What does biblical “leadership” look like?

What does biblical “leadership” look like? Choose “one” King from the Christ-Centered Exposition: Exalting Jesus in 1 & 2 Kings text. Which leadership style do you see reflected in the narrative, and why? Did your selected King’s leadership reflect God’s character and/or honor God’s command, and why?

Please answer question in a minimum of 750 words and integrate at least 3 cited sources (Scholarly/Peer reviewed) according to APA standards.

How might potential reactions to an adolescent’s questioning of their sexual identity, or gender role, impact their social environment, behavior and self-esteem? As social workers, what role can we play in assuring the best outcomes for these adolescents?

Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, and Gender Expression Think about the moment in which you became aware of your sexual orientation. Do you recall making a conscious choice to be gay or straight? Some believe that gender identity and sexual expression is a choice, or more likely, that “people choose to be gay.” The counter to that belief is that one does not “choose” his or her sexual orientation; it simply is. This week you consider how people’s reactions to someone’s gender identity or sexual orientation impacts his or her environment and experience. When adolescents question their sexual orientation or gender identity, they encounter various reactions from individuals in their environment. For this Discussion, consider how people’s reactions to someone’s gender identity or sexual orientation may impact his or her environment and experience. Answer to the following questions: How might potential reactions to an adolescent’s questioning of their sexual identity, or gender role, impact their social environment, behavior and self-esteem? As social workers, what role can we play in assuring the best outcomes for these adolescents? References (use at least 2) Bos, H. M. W., Sanfort, T. G. M., de Bruyn, E. H., & Hakvoort, E. M. (2008). Same-sex attraction, social relationships, psychsocial functioning, and school performance in early adolescence. Developmental Psychology, 44(1), 59–68.

prepare a report suggesting the best strategic direction for the firm to grow into another market, and to develop strategies that will help them to create a competitive advantage and achieve their strategic objectives. You need to consider effectively scanning both the internal and external environment in the case study to strengthen its current position in the given Market?

Details of Assessment
You are the newly appointed strategic consultant with JD Sports PLC a UK based retailer of
fashionable branded sports and casual wear. The board of directors in UK has decided to expand the
business in Real Estate Market in the UK. Therefore, you are instructed to prepare a report
suggesting the best strategic direction for the firm to grow into another market, and to develop
strategies that will help them to create a competitive advantage and achieve their strategic objectives.
You need to consider effectively scanning both the internal and external environment for JD Sports in
order to help the business to explore new opportunities in the Real Estate Market.
Company Background
Established in the year 1983 by John Wardle and David Makin, JD Sports has long been established
as the leading UK specialist retailer of fashionable branded, sports and casual wear. What started as a
single shop in Bury, England has now expanded across the UK, and by 1996, JD Sports has opened a
total of 56 stores. By 2011, JD Sports has dominated most of the EU, primarily in Germany, Ireland,
France, Netherlands and Spain, with Denmark and Sweden to follow suit. At this moment in time, JD
Sports was already regarded as the most innovative visual merchandiser of sportswear with the best
and most exclusive stylish range.
Fast forward to 2016, JD Sports officially launched its first store in Asia, right here in Malaysia. In
November, JD Sports opened its first flagship store in Pavilion Elite, Kuala Lumpur, and its third store
in Asia in Sunway Velocity, Cheras. Nevertheless, JD Sports looks forward to diversify their business
into Real Estate Market in the days to come.
However, for better understanding of the organisation you are required to research the given
organisation including its challenges and strategic management approach to expand in into
this new market.
• Applying the knowledge of relevant strategic management frameworks, you need to
• Carry out the external analysis
• Address the internal analysis
• Identify key issues, evaluate alternatives and make conclusions based on thorough analysis
You should make appropriate strategic management recommendations for the given
organisation in today’s business environment.
All these must be completed by accessing, selecting and utilising a variety of business
information sources.
2
Assessment Task Details
Your individual strategic management report will need to identify the internal and external
opportunities and threats facing the organisation (s) given in the case study, and utilize
appropriate frameworks that inform the development of strategic options and
recommendations for the organisation(s) in terms of future strategic directions and methods
of expansion into new market.
The report should therefore be comprised of areas for consideration that address the
following questions:
1. Appraise the current strategic positioning of the given organisation. (LO1, LO2, LO3
andLO5)
The following will need to be carried out to address this question:
Under take a critically evaluated strategic audit, using appropriate models and frameworks,
of the firm’s existing strategy in relation to its ability to exploit new global opportunities to
create a more competitive advantage
In order to prepare report for the board of directors you are required to scan Micro and Macro
environment of the company where it operates.
This will need to include an critical assessment of the external MACRO environment (using
the PEST or PESTEL framework); external MICRO environment (using Porter’s 5 Force
framework) and internal analysis of the organisation (applying Jay Barney’s VRIO or Michael
Porter’s Value Chain Analysis) to identify opportunities and threats in both these external
and internal environmental layers.
2. What strategic recommendations can you propose for the organisation(s) given
in the case study to strengthen its current position in the given Market?
(LO4,LO6)
The following will need to be carried out to address this question:
Your report must include an analysis and evaluation of organisation competitive strategies in
a critical and informed way. Evaluating best alternatives and make possible recommendation
and conclusions based on thorough analysis and consideration of their future competitive
strategies, applying either Porter’s Generic Strategies of Competition framework or Bowman
and Faulkner’s Strategy Clock.
Your final strategic management report should contain:
1. Executive Summary
2. Introduction (Company & industry background, key challenges faced by the selected
company)
3. External environmental analysis for identifying opportunities and threats: Macro
(PEST or PESTEL) & Micro (5 Forces Framework for analysing industry structure
and the nature of competition)
4. Internal environmental analysis for identifying strengths and weaknesses: VRIO or
3
value chain analysis
5. Identification of Competitive Strategies (Bowman’s Clock or Porter’s Generic Strategies)
6. Strategic directions (Markets, Products, Services) & methods of expansion
7. Conclusion and Recommendations
*** In-text citations and list of references using Harvard Referencing.

What is the research topic that you developed? How does this topic connect to your specialization, your profession, or your degree goals?

1. I need to develop a research topic. I want to study obesity in special need students and physical activity. The template has been provided to fill in.
2. I need to create a research matrix with the sources used. The template has been provided for you. The first two is just an example for your references.
3. Please use professional research journal articles and books in the last 8 years. Identify the search terms and databases used.
4. The topic I am interested connects with my specialization because I want to coach/teach physical education to high school students.
5. I created a (LSQ): What does the literature of psychology tell us about physical activity and children obesity in special need students?
6. Please answer the first two questions below.
*Not sure if the LSQ is correct but please correct it if changes are necessary for a more direct professional LSQ.
Read the discussion participation scoring guide to learn how the instructor will evaluate your discussion participation throughout this course. After reviewing the resources in this week’s What You Need to Know study, and completing the Developing a Research Topic Template [DOCX] along with the research matrix, answer the following questions in your post:
• What is the research topic that you developed? How does this topic connect to your specialization, your profession, or your degree goals?
• What is the literature search question (LSQ) that guided your literature search? Identify the search terms and databases used to conduct the literature search.
• Attach your research topic template and research matrix or literature map to your post.

Critically consider how the different aims of sentencing might apply to Serena’s case and the suitability of different types of punishment. In particular, consider how Serena might respond to a prison sentence, and whether she should receive a suspended sentence order or community order instead. Finally, consider what alternative dispute resolution measures the Westminster Community Safety Partnership (of which the probation service is a member) might offer to take if the court agrees to let Serena off with an absolute or conditional discharge.

Instructions to Candidates:

The Evans family have moved onto Penwith estate in the London borough of Westminster. They play loud music late into the night and dump rubbish in their garden and onto the street. Their 18-year-old daughter, Serena, starts hanging out with her 16-year-old sister by the newsagent during the early evening with other youth on the estate. Although none of the youths are linked to any serious crime on the estate, they are uncivil to passers-by. Elderly residents are clearly afraid of the gang and avoid going to the shops after dark. Mothers complain that they have to push prams onto the road in order to pass it. There are also rumours that the youths sell drugs. The local police are aware that Serena and her sister received youth cautions twelve months ago for possession of a small quantity of cannabis. These were their first recorded offences.
One evening, Serena is arrested following a stop and search operation on the estate for possession of 28 grammes of cannabis divided into eight polythene sealed bags. She is charged with intent to supply after the police raid the Evans’ home and find traces of cannabis on their kitchen scales.
Serena has plead guilty at Westminster Magistrates’ Court. The sentencing judge is considering sentencing Serena to a short prison sentence and has asked the probation service to write a pre-sentence report. The probation service has asked for your academic opinion on the sentence it should recommend to the court.
In your 2000-word report to the probation service, consider how the different aims of sentencing might apply to Serena’s case and the suitability of different types of punishment. In particular, consider how Serena might respond to a prison sentence, and whether she should receive a suspended sentence order or community order instead. Finally, consider what alternative dispute resolution measures the Westminster Community Safety Partnership (of which the probation service is a member) might offer to take if the court agrees to let Serena off with an absolute or conditional discharge.

What are the differences in your variable between countries? Compare the distribution of your chosen variable across your two selected countries carrying out

Researching Social Life II SC203/SC208

Your end of term assignment is a data analysis paper. The aim is to show that you have a good grasp of the basic
statistical methods we have covered in the module and that you can write up statistical findings in a clear and
competent way.
The dataset you will analyse is from the European Social Survey (Round 8, 2016). The European Social Survey
(ESS) is an academically driven cross-national survey that has been conducted across Europe since 2001. Every two
years, face-to-face interviews are conducted with newly selected, cross-sectional samples. You can download the
dataset and find out about the survey design, the questionnaires and the data here and there is a copy on Moodle too:
www.europeansocialsurvey.org/about/
The task
Select a variable and two countries to compare; carry out some statistical analyses and write the results up in a short
report in sections as described below. Your report should be no more than 750-1000 words not including tables and
figures and references.
What you should do
First: select two countries that you want to compare. They need not include the UK. In SPSS, you can select those
two countries and either filter out the other countries or save a new version of your datafile, discarding the other
countries. (You will see how to do this in the lab, and here is a video tutorial on how to do it:
https://www.linkedin.com/learning/spss-statistics-essential-training/selecting-cases?u=51088249
Topics
There are lots of interesting subjective and attitudinal variables on topics such as personal values, welfare attitudes,
sexual identity as well as several demographic variables. Some of these are measured on 11 point scales, some on
four or five point scales. You can use any of them as if they are interval variables for the purposes of this assignment.
You can also treat those that have four or five points as categorical variables if you wish. The demographic variables
are a mixture of interval/ordinal variables. You will need to look at the 2016 questionnaire in order to see the full
wordings of the survey items:
https://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/round8/fieldwork/source/ESS8_source_questionnaires.pdf
Some background on each of the question topics covered in the dataset can be found in the following references:
Basic Values
https://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/methodology/core_ess_questionnaire/ESS_core_questionnaire_human_
values.pdf
Welfare attitudes
http://www.bsa.natcen.ac.uk/latest-report/british-social-attitudes-32/welfare.aspx
Fear of Crime
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_crime
Happiness and life satisfaction
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/behaviouralscience/2016/01/04/happiness-research-draws-our-attention-to-both-structure-andagency/
Health
http://esr.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/05/16/esr.jcw019.full
Data analysis tasks
1. Select one subjective (that is to say, attitudes, values, beliefs) variable as your variable of interest. This is the
focus of your report. Write a paragraph explaining what your variable measures and what
sociological/psychological construct it taps into. You can include one or two references to literature on the
topic if you wish. (300 words max)
2. Using data from both of your chosen countries combined (what we call the pooled sample), do the following.
If your variable is quantitative then present in a table some summary statistics (mean, standard deviation,
range and confidence interval) and a histogram. If you are treating your variable as categorical (ie not more
than 5 possible values) then present a frequency table and a bar chart or histogram. Describe what you see
(250 words max)
3. What are the differences in your variable between countries? Compare the distribution of your chosen
variable across your two selected countries carrying out
a) a crosstabulation with chi2 test if your variable is categorical (up to five categories)
b) comparing means using an independent samples t-test if your variable is quantitative (five or more scale
points)
Write up what you see in terms of the differences in your variable between countries:
c) Are the distributions similar or different? If different (they almost certainly will be at least a bit different)
then say in what way (differences in mean, standard deviation, percentages in which categories and so on).
(250 words max)
d) Are the differences statistically significant? Interpret the results of either the t-test or the chi-square test,
depending on which you have carried out, to answer this question. You will need to mention what is the null
hypothesis and alternate hypothesis and to say what the p-value (sometimes shown as sig. in SPSS).
(200 words max)
General tips
Make sure that you label all of your tables and figures and include them in the main text, not in an appendix. Only
include SPSS output that you actually comment on in the text. You will not get marks for output that you do not
discuss. Format the report so that it looks neat and presentable. The easiest way to produce good tables and graphs is
by using Excel. You will get marks for presentation as well as what you write.
Some examples of the analyses and how to write up results:
Mean and standard deviation
https://0-methods-sagepub-com.serlib0.essex.ac.uk/dataset/disp-continuous-in-edfacts-cspr-2013
Frequency distribution tables
https://0-methods-sagepub-com.serlib0.essex.ac.uk/dataset/frequency-in-gss-2012
Crosstabulation
https://0-methods-sagepub-com.serlib0.essex.ac.uk/dataset/crosstab-education-in-gss-2012
Chi-Sq test
https://0-methods-sagepub-com.serlib0.essex.ac.uk/dataset/chi2-in-gss-2012
T-test
https://0-dx-doi-org.serlib0.essex.ac.uk/10.4135/9781473937789

Critically Examine how Grossman discusses classical conditioning and operant conditioning as they relate to the “virus of violence.”

Effects of Television/Movies/Video Violence on Aggressive Behavior
TASK:

Read the article, Teaching Kids To Kill, by Lt. Col. Dave Grossman. (article is attached)

Examine how Grossman discusses classical conditioning and operant conditioning as they relate to the “virus of violence.”

REQUIRED OUTPUT:

a 1-2 page paper on your reaction to Grossman’s theory. (Some examples: What do you think? How should educators try to remedy the situation? As an individual, are you aware of what messages you are absorbing from mass media? How does this make you feel? Be sure to relate to behaviorism from text and class notes)

Investigate the declining trust in the health care system from an ethical and moral position. You may use the “four principles plus attention to scope model” of Beauchamp and Childress to address this, or any other ethical model that you choose

Declining Trust in the Health Care System (The Trust Crisis)

Health reform is mired in the morass of multitiered payment systems and multiple modes of access, limited by the ability to seek and to pay. Increasingly, patients are interacting with multiple entities within the system, causing more and more confusion on the part of the patient. According to recent research, patients’ trust in the system, providers, and insurers continues to decline. This may result in a decline in individual health and an increase in costs for health care.
Investigate the declining trust in the health care system from an ethical and moral position. You may use the “four principles plus attention to scope model” of Beauchamp and Childress to address this, or any other ethical model that you choose.

State what model you will use to investigate this issue.
Identify 2 or more legal issues contributing to this problem.
Identify 2 or more economic and financial issues contributing to this problem.
Analyze the impact of various issues that are contributing to this problem, and rank them in order order from greatest to least impact.
Propose at least 1 modification that would increase trust in the health care system with rationale.

Critically explain how gender, race, class, and privilege interact with adultism to influence the family’s discourse related to Eboni’s pregnancy as well as other family dynamics.

Discussion 1: Impact of Ageism and Adultism

Adultism refers to the oppression of young people by adults. The popular saying “children should be seen and not heard” is used as a way to remind a child of his or her place and reaffirm the adult’s power in the relationship. The saying suggests that children’s voices are not as important or as valid as an adult’s and they should remain quiet. Children are often relegated to subordinate positions due to socially constructed beliefs about what they can or cannot accomplish or what they should or should not do; this in turn compromises youth’s self-determination. This oppression is further highlighted when considering the intersection of age with race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and sexual orientation. You will be asked to consider all of these when reviewing the Logan case and Parker case.

Post by Day 3 an analysis of the influence of adultism in the Logan case. (Logan Family (Episode 34)

Then, explain how gender, race, class, and privilege interact with adultism to influence the family’s discourse related to Eboni’s pregnancy as well as other family dynamics.

References (use at least 2)

Adams, M., Blumenfeld, W. J., Castaneda, C., Hackman, H. W., Peters, M. L., & Zuniga, X. (Eds.). (2013). Readings for diversity and social justice. (3rd ed.). New York: Routledge Press.

Laureate Education (Producer). (2013). Logan Family (Episode 34) [Video file]. In Sessions. Retrieved from https://class.waldenu.edu.

When working on a design, what are some of the typical business goals you can expect to find for today’s organizations? Why is it important for you to identify these?

When working on a design, what are some of the typical business goals you can expect to find for today’s organizations? Why is it important for you to identify these?
What are the main phases of network design per the PDIOO approach often taught by Cisco?
When analyzing protocol behavior and traffic load, explain the difference between relative and absolute network utilization.
What factors do you look for to help you decide if the existing network can effectively support new enhancements?
Define the five types of network management processes according to the ISO.
What are some advantages and disadvantages of using centralized network management versus distributed network management?
What are some advantages and disadvantages of using in-band network management versus out-of-band network management?
List and explain the function of all three layers of Cisco’s hierarchical network design.
Discuss connectivity technologies for supporting remote users. Be sure to compare and contrast them and talk about at least three different ones.
What are some characteristics you will want to consider when selecting network devices for your design? List at least five.

Why is scalability an important network design goal? What are some challenges designers face when taking scalability into account in their design? (Points : 25)
Why is understanding an organization’s technical goals necessary when working on a design? List and explain in detail at least three of these goals. (Points : 25)
List and describe at least four different network traffic factors that must be analyzed when evaluating the traffic on a network. (Points : 25)
What factors should be considered when characterizing the infrastructure of a network? (Points : 25)
Define autonomous system. How do interior routing protocols differ from external routing protocols? (Points : 25)
List at least four ways you know that you have developed a good network design. (Points : 25)
For Cisco’s three-layer hierarchical model for network design, list the layers and explain their roles. What guidelines should a network designer follow when using the hierarchical model? (Points : 25)
What are the most important criteria for selecting a WAN service provider? List and explain at least five. (Points : 25)
Describe the difference between centralized and distributed cable topologies and give an example of each.
What is regression testing? Why is regression testing usually an important part of network testing? (Points : 25)
Describe the four types of network testing typically performed. (Points : 25)
List and briefly describe at least five key steps in the process of designing a good security strategy