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Research methodology

Consider that you are exploring the role of epistemology in research and the philosophical assumptions that provide insight into management research. You are gaining an understanding of how your own philosophical assumptions can influence your research and even the process of selecting a problem or issue to study. In this assignment, assume you are asked to begin to generate a broadly specified topic along the line of ‘local procurement as a means a mining company can use to boost its social acceptance within a remote area’ which will later guide you formulate the topic for your management dissertation project. For the start, you are required to think about some of the key parameters that may influence your choice of topic and to communicate initial ideas to the module Instructor for comment.

You should address each of the following points:

1) Outline the general management topic or problem that you plan to address in your dissertation. Fill the following guideline.

1. Aim, objectives, justification and feasibility of the dissertation
2. Literature review
List a minimum of 10 sources of academic information
3. Research methodology and methods
4. References

2) Explain how your selection of the topic or problem is influenced by your epistemological perspective(s).

Write it concisely.

 

Select a New Zealand (or global) industry or business and write a report that addresses 4 aspects

Value:35%, Length:2000(excluding references and appendices)Format: Report, Topic: Select a New Zealand (or global) industry or business and write a short report that addresses four aspects: a. Identify a significant environmental issue(s) affecting the industry or business; b. The pressures on business or industry to become environmentally responsible, including legislation and standards; c. Describe the current approach to environmental management and comment on its performance; and d. Discuss possible changes to environmental management (approach, techniques, and tools) and why these should be made.
Report guideline – This is a report that is intended to effect change based on your analysis of the current approach to environmental management within an industry or business. The report should be accurate and set out conclusions which are well supported by your analysis. This is a short report – only 2,000 words. Your report should include the following sections:
1.Summary(about 200 words) a.Provides a succinct summary of the report 2. Introduction (about 300 words) a. Sets out the purpose of the report. b. Explains briefly the industry or firm chosen and why (examples of industries are diary, tourism, forestry and firms are The Warehouse, Fonterra, Novotel, corner dairy) c. Explains how information was gathered and analysed (e.g.,search online, library search, interviews, formal and informal, talked to industry associations) d. Clarifies relevant limitations or assumptions (e.g., based on published information only; no interviews or survey data are used) 3. Discussion and analysis (about 1000 words) a. Identifies and defines the relevant environmental issue using literature and evidence b. Identifies the key pressures on business or industry to become environmentally responsible c. Identifies and describes the current approach to environment management d .Discusses changes to environmental management and why this be implemented 4.Conclusions
(about 300 words) a. What the report established about the 4 key aspects in (3) above b. What the report was unable to establish for various reasons (e.g., data on environmental performance was not accessible; the change could not be tested, but needs to be) 5.Recommendation (about 200 words) a. Explains what should be done (only the main actions) and why b.Numbered recommendations (e.g., It is recommended that the board of directors (a) implement an environmental policy that……).

Research a political interest group and analyze the group’s role in a current political event.

History
Answer three of the following questions following the instructions below. You will be submitting your responses byTuesday, April 26th , 11:59 EST.
A. Cite your source citations informally within the text as you write. For example, if you are citing Dinnerstein, then at the end of the sentences of your quote or paraphrase, write: (Dinnerstein, 100).
You may quote or paraphrase Dinnerstein, or the class lecture notes. These are your main sources for your written responses. You are also to use the primary source websites provided in the first three weeks of readings.
B. On the second page of this midterm are a list of termsrelated to our work. Use no fewerthan four terms within each of your written responses. Underline the terms as you use them. Do not count any single term more than once in any single essay. You may use them repeatedly in your responses to different questions, however.
Question Choices:
1. Define the differences in the “push”, “passage”, and “pull” factors of three different immigrant groups which come to America between 1607 and 1830? Use testimonies from the various websites provided in the first three weeks of readings which illustrate individuals from these groups. Also, are their any testimonies which present how the resident Anglo-Americans feel about subsequent groups which came to America , especially after the Revolution? (For example, what does Benjamin Franklin think about German immigrants and their presence in Pennsylvania?)

