Develop a 10 to 15 slide PowerPoint presentation
Include detailed speaker notes to explain each slide content OR present your slides via Video and submit the link for the video with your slide deck.
Support your presentation with at least 3 credible academic references beyond course materials
Follow APA format where appropriate
FOIA and Privatization of Government
FOIA and Privatization of Government
A democracy works best when the people have all the information that security of the nation permits. With these words, President Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) into law. This law may seem straight forward, but has been severely complicated since the 1990s due to the growing trend of privatization of government. Many are worried that privatization of services such as military operations, homeland security, the prison system, and interstate railroad operations will diminish the effect of FOIA.
Here is an example from a local government agency:
I (your professor) spent a good deal of time as Deputy Chief of New York States largest all-volunteer EMS agency. This NYS non-profit corporationhas an exclusive contract with the town it serves to provide emergency medical care to a specific jurisdiction. Unlike a fire district (which is a public entity and subject to FOIA) my EMS agency is not subject to FOIA.
In 2005, Newsdaywrote a series of feature articles discussing fraud, waste, abuse, and corruption (FWAC) in the volunteer fire and EMS services. Most of this investigative reporting was a result of information received via FOIA/FOIL requests. Newsdaydid a very good job in helping to reduce FWAC in fire departments and public EMS agencies. However, my EMS agency, unFOIA/FOIL-able, always refused to turn over financial information, and was completely shielded from the financial investigations of Newsday.
The assignment:
Your first task is to research the issue of FOIA and the privatization of government. There has been a lot published on this topic since the mid-1990s. Try to find some examples similar to the EMS agency. Once you have some good reference materials, address the following issues (at a minimum):
Should private corporations be subject to FOIA requests if they utilize public funding? What are the arguments for and against this? If yes, to what degree?
Should there be differences between privatization of traditional governmental services (law enforcement, the prison system, transportation) and private corporations using public funding for non-traditional services (providing day care to the children of government employees, meals-on-wheels)?
Try to find examples of FWAC in private corporations and non-profits that were not subject to FOIA, but may have been prevented by FOIA based investigations.
If FOIA/FOIL legislation cannot force private corporations to respond to requests for information, is there anything that could be done by the contracting government agency to mitigate this?
If you have any personal experiences with this issue, please feel free to share.
<Dont forget to cite sources where appropriate and provide links to appropriate documents and websites.>
global marketing
Select a U.S. brand and develop a marketing plan for selling it overseas. Select a country where you want to sell it (this brand should not be sold in this country at this time), and then
1.Analyze the key elements of the countrys culture, economic, and political environment. 2.Select a method of entry in the country and justify your selection. 3.Select and describe the target market. 4.Identify the key competitors and identify strategic elements that increase competitive advantage. 5.Analyze potential ethical issues in the practice of global marketing the US brand may encounter. 6.Identify a desirable brand image (it may differ than the image this brand has in the U.S.). 7.Identify key features/performance/benefits of the brand. Depending on the differences between the country you selected and the U.S., you may need to adjust the product features, benefits, and performance. 8.Select a pricing strategy. 9.Select the appropriate method of distribution. 10.Explain the role of the companys Marketing Information System in the global strategy. 11.Come up with a comprehensive communication and promotion strategy including the various methods (advertising, personal selling, sales promotions, direct marketing, PR, publicity) as well as detailed descriptions of key ads and promotional material.
Explain how those peripheral services are helping core service/s
Hello again:)
Well..this lecture is service management, and the professor gave us group project.
As you can see the uploaded picture and ppt, the professor wants us to MAKE OUR OWN FICTION SERVICE COMPANY. So, our group decided to go with 24 hours restaurant. Our six members assigned each of task and I’m in charge of TASK 1_(4) ” Explain how those peripheral services are helping core service/s” part. You should know that I am group member 4 and I should write about TASK 1_(4) = (slide 6) around 150~200 words.
