Discussion 1

How is conducting graduate-level research different from research you did in your undergraduate program? Provide specific examples.

The DQ response must be 150-200 words and have at least one citation and one reference in APA style.

Discussion 2

If you are licensed or certified addiction counselor, does this make you more competent as a counselor? Provide insight from the readings this week as to how a counselor can maintain his/her professional competency.

The DQ response must be 150-200 words and have at least one citation and one reference in APA style.

A simple map is a basic representation of space—boundaries, a route, and landmarks. You may consider it to be two-dimensional. However, maps can also be considered many layered representations of data or information. They can show connections, relationships, patterns over time, or many other attributes intended to communicate about the factors influencing a given space. Crime is one of those attributes. And when considering crime as a layer, many other attributes can be examined to discover connections between crime, its causes, and its patterns. In this Assignment, you combine your ongoing research presentation skill building with a consideration of crime mapping.

Submit a chart and/or graph as directed in Part I, and in 500 words, address the prompts in Part II.

Part I: Visual Representation

• Locate the most recent crime statistics for your home town or a nearby area.
• Create a chart or graph to help you present the crime data.
• Note the distribution of crimes based on the statistics you found.
• Be sure to properly cite the data source.

Part II: Narrative Analysis

• Locate a police department within your state or a neighboring state that utilizes crime mapping technology.
• Explain how this technology is either being used or could be used to address the crimes you highlighted in your graph or chart.
• Explain how crime mapping could be utilized as a tool for law enforcement and other criminal justice professionals to help reduce and prevent crime.
• Explain how another technology could help in researching or preventing crime in tandem with or in addition to crime mapping, explain how.
• Explain how the presentation of crime mapping data and one’s understanding of that data affect a police officer’s daily experience on the job.
• Explain how the presentation of crime mapping data and one’s understanding of that data affect citizens’ understanding of their communities.

Be sure to support your thoughts using the crime data you collected along with the Learning Resources from this week. Submit the graph or chart you created along with your response to the questions for this assignment.

In your opinion, what is causing the turnover at Columbus Custom Carpentry? 10 points.

2.  Are the assembly technicians overpaid? Explain. 10 points.
 

3. Are the craters underpaid? If so, why? Will they still be underpaid if the custom hand-work portion of their job is eliminated by the jig system? Explain. 15 points.

4. Given the case and market information, is the CFO position best aligned with that of an accounting manager, director, or a CFO? Explain. 10 points

5. Are there differences in pay that appear to be based on sex/race/ethnicity rather than performance or length of service? How so or why not? 15 points

6. Given your answers to the previous questions, exactly how would you rectify the key issues within Columbus Custom Carpentry? What resources/references support your plan of action? 40 points.

masters level assignment

 Lost Vacation Days (Case Scenario) Gulf Port Ships, Inc. is a large shipbuilding company located in the Gulf Coast. One afternoon the firm made the decision to shut down operations due to an approaching hurricane and forecasted arrival of tropical storm force winds to the local area as early as Wednesday of that week. The decision was to shutdown beginning Wednesday AM. They were told that time lost would be excused with pay. By Tuesday it was clear the hurricane would not hit until Thursday at the earliest. Nonetheless the shipyard decided to maintain the decision to shut down on Wednesday. Emergency hotline for the shipyard confirmed this information but also said that missed time for salaried personnel would be charged against each employee’s vacation bank. It was a liberal leave policy enacted. Wednesday the message was updated to state that the shutdown would continue through first shift on Thursday with normal operations commencing on the second shift. The hurricane then hit the area on Thursday PM (during the second shift) leaving many roads littered with branches and debris. Friday morning when all personnel reported for work (many were without power at home) they were informed that they had lost two days of vacation. Hourly personnel had the option of charging the two days off to vacation or taking time off without pay. Salaried personnel did not have a choice; they were required to charge the time to vacation. This action was in line with the company’s policy for complete shutdowns despite what some personnel were told prior to the shutdown. Needless to say within a few days employees became very upset with the handling of this situation and based on the fact that they just lost two vacation days for no good reason. The company’s vacation policy states that salaried employees accrue vacation time based upon length of service. Employees with less than five years seniority receive one day per month, those with five to ten years experience earn one and one half days per month, and those with more than ten years earn two days per month. Employees have the right to carry over vacation time to the next year. The policy also states that, if the shipyard is shut down for any reasons, the time lost by salaried employees will be charged to each person’s vacation bank. Additionally, the policy states that in the event of a partial shutdown, salaried employees who report to work and are then sent home will be paid for any time missed and will not be required to charge lost time to their vacation funds. You will write a short paper in APA format addressing the following: 

1.  Imagine you are an HR consultant to the organization involved in this situation. The organization wants to be responsive and fair. How would you handle the staff who is now upset and what would you recommend to senior leaders? 

