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Question about the recent scandal

 
The aim of this written assignment, worth 20% of your final mark, is to initially identify and frame an organizational development and change problem, carry-out an investigation and plan and describe your findings, including possible or suggested solutions. The assignment provides you with the opportunity to demonstrate your own knowledge and skills (i.e. your own specific  on dealing with issues).

Please plan for and allow time for each stage of the written work (such as introduction, investigation and writing-up stage) so that you can have enough time for re-iterations and proof-reading.
The final project report will be about 2 to 3 pages (about 350 to 500 words) and have a coherent structure, written in good academic English, with references and footnotes, as necessary. Please choose a clear font and formatting and stay with font size 11 or 12 for the main text. The assignment report will be handed-in via Blackboard, by around 21st November.
Organizational development & change Assignment Question:

VW has faced major difficulties since the middle of September 2015. What can the Organizational Development Team at VW plan and do for now, next few months and the year ahead, to learn from this incident and improve the internal operations of the organization. In your answer, first try to identify, diagnose and frame the problem, as you see it, and then offer a suitable intervention and suggestion.

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Analyse and compare different complementary health modalities

Please write each answer below each question. Please make sure it is relevant to Australia and keep in mind that this is for my Salon Management course. Thank you!

1. What kind of aspects does someone need to consider when deciding either a complementary health practitioner or a Western medicine practitioner? List 3 reasons.
2. What influence (if any) do you think reality TV shows such as The Biggest Loser has on the general public’s motivation and perception of their health?
3. Have a look at this NSA document, detailing the requirements of a RPHNutr: 
http://www.nsa.asn.au/useruploads/files/registration_documents/specialist_competencies_i n_nutrition_science_public_health.pdf. What do you think are the two most important attributes a practitioner of this kind can have when working within public health? List two benefits of becoming a RPHNutr, as opposed to a private sector Nutritionist.
4. How would you feel about going to your local GP for reflexology? Do you think that it crosses any perceived boundaries for you?
5. Veturo Therapy is a form of naturopathic technology; research this and document a paragraph of your findings.
6. Do you think there should be a minimum educational requirement consistent across all complementary health modalities? If one were introduced, what kind of implications would this have on existing practitioners?
7. What are your thoughts on how complementary health modalities could contribute to the aged care sector?
8. What methods of creating your own referral network would you consider using and why?
9. Research your local area (in Melbourne, Australia) business networking opportunities and document two that you have found. How could they assist a complementary health practitioner?

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Adjustable size shoe

I need a prototype, creating for example a 3D sketch/ drawings for a new innovation that is Adjustable size shoe. the 3D sketch/drawings should be clear, easy and very convincing for the parents to purchase the product. the target is school kids from 6-12 years old.
My best idea is:
Adjustable size shoe

• The shoe is an accessory that almost all the people in the world uses. There are more than six billion in the world that would require a pair of shoes. The current market offers a disposable shoe where the customer must change the shoe every year due to fashion standards, change of size or failure. The innovation works for the people that will change sizes in a period of one or two years when you may maintain its qualities.
• The market of scholar students is the main market of the adjustable size shoe. The students of primary school with ages from 6 to 13 years change sizes every year and in some cases in the same year. The use of adjustable size shoes is a response to the necessity to have a shoe despite the change of size of the foot of the client.
• Better than compete with the traditional shoe market, the innovation would be available to the traditional shoe makers to adopt the standard of adjustable size and offer new designs to the people with the adjustable size technology. The technology uses microorganism inside the shoe that regenerates the volume increasing the size according to the “growth” force of the foot

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Key performance indicators and project success

 
Key performance indicators and project success

Please read carefully:

The research concerns understanding what success on projects mean, and how to measure success in quantifiable way so that projects can be compared and benchmarked.

Business generally uses KPIs to measure the organizational performance and the success in the quantifiable way. KPIs could employ to measure the project delivery success.

Methodology: This exploratory study, The data collected through “Semi-structured Interview”, with 6 experts in project management, the sample identified through “convenience sampling” method. The interviews recorded and transcribed. Attached the interviews transcript. And they should be analysed in any quantitative analysis method like “thematic analysis”.

The interviews was face to face , online, and by phone , they have been recorder and then transcribed , attached 5 interviews as word file the 6th interview will be uploaded later tomorrow.
The thesis will be around if I want to suggest an outline for the Lit review: the Lit review would start with project success, what is succuss in projects? Success criteria and critical success factors? Project delivery success and project success? Previous work on project success measurement? And if it is measuring the project success or project delivery success or both “Yet some confusion exists between project delivery success and project success, where the latter is obviously influenced by factors beyond the control of the project team and sometimes outside the boundaries of the project itself”. Langston 2013 , attached.

