Introduction: Summarize the controversy over the dams, and state your opinion about what should be done (remove dams, maintain dams, remove dams but replace some of their functions, maintain dams but modify them, or whatever other idea you may have to resolve the situation).
II. Paragraph 2: Explain why your solution should be adopted, using logic and evidence and what you have learned in this class about rivers and dams. You can also be explicit about your values – do you think ecological considerations are more important than economic considerations, or the other way around? Do you think some kind of balancing needs to happen between the two? What about the cultural importance of salmon to Native American tribes?
III. Paragraph 3: State what interest groups you think might oppose your solution, and why.
IV. Paragraph 4: Explain how your solution addresses the opposition points or why it should be adopted in spite of these points. Your values will influence which benefits you think are worth which costs.
V. Paragraph 5 – Conclusion: Summarize why your solution is the best option.
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Title: “Resolving the Dam Dilemma: A Proposal for Sustainable River Management”
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Module Four Assignment and Final Project: Finding and Calculating WACC and Stephenson Recapitalization Case Analysis
Instructions
Please open the attached Module Four Assignment and Final Project template and complete the Module 4 assignment following the same technique, format, and functions that we have covered during the Module 4 Homework Help Video. Best of luck on your Final Project!
Problems
Problem 12-14 – Finding the WACC (2.5 Points). Given the following information for Lightning Power Co., find the WACC. Assume the company’s tax rate is 21%.
Debt: 10,000 6.4 percent coupon bonds outstanding, $1,000 par value, 25 years to maturity, selling for 108 percent of par; the bonds make semiannual payments.
Common stock: 495,000 shares outstanding, selling for $63 per share; beta is 1.15.
Preferred stock: 35,000 shares of 3.5 percent preferred stock outstanding, currently selling for $72 per share.
Market: 7 percent market risk premium and 3.2 percent risk-free rate.
Problem 12-17 – Calculating the WACC (2.5 Points). Given the following information for Parrothead Enterprises, find the WACC.
Debt: 9,700 7.2 percent coupon bonds outstanding, with 23 years to maturity and a quoted price of 105.75. These bonds pay interest semiannually.
Common stock: 260,000 shares outstanding, selling for $65.20 per share. The stock has a beta of .97 and just paid a dividend of $3.40. The dividend is expected to grow by 5.2 percent per year indefinitely.
Preferred stock: 8,700 shares of 4.6 percent preferred stock outstanding, currently selling for $94.70 per share.
Market: 11.3 percent expected return, 3.95 percent risk-free rate, and a 22 percent tax rate.
Stephenson Recapitalization – Chapter Case Questions # 1-5 (Each question 1 pt each for 5 pts total for the case).
Stephenson Real Estate Recapitalization – Please be sure to answer all questions and sub-questions of the case and show ALL work and calculations. Most of the questions will work off the data calculated from the previous question answered, so be sure to answer your case in numerical sequence (do not skip questions).
*Be sure to open and use the attached template to complete your work. For credit you must use formula entries as we covered in class (no manual entry of numeric data). Fill in/calculate all fields with “?” for full credit. Save your file (include your name in file name) and submit for grading.
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“Strengthening Your Introduction and Background: Critical Feedback and Improvement for a Research Proposal”
provide me critical feedback and improvement for my introduction and background of my research proposal
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“Communication Analysis of a Film: Exploring Key Terms and Their Impact on Relationships” Exploring Communication Concepts in Film: An Analysis of Good Will Hunting and The Social Network “The Destructive Effects of Poor Listening and Communication in The Social Network”
Your main goal in this paper is to apply communication terms to
a film in order to demonstrate your understanding of these terms.
General Instructions:
In this 8 page paper (this includes cover page and Reference Page, 6 pages of content) , you will apply your knowledge of basic communication terms to an analysis of a film. In general, you will:
Select a primary communication context (e.g., interpersonal communication.) that is reflected in a particular film of your choosing. Also, you will use several, specific terms (e.g., self-disclosure, relational dialectics, stages of relational development, etc.) that are related to your communication context.
Conduct scholarly research in order to fully understand your chosen context. In other words, you will find three journal articles and use your textbook to help you understand and apply course terms in your paper. You should include specific quotes from your journal articles to support your thesis.
