It is to undertake a comprehensive assessment for a patient in any area ( ER, Medical, Surgical, community).
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[order_calculator]Social scientists have referred to the post-2008 crisis as a ‘multi-faceted crisis’
Social scientists have referred to the post-2008 crisis as a ‘multi-faceted crisis’. Critically assess this concept with respect to the relevant literature and a case study of your choice.
SOC 3703 Social Movements, Conflict and Change Academic Year 2014 – 2015
Module Rationale, Aims & Learning Outcomes
This module provides students with the knowledge and skills to develop an in-depth understanding of the sociology of contentious politics. The emphasis of the module is on the social context in which social movements arise to articulate and address the problems and conflicts of their time. Students will be introduced to the main theoretical and conceptual approaches to the study of social conflict and social change in an historical context, as well as the epistemological and methodological issues that pertain to the study of social transformation. The module culminates in a focus on the contemporary context of the global financial crisis and the social conflicts that have arisen in its wake.
Assessment 2
In term 2, you will be required to complete and submit one individually authored 2,500 word essay. Please answer the following question:
Social scientists have referred to the post-2008 crisis as a ‘multi-faceted crisis’. Critically assess this concept with respect to the relevant literature and a case study of your choice.
Deadline: Please submit your essay online via SOC3703 MyLearning by 5pm on Wednesday, May 6th 2015 (see MyLearning).
All essays must have a word length of approximately 2,500 words (within a 10% margin) and must make reference both to the materials studied on the module and to academic and non-academic sources you have researched yourself. Your essay must be fully referenced accompanied by a full bibliography. Your bibliography need not be included in the final word count.
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[order_calculator]Evaluate the contribution of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological approach to our understanding of the factors influencing development
Evaluate the contribution of Bronfenbrenner’s ecological approach to our understanding of the factors influencing development.
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[order_calculator]Examination of a sector in the service industry and analysis of the service marketing issues affecting one of the organisations in that sector
The aim of this assessment is to encourage you to examine a sector in the service industry and analyse the service marketing issues
affecting one of the organisations in that sector. You may have already identified sectors and companies of interest through your service
diary.
The sectors from which you should choose are:
– Education
– Financial services
– Leisure
– Not for profit/charity
– Professional services
– Retail (excluding food retail sector)
– Telecomms (excluding mobile phones and network providers)
– Travel (excluding the airline industry)
Please note that you CANNOT select any of the following:
– The airline industry
– Food retail sector
– Telecomms retailing- mobile phones and network providers
Any work related to the above three sectors will be given a nil mark.
In Week 5 the seminar will be given over to an advisory session and discussion with your module tutor to ensure planning and progress are
properly grounded, and to answer any questions you might have.
Project tasks
If your selected service industry is a broad one, you may need to narrow it by defining one competitive sector or discrete market. The
sector you select for study should be UK-based, and have a defined or definable competitive structure. For example, if you choose ‘retail’
as your industry you might select ‘sporting goods’ as your competitive sector; if you choose ‘charities’ as your industry you might select
‘children’s charities’ as your competitive sector.
The elements that form this assignment are:
1. A definition of your chosen sector by size and competitive structure. If applicable, identify the major strategic grouping(s) and the
one you have selected for study.
2. Your assessment of the opportunities and threats facing the sector/grouping using original and
coherent analysis based on properly referenced sources.
3. A summary of the commonalities and differences between the current service marketing strategies of your chosen sector’s ‘major
players’.
4. Select ONE of the existing players (major or otherwise) and:
a identify that organisation’s key strategic service marketing issues for the next 5 years, drawing on your foregoing analysis.
b briefly demonstrate the relationship between any one of these issues and some relevant theoretical principles of services marketing,
taken from any appropriate and referenced source.
Individual assignment assessment checklist
No. Assessment checklist Allocated marks % Marks given for the individual assignment
1
– Introduction and problem definition (Ability to
identify the problem specific to the case)
– Originality and appropriateness of service sector
choice by size and competitive structure (DRETS)
– Breadth and quality of opportunity/threat analysis
25
2 Ability to distinguish services marketing strategy commonalities and differences among major players 15
3 Ability to identify key strategic service marketing issues for the next 5 years 20
4
– Ability to solve company’s problems based on
relevant services marketing literature (appropriate
application of relevant theory)
– Evidence of rigorous and relevant external research
25
5 – Conclusions and recommendations
– Supporting appendices
– Bibliography and use of appropriate referencing throughout
15
TOTAL 100
Concluding comments
This is an individual project to be handed in by Week 15 (Day one). It should be a maximum of 3,500 words in length, excluding appendices
and bibliography. Submissions of excessive length, or which attempt to subvert length criteria with the misuse of appendices, will be
penalised.
