Category: APA (edition “APA 6”)

July 14th, 2020 APA (edition "APA 6"), Law Comments Off on should prisons be privatized

should prisons be privatized

Assignment Content

Consider the following topic: Should prisons be privatized?

Locate peer-reviewed articles in the University Library that compare the differences between public-sector and private-sector correctional facilities.

Select a position that is either in support of or in opposition to the privatization of prisons.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word argumentative essay that explains your selected position in regards to the privatization of prisons. Your essay should incorporate supporting evidence that has been gathered from at least two scholarly resources. Include evidence that demonstrates the differences between private and public sector prisons in regards to the following topics:

Operations of correctional organizations
Correctional personnel roles and functions
Correctional issues and practices
Include a discussion of opposing arguments and provide brief rebuttals.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Two references required.

July 14th, 2020 APA (edition "APA 6"), Law Comments Off on what is public administration?

what is public administration?

Using NCU library resources, find at least five scholarly journal articles that include at least three of the following key terms* related to public administration, published in the last five years:

Public Administration: The management and administration of public programs.
Administration: 1) The management and direction of the affairs of governments and institutions. 2) A collective term for all policy-making officials of a government. 3) The execution and implementation of public policy. 4) The time in office of a chief executive such as a president, governor, or mayor. 5) The supervision of the estate of a dead person to pay taxes and assign assets to heirs.
Administrative Discretion: The ability of individual administrators in a bureaucracy to make significant choices affecting management and operation of programs for which they are responsible; particularly evident in separation-of-powers systems.
Public Management: A field of practice and study central to public administration, emphasizing internal operations of public agencies, focuses on managerial concerns related to control and direction, such as planning, organizational maintenance, information systems, personnel management, and performance evaluation.
Scientific Management: A formal theory of organization developed by Frederick Taylor in the early 1900s; concerned with achieving efficiency in production, rational work procedures, maximum productivity, and profit; focused on management’s responsibilities and on “scientifically” developed work procedures, based on “time and motion” studies.
Participatory Democracy: A political and philosophical belief in direct involvement by affected citizens in the processes of governmental decision-making.
Policy Implementation: A general political and governmental process of carrying out programs in order to fulfill specified policy objectives; a responsibility chiefly of administrative agencies, under chief executive and/or legislative guidance; also, the activities directed toward putting a policy into effect.
Politics/Administration Dichotomy: The belief, growing out of the early administrative reform movement and its reaction against the spoils system, which held that political interference in administration would erode the opportunity for administrative efficiency, that the policy making activities of government ought to be wholly separated from the administrative functions, and that administrators had to have an explicit assignment of objectives before they could begin to develop an efficient administrative system.
Scan the articles and note the differences and/or similarities between the required readings for the week and the articles youve found in the library. Using all the sources, write a 5-page, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12-point font paper to answer the following question: What is public administration?

July 14th, 2020 APA (edition "APA 6"), Marketing Comments Off on Developing the Brand Strategy

Developing the Brand Strategy

Applied Marketing Assignments
Details
School Website: https://studentlogin.coloradotech.edu/_layouts/login/login.aspx Username: Markeil.Davis
Password: Kellikeil*1
Directions:
1. Login, Go to Active Courses and click on Applied Managerial Marketing box below.
2. Find and click Grades (link) in Orange box above.

Assignments Needed (10 pages) 1. Unit 3. Individual Project (Read main scenario for class then read assignment at bottom)