Actually, one of our member already finished for TASK 1_(3) “Core service/s & Peripheral service/s (at least 4 peripheral services” part, so basically you can write my part based on the slide 5.
Simply saying, you should write about ‘Explain how those peripheral services are helping core service/s for 24 hours restaurant’. MY part is only for TASK 1(4) please just focus on this. And remember our group decided to go with 24 hours restaurant. So, you can actually add more for core services and peripheral services, if it’s not enough.
If you have any questions or don’t understand anything please let me know.
Case Study Paper
Read the case study and answer the Question 4 in the last page’s Discussion Question section. (separate by both motivation, opportunities, and challenges to write)
4. What is your assessment of Teslas moves into (a) mass-market cars, (b) batteries (car batteries and Powerwall), (c) solar panels? Please consider both the motivation for the moves, and the opportunities and challenges for Tesla to compete in these businesses.
Argumentative essay
Formal essay of approximately 1500 words (or at least four pages) in which you develop your argument regarding the LeGuin novel. This can be a formal extension of your discussion post: you may indeed use the language of your post as a springboard into the new essay!
Here is the original discussion board question (below are other possible avenues for discussion):
*Discussion #1 (due Tuesday 6/4): Ursula LeGuins novel The Word for World is Forest might be read in a number of ways: a speculative critique of the war in Vietnam; a postcolonial novel indicting the removal of Native communities in the Americas and elsewhere; and/or a meditation on the categories of the human and nonhumanthe Creechie figure seemingly another form of human that hasnt evolved. Please read the novel from one of the interpretative lenses outlined above being sure to attend to the texts formal elements to make your case.
Assignment and possible alternative questions:
If you are thinking about development, please be sure to also consider how the plantation model practiced by the Yumens differs in concrete ways from what we might view as a more sustainable approach to development–the latter practiced by the Athshaens. Another question that I posed on several posts and that is worth repeating: are the “Creechies” indeed practicing a more sustainable form of development? That is, rather than read them as merely primitive, spiritual beings, can we understand their culture as in fact more advanced? In this way, does LeGuin participate in world-making through science fiction? If you choose to write about the novel as a means of “world-making,” it is expected that you will cite Streeby. But please be sure to prioritize LeGuin.
As many of you also pointed out in your posts, “New Tahiti” seems like a clear analogue for colonial settlements in the Americas. You are welcome to explore this theme in your formal essay. If you choose to do so, please trace it in the novel and be sure to offer concrete examples. You may also want to consider how the occupation of “New Tahiti” might serve as a metaphor for ongoing forms of colonial occupation elsewhere–the sort that we have seen and continue to see on the continents of Asia or Africa.
Lastly, many of you also wrote about the exploitation of human communities and the ways in which the category of human is often quite complicated: surely the Creechies are more humanmore civilized, etc.than the Yumens! As you write your essays, you may want to consider how the novel also asks us to consider the categories of “human,” nonhuman, and/or “civilization.”
You are free to explore any argument that you choose, but you are expected to support your argument with sufficient evidence from the text(s). This includes a minimum of two close readings of passages from the novel in which you attend to: language–formal literary devices including metaphor, symbolism, and/or imagery. A close reading is a formal analysis; it is not a summary.
Additionally, all effective arguments must have support; and arguments must be explicitly stated in the introduction as a formal thesis statement, which informs your reader of the “what” and the “how”: what will you be arguing, and how will you prove your point? Future essays will also ask for the “why”!
Effective essays will include a formal introduction that includes a thesis statement; a separate essay body that contains sufficient evidence; and a formal conclusion in which you summarize the argument of the essay.
Essays do not have to be five paragraphs. Indeed, a good essay includes as many paragraphs as it needs in order to effectively communicate its argument and to sufficiently support it.
Your essay must be formatted according to MLA guidelines for in-text citations, must be double-spaced, and must be saved as a Microsoft Word document.
