Write up a novel research proposal to advance what is known about a small topic in psychology. Pick your own project in collaboration with the instructor or TA; the role of the instructor or TA in this case is to help make sure the topic is small.
Write about a real-world political event that you have found impactful and then evaluate it by two of these principles ( liberalism, constructivism, feminism, or marxism )
A. Discuss two of the Indigenous feminist films we screened in class, noting their formal innovations and unique modes of storytelling. How do these films contribute to our understanding of visual sovereignty? Any 2 of this Films you can pick to discuss Biidaaban (The Dawn Comes), Amanda Strong, 2018. 19 minutes. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWjnYKyiUB8 Nuuca, Michelle Latimer, 2017, 13 minutes. https://vimeo.com/277676453 “She Falls For Ages”, Skawennati, 2016, 21 minutes. https://vimeo.com/212761877 Some Readings that was reviewed in class and could be helpful Alicia Inez Guzman, “Indigenous Futurisms,” Invisible Culture: An Electronic Journal for Visual Culture (Mar 15, 2015). Lindsay Nixon, 2 Visual Cultures of Indigenous Futurism, GUTS (May, 2016). Channette Romero, “Toward an Indigenous Feminine Animation Aesthetic,” Studies in American Indian Literatures, Volume 29, Number 1, Spring 2017, 56-87. Optional: Joanna Hearne, “Native to the Device: Thoughts on Digital Indigenous Studies,” Studies in American Indian Literatures, Volume 29, Number 1, Spring 2017, pp. 3-26. B. Discuss the complex entanglements of the local and global in Deepa Mehta’s Water and Guy Maddin’s My Winnipeg.
III. EFFECTIVE DECISION MAKING A. Write out the 8 steps in the scientific Decision Making process. This subject is covered in Module 5 in Canvas, and Chapter 7 of the iBook. B. Choose any two steps to explain fully. Which two steps of the 8-step decision making process do you feel are the most vital to ensure a successful outcome? How do managers rely on these two steps you choose to explain? IIII. HUMAN RESOURCES & EMPLOYEE MOTIVATION Module 8 in Canvas, and Ch. 11 in our course iBook explains how Expectancy Theory is a leadership model predicting that high effort will lead to high performance (expectancy). Founded by Victor Vroom, in the study of organizational behavior, expectancy theory is a motivation theory suggesting performance results from motivated effort. Most employees view compensation as a key motivational factor to support effort and performance. However oftentimes, money is not an individual’s key motivator. Individuals also tend to be motivated by mastery, autonomy, or purpose (as founded in Frederick Herzberg’s motivation theory). These concepts are also addressed in the Dan Pink video posted in Canvas titled “The Puzzle of Motivation.” Choose between Mastery, Autonomy, or Purpose, or another key motivator you believe strongly encourages individuals to perform. Choose only one, and explain how an organization utilizes the motivational strategy to its benefit in managing and incentivizing employee performance. Chapter 11 in our iBook details various motivational theories you can apply your to your choice. A successful answer to this question will include: A. one chosen motivator (Mastery, Autonomy, Purpose, or another of your choice), B. an example of how an employer capitalizes on human interest in that motivator, C. And include another motivational theory that supports the strategy. This requires research and/or the iBook Chapter 11. V. LEADERSHIP (worth 15 points) This term we learned various leadership styles, behaviors, and dimensions. See Module 9 in Canvas and Ch. 9 of the course iBook. In particular in Canvas, review Daniel Goleman’s article “Leadership that gets Results.” Write a personal reflection on your leadership propensity. Consider the well-known styles of leadership and dimensions of leadership, and choose the appropriate style and description for yourself. Provide examples and support of why you believe these are your leadership tendencies. This should include two paragraphs minimum. Choose one of these 3 Leadership Styles: 1. Authoritative, or 2. Pacesetting, or 3. Democratic, or 4. Affiliative, or 5. Lassez-Faire Choose several of these 12 Leadership Dimensions: IntegritySelf RenewalFortitude PerceivingJudgmentPerforming BoldnessTeam BuildingCollaboration InspiringServingEnthusiasm VI. LEADERSHIP VS. MANAGEMENT This term we studied both leadership and management. There is merit for utilizing each inside an organization. Explain in detail whether you think you are more of a manager or a leader. Explain your answer fully. Support your answer with information learned this term. Consider these items and more from the content in the iBook and presentations in Canvas: Do you describe yourself as transformational or transactional? When and where do you serve as a leader? What does your Leadership Behavior Practices assessment results (Module 9) tell you about yourself and your preferred way to behave as a leader? What does your Emotional Intelligence assessment profile (Module 10-11) tell you about yourself and your ability to Manage OR Lead?