Main Scenario for Class

Mobile Manufacturing, Inc. Michelle Dietrich, president of Mobile Manufacturing, Inc. (MM), stared out of her third-floor window at the traffic below her San Jose, California office and said to herself, “This new product has to be right. If we can’t gain back a significant share of the mobile phone market with this product, MM is not going to be here next year.” Michelle’s company made its debut in the mobile phone industry in 2002 when it invented the first mobile phone that could access the Internet. At the time, this gave MM a huge advantage over its major rivals. Mobile Manufacturing, Inc.’s first successful product and initial public offering (IPO) in 2003 raised enough capital to help the firm develop new products, but since then, the technology giants have caught up with them. Although MM had some success with other products, it has not been able to match its initial success and distinguish itself from its rivals. MMthough it was the darling of the technology world in the early 2000swas struggling to attract first-class employees and new investors; it was floundering in the market. After several failed attempts at new products, Michelle hired Elena Steokovich, the top cell phone designer and engineer in Europe, to help design a new product. Elena knew her stuff when it came to phone product design, and she had worked with Michelle on MM’s first product. After stints with big-name competitors, she agreed to return to MM to help Michelle restart the product innovation engine. “I know that just designing a good phone will not be enough,” thought Michelle. “Perhaps the most important question is: How do I know if anyone will buy our phone? Certainly market research will help us identify potential customers so that we can target them effectively, and careful analysis of the research findings will lead us to a good marketing plan. Yes, the marketing plan is the key. I need to know that the next phone we develop will meet the needs and wants of those who crave the latest and greatest technology in their mobile phones.” MM needed to get back a market share if it was to survive in a fiercely competitive environment. Michelle also knew the mobile phone and technology markets had changed drastically in other ways since MM first entered the market. There were new domestic and foreign companies competing, increased market demand driving prices down, and innovative products being introduced every year. Although some consumers were happy to try out the latest and greatest products, a large number of customers were suffering from feature fatigue, a term used to describe the tiring of the bells and whistles. The customers with feature fatigue just wanted to make phone calls to their family and their friends. To help ensure that MM has the right marketing plan for its new mobile product, Michelle has hired you as her marketing consultant for this project. As the marketing consultant, you will be responsible for planning, organizing, and implementing the marketing plan for MM’s new product. Note: All character and company names are fictional and are not intended to depict any actual person or business.

Assignment
Deliverable Length: 1015 slide PowerPoint with 200250 words speaker notes per slide
The board has called a meeting to see how the new product for MM is coming along. Michelle calls you about the meeting.

“I like your ideas for branding the product,” she says. “I think the board wants an overview now of the whole process we are using for developing the new product. Can you do that?”

“Thanks for the comments about the branding strategy,” you say. “I tried to be creative with my approach. I’d be glad to show the board the process we are using to develop the new product.”

“Great,” she says. “Why don’t you do what you did last time? The 1015 slides that you presented worked well in the 30-minute time slot.”

“In the past I’ve done similar presentations and have a format that really works. The board has been very receptive to the flow of the information and I think it will work for us for this presentation too,” she adds. “I’ll instant message the information to you after our meeting. The flow might work for you also.”

“Great,” you respond. “I’ll get started on this first thing in the morning.”

When you get back to your office, the instant message from Michelle is on your screen. It reads:

These are the areas we need to cover in the presentation. 

Idea generation 
Idea screening 
Concept development and testing 
Marketing strategy development 
Business analysis 
Product development 
Test marketing 
Commercialization

Be sure to include the information from our discussions on branding as part of the marketing strategy development phase of the process.

The materials found in the M.U.S.E. may help you with this assignment. Additional information is also provided in the Lessons From Experience found at the following link:
The Language of Branding

July 14th, 2020 APA (edition "APA 6"), Other Comments Off on Customer life time value

Customer life time value

General guidelines
    The purpose of this assignment is to enhance your analytic skills.
    The article: A marketing view of customer value: Customer lifetime value and customer Equity, is uploaded to the Moodle
    It is an individual assignment.
    The assignment is worth 20% of the total grade.
    The student should answer the question given in the guidelines.
    You are required to submit the report through the email and uploaded it to the Moodle.
    10% of the 20 marks will be deducted as a penalty if not submitted on time.
    Think out of the box and be creative in answering the given questions.
    The students should read the article between the lines, try to understand, and focus on answering the questions. You could avoid the technical detail that are not relevant to the given questions.
    The assignment is due on the 20th May. Email the assignment to me, and also upload the softcopy to the Moodle.
Formatting guidelines
    There is no page limit. The students are required to provide one page introduction and then answer the questions. Each answer should start from a fresh page.
    Font size: 12
    Font type: Times New Roman
    Line space: One and a half
    Page margin: 1 inch from all four side
Questions: Students are required to answer the following questions:
1.    What is customer life time value?
2.    Why do we need to measure customer lifetime value?
3.    How do we measure customer lifetime value? Explain with an example.
4.    How organization can exploit the customer lifetime value?
5.    What are the business implications of customer lifetime value?
6.    Identify ways on how to improve CLV.

