Discussion History Assignment

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Part 1

1. How did events in the eighteenth century lead to industrialization in the nineteenth century? What was the most important catalyst for industrialization?

2. Discuss the significance of the Factory Act of 1833 and the Mine Act 1842?

3.. Compare and contrast the impact of the Industrial Revolution on men and women. How was family life affected by industrialization?

4. How did industrialization change the urban environments?

Part 2

1. The American Revolution never went through the radical phases that the French Revolution did. Yet, the nineteenth-century French government was more conservative than the nineteenth-century U.S. government. Explain.

2. What similarities and differences do you see between the nineteenth-century revolutions in Latin America and their French and American predecessors?.

3.Why was Louis XVI placed on trial and eventually executed in January 1793.

4. Why did the Jacobin’s under Robespierre and the Committee of Paris institute the Reign of Terror? What does the Terror tell you about revolutions in general?

_Each part has to be separate because each part has a different subject

Why does Kaufman believe the health care bubble is going to burst?

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The overall goal of the Session Long Project is to examine health
care delivery in the United States from a strategic perspective.

The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) changed
the landscape of the health care industry. For this assignment, read
the “Three brutal facts that provide strategic direction for health care
delivery systems: Preparing for the end of the health care bubble” by
Nathan Kaufman. Kaufman discusses that the health care industry is
heading for a fall and that organizations need to prepare now by
focusing their strategies on new market realities. After reading the
Kaufman article, write a paper to respond to the following questions.

  1. Why does Kaufman believe the health care bubble is going to burst? Explain whether you agree or disagree with his views.
  2. Discuss what he means by “Physician autonomy and the organized
    medical staff will become less relevant”. Do you believe this will
    improve patient care?
  3. Discuss what a prepared organization is to Kaufman. Do you believe
    this is what it will take to effectively deal with the health care
    bubble? What are some suggestions that you have based upon this article
    and your own research?

Length: Submit a 3-page paper.

assignment 2 Attentional Blink

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Assignment 2: Attentional Blink

There are many stimuli in your environment of which you are not aware. You use attention to filter out unimportant stimuli and focus on relevant stimuli. However, there are circumstances under which you cannot perceive stimuli, regardless of how hard you “pay attention.” One situation is when visual stimuli are presented in quick succession. If the interval between the two stimuli is short enough, you do not perceive the second stimulus. This lapse in attention is known as attentional blink. In this assignment, you will experience the attentional blink for yourself and will also read about practical implications of the phenomenon.

Access the CogLab demonstrationAttentional Blink. Follow the instructions to complete the demonstration.

Read the following article:

Using the experience from the CogLab demonstration and information from the article, write a paper that addresses the following:

  • Explain how the attentional blink relates to attention. Analyze how the variation in time influences the probability of seeing the second target letter. Explain the circumstances under which the attentional blink can be eliminated.
  • In the CogLab demonstration, letters were used as targets. The target used can influence the duration of one’s attentional blink and whether the attentional blink even occurs. Complete the following tasks:
    • Propose at least two other targets that could be used to induce the attentional blink.
    • Predict the effect each of your suggested targets would have on the duration of one’s attentional blink as compared to the CogLab activity you completed.
    • Explain the reasoning behind your predictions.
  • Present and discuss at least three occupations in which workers’ performance could be adversely affected by attentional blink. Identify and explain the types of problems or mistakes that might occur in such occupations due to the attentional blink.
  • Several years ago, some vehicle models came with a heads-up display (HUD). Instead of looking down at a panel on the dashboard, speed, distance traveled, fuel level, and time appeared to be displayed over the hood of the car. Discuss this design in terms of divided attention and attentional blink. Do you think the design was a good idea?

Write a 4-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M2_A2.doc.

By Wednesday, June 25, 2014, deliver your assignment to the M2: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria

Maximum Points
Explained the phenomenon of attention, described how time between targets affects the probability of seeing the second target, and analyzed how it can be eliminated or reduced in other conditions showing understanding and application of cognitive psychology concepts.

