What are some key takeaways you observed regarding silos?

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Short Discussion essay – Decision Making in Emergency Management

In chapter8 , we view the effects of the various silos that restrict information gathering, sharing, and the development of additional models of thinking and decision making. These barriers tend to be institutional, mental, and even social, and can include our organizations/institutions, disciplines and professions, mental biases, ethnic or religious affiliations, those mirroring our political ideologies, other “tribes,” or even those who share some of our and emotional and decision-making biases.

What are some key takeaways you observed regarding silos? Minimum of 300 words but not more than 325 words.

Source:

Glarum, Jan and Adrianopoli, Carl. (2020). Decision Making in Emergency Management. Cambridge, MA: Butterworth-Heinemann.

 

 

Develop a list of 6 to 8 standards or requirements for your project that you will use to evaluate its success. Write a brief description of each standard or requirement.

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Measuring Progress and Requirements

The IT department is more than halfway through the completion of the skills gap project. The project stakeholders want to make sure the project deliverables meet their requirements and the goals of the project. The stakeholders are most concerned with the quality of courses, employee usage of courses, the integration with employees’ annual review HR software, ease of use for managers and the HR department, and the expansion of skills for employees. The stakeholders for the project have asked you to create evaluation criteria that will be used to judge the project at its completion, 3 months into its usage, and 12 months after being launched. You may want to review the case study as you complete this assignment.

Complete the following in a 3½- to 4½-page Microsoft Word document. Use the following template:

Week 5 Measuring Progress and Requirements – Template.docx

Develop a list of 6 to 8 standards or requirements for your project that you will use to evaluate its success.

Write a brief description of each standard or requirement. For example, a requirement might be that 90 percent of employees have logged in to an assigned course within 3 months.

Write an explanation based on the list of standards and requirements on how you will measure progress at its completion, 3 months into its usage, and 12 months after being launched. Discuss why the evaluation requirements change over time. Support your answer with 1 credible source outside of the course materials.

Additionally, as a project comes close to being completed, project management doesn’t end. It is always important for each project to end by identifying lessons learned and how those lessons can be used by the organization in the future.

Write a discussion on how to close a project and the value of creating a list of lessons learned. Consider how properly closing out projects can help an organization in the future.

State the purpose and background of the company. Discuss the role(s) of the company within the retail supply chain. Discuss the shipping and receiving operations of the company.

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Supply Chain Question

This week you will select a company of your choice and create a diagram of its global/international shipping and receiving operations.

Instructions: Select a company with global/international shipping and receiving operations using our online library and/or Internet. The 3-4 page paper should include the following:

1. State the purpose and background of the company.

2. Discuss the role(s) of the company within the retail supply chain. Hint: Include a diagram of the retail supply chain. An example is provided on page 20 of the Hugos textbook.

3. Discuss the shipping and receiving operations of the company. Hint: Include a diagram of the operations using a process flow. An example is provided on page 166 of the Hugos textbook.

4. Identify 3 possible problems or issues you see in the company’s operations.

5. Discuss 3 solutions to these problems or issues.

Remember to include a title page, in-text citations, and reference page in APA style. The title page and reference page are not included in the page count.

Explain the government structure in the United States to include a discussion about constitutional democracy and federalism. How do the principles of federalism impact policing?

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CMRJ302: The police in American Society

Answer the following:

1. Explain the government structure in the United States to include a discussion about constitutional democracy and federalism.

2. How do the principles of federalism impact policing?

3. What rights and protections are afforded to American citizens in the Bill of Rights?

Why do you think that chronic disease development is so prevalent today despite increased understanding of causative factors? How can we as a population foster better prevention?

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Chronic illness

Why do you think that chronic disease development is so prevalent today despite increased understanding of causative factors? How can we as a population foster better prevention?

Examine the figure at the right. Which strain of yeast produces higher concentrations of pyruvic acid?

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BIO&CHEM OF COOKING

Red wine gets its color from anthocyanins found in grape skins, but other types of pigments may be produced during fermentation of the must. The production of some types of red-colored pigments, including visitin A and visitin B, are dependent on the production of pyruvic acid during fermentation. Examine the figure at the right. Which strain of yeast produces higher concentrations of pyruvic acid?

List your answer to the question and justify your answer. Also describe your thought process to how you answered the question.

Sign into Google, then go to Google EarthLinks to an external site. and use the API to create a visual map showing each location detailed in the scenario. Alternatively, you could install the Python version of the Google Earth API and integrate it with your OpenWeather coding project.

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Open weather API

Scenario

You are planning a short trip to explore England and want to determine your route based on the current weather in the locations you want to visit. To finalise your itinerary, you need to visit OpenWeather and consult the API on the current weather. The places you want to visit, with geographic coordinates, are:

  • Lake District National Park (54.4609° N, 3.0886° W)
  • Corfe Castle (50.6395° N, 2.0566° W)
  • The Cotswolds (51.8330° N, 1.8433° W)
  • Cambridge (52.2053° N, 0.1218° E)
  • Bristol (51.4545° N, 2.5879° W)
  • Oxford (51.7520° N, 1.2577° W)
  • Norwich (52.6309° N, 1.2974° E)
  • Stonehenge (51.1789° N, 1.8262° W)
  • Watergate Bay (50.4429° N, 5.0553° W)
  • Birmingham (52.4862° N, 1.8904° W)

Step 2: Create an API

You need to use the OpenWeather API . is compatible with GitHub. In general, APIs are integrated with JSON. However, the same key principles apply to any HTTP API that uses a data format.