Lastly, you will define and explain the terms, and analyze how they are presented in the film. In addition, you will cite your journal articles and your textbook within your paper as evidence and support of your ideas.
You will submit your paper through the link to Turnitin.com that is posted for you in the assignment in Canvas.
Section-by-Section Instructions (follow these instructions closely!):
Introduction
1. First paragraph
Begin with a few general statements about ideas relevant to your paper, such as a few statements about communication, relationships, conflict, public speaking, organizations, etc. Whatever your paper’s topic, lead into it for the reader.
Indicate the film that you will analyze.
Next, clearly explain your goals for this paper. In other words, what is this paper’s thesis? What is the purpose of this paper? What will it accomplish? What will your paper explain and illustrate about the communication seen in this film?
End your introduction with a preview of the main points of your paper. Your main points will be the terms that you will apply and analyze in the film.
2. Second paragraph – briefly summarize the film (about 4-5 sentences)
Body (For each paragraph in the Body, do these in this order):
1. Define and explain one or several terms that you have researched fully. Use your textbook for all definitions of key terms that you provide. As you define your terms, be sure to cite evidence (quote) from your textbook and your journal articles. Make sure to put all of your key terms in bold.
Describe how the term is demonstrated in your film. For example, here is where you explain how the characters in your film demonstrate “depth of self-disclosure,” “conflict,” “groupthink,” or some other term. Be sure to provide examples from the film, and be sure to explain yourself fully. This becomes your analysis of their communication.
Use a transition to move the reader to your next paragraph. Your transitions should help connect your main ideas together.
Repeat these steps until you have enough content to meet the assignment guidelines for the page requirement.
HINT: Try organizing your paper chronologically to match the order of the film.
Conclusion
Provide a summary of the main points of your paper.
Close your paper with a few comments on the importance of competent communication
TIPS:
Required to use the style of the American Psychological Association (APA) 7th Edition.
Citing Within Text (Paraphrasing)
When you borrow the ideas of other scholars and authors, you need to reference their work. References are identified in the body of the paper parenthetically (in parentheses) by the author’s last name and date of publication. APA does not use footnotes. For example:
Recent publications illustrate the skill-based approach to teaching the interpersonal communication course (Wiemann & Wiemann, 1990).
OR
According to Wiemann and Wiemann (1990), recent publications illustrate the skill-based approach to teaching the interpersonal communication course.
Quoting Within Text
When you quote directly from other authors, the format changes slightly. For example:
According to Proctor and Adler (1991), “Integrating film into the interpersonal communication course does not require radical changes in course goals or teaching” (p. 394).
As scholars have noted, “Researchers have yet to understand the mechanisms that produce the satisfaction-communication relationship” (Kelly & Burgoon, 1991, p. 41).
Note that “citing within text” does NOT require a page number, “quoting within text” DOES.
When the quote is longer than 40 words, it must be typed (without quotation marks) as a freestanding text that begins on a new line and is indented five spaces from the left margin:
Hirokawa, et al., (1991) determined that:
Men and women responding to the high-legitimacy scenario employed less polite tactics than those responding to the low-legitimacy scenario, but this was more true of the men than the women. For example, men and women with request legitimacy were more likely to produce statements like, “You know you’re not going to score a lot of points around here if you take off on your vacation in the middle of this project.” (p. 433)
If you fail to reference quotes or others’ ideas, then you have committed plagiarism!
Remember that analysis rather than just reporting is the focus of this assignment. Your paper should not just be a summary of the plot of the film.
Avoid including information about your own personal experiences in this assignment (ex. “This movie is like when I broke up with my boyfriend…”) as that kind of commentary is not appropriate in a research assignment like this one. Also, avoid overuse of 1st person language (“I thought…”, “I liked…”) in this academic analysis.
Be sure to use terms correctly and identify terms clearly
Always support your ideas with specific examples. If you make an argument, make sure that you qualify it with evidence from your references and/or textbook.
Make sure that you are analyzing the communication that happens between characters in the film, not the film itself. This is not a film studies paper that will focus on how the movie was created. You should not be discussing things like camera angles, director’s techniques, etc.
