Explain your process problem resolution (including changes to procedures, technology, and competencies).

1. Capacity Analysis a. Explain and calculate the design capacity of your work process b. Explain the capacity utilization of your work process 2. Theory of Constraints a. Explain the basic tenets of the theory of constraints (TOC) b. Demonstrate the theory of constraints (TOC) c. Describe bottleneck management 3. Process Problems Analysis (a full description of and explanation of your chosen work process problems, including any obstacles or constraints) a. Describe your methodology of your process analysis b. Identify and explain the process problem c. Explain your process problem resolution (including changes to procedures, technology, and competencies).

Explain why it is important for an analyst to know when to create a policy memorandum versus an executive summary when presenting information.

“Types of Policy Communication” Please respond to the following:

  • Explain at least two factors policy makers use when evaluating information provided to them in policy reports.
  • Explain why it is important for an analyst to know when to create a policy memorandum versus an executive summary when presenting information.

Discuss with reference to appropriate literature sources, the extent to which the creation, sharing and utilization of knowledge is central to this resource based view of competitive advantage.

According to Dasgupta and Gupta “The increasing turbulence in the external business environment has focused attention on the resources and organizational capabilities as the principal source of competitive advantage.” (2009, p.204). Discuss with reference to appropriate literature sources, the extent to which the creation, sharing and utilization of knowledge is central to this resource based view of competitive advantage.

Explain virtue ethics and care ethics and discuss how these approaches offer an alternative to the deontological and utilitarian focus on how we should act.

 The final graded assignment is a paper on the question: what is the good life? This assignment will be completed in four parts, so you may want to use section headers to organize your paper. This paper is somewhat cumulative, so you may need to review material from previous weeks to prepare for this essay.

 

  1. The Consequentialism Debate: Compare and Contrast deontology and utilitarianism. Briefly discuss the differences between Bentham and Mill’s versions of utilitarianism. Discuss the political and ethical implications of utilitarianism.
  2. Explain virtue ethics and care ethics and discuss how these approaches offer an alternative to the deontological and utilitarian focus on how we should act.
  3. Explain existential ethics and briefly discuss the role of free will in ethical decision making. The explanation of existentialism should discuss the following ideas: authenticity, ambiguity, freedom, anxiety, and bad faith.
  4. Illustrate the theories discussed with examples, including situations relevant to your current or future career.

Discuss the different kinds of stories each coding scheme might tell.

Return to the “Developing Research Questions” assignment from Module/Week 3. With interview transcripts in hand, create a code book for interviews. Begin in small groups, look at the ways people coded their respective interviews. See if there is agreement on major and minor codes. Discuss the different kinds of stories each coding scheme might tell. Cut and sort by major and minor codes looking for patterns, relationships, further categorizations. Make note of analytical findings. Hold onto these clumps of coded data for a future exercise.

Define symbolism and iconography and describe the difference between them.

  • Define symbolism and iconography and describe the difference between them.
  • Discuss two different structures built for religious use. Explain how the form is related to purposes and how the form is used by that religious group. Be specific about how it meets particular rituals or other needs of the group.
  • Describe why and how art and artists have been considered to have exceptional power in some cultures.
  • Describe how rulers have used images of themselves to enhance their authority. Cite examples.
  • Explain why images of defeated rulers, dead rulers, or monuments of an occupied culture might be defaced or destroyed.
  • Describe the use of tribal masks for rituals in different cultures.
  • Select two ethically controversial works of art from different periods in history. Explain how each work was received at the time it was made and how changes in societal values have impacted acceptance of the works today.
  • Why is it important that news photographs not be altered?

dentify a nation that has been / is working to reduce its population growth. For how long?

It has been said that in nations seeking to reduce their population growth rate, a combination of sustainable economic development along with improved educational and socio-economic opportunities for women are the best “contraceptives” (i.e. ways to reduce a woman’s total fertility rate; don’t know this term? Look it up before posting).

A. How does improving educational opportunities for women help reduce population growth (in those nations seeking to do so)?  Cite specific scientific, demographic, socioeconomic and/or geopolitical evidence from one (1) nation that is working to reduce its population growth rate and where improving education for women has worked / is working.

Be sure to back up your explanations with some research before discussing this topic online with your classmates. Be sure to read relevant sections of your text (and supplementary readings from this Module) and look online.  Start with these background readings:

Organize your posting by using the letter/number combinations as follows. Be specific and thorough. Cite statistics in A2, A3.

A1. Identify a nation that has been / is working to reduce its population growth. For how long?

A2. What has this nation done to improve the educational opportunities for its women?

A3. How have increased educational opportunities for these women changed their socio-economic status?

Describe a recent encounter from your clinical site where a patient was experiencing one of the psychiatric conditions previously reviewed in the course.

  • Describe a recent encounter from your clinical site where a patient was experiencing one of the psychiatric conditions previously reviewed in the course.
  • List the diagnostic criteria for the disorder (according to the DSM-5) (no patient identifiers please) (cite DSM-5 and at least 1 additional source)

As a counselor, you will be making decisions on how to select evidence-based treatments. In your essay, demonstrate the decision-making process that you will use to choose one evidence-based treatment over another.

As a counselor, you will be making decisions on how to select evidence-based treatments. In your essay, demonstrate the decision-making process that you will use to choose one evidence-based treatment over another. Write a reflection essay on how to effectively utilize research in order to guide decision-making processes in the counseling profession. Include the following in your essay:

  1. A discussion about how qualitative and quantitative research reports guide the decision-making process.
  2. A discussion about the key characteristics of effective writing and publication in counseling and psychological research. How do these characteristics guide the decision-making processes?
  3. Select a diagnosis and include an example of how research could assist in treatment.
  4. Include a minimum of three scholarly resources in addition to the course textbook.