Individual Development Plan

[WLO: 1] [CLO: 2]

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, read . An individual development plan (IDP) is a planning tool that assists you with managing your career. IDPs are a great way to manage your own career but also can be used as a leadership tool to help employees manage their careers and growth.

Based on your own career goals, areas of opportunities, and developmental needs, complete the attached and upload in Waypoint.

• Share your short- and long-term career goals (include a job description if you have a link).
• Explain why you have selected these developmental goals.
• Discuss the activities you plan to complete in efforts to achieve your goals.

Note: You are encouraged to integrate any feedback from your instructor and upload your IDP to . For assistance using Folio, review the .

Questions to consider when creating your IDP.

• Do you think there are any other developmental goals that should be included based on the information that was provided?
• What additional training or ideas do you have regarding how they can achieve each of their developmental goals? Make sure to provide ideas for each goal individually.
• Do you think their target completion dates are realistic?

Each of your answers should be written using your own words. Do not copy and paste from your textbook or an Internet source. Ensure you cite your work and add reference(s) at the end of your journal. These should be the sources you are citing in your work.

Read Focal Issue 6.1, Jersey Guys’ Disc Jockeys

The questions are as follows:

Question 1: Aside from apologies, what specific responses are appropriate from organizations when actions such as those of the Jersey Guys take place?

Question 2: Explain how Cox and Blake’s ideas about valuing diversity are relevant to this issue.

Review the information in “MKT-838 Integrated Case Study.” This includes narrative information as well as financial and supporting documentation.
Write a paper (1,000-1,250 words) that suggests potential strategic actions relevant to the business case presented in “MKT-838 Integrated Business Case.” Include the following in your paper:

1. A 1-2 sentence summary of the marketing opportunities inferred from the case.
2. A discussion with rationales supported by research and theory for at least two viable strategic actions that address marketing opportunities inferred from the case. How do the mission, vision, and core values of Purple Cloud influence the viable options?

Each of your answers should be written using your own words. Do not copy and paste from your textbook or an Internet source. Ensure you cite your work and add reference(s) at the end of your journal. These should be the sources you are citing in your work. You should not need to do research from additional resources unless the question specifically asks you to do so.

Ted Talk: https://www.ted.com/talks/mellody_hobson_color_blind_or_color_brave?utm_campaign=tedspread&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=tedcomshare

Questions 1: Do you think discrimination against Blacks still exists today despite Title VIIs legal prohibitions? Why? What do you think should be done to mitigate Black discrimination? Can discrimination be eliminated through legislative or moral action or both?

Question 2: Why do you think access and treatment inequities still occur in the workplace?

Question 3: What do you think are the reasons why the Asian population is the fastest growing group in the U.S.?

Question 4: The population growth rate for non-Hispanic Whites is lower than that of all other racial and ethnic groups. Why is the growth declining for non-Hispanic Whites and how might economic factors impact this decline?

Ted Talk Question: In what ways does the Ted Talk speaker challenge society towards racial understanding and equity?

After reading each of the four peer-reviewed articles you selected, use the Matrix Worksheet template to analyze the methodologies applied in each of the four peer-reviewed articles. Your analysis should include the following:

• The full citation of each peer-reviewed article in APA format.
• A brief (1-paragraph) statement explaining why you chose this peer-reviewed article and/or how it relates to your clinical issue of interest, including a brief explanation of the ethics of research related to your clinical issue of interest.
• A brief (1-2 paragraph) description of the aims of the research of each peer-reviewed article.
• A brief (1-2 paragraph) description of the research methodology used. Be sure to identify if the methodology used was qualitative, quantitative, or a mixed-methods approach. Be specific.
• A brief (1- to 2-paragraph) description of the strengths of each of the research methodologies used, including reliability and validity of how the methodology was applied in each of the peer-reviewed articles you selected.

• Respond to the following quote from the chapter to discuss the significance of cultural background: “It is crucially important to be aware that students from diverse cultural backgrounds bring different ways of knowing, different styles of questioning, and different patterns of interaction to school.” Describe classroom practices you can employ to assure culturally responsive instruction.  Be sure to include personal experiences that you think would be helpful to others in this class.

Purpose

            You will need to be able to critically evaluate economic arguments and convey your reasoning to a general audience in writing. This writing assignment will help you develop these skills. You will need to demonstrate your ability to apply economic concepts and tools to different, more open-ended contexts. This will also help you develop your ability to apply and to view events through the lens of economics.

The critical examination involves a few steps. First, translating a written argument into a form that can be analyzed using tools you have learned in class. The next step is to use these tools to critically examine the argument being made. The analysis involves doing more than merely paraphrasing the textbook, class notes, or using jargon. It involves things like identifying which model/tool is appropriate for this context, checking to see if the assumptions required are satisfied, identifying any changes in circumstances, and working through the predictions, etc. You need to be able to compare your analysis with the authors arguments and be able to articulate any differences or similarities in a precise manner. The final step is translating all of this back into clear language that readers can easily understand.

Task

There will be two writing assignments in this course to give you practice and opportunities to get feedback on your writing. This is an individual writing assignment.

For this writing assignment, you will be given an economic podcast and will be asked to critically evaluate it.  You will be graded on the quality and thoroughness of your analysis.  Therefore, you will also be graded on the clarity, flow and overall cohesiveness of the writing in your paper

Podcast:

How Spotify Saved the Music Industry

https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-spotify-saved-the-music-industry-but-not-necessarily-musicians-ep-374/

Paper Outline

Introduction (5 points):  The introduction (first paragraph) briefly summarizes what you consider to be the main point(s) of the article. If there are many, focus on the one(s) that you will analyze in the assignment.

