If you can’t think of a personal example, should Olympic athletes strive for perfection?

How Far Have You Come and What’s Next?

How Far Have You Come and What’s Next?

(1) As you can see from this chapter, it is a big leap to stages 5 and 6! Take a few minutes to review the attributes of both. Do you find that you already meet some of these attributes? I would hope that you do, even if not always. How likely are you to eventually be at Level 5, or even 6? Do you have the time and motivation to meet all of the attributes?

(2) Thinking back on the past 5 weeks, have you challenged your own thinking in a way that will change your life?

(3) In what area are you strongest, and why are you strong in this area. In what way are you weakest, and why do you believe this is true?

(4) If you can’t think of a personal example, should Olympic athletes strive for perfection?

(5) Are you comfortable testing your own thinking processes?

(6) When do you find it difficult to make decisions, and has anything in this chapter helped you?

(7) Reflect on lessons learned and how they can be applied to your everyday life (professional and personal).

(8) Develop a strategy to use critical thinking in the future

APA format requires a concluding paragraph which sums up the wholepaper.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

NOTE: If I detect large sections of copied or paraphrased text without proper citations and references, I will file charges of Academic Dishonesty. This can result in an F grade for the class, plus a 6 month suspension, or expulsion. The price is way too high!

How does each article describe the nature of the problem, issue, or deficit you have identified?

CAPSTONE PROPOSAL

1.Develop a searchable question using the PICOT format. (The question is a single statement identifying the components of PICOT.)

Refer to “Developing a Question” and “Topic 1: Checklist.”

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2.Prepare for the capstone project by listening to the audio interview, “Capstone: Planning Your Project”.

Preview and utilize the “Topic 1 Checklist.” This resource will assist you in organizing your work and will provide additional information regarding the assignment.

Consider the clinical environment in which you are currently working or have recently worked. Collaborate with a leader or educator in the clinical environment to identify a problem, issue, or educational deficit upon which to build a proposal for change.

In a paper of no more than 800 words, describe the nature of the problem, issue, or educational deficit. Include the following in your discussion:

The setting and/or context in which the problem, issue, or educational deficit can be observed.
Detailed description of the problem, issue, or educational deficit.
Impact of the problem, issue, or educational deficit on the work environment, the quality of care provided by staff, and patient outcomes.
Gravity of the problem, issue, or educational deficit and its significance to nursing.
Proposed solution to address the problem, issue, or educational deficit.

3.Locate a minimum of 15 peer-reviewed articles that describe the problem or issue and that support the proposed solution. Eight of the 15 articles must be research-based (e.g., a study which is qualitative, quantitative, descriptive, or longitudinal).

Hint: Begin your search for literature by utilizing the databases located in the GCU Library. Contact your faculty member, the librarian, or library staff for additional researching tips and key word suggestions.

Preview each of the 15 articles chosen by reading the article abstracts and summaries.

Hint: Article abstracts and summaries provide a concise description of the topic, research outcomes, and significance of findings.

Hint: Refer to “RefWorks” and “Topic 1: Checklist.”

Perform a rapid appraisal of each article by answering the following questions (one to two sentences are sufficient to answer each question):

How does each article describe the nature of the problem, issue, or deficit you have identified?
Does each article provide statistical information to demonstrate the gravity of the issue, problem, or deficit?
What are example(s) of morbidity, mortality, and rate of incidence or rate of occurrence in the general population?
Does each article support your proposed change?

Describe a community outreach program that your company sponsors and runs as well as an annual event related directly to your community outreach program.

Technical and Professional Writing Week 1

Unit 1 – Discussion Board

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 300–500 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments.

This course will focus on communication through professional writing. You will prepare documents for a professional setting and a particular audience. For this week’s discussion, write 300–500 words explaining the importance of effective communication in your career. To assist you with your response, review the readings and your instructor’s chat sessions as well as an example of professional communication from a current event or a company press release. Refer to this site. Click on Press Releases.

Individual Project 1

Part 1: One page minimum written out fully in paragraph form.

Either invent and describe a company, or describe a company for which you work. Then, you will DThe community outreach and event can be invented or currently in existence.

