How clearly you demonstrate your knowledge of your chosen topic.

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Ashford 6: – Week 5 – Final Paper

 

Final Paper

For the Final Paper, you will select one topic from the list below.  You will want to choose a topic that is important or interesting to you.

Instructions for completing the Final Paper:

  • Please select from one of the following topics, which are addressed in the course textbook, Introduction to Computer Literacy:
    • Collaborative Technologies (covered in Chapter 1)
    • Ethical Concerns in Computing (covered in Chapter 1)
    • The Digital Divide (covered in Chapter 1)
    • Open Source Software (covered in Chapter 3)
    • The Impact of Mobile Computing (covered in Chapter 4)
    • Social Networks  (covered in Chapter 7)
    • Protecting Copyrights and Intellectual Property (covered in Chapter 8)
    • The Future of Cloud Computing (covered in Chapter 9)
  • Return to the textbook and review the pages in the chapter that pertain to your selected topic.
  • Next, log in to the Ashford University Library and conduct a search on that topic.
    • The INF103. tutorial will walk you through the basic steps of doing a search for scholarly articles within the Ashford University Library.  A transcript of this video can be accessed through your online course.
  • Select two scholarly articles to use in your paper. For each article, write down the author information, date of publication, title of the article, the publication information (journal title), and the database from which you retrieved the article. You will need this information when you create your references for the sources.
  • Begin the writing process. You are going to compare the points of view offered by these authors (the author of your textbook and the authors of the two articles you have selected) on your selected topic, and then offer your own point of view based upon your analysis of the readings.
    • The Ashford Writing Center (AWC) offers assistance with the writing process. The AWC contains many tutorials and offers online guides for how to develop an academic paper. Click on the Writing Center link under “Learning Resources” in the left navigation of this course to visit the AWC.

Criteria for Grading

You will be graded on how well your paper meets the following criteria:

Content

  • How clearly you demonstrate your knowledge of your chosen topic.
  • Frequent and appropriate use of examples from the textbook and selected articles to support your points.
  • Appropriate inclusion of relevant quotes from the discussion forum activities.
  • At least one paragraph for each of your three sources (the textbook and two scholarly articles) that includes an accurate summary of the points made by the author(s).
  • At least one paragraph for each of your three sources showing your thoughtful analysis of the point of view introduced by the authors.
  • At least two paragraphs illustrating how the authors of those three sources agree or disagree with one another about the topic.
  • At least two paragraphs that reflect your own point of view and provide a conclusion about your chosen topic.

Form

The way your paper looks is also important to this assignment.

  • Complete your assignment using Microsoft Word.
  • Include a proper title page.
  • Use correct APA formatting for an academic paper (see the Ashford Writing Center tutorial).
  • Use proper citation style for all quotes.
  • Your paper must be between five to seven pages long (excluding title and references pages).
  • Make sure to review your paper for grammar and use the Spell Check function in Microsoft Word before submitting your work.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate

Explain how you were enriched by the experience.

Communication assignment

 THE ASSIGNMENT IS LATE SO NEED IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

 

Continually in our changing society we are learning how to interact with people who have different beliefs, values, and attitudes. In 1-2 pages, describe a time when you had to learn about a new culture or way of life. (This could be another country, a different part of the USA, a new business, or a different school or family, and so on.) Using one theory from Module 02’s reading and study, explain how the experience helped sharpen your communication skills. Explain how you were enriched by the experience.

 

use theory  ethnocentrism

Explain why your implementation plan will achieve the intended outcomes for your target population.

Scholar-Practitioner Project: Project Implementation—Choosing a Setting

For this Assignment, which you began in Week 7, you are going to create an implementation plan for your public health program. In order to create your plan, you need to determine which setting is most appropriate for your public health program. You also need to consider your target population and the steps you would take to implement your program. For this Assignment, it will be helpful to review the “Implement” section of the MAP-IT Model in the Learning Resources (Wukitsch, 2012) to create your plan

 

Submit  a 4- to 5-page paper in which you do the following:

  • Explain how you might implement your SPP in each of four settings (health care, community, school, and workplace).
  • Identify which participants (stakeholders, target populations) you might involve in each setting and explain why.
  • Explain which of the four settings is most appropriate for your SPP and why.
  • Describe the steps that you might use to implement your program in your selected setting.
  • Explain why your implementation plan will achieve the intended outcomes for your target population

How does this source fit into my research?

