Why is a career development plan vital to success?
1_ What are some positive and negative experiences you have had with performance management and appraisal?
2_ How has training and development been vital to you now and in the future?
3_Come up with a 2-3 page career development plan and include the following:
Background
5 year plan
10 year plan
Why is a career development plan vital to success?
Conclusion
What are the economic arguments for and against extended leave for new parents? Compare the Canadian policy with that in the US and one other country.
Your paper should summarize 3-4 related papers on a topic in the economics of the family. In your summary, you should consider the following:
i) What is the issue/question addressed in the paper?
ii) Why is this issue/question interesting and/or important?
iii) Who are the decision makers?
iv) What are the constraints facing the decision makers?
v) What does this paper (claim to) add to the previous literature?
vi) Does the approach taken in the paper(s) seem reasonable to you? Why or why not?
Option 2:
You can look at works of fiction through a family lens – see topic (9) below.
This gives you a broad scope. The topics listed below are all eligible topics, and you are welcome to consider other topics as well. If you have difficulty finding papers on a topic, consult with me.
The timeline for papers is below.
The final version of the paper must be typed in 12-point (conventional) font, double-spaced throughout, with appropriate margins; the paper should be 10-12 pages long, excluding references and title page. The title page should contain your name, student number, course, and date.
Potentially Useful Journals:
American Economics Association journals: http://www.aeaweb.org/articles_search.php
Canadian Journal of Economics: http://economics.ca/cje/en/online.php
Canadian Public Policy: http://economics.ca/cpp/en/archive.php
Review of Economics of the Household: http://www.springerlink.com/content/v0r562765672/
Feminist Economics: http://www.informaworld.com/smpp/title~content=t713700748~db=all
Also: the NBER working papers may be useful: http://www.nber.org/papers.html
as may be the IDEAS website: http://ideas.repec.org/.
NOTE: You may need to be logged in to your university account to access some of these links.
At least 2 preferences identified.
SOME POSSIBLE TOPICS
The following list of topics and questions is meant to start you thinking about issues; it is not meant to be exhaustive. Good starting points for sources for references for any topic are
i) ECON journals like Canadian Public Policy , Review of Economics of the Household , Journal of Economic Perspectives,
ii) websites like IDEAS
iii) news magazines like The Economist
iv) blogs like Worthwhile Canadian Initiative , Marginal Revolution , Market Design
…..
Wherever possible, emphasis should be on Canadian experience and relatively recent papers and data.
1) Labour market discrimination:
Review the evidence on discrimination by gender. To what extent and in what ways has the situation improved in the last 20 years? What is the role of social policies such as affirmative action? Do you think the #MeToo movement will have a lasting effect? Why or why not?
Notice that any discrimination by gender may be confounded by other types of discrimination – for example, by race, religion, or social class. You might want to investigate this.
2) Parental leave policies:
What are the economic arguments for and against extended leave for new parents? Compare the Canadian policy with that in the US and one other country.
3) Daycare programs:
Should the government be subsidizing child care at all? What are the solid economic arguments for and against subsidizing public day care rather than paying parents to stay home with the child(ren)? What conclusions should we draw from the Quebec experience? What is being proposed in BC (I believe the provincial budget will be presented in mid-February).
4) Divorce and child support:
What is the purpose of child support? How do we determine the correct level? What mechanisms are used in different jurisdictions? Why has enforcing child support become such a target of social policy?
5) Economic wellbeing (money and time) of children:
Has this increased or decreased over the past two decades? How is a child’s wellbeing affected by the socioeconomic status of the families in which they are raised? How important are income, family stability, parents’ work patterns, the biological ties between parent(s) and child(ren)?
6) Volunteer activities:
What has been the effect on volunteer work of the change in the participation of women in the labour market? What are the economic consequences of this? What are the implications of making (mostly male) monetary contributions to charity tax deductible, while time contributions (most from females) are not?
7) Pricing non-market labour:
What are the common ways of pricing this work? What are the pros and cons of each method?
8) Caring labour
Is “caring labour” fundamentally different from standard market labour? How does this affect the wage rate for caring labour?
