What is a ‘JERP’

[1.5 marks]

1. What is ‘hot tubbing’

[2.0 marks]

1. d) Critically evaluate the use of JERPS and hot tubbing in assisting the NSWLEC to resolve planning disputes

Students need to identify:

• how and when in the legal process the above procedures come into play
• the advantages and disadvantages of these procedures

[10 marks]

Design, analyse and report a qualitative research project and illustrate its relevance to an area of individual differences.

On successful completion of this assessment and this module, you will have demonstrated your ability to:

1. Design, analyse and report a qualitative research project and illustrate its relevance to an area of individual differences.

2. Outline a future career plan and evaluate the skills developed during their psychological studies in relation to this plan.

Key dates and details

Description of Assessment

For this assessment, you will need to reflect on your degree experience so far and reflect on your skills in terms of strengths, weaknesses and opportunities and consider how these link to your career route/goal.

Content and detailed guidance

Your reflective essay is designed to address your personal development across your degree programme. Within this summary you will explore the requirements of your planned career route or how you will make use of your degree in your current role. You will also reflect on the skills you have developed during your time on the programme and evaluate what skills you may need to develop to progress in your degree or career route.

For this essay, you may find it useful to identify a job/further education, that you would be interested in progressing to within psychology; or you could also focus on your current role and how your degree impacts this, to guide your reflection. We recommend that you consider your strengths, weaknesses and opportunities to analyse your academic skills in psychology and how they apply to your progression or current role. It is recommended that you include the following in your reflective essay:

• up to two strengths
• up to two weaknesses
• up to two opportunities

Unlike your other assessments, you can write in first person in your essay where appropriate. You should also aim to use wider literature to support your reflection, for example, this may include referring to relevant professional body documents or skill-based literature.

To help you with this assessment, you are encouraged to speak to your personal tutor about your skill development and career plans. You may also speak with your module tutor about your skill development. We would recommend speaking to other students about their plans and reflecting on these in light of your own goals.

Write a 2000-word essay in which you discuss and critically evaluate an appropriate research methodology and method[s] to investigate the topic of “consumer behaviour and incentives to encourage the use of reusable containers” for Starbucks.

Description

Write a 2000-word essay in which you discuss and critically evaluate an appropriate research methodology and method[s] to investigate the topic of “consumer behaviour and incentives to encourage the use of reusable containers” for Starbucks.

What is a Jihadist network?

Instructions

In this assignment, you will write an essay that examines the rise of one of the Jihadist networks to include: ISIS, Boko Haram, and Al Qaeda. You will research that group’s background, recruitment tactics, and targets. Additionally, you will reflect on one recent attack from the past 5 years from your selected group  Answer the following questions in your essay.

• What is a Jihadist network?
• Where does your selected group primarily operate? (Cite specific geographic locations such as country, region, and/or province.)
• What are the psychological and primary motivators for your selected group?
• What are the psychological and primary motivators for your selected group, and what sociological impacts exist?
• What are the organization’s targets? How are they chosen?
• What has the United Nations (UN) done to counter the terrorist organization? Are these efforts effective?

Your completed essay should be a minimum of two pages in length, not counting the title and reference pages. You are required to use at least one outside source. All sources used, including the textbook, must be cited and referenced according to APA 7th edition guidelines.

Can the scientists at GlaxoSmithKline conclude that the new method of determining drug concentration is less variable than the standard method?

Drug content assessment:
Drug concentrations (measured as a percentage) for 50 randomly selected tablets are repeated in the accompanying table. The standard method of assessing drug content yields a concentrate variance of 9. Can the scientists at GlaxoSmithKline conclude that the new method of determining drug concentration is less variable than the standard method?
Test using α = 0.01

Create a paper identifying the leadership strategies that were employed by the organization

Create a paper identifying the leadership strategies that were employed by the organization described in the case study (found in attachment), how they were employed, and any additional strategies that could be employed to reflect flexibility, promote sustainability, foster effective change management, and further organizational goals. Explain how your recommended strategies should be employed. Defend your evaluation and choices. The format should be a Word document, written in APA style and cited appropriately.

