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Provide your responses to the outline request at the end of the case study.

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The Threatening Interview Candidate

Read the following case study titled “The Threatening Interview Candidate” – Here is the situation:

You are the manager of a health information management (medical records) group, and you are interviewing to fill an open position for an Accredited Record Technician (ART). Human resources has referred four candidates to you, all of whom have been determined to possess the required qualifications for the job. The first two you interview seem satisfactory to you, and you feel that either could do a reasonable job. As you proceed with your third interview, you quickly decide that this candidate, although seemingly friendly and personable, is the weakest of the three so far in knowledge and experience. Toward the end of the interview you ask the candidate if she has any questions. She indicates she has no questions but then states, “I’m five months pregnant.”

You respond, “Why should that concern me?”

She smiles and says, “Because if you don’t hire me I’m going to charge discrimination based on my condition.” With that, she thanks you for your time, and leaves your office.

On the same day, you conduct the fourth interview. In your opinion, the candidate who threatened you was probably the third or last choice out of four.

You are to outline the approach you recommend for proceeding with hiring for the open ART position, stating why you offer the courses of action you propose.

Provide your responses to the outline request at the end of the case study.

 

 

What is Globalization? Will the Coronavirus Bring the End of Globalization?

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Write a short personal response to the Discussion Materials

Read or view all the articles/videos linked below for use in the discussion assignment.
The questions are provided only as prompts: feel free to formulate your own questions to be addressed in the posts.

Include what you liked, what you didn’t like, what you found valuable, how you might use the information, etc. Be sure to relate your post to the text’s concepts and theories. Remember: this should be your own thoughts, not a retelling of the book contents.

1). What is Globalization?

https://youmatter.world/en/definition/definitions-globalization-definition-benefits-effects-examples/

2). How Globalization Reached the Cradle of Islam.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/globalization-reached-the-cradle-of-islam_b_11864856

3). Will the Coronavirus Bring the End of Globalization?

https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-the-coronavirus-bring-the-end-of-globalization-dont-count-on-it-11584716305

4).Deglobalization in a hyper-connected world

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41599-020-0403-x

Consider the five core job characteristics (variety, identity, significance, autonomy, and feedback). Do you think that any one of those characteristics is more important than the other four? Is it possible to have too much of some job characteristics?

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MGT 301-Organizational behavior

Case Study: –

Case: DELTA

Read the case “DELTA” from Chapter 6 “Motivation” Page: – 186 given in your textbook – Organizational behaviour: Improving performance and commitment in the workplace (7th ed).  by Colquitt, J. A., LePine, J. A., & Wesson, M. J. (2021) and Answer the following Questions:

Assignment Question(s):

  1. Which motivational theories does Delta appear to be leveraging in its approach to motivation? (03 Marks) (Min words 150-200)
  2. Picture being an employee of Delta during the period where the company transitioned into—and out of—bankruptcy. What motivational implications would that experience have, and how long would they last? (03 Marks) (Min words 200-300)
  3. Which do you think is most motivational for Delta’s employees? Their high base pay, their generous profit sharing, or a CEO who is so accessible and communicative? (03 Marks) (Min words 200)

Part:-2

Discussion questions: – Please read Chapter 4 & 5 “Job Satisfaction & Stress” carefully and then give your answers on the basis of your understanding.

  1. Consider the five core job characteristics (variety, identity, significance, autonomy, and feedback). Do you think that any one of those characteristics is more important than the other four? Is it possible to have too much of some job characteristics? (03 Marks ) (Min words 150-200)
  2. If you managed people in an organization in which there were lots of hindrance stressors, what actions would you take to help ensure that your employees coped with the stressors using a problem-focused (as opposed to emotion-focused) strategy? (03 Marks ) (Min words 200-300)

What are the laws in your state regarding mandatory reporting related to suspected abuse and neglect? Describe the impact of reporting requirements on management strategies. Describe an example provided during the interview regarding a case of suspected abuse and neglect.

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Benchmark: Abuse and Neglect in Health care

Contact a health care professional who has experience with mandatory reporting requirements and arrange to conduct an interview. Use the interview to gain a better understanding of mandatory reporting requirements and associated actions needed for suspected abuse and neglect. Create 10 interview questions and attach as an appendix to the assignment. You do not have to include answers with interview questions as these will be discussed.

