What are some of the shortcomings/pitfalls associated with the value sensitive design (VSD) methodology used for assessing the needs of end users and incorporating impacts on stakeholders? And how you can prevent and/or address those identified shortcomings/pitfalls to allow for effective use of VSD approach?
Note : chapter 8 – “Value Sensitive Design of Complex Product Systems”
The unapproved use of approved drugs, also called off-label use, with children is quite common. This is because pediatric dosage guidelines are typically unavailable, since very few drugs have been specifically researched and tested with children.
When treating children, prescribers often adjust dosages approved for adults to accommodate a child’s weight. However, children are not just “smaller” adults. Adults and children process and respond to drugs differently in their absorption, distribution, metabolism, and excretion.
Children even respond differently during stages from infancy to adolescence. This poses potential safety concerns when prescribing drugs to pediatric patients. As an advanced practice nurse, you have to be aware of safety implications of the off-label use of drugs with this patient group.
In the United States, there are significantly more specialty care physicians than primary care physicians. This trend is the opposite of what is found in most other industrialized nations. Based on the materials in this module, suggest factors that contribute to this trend.
The link of the chapter:
https://jsums.instructure.com/courses/2288244/discussion_topics/13509467
Evaluating Test Outcomes
Test use in an organization can have both positive and negative outcomes. A test can help an organization to make better hiring, promotion, and placement decisions, but testing can also lead to negative consequences, including incorrect selection, overemphasis of tested characteristics, and an undesirable level of employee uniformity.
Many of the unintended consequences of testing occur because tests are less than perfect instruments. Test use can produce both false positives and false negatives. For instance, test results might lead to selection of an unqualified applicant or rejection of someone who would perform well at a job.
Tests also can have biases, with at least part of the score attributable to factors that have little to do with the prediction of job performance. Some people may be good at figuring out the “right” answers on a test, but their skill at test taking may not translate into superior job performance. Cultural differences, language differences, and disabilities may negatively affect test scores without representing actual job-related deficits.
Even if it were possible to find a test that selects individuals perfectly, overuse of a test for personnel selection could lead to homogeneity in the workforce and reduce the diversity and balance that potentially generates creativity and enhances the organizational culture.
Finally, there is a possibility for tests to take on a life of their own, with favorable test performance becoming a more important goal than work performance. This overemphasis on testing can lead to cheating, faking, and a focus on factors measured by tests to the exclusion of other more relevant job goals.
Taking these considerations into account, think about how you would evaluate the outcomes of test use in organizations.
With these thoughts in mind:
Post by Day 4 a description of how you would evaluate the intended and unintended outcomes of test use in an organization. Explain what you would expect to find.
Identify the goals you set for yourself for the course Communication studies argument & debate? Do you feel as if you have acheived them? Why or why not?
In your own words, explain what critical thinking means to you. How has that explanation changed over the course of the term?
Do you believe you will change the way you advocate now? If so, how so & why?
Chapter 7, “A Comparative Analysis of Tools and Technologies for Policy Making”
Chapter 7 presents a comparative analysis of various tools useful in policy making. Select two tools described in chapter 7 from different categories, and explain how these tools could be used to develop policy for optimizing bus and local train schedules to minimize energy use and passenger wait times in a SmartCity environment.
