Describe the model and the reformed school into a learning organization.
Students, parents, teachers, principals, central office staff, superintendents, and school board members all play important roles in school systems. Use the Internet to research a school district in your area and use the information you locate to complete this assignment. Imagine that you are a teacher leader and you have been asked to supply ideas to the selected school district to help it transform into a learning organization with more effective leadership practices. You will research one reform policy to assist in changing your district into learning organization. Write a proposal to change your district into learning organization.
Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:
Briefly (one (1) paragraph) describe the size and setting of the school district. Propose a new model in your reformed school. Describe the model and the reformed school into a learning organization.
Evaluate the relationship of the selected policy to historical and traditional methods of adopting school reform policies. How could you change or modify this policy to assist in creating a learning organization?
Propose and describe three or four best practices of effective leadership in the learning organization.
Propose the modifications that you would like to make to the existing school reform policy. Determine three (3) ways to implement the desired changes and lead the change of the policy.
Provide one (1) suggestion that will help to transition the each of the following stakeholders (all 7 below) from their current role to their role in a learning organization.Then pick 5 of the 7 stakeholders to discuss how each stakeholder supports the transition from a traditional bureaucratic model to a learning organization.Describe the Learning Organization and Models impact on students and staff.Then describe how the school would work for students and staff using the proposed model.
Students
Parents
Teachers
Principals
Central office staff
Superintendent
School board
Describe the Learning Organization and Models impact on students and staff. Then describe how the school would work for students and staff using the proposed model.
Include at least three (3) references with (1) of these needs to be from a peer reviewed journal. Note: Make sure references are no more than five (5) years old from material outside the textbook.
Discuss the disclosure requirement on accounting policies, and identify at least two (2) examples of the most commonly required disclosure
According to the textbook, the goal of financial reporting is to report financial information that is transparent and complete and truthfully report the financial performance of a company. Investors and other interested parties need to read and understand all aspects of financing reporting.
Use the Internet to research Verizon Communications financial statements, annual report, notes to the financial statements, presidents letter, and management discussion and analysis from the most recent year in order to complete this assignment.
Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you:
Discuss the disclosure requirement on accounting policies, and identify at least two (2) examples of the most commonly required disclosure. Explain the key ways in which the examples you provided are useful to financial statement users. Analyze Verizon Communications disclosure on accounting policies, and give your opinion on whether or not the information is helpful for decision making. Provide a rationale for your response.
Explain the importance of the management discussion and analysis section of an annual report. Select three (3) items from Verizons management and discussion analysis of the annual report that could be useful to potential investors. Provide three (3) specific examples of how the three (3) items you selected could influence a potential investors decision to invest in Verizon.
Describe segmented information, and explain the way in which companies determine segments. Identify at least three (3) advantages and three (3) disadvantages of segmented financial data. Give your opinion on whether or not the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. Outline the manner in which Verizon segments its financial data. Suggest key actions that Verizons management can take in order to improve the companys segmented financial data. Provide a rationale for your response.
Analyze the various types of auditors reports, and determine the impact that the auditors report has on a companys ability to obtain financing from a bank. Identify the type of auditors report issued on Verizon, and speculate the manner in which you believe banks will perceive Verizons auditors report.
Use at least two (2) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Define the four personality types and how they relate to you.
Deliverable 1 DISC Assessment
Competency
This competency will allow you to demonstrate your ability to discover leadership skills as an individual, group, or at the organizational level and identify these skills through self-practice.
Instructions
For todays workforce, collaborating with colleagues is essential for success. Your organization wants you to take a DISC assessment to learn more about your personality style. DISC is a personality assessment tool that focuses on behavioral characteristics that are grouped together into four personality styles. People with similar personality scores tend to exhibit specific behavioral characteristics common to that profile. Each of these personality styles has unique preferences for communication, behavior, and leadership. Being aware of your preferences allows you to better understand how you might react in certain situations. Being aware of others preferences allows you to better communicate with those personality styles.
Conduct an Internet search for a free DISC personality test; take the test and save your results, including the web sites URL.
You will use these results for reflecting on how your personality can affect your decisions in a professional environment.
Summarize the feedback you receive
Define the four personality types and how they relate to you.
How will you use the understanding of different personality styles to better communicate and lead?
How could your personality affect your decisions in a professional environment?
As part of GSM, describe the three rudimentary services provide by SMS.
Write 500 word
1. As part of GSM, describe the three rudimentary services provide by SMS.
2. What is CAMEL? Briefly describe it.
3. Do all text messaging systems use SMS? Explain how they use SMS, or if not give an example of one that does not use SMS.
4. What is used for transmitting short messages between SMSC and the hand-held device?
5. When does SMS spoofing occur? Please describe a typical scenario.
6. How does televoting work?
Under what circumstances are videos on the Internet subject to the Copyright Law of 1974?
