Describe a type of health care spending that you consider wasteful or services that you consider have little or no benefit.

prompt 1 : Identify three components of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act that went into effect in 2014 and discuss their impact or potential impact on the practice of nursing and medicine.

PROMPT 2 : Describe a type of health care spending that you consider wasteful or services that you consider have little or no benefit. Explain why you find the spending wasteful, and if eliminated, what impact it may have on the American public.

PROMPT 3 : iscuss the potential controversy when considering a patient’s right to know whether a caregiver has AIDS, and the caregiver’s right to privacy and confidentiality.

Consider the following: A physician cut his hand with a scalpel while he was assisting another physician. Because of the uncertainty that blood had been transferred from the physician’s hand wound to the patient through an open surgical incision, he agreed to have a blood test for HIV. His blood tested positive for HIV and he withdrew himself from participation in further surgical procedures.

Discuss the ethical and legal issues.

PROMPT 4 : The following questions refer to your experience in this week’s exercise, Conducting Moral and Ethical Dialog in Clinical Practice. Describe your overall experience with the moral and ethical dialog exercise, and address at least three (3) of the following:

Did you find any of the scenarios more difficult to deal with than others?

Did you feel any internal conflict with any of the scenarios?

How did your personal and professional background impact how you decided to interact with the patient?

Do you feel the responses the patient gave to the practitioner’s response were reasonable or typical?

Were you taken aback by any of the patient reactions?

How might this activity contribute to your role as a nurse advocate in a moral and ethical practice?

Did you utilize an ethical decision making model to explore a systematic way to evaluate any of these ethical dilemmas? If so, describe the effectiveness.

Why did Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his followers capture the Sacred Court complex in Amritsar, India in 1983?

1.    What did the early Sikh community call their faith in a term that means “path”?

a. the Panth

b. Sikhism

c. the Nam

d. “the way of seeking”

2.    Sikhism is unique among world religions in that it has a double-edged sword as its symbol, a sword known as the:

a. kirpan.

b. khanda.

c. katcha.

d. kanga.

3.    Which of the following statements is true of Guru Gobind Singh?

a. He led a change in Sikhism from pacifism to militarism.

b. He introduced governmental leadership and made the Sikhs into a political community.

c. He established the Sikh faith in India to become the first guru of Sikhism.

d. He changed the name of the Sikh faith from Gurmat to the Panth.

4.    Guru Nanak differed from the Sants because Nanak:

a. encouraged devotion to God by a withdrawal from the world.

b. promoted that God’s purposes could be advanced by coercion and violence.

c. downplayed the differences between religions and highlighted their similarities.

d. preached the message of obeying one’s own religion and worshiping its God.

5.    Who is famous in India for founding the city of Amritsar.

a. Ram Das

b. Har Gobind

c. Tegh Bahadur

d. Angad Dev

6.    Which of the following statements is true of Guru Arjan?

a. He established the current Sikh rite of initiation.

b. He established the distinctive dress of the Sikhs.

c. He made Amritsar the religious center of Sikhism with the Harmandir Sahib.

d. He introduced the tradition of hymn singing during praise and worship.

7.    Which Guru began the compilation of the main Sikh scripture called the Adi Granth, or “First Book”?

a. Guru Nanak

b. Guru Arjan

c. Guru Gobind Singh

d. Guru Ram Das

8.    Which of the following was a reform introduced by the sixth guru, Har Gobind?

a. He established the current Sikh rite of initiation.

b. He exercised governmental leadership in addition to spiritual leadership.

c. He formed the Khalsa to enable Sikhs to protect and defend their religion.

d. He introduced the distinctive dress of the Sikhs.