The typical structure of case study based reports is as follows:
Title page Your name, student number, title of the case study
List of contents This should include list of tables and figures if you have any
Introduction/problem definition A brief overview of the company in a couple of sentences. Identify the problem specific to the case and
address the relevant theoretical concepts underpinning the problem
Solutions and answers to the main questions This will include identifying the reasons why the problem occurred (and the theoretical
concepts underpinning that), the solutions which may be appropriate. You can have more than one solution and then recommend the solution
which you consider the most appropriate. Support your arguments by drawing on the relevant literature. Use headings for new sections only
(not paragraphs!!)
Conclusions Summarising your main points of recommendation in relation to the problem identified right at the beginning
Supporting appendices Any theoretical diagrams/external sources you used
List of references Each and every reference must be cited in alphabetical order and must be complete
Overall: A professionally presented report, with headings and numbering for every new section
Assessment criteria
The core capability assessed by this assignment is:
Seek, handle and interpret information.
Projects will also be assessed against the following criteria:
– originality and appropriateness of service sector choice
– accuracy and relevance of structural, and environmental analysis
– overall breadth and quality of opportunity/threat analysis
– creativity and appropriateness of strategic analysis
– evidence of rigorous and relevant external research
– evidence of value added to any such external research
– appropriate application of relevant theory
– presence of bibliography and use of referencing throughout
– structure and cohesion of report
REMEMBER YOU WILL NOT HAVE MAXIMISED YOUR GRADE IF:
• you select a topic which does not meet the criteria in the brief, is subsequently unapproved or which you are studying in another module
• you do not attend the class discussions on the assessments
• your document fails to acknowledge and/or add value to published sources, particularly of secondary data
• the module tutor considers you have plagiarised or colluded
• your work is excessive in length
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[order_calculator]Is Fast food the New Tobacco?
Topic:
Choose one article from either of the following units in They Say, I Say:
– Is Fast Food the New Tobacco? (pg. 389 ff.)
Read your chosen article thoroughly. Take notes, look up any unknown terms, list questions you have, etc. Then pre-write (e.g. brainstorm)
about the general topic of your chosen article. Use your pre-writing to develop a research topic and question for your own essay.
Write a scholarly research paper with a strong thesis. Use academic sources to support your central argument. Do not just summarize the
arguments of your sources, and do not just write a reaction to them. You should truly analyze and assess your research question and
contribute something unique to the discussion about your chosen topic.
(I have the Data base article and will send it to the email that the writer provides me with)* This article must be used
Book-The fast food Nation : the Dark side of the all american meal by; Eric Schlosser
Text Book reference:They Say, I Say: The moves That Matter in Academic Writing (IBSN; 9780393912753)
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[order_calculator]Managerial Accounting Decision-Making Technique
Chapter 8 of our text : Organizational Behavior —
Nahavandi, A., Denhardt, R., Denhardt, J., & Aristigueta, M. (2015). Organizational behavior. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Accounting in a Nutshell —
Walker, J. (2009). Accounting in a Nutshell : Accounting for the Non-specialist. Amsterdam: Elsevier/CIMA.
Locate at least one additional resource (valid source) – can be from Internet or University Library
Purpose/Subject
Discuss decision-making techniques as it relates to managerial accounting.
Refer to Accounting in a Nutshell, page 287, Self-Test Question 4 (solution provided in the text.)
Using this information, respond to the following:
What decision making model would you use to make this decision?
Are any of the decision-making traps discussed in our text in danger of clouding your judgment?
Would any of the tools and techniques for making better decisions assist us in this decision?
What is your final decision and why?
Note: Do not provide calculations for this question. The answers are found near the end of the chapter.
Use all the references above for your research in addition to additional sources you feel will support your position.
Sources
You must use and cite all the sources listed above under References.
There is a great deal of material available both in the Internet (Newsgroup articles are good sources) as well as other reading material.
Wikipedia or any other blog-type site is not a valid source for this paper
Specifics/Format
Content should be 3 – 5 pages (not including title and reference page.
Follow APA guidelines to format your research paper.
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[order_calculator]Issues of technology and technological change
Research paper about film and movie, and the topic would be issues of technology and technological change,
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[order_calculator]Statistical Analyses in Nursing
Researchers must make informed choices about the type of statistical analysis that best addresses the research question. For the past several weeks, you have been considering how and when a particular statistic should be employed. This week, you have focused on the use of nonparametric tests.
Nonparametric methods are useful to researchers in performing statistical analyses of quantitative data sets that do not follow normal distributions and that have inconsistent variation. Nonparametric methods are often applied when ordinal-level data are collected and, as such, rely on fewer assumptions than their parametric counterparts.
In this Discussion, you examine the two articles in this week’s Learning Resources, both of which employ nonparametric methods of statistical analysis. In addition, as the final week of exploring quantitative statistics, you consider which statistical method is most frequently used in your area of nursing practice.
