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How might you negotiate a resolution with which both parties would be satisfied? What conflict management approach would you use?

Conflict Resolution

Read the scenario and respond to the checklist items utilizing your conflict resolution steps from the reading.

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Scenario: Your boss has assigned teams of five persons each that are addressing a new initiative within the company. The deadline is 4 months. Your team has struggled in the first 2 weeks of project development due to some personal conflicts between two members of the team who have been typically very competitive with each other throughout their work history within the organization. In fact, the human resources department has a documented history of the conflict between these two organization employees.

Checklist items:

  • How might you negotiate a resolution with which both parties would be satisfied?
  • What conflict management approach would you use?
  • Describe the process and hoped-for results. What does the result mean for both parties relative to the negotiation and why?

Discuss a conflict resolution that you negotiated in the past. It can be a family or friend with whom you negotiated, or a scenario from your work or military experience. What strategy did you use? How was it effective or not and why?

Conflict resolution

Discuss a conflict resolution that you negotiated in the past. It can be a family or friend with whom you negotiated, or a scenario from your work or military experience. What strategy did you use? How was it effective or not and why?

Explain the differences in conflict resolution strategy you would use with family or colleagues at work.

Briefly describe your role in the internship? What differences have you noticed as you have transitioned from your role as student to intern?

DISCUSSION

Welcome to the first discussion where you will share and express your experiences, values and challenges.

Answer the following questions:

  • Briefly describe your role in the internship?
  • What differences have you noticed as you have transitioned from your role as student to intern?
  • What new knowledge or skill did you learn since the beginning of the internship?

To complete this task you should initiate a post and reply to at least 3 of their colleagues.

What CPT coding system? what are its main categories?

W6: Interactive Activity

Purpose

The purpose of this Activity is to demonstrate your understanding of the concepts learnt readings/ educational videos.

Action Items

  • What CPT coding system? what are its main categories?

Submission Instructions

Complete and submit this assignment according to your professor’s instructions.

What is the width of the median in this cross section? What is the width of a typical lane in this cross section? What is the width of a typical shoulder in this cross section?

Geometric questions

1- A 4 lane divided highway with a 12 feet median has a highway grade of -1.5%. The minor road approach grade is 3.5%. The design speed is 45 mph for the maior road and 40 mph for the minor road. Find the right turn departure sight distance for a passenger car taking a right turn from the minor road to the major road.

 

2- A new four lane state highway (posted speed limit 45 mph) is planned and you as the engineer are responsible for developing cross sections. Draw a typical cross section, while keeping in mind that there is only 74 feet of R.O.WV.

The entire 74 feet of R.O.WV. must be used.

There is a requirement of a concrete barrier in the median.

Highway design standards should be implemented.

  • What is the width of the median in this cross section?
  • What is the width of a typical lane in this cross section?
  • What is the width of a typical shoulder in this cross section?

 

3- A 2 lane highway with a grade of 6% has a posted speed limit of 50 mph and a design speed of 55 mph.

The minor road approach grade is -3%. Find the right turn departure sight distances for a passenger car taking a right turn from the minor road to the major road.

 

Explain how and why the literary work is still relevant today. What current issues might it help today’s readers reflect upon? How does it reveal universal human themes? Why should 21st century classes continue to study the chosen text?

English Question

As globalism increases in importance in the 21st century, world literature is becoming more accessible and vital than ever. Readers around the world can learn much from other countries’ culture, values, narratives, and aesthetics to promote global harmony and expand their own horizons. To demonstrate the ways in which you are learning about the effects of world literature, you will write a brief essay that demonstrates a close reading of a particular World Literature text, making connections to other World Literature texts and thinking critically about how the work is relevant to 21st-century readers. A 4-5 page literary essay needs to be written in MLA format and a works cited page. Specific details are listed below.

  • Select a specific World Literature text to be the focus of your literary research paper (your primary source). Your choice.
  • Find at least one recent journal article about your chosen text, topic, and/or author, using our library databases. If you can’t find an article, you may try Google Scholar, Project MUSE, or other databases.
  • Gather at least three other sources to compare, interpret, analyze, or otherwise connect to your chosen World Literature text, and make Work Cited entries for all of the sources you’re planning to use, including the primary source. Thus, have at least five (5) sources on your paper’s Works Cited Page.