Write a 1,250-1,500 word paper based on the interview in which you address the following:

  1. What are the laws in your state regarding mandatory reporting related to suspected abuse and neglect?
  2. Describe the impact of reporting requirements on management strategies.
  3. Describe an example provided during the interview regarding a case of suspected abuse and neglect.
  4. Describe what was done by the facility to attempt to resolve the suspected abuse and neglect.
  5. How does this align with laws in your state and ethical considerations?

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center.

Does the criminal justice system represent an effective deterrent against crime? Are punishment mechanisms determined based on partisanship rather than interest in maintaining public order? Why do Republican-dominated states tend to have higher incarceration rates than Democratic-dominated states? Why does proximity to an election increase incarceration rates?

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2 Discussion post

Find a public setting where you can practice your hand at field observation to answer a question that you find interesting. For example, it could be studying who does and does not properly return shopping carts at a grocery store. Or, are men or women more likely to hold a door open for someone when entering a building. Plan on spending at least 30-minutes making observations. Write up what you observed in a 250 – 350 word essay. In your essay, include what you learned about field research in doing this exercise. Here is a link to the grading rubric. For this discussion everything should be in your own words, there shouldn’t be any quotes.

Does the criminal justice system represent an effective deterrent against crime? Are punishment mechanisms determined based on partisanship rather than interest in maintaining public order? Why do Republican-dominated states tend to have higher incarceration rates than Democratic-dominated states? Why does proximity to an election increase incarceration rates?

Everything should be original and written in your own words.

The ancient Greeks were so innovative, that it’s mind blowing! How does the design of this ancient Greek Theatre enhance the sound of the human voice?

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Experiencing Greek Theatre

The ancient Greeks were so innovative, that it’s mind blowing! How does the design of this ancient Greek Theatre enhance the sound of the human voice?

Discuss the typical characteristics of the jail population. What is problematic about these characteristics? Is our criminal justice system biased against the poor and minorities, and why do you feel that they are or are not? What are some strategies that could be used to alleviate disparities in jail populations?

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Jail Management ‘ Policy Strategies

Jails house both those awaiting trial for offenses when they cannot make bail, as well as those who have been sentenced to offenses, typically for a term of imprisonment of a year or less. Although imprisonment has recently been on the decline, the jail population is still estimated at about 11.7 million per year.

Consider the first three steps of the Criminal Justice Decision Making Model:

Step One: Define the problem (and the questions that need to be answered): Read the sections titled “The Contemporary Jail,” “Pretrial Detention,” and “The Sentenced Jail Inmate.” What strategies should be used to deal with the needs of the two types of jail inmates discussed? What are some of the main issues in jail administration, and how can they best be addressed? Is there such a thing as “rehabilitation” in jail, and should there be more or less emphasis on this concept? What does the future hold for jails, and how could they be improved?

Step Two: Gather evidence (laws, policies, procedures, data) and evaluate for relevancy: Research jail populations that exist in California. Are they currently in decline, and what might be contributing to the trends you see? What guidelines are used for jails in CA?

Step Three: Weigh moral considerations and direct and indirect consequences: Discuss the typical characteristics of the jail population. What is problematic about these characteristics? Is our criminal justice system biased against the poor and minorities, and why do you feel that they are or are not? What are some strategies that could be used to alleviate disparities in jail populations?

Following Steps 4 and 5 of the Criminal Justice Decision Making Model, write a three-page essay in which you discuss the issues facing jail administration and the best strategies for dealing with those issues. As you write your essay, focus on correct usage of direct and indirect quotes to support your points. Your essay should contain a minimum of three direct quotes and three indirect quotes. Be sure to cite your sources in APA format.

Step Four: Write your position paper, argument, or proposal, using the material above.

Step Five: Balance your position by addressing alternatives and potential pitfalls.

Using your value for the most probable speed at 298 K for oxygen determined in part 3, determine the fraction of molecules at 298 K and at 500 K which have speeds greater than this speed.