9.    Dalbir Singh is a Sikh man who is able and willing to defend Sikhism. He, therefore, joins a Sikh society that is dedicated to strict observance. As a part of this society, he is required to wear the Five Ks—kesh, kanga, kirpan, kara, and kachha—at all times. According to this scenario, Dalbir Singh is a member of:

a. the Japji

b. Khalistan

c. the Nam

d. the Khalsa

10. Which of the following statements is true of Gobind Singh?

a. He introduced the tradition of hymn singing during worship.

b. He made Sikhs a political community by exercising governmental leadership.

c. He established the current Sikh rite of initiation.

d. He began the compilation of the main Sikh scripture, the Adi Granth.

11.  Why did Jarnail Singh Bhindranwale and his followers capture the Sacred Court complex in Amritsar, India in 1983?

a. to demand the reservation of positions for Sikhs in the Indian army and the police forces

b. to demand that the Indian government set up an independent Sikh homeland

c. to demand equal educational opportunities for Sikh men and women

d. to demand the merger of the three different parts of the state of Punjab

12.  Sikhism is a strongly aniconic religion because:

a. Sikhs believe that there are many Gods.

b. Sikhs believe that God does not have a body.

c. Sikhs believe that God has many physical forms.

d. Sikhs believe that God incarnates in human form.

13.  What is the name for God, meaning “praise to the Guru,” that is used especially in worship by Sikhs?

a. Sant

b. Waheguru

c. Gurumat

d. Gurudev

14.  What is the second important symbol of Sikhism, meaning “One God”?

a. Khanda

b. Kirpan

c. Ek Onkar

d. Vak lao

15.  What is a small comb that is used to keep one’s long hair neat?

a. kara

b. kachha

c. kirpan

d. kanga

16. Monty, a Sikh man, is a member of the Khalsa. Therefore, he is required to wear a small sword at all times on the outside of his body. He says that the sword signifies his defense of Sikhism and of oppressed people. In the context of the Five Ks, this sword worn by Monty is known as:

a. kanga.

b. kirpan.

c. khanda.

d. kara.

17. In the context of the Five Ks, which of the following statements is true of kara, the bracelet?

a. It is a reminder to Sikhs to defend oppressed people.

b. It is a reminder to Sikhs to act for the Sikh faith.

c. It is a reminder of unity with God and the Sikh community.

d. It is a reminder of the duty of purity.

18. Which of the following is a similarity between Sikhism and Hinduism?

a. Both use music as a key way to cultivate and express devotion to God.

b. Both have separate Gods for upper and lower castes.

c. Both believe that caste is important for liberation from sin.

d. Both emphasize the importance of social equality.

19.  The main practice of Sikhism is:

a. remembering the Name.

b. organizing a langar.

c. worshipping images of God.

d. preserving the Khalsa.

20. Sikhism differs from Hinduism in that Sikhism:

a. strongly rejects Hindu caste distinctions.

b. promotes social inequality through its system of restrictive entry into the gurdwara.

c. encourages the belief that caste is relevant for access to God.

d. has high and low gods for upper and lower castes, respectively.

21. Which of the following statements is true of Sikhism?

a. It advocates color distinction to gain access to God and God’s name.

b. It emphasizes the establishment of gurdwaras for separate castes.

c. It denounces caste as irrelevant for access to liberation from sin, ignorance, and transmigration.

d. It promotes gender equality by allowing men and women to sit together inside the gurdwara.

22. Which of the following is a code of conduct to be followed by Sikhs?

a. All Sikhs should work hard and honestly and share their gains with others.

b. Sikh women should be treated inferior to men as they are so in God’s sight.

c. Sikh women should wear a veil, while the Sikh men should have an ear piercing.

d. All persons should practice asceticism and renounce marriage.

23. What is “the Guru’s Door,” the residence of the Guru and the house of Sikh worship?

a. Vak lao

b. Gurmat

c. Waheguru

d. Gurdwara

24. Which of the following statements is true of Sikh worship in the gurdwara?

a. Sikhs worship statues and religious pictures in the gurdwara.

b. Sikhs pray by sitting on wooden benches and reading passages from the Guru Granth.

c. Sikhs bow deeply to the Guru Granth, sometimes touching their head to the floor.

d. Sikhs use candles, incense, and bells to get the attention of God before the worship begins.