9) Families in fiction:
Many utopian (and dystopian) novels have well-developed but not necessarily explicit descriptions of the economic roles of families. Describe and compare the depictions in two novels (chosen upon consultation!) Think, for example, of Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale, or novels by Ursula LeGuin.
Novels by Charles Dickens or Jane Austin would also be appropriate.
Alternatively, you could choose movies or television shows.
10) Families and economic development:
How does the economic role of the family differ in countries at different stages of development? How does the form of international aid affect family roles? What is the impact of migration on families? How does the fall in the Canadian dollar affect immigrants who send money back to families in the home country?
11) Economics of polygamy:
Papers by Bergstrom, Becker
12) Sex preferences: papers by Edlund
What changes did the Bureau make to the conceptualization and operationalization of race in the 2010 census?
PURPOSE: The purpose of this exercise is to conceptualize and operationalize variables, and understand how conceptual and operational definitions impact the conclusions drawn about variables.
WRITING REQUIREMENTS: The essay should be 4-6 pages. APA formatting should be used throughout (cover page, running header, major heading, subheadings, in-text citations, and reference list). Any time you paraphrase or directly quote a source, in-text citations should be used. A full APA-formatted reference should be included at the end of the assignment. Academically, no more that 20% of the essay should be quoted. At least 80% should be in your own words.
The essay should include the following subheadings:
Definitions
Conceptualizes race
Operationalizes race
Census Bureau changes
How changes to variables affect conclusions
Reflection
INSTRUCTIONS: Make sure to follow the directions in order.
First, provide a definition of the terms: “conceptual definition” and “operational definition”.Next, conceptualize and operationalize the variable “race.”Read the Census Bureau’s report on race at: https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/publications/2011/dec/c2010br-02.pdf.Answer the following questions after reading the report:
What changes did the Bureau make to the conceptualization and operationalization of race in the 2010 census?
Why did the Bureau make these changes?
Could the difference in operationalization produce different conclusions about race?
Does the Bureau’s conceptualization and operationalization of race coincide with yours? If so, how? If not, what is different?
Evaluate the concepts of work breakdown structure, coding, forecasting, and scheduling as project control functions.
Competency
Evaluate the concepts of work breakdown structure, coding, forecasting, and scheduling as project control functions.
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
As the Project Manager, your manager has asked you to prepare a report on unplanned events that have occurred. You have been asked to present this report to a group of managers, and should discuss your course of action for two unplanned events (below) that have occurred for SuperPacks. You will need to analyze the impact of these events in your project management report as a presentation; this can be PowerPoint, Prezi, or any presentation tool. Make sure you address the following questions in your presentation as you will be giving it to the management team.
Discuss your analysis on the following events:
It is discovered the refrigerated module is too large for the designed refrigerated backpack pouch. What is your course of action?The subcontractor assigned to build the radio module for the backpack has shut down. What is your course of action?Discuss four areas affected by these unexpected events. Three of the areas of the project affected by the events should include changes to budget, human capital, and impact to schedule. Identify one additional area affected by these events.
Why do you think Elvis Presley was so popular and accepted by the media? Are there other artists more deserving of that fame and credit?
https://theconversation.com/how-elvis-permanently-changed-american-pop-culture-81917
https://www.lifezette.com/popzette/five-top-artists-influenced-great-chuck-berry/
https://www.history-of-rock.com/g_g-history.htm
https://www.vix.com/en/music/527353/these-black-artists-didnt-get-credit-some-your-favorite-songs
http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/music_box/2016/10/race_rock_and_the_rolling_stones_how_the_rock_and_roll_became_white.html
https://www.billboard.com/articles/pop-shop/girl-group-week/5901266/top-10-girl-groups-of-all-time
http://ultimateclassicrock.com/epic-rock-concerts/
http://people.com/archive/surviving-marriage-to-the-killer-vol-32-no-2/
Read then, answer all the following questions in the form of a brief essay, don’t answer in a Q/A form. Must Include references. Your answers should be up to 300 words.
Why do you think Elvis Presley was so popular and accepted by the media? Are there other artists more deserving of that fame and credit? If Check Berry was a music pioneer today, would people be more interested in his music or in his alleged domestic abuse? How does the 1950s view of Jerry Lee Lewis differ from an artist behaving like that today? How are “girl groups” portrayed in the media in today’s #MeToo era?
