Committing to EVM starts in the early stages of project initiation. Considering this module’s resources, do you think that changes need to be made in terms of scoping, planning, and scheduling a project to accommodate EVM? Why or why not? If you do, elaborate on your suggested changes. If you do not, describe how EVM can be utilized.
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0263786317303083
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Title: Implementing EVM in Project Initiation: Changes and Utilization
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Promoting Social Goals in American K-12 Education: Initiatives and Strategies for Success
Horace Mann advocated that a primary social goal of schooling is to provide moral instruction to children in order to reduce the crime rate. Today, prominent social goals of school are to promote morals and character education, to improve children’s health and nutrition and to also create school communities through extracurricular activities, after-school programs and school spirit (Spring, 2018). Many initiatives have been designed to promote the social goals of school, ranging from character education programs, programs designed to educate us on bullying, and cyberbullying, programs designed to improve school nutrition, programs designed to prevent drug and alcohol abuse, and extracurricular activities.
General Requirements:
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:
This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
This assignment requires that at least two additional scholarly research sources related to this topic, and at least one in-text citation from each source be included.
Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.
You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance. Directions:
Write a paper (1,500-1,750 words) in which you identify and discuss three initiatives designed to promote social goals in American K-12 education. Include the following in your paper:
An explanation of each initiative, along with what the initiative is intended to achieve.
A discussion of the benefits and drawbacks of the program.
As an educational leader, what new strategies will you implement to achieve these social goals? (Note: references for these strategies will support the theory of the strategies but not the strategies themselves since they will new and will not have been tried yet) -
“Improving Nutrition and Fitness at Elite Scholar School: A Recommendation Report”
One Proposal into the production of the Recommendation Report This will provide an opportunity to integrate the understanding of how to use technical writing skills to advance a project from its inception to a well-designed and purposeful report that includes text, graphics, and scholarly research. The Recommendation Report should demonstrate the ability to apply course concepts to produce suggested solutions to a problem or issue of concern that you may experience in your current or future career in IT field. The recommendation report is based on nutrition and fitness for Elite Scholar school. Your Recommendation Report should use effective headings and lists. You must include the following in Recommendation Report:
A title page An abstract A table of contents and corresponding page numbers . This table should closely correlate with subheadings, and figures in the body of the Recommendation Report.
A table of graphics/illustrations . This table should closely correlate with subheadings, and figures in the body of the Recommendation Report.
A one-page executive summary Body, including an introduction (problem, solution, background, data sources, scope and limitation) that ends with a clear thesis statement or initiative to solve the identified problem, methods, results, conclusions, and recommendations A concluding paragraph that restates the paper’s main ideas.
Glossary that provides a comprehensive overview of specialized terminology appearing in the Recommendation Report Effective, useful, and properly cited graphic aids (maximum of three).
References page in APA format
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Title: Protecting Sensitive Corporate Data from Hackers: Strategies and Technologies for Businesses Introduction: In today’s digital age, businesses are constantly at risk of cyber attacks and data breaches. Hackers are constantly finding new ways to gain access to
Read Chapter 4’s Closing Case One, Business Driven Information Systems
8th Edition
Baltzan & Phillips
2023 McGraw Hill
: Five Ways Hackers Can Get into Your Business and respond to Questions 2, 3, 4, and 5 (four questions below (note that the Case Study in the text has 6 questions – this assignment is graded on four responses as noted).
Be sure to use the Rubric as a guide to the requirements.
Questions: (note questions are numbered based upon what is in the textbook – only 4 questions should be included in the response)
• Identify two policies that a business could implement to ensure the protection of sensitive corporate data from.
• Demonstrate how a business can use authentication and authorization technologies to prevent hackers from gaining access to organizational
• Analyze how a business can use prevention and resistance technologies to safeguard its employees from hackers and viruses.
• Explain why hackers want to gain access to organizational.
Your paper should include an introduction and responses to the four question in a paper format. Please do not use bullet points for your responses and do not list the case questions. Instead, consider using subheadings and write a paper that flows from paragraph to paragraph. Use APA format (double-spaced) and cite any resources. -
MBA 500 Project Two: Assessing Performance and Compliance with Triple Bottom Line Balanced Scorecard “KPI Scorecard and Sales and Marketing Proposal for Increasing Rewards Memberships in Low-Income Markets”
MBA 500 Project Two Guidelines and Rubric
Competency
In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:
Assess current performance of an organization through analysis of financial statements.
