critically read and evaluate a scholarly article’s strengths, weaknesses, and contributions to the study field.

In this assignment, you are to critically read and evaluate a scholarly article’s strengths, weaknesses, and contributions to the study field. Learning how to critique a journal article has several benefits, including preparing you for publishing in the future and keeping you current on the literature in your field of study. The practical application is developing the ability to look at research within your organization and industry with a knowledgeable, critical eye. The University of the Cumberlands (UC) Library subscribes to many journals and provides you access to appropriate collections to support this assignment. Using the UC Library, locate and review the following peer-reviewed articles:

Eldor, L. (2020). Leading by Doing: Does Leading by Example Impact Productivity and Service Quality?. Academy of Management Journal, (ja).

Yi, X., Zhang, Y. A., & Windsor, D. (2020). You are great and I am great (too): Examining new CEOs’ social influence behaviors during leadership transition. Academy of Management Journal, 63(5), 1508-1534.

Yam, K. C., Christian, M. S., Wei, W., Liao, Z., & Nai, J. (2018). The mixed blessing of leader sense of humor: Examining costs and benefits. Academy of Management Journal, 61(1), 348-369.

Frieder, R. E., Wang, G., & Oh, I. S. (2018). Linking job-relevant personality traits, transformational leadership, and job performance via perceived meaningfulness at work: A moderated mediation model. Journal of Applied Psychology, 103(3), 324.

Sosik, J. J., Chun, J. U., Ete, Z., Arenas, F. J., & Scherer, J. A. (2019). Self-control puts character into action: Examining how leader character strengths and ethical leadership relate to leader outcomes. Journal of Business Ethics, 160(3), 765-781.

Following your review, choose one article from this list; critically evaluate the article’s strengths, weaknesses, and contribution to the study field using the outline below as a guide: Cover page

  • The cover page will include:
    • Articles Title and Author (s)
    • Name of Journal (s)
    • Date of publication
    • Your name

Executive Summary

  • Summarize the significant aspects of the entire article, including:
    • The overall purpose and general area of study of the article.
    • The specific problem being addressed in the study.
    • The main findings of the article.

Literature Review

  • Briefly summarize the overall themes presented in the Literature Review.
    • Was the literature review applicable to the study, current and thorough?
    • Were there gaps in the literature review?

Data Analysis

  • Identify the methodology used: qualitative, quantitative, mixed? Was the chosen methodology appropriate for the study? Why or why not?
  • Did the data analysis prove or disprove the research questions? Explain.

 Results/Conclusion

  • In this section, you will address the following:
    • Describe the article’s relevance to the field of knowledge.
    • Outline the strengths and weaknesses of the article. Be specific.
    • Based on the article, what future research do you think needs to be accomplished in this area?
    • What are your key points and takeaways after analyzing the article?

Proper APA in-text citation must be used. The review is to be word-processed double spaced, not less than three pages, and no more than five pages in length. Paper length does not include the cover page, abstract, or references.

How can knowledge of call options help a financial manager to better understand warrants and convertibles?

Read the Chapter 20 Mini Case in Financial Management: Theory and Practice. Using complete sentences and academic vocabulary, please answer question B.

Paul Duncan, financial manager of EduSoft Inc., is facing a dilemma. The firm was founded 5 years ago to provide educational software for the rapidly expanding primary and secondary school markets. Although EduSoft has done well, the firm’s founder believes an industry shakeout is imminent. To survive, EduSoft must grab market share now, and this will require a large infusion of new capital. Because he expects earnings to continue rising sharply and looks for the stock price to follow suit, Mr. Duncan does not think it would be wise to issue new common stock at this time. On the other hand, interest rates are currently high by historical standards, and the firm’s B rating means that interest payments on a new debt issue would be prohibitive. Thus, he has narrowed his choice of financing alternatives to (1) preferred stock, (2) bonds with warrants, or (3) convertible bonds.As Duncan’s assistant, you have been asked to help in the decision process by answering the following questions.

B. How can knowledge of call options help a financial manager to better understand warrants and convertibles?

Create two powerpoint slides  in which you summarize your answers from the mini case. Be sure to include graphs, charts, and trends as appropriate.

Reflect on how the concepts and activities of employment law can benefit you in your future academic or professional pursuits.

Reflect on how the concepts and activities of employment law can benefit you in your future academic or professional pursuits. Give a specific example of a component in the course that you found most helpful in bettering your understanding of employment law. 

200 words

List how YOU FEEL you communicate with them.

•Compare yourself in two different contexts it could be yourself as a student, within your family, employee, employer, friend, etc.

•And even within those, you may feel like a different SELF in under the same label (i.e. while a student in one class I am this, while a student in another class I am this…same with individual friends or family members…)

1.List how YOU FEEL you communicate with them. Include:

• -How you feel physically, how you talk or listen, how you feel anxiety-wise, what you consider a ‘successful’ exchange in the context, most importantly: HOW YOU FEEL DIFFERENT and HOW YOU FEEL YOURSELF ADAPTING to make it work.

Compare and contrast the strategy selection approach and the constructivist approach to message production.