Make sure that you have a clear thesis in your introduction that guides the discussion in the body of your analysis. You should only include terms in your analysis that are clearly tied to your thesis and the theme for your paper. Do not just talk about any terms from the book that you see in the film. Make sure that all the terms you use are all clearly connected to each other and unified under a central theme.
Avoid the “pop culture” approach. There are many self-help books and articles written by people who once talked to somebody or watched a TV show and thus consider themselves experts in communication. Do not use these references. General Internet websites are also not acceptable research sources for this assignment. You must use Communication journals as assigned.
Make sure the paper you are submitting follows the specific guidelines for the assignment in this particular course. The paper you submit should clearly be a response to the assignment guidelines I have provided for you. Your submission should not feel like a paper that was written for another assignment/course.
Thesis EXAMPLES:
Gus Van Sant’s film Good Will Hunting provides an excellent example of self-disclosure in personal relationships, demonstrated through Will’s relationship with his therapist, Sean Maguire. The film highlights how different communication concepts such as novelty/predictability, attachment styles, self-sabotage, self-disclosure, and relationship dialects play significant roles in shaping communication climates that cause relationships to either thrive or suffer.
The goal of this paper is to specifically address the listening habits of the protagonist, Mark Zuckerberg, in director David Fincher’s biographical drama film The Social Network (2010). Examples of Mark’s failure to listen and communicate effectively can be traced throughout the film as he slowly degrades his interpersonal relationships and his internal happiness. These examples include ineffective listening caused by environmental distractions, failure to recognize diverse listening styles, monopolizing, literal listening, and lack of empathy, which leads to defensive and discomfirming communication climates. -
“Close Reading and Analysis of Literary Devices in a Passage from [Title of Text]”
Specifications
✅ Meets Standard.
Your entry is complete, on-topic, and submitted according to the specifications and requirements of the prompt.
Quotes & Evidence
✅ Meets Standard.
Your entry includes concrete, specific details from the text, and you introduce, attribute, and incorporate evidence well using MLA style.
Formal Features & Context
✅ Meets Standard.
You have identified several relevant literary terms and devices present in the passage, and you generally do a good job connecting them with the meaning being conveyed.
For the context step, however, it would be more helpful to actually look up the author or some of the cultural references you allude to later on and list those as concrete details here. This is more of a space for giving information than pointing out information you don’t currently have.
Close Reading & Thesis
🛠 Needs Work.
Your observations and analysis of the text are generally quite strong, but your argument still needs a little work.
In the last step of the process, you want to really draw on the observations and analysis you’ve made earlier and turn that into an argument. It’s okay to repeat yourself a little bit here, because the Argue step is essentially the payoff for all of the evidence gathering you’ve done in the steps that precede it.
To meet the standard here, you will want to expand your argument and your evidence supporting it substantially. Review the examples in the Close Reading Guide to see what I mean here, and you may want to have a look at How to Write a Literary Critical Thesis for tips on structuring your argument.
Overall Feedback
This is very close, Liana! You’re observations are astute, you just need to work a bit more on shaping them into an argument. See the comments above for suggestions on how to do so, and resubmit by the end of the week if you would still like to earn credit. -
“Creating a Professional Website for Career Development”
Create a website using WordPress or Wix. If you have a background in coding, you are welcome to code your own website to practice your skills. If you choose to use WordPress or Wix, make the account with your Kean email. Keep the URL professional.
Create the following tabs: Portfolio, Correspondence Samples, and Instruction Samples. Also, have a Welcome or Home page with a small paragraph of information welcoming visitors to your site, and briefly introducing yourself, and your career goals. The Portfolio tabs should include your resume and cover letter, Correspondence Samples should include email, memo, and infographic documents, and Instruction samples should include an instruction set and a tutorial link. Submit the link in a Google document.
In order to be considered for full credit, all of these above components need to be accounted for in the order they have been organized.
The last part of this assignment is to demo your own website. This will take place during the last week of class. Sign up sheet will be available in Announcements. -
Title: The Impact and Future of the Affordable Care Act on Healthcare in the United States
Week 5 Final Project – Worth 250 Points
Instructions
NCF:
This final project assignment is associated with the NCF (non-completion failure) grade. Failure to complete this assignment will result in the issuance of a grade of NCF if the course average would result in a failing grade in the course. Students should contact their Academic Counselor or Program Director if they have any questions regarding the NCF grade and its implications.
