explain three major challenges to conducting cross-cultural research

Challenges to cross-cultural research are ample and significant. Pragmatic issues may preclude long term immersion in the culture due to financial issues or lack of sufficient time. Additionally, translation issues may make it difficult to achieve a one–to-one correspondence on questionnaire items used in multiple cultures and languages. Additionally, there are often delicate negotiations across gender, age, status, religious, and economic backgrounds that can involve power and privilege in ways that require careful and appropriate discussion to resolve ethically and to preserve the integrity of the research, researchers, and research participants. As you move forward in your future professional work, take the time to consider the challenges researchers face in light of growing need to further understand the diverse cultures in the world at large. You will find that this type of research will be critically important to further your professional growth and knowledge.Post and explain three major challenges to conducting cross-cultural research. Then, suggest one way to solve one of the challenges

Identify who or what contributed to the development of the theory. Were there key researchers or seminal research that led to the theory?

When you have a strong grasp of the basic tenets, strengths, and weaknesses of key theories of psychology, you can make an informed decision as to which theory or theories best apply in understanding a particular set of behaviors. By keeping a journal of sorts, you can document the characteristics of each theory as you learn about it. Your journaling will be a useful reference for you long after you complete this course. The Psychology Theories Template provides a matrix where you can record what you have learned about each theory.

For this Assignment, you will explore key concepts found in psychodynamic theories and begin your journaling of this week’s theories.

To complete
Begin populating the Psychology Theories Template related to this week’s theories—psychodynamic theories. As you begin populating your template, consider the following:

Identify who or what contributed to the development of the theory. Were there key researchers or seminal research that led to the theory?
Record whether the theory emphasizes nature (biology), nurture (environment), or both.
List the primary characteristics or features of the theory (its key tenets and concepts). Be sure to include if a particular period of life is emphasized.
List the noteworthy strengths and weaknesses of the theory.
(Optional) Include any notes that you find helpful in understanding and applying the theory, such as potential contemporary themes or fields of research in which the theory could be applied

What is intellectual property? Give at least 5 examples.

This week we will explore intellectual property. Most people do not know what intellectual property is, yet it is extremely important. Intellectual property is not specific to large corporations. Rather, individuals can also generate intellectual property. We also explore challenges of new technologies and how they affect copyright laws.

Pick a topic below and post your reply by Wednesday at midnight. Your response should be at least 400 words and appropriately cites your resources.

Respond to two of your classmates by Sunday at midnight. Your responses should be at least 200 words and should be substantive. You should offer additional resources, insight, or other helpful feedback. A simple “I like your post” will result in a 0.

You will not be able to see your classmates’ posts until you make your first post.

Note: plagiarism is not tolerated in this course. Everything must be in your own words with sources! Failure to do so will result in failing grade.

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Topics:

What is intellectual property? Give at least 5 examples.
How does new technology challenge how intellectual property is protected?
How is intellectual property like physical property? How is it different?
Do you agree with the idea that someone can “own” intellectual property?
What do you think the impact would be on creative industries, such as music, movies and fiction novels, if copyright laws did not protect intellectual property?

Use Critical Thinking Skills and Metacognition to research current events in the macro environment.

Access to care, quality of care, and the cost of care are the top areas that hospitals are working to improve. The cost of health care and financing health care results in a national healthcare expenditure and sources of payment must be investigated. Healthcare costs are also inextricably bound to quality issues and therefore quality initiatives are linked to healthcare spending.

National Health Expenditures (NHE) and trends are reported annually by the National Center for Health Statistics of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the Office of the Actuary, National Health Statistics Group, the U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The expenditures are reported and tracked over time using a standard format that identifies both the private and public sources of funds as well as the objects of expense. Reports are issued annually, two years following closure of the reporting period. See Table 8-1 in the textbook.

In 2014, NHE totaled more than $3.0 trillion, 17.5% of the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), and that equates to approximately $9,523 person (see Figure 8-1). There are a number of interrelated factors that contribute to healthcare expenditures. These include aging population; new drugs and medical and diagnostic technology; emphasis on specialty medicine; large numbers of uninsured and underinsured; volume-based reimbursement incentives; and labor intensity.

Assume you have been working as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) and you receive a call from the Chief Financial Officer (CFO), who requests that the two of you work together on a healthcare spending project. Your first task is to conduct a PESTLE Analysis. Use Critical Thinking Skills and Metacognition to research current events in the macro environment. Then, prepare a Microsoft PowerPoint 10-slide narrative using a PESTLE Analysis. A PESTLE Analysisidentifies political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental factors.

Your 10-slide PESTLE PowerPoint should follow this format:

Slide 1: Cover Page
Include the title of your presentation, your name, the course number and course title, your professor’s name, and the date.
Slide 2: Background / Executive Summary
Describe the details of the situation. Use bullets with short sentences. The title of these slides should be Executive Summary.
Slide 3: Thesis Statement
Identify the focus of your research. The title of this slide should be Thesis Statement.
Slides 4-9: Support
Support your thesis statement following the SESC formula: State, Explain, Support, and Conclude. (An overview of using Sublevel 1 and Sublevel 2 headings is provided in the following video: APA Style – Formatting the Title Page, Abstract, and Body.
You should include at least three court cases and related peer-reviewed articles from within the past five years. In-text citations should be in the American Psychological Association (APA) format.

Provide a brief description of one ethical decision-making model.

In a 2- to 3-page paper:

Provide a brief description of one ethical decision-making model.
Discuss the steps in the model.
Explain one strength and one limitation of the model.
Explain any insights you gained about ethical decision-making from reviewing the model.
Justify your response with specific references to this week’s Learning Resources and the current literature (These resources are attached.)
Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. This assignment should be completed using APA formatting.

write a PERSONAL NARRATIVE in which you define what food means to you, what factors influenced your definition, and what kind of associations you have in relation to food

write a PERSONAL NARRATIVE in which you define what food means to you, what factors influenced your definition, and what kind of associations you have in relation to food. EXAMPLES: talk about how a specific kind of food is close to you in some way or another and the reasons for that. Or you can talk about how you relate to food in general and the factors that influenced you. PERSONAL NARRATIVE type of essay. USE specific reference to the three reading attached. CHOOSE A TITLE that reflects your main idea or message. Use your own anecdotes and examples to tell your story and illustrate your point.

Compare strategies for safe, effective multidimensional nursing practice when providing care for clients with lower respiratory disorders.

Competency
Compare strategies for safe, effective multidimensional nursing practice when providing care for clients with lower respiratory disorders.

Scenario
You are a nurse on a pulmonary rehabilitation team at an outpatient clinic in your community. You are updating educational resources to educate clients who want to know more about health promotion and maintenance and improving pulmonary health related to their lung conditions.

Instructions
Create an infographic for a lower respiratory system disorder that includes the following components:

Risk factors associated with the common lower respiratory system disorder.
Description of three priority treatments for the lower respiratory disorder.
Description of inter professional collaborative care team members and their roles to improve health outcomes for the lower respiratory system disorder.
Description of three multidimensional nursing care strategies that support health promotion and maintenance for clients with the lower respiratory system disorder.
Description of a national organization as a support resource for your client specific to the lower respiratory system disorder.

Discuss the options to source internationally, Lexan logistics, or continue with domestic suppliers

Competency
Compare the nature of logistics operations and services in both international and domestic contexts.

Scenario
You are a newly hired Junior Analyst at Mitchell Consulting, a firm that specializes in providing managerial expertise in supply chain management. You are assigned as a support role to a senior consultant. Your role does not allow you to make selections for clients, but you will be evaluated for future promotion based upon your work in the analyst role. A client, Lexan Shaft has contacted Mitchell Consulting to provide options to achieve cost reductions and maintain their competitive advantage. Your manager, Senior Analyst Andrea Sims, has directed you to work on this case and provide analysis and options to resolve the problems.

Lexan Shaft is finding it difficult to remain competitive in supplying golf club shafts to major manufacturers due to the rising cost of the raw materials necessary to produce their patented Win-Flex shaft. Major manufacturers prefer Lexan technology, but are considering shifting to lower cost alternatives. Nunso X is a material key to the patented design of the shaft, but the raw material is mined only in Argentina. Three US suppliers currently supply all of this recently discovered metal. Nunso X demand and cost has significantly increased due to mobile device case manufacturing which results in superior durability.

Lexan Shaft’s Chief Operating Officer, Walter Mathis, believes that new opportunities to source Nunso X from Argentina need to be considered to decrease the cost of the raw material. The current US distributors do not manufacture any products. Two transportation companies have just entered into the global marketplace to deliver Nunso X from Argentina to the United States. Instanto and Momentus both offer a delivered cost that is below the cost prior to the new demand for durable mobile device cases. Because Lexan Shaft has always used the same supplier for their raw materials due to limited suppliers in the market, they have limited experience in building a plan for logistics decision-making. Walter has asked Mitchell Consulting to provide a plan to consider cost savings in sourcing Nunso X through a newly created Lexan transportation department or one of the two new Argentinian distributors.

Instructions
Your manager, Senior Analyst Andrea Sims, has asked you to prepare a presentation to be sent to Lexan Shaft’s Chief Operating Officer, Walter Mathis, presenting your analysis and a recommended selection process they can use to choose whether to source Nunso X from Instanto, Momentus, or create a logistics division of Lexan to source Nunso X. Your presentation must include the following:

Discuss the options to source internationally, Lexan logistics, or continue with domestic suppliers
Propose opportunities to reduce costs with current domestic suppliers
Compare the risks of sourcing internationally versus domestically
Examine tools to evaluate logistics sourcing options and suppliers
Outline the recommended steps to help Lexan Shaft make the best decision to source Nunso X

Explain the role capitalism plays in corporate decision making.

Capitalism is an economic and political system in which a country’s trade and industry are controlled by private owners for profit, rather than by the state, (Shaw, William H. (2014). Business ethics (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Wadsworth, Cengage Learning). In this assignment, you will explain the role capitalism plays in corporate decision making.

Write a paper in which you:

Explain the role capitalism plays in corporate decision making.
Use at least two (2) quality references that are properly cited. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
three paragraphs 1. Intro 2. Body 3. Conclusion

give an account of whether we should accept the account of Locke and Schechtman, or that of Hume and Giles.

Where Locke and Schechtman hold the view that we are a succession of experiences organized by a consciousness, Hume took what we understand to be an Eastern approach. One of the central ideas of Buddhism is the pursuit of ‘self-negation’. By ‘negating’ or eliminating the need for one’s differentiation from other entities in the world, a person is able to eliminate material desire; and, thus attachment to the material world. This idea of self-negation is meant in the mystical sense, where the ultimate purpose of self-negation is the joining of one with Brahman (Approximately, this is the spirit of the Universe. See the SEP article on Religious Experience for more information.)

In this article James Giles attempts to advance the position Hume by relating to subjective phenomena regarding an individual’s psychological and emotional states. The footnotes in this assigned reading are particularly useful.

Prompt: Explain Giles position in this article and how he makes the case for a theory of personal identity that can epistemologically (how we might have knowledge of) account how our subjective experiences, if we are not ourselves constituted as a ‘bundle of ever-changing elements’. Second, give an account of whether we should accept the account of Locke and Schechtman, or that of Hume and Giles. Provide a reasoned opinion to your decision.

Required Reading: Reading 14: James Giles, “The Non-Self Theory: Hume, Buddhism, and Personal Identity” (PDF); David Hume – Of Personal Identity (Weblink)

Recommended: SEP, “Religious Experience” – Section 4, “The Diverse Objects of Religious Experience”

Remember: A response consists of more than one word or simply agreeing. Please cite all passages in the text (including page number) and cite all outside information according to MLA guidelines. Your answer should have AT LEAST 3 responses (possibly more), aside from your original post. You will always be required to create a post responding to the discussion prompt (300-600 words), before viewing any responses of other students. Please review your work carefully before you submit since you will not be allowed to edit it afterwards (i.e., type and edit your responses in a WordDoc before posting.) Additionally, each discussion board requires you to respond to at least three other students (50-100 words per response)