Does it help or hurt efforts to encourage interest in astronomy?

One of the biggest “controversies” in recent astronomy history has been the “demotion” of Pluto from “planet” to “dwarf planet.” This has been a topic for a while, but got kicked up a notch in January 2005, when a team led by astronomer Mike Brown of California Institute of Technology discovered an object in the Kuiper Belt (a belt of objects beyond Neptune, of which Pluto is a part) that is larger than Pluto. This got a lot of attention from the public, in part because Pluto somehow intrigues people as the “little guy” in the solar system. To most scientists, this is mainly a matter of semantics. What we call the object doesn’t change what it is or where it is or the fact that it is an interesting thing to study (the New Horizons spacecraft recently gave us our first-ever close-up views of Pluto and its moons on July 14, 2015). Take a look at the articles below, then write a discussion board post about your own thoughts about this. Is it a useful discussion to have among scientists? Among the public? Does it help or hurt efforts to encourage interest in astronomy?
Video of Mike Brown: www.youtube.com/v/ddC3AKJXolk
Pluto’s Honor. (Tyson, Neil. Natural History Magazine. February 1999.) www.haydenplanetarium.org/tyson/read/1999/02/01/plutos-honor (Note that this was written before the discovery of Eris.)
Breaking News – Pluto Not a Planet (Plait, Phil. Bad Astronomy Blog. August 24, 2006.) blogs.discovermagazine.com/badastronomy/2006/08/24/breaking-news-pluto-not-a-planet/
Instructions: Your initial post should be at least 200 words. Please respond to at least two other students (more is great). Responses should be a minimum of 100 words

Select four people currently in the media and discuss their exertion of one of the sources of power.

Select four people currently in the media and discuss their exertion of one of the sources of power. Students must cover all four of the sources of power discussed on page 263 of your textbook. Apply only one source of power to each of the four people selected.
text book:
Negotiation, Lewicki, Barry, & Sanders, McGraw -Hill, 7th Edition (2015) ISBN 978-0- 07-802944-9
Instructions:

Atleast 300-350 words

For this task, you must have two academic peer-reviewed articles for references.

How would you design an in-flight safety demo/video to follow the principles of good concept presentation?

What use is a good concept if you can’t take it to the stage? In Lecture Four, you learned all about presenting your concepts: how to simplify your concept, how to create an outline for your presentation, and how to choose among different presentation types, styles, and formats.
One concept presentation travelers see over and over is the in-flight safety demo. Your first flight, you probably pay attention. Thirty or forty flights in? Chances are you’re tuning out all those instructions about inflatable life vests and oxygen masks.
Airlines face a unique challenge with in-flight safety demos because the importance of this information doesn’t diminish, but it also doesn’t change. This makes it hard for audiences to remember and retain the same information over and over.
Virgin America devised a unique solution to this challenge by creating an in-flight safety video with a professional movie director and lots of snazzy dance moves, which Nancy Duarte wrote about on Duarte.com
Read Duarte’s article, https://www.duarte.com/creative-presentation-ideas… then hit the Internet to do some research on the history and techniques of different in-flight safety demonstrations and videos.
In your discussion post, you are going to report on your research by answering the following questions in 3-4 paragraphs:

Thinking of in-flight safety demos/videos as “concept presentations,” what are the concepts being presented?
What are the unique challenges presented by this genre, and how do the overall lessons about concept presentation from Lecture Four relate to the unique genre of in-flight safety demonstrations? Consider audience, tone, format, and more.
What were some of your favorite and least favorite examples of in-flight safety demo/video examples that you found in your research?
How would you design an in-flight safety demo/video to follow the principles of good concept presentation?

As CEO what are your thoughts regarding the roles resources, capabilities and the concept of Distinctive Competencies play in strategic management and what sources and actions would you employ to achieve Distinctive Competencies within your Company?

