Advantages and disadvantages of the big bang approach

  
Ashford 4: – Week 3 – Discussion 2
 
Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated. 
By Day 1 of Week One, your instructor will assign you one of the following options to complete as your initial post for this discussion.

Option 1: Chapter 17 Box 17-3 Advantages and      Disadvantages of the Big Bang approach.      Review Box 17-4 on page 285 of the textbook, which presents the key points      of two approaches for    implementing and upgrading an      information system.  You will be assigned one of two positions:       the Big Bang approach or the incremental approach.  Prepare a      statement supporting the approach assigned to you and provide specific      examples justifying your position.
Option 2: Cultural Barriers. Identify and summarize two articles published within      the past 36 months that address how cultural issues affect health and      health care delivery.  Discuss a minimum of two issues and recommend      specific solutions for overcoming cultural barriers to health and/or      health care delivery.

 Initial post: Your initial post should be 250 to 300 words. In addition to the textbook, utilize a minimum of two scholarly sources to support your points. Cite and reference your sources in APA format as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.  
Guided Response:  After reading your fellow classmates’ posts, provide a substantive rebuttal of a few of the points at least two of your peers presented (i.e., take the opposing position) by Day 7. Your three required posts must be on three different days of the week.
 
Topics
  
Topic
 
Option   1: Chapter 17 Box 17-3 Advantages and Disadvantages of the Big Bang approach 
 
Option 2: Cultural Barriers 

Strategy planning- 5 pages- apa –

Strategy planning- 5 pages- apa – 
Critical Thinking: Corporate Strategy and Diversification (105 points)
Corporate diversification strategies raise a wide range of strategic management issues.
For this week’s critical thinking assignment, read the case study found in your textbook
(Case 19): Google Is Now Alphabet—But What’s the Corporate Strategy?
Remember, a case study is a puzzle to be solved, so before reading and answering the
specific case and study questions, develop your proposed solution by following these
five steps:
1. Read the case study to identify the key issues and underlying issues. These issues are the
principles and concepts of the course area which apply to the situation described in the case
study.
2. Record the facts from the case study which are relevant to the principles and concepts of the
course area issues. The case may have extraneous information not relevant to the current course
area. Your ability to differentiate between relevant and irrelevant information is an important
aspect of case analysis, as it will inform the focus of your answers.
3. Describe in some detail the actions that would address or correct the situation.
4. Consider how you would support your solution with examples from experience or current real-life
examples or cases from textbooks.
5. Complete this initial analysis and then read the discussion questions. Typically, you will already
have the answers to the questions but with a broader consideration. At this point, you can add the
details and/or analytical tools required to solve the case.
Case Study Questions:
1. What is Google’s corporate strategy? Does Google have a clear vision of what it wants to
become?
2. Use Porter’s Essentials Test (Chapter 12) to determine if this strategy creates competitive
advantage. If so, how? If not, why not?
3. Look beyond the conventional sources of synergy and consider complementarities, bargaining
power, and rivals. What threats does Google face?
4. Does Google need to refocus? How should Google delineate its corporate boundaries and which
businesses, or products would you recommend abandoning or divesting, if any?

Middle america current event analysis powerpoint presentation

 
The current event analysis presentation allows you an opportunity to dig into a current event that has happened in Middle America (Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Islands) in the last 90 days and analyze it from a geographic perspective.  
Instructions:
1) Find an article that shows a geographic event that has taken place in Middle America (mainland or island countries.)  This event should have geographic significance and should allow you to answer each of the impact questions listed below in step 3.  (5 points possible)
2) Using this attached PowerPoint presentation: MACEAP.pptx, summarize the event that occurred in 3-5 short bullets.  All bullets in this slideshow should be written in 3rd person and be consistent in form. (5 points possible)
3) Next analyze the event across 4 slides; maps, images, and/or other photos should be inserted on each slide to add interest to the presentation. Explain each response in 3-5 short bullets on each slide:

