Describe three macroeconomic variables in the United States that impact the supply and demand of a chosen product or service.
This milestone, which covers Sections I and II of Final Project Part II, is a paper structured as follows:
Provide an overview consisting of a brief description of the chosen company, your chosen product or service, and annual sales.
Describe three macroeconomic variables in the United States that impact the supply and demand of your chosen product or service.
Using graphs in Excel, interpret the trends of the three selected macroeconomic variables for the past three years.
Based on the trends of the three macroeconomic variables, assess how the trends will impact the supply and demand of your chosen product or service. Include all calculations in an Excel file.
Identify a major development that occurred in one perspective of the social sciences that affected how your advertisements might be studied. This could be an event, technological advancement, discovery, rejection/acceptance of a theory, or paradigm shift.
Create one initial post and follow up with at least two response posts.
For your initial post, address the following:
Identify a major development that occurred in one perspective of the social sciences that affected how your advertisements might be studied. This could be an event, technological advancement, discovery, rejection/acceptance of a theory, or paradigm shift. You may choose a development from the provided list of “Major Developments in the Social Sciences” in the module resources. Or you may conduct your own research to identify a different development that interests you.
Provide a brief summary of the social science development you selected (no more than three sentences).
Explain how your chosen development might have affected how your advertisements are studied.
What is it that makes you you? What is your identity?
Identity
In this discussion board we focus on identity. Please consider and reflect on the following questions:
What is it that makes you you?
What is your identity? ‘
In Chapter 11 Derek Parfit (“Personal Identity” page 520) describes a situation where he seems to be both on Earth and on Mars at the same time.
What’s going on in this scenario?
How could this be possible – and, if it is possible what does it say about identity?
To further complicate matters please review the following video:
Crash Course Philosophy: Personal IdentityLinks to an external site.
Based on the content in the video: do you think we maintain our identity throughout our lives?
Your initial post should be between 250-300 words
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As a new nurse, you will need to focus on using evidence to support your practice. Nurse leaders and managers make a difference ensuring nursing practice is current and relevant. Describe how you will be involved with ensuring that you are promoting and sustaining evidence-based practice.
Leader and Manager’s Roles in Evidence-Based Practice
As a new nurse, you will need to focus on using evidence to support your practice. Nurse leaders and managers make a difference ensuring nursing practice is current and relevant.
First Post
Describe how you will be involved with ensuring that you are promoting and sustaining evidence-based practice.
Reply Post
Respond to at least one of your peers. Expand on your peers ideas.
Identify the basic components of the information system: hardware, software, data, processes, and people, and how these components are used to support strategic decision making.
Concepts and Applications of Information Technology (IFSM201)
Class Project
Purpose of this Assignment
The Class Project is the most significant assignment in this course, Concepts and Applications of
Information Technology. As such, it accounts for 58% of the course points. This assignment is
comprised of two deliverables; a SWOT Analysis and a Presentation. The SWOT Analysis is due
in Week 4 (worth 33% of course grade), and the Presentation is due in Week 8 (worth 25% of
course grade).
This assignment gives you the opportunity to demonstrate your ability to research, evaluate,
and describe business strategy focused on information technology tools and services. This
assignment specifically addresses the following course outcomes:
Identify the basic components of the information system: hardware, software, data,
processes, and people, and how these components are used to support strategic
decision making.
Apply information technology tools for research, data gathering and information
analysis, problem-solving, decision-making, and communicating information that aligns
with business needs and objectives.
Start Here
The Class Project for this course focuses on the evaluation of a business or organization and
how they might strengthen their operations through technology, including their information
systems. There are two parts to the Class Project; the SWOT Analysis and the Presentation. You
will use the same business/organization for both parts; however, the grade received on the
SWOT Analysis will not affect the grade for the Presentation (they are separate assignments).
