Archive for September, 2018

What has the Marvin ruling done for cohabiting couples’ legal rights?

What has the Marvin ruling done for cohabiting couples’ legal rights?

This Assignment examines historical case law and development of domestic partnerships or cohabitation. In this Assignment, you are to read and analyze the following resources. You are to also answer the questions below.

Marvin v. Marvin, 18 Cal. 3d 660, 557 P.2d 106, 134 Cal. Rptr. 815 (1976)

“The Cohabitation Blues”

“Should Cohabitation Matter in Family Law?”

Living Together and the Law: Nolo. Retrieved from http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/free-books/living-together-book/chapter1-1.html.

What has the Marvin ruling done for cohabiting couples’ legal rights? Provide brief description of the facts in this case and the and how the court arrived at its conclusion.

Do cohabiting couples share equally in benefits and rights as in a valid marriage, if at all?

Identify the law or laws that exist in your state that provide protection to “domestic partnerships” or “cohabiting couples.”

Note: You can utilize other academic resources in responding to this Assignment. You are not limited by the case law alone. This Assignment should be a minimum of 3 total pages and properly formatted.Good luck and have fun! Submit your Writing Assignment to the Dropbox by the end of Unit 2.Your paper should be a minimum of two pages and should consist of the proper headings, citations, and format. The Assignment should adhere to the usual citation and mechanical rules. In terms of your research, you can and should utilize the Kaplan Library for academic and legal resources.

Individual Written Case Analysis (Strategic Audit)

Individual Written Case Analysis (Strategic Audit) 

Develop a case about, analyze, and make recommendations about Ford (Ford Motor Company).

Use approximately 20 sources from Academic journals.

 Introduction to the Organization – History of the Company & Current Status — A. When was the organization founded, why and by whom? Discuss unusual history associated with the organization. B. Is it privately or publicly held? C. Who are its top executives in terms of experience, academic credentials, diversity, etc.? D. Discuss the organization’s Business Model? E. What is the impact of globalization on this organization? F. Other information?

I. Identification of the Industry and the Competitors — Industry definition is necessary so that competitors can be identified; macro-environmental forces that affect the organization and its industry can be assessed, and the organization’s relative strengths and weaknesses can be compared to other organizations within the industry.

II. Analysis of the Industry (Include global considerations)

A. Strategic Group(s) in which the company exists and competitors in it/them.

B. Intensity of rivalry among existing competitors. Use Porters 5 Forces for B, C, D, E, and F. (C). Threat of new competitors entering the industry; (D) Threat of substitute products or services; (E) Bargaining power of buyers and (F) Bargaining power of suppliers

G. Potential Profitability of the Industry – What organizations have succeeded and failed in the industry and why?

H. What are the Critical Success Factors for the industry?

IV. Analysis of the Macro-Environment (Includes identification & analysis of global factors & application of analysis to business situation)

A. What political/legal forces affect the industry?

B. What economic forces affect the industry?

C. What social forces affect the industry?

D. What technological forces affect the industry?

E. What are the threats and opportunities facing the organization?

 

Social Psychology assignment

Social Psychology assignment

Visit the website of The Random Acts of Kindness Foundation, an organization dedicated to altruistic pursuits.

Review the information, literature, and downloadable documents.

Design your own assignment in which you implement five acts of kindness (prosocial behavior). Use your discretion, common sense, and modesty at all times. Do not put yourself in an environment of potential danger or harm.

Write a paper of 500-750 words, in which you:

  1. Describe your implementation of kindness: what did you do, how did you approach the idea, where did you implement it and to whom?
  2. Describe the reactions you perceived from others and yourself.
  3. Describe what you learned about prosocial behavior from this exercise. Compare the actual application of the behavior relative to this topic material.
  4. If you are a faith-based person, explain how your faith helped you implement your helping behavior. If you are not a faith-based person, explain what philosophy, belief system, or values you connected to helping behavior.

When writing in APA style, it is important that your analysis is written in third person. Writing in third person helps with clarity and conciseness throughout your paper. However, some instances writing in first person is acceptable and should be used sparingly. Solid academic writing is expected, and documentation of sources should be presented using APA formatting guidelines.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

Organizational theory

Organizational theory

Review the sector analysis and leadership analysis you have already conducted, and then examine the organizational theories that are most commonly used within the sector in which your organization operates.

 

Write a paper to address the following:

 

·       Explain if your organization’s sector generally relies on classical theories or current organizational theories.

 

·       Determine if the organizational theory aligns with the overall sector in terms of which organizational theory is implemented.

 

·       Explain whether the current organizational theory being applied within the organization is successful. If not, recommend which theory may be more effective for the organization and explain why.

 

·       Finally, determine if the implemented theory affects the overall strategy of the organization. 

 

Support your assignment with at least five scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.

 

Length: 5-7 pages, not including title and reference pages

 

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. 

Lean Transformation PPT

Lean Transformation PPT

A new Vice President has just been transferred from marketing to take over manufacturing, His undergraduate degree was in engineering in addition to an MBA.  He has not worked in engineering or operations for many years. Your three-person Lean transformation team now reports to him.  You and your team meet with him in the afternoon of his first day on the job.  He asks you to explain this “Lean thing”. He asks you and your team to specifically help him understand the visual management system that is in place.  In short, he does not understand what it all means.

 

In this assignment you are to design a PowerPoint presentation that will help him understand and answer the following questions:

 

1.  Why is making everything visible so essential to the workplace?

 

2.  Why is visual management so important to a Lean transformation?

 

3. What is a Gemba Walk?  Why do we do this?  What do we gain from it? Why should I participate?

 

4.  If we are developing self-directed teams and utilizing them throughout the organization – What role(s) do our front line, middle, and senior leaders play?

