What do you use technology (cellphones, personal computers, etc.) for? What percentage of each day do you spend engaging with technology?

1. Start by carefully considering each of the following questions: What do you use technology (cellphones, personal computers, etc.) for? What percentage of each day do you spend engaging with technology? Write this number down in Response Part A (2 pt). Do you think technology use impacts your cognition? Why or why not? 2. Watch this 15-minute TED Talk by Manoush Zomorodi on boredom and brilliant ideas: 3. Response Part B (250-300 words; 14 pts): Using your lectures, readings, and the video you just watched as a reference, answer the questions below. When doing so, meaningfully reference/discuss (don’t just “slip” in the terms) at least two specific cognitive processes. Example cognitive processes include perception, working memory, long-term memory, problem solving, creativity, language, decision-making, and reasoning. Do you think technology hurts or enhances cognition? Why? Do you think some cognitive processes are more or less impacted by technology? Why? 4. Written Response Part C (250-300 words; 14 pts): Please describe what interested you most about this exercise and how it changed or aligned with your initial understanding of the impact of technology use on your own cognition. When doing so, state if you are happy with the number you wrote down in Response Part A and explain why.

Think about your agency field placement or another social work setting. How is technology used in these settings for supervision and consultation?

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Think about your agency field placement or another social work setting. How is technology used in these settings for supervision and consultation? Describe the setting and the technology used. Based on your personal experience, what do you see as the positives and negatives of TAST? If you have not experienced TAST, make a suggestion for how TAST could be used in your setting. Describe the setting, the technology you suggest, and the positives and negatives of using TAST.

research online and find a short video with bad sound. Anything live-action is open game here – no animation.

Audiences are stupid. That is a universal fact in film making (see anything made by Michael Bay). Audiences will forgive bad acting (see: Tom Cruise), bad directing (again, Michael Bay), even bad writing (pretty much anything on NBC). But the one thing audiences will NOT accept is bad sound. The two times in my life I’ve walked out of a movie theatre were based completely on the unintelligible words being spoken.
For this written assignment, you will research online and find a short video with bad sound. Anything live-action is open game here – no animation. But promotional ads, commercials, training videos, narrative pieces are all acceptable…go crazy.
Once you’ve found your video, based on your own experience and the lessons from the two video tutorials, you will analyze and critique the video, making at least 3 recommendations on how the sound could have been fixed. Remember you’re focused on the sound aspect – ignore bad acting, directing, lighting, Michael Bay, etc.
Submit your completed assignment by following the directions linked below. Please check the Course Calendar for specific due dates.
Save your assignment as a Microsoft Word document. (Mac users, please remember to append the “.docx” extension to the filename.) The name of the file should be your first initial and last name, followed by an underscore and the name of the assignment, and an underscore and the date. An example is shown below:

A large U.S.-based furniture manufacturer with significant exports to the European Union has accumulated $120 million in cash and short-term securities. As a financial manager, you have been tasked with developing a strategy to manage the funds. Considering the prevailing level of interest rates and inflation, and the need for diversification, you must decide how much of this sum the company should keep as cash on hand and how to invest the remaining amount. What are your recommended allocations?

A large U.S.-based furniture manufacturer with significant exports to the European Union has accumulated $120 million in cash and short-term securities. As a financial manager, you have been tasked with developing a strategy to manage the funds. Considering the prevailing level of interest rates and inflation, and the need for diversification, you must decide how much of this sum the company should keep as cash on hand and how to invest the remaining amount. What are your recommended allocations?
In an Excel spreadsheet, show the amounts you recommend for cash on hand as well as each asset class the company should invest in (such as stocks, bonds, real estate, index ETFs, company acquisitions). Include a brief explanation of your allocation decision. Attach the spreadsheet to your discussion post.

What does the company/product do that is not as good as the competition? How is this going to affect your customer’s sales?Thought needs to be given to how you can compensate for, or overcome these issues. What is the cost of overcoming these issues?Is it necessary to overcome the issues or are they something you can accept and deal with?

Using the same health care organization identified in the first assignment, complete a SWOT analysis on the organization over all based on information you gathered when completing the first assignment. Use the provided template and submit the completed version.
For more information on how to conduct a SWOT Analysis, you may want to watch the video, Conducting a SWOT Analysis.Be sure you SWOT Analysis includes each of the following:
Step 1: Strengths
First, identity one or two major competitors. Next, consider what does the company/product do better than (or at least equivalent to) the competition. This could be:

Specific product attribute advantage.
Brand perceived value.
Customer service of company.