Write a paper that addresses the following: 1. Introduction about the evolution of human resources 2. Discuss two or three of the major shifts that have occurred in managerial theories and concepts pertaining to the evolution of human resources. 3. Describe specific actions that human resources departments are responsible for regardless of the type of organization. 4. Describe the Community Care setting with the theories and principles that should be incorporated within this setting and justify those selections with specific supporting examples. Consider the health care setting characteristics of the Community Care that would inform your decision making.
Create a report in which you examine a major public company and provide a recommendation on how shareholder value could be enhanced, with resulting impact on the firm’s capital structure and stock value. Introduction This portfolio work project will illustrate what potential financial strategies can be employed by firms to impact company valuation and how they should be financed. This is a relevant concept for both large and small companies. You will have a chance to apply the skills expected of an MBA graduate; from the financial management perspective, you should be able to: Utilize financial strategies that will increase the price of stock. Calculate WACC and capital structure. Evaluate how financial strategies impact the capital structure. This assessment requires you to examine a major public company and provide recommendations on how shareholder value could be enhanced, with resulting impact on the firm’s capital structure and stock value. You will estimate the firm’s current WACC. Scenario Fast forward to when you have successfully completed the MBA program. You are now a Chief Financial Officer of a large, publicly traded company at (go ahead and insert your dream company here). Using your dream company, conduct extensive research on the current situation of the company using resources like the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, GuruFocus, Yahoo Finance, EDGAR, and the Capella library. As the CFO, you have been given a project by the CEO and Board of Directors to prepare a report on ways to financially engineer the company to increase stock price. From the company’s website, go to the financial section and examine the financial statements (income statement, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows) and 10K and 10Q reports, and conduct a financial ratio analysis including the following: current ratio, debt to equity ratio, return on equity (ROE) ratio, dividend yield, earnings per share (EPS or the last 4 quarters), price to earnings ratio (P/E), and market to book ratio. Compare these ratios to those of the company’s nearest competitor. Assume that the objective of upper management is to maximize shareholder value by increasing the price of the stock. Describe the subjective impacts (threats, opportunities, competitive edge) that are unique to the firm and its industry that you found in your research. Based on the ratio results and research, from the following list of ways to financially engineer an increase in stock price, evaluate each method, examine its pros and cons, and then select the best ways for the firm to increase the stock price.
The President of Vestvia (a small country) wants to increase productivity in his country. He has recently become aware of an economic principle that suggests that as a nation’s productivity rises, its income will rise and therefore its standard of living will also rise. You have just been appointed as the economic advisor for Vestvia. Discuss three economic policies you might advise the President to pursue in order for his country to achieve this increased standard of living. Develop a multi-paragraph response with a introduction, main section, and conclusion that includes examples and evidence to support your ideas. Organize your response in a clear and logical manner using proper economic reasoning. Use well-structured sentences, audience-appropriate language, and correct conventions of standard American English. The response must be in your own words. Do not use quotes or references. For a high score, you must properly use economic concepts and terms. Explain what are the main sources of productivity growth. Applying key macroeconomic theories differentiate which sources of growth may be enhanced with government policies and which sources may not be improved with policies. List key macroeconomic measures of growth and briefly describe how these measures could be used to assess government policy effectiveness.
What are social determinants of health? Explain how social determinants of health contribute to the development of disease. Describe the fundamental idea that the communicable disease chain model is designed to represent. Give an example of the steps a nurse can take to break the link within the communicable disease chain. Resources within your text covering international/global health, and the websites in the topic materials, will assist you in answering this discussion question.