Guidelines to Follow

Here are some guidelines for structuring your research paper:

  • In your introductory paragraph, identify your chosen text and author(s), describe the culture, era, and place that produced the text, and otherwise give some background as if your reader does not know the work in question. End your first paragraph with a thesis that briefly alludes to (a) how you’ll connect the literary work to other works of world literature, and (b) why the work is still relevant to read in a 21st century classroom.
  • In your second paragraph, summarize the literary work in your own words. This should be no more than one paragraph; provide a shortened synopsis of the work that will be informative for the reader.
  • In your third paragraph, identify the article you found in step #2 and explain some current critical views of the literary work. What are other scholars saying about the literary work? Do you agree or disagree with them and why? You may include other secondary sources (writings about the literary work, its author or culture, etc.).
  • In your next set of body paragraphs, make connections to other specific works of world literature, history, pop culture, etc. Cite specifics from the texts, include quotations and citations, and try to forge compelling links between the literary work you chose and other texts, like we do in class. How does it fit into World Literature? What patterns do you notice that connect it to other eras, cultures, and events?
  • In your last set of body paragraphs, explain how and why the literary work is still relevant today. What current issues might it help today’s readers reflect upon? How does it reveal universal human themes? Why should 21st century classes continue to study the chosen text?
  • Include a Works Cited page in MLA style (8th) detailing your sources, all of which must be cited parenthetically and accurately incorporated within the body of the paper.

Write an essay evaluation of efficiency and effectiveness of Internal Auditing In Governments Units In The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

Internal Auditing In Governments Units In The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Write an essay evaluation of efficiency and effectiveness of Internal Auditing In Governments Units In The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

What expectations/assumptions did you have? Were they confirmed or challenged? What were your personal or professional strengths and/or limitations in relation to the event? What other factors, big or small, may have affected the event? How will this experience shape your future practice?

 Reflective Report: Writing

Allocated Mark :30

 

A reflective paper calls on the writer to express your own views of an experience.

Write a reflective report expressing your opinion and attitude concisely and coherently on one of the following topics:

1.      Best Travelling Experience

2.      High School Experience VS University Experience

3.      Experience of Learning a new Language

4.      Stress reasons Among College Students

5.      Aspects of Successful planning

6.      Factors leading to failure Among Students

7.      Reflections on the Effectiveness of Social Engineering

8.      A workplace I left (reasons, results, challenges)

9.      Studying and Work Experience

 

Consider the following questions as prompts to help you get started:

(Describe the issue, including your role, observations, and reactions.)

Describe the issue

1.       What happened?

2.      What was your role?

3.      How did you feel? What did you think? What did you learn? Why might this be important?

Interpretation of the event(experience) and its impact

4.       How did the event relate to your personal ethics or values?

5.      What expectations/assumptions did you have? Were they confirmed or challenged?

6.       What were your personal or professional strengths and/or limitations in relation to the event?

7.      What other factors, big or small, may have affected the event?

8.     How will this experience shape your future practice?

9.      What effect did you and this experience have on others/community?

Summary of the report

10.  In evaluating the plan in light of its benefits and challenges, did you recognize any need for you to change personally? How so?

11.   Did this experience inspire you to continue a commitment to serving others?

Remember to bring in an additional source and use it to support or challenge. You may disagree with the source but you should discuss why you disagree with it.

 

Guidelines

Here are pointers for writing a reflection paper in APA Format:

·      Your report should be about 2500 words.

·      Use Times New Roman 12. point Font, Double Spaced.

·      The margins should be 1.”

1.      Insert a header on the top of each page

2.      Insert page numbers on the right of each page

3.      Divide the essay into a) Title Page b) Abstract c) Main Body and d) References

4.      Avoid plagiarism

How to Write a Reflection (Reflection Guide) How Reflections Will Be Graded (Rubric)
5 criteria, maximum 6 points each
Stages of Reflection Questions To Guide Your Reflection 1-2 3-4 5-6
What? Briefly describe the event, issue, or situation. ·         What happened?

·         What is your role?

·         How did you feel? What did you think? What did you learn?

Description is almost absent. is vague

 

Description is vague or lacks relevance. Description is relevant and concise.
So What? (Impact) Interpret the event and its impact. ·         How did you feel? What did you think? What did you learn? Why might this be important? How does the event relate to your personal ethics or values?

·         What expectations/assumptions did you have? Were they confirmed or challenged?

·         What were your personal or professional strengths and/or limitations in relation to the event?

·         What other factors, big or small, may have affected the event?

Interpretation and impact are almost absent.

 

Interpretation and impact are vague or lack depth or relevance.

 

Interpretation and