Select a topic that interests you. Include a brief, one to two paragraph introduction of your topic. This introduction in some ways acts as a summary of your product and country, its primary purpose is to introduce the sources you have annotated and to explain how they relate to each other. Research the topic. Create…

Arizona offers unique opportunities for direct democracy based on initiative power. In 2012 the Arizona voters, for example, rejected the Proposition 204 initiative that sought to convert a temporary sales tax that funded education into a permanent tax.   In a 500-750-word “Letter to the Editor,” propose an initiative for an educational issue that you…

In this Benchmark Assignment, you will research a law or regulation and discuss the impact that law or regulation has on the health care industry. As a manager, it is important to understand the requirements of laws and regulations as well as the role accreditation and regulatory agencies play in the health care industry. Research…

Utilizing Systems Archetypes     The Systems Archetypes describe common patterns of behavior in organizations. As diagnostic tools they provide insight into the underlying structures from which behavior over time and discreet events emerge. As prospective tools, they alert managers to future unintended consequences. Accordingly, for this assignment, you are required to select two (2) real-world…

If there is gravity where the International Space Station (ISS) is located above Earth, why doesn’t the space station get pulled back down to Earth? Can we use this same concept for the Earth orbiting the Sun Moon orbiting the Earth. Explain your answers using Kepler′s Laws. Answer all questions for full grade. Use references…

Prompt: Drawing upon one of the problems identified in your problem catalog, find a recent article that promotes a linear, non-system approach to resolving the problem. Then, write a letter to the editor of that article’s publication pointing out the limitations of the linear approach and supplying instead a systems perspective to the problem. The…

Scenario Effective change plans are created by understanding several external factors influencing an organization, including p olitical, e conomic, s ocial, t echnological, l egal, and e nvironmental, or PESTLE, forces. Experienced executives carefully examine PESTLE forces to identify major opportunities and threats and then adjust their organizational change strategies accordingly.   Previously, you informed…

Part 1 1A “I Can’t” List (Six things you want to change, but you find it difficult to do so, then write two paragraphs under each item)             Challenge 1:                         Description:                           Example:             Challenge 2:                         Description:                           Example:             (Continue pattern for all six items)   1B “I Won’t” List…

Find a current issue (that happened in the last 3 months) in the popular business press that you think has ethical ramifications and analyze it using the “framework for ethical decision making” in your textbook. Step 1: Identify the issues Describe the issues in an introductory paragraph. Why do you think there are ethical problems…

As Marriott (2014) reviews the development of statistical thinking over the last century, he provides an interesting quotation from the 1950 address given by S.S. Wilks to the 110th Annual Meeting of the American Statistical Association, in which Wilks states, “Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to…