How the dental care industry used images and other forms of propaganda not only to promote healthy habits but also to turn their services into lucrative business. How were Americans convinced to pay high price for their dental care and orthodontics?
Write an essay answering the following prompt. Please answer all parts of the question. Do not write your essay as a list of answers; instead, craft your answer into an essay, containing a thesis (in other words, make an argument). You will be graded on your ability to write clearly, give examples from the films, and form an argument, as well as on your demonstration of the knowledge you have learned in class. This is your chance to demonstrate some depth and original thinking in your answer. In this class, we have discussed the development of film in relation to its social and cultural history. In the second half of the semester, we encountered a variety of films that specifically explore a social order through a series of contrasts between two groups of people (for example: the country versus the city; the world of children versus the world of adults; the wealthy versus the working class;, the old world vs. the new world, etc.). Choose ONE of the films below and discuss the following three things, using specific examples from your film to illustrate your points: 1) What types of contrasts and/or parallels between social groups are being drawn in the film? 2) What narrative, thematic, formal, and/or generic techniques are being used to make these comparisons in the film? 3) How does your film relate to its social reality – that is, how does it represent its cultural context? Is your film ultimately pessimistic about its social reality, or optimistic?
1)Bell hooks claims that “to choose feminist politics … is a choice to love,” for “there can be no love when there is domination” (hooks, 103-104). Scott-Dixon echoes these sentiments in her thought that “women’s desire…to escape from powerlessness…is a life-long yearning for liberation” (Scott-Dixon, 25). Hooks, Scott-Dixon and other authors in our course readings view feminist thought as key to women’s sexual empowerment and freedom from gender limitations. Explain fully the underlying message in hooks and Scott-Dixon, using at least 2 other readings from the course.2) In what ways has your learning about and/or lived experience of feminism empowered you in your sexuality as a female? Explain fully, using at least 2 readings from the course that are different from the ones used in Part A.
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.
