How does organizational theory relate to the real world?

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Reading tasks:

  • Suddaby, R., Hardy, C., & Huy, Q. (2011). Where are the new theories of organization? Academy Of Management Review, 36(2), 236–246. doi:10.5465/AMR.2011.59330875.
  • Shepherd, D. A., & Sutcliffe, K. M. (2011). Inductive top-down theorizing: A source of new theories of organization. Academy Of Management Review, 36(2), 361–380. doi:10.5465/AMR.2011.59330952. Business Sources Complete
  • Pryor, M., Humphreys, J. H., Oyler, J., Taneja, S., & Toombs, L. A. (2011). The legitimacy and efficacy of current organizational theory: An analysis. International Journal of Management, 28(4), 209–228. ABI Inform
  • Stead, B. (1972). Berlo’s communication process model as applied to the behavioral theories of Maslow, Herzberg, and McGregor. Academy of Management Journal, 15(3), 389–394. doi:10.2307/254868. Business Source Complete

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Leverage the above references to answer the following questions:

  • How does organizational theory relate to the real world?
  • What are the implications of organizational theory for change managers?
  • What are the implications of organizational theory for employees?
  • How are public organizations different than private organizations?

Please submit your assignment.

From a financial manager’s perspective, discuss the capital-budgeting process used to identify projects that add to the firm’s value.

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Capital budgeting is a vital part of a firm’s decision-making. Each approach will provide a piece of information to help analyze potential projects to make informed decisions.

From a financial manager’s perspective, discuss the capital-budgeting process used to identify projects that add to the firm’s value.
How do capital-budgeting decisions help to define a firm’s strategic direction?
Question 5: Capital Structure Decisions

Examining the effects of a company’s financial leverage on stock prices, earnings per share, and the cost of capital is important to a firm’s capital structure.

What issues managers should consider when making capital structure decisions?
Why would companies have different capital structures? Explain.
Question 6: The Firm’s and Your Personal Capital Structure

Take control of your money! This concept is extremely important because it can influence a company’s return and your capital structure.

How does a firm’s capital structure relate to your personal capital structure?
In what ways are they similar?
Provide examples of how you use debt and equity in your personal financial life that parallels the basic capital structure decisions made by a firm.
*****300 WORDS RESPONSE MINIMUM TOTAL ADDRESSING QUESTIONS IN EACH PORTION WITH REFERENCES INCLUDED*****

*****PLEASE SUBMIT EACH PORTION IN A SEPARATE FILE*****

 

Identify one program/intervention on the Cal State LA campus (or virtually) that addresses a health, well-being, and/or student success issue among   students and describe that program.

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  • Provide a specific example of how each of the following community organizing/building methods was demonstrated in the film City Rising:
  • Planning & Policy Practice
  • Community Capacity Development
  • Social Advocacy
  • Next, select one of the aforementioned community organizing/building methods and describe how it is being used in one of the major social justice/civil rights movements that has occurred within the US in the past few years.

Now, think about Part I of the PowerPoint where we learned about health promotion programming and respond to this prompt:

  • Identify one program/intervention on the Cal State LA campus (or virtually) that addresses a health, well-being, and/or student success issue among   students and describe that program.  If a link to a website for that program exists, please include it.  For example, the Mind Matters program was highlighted in the PowerPoint as a program/intervention designed to support student well-being as a means of encouraging student success.  (HINT: If you are new to campus or have not accessed many programs/interventions on campus, a quick search on the “Student Success” [https://www.calstatela.edu/student-success (Links to an external site.)] or “Campus Life” [https://www.calstatela.edu/campus-life (Links to an external site.)] sections of the Cal State LA webpage might be great places to start.)