Please reference this resource and other scholarly resources:

http://www.forbes.com/sites/glennllopis/2013/04/22/5-ways-leaders-can-reclaim-their-identity/

Please only offer to do the assignment if you can produce graduate level quality work.

Summarize the business that you have chosen, and provide a two to three (2-3) paragraph justification as to why China would be a viable market for the selected business.

Select one (1) MNC that does not currently do business in China. Next, consider the steps that the company should consider in determining the feasibility of entering the Chinese market and establishing a market for its products or services there.

In addition to your own research, use the following links to conduct a country risk assessment (CRA) on China:

 Bureau of Economic Analysis: www.bea.gov

 Transparency International Corruptions Perceptions Index: http://www.transparency.org/cpi2013/results

 Ranking of Economies-World Bank: http://www.doingbusiness.org/rankings

 IMF Home Page: http://www.imf.org/external/index.htm

 Country Risk Classification-OECD: http://www.oecd.org/tad/xcred/crc.htm

 World Trade Organization Home Page: http://www.wto.org/

 “Industry Analysis: Recreation” article: http://www.valueline.com/Stocks/Industries/Industry_Analysis__Recreation.aspx

Focus on the following areas: corruption, political stability, exchange rate stability, regulatory oversight, freedom of the press, and rule of law. Research other factors that you believe you should evaluate. Additionally, consider the importance of culture in evaluating risk.

Then, go to the Hofstede Center’s Country Comparison cultural tool, located at http://geert-hofstede.com/china.html. Compare China to the U.S. on Hofstede’s six (6) key cultural dimensions scale by selecting “United States” from the “Comparison Country” drop-down menu.

Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:

1. Summarize the business that you have chosen, and provide a two to three (2-3) paragraph justification as to why China would be a viable market for the selected business.

2. Examine the exchange rate of the U.S. dollar and the Chinese Yuan for the last 24 months. Explain the major overall changes that have occurred and speculate on the key economic variables that most likely have influenced the exchange rate movements. Provide a rationale for your response.

3. Analyze the major exchange rate risks associated with transaction and translation exposure within the Chinese market. Based on what you have gleaned from your analysis, predict the major changes that you believe will occur in the next 24 months. Justify your response.

4. Recommend key steps that the chosen MNC could take in order to mitigate or eliminate exchange rate risk. Suggest one (1) method that the MNC in question could use with derivatives in order to mitigate, or eliminate such risks. Provide a rationale for your response.

5. Recommend one (1) hedging technique geared toward managing the economic, transaction, and translation exposure in the Chinese market. Justify your response.

6. Conduct a country risk assessment to ascertain whether or not management should support the proposal for your chosen MNC to enter into the Chinese market. Based on Geert Hofstede’s six (6) dimensions of culture, predict three (3) likely problems posed by the cultural differences between the chosen MNC’s culture and the Chinese culture. Provide a rationale for your response.

7. Use at least six (6) quality references, with at least two (2) from peer reviewed journal articles.

According to Pollock (2007), fear and loyalty are two reasons law enforcement officers do not violate the “code of silence”.Do you agree? Explain.

According to Pollock (2007), fear and loyalty are two reasons law enforcement officers do not violate the “code of silence”. Some are aware of the “wrong” activity and do nothing, but do not inform supervisors, thus, becoming part of the conspiracy of silence.

Moreover, no one reports any wrongdoing because each of the other officers who may have witnessed the wrongdoing has engaged in similar behavior that could be also sanctioned.

Accordingly, the code of silence continues.

Do you agree? Explain.

Post an explanation of how the legislative process impacts policy shifts and trends.