For your second submission towards your research paper, you will expand upon the Unit I Research Paper Topic by creating…

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For your second submission towards your research paper, you will expand upon the Unit I Research Paper Topic by creating an annotated bibliography. I have chosen the Path-Goal Theory

Your annotated bibliography will include five outside sources from the CSU Online Library that you can use for the research paper due in Unit VII. In the Unit I Research Paper Topic, you located two scholarly sources. You may continue to use these sources for this assignment or choose all new articles.

Within your annotations, you will include a brief summary of the source. The summary should include answers to the following questions:

What are the author’s main points?

How does this source fit into my research?

Is this source objective, or does it have a bias?

How could I use this information in my paper?

Also, be sure to avoid including your own opinion on the contingency theory of leadership you selected and any information not related to your theory.

Each of your five sources should include a 100-150 word annotation.

Define and describe common industry concepts including: institutional voids, business groups, technological capabilities, changing income distribution, and bottom of the pyramid.

Business powerpoint

Assignment 2: Concepts of Emerging Markets

One of the best ways to learn a concept is to teach a concept, and in this assignment it will be necessary for the learner to understand and explain the concepts from Modules 1 and 2 in a 7–10-slide PowerPoint presentation. The Internet will be a great resource for completing this assignment because the learner can use keyword phrases to pull the specifics needed to cover the topics and complete the assignment.

You have been asked to create a PowerPoint presentation to train a group of new employees for Future Trends Financial Firm on key concepts of emerging markets. Include the following in your presentation:

  • Identify and explain key concepts of emerging technologies, highlighting their use and availability for emerging and developed markets.
  • Define and describe common industry concepts including: institutional voids, business groups, technological capabilities, changing income distribution, and bottom of the pyramid. Please be sure that the correlation between concepts and various markets is appropriate.

Develop a 7–10-slide presentation in PowerPoint format, utilizing at least two scholarly sources. Apply APA standards to the citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M2_A2.ppt.

Make sure you write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Click here to download the APA guidelines document. Use these guidelines to format your assignment.

By Monday, January 18, 2016, deliver your assignment to the M2: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Explanation of emerging technologies highlighted their use and availability in emerging and developed markets.
40
Description of common industry terms is specific and accurate. The correlation between concepts and various markets is appropriate.
40
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in adequate and accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Use of scholarly sources aligned with specified assignment requirements.
20
Total:
100

Outline at least 4 proposed solutions to your board of directors, and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each with regard to return on investment, break-even analysis, improvement in patient demand, improved patient safety and quality, and so forth.

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A number of quantitative methods are utilized to make decisions and recommendations in health care. Quantitative methods are used to analyze and predict the demand for patient services, to determine capital expenditures for facility and technology enhancements, and to guide the manager in implementing quality controls. Whether or not you are familiar with quantitative methodologies, as a manager, you are responsible for the outcomes of implementing the decision based on the method used.

Your agency or institution has noted a negative trend in profitability for a diagnostic imaging cost center over the past 4 quarters.

As a manager, you need to make some recommendations to take to your board of directors to reverse the negative trend. Your first priority is to find a quantitative method to help you in making decisions. Complete the following:

  • Choose a quantitative method (e.g., the decision tree model).
  • Describe the model that you are using.
  • Outline at least 4 proposed solutions to your board of directors, and analyze the strengths and weaknesses of each with regard to return on investment, break-even analysis, improvement in patient demand, improved patient safety and quality, and so forth.
  • Summarize how the decision-making method helped you make objective recommendations to your board of directors.

Please submit your assignment.

Your assignment will be graded in accordance with the following criteria. Click here to view the grading rubric.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

How does the Exemplars criteria for both math and reading rubrics follow a top-down or bottom-up approach?

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Rubric Analysis

 

Using two different sources, respond in writing (APA format) using the prompts below to guide your written analysis.