INF340 WEEK 5 ASSIGNMENT

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Hoosier Burger Case: Part 5

Read the Hoosier Burger scenario on page 242 in Chapter 7 of the text and address the following in a 1 to 3 page APA style paper:
  a. Based on the information provided in the case scenario, what entities will Hoosier Burger need to store information about?
  b. For the entities identified in part a, identify a set of attributes for each entity.
  c. Specify an identifier for each entity. What rules did you apply when selecting the identifier?
  d. Modify Figure 7-11 to reflect the addition of these new entities. Be sure to specify the cardinalities for each relationship

Reflections on Health-Care Policy

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Watch Rebecca Onie: What if our healthcare system kept us healthy? For your journal entry, you will explore aspects of your personal experience and/or beliefs regarding significant public policies and what you have learned in your readings. As you reflect, please address the following questions:

  1. What are the major current healthcare issues and policies (Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – 2010)?
  2. How do you feel about the new health care policy?
  3. What, if anything, has changed or is changing, and how does it affect you personally?
  4. What were your thoughts prior to this week’s readings?
  5. How has your perspective been either reinforced or changed now that you are more informed?

Fredrick Douglass

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I have to write a research paper on Fredrick Douglass.

The parameter(s) of the paper: 5 body paragraph paper no less than 8 pages, bibliography, and footnotes.

The thesis statement (which would be expanded in the body of the essay) should reflect Fredrick’s struggles when he was a slave, what he went through when he was freed and life beyond (how he overcame the obstacles, and the result of overcoming the obstacles).

Thank you.

write a 700-1000 word narrative

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write a 700-1000 word narrative to serve as a preface to the Professional Work Samples section. This narrative should consist of a clear and thoughtful analysis of how each work sample reveals your strengths and areas for improvement, according to each of the seven areas addressed in the program outcomes/competencies. Make sure you also address how you intend to strengthen your competencies in all areas as you graduate onto the next step of your professional career. On which areas will you focus most and why?

These outcomes are listed below, along with the assignments that could be included to demonstrate mastery of the outcome:

  • Cognitive abilities (critical thinking and information literacy): Assignments or projects that demonstrate problem solving, analysis, synthesis, appropriate use of information resources, etc.
  • Research skills: A copy of a research proposal, a survey developed, etc.
  • Communication skills (written and oral): A topic paper, presentation outline, or PowerPoint that demonstrates your written and oral communication skills.
  • Ethics & Diversity awareness: Papers that demonstrate your understanding and/or analysis of ethical and diversity issues in psychology.
  • Knowledge of foundations of the field: Assignments, papers, or projects that demonstrate your understanding of basic concepts, theories, and empirical findings in one or more of the domains of psychology, including biological, cognitive, developmental, personality, and social.
  • Knowledge of applied psychology: Assignments, papers, or projects from courses and/or an internship that demonstrates your ability to apply psychology to personal, social, and/or organizational problems.
  • Interpersonal Effectiveness: PowerPoint presentations, videos of your presentations that demonstrate your ability to communicate effectively, appreciate diversity and cultural sensitivity and awareness of your impact on others.

These are my work samples:

  • Car Accidents Using Cell Phones

  • This sample applied critical and creative thinking, skeptical inquiry, and a scientific approach to solve problems related to behavior and the mental processes. It was able to share multiple perspectives on the subject of car accidents because of cell phone operation. It was also able to recognize the underlying assumptions, and judged the rationality of these justifications by comparing them to a range of varying interpretations and prospective. The article provided positive as well as negative appraisal of the use of cell phones while operating a vehicle. It was able to uncover and judge scientific evidence for psychological claims. The topic paper, presentation outline demonstrated written and oral communication skills. It was able to demonstrate the understanding of basic concepts, theories, and empirical findings in one or more of the domains of psychology, including biological, cognitive, developmental, personality, and social. The sample demonstrated the ability to apply psychology to personal, social, and/or organizational problems. The sample recognized the essential elements of the cell phone problem, issue, or argument; however, some aspects of hypotheses or conclusions were confused or incorrect, details or nuances are missing or glossed over, multiple points of view were taken into account but contradictions are not resolved.

