I need this by Sunday morning if possible. 

Read the scenario and answer the questions in no less than 200 words each.  Support your responses with details from course assigned video and reading.  Include APA-formatted citations and references.

William is a 44-year old project manager for a large commercial construction firm.  he started out as a gifted carpenter who greatly enjoyed designing and building custom furniture.  however, after several promotions, he focuses on bringing in new business.  he spends many work hours at his computer or on the telephone.  He is divorced and rarely sees his two daughters.  In recent years, he has gained weight and is displeased with his appearance, but has no interest in or energy for exercise.  he does not sleep well because he worries about business problems at night.  He was recently diagnosed with high blood pressure.  Although he is financially secure, he rarely takes vacations or socializes outside of the office.  He has begun to feel that his life is pointless.

1.  Discuss William’s situation from the perspective of traditional psychology.  What information would be most important?  What conclusions and recommendations might be made by a psychologist working form the disease model?

2.  Discuss William’s situation form the perspective of positive psychology. What information would be most important?  What conclusions and recommendations might be made by a psychologist working from the positive psychology model?

The reading materials and video are:

Hart, K.E. & Sasso, t. (2011). Mapping the contours of contemporary positive psychology.  Canadian psychology, 52 (2), 82-92

Positive Psychology:  Theory, Research and Applications   Boniwell, Illona  Hefferon, Kate

searches in psychology and “positive psychology” and differ         and    views of happiness and their relationship to subjective wellbeing

Video- TEDTalks:  martin Seligman – what positive psychology can help you become. 

Introduction:

Daris Wilson, an accountant, coach, and entrepreneur, discusses how he came to open JCF Health and Fitness. Founder Daris Wilson started participating in organized sports at 5 years old, and eventually went to Bucknell University on a football scholarship. Upon graduation, Daris returned home to New Orleans and a position as an accountant. Hurricane Katrina forced him to evacuate to New Jersey where he got a job on the NYSE. In the meantime, he was providing personal training services for his wife and a few other women before and after work. A desire for more balance in his life led to running an ad on Craigslist and starting to build his training clientele. A passion for this work and a desire to share it with others inspired him. After Hurricane Sandy hit in the Jersey City area, Daris decided to make JCF his primary foundation and to grow his business. He restructured JCF and is now looking to open more locations and expand his role. Daris wants to focus on helping more people reach their goals and change their lives through fitness.

The Prompt:

Review the JCF Health and Fitness Case video through the following link below-

https://tinyurl.com/y8oebowq (opens in new window).

Respond to the following questions in the discussion forum:

Why is having a passion for what you do so important?

1. What personal characteristics do you believe helped Wilson succeed as an entrepreneur and build JCF Health and Fitness into the growing business it is today?
2. What other types of services could JCF offer?
3. Why do you think Wilson emphasized the importance of finance and bookkeeping when planning a start-up? What problems arise if entrepreneurs do not keep track of the money flowing in and out of the business?

Guidelines:

* There is no word requirement, just answer the questions.
* Plagiarism will NOT be accepted.

reviously, we have used developmentally immature Syrian hamsters (Mesocricetus auratus) as an animal model to examine the link between repeated adolescent anabolic/androgenic steroid (AAS) exposure and the behavioral neurobiology of offensive aggression [12], [25], [26], [27], [28], [33], [67], [68]. Behavioral data from these studies showed that adolescent hamsters repeatedly exposed to AAS (5.0 mg/kg/day) display significantly high levels of offensive aggression characterized by intense bouts of biting and attacking primarily directed towards the flanks, rump and ventrum of the intruder, as well as high amounts of upright offensive postures and lateral attacks toward the intruder. The finding that adolescent AAS-treated hamsters demonstrated highly escalated and mature forms of offensive aggression in the absence of prior social interactions and established dominance cues suggested that adolescent AAS exposure stimulated aggression directly, perhaps by impacting the development and/or activity of select brain regions that regulate this behavior.

In hamsters, the anterior hypothalamus (AH) appears to be at the center of a neural network of reciprocal connections between the lateral septum (LS), medial amygdala (MeA) and ventrolateral hypothalamus (VLH) that regulates offensive aggression [13]. The activity of the entire network is regulated (at least partially) by the activity of centrally released arginine vasopressin (AVP) and serotonin (5HT) within the AH. In this instance, AH AVP activity has been shown to facilitate offensive aggression that is normally inhibited by AH 5HT [19]. The AH appears also to be an important point of convergence for AAS-induced developmental changes in the AVP and 5HT neural systems that correlate with the emergence of the aggressive phenotype. For example, recently we have shown that aggressive, adolescent AAS-treated hamsters display significant elevations in AVP afferent fiber density and peptide content in the AH commensurate with deficits in 5HT afferent innervation and alterations in 5HT1A and 1B receptor expression in this same brain site as compared to non-aggressive, sesame oil-treated littermates [25], [26], [33], [67]. Further, in mice and hamsters, increased aggressive behavior correlates with higher γ-aminobutyric acid (GABA) activity, levels and density of synaptic terminals containing glutamic acid decarboxylase-65 (i.e., the rate-limiting enzyme in the synthesis of GABA) [28], [34], [64], [70]. Aggressive, adolescent AAS-treated hamsters display significant increases in GAD₆₅-containing afferent terminals in several aggression regions, including the anterior hypothalamus [28]. It is possible that, either together or alone, these adolescent AAS-induced neurodevelopmental changes stimulate offensive aggression by permanently altering the activation patterns of neurons in these discrete forebrain regions. To date, however, it is unknown whether adolescent AAS exposure activates neurons in these brain areas important for aggression control.

