Examine how Marlow’s journey in Conrad’s Heart of Darkness can be seen as a journey into the heart of man at the same time a journey into the horrors of imperalism.
Discuss Gender Equality in the work place (Organisational Behaviour).
Who is the author, and what are their credentials? Why did they write the article?Mention the central themes of the article and the arguments and claims of the author. You also need to state the author’s thesis.Body:What major figure(s) were covered in the article, and why were these figures significant?What military needs were present in the post-Civil War era?What was the social climate of this time period? What was the attitude of the soldiers coming out of the war?Discuss the positive aspects of the article. Think about what the author does well, good points that he or she makes, and insightful observationsConclusion:Discuss the meaning or implications of the article’s contents as well as any flaws you find in the article.Summarize the main points of the article along with your opinions about its significance, accuracy, and clarity. If relevant, also comment on implications for further research or discussion in the field.
Casual users of statistics and some professionals too will get confused between one event ‘causing’ another one and the fact that they are ‘correlated’. E.g. the argument between causation vs. correlation. Please define each in a statistical sense and then provide examples and explain why it is easy to confuse the two.
Reflect on this most unusual semester. Think about what you have read. How did the literature affect you, especially during the COVID-19? Or did it? In reading and writing in an unexpected online format, what did you learn about yourself?
Week 3: Leading and Caring for OneselfMSN-prepared nurses serve as leaders across a wide array of healthcare and organizational contexts, influencing individuals, teams, organizations, and communities. Recognizing this far-reaching impact of the MSN-prepared nurse as leader in shaping healthcare and the profession, respond to the following.*Why are self-care and self-leadership important, and how do they relate to one’s competency as a leader? How is self-care related to self-leadership?*Based upon the Chamberlain Care Model, what are the implications when adequate self-care is present? What are the implications when self-care is lacking or absent?*How are self-care and self-leadership reflected in the principles of authentic leadership?*What are the implications of effective self-leadership and self-care in your future MSN role? Provide two recommendations to further cultivate self-care and self-leadership.Include current (within the past 5 years), peer-reviewed scholarly support (outside of class resources) to validate your work.
The paper must be supported by the Organizational behavior: Managing people and organizations text (Griffin, Phillips, and Gully), as well as five other outside sources.The intent of the paper is to provide students the opportunity to further explore topics from the course, demonstrate an informed understanding of the topics, and apply relevant knowledge to analyzing and evaluating the case.The final case analysis (critical assignment) must include the following components which will be graded according to the standards that are established in the Final Case Analysis Grading Rubric attached to the assignment in Blackboard. The schedule for submitting each section and the final case analysis is as follows:Week 1: Summary of Background and FactsWeek 2: Statement of Core ProblemWeek 3: Secondary ProblemWeek 4: SolutionsWeek 5: Constraints and Limiting FactorsWeek 6: Implementation of Best SolutionWeek 7: Evaluate Leadership Decisions
This series of readings and classroom discussions will begin our concentration on the individual early Black architects and educators, many who were associated with the eight historic black architecture programs. We will also study their practices, document their creative works and articulate their place and importance in the overall world of architecture, and at the very least, from the standpoint of American architecture in general.A. Focus Questions: focus on the pioneering black architects after the advent of formal architecture education programs at historically black schools during the period -1900-1930 and on the prominent black Architects in the era of emerging professionalism- 1930-1950. The architects noted below have been categorized into three areas but each of the architects influence goes beyond these somewhat arbitrary categorical associations given many of them have associations with each of the three noted categories:• Educated or Associated with Tuskegee Architecture ProgramsRobert R TaylorWilliam PittmanJohn A Lankford• Educated or Associated with Howard Architecture ProgramsAlbert I CassellWallace RayfieldHoward H Mackey• Educated or Associated with Predominately White Architecture ProgramsPaul R WilliamsJulian F AbeleHilyard RobinsonThe following questions on the life of these renowned African American architects is intended to focus your understanding of their outstanding careers.1. Prepare a short biography of each of architect noted above, including where they studied architecture, how did their career as an architect begin? Who were their major benefactors, what was their practice focus or clientele focus, What were their many accomplishments including their many “firsts”.2. What did you as an young aspiring architect learn from their sacrifices and accomplishments during their life and careers as persons of color in a predominantly white male profession?3. Although not widely publicized in the mainstream architecture media until recently, Is the power and resilience that each of these architects exuded during their careers- that spanned the period 1920’s to 1980 – exceptional or are their careers as expected in comparison to the state of the architect of the period as well of compared to today, whether black or other?4. Which of the nine architects noted would you say, in your opinion, is the most influential in bringing into prominence the black architect into the mainstream of architecture as a profession, in architecture education and in society in general.
