What are the effects of working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic having on workplace or business continuity?
In at least 1,700 wds (not including title, abstract, and reference), describe how your research topic and question could be studied both quantitatively and qualitatively. Research Question Topic: What are the effects of working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic having on workplace or business continuity? Demonstrate your understanding of quantitative and qualitative research approaches by discussing the following:How the two research approaches (quantitative and qualitative) would lead to different types of studies with potentially different research questionsThe types of data each study approach (quantitative and qualitative) would yieldThe kinds of conclusions that could be reached in each type of study (quantitative and qualitative)The advantages and disadvantages of each research approach (quantitative and qualitative) in answering your proposed research questionThe approach (quantitative or qualitative) that you believe would be best to answer your research question and the justification for your decisionResearch Question Topic: What are the effects of working from home during the COVID-19 pandemic having on workplace or business continuity? Support your arguments with references to at 3 different scholarly articles (academic journal articles) in addition to any required course readings. Include title, abstract, and reference page.
Which kinds of apps do you feel have the brightest future? Apps that aim to entertain, to teach, to inform or something else entirely?
For this writing assignment, choose one of the two short answer prompts below and write a two-page, double spaced paper addressing the questions/topics listed.1. Applications and Analysis:Which kinds of apps do you feel have the brightest future? Apps that aim to entertain, to teach, to inform or something else entirely? What audience do different types of apps have and how does that affect the possible development and marketing? What could stop a high-quality app from succeeding, and how come clones are often more popular than innovative ideas?2. Gameplay Analysis: If you have access to a smartphone or tablet, choose a mobile game (either one mentioned in this module, or one of your own choosing) and answer the following questions and prompts:What is the name of the game? Was it free to download or was there an upfront cost? Are there in-app purchases and how does the developer entice you to make those?Describe the gameplay. Was it easy or hard to figure out how to play the game?What is the genre of the game?What made the game fun? Describe the elements of the game that used principles of gamification to encourage you to continue playing the game and return often to play it.Review the rubric below to see how you will be graded.
explain about four dimensions where teams vary from culture to culture.
At the end of Chapter 14 in our textbook (Levi and Askay, 2021), there is an activity: Evaluating a Teams Culture and Cultural Context. This activity is based on the assumption that there are four dimensions where teams vary from culture to culture. Now the Question for PPT slides is explain about four dimensions where teams vary from culture to culture.No images in the slides. Also need more content in each slide. Text Book: Group Dynamics for Teams, 6th edition by Daniel Levi and David A Askay
What are the primary benefits of having advisors and friends who tell a leader what s/he needs to her vis-à-vis what s/he wants to hear?
Marissa Mayer, the former CEO of Yahoo knows plenty about scary steps. Ms. Mayer took charge of the fading internet pioneer while six months pregnantan uncommon move in American business. And the tech-industry veteran once leapt from a skyscraper solely protected by a body harness and a cable. For her latest gutsy act, Ms. Mayer braved the raging pandemic last November to launch the first product from Sunshine Products Inc., the tech startup she co-founded in 2018 after leaving Yahoo. Its Sunshine Contacts app automatically organizes and improves iPhone contacts. The 45-year-old CEO admits she worried about possible poor timing for the app amid Covd-19. But Sunshine Contacts, available by invitation, has attracted thousands of users, she reports.Read this article, Marissa Mayer WSJ Article and answer the questions below in your submission (copy of the article is also attached as a pdf).-Questions:Ms. Mayer fielded 14 job offers in spring 1999 while completing her Stanford masters degree in computer science. She accepted Googles. She figured leaders of the fledgling search engine could teach her a lot even if they failed. What does this approach to her job search say about Ms. Mayers approach to leadership and what are the main pros and cons of this type of approach?In the article Ms. Mayer says that her optimism partly reflects supportive and candid feedback from mentorsthough I didnt necessarily always like what they had to say. She expects they will also assist her in building Sunshine into a successful global business. What are the primary benefits of having advisors and friends who tell a leader what s/he needs to her vis-à-vis what s/he wants to hear?At Google Ms. Mayer devised a two-year mentorship program that prepared recent graduates to be Google product managers. What are some of the main reasons developing leaders are reluctant to reach out for mentorship and what can they do to overcome this hesitance?Submissions must be at least one page (not including any headers or cover page), 12-point times new roman font and 1? margins.
Discuss at least three pieces of data (quantitative or qualitative) that suggest there should be a sense of urgency around the idea of recruitment in the field of education.
Recruitment and SelectionPart 1: Chapter 3 RecruitmentHow would you proceed as the assistant superintendent for human resources in a school district that is experiencing a shortage of qualified applicants for teaching and other positions? You have scheduled a meeting with the administrative staff, teacher organization leaders, and support staff organization leaders to elicit their assistance in recruiting applicants. Outline, in writing, your presentation, and develop five discussion questions that will help you interact with them about this issue.Respond to the following based on your Chapter 3 readings and background knowledge and personal experience when called upon to do so:Discuss at least three pieces of data (quantitative or qualitative) that suggest there should be a sense of urgency around the idea of recruitment in the field of education.What strategies do you think are the most effective in recruiting teachers? What is the story of your recruitment would you characterize it as traditional, nontraditional, or cutting edge? Explain your response.Describe at least three factors that influence people to become applicants or not in certain school districts. What is the story of recruitment in your district or school would you characterize it as easy to recruit high quality teachers, difficult to recruit high quality teachers, something in the middle, or would you use some other phrase to describe it? Explain your response.Describe how the theories of occupational choice affect the recruitment process.Describe elements your author discusses as making up effective advertisements for position vacancies (e.g., newspapers and brochures). Would you consider newspaper advertisements and brochures to be enough in the area of recruitment? If yes, justify your perception. If no, discuss at least one example of recruitment that goes beyond what you consider to be the limitations of newspapers and brochures.Part 2: Chapter 4 SelectionHow would you proceed to rebuild the confidence of the board of education and superintendent that human resources function will be fair, equitable, and transparent?
compare and contrast the leadership style of two of the following: Henry Ford, Richard Branson, Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos providing 3 similarities and 3 differences and explain who you believe is the better leader and why.
https://www.boldbusiness.com/human-achievement/bold-leader-spotlight-henry-ford-captain-of-industry/ Henry Fordhttps://topicinsights.com/leadership-management/jeff-bezos-leadership/ Jeff BezosRichard BransonSteve JobsPlease compare and contrast the leadership style of two of the following: Henry Ford, Richard Branson, Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos providing 3 similarities and 3 differences and explain who you believe is the better leader and why.If you believe your selected leader is a better leader, you need to respond to two students in your secondary posts who also chose your leader and explain why your choice is a more effective leader and teambuilder. Please support your primary and secondary posts with reputable sources.PLEASE BE MINDFUL TO REVIEW THE DISCUSSION BOARD RUBRIC LOCATED IN THE SYLLABUS.YOUR PRIMAY POST IS DUE BY SATURDAY at 11:59PM. YOUR SECONDAY POSTS ARE DUE BY WEDNESDAY AT 11:59PM. Write as though you are in a business setting. Be mindful of your choice of language, grammar, and content. When citing data, research, or original ideas, you must cite the source (using the APA method). Please remember that plagiarism is defined as the theft or the act of using another persons words or ideas without giving credit to that person. ( http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plagiarism. )Please check the Announcements tab each week to review my comments related to the discussion board posts and replies. Please follow the instructions for the discussion board as outlined in the syllabus.Please check the Announcements tab each week to review my comments related to the discussion board posts and replies. Please follow the instructions for the discussion board as outlined in the syllabus
Explain your assessment and add alternative argumentation where necessary.
Select three of the scenarios in the Applications list 12.2 (a.-y.) at the end of Ch. 12 in The Art of Thinking.Apply the following in 350 to 500 words for each scenario:Evaluate each argument, using the 4-step process described on p. 218, regarding soundness of reasoning (truth and validity).Explain your assessment and add alternative argumentation where necessary.Argument: Low grades on a college transcript are a handicap in the job market, so teachers who grade harshly are doing students a disservice.
Explain why research might be considered unethical.
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.Part 1: Ethics in ResearchUtilizing the Internet choose 1 example (or use one of those listed below) of unethical research in a business setting, and discuss the following: Explain why research might be considered unethical. For your research proposal project in this course, explain what ethical considerations there are and how to avoid them.Examples of unethical business research:
What is Telemedicine and telehealth? Investigate the adoption and use of telemedicine and telehealth in NY state.
Using APA format write a 1000 words paper on Telemedicine and telehealth adoption in NY State. Your paper must include references. Use the following questions to write your paper:1. What is Telemedicine and telehealth? Investigate the adoption and use of telemedicine and telehealth in NY state. How is it being used? What benefits have been realized? What challenges or obstacles still exist? How important is telemedicine and telehealth in providing access to care? In improving quality of care. And in reducing costs?
Run a multiple linear regression model and explain/predict Net Hospital Benefits (Net Revenue).
Multiple Linear RegressionFor Exercise 4, you are going to undertake data analysis using the multiple linear regression analytical tool. You can use the tool in any Analysis ToolPak or R (RStudio). In this instance, the analysis you are going to undertake will be slightly different depending on whether you are using an Analysis ToolPak or R. But irrespective of which tool you use you will start by setting up your data and preparing it for Regression Analysis.Please set up your data set for regression analysis this way:Select the columns (variables) of data that you need for all your regression runs. Create new columns (variables) of data by calculating and copying the cells. Copy all the columns (variables) of data that you need for all your regression runs to a new worksheet. Please clean up your data set for regression analysis by eliminating any data rows with missing values (or imputing the missing values) before you run the Regression to avoid errors. (The Medicare and Medicaid Discharge ratio variables have a few Division by Zero values. Any data rows with these and any other missing values need to be deleted. Save the data as a CSV file in an appropriate folder.I have sent everyone an email message with 2 attachments with additional guidance on how to set up the data and do the regression analysis to estimate Model 1. The other models may be done in a similar fashion.Using an Analysis ToolPak: Model 1:Run a multiple linear regression model to explain/predict Net Hospital Benefits (Net Revenue). The dependent variable is Net Hospital Benefits and the independent or predictor variables are Total Hospital Beds and whether the hospital is a Teaching Hospital or not. Complete Table 1.Table 1-Model 1-To explain/predict Net Hospital Benefits 2011, 2012(using an Analysis Tool Pak)Coef.ST. ERRT StatP-valuesLower 95%Upper 95%InterceptTotal Hospital bedsTeaching Hospital DummyR Square=Model 2:Run a multiple linear regression model and explain/predict Net Hospital Benefits (Net Revenue). In the 2nd model, the dependent variable is Net Hospital Benefits and the independent or predictor variables are Total Hospital Beds and whether the hospital is a Non-Teaching Hospital or not. (Note: You may convert the Teaching Hospital column into a Non-Teaching Hospital column by subtracting 1 and changing the sign of the data.) Complete Table 2.Table 2-Model 2-To explain/predict Net Hospital Benefits 2011, 2012(using Excel Analysis Tool Pak)Coef.ST. ERRT StatP-valuesLower 95%Upper 95%InterceptTotal Hospital bedsNon-Teaching Hospital DummyR Square=Use the results from model 1 and model 2 to compare the results between teaching and non-teaching hospitals. Model 3:Run a multiple linear regression model and explain/predict Net Hospital Benefits (Net Revenue). In the 3rd model, the dependent variable is Net Hospital Benefits and the independent or predictor variables are Total Hospital Beds, whether the hospital is a Teaching Hospital or not, Ratio of Medicare Discharges, and Ratio of Medicaid Discharges. Complete Table 3.Table 3-Model 3-To explain/predict Net Hospital Benefits 2011, 2012(using an Analysis Tool Pak)Coef.ST. ERRT StatP-valuesLower 95%Upper 95%InterceptTotal Hospital bedsTeaching Hospital DummyRatio of Medicare dischargesRatio of Medicaid dischargesR Square=How do you evaluate the impact of having higher or more Medicare and Medicaid patients on hospital net-benefit in teaching hospitals?Model 4:Run a multiple linear regression model and explain/predict Net Hospital Benefits (Net Revenue). In the 4th model, the dependent variable is Net Hospital Benefits and the independent or predictor variables are Total Hospital Beds, whether the hospital is a Non-Teaching Hospital or not, Ratio of Medicare Discharges, and Ratio of Medicaid Discharges. Complete Table 4.Table 4-Model 4-To explain/predict Net Hospital Benefits 2011, 2012(using an Analysis Tool Pak)Coef.ST. ERRT StatP-valuesLower 95%Upper 95%InterceptTotal Hospital bedsNon-Teaching Hospital DummyRatio of Medicare dischargesRatio of Medicaid dischargesR-Squared = How do you evaluate the impact of having higher or more Medicare and Medicaid patients on hospital net-benefit in non-teaching hospitals?Based on your finding please recommend 3 policies to improve hospital performance. Please make sure to use the final model for your recommendation.Make sure to include or attach any plotted graphs that help you make your points.Using R through RStudio:Model 1:Run a multiple linear regression model to explain/predict Net Hospital Benefits (Net Revenue). The dependent variable is Net Hospital Benefits and the independent or predictor variables are Total Hospital Beds, Whether Hospital is for-profit or not (dummy variable), Whether Hospital is not-for-profit or not (dummy variable), Whether Hospital is some other ownership status or not (dummy variable). Note: This is Model 1A in the R script. Complete Table 1.Table 1-Model 1-To explain/predict Net Hospital Benefits 2011, 2012(using R through RStudio)CoefficientStandard ErrorT-ValuePr(>|t|)InterceptHospital bedsFor-Profit DummyPublic Ownership DummyOther Owner Type DummyR-Squared=Discuss your findings. Do you think having more beds has a positive impact on the hospitals net benefit? What about the ownership? Note: We are not running the regression Model 1B. The model that uses the newly created bed categorical variable.Model 2:Now, run a multiple linear regression model to explain/predict Net Hospital Benefits (Net Revenue) as you did in Model 1, but this time add whether the hospital is a member of a system as an additional independent variable. Complete Table 2Table 2-Model 2-To explain/predict Net Hospital Benefits 2011, 2012(using R through RStudio)Coefficient Standard ErrorT-ValuePr(>|t|)InterceptHospital bedsFor-Profit DummyNon-for-profit DummyOther Owner Type DummySystem MembershipR-Squared=Discuss your findings (not more than 2 lines). Is the result statistically significant? Explain your answer. Model 3:Now, run a multiple linear regression model to explain/predict Net Hospital Benefits (Net Revenue) as you did in Model 2 above, but this time add the Medicare-discharge-ratio and Medicaid-discharge-ratio as additional independent variables. Complete Table 3.Table 3-Model 3-To explain/predict Net Hospital Benefits 2011, 2012(using R through RStudio)CoefficientStandard ErrorT-ValuePr(>|t|)InterceptHospital bedsFor-Profit DummyNon-for-profit DummyOther DummySystem MembershipMedicare discharge ratioMedicaid discharge ratioR-Squared=Discuss your findings (not more than 2 lines). Is the result statistically significant? Explain your answer. Based on your findings please recommend 3 policies to improve hospital performance. Please make sure to use the final model for your recommendation.Make sure to include or attach any plotted graphs that help you make your points.