Step 2: Weaknesses
What does the company/product do that is not as good as the competition? How is this going to affect your customer’s sales?Thought needs to be given to how you can compensate for, or overcome these issues. What is the cost of overcoming these issues?Is it necessary to overcome the issues or are they something you can accept and deal with?
Step 3: Opportunities
What area of the market could you enter with some modifications to the product/service or company? The main elements here could include:

Change size, shape, or color.
Additional services.
New packaging.
Different distribution points.
New promotional focus.

Step 4: Threats
What actions could threaten the product or standing in the market?

New competitor entry.
Major product failure.
Reduction in promotional spend.
Customer changes.
Changes in the market.

Assume you are a hospital HIM Manager and you need to work toward part of the new strategic plan that indicates that your department will use benchmarking to improve coding production. Based on the concepts of successful benchmarking described in the article, describe how you will embrace, adopt, and implement benchmarking for your coding production. 

Instructions: 

Read the article provided: 

Hughes, Gwen. “Using Benchmarking for Performance Improvement (AHIMA Practice Brief).” Journal of AHIMA 74, no.2 (2003): 64A-D (Please see the attached article).

Assume you are a hospital HIM Manager and you need to work toward part of the new strategic plan that indicates that your department will use benchmarking to improve coding production.
Based on the concepts of successful benchmarking described in the article, describe how you will embrace, adopt, and implement benchmarking for your coding production. 
You may complete this assignment in a list or table type of format (rather than a research paper format) as long as you include thorough information and description of the steps you plan to take 
You completed assignment should be 1-2 pages, not including the cover sheet and reference page.

Explain how a constitutional liberty has personally benefited or impacted you as a student or a citizen in the United State

Introduction
You are a recent immigrant who has moved to the United States to attend college. Your family has never been to the United States, and you are excited to tell them all about it, in particular the fundamentals of the U.S. government you are learning about in one of your courses.
Instructions
Compose a 3-page letter to your family in which you outline the fundamentals of the U.S. government. Be sure to do the following:

Briefly explain the purpose of the Constitution. Use relevant and factual information in your explanation. 
Briefly explain two American ideals (e.g., democracy, liberty, equality, justice, freedom, or opportunity).

Your explanation should include a definition of each ideal and your understanding of what those ideals mean to the average U.S. citizen. 

Using what you submitted in your Week 4 Activity, explain how the current event article you chose serves as an example of one of the ideals selected.
Explain how a constitutional liberty has personally benefited or impacted you as a student or a citizen in the United States.

Provide two or more specific and relevant examples.

For example: Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 is a federal law that prohibits employers from discriminating against employees on the basis of sex, race, color, national origin, and religion. Title VII also applies to private and public colleges and universities, employment agencies, and labor organizations. So if you chose this one, in your letter you would identify this constitutional liberty and how it applies to you specifically, and you would provide 2 or more specific and relevant examples. 

Cite all sources using in-text citations and a source list 

Do you believe that subsidized public programs (section 8, foodstamps, welfare, etc)reduce or increase recipients incentive to work? Explain your answer.

Do you believe that subsidized public programs (section 8, foodstamps, welfare, etc)reduce or increase recipients’ incentive to work? Explain your answer.
At least three pgs in length but is no longer than four p in length, is double-spaced, and uses 12- point Times New Roman font with one-inch margins. Section headings/subheadings should be used.
Journal posts should include a full title pg including your name, and double-space all submissions. 

How much and in what ways has the launch of the Cayenne changed the meaning of the Porsche brand?

formated paper answrering the following questions from the attached case. If any outside resources are used please provide links and cite in APA format.
 

How much and in what ways has the launch of the Cayenne changed the meaning of the Porsche brand?
What is the value of the Rennlist online brand community to Porsche? How does it help and/or hurt the brand?
Should Wiedeking listen to the Rennlist brand community? Why or why not? Should he engage with them?
Imagine that you are a new Cayenne owner. How does the Rennlist brand community affect your Porsche ownership experience? 

Discuss the relevance of this statement for organizations growing and responding to change. What responsibility does a leader have to honor stakeholder concerns when feelings are the primary basis for the concerns? 

According to the textbook, people are more motivated when “they are shown a truth that influences their feelings” than they are by analysis. Discuss the relevance of this statement for organizations growing and responding to change. What responsibility does a leader have to honor stakeholder concerns when “feelings” are the primary basis for the concerns?