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Students responses to the discussion prompt must be submitted as a SINGLE POST/REPLY. The post/reply should include everything that is asked in the prompt. In other words, do not submit separate posts/replies to a discussion board question, even if there are separate questions asked. Submit your response as one post/reply only. (Consider crafting your full response in a Word document, and then copy and paste into the Canvas reply.)

Discussion boards also offer opportunities to exchange ideas with classmates. Feel free to respond to your classmates’ posts.

Typically, there are discussion questions within each module. You are graded on the quality of the contributions, so very simple, one-worded responses or vague, generic responses will not receive credit. Expand on your responses, offering relevant examples and evidence where needed, and draw from both lecture and reading materials where relevant. In other cases, you may want to draw from personal experiences, but make sure you understand that personal experiences and anecdotal “evidence” are typically insufficient forms of evidence and may represent exceptions or anomalies. In other cases, draw from current events. When you mention current events, make sure you provide details. So referring to “that Wisconsin event” is not enough. Provide the background for that event. What happened and why does it matter? More importantly, what sociological issue do you see in that event?

For all discussion responses, you want to ground your responses in evidence and provide sociological insight. Remember, the responses are not merely opinions, nor are they argumentative or position essays.

GRADING – POINT ALLOTMENT:

Each assignment is worth 100 points. So if a discussion board assignment has four questions, then each question is worth 25 points, for a total of 100 points. If a discussion board assignment has two questions, then each question is worth 50 points.

Your general thoughts about the film.
What in the film surprised you the most and why?
What lessons did you glean from this film?
Why do you think people commit suicide?
Is suicide ever justified? Explain.
What recourse does a person contemplating suicide have other than death?
If you could, how would you help a person contemplating suicide?
How does this film change your perception of death and dying? NOTE: Your answer CANNOT be: “This film does not change my perception of death and dying.”
How does this film change your perception of life in general? Your answer CANNOT be: “This film does not change my perception of life.” Think beyond surface level.

Choose one of the following to include in this week’s initial post:

• Discuss an example from your life or from your observations that illustrates one or more of the concepts or theories you learned about in this week’s readings or audiovisual resources.
• Locate a relevant and credible news report or other media story (an article, TV program, documentary, or radio program) that focuses on one or more of the concepts or theories you learned about in this week’s readings or audiovisual resources. Discuss which concepts or theories you noticed in your media selection.

What is an efficient market hypothesis? Explain the difference between technical and fundamental analysis and indicate which one is rendered useless if markets are weakly efficient?

Human Services Organizations as Systems

Social workers use the person-in-environment approach to understand the relationship between individuals and their physical and social environments. This ecological perspective is a framework that is based on concepts associated with systems theory. Systems theory guides social workers when they assess how factors in the environment such as school, work, culture, and social policy impact the individual. Although social workers commonly use the systems approach to focus on the individual, they may apply this approach to human services organizations as well. Human services organizations exist within the context of the social, economic, and political environments, and any type of change in one aspect of the environment will influence the organization’s internal and external functioning.

Now consider how administrators of human services organizations may apply systems theory in their work. Also, consider what you have discovered about the roles of leadership and management and how these contribute to an organization’s overall functioning.

This week’s written activity is a three-part activity. You will respond to three separate prompts but prepare your paper as one research paper. Be sure to include at least one scholarly reference per prompt, in addition to your textbook (which means you’ll have at least 4 sources cited).

Start your paper with an introductory paragraph.

• Prompt 1 “Data Warehouse Architecture” : Explain the major components of a data warehouse architecture, including the various forms of data transformations needed to prepare data for a data warehouse. Also, describe in your own words current key trends in data warehousing.
• Prompt 2 “Big Data” : Describe your understanding of big data and give an example of how you’ve seen big data used either personally or professionally. In your view, what demands is big data placing on organizations and data management technology?
• Prompt 3 “Green Computing” :  One of our topics in Chapter 13 surrounds IT Green Computing. The need for green computing is becoming more obvious considering the amount of power needed to drive our computers, servers, routers, switches, and data centers. Discuss ways in which organizations can make their data centers “green”. In your discussion, find an example of an organization that has already implemented IT green computing strategies successfully. Discuss that organization and share your link.

Post an analysis of the similarities and differences of leadership and management roles as they relate to human services organizations. Include how your understanding of these roles may affect you as you assume a supervisory position.

Write a critical appraisal that demonstrates comprehension of two qualitative research studies. Use the “Research Critique Guidelines – Part 1” document to organize your essay. (Research Critique Guidelines doc is attached). Successful completion of this assignment requires that you provide rationale, include examples, and reference content from the studies in your responses. In an essay, summarize two qualitative studies, explain the ways in which the findings might be used in nursing practice, and address ethical considerations associated with the conduct of the study.

1. List, if any, white collar crimes that are included in the Uniform Crime Report. If you find there are no white collar crimes in the Uniform Crime Report, state your reason why there isn’t and explain if the Index Crimes needs to include those crimes.
2. Do you agree with these statements? “White people can and do commit a great deal of minor and major crimes, the race as a whole is never tainted by those acts. But when blacks violate the law, all members of the race are considered suspect”? If you agree with this statement, does it also apply to white collar crime? Explain your reasoning.

What steps and processes would you develop or implement at your organization to put legal boundaries around retention? Would you incorporate any of the schedulers, if so which one and why?

1. What laws have been enacted in the United States to protect the government from the clear and present (or probable) danger of disruption or overthrow?
2. In the past twenty years, there have been many terrorist acts in the United States, both foreign and domestic. As a future leader in our criminal justice system, what steps would you take to prevent this cycle of violence? Explain your reasoning.