Step 1: Choose a Business or Organization
To begin, choose a business or organization that you would like to evaluate it can be where
you work, a school (UMGC), a place of worship, government entity (e.g., DMV, Secretary of
State, courthouse, etc.), or any other type of organization. Since the focus of the analysis will
involve information technology, the best type of organization to choose is one where you can
envision technology playing a key role in improving products, processes, or services.
*From this point on, the instructions focus on the first deliverable, the SWOT Analysis*
Step 2: The SWOT Analysis (due week 4)
Now that you have chosen a business or organization for your Class Project, it is time to
complete the first deliverable the SWOT analysis. A SWOT analysis is a framework for
identifying and analyzing an organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats —
SWOT stands for: Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat. Commonly used by businesses, this
tool focuses on factors that are important to strategic decision making. These factors include
both internal and external influences on the viability of the organization.
For more explanations on a SWOT Analysis, go to:
YouTube How to Perform a SWOT Analysis
Forbes: What Is A SWOT Analysis?
SWOT Analysis: Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats
Refer to the SWOT examples on Heineken and Walt Disney World (below)
You will use a SWOT analysis to help analyze the current health of your organization, and (in
week 8), you will identify possible ways the information technology could be used to make it
stronger.
The SWOT analysis offers a visual way of identifying both the positive attributes of an
organization, and areas that need to be recognized and addressed. Thinking of the organization
you chose, start by filling out a simple table listing its internal strengths and weaknesses, and
external opportunities and threats.
SWOT Table:
Task: List 2-3 Strengths and 2-3 Weaknesses
Strengths and weaknesses are associated with internal resources and experiences and include:
Characteristics of the business that give it an advantage over others in the industry.
Positive tangible and intangible attributes, internal to an organization. ▪ Human
resources – staff, volunteers, board members, target population
Physical resources – location, building, equipment
Financial products/services, other sources of income
Activities and processes programs and processes, online presence
Past experiences – building blocks for learning and success, your reputation in the
community
Task: List 2-3 Opportunities and 2-3 Threats
Opportunities and threats are factors outside of business operations that can contribute to
either the make the organization stronger or be troublesome. The ability of a business to
identify, control, and adapt to these external factors can make it more profitable:
Market expansion
Complacent/aggressive competition
Changing customer needs and tastes
Economic swings
Changing government deregulations
Step 3: Write the SWOT Analysis
Now that you have identified the organization you will analyze and completed a SWOT table
listing the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats for the organization, it is time to
write the analysis paper that will be submitted to your instructor/classroom.
The paper should include all of the following:
1. Title page – the title of paper, company/organization name, your name, course, and
date of submission.
2. Purpose briefly describe what the SWOT methodology is and the
business/organization you are focusing on.
3. SWOT Analysis include a SWOT Analysis table and describe each quadrant
(strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats) for your organization. Each quadrant
should be clearly identified in the analysis and the description should include the
importance of the attributes to the organization.
4. Conclusion synthesize the findings from the SWOT analysis.
5. References – cite at least two resources with APA formatted citation and reference.
Format
Double spaced. Any 11- or 12-point font.
Paper should be approximately 3-4 pages in length, excluding title page and
references.
Cite at least two resources with APA formatted citation and reference. Incorporate at
least two resources correctly; one reference should be from the course materials and
one reference should be external. An external resource is a resource other than those
provided in the class or textbook. Incorporate properly formatted APA citations in the
text of your document for each reference used. Then, place an APA style reference page
at the end of your document.
Consider your audience you are writing in the role of a business analyst and your
audience is upper management of the organization.
Compare your work to the Grading Rubric below to be sure you have met content and
quality criteria.
Submit your paper as a Word or PDF document to the appropriate folder under
Activities and Assessments > Assignments in the classroom.
SWOT Analysis Examples
Read the following: Heineken and Walt Disney World SWOT Analysis
Now, lets take the information from the article and create SWOT tables for Heineken and Walt
Disney World.
SWOT Table Heineken:
SWOT Table Disney World:
Discuss, in your own words, why critical infrastructure protection, security, and resilience are vital to the U.S. public confidence when considering the Nation’s safety, prosperity, and well-being.
Discussion Questions: 1) Discuss, in your own words, why critical infrastructure protection, security, and resilience are vital to the U.S. public confidence when considering the Nation’s safety, prosperity, and well-being.
2) Explain the consequences, as well as the impacts, of aging critical infrastructure failures. Be sure to summarize their ramifications for our nation’s citizens.
3) Identify and explain at least two key legislations, acts, and Presidential actions since 9/11, be sure to include one that occurred in the past five years. Do not write about the USA PATRIOT Act or the USA FREEDOM Act.
1. Critical infrastructure protection is a key part in maintaining the publics confidence in the U.S. National Security apparatus for two key reasons. The first is the simple fact that one of the key things U.S. citizens pay taxes for is the protection of the homeland, one of the primary missions of the Department of Defense (DOD), more specifically U.S. Northern Command who maintains that primary mission. While protecting the homeland also includes deterring, and if necessary, defeating foreign threats it also encompasses protecting vital critical infrastructure from threats both domestic and abroad. The second key reason that maintaining the publics confidence in this effort is important is because that same critical infrastructure that needs to be protected and resilient enables each citizen to carry on with their day to day lives. Whether it is running water, electricity, or interstates, all of these are critical infrastructure that if destroyed or degraded would have far reaching impacts on citizens across the country.
The consequences of aging critical infrastructure have the same impacts on individual citizens as is described above. While there are threats to critical infrastructure that originate from malicious actors, the maintenance of critical infrastructure can be just as serious of a problem. The impact of a decaying roadway, water pipes, or hydroelectric dam is just as serious as that of a terrorist attack on any of these entities. The only difference is that the cause of this is entirely on the United States itself, and blame can not be placed on some external entity.
In the wake of 9/11, there was a series of laws and executive actions put into place to better protect the homeland and address some shortfalls in national security at the time. One of these was Executive Order 13231, put into place on 16 October 2001. Titled, Critical Infrastructure Protection in the Information Age this executive order directed the federal government to take appropriate action to identify and address vulnerabilities in information systems that would impact critical infrastructure. This ranged from the digital control switches for power grids, to the air traffic control systems that had become reliant on computers and the internet. Since 2001, the reliance on information systems has increased significantly, which also caused a sharp uptick in cyber vulnerabilities to these systems. This led to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Act of 2018 (Public Law Number: 115-278) which amended the homeland security act of 2002 and established the aforementioned agency. This law took elements of the DHS and formally established it as an independent agency whose sole focus is to lead all cybersecurity and critical infrastructure security programs.
2. A critical infrastructure can be described as a virtual or physical asset or system vital to the US that if suffered disability or destruction would have a devastating effect on security, national economic security, national public health or safety, or any mixture of those elements (NIST, n.d.). This list includes but is not limited to the transportation system, water and wastewater management, energy sources, and national cyber-security. These lifeline functions are vital to every US citizens everyday life. We count on the reliability of these systems to function and complete our own personal and business objectives. Protecting, maintaining, and providing uninterrupted service of these systems is vital to public confidence. An example of this can be found in 2017 when the Election Infrastructure became a subsector of the Government Facilities sector supporting a free and fair democracy a foundation of the American way of life (Harrell & Sales, 2019). The partnerships built between the government and the private and public sectors are what maintain public confidence in the US critical infrastructure (Harrell & Sales, 2019).
An aging infrastructure does not only affect one sector of the framework of the American backbone. Each sector feeds off one another. For example, if the transportation sector is disrupted, the price of goods (the agriculture sector) may increase or even experience a slight influence. In turn, this can cause a strain on the US economic structure. In addition, an aging infrastructure has several consequences for US citizens. Not only does it impede our everyday activities, but it can possibly deteriorate, succumb to failure, and affect the health and well-being of us all. A decline in communication between friends and family can cause a decline in mental health of individuals. Without the publics confidence in the infrastructure, the possibility of civil unrest and economic turmoil may increase. This economic turmoil may lead to higher consumer prices, water usage restrictions, and/or power outages across the nation. With all this uncertainty, the call for leadership and government change increases due to the publics uncertainty and frustration (Little, 2012; p.7).
On November 5, 2021, congress entered legislation (US Code Chapter 53, Title 49) for the funding of programs for the Federal Transit Administration (FTA). Known as the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, this program authorizes close to $108 billion for service transportation programs and other FTA programs. The focus of the legislation entails safety oversight programs, modernization of current infrastructure, addressing greener methods of transportation, and increasing the accessibility of transit service for more Americans (FTA, 2023).
In 2018, then President Donald Trump signed into legislation Americas Water Infrastructure Act. This act supports Americas competitive by increasing storage, protection from flood waters, deepening ports of interest, and maintaining the stability of inland waterways. The legislation further calls for an increase in local and stakeholder input while decreasing the red tape that has been experienced before (EPW, n.d
Create an engaging and informative PowerPoint presentation file to provide an overview of the accountability and accreditation for a selected PK-12 school or institution to an audience of teachers.
Each state has its own accreditation policies and systems aligned to federal mandates. There are also national and regional accreditation agencies for PK-12 institutions that can be school or program-based depending on the institutions designation as public, independent, faith-based, or international. There are similarities and differences between accountability and accreditation and their requirements depending on the school or institution and the states Department of Education requirements.
Instructions
You will create an engaging and informative PowerPoint presentation file to provide an overview of the accountability and accreditation for a selected PK-12 school or institution to an audience of teachers. Examples can be a public, charter, independent, faith-based, or international school, an early childhood center or a career and technical education center.
Complete the following steps to prepare for this assignment:
Select a school.
Review the schools or districts/institutions website and begin to trace the schools accreditation pathway.
Review the schools state Department of Education to determine the accountability systems in place for the school, which may depend on the schools designation as well as any accreditation requirements or options.
Next, go to the applicable accreditation agency based on what you have found. Five of the major accreditation agencies were included in the lessons content but there may be more.
Review the accreditation requirements of the selected regional accreditation agency that are applicable to your selected school.
For this assignment, include the following recommended slide content (this may vary depending on the information you find):
Title Slide
PK-12 School Information: Name and description of the selected school, location, and accreditation.
State Department of Education: Provide an overview of the accountability system and requirements for accreditation (as applicable)
National or Regional Accreditation: Provide an overview of the accreditation agency or agencies, then summarize the requirements and standards for accreditation for each accreditor (as applicable).
Reference Slide
This assignment is 8-10 slides (excluding the title and reference slides) and must include at least 3 sources.
To complete this assignment, you will record yourself providing narration for your presentation slides, then save your narrated PowerPoint presentation file as a video, and submit both your PowerPoint file and the video to the assignment dropbox
What specific issues within public education/schools that impact Students of Color are identified in the film Fighting for Mexican American Studies in Arizona Schools.
For this assignment you will review the influential documentary
Precious Knowledge: Fighting for Mexican American Studies in Arizona Schools. This film chronicles the fight for Ethnic Studies at Tucson Unified Schools District showing both what these courses are and how politicians attack them at various levels. You are tasked with reviewing the information in the film and answering two analytical questions that will require information from film in order to effectively complete this assignment. Thus, answer the following questions using specific information from the film:
1. What specific issues within public education/schools that impact Students of Color are identified in the film
2. In what ways does Ethnic Studies courses/teachings impact students and/or help them succeed in School?
To answer these questions you will use your on insights I think this and use references from the film
Precious Knowledge shows us how Ethnic Studies impacts students in these ways. You will need to incorporated
THREE
references in your responses to effectively answer the questions and receive full credit for the assignment (
SIX
references total).
Format
Essay:
3+ paragraph essay (intro/body/conclusion)
· Intro: give your general thoughts about the movie and responses to the essay questions
· Body: respond to the questions with depth and detail. Incorporate 3 film references for to support your answers to the questions. You will need to include 6 total references
· Conclusion: summarize what you wrote and share any last thoughts
Refences:
6 references total required for the assignment. Use the references from the film to support your answers to each question.
· General/paraphrased references: whenever you draw information from the film make sure you end your sentences/statements with a (Precious Knowledge, 2012)
· Direct quotes: if you include and verbatim statements from individuals interviewed in the film use a followed by (Precious Knowledge, 2012, 00:00). Time should be when the quote started
Other:
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12pt/times new roman font
– 1 margins
– double spaced
– 500 words/2pgs
Rubric
A) is an analysis that
meticulously
follows all assignment guidelines and
thoroughly
answers both questions. This essay has all required references from the film (3 per question/6 total) and students use them effectively to support answers to assignment questions. Additionally, the submission demonstrates that students had an excellent comprehension of the film and used information from it to complete the assignment.
B) is an analysis that follows all assignment guidelines and answers both questions. This essay has some but not all required references from the film and students use them well to support answers to assignment questions. Additionally, the submission demonstrates that students had a decent comprehension of the film and used information from it to complete the assignment.
C) is an analysis that generically follows all assignment guidelines and answers both questions. This essay has half of the required references from the film and student use them vaguely to support answers to assignment questions. Additionally, the submission demonstrates that students somewhat comprehended the film and used vague information from it to complete the assignment.
D) is an analysis that poorly follows any of the assignment guidelines and weakly answers both questions. This essay has few if any of the required references from the film and uses them to poorly to support answers to assignment questions. Additionally, the submission demonstrates that students did not comprehend the film.
F) is an analysis that fails to follow the assignment guidelines and doesnt answer either of the questions posed. This essay has none of the required references from the film. Additionally, the submission demonstrates that students did not comprehend the film.
Explore several resources to determine how various industries use data analytics. You will select one industry that aligns with your future career goals and professional interests.
DAT 205 Module Five Journal Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
For this assignment, you will explore several resources to determine how various industries use data analytics. You will select one industry that aligns with your future career goals and professional interests.
Several industries utilize data analytics, including banking and securities, communication and media, healthcare, education, manufacturing, insurance, consumer trade, transportation, energy, and sports. Begin this assignment by reviewing
5 Industries Becoming Defined by Big Data and Analytics and
10 High-Paying Jobs That Require a Knowledge of Data Analytics. As you explore these resources, consider the following:
How does each industry use data analytics?
Which industries appeal to you the most and why?
Which career fields are the best fits with your professional interests?
Prompt
Select one industry. Go to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website and follow the
Bureau of Labor Statistics Tutorial to learn more about the industry you selected. Specifically, address the following in your journal entry:
What industry did you select?
Why did you select this industry? How does it relate to your goals and interests?
What goods and/or services is the industry known for?
How might an analyst support the industry?
What are the benefits of working in the industry?
What concerns do you have about working in the industry, if any?
Note: While using the BLS website, determine how you can best structure your search. For example, is it more effective to search by industry type or name, or to browse the list of industries known for using data analytics?
Respond to two colleagues by proposing an intervention that would address the indicators identified. Explain the potential impact of social work interventions such as this on adolescents lives. How might Stephanies adolescent life have improved with this intervention?
Respond to two colleagues by proposing an intervention that would address the indicators identified. Explain the potential impact of social work interventions such as this on adolescents lives. How might Stephanies adolescent life have improved with this intervention?
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The first question I would have asked Stephanie when she was experiencing suicidal ideation as a teen is: Do you have a plan? It is critical that a worker not shy away from this difficult question (National Alliance on Mental Illness, n.d.) because it could mean the difference between life and death for an adolescent. I worked as a registered nurse on a behavioral health unit in the past and this was always one of the first questions we asked our patients. Part of my job was to assess patients in the emergency department before admission to the BHU. Unfortunately, however, most adolescents who complete a suicide attempt do not have a mental health diagnosis (Udoetuk et. al, 2019) so they are not in contact with a mental health professional.
I would have also asked Stephanie whether she had access to any lethal weapons such as guns or pills. Not having access to these items is a significant protective factor (Udoetuk et. al, 2019). My 19-year-old son shot himself in the head in December, and I will spend the rest of my life regretting the fact that I did not fight him harder to get the gun away from him that was his prized possession, given to him by his grandfather. My sons suicide was an impulsive act, and he would still be here today if he had not had access to a loaded weapon. He had been working for months to get into the army, and died just days before that was set to happen. There is no possible way his act was pre-meditated. The gun was there, he had an impulse, and that was the end of the story.
My other son (30 years old) stabbed himself in the throat and laid in the snow and bled to death before someone found him the next morning. Even though the boys were not in contact, they somehow both chose the same night to go. In retrospect, all of the signs were there with my older son. He had frequent somatic complaints, sleep disturbances, anxiety, depression, and increased substance use, increased anger, and withdrawal from family (National Alliance on Mental Illness, n.d.; Udoetuk et. al, 2019). He was angry and withdrawn from me at the time of his death which is why I wasnt there to save him. Another of my lifes biggest regrets. If Stephanie had shown these symptoms, I would have recommended a stay in a short term mental health facility, at the least, and then helped her come up with a long-term maintenance plan to help her deal with her issues.
Stephanie stated she is bipolar. Given the fact that many adolescents who complete a suicide attempt do not have an official mental health diagnosis, it does not mean they do not have an undiscovered underlying condition. I would have taken the steps necessary to ensure that all of Stephanies conditions were diagnosed so they could be properly treated. I believe both of my boys had ADHD; I have it and so does my daughter. I was only recently diagnosed at the age of 47 after it was too late to save my sons from its devastating effects. If I had known I had this, I would have researched it and realized it was hereditary. I believe ADHD caused my younger sons death by impulsivity and I believe it caused my older sons death because he was abusing substances in an attempt to self-medicate his symptoms.
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Suicide represents a significant and concerning issue among youth, with alarming statistics indicating its prevalence. It’s distressing that a substantial percentage of young individuals who experience suicidal thoughts or behaviors do not receive adequate treatment. Social workers, due to their presence in diverse settings like schools, shelters, and mental health agencies, play a pivotal role in identifying and treating suicidal youth. Over the past decade, attachment-based family therapy, integrated cognitive behavioral therapy, and dialectical behavior therapy have shown promise in reducing suicidal ideation and attempts in young people. This article aims to review the theoretical foundations, conceptual frameworks, and key intervention techniques of these three therapies, enabling clinicians to effectively integrate them into their work with suicidal youth and families. Throughout this review, practical implications for practice are interwoven.
As the school social worker during Stephanie’s time of suicidal ideation, my approach would involve vigilant observation of her behavior for potential warning signs, underpinned by empathy and compassion. I would closely monitor indicators of emotional distress, such as isolation, mood fluctuations, and social withdrawal. If her academic performance were to suddenly deteriorate, I would consider it an essential cue to explore her emotional well-being further. Also, I would remain attentive to changes in her self-care routines and appearance, while also being attuned to expressions of hopelessness or negative thoughts.
I would initiate open, non-judgmental conversations, creating a safe and supportive environment in which Stephanie could openly share her thoughts and experiences. By expressing genuine concern and seeking to understand any shifts in her behavior or mood, I would aim to uncover the underlying challenges she faces in coping with daily life. If she were to disclose feelings of hopelessness or thoughts of suicide, my top priority would be her safety, necessitating the involvement of appropriate professionals or support networks. My overarching goal would be to provide the necessary assistance and resources, ensuring Stephanie receives the comprehensive support required to navigate her difficulties and move toward a healthier and more stable well-being.
