Compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of various scenario approaches.
But proven tools help us illuminate the path ahead so we are able to make better decisions about opportunities and threats in an uncertain future. The most comprehensive of these tools is scenario planning, a storytelling technique that allows managers to explore different plausible model worlds, each based on alternative resolution of the most important pending technological, societal, or regulatory uncertainties facing them.Investigate scenario planning further and prepare ascenario planning in public policy analysis.Your paper should include the following information:Evolution of scenario planning. ?How does scenario planning work in practice? ?Advantages and disadvantages of scenario planning. ?Compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of various scenario approaches. ?Scenario example ?Conclusion ?References600 words
discuss the concept of reintegrative shaming and how it might be used in a more formal legal system such as that found within the U.S.
In the required readings for this week Siegel (2015) and Losoncz & Tyson (2007) discuss Braithwaites concept of reintegrative shaming. This conceptualization of shame centers on the emotions felt when standards established by familial or social institutions fail to be met. In many societies around the world shame is a powerful tool of social control, however in the United States the process of informal shaming is often absent. Due to the fact that informal methods of social control are often more effective than legal sanctions in curbing deviant behavior, discuss the concept of reintegrative shaming and how it might be used in a more formal legal system such as that found within the U.S.Your initial post should be at least 300 words in length. Support your contentions with citations from the text and/or other scholarly sources. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses.
Describe how your research builds upon the base of knowledge already in existence.
The Final Project will be a 10- to 12-page research study that will require you to gather and explain raw data, arrange the data, analyze the data, and offer meaningful conclusions as to what the data show. Use Chapters 5 and 6 of this weeks required readings for assistance on the construction of the papers introduction and purpose statement. Raw data may be drawn from a singular source, though referral to multiple sources, including secondary sources, is highly encouraged. The arrangement, analysis, and conclusions must be original. Specifically, you will evaluate criminal justice data, interpret published research findings, and apply scientific methodology to answer a criminal justice research question.IntroductionIn this section, you mustIntroduce a research problem or question.Include a thesis statement that identifies the purpose of conducting the research study.Encapsulate the impact of the conduct of the study.Literature ReviewIn this section, you willProvide the body of knowledge that previous researchers have generated.Describe how your research builds upon the base of knowledge already in existence.MethodologyExplanation of Data SetsIn this section, you mustYou must explain where your data were originated.Identify and specifically define the data set being used, its origin(s), and its composition.Explain why this particular data set was chosen.Identify particular strengths and weaknesses of the set.Arrangement of DataIn this section, you must detail the manner in which you arranged the data set so as to permit analysis and inference. Particularly in the case of a methodological approach applying quantitative principles, you are encouraged to use charts and graphs to explain your data arrangement. Specifically, you mustExplain the methodologies and statistical techniques used in research in criminal justice.Evaluate criminal justice data with specific reference to a methodological approach.Explain the principles of your selected approach.ResultsData AnalysisIt is important that you use this step in the process for analyzing the data to determine what it shows, not the meaning of what it shows. In this section, you mustDescribe how you analyzed the data.Explain the conclusions drawn from the data analysis.Explain the inferences drawn from your data analysis.ConclusionFinally, in this section, you mustIdentify and discuss the findings of your research study.Examine justifiable conclusions and inferences resulting from the data analysis.Explain the methodologies and statistical techniques used in research in criminal justice.Apply scientific methodology to answer a criminal justice research question.Summarize the entirety of your study by restating the purpose and consolidated outcomes of data set selection, data set arrangement, data analysis, and conclusions.The Final ProjectMust be 10 to 12 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in theWriting Center(Links to an external site.).Must include a separate title page with the following:Title of paperStudents nameCourse name and numberInstructors nameDate submittedMust use at least six peer-reviewed sources in addition to the course text.Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.Carefully review theGrading Rubric(Links to an external site.)for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
Describe the last time you used (or witnessed) emotions being used strategically. Was it effective? Why or why not?
Describe the last time you used (or witnessed) emotions being used strategically. Was it effective? Why or why not? Please provide details and examples to explain clearly.Please respond in 150 words or more to this weeks question. Also, respond to the thoughts of at least two classmates.
Do you believe that there are deep systemic and fundamental changes required to create an ideal bureaucracy?
In your readings this week, you have reviewed a number of theories of organization and public administration. After reflecting on these theories, described how you would adjust, amend, or reform the current bureaucracy to meet the needs of the United States in the 21st century. Consider the following questions: is the current American bureaucracy in need of reform, or does it largely meet the needs of society? Do you believe that there are deep systemic and fundamental changes required to create an ideal bureaucracy? Is an ideal bureaucracy possible given the size of the United States and the many different constituencies within the country? How likely, or unlikely, are the prospects of any major changes occurring in the near term or long term? Respond to at least two of your classmates postings.
