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Choose one of the elements of literature, listed below. In the space below, write an essay of at least 500 words comparing and contrasting a literary element in “Sixteen” by Maureen Daly and “Through the Tunnel” by Doris Lessing.

Elements of Literature
tone
theme
setting
character
plot
point of View
conflict
When you have finished proofreading your essay, submit it to one of your peers for peer review. Make sure you use the rubric in order to complete your evaluation.

Role of Mass Media in Critical Incidents

There are two issue papers for this course. Each will be 5-7 pages in length and strictly follow APA 6th Edition format. The first paper will be due by the end of Week 3 and the second by the end of Week 6. For each paper, you will choose from the list of topics below, or you may propose an alternative topic by email or message that requires instructor approval.Each paper must reference a minimum of three scholarly articles. (For a definition and instructions on locating scholarly articles, see the UMUC library website http://www.umuc.edu/library/libhow/articles.cfm) Three is a minimum; therefore, three is minimally meeting the standard (C grade). More than three is required for maximum credit in the resources category of the grading rubric. Other sources should be evaluated for their credibility (just because it is on the web does not mean it is an accurate trusted source). I have given you a start with at least one scholarly article listed for each topic.The issue must also be linked to experience in at least one critical incident as part of the discussion. Previous incidents will be discussed in the scholarly articles; more information can be developed directly from AAR reports.

Staffing Plan for Growing Business

Assignment 1: Staffing Plan for a Growing Business
Due Week 6 and worth 280 pointsPlease choose from one (1) of the scenarios below. Note: The scenario that you choose in this assignment will be the one (1) with which you continue for Assignment 2.Scenario 1You are a Human Resources Manager of an expanding technology company consisting of 170 employees that develops and distributes small electronic devices. Over the past two (2) years, a research group formed, designed, and built prototypes of small remote surveillance cameras used for security. Recently, your company won a contract to build and provide these remote surveillance cameras to various government agencies. The contract will begin with your company supplying these cameras to agencies within your home state. If all orders are fulfilled sufficiently, the contract will be expanded to supplying agencies outside of your home state.For the immediate future, you will need to secure a larger facility and hire more staff to sustain the first part of the contract. This staff will consist of ten (10) Assembly Technicians, one (1) Certified Quality Control Engineer, one (1) Contract Administrator, and one (1) Office Support Paraprofessional. Meanwhile, there is a contract clause requiring that you provide a staffing plan in order to ensure future product deliveries and sustain the possible future growth. Scenario 2You are a former certified education administrator who departed your former position to become the owner of a small, in-home day care consisting of you and a part-time assistant where you care for children from age three (3) to age ten (10). Over the course of time, your demographic population has increased due to significant business growth that has resulted in many families relocating to your area. With more businesses projected to move to the area and the building of new housing developments, it is projected that this growth could be long term.You have decided that this is a good opportunity to expand your day care business as you have received many inquiries for childcare. In order to comply with your home state regulations, you will require a larger facility and will need to hire additional staff in order to sustain the larger demand for day care. This staff will consist of five (5) Certified Day Care Professionals, one (1) Registered Nurse Professional, five (5) After-School Assistants and one (1) Office Support Paraprofessional. You have secured approval for a bank loan and qualify for future loans for future expansion if your current endeavor is successful. Meanwhile, the state in which you operate has requested that you provide a staffing plan before it will issue licensure for your expanded capacity.Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of these assignments.Select one (1) of the scenarios and write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:Identify two (2) types of staffing models that could apply to your chosen scenario and determine which model would be best suited for efficiency, productivity, and possible future growth. Examine the significant effect of each identified staffing model on processes that may be occurring within the organization (e.g., outsourcing, contingent workers, consulting firms, etc.).
Predict the major potential legal issues that you may encounter when establishing equal employment opportunities and diversity within the workplace while still aiming to acquire employees with the needed certifications and credentials. Next, explain the method of achieving transparency within your staffing model. Justify your response.
Specify three (3) tasks that you need to perform to identify, analyze, and develop job requirements and task statements that you will include in formalized job descriptions. Next, predict the frequency with which you would need to review and adjust these job descriptions as your company progresses. Provide a rationale for your response.
Describe three (3) methods to deal with high employee turnover and the availability of employees with required knowledge, skills, or abilities. Next, describe the primary manner in which the described succession-planning methods would be beneficial to your company. Justify your response.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the students name, the professors name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:Explain the role of staffing to support an organizations strategy and improve productivity.
Develop a model for staffing an organization that supports the firms Human Resources Management strategy and sustains productive operations.
Summarize the key legal compliance issues associated with staffing organizations.
Explain the planning considerations for staffing organizations, the use of job analysis, and the components of a staffing plan.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in staffing organizations.
Write clearly and concisely about staffing organizations using proper writing mechanics.

