The Covid-19 pandemic has made labour market conditions challenging for new graduates. Critically examine the employability skills needed by new graduates.
Journals
Advances in Developing Human Resources
European Journal of Training and Development
Human Resource Development International
Human Resource Development Quarterly
Human Resource Development Review
Human Resource Management Journal
Industrial and Commercial Training
International Journal of Human Resource Management
International Journal of Training & Development
People Management
Personnel Review
Personnel Today
Work, Employment & Society
Question-
The Covid-19 pandemic has made labour market conditions challenging for new graduates. Critically examine the employability skills needed by new graduates. – Harvard referencing
Bullet points and numbered lists should be avoided in your essay – with strong, well-supported arguments from the literature preferred.
Criteria Mark Allocated
Analysis: Students should examine appropriate theoretical concepts and frameworks. Students should demonstrate an awareness of the wider context and present an in-depth discussion of key issues. Better students will demonstrate critical analysis skills and communicate their arguments in a clear and coherent manner. 60%
Conclusions: The conclusions should identify the key issues under consideration. Conclusions should be well supported from the analysis and highlight the significance of arguments, evidence and insights. 20%
Referencing: Students should familiarise themselves and make use of Harvard referencing system and should cite and reference material properly. 10%
Presentation: The student’s work should be typed with clear use of paragraphs and headings. Typographical and spelling errors should be avoided.
Excluding the wrist and hand describe which structures, nerves and dermatomes are affected, and how you would consider this when planning and risk assessing for your assessment.
Description
Sam is preparing to complete an ADL assessment, observing Mary, aged 78, making a cup of tea in her own
home. Mary has been experiencing numbness and pins and needles in her right arm, index finger and thumb
since a recent fall, and has been taking pregabalin to manage her symptoms. She is right hand dominant.
Excluding the wrist and hand describe which structures, nerves and dermatomes are affected, and how you
would consider this when planning and risk assessing for your assessment.
What cultural value dimensions does the organization operate under?
Description
In Chapter 7 of your textbook, Cultural Intelligence for Leaders, read Case Study 4: A New Leadership Culture.
Please be sure to particularly address the following questions related to the case:
How does Kolab’s self-identify influence her ability to lead?
What cultural value dimensions does the organization operate under? What about Kolab? How can Kolab
integrate the organization’s cultural value dimensions with her own to ensure overall success?
What cultural intelligence strategies do you recommend for Kolab and her employees? How do these strategies
benefit the organization?
Submit a page paper, (independent of the title page and reference page) double-spaced in Times New Roman (or
its equivalent) font which is no greater than 12 points in size. The paper should cite at least 1 additional source,
independent of the textbook. Be sure to use APA format.
How does our sense of smell work? Discuss the concept that our sense of smell is directly connected to the brain.
Description
For your Final essay exam, you will complete 5 short answer essay questions that focus on the course readings
and videos. Final essay answers must be attached as Word documents to the appropriate assignment page, not
typed into the assignment student comments boxes. In addition to APA formatted citations and references with
each answer, an APA title page and reference page are required. Each question should be answered clearly and
numbered. Students will answer each question thoroughly and completely (approximately 300 words for each
question, more if needed), providing examples where required.
Answer the questions below in your Final exam.
How do we experience taste? Be sure to discuss the composite of the five basic taste sensations. After you have
fully and completely answered this question from a biological perspective, include a relevant example which
illustrates your answer.
How does our sense of smell work? Discuss the concept that our sense of smell is directly connected to the
brain. After you have fully and completely answered this question from a biological perspective, include a
relevant example which illustrates your answer.
How do our senses monitor our body’s position and movement? Discuss factors which may influence our
vestibular senses. After you have fully and completely answered this question from a biological perspective,
include a relevant example which illustrates your answer.
What did the Gestalt psychologists contribute to our understanding of how the brain organizes sensation into
perceptions? After you have fully and completely answered this question from a biological perspective, include
a relevant example which illustrates your answer.
How do we see the world in three dimensions? Be sure to discuss the research on visual cliffs, binocular cues,
retinal disparity, and monocular cues
explore personal experiences, perceptions, descriptions, motivations, and opinions (be consistent; you discuss experience, perceptions and opinions in other areas, remove descriptions and motivations) of retired Airmen in the United States (Ohio, Texas, and California) to determine how the EPS can be revised to reflect an accurate representation of the leadership skills for enlisted Airmen.
Introduction
The military promotion system has been one of the most disputed and controversial conversations among Airmen in the Armed Forces that has plagued recruiting and retention efforts (Grisales, 2018). Often referred to as the Enlisted Promotion System (EPS), some retired Airmen feel that the promotion system is a wonderful system that the Air Force has put into place to ensure only the Air Force’s brightest Airmen are recognized and promoted, while other retired members believe that the EPS is very flawed and overlooks the Airmen that exhibit the major characteristics that it takes to be a leader; and in the end promoting those who are lacking in leadership ability (Leighton, 2019). (Leighton is an opinion site; he did not conduct research on the AF EPS, his example relates to a college professor and a Colonel in the AF; he does not mention the EPS at all. You should remove the comment about the EPS being very flawed and revise the statement by Leighton to reflect what he did say in his article; please support your statements with peer reviewed journal articles or government documents that are peer reviewed, not by someone’s opinion) In Chapter 1, the background of the problem, the problem and purpose of the study, followed by the populations and sample size used, significance and nature of the study, and the assumptions, limitations, and delimitations; to name a few sections will be presented.
Background of the Problem
Although there have been recent changes to the regulation AFI 26-2502 which cover Air Force Enlisted promotions, Airmen in the ranks of E-4 and E-5 remain using the Weighted Airman Promotion System (WAPS) and the Specialty knowledge test (SKT). Airmen the grade E-7 and E-8 will be elevated from the study (Air Force Instruction 36-2502, 2021).
Every year Congress passes the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to the Armed Forces which stipulates how many people can be on active duty (Powers, 2019). In the United States Air Force in particular, when a vacancy is available and assuming the individual is eligible for promotion, the next step in being promoted in the is determined by three components which are the individuals personnel file, and two different computer based written tests such as the Weighted Airman Promotion System (WAPS) and the specialty knowledge test (SKT) (cite). WAPS testing is what the USAF uses to identify Airmen who possess potential for promotion as a leader (Promotion Weighted Airman Promotion System, 2019). Airmen with the highest scores computed and scored by machines will be promoted (cite). Airmen who possess leadership and mentorship skills, along with other qualities that define a great leader and who mentor, train, and lead junior Airmen may get overlooked for promotion and sometimes even forced out of the military. (Corindia, 2018).
In support of the existence of a problem in this Air Force’s promotion system when making promotion decisions, Bigman (2018) stated that the use of machines by the USAF to calculate promotion skills lacks the ability to accurately select a leader by way of test scores. Bigman (2018) further explained because the lack of the ability to have authentic emotion, a computer’s computational capacities should be used for its intended purpose, which is to compute numbers (para. 5). Myers (2014) noted besides testing, using personnel data and documents can further guide imperfect leaders to discriminate based only the documented career events made available. Despite the changes in the size of Air Force personnel and operational requirements, the current promotion system has remained largely unchanged since it was developed more than 40 years ago which leads researchers to assess the current promotion system. According to Cohen (2021), there are some recent changes in the career development and promotion processes among the enlisted Airmen from the year 2022 which focuses on rewarding both experience and critical thinking. Additionally, these updates are also meant to offer more flexibility for Airmen who want to gain given jobs skills or even live in certain areas (Cohen, 2021). As indicated under the Airforce Personnel Center (2022), there are two supplemental promotion processes of enlisted Airmen including; in-system supplemental and senor non-commissioned officer supplemental board. The latter is applicable to staff sergeants (E-5) to senor master sergeants (E-8). On the other hand, SNCO supplemental board applies to members promotion-eligible to E-7, E-8 and E-9 (Airforce Personnel Center, 2022). On the other hand, Hadley (2021) suggests emphasized that the new suggested changes to promotion systems will primarily impact senor Airmen and staff sergeants and will begin with the 22E6 promotion cycle.
Problem Statement
The problem is the Enlisted Promotion System (EPS) is not always perceived by retired enlisted Airmen as an accurate representation of factors such as leadership skills, experience or critical thinking (Cohen, 2021). A limited number of ways to be promoted to the next higher enlisted rank in the USAF exists. Depending on the number of vacancies, Airmen can stay in the top five enlisted ranks for the remainder of a 20-year enlistment(cite). Smith (2019) explained that Congress determines the size of the active-duty force for each branch of the service and the percentage of the enlisted force that are allowed to serve in each pay grade, above the grade of E-4. What this means is for someone to move up to the next rank, someone must separate from the service, retire, or is removed by other means.
Purpose of the Study
The purpose of this qualitative exploratory case study is to explore personal experiences, perceptions, descriptions, motivations, and opinions (be consistent; you discuss experience, perceptions and opinions in other areas, remove descriptions and motivations) of retired Airmen in the United States (Ohio, Texas, and California) to determine how the EPS can be revised to reflect an accurate representation of the leadership skills for enlisted Airmen.
Implement technology/infrastructure to protect ballot counting machines and electronic voting machines from cyber influence or attacks.
Prospectus: Voting Laws and Voter Participation
Taylor Durham
Troy University
Dr. Anderson
March 27th, 2021
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction…………………………………………………………………………………………3
Problem Statement…………………………………………………………….…………………..4
Policy Analysis………………………………………………………………………..…………..5
Alternative Approaches…………………………………………………………………..……….5
Alternative 1………………………………………………………………………….…….5
Alternative 2……………………………………………………………………….……….5
Alternative 3……………………………………………………………………………….5
Approach Criteria………………………………………………………………………….………5
Criteria 1…………………………………………………………………………………..5
Criteria 2…………………………………………………………………………………..5
Criteria 3…………………………………………………………………………………..5
Methods of Measurement…………………………………………………………………………6
Relevant Data…………………………………………………………………………..………….7
Conclusion/Findings……………………………………………………………………..………..8
Bibliography………………………………………………………………………………………9
INTRODUCTION
TBA
PROBLEM STATEMENT
Local and state governments are responsible for ensuring public participation in voting as well as fair and legal voting processes. During the 2020 election, there were several concerns regarding voter registration laws, electronic ballot counting, and mail-in ballots. States across the country implemented separate voting laws into place with differing procedures and voting options that caused public scrutiny, distrust, and loss in participation all together.
Without the confidence in their voting rights and safety, the public will continue to distrust the democratic process and voter participation will decline. If local and state governments continue to carve out election laws based specifically on their political standpoint as a state overall (red or blue) depending on presidential candidates or any candidate running for an office, there will continue a divide among the country and create more distrust and scrutiny from the public/voters.
If voting laws, regulations, and available voting methods were established across the country, in every state, uniformly, there could be an increase in public trust and participation regarding our democracy and the voter process.
POLICY ANALYSIS
The intended method of analysis will be a policy analysis of alternative voting laws and procedures to be implemented regarding higher voter turnout and gain of trust in the voting process.
Alternative Approaches
Alternative 1:
Ban all absentee and mail-in ballots for everyone except overseas military, current (at time of election) hospitalized/health facility confined, disabled, and all overseas U.S. Citizens.
Alternative 2:
Implement extensive election education and training for anyone involved with the election process i.e., election officials/administration/workforce.
Alternative 3:
Implement technology/infrastructure to protect ballot counting machines and electronic voting machines from cyber influence or attacks.
Approach Criteria
Criteria 1:
Overall effectiveness of alternatives in terms of positive impact
Criteria 2:
Efficiency in implementing alternatives into the voter process
Criteria 3:
Overall cost of alternative in terms of feasibility
Method of Measurement
Alternative 1:
A method to measure various outcomes for banning absentee/mail-in ballots except for overseas military, current hospitalized/health facility confined, disabled, and overseas U.S. citizens is to implement this alternative in a smaller/localized election to determine effectiveness, efficiency, and feasibility.
Alternative 2:
A method to measure various outcomes of election education and training is to implement a trial-run/small training course for all election officials before a localized/ state official election to determine effectiveness, efficiency, and feasibility.
Alternative 3:
A method to measure various outcomes of technology/infrastructure on ballot counting/voter machines is to test known and possible threats on said machines and find weaknesses within the machines that can be updated, or new technology inserted onto machines to lessen the possibility of interference in the future. This will determine the effectiveness, efficiency, and feasibility on these technological updates/preventative measures.
RELEVANT DATA
TBA
CONCLUSION/FINDINGS
TBA
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Kramer, B. (2022, January 17). Election Issues to Watch in 2022. MultiState. Retrieved March 24, 2022, from https://www.multistate.us/insider/2022/1/17/election-issues-to-watch-in-2022
Kramer provides insight into potential election issues to come in 2022 and the future such as voting laws and redistricting. Kramer provides a background on election laws in the 2020 election as well as why the issue is currently trending, the current political landscape, and the outlook for 2022 regarding voting laws. Kramer also provided a background, current trends, and current political landscape for redistricting and the potential outcomes these issues could have on the election process in the future.
Protect Electoral Integrity and Enhance Voter Participation. National Academy of Public Administration. (n.d.). Retrieved March 24, 2022, from https://napawash.org/grand-challenges/protect-electoral-integrity-and-enhance-voter-participation
The National Academy of Public Administration provides information on relevant issues concerning voter participation and the integrity of the election process. Some issues include foreign intervention an gerrymandering.
Waldman, M., Efrati, M., & Wilder, W. (2022, March 22). Voting laws Roundup: February 2022. Brennan Center for Justice. Retrieved March 24, 2022, from https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/research-reports/voting-laws-roundup-february-2022
Waldman et. al. discusses new voter legislation put into place as of January 2022 that is intended to have an impact on upcoming election processes. The legislation discussed includes restrictive and expansive legislation by legislators in several states across the country.
Zoch, A. (2022, March 15). Voting Outside the Polling Place: Absentee, All-Mail and other Voting at Home Options. National Conference of State Legislatures . Retrieved March 24, 2022, from https://www.ncsl.org/research/elections-and-campaigns/absentee-and-early-voting.aspx
Zoch provides data on different types of absentee voting, all-mail voting, etc. as well as the absentee/mail-in ballot acquisition process. No-Excuse absentee voting is discussed as well as All-Mail voting options and provides details into what these options entail.
Apply legal rules to complex factual employment law problems relating to both the recruitment and dismissal of employees.
Employment Law (LAW012-2)
Main Assessment
Coursework – Problem100%
3,000 words (excluding footnotes and bibliography)
⦁ Demonstrate the following knowledge and understanding:
⦁ A breadth of knowledge of the history, regulation and institutions of employment law both from an individual and collective perspective.
⦁ Demonstrate the following skills and abilities:
⦁ Apply legal rules to complex factual employment law problems relating to both the recruitment and dismissal of employees.
1 Identification of some legal issues arising from the scenario and of some of the relevant employment law provisions and principles. Identification of a few of the legal issues arising from the scenario and of the relevant employment law provisions and principles. Detailed identification of most of the legal issues arising from the scenario and of the relevant employment law provisions and principles. Accurate identification of all of the legal issues arising from the scenario and of the relevant employment law provisions and principles.
2 Limited reference to the key authorities. No evidence of engagement with academic commentary. Evidence of having read and understood some of the most relevant case-law. No evidence of meaningful engagement with academic commentary.
Evidence of having read and understood most of the leading cases, and some academic commentary where relevant. Evidence of advanced understanding of the leading cases and a broad range of academic commentary.
3 An application of employment law to the facts to provide basic but overall correct advice on the legal issue(s) identified. An application of all the relevant employment law provisions and principles to the facts to provide correct and clear legal advice on the issues identified.
An application of the employment law provisions and principles to the facts to provide correct, well-reasoned and clear legal advice. Excellent analysis and fully reasoned application of the law to the facts, to produce legal advice of almost professional quality.
4 Basic but grammatically correct written presentation. Limitations may result from spelling and expression errors, poor structure and/or inadequate referencing. Grammatically correct and clear written presentation. Logically structured. Limitations may result from spelling and expression errors. Adequate referencing, even if not consistently OSCOLA-compliant.
Good written and presentational style, including appropriate referencing in accordance with OSCOLA. Excellent written and presentational style, including appropriate referencing in compliance with OSCOLA.Is the Competition Commission meeting its objectives in the UK retail grocery market?
Is the Competition Commission meeting
its objectives in the UK retail grocery
market?
A theory-based assessment
Stephen Watts
Edited by Hedley Stone
5/10/2009
Introduction
This project is about the economic debate around the control of monopoly power in
the UK. More specifically, its purpose is to assess the effectiveness of the
Competition Commission in identifying and tackling the abuse of monopoly power in
the UK retail grocery market through an examination of the design and impact of a
report published in 2008. I have selected the retail grocery market as there is a
recent competition report on it and it is a sector where a lot of information is in the
public domain.
In my analysis, I consider the theoretical basis of the report and will attempt to use
measures such as the Lerner Index, the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index and the
Cournot model to estimate monopoly power within the industry. I begin with a brief
review of the literature contained within DD309, go on to review other economic
literature on the theory surrounding monopolies and the abuse of monopoly
power.and then analyse how that theory has been applied in the report to the supply
of groceries in the UK market. Finally, I look at how the report has impacted on
developments within the grocery sector.
Literature Review
Within the static neoclassical model, perfect competition delivers normal profits to
firms and maximises consumer welfare such that the outcome is Pareto efficient – it
is not possible to make someone better off without making someone worse off.
Perfect competition by definition requires an indefinitely large number of consumers
and producers such that no one has any influence over the market price Reality of
course is far removed from this, but in a competitive environment you would expect
price competition to lower prices to the benefit of consumers at the expense of
producer profits.
At the other extreme of the neoclassical school is another static model, namely that
of a monopoly. In its purest sense it is where one supplier supplies the whole market
and in doing so is able to enjoy monopoly or ‘supernormal’ profits. For a monopoly to
be effective it will need barriers to entry or else its supernormal profits will attract
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other firms into the market. The more a firm can prevent other firms from entering the
market the more freedom it will have to exercise monopoly power. Often, the
competition authorities will be able to legislate to remove such entry barriers, but it
will be impossible to inject competition into a natural monopoly. A natural monopoly
occurs in an industry when the economies of scale are such that a single firm can
supply the market at lower average cost than a number of smaller firms (Costello
and Mackinosh 2006). A good example of a natural monopoly is a distribution
network with declining average costs over the range of output required. In this
situation the introduction of competition by the regulator will be pointless as
eventually, once again, one firm will dominate the market and regulation of that
market will be the only option.
Natural monopolies aside, most cases that the competition authorities have to
consider will lie somewhere between the two extremes outlined above. The role of
the competition authorities is to set the rules of the game; preventing firms from
getting too much monopoly power or, if that is unavoidable, to make sure the
benefits of the monopoly are targeted towards improving the welfare of consumers.
(Régibeau 2009)
The work of Mason and Bain has laid the foundations of the neoclassical analysis of
the impact of competition on the profitability of firms. The basic idea is that the
economic performance of an industry is a function of the conduct of buyers and
sellers which, in turn, is a function of the industry’s structure (Mason, 1939; Bain,
1956).
Industry structure includes such variables as the number and size of buyers and
sellers, technology available, degree of product differentiation, extent of vertical
integration and level of barriers to entry. This in turn impacts on firm conduct which
includes capacity installation and utilisation, promotion and pricing policies, inter-firm
competition or co-operation and research and development. Economic performance
is measured in terms of welfare maximisation (Scherer, 1980).
There are several ways of measuring market power. One way to measure the
degree of monopoly power within the industry would be the Lerner Index, which
seeks to measure the degree to which the price can be raised above the marginal
cost and is expressed as:
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The Herfindahl-Hirschman Index (HHI) measures market power indirectly by
measuring concentration in the industry. That is, it measures market power through
its link with market structure. The index sums the square of the market share for
each firm in the industry. We can relate the HHI to the Lerner Index by dividing by
the price elasticity of demand such that
The more price inelastic the demand for the goods (the closer the value of ε is to
zero) the higher the Lerner Index and the more ability there is to raise the price
above the marginal cost. (Regibeau 2009)
As mentioned above, the essential link between structure and performance is
barriers to entry and without them monopoly profits cannot be maintained. Barriers to
entry are defined by Bain as:
“the advantage of established sellers in an industry over potential entrant
sellers, these advantages being reflected in the extent to which established
sellers can persistently raise their prices above a competitive level without
attracting new firms to enter the industry” (Bain, 1956).
The concept of barriers has been further developed by Caves and Porter to include
mobility barriers. These are barriers that exist to existing firms in the market place
rather than to new entrants. These may explain why some firms in the industry do
better than others (Caves and Porter 1977).
In contrast to the static neoclassical model Schumpeter takes a dynamic approach
arguing that the monopoly profits that firms might be able to earn in concentrated
markets enables them to innovate in a way that they might not be able to if the
market was competitive. In other words rather than a sign of inefficiency monopoly
profits are the reward for previous innovation and the source of funds for future
innovation (Schumpeter 1987).
‘Is there a relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and economic growth? How can we tackle global warming whilst maintaining economic growth
For my project I would like to focus my research on carbon trading and its impact on
economic growth. My current question idea is:
‘Is there a relationship between carbon dioxide emissions and economic growth? How can
we tackle global warming whilst maintaining economic growth’
I will use Chapter 13 section 3 of my textbook to form the basis of my work. I will use
information from this chapter to develop my introduction and theory where I will explain
and analyse carbon trading and the costs and benefits of different tools used to reduce
carbon emissions. With this I can also draw upon theory from Chapter 11, where costbenefit analysis can be used for the different methods of carbon emission reduction. From
these sources I can relate to the second part of the question to give insight into which policy
instruments may be best for economic growth. I can then support these ideas with
secondary data found from other sources.
I am planning to use both qualitative and quantitative secondary data obtained from
different reports. To support my question idea that there is a relationship between
emissions and economic growth I will be using an empirical analysis from a study that I will
use as one of my sources. The theoretical summary from these findings is that emissions
initially increase with a growing economy to later decrease after a certain point of wealth.
This is supported by a regression analysis using data provided by the world bank database.
I am not too sure what is the best order to do my research. I am thinking of finding my
quantitative data first and then going onto the theory.
This was my tutors comments:
Thanks for this. I am sorry to say this, but please do not do this as a Project. It is a
macroeconomics topic in the way you want to look at this. It will fail because you are
supposed to do a microeconomics project.
Looking at one activity, firm or industry would be fine, but not whole economy (ies).
This is also a poor Plan.
There is much missing in this Plan
Section 2 is very important.
You need to include some preliminary references and an explanation of how they
relate to the research question. The readings might contribute to some of the
following:
” theoretical framework,
” motivation
” interpretation of (or expectations about) findings
” policy issues
” issues relevant to their research method (e.g. data or estimation issues in
Discuss 5 course concepts from PA 6650; Governmental Budgeting and Finance Management.
PA6650 GOVERNMENTAL BUDGETING AND FINANCE MANAGEMENT: REVIEW INSTRUCTIONS
“Discuss 5 course concepts from PA 6650; Governmental Budgeting and Finance Management. For specific instructions, refer to the document entitled, “Instructions for Completing Weekly Assignments”. I strongly recommend that you look ahead at your major paper for the course and develop weekly course reviews that address concepts that you expect to use in your final analysis paper. In this way, you can actually develop very comprehensive pieces on things you can then import into your final paper later on. As indicated in the instructions, be sure to provide the discussion in your own words and ensure that it includes very comprehensive details about the concepts you choose including an appropriate source (theorist’s or author’s last name is sufficient).” -per professor