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The Kinetic Theory of Gases

A Maple Exercise
The kinetic theory of gases is one of the cornerstones of physical chemistry. It provides a model that allows the calculation of many dynamic properties of a perfect gas. Knowledge of molecular speeds and their distribution functions is useful in understanding the rates of gas phase reactions.

Theory
The kinetic theory of gases was developed from a model that incorporated the following features:
a) the gas consists of large numbers of particles in continual random motion,
b) the size of the particles is negligible in comparison to the average distance traveled between collisions, and
c) the particles exert no intermolecular forces on one another and thus their collisions are perfectly elastic.

The predictions of the kinetic theory are found to agree well with the actual behavior of real gases at normal pressures and temperatures well above their boiling points.
According to the kinetic theory, the temperature of a gas is a measure of the average translational kinetic energy of the gas, and is thus also a measure of the average speed, <c>, of the gas particles. Common sense (and experimental results) tells us that not all gas particles move with the average speed — some move faster than average and some slower. A distribution function provides the fraction of molecules with speeds between c and c + dc. The distribution function for perfect gases is called the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution function and is given below:
F(c) dc = 4
π m
2
πkT





3/2
c2 exp − mc2
2kT





dc [1]
where m is the molecular mass, k is the Boltzmann constant, and T is the Kelvin temperature. Note especially the dependence of this function on mass and temperature. This equation can be plotted as a function of c to see how the fraction of molecules with a given speed changes with speed or temperature. The above equation can also be used for several purposes. The maximum of the distribution function provides the most probable speed, c *. Differentiating Equation [1] with respect to c and solving for c when the derivative equals zero one obtains the most probable speed. c* = 2kT
m





1/ 2

The fraction of particles with speeds between c 1 and c 2 can be obtained by integrating equation [1] between c 1 and c 2.
One of the most powerful uses of distribution functions is calculating averages. For any distribution function F(x), the average of any property which depends on x (such as ξ) is given byξ = ξ F(x)∫ dx [3] Using this, the average speed can be determined by evaluating c = c F(c)∫ dc [4] where the limits of integration range from c=0 to c=∞. The resulting integral is c = 8kTπm





1/2

In a similar manner, the root-mean-square speed, c rms, is determined by evaluating c2 1/ 2 ≡ crms = c2 F(c)dc∫( )1/ 2
The integral evaluates to the following simple expression. crms = 3kT
m





1/ 2

The root-mean-square speed is particularly useful since the average translational kinetic energy EK is given by
EK = 1
2 m c2 = 1
2 mcrms
2
Combining equations [7] and [8] yields
EK = 3
2 kT

the average translational energy per particle for a perfect gas. This result agrees well with experimental values for monatomic gases. Note that the average kinetic energy is not a function of the mass of the particles involved.
The kinetic theory also provides information regarding molecular collisions. The number of collisions experienced by a single particle per second per unit volume is given by
z A = 2
πd2 c N
V = 2
πd2 c p
kT

where d is the molecular diameter and N the number of particles per volume V. The quantity π d2 is often called the collision cross section and is given the symbol
σ. The total number of collisions between particles per second per unit volume is given by Z AA = πd2 c N2 2

Calculations
1. Determine the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution function for hydrogen gas and oxygen gas at 298 K (plot data for both on same graph). Remember, these gases are diatomic and check you units!

2. Determine the Maxwell-Boltzmann distribution function for oxygen at 298 K and 500 K (plot data for both on same graph)

3. Determine the most probable speed for oxygen at 298 K and 500 K.

4. Using your value for the most probable speed at 298 K for oxygen determined in part 3, determine the fraction of molecules at 298 K and at 500 K which have speeds greater than this speed. Assuming this is the minimum speed required for molecules to be travelling in order to react in some specific reaction, estimate the relative reaction rates at the two temperatures. Make sure you use the same speed for both curves.

Prepare a series of screenshots along with informative captions to illustrate the capabilities of your dashboard and guide a viewer through a particular use case.

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Course Project: Creating an Interactive Exploratory Dashboard

Background Information

Dashboard design principles and techniques will be covered in Lesson 8 (Week 9). Work on the Course Project will begin at that time.