Attached many files, there is 5 Phd desertions attached, each one have a good literature review on project success. And you can refer to the original references used in the Phd dissertations rather than referring to the Phd dissertation itself in your thesis references.

This section would lead to a conclusion that there is still a need for measurement to measure the “project delivery success in quantifiable way” , measurement that reflects the balance between the competing constraints (time, cost, quality) .

Business generally uses KPIs for this purpose, so my suggestion that the second part of lit review will be on KPIs ,and you can start with the performance management and measurement ( attached neely book and papers) , its purpose , requirement of an effective performance measurements, then the measures metrics and kpis , what are the Kpis , why they used ? Characteristics of the good Kpi , and you can finish with the KPis in the project management ( the previous work on that ) .
The thesis should be around 15000 words. In addition to thesis I need and I will order, a 5000 words.. summary of the thesis , a conference paper that suitable for future conference publication. In both cases the work includes a rationale for the research, underpinning and fully referenced literature review, articulation of an appropriate method, collection of data, analysis, discussion and conclusions.
At least 45 peer reviewed journal articles should be used in the research.

Below some ideas on the project success. And in the attachment some Phd dissertations which are so useful in writing the literature review. And many important journal articles that related to the topic. (Langston article is a good start and should be appeared in the references and used in the research) .

Another book should be used in the research its available online:
Project Management Metrics, KPIs, and Dashboards A Guide to Measuring and Monitoring Project Performance
Harold R. Kerzner 2013 .Online access.

All the attached files are important; they will save your time in research. Some are Master thesis with good review on KPis and performance measurement.

If you need any article , please let me know I have access to most of the journals.

Some ideas on the project’s success:

A review of the existing literature shows that a number of researchers have investigated the concept of project success. Project success is an important and a central topic of project management research (Cooke-Davies, 2002). Müller and Jugdev (2012) state that project success “is at the heart of project management” (p.758). However, despite the broad interest in the topic, no general agreement has been achieved on what constitutes project success (Ika, 2009).
The absence of agreement on what constitutes project success has been the reason for failing to evaluate project success (Wai, Yusof, Ismail, & Ng Choon, 2012).

Project success means different things to different stakeholders. Each sector, project team or individual has its own definition and perception of success. Pariff and Sanvido (1993) consider success an intangible perceptive feeling that varies with different management expectations, among people, and with the phases of project. Each stakeholder group has its own project objectives and criteria for measuring success (Chan and Chan, 2004).

A number of studies explore the critical success factors that might contribute to project success; hence, according to the findings of Muller and Jugdev (2012) the list of factors that contribute to project success is continually becoming longer.

According to the observations of Cooke-Davies (2002), the factors of success are those inputs into overall management systems which enhance the likelihood of project success on the basis of its aims and objectives. Crawford (2001) argues that the literature on the critical success factors is more extensive than the success criteria that have evolved from the research conducted on various projects.

Despite several similarities among the research findings, there is no agreement among scholars on the final list of critical success factors. However, a number of researchers suggest that critical success factors can be grouped under several main categories. The value of these research studies is that they identify important factors and preconditions that might contribute to project success, but yet they still do not provide a definition of project success.

A large number of major projects have been completed within the time and budget constraints yet, from a business perspective, they are considered a complete failure, according to the observations of Shenhar and Dvir (2007). In contrast to this, there have been many projects that were not time nor cost effective in their delivery, but are considered a success story. An illustrious case in this regard is the Sydney Opera House.

It was neither cost nor time effective, but it has been remarkable success on the business front and proved to be financially beneficial on a long-term basis, according to the findings of Steinfort and Walker (2007).

Other researchers seek to define the criteria by which a project is judged to be a success or a failure. The classic criterion is the iron triangle, but studies identify many other criteria beyond the iron triangle. Weaver (2012) argues that there is a real need for a new paradigm similar to the iron triangle but better representing the different facets of success. Furthermore, Langston (2013) argues that the lack of a cohesive model for measuring project success is an obstacle to resolve what constitutes a successful project.