Scenario
In Project One: Applying Strategic and Operational Thinking, you
prepared Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for the marketing and sales
departments of your product line.
Now, the CEO has provided you with a revised set of KPIs. You need to
apply these KPIs toward the analysis of a proposed marketing and sales
initiative to increase loyalty card memberships in neighborhoods with
predominantly low-income populations, whether the populations are in
rural, suburban, or city locations.
The CEO wants this analysis so that she can chart the sustainability
and growth of the initiative while assuring it meets standards for
Corporate Social Responsibility.
The CEO has provided you with several documents, available in the
Supporting Materials section of this project. She wants you to use the
provided Triple Bottom Line Balanced Scorecard to assess the strategic
plan’s compliance with the KPIs and summarize your findings in a memo.
Directions
Complete the following to provide the analysis required by the CEO:
Identify the financial records that indicate commitment to TBL.
Outline which financial and other records marketing and sales maintains where TBL can provide data.
Using the TBL scorecard, evaluate the alignment of the strategic plan with KPIs.
Remember, there may be multiple outcomes of this exercise. Your focus
should be to apply your understanding of the scenario and evaluate the
plan accordingly.
Which ideas in the plan support the KPI criteria? Cite specific ideas that meet the criteria.
Explain how they meet the criteria.
In your memo:
Describe how the TBL data relates to the KPIs.
Identify which additional TBL financial line items are needed to measure the cost for each criterion. For example, should there be a line entry for hiring temporary workers?
Referring back to the SWOT analyses from Project One, explain how functional considerations of individual departments contribute to financial performance.
What to Submit
To complete this project, you must submit the following:
KPI and Triple Bottom Line Balanced Scorecard
Complete and submit the KPI and Triple Bottom Line Balanced Scorecard.
In the scorecard spreadsheet, identify one additional KPI, a related
SMART objective, and its measurement criterion. You need to do this for
all three elements of TBL: people, planet, and profit. You have been
provided with one example for each TBL element.
Analysis Memo
In a Word document, write a memo outlining your analysis. Ensure
that the memo is organized by TBL element with a header for each segment
of your analysis. The Word document should use double-spacing, 12-point
Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. This memo should be no more
than 6 pages in length, and include references cited in APA format.
Consult the Shapiro Library APA Style Guide for more information on citations.
Supporting Materials
The following resource(s) may help support your work on the project:
The following resources support your work on the project:
Document: Consolidated Balance Sheet
This
is a consolidated balance sheet for the company. The CEO has
highlighted the areas of the financial statements she wants you to focus
your attention and analysis on.
Document: Consolidated Cash Flow Statement
This
is a consolidated cash flow statement for the company. The CEO has
highlighted the areas of the financial statements she wants you to focus
your attention and analysis on.
Document: Consolidated Income Statement
This
document is a consolidated income statement and a consolidated
statement of comprehensive income of the company. The CEO has
highlighted the areas of the financial statements she wants you to focus
your attention and analysis on.
Document: KPI and Triple Bottom Line Balanced Scorecard
This
is the final and authoritative draft of the KPI Scorecard the CEO wants
you to use. This scorecard provides three KPIs: one for a social
measure (people); one for an environmental measure (planet) and one for
an economic measure (profits). You need to identify three more KPIs and
associated information.
Document: Marketing and Sales Executive Summary
This
is a proposal from the sales and marketing departments to increase
rewards memberships in low-income markets. This summary includes a
high-level estimate of projected sales, costs, and profits.
Document: SWOT Analyses from Sales and Marketing
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Navigating Adolescence: Myths and Realities Adolescence is often portrayed as a time of turmoil and strife, filled with rebellion and confusion. However, this myth fails to capture the diverse experiences of individuals during this developmental stage. While
1. As discussed in the book and in the powerpoint presentation, there is the myth of adolescence being a time of strife and turmoil,. Do you agree? What was your adolescent period like?
2. Additionally, review the information below as well as the powerpoints. Share your thoughts on identity crisis, parental involvement, substance use, eating disorder, and suicide. How would you address these issues with teens and parents, especially now during COVID-19 restrictions? How useful was the information in the twelvetalks link (review the wheels and gender identity sections? How would you use those resources to talk to teens, parents, and your family members? -
“Analyzing Elasticities: The Impact of a Price Decrease on Consumption of Good X” “Exploring Elasticities: The Effects of a Price Reduction on Demand for Good X”
Suppose the own price elasticity of demand for good X is -3, its income elasticity is -2, its advertising elasticity is 3, and the cross-price elasticity of demand between it and good Y is -5. Determine how much the consumption of this good will change if the price of good X decreases by 7 percent.
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Understanding the Role of Dopamine Pathways in Psychiatric Disorders and the Implications for Antipsychotic Use “Expanding Perspectives: The Importance of Reading Other Responses”
Hi all! There are five key dopamine pathways, including the thalamic, tuberoinfundibular, nigrostriatal, mesolimbic, and mesocortical dopamine pathways (Stahl, 2021, p. 84). To begin, the thalamic dopamine pathway extends to the thalamus and emerges from various locations, including the ventral mesencephalon, periaqueductal gray, lateral parabrachial nucleus, and hypothalamic nuclei (Stahl, 2021, p. 85). The overall function of the thalamic dopamine pathway is not fully understood. That said, it is thought it be involved in arousal and sleep processes by controlling information that passes through the thalamus to other brain areas, such as the cortex (Stahl, 2021, p. 85). There is not much of an implication for antipsychotic use in this pathway given that no evidence currently exists showing atypical processing of this pathway in schizophrenia (Stahl, 2021, p. 85). Second, the tuberoinfundibular pathway includes dopamine neurons that extend from the hypothalamus to the anterior pituitary gland (Stahl, 2021, p. 85). The main purpose of this pathway is to regulate prolactin secretion into circulation, with dopamine acting as a prolactin secretion inhibitor (Stahl, 2021, p. 85). Dopamine antagonists result in increased prolactin levels and could cause symptoms such as amenorrhea and galactorrhea (Stahl, 2021, p. 165). Thirdly, the nigrostriatal dopamine pathway extends from dopamine cell bodies located in the brainstem substantia nigra by ways of axons which end in the striatum (Stahl, 2021, p. 85). This pathway is part of the extrapyramidal nervous system and plays a role in the regulation of motor movements (Stahl, 2021, p. 85). A decrease in dopamine can cause parkinsonism, with symptoms including rigidity, tremor, bradykinesia, and akinesia (Stahl, 2021, p. 87). An excess of dopamine can result in hyperkinetic motor movements, including dyskinesias and tics (Stahl, 2021, p. 87). This said, medication administration can be tricky when it comes to the nigrostriatal dopamine pathway. Acutely, dopamine antagonists can result is motor symptoms associated with drug-induced parkinsonism (Stahl, 2021, p. 165). On the other hand, blocking dopamine receptors chronically can result in tardive dyskinesia (Stahl, 2021, p. 166). Next, the mesolimbic dopamine pathway extends from the ventral tegmental area located within the brainstem to the nucleus accumbens (Stahl, 2021, p. 90). This system is involved in a variety of behaviors including euphoria associated with drug abuse, sensations of pleasure, and hallucinations and delusions of psychosis (Stahl, 2021, pp. 84-85). A hyperactive state of this pathway is connected with positive symptoms of psychosis and drug-induced highs (Stahl, 2021, p. 90). On the other hand, a hypoactive state of this pathway is connected with manifestations including apathy, anhedonia, negative symptoms of schizophrenia, and lack of energy (Stahl, 2021, p. 90). Decreasing dopamine within the mesolimbic system through the use of antipsychotic medications results in a reduction of positive symptoms of schizophrenia (Stahl, 2021, p. 90-92). It is interesting to note that typical and atypical antipsychotics have the ability to decrease dopamine, however, atypical antipsychotics may have a higher ability to do so (Grinchii & Dremencov, 2020). Lastly, the mesocortical dopamine pathway extends from the midbrain ventral tegmental area to the prefrontal cortex (Stahl, 2021, p. 85). This pathway plays a role in mediating affective and cognitive symptoms of schizophrenia (Stahl, 2021, p. 85). In addition, many professionals believe that negative symptoms of schizophrenia are related to deficiency of dopamine in the mesocortical pathway (Stahl, 2021, p. 93). That said, antipsychotics that can increase dopamine levels, such as various atypical antipsychotics, would result in a reduction of negative symptoms of schizophrenia (Grinchii & Dremencov, 2020). I had a bit of a difficult time fully grasping this topic so I look forward to reading other responses to get a better understanding!
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“Voices of Experience: Insights from Two Seniors on Aging and Retirement”
This is a discussion post and I will attach all needed info. The instructions are to interview two people 65+ you can make these people up and do the post . I will attach everything needed to complete the assignment. Must be APA format, they are very strict on that.