25. What is the ceremonial fan used to venerate the Guru Granth in the gurdwara?

a. Khalsa

b. chaur

c. Nam

d. khanda

26. Sikh worship in a gurdwara usually commences with:

a. the reading of a passage from the Bhagavad Gita.

b. the singing of “Anand Sahib,” written by Guru Amar Das.

c. the singing of “Asa Di Var,” written by Guru Nanak.

d. the reading of a passage from the Guru Granth.

27. Devotional singing of hymns from the Guru Granth is called:

a. the langar.

b. parshad.

c. the chaur.

d. kirtan.

28. The main Sikh scripture book is written in what dialect?

a. Gurmukhi

b. Persian

c. Arabic

d. Sanskrit

29. Baldev Singh is a Sikh man who organizes the daily services in a gurdwara, reads from the Sikh scripture book during the daily services, and takes care of the book at all times. He is also fluent in the Gurmukhi dialect, which makes him more suitable for these responsibilities. From this scenario, it can be inferred that Baldev is a:

a. granthi.

b. kusti.

c. guru.

d. sadhu.

30. In the context of Sikh rituals, the langar:

a. allows people to offer food to the one universal God.

b. creates clear distinctions between people of different castes.

c. enables wealthy Sikhs to display their prosperity.

d. helps to build social and spiritual solidarity in the gurdwara.

31. Which of the following statements is true of a langar meal?

a. It serves vegetarian and non-vegetarian dishes to cater to all Sikhs.

b. It serves good food with a variety of delicacies.

c. It serves meals that are simple and low cost.

d. It is restricted to the Khalsa members and the granthis.

32. What is a second personal name given to all Sikh females?

a. Sharma

b. Gaur

c. Kaur

d. Singh

33. Diwali is important for the Sikhs because:

a. it celebrates the birthday of the god Rama.

b. it marks the release of Guru Hargobind from imprisonment by the Mughal emperor.

c. it marks the day of completion of the Harmandir Sahib.

d. it celebrates the sacrifice of Guru Arjan for the freedom of Sikhs.

34. What is a Sikh festival established by Gobind Singh as an alternative to the Hindu festival of Holi?

a. Hola Mahalla

b. Holika Dahan

c. Baisakhi

d. Dassera

35. The act of opening the Guru Granth at random in order to pick the first letter of a newborn baby’s name is called:

a. parshad.

b. the chaur.

c. vak lao.

d. the Khalsa.

36. After the posting of several Sikh soldiers in the British army to stations in Malaya and Hong Kong in the late 1800s, many Sikhs migrated to China and Fiji because:

a. they discovered that their skills in commerce and trade were widely valued in Asia.

b. they needed a new export market for their Indian handcrafted goods.

c. they wanted to spread Sikhism and make it a world religion.

d. they sought a new occupation due to the loss of their farmlands during the partition of India.

37. A permanent feature of Sikh life of the first generation of Sikh immigrants to the United States was:

a. attracting American converts to the Sikh faith.

b. being identified as Muslim terrorists by ignorant Americans.

c. being mistreated by other Americans.

d. being compared to the Afghan Taliban by Americans.

38. Which of the following statements is true of the California “Alien Land Act” of 1913?

a. It prohibited the movement of the families of noncitizens to America.

b. It prohibited noncitizens from owning property.

c. It prohibited the establishment of any religious institutions of noncitizens on American land.

d. It prohibited noncitizens from gaining American citizenship.

39. The objective of the Ghadar Movement was to:

a. raise funds for the establishment of a gurdwara in California.

b. protest against the increasing mistreatment of noncitizens by Americans.

c. raise money for resistance to British colonial rule in India.

d. protest against the tag of “Muslim terrorists” given to Asian noncitizens by Americans.