Erik Erickson 8 stages of Psychosocial Development
Literature review on topic, Erik Erickson 8 stages of Psychosocial Development- understanding how each stage relates to you, friends, family, patients, and the nursing field:
1. Stage One – Trust vs Mistrust
2. Stage Two – Autonomy vs. Shame
3. Stage Three – Initiative vs. Guilt
4. Stage Four – Industry vs. Inferiority
5. Stage Five – Identity vs. Role Confusion
6. Stage Six – Intimacy vs. Isolation
7. Stage Seven – Generativity vs. Stagnation
8. Stage Eight – Ego Integrity vs. Despair
Minimum of 2 paragraphs for each main point
Each point will need 2 resources (total of 16)
Only scholarly articles
EBSCO Periodical Databases
Encyclopedia Britannica
Ebrary Online Books
Accredited Sources – .gov, .org and .edu
720 Faith Integration 2: Analytics in a Corporation
FAITH INTEGRATION PAPER ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
Readings:
Readings:
Ahmed: Sections 6.1 -6.2
Bartlett: Chapter 2
Merida: The Wise Fool p.71-88
Merida- Pages 129-163
Read Inside the Coorporation (Attached)
Read- Wise Fool Transcript ( Attached)
Faith Integration Paper 2 : Analytics in a corporation.
Must use at least 4 high quality peer-reviewed sources. The Ahmed (2019), Bartlett (2013), and Merida (2015) course textbooks are required sources. Must have at least 1 biblical integration.
INSTRUCTIONS:
The student should read the weekly assigned chapters in Ahmed, Bartlett and section topics in Merida. Then answer the question being posed as a Christian leader with critical reflection of the topic, supported by in-text citations and examples. This paper is focused on the development of students as Christian leaders in organizations. Another objective of these papers is to provide students with integration of theory and concepts presented in the course in terms of application of faith-based principles.
Faith Integration Paper: Analytics in a Corporation – As a Christian leader why is it imperative to get on-board with analytics in a corporation?
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool.
History
Here is the test. Write your answers on a Word file and submit into Test 1 folder under Assignments.
Part 1 (50 marks)
Define and state significance for five (5) of the following terms. Each answer should be at least 3 FULL paragraphs in length.
Realism
Idealism
Orientalism
Post-Structuralism
Post-Colonialism
Neo-Liberalism
Imagined Communities
Nationalism
Historiography
Social Constructivism
Marxist Theory of International Relations
Suez Crisis of 1956
Cold War Historiography
Colonialism and Scientific Racism
Economic Hitmen
Cuban Missile Crisis and its Consequences
NAM
Globalization erodes state sovereignty. Yes or No? Discuss.
Part 2 (50 marks)
Answer the following two (2) questions. Each answer should be at least 5 FULL paragraphs in length – develop an argument
Which of the following theories (can be more than 1) of International Relations help explain and understand world politics since 1945 Realism, Liberalism, Marxism, Social Constructivism, Post-structuralism, Post Colonialism?
Discuss the creation of the post WWII international order and the way it intertwined with the process of decolonization.
780 DB: Call to Lead and Develop other Leaders
Readings:
Manning & Curtis: Chapters 8-9, 12-13
Read Merida: The Wise Fool 9:10-11:43, The Torn Kingdom 12:1-14:20. A Lamp in Jerusalem 14:21-16:34
Chapter 8: Leadership Authority
Matthews 20:25-28
Evaluating a Competency Approach in Assessing Biblical Leadership Effectiveness (attached)
After completing the reading assignments, post your initial response to the following points:
Reflect on a time that you observed an example of effective leading and how it affected your own leadership development.
Identify a biblical example of effective leading and compare it with your takeaway from the reading assignments. Include what lessons can be learned and how you might implement it in your workplace responsibilities. (School Administrator)
Analyze two scholarly sources and discuss to what extent they align with your response to the discussion question.
Must be supported with a minimum of 2 sources excluding the text.All sources must be properly cited and referenced in APA format within the initial post. Must include 1 biblical integration.