Step 3: Create a visual map

Sign into Google, then go to Google EarthLinks to an external site. and use the API to create a visual map showing each location detailed in the scenario. Alternatively, you could install the Python version of the Google Earth API and integrate it with your OpenWeather coding project.

What do we know about keystone species and trophic cascades? What would happen if coyotes were removed from an ecosystem? What do we know about ecological relationships and how removing coyotes will affect other organisms?

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CER -claim, evidence, and reasoning

What have we learned about the biotic and abiotic factors in Nahant? Think about population density, food availability, biodiversity, etc.
Think about the carrying capacity for coyotes in Nahant. How is this affecting competition and coyote behavior?
What do we know about keystone species and trophic cascades? What would happen if coyotes were removed from an ecosystem?
What do we know about ecological relationships and how removing coyotes will affect other organisms?

Reasoning: Explain how each piece of evidence relates to why or why not coyote populations should be reduced in Nahant.

Which stakeholders are impacted (who is directly or indirectly impacted)? How did this issue come about (from your perspective based on research, data, etc.)? What available data are available on the issue (statistics, research studies, media coverage, etc.)? What has been done politically in recent years to try to address it?

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Ethnic Studies Question

  • State your interest in learning more about and/or doing something about a particular sociopolitical problem in society. Focus on an issue that you are concerned about in your community, city, state, or in the country generally. Succinctly delineate and describe the problem and frame as a policy issue that you feel should be addressed; briefly unpack its social and especially its political aspects. Address the following: Is this a local, regional, or national problem? Why are you concerned about it? Why should others be concerned about it. In addition to the social and political implications of this problem, are there concerning fiscal (financial) issues at play.
  • Specifics relating to this problem; for example, address these questions: Which stakeholders are impacted (who is directly or indirectly impacted)? How did this issue come about (from your perspective based on research, data, etc.)? What available data are available on the issue (statistics, research studies, media coverage, etc.)? What has been done politically in recent years to try to address it?
  • Some political rights, processes, protocols, timelines, and institutions that can be used to help you address the problem, including: protesting and raising awareness, recruiting people to join the effort and organizing support, involving and acquiring the backing of some elected public office holder or public institution, utilizing the legal system/judiciary if appropriate, establishing a start date and end date with some steps briefly outlined, soliciting for funds and using this funding, etc. While you are not expected to include all these areas, select at least two from this list (those that are most relevant to your issue). Example: (1) raising awareness and protesting publicly, and (2) contacting specific elected public officials to get their support.
  • Share the relevant theoretical and practical politically-related ideas and concepts you plan to use from this course or from other appropriate courses in your analysis of the problem and in your plans to address it. Clearly specify the political theories, concepts, or ideas.
  • Sources you used to develop this paper: include in text citations and a formal reference section at the end (use an APA, ASA, or applicable format). Your references page should be an additional one to two pages beyond the minimum requirement. At least 2 to 4 references (aim for one source to be research-oriented; you can include more than the specified number of sources).
  • Summary of the structure of this paper: (1) keep in mind that this assignment in many respects is a policy paper; (2) identify at least two items from the list under the third bulleted guideline above and emphasize the political nature, propose a policy, and include a timeline; (3) write using the formalities typical of an analytical essay or short research paper—focused on a policy issue, include an introduction, body, conclusion, and references; (4) consider using headings and come up with a descriptive and catchy title to convey at-a-glance the sociopolitical problem you identified; and (5), while not expected in this paper, you may develop and share a thesis or hypothesis if it helps you.

Provide an example of government economic intervention designed to influence, regulate, or control trade for a specific industry from one of the articles and summarize the government’s reasons for the interventions.

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Political and Economic Environments

As governments and political leaders respond to economic and political changes, they create incentives for companies to do business within their market and restrictions for certain businesses that could be harmful to the domestic market. In this discussion, you will explore how these incentives and restrictions have influenced and can continue to influence trade and the impact of government interventions on business.

Using the resources from your required reading, address the following as part of your response:

Provide an example of government economic intervention designed to influence, regulate, or control trade for a specific industry from one of the articles and summarize the government’s reasons for the interventions.
Identify which parties and organizations were or will be impacted by the government intervention, including any impacts on the price of commodities.
Briefly summarize key pieces of information a business in the industry from your example needs to know to fully understand how the intervention will affect its business.
In your responses to two or more of your peers, address whether the government accomplished its goals for the economic interventions and describe any unintended consequences of the government intervention.

  • https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-almonds-california-tariffs-india-china-20190627-story.html
  • https://www.bbc.com/news/business-48196495