  • Cultural Competence

  • Cultural competence describes the ability of an individual or organization to interact effectively with people of different cultures, SHAMAHA, (2014). Culture competency is often described as the combination of a body of knowledge, a body of belief and a body of behavior.  It involves a set of congruent behaviors, attitudes, and policies that come together in a system, agency, or among professionals that enables effective work in cross-cultural situations. ‘Culture’ refers to integrated patterns of human behavior that include the language, thoughts, communications, actions, customs, beliefs, values, and institutions of racial, ethnic, religious, or social groups,  OMH, (2013). This sample analyzed the importance of effective communication skills in developing strong interpersonal and organizational relationships that are culturally sensitive and respectful of diversity. The article provided a definition for cultural competence and provided some examples of what it means to be culturally competent. It identified psychological principles and started to examine and analyze personal, social, and organizational issues, but was unable to integrate or generalize applications beyond the examples that were given.

  • Schedule 2 Drugs

  • Cocaine and adderall are both stimulants that are classified as DEA schedule 2 drugs. Both drugs are potentially high for abuse, serious psychological problems, and physical addiction, DEA, (2014). Stimulants affect the central nervous system and those areas that are responsible for movement and pleasure (the dopamine) in the brain. Stimulants make dopamine build up in the synapse (space between neurons) by stopping these stimulants from being recycled. The built up of dopamine interferes with the normal communication of the brain causing a euphoric feeling. If abused consistently stimulants can cause permanent alterations in the reward and other systems in the brain. The more stimulants are abused; tolerance increases as the user attempts to emulate their initial experience, but cannot. Stimulant abuse can cause constriction of veins and arteries, pupil dilation; overall escalation in body temperature, it can increase the heartbeat and cause dangerously high blood pressure. Stimulants, when abused, can give the user headaches and causes problems with indigestion (cramps, nausea, and stomach pain). The user often looses their appetite and as a result is underweight and malnourished. Stimulants can render users vulnerable to fatal cardiac arrest, stroke, and cause an inability to breathe properly. As with any manner of drug abuse, abusers find themselves at HIV risk with unsafe behaviors. Inhaling stimulants may cause lesions in the nasal cavity, an inability to smell things, sore throat, and other chronic nasal problems. Stimulants with other drugs such as alcohol or depressants can cause many different kinds of severe problems, NIH, (2013). This sample found and evaluated scientific evidence for psychological claims. It explains major concepts, theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, and historical trends in psychology. It applied psychological principles to examine and analyze personal, social, and organizational issues.

  • Behaviorism

  • Behaviorism is also referred to as behavioral psychology. It is a theory of learning that implies that all behaviors are obtained through conditioning. Conditioning is enhanced by interactions with the environment. Behaviorists deduced that our behaviors are molded by our responses to environmental stimuli. Popular behaviorists included Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner. This sample was able to explain major concepts, theoretical perspectives, empirical findings, and historical trends in psychology. It examined and compared theories by three psychologists, Pavlov, Watson, and Skinner, in their contributions to psychology.

please resond to this question

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Reclaiming a Vision for Your Marriage

A core vision could be described as a shared road map that the couple contributes to in thinking/planning how they will live together in harmony throughout their life’s stages. This vision has often been damaged or discarded at the onset of counseling. How would you assist a couple in reclaiming a core vision for their marriage? What scriptural support and counsel will you use in assisting your couple to reclaim a core vision for their marriage?

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2 Page Paper Needed ASAP

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 Write an essay on how one’s culture or social status influence’s ones behavior.

I have to include quotes from three essays we read in class that I could easily send to you.

These are the essays that need to be quoted. For Thoreau all the citations must be from Paragraph 16 on.

http://thoreau.eserver.org/walden02.html

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/05/29/opinion/29franzen.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

http://www.ratical.org/radiation/inetSeries/TTW_C1-BW.html

Equal Rights Amendment

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In your initial post of at least 200-250 words, briefly summarize what the proposed amendment for equal rights amendment would do and the problem its proponents say it will solve. Explain the main pros and cons in the debate about the amendment. Evaluate the proposed amendment from two perspectives: 

  • Your own political philosophy, values or ideology. (Justify your assessment by clearly explaining your political values and why they lead you to support or oppose the amendment.)
  • The likelihood that the proposed amendment will eventually be ratified to become part of the Constitution. (Justify your assessment by explaining how the proposal will or will not, in your judgment, survive the ratification process.)