Strategic Management Quiz Questions Chapters 1 – 4 from Textbook Strategy Management – An integrated Approach 10th ed. by Charles W. L. Hill) Please follow the following steps: DOUBLE SPACE. Answer each question FULLY. Make sure your answer conveys a well-developed understanding of the material and answer to each question should be not less than two pages. Please put a number to the answers. #I As CEO of your Company how would you explain the five (5) primary, irreducible steps to the strategic planning process and their usage / application to your employees? A diagram of the five steps may be helpful in formulating your answer. (Hint, this information was presented as a handout along with a diagram.) Materials are found in Chapter 1 #II As CEO what insight or knowledge would you expect to gain from the use of a “Competitive Forces Model “, as a planning tool? Fully discuss. ( Hint, Michael Porter’s The Five Forces Model, etc. ) Materials are found in Chapter 2 #III As CEO what are your thoughts regarding the roles resources, capabilities and the concept of Distinctive Competencies play in strategic management and what sources and actions would you employ to achieve Distinctive Competencies within your Company? Materials are found in Chapter 3 #IV As CEO how would you proceed so as to achieve and effectively use Superior Quality for a competitive advantage? Discuss both improving quality as Reliability and quality as Excellence.

Examine the activities and roles of project integration, time, cost, quality, and resource management when managing projects within organizations.

Competency
Examine the activities and roles of project integration, time, cost, quality, and resource management when managing projects within organizations.
Scenario Information
You are assuming the role of the project manager for a company called SuperPacks to provide a new backpack product with a built-in refrigeration pouch and radio module. Your customer for this project is the U.S. Army, Ground Forces and Special Operations. As the project manager for your team, you will be submitting to your manager a project management report.
Instructions
You are now in the final phase of being a Project Manager for SuperPacks and need to create a closeout plan on how to terminate or closeout the project. Management has asked you to consider the following checklist below for your closeout plan in a presentation to your team. Your presentation can be created using PowerPoint, Prezi, or any presentation tool. You have been asked to address the following questions in your presentation as you will be giving it to the management team:
Create a closeout checklist for your project. What are the key components that you should include?Discuss how you would successfully close out this project, such as verifying project scope, contracts, administration, etc.In your closeout plan, identify the type of termination/closeout process you will use, and explain why that process is appropriate.Consider the control process you plan to use for managing this project to ensure quality is met.

Analyze the connection between music, poetry, prose, and visual art to the modern world and workplace.

Competency
Analyze the connection between music, poetry, prose, and visual art to the modern world and workplace.
Instructions
As a team leader in the Creative Department, your art tends to be edgier and more experimental. Perhaps unsurprisingly, your latest cubicle display of modern art has caught your co-worker’s attention. You’ve noticed the co-worker sighing a few times while passing your desk in the mornings. Now, you’ve received the following email:
As you have no doubt picked up on, I am perturbed by your latest cubicle “art.” We work in a large agency, and I don’t expect to agree with everyone on all matters. Nevertheless, I am reaching out to you in the hopes that you will kindly remove your current exhibition from the public eye. In my opinion, it is far below the standards of what should be considered art. Picasso and Monet are, without a doubt, rolling in their graves.
You feel very strongly that art should never be censored. You knew that your latest selection wouldn’t be everyone’s favorite, and that’s fine.But you still want to defend the infinite nature of art and your right to display all of it.
You reflect on the tricky task ahead and the balancing act you’ll have to embrace. After all, merely alienating your co-worker with insults would serve no purpose.You begin to sketch out a few questions that you think are essential to answer as part of your carefully composed email reply to your offended co-worker:
Is there or should there be limits to creativity and artistic expression?What is the overlap between life, culture, and art?How can art of all types positively impact office productivity and success?How does an awareness of local and global culture ease the acceptance of art?
With your questions now composed, you feel ready to get to work. As you push “reply” on your co-worker’s email, you remind yourself to be professional and polite. The best approach, you’ve decided, is to articulate your position clearly, supported by reasoned and deep analysis.
Grading Rubric

How do these individuals attempt to change their conditions and how successful are they?

For this first assignment, you will be writing a brief response to the Gilded Age primary sources linked below, all of which deal with the experience of workers and immigrants during this period of vast economic change. After you read, I want you to write a brief response, taking in to consideration the following questions. You can use all three documents in this assignment though you are not required to do so. If you would like to focus on just one account, that is fine as well.

What is the experience of work like for these individuals? Conditions, wages and discipline can be considered here.

How does the nature of their work affect their family/personal life?

How do these individuals attempt to change their conditions and how successful are they?