20
Applied knowledge of cognitive psychology concepts to propose other targets appropriate for experiment, predict their effects on attentional blink, and provide an explanation for predictions showing understanding and application of cognitive psychology concepts.

20
Identified three occupations that could adversely be affected by attentional blink and explained the types of problems or mistakes that might occur in such occupations due to attentional blink showing understanding and application of cognitive psychology concepts.

24
Related the concepts of divided attention and attentional blink to explain the heads-up display (HUD) design.

16
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

20
Total:

100

Progressive Case Study – Briargrove: Macro or Micro? Week 1 Assignment

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Mini-Case A

Briargrove is taking proposals for a Centralized Learning Network to be rolled out first in the corporate office in Dallas, TX and then across the organizational footprint. A private secure network will be used for all employees of the organization. As a learning organization, Briargrove will provide access to local, national, and global new services on this network. A research section containing national and Internet databases (including subscriber based) and archives. Briargrove’s internal library and archives of current and past projects will also be available in order to facilitate an open, learning and progressive environment that best serves the organization and customers they serve.

Your organization has been selected to present to the CLN Project Team as an external consultant. The team is looking to determine your understanding of the project. You will present the overall project and how to establish the foundational areas for growth potential in data and user capability. Consider the concerns regarding a Macro project and the multiple Micro projects. How and what will you present. Briargrove has set a 6 month window to implement and be fully functional in the Dallas office. Expansion plans will be discussed later.

The following requirements must be met: Write between 1,500 – 2,000 words using Microsoft Word in APA 6th edition style Use an appropriate number of references to support your position, and defend your arguments. The following are examples of primary and secondary sources that may be used, and non-credible and opinion based sources that may not be used. 1. Primary sources such as government websites (United States Department of Labor – Bureau of Labor Statistics, United States Census Bureau, The World Bank), peer reviewed and scholarly journals in EBSCOhost (Grantham University Online Library) and Google Scholar. 2. Secondary and credible sources such as CNN Money, The Wall Street Journal, trade journals, and publications in EBSCOhost (Grantham University Online Library). 3.

Non-credible and opinion based sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. should not be used. Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased statements, information, etc.) in the paper and list each source on a reference page using APA style. An overview of APA 6th edition in-text citations, formatting, reference list, and style is provided here.


4-5 pages APA format

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Choose a global manufacturer of goods or services. Provide a background of the organization and fully describe six components of the organization’s supply chain. Examine the potential problems related to each of the components described and explain the approaches of the organization for solving the problems.

Write a 4 – 5 page report that: addresses the concerns the following functions might have about this proposed change:

  • Addresses the importance of quality management and measurement within the global context
  • Construct control charts to compare global operational processes of the chosen organizations

Would implementing an enterprise resource planning system help streamline operations and achieve efficiencies between operating departments? What major concerns need to be addressed?

Present your findings as a 4-5 pages Word document formatted in APA style.


Week 1 – Discussion 1, writing homework help

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Topic for Literature Review

Read the “Research Areas of Emphasis in Professional Psychology” article and select a topic of psychological research discussed in the article (e.g., veterans/active military, multicultural issues, ethical issues, natural disasters, health, child psychology, suicide, and chronic pain). This topic will be used as the focus of the literature review you will be creating as part of your Final Project, as well as for aspects of other assignments within this course, so select a topic that is of personal interest to you.

In your post, discuss some of the methodological issues unique to this psychological research.

  • State the topic you selected and then write two potential research questions that could be explored on the topic you selected.
  • Identify at least one potential research design to answer each of the research questions you wrote (you will identify a total of two designs).
  • Each question will require a different research design to be selected to investigate the topic.

At least 250 words

2-page paper about Intercultural Business Communication

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The challenge for this writing project is to consider the areas of weakness that a firm could have with respect to it’s diversity and inclusion efforts. Specifically, you will be analyzing these weaknesses in 3 major areas of the firm:

  • Organizational – for example, when Ikea decides to open a store in Kenya, how must they adopt their internal organizational structure and practices to accommodate this new market? Should they send internal managers and employees to staff the store or should they hire locally?
  • Compliance – for example, what are the hiring laws like for Ikea in Kenya? Does Kenya have laws and policies that Ikea must follow that they currently are not? How would you recommend Ikea adapt?
  • Marketing – how does Ikea approach their marketing efforts in Kenya? Do they hire local staff or their internal team? What language do they use?