Goal: Leveraging the design principles and techniques learned so far in the course, you are to create an interactive, exploratory dashboard that includes at least three well-designed data visualizations as well as filter controls for key variables of interest that will allow the user to explore the data at a deeper level.  Note: the three visualizations and filter controls should all be integrated into a SINGLE dashboard design (please see Lesson 8, Section C for an example).  Storyboards that link a sequence of separate worksheet visualizations using a narrative are not acceptable for this project.

You may use any data set (other than the pre-packaged datasets that come with Tableau) that you find interesting and intriguing to create a dashboard that tells a compelling story. You have complete freedom in choosing the data domain as well as the visualization techniques but make sure you produce a high quality, interactive visualizations for your exploratory dashboard.

Dataset

Below are sites where you can find links to data repositories.  Note: You may not use  the pre-packaged datasets (e.g., Superstore) that are incorporated with the Tableau software for your course project.

While you are free to explore the web besides the sites listed above, recall one of the principles we laid out for creating a meaningful and effective visualizations. Make sure you have a clear understanding of what is it that you wish to explore and then look for the right data set to answer those questions. It is a crucial first step!

Assignment Details

You are to provide three deliverables for your project:

  1. Project document: A multi-page PDF document that provides detail about the purpose of the dashboard, who its users will be, what data will drive each visualization in the dashboard, a list of analytic questions and queries that a person should be able to answer using the dashboard visualizations, and the rationale for the different design principles and techniques used in creating the interactive dashboard visualizations.
  2. Project demonstration: Prepare a dashboard demonstration in either a screen capture video ORdocument format (described below) that is designed to illustrate the capabilities of your dashboard. This demonstration should include at least one specific example of how your dashboard can be used to derive insights from your dataset.  Choose one of the following formats for your project demonstration:

(a) Video format (i.e., screen capture video): A 5 minute or less (.mp4 format) screen capture video that illustrates the capabilities and example use of your dashboard.

Suggestions: Macs come with QuickTime which is great tool for capturing screen recordings. Camtasia is an excellent commercial tool for creating videos on Windows. They do allow a free 30 day trial which should be sufficient time for you to complete your project.  Students have also used CamStudio, a freely available open source tool.  You may also use Zoom to record your presentation (see PSU Canvas Help for details).

(b) Document format (pdf):  Prepare a series of screenshots along with informative captions to illustrate the capabilities of your dashboard and guide a viewer through a particular use case.  Please save the ‘Project Demonstration’ document in a pdf format.

Suggestion: Use as many screenshots as necessary to adequately communicate the dashboard capabilities and an example use of your dashboard.

  1. Packagedworkbook: A single packaged workbook (.twbx) that contains all the resources needed for users to run the dashboard (follow this linkLinks to an external site. to learn how to create a packaged workbook for sharing)

Later in the course, you will return to this assignment to perform a peer review of two interactive dashboards: You will be required to review two completed Course Projects from your peers. Peer review guidelines will be available after the completed projects have been submitted

Provide your reasoning as to why the statement is fallacious Describe the intended audience and how the fallacious statement might affect their decision making.

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MGF 1107 PROJECT #4 – FALLACIES

Objective: The objective of this project is to gain a better understanding of common fallacies and explore how they show up in everyday life, and consider how they can influence your (or others) decision making.

For each fallacy you choose, you must:

Cite the reference of the fallacy. Note: The fallacy must come from media (not online textbooks) and cannot be a made-up example.

Provide your reasoning as to why the statement is fallacious

Describe the intended audience and how the fallacious statement might affect their decision making.

Choose 1 of the three fallacies listed below and find a real-life example (from the news, internet, etc) that corresponds to it. Be sure to cite your reference.

  1. Appeal to emotions
  2. Appeal to popularity
  3. Circular reasoning

Choose 1 of the three fallacies listed below and find a real-life example (from the news, internet, etc) that corresponds to it. Be sure to cite your reference.

  1. Diversion
  2. Personal Attack
  3. False Cause

Choose 1 of the three fallacies listed below and find a real-life example (from the news, internet, etc) that corresponds to it.  Be sure to cite your reference.

  1. Limited choice
  2. Appeal to ignorance
  3. Straw man

 

Then, answer the following question: Which of the fallacies do you feel is the hardest to understand and/or identify and why?