2. Many immigrants came to America as “indenturers”. Their experiences, however, would vary considerably depending on their origin and circumstance, where they settled, and what they faced after having worked off the terms of their contracts. Your task is first to explain what being “indentured” meant. For example, the first Africans to be brought to America were originally considered “indentured”. Yet their fate would be very different from the whites who also came as “indentured”. (Dinnerstein goes to considerable length to show the evolution of the concept of “slavery” in the American colonies.) What did being indentured mean to those who settled in Virginia and the southern colonies, versus those who came as indentured and settled in the northern colonies? Finally, provide testimonies for each of the kinds of experiences which to you, best illustrate these different kinds of immigrants.

3. In the several decades after the American Revolution, the new American government had a sometimes conflicted policy towards immigration. Note the difference between how the Federalists like President John Adams acted towards immigration during the 1790’s, and the kinds of legislation passed by the federalist congress, in contrast to the policies of Thomas Jefferson and his administration which came into power after Adams, in 1801. Your job is to define several of the main changes in immigration policy from 1796 to 1820. What particular groups entered the country during these decades? Which people were kept out of the country during these years and why? Use the testimonies you have read to back up your conclusions where possible.

4. When we reach the late 1840s, we see the arrival of two new large groups of immigrants. First are the Germans who will move through the East Coast and settle in the Midwest. The Irish will also come at this same time. Unlike the Germans, however, the Irish will settle in cities along the East Coast of the country. Your job is to describe what makes these two groups so different from one another. Why are the Irish so different from other groups that have arrived by this time period? In the readings, what are some of the “native” American fears being presented over the Irish presence in America?
TERMS:
William Bradford, OfPlymouth… Capt. John Smith, GenerallHistorieThomas Paine
“Asylum Theme” indenturers / redeemptioners “regulators”
Headright system “City on a Hill” Hartford Convention, 1814
“Americanization” “Papists” of “Romanists” Amistad
Huguenots ethnicity assimilation
Naturalization Acts of 1790, ’95, ’98, ’02 pluralism Nativism
Denationalization American “Wake” Know Nothing Party
Samuel Slater “push” / “pull” / “Passage” “Great Famine”
Hessians royalists-loyalists / rebels Scotch-Irish
Paxton Boys Moravians enclosure movement
Sedition Act of 1798 “American Letters” Moravians
“Glorious Revolution” of 1688-89 headright system Federalist Party
Can you think of other terms to use in your essay? They, too, can earn credit on your essays.

 

write an essay that describes what compels you to write or explains why you write. How do you use writing, and how does writing use you? How do you use different kinds of texts in your life? How might they be said to use you? How does the writing of others influence you? Affect you? Direct you? Haunt you?

 

 

Assignment: The Water Manager’s Findings on Pollution

Rivers, lakes, and rainwater are the most important freshwater sources for humans. You may know, however, that many freshwater sources are in danger of

becoming polluted. Any physical, biological, or chemical change in water quality that adversely affects living organisms or makes the water unsuitable

for desired uses can be considered pollution. There are many reasons why a community’s water sources become polluted. Water pollution can occur from

sewage or when rainwater runoff from urban or industrial areas, agricultural land, or mining operations makes its way back to rivers, lakes, or oceans,

or into the ground. Pesticides can wash into water from farms, lawns, golf courses, agricultural spraying, or leaking storage tanks. Acids, caustics

such as lye toxic metals, strong detergents, and other strong inorganic chemicals can find their way into your water through leaking containers,

illegal dumping of wastes, or disposal in sewers or septic tanks. In this Assignment, you will play the part of the manager of a water plant. You will

evaluate the impact of pollution on the environment and how to clean up local water pollution and conserve the limited clean-water supply.

To prepare for this Assignment:
• Review the many causes of water pollution and the rate at which humans accelerate the causes of water pollution.
• Consider the ways in which water quality control personnel analyze water for the presence of pollution.
• Reflect on water conservation methods that citizens can reasonably employ during a pollution cleanup effort.

The Assignment:
Imagine you are a water manager for a growing urban area in which the local water supply has become polluted and is in short supply.

• Compose a 500-word essay in which you do the following:
o Identify sources of possible water pollution in the urban environment. Assess the immediate damage these sources cause to the local environment

and ecosystems, as well as the long-term damage if the pollution is left unchecked.
o Evaluate different recommendations that you, as the plant manager, can make to citizens to reduce water pollution. Rank your ideas in order of

difficulty to implement. Explain how citizens might put each of your recommendations to use in the short term to help clean up the water supply.
o Next, address ways to make the water supply safe for consumption. For each idea, evaluate the cost and approximate length of time required to

restore the water supply to safe levels. Cite any sources you use to support your ideas, as a plant manager would do in making a report.

