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Retail Minor Project 2

Retail Minor Project 2

Manager is a management, isn’t it? Describe the similarities and unique differences between being a manager in general and being a retail manager. As a part of this, conduct a phone or video interview with a retail manger and find out some of the following:

  1. Who is responsible for employee scheduling?
  2. How far in advance is the schedule made?
  3. How are peak periods (hours, days, or seasons) planned for?
  4. What happens when an employee calls in sick at the last minute?
  5. How are associates trained? What are the criteria for evaluation?
  6. How often are they evaluated?
  7. If there is no commission system, are any incentive programs offered? Give an example of a specific program or project used by the store to boost employee morale and productivity.
  8. What are the procedures for approaching a suspected shoplifters?
  9. What roles do sales associates and executives play in the security programs?
  10. What is this retailer doing well in terms of security and loss prevention, and in which areas should it improve its policies?

Write at least a 1500 word document that presents your findings.

Your research must also include at least 3 additional academic (e.g., journal articles) resources in addition to your textbook to support your conclusions.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines:

Title Page

Introduction and Conclusion

Main Headings for each section of the Minor Project

APA Citations: (all direct quotes must include the page or paragraph numbers)

References

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Complete the Task and the Lesson

Complete the Task and the Lesson

Task 9 Final Project

You have chosen to join WHO. They are particularly interested in your microbiology skills since there have been many outbreaks of disease around the world. Now that you have reviewed your microbiology, you have been notified that you will be sent to one of two areas, West Africa, or the Middle East. In preparation, the Peace Corp would like you to choose one of these areas and complete a plan to deal with outbreaks or potential outbreaks in the area.

Choose an outbreak from those below to investigate.

Ebola or Middle East respiratory syndrome coronavirus (MERS-CoV)

Locate resources that will provide information about the infection, causing microbe, mode of infection, mode of spread, group or groups specifically susceptible, where outbreak occurred and when, clinical evaluation and diagnosis, infection control.

Find first person reports such as interviews or personal reports or journals on the outbreak. If you need help work with the librarian.

Design and submit an outline of the information you have uncovered. You will use this information to complete the project. The outline should contain information and cited resources for:

  1. Name of the disease chosen
  2. Causing microbe
  3. Mode of infection
  4. Mode of spread
  5. Group or groups specifically susceptible
  6. Where outbreak occurred and when
  7. Clinical evaluation and diagnosis
  8. Infection control.

Lesson 9

Activity 1: Completing the Project

First, using the information found, develop a one to two page maximum overview of the disease outbreak and the causal microbe.

Second, design a map showing the origin and spread of the infection.

Third, design a guide for communities on surveillance, control, preparedness and response to the outbreak. If this includes quarantine, describe how the community would carry this out, what resources would be needed, and what the communication protocol would be.

Submit completed project to Moodle

Activity 2: Oral Presentation

Prepare a 2 minute maximum presentation of your research to a WHO committee. You may do this presentation in person, live virtually on Adobe Connect, or video taped and submitted in Moodle.

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Interview with a Difference (Personal Growth)

Interview with a Difference (Personal Growth)

The assignment is a personal growth exercise involves interviewing a person whom you perceive as very different from you in terms of your cultural and social identities. This person should be engaged in a career and have at least ten years of full-time work experience.

You must incorporate the course concepts into your a written essay response. Describe your experience as follows:

  1. What are their social identities? How are they similar or dissimilar to your identities?
  2. What are kind of stereotypes does this person encounter? What is the accuracy of those stereotypes?
  3. What was it like growing up as a member of these particular groups? What was their greatest challenge then and now?
  4. Have they ever experienced discrimination at work or in other ways?
  5. How do their group memberships influence their current work environment or prior career choices?
  6. What have you learned from the interviewing experience that you could apply to your current or past work situations?

Your written work must be clear and well organized. In addition, your assignment must be at least 2 pages typed, double-spaced throughout with reasonable fonts and margins.

Hello, attached is the book pdf copy in case is needed. Thank you

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Reflection on The Judiciary

Reflection on The Judiciary

This module is on the U.S. Judiciary as an institution, specifically its supremacy in interpreting the U.S. Constitution. This assignment is intended to be a reflective paper on what you have read in the fourth module of the course. The paper is to be a minimum of three and maximum of five pages in length, double-spaced, with standard margins and no cover page. Make sure you include your name and “Reflection Paper #4” on the first page of the paper. Papers are to be uploaded to Canvas. This paper is due on Monday, July 27, by 11:59 p.m. You may earn up to 150 points.

The main purpose of this assignment is for you to reflect on and express what you learned and gained from the assigned readings in Whittington’s “Political Foundations of Judicial Supremacy,” and your opinion as to the validity, strengths, or weaknesses of the arguments presented. It is important that your paper is coherent, uses correct grammar, punctuation and spelling, and expresses your own conclusions and points of view. Your grade will be based on the quality of your writing, and its completeness in considering Whittington’s main conclusions and arguments. You should carefully cite any writings that are not your own. Your paper will be scanned for plagiarism.

Your grade will be based on the quality of your writing, and its completeness in considering the assigned chapters from “Judicial Supremacy.” You should consider at least the following questions:

What is Whittington’s main argument and conclusions? What are its strengths and weaknesses?

Do you agree or disagree with Whittington?

What is the interplay Whittington suggests regarding judicial power and the roles of the presidency and congress?

What did you learn about the federal judiciary, specifically the U.S. Supreme Court, that you didn’t know or consider before?

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Critically evaluate the merits of scientific realism

Critically evaluate the merits of scientific realism

philosophy paper

It should be between 1000-1500 words.

Please select one question from the list below, and make sure to clearly state the question you are answering at the start of your essay.

Questions:

(1) What is the ‘Mary’ problem against physicalism, and how effective is it?

(2) What are philosophical zombies, and what problem are they meant to pose for physicalism? How plausible is the zombie argument?

(3) What is the argument from illusion, and how is it used to motivate indirect realism over direct realism? Is it effective?

(4) What is the problem of fiction, and how do you think one should respond to it?

(5) Can the B-series capture everything there is about the nature of time? If not, what does it leave out?

(6) What are abstract objects? Are there any?

(7) What is the most persuasive mereological account of the relationship between parts and wholes? Defend your answer.

(8) What is an indispensability argument? What problems do such arguments face?

(9) How should we demarcate genuine science from pseudo-science?

(10) Critically evaluate the merits of scientific realism by focusing on what you take to be either the strongest argument in its defense or the strongest argument against it.

(11) Why is there something rather than nothing?

(12) What is the problem of evil, and how compelling is it as an argument for God’s non-existence?

(13) Is it ever rational to have faith in God?

(14) Does immortality have any essential role to play in an account of the meaning of life?

(15) Is death necessary for one’s life to be meaningful?

(16) If all that exists is the natural world, then can life ever be meaningful?

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