Furthermore, a number of researchers differentiate between project success as the project’s final outcome and the project delivery’s success. The success of the project refers to the final outcome of the project and is measured against the overall objective of the project (Ika 2009).
This project management success refers to the delivery of project activities, which is a measure of performance for the cost, time and quality (internal standard) traditional measures as observed by DeWitt (1998), Ika (2009) and Munns and Bjeirmi (1996). However, Atkinson (1999) claims that the cause of project’s delivery failure is the limited set of measurement criteria which define the project’s success (i.e. cost, time and quality). Similarly, Henrie and Sousa-Poza (2005) argue that project managers fail because the criteria for measuring project success is partial and limited to the traditional project constraints.

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Understand how to establish a safe and healthy home based childcare environment for children

 
– explain why it is important to take a balanced approach to risk management.

– explain the principles of safe supervision in the home based setting and off site.

– describe procedures for:
. storage of medication
. administration of medication
. record keeping with regard to medication.

– carry out a risk assessment of own home:
. indoors
. outdoors.

– summarise to maintain a safe and healthy environment for children in relation to:
. preparing formula feeds
. sterilisation of feeding equipment
. preparation and storage of food
. safe disposal of waste
. care of pets.

– explain procedures to follow in the event of:
. accidents
. incidents
. emergencies.

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The family role in contributing to and managing youth violence

A secondary research proposal which is an integral of my independent project

The first part consists of:
(a) a write up of the research proposal which sets out the aims and objectives of the study; the areas of literature consulted/to be consulted; the methodology adopted and a discussion of the ethical and feasibility issues involved where appropriate; and
(b) an action plan in the form of a timetable. (500 words).

Guidance:
You should describe:
• what it is you intend to research
• how your proposal contributes to the existing knowledge base
• how you intend to conduct the research (methodology)
• what are the ethical issues of your research
• an action plan in the form of a timetable setting out the stages of your research.
Be realistic, and factor in your other assignment commitments and when you have space to focus on your project. And stick to it!

The second part is a reflective exercise which requires you:
(a) to demonstrate awareness of the key characteristics of the different theoretical perspective(s) which you might adopt for your chosen topic;
(b) to select the most suitable perspective(s), in relation both to the topic and to your personal values; and
(c) to identify the research method(s) – the data collecting instruments – most appropriate to the selected perspective(s). (1,000 words)

Guidance:
Research is driven by a range of theories and an understanding of how this will help you to research, write-up and deliver the written dissertation. Much of the secondary material you will be researching contains a theoretical base and having an understanding of what has guided the writer will help you to analyse the material. Thus, you are asked to describe the theoretical perspective(s) that underpin research and how that knowledge might help you to formulate your research question and carry out your research. From this stage we can move into research methods and how they combine with the perspective(s) to provide a logical framework. Thus, the second part of the assignment asks you to:
• Offer a brief overview of the key theories in social research in your topic area
• Choose 1 theoretical perspective(s) appropriate for your research & values, and
• Demonstrate how your choice of research methods is compatible with your selected perspective(s).
Materials-UK able to asses, Peer-reviewed academic text and journals, e.g Keith Punch’s(2006) book. Developing Effective Research Proposals.
Page numbered, double spaced, word processed and word count.

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marketing 2000 words 7day order

No copy no plagiarism, otherwise I will apply refund.

How does the Resource-based View of the Firm (RBV) inform marketing theories and concepts? Choose at least two marketing theories/concepts to exemplify your argument.

I prefer to use 4p and stp!

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Week 2 Summary

Overall: Your objective is to determine the level of quality of service in an organization you choose. You will need to have access to the customers in order to apply a structured survey. Some students use an organization where they work. Other students choose organizations where they have access to the customers. Retail stores in malls and fast food operations are typical choices.
Here is an outline of the process you need to follow:
Part 1 (50 points): Part 1, which is due at the end of Week 2, involves developing a 10 question customer satisfaction survey.
a. Identify the company and the industry you are surveying. Describe the nature of their business.
b. Describe specifically what you hope to learn about the services that your selected company is providing.
c. Develop a ten-question customer satisfaction survey. Submit each of the ten questions, with a brief explanation of why you ask each of the questions. The format should be, 1. State the question; 2. State your rationale for asking the question. You may find it very helpful to use one of the survey tools available. Two of them are http://www.questionpro.comand www.surveymonkey.com.
d. You need at least five respondents. That means you should ask 10 or more to complete the survey. It is typical to get turndowns when you ask, or a lack of response from someone who may have shown an interest. Please note that you may have as many respondents as you want. In fact, more rather than less respondents will tend to add validity to the survey results.
e. Prepare a draft of the Part 1 materials in APA format. Thoroughly address a through d.