Other information: Use APA style of writing, the paper should have an introduction paragraph, body of the paper and a conclusion paragraph that brings

it all together. Don’t forget examples to support your answers were needed.

1. Mistrust of the Healthcare System

Refer to:
Legal and Ethical Essentials of Health Care Administration (Pozgar, 2014)
o Chapter 15: End-of-Life Issues
o Chapter 16: AIDS

Answer
• A significant demographic of the public harbors a deeply rooted mistrust of the healthcare system. They do not trust medical providers to be open or honest with them. They fear the privacy of their medical records will not be respected, and that they will not receive the care that they need.
• As you consider this issue, what has created this mistrust?
• As an ethical leader, how would you respond to address this concern?

2. The Influence of Henrietta Lacks

Refer to:
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Skloot, 2011)
o Pages 311-337

Answer
• At the time of the book’s publication, how had the lives of Henrietta’s great- and great-great-grandchildren been affected by Skloot’s research, and by the knowledge and understanding of Henrietta’s contribution to science?

3.Obligation to Release Medical Records

Refer to:
Legal and Ethical Essentials of Health Care Administration (Pozgar, 2014)
o Chapter 18: Medical Records

Answer
• Failure to release a patient’s record can lead to legal action, as can releasing a patient’s record without the appropriate authorization. Should a provider/organization always be obligated to release a medical record or are there any circumstances when this release should be denied?
• Please explain your answer.

4.HeLa – Identify or Keep Confidential?

Refer to:
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Skloot, 2011)

Answer
• Do you agree that Henrietta should have been correctly identified in order to “give her the fame she so richly deserves”?
• Or do you think her anonymity should have been protected?

5.Limiting Organizational Liability

Refer to:
Legal and Ethical Essentials of Health Care Administration (Pozgar, 2014)
o Chapter 20: Professional Liability Insurance
o Chapter 23: Employee Rights and Responsibilities
o Chapter 24: Tort Reform
o Chapter 25: Culture of Safety

Answer
• Describe some of the challenges that healthcare faces in ensuring appropriate safeguards are taken to limit liability exposure within the organization.
• Proffer 2-3 suggestions to ameliorate these challenges and discuss the resultant impact on healthcare costs, quality, and employee rights.

6. The Hindsight of HeLa Cells

Refer to:
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Skloot, 2011)

Answer
• If Henrietta Lacks could know how important her cells have been to science, do you think she would approve of the fact that they were taken from her without her knowledge or consent?

Choose three sets of two companies featured in the Standard & Poors’ 500 index which are in the same sector. Use the following link to the

SPDR Index Heat Map to ensure the firms are in the same sector.

Heat Map link:
http://www.sectorspdr.com/sectorspdr/tools/sector-tracker/components

Complete the following:

Report and compare the P/E ratios of each of the two selected companies. Describe how you would classify these—as a value investment or a

growth firm.
Compare your firms to the total sector and indicate your preference of each pair. If three of these constitute a portfolio for your

investment purposes, indicate what your preferences are for return.
Discuss what type of investor will have the same expectations regarding return.
Include an appendix containing all ratio calculations including a note on the numerator and denominator used.

Your paper should meet the following requirements:

Be approximately 2 pages in length, not including the cover page and reference page.
Follow the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA. Each paper should include an introduction, a body with at least two fully developed

paragraphs, and a conclusion.
Support your answers with the readings from Module 3 and at least one scholarly journal article. The CSU-Global Library is a great place to

find resources.
Be clear and well written, concise, and logical, using excellent grammar and style techniques. You are being graded in part on the quality

of your writing. If you need assistance with your writing style, start with Tools for Effective Writing at the CSU-Global Library,

accessible from the Library’s homepage.

Question:

According to Dasgupta and Gupta “The increasing turbulence in the external business environment has focused attention on the resources and organizational capabilities as the principal source of competitive advantage.” (2009, p.204).

Discuss with reference to appropriate literature sources, the extent to which the creation, sharing and utilization of knowledge is central to this resource based view of competitive advantage.