Specifically, describe the following:

Your business
- This company can be any operation you wish, such as a microchip firm, small retail business, health care company, hospital, school, nonprofit organization, restaurant, or anything else, as long as it is a business that interests you and operates in a realistic context.
Your community outreach program
- This program might help needy families, those serving in the military or supporting others that do, college students, people moving toward valuable vocational degrees, at-risk youth, people involved in environmental causes, or someone else deserving of assistance.
The event you sponsor and run for your outreach program (this must be an annual festival)
- Choose your event. Be realistic and practical in this regard. Consider only useful, altruistic activities that serve a community in a sensible manner.

Part 2

In a 1-page internal memo, invite a small team of fellow employees to a strategic planning meeting to discuss planning strategies for the annual community outreach festival. Because this will be a relatively informal and highly anticipated meeting, include tasteful graphics, and use a cordial and professional tone. The format must follow general business writing guidelines. For instance, single-space and left-justify paragraphs, double-space between paragraphs, do not indent paragraphs, and so on.

Explain what a warning banner can add to the overall security program and eventual potential legal posture of the company.

Short Questions

Determine whether or not you believe displaying warning banners on your company- issued personal computers are a necessary security control. Explain what a warning banner can add to the overall security program and eventual potential legal posture of the company.
Based on your experience (e.g., work, school, public computer, etc.), indicate whether or not you have seen warning banners displayed and describe the situation(s). Explain whether or not you believe the company did or did not recognize the need to use warning banners

Summarize the legal process for cases involving digital crimes and the affect you perceive that computer investigations can have on the process. Determine why it is important for a computer investigator to have Level 3 training to conduct an investigation.
Conclude whether or not you believe the legal process for cases involving digital crimes is keeping up with the times and the advancement of technology. Explain one area of law that you believe should be improved when it comes to digital crimes, legislation, and investigations.

Use the Internet to find a recent example of a corporate high-tech investigation. Briefly review the investigation so that you thoroughly understand the situation. Be prepared to discuss. explain the procedures followed in the corporate investigation you researched. Provide a separate situation / scenario in which these same procedures would be ideal.
Explain in your own words the purpose and importance of utilizing proper investigation procedures in corporate incidents and cases in both enterprise and small- to medium-sized businesses. Indicate the potential downfalls of not using these procedures.

Determine what you perceive to be the value of forensics lab accreditation and whether or not it is important. Explain whether or not you believe lab certification is a requirement for law enforcement agencies and provide justification.
Go to the ASCLD / LAB Website located at http://www.ascld-lab.org/ . Review the process of forensic lab accreditation and research one ASCLD accredited lab in your area. Be prepared to discuss. outline the process of forensic lab accreditation and determine what a laboratory needs to do in order to fulfill the requirements. Identify an ASCLD accredited lab in your geographic location and further research this lab. Povide an overview of its operations and accredited capabilities.

Describe at least three challenges of performing data acquisition on a device using a RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) disk configuration. Determine whether or not you believe any one RAID configuration presents more challenges than the others and provide justification.
Use the Internet to research and select at least one forensics tool that aids a forensic specialist in RAID data acquisition. Be prepared to discuss, thoroughly describe the RAID data acquisition forensics tool you researched, including at a minimum its functions, advantages / disadvantages, and cost. Explain why you would consider utilizing this tool as a system forensics specialist, and provide a scenario where this tool would assist you in an investigation.

Explain in your own words why there is a need for live system forensics and discuss how this type of analysis improves on static system forensics analysis. Describe the challenges with data consistency and why this is an area of concern for system forensics specialists.
Analyze the four acquisition methods to determine whether or not these methods are suitable for live data acquisition. Outline the process you would take to determine the best acquisition method for live system analysis.

What kind of test do I have to take?

have online test Step 1 – Language check: English proficiency test What kind of test do I have to take? aimed to check your English proficiency and comprehension; 20 multiple-choice questions to be completed within 15 minutes Step 2 – Specia

I have online test

Step 1 – Language check: English proficiency test

What kind of test do I have to take?

aimed to check your English proficiency and comprehension;
20 multiple-choice questions to be completed within 15 minutes

Step 2 – Specialty check: Essay with key words

What kind of essay do I have to write?

aimed to test your writing skills and English fluency;
you will be given a general topic with key words that have to be used in the essay;
you will have15 minutesto write the essay (100-150 words)

What do you hope to learn from the project, or what to do you want to see happen as a result of it?