The Impact and Importance of the Legislative Process

Congressional leaders are voted into office through general elections. For this reason, legislation is heavily impacted by social movements and public opinion. Lobbyists, citizens, religious leaders, or interest groups attempt to sway congressional votes on bills. Any number of current events, ideological shifts, demographic trends, or other movements may help or hinder the passage of certain bills in Congress. Likewise, bills passed by Congress may institute sweeping changes in public policy. Understanding the complicated nature of the legislative process and its impact on policy shifts and trends will help you become a more astute legal researcher in the area of statutory law.

Statutory research is the process of finding statutory law that answers a legal question. In past years, the role of statutory law in a legal researcher’s work was frequently overshadowed by case law and appellate decisions. However, as legislatures become more active in law making, their statutes add considerable legal authority and potential research material to existing case law and common law principles. Today, it is common for appellate decisions to involve the application of statutes.

To prepare for this Discussion:

• Review the assigned pages of Chapter 2 in your course text, Legal Research Methods, and Chapter 4 in your course text, Principles of Legal Research. Focus on the federal legislative process.

With these thoughts in mind:

Post by Day 4 an explanation of how the legislative process impacts policy shifts and trends. Then explain the importance of understanding the legislative process for legal research. Be specific and use examples to support your explanation.

Write a three- to four-page article review in which you discuss methodological issues unique to psychological research and analyze basic applied psychological research relevant to the treatment of mental disorders.

Methodological Issues Article Review

Read the following articles, which can be accessed through the ProQuest database in the Ashford University Library:

• Evidence-based practice in psychology: Implications for research and research training.
• Practice-based evidence: Back to the future.
• Psychological treatments: Putting evidence into practice and practice into evidence.

Write a three- to four-page article review in which you discuss methodological issues unique to psychological research and analyze basic applied psychological research relevant to the treatment of mental disorders. In your paper, you will discuss the topics of evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence and their roles in providing practitioners useful information for making decisions about appropriate mental health treatments.

In the body of your paper:

1. Discuss the methodological issues and challenges that are unique to psychological research investigating effective treatments for psychological disorders.
2. Explain the concepts of evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence and identify controversies associated with these concepts.
3. Select one treatment modality associated with a disorder in the DSM-5 and present at least one example of pertinent, applied psychological research investigating the efficacy of the treatment modality. Discuss the findings of the research. Locate at least one peer-reviewed article that contains a research study on a treatment modality to fulfill this requirement. You may not use any of the course materials.
4. Take the point of view of Bauer (2007) to analyze the article(s) you selected in #3. Using this author’s arguments from his Evidence-Based Practice in Psychology: Implications for Research and Research Training article, what would be his evaluation of the article(s) you selected?
5. Take the point of view of Brendtro, Mitchell, & Doncaster (2011) and analyze the article(s) you selected in #3. Using these authors’ arguments from their Practice-Based Evidence: Back to the Future article, what would be their evaluation of the article(s) you selected?
6. Discuss ways in which an evidence-based practice model might provide practitioners useful information for making decisions about the degree to which the treatment modality you selected in #3 is an appropriate treatment for the disorder you specified.
7. Conclude your paper with a discussion of your opinion of the utility of evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence for practitioners needing to identity effective treatments for psychological disorders.
8. Utilize a minimum of two additional peer-reviewed journal articles published within the last five years (not including the course text or any of the course materials). At least one article must be used to satisfy the requirement in #3, and at least one article must also be included to support your arguments. All sources must be documented in APA style, as outlined by the Ashford Writing Center.

Writing the Methodological Issues Article Review

The Assignment:

1. Must be three to five double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a title page with the following:
   • Title of paper
   • Student’s name
   • Course name and number
   • Instructor’s name
   • Date submitted
3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement. (Refer to the Ashford Writing Center Thesis Generator ).
4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
5. Must end with a conclusion that summarizes your opinion of the utility of evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence for practitioners needing to identity effective treatments for psychological disorders.
6. Must utilize each of the three required articles: Bauer (2007); Brendtro, Mitchell, & Doncaster (2011) and Dozois (2013).
7. Must utilize a minimum of two additional peer-reviewed sources published within the last five years (not including the course text).
8. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
9. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.