What conditions need to be in place for teams to excel and why?
Team Performance, Productivity and Rewording Teamwork
Module 2 focuses on performance, productivity, and rewarding teamwork. Based on your understanding, discuss the following.
Discuss how to access team productivity:
What conditions need to be in place for teams to excel and why?
Suggestion ways to design teamwork so that threats to performance is minimized
As a manager, how would you reward teamwork?
specific Instructions:
Post your original discussion no later than Feb 5, at 11:00 AM EST. Read and respond to your classmates’ posts. See class posting/discussion requirements.
Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and any additional sources.
Read a selection of your colleagues’ postings.
Between Feb 3 and Feb 11, respond to at least 3 your colleagues’ postings in one or more of the following ways:
• Ask a probing question, substantiated with additional background information, evidence or research.
• Share an insight from having read your colleagues’ postings, synthesizing the information to provide new perspectives.
• Validate an idea with your own experience and additional research.
• Offer and support an alternative perspective using readings from the classroom or from your own research in the Campbellsville University Library.
• Make suggestions based on additional evidence drawn from readings or after synthesizing multiple postings.
• Expand on your colleagues’ postings by providing additional insights or contrasting perspectives based on readings and evidence.
need turnitin report
Compare the histories of the empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay. How did each empire obtain and consolidate dominion over its neighbors?
Chapter 1 Essay Questions
Compare the histories of the empires of Ghana, Mali, and Songhay. How did each empire obtain and consolidate dominion over its neighbors? What brought about the respective collapses of the three empires? In what ways were the problems faced by these empires—and the means which rulers employed to address those problems—similar, and in what ways did they differ substantially?
consider how government oversight of public health programs and activities has changed in the past 20 years.
New: discussion PMH-01 (two pages)
Note: Discussions in this course are designed to allow for authentic engagement with your peers.
Next, consider how government oversight of public health programs and activities has changed in the past 20 years. Now, take a stance. Do you think government oversight of public health efforts is overall positive or negative? Explain your reasoning by identifying one major pro or con of government oversight that supports your claim. .
Identify at least two technology innovations to connect patients, providers, and insurers across the care continuum.
Details:
Explore the technology systems offered by Nanthealth, a provider of “telehealth” and health management services via the following link:
Prepare a brief (8-10 slides) PowerPoint presentation in which you do the following:
Identify at least two technology innovations to connect patients, providers, and insurers across the care continuum.
Describe how the technologies work to provide patients and providers with data necessary for health care decision making.
Discuss how the real-time data encourages outcome-focused planning.
Predict what impact the technology will have on future health care delivery. Provide rationale and examples.
Presentations must include speakers’ notes on each slide, as well as references for the presentation.
SLIDES SHOULD BE CLEAN AND NEAT AND CLUTTER FREE AND STRIAGHT TO THE POINT. ALL ADDITION INFO SHOULD BE PLACED IN SPEAKER NOTES.
BE SURE TO USE IN-TEXT CITATIONS!
A minimum of three academic references from credible sources are required for this assignment.
The slide count (8-10 slides) does not include the introduction and References slide(s).
Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines.
Briefly state the facts of the case. What legal tests were applied? Were there any unusual elements in the case?
Article Critique
Investigate professional journals and locate two articles pertaining to organizational behavior that are of interest to you. You are to critique each of the two articles according to the instructions below. The articles should be less than three years old. You are encouraged to use the ProQuest Database found in the Online Library.
Each one- to two- page critique (a total of two to four pages for both critiques) must include the following three parts and must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide (including title page, in text citations and reference list).
Identification of the Article – Provide the reader with enough information about your article so he/she will be able to locate the article.
Summary of the Article – List the main points that the author has tried to establish (i.e., 1, 2, 3 or first, second, third). There normally will be three to five main points. If you are summarizing a court case, you should discuss: What provision of the law was at issue? Briefly state the facts of the case. What legal tests were applied? Were there any unusual elements in the case?
Your Critique – Provide your reaction (insightful, critical, and logical) to the points that the author tried to make, or an overall critique of the entire article. A simple statement of agreement or disagreement is not sufficient. While you may make such a statement by way of introduction to your reaction, you must clearly and logically state the reasons for the position that you have taken.
