Select a portfolio of common stocks in five companies whose stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Base your selection of stocks on your own personal willingness to take risks. Look up the beta of each company. Using equal weights, compute the portfolio beta, showing your work. Discuss how the portfolio beta compares to your own willingness to take risks. Discuss whether you would rather hold an individual stock or a portfolio of stocks.
Application: Action Plans
The information and knowledge that you gain from this course will help you develop five Action Plans (one for each week of the course) focused on responding to contemporary issues and events that impact young children. For each Action Plan, you will ask yourself a form of the following questions:
Besides helping you synthesize your learning each week, each of the Action Plans you create may be useful to your future work with children and families and a resource that you can share with other early childhood professionals.
The focus of each Action Plan is as follows:
Note: The Action Plans may or may not be directly tied to the content covered in each week.
Action Plan 1: Supporting Children’s Needs Following a Disaster
This week, you have been learning about the ways that children are continually influenced by the world in which they live, particularly the microsystem of the family. You have also learned that microsystems are not the only source of influence on children’s development. Sometimes changes in the larger world—t he chronosystem—also impact the microsystems of family, school, and community.
As the world entered the 21st century, a number of events and tragedies have greatly affected the lives of children and families. In the United States, acts of terrorism, natural disasters, the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and greater economic uncertainty have brought about dramatic changes. The increased presence of the mass media in everyday life brings traumatic events into nearly every home, often in real time, potentially increasing their impact on every microsystem. Supporting young children and advising families in how to meet children’s needs in the face of these challenges is often part of the work of early childhood professionals.
For your first Action Plan, you will think about the ramifications of such events by exploring the effects of Hurricane Katrina, which impacted the lives of young children in New Orleans, Mississippi, and Alabama through physical and emotional distress. This distress was further exacerbated by Katrina-related challenges faced by their families, such as finding housing and jobs. For some families, these challenges have continued over a period of years. Lessons learned from Katrina about how we can support young children and their families can be applied to many situations.
Action Plan Professional Scenario: Imagine you are an early childhood professional working with young children and families in the Gulf region who are still struggling with the effects of Hurricane Katrina.
Before you create your Action Plan, consider:
The following steps will help you address the above points and, in turn, create an Action Plan that may be useful in your future work.
1. What You Need to Know: Learning About the Impact of Katrina
Review and reflect on the following four resources. The first article was written immediately after Hurricane Katrina. The other articles provide updates on the current situation for some victims of Katrina.
http://www.savethechildren.org/site/c.8rKLIXMGIpI4E/b.6150569/apps/s/content.asp?ct=8648287
2. Ideas and Advice: Checking Resources
Review the following links which offer resources for helping young children, including those affected by Katrina and disasters that have occurred since. Take notes on ideas that you think would be valuable for children coping with the kinds of Katrina-related issues that you have read about.
3. Taking Action: Supporting Children and Families in Need
Consider what you have learned about the components of microsystems, in this case, children’s needs with respect to their family life and routines and their sense of security. For Action Plan 1, write:
Assignment length: 2–3 pages
Submit this assignment by Day 7 of this week.
For this assignment action plan 1 will need to be done and its instructions is
Joyce Carol Oates story “Where are you going, Where Have You Been?”
Do you think that Arnold is a reliable character? Can we trust what he tells Connie or is it possible that he is manipulating her?
Oates, Joyce Carol. “American Literature Since the Civil War” McGraw-Hill, 2015. E-book.
Cite sources MLA
.Instructions
Prepare a short, persuasive piece of writing that makes a recommendation for improvement. This will be formatted as a memo or a letter. Your memo should be no more than one page, single spaced.
Choose a minor issue that causes difficulties or problems in your life—at school, where you work, in an organization in your community, or at your child’s daycare. Explain the problem to the person who can solve it (teacher? dean? fellow student? manager? organization’s leader?). Make a brief and practical recommendation for solving this problem.
E Activity
Discussion 1
The Principles”. Please respond to the following:
– Explain if Jefferson’s approach could have worked.
– Discuss the significance of the case to the constitutional principles.
Discussion 2
“The Constitution.” Please respond to the following:
Assignment:
Step 1: Source selection:
· Choose a credible article from an Online Library (ATTACHED) related to conflict in organizations that inspires or fascinates you. You may use an article from the Required Readings, Suggested Readings, or you can research a new article. To make this assignment relevant, approach it from your current role or a position you are looking to fill in the future. Explain what you learned from this article and how you can apply the concepts.
Source must be referenced in APA style, and paraphrased and/or quoted content from the source should be cited using APA style citations.
Step 2: Analysis and organization:
· Paragraph 1: Gain the reader’s attention, provide a brief explanation of the purpose of learning to resolve conflict, and preview your main points.
· Paragraph(s) 2+: Explain how information/concepts from your source can help you manage or overcome conflict situations in your current role or a role you would like to fill in the future. Here are some questions to consider to get you started:
· Concluding paragraph: Summarize your main ideas and end with a strong closing statement.
· References: You are required to use at least one article from the CSU Online Library as a source. All sources, including the textbook, must be cited and referenced in APA format.
Your Scholarly Activity must be at least one page in length. Please indicate which option you selected by including it in your assignment title.
Assignment Guidelines
Include References and no more then 25% plaigiarism
What were the most important gains from the industrial revolution and transition to capitalism?
Losses?
do your answers change if we are talking about gains/losses on an individual level vs a social level?
1–2 page memo (excluding cover and reference pages)
Michelle has asked you to send her a memo that explains the target market for MM’s new product. Because a global market is under consideration, she wants you and Elena to meet for an in-depth discussion of the different characteristics of your target market before sending her the information.
Elena meets you for coffee the next morning to explain her reasons for advocating the global market. As you finish your discussion, Elena stops and says,
“We’ve discussed a lot of different market segments to target with the new product, but the choice comes back to you,” says Elena. “What’s your final decision on the target market that we should focus on? Are you going to propose that we try to market this product globally?
You sigh, knowing this is a key decision in your marketing strategy. “I appreciate our discussion today. I’m going to have to do some more research to determine the exact market and if we should go global or not.”
You know Michelle is expecting a detailed description of your targeted market segment including justification for selecting the market. You also need to remember to include your recommendation for or against marketing globally.
Short Written Responses
Each response should be a minimum of one typed, double-spaced page (or approximately 300 words). You will post your responses to the D2L dropboxes.
Within these responses, you do not need to worry about grammar, spelling, or proper organization of your ideas—the short written response is a place for you to practice writing as a means of discovering what you think, working out your ideas so that you may better articulate them during our discussions.
Some questions to consider to get you started include (but are not limited by):
What are some first impressions and questions that come to mind during and after your reading?
What confuses you? What piques your curiosity or makes you want to know more?
What words or phrases affect you most?
Do you identify with any of the characters or situations? If so, does this sense of identification help or interfere with your response? How so?
What do you find most interesting or compelling about the work?
You might also consider answering any questions provided by the text after each poetry, drama, or fiction selection.
**The short written responses as a whole are worth 10% of your grade for the course—points will be given based on successful completion of each response and evidence of engagement with the texts.