Program Evaluation CritiqueDue: May 7th, 2020 No matter where you find yourself a year from now, learning how to critically evaluate research is an essential part of informing and making policy. This exercise is designed to help you hone those skills. Select one of the four articles listed below to read and offer a summary of the findings (including a description of the research question, what econometric techniques the authors used to answer the research question, who is “treated” and who is not, what assumptions the authors make about the treatment and comparison group, and the main findings), the strengths and weaknesses of the analysis, and the policy implications of the findings. Students should work independently and write a 2-3 page report on their findings.To help guide your assessment of the article you choose, I have enclosed a list of questions that you should make sure you have answered in your assessment. These questions serve as a guide—please do NOT turn in a sheet with just a list of your answers to these questions. Write in complete sentences as if you were writing a policy brief for someone.Note: You are welcome to discuss the articles with your classmates, but each student must independently write up their own report.Hoynes, H. W., & Schanzenbach, D. W. (2009). Consumption responses to in-kind transfers: Evidence from the introduction of the food stamp program. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 1(4), 109-139.Cohodes, Sarah R., & Goodman, Joshua S. 2014. Merit aid, college quality, and college completion: Massachusetts’ Adams scholarship as an in-kind subsidy. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 6(4), 251-285.Deming, D., 2009. Early childhood intervention and life-cycle skill development: Evidence from Head Start. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 1(3), pp.111-34.Rossin-Slater, Maya; Christopher J. Ruhm., and Jane Waldfogel. 2013. The effects of California’s paid family leave program on mothers’ leave-taking and subsequent labor market outcomes. Journal of Policy Analysis and Management. 32(2): 224-245.General Advice on Reading Empirical Studies(courtesy of Prof. Sue Dynarski)Expect jargon and poor writing (enjoy the rare exceptions!). Plowing through nonsense in order to grasp the gist of a study is a critical task for policy analysts. You have an excellent grounding in empirical methods and are quickly gaining the skills needed to assess just about any empirical evaluation. You may not be able to interpret every equation or sentence, but if the authors have done their job then you will be able to evaluate their results and judge the quality of their analysis.Questions to Answer1)FAQs (Angrist and Pischke, MHE)a)What is the causal question of interest?b)Ideal experiment: What would be the ideal experiment you would conduct to answer this question?c)Identification strategy: How does the study use observational data to approximate an ideal experiment?2)Important Detailsa)What is the estimated effect of X on Y?i)What is its statistical significance?ii)What is its practical significance (magnitude)?b)Datai)What are some key characteristics of the sample (you could say a lot here – try to focus on what is relevant for assessing internal and external validity).3)Assess internal validity: is the identification strategy a good one?a)To answer this, first think about (and discuss) why treatment status varies in general. Do people choose treatment? Is it chosen for them? By what process?b)Then describe the identifying variation in this study. This is the variation left after we control for the other variables.c)What are the key threats to the internal validity of the study? As you list them, make sure you tell us how these threats could affect the results (e.g., sign the bias).4)Assess external validity: to what populations, programs and places can the results be safely extrapolated?I will also attched each article.
Rossi, P. H., Lipsey, M. W., & Freeman, H. E. (2004). Evaluation: A systemic approach (7th ed.). Retrieved from https://content.ashford.eduA literature review can be envisioned to be very similar in tone to a traditional term paper you might have written during your undergraduate education. The literature review is just that: A review of relevant scholarly work related to the topic on which you are writing. In your paper,Describe any controversies, successes, political initiatives, policy changes, or anything you deem pertinent and important to a proper and thorough understanding of the topic of your evaluation proposal.Explain the impact of political and ethical issues associated with the program evaluation.Identify the impacts and issues that will be readily identifiable and those that could be inadvertent, affecting stakeholders after the completion of the proposed evaluation