When you’ve completed your response, please enter it into the dropbox folder marked Assignment 1. Let me know if you have any questions or problems. The response (which should be 1-2 pages double-spaced) will be due before class on Monday February 5.
Here are the links and a hard copy of the sources.
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/voices/social_history/5sweatshop_girl.cfm
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/voices/social_history/14miner.cfm
http://www.digitalhistory.uh.edu/voices/social_history/12capmaker.cfm

prepare two project outlines for the development of a mobile application. One project outline uses a waterfall model, another uses an agile method.

As a project manager, you are going to prepare two project outlines for the development of a mobile application. One project outline uses a waterfall model, another uses an agile method.
Prepare two project outlines using Microsoft® Project. Each outline shall consist of a task list and a Gantt chart showing task durations and precedence relationships.
Include a 350- to 700-word brief explanation of how the two project outlines differ. Be sure to address how Agile addresses complexity and uncertainty.

What challenges are you likely to encounter as you transition into a new role?

Discussion: Preparing for Professional Transitions
Consider the following scenario:Marcus recalls the beginning of his career, when he started as a nurse at Grand View Hospital. He had heard the organization was soliciting proposals from various companies so they could weigh the pros and cons associated with adopting a new health information technology system. He has been curious about the request for proposal (RFP) process ever since. Now, as he looks forward to new professional opportunities, he would like to ensure that he develops the skills and expertise needed to formulate an RFP.What are your professional aims? How can you apply what you have learned in your coursework to your practicum setting? How will you leverage your experiences in the practicum to facilitate your development as a nurse leader-manager or informaticist?In this Discussion, you reflect on your aspirations and consider the transitions that may be required to achieve them. You identify professional development objectives and evaluate opportunities for achieving them through your experiences in the practicum.Think about the professional role changes you have been undergoing or that you may undertake following completion of this MSN program.Review the information related to professional development and role change in the Learning Resources, and conduct additional research as necessary to address any questions or concerns you may have.Consider the following questions: What types of professional positions interest you? Are they significantly different from the types of positions you have held in the past? If so, how? What challenges are you likely to encounter as you transition into a new role?What resources could help you to manage this change? Consider your inner resources (e.g., drawing on previous experiences, stress management), resources available to you through your relationships with others, and institutional supports.Consider how you could use this Practicum Experience to apply what you have learned and enhance or acquire specialization skills and knowledge, regardless of whether you intend to change roles or stay in your current position for the time being.Review the NURS 6600 Course Outcomes listed in the Syllabus. Determine how your experiences in the practicum could help you to achieve one or more of these outcomes.Review the information in the Introduction to the Practicum (in this week’s Practicum area) and the School of Nursing Practicum Manual as necessary to ensure you have a clear understanding of the practicum requirements.Review the suggestions for developing effective learning objectives provided in the Learning Resources.Think of two or three objectives that could help guide your professional development during your practicum. These objectives, referred to as your practicum professional development objectives, must be:SpecificMeasurableAttainableResults-focusedTime-focusedReflective of the higher-order domains of Bloom’s Taxonomy (i.e., Application level and above)Select one or more practicum professional development objectives to focus on for this Discussion. (You may continue to hone these objectives as you work on this week’s Application Assignment.)Reflect on how you could achieve each objective through your Practicum Experience.

Distinguish the strategic actions that differentiate between successful domestic and international sourcing plans.

Competencies
Distinguish the strategic actions that differentiate between successful domestic and international sourcing plans.
Instructions
You have been in the Emerging Leaders onboarding learning and development program for one quarter and have experienced a few successes. During this onboarding-program you have participated in assessments and completed a leadership development outline to help you to identify and understand your organizational leadership style. Now let us move forward in the onboarding program where you are asked to develop a strategic plan outline to help you to distinguish the strategic actions that differentiate between successful domestic and international sourcing plans as an emerging operations leader.
For this strategic plan outline, you are being asked to address and answer the following questions:
Create a table outline and clearly distinguish the strategic actions that differentiate between successful domestic and international sourcing plans:What does a successful domestic sourcing plan entail? Explain how you as an Emerging Leader will implement a successful domestic sourcing plan.What does a successful international sourcing plan entail? Explain how you as an Emerging Leader will implement a successful international sourcing plan.
Clearly distinguish and differentiate in the table outline between successful domestic and international sourcing plans.