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What do you believe the biggest programmatic issue that private industry will face instituting a cyber resilience program? What will be the challenges?

Resilience and homeland security

What do you believe the biggest programmatic issue that private industry will face instituting a cyber resilience program? What will be the challenges?

Write about a news story that you have seen or read that relates to science, engineering, and or medicine. Explain why you found it interesting.

DISCUSSION ESSAY

Write about a news story that you have seen or read that relates to science, engineering, and or medicine. Explain why you found it interesting. (Max. 450 words)

News related to mechanical engineering or physics

Elaborate on the current situation of inflation and unemployment in the US, and as the result, what are the fiscal and monetary policies in the US?

Macroeconomics Question

Elaborate on the current situation of inflation and unemployment in the US, and as the result, what are the fiscal and monetary policies in the US?

Give an example of applying macroeconomic principles to a real-world situation(s)

Do you find it difficult to be assertive in your own life (personal and professional)? Why or why not? What are the risks of being assertive with Bob?

DISCUSSION ESSAY

1. You have just been hired by Yummy Juicy, a national corporation that sells organic juices at most major retail stores. You have been hired as the West Coast Distribution Manager. After about five weeks on the job, you get the following email:

Sir/Ma’am,
You are hurting this company. You have continued to try to force all of us to change our ways and follow procedures that are no good. I am not sure why you got the job. You trained us on the new procedures, which wasted hours of our time. Don’t bother to reply to this email, I know nothing will change.
R/
Bob (disgruntled employee)

________________________________________

2. Complete the following:

a. Develop an email response. Use the three-step process for being assertive. Bob is one of your first-line supervisors and has been with the company for 20 years. Mary, another supervisor tells you that Bob is just trying to bully you and that most other supervisors love the new processes. (I realize many of you would call Bob into your office, but for this assignment, you must generate the email).
b. Do you find it difficult to be assertive in your own life (personal and professional)? Why or why not?
c. What are the risks of being assertive with Bob? Make sure you utilize common course terminology when explaining the risks.
3. Mary comes to you later in the day and says, “Boss, Bob is trying to negotiate with you, he has a target in mind, and is not flexible, so his limit is not much different than his target.” Explain what Mary is talking about (explain, in your OWN words, the concepts of targets and limits during negotiations).

1. First Peer Reply: What specifically won’t work in your peer’s email to Bob? Make a recommendation on how to reword (or use another approach).

2. Second/Third Peer Reply: Become Bob, negotiate with “boss (your peer),” and make them see your point of view. Utilize course material in your reply. The reply should be formatted as an email (don’t actually send email).

Read one of the included articles and respond to it in 1250-1750 words, including a 150-250 word summary of the article itself.

 Summary and Strong Response Essay

This is a “Summary and Strong Response Essay”. Essentially, you must read one of the included articles and respond to it in 1250-1750 words, including a 150-250 word summary of the article itself. The attached file provides the links to the articles to reply to as well as the exact outline to follow for the actual writing of the paper. Must include 1-3 sources.

What sort of tactics were deployed by each side to convince people their way was better? Why did Nikola Tesla eventually win the war? What would the world be like if Thomas Edison had succeeded, and power were supplied by DC instead of AC?

Discussion Topic Group 1 Discussion

In the last 1800s, there was a huge battle to determine what kind of electricity was going to light the world. On one side of the fight was Thomas Edison who insisted that DC was going to light the world and on the other was Nikola Tesla who thought AC was the better way.

From what you know about the two forms of electricity.

1. Name advantages and disadvantages of each type
2 . What sort of tactics were deployed by each side to convince people their way was better?
3. Why did Nikola Tesla eventually win the war?
4. What would the world be like if Thomas Edison had succeeded, and power were supplied by DC instead of AC?

In “Rose,” Emily seems pretty resistant to change. What examples of this do you see in the story and how does this resistance affect her quality of life?

DISCUSSION ESSAY

In “Rose,” Emily seems pretty resistant to change. What examples of this do you see in the story and how does this resistance affect her quality of life?

What is your research question (thesis) you are looking to solve? Can a business thrive without the use of social media analytics? What value does this bring an organization, or business unit? If your topic is something not in a business, what value does it bring to society, etc.??

What is your chosen topic for the final project?

Write a brief summary of the topic listed above (think paper abstract)

Staying competitive in today’s market is extremely difficult and involves staying up on the innovative ways companies are gaining competitive advantage. It is pertinent today that a company does not fall behind and make use of the tools that their competitors are using. Through social media analytics, companies have the opportunity to gain timely data and information surrounding the usage of their service of good. They are able to use this information to gain information and knowledge regarding their target market. Companies are also able to use platforms to promote the company and what they stand for. This gives them a new opportunity to thrive within the market.

  • What is your research question (thesis) you are looking to solve?
  • Can a business thrive without the use of social media analytics?
  • What value does this bring an organization, or business unit? If your topic is something not in a business, what value does it bring to society, etc.??

Write a scholarly paper that is a minimum of 6-8 pages in length (6-8 pages excluding the title page, abstract, and reference page).

Documentation, collection, and preservation of DNA evidence

Students will write a scholarly paper that is a minimum of 6-8 pages in length (6-8 pages excluding the title page, abstract, and reference page). Format is to follow the most recent edition of the Manual of the American Psychological Association.

References may be found in the APUS library or search engines such as Google Scholar. The paper must include at least five, peer-reviewed sources that cover your chosen topic from the list below. Keep in mind that 5 is the minimum. A good quality research paper usually contains in excess of 10. Sources should be less than 10 years old and if using statistical data, it should be less than 5 years old. Do not forget to use in text citations to credit your sources.

Are these movies effective in the way they challenge traditional expectations of cinematic storytelling? Why or or why not?

Inception and Arrival Movie Cinematic Ambiguity Essay

Essay prompt:

For the two movies you watched that do not focus on a hero’s journey, how does each movie use ambiguity to engage the audience, develop character or plot, and explore complex ideas. Are these movies effective in the way they challenge traditional expectations of cinematic storytelling? (Why or or why not?)

The two movies are Inception(Christopher Nolan) and Arrival(Denis Villeneuve).