What are the characteristics and indicators of the “permanent campaign”?

“The White House, Congress, and other politicians, are so preoccupied with winning elections that they have little or no time for governing.” This comment reflects the idea now popular among leading observers of political life in Washington-that elected officials are increasingly engaged in a “permanent campaign,” and that little or nothing of substance can get accomplished under these conditions.

What are the characteristics and indicators of the “permanent campaign”?
How does the permanent campaign impact on the functions of governing?
Is the increased attentiveness to the public and constituencies good for American democracy? Why or Why not?

Choose two (2) applications for graph theory within your area of specialization (Networking, Security, Databases, Data Mining, Programming, etc.).

Assignment: Applications of Graph Theory
Due Week 10 and worth 150 points

In 1736, a famous Swiss mathematician Leonhard Euler (1707 – 1783) started the work in the area of Graph Theory through his successful attempt in solving the problem of “Seven Bridges of Konigsberg.” Graph Theory solved many problems in multiple fields (Chinese Postman Problem, DNA fragment assembly, and aircraft scheduling.) In Chemistry, Graph Theory is used in the study of molecules, construction of bonds in chemistry, and the study of atoms. In Biology, Graph Theory is used in the study of breeding patterns or tracking the spread of disease.

Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

Choose two (2) applications for graph theory within your area of specialization (Networking, Security, Databases, Data Mining, Programming, etc.).
Examine how these applications are being used in your specialization.
Determine how graph theory has advanced the knowledge in your area of specialization.
Conclude how you will apply graph theory in your area of specialization.
Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources

explain professional development steps you might take to overcome this challenge.

You bring your own couple and family experiences that may enrich or detract from your success as a couple and family practitioner. Contextualize these issues within your professional practice, and think about how your experience might impact your work with clients. Consider whether there are issues you might find challenging to work with because of your personal history, values, or beliefs, and then reflect on how you might address these challenges.

For this Discussion, you will examine your personal experiences and the challenges you might encounter when working with life transition and developmental issues as a couple and family practitioner.

A brief description of the life transition or developmental issue you find most challenging to work with and explain why this issue is challenging for you. Then, explain professional development steps you might take to overcome this challenge.

Identify and explain two key ways in which Organizational Behavior Management and Organizational Development are different.

Program Design and Evaluation

Unit 8 Discussion Post

Topic 1 of 1: Collaborating with other disciplines

Your textbook points to many similarities and many differences between OBM (Organizational Behavior Management) and OD (Organizational Development). The text also highlights potential areas for collaboration. Throughout your future careers in Applied Behavior Analysis, you will often have to collaborate with others from other disciplines. This will require an understanding of other fields as well as the skills to determine where you can collaborate and create the most effective treatment environment for clients.

For this week’s Discussion you will compare and contrast OBM and OD as well as extend some of the points from this week’s Reading to your future practice:

1. Identify and explain two key ways in which Organizational Behavior Management and Organizational Development are different.

2. Describe one of the areas you feel OBM can contribute the most to in the field of OD and why.

3. Discuss what is meant by “humble behaviorism,” as referenced in your textbook from Neuringer (1991).

4. Discuss how the ideas of reciprocation and “humble behaviorism,” will impact collaboration with other disciplines in your future career in behavior analysis.

Reference (attached document) to be used for this assignment is Chapter 14 from the following book:

Johnson, C. M., Mawhinney, T. C., & Redmon, W. K. (2001). Handbook of organizational performance: Behavior analysis and management. New York, NY: Sage The Hawthorn Press, Inc.

In-text citation: (Johnson, Mawhinney & Redmon, 2001)

Create a 1-page infographic or job aid of the cyber domain using the OSI model.

Imagine you are the information systems security officer at your company and are tasked with creating a cybersecurity threat awareness training. You must create an infographic or job aid for the company’s intranet and a brief presentation for the company’s stakeholders, including executives, managers, and staff.

Refer to the LinkedIn course “PowerPoint: Creating an Infographic” by Heather Ackmann, located in this week’s Learning Activities folder, for guidance on creating infographics.

Create a 1-page infographic or job aid of the cyber domain using the OSI model.

Identify 5 to 7 threats to the cyber domain, including at least 1 threat for each of the layers in your infographic.

Create a 4- to 6-slide presentation in which you:

Discuss the challenges of securing each layer of the cyber domain in the company’s cyber threat awareness training.
Select 3 threats from your infographic or job aid.
Identify 2 challenges from the threats you identified.
Note: You do not need to identify how to mitigate the threat; this presentation is focused on raising awareness of cybersecurity threats and the challenges these threats present.

Format any references according to APA guidelines

Compare Psalm 23 and The Sermon on the Mount

1.) Compare Psalm 23 and The Sermon on the Mount. The works have similar themes, or messages. What is the main idea of each work? How are the works alike? How are they different? How is the style, or genre, of each work appropriate to its purpose? (These questions are meant to give you some guidance to compare the two works, but you will need to choose one or two of these questions to answer, or create your own comparison. You can’t answer all of these questions well in 1-2 pages.)

Discuss how any violations of business ethics in the company might affect its investors, customers and employees, and ultimately impact the company’s overall financial performance.

3 – 4 pages Ariel 12 Double Space

Please make sure to read the two cases about Disney before you answer the below questions. Use either the Bloomberg terminals located at the Feliciano School of Business or other reputable sources such as finance.yahoo.com, morningstar.com or Wall Street Journal etc. for the financial data you use in your answers. You need to provide the references regarding the financial data you use at the end of the finance portion of the term paper.

Questions:

1. Opening a new theme park, such as the Shanghai Disney Resort (company’s fourth and largest theme park in Asia), is a major capital budgeting project for Disney. A project of this scale requires coordinated planning across all functions of a business that you are studying in your Integrated Core classes. Choose and discuss three items on the income statement that you think will be impacted by this new undertaking. Explain why you chose those particular items, and how those items are impacted by the marketing, management and operations decisions of the company.

2. Choose and calculate three financial ratios for Disney for the last two years. Make sure to select ratios that you think would be impacted by opening a new theme park in a foreign country and explain your reasoning. Identify a competitor of Disney and contrast the two companies’ ratios. Explain why you selected this competitor. Describe how the decisions made by management, marketing and operations functions of the company can impact, and hopefully improve, these financial ratios.

3. Disney is a company with a significant brand value that is closely tied to its family friendly image. Discuss how any violations of business ethics in the company might affect its investors, customers and employees, and ultimately impact the company’s overall financial performance. Provide examples, if you’d like, to support your answer