 

Your PowerPoint presentation should be at least 5 pages (excluding the cover page).  You are to provide clear and thoughtful answers to each question and offer a convincing rationale for each of your answers.

Assignment: Analyzing Focus Group Findings

Assignment: Analyzing Focus Group Findings

Imagine that two focus groups have been conducted in an Asian American and immigrant community in a large urban city. The rationale of conducting the qualitative study was because it has been noted that many Asian Americans and immigrants are reluctant to seek mental health services. To further understand this issue, service providers including social workers, counselors, doctors, and nurses were recruited to discuss the barriers in implementing mental health services targeted to Asian Americans and immigrants. After the focus groups were transcribed, two research assistants were hired to conduct a content analysis of the transcripts. Refer to the Week 5 Handout: Content Analysis of Focus Groups.

As the social worker, you have been asked to analyze the focus group data and are charged with working with an advisory board in the community to formulate social work practice recommendations using the ecological model.

To prepare for this Assignment, review Week 5 Handout: Content Analysis of Focus Groups.

By Day 7

Submit a 3-4-page report of the following:

 

Discuss the themes found in the Week 5 Handout: Content Analysis of Focus Groups. Based on this data, what is your analysis of the current barriers to services?

 

Create two social work recommendations to address a current barrier and explain how the recommendation proposed addresses the findings.

 

Discuss how you would collaborate with the research stakeholders (e.g. service providers and community members) to ensure that the data are interpreted accurately and that the practice recommendations made will be culturally appropriate.

 

Critically reflect on your own culture and explain how your cultural values and beliefs may have influenced how you interpreted the focus group data. What specific cultural knowledge do you think you need to obtain to conduct culturally sensitive research with this group?

 

Executive Briefing In Practicioner Discipline

Executive Briefing In Practicioner Discipline

You have been asked by your local emergency manager to prepare a briefing for the chief elected official about the threats/hazards your community faces and the steps you will take to prepare for disaster.

 

1.Present the top 3 threats/hazards in your community

 

2.Discuss the planning process you will use to address the threats/hazards and the key steps in developing a contingency plan

 

3.Recommend hazard mitigation projects to reduce the overall threat

 

consult their local hazard mitigation plan (most likely available online) and also use the course materials to demonstrate the planning process they will use. They should also include the specific agency stakeholder names who will be involved in the planning process. The assignment should be 3-5 pages in length

How significant of a role do you believe symbolism played in the University of Missouri case study

How significant of a role do you believe symbolism played in the University of Missouri case study

Using the Symbolic Frame, choose some symbol – or some other situation in which organizational meaning was at issue – in the University of Missouri case, and discuss in-depth how the Symbolic Frame can be used to inform our understanding of the University of Missouri case. 

 

How significant of a role do you believe symbolism played in the University of Missouri case study. Be sure that you incorporate 1 or 2 assumptions of the Symbolic Frame in your response. 

 

Remember to perform some outside research, to properly cite your sources, and to demonstrate evidence of critical thinking in your response. 

 

Before the end of Module 4, be sure that you have responded to a minimum of two of your classmates’ postings. Remember that the Discussions are an assignment – they equate to a full 20% of your final grade; consequently, they require a minimum of 20% of the total effort you put forth into the overall course. In this context, the Discussions require additional research on your part, critical thinking, and graduate-level presentation (grammar, spelling, proper citation, etc.).

Planetary Science Introductory Problems

Planetary Science Introductory Problems

1. The Moon orbits Earth in an elliptical orbit. Look up the values of the relevant parameters on https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/factsheet/moonfact.html, and calculate the maximum and minimum angular sizes of the Moon as seen from Earth. Express your answers in degrees to three significant figures, and be sure to show your work.

 

2. In class we calculated the average angular size of the Sun to be 0.533o. Compare this value with your answers to question 1. Does a total solar eclipse occur every time the Sun, Moon and Earth are aligned? Explain.

 

3. In worksheet 1 we analyzed qualitatively how, during a solar eclipse, the Moon’s umbra moves across Earth’s surface due to Earth’s rotation and the Moon’s orbital motion. Now let us get quantitative. For a solar eclipse on the equator, how fast (in km/s) and in what direction (east-to-west or west-to-east) does the umbra move due to Earth’s rotation? Draw a diagram to show your reasoning.

 

4. Similarly, for a solar eclipse on the equator, how fast (in km/s) and in what direction (east-to-west or west-to-east) does the umbra move due to the Moon’s orbital motion? Again, draw a diagram to show your reasoning. What is the umbra’s resulting net motion (speed and direction)?

 

5. Consider a latitude-longitude grid on the Moon analogous to that on Earth. Look up the radius of the Moon and calculate the distance in km corresponding to a degree of latitude on the Moon.

 

6. Imagine that Earth’s rotation was reversed, so that it now rotated clockwise with the same period as before. Assume its revolution around the Sun remained counterclockwise. a. Sketch this imaginary situation, indicating the directions of rotational and orbital motions.

 

b. What would be the new lengths of sidereal and solar days in hours and minutes? Show your work.

Thought Paper Or Reflection Paper “OPINION”

Thought Paper Or Reflection Paper “OPINION”

Write a Brief Thought Paper that reflects on the reading for class ((PDF file) that includes full name, date, and the class number on the top left corner. ((THIS IS NOT A SUMMARY)).

 

(Times New Roman font, 12 font sizes, 1” margins, single space, one full page).

 

The paper must be integrative.

 

Write your thoughts on the most important things you read from the article in your opinion, don’t write a summary so only thoughts.

 

 

Critical thinking paper, NOT including any summary.

 

It should be one full page single space. (Not more or less than a full page).

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