40. The second wave of Sikh immigrants to the United States differed from the first wave in that the second wave of immigrants:

a. settled directly in the countryside instead of the suburbs.

b. relaxed Sikh traditions and deemphasized the langar meal.

c. were more traditionally Sikh than the first-wave Sikhs, who were already quite assimilated to American life.

d. married non-Sikhs and converted to other faiths to become accepted in America.

41.  The third wave of Sikh immigrants to the United States differed from the second wave of Sikh immigrants in that the third wave of immigrants:

a. brought an urgent sense of Sikh identity.

b. were less politicized than the second wave.

c. reemphasized the langar meal.

d. were prohibited from owning property.

42. Sikhs are called “Muslim terrorists” by many Americans because:

a. the Sikhs are trying to convert all Christians by attracting them to the lifestyle of Sikhism.

b. the dress code of Khalsa members is similar to the dress code of Taliban men.

c. the Sikhs are protesting against rising intolerance by launching several attacks to kill all non-Sikhs.

d. the kirpan carried by Khalsa members is considered a weapon of violence in America.

Describe a firm you think has been highly innovative. Which of the four types of innovation – radical, incremental, disruptive, or architectural – did it use?

Describe a firm you think has been highly innovative. Which of the four types of innovation – radical, incremental, disruptive, or architectural – did it use? Explain? Did the firm use different types over time?

What are the four (4) areas of focus aka criteria important to Facebook?

1. What does TCO stand for?

2. How many forms of solicitation are there? List them by full description and three (3) letter acronym (see question 1 for example). Don’t forget the one (1) we discovered that is used by our neighbors up north.

3. In today’s (3.18.2020) lecture we were introduced to another form of solicitation, what was it?

4. What are the four (4) areas of focus aka criteria important to Facebook?

5. Who should you always include when developing your solicitation and what do call them?

6. How many steps did we discuss in today’s (3.18.2020) lecture? What were they?

Article 2: Understanding The What, Why, & How of Strategic Sourcing

Read and provide your thoughts on the key takeaways from the article.

Watch the Frontline Video “The Plea” (link above) and discuss the ethical issues related to the Prosecutor, Defense attorney, and Judges involved in this process.

Watch the Frontline Video “The Plea” (link above) and discuss the ethical issues related to the Prosecutor, Defense attorney, and Judges involved in this process. You will share your thoughts, discuss issues identified in the text and class discussions and express concerns or opinions about what happened and how or why changes may need to occur. I am functionally empowering you to be an agent of change by expressing how to change the system if you believe it needs doing.

When Walmart decided to incorporate grocery stores into some locations and created “supercenters,” was this a business-level of differentiation or a corporate strategy of diversification? Explain your answer. In your opinion, was this a wise move, or not? Why?

When Walmart decided to incorporate grocery stores into some locations and created “supercenters,” was this a business-level of differentiation or a corporate strategy of diversification? Explain your answer. In your opinion, was this a wise move, or not? Why?

Describe both the benefits and the problems that can occur when governments interfere with foreign trade, describing the different barriers that governments can impose and also the steps they sometimes take to encourage international trade.

For your Unit 3 assignment, please write a paper that argues either for or against government intervention in foreign trade. Describe both the benefits and the problems that can occur when governments interfere with foreign trade, describing the different barriers that governments can impose and also the steps they sometimes take to encourage international trade.

What are the five physical strengths and five limitations of the end users with respect to performing the national retail inventory processing on a daily basis?

Steve Smith is a restaurant owner who wants to spend his $10,000 to modernize his restaurant by adapting it more closely to the preferences of his repeat customers. Keeping track of his customers’ likes and dislikes. Information such as where they like to sit, what they like to eat, when they normally arrive at the restaurant are all items of interest to him, since he believes that in this way he can better serve his customers. Steve has asked you to develop a system for him that will help make his customers happy while increasing his business.

