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Write a 300-400 word “mini-essay” in response to the following prompt, then respond thoughtfully to at least three of your classmates.

First, read Chapter 9, “Plan for Attaining Moral Perfection,” in The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin .

Instructions:

After reviewing Ben Franklin’s 13 Virtues, choose two that you really need to work on the most.  Then choose two that you would most value in an employee.

Write a 300-400 word “mini-essay” in response to the following prompt, then respond thoughtfully to at least three of your classmates. 

Discussion Prompt

Choose two character qualities (virtues) from Franklin’s list that you need to improve on, and two that you would value most in an employee.

What can you do, starting today, to improve yourself in those areas? How could you model each character attribute/virtue in a way that would make others want to emulate you?  How could you use the written communication skills you have learned in this course to encourage or instill these virtues in your current or future employees? If the practice of these virtues became part of your company or organization’s culture, how would it benefit the employees, the company/organization as a whole, and the people it serves (customers/students/general public, etc.)?

Review the six (6) rules of critical thinking discussed on pages 8 and 9 in the textbook. Determine the rule that you believe to be the most challenging and provide a rationale for your response.

Critical Thinking and Sociological Theories”  Please respond to one (1) of the following:

 

Review the six (6) rules of critical thinking discussed on pages 8 and 9 in the textbook. (Discover Sociology, 2nd Edition, Chambliss, William J.; Eglitis Diana S.) Determine the rule that you believe to be the most challenging and provide a rationale for your response.

 

Examine the three (3) key sociological theories discussed in the chapter—structural functionalism, conflict theory, and symbolic interactionism. Discuss the key ways that these different theories define deviance and punishment in society.

compare and contrast Software Restriction Policies and AppLocker from an application control function.

  • From the e-Activity, compare and contrast Software Restriction Policies and AppLocker from an application control function. Suggest two (2) situations that would influence your decision if you were choosing to use either Software Restriction Policies or AppLocker within a network environment.
  • As common knowledge suggests, many organizations limit or restrict the applications used by their employees in order to reduce both the catalog of supported applications, and support and help desk escalations. Provide one (1) argument for and (1) argument against this practice. Next, determine which of the arguments provided aligns closest to your beliefs about restricting access to applications. Provide a rationale for your response.

e-activity

Analyze the use of digital signatures to validate device drivers.

  • Analyze the use of digital signatures to validate device drivers. Describe a situation where it is necessary to bypass this protection. Justify your response.
  • Suggest the key guidelines that one should meet in order to justify an administrator’s decision to bypass the use of digital signatures when validating device drivers. Provide a rationale for your response.

From the e-Activity, compare and contrast Software Restriction Policies and AppLocker from an application control function.

  • From the e-Activity, compare and contrast Software Restriction Policies and AppLocker from an application control function. Suggest two (2) situations that would influence your decision if you were choosing to use either Software Restriction Policies or AppLocker within a network environment.
  • As common knowledge suggests, many organizations limit or restrict the applications used by their employees in order to reduce both the catalog of supported applications, and support and help desk escalations. Provide one (1) argument for and (1) argument against this practice. Next, determine which of the arguments provided aligns closest to your beliefs about restricting access to applications. Provide a rationale for your response.

e-activity

Write a 350- to 700-word memo to the CEO of your selected organization in which you discuss your findings from your ratio calculations and your horizontal and vertical analysis.

I will provide the organization and material information after acceptance of handshake.

 

Access the information contained in your selected organization’s balance sheet and income statement to calculate the following:

  • Liquidity ratios
    • Current ratio
    • Acid-test, or quick, ratio
    • Receivables turnover
    • Inventory turnover
  • Profitability ratios
    • Asset turnover
    • Profit margin
    • Return on assets
    • Return on common stockholders’ equity
  • Solvency ratios
    • Debt to total assets
    • Times interest earned

Show your calculations for each ratio.

Create a horizontal and vertical analysis for the balance sheet and the income statement.

Write a 350- to 700-word memo to the CEO of your selected organization in which you discuss your findings from your ratio calculations and your horizontal and vertical analysis. In your memo, address the following questions:

  • What do the liquidity, profitability, and solvency ratios reveal about the financial position of the company?
  • Which users may be interested in each type of ratio?
  • What does the collected data reveal about the performance and position of the company?

Post a 2 to 4 paragraph discussion post (300 words minimum). Justify your explanations by including in-text citations and references in APA format as applicable.

  • Your progress on the project thus far. Have you already compiled it?
  • Anything interesting you learned about the organization you chose.
  • The most difficult component of this project. What made it challenging? How did you address this challenge?
  • Post a 2 to 4 paragraph discussion post (300 words minimum). Justify your explanations by including in-text citations and references in APA format as applicable.

For this Assignment, select a peer-reviewed, empirical article that addresses a specific social work intervention. Review the article and focus on each section, confirming your comprehension as you go.

Social workers participate in a field that is considered “applied.” This means that, by definition, their work involves hands-on interactions with clients. How can social workers determine which methods to apply in the situations they face with clients? Research can help social workers to inform these decisions. Research documents effectiveness of social work methods through testing and examination of results among different populations. Through awareness of current research, social workers can gain insight to inform their practice.

For this Assignment, select a peer-reviewed, empirical article that addresses a specific social work intervention. Review the article and focus on each section, confirming your comprehension as you go.

Submit by Day 7 a 2- to 3-page paper in which you address the following:

Identify the research question(s).
Describe the population that was studied.
Describe the research method(s) or intervention(s) that the researcher(s) used.
Explain the findings of the study.
Describe the suggestions the researcher(s) made for future study.
Critique the study, describing questions you still have, and explaining how the study might influence your practice as a social worker.

What do you think are the differences between analyzing the instructional needs of a learner in a traditional K–12 school versus analyzing the instructional needs of a working adult in a corporate or higher education setting?

Integrative Deign

Part 1

What do you think are the differences between analyzing the instructional needs of a learner in a traditional K–12 school versus analyzing the instructional needs of a working adult in a corporate or higher education setting? What areas of needs analysis might be similar?

Part 2

How might you use the cognitive taxonomy to ensure that the identified instructional needs will be addressed during the instruction? How might you apply the affective taxonomy to ensure that identified instructional needs, in this domain, will be addressed during instructional activities? What examples support your thoughts?

Do you consider yourself a “lifelong learner”? How do you determine your own instructional needs? Why is it important to an instructional designer to think of an audience of individuals, rather than an audience as a homogeneous group? What are some ways through which you can differentiate an assignment to move from general audience to specific individualized audience?

 

In your own words, post a substantive response to the Discussion Board question(s) and comment on other postings. Your response should address the DB question(s) and move the conversation forward. You will be graded on the quality of your postings, including mastery of the concept as well as critical thinking. If asked for your opinion, do not simply state that it is a good or bad idea; elaborate on your reasons and argument. Include enough detail to substantiate your thinking as well as your position on the questions or comments.