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Develop a Logic Model for Evaluating Correctional Officers

 
Please read carefully and follow the format:

Written Assignment Part 1
A common rational policy-making approach involves the formulation of logic models. The purpose of this assignment is to gain an understanding of the best ways to evaluate the performance of an entire organization. By developing a logic model for an organization, we can better determine the goals of the organization and whether they meet the demands of the constituent stakeholders. The most effective evaluation models are those that properly align the needs of the constituent stakeholders with the desired outcomes and measurable outputs of the organization.

First, select a law enforcement agency of your choice. The organization can be your current employer, your school’s security department, or any other law enforcement agency that you are familiar with.

Written Assignment Part 2
Next, follow the steps by fully completing Worksheet for Building Logic Models (Template 1). Then transpose the information onto Logic Model Template 2. Submit both templates to the Assignment Dropbox.
In developing your logic model, you must follow the following steps in order:
• Determine the needs of the stakeholders.
• Develop the desired outcomes.
• Determine the available inputs.
• Determine the activities.
• Develop the outputs.
• Develop the goals.
PLEASE FOLLOW THESE FORMAT AND SET UP IN THIS FORMAT:

Step 1: Identify ONE Problem (the Stakeholder Community Need)

Example: Unemployed persons lack the means of transportation to commute from their domicile to their place of work.
Step 2: Determine the Outcomes

(Use the SMART approach for determining the outcomes).

Short Term:

Long Term:
Step 3: Identify the Inputs (available resources)
Step 4: Determine the Activities (the things that need to be done to accomplish the outcomes)
Step 5: Determine the Output measurements (these are the measures of the activities)
Step 6: Goal Statement (this is basically a re-wording of Step 1)
Example: To provide unemployed persons the means of transportation to commute from their domicile to their place of work.

Transpose the above onto the Logic Model (Template 2).

Name of Organization:
PRORAM LOGIC MODEL

Program Goal:
Inputs Activities Outputs Outcomes
Short Term Long Term

Stakeholder Community Needs Data Source Data Collection Method

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• ______________________________________

• ______________________________________
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This challenge is to write a social media press ryou can, of course, make up a fictitious company release.

 
write a social media press release.you can, of course, make up a fictitious company release.Include some or all of the following:

Tweetable content summary.
Survey highlights as bulleted texts.
Narrative content as concise text paragraphs.
Links to rich content: infographic, Slideshare presentation.vImage links.
Twitter hashtag and widget with latest tweets.
Concise description of company.
Highlights of recent other news with links to that content in ING pressroom site.
Company contact info, names of press contacts with their contact info, RSS link and Twitter handle.
Example of social media press release see the link below

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The final assignment for this course is an IMC plan for an organization/situation of your choosing. Please select an organization facing a situation that can be addressed using an IMC campaign.

 
Topic
The final assignment for this course is an IMC plan for an organization/situation of your choosing.

Please select an organization facing a situation that can be addressed using an IMC campaign.
IMC Plan Format –
Your plan must include the following basic components:

Summary/Executive Overview
• A backgrounder on the organization
• State the opportunity/problem
• State what you want to accomplish with this IMC campaign and explain your rationale
• Share success factors – how will you measure the success of the campaign?

Situational Analysis
• Provide an internal and external analysis of the organization, e.g. a SWOT analysis

Publics/Audience Analysis
• Identify publics, listed in order of priority
• Share insight as to who they are, what is important to them, why they are a target public – go beyond the basic demographics and truly demonstrate you understand these audiences

Goal and IMC Objectives
• State the organization’s mission statement, vision and values
• State the goal of your communication plan
• List your IMC objectives; make sure that they are measurable and are not simply output driven, i.e. We plan to send out 5 media releases – this is not a true outcome
• Ensure that your objectives support the organization’s mission and business goals

Branding and Messages
• State your brand positioning strategy, including any key messages
• Provide logic for selecting these messages
• Explain how they will be used and for which publics they are intended
• Review any imagery or taglines to be included in the campaign