Supporting Lectures:
Review the following lecture:
Incrementalism in Policy Making
Consider what you have learned about the Patient Protection and ACA, the uninsured population, health disparities, and programs and policies intended to improve quality of care and health outcomes while reducing healthcare expenditure. Summarize your thoughts on the future of healthcare given the provisions of the ACA—changes to Medicare and Medicaid, the individual mandate, etc.—and whether or not current efforts are sufficient to reduce disparities in healthcare and improve healthcare outcomes.
Tasks:
Evaluate the impact that the ACA has and will have on the uninsured population in the U.S.
Discuss the current successes and failures of this act.
Discuss the implications of this act’s successes and failures.
Explain specific policy changes that could be made to the ACA to improve its impact on overall health outcomes in the U.S.
From the Internet, review the following:
U.S. Health Policy Gateway. (n.d.). ACA Impact Analysis. Retrieved from http://ushealthpolicygateway.com/vii-key-policy-issues-regulation-and-reform/patient-protection-and-affordable-care-act-ppaca/ppaca-research-and-analysis/
Submission Details:
Submit your response in a 4- to 6-page Microsoft Word document.
On a separate page, cite all sources using APA format.
Name your document SU_MHA6050_W5_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
By the due date assigned, submit your work to the Submissions Area.
Special Instruction/Notes for the Project:
Research is required for each section (a minimum of/at least three different citations per section). Note that the rubric calls for explicit research. At least three separate academic citations/sources per section!
Please show where all bullet points start and end.
Please provide a well-defined conclusion. All submissions are to have a conclusion.
Please provide three pages explaining and answering the questions.
Please ensure no substantial (huge) spacing gaps between the individual paragraphs and references.
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Title: Managing Change and Development in the City of Johannesburg: An Analysis of Herman Mashaba’s Resignation Speech Title: “Cabinet and Parliamentary Government in South Africa: Features, Relationships, and Implications for Public Sector Stakeholders”
Read the speech below and answer the questions that follow.
(Mashaba, H. 2019. Resignation speech: Herman Mashaba.
https://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2019-10-21-in-full-herman-
mashabas-resignation-speech/ [Accessed: 04 December 2019]
Question
1
The politician claims that “Our multiparty coalition in Johannesburg has
achieved enormous feats in the past three years against all odds.” Using one of the projects he described as a
success and:
1.
Explain the different kinds of value created in line with the needs of
citizens and stakeholders.
2.
Argue how the resignation of this member might influence the delivery
of the City of Johannesburg’s’ strategic objectives.
3.
Use one of the highlights (achievements) listed in the speech and
analyse the various kinds of operational capabilities and resources needed to
deliver the project.
“The inner-city project stands poised to
transform the skyline of Johannesburg, with 139 properties awarded for
development, and construction has already begun.” Assess the possible risks
associated with a construction project implemented by a public entity
Question 2
1.
If we accept that the
City of Johannesburg will need to undergo change within the next financial
year, describe the theories and
concepts they will have to consider to policy design, implementation and evaluation in line with their public
administration objectives.
2.
Discuss the tools you will use to conduct a needs assessment that could be used to design effective
policies for the City.
3.
Review the concept of impact evaluation and explain how you would
use it in the context
of policy design,
implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
4.
The City of
Johannesburg employs you as an independent consultant to monitor, implement,
plan and manage a policy research
project. Explain which
techniques and tools you will use to conduct the required activities.
5.
Using one project
highlighted in the speech above, apply a method for evaluating it through
utilising various data collection systems.
6.
Describe how you will utilise expert panels, focus groups and key stakeholders to evaluate the project you identified in question 5 above.
Question 3
Imagine that you are a senior
manager at the City of Johannesburg during
this period of change.
1.
Identify a management theory you would
apply to your team to ensure that they stay focussed on their responsibilities.
2.
Critically evaluate
approaches to management functions which would be effective to use by a senior manager
at the City of Johannesburg during this period.
3.