Part 2 (50 points): Part 2, which is due at the end of Week 4, is a 500 word report (APA with a cover and reference page), which lists the results of survey.
a. Prepare a 500 word APA paper addressing the results of your survey.
b. You need at a least two charts/graphs in the Part 2 document that helps describe the results of the survey. Include the appropriate narrative documentation. The Part 2 document will integrate a flow of narrative and graphic information that clearly describes the results.
c. The complete detailed survey will be included as an attachment in the Part 2 document.
d. You will need at least 5 scholarly references in your Final Paper. I want to see at least 3 of the scholarly references in the Part 2 document.

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Fall questions: Empiricism, Epistemology & Rationalism

Fall Term

General Instructions:
This is an open book, open notes exam. You should use the assigned readings (the Booklet and and The Big Questions) and class meeting content. Material posted on Canvas (Items used in class, sample summaries) is class content, so you may and should make use of it, just as if it were your textbook.
Put your first and last name on the paper (I don’t need your student ID number).Answers must be typed; type your paper double-space. Use normal margins and a simple, normal-size font. Use black or blue ink only. Number your answers so that it is clear what question you are answering!
You do not need to use sources other than course materials. Be accurate, be thoughtful, be specific, be clear, be organized (= take things a step at a time). What you say should show thought.

  1. Short Answer. Answer each of the questions below in a sentence or in a few sentences.
  2. (2 pts) Fill in the blank below with the correct term. Hint: The correct term names a type of statement.

The denial of a      _____fact__________________        always results in a contradiction.

 

  1. (2 pts) Define: A “Matter of Fact”. Use this term as David Hume or Big Questions uses it. A Matter of Fact is a truth that is supported by empirical evidence.

 

 

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  1. (2 pts) Define: Empiricism

Empiricism is knowledge that is based on experience.

  1. (2 pts) Define: Epistemology.

Epistemology is the study of human knowledge, its various forms, as well as origins.  
Hint: Use the glossary in Big Questions or the box on p.7 (Big Questions)

  1. (2 pts) Define: Rationalism

Rationalism is the form of knowledge that relies on intuition and judgment to arrive at a conclusion, independent of experience. 

  1. (2 pts) Define: Innate ideas. Hint: Use the glossary in Big Questions or Ch. 5 (Big Questions).

Innate ideas are the supposed “in born” knowledge with which humans are born, independent of acquisition of knowledge through life experiences.

  1. 7. (4 points) Question 2-f on the exercise sheet about the game of Eleusis shows you a string of cards and asks you to propose a Secret Rule that fits it
           Question 2-f is meant to show a lesson about, or a feature of, the game. What is that lesson? The lesson is on inductive reasoning
    Hint: This is often a pitfall for the players.
          b.  What other activity ( = an activity other than this game) does the worksheet compare is the game of Eleusis to?  Hint: The lesson in (2a) applies to it as well.

The activity of innovation and induction.

  1. Short Essay Do all of the essays. If an essay has parts, you must do all of the parts.
    To write your answers well, imagine that you are explaining the concepts to someone who is interested in learning about philosophy, but who has not taken this class and who has not studied the philosophers and concepts we have covered. Write so as to be understandable to such a person.
    If you quote a passage from the reading, use enough of the quote so that we can tell what it says and why quoting it was relevant. Be sure to tell what page and source (e.g., Booklet, BQ)

 

  1. (12 pts). For this question, answer part (a) and your choice of:  part (b) or part (c).  Your answer will probably require a few sentences for each of the parts answered.
    State the Ontological Argument.  Hint: Use Big Questions.

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The Ontological argument is a stand, or set of arguments, that pins the existence of God from the very idea of God. For instance, the argument may be made that existence is due to, or symbolized by perfection, and because perfection is present, then God is present because God is perfect.

(Essay 1, continued)

  1. b. Is there a statement in the argument in (a) that you think is an Empirical

statement (= a Matter of Fact, a Contingent statement). To answer, first say what an Empirical statement is and then tell why the statement you chose is an example.

An empirical statement is a factual assertion that derives its legitimacy from experience. Part of the argument in (a) is an empirical statement because it asserts that God is present only because He can be experienced (through the existence of perfection)

  1. c. Is there a statement in the argument in (a) that you think is a Logically Necessary statement (= a Truth of Reason, a Relation of Ideas)? To answer, first say what a Logically Necessary statement is and then tell why the statement you chose is an example of one.

            The statement in (a) that God exists because existence can be experienced is a logically necessary statement because it relates the ideas of God’s existence to the experience of perfection.

