Select      a social work topic of interest to you (e.g., the relationship between      alcohol use and suicide). Based on your topic, create a research question      (e.g., what is the relationship between alcohol use and suicide in adult      males?).  See list of sample      research questions below. Identify      the independent (e.g., alcohol use) and dependent variables (e.g., suicide      completion). Locate three (3) quantitative      research studies (articles) from scholarly journals relevant to your research question      using any of the databases stated above. These studies cannot be literature reviews or meta-analyses. Describe      your topic and the database(s) you used to locate the study (article). Write a short paragraph (a couple of sentences)      about each article describing the findings (relevant to your research      question), the independent and dependent variables in each study, and the      sample size. 

  
My topic: how common is substance abuse among teens
This assignment requires you to search electronic databases that specialize in scholarly journals. Some of these include Academic Search Complete, Psych INFO, Social Work Abstracts and MEDLINE (you are not limited to these databases, but they are a good starting point).

Select      a social work topic of interest to you (e.g., the relationship between      alcohol use and suicide). Based on your topic, create a research question      (e.g., what is the relationship between alcohol use and suicide in adult      males?).  See list of sample      research questions below.
Identify      the independent (e.g., alcohol use) and dependent variables (e.g., suicide      completion).
Locate three (3) quantitative      research studies (articles) from scholarly journals relevant to your research question      using any of the databases stated above. These studies cannot be literature reviews or meta-analyses.
Describe      your topic and the database(s) you used to locate the study (article). Write a short paragraph (a couple of sentences)      about each article describing the findings (relevant to your research      question), the independent and dependent variables in each study, and the      sample size. 

Reporting findings:
Report findings in two ways:
1) Provide a direct quotation of results reported in the study.
2) Paraphrase the results.
Please use the following format:
Study 1:
Direct quotation of findings
Paraphrase findings
Study 2:
Direct quotation of findings
Paraphrase findings
Study 3:
Direct quotation of findings
Paraphrase findings

Provide      the full citation      of the article using APA formatting style.

Searching Using Electronic Databases
Library Website
–Electronic Information
–Library Databases
–Choose a database (e.g., Psych Info, Academic Search Complete).
Example of APA Citations of Articles:
Leventhal, T. & Brooks-Gunn, J. (2000). The neighborhoods they live in: The effects of neighborhood residence on child and adolescent outcomes. Psychological Bulletin, 126, 309-337.
Example of using authors’ name in text:
Leventhal and Brooks-Gunn (2000) found…
Example of Citing a Direct Quote:
“There’s no place like home” (Dorothy & Toto, 2009, p. 365)
Example of Paraphrasing Another’s Work
My house is a truly unique location (Dorothy & Toto, 2009).

Consider what you learned in the experience and respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words: Have you had any experience working on Agile teams? If you have worked on Agile teams, what were the benefits and difficulties of the Agile approach? If you have not worked on Agile teams, using this exercise, what benefits and challenges do you foresee applying an Agile approach in your current or future workplace? How can the challenges of Agile be mitigated or overcome?

 
Consider what you learned in the experience and respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:

Have you had any experience working on Agile teams?
If you have worked on Agile teams, what were the benefits and difficulties of the Agile approach?
If you have not worked on Agile teams, using this exercise, what benefits and challenges do you foresee applying an Agile approach in your current or future workplace?
How can the challenges of Agile be mitigated or overcome?

Why are foreign MNEs like Amazon seeking to do business in China, India and Latin America? What risks come with investing in emerging as opposed to developed markets? What model can help you understand the extent of these risks?

1. Why are foreign MNEs like Amazon seeking to do business in China, India and Latin America? What risks come with investing in emerging as opposed to developed markets? What model can help you understand the extent of these risks? CAGE Model Analysis or SWOT analysis or PESTLE analysis

Think about your most extensive work experience. What organization structure did your employer use? Did that structure have any impact on your own specific job? (The answer may be ‘no’ — but it’s worth taking a little time to think about how structure can impact our own jobs, behaviors, careers, etc.)2. Why should Google’s restructuring to Alphabet improve innovation in the company?

1. Think about your most extensive work experience. What organization structure did your employer use? Did that structure have any impact on your own specific job? (The answer may be ‘no’ — but it’s worth taking a little time to think about how structure can impact our own jobs, behaviors, careers, etc.)2. Why should Google’s restructuring to Alphabet improve innovation in the company?

Select a leadership theory or model from this week’s reading in your Marquis & Huston text (for example, strengths-based leadership, authentic leadership, quantum theory, etc.) and provide an example from your fieldwork experience of this leadership theory applied or in action. This example may come from your observations of your preceptor’s leadership style/model or another leader in the organization with whom you interacted, or you may be describing your own leadership style in handling a situation in your fieldwork. Comment on any positive or negative effects in the organization resulting from this leadership style or model. 