IMC Elements/Tactics in Campaign
• Explain the various tools/techniques in your campaign
• Provide reasons of why you have selected these elements and for which publics they are intended
• Include additional objectives if necessary
• Include your key messages in the information provided to demonstrate their use
• Identify which IMC objective is tied to which tactic
• Provide samples of the elements (desktop work is appropriate)
• Provide a timeline of preparing materials, distribution, follow up, evaluation, etc. Include contingency planning
• Provide a budget breakdown for this campaign (budget total to come from client)

Evaluation and Conclusion
• State your conclusion, summarizing your plan
• How will you know if promoting and evaluating your campaign will be a success?
• Explain your evaluation techniques in detail

Writing style

• Use heading, subheadings, etc. for readability
• Design should include headers and/or footers for professionalism, listing page number
• Include a title/cover page and table of contents
• No typographical or grammatical errors
• Plan must be typed, double-spaced, 10-12pt. body font
• Length of plan must be between 10pages (not including work samples)

Overall Impressions
• The overall impact that your campaign plan makes
• General layout, readability, flow of materialf

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Health Care Economics

 
Please choose an article that you would like to use. Let me see it first to approve it then you can use it. The article has to be economics foundation of the health care issues or problems. Please follow below instructions step by step. Each guideline listed below has to be addressed. The article must be published within 5 years.
Article Review Guidelines
1. The review should be a high-quality and appropriate for graduate level students. Use APA style with 10 – 12 inch font and double spaced. Minimum/ maximum length of the review: 1000/1500 words.
2. The purpose of this assignment is for students to explain the economics foundation of the health care issues or problems described in the articles.
3. Pick an article in one particular topic that should be currently important. The article should be a refereed journal article or high quality conference proceedings that published within the last 5 years. Please consult with your professor if you have any doubt in your choice of topic and articles.
4. Write a review that summarize the following:
• What you intended to review and the reason why you selected the particular paper to review
• Summarize the underlying health care issues or problems, purpose and significance of the paper
• Explain how economics is related to the chosen topic and what economic key principles are applicable
• Express your opinion about the contribution and limitation of the papers
• Conclude your review with recommendation to the issues or problems
Article Review Rubric
Excellent
Organization, Writing Quality, Adherence to Guidelines
(7.5 points) Presents information in logical, interesting and easy to follow
Minimum errors in spelling, grammars, and citation.
Contents
(5 points)
All main ideas and facts from the article are summarized thoroughly.
Analysis
(7.5 points)
Personal comments are clearly stated. Student clearly demonstrates a strong working knowledge of class material relative to the article. References are made to the textbook.

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Contemporary Fashion

 
Mark Durden claims: ‘One of the key problems in photographing the human body is the objectification and abstraction that photography can involve as a result of the way in which the medium can fix, fetishise and idealise the body.’
Referring to a selection of four contemporary photographers, consider; is this always a problem and argue for and against his assertion.

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MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES AND SELF-DEVELOPMENT

 
In approximately 500 words, reflect on your engagement with your academic studies and professional development during your first year. This should include what has gone well, any difficulties you may have experienced, and what steps you have taken to try to enhance your academic performance and your professional profile. You should also make sure to discuss how you will take further steps in Year 2, to address remaining difficulties.
First year was going well during the first semester:
Pros:
*classes were easy to get too.
*tutors were very helpful and clear to understand.
*individual courseworks have gone well.
* second group coursework was marketing which has gone well as the group and i learned our mistakes from the first one.
Cons:
*first group coursework ; specifically for organisational behaviour was difficult which was the first group coursework .The group achieved the main objective, but there were notable issues identified that dwindled effectiveness of the team performance on time. Lack of a leader reduced the planning and effective guidance of priority tasks. The poor chemistry between members often resulted in unnecessary conflict, which contributed to time wasting. Lack of a working plan affected time management. The positive side of the group work included promoting positive engagement towards the end of the group work and ability to differentiate between personal interests and group interests. In addition, the group members appreciated teamwork and the diversity in perspectives and capabilities improved the quality of the task product.

