Discuss at least two ways in which you, personally, can reduce your impact on ocean life.

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Journal VI

Watch the following video:

Click here for a copy of the transcript.

In your own words, summarize how a dead zone forms along populated coasts. What are the major sources of the excess nutrients?

Consider your community. What are some of the major sources of nutrient runoff that you see on a regular basis?

Do you contribute to this problem? Discuss at least two ways in which you, personally, can reduce your impact on ocean life.

Your journal entry must be at least 200 words. No references or citations are necessary.

Describe your experiences with forestland or other natural environments.

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Journal V

Watch the following video segment titled “Humans: Destroyers of Ecosystems”:

New Atlantis (Producer). (2002). The sixth extinction: The human role [Video file]. Retrieved from

Click here for a transcript of this video segment. How much time did you spend outside as a child/teenager? Describe your experiences with forestland or other natural environments. Are those areas still in their natural state? Even if you have not spent much time outdoors, have you seen natural areas become fragmented due to land-use change (housing developments, industry, clear-cutting, etc.)? Consider the benefits and services provided by natural lands (clean water, air, biodiversity, etc.). How does the loss of forests and other natural lands affect you personally? Give specific examples.

Discuss how the tasks that take place within project scope management and project schedule management would be essential to keeping the project within the budget guidelines.

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Write an essay explaining the various elements of the Lucky Me Animal Rescue adoption event project budget and how the scope and schedule are used to create the budget.

Note: You may assume any reasonable total budget for this project. Your goal in this assignment is not to justify the cost but, rather, to demonstrate an understanding of project management budget concepts.

To prepare the budget, the project manager, along with the project stakeholders, use three different elements. They include inputs, tools and techniques, and outputs.

Begin your essay with an introduction that summarizes the planning phase and budget management (within the scope of planning).

Discuss what will be included in each of the three elements and what documentation/information would be used from the project sponsors and the Lucky Me Animal Rescue organization. Be sure to include how the scope and schedule are used in preparing the budget.

Discuss how the tasks that take place within project scope management and project schedule management would be essential to keeping the project within the budget guidelines. Use specific information on what takes place during project scope management and project schedule management in order to manage the costs of the project.

Your essay must be a minimum of two pages in length, not counting the title and reference pages. You must use at least three sources that are either peer-reviewed or academic in nature to support your essay. One of these may be the textbook, and one of these must come from the CSU Online Library.

Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including the title page and in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.

How will the team continue to manage the stakeholders’ expectations and keep them informed of the project’s progress?

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Management Strategy and Tactics

Two of the most important elements of the project are the project team and the project stakeholders. The stakeholders will state their expectations and their critical success factors for what a successful project will look like during the project’s initiation phase.

The project team will be responsible for completing the tasks in order to meet the critical success factors. In this course, you will use a sample project for the local nonprofit animal rescue. The animal rescue team has asked you to prepare for an outdoor adoption event.

For this assignment, you will write a paper in which you consider the 5Ws and 1H of project management and apply them to your sample project. Consider the project team you will need to create for the Lucky Me Animal Rescue adoption event.

Begin your paper with a summary of the initiation phase, and elaborate on why team formation is critical in this phase. Next, assess each of the team considerations listed below.

Who should be on the team? Be sure to consider necessary skills and expertise.

What are your expectations of the team? In what ways can you prepare the team and promote unity and cohesion?

When should the project team be formed?

Where will your team operate (e.g., group, individual, virtual)?

Why is each member of the team important?

Finally, how will the team continue to manage the stakeholders’ expectations and keep them informed of the project’s progress?

Answer the questions above and provide your rationale for each. Your submission must be a minimum of two pages in length, not counting the title and reference pages.

You must use at least three sources that are either peer-reviewed or academic in nature to support your submission. One of these may be the textbook.

What is strategy, and why is it important for all organizations, regardless of shape and size, to have a strategic plan?

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The purpose of this individual assessment task is to assess your knowledge of strategy theory, and your ability to communicate strategic analysis in written form.

What is strategy, and why is it important for all organizations, regardless of shape and size, to have a strategic plan? Using an example of a well- known business from your local area (Woolworths), analyse their environment and discuss how strategy can be used to deliver a competitive advantage.

This question should be answered in a persuasive essay format, with an introduction, body, and conclusion.

Real-life examples are encouraged and should be used to support your answers.

What are the implications of this pay structure for other HR systems, such as retention and recruiting?

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You will prepare the SHRM case analysis on “Designing a Pay Structure,” which consists of your completion of Tasks A–J that simulate the creation of a compensation system for an organization in meeting its goals and supporting its mission. In your analysis, respond to the following tasks found in the case study by using Excel.

Task A: Create a complete job description for the benefits manager position using O*NET.

Task B: Calculate the job evaluation points for the administrative assistant, payroll assistant, operational analyst, and benefits manager jobs. Provide a rationale for assigning specific degrees to the various jobs.

Task C: If there were any outliers (i.e., extreme data points) in the data, what would you recommend doing with them? From this point forward, assume no extreme data points exist in the dataset.

Task D: Conduct a simple regression in Excel to create a market pay line by entering the job evaluation points (on the X axis) and the respective weighted average market base pay (on the Y axis) for each benchmark job.

Task E: What is your R squared (variance explained)? Is it sufficient to proceed?

Task F: Calculate the predicted base pay for each benchmark job.

Task G: Because your company wants to lead in base pay by 3%, adjust the predicted pay rates to determine the base pay rate you will offer for each benchmark job.

Task H: Create pay grades by combining any benchmark jobs that are substantially comparable for pay purposes. Clearly label your pay grades and explain why you combined any benchmark jobs to form a grade.

Task I: Use your answer to Task H to determine the pay range (i.e., minimum and maximum) for each pay grade.

Task J: Given the pay structure you have generated, consider the following: Does this pay structure make good business sense? Do you think it is consistent with the organization’s business strategy? What are the implications of this pay structure for other HR systems, such as retention and recruiting?

Your analysis of this case and your written submission should reflect an understanding of the critical issues of the case, integrating the material covered in the text, and present concise and well-reasoned justifications for the stance that you take. You are to complete this case analysis using Excel in a spreadsheet analysis format.

The case analysis should contain Tasks A–J stated in the case in Excel. Check for correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and usage. Citations should be in APA style.

Discuss this Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

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Business

Part 1- Summarize the information in slides 8-10. Marketing and Ethical framework in 1 paragraph.

Part 2- Discuss the concept of product safety and marketing slide 11 in 1 paragraph

Part 3- Discuss the concept of the tort standard for product safety in slides 13-15 in 1 paragraph.

Part 4- discuss this Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell. -Edward Abbey

List and discuss 3 areas of local and, or, state government that would be worth exploring for public private partnerships.

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List and discuss 3 areas of local and, or, state government that would be worth exploring for public private partnerships.

Explain the importance of peer-to-peer support and team working to enhance learning experience.

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Business and Management

​Understand the importance of a reflective approach to learning within Business and Management discipline.

Demonstrate an ability to use feedback and feed forward as an integral to inform and improve future formative and summative assessed work.

​Demonstrate an understanding of the cultural and behavioral expectations of studying for a degree in business and management.

​Explain the importance of peer-to-peer support and team working to enhance learning experience.

Discuss the individual contributions that could be made by a cross-functional team to the following list of activities.

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Discuss the individual contributions that could be made by a cross-functional team to the following list of activities. Assume the team consists of engineering, manufacturing, and supply management personnel.