Evaluate the historical relationship between unemployment and inflation.
Unemployment and inflation are an economys two most important macroeconomic issues. The federal governments fiscal policy and the Federal Reserves monetary policy try to maintain both a low unemployment rate around a natural rate and a low inflation rate around 2%.Evaluate the historical relationship between unemployment and inflation. (hint: You may start from A.W. Phillipss finding of the relationship between unemployment and inflation.)Distinguish between the short-run and the long-run in a macroeconomic analysis. Why is the relationship between unemployment and inflation different in the short-run and the long-run?Assess the recent 20-year U.S. unemployment and inflation data. Do the current U.S. unemployment and inflation data confirm the short-run Phillips curve?Analyze why the recent 20-year U.S. unemployment and inflation data approves or disproves the short-run Phillips curve.Evaluate whether the Phillips curve can still validly resolve todays issue of unemployment and inflation and forecast unemployment and inflation. Why or why not?Recommend any policy, method, or opinions for the current U.S. unemployment and inflation as a policy maker for either fiscal policy or monetary policy (or both).The Short-Run and Long-Run Relationship Between Unemployment and Inflation Final Paper
Describe the philosophical theories that justify punishment as a requirement to creating and reinforcing moral behavior;
Ethics: Central Component to Justice?Societies have been using punishment as a way to affect behavior for centuries. The question must be asked of the benefits of punishment to direct actions and deter crime. After reading the required textbook chapters for this week, evaluate public issues that criminal organizations face in ethical decision making. In your response,Evaluate the morality of punishment for actions;Describe the philosophical theories that justify punishment as a requirement to creating and reinforcing moral behavior;Explain the theories that view punishment as an inappropriate response to poor moral behavior; andDescribe the alternatives to punishment used to correct behavior.
Identify three of the most salient aspects of the ten distinguishing characteristics of qualitative writing.
In Chapter 9 of the text, Creswell (2014) discusses Qualitative Procedures. He suggests ten aspects that distinguish qualitative research writing. Considering the salient aspects of qualitative writing as depicted in Example 9.1 in your text;Identify three of the most salient aspects of the ten distinguishing characteristics of qualitative writing.Discuss why these aspects were selected.Describe how the selected aspects relate to the evaluation and interpretation of criminal justice data and research findings.Explain why researchers would consider qualitative methods an artistic expression of formalized methodology.The paperMust be three to five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in theWriting Center(Links to an external site.).Must include a separate title page with the following:Title of paperStudents nameCourse name and numberInstructors nameDate submittedMust use at least five peer-reviewed sources in addition to the course text.Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.Carefully review theGrading Rubric(Links to an external site.)for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
Speculate how you would apply the theory of constraints to this medical practice.
David Christopher and Orthopedic Surgeon” Please respond to the following:
From the first case study, evaluate the medical practice and suggest at least two options (not discussed in the case) to maximize patient throughput and revenues without compromising the quality of medical care. Support your suggestion.
Speculate how you would apply the theory of constraints to this medical practice. Explain your position and support your answer.
“BankUSA” Please respond to the following:
From the second case study, determine the challenges faced by the Help Desk at BankUSA and suggest strategies to mitigate them.
Using the data on call volume in the case, select a forecasting model to forecast the short-term demand. Justify why this model was selected over other forecasting models. Support your position.
propose two (2) leadership skills that are required for making difficult decisions in the current political environment.
I need 2 out of 4 questions answered.Leadership and Management SkillsPlease respond to the following.Note: Online students, please respond to two (2) of the following four (4) bulleted items.(Copy and paste the questions into your response and post each of your chosen responses in 2 separate posts).Generate two (2) advantages and two (2) disadvantages of group decision making within the context of deciding how to spend revenue obtained from a new sales tax. Include at least two (2) examples of such advantages and disadvantages to support your position.Review the bases of social power, discussed in Chapter 9 of the textbook. Appraise two (2) types of power, and predict two (2) ways in which these powers are limited in public organizations and / or non-profit organizations. Provide support for your rationale.Review the main principles of effective listening, and select two (2) listening skills that you do well and two (2) listening skills upon which you could improve. Next, create a scenario in which you could implement the improvements that you have selected.It is well known that, at times, public administrators have to make unpopular decisions. From the e-Activity, propose two (2) leadership skills that are required for making difficult decisions in the current political environment. Next, propose two (2) actions that public administrators could use in order to implement an unpopular government policy or decision. Provide a rationale for your response.
