We looked at “Freedom” this week, but as the term ends, it is always a good idea to try to tie together different ideas in order to see the coherency.

While you are writing, please do not use the textbook or any outside materials. You can mention things in the textbook, but you will not have time to look them up. The paper you write is intended to give you the opportunity to express your philosophical viewpoints.

Please take a few minutes to read through the two choices for the first part, to choose one of them, to figure out your views, and to scribble down a skeleton outline for an argumentative essay. You will be trying to prove that your view is the best one.

Make sure you include:

1. An introductory paragraph with a clear thesis statement,
2. At least two evidentiary paragraphs, each offering supporting points,
3. A brief summary of the opposition’s main point and a refutation of it, and
4. A summarizing conclusion.

After you have answered either Question B in Part 1, go to Part 2 and answer the single question there as well.

PART 1

In a well-developed short essay, address the prompt for the choice below:

Question B

Freedom and Self. Define freedom in your own terms, specifically outlining those aspects of yourself that you consider the basis of your own conception of “acting freely.”

An idea we were left with from the textbook is that people are so largely influenced by both nature and nurture that it is difficult to make any sort of decision which has not already been affected by both internal and external influences; our “self identities” are not a creation of own but largely the product of biology and relationships. But, choosing to “act freely” implies that we are choosing freely, without influences affecting our choices.

Think back to our discussion of the “essential self” in Week 4 as you address the following questions. To what extent does your conception of “acting freely” include playing roles and interacting with other people? To what extent do other people limit your freedom? How can your “essential self” be free choose to “act freely” while living in a world in which you are bound by obligations to various kinds of other people? Under which conditions would you be confident to declare that you had freely chosen a “free act”?

PART 2

In no more than one or two paragraphs, answer the following:

As you reflect on your work and your learning in this class, what has been the most important skill you have mastered, insight you have secured, or knowledge you have gained? With respect to the skill, insight, or knowledge you have identified, why is that thing important to you and in what ways, and to what ends will you be able to use it later on?

It is becoming increasingly important for organizations to demonstrate that they are of significant public value. This requires them to have clearly defined short-term and long-term strategic goals. As a current or future leader and manager, it is essential that you are not only able to help your organization develop these goals, but you must also help create strategies for meeting them. In this Discussion, you consider strategies for prioritizing and meeting short-term and long-term goals for the organization that you selected for your Final Project.

Post an explanation of strategies that you might use to define, prioritize, and meet short-term goals (1–4 years) for the organization that you selected for your Final Project. Include how the goals would support flexibility in an ever-evolving world. Then with a futurist context in mind, explain strategies that you might use to define, prioritize, and meet your organization’s long-term goals (15–20 years).

Required Readings

Bryson, J. M. (2018). Strategic planning for public and nonprofit organizations: A guide to strengthening and sustaining organizational achievement (5th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

• Chapter 9, “Implementing Strategies and Plans Successfully” (pp. 281-319)This chapter provides guidance on successfully implementing strategic plans.

Poister, T. H. (2010). The future of strategic planning in the public sector: Linking strategic management and performance. Public Administration Review, 70(s1), s246–s254.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
This article explores the importance of organizational strategic planning. It also examines future changes that may be necessary for the continued success of the strategic planning process.

Weigand, K., Flanagan, T., Dye, K., & Jones, P. (2014). Collaborative foresight: Complementing long-horizon strategic planning. Technological Forecasting & Social Change, 85, 134–152.
Note: You will access this article from the Walden Library databases.
This article presents a case study that examines the effectiveness of collaborative, long-horizon strategic planning in a government organization.

Wulf, T., Brands, C., & Meissner, P. (2010). A scenario-based approach to strategic planning: Tool description—Scenario matrix. Retrieved from http://www.scenarioplanning.eu/fileadmin/user_uplo…

Optional Resources

Black , G., Kononovas, K., Taylor, J., & Raine, R. (2014). Healthcare planning for the Olympics in London: A qualitative evaluation. Plos ONE, 9(3), 1–6.

Lee, S. F., Lo, K. K., Leung, R. F., & Ko, A. S. O. (2000). Strategy formulation framework for vocational education: Integrating SWOT analysis, balanced scorecard, QFD methodology and MBNQA education criteria. Managerial Auditing Journal, 15(8), 407–423.

Roth, B. N., & Washburn, S. A. (1999). Developing strategy. Journal of Management Consulting, 10(3), 50–54.

Schwartz, J. O. (2007). Competitive intelligence: A field for futurists? Futures Research Quarterly, 23(1), 55–65.