 

  1. (18 pts) About 1 – 2 pages.
  2. a. What does the Two Worlds Assumption assume? Hint: It has two parts.

The Two Worlds Assumption assumes that the world is composed of two parts, the real world that comprises the physical things that can be touched, that grow, change and die. The second world is the world of pure forms, comprising immaterial things and one which experiences such as art and knowledge are based on.  

            Plato as the chief proponent of the Two Worlds assumption was of the view that true experiences are based on the second world, which he called the World of Being, as opposed to the First world that he named the World of Becoming.

  1. b. Describe the obstacle to knowledge that results from the Two Worlds Assumption. Hint: To answer, say to what knowledge it is an obstacle to, and then tell why it is such an obstacle. Remember that the Big Questions discusses this.

The obstacle to knowledge that results from the two worlds assumption, especially concerning the world of pure forms, is beauty. Beauty in this instance implies various art forms that require a sense of artistic appreciation. Appreciating art, poetry and such kinds of beautiful art can sometimes hinder from acquisition of true knowledge because such art forms utilize sentimental appreciation as opposed to true knowledge. 

  1. Rene Descartes is a Foundationalist about the nature of knowing. He thought that Foundationalism would allow him to surmount (or, to get around) the obstacle just referred to in part b of this question. Explain why he thought this. Hint: First, define Foundationalism.

Foundationalism is the belief that all knowledge is based on certain indisputable truths, for instance the formulas for geometrical problems are the foundations on knowledge on geometry. Foundationalism thus surmounts the obstacle of beauty by refusing to utilize experience as the basis of knowledge, instead relying on hard, indisputable facts.

Therefore, according to Descartes, in order to obtain true knowledge that is not biased by personal preferences as would be the case in artistic appreciation (since everyone has their own unique “taste”), only through acquiring knowledge through indisputable facts can such bias be surmounted.

 

  1. (18 pts) About 1- 2 pages.

David Hume thinks that once you become familiar with what he calls “the strange infirmities (= limitations, weaknesses) of human understanding,” you are likely to be more skeptical about your own beliefs and a better listener to the beliefs of others. He sees this as a very desirable result.
For this essay, choose two different claims advanced by Hume in the readings assigned that directly or indirectly address such infirmities. For each claim,

 

 

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(Essay 3, continued)
a. Directly quote it, by giving either Hume’s own words from the Booklet, or Big Questions’ words. Tell what page(s) the quote comes from. Then describe in your own words what the quote is about.

  1. b. Explain why you think that becoming aware of this matter could (or would) make a person more skeptical than they were previously.

Here are some topics to which Hume spoke in the assigned readings. You are not  limited to these, but they are helpful starting points:  Impressions and ideas; ideas that combinations of other ideas; the three principles for association of ideas; Matters of Fact in contrast to Relations of Ideas; finding patterns in experience or generalizing based on it; beliefs about cause and effect.

 

            David Hume expresses skepticism as concerns our understanding of cause and effect (Big Questions, pg. 164). Hume challenges the belief or assertion that cause and effect are simply a matter of one event creating consequences in another event by interaction between the two entities. Using the example of two balls that hit one another, or rather a first billiard ball knocking on a second one and seeming to cause its (second ball’s) movement, Hume challenges the understanding of cause and effect by stating that what is perceived to be cause and effect is only our assumption, but not a matter of fact.

            According to Hume, there are scientific events which occur without instigation – that is, without a cause. Therefore, concerning the two billiard balls, Humes argues that the act of one ball hitting the other and the second ball moving is simply tow independent events whose link is assumed, but not supported by fact. Hume argues that the first ball may hit the second and then bounce back, or the balls may explode, which would then shatter the assumption of cause and effect previously made.

            Becoming aware of this matter would make a person more skeptical than they were previously because Hume’s argument challenges some fundamental assumptions on cause and effect. Extended to other fields of knowledge such as science, geography and even physics, the challenge of our understanding of cause and effect would be impactful to the extent of causing a rethink of some basic assumptions in those fields.

            Another claim that Hume makes concerns our experience of another world as argued by the Two Worlds assumption. Hume argues that it is impossible to ascertain the experiences of the non-physical world by experience of reason (Big Questions, pg. 164).

            According to Hume any experience that is claimed to be of the non-physical world cannot be ascertained by a feeling or experience outside that world, so that pinching oneself to know whether on is dreaming cannot aid in clarifying whether the individual is dreaming because the pinching will still be experienced in the dream world. 

            This claim by Humes would make a person more skeptical than they were previously because it challenges our belief in experiences between the real and non-real, abstract world.