Identify, describe
and evaluate the change management skills and competencies the manager will need to implement.
4.
Explain financial
management processes that could be used to allocate and manage resources for
the effective functioning of employees in a period
of change.
5.
Research one of the
projects highlighted in the speech. Critically evaluate whether this project
will continue to succeed during
this period of change.
6.
If you were the project
manager of the project you research (question 5), what would you do to ensure the successful implementation of the project.
Apply the principles and theories of project management to your answer.
7.
Argue the governance
challenges the new City Manager might be facing. Related your answer to regionalism and decentralisation for the City of Johannesburg.
Question 4
1.
Analyse issues surrounding development frameworks in the City of Johannesburg in the context
of wider public sector objectives.
2.
Analyse the institutional and conceptual frameworks for development programmes
which you would implement if you were the new mayor of the City of Johannesburg.
3.
Assess different investigative methods and processes
to compile a development framework
for the City of Johannesburg.
4.
Develop a plan to facilitate
the relationships required
to ensure the effective implementation of the development frameworks you discussed above.
Question 5
1.
Illustrate and explain
the main features of Cabinet and parliamentary government in the South African context.
2.
Describe the
relationships between legal rules, political structures, Cabinet and
demonstrate how they relate to other administrative processes and policy
outcomes.
3.
Discuss how the
resignation of the City of Johannesburg’s mayor affects / do not affect
parliamentary government activities.
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Title: Conducting a Full Program Review of the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative Using the Accountability Bridge Model Introduction The Oklahoma Marriage Initiative (OMI) was launched in 1999 with the goal of reducing the state’s high divorce rate and promoting healthy
Read the article provided on Final Exam – Attachment A. Using the Accountability
Bridge Model, address how you might approach conducting a full program review of the
Oklahoma Marriage (OMI) Initiative. Most everything you need to address each step in
the program review is in the article. If it is not, say so, but then indicate how the missing
element might fit into the program review. The result should be nine separate sections,
each identified by level two headings, according to APA 7th Edition guidelines, followed
by a paragraph explaining how that step was (or should have been) addressed. Make sure
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Nursing Theory: Empowering the Nursing Profession and Enhancing Patient Care
To ensure that your responses are substantive, use at least three of these prompts:
Compare and contrast your response with your classmate’s response regarding how nursing theory empowers the nursing profession.
Comment on your classmate’s selection of the theory having the most impact on their practice to expand the conversation.
Present new references that support your opinions.
DOI reference link
Please be sure to validate your opinions and ideas with citations and references in APA format.
PLEASE RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING POST:
The nursing profession is characterized by the fusion of nursing knowledge and the formulation of theories. It integrates interconnected ideas to offer a systematic assessment of phenomena. Concepts, models, and evidence-based research are crucial for creating and evaluating health promotion activities. Nursing theories provide a systematic framework that enables comprehensive examination and practical implementation in the field. They offer the fundamental basis and fundamental components required for development and acquisition of knowledge from everyday encounters, resulting in greater clinical decision-making, improved patient care, superior communication, and direction for future educational pursuits (McEwen, M., & Wills, E. M., 2019).
Theory is an asset in nursing. It serves as an outstanding tool that nurses may use to study and gain insights. The presence of a well-defined structure is of utmost importance in any type of academic study or research. Reading nursing theory articles enhances personal development and stimulates a greater sense of inquisitiveness, especially when they pertain to my own field of expertise, home health. At the beginning, during Week 1, I found the notion to be fairly advantageous. Nevertheless, via the completion of diverse assignments and the exploration of additional reading materials, I have gained a comprehensive comprehension of the profound significance of theory and its extensive involvement in the nursing domain. I express my gratitude to the scholars who devoted their professional lives to formulating these theories and disseminating them inside our esteemed field.
I have chosen Jean Watson’s caring theory because it highlights a crucial aspect of nursing overall and is particularly relevant to home health patients. This theory invokes a sense of care and empathy to alleviate any distress felt by patients or their families. It fosters healing and solidifies the relationship between nurse and patient as a vital connection.
Reference
McEwen, M., & Wills, E. M. (2019).Theoretical basis for nursing (5th ed.). Retrieved June 16, 2024