Using relevant academic evidence, critically argue why cognitive abilities (intelligence) tests are the best tool for selection and assessment in contemporary work organisations. If you prefer, you can critically argue why they are not the best tool for this.
Cognitive tests have been carried out around the world to assess the selection and assessment of modern day work. It has helped countries like the US and UK to measure broadly their aptitude tests (Harriet and Anderson, 1997); which is very general way to assess the public and save time. Also has made it easy for the world to assess human working capabilities. It does come with a number of limitations which shall be discussed further in this assessment I may be leading in favour of having to relay on GMA and cognitive test behaviour (Schmidt,2005).

Review of study supporting your position:
Broadly speaking this has helped countries such as US and UK to measure aptitudes of the workers in order to know who to hire through correlation methods. Test planners and regulators in the government and companies have stated a wider range of rules and suggestions concerning retesting for e.g. the company that provides MAT has stated that “if an examinee’s second (or most recent) test score is 25 points or greater than the first (or most recent previous) score, the second score is invalidated” (Harcourt Assessment, 2005).

Review of study going against your position:
With using this cognitive intelligence tool it may be biased as it is more generalized; people with low aptitude tests will be at a disadvantage, as the test will not include of possible culture and social differences including age, gender, education and appraisal between countries. Larry Lerbeyer (1994) has stated that there are important differences between the US and European organizations in how selection procedures are carried out. The test could also be very expensive to carry out and cannot be performed in a natural setting. With reassessment test it could be benefited for people who scored low (reduced anxiety) on the cognitive test but may deteriorate other test takers scores due to anxiety (Messick & Jungeblut, 1981).
Conclusion:
Many surveys have stated that using GMA and cognitive tests are very popular and very useful amongst employer organizations in the UK for selection and assessment purposes (e.g. Hodgkinson & Payne, 1998). The test is quantitative and objective so there wont be any observational bias As written above it does have its limitations however if conducted well and the companies also reassess the subordinates it could effortlessly be helpful; there will be some absence of validity but would be easier rather then assessing everyone individually.
Your essay should be based on your outline, and follow a 1,000 words count. You should however, discuss at least one more study supporting the position/stand you defend in your essay and at least one more study that goes against this position/stand.

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Promoting organisational creativity and innovation (Report)

 

Task
Imagine an organisation that you aspire to work for after the successful completion of your MBA. The organisation has decided to recruit a recent MBA graduate to support the promotion of creativity and innovation in anticipation that they can benefit from the application of knowledge and skills gained through your recent studies. You have been successful in the early stages of the selection process and are now through to the final stages.
The salary is highly competitive but competition is fierce and you are keen to succeed in securing the job. The challenge is to deliver a written business report answering the questions below.
• You will need to state the job title that you are applying for and provide brief contextual details of the organisation.
• You are required to advise the company how they might promote creativity and innovation in the chosen context.
• This requires that demonstrate your understanding of the systematic process and adapt it to the size, structure and context of your chosen organisation and the role for which you are applying.
• This is NOT a case study of an organisation.
• This is NOT an essay

Questions:
1. Why are creativity and innovation rare in this organisation? Drawing on the work of influential contributors on climate for creativity and innovation critically evaluate potential blocks or barriers to organisational creativity and innovation at multiple levels of the organisation?
2. What can we do to promote creativity and innovation? Synthesise influential approaches to the promotion of organisational creativity and innovation to develop clear recommendations that are sustainable long term? You are required to be creative in the ideas that you propose for Creative Leadership.
You are required to present a 2000 word (+/- 10%) report that addresses these questions. This must be professionally presented in report format, using in-text citations to support your ideas and with a comprehensive reference list. Appendices are permitted. Remember that competition is fierce and you will need to impress to succeed in securing the job. Your report will need to stand out from the other applicants if you are to secure your dream job.

