Consider a personal project that you have worked on in the past. What steps did you take to begin the project? How did the initiation phase help to provide more information for the planning phase?

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1. Before projects are approved, the project sponsors need to explain how the project would create business value. For this journal entry, provide a definition of business value in your own words. Then, reflect on a project that you worked on or are familiar with at your current or former organization. Explain how the project created value for the organization and its overall strategic goals.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

2. Each project manager has their own style and preferences and, through experience, has learned which organizations and cultures are best suited for their project management style. As a project manager, reflect on what type of organizational structure you would prefer (or anticipate you would prefer) to be working in. What personal preferences or priorities lead you to this choice? Identify which aspects of culture you would be most concerned with as the project manager, and explain your rationale.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

3. Consider a personal project that you have worked on in the past. What steps did you take to begin the project? How did the initiation phase help to provide more information for the planning phase? Based on your project outcome, would you, in hindsight, do anything differently in the initiation phase?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary

4. What are some of the tools, (i.e., work breakdown structure, project scheduling, Gantt charts, and critical path), that you have previously used in a project? Which tool did you find to be most beneficial? Were there tools that you found to be cumbersome? Identify one tool that was not used that could have benefitted the project team. Explain the rationale for your answers.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

5. Project managers often determine the project’s progress based on the elements of the project balanced scorecard (BSC), which includes the internal project, the customer, financing, and growth/innovation. For each of these areas of the project BSC, explain how the project manager would use each area to determine the progress made in the project during the execution phase. Discuss what might factor into how a project manager might prioritize or weigh these elements as they guide the team to project completion and success.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

6. In this unit, we focus on the controlling phase of the project. A part of the controlling phase is to provide performance updates to the project’s stakeholders. Reflect on the information that you would want to know as a project stakeholder. Do you think most stakeholders want to know more information or less information than the project manager may want to share? Explain your rationale.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

7. In this unit, the focus is on the closing process group. You have learned that maintaining the lessons learned registry and then creating a lessons learned register is vital to future projects and project managers. As a project manager, what type of lessons learned information do feel is most vital to future projects? In what other ways can you help the next project manager or the organization with future projects during the closing phase of your project?

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

8. How will the concepts and learning activities presented in this course benefit you in your future professional or academic pursuits? Share one specific aspect of this course that resonated with you the most, and explain why.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.

Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis PGD

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VF & NFP

After studying the course materials located on Module 4: Lecture Materials & Resources page, answer the following:

Description and bioethical analysis of:
Pre-implantation Genetic Diagnosis PGD
Surrogate motherhood
“Snowflake babies”
Artificial insemination
What is Natural Family Planning (NFP)?
Describe the 3 Primary ovulation symptoms.
Describe the 7 Secondary ovulation symptoms.
Describe various protocols and methods available today.
Describe some ways in which NFP is healthier than contraception.
Bioethical evaluation of NFP as a means and as an end.
Read and summarize ERD paragraphs #: 38, 39, 42, 43, 44, 52.

Submission Instructions:
The paper is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation, and misspelling.
If references are used, please cite properly according to the current APA style. Refer to your syllabus for further detail or contact your instructor.

Describe the family structure. Include individuals and any relevant attributes defining the family composition, race/ethnicity, social class, spirituality, and environment

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Family Assessment

This learning activity aims for a full understanding and unbiased view of the family—not just its problems, but also its strengths, values, and goals.Understanding family structure and style is essential to caring for a family in the community setting. Conducting a family interview and needs assessment gathers information to identify strengths, as well as potential barriers to health. This information ultimately helps develop family-centered strategies for support and guidance.
See the Interview Questionnaire in the attached document below.
Family assessment assignment- community.docxDownload Family assessment assignment- community.docx
Upon completion of the interview, write a 750-1,000-word paper.
Analyze your assessment findings and the family’s answers to your questions.
This family health assessment is a two-part assignment. The information you gather in the first part of the assignment will be utilized for the second part of the assignment.

