Friday, 16 May 2014
Food Guide Pyramid
How does your diet compare to the recommendations you received from the
Food Guide Pyramid? How many servings from each food group did you
consume?
Women in psychology
select a woman who has made significant contributions to the field of psychology between the years 1850 and 1950.
Collect a small representative sample of secondary data related to career aspirations
Collect a small representative sample of secondary data related
to career aspirations. Fifteen is the recommended sample size. The data
can be collected from observations, surveys, or historical records. The
data results should be summarized and displayed and a brief analysis
should be included. Use one of the four basic units of content analysis
to analyze the responses. Describe your findings as frequencies for the
unit of analysis selected.
strategy for training new employees
Develop a comprehensive strategy for training new employees. Focusing on the role of the new employees within the organization.
Human resources management
Create an overview of the process and steps involved in human resource
planning, recruiting, interviewing, selecting, and hiring of employees.
promotional practices
Assess the promotional practices of the companies in terms of the moral
standards that you think are appropriate for the sort of environment in
which the companies are operating. Relate your assessment to the three
theories of the manufacturer's duties discussed in the chapter. Are any
of these three theories particularly appropriate or inappropriate for
the Third World context within which the infant formula companies
operate? Evaluate the advertisements used by the companies. Do companies
have a duty to ensure that consumers do not misuse their products? Do
the duties of the manufacturer end at the point of sale?
Capitalist, Socialist, Fairness, and Libertarian notions of justice
What are the differences between Capitalist, Socialist, Fairness, and
Libertarian notions of justice? What are the strongest and weakest parts
of each theory?
Rational organization
What defines the rational organization? Of what do its layers consist?
What obligations do the employees in this model have towards the firm?
What obligations does the firm have to its employee?
The Cold War
Outline
the causes, the different effects on Western and Eastern Europe, and
explain the collapse of communism. Include more than one effect between
Western and Eastern Europe.
Spanish-American War
branches of government
How could such a party split among the three branches of government
contribute to the interactions, or potentially create conflict, among
the three branches of government?
Civil Rights Act
Racism, classicism, and all other ism's are often ingrained in people.
What did the Civil Rights Act do to change how people felt? Is the law
capable to changing the way people feel and think? Does a change in the
law make a difference, if people still feel the way they always did?
Supreme Court decisions impact on the Federal government
How have Supreme Court decisions impacted the Federal government's
ability to regulate interstate commerce and does the ability to regulate
interstate commerce give the Federal government more power than it
would have otherwise?
rise of urbanization
What factors shaped the move from colonial, country life to modern,
urban life? What was urban city life like during the rise of
urbanization? How was it different or similar to modern urban life?
city government
With the emergence of urban cities came the need for a distinct city
government, including the role of the boss. What were the positives and
negatives of having a boss in the city government? Do you think the boss
and the political machine are similar to current local systems of
government? Why?
Progressivism
Progressivism was the first national reform movement that set out to
resolve social problems without the aim of overturning the government.
What tactics did progressives employ to influence the government at all
levels? Why were progressives so successful in their movement?
Government Accountability Office (GAO)
Transparency
and accountability are big issues in government today. People want to
know what the government is doing, how they are doing it, and whether or
not it is effective. The Government Accountability Office (GAO) is
charged with auditing and evaluating government programs and activities.
You may or may not have seen news reports about the results of GAO
audits or evaluations on issues related to public policies. In some
cases, the audits or evaluations provide information about ineffective
rules or gaps in procedures employed by administrative agencies. The
audits and evaluations of the GAO, as well as the oversight performed by
the executive, legislative, and executive branches of government,
impact how administrative agencies function, how agency heads and
employees behave, and how the rule-making process is executed.
personal qualities
select one personal quality you would like to improve to become a more
effective leader and follower. Provide a justification as to why this
improvement would be a benefit to you and an organization.
effective followership
Analyze how you, as a leader, can encourage effective followership in a
business organization. Provide an explanation to support your analysis.
effective leadership
Analyze how you, as a follower, can contribute to effective leadership
in a business organization. Provide an explanation to support your
analysis.
personality influences
Assess how your personality influences how you lead and how you follow.
Draw on your professional and personal experience to provide examples.
Big Five Personality Test
Summarize the results of the “Big Five Personality Test” and state
whether you agree with the results. Provide a rationale to support your
conclusion.
theory of leadership
Write research paper on either a theory of leadership, the historical
development of a leadership idea, or the leadership style/approach of a
historical figure. Please limit the chronology of your paper to 3500
B.C. to 1920 A.D. The research paper should play special attention to
the role of context in shaping the topic you are researching.
theory of leadership
Write research paper on either a theory of leadership, the historical
development of a leadership idea, or the leadership style/approach of a
historical figure. Please limit the chronology of your paper to 3500
B.C. to 1920 A.D. The research paper should play special attention to
the role of context in shaping the topic you are researching.