Short-term Impact on the Local Area
Long-term Impact on the Local Area
Overall Impact on Middle American Realm (consider the impact on the country the event occurred in and/or other countries in the Middle America that will be impacted by this event)
Global Impact on Other Realms (be specific and name other countries outside of Middle America that will be impacted by this event)

(20 points possible)
4) Presentation should showcase a good geographic understanding shown by various vocabulary terms from the textbook and should consider the political, cultural, social, economic, or environmental impact of the event.  Bullets should be written at an academic level that is adequate of a 2000-level course, with correct spelling and grammar used.   (5 points possible)
5) Final slide in presentation should be a References slide.  Minimum of 3 academic references required, the textbook may be one of the sources used.  References for photos and images used don’t count towards the 3 required sources.  All references must be in APA format.  (5 points possible)
Total of 40 points possible for total assignment

Using g*power software (calculating power) biostats

  
USING G*POWER SOFTWARE (Calculating Power) BIOSTATS
DUE 3/10/19  10 P.M EST
BE ON TIME AND ORIGINAL WORK
Have SPSS SOFTWARE AND G POWER
DONT ASK IF YOU DON’T HAVE IT
READ INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY
DATA ATTACHED AND HELPFUL STEP BY STEP GUIDE!!
G POWER ATTACHED AS WELL
In research, calculating power is essential. The larger a sample size, the more powerful a study may be. It can be helpful to calculate the minimum sample size needed for basic statistics—such as the t-test—without the aid of software. Sample size calculation is based on the statistical testing method used. Remember, sample size denotes the number of variables examined in data collection.
You use the software G*Power located to do your calculations. Calculating power based on sample size, rather than calculating sample size based on power, is useful when using secondary data where the sample size is already fixed.
For this Assignment, you practice manually calculating basic sample size. You also practice calculating power with the assistance of G*Power software located in the Learning Resources.
The Assignment
Using the  Dataset (SPSS document) ATTACHED
1. Calculate the minimum sample size you will need (using manual calculations) to conduct a t test to determine if the difference in age in people with and without hypertension is significant. Use the standard deviation for age calculated in week 1. Assume a 2-tailed test with alpha = .05 and Power = 80% and that the difference you expect to observe between the 2 groups is 5 years. 
2. Using two different effect sizes in addition to the one used in part 1, perform three power analyses of the sample size computed in step 1 using G*Power. (Assume a 2-tailed independent sample t test with alpha set at .05) 
3. Perform a power analysis using G*Power using the actual sample size presented in the dataset for week 1 (180) and an effect size of .30. What does this mean in terms of the study and the probability of experiencing a type 2 error? 

Battle of Thermopylae from Herodotus Western Civilization Essay

Primary Source Essay 1 (35 points)Complete the Primary Source Essay 1 by choosing one of the two selections below. Essay Instructions: Select ONE of the primary source readings from those included below and write an essay on the selection.  In writing this essay, integrate information from the textbook with the primary source reading. Write an introduction paragraph and present a thesis to the reader. Choose relevant and specific examples to support your arguments in an appropriate number of body paragraphs. Write a unified essay while answering each of the bulleted questions and organize the information by placing it in logical sequence. Come to a conclusion in a separate paragraph. The use of any other sources beyond the one(s) assigned as well as the textbook in writing the essay is not expected. If other sources are used to gather information they must be documented and “historical” or written by a professional historian.  If information (not just quotations) is used from a source and not documented, that is plagiarism, a form of cheating. See the section on documentation and Academic Honesty in the Syllabus. Also, if direct quotations are used from the sources assigned, textbook, or any other material they must be properly documented and a works cited page included. Submit the essay by following the instructions associated with the link at the bottom of this page.Assignment Selections:1. Read the following selection about the battle of Thermopylae from Herodotus’ The Histories: (This is one of the most famous battles in history, and a very excellent story). Using this source and your text, write an essay of 700-900 words answering the following questions:2. Read “Pericles’ Funeral Oration” from the The History of the Peloponnesian War by Thucydides. You may use any book source for this that you choose, but it is available at: Also Read The Melian Debate at: (You must read and analyze BOTH primary sources.)Using these sources and your text, write an essay of 700-900 words answering the following questions.