Select a family, other than your own, and seek permission from the family to conduct an interview. Utilize the interview questions complied in your interview questionnaire to conduct a family-focused functional assessment.
Document the responses as you conduct the interview. Do not put the family’s name, but utilize initials, the gender of each family member, and their age.
Your paper must include the following:

Describe the family structure. Include individuals and any relevant attributes defining the family composition, race/ethnicity, social class, spirituality, and environment.
Summarize the overall health behaviors of the family. Describe the current health of the family.
Based on your findings, describe at least two of the functional health pattern strengths noted in the findings.
Discuss three areas in which health problems or barriers to health were identified?
Your assignment must include an eco-map and a genogram – as shown in the required textbook.
Submission Instructions:

The paper is to be clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation and misspelling.
The paper is to be 750-1000 words in length, excluding the title, abstract and references page.
Incorporate a minimum of 3 current (published within the last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions) within your work. Journal articles and books should be referenced according to APA style (the library has a copy of the APA Manual).
Your paper should be formatted per APA and references should be current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions)

1) Analyze the findings of the Perry study, addressing the strengths and shortcomings of the neurodevelopmental approach.

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Chapter 5 of the course textbook discusses the brain development of the child in early life as well as the impact of accidents and maltreatment. The required article by Perry (2009) illustrates and defends an approach to child maltreatment based on neurodevelopmental analysis that seeks to understand and treat abuse victims with reference to the areas of the brain affected.

Based on these readings, account for or respond to each of the following in your initial post:

1) Analyze the findings of the Perry study, addressing the strengths and shortcomings of the neurodevelopmental approach. Are there limits to this sort of approach, and if so, what alternative approach might add something to a neurobiological analysis?

2) Offer a real life experience, alternative study, or recent news report that in some way illustrates or casts light upon Perry’s findings.

From the above Discussion, response to classmate discussion by comparing and contrasting your respective responses to the Perry study and illustrative examples, offering constructive criticism of your respective arguments and conclusions. Additionally, identify any insights you have gained as a result of reading the responses of others.

Managing the Classroom-Disruptive Students

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Case Study 2A

Managing the Classroom-Disruptive Students

Mr. Rivera has been teaching for 5 years in a face-to-face classroom. He recently taught his first course online and was surprised that a few of the students were disrespectful to each other in the discussion boards. He had not encountered this issue in his face-to-face classes. As he prepares for his next online class, he is trying to determine how best to approach the issue of disrespectful students.

1. Why might students in an online classroom exhibit behaviors that differ from a face-to-face classroom?

2. What other disruptive behaviors might be encountered in an online course? What disruptive behaviors might occur in a face-to-face course?

3. What suggestions do you have for Mr. Rivera as he prepares for his next online course?

4. Develop a list of rules for online etiquette that you would expect from your online students.

Case Study 2B

Managing the Classroom- Low Performing Students

Dr. Jones is in her first year of teaching at a four-year university. She primarily teaches undergraduate psychology majors, and her main courses include psychological well-being, lifespan development, and psychology of aging. The psychological well-being class is a 200-level course that students can take with only introductory psychology as a pre-requisite. While students seem to enjoy the course, half of the students in the class have demonstrated difficulty with writing assignments. For example, the students are unfamiliar with APA format and do not seem to know how to locate appropriate references for the assignments. She has also noticed that many students have difficulty with writing assignments in the 300-level courses that she teaches.

1. Why might Dr. Jones’ students have difficult with writing assignments?

2. What resources are available to help students with APA format?

3. What resources are available to help students locate peer-reviewed resources?

4. Develop a plan that Dr. Jones can implement that will help her students with writing.

how to manage the classroom including working with low performing students.

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Discussion 3

In this module, we will explore how to manage the classroom including working with low performing students.

Research the websites of two universities and share what resources are available for low performing students.

Evaluate how well you think each university is doing to help students succeed.

examples of QDA software to investigate.

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Search the Internet to find examples of QDA software. These can include free versions as well as proprietary purchased applications. Note that some applications indicate they are a good fit for certain qualitative approaches. You may find examples in the websites listed in the Learning Resources section above.

Choose two examples of QDA software to investigate. Go to their respective websites and explore the FAQs, demos, customer feedback, and other resources that inform you about their capabilities and limitations.

Mr. Science is a 61 year old science teacher

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CASE STUDY: Read and answer questions on the following case study.