Your manager has a concern that a subcontractor wants to use a video they found on the Internet to advertise their services. The subcontractor intends to include your companys name as a client. In a white paper, describe the following to the manager:
Under what circumstances are videos on the Internet subject to the Copyright Law of 1974?
Under what circumstances can use mentioned in the copyright law justify the use of the video?
Discuss what options the subcontractor can take to ensure no copyright violation occurs?
Compare and contrast two forms of contraception
Include: (3 references within years 2015-2018) with intext citations.
Many elements need to be considered individually by a woman, man, or couple when choosing the most appropriate contraceptive method. Some of these elements include safety, effectiveness, availability (including accessibility and affordability), and acceptability. Although most contraceptive methods are safe for use by most women, U.S. MEC provides recommendations on the safety of specific contraceptive methods for women with certain characteristics and medical conditions.
Directions:
Compare and contrast two forms of contraception including:
indications,
contraindications,
side effects,
US Medical Eligibility Criteria (USMRC),
US Selected Practice Recommendations for Contraceptive Use (USSPR), affordability, and mechanisms of action.
Examine why sabermetric-based player evaluation is such a shock to other executives in baseball.
Assignment 3: Moneyball
Moneyball, a book by Michael Lewis (2003), highlights how creativity, framing, and robust technical analysis all played a part in the development of a new approach to talent management in baseball. It also exhibited great examples of the biases and psychological pitfalls that plague decision makers.
Review the article Whos on First? by Thaler & Sunstein (2003) from this modules assigned readings. This article reviews the book Moneyball by Michael Lewis.
Write a critique of the article including the following points:
Examine why sabermetric-based player evaluation is such a shock to other executives in baseball.
Evaluate why Beane is much more effective in his success by constructing a matrix of pitfalls and heuristics that highlight the differences between Beanes team and other executives.
Moneyball highlights how people tend to overestimate the likelihood of success and end up facing financial lossin this case, it meant forfeiting millions of dollars. Analyze a professional or personal decision (yours or otherwise) that highlights this predilection in spite of substantial losses.
Explain how you would apply Moneyballs management lessons in your own endeavors.
Write a 35-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M1_A3.doc.
By the due date assigned, deliver your assignment to the Submissions Area.
Lewis, M. (2003). Moneyball. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company.
Hayashi, A. M. (2001). When to TRUST Your GUT. Harvard Business Review, 79(2), 5965.
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How do you see the effect of this executive order so far?Consider the following assertion from Health Policymaking in the United States: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is proving to be a monumental and challenging management undertaking (Jost 2014) (textbook page 197). Based on what you know of the Affordable Care Act and the implementation process, why might this be? What about managing this act can be so monumental and challenging?
In 2017, President Trump, after failing to repeal the Affordable Care Act in congress, took his own steps toward fulfilling his vow to dismantle Obamacare, signing an executive order that he says will bring affordable health insurance to millions more people. The order broadly tasks the administration with developing policies to increase health care competition and choice in order to improve the quality of health care and lower prices. However, it could also destabilize Obamacare by siphoning out younger and healthier Americans from the exchanges. How do you see the effect of this executive order so far?Consider the following assertion from Health Policymaking in the United States: Implementation of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is proving to be a monumental and challenging management undertaking (Jost 2014) (textbook page 197). Based on what you know of the Affordable Care Act and the implementation process, why might this be? What about managing this act can be so monumental and challenging? You may support your answers by referring to Appendix 1, Overview of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, or additional Internet searches.
write an essay that argues who is the tragic hero in the play: Antigone or Creon?
In the Lecture Notes for Greek Tragedy, you learned the 8 qualities that make a character a tragic hero, according to Aristotle. Using those qualities, write an essay that argues who is the tragic hero in the play: Antigone or Creon? You do not need to discuss every quality, just enough to make your argument.
Examine the physical changes associated with the selected developmental stage.
Integrating the Field of Developmental Psychology: A Review of the Literature
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the age group / developmental stage you selected in Week Two of the course. Remember, you must use this age group / developmental stage.
You will then review the Developmental Psychology literature examining findings for that age group / developmental stage in terms of the physical, emotional, cognitive, social dimensions, and how they impact development and can best be used to meet developmental needs. Additionally, create a summary of the developmental stage as viewed through the lens of one developmental theory we have studied across the course (Piagets Theory of Cognitive Development, Freuds Psychosexual Theory, Ericksons Psychosocial Theory, etc.).
In your paper,
Examine the physical changes associated with the selected developmental stage.
Examine the cognitive changes associated with the selected developmental stage.
Examine the emotional changes associated with the selected developmental stage.
Examine the social changes associated with the selected developmental stage.
Evaluate the developmental changes and appraise the effects of the physical, cognitive, emotional, and social environments.
Integrate developmental and environmental factors into an assessment of developmental needs.
Create a summary of the developmental stage as viewed through the lens of a selected developmental theory.
Propose solutions for areas not addressed by the theory.
Analyze the ethical considerations for research and practice with the selected developmental stage.