July 14th, 2020 APA (edition "APA 6"), Psychology and Education Comments Off on Chapter 4 and 5 Revisions

Chapter 4 and 5 Revisions

Professors Comments:

A good first draft- but all those themes and sub themes in chapter 5 need to be in four.

CHapter 5 needs a major re write- you are analyzing… you are expert now.

I put some comments in there to help you think about it

Your dissertation should be at least 100 pages

July 14th, 2020 APA (edition "APA 6"), Health Care and Life Sciences Comments Off on Describe your vision of your role as an APN

Describe your vision of your role as an APN

Describe your vision of your role as an APN

Please introduce yourself and tell me why you decided to pursue and Advanced Practice major?
What is the role of the advanced practice nurse?
What is the evidence suggesting regarding the role of FNPs in primary care?
What do you think Family Nurse Practitioners could do differently to improve patient outcomes? Is EBP the answer? Give specific examples.
What do you think are the Skills & Personality Traits to be a  Successful Nurse Practitioner?
Please respond to at least one peer!

July 14th, 2020 APA (edition "APA 6"), Business and Management Comments Off on Entrepreneurial Organizn

Entrepreneurial Organizn

Hi,
In all, there are three assignments and one final project, but all related. I have details on a separate word attachment
-I work with people with developmental disabilities, as a direct support professional, DSP in New Jersey, with an agency that provides direct support services to clients namely Community Options INC.
-Please the FAMILIAR INDUSTRY to be used for the assignments and project should be that of the profession described above. Reason being that I have completed other assignments and participated in discussion forums using the industry as my discussion focus.
-Please also note that am a student, the assignments and project shouldnt be too perfect that could arouse suspicion.
-Please try as much as possible to use the provided references, of course, additional materials are required.

July 14th, 2020 APA (edition "APA 6"), Business and Management Comments Off on U.S. Economy and Its Impact on Transportation and Logistics Management.

U.S. Economy and Its Impact on Transportation and Logistics Management.

The project must include a title page, table of contents, abstract, and a reference page. The project is an application of this knowledge and requires the student to analyze and interpret the topic of interest. The use of graphics and charts is highly encouraged. Please use outline already attached.

Format

APA cover page

Abstract (1/2- 1 page)

2. Introduction to the topic, problem or thesis statement

3. Literature Review Background Research on the topic

4. Discussion of your ideas on the topic and problem

5. Discussion of new solution(s) to the problem

6. Conclusion

The final paper must have the following key sections, clearly identified, though they can be titled creatively to reflect your question and interests:

I. An introduction that states the problem and why your topic is important.

The research question, clearly and concisely stated as a question. What do you hope to answer with this research?  This section should also include definition of terms.

II. Literature Review background research on this topic

III. The results/ discussions, describes what you have learned that helps answer the research question. What are you ideas about this topic?

IV. The discussion of potential new solutions.

V. The conclusion, which summarizes the key points of the paper and suggests further research needed on this topic.

VI. A list of references in APA format.

July 14th, 2020 APA (edition "APA 6"), Business and Management Comments Off on gun control

gun control

Develop strategies for effective problem solving using digital media.

Think of the power of some commercials to get us to think about buying a new product, voting for a particular candidate, or contributing to a cause. Many of these commercials combine words, images, and sound in ways that appeal to our senses and emotions in a way that words alone may not be able to do. For this competency assessment, you will use technology, writing, and research skills to create a digital media presentation that combines text and images, and perhaps sound, to make an argument for change that can appeal to an audience, much like a powerful advertisement or public service announcement.

Identify a problem you want to solve in your community or workplace that would be researchable. You may want to propose that your workplace choose a new health care plan, advocate the need to put speed bumps in your neighborhood, or argue for a ban on plastic shopping bags in your city. It is recommended that you use the same topic you used in earlier modules since you have already created a thesis and found sources to support your claims.

Your digital media presentation should use the design suggestions provided in the Writing resource Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations.  More importantly, you are practicing your composition skills by combining text and images to compel your audience to recognize the importance of your argument.