Part 1:

  • Explore the Exemplars website, specifically the Resources tab for Rubrics. Review the Exemplars Math Rubric and Exemplars Reading Rubric.
  • Questions to discuss:
    • How does the Exemplars criteria for both math and reading rubrics follow a top-down or bottom-up approach? How do you know?
    • To what degree are performance level descriptions addressed?
    • Do these live up to what Brookhart proposes, that “. . .the most important aspect of the levels is that performance be described, with language that depicts what one would observe in the work rather than the quality conclusions one would draw” (p.26)?
    • In your opinion, what are the values placed on using the terminology for mastery (Novice, Apprentice, Practitioner, and Expert)? In other words, how effective do you believe this terminology is and why?

Part 2:

  • Explain the position Brookhart argues in Chapter 2 against rubrics that merely summarize the requirements of the task, as opposed to rubrics that describe evidence of learning.
  • Explain what Brookhart means when saying; “Rubrics should not confuse the learning outcome to be assessed with the task used to asses it” (p.15).
  • What is the relationship between this and what you learned about aligning formative assessments with the learning standards and objectives?
Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your journal entries.

What other evidence did the prosecution present?

ase Study: Use the Internet and Chapter 3 (located in the READ of Unit 1 on page 84) of your text to research the Wayne Williams case.

1) In a narrative format, discuss the key facts and critical issues presented in the case. Minimum word count is 500 words

 

2)  What role did fiber evidence play in his conviction; be detailed.

 

3) Could a conviction have been rendered without the fiber evidence? What other evidence did the prosecution present?

 

4) How vital was expert testimony to the case? How would you as the prosecutor have prepared the expert witnesses for trial?

 

MAKE SURE YOU ANSWER BY THE NUMBERS AND NUMBER YOUR ANSWERS 1, 2, 3, 4

Do the consequences of actions always direct what is morally required?

Ethics Portfolio

Option #2: PowerPoint presentation

Select one of the following ethical issues in healthcare from the following choices:

  • Gender selection in human embryos
  • Stem cell transplants
  • Foregoing curative medical treatment due to religious beliefs
  • Futility of care
  • Abortion after six months

 

select Internet sources to conduct research on your chosen topic. Based on your research, provide the history of the issue from a legal, ethical, and moral perspective. In your presentation address the following questions:

  1. Do the consequences of actions always direct what is morally required?
  2. What should happen when two principles come into conflict? For example, should patient autonomy be considered more important than beneficence? Defend your position.
  3. Are moral and ethically rules always binding, or are they only guidelines to be assessed in each case? Defend your position.

Your PowerPoint presentation should meet the following requirements:

  • Be twelve to fifteen slides in length, not including the cover or reference slides
  • Be formatted according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements.
  • Provide support for your statements with in-text citations from a minimum of eight scholarly references – four of these references must be from outside sources and four may be from course readings, lectures, and textbooks. The CSU-Global Library is a good place to find these references.
  • Include detailed speaker’s notes throughout the presentation
  • Utilize headings to organize the content in your work

Explain the reason for the consultants’ visit.

Orginizational behavior powerpoint

You are the branch manager for an office with 100 employees. You just got word that your office will be visited by an external organizational development team sent from corporate. Their job will be to study the work environment for effective work patterns, better understand the organization from a cultural perspective in areas like ethics and employee attitude, and offer suggestions for change back to corporate for consideration.

Your VP has asked you to create a PowerPoint presentation that will be used to introduce organizational behavior concepts to the staff in all branches across the country. So, each slide should make use of the “notes” section of PowerPoint to provide the text of the speech because every word cannot be written on every slide. That way, it will ensure a consistent message delivery across the country.

Your VP believes this kind of introduction will be best to ensure that employees do not panic and think they are going to lose their jobs when they first meet the consultant team. The overall goal will be to facilitate a presentation where you can explain how the organizational development team works to meet organizational and individual goals simultaneously.

In your presentation you will do the following:

  • Introduce the field of organizationalbehavior.
  • Explain the reason for the consultants’ visit.
  • Review common challenges faced by leadership including at least 2 of the following: culture, diversity, ethics, or personality characteristics in the organization.
  • Review common challenges faced by employees in terms of both attitude formation and job satisfaction.

Presentation Guidelines

The following guidelines for your PowerPoint presentation will be used to grade your work as well: