What is your carbon footprint? Were you surprised? Was it more or less than what you expected?

In this module we have been examining environmental indicators and standards. One way to be aware of the environmental impact of a person or business is to know the carbon footprint. In this assignment you will calculate your carbon footprint. Please write a short 2 page paper that you submit online, please make sure it is well written and properly cited.

1. How did you calculate your carbon footprint? Tell me the calculator and website you used. Why did you use this calculator?
2. What is your carbon footprint? Were you surprised? Was it more or less than what you expected?
3. What are some ways you can reduce your own carbon footprint?
4. Did the calculator you used offer any ways to offset your carbon footprint? If so, what were they? How does it work?

Define “generalist practice” using your own words

How do social workers apply a strengths-based and person-in-environment perspective to different populations and social problems? First, social workers assess the identified client and the client’s environment, recognizing that the interaction between person and environment may be creating or contributing to the problem. Depending on the assessment, the target for change may be the person and/or the environment. Second, social workers assess client strengths and then utilize those strengths during the change process. A strengths-based perspective asserts that all individuals, families, groups, and communities have strengths.

As a BSW social worker, you may be placed in the role of case manager, and this week’s assignment will help you consider that role when working with a specific population.

 2 pages

• Define “generalist practice” using your own words, supporting the ideas and concepts of the definition with citations to the course readings.
• Briefly describe a population and/or problem you might work with as a social worker.
• Explain the role of a case manager with this population and/or problem.
• Explain how a case manager could apply the person-in-environment perspective with this population.
• Explain how a case manager could apply a strengths-based perspective with this population.
• Apply concepts and material from this week’s resources 
  • Support your application of this week’s resources using APA citations and a reference page.

Reference 

Segal, E. A., Gerdes, K. E., & Steiner, S. (2019). An introduction to the profession of social work: Becoming a change agent (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

• Chapter 6, “Generalist Social Work Practice”

What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates’ postings?

Story: They Call Me Mr. Process

I have always been an organized person. Growing up, my room was neat, I kept track of my grades, my clothes were put away, and my bed was made. I have always felt a sense of discomfort if I did not know what was going on. In college, I quickly learned that organization was the key to success, and I carried the same philosophy into my professional career. Even fresh out of college and working in my first job as a manufacturing engineer, I was quick to offer suggestions to my more experienced colleagues regarding ways to implement processes to improve the efficiency of the organization. It did not take long before someone gave me the nickname “Mr. Process.” Although the name was usually accompanied by some smirks, I actually liked the name and referred to myself the same way when I interviewed for jobs later in my career.

Mr. Process obviously finds processes to be important in an organization, and processes are absolutely vital in the management of enterprise content. Without well-defined processes, even good enterprise content will quickly tend toward chaos. Without these processes, there is no control over how data are modified and maintained. Data need to be managed. The importance of data management policies can be better understood with an example from my own work experience.

In the early 1990s, I joined a software development company as the vice president (VP) of product development. At the time, the company only had 13 employees, but they dealt with a significant amount of information because they had sales of $3.5 million per year and over 1 million customers. Enterprise content included a large customer database, large repositories of software source code and documentation, and reams of technical support information. The small staff was having difficulties trying to stay abreast of day-to-day operations and had consequently paid no attention to the management of these important collections of valuable content. Mr. Process did not like this at all.

During one of our weekly executive staff meetings, I raised the issue of enterprise content gone wild. I explained to the members of the staff how it was virtually impossible to locate and identify all of the software source code we were supposed to be working with. I offered examples of how our source code was being modified with proper controls and how it was difficult to even build products because of unauthorized changes. I told them how the technical support staff (who I was in charge of) were unable to find past support information on customers and how they were forced to enter the same information multiple times, and how they could not access historical information so they could learn from a knowledge base. These were just some of the complaints I lodged.

Of course, the chief executive officer (CEO) asked me what I thought should be done to improve the situation. When I responded “data governance” I just received blank stares from around the table. I explained that data governance involves instituting well-defined policies and procedures for the management of enterprise content and also making sure that even the changes to policies and procedures were only made with proper authorization and approval. I expected a great deal of enthusiastic support for this outstanding suggestion, but instead the CEO simply said “How much will this cost?” Unfortunately, my response was not really what everyone wanted to hear. I was not, however, asked to leave the room, so I continued.

It was actually not that hard to show the executive staff how much money we were losing from inadequate data governance. It was relatively easy to show how an investment in data governance would quickly pay for itself and help structure the company for future growth (this last part everyone understood and liked). Data governance became a part of the company that day. Because of our small staff count and the fact that I was already known there as Mr. Process, I now held the cotitles of “Mr. Process” and “Data Governor.”