Reference: Dasgupta, M. And Gupta, R.K. (2009) Innovation in Organizations: A Review of the Role of Organizational Learning

Marking criteria:

Element
Weight %
Presentation (General Presentation and APA
reference system)
10
Essay content, analysis and review of literature
50
Essay structure and organization
30
Language clarity and accuracy
10

Tutorial activities undertaken in the second half of the module:
1. Human Resources and Operations Management (Values, Attitudes and their Effects in the Workplace)
2. Ethics, Diversity and the Global Environment (1. Reading Principles of Social Responsibility and Ethical Behavior, 3. Handout Determinants of a Global Cultural Web,…)

Instructions for the completion of this assessment:

. The question is deliberately broad. Students are therefore allowed to focus their answers on the field in which their course is based. This may aid the search for literature and examples through offering appropriate boundaries to your work (I am working with United Nations).

. The maximum word count for this assessment is 3,000 words, +/- 10%. This word count includes any appendices (which you should not need to any extent) but excludes the words in the reference list. This word count must be adhered to.

. This is an essay not a report, so you should avoid the use of bullet points and lists. This is an essay question which is effectively asking you to complete a critical evaluation of the literature on the topics and use this literature to form arguments to address the discussion.

. Accurate referencing of sources is crucial in this coursework. There are resources available on internet. The referencing system used on this work is the APA Referencing system. Please make sure you are familiar with this.

NEED THESIS STATEMENT, INSTEAD OF ABSTRACT PAGE.
1.How does the topic (Moses, Miriam, Covenant, the Decalogue, or the Golden Calf) connect to the larger themes of creation, fall, and

