• Introduce the topic for your final course project in a paper of approximately 500 words. Your paper should include responses to two of the following points:

1. Which option did you choose for your project?
2. If you chose:

• • Option 1: which two companies did you choose? Describe the nature of these businesses and explain why you chose these companies.
  • Option 2:  identify the country you chose and explain why. Include an overview of some identifying socioeconomic, political, and other important factors about that country.
  • Option 3: briefly describe the differences in Middle Eastern and Asian business perspectives. Include an overview of some common and diverse socioeconomic, political, and other important factors about these regions.
  • Option 4: identify a different topic, subject to instructor approval. Describe your topic and the region or country your project will cover. Explain why it is significant for a topic on international business.
• Include a minimum of three sources

These will be reviewed in class and posted on Blackboard. First you will select and read three recent articles on a human nutrition topic of your choice from professional peer-reviewed journals. Professional peer-reviewed journals in nutrition, nursing, kinesiology, science (biology, chemistry, physiology), and medicine are examples of acceptable sources. All articles must be from 2008 or later. It is strongly recommended that you use NVCC Library databases (such as Academic Search Complete, Proquest, CINAHL, etc-) to find these articles.

Nutrition Topic Ideas: any essential nutrient (a vitamin or mineral, or a carbohydrate, protein, or fat), a health risk (or risks) of poor vitamin D status, calcium & bone health, folate & pregnancy, diet and cancer risk, diet & blood pressure, health benefits of omega-3 fatty acids, pros and cons of vegetarianism (or meat eating), organic foods and nutrition, health effects of sugar, health effects of caffeine (or coffee), health benefits of nut consumption, the Mediterranean Diet, DASH Diet, diet and dementia risk, health benefits of a phytochemical (find one to write about), health effects of a sweetener (pick one), health effects of dietary fiber, health effects of probiotics, energy metabolism, vitamin D and stress fractures, Creatine supplements for athletes, female athlete triad, energy drinks, effects of breakfast consumption for children, obesity prevention in children, nutrition requirements of athletes (such as body builders or endurance athletes), and many more! Find a nutrition topic that interests you!

Write a short paper (3+ pages of writing) about your three references. Your paper should explain & discuss the major points of each reference. For research articles, discuss the research design, major findings, and major conclusions. Include your own evaluation of the information in these articles: What, in your opinion, is the significance of the information or findings in your 3 articles?

Please submit this assignment on Canvas.

1. Please provide a web-link of the museum/gallery (including artwork) or studio/art-making demo you will discuss.
2. Please provide the basic information such as artist name/instructor’s name, title of artwork, year it was created, medium, artistic styles, and etc.

1. Please add your opinions, learning (including the reason you chose the work), and other discussion points in 15 or more sentences, not including the basic information.
2. You can begin your search of artworks, galleries/museums, studios, materials, and techniques with the following links.

https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/ Links to an external site.

https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/partner Links to an external site.

https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/project Links to an external site.

https://www.google.com/culturalinstitute/beta/category/medium Links to an external site.

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/art-history-basics/artists-materials-techniques Links to an external site.

Due Week 6 and worth 300 points

You are the HR manager for a small retail company that sells a high volume of products over the Internet. Your company is growing rapidly due to increased Internet sales. Your company prides itself on providing high-quality products and services. The Customer Service department is integral to the success of the company. Over the past few months, the Customer Service department has been unable to fill its openings for Customer Service Representative positions. You suspect there could be a number of reasons for this, but you know you first need to look at the job, the work flow, the knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience the company is seeking to ensure the job reflects the current workload and expectations.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

1. Examine at least three (3) approaches that you can take as the HR manager to conduct a job analysis of the Customer Service Representative position. Suggest the major pros and cons of each selected approach. Recommend the approach that would be most effective in conducting the job analysis for this organization. Justify your recommendation.
2. Select two (2) out of the four (4) approaches to job design that are the most important for you to consider. Suggest two (2) challenges that you may encounter when designing a job using each of the selected approaches. Support your response with specific examples to illustrate the potential advantages and disadvantages of using each approach.
3. Using the four (4) approaches to job design, create two (2) strategies that the organization can implement to attract and select qualified applicants for the Customer Service Representative position. Justify the main reasons that the selected strategies would be effective.
4. Propose three (3) ways that you can use the information obtained from a job analysis to measure the performance of Customer Service Representatives. Provide a rationale for your response.
5. Use at least four (4) quality academic (peer-reviewed) resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
6. • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
   • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

   The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

   • Analyze issues involved in job design, resource planning, and recruitment.
   • Evaluate an organization’s approaches to and procedures for training employees to meet organizational goals.
   • Examine performance management issues and processes.
   • Use technology and information resources to research issues in human resource management foundations.
   • Write clearly and concisely about human resource management foundations using proper writing mechanics.

   Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills. Click here to access the rubric for this assignment.