In the assignment you will develop an Industrial hygiene procedure based for the baking industry. The procedure will document what will be accomplished and how and will also determine the scope (what the procedure will cover or be limited to), roles and responsibilities (who will contribute to the procedure implementation), definitions to explain technical features of the procedure, and references that list legislation, industry best practices, etc. The procedure will explain things such as the type of testing that should be conducted, where, under what circumstances, and where to send samples. For the purposes of this assignment occupational hygiene exposures to physical agents such as heat, cold, noise, vibration, and radiation (both ionizing & non-ionizing radiation) should be considered. Exposures to gases, vapours, mists, aerosols, fumes, smoke, dusts, fibres, and particulates should also be reviewed. Legislation such as Regulation 833 Control of Exposure to Chemical or Biological Substances should be reviewed, as should Material Safety Data Sheets for the substances or material under study. The purpose of this assignment is to help students learn how to develop an industrial hygiene procedure. The maximum number of pages allowed for the assignment is eight, not including the Title Page, Table of Contents, and References. Elements of the procedure should include: Title page Table of Contents Purpose (in place of an introduction) – Provide an outline of why industrial hygiene testing is to be conducted, what should be sampled and the permissible exposure limit for those substances or material. Scope – For example, if reviewing industrial baking the scope of the procedure may cover heat stress, cold stress, and exposure to baking products such as…..in areas of a facility. Definitions – For example; 8-hour TWA limit: means the time weighted average (TWA) concentration of a substance in air which may not be exceeded over a normal 8 hour work period. Industrial hygiene: means the science of anticipating, recognizing, evaluating, and controlling workplace conditions that may cause workers’ injury or illness. What is an 8 hour TWA? “TWA is the employee’s average airborne exposure in any 8-hour work shift of a 40-hour work week which shall not be exceeded.” The 8-hour TWA PEL is the level of exposure established as the highest level of exposure an employee may be exposed to without incurring the risk of adverse health effects. 8-hour total weight average (TWA) permissible exposure limit (PEL … https://www.osha.gov › laws-regs › standardinterpretations Search for: What is an 8 hour TWA? Roles & Responsibilities – For example, a plant manager (VP Operations, etc.) may be responsible for allocating time & resources to accomplish tasks such as testing. A health & safety coordinator or manager may arrange for testing or perform testing if qualified. From research list who may be involved in performing certain tasks to complete hygiene testing. The Joint Health & Safety Committee (JHSC) may accompany those performing testing or review the results of testing. Review JHSC roles in legislation from the Ontario Occupational Health & Safety Act (OHSA). Communication to employees of the industrial hygiene procedure and testing that may be involved is vital so there is no confusion as to why it’s taking place (is it routine or was there an issue). Procedures – which may include; 1. The type of testing pertinent to the industry being studied & the qualifications of those involved. 2. When the testing should take place, based on ACGIH or other industry standards. 3. How often testing should take place, based on legislation, ACGIH, CCOHS, & industry best practices. 4. Where hygiene testing should typically take place within a facility, based on your research. 5. What steps should be taken to protect worker health & safety if new installations or processes are introduced, based on legislation (OHSA) or industry best practices. 6. Where exposure samples should be sent to ensure accurate results. Communications & Survey Results Analysis – which may include; 1. Who to notify of test results within an organization. 2. List what should be done with test results. What should they be compared to? 3. How long should records be retained based on legislation or best practices. 4. In the absence of legislated exposure limits list what standard should be adopted. 5. If exposure limits are exceeded list a brief overview of next steps or corrective actions. References – List the source of information gathered. Provide the title, author, publisher, edition, year of publication and city – if web site, name of the web site, the information that was accessed, the specific link in the web site and date accessed. Research Sources: The ACGIH, NIOSH, CCOHS, HSE, Center for Disease Control (CDC) and U.S. Department of Labor websites should be very useful to you for this assignment. NIOSH also provides a manual of analytical methods (NMAM) that lists the methodology for carrying out hygiene testing on different of substances, in case you wish to review them. Use your preferred search engine and type in the industry under study and the words “Industrial hygiene exposure limits” or other similar words and see what you come up with.