Note: This Discussion takes place in small groups, which should have been assigned by your Instructor.
To prepare:
Review the articles presented in this week’s Learning Resources and analyze each study’s use of nonparametric tests.
Critically analyze each article, considering the following questions in your analysis:
What are the goals and purpose of the research study each article describes?
How are nonparametric tests used in each study? What are the results of their use?
Why are parametric methods (t tests and ANOVA) inappropriate for the statistical analysis of each study’s data?
What are the strengths and weaknesses of each study (e.g., study design, sampling, and measurement)?
How could the findings and recommendations of each study contribute to evidence-based practice in the health care field?
Reflect on the quantitative statistical analyses presented throughout this course in the research literature, the Learning Resources, media presentations, and those articles you reviewed for your abbreviated research proposal.
Ask yourself: Which method is most commonly used in research studies that pertain to my area of nursing practice, and why this might be so?
By Day 4 post a cohesive response in your small group that addresses the following:
Critically analyze each article, including the items noted above.
Identify one statistical analysis method that you found recurring in many of the articles you used in your literature review for your research proposal. This method does not necessarily have to be nonparametric.
Based on your area of nursing practice, which method of statistical analysis is most frequently used in the research literature? Why do you think other forms of statistical analysis are less frequently used? Provide a rationale for your response.
Readings
Course Text: The Practice of Nursing Research: Appraisal, Synthesis, and Generation of Evidence
Chapter 25, “Using Statistics to Determine Differences” (pp. 580–588)
Course Text: Statistics and Data Analysis for Nursing Research
Chapter 8, “Chi-Square and Nonparametric Tests”
This chapter defines nonparametric tests and chi-square tests of independence. Nonparametric tests measure nominal or ordinal variables, whereas chi-square tests are used to draw conclusions about population differences.
Article: Fisher, K., Orkin, F., & Frazer, C. (2010). Utilizing conjoint analysis to explicate health care decision making by emergency department nurses: A feasibility study. Applied Nursing Research, 23(1), 30–35. doi:10.1016/j.apnr.2008.03.004
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
This article describes a study that employed conjoint analysis, a measurement technique incorporating simulation into experimental design to generate a mathematical model of individual decision making. The study focused on nurses’ decisions related to the care of patients with intellectual disability and used contingency tables and nonparametric tests to analyze the data.
Article: Tjia, J., Field, T., Garber, L., Donovan, J., Kanaan, A., Raebel, M., … Gurwitz, J. (2010). Development and pilot testing of guidelines to monitor high-risk medications in the ambulatory setting. American Journal of Managed Care, 16(7), 489–496.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
This article discusses a pilot test that aimed to catalog safety intervention trials by monitoring high-risk medications for efficacy, safety, and drug interactions. The statistical analysis of the study’s data included the use of nonparametric tests to examine trends across ordered groups of drugs.
Website: NIH Office of Extramural Research (n.d.). Protecting human research participants. Retrieved August 1, 2011, from http://phrp.nihtraining.com/users/login.php.
You will begin the NIH training program this week, which prepares you to conduct research with human participants.
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[order_calculator]Petition Letter
1. why you didn’t drop the courses( if you were experiencing problems/ difficulties) : because i was expecting to graduate in 2015 i had so much pressure. under great pressure, i was sick at the mid term tests, so i had to deferred my tests. However, at finals, i was sick again. I had to defer to the following semester. Advisor told me that i might have too many exams to review but i could not drop since i need those credits to graduate.
2 .timeline of events: 2012 winter session exam defer to 2013 spring session but failed exams in 2013 spring session because too many exams to review.
3, family’s unwareness of situation: my family knows about this situation and decided i should major in East Asian Studies specialist instead of EAS and STATS double major. I will attach my credits planner so that you can see how many credits i need more to fulfill the requirement.
4. what steps you would take to ensure that you will academic success: a. reduce course load: i would like to start in summer session with two full year courses so that i can get back to track fast and succeed in academic study. b. meet with academic counsellor in the registrar’s office: i had meeting with the academic counsellor and petition advisor.
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[order_calculator]Media and culture criticism: Explain how celebrities and tabloids have a symbiotic relationship
Explain how celebrities and tabloids have a symbiotic relationship.
In answering this question, use academic literature to discuss how tabloids and celebrities relate to each other, and paparazzi and invasion of privacy v. freedom of speech.
– celebrities and tabloids have a symbiotic relationship
– celebrities need tabloids
to fully realize their celebrity status
– tabloids need celebrities to have something
to write about
– without celebrities, tabloids would not be viable
– can you be a celeb when no one writes about you?
– Invasion of privacy? Is it a fair game?
– Do you think celebrities have a right of privacy?
– giving exclusives: is it ok to sell exclusive rights?
– is it ok to gag paparazzi?
All information must be based on facts, research and resources. No opinion can be included.
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