The assignment

  • Your team is to discuss the three issues above and how they affect different companies in different countries.
  • Then, you are to pick a US-based company and determine a foreign country in which this company will do or is doing business.
  • After your group discussion, you will write a 2-page paper (following the instructions in the syllabus for paper submission) and give me at least 1 example for each of the 3 areas above (organizational, compliance, marketing) for how the company will adjust or change their policies to adapt to the new country.

Philosophy Discussions Create three arguments and post them for the class

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Create three arguments and post them for the class (Do not label them.). Arguments can take any number of deductive or inductive forms, but it is stipulated that each argument must use exactly two premises. Next, peers will judge first whether one another’s arguments are deductive or inductive, and then also judge the good-making features of each argument, that is, whether or not they are valid, sound, strong and/or cogent. Here are some examples: 1. All firemen wear blue uniforms. Josh is a fireman. Therefore, Josh wears a blue uniform.

2.The school’s buses are yellow. My school has a buses. Therefore, my school’s buses are yellow.

3.All cats have green eyes. Dee has a cat. Therefore, Dee’s cat has green eyes

Here is another example:

1.) Michio Kaku is a Physicist. All physicist are brilliant. Therefore, Kaku is brilliant

2.) All dogs bark. Cooper is a dog. Therefore, Cooper barks.

3.) If Ryan doesn’t stop drinking, he’ll become an alcoholic. Ryan won’t stop drinking. Therefore, Ryan will become an alcoholic.

Research the responsibility of a critical thinker

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Research the responsibility of a critical thinker in a contemporary society. You may choose any topic that deals with a contemporary social concern. Examine the principles of critical thought in relation to the chosen societal concern, and consider the importance of ethics, moral reasoning, a research-based process to search for truth, and the advantages of information technology in gathering data.

Potential social concerns include, but are not limited to health (e.g., obesity, smoking, or underage drinking), poverty (e.g., homelessness, basic needs, or transportation issues), family relations and dynamics (e.g., teen violence, physical abuse, depression, or suicide), social media (e.g., privacy), immigration (e.g., illegal), and education (e.g., plagiarism and/or cheating).

Your Final Research Paper should:

  1. Include a literature review of three scholarly sources based on the selected contemporary issue. Analyze the validity of the author’s arguments and/or biases.
  2. Explain how academic knowledge impacts the social elements and institutions of both local and global communities.
  3. Assess how the principles of active citizenship could impact the contemporary issue during the next five to ten years.
  4. Include at least one reference to a multimedia component (i.e., podcast, interactive website, blog, or video) and evaluate the relevance of this piece in relationship to academic knowledge and the selected issue.

The paper must be 12 to 14 pages in length (excluding the title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style. You must use at least 12 scholarly sources, six of which can be found in the Ashford Online Library.  Cite your sources within the text of your paper and on the reference page. For information regarding APA, including samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation toolbar.

Writing the Final Research Paper
The Final Research Paper:

  1. Must be 12 to 14 double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  2. Must include a title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
  4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
  5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
  6. Must use at least 12 scholarly sources, including a minimum of six from the Ashford Online Library.
  7. Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  8. Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

My Topic: Domestic Violence

Discussion Topic 1

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My course is Health care law.

Nothing sparks discussion among health professionals and consumers like the government’s role in the provision of healthcare. Depending on one’s perspective the American Health Care Act and the Affordable Care Act are the salvation or bane of our civilization. The issue is complex but can be simply analyzed as a combination of the government’s role in providing health coverage for those who cannot fully afford it (which is most of us) and how to pay for it. It is the latter that drives much of the fervor–how much of your money should be used to pay for the care of others?

Where do you stand? Take a position and defend it (appx. 250 words).