Select a leadership theory or model from this week’s reading in your Marquis & Huston text (for example, strengths-based leadership, authentic leadership, quantum theory, etc.) and provide an example from your fieldwork experience of this leadership theory applied or in action. This example may come from your observations of your preceptor’s leadership style/model or another leader in the organization with whom you interacted, or you may be describing your own leadership style in handling a situation in your fieldwork. Comment on any positive or negative effects in the organization resulting from this leadership style or model. 

The Board of Directors for Matterhorn Home Health is concerned with CEO Patricia Simmons’ recent press release related to the faulty GlucoGauge units. The Board is particularly concerned with Simmons’ rather costly spending choices in the wake of this crisis. As you know, the GlucoGauge was already the most expensive project Matterhorn ever developed. Furthermore, In response to initial reports about the malfunctioning device, the company continued to sink millions into a failed communication campaign seemingly based on faulty evidence. The Board has asked you to put together a letter explaining your choices to all of Matterhorn’s major investors. This letter should explain why Matterhorn chose to spend the money that it did on this failed communication campaign. You should also offer some insight on how the company plans to correct such mismanagement in the future

The Board of Directors for Matterhorn Home Health is concerned with CEO Patricia Simmons’ recent press release related to the faulty GlucoGauge units. The Board is particularly concerned with Simmons’ rather costly spending choices in the wake of this crisis. As you know, the GlucoGauge was already the most expensive project Matterhorn ever developed. Furthermore, In response to initial reports about the malfunctioning device, the company continued to sink millions into a failed communication campaign seemingly based on faulty evidence. The Board has asked you to put together a letter explaining your choices to all of Matterhorn’s major investors. This letter should explain why Matterhorn chose to spend the money that it did on this failed communication campaign. You should also offer some insight on how the company plans to correct such mismanagement in the future.  

You work as a communication specialist at Estee Lauder Companies. Think about the economic and social challenges we have experienced in the last few months. What adjustments should your organization make to be sustainable during these challenging times?  Decide on your target audience and orient your proposal towards them. Use a memo format. Remember to include headings such as  background, concerns, results, and recommendation.

You work as a communication specialist at Estee Lauder Companies. Think about the economic and social challenges we have experienced in the last few months. What adjustments should your organization make to be sustainable during these challenging times?  Decide on your target audience and orient your proposal towards them. Use a memo format. Remember to include headings such as  background, concerns, results, and recommendation. 

Justify how the selected team embodies the values of conscious capitalism and how the tenet of stakeholder orientation played a role in the team selection process. Provide citations to strengthen your claims.Describe how value is created for each stakeholder, and in what ways will the team positively impact the business as a whole?

Justify how the selected team embodies the values of conscious capitalism and how the tenet of stakeholder orientation played a role in the team selection process. Provide citations to strengthen your claims.Describe how value is created for each stakeholder, and in what ways will the team positively impact the business as a whole?

Write two questions for each of the objectives and provide the answers. Answers must be detailed. Objectives are as follows:1.1 Describe Arizona’s major geographical features and historical periods.1.2 Analyze the factors that shaped Arizona’s Constitution.2.1 Explain the functions of Arizona’s legislative, executive, and judicial branches.2.2 Describe Arizona’s county governments and municipalities.2.3 Describe challenges Arizona faces in the 21st century.

Write two questions for each of the objectives and provide the answers. Answers must be detailed. Objectives are as follows:1.1 Describe Arizona’s major geographical features and historical periods.1.2 Analyze the factors that shaped Arizona’s Constitution.2.1 Explain the functions of Arizona’s legislative, executive, and judicial branches.2.2 Describe Arizona’s county governments and municipalities.2.3 Describe challenges Arizona faces in the 21st century.Use the following stems to create the questions:

Explain what Tressie McMillan Cottom means when she says that US health care systems assume black women's incompetence? Use specifics from the author’s argument as you summarize the main points. 2. As she conveys the story, how might Cottom's pregnancy have been different had the health care workers involved read her as competent? What would have changed? Name the differences in detail and explain with specifics. 3. Name some A. stereotypes and B. structural features of modern health care that, according to Kidd & Carel, C. make patients especially vulnerable to epistemic injustice?

1. Explain what Tressie McMillan Cottom means when she says that US health care systems assume black women's incompetence? Use specifics from the author’s argument as you summarize the main points. 2. As she conveys the story, how might Cottom's pregnancy have been different had the health care workers involved read her as competent? What would have changed? Name the differences in detail and explain with specifics. 3. Name some A. stereotypes and B. structural features of modern health care that, according to Kidd & Carel, C. make patients especially vulnerable to epistemic injustice? 4. One kind of epistemic injustice in health care is testimonial injustice. A. Define testimonial injustice. B. Give an example of testimonial injustice from Cottom, Kidd & Carel. C. Explain what makes this example a testimonial injustice. 5. Another kind epistemic injustice in health care is hermeneutical injustice. A. Define hermeneutical injustice. B. Give an example of hermeneutical injustice from Cottom, Kidd & Carel. C. Explain what makes it hermeneutical injustice.