Compare and contrast the strategy selection approach and the constructivist approach to message production.  Things to consider are the premises and assumptions of each, the role of theory, methodological choices, independent and dependent variables, and criticisms.  Why do you think the strategy selection approach became so widespread while the constructivist school remained somewhat marginalized?

 3pages

Do you believe that correctional institutions are doing an adequate job responding to these challenges?

Discuss the physical and social structures of male and female prisons. How do these structures influence the challenge(s) that inmates, specifically female inmates, face while being institutionalized? Do you believe that correctional institutions are doing an adequate job responding to these challenges? What actions have been taken thus far to respond to the special needs of inmates, including juvenile offenders? Do you believe it is important to accommodate to these needs? What action do you believe needs to be taken to further accommodate the needs of adult inmates? 

*** Needs to be in APA style, with reference page and Min. of 350 words***

A description of how the strategy influences the value chain from an information technology perspective, and how the information technology aspects of the value chain aid in managing the forces that affect the competitive advantage.

Within an industry of your choosing, research a company and complete a five forces industry analysis in relationship to its competitive strategy. Your paper should primarily address items 4 and 5 below.

Write a 750 word paper including the following:

  1. A brief high-level overview of the business and its appropriate industry.
  2. A brief description of Porter’s four competitive strategies and the five forces model.
  3. A summary of the results of the five forces industry analysis that was conducted with an explanation of each force, an indication if the force is high or low for the industry, and a justification of why you believe the force to be high or low.
  4. An explanation of which of Porter’s competitive strategies the company adopts and how the organization’s information technology supports the chosen strategy.
  5. A description of how the strategy influences the value chain from an information technology perspective, and how the information technology aspects of the value chain aid in managing the forces that affect the competitive advantage.
  6. You should have at least three references to scholarly resources.
Summarize the scope and authority of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).

conduct a  study on workplace safety and compensation.  Use the organization for which you currently or previously have worked as the basis of this study.Begin with a brief overview of the organization that includes the type of business, location and size of workforce.Next, you will explore compensation at your organization. You must discuss the following issues:

  • Summarize the scope and authority of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA).
  •  70% of American companies are not in compliance with FLSA. Does your organization fully comply with FLSA? Explain why or why not.
  • What impact do your state laws have on compensation at your organization?

Now, examine the core components of the American workers’ compensation safety net:

  • Summarize workers’ compensation, unemployment benefits, workers’ compensation, Social Security, and retirement benefits policies at your organization.
  • How well do you think your organization provides support, education, training, or resources in these areas?

Finally, summarize how Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations apply to your organization and then answer the following questions:

  • Have there been any OSHA violations at your organization in the last five years? If you do not know, you can visit OSHA’s Establishment Search and enter your organization’s name, state, zip code, and requested dates to see any recorded inspections and violations.
  • Do you believe either compliance or non-compliance with OSHA standards has impacted your organization’s bottom line (positively or negatively.) Consider aspects like lost time or revenue, compensation claims, personnel loss that can result from violations. Support your opinion with specific examples.

 minimum of two pages. Use at least three distinct, academic sources—one for each topic (compensation, safety net, OSHA) 

Describe the four different system development approaches discussed (Waterfall, Rapid prototyping or rapid application development (RAD), Object-oriented system development (OOSD), and Dynamic system development methods (DSDM).

Week 2 Compare and Contrast of System Development Approaches

Assignment Instructions:
  1. Read Chapter 6 of the Mastrian & McGonigle (2021) textbook. (See attcahed)
  2. After reflection, complete the provided worksheet.
  3. Describe the four different system development approaches discussed (Waterfall, Rapid prototyping or rapid application development (RAD), Object-oriented system development (OOSD), and Dynamic system development methods (DSDM).
  4. Along with the description, include advantages and disadvantages of each approach.
  5. Apply what you have learned in your research and include an example of a situation where each of the four types of system development approaches would be the preferred choice.
  6. Effectively communicate using well-constructed, thoughtful, organized writing, each of the grading element elements.     
  7. Submission should be a Word or pdf document.
  8. The information can be presented using table formatting. 
  9. Use APA formatting; include a title page, and any necessary references.
Describe the difference, according to the author, between the approaches of an engineer and an architect. What approach does each take to achieve their aesthetic?

Read the following pages in Towards A New Architecture: (1-20) and resp’ond to one (1) of the following prompts (A, B, C) in 100 – 150 words. (pg,1 starts in PDF. 24)

WRI’TING PROMPTS:

A. Discuss what the author was conveying in this passage. Include an example of a building, street or town that invokes positive emotion for you and what architectural components might contribute to that emotional res’ponse.

B. Describe the difference, according to the author, between the approaches of an engineer and an architect. What approach does each take to achieve their aesthetic?

C. Discuss the author’s observations regarding mass production and the influence it could have on architecture. Being that this work was writ’ten nearly a century ago, do you think his analysis was accurate?  

PDF link: https://monoskop.org/images/b/bf/Corbusier_Le_Towards_a_New_Architecture_no_OCR.pdf

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