Discussion Board Evaluation Criteria
Discussion board assignments are your opportunities to share your knowledge, experience and opinions with the rest of the class. Together with the homework assignments, they also serve as a proxy for attendance.
The items I am looking for are
Relevance to the topic,
Promptness in the initial posting and response,
Clear expression of opinions,
Good spelling and grammar,
Polite disagreement as appropriate.
Please use good grammar and make coherent points. When providing a contrasting viewpoint, focus on making your point, not on deriding the other person’s point.
Archive for August 27th, 2017
Incentives Matter
Imagine you are employed by the local government and you have been assigned to work with a team to educate the health care consumers in your community about Medicare or Medicaid. You and your team have been tasked with creating a multimedia tool that will be made available at any local government office with this information.
Presentation (2-3slides not including Intro/Reference slide)
Address these points in your assignment:
Focus on a level of government (federal, state, or local) and the role and function it had in the process of implementing the policy.
Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.
Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.
Dose-Response Relationship
After reviewing Chapter 1 in the text, the ACSM article on The Quantity and Quality of Exercise (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., and the Physical Activity Guidelines (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. website, consider the following: The frequency, intensity, type, and duration of exercise have a strong correlation to the benefits one can receive from exercise. Therefore, an association exists amid the dose-response relationship between exercise and health. This relationship also exists for special populations; hence, special populations similarly can benefit from a regular exercise program. For this discussion,
Explain the dose-response relationship.
Explain the physiological and psychological benefits of exercise.
Explain the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans.
Your initial contribution should be 250 to 300 words in length. Your research and claims must be supported by you course text and a minimum of one additional scholarly source. Use proper APA formatting for in-text citations and references as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Guided Response: Respond to two classmates by Day 7. Your post should be at least 100 words in length. In each of your responses to your classmates, assess one risk associated with exercise. Support this response with one scholarly source formatted in APA style.
Risk Stratification Case Study
Prior to completing this assignment, review Chapter 2 in the text. Any person wanting to participate in an exercise program should begin with a self-guided health history questionnaire to determine if any risks of exercise exist. Figures 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3 in the text are examples of self-guided questionnaires. Individuals can be placed into one of three risk stratification categories: Lowest Risk, Moderate Risk, or Highest Risk. For this assignment, do the following:
Compare and contrast the function of the human body in someone who has heart disease to someone who does not have heart disease.
Explain four of the signs and symptoms associated with cardiovascular, pulmonary, or metabolic disease.
Read each case study below and assess the risks of each.
Place each client in one of the risk categories.
Fill in the Risk Stratification Worksheet.
Explain your reasoning for selecting the specific category. For each case study, expound on whether you feel the person should see a physician prior to initiating an exercise program and why or why not.
Submit your assignment and the Risk Stratification Worksheet to your instructor by Day 7.
Example Case Study:
Male, age 44, nonsmoker, Height = 70 inches, weight = 216 lbs, BMI 31.0, Resting Heart Rate (RHR) = 62 beats/minute. Resting Blood Pressure (RBP) = 128/84. Total cholesterol = 184 mg/dL. LDL= 106 mg/dL, HDL = 44 mg/dL. Fasting Blood Glucose (FBG) = Unknown. Walks 2-3 miles, two to three times a week. Father had Type 2 diabetes and died at age 67 of a heart attack; mother living, no Cardiovascular Disease (CVD). No medications; reports no symptoms. (Refer to the Risk Stratification Worksheet for example)
Case Study 1:
Male, age 55, current 1 pack a day smoker, Height = 70 inches, Weight = 220 lbs, BMI = 31.6, RHR = 75, RBP = 140/82. Total Cholesterol = 210 mg/dL, LDL = 140 mg/dL, HDL = 42 mg/dL. FBG = 90 mg/dL. Client has not been physically active since high school. Currently takes medication to lower his cholesterol. Client states pain in his left gastrocnemius muscle with lower extremity exercise (Intermittent Claudication) that subsides with rest. Both of his parents are still alive.
Case Study 2:
Female, age 60, non-smoker, Height = 64 inches, Weight = 120 lbs. BMI = 20.6, RHR = 60, RBP = 128/62. FBG= 83, Total Cholesterol = 180, LDL= 90, HDL = 46. Client has a regular exercise program of walking for 30 minutes 5 days a week. Mother died of a heart attack at the age of 60. Client reports no signs or symptoms of disease.
Case Study 3:
Female, age 30, non-smoker, Height = 68 inches, Weight = 145 lbs. BMI = 22.0, RHR = 65, RBP = 122/80. FBG = 93, Total Cholesterol = 160, LDL = 83, HDL = 51. Client has never exercised before in her life. Client reports no signs or symptoms of disease. Parents are still alive.
The Risk Stratification Case Study Assignment:
Must be a minimum of three double-spaced pages in length including the Risk Stratification Worksheet (not including title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must use the course text as a reference.
Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
A Legal Market for Human Organs
Discussion Board Evaluation Criteria
Discussion board assignments are your opportunities to share your knowledge, experience and opinions with the rest of the class. Together with the homework assignments, they also serve as a proxy for attendance.
The items I am looking for are
Relevance to the topic,
Promptness in the initial posting and response,
Clear expression of opinions,
Good spelling and grammar,
Polite disagreement as appropriate.
Please use good grammar and make coherent points. When providing a contrasting viewpoint, focus on making your point, not on deriding the other person’s point.
Global Warming
Discussion Board Evaluation Criteria
Discussion board assignments are your opportunities to share your knowledge, experience and opinions with the rest of the class. Together with the homework assignments, they also serve as a proxy for attendance.
The items I am looking for are
Relevance to the topic,
Promptness in the initial posting and response,
Clear expression of opinions,
Good spelling and grammar,
Polite disagreement as appropriate.
Please use good grammar and make coherent points. When providing a contrasting viewpoint, focus on making your point, not on deriding the other person’s point.
Human Growth and Development
You will need to find 4 articles located in scholarly journals. Scholarly journal articles are also referred as primary source peer reviewed articles. A scholarly journal article can be found in the South University Online Library. To find more information regarding utilizing the South University Library and accessing scholarly journal articles click on Library Guide. What cannot be used for this assignment are web pages, magazines, newspapers, text books, and other books. Finally, current research for our purposes is an article that was published within the last 5 to 6 years.
Remember this is a course on human development so when looking for articles make sure they are related to the subject matter covered in the course. To help in your search here are some of the major areas we covered in this course (these are meant as a guide, not specific topics to find).
- Major developmental theories across the lifespan
- Nature of geographic, gender, social, cognitive, emotional, and developmental factors during each period of development
- Developmental factors that impact one another.
- Historical and current trends in development
- Current trends which may differentially impact the future development of populations in the United States
- Social, and diversity issues related to developmental psychology
With the major areas above in mind, focus on at least two of the following age groups:
- Childhood
- Adolescence
- Adulthood
- Older Adults
First, give an overview of each article, including:
- Write a 2-paragraph summary for each article.
- Write a 1-2 paragraph analysis and evaluation for each article found.
- Make sure to integrate course material in that analysis
Then, write a summary (1-2 pages) integrating what was leaned from the articles reviewed on the chosen age groups as seen from the life-span perspective. Cover the following in that summary:
- What similarities did you find in the types of research and what was being studied? What differences did you find?
- Based on your course readings, what developmental theories did you find that were applicable?
- Explain how the life-span perspective may provide a way of better understanding the research reviewed.
personal narrative
Part 1: Visit www.teamworkonline.com (this is one of the most robust job search platforms for the sports industry). Conduct a search of 5 different job postings that are of interest to you and note the responsibilities and skills required.
Part 2: Write a personal narrative about yourself that includes the following: 1) Summarize your current (or most recent) work related employment as well as any sports industry related experience you may have. 2) Identify which of the 5 job postings on the Teamworkonline.com platform is most interesting to you and discuss why. 3) Discuss the skills you currently possess that would transfer over to that position as well as the skills you feel you need to acquire or improve on in order to be successful in the position.
The narrative should be between 500-750 words in length and follow APA formatting – 12 font, Times New Roman, 1 inch margins, double spaced.
August 27th, 2017 
Business Management 
Comments Off on Pay, Benefits, and Terms and Conditions of Employment Pay, Benefits, and Terms and Conditions of Employment
It is your responsibility as the HR Director of the same organization from Assignment 2 to a) create policies regarding pay and benefits for the selected job opportunity, and b) develop methods for both addressing unionization and implementing OSHA regulations. You will present your findings to the Vice President of Human Resources for approval.
In preparation for this assignment, review the following articles on contractors vs. employees and temp workers:
Create a PowerPoint presentation with fifteen to twenty (10-15) slides in which you:
Create a Wage and Hour standard for the job opportunity
and support your standard by using the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Equal Pay Act to prevent any potential discriminatory impact.
Decide on three (3) benefits required for the job opportunity using ERISA. Propose two (2) methods that the employer can use in order to manage the fiduciary duties wisely and with the employees’ best interests in mind. Provide a rationale for your response.
Elaborate on two (2) rights regarding unionization that Section 7 of the NLRA guarantees. Next, examine two (2) unfair labor practices, and argue the importance of your organization refraining from using such practices during any self-organization and collective bargaining activities. Explore two (2) potential repercussions of an organization’s interference with self-organization and collective bargaining practices.
Propose three (3) ways to discourage employees from considering unionization. Then, compose one (1) strategy for championing a supportive and satisfying work environment within the organization.
Select one (1) OSHA violation case, and determine whether the resulting penalties were sufficient to deter the organization in question from repeating the same violative action. Justify your response.
Outline a plan for investigating workplace injuries, and formulate a policy that explains the process for filing a worker’s compensation claim within the selected organization.
Project Management Roadmap
With the justification of an HRIS solidified, you need to show your client how you will implement the HRIS by providing a project management roadmap, explaining the costs associated with implementation, and discussing metrics that you will use to measure the success of the HR function.
Write a three to four (2-3) page paper in which you:
Project Management Process
Create a project management plan for your client that outlines how you will implement the HRIS in Gladwell Grocery Stores. Explain the various steps that should be included to ensure that the implementation runs smoothly.
HRIS Cost Justification
Create a cost benefit analysis matrix for the HRIS vendor you have chosen. Analyze the cost justification strategies that you will use to justify the cost of the HRIS, including data that identify each benefit and cost component examined, estimates of the dollar amount for each, estimates on when the organization will incur each cost and receive each benefit, and documentation justifying each decision you made in listing these benefits.
HR Metrics
Recommend the HR metrics that you believe will bring the most significant value to the HR function that the HRIS will be supporting. Justify your recommendation.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
Gladwell Grocery Stores Case Scenario
Gladwell Grocery Stores has ten (10) stores in upstate New York. They have approximately 400 – 440 employees. Most of the employees are part time, with approximately 45% of them full time. The operations manager, Tom Bell, also acts as the HR manager and travels to each location each week to take care of recruiting, scheduling, hiring, and answering questions for the employees as needed. He also takes care of payroll using Excel spreadsheets and has computer software to print payroll checks.
Mr. Bell approaches you, an independent HR consultant and owner of your own consulting firm, for a proposal. He would like to greatly reduce his travel to each location each week, due to the increase in gasoline costs. He is curious to know if there is anything you can suggest in helping him complete his HR tasks more efficiently and in a cost-effective manner. He hopes there is some way he can do part of his HR tasks from his office instead of traveling to each location every week.