Case study 3: zappos: delivering customer satisfaction

 
Case Study 3: Zappos: Delivering Customer Satisfaction
Due Week 9 and worth 200 points
Read the “Zappos: Delivering Customer Satisfaction” case, located on page 475 of the textbook.
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

Analyze the manner in which Zappos’ leadership has fostered a culture of ethicalness in the company. Suggest two (2) actions that other companies can take in order to mimic this culture.
Determine the major impacts that Zappos’ leadership and ethical practices philosophy have had on its stakeholders.
Examine three (3) of the ethical challenges that Zappos faces. Recommend three (3) actions that Zappos’ leadership should take in order to address these ethical challenges.
Evaluate the effectiveness of the core values in relation to developing a culture of ethicalness. Determine the manner in which the core values support the stakeholder’s perspective.
Analyze the major ethical challenges that Zappos has faced. Determine whether or not you would have resolved these challenges differently than Zappos’ management. Provide a rationale for your response.
Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Examine ethical issues and dilemmas in business.
Analyze scenarios to determine the ethical character of decisions made and the related impact on the organization.
Examine the significant issues of an ethical controversy in business to moral philosophy and values.
Write clearly and concisely about issues in ethics and advocacy for HR professionals using correct grammar and mechanics.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in business ethics and advocacy for HR professionals.

Interview psych | Psychology homework help

 
Identify two people or a caregiver (as in the case of an infant), who represent two different stages of the life span—ideally, two who do not identify with your own current stage of life span development—and set up an brief 15–20  minute interview with them for this assignment. For example, select an  adolescent and a senior in late adulthood, or the parent of a newborn  and a child in late childhood. 
Conversationally interview these two people in order to compare what  you have learned here in class, through the textbook, lectures, and  videos, with their perception of what it is actually like to be in their  stage of life.
Interviews may be done via phone, Skype, email, etc. Take notes or record (with permission) your interview.  
Below  are some suggestions for your conversation. You do not need to cover  all of these topics in your paper, but they will help you shape your  discussion. Be sure to note which topics you discuss.
PSYC 290 Interview Questions – Interview question file is attached 
In your write up, tell us the gender, age, identified life stage of  development, and cultural identification(s) of the individuals you  interviewed. Be sure to maintain each individual’s privacy and  confidentiality when asked to do so. Summarize the topics you discussed  and share your interviewees’ responses (you may paraphrase and quote).
In your paper, after you have shared what the interviewees  discussed, share your thoughts on the process of talking with someone  about their place in the life span. Did you learn anything from your  conversations that you did not learn in the academic materials? How  accurate do you think psychologists have been in identifying and  classifying the different life stages? Explain.

Your paper should be 2–4 pages long not including the title and reference pages.
Be sure to include a brief introduction and a conclusion to your paper.
Use current APA Style throughout, include a title page, cite your  interviews parenthetically within the paper, and include a reference  page for any other resources you use, such as your text or course  materials.

Constitutional rights and administrative goals | CRJ 303 Corrections |

Constitutional Rights and Administrative Goals
[WLOs: 1, 2, 3] [CLOs: 2, 4]
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, please review the assigned material in your Stojkovic and Lovell (2019) textbook. Additionally, please read the article Toward a More Constitutional Approach to Solitary Confinement: The Case for Reform (Links to an external site.). As you recall, Week 1 had you prepare an outline to provide a foundation for this week’s assignment. For this assignment, you will develop your outline into a two-to-three-page paper. The goal is to consider constitutional rights of incarcerated persons and administrative objectives for correctional institutions. Additionally, this paper will also have you consider diversity awareness and cultural sensitivity issues in corrections. You will support your work with two scholarly and/or credible resources, in addition to your textbook. You may use scholarly and/or credible resources included in your Week 1 Issues and Constitutional Rights in Corrections assignment. Address each of the elements below:

Constitutional rights and administration

Explain how constitutional rights of incarcerated persons are balanced with the correctional system functions of the jail or prison.
Explain the mandatory rights that prison administrators must provide incarcerated persons, and how those rights are balanced with the security, safety, court requirements, visits, and other functions of the facility.
Examine a U.S. Supreme Court case (you may use your selected case from your Week 1 Issues and Constitutional Rights in Corrections assignment) that balances correctional administrative goals with the constitutional rights of incarcerated persons.

Diversity and cultural sensitivity issues

Explain at least one cultural sensitivity issue and at least one diversity issue in corrections (you may use the cultural sensitivity issue and diversity issue from your Week 1 Issues and Constitutional Rights in Corrections assignment).
Analyze perspectives on each issue within the context of constitutional rights and administrative functions in corrections.

*Note: You are encouraged to integrate any feedback from your instructor and upload the assignment to your ePortfolio (Links to an external site.).
The Constitutional Rights and Administrative Goals paper
Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Different and equal or different and better

The United States’ President Barack Obama and Congress changed the health care system in America with the enactment of the “Affordable Care Act” of 2010. The Act went under much scrutiny and was deemed constitutional for the most part by the Supreme Court. One of the areas of contention surrounding this bill was the perceived impact this bill would have on a democratic market-driven society. Some argue the bill has not gone far enough and needs to be more universal in its coverage and reach. Such groups postulate that other nations have better health care system models that should have been adopted.
Write a ten page paper in which you:

Select a country that has universal health care system provided by that country and provide some background information on this country. 
Compare the common features of that health care model to the health care system of the U.S. 
Compare the differences between the two (2) systems and identify the main contributing factor for the difference. 
Evaluate the effect of this system on the GDP of the foreign nation. 
Speculate how the system impacts the patient-physician relationship. 
Assess how the physician labor supply is impacted by the system and speculate on the impact of this on the physician supply over the next two (2) decades. 
Use at least five (5) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. 
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length. 

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Compare and contrast the U.S. health care system with the health care system of other countries. 
Use technology and information resources to research issues in health economics. 
Write clearly and concisely about health economics using proper writing mechanics.

PL 201 Interviewing the Student About His Teacher Paper

Introduction to PhilosophyThe Sophia Times has asked you to interview Plato, the best known student of Socrates, about the life and death in 399 B.C.E. of one of the greatest Athenian philosophers.You need to prepare at least ten (10) questions to ask Plato during this interview. What you want to learn from Plato (since he has written about these things in his Dialogues) is information about Socrates that will help the readers of The Sophia Times learn more about this great teacher. Your readers want to understand what sort of things were important to Socrates, how he lived his life, what he was trying to teach the citizens of Athens, what sort of method he used to try to show people what they needed to know or learn, why he refused to quit teaching philosophy when doing so would save his life, why ignorance is the beginning of wisdom, how individual people could become their own philosophers, and so forth. So, you need well-developed and thoughtful questions for the interview which will prompt Plato into providing you with this information from the textbook. By the way, Socrates had a much better sense of humor than Plato did.• First, come up with at least ten (10) questions that you want to ask when you “interview” Plato. Plato’s “answers” to the interview questions should come from only the textbook, and no other sources should be used.• Next, write the “article” for The Sophia Times, which includes both the questions and the answers from the “interview.”• Make sure that Plato’s “answers” make it clear to your readers how important the life, teachings, and death of Socrates were both to his own students in Athens and to people studying philosophy today.Your “interview” should be “copy-ready” when it is submitted, which means that it follows standard American grammar rules, adheres to APA formatting and documentation, and is relatively free of misspelled words and other typographical errors.Since this will be a “feature story” for the newspaper, your editor said that it needs to be no less than 600 words and no more than 900 words.