A. Please label each question as either closed question or open-ended question.1. How many personal computers do you have in this department? 2. How is this task performed?   3. Why do you perform the task that way?  4. How many hours of training does a clerk receive?  5. How many customers ordered products from the Web site last month?  6. What are users saying about the new system?  7. How are the checks reconciled?  8. What added features would you like to have in the newbilling system?  9. Is the calculation procedure described in the manual?  10. Is there anything else you can tell me about this topic?

B. You are going to interview the local manager of LDI, a national tire retailer, who has asked you to work as a system analyst on a management information system to provide inventory information. (45pts…15pts. per pyramid, funnel & diamond shape)

Here are five questions you wrote to prepare for the meeting:

1. What are the five physical strengths and five limitations of the end users with respect to performing the national retail inventory processing on a daily basis?2. What are the top ten high-level needs to make the new inventory system user-friendly, accurate, reliable, and secure?3. Do you have year-to-date demand and supply metrics that were gathered in the last three months?4. How often do you update your tire inventories?5. How many retail stores do you currently have that carry your tire inventory?

List each above listed question in the proper sequence

(1) pyramid structure

(2) funnel structure, and

(3) diamond-shaped structure

C.You are a project manager at L & D Inc., specialized in information technology and network engineering. One of your junior systems analyst came to you for an advice of a technology to capture user information requirements. He described to you that he had talked with his client several times in the past week to define user information requirements. Each time he thought he had captured user information requirements, they’ve already changed. Finally, he thinks his clients do not even know what they want for their system.

Give your junior systems analyst an advice of several types of technology that he could use to capture user information requirements and explain to him how this technology can help him to better define users’ information requirements.

Problem III-

1. What are six fact finding techniques and what are the advantages and disadvantages of each?2. What are the types of facts a systems analyst is required to collect?3. What is a fact-find strategy that will make the most of your time with end-users?4. How do you develop an interview agenda and a questionnaire?5. What is the role of ethics in the process of fact finding?

Problem IV –

Perfect Pizza wants to install a system to recordorders for pizza and chicken wings. When regular customers call Perfect Pizza on the phone, they are asked their phone number. When the number is typed into a computer, the name, address, and last order date is automatically brought up on the screen. Oncethe order is taken, the total, including tax and delivery, is calculated. Then the order is given to the cook. A receipt is printed. Occasionally, special offers (coupons) are printed so the customer can get a discount. Drivers who make deliveries give customers a copy of the receipt and a coupon (if any). Weekly totals are kept for comparison with last year’s performance. A summary of business activities for taking an order at Perfect Pizza is as follows:

1. Draw a context-level data flow diagram for Perfect Pizza using the following items. Explode the above context-level diagram by drawing the logical data flow diagram 0 showing all the major processes using the following items:

Process names:

(1) Find and display customer record

(2) Take customer order

(3) Send order to cook

(4) Print customer receipt

(5) Deliver customer order

(6) Print weekly totals

Data stores:

(1) Customer master

(2) Product file

(3) Coupons

(4) Sale history

Entities:

(1) Customer

(2) Management

(3) Cook

Problem V: (50 points)

In the following proposed DFD design, there are some typical errors among external entities (E), processes (P) and data stores (DS).

1. Identify and explain errors in the above design.

2.  Propose design modifications.

Based on the information presented in the article,”We Have a Lot of Confidence in Africa: Fasken Martineau Managing Partner.”What are the possible import and export challenges faced when establishing a new company in a foreign market?

Read the article entitled “We Have a Lot of Confidence in Africa: Fasken Martineau Managing Partner.” Based on the information presented in the article, discuss the following: * What are the possible import and export challenges faced when establishing a new company in a foreign market? * What are some strategies for building international business relationships while complying with varying business laws and regulations? Please see attached the link for the article as well as the weekly lecture with some other links that could be useful to respond the two questions ask.