I began my tenure with a full evaluation of the enterprise content, the data sources, and the current processes used. There was a lot of room for improvements that were quickly identified merely by getting the information organized. For example, we implemented a source code control system with secure access rights that required all software engineers to check their code in and out of the system and have approvals on code changes before check-in could take place. I estimate that our software engineering department’s productivity increased by 30% the day this system was running. A relatively simple issue-tracking system was implemented in the tech support department, which ensured that all support calls were logged and shared for future reference. This system enforced strict data governance on all technical support information and saved significant money for the company. These are just some of the examples of changes made that were part of a larger data governance plan for the company.

Moral of the Story

If the shoe fits, wear it. I’m proud to be called Mr. Process because there have been so many times in my career that I have seen the positive result achieved by instituting good processes in an enterprise. I did not always know what the term  data governance meant, but I have always known that if you do not have well-defined processes in place for management of the data in an organization, then the data will not be nearly as useful as it could be. Even the processes must be managed so they stay current and effective. Data governance and the processes it manages must be a key part of any healthy organization.

Assignment

The preceding story demonstrates how processes play a key role in enterprise content management. Without good processes, content will quickly tend toward disorganization and inefficiency. Data governance helps ensure that policies are in place and maintained so the content management will be effective for the future. For this discussion, research the library and Internet for information about data governance, and respond to the questions below. Consider how the company in the story had to face some of these questions and how they addressed similar issues.

Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 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. 

· How do you think data governance impacts the processes used to handle data in an organization?

· What steps should be followed to properly evaluate an organization’s processes that are related to content management?

· Select 1 area of data governance, and describe how data would be handled with and without data governance policies in effect. 

· Discuss the effect on the business as a result.

Responses to Other Students: Respond to at least 2 of your fellow classmates with at least a 100-word reply about their Primary Task Response regarding items you found to be compelling and enlightening. To help you with your discussion, please consider the following questions:

· What did you learn from your classmate’s posting?

· What additional questions do you have after reading the posting?

· What clarification do you need regarding the posting?

· What differences or similarities do you see between your posting and other classmates’ postings?

Discuss how you will communicate outcomes with students and families

 Portfolios, Grading Practices and Record-keeping:

1. Identify at least  4 learning targets (Knowledge or Reasoning Targets, as explained in Chapter 3) to be assessed.

2. Restate the targets in developmentally appropriate terms for the age group you are working with.

3. Develop  3 – 6 selected-evaluation items for each learning target.

4. Create an assessment describing how will you continually evaluate students to understand progression toward mastery or near mastery based on the lesson plan and learning goals.

5. Create a rubric for assessment.

6. Discuss the method in which you will evaluate students as they (Where will they be? How will the data be collected? etc) and how you will keep ongoing records.

7. Discuss how you will communicate outcomes with students and families

Describe the follower’s role in path-goal theory vs. leader-member exchange theory.

The discussion question(s) will ask students to post a substantive response and demonstrate insight gained from the course material. The initial discussion post is to be no less than 300 words, must reference material from the textbook, Students are required to use proper APA formatting and provide references.

1. Discuss one topic from the assigned reading that was new to you.
2. Describe the follower’s role in path-goal theory vs. leader-member exchange theory.

What pressures within higher education were affecting HEC Montreal?

CRM Case Study: From Students to Alumni: Implementing CRM to Build Lifelong Relationships at HEC Montreal

These materials are available through the HBR link.

The CRM Case Study has three parts (A, B and C).  Your written submission will be based on parts A & B. Part C will be our follow-up discussion in class on Tuesday,  April 4th.  The written submission should be ~4 pages in length (double spaced, 12 point – or ~1000 words).    Your response will require careful reading of the case, application of principles from our course and basic external research in the area of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) and cloud computing.

Please read Part A & B of the CRM at HEC Montreal case study (Harvard Business materials) prior to preparing an analysis of the CRM implementation at HEC.  Use the following questions to guide your analysis:

To set the stage, consider the following from Part A (1-2 pages of the response):

• What pressures within higher education were affecting HEC Montreal?
• How was diversity manifesting itself at HEC (academic programs, services, etc.)
• Why is the CRM project of strategic importance to HEC? Describe three key benefits that HEC could hope to achieve by implementing CRM.  This question will require a bit of research on the basics of Customer Relationship Management (CRM)Software and Cloud Computing to enhance your understanding of the case.

Address the following items from Part B (2-3 pages of the response)

• What are the main risk factors of the CRM project at HEC? Rank and explain what you consider are the top five.
• Determine what management approach and deployment model you would use to implement this product and help mitigate these risk factors. Explain why. Consider Traditional (Waterfall), Agile or perhaps a combination (hybrid) or other alternative in your response.

Grammatically correct and citations as appropriate.

Your submission is due at the beginning of class on Tuesday, Oct 4th.  Part C will be discussed during class on Tuesday, Oct 4th.  Please wait to read Part C until after you have made your submission (but do read it before our class).

Post a brief description of two types of sexual trauma. Then, describe two interventions you might use for each, and explain why you would select these interventions.