The focus this week is an interrogation of the roles of the various state and non-state actors in the public policy decision-making process. We will carefully examine the critical role of federal, state, local, governmental, and non-governmental institutions or agencies in the United States political system. We will also explore how different administrations and regimes envision American Federalism. Particular attention of our discussion will focus on the Clinton’s, Bush’s and Obama’s doctrine and philosophy of the role of the federal government.

Objectives

1. Understanding the relationships among the many groups—public, private, and nonprofit—that drive the effectiveness of public programs and affect the work of the public manager
2. Learning about the federal system of government and the complexities of intergovernmental relations that result from federalism
3. Understanding how the relationship and power division between federal and state governments has evolved
4. Exploring the issues associated with privatization and contracting and public-private partnerships
5. Understanding the unique challenges of nonprofit organizations

What is Due?

• Post to the Discussion Board: Intergovernmental relationships remain an important but somewhat complicated concept as the relationship between federal and state governments continue to experience ongoing political friction. However, the complexity of American federalism means the political system will stall without an effective relationship between all levels of governments. Based on the reading this week and with specific examples, “under what circumstances are unfunded federal or state mandates warranted or unwarranted, and when and how should the federal government preempt state and local authority or provide waivers for state and local exemptions and experiments?” You may make reference to Kincaid’s and Stenberg’s response to this question, but use current reference and examples in your discussion https://faculty.cbpp.uaa.alaska.edu/afgjp/PADM601%20Fall%202011/Big%20Questions%20about%20IGM%20and%20IGR.pdf

Introduction

This week is concerned with relationships among public-sector organizations, an issue that has become an increasingly important focus for public administrators at all levels. Given the complexity of modern society, the work of a public administrator likely will involve an intricate set of relationships with a variety of groups external to the administrator’s own agency, including public, nonprofit, and private organizations. The readings include a comprehensive discussion about the concept of intergovernmental relations (IGR), which is defined as “the complex and interdependent relationships among those at various levels of government as they seek to develop and implement public programs,” and federalism, which is the relationship and division of power between the federal government and state governments.

This discussion addresses the changing patterns of funding for public programs, which is instrumental to an understanding of intergovernmental relations and touches on the various approaches to federalism that have been employed in the United States. This includes a description of how recent presidential administrations, from Reagan to Obama, have approached the relationship between the federal government and the states and offers insights into the courts’ influence in this area as well. The readings also address IGR from the perspective of states and localities, including funding and the use of preemptions and mandates, and include a discussion of subnational relationships, including state-to-state, state-to-local, and local-to-local.

This is followed by an examination of the relationships between governmental and non-governmental organizations in the public sector, highlighting the role of the latter in the policy process. As the authors note, not only have nonprofit, for-profit, and faith-based organizations taken a leading role in delivering public services, they also play an important part in bringing issues to the public agenda and influencing decisions about public problems. An important theme running throughout this discussion concerns a description and an evaluation of privatization and contracting and public-private partnership trends. This includes an exploration into the rationale for these approaches and the challenges and benefits associated with each.

The readings also call for our consideration of the management of nonprofit organizations. Because these organizations face distinct challenges, and because they play an increasingly important role in defining and delivering public programs, an understanding of the way in which these organizations operate is important to the public administrator in order to develop more effective inter-organizational or cross-sector relationships. Because public programs in today’s society operate through vast and complex webs of people and organizations, including public, private, and nonprofit, public managers need to develop the ability to identify the network of people and organizations that is or should be involved in a particular situation and assess the effectiveness of that network. Understanding how the various people and organizations operate is key to this ability.

Watch the Introduction Video on IGR

Assignments

Read: Read the following from Shafritz et. al:

Shafritz, Jay and Albert Hyde. 2012. Classics of Public Administration. 7th edition. New York,NY: Cengage. (Listed in readings as “Shafritz

• The American System (1966) Morton Grodzins.
• Revenue Sharing and Structural Features of American Federalism, Deil Wright
• Intergovernmental Relations: An Analytical Overview (1974) Deil Wright, Annals of the American Academy of Political & Social Science, Vol 416, Nov 1974, pp. 1—16.
• American Federalism: Madison’s Middle Ground in the 1980s (1987) Martha Derthick, Public Administration Review, Jan—Feb 1987, pp. 66—74.
• Information Technology and Democratic Governance (2002) Joseph S. Nye Governance.com: Democracy in the Information Age, edited by Elaine Kamarck & Joseph S. Nye, Brookings Institution Press, pp. 1—16.
• Inside Collaborative Networks: Ten Lessons for Public Managers (2006) Robert Agranoff, Public Administration Review, December 2006 Special Issue, pp. 56—65.