Mr. Science

Mr. Science is a 61 year old science teacher who became very fearful during the first semester of the new academic year. Over the next few months he lost interest in his hobbies, stopped reading and had difficulty doing computations or taking care of his finances. He even got lost driving to his school one morning. He began writing notes to himself to avoid forgetting things. Abruptly he retired from work and did not even consult his wife. He became stubborn and irritable and needed help in shaving and dressing. When he was examined 6 years after the first symptoms developed, he was alert, cooperative, but disoriented to time. He could not recall the names of 4 or 5 objects after 5 minutes and was unable to remember his college, his major and thought that Kennedy was president in 1978. His speech was fluent, but he had word finding problems. He called a cup a vase and the rims of glasses as “holders.” He did math poorly and could not copy a cube or draw a house. His interpretations of proverbs were concrete and had no insight into his problems. Lab tests were all negative. CAT scan showed cortical atrophy.

Questions:

1. What is his diagnosis?

2. What are the symptoms that helped you make this diagnosis? What diagnostic criteria do they relate to?

3. What are two other possible diagnoses and why did you not choose them?

4. What kinds of psychological interventions would be appropriate in this case?

5. What is his prognosis?

analyze similar issues or cases relating to emerging adulthood from the perspectives of lifespan theory and resiliency theory, respectively.

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Chapter 11 of the course textbook covers cultural, cognitive, personality, and identity issues of the developmental stage of emerging adulthood, as does this week’s required article by Smith-Osborne (2007), which presents a historical perspective on two developmental theories, with a focus on resiliency theory.

In your initial post to this discussion, address each of the following items:

1) Identify and cite two peer-reviewed articles that analyze similar issues or cases relating to emerging adulthood from the perspectives of lifespan theory and resiliency theory, respectively.

2) Briefly summarize the theses, methods, and results of each study, identifying the similarities and differences between the two approaches.

3) Assess the relative strength and shortcomings of the resiliency theory approach vis a vis a lifespan theory approach with reference to specific cases or examples.

4) Reflect on what the two studi

the value of Jessica’s litigation BATNA based only on these facts is, multiple choice help

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16.

Jessica manufactures
components for a product. She has sued one of her customers, Michael, in
the United States for payment. Michael claims that the components that
Jessica delivered were defective. They are now negotiating a possible
settlement. Jessica is asking the court to award her 400,000 in damages
and she agreed to pay her attorney a 30% contingency fee. There is a 50%
chance that she will win. If they go to court, she estimates that
Michael’s attorney’s fees will total 80,000. Based on a decision tree
calculation, the value of Jessica’s litigation BATNA based only on these
facts is (select one):

400,000.

280,000.

200,000.

140,000.

110,000.

none of the above.

1
point

17.

Same

facts as #16, except that Jessica files her lawsuit outside the US in a

country that uses a “loser pays” rule. Instead of hiring her attorney

on a contingency fee, she agrees to pay the attorney a fixed fee of

90,000. Based on a decision tree calculation, the value of Jessica’s

litigation BATNA based on these revised facts is (select one):

200,000.

155,000.

115,000.

110,000.

70,000

none of the above.

1
point

18.

Harinee

is negotiating to sell her car to Sam. During negotiations, Sam asks

Harinee whether the car has ever been damaged in an accident. Harinee

says “absolutely not.” This is a lie. She was involved in a serious

accident in which a passenger in her car was killed. After the accident

she had the car completely repaired and the damage is not noticeable.

Based on Harinee’s answer, Sam bought the car but later discovered the

lie. Harinee has violated which of the following legal rules (select

one):

fiduciary duty

unconscionability

fraud

all of the above

two of the above

none of the above

1
point

19.

Mark

works in sales for Company X and is paid a commission on his sales.

After negotiations he enters into a contract to sell a product to a

customer at a price that is much higher than what other sales people

could negotiate. His boss sends Mark an email stating that she is very

pleased with the deal. Despite the high price, the customer is also

pleased with the deal and pays Mark a bonus. When Mark’s company later

learns about the bonus the company (select one):

can refuse to pay his commission because the unconscionability rule.

can refuse to pay his commission because of the fraud rule.

can refuse to pay his commission because of the fiduciary duty rule.

can refuse to pay his commission because of the Golden Rule.

in this situation, must pay the commission.

none of the above

1
point

20.

To increase your power in a negotiation you should (select one):

always make the first offer.

use reactive devaluation.

rely on confirming evidence when preparing for the negotiation.

ask the other side lots of questions

use overconfidence when making decisions relating to the negotiation.

none of the above

1
point

21.