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football hooliganism

 
my dissertation topic is on ‘does hooliganism still exist in football.

i need a literature review on this.
First briefly explain the broad issues related to your investigation; you don’t need to write much about this, just demonstrate that you are aware of the breadth of your subject.
Then narrow your focus to deal with the studies that overlap with your research.
Finally, hone in on any research which is directly related to your specific investigation. Proportionally you spend most time discussing those studies which have most direct relevance to your research.
It is very important to note that your review should not be simply a description of what others have published in the form of a set of summaries, but should take the form of a critical discussion, showing insight and an awareness of differing arguments, theories and approaches. It should be a synthesis and analysis of the relevant published work, linked at all times to your own purpose and rationale.

the literature review should:

• compare and contrast different authors’ views on an issue
• group authors who draw similar conclusions
• criticise aspects of methodology
• note areas in which authors are in disagreement
• highlight exemplary studies
• highlight gaps in research
• show how your study relates to previous studies
• show how your study relates to the literature in general
• conclude by summarising what the literature says

also

define your topic and provide an appropriate context for reviewing the literature;
establish your reasons – i.e. point of view – for
reviewing the literature;
explain the organisation – i.e. sequence – of the review;
state the scope of the review – i.e. what is included and what isn’t included. For example, if you were reviewing the literature on obesity in children you might say something like: There are a large number of studies of obesity trends in the general population. However, since the focus of this research is on obesity in children, these will not be reviewed in detail and will only be referred to as appropriate.
Main body

The middle or main body should:

organise the literature according to common themes;
provide insight into the relation between your chosen topic and the wider subject area e.g. between obesity in children and obesity in general;
move from a general, wider view of the literature being reviewed to the specific focus of your research.
Conclusion

The conclusion should:

summarise the important aspects of the existing body of literature;
evaluate the current state of the literature reviewed;
identify significant flaws or gaps in existing knowledge;
outline areas for future study;
link your research to existing knowledge.

please be very critical when writing this, and stay focused on the topic ‘does hooliganism still exist in football’ use themes and past and present researches and compare and contrast.

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Critical Thinking in Practice

 
Have you thought much about how you think? This week, we are considering the concept of critical thinking. How we interpret and analyze information, explain and evaluate what we perceive–all of which leads to decisions and actions. Successful scholars and clinicians are open to an objective inquiry process such as the 5-step critical thinking problem solving process (Facione, 2013, pg. 25) and continually work to enhance their critical thinking skills.

Read the two articles assigned under Required Readings and Activities:

Critical thinking: What it is and why it counts (Facione, 2013); and

Barriers to clinical decision making in nursing (O’Reilly, 1993).

Post a reflection (personal observations, perceptions and thoughts–not scholarly writing assignment) on the two articles. Consider the following questions in your reflection:
•Define critical thinking in your own words. How do you apply critical thinking in practice?
•Complete the critical thinking disposition self-rating found on page 13 of the Facione article. Do you think your score is reflective of your current level of critical thinking skills and disposition?
•How do you think the RN-BSN program will enhance your critical thinking skills?
•What measures will you take to improve your critical thinking problem solving skills?
•What are some of the barriers you have experienced (or anticipate) in applying critical problem solving to clinical or academic situations?

The post does not need to be in APA format, and references are not required (unless additional sources are used/cited). Respond to at least one of your peer’s postings.

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Equity coursework(problem question)

 
1)Introduction should cover all possible causes of action even if you don’t have room to cover in detail
2)OSCOLA referencing; footnotes; bibliography(books, cases, journals)
3)Might be more than one possible way to get client what they want�
4)Need to communicate clearly – headings, plain English
5) Apply the law to the facts – describing the law is insufficient
6)Address counterarguments!
7) Advise the client�
�8)The longest part of your answer should be the ‘Application’ part.
9) ALWAYS cite a case or statute as your authority for the law.