During the winter of 1864, Congress debated a bill that would commission Ulysses Grant the first American lieutenant general since George Washington. Then, on March 3, Henry Halleck telegraphed Grant twice to tell him the commission had been signed by the president and to order him to Washington to take over direction of the war.

As he took charge, Grant was evolving a grand strategy for concluding the war. He had doubtless talked through this redesign with his most trusted and brightest lieutenant, William T. Sherman, as Sherman accompanied Grant on the first leg of his train trip east. Over time, however, generals on both sides came to realize that the war was too widespread geographically and too mobile, given river and coastal steamers and the railroad, to reach a simple climax in one place. In effect, both sides then settled down to a war of attrition, where the goal was to keep punishing the enemy, wearing him down gradually, expecting not a knockout blow but the eventual destruction of enemy men, material, and finally morale.
Both Grant and Sherman would wage war upon the South – a war of attrition. In this weeks Discussion Forum, you are to evaluate this type of warfare. Was it the most effective way to bring the war to an end, or given the woeful condition of the South by 1864 was it too barbaric?
This is a Position Paper, no need for works cited page.

explain the essential features of the couples life using family systems theory.

You will need to conceptualize the couple using the following concepts: wholeness, interdependence, boundaries, roles and hierarchy. In writing the analysis, provide enough background on your theory to insure that readers understand the theoretical foundation of your case study.It is necessary to describe the theory in detail and connect it to the couples life (approximately 1-1/2 pages); APA citations are necessary. Your report should include a basic description of the couples life circumstances. Then, you must explore your chosen couples relationship status (cohabitating, married, divorced, etc.), communication style, stressors and strengths (approximately 2-1/2 pages). It is necessary to describe these concepts, in detail, based on your text, and connect it to the couples life. ALL of the above concepts must be addressed; APA citations are needed.The analysis should include the following six subtitles: Background, Theoretical Foundation, Relationship Status, Communication Style, Stressors and Strengths. An APA reference page is required; this section does NOT count toward the 4-pages total; 4 pages is both the minimum and the maximum length. The paper should be double-spaced, 12 point font, in Times New Roman. The analysis should also be written in essay format, not listed sentences; it should flow as a paper. A rubric will be provided. This assignment will be submitted through Canvas using TurnItIn. In the case analysis, you will explain the essential features of the couples life using family systems theory. You will need to conceptualize the couple using the following concepts: wholeness, interdependence, boundaries, roles and hierarchy. In writing the analysis, provide enough background on your theory to insure that readers understand the theoretical foundation of your case study. It is necessary to describe the theory in detail and connect it to the couples life (approximately 1-1/2 pages); APA citations are necessary. Your report should include a basic description of the couples life circumstances. Then, you must explore your chosen couples relationship status (cohabitating, married, divorced, etc.), communication style, stressors and strengths (approximately 2-1/2 pages). It is necessary to describe these concepts, in detail, based on your text, and connect it to the couples life. ALL of the above concepts must be addressed; APA citations are needed. The analysis should include the following six subtitles: Background, Theoretical Foundation, Relationship Status, Communication Style, Stressors and Strengths. An APA reference page is required; this section does NOT count toward the 4-pages total; 4 pages is both the minimum and the maximum length. The paper should be double-spaced, 12 point font, in Times New Roman. The analysis should also be written in essay format, not listed sentences; it should flow as a paper. A rubric will be provided. This assignment will be submitted through Blackboard using Turn It In.
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Using the foundation of your poem, choose and explain two distinct identity components. For example: college culture, religious culture, music culture, Latino American culture, political culture, ethnicity/race, gender, sexuality, age, class (e.g. socioeconomic status, poverty vs. wealth), and geographical area.

Step 2: Analyze the relationship(s) between the two distinct identity components (e.g. how are they similar, different, how do they interact, how are they linked, how do they relate to identity, health, and lifespan development?). Use three (3) types of evidence to discuss the relationships 1) use your participation in the in class I AM activity (e.g. your experience reading other students poems, your experience writing the poem, phrases from peer poems, etc.), 2) the textbook, and 3) personal life experiences.