Minimum Submission Requirements

The digital media presentation should have the following characteristics:

Slide presentation format (PowerPoint, Google Slides, etc.)
Title page/slide with the presentation title, your name, and course information
Contains at least 810 slides, not counting the title and references slides
Uses research from at least four sources, which should include at least 2 graphics with information
Minimally, four visuals (e.g., photo, table, diagram, chart, infographic, etc.)
Research and visuals are cited in APA 6th edition citation format, both in text and on a references slide or separate Word document. You need to quote material taken directly from a source. The same standards apply to a presentation that apply to an essay.
A clear message related to an argument for change in your community or workplace
Follows the criteria covered in Designing an Effective Presentation section of  Creating Effective PowerPoint Presentations.

July 14th, 2020 APA (edition "APA 6"), Philosophy Comments Off on ethics

ethics

Two Parts: 1: Egoism, Altruism (chapter 4), and 2: Virtue Ethics (chapter 8)

For this discussion, you need to answer questions from both parts of this discussion focus:

1) The first is on egoism and altruism; for Part I, you have a choice on either the COVID-19 pandemic, or, from entertainment, The Hunger Games. So, in Part I, answer either option A or option B.

2) Part II, Virtue Ethics and the Edward Snowden case with the question of his virtue or vice.  In Part II, answer the virtue ethics set of question son Snowden.

You may break your main thread post into two posts, one post on PART I Egoism & Altruism; and PART II on Virtue Ethics.  Whatever works best for you.

If you break your main thread into two main threads, it still only counts as your one main thread so you’ll still need to replies beyond that.

EGOISM: To many people, egoism is the most natural of human feelings.  Each living thing seeks its own self-preservation.  But while some people see egoism or selfishness as is a moral virtue, many others see it as a vice or something bad. For our discussion this week, we are exploring questions of what virtue is and what vice is, and what virtue looks like in the world today.

Required – PART 1 Egoism and/or Altruism (Choose Option A or B – See Below):

PART 1 OPTION A – COVID-19:

You may want to discuss how egoism and altruism are at work in our current global pandemic with COVID-19.  How do both egoism and altruism play an important role in how humans respond to the global spread of the coronavirus?  Should people be more egoistic or altruistic or both?  What has been your experience in these difficult days? In your view, does egoism or altruism work best for public health?

OR PART 1 OPTION B – Hunger Games:

Background: From the eText chapter 4, we read the following: Popular culture is full of examples of the conflict between egoism and altruism. … The film and book The Hunger Games shows us a life-and-death competition in which children struggle for survival in a war of all against all. In these contexts, egoism is to be expected and altruism is an exceptional and heroic virtue (Ethics, MacKinnon, 2015, p.41).

(Hunger Games trailer):
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What can we learn about the positives and negatives of egoistic living versus altruistic living from the s The Hunger Games? Do you agree with the idea that egoism and altruism are at odds or in conflict?  Why or why not?  In your view, which (egoism or altruism) work best for people’s survival in normal life?

Required – PART 2 Virtue Ethics:

With a friend, fellow worker or family member, discuss the case of Edward Snowden, a computer specialist who had worked for the CIA but who came to believe the U.S. government overstepped its bounds in spying on the American people (and others) the way it does and so he leaked top secret U.S. documents to the news media so the public could know. The May 2014 edition of Vanity Fair calls Snowden “the most important whistle-blower of modern times … whose disclosures will reverberate for decades to come” (Vanity Fair, 2014, Barrough, Andrew, & Sullivan, p.153).

Was this action of Snowden an act of virtue as a courageous whistle blower or the act of a traitor?  What virtue or vice do you see in the actions of Edward Snowden?

How should he be treated by the American people and their government for what he did and why?

Snowden interview from Hong Kong (hes now living in Russia): You cant come forward against the worlds most powerful intelligence agencies and be completely free from risk if they want to get you, theyll get you in time.  But, at the same time, you have to make a determination about what it is thats important to you.  Even if youre not doing anything wrong, youre being watched and recorded And its getting to the point that you dont have to have done anything wrong; you just simply have to fallen under suspicion for something.