Summary (5 points) :  A short summary of the podcast should be included. This summary should capture the key points presented in the podcast and any important facts or elements. Do not spend the whole assignment summarizing the entire article. Summaries should be succinct and to the point and be approximately one paragraph.

Analysis (15 points): In your own words, you need to explain how Spotify saved the music industry. This is not a summary of the podcast. That was the previous paragraph. Remember, you are looking at this writing assignment through the lens of an economist. You will need to research the short-run and long-run effects that Spotify had on the music industry, going beyond what has been explained in the podcast. Do not copy and past graphs or charts from outside sources. Are there others like Spotify that have changed their own respective industries? What are they? How was the industry affected? Was it good or bad? Your analysis should use the economic concepts you have learned in class. In other words, the analysis should focus on how topics covered in class are applicable/relevant to the real world.  Be sure to demonstrate your analysis using graphs and/or models learned in class. Be careful to address the appropriate audience. Remember; to narrow your focus so that your analysis can be more in-depth. That is much more important than hitting every point made in the article. You are required to do in-depth research into this issue going beyond the podcast and text. Assume your reader has taken this course and only understands microeconomic theories in the context of the theories covered in this class. You are expected to use at least one of the concepts covered in class.

Policy Recommendation (20 points):  This is the most important aspect of this assignment.

Students are expected to clearly and in detail provide a policy recommendation. In this section, you need to think of an industry that needs improvement. How would you go about making a change such that it brings about a revolutionary change? Think of the impacts companies like Facebook, Uber, Spotify has had on their respective industries. Again, I expect you to use multiple models in this section. The analysis portion has the potential to be varied in nature. However, I recommend sticking to my guidelines below:

Provide a summary of your policy recommendation and explain how it works.
Then, critically evaluate your policy recommendation. Essentially you should take apart the various steps in the recommendation and see if they make sense separately and as a whole. Can you use the tools learned in class to think about the policy in another way? Check to see if you are missing anything in your argument or have used some tool or method incorrectly or inappropriately. That is, think on the other side of the aisle and find counter-arguments.  Is there evidence that contradicts your policy? If so, how would you address them?
I expect you to use at least 1 economic model we have learned in class. However, using one model does not guarantee full credit. Your models should also be detailed. Make sure you explain what the models mean and clearly demonstrate the economic implications. 
All models must be drawn by hand. Any models grabbed from the text or internet will not count and will adversely affect your grade. Your hand-drawn models should be scanned and of high quality.
Conclusion (5 points):  It is important to have a strong conclusion since this is the last chance you have to make an impression on your reader. The goal of your conclusion isnt to introduce any new ideas, but to sum up, everything youve written. Specifically, your conclusion should accomplish three major goals:

Restate the main idea of your essay, or your thesis statement.
Summarize the main sub-points of your essay.
Leave the reader with an interesting final impression.
Works Cited:  Works cited completed using MLA format. Must cite at least 3 sources.  Class notes/lectures can account for one source.  The textbook can account for one source.

How to format your assignment

Your assignment should be typed, double-spaced, 1-inch margins, and have a font size 12.
Minimum of 3 pages (not including models, works cited page).
Your models must be hand-drawn, scanned as an image, and pasted to your word document.

You have a roommate that is interested creating mobile applications to support cross platform development and implementation.After conducting research, share a step-by-step process helping your roommate in getting started with the process of creating cross platform mobile applications in the support of PhoneGap and MonoTouch.Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

The overall document which could help anyone like your roommate in this case get started in the creating a mobile application that is supported across multiple platforms using software technology like PhoneGap and MonoTouch.

Minimum 3+ pages of contents without any intro or references, at least 5 references (not like wikipedia or similar in nature)

LEGAL ENTANGLEMENT PROJECT: PART 5 PAPER ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
The previous parts of the Legal Entanglement Project are to result in a Paper to address the
potential legal entanglement that you have selected. Based on the school analysis (from the
Moral and Legal Issues and Collaboration assignments) and the knowledge base of case law and
literature (from the Case Law Reviews and Literature Review), candidates are to pull from
previous submissions and create a comprehensive paper to address the potential legal
entanglement, including data (from the Collaboration assignment) and recommendations for
policy creation or amendment. The focus of the paper is to provide school staff, students, and
visitors with a safe and secure environment through school policy. All aspects of the paper
should be aligned with case law decisions.
It might be helpful to use the rubric components as headings in the submitted assignment to
make sure components are not overlooked.
The paper must be 510 pages, including the Case Law Review, Literature Review, Data (from
the Collaboration assignment) and Recommendations. The paper must be formatted in current
APA format and must include a title page and a reference page, which are not included in the
page count requirement.

Subject:

Provide a reflection of how the knowledge, skills, or theories of this course have been applied, or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment. If you are not currently working, share times when you have or could observe these theories and knowledge could be applied to an employment opportunity in your field of study. Requirements:

• Minimum 3+ pages
• Use of proper APA formatting and citations. If supporting evidence from outside resources is used those must be properly cited.
• Share a personal connection that identifies specific knowledge and theories from this course.
• Demonstrate a connection to your current work environment. If you are not employed, demonstrate a connection to your desired work environment. 
• You should not, provide an overview of the course and asks that you reflect how the knowledge and skills obtained through meeting course objectives were applied or could be applied in the workplace.