Guess the Meaning

As you have discovered throughout this first week, “assessment is an essential educational tool that complements curriculum and instruction” (Howard, V. F., & Aiken, E., 2015, p. 11). In order to effectively utilize this essential tool, it is helpful to have an understanding of the language most commonly used in assessment. To begin this journal you will need to complete “The Language of Assessment” interaction that is located within the Summary and Resources in Chapter 2 of “Assessing learning and development in young children.” After completing the activity, reflect on the following questions:

• How did the activity help to increase your knowledge of vocabulary related to assessment?
• What assessment terms are you still confused about?
• How did completing this activity help you to feel more confident about the content you will be learning in this course?

Suggested Assignment Length: One to two double-spaced pages (not including title and reference pages).

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your journal entries

1. State the name of your community. At what time in your life did you live in this community? were you raised there during childhood, do you live there now, or was it during another time in your life?

2. Identify a specific environmental public health issue in the community

3.Explain briefly why rates of disease or illness might be impacted by this environmental health issue Please write 1-2 paragraphs about this, and be sure to cite sources rather than simply stating your opinion.

4. Identify one credible source of Environmental Health Data on that issue. Please write 2-3 sentences maximum. Please provide a description of the source and a link directly to relevant data sources.

5. Discuss whether rates of disease or illness for the issue are being tracked in the community. Please write 2-3 paragraphs about this, and be sure to cite sources rather than simply stating your opinion.

To prepare for this Assignment:

·Review the Learning Resource on Determining the Main Points of a
Reading.

·Choose one of the preselected journal articles in
this week’s Learning Resources.

·Applying the concepts from this week’s resources, critically read
the journal article, taking notes or engaging in any research methods that you
would like to try.

The Assignment:

Select three related main points from the journal article
(excluding the Abstract), and directly quote them.

In addition to the directly quoted main points, compose 1–2
sentences of rationale for each main point. Use these sentences to explain the
reason you selected each point from the journal article. Consider
the following questions in your rationale:

·Why are these three specific points the author’s main ideas?

·What makes them stand out to you as a critical reader?

·How are these main points related to one another?

Adverse Possession

Lisa and Danny are neighbors that live on Guerrero Street. Fifteen years ago Lisa built a gazebo. She frequently used the gazebo, but she was not aware that actually the gazebo was on property belonging to Danny. A month after the gazebo was built Lisa built a fence between her and Danny’s yard, and the gazebo was on Lisa’s side of the fence. Fifteen years later, Danny has a survey done, and he discovers that the gazebo is on his land. Danny brings a suit to evict Lisa from the land. Does Lisa have a defense? Assume that the state in question has an adverse possession period of ten years.

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

• Write between 500 – 750 words (approximately 2 – 3 pages) using Microsoft Word.
• Attempt APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.
• At least 60% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 40% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least two references from outside the course material, preferably from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the two reference requirement.

Reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) must be identified in the paper and listed on a reference page.Reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, online newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, etc. are not acceptable.

A detailed explanation of how to cite a source using APA can be found here (link).

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Grading Criteria Assignments	Maximum Points
Meets or exceeds established assignment criteria	40
Demonstrates an understanding of lesson concepts	20
Clearly presents well-reasoned ideas and concepts	30
Uses proper mechanics, punctuation, sentence structure, and spelling	10
Total	100

Please help me? This assignment is due here in a few hours. Please see below and as you will see I have included my assignment from Week Two just as stated here : Use the same company you did in Week 2. This assignment is a
spin-off of the work you did with your team. So, refer to the work you did in
week two in your text. Please refer to the resources below to assist with the
assignment. Please include references and citations.

Full Performance Strategy Analysis

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Purpose of Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to give learners an opportunity to apply lessons learned about performance management.

Use the same company you did in Week 2. This assignment is a spin-off of the work you did with your team. So, refer to the work you did in week two in your text. Please refer to the resources below to assist with the assignment.

Assignment Steps

Resources: Human Resource Management; Supplemental Resources.

Develop a 1,225-word Full Performance Strategy Analysis including:

Describe the overview of the performance management process.

Include a flowchart of the performance management process.

Explain the job analysis.

Examine the skills gap analysis and performance evaluation.

Determine ways to measure employee performance.

Assess counseling for exceptional or performance that needs improvement.

Attach an appendix of the resources needed to create a comprehensive performance analysis.

Here is my Week Two Assignment Below.

CHANGE MANAGEMENT

Apple is one of the most successful technology companies in the world. Its success lies in the fact that it knows how to deliver to its customers. One Apple remains ahead of other technology competitors. It also offers good customer services thus making it attractive to many customers (Bidgoli, 2010). However, these features are not fully responsible for its success but also changes in the firm makes it remain competitive. Today Apple remains dominant in the technology market and different from the way it was in the past. Therefore the company has had some changes due on it that promotes its success. This paper looks at a recent change management plan at Apple, its purpose, budget, and people linked to the change.