2.  Why is it important to have a policy outlining the organization’s procedures regarding time off?
3.  Identify any laws, which regulate discrimination in the workplace or legal issues pertinent to the case.
4.  Write a policy statement you would submit to the organization to be included in their employee handbook.
5.  What are the risks and challenges the organization faces by implementing the policy you recommend?
6.  Provide an example of ways in which it is effectively or ineffectively implemented. Elaborate upon and assess this situation.
7.  There are many policies available online that are pertinent. If you use a policy from an online source or from your current organization, you must cite within the text and provide the reference.
8.  Be certain to integrate the readings, personal experience, and research from the online library to support your opinions.
9.  You must cite within the text and include multiple references in addition to the text.
 

PROCESS:

Utilize the APA Helps as necessary in the Course Materials (in the Lessons area) to help you present your brief paper in APA format, which means that you need to write a Title Page and References Page separate from the body of the text of the paper (no abstract or author note are needed).

NOTE: Do not use macros or automatic referencing in your papers for this course. The auto features usually cause unforeseen problems in format. Plus, part of this course involves the student’s acquisition of the essentials of the APA style format. You are expected to use, cite, and reference outside sources in all of your assignments unless specifically instructed otherwise.

There is no set page limit for this assignment but it should be long enough to adequately answer all the prompts. Typically the body is around 4 pages.

Upload your paper (.doc) in the assignment section for grading. Follow the Submissions Guidelines as listed in the Syllabus: The various assignments for this course should be submitted as Word.doc attachments in the Assignment section of our virtual classroom.

Discuss pros and cons of debt financing in contrast to equity financing in capital budgeting. What are the implications of each for shareholders’ wealth maximization?

Notes:Provide your explanations and definitions in detail and be precise. Comment on your findings. Provide references for content when necessary. Provide your work in detail and explain in your own words. Support your statements with peer-reviewed in-text citation(s) and reference(s).

Guidelines for User Interface Design

Information systems increasingly emphasize the user experience. Please respond to the following:

• Identify a business information system (application or website) that you are familiar with. Do not repeat an example from the textbook or one that has been posted by another student. 250 words. 
• Provide examples of how it follows three specific guidelines for user interface design described

Dis. 7  Should we continue to collect data on race and ethnicity?

Topic

In what situations should we continue collecting data on race and ethnicity, and in what situations should we stop collecting data on race and ethnicity?  (see Desmond & Emirbayer)

jour. 7 

Colorblindness in American Society

We determine whether our society is “colorblind.”  Our  

objectives this week are to: 

· Describe colorblind racism and new racism;

· Discuss social policy implications of erroneous beliefs that we live in a post-racial or colorblind society; and

· Summarize the perception gap between majority and minority groups and how that impacts support for public policy aimed at combating racial inequality.

As part of the project process, I anticipate having you

· Provide a recorded presentation for the class. This recording will be made available to all students in the class.

· Deliver a recorded presentation for the class of your final project report.  This, too, will be made available to all students in the class.

· Submit a written final project report

You should create a well-thought out proposal for a computer simulation/modeling study that you will conduct and report on, both orally and written.  

The study you perform should be ambitious, unique and novel.  You may attempt something strange that no one has tried before, or you may choose to research a previous modeling effort that someone else has performed and suggest a significant enhancement of that effort.  I think that browsing through the many problems in your textbook will give you lots of ideas.  Also, general reading of newspapers and journals might give you ideas.  Recently I was reading an article, Got a minute? Global attention span is narrowing, study reveals, that was based on a modeling study.

Although you should choose something challenging and ambitious, you should also be very realistic.  We often overestimate what we’re capable of learning and exploring in a limited period of time.  It’s often useful to have a bold vision, but to also have some “off ramps” in mind in case you run into too many unanticipated problems.

Your project proposal should be submitted in PDF format and should include the following

· A brief abstract of what you want to do

· Background information about the problem and the value of a new model that allows the lay-reader to understand without having to dig deep into other literature.  At the same time, should include references to more detail.

· An initial summary of

· What information you want to produce and how you will verify and validate it

· What kinds of simplifying assumptions you think you will need to make

· What kinds of variables and parameters you think you will need to consider

· How you will implement the actual model – methods, languages

· How you will verify that the model works for your assumptions

· How you will test the model against the “real world.”

· A preliminary timeline, problems you are worried about, and some possible “alternative plans” (preferably still related to your original modeling idea) in case the problems become overwhelming (I like to call these a “Plan B”).

· A bibliography (with citations in the above text) of references you used to research the proposal

Summary of what to submit

You should submit, long before the deadline, a single PDF file that consists of

• Your      project proposal in PDF format
• final project report
• A      link to your recorded YouTube presentation for the class of your final project      (again, this link will be made available to everybody in this course).

Note: Your work must be unique and no plagiarism. In such case you will be graded zero marks.