Your BATNA strategy should always include (select one):

disclosing your BATNA.

weakening the other side’s BATNA.

strengthening your BATNA.

all of the above.

two of the above.

none of the above.

1
point

22.

Company

A hired Nick as an agent and gave him a letter authorizing him to make

purchases on behalf of the company. In a separate email, the company

explained to Nick that he could only make purchases for 100,000 or less.

In other words, 100,000 was the reservation price for his negotiations.

Nick proceeded to negotiate a contract with a new supplier, B, in which

he purchased goods for 95,000. Nick showed B the letter of authority

from the company but did not mention the 100,000 limitation that the

company explained in the email. Select one:

Company A is bound by the contract because Nick had express authority.

Company A is bound by the contract because Nick had apparent authority.

Company A is not bound by the contract because of illegality.

Company A is not bound by the contract because of unconscionability.

Company A is not bound by the contract because of fraud.

none of the above.

1
point

23.

Same fact as #22, except that Nick agreed to pay 105,000 in the contract with B. Select one.

Company A is bound by the contract because Nick had express authority.

Company A is bound by the contract because Nick had apparent authority.

Company A is not bound by the contract because of illegality.

Company A is not bound by the contract because of unconscionability.

Company A is not bound by the contract because of fraud.

none of the above

1
point

24.

The best way to avoid the fixed pie assumption is to (select one):

devalue proposals made by the other side.

use a large stretch goal.

search for interests of both sides that aren’t in conflict.

all of the above.

two of the above.

none of the above.

1
point

25.

Eshan

is preparing for a negotiation to sell his house to Jose. He thinks

that the ZOPA range is 250 to 300 when it is really 225 to 325. This is

an example of (select one):

reactive devaluation.

overconfidence.

the contrast principle.

all of the above.

two of the above.

none of the above.

1
point

26.

Malavica

is negotiating to purchase some equipment from Eric for her start-up

business. During the negotiation she makes a concession to Eric

regarding the delivery date. (The delivery date requested by Eric caused

no problems for Malavica.) In gratitude for her concession, Eric agrees

to extend the warranty on the equipment he is selling her for an

additional time period. This is an example of (select one):

anchoring.

reciprocity.

availability.

all of the above.

two of the above.

none of the above.

1
point

27.

Bailey

recently moved to France and is negotiating the purchase of a house in a

suburb of Paris from a French owner. She has retained her US

citizenship. Her contract is governed by (select one):

civil law.

common law.

the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.

the Uniform Commercial Code.

all of the above.

none of the above.

1
point

28.

Jing

is negotiating to sell her business to Pedro. They have reached

agreement on most of the terms of the sale and have just signed an

agreement in principle. Agreements in principle are (select one):

always binding contracts.

never binding contracts.

can be binding contracts, depending on the circumstances.

statements summarizing the ethical beliefs of the two sides.

two of the above.

none of the above.

1
point

29.

Sarah

signed an agreement to rent an apartment from a landlord who also

signed the agreement. During the lease negotiations, the landlord agreed

to provide Sarah with extra storage space in the basement of the

apartment building but this promise was not included in the agreement.

The landlord now tells Sarah that he will not provide the extra space.

If the landlord admits making the promise, under the parol evidence rule

(select one):

he is legally required to provide the extra space because consideration is missing.

he is legally required to provide the extra space because of his fiduciary duty to Sarah.

he is legally required to provide the extra space because of the overconfidence trap.

all of the above.

two of the above.

none of the above.

1
point

30.

After

both sides signed the lease in #29, the landlord asked Sarah if she

would be willing to delay the move-in date by two days. She agreed and

they amended the lease. In this situation (select one):

there is no consideration for Sarah’s additional promise.

there is consideration for Sarah’s additional promise because of the illegality principle.

there is consideration for Sarah’s additional promise because of fiduciary duty requirements.

all of the above.

two of the above.

none of the above.

1
point

31.

Kathryn and Jose are involved in a business dispute that is going to arbitration. In the typical arbitration (select one):

the arbitrator acts as a facilitator.

the arbitrator decides who wins and who loses.

the arbitrator attempts to bring the parties together to transform their relationship.

all of the above.

two of the above.

none of the above.

1
point

32.

In

#31, Kathryn and Jose decide to try mediation instead of arbitration.