Clements – Spring 2020 – ENG 200 Project 1:The Invisible Art (6-8 pages) (250 points) Due Dates: Working Draft: 2/3 Rough Draft: 2/5 Final Draft: 2/19 From the Syllabus: This initial project is intended to get us started on writing investigative papers in our class and to sharpen our skills on rhetorical analysis. After having read the first few chapters of Scott McCloud’s Understanding Comics, you are aware of how rhetorical techniques can take on new forms in media. You are tasked with taking concepts from the first few (or more) chapters of Understanding Comics and applying them to a medium of your choice. To do this, you will need to select a specific text from a different medium, then investigate how concepts like icons, the gutter (line, text-and-image, and color) are utilized to accomplish specific rhetorical goals. Your paper will need to establish a clear understanding of the rhetorical situation and incorporate concepts from Scott McCloud. Description: The focus of this essay is rhetorical analysis. You have, at this point, been exposed to the rhetorical situation as well as the concept of icon. Choose a SHORT text and write an essay analyzing the rhetorical situation of that text. This text MUST have visual component, and for the purposes of this project, I recommend that it be relatively short and/or static. In the process of writing your essay, you should identify the text, author, audience, purposes, and setting, and in doing so, take time to explain each of these components and how they interact with each other. In particular, you should pay close attention to how ideas in the text are communicated to the audience. Additionally, evaluate how icons present in the text play a role in this communication. This project will take the form of a formal, analytical essay. Basic essay construction is required (Intro, body, conclusion) as well as proper citation of the sources you utilize.
Analyze the ending of the novel. What are the “circles of sorrow” that Nel experiences? Is the ending pessimistic, optimistic, or something else altogether?
The news was certainly welcomed by Gravity’s employees. (For the lowest-paid employees, the raise to $70k meant a doubling of their salaries.) And Price was widely applauded by commentators and on social media.
Price’s move was especially noteworthy in an era in which many CEOs have been criticized for accepting astronomically high levels of pay. In a 2015 article on executive compensation, Bloomberg.com reported,2 for example, that Elon Musk, the entrepreneurial CEO of Tesla Motors Inc., earned just over $100 million in 2014. But that’s far from the high end of executive compensation: The same article noted that Nicholas Woodman, CEO of GoPro Inc., had earned a whopping $285 million that year. Criticism of CEO pay has not focused solely on the absolute amount earned, but also on the ratio of CEO pay to what those CEOs’ employees are paid. According to the Bloomberg article, “The CEOs of 350 Standard & Poor’s 500 companies made 331 times more than their employees in 2013.”
Some people defend high levels of pay for CEOs, pointing out that the highest levels of compensation are achieved through stock options, which means that CEOs do well only when the value of the company’s stock goes up, a sign that the CEO is actually doing a good job. Others, however, are skeptical. As the Bloomberg article points out, “Stock options, once believed to align executives with shareholders because they appreciate when the stock price rises, are now derided for encouraging short-term financial engineering at the expense of long- term planning.” In other words, stock options encourage CEOs to find short-term ways to boost stock prices (such as reducing costs by cutting employees), even if those moves aren’t in the long-term interests of the company and its shareholders.
Let’s turn back to Price’s decision. Different people had different reactions to the decision. Some applauded it as a move toward justice or fairness in compensation. Others thought it was a savvy business move, aimed at producing better outcomes for Gravity Payments by motivating employees and gaining free publicity for the company. Still others thought it spoke well of Price’s character; to them, Price looked like what a good CEO ought to look like, in comparison to the greedy CEOs of so many other companies.
questions:
1. Do you think Dan Price is a hero? Why or why not?
2. Are there any further facts that you would want to know before making a judg- ment about this case?
3. GravityPaymentsisprivatelyownedbyDanPriceandhisbrother.IfGravitywere a publicly traded company with thousands of shareholders, would that change your view about the ethics of his decision? If so, in what way?
4. If you were an employee at Gravity Payments, already making $70,000, how would you feel about employees who made half what you make suddenly mak- ing the same amount as you?
1. Discussion Question: How does capitalism lead to creative destruction? What is nihilism in a Marxist context?
2. Reading Reflection: Solid ONE-page reflection paper about your thoughts on the reading. This could include a brief summary and your opinion. There are not many guidelines or format (e.g., APA, MLS style) for these weekly reading reflection assignments. But please use 12-point font, Times New Roman, and don’t get ridiculous with the margin settings.
Reading: Structure and Agency in Everyday Life Introduction to Symbolic Interactionism (file uploaded)