In a bid to expand Apple success in technology business the current CEO Tim Cook released a new product to the market. In the past, there have been few attempts to grow the company’s business. However, these past attempts have been a failure all through. An example is where the company got involved in the purchase of beats music that costs a total of $3 billion in 2014. In 2015 another attempt for success in business was made regarding a streaming service that also failed to promote the company’s success. In the current year of 2016 the company hopes to accomplish success from the early launch of the new product.

The new product released by the company is recognized as the Apple watch (Docter, Dulaney, and Skandier, 2016). According to financial reports from the company the watch is said to deliver billions of dollars in terms of revenue. Moreover, the same watch has been associated with the creation of a new product category that allows for the company to deliver health services and wellness to the public. Therefore the move by the CE to release a new product the soonest possible was one of the recent changes by Apple Company. The main purpose of the change was to ensure that the company expanded business success in the industry.

Change is challenging to any business or entities that have been tasked to implement it. This is because one requires the provision of all participants such as employees in a firm to make the change a success (Betz, 2011). At Apple Company there were several individuals or people responsible for the change and who also participated in the change. The first person was the CEO Tim Cook who was involved in the release of the Apple watch.

Secondly, the designer of the watch Kevin Lynch who was called by the company to create a wearable technology at the wrist was also involved in the change. Moreover, a team of designer that amounted to a total of 100 individuals was also inclusive of people in the change. Lastly the most important of the all are the employees at Apple Company and the stakeholders who also agreed to an early release of the new product. These individuals were all involved in the change where the product that is Apple watch was released to the public.

The successful implementation of any change follows a certain strategy that ensures all steps essential to the change is completed. At Apple, the main aim of releasing the watch was to ensure that customers had an easy time going for activities such as a run, swimming, and games without having to carry a phone around. A wrist watch is easy to carry as one needs to fight it on the wrist of the hand. This means you do not have to worry about where to leave it in the case going swimming or in areas where it might break like an iPhone. Therefore the company had the role to ensure that its customers were made aware of all the benefits of the watch and how it would serve as an alternate t a phone.

The main methods used in the implementation period of the change include making customers are of the new product and also alerting employees and stakeholders of an early release of the product. A video was revealed to public at first to show the design of the watch, case styles as well as various combinations of bands of the watch. Moreover, the CEO took the initiative to educate people on the benefits of the new product and also gave a demonstration of him wearing the watch to show that it was for any individual. Advertisements were used to make more people aware of the new product and its features.

A change initiative is bound to cost any organization a lot of money for it to be a success. For the reason of resources such as employee skills and time being used during the change implementation are dedicated to the change. Moreover, finances are also dedicated to changes set in an organization. Therefore as a result of all the utilized resources, it becomes a cost to a firm during change initiatives. In the same way, Apple had spent a large some of the finances of the new product.

The company spent a total of approximately $38 million of ads for the Apple watch specifically. Moreover, a total of $1.7 billion has gone down to matters to do with on research alongside matters to do with development. However as a result of an early launch of the watch the final expenses on the Apple watch are not yet clear but the company has spent a lot of finances and resources on the new product. Upon release, the watch was seen to boost the sales of the company. This is because a total of 1.4 million watches were sold by the company within the second quarter in 2016. Moreover, it is estimated that watches sold 1.4 million in number generated total revenue $5billion in sales. Although the watch seems to be improving sales for the company it did not take off as well as some of the investors at Apple expected.

A change has a great impact on an organization as well as to the public. Therefore it requires a follow up that determines whether the change will have a negative or positive impact on the human resource department and other stakeholders. Moreover, the change plan helps to determine employee election, cost changes required to be made for the budget to be within schedule as well as organization alignment.

In the change plan, the first step is to conduct a walk through that determines whether there is any step left out in implementation. Secondly, all essential data associated with the change should be collected to analyze whether what is expected aligns to the final outcome. Moreover, a change objective should also be set so as to direct all persons involved in the change on what is the purpose or focus of change initiative. Next is going through the suggested change for every person to comprehend them and relate them to the implementation process. This will ensure that organization alignment, changes in cost and personnel selection all align to the change.

Change Plan

References

Betz, F. (2011). Managing technological innovation: Competitive advantage from change. Hoboken, N.J: Wiley.

Docter, Q., Dulaney, E. A., & Skandier, T. (2016). CompTIA A+ complete study guide: Exam 220-901, exam 220-902.

Bidgoli, H. (2010). The handbook of technology management. Hoboken, N.J: John Wiley & Sons.

http://fortune.com/2015/04/10/apple-watch-ads/. Retrieved on 16/12/2016.

http://appleinsider.com/articles/14/10/28/apple-sp…. Retrieved on 16/12/2016.

Just as it is implying. The assignment that is due tonight is based solely upon APPLE the company that I did my week two paper on.