They can select one of the following, which are the typical types of

mediation (select one):

faciliative.

baseball.

evaluative.

all of the above.

two of the above.

none of the above.

1
point

33.

In

#31, assume that Kathryn and Jose are trying to decide whether to

resolve their dispute either by one-on-one negotiation or by mediation.

Negotiation and mediation are similar except that with mediation (select

one):

a third party is present to make a decision.

witnesses testify under oath.

mediators generally follow court procedure.

all of the above.

two of the above.

none of the above

1
point

34.

Jed

is negotiating a business deal with Steve. They think that there might

not be a ZOPA, in which case they are wasting their time. The best

process for finding out whether there is a ZOPA is (select one):

avoidance.

arbitration.

mediation.

all of the above.

two of the above.

none of the above.

1
point

35.

In every price negotiation, there is (select one):

a ZOPA.

a BATNA.

a reservation price.

all of the above.

two of the above.

none of the above.

1
point

36.

If the losing party in an arbitration appeals the decision to the court system, the court will (select one):

always review the decision.

never review the decision.

in some situations review the decision.

incarcerate the losing party.

usually order a new arbitration.

two of the above.

1
point

37.

Arbitration is very similar to litigation except that with arbitration (select one):

you and the other side select your own third party (the arbitrator).

the proceedings are private.

the technical rules of litigation are not followed.

all of the above.

two of the above.

none of the above.

1
point

38.

ADR screens are used to (select one):

decide whether to use an ADR pledge.

decide whether to use a binding or a non-binding process when resolving a dispute.

hide your BATNA from the other side.

all of the above.

two of the above.

none of the above.

1
point

39.

The following statement(s) is (are) correct (select one):

You should always ask the other side to make the first offer.

When
negotiating with an agent who represents the other side, you should
always ask the agent to confirm that she has authority to represent the
other side.

You should never reveal your BATNA to the other side.

all of the above.

two of the above.

none of the above.

1
point

40.

Maria

is the head of human resources for a mid-size company. She is involved

in a budget dispute with Max, the head of the finance department. Max

wants to cut back on Maria’s budget for next year. Maria claims that she

needs the current budget to meet the HR needs of the three other

departments in the company (information technology, operations, and

marketing). This is an ideal situation for Maria to use (select one):

apparent authority.

coalition building.

reactive devaluation to devalue the proposal made by Max.

all of the above.

two of the above.

none of the above.

1
point

41.

Aashka

is negotiating to sell her car to Juana. During the negotiation, Aashka

tells Juana that someone else has offered to purchase the car for 5000.

In fact, no one else has made an offer to purchase the car. Based on

Aashka’s statement, Juana agrees to purchase the car for 5200. If Juana

later learns of Aashka’s lie and decides to sue her: (select one):

She cannot recover damages for fraud because she should expect sellers to use this type of deception.

She can recover damages because Aashka breached her fiduciary duty.

She can recover her attorney fees from Aashka if she litigates the case in the United States and wins.

all of the above.

two of the above.

none of the above.

1
point

42.

Peter

and Michelle are recent business school graduates with very few

resources. They decided to start a business as partners. Michelle was a

much better negotiator than Peter (because she had taken a MOOC called

“Successful Negotiation”!). She persuaded Peter to sign a partnership

agreement that was extremely unfair to him. He should be able to back

out of the agreement because (select one):

Michelle committed fraud.

the agreement is unconscionable.

Michelle breached the anchoring rule.

all of the above.

two of the above.

none of the above.

1
point

43.

Decision trees can be used to (select one):

calculate BATNAs in dispute-resolution negotiations.

calculate BATNAs in deal-making negotiations.

develop attractive landscaping in parks.

all of the above.

two of the above.

none of the above.

1
point

44.

You

are a consultant. Company M has been involved in a number of disputes

with its suppliers and customers. The company hires you to establish an

ADR system. As part of this system you should consider encouraging the

company to (select one):

adopt an ADR pledge.

use screens to select an appropriate dispute-resolution process.

include ADR clauses in contracts with its suppliers and customers.

all of the above.

two of the above.

none of the above.

1
point

45.

In

the “House on Elm Street” negotiation, if Tracy did not tell Pat that

the basement might have a leak, this would be an example of (select

one):

unconscionability.

breach of fiduciary duty.

illegal use of a BATNA.

all of the above

two of the above

none of the above