redemption within the overarching story of the Bible?
2.What is important to know about the history, culture, and/or theology surrounding this person or concept?
3.What was the original meaning of this concept or significance of this person within Exodus/Deuteronomy?
4.What insights gained could be meaningful for our context today?
MUST INCLUDE THESIS, INTRODUCTIONS , AND CONCLUSION
Please follow instructions for Part 2
PLEASE MAKE SURE TO FOLLOW INSTURCTIONS FORM ATTACHED FILE SPECIFICLLY PART 2; I HAVE ALSO ATTACHED TWO SUPPORTING ARTICLES TO HELP REFERNCE
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God’s Story Research Paper
BIBL100 Signature Assignment Instructions
Assignment Overview
In this course, we are learning that the stories in Exodus and Deuteronomy are an integral part
of the grand story of Christian Scripture. In many ways, God’s action in and through Moses and
the Israelites are a microcosm of the overarching themes of creation, fall, and redemption that
find meaning and movement throughout the entirety of the Bible. Exodus and Deuteronomy are
of particular importance because it is here that God initiates his plan of redemption among the
Israelites. In order to better understand the meaning and implications of God’s redemptive work
in the Old Testament, you will choose a person or concept that is highlighted in the course for
further research and analysis. The topic choices for research and analysis are Moses, Miriam,
Covenant, the Decalogue, or the Golden Calf. Note that each of these topics has a
corresponding article posted in the course from Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch.
The Signature Assignment affords you an extended time to explore Exodus/Deuteronomy in
light of the following four questions:
1. How does the topic (Moses, Miriam, Covenant, the Decalogue, or the Golden Calf)
connect to the larger themes of creation, fall, and redemption within the overarching
story of the Bible?
2. What is important to know about the history, culture, and/or theology surrounding this
person or concept?
3. What was the original meaning of this concept or significance of this person within
Exodus/Deuteronomy?
4. What insights gained could be meaningful for our context today?
Assignment Instructions
Your research, analysis, and response to these questions will take the form of a research paper,
and the project will be completed in three stages:
1. Part 1: Project Plan – Topic, Thesis, Resources, and Outline.
2. Part 2: First Draft – Introduction, plus body paragraphs addressing Questions 1, 2, and 3.
3. Part 3: Final Paper – Revisions of first draft, plus body paragraphs addressing Question 4,
and a conclusion.2
Assignment Requirements
Part 1: Project Plan
Submit a Project Plan, to include the following:
 Topic – Choose one: Moses, Miriam, Covenant, the Decalogue, or the Golden Calf.
 Thesis – What is the central message/argument of the paper? See the APU Writing
Center resource Thesis Statements for help.
 Resources – The paper must reference:
o The Drama of Scripture.
o The accompanying topic article found in the course from Dictionary of the Old
Testament: Pentateuch.
o Two additional sources from the APU Library; see the APU Writing Center’s
Research Tips and Resources for suggestions about finding good resources.
o NOTE: In APA style, classical works – including the Bible – are not listed in the
References page. Embed biblical citations within the text as follows: “Then
Moses turned and went down the mountain, carrying the two tablets of the
covenant in his hands” (Exod 32:15, NRSV). Only indicate the Bible version in
the first citation; it is not necessary to identify each citation as NRSV.
 Outline – Organize the paper to address the following four assignment questions:
1. How does the topic (Moses, Miriam, Covenant, the Decalogue, or the Golden
Calf) connect to the larger themes of creation, fall, and redemption within the
overarching story of the Bible?
2. What is important to know about the history, culture, and/or theology surrounding
this person or concept?
3. What was the original meaning of this concept or significance of this person
within Exodus/Deuteronomy?
4. What insights gained could be meaningful for our context today?
Assignment Expectations
 Submit the assignment in Times New Roman 12-point font.
 The Project Plan is 2 pages in length.
 Outline identifies the introduction/thesis statement, at least four main ideas, and 3-4 subpoints beneath each main idea.
 List references in APA format.3
Part 2: First Draft
Submit a first draft, to include the following:
 Introduction with thesis statement. See the APU Writing Center resources Thesis
Statements and Introductions and Conclusions for help.
 Body paragraphs that address the following three (out of four) assignment questions:
1. How does the topic (Moses, Miriam, Covenant, the Decalogue, or the Golden
Calf) connect to the larger themes of creation, fall, and redemption within the
overarching story of the Bible?
2. What is important to know about the history, culture, and/or theology surrounding
this person or concept?
3. What was the original meaning of this concept or significance of this person
within Exodus/Deuteronomy?
 Body paragraphs embed research and analysis from scholarly sources and contain intext citations.
 References page, formatted in APA style, minimally includes:
o The Drama of Scripture.
o The accompanying topic article found in the course from Dictionary of the Old
Testament: Pentateuch.
o Two additional sources from the APU Library.
o NOTE: In APA style, classical works – including the Bible – are not listed in the
References page. Embed biblical citations within the text as follows: “Then
Moses turned and went down the mountain, carrying the two tablets of the
covenant in his hands” (Exod 32:15, NRSV). Only indicate the Bible version in
the first citation; it is not necessary to identify each citation as NRSV.
Assignment Expectations
 Written in Times New Roman 12-point font and double spaced.
 Approx. 1,000 to 1,200 words in length, plus a References page.
 Paper includes an introduction and thesis statement, addresses the first three (of four)
assignment questions, and engages with the required scholarly sources.
 Lists references in APA format.
 Contains minimal grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.4
Part 3: Final Paper
Submit a final paper, to include the following:
 Revisions as indicated by the professor.
 Introduction with thesis statement. See the APU Writing Center resources Thesis
Statements and Introductions and Conclusions for help.
 Body paragraphs that address all four assignment questions:
1. How does the topic (Moses, Miriam, Covenant, the Decalogue, or the Golden
Calf) connect to the larger themes of creation, fall, and redemption within the
overarching story of the Bible?
2. What is important to know about the history, culture, and/or theology surrounding
this person or concept?
3. What was the original meaning of this concept or significance of this person
within Exodus/Deuteronomy?
4. What insights gained could be meaningful for our context today?
 Body paragraphs embed research and analysis from scholarly sources and contain intext citations.
 References page, formatted in APA style, minimally includes:
o The Drama of Scripture.
o The accompanying topic article found in the course from Dictionary of the Old
Testament: Pentateuch.
o Two additional sources from the APU Library.
o NOTE: In APA style, classical works – including the Bible – are not listed in the
References page. Embed biblical citations within the text as follows: “Then
Moses turned and went down the mountain, carrying the two tablets of the
covenant in his hands” (Exod 32:15, NRSV). Only indicate the Bible version in
the first citation; it is not necessary to identify each citation as NRSV.
Assignment Expectations
 Written in Times New Roman 12-point font and double spaced.
 Approx. 1,500 words in length, plus a References page.
 Paper includes an introduction and thesis statement, addresses all four assignment
questions, engages with the required scholarly sources, and includes a conclusion. See
the APU Writing Center resource Introductions and Conclusions for help.
 Incorporates improvements based on instructor feedback from Part 2.
 Lists references in APA format.
 Contains minimal grammar, spelling, and punctuation errors.
Review the Grading Rubric for further details as to how your project ultimately will be scored.