Research proposal and sentence outline

Description:

In this 500-600-word, essay-style Research Proposal, you will develop the project that you intend to write about for your final Research Paper. Research Proposal should also include a list of references in APA style and should adhere to APA convention throughout for in-text citation and style.

Elements:

Research Proposal must contain the following elements:

1. Cover page and APA formatting:

2. Purpose: The following questions should be addressed in the first paragraph of your Research Proposal, which should be dedicated to establishing your purpose for doing this particular project.

• What is your rationale for this project?

• What do you hope to learn from the project, or what to do you want to see happen as a result of it?

• Who is your audience for this project?

• What role will you play in this project: investigator or advocate?

3. Statement of qualification: Address the following questions as they are applicable to your project.

• What is your investment in the topic?

• What personal experience do you bring to the topic?

• What special qualities do you bring to the project?

• How might your investment, experience, and special qualities make you particularly apt at developing this

project?

4. Tentative argument: Address the following questions.

• What is the context surrounding your topic? In other words, is there some event that was a catalyst for bringing your topic into the public eye? (Optional)

• What is your explanation or definition of the topic?

• What is your analysis of the specific issue surrounding your topic?

• What is your tentative thesis statement or hypothesis?

5. References:

How do governments attempt to control foreign businesses operating within their borders?

Law 6 Discussion Questions

APA Format. There is no word count, just need to answer the questions with enough detail.

Discussion 1

Ace Heating and Cooling sells air conditioners. One unit, the Freezy, has a fair market value of $300. During a heat wave, Ace sells three Freezys for $1,000 to the following:

Breanna, single mom with poor credit, who can’t afford to pay cash for an AC unit. Breanna signs a contract to pay $1,000 on a credit plan, with an additional $500 in interest and financing fees.
Barry Bigshot, investment banker, who knows the price is way too high but who is far too important to waste his time driving around town trying to get a better deal.
Glamour Café, a fancy restaurant with an upscale clientele, whose AC went out in the middle of the lunch rush. The manager is desperate to get the place cooled down before people like Barry Bigshot come in for the evening happy hour.
Shady Rest Nursing Home, a business with a narrow profit margin. The manager isn’t happy about the price, but old people are very vulnerable to heat, and she’s afraid that her patients’ health could be compromised by any delay in getting AC.

Read the Ace Heating and Cooling scenario and answer the following questions:

Under UCC 2-302, who has the best chance of getting out of the contract due to unconsionability?
The symbol for justice features a woman wearing a blindfold illustrating that the law should be applied the same way regardless of who the parties are. Does the UCC rule seem to contradict this? Which approach do you think is more ethical?
Note that both Glamour and Shady Rest are businesses, and courts rarely find that contracts between two businesses are unconscionable. The rationale is that a business is a sophisticated entity, familiar with transactions and able to protect itself. Do you think Glamour and Shady Rest are in a comparable position in regard to this contract? Why or why not?

Discussion 2

Karen is shopping at Big Mart. She has with her an umbrella which is the same brand Big Mart carries. When a Big Mart employee, Steve, sees her leave with the umbrella without going through the checkout lane, he asks her to come back into the store. Steve says that he thinks Karen is shoplifting the umbrella. Karen tells him that she has had the umbrella for years and shows him marks of wear and tear. Steve apologizes and tells Karen she is free to go. Can Karen successfully sue for false imprisonment or defamation? From what you have learned about the relationship between a principal and an agent, analyze whether Steve or Big Mart could be liable because of Steve’s actions.

Discussion 3

List two characteristics each of real, intellectual, and personal property. Do owners of real, intellectual, and personal property each have the same rights under the law? List how each type of property is treated under the law. Explain why it is in the best interest of society to treat these types of property the same or differently.

Discussion 4

Read the article Governance in the Spotlight: What the Sarbanes-Oxley Act Means for You. In this article the author outlines provisions companies are now required to implement. Consider the requirements imposed by Sarbanes-Oxley on corporate boards of directors. Do small businesses and privately held companies have ethical duties? If so, to whom would they owe this duty? Employees? Customers? Vendors? Should the law impose ethical requirements on small businesses or privately held companies or can the marketplace police unethical business behavior? Provide support to justify your position.

Discussion 5

Internet domain names are linked to trademark issues. Technology makes it easy to copy and distribute music and movies without paying royalties. Business conducted on the internet raise security and privacy issues. What legal concerns are raised by these issues? Predict which of these issues will be of major concern in the future in regard to the law and business practices.

Discussion 6

How do governments attempt to control foreign businesses operating within their borders? When U.S. companies do business in other countries, what issues do they face? Describe the responsibilities and ethical concerns that you feel are important for U.S. companies to consider when doing business in other

Explain your justification for using the test based on the type of data and the level of measurement that the data lends to for the statistical analysis.

Stats week 8

For this assignment, you will undertake an analysis based on a self-designed fictitious study that utilizes statistical methodologies. You will first develop a fictitious problem to examine – it can be anything. For example, maybe you want to look at whether scores on a standardized college placement test (like the SAT) are related to the level of income a person makes 10 years after college; Or, whether those who participate in a Leadership Training program rated as better managers compared to those who do not; Or, whether ones political affiliation is related to gender. These are just a few examples; be creative and think about what piques your interest. You might also address a problem that you may want to look at in future research for a dissertation. You will use either EXCEL or SPSS to conduct the analysis.

Your analysis report should include the following components:

Describe your research study.
State a hypothesis.
List and explain the variables you would collect in this study. There must be a minimum of three variables and two must meet the assumptions for a correlational analysis.
Create a fictitious data set that you will analyze. The data should have a minimum of 30 cases, but not more than 50 cases.
Conduct a descriptive data analysis that includes the following:
1. a measure of central tendency
2. a measure of dispersion
3. at least one graph
Briefly interpret the descriptive data analysis.
Conduct the appropriate statistical test that will answer your hypothesis. It must be a statistical test covered in this course such as regression analysis, single t-test, independent t-test, cross-tabulations, Chi-square, or One-Way ANOVA. Explain your justification for using the test based on the type of data and the level of measurement that the data lends to for the statistical analysis.
Report and interpret your findings. Use APA style and include a statement about whether you reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis.
Copy and paste your Excel or SPSS data output and place it in an appendix.

Remember, the goal of this project is to show what you have learned in the course. Therefore, this project becomes a cumulative learning project where you can demonstrate what you have learned through all the previous assignments, readings and video presentations that you have watched.

Length: 12-15 pages not including title and reference pages

References: Minimum of 5 scholarly resources.

What areas of monitoring and controlling a project seemed most challenging to you?

Discuss Ways you Plan to Apply Procurement Management

Submit a content discussion paper in which you specify that specifies how you intend to apply this newly gained knowledge in the field of project management. This could include future courses or a current or future professional setting. What areas of monitoring and controlling a project seemed most challenging to you?

You may support your discussion with external resources, but it is not required.

Would it be possible for a person to be perfectly good and yet cause harm to innocent people?

Why Be Moral?

After reading this chapter, it should be clear that not all philosophers agree on “why” we ought to be moral, but regardless of whether it is a matter of principles or virtues, they can agree that mortality is necessary for a functioning society.

In book 2 of his Republic (2.359a–2.360d), Plato has one of his characters relate a story about a mythical Ring of Gynges. When a shepherd finds and wears the magical, mythical ring, he discovers that he can adjust it on his hand and become invisible. With this new gift of invisibility, he eventually seduces the queen, murders the king, and becomes the king himself. The point of the myth is that if any person believes he can get away with immoral behavior, he will behave immorally. It is only the awareness of others around us that makes a person choose to be moral.

In a well-developed essay, provide an argument which addresses for the following questions:

What relationship, if any, is there between “doing good” and “being good”?
Would it be possible for a person to be perfectly good and yet cause harm to innocent people?
Could a person be wicked even if he or she never caused any harm at all?
If a person does good things for other people but does them for bad reasons (such as fame, wealth, or even just the selfish desire to feel good about himself), why or why not do the wrong reasons or motivations negate the good he has done?
Could someone be a morally good person but not enjoy the Good Life? (You will ned to define what you mean by the “Good Life.”)
Be sure to discuss the philosophical ideas of at least two moral theories while addressing the prompt questions.

Please ensure that your essay addresses each component of the assigned questions and that your answer is well-organized, uses excellent, college-level prose, and makes judicious use of textual evidence. Your essay must follow APA formatting and should be 500-750 words long.