My final Project is on Department of Defense

Chapters 1-3 Actions Steps

I attached the book

Students are to read Chapters and view ppt’s before completing your Action Steps:

>Students are to complete activities, write notes in your textbook/tablets , please watch videos weekly to prepare for your business plan:

#Chapter 1- In Action Step #2 -question #4 —Action Step #7 complete questions

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Action Step #7-Answer Questions #1 & 2. ________________________________________

Virtually try to contact those Entrepreneurs – Write a one page narrative on the above question.

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#Chapter 2- Action Step 11- Answer question #1__________________________________

#Action Step #14-complete question #1

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#Chapter 3- Action Step 19- complete qustions #1 to 3 ______________________________________________________________________________________________

#Action Step -20 – complete questions 1- 5

1. Drawn from chapter 2 of the CompTIA Cloud+ Study Guide (Montgomery, 2016).Cloud Delivery ModelsIn this section we will take a look at the various models used to deliver cloud services. As you’ll see, the cloud computing market is rapidly evolving, and undoubtedly new models will develop over time. Also, as you’ve seen with service models earlier, it can be common to find combinations of various models offered to the market.PrivateThe private cloud model is for the use by a single organization, but may be used by many units of a company. It can be wholly owned by the organization, a third-party provider, or a combination. It can also be hosted either on-site or off-premise at a hosting facility and is usually identified as using dedicated hardware rather than a shared hardware design.PublicA public delivery model is infrastructure designed for use by the public consumers. Public clouds can be offered by private corporations, government organizations, and academia. A public delivery model hosts the service on the premise of the organization providing the service and uses shared hardware.HybridThe hybrid delivery model is a combination of two or more delivery models such as private, community, or private. Examples of a hybrid model include cloud bursting to handle peak processing loads or balancing the load between delivery models.CommunityCommunity clouds are designed for a specific community of interest and shared by companies with similar requirements for regulatory compliance, security, or policy. Community clouds can be owned and operated by a group of companies, a specialized cloud provider, or other interested parties. They can exist on or off a company’s datacenter or hosting facility.On-Premise vs. Off-Premise HostingOn-premise hosting describes creating and managing your own cloud service in-house in a private enterprise datacenter. This type of approach can be found in large enterprise environments where control of the operations and data is required to remain in corporate datacenters.Off-premise is a hosting service that is located remotely from a company’s datacenter and is usually in a cloud service company’s datacenter.Security Differences between ModelsIt is very important to take security into consideration when selecting a service model. Issues such as data confidentiality, integrity, regulatory issues, and availability must be understood and implemented.The cloud providers offer many different levels of security and services to protect information. Cloud providers can protect against security breaches, but many factors must be taken into consideration. These factors include revision level, patching of operating systems and applications, intrusion detection and prevention systems, firewall rules, and policies. Ultimately it is the owner of the data who is responsible for security.Functionality and Performance Validation Based on Chosen Delivery ModelValidation is the process of testing and verifying that your cloud deployment is operating and performing as expected. The validation and testing required will follow how your cloud is architected, with close attention paid to who is responsible for what aspects of the service and if the service level agreements are being met. We will explore this topic in later chapters.Software as a service provider may offer a single application that is shared by many customers. For example, many customers may access a single database application hosted in the cloud but only have access to their own area of the shared database application. With this multi-tenancy approach, application testing must validate that each individual customer does not have the ability to change or configure the application in any way that would affect the other customers sharing the application. Further validation should determine the maximum number of concurrent users based on hosts resources, licensing, and performance criteria.Since cloud computing is a shared resource, the cloud provider must test and validate that each cloud consumer has data segregation from other cloud consumers and the data is protected from unauthorized access. In later sections, you will learn how to segment and protect data in the SAN network fabric, the storage controllers, and using various access security mechanisms. Each cloud consumer should be provided exclusive access to their data stored in the cloud and the data should be segmented and separated between customers.Cloud service providers may offer many types of service variations with each of their offerings. IaaS, PaaS, and SaaS offerings as well as the many other types of services may be offered in a shared network or in a private and network isolation for your own exclusive.ReferencesMontgomery, T. (2016). CompTIA cloud study guide: Exam CV0-001. Indianapolis, IN: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-1119243229
   

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Entry 1 (11/12):

– Watch I am Not Your Negro on Kanopy if you have account on Kanopy
– Take notes on the film (at least 5 bullet points)

Entry 2 (11/14):

– Watch Black Panthers: Vanguards of the Revolution on Kanopy
– Take notes on the film (at least 7 bullet points)

Entry 3 (11/19):

– Watch clips from OJ Simpson: Made in America
– Take notes on the film for our debate about whether the LA Riots were a “riot, rebellion, or uprising”

Entry 4 (11/21):

– Write out 5 points you can make to support your position in the debate about the clip of OJ Simpson: Made in America