Company Analysis Project- GE Electric The Company Analysis project is designed to give you a chance to practically apply the material covered during the course in a “real-world” scenario as well as to familiarize you with the business research resources available to you. After you have completed the project, you should be comfortable researching any company in which you may want to invest, seek employment, or do business. Company Selection: Pick a firm that has been publicly traded for at least five year, pays dividend and has debt. Report: Your written report should be 8-10 pages long (typed and double spaced; tables and graphs can be submitted as appendices) and should include the following information: 1) Title page: · The company name. · Ticker symbol · Stock exchange where your company trades. · Recent stock price. You may use the stock price on the day you started working on this report. (provide the date). 2) Company and Industry Description: Provide an introduction and description of the company and the industry. What is the mission of the firm and what does the firm do? Provide a brief history of the firm as well as a brief summary of any recent major news events related to the company. Please remember to cite all your sources. · Use the following link to find the Annual Report for your company: https://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html 3) Financial Statement and Ratio Analysis: 2 pages 1) Siemens. 2) Hitachi. As competitors · Use the financial statements from “Yahoo Finance”. Use the “Excel Template file – Company Financial Ratios” to help you calculate the ratios. · Provide a brief discussion of the Balance Sheet, Income Statement and Statement of Cash Flows. This discussion should highlight a few key items that you consider particularly noteworthy and not be a rehash of numbers from the statements themselves. · An analysis of the financial ratios, including trends, and explanation of their significance. The most important part of this section is your interpretation and analysis of ratios rather than the ratios themselves. (You can focus your discussion on the financial ratios listed in the excel file.) · Compare your company to other companies in the industry based on the above ratios. Make sure you compare your company to at least two other companies. 4) Cost of Debt: · Provide an analysis of the credit-worthiness of your company (incorporate debt and liquidity ratios). This section should include a discussion of the bond-rating and resulting cost of debt capital. · Use the following link to find the list of traded bonds and bond-rating for your company: https://finra-markets.morningstar.com/BondCenter/Default.jsp?part=3 5) Cost of Common Equity: · CAPM Model: o This section should include your company’s Beta and the resulting cost of common equity using the CAPM model. o Compare the Beta of your firm to the Beta of two other firms in the same industry. (You can use the Beta from Yahoo finance for the Beta of the comparable firms.) o Provide a discussion of the riskiness of your company’s stock in terms of Beta. · Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) Model: o How much and how often does the firm pay common stock dividends? What is the dividend payout ratio? Do the comparable firms pay dividends and what is their dividend payout ratio? o Has the company significantly changed its dividend payments over the past 5 years? If so, what factors could possibly explain the shift? You may consult the firm’s annual report to see if there is any discussion and/or explanation for these changes. o Use the DCF model to calculate the Cost of Equity. (You can use the analyst estimates from Yahoo Finance for the growth rate.) 6) Cost of preferred stock: · Does your firm have preferred stock? If yes then use the DCF model to calculate the cost of preferred stock. 7) Capital Structure: · Provide a pie-chart (only for the most recent year) showing the breakdown of the firm’s capital into the various components, e.g., long-term debt, preferred stock, and common equity capital. Include the weight and value of each component in the pie-chart. · Has the company significantly changed its capital structure over the past 5 years? If so, what factors could possibly explain the shift? You may consult the firm’s annual report to see if there is any discussion and/or explanation for these changes. 8) WACC Calculation: Use the “WACC calculation excel worksheet” to help you with this section. · Cost of Debt: Use the Yield to Maturity on existing bonds. · Cost of Equity: Use the CAPM model and the discounted cash flow model. To calculate the cost of equity. Take an average of the two estimates as your cost of equity. · Find the tax rate for your company from its Annual Report. · Use your capital structure weights and then find the WACC. 9) Discuss the recent developments and issues facing your firm now and in the foreseeable future. Talk about the firm’s future prospects. Address both positive and negative aspects of the firm’s current condition and outlook. 10) Provide a conclusion with recommendations (buy, sell, hold) based on your analysis.