Discussion: Interventions for Survivors of Sexual Trauma

One in 6 females and one in 33 males have experienced some form of sexual trauma in their lives (RAINN, 2009). Many who seek treatment present with issues unrelated to sexual trauma. Given the high percentage of sexual trauma survivors, it is very likely that you will encounter clients with such a history during your career, regardless of your specialization. Therefore, it is important to familiarize yourself with a sexual trauma framework and skills specific to working with this population. While sexual trauma mostly occurs on an individual level, it also can have a significant impact on the family system. As a practitioner, you may intervene with the individual survivor, the parent(s) of a child who has been sexually abused, the spouse of a rape survivor, and/or the family system as a whole.

For this Discussion, select two types of sexual trauma from the readings this week and think about two interventions you might use for each and why.

By Day 4

Post a brief description of two types of sexual trauma. Then, describe two interventions you might use for each, and explain why you would select these interventions.

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the resources.

How Continuity of Operations Planning helps with preparedness and fits into the mitigation process.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT

complete a research paper based on a major disaster/emergency and provide a comprehensive critique of the event regarding the use, or lack thereof, and effectiveness of mitigation and preparedness as both related to said event. First, the student will describe the event in detail. The student should use his or her first two research papers to evaluate the results or actions stemming from the mitigation and recovery efforts of the disaster/emergency under examination. As a recap the student should attempt to address these issues:

The following headings should be included as applicable and as each would apply to the event in question: mitigation overview, enabling and guiding policies and legislation, the local, state, and federal government role, the risk analysis process, Countermeasures selection (aka mitigation strategies); various risk assessment tools such as but not limited to CARVER, general mitigation strategies to include structural and non-structural (if you can’t tell what as or was not done as it pertain to your even you can still suggest what could have been done).

The following headings will be included preparedness overview, enabling and guiding policies and legislation, the local, state, and federal government role, preparedness programs, steps and activities involving preparedness, and the concept of resiliency at the individual and community level. Also, how preparedness could have or should have been employed. How Continuity of Operations Planning helps with preparedness and fits into the mitigation process.

Recommendations for improvement for both mitigation and preparedness.

The student will write at minimum a 7-full page research-oriented paper in current APA format. The paper must include at least 7 sources (which should include the class textbooks and readings). The paper will be submitted through SafeAssign.

NOTE :

Required Textbooks Schwab, A. K., Sandler, D., & Brower, D. J. (2016). Hazard mitigation and preparedness: An introductory text for emergency management and planning professionals (2nd. ed.). Boca Raton, FL: Taylor & Francis. (ISBN: 9781466595569)

Recommended Resources : American Psychological Association. (2009). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th Ed). Washington, DC: American Psychological Association. (ISBN: 1433805618)

Compare and contrast the modernization theory and dependency theory. Which do you think is more useful for explaining global inequality? Explain, using examples.

 If given the choice, would you purchase an unusual car such as a hearse for everyday use? How would your friends, family, or significant other react? Since deviance is culturally defined, most of the decisions we make are dependent on the reactions of others. Is there anything the people in your life encourage you to do that you don’t? Why don’t you?

Compare and contrast the modernization theory and dependency theory. Which do you think is more useful for explaining global inequality? Explain, using examples.

Pick one theoretical perspective: functionalism, symbolic interactionism, conflict theory, or feminism, and explain how they examine race and ethnicity. Provide an example of a research topic that would be explored using this theory, and discuss your reasoning. 

Explain the effects of sexual trauma on Sandra.

Assignment: Treating Sexual Trauma Survivors: Cultural, Ethical, and Legal Issues

Intimate trauma involves one person’s intentional violation of another’s body. The impact of intimate trauma on the survivor is distinct from that experienced by those involved in collective traumas. Issues of traumatic sexualization, identity confusion, safety, and powerlessness, among others, abound in intimate—or sexual—trauma survivors. Layered responses to sexual trauma refer to those that are more visible, such as depression or PTSD, as well as others that may remain hidden, such as suicidal tendencies. Layered responses complicate the recovery process, demanding specialized skills and interventions specific to the needs of the sexual trauma survivor. These needs are influenced by the survivor’s gender, age, and culture. Appropriate interventions can have a positive impact on the quality of recovery for the client, while inappropriate interventions can have adverse effects, leading to potential legal and ethical issues. Thus, it is important that you are adequately trained and prepared to provide services to sexual trauma survivors.

For this Assignment, Read the case study Sandra located in this week’s resources. Think about the effects of the trauma on Sandra and the interventions you might use to help Sandra deal with those effects. Consider the cultural, ethical, and legal issues related to Sandra’s treatment.

The Assignment (2–3 pgs):

• Explain the effects of sexual trauma on Sandra.
• Describe two specific interventions you might use to help Sandra deal with those effects.
• Explain any cultural, ethical, and legal issues related to Sandra’s treatment.
• Explain what might be different in the effects of the trauma and the interventions you might select if Sandra had been a male.

Support your Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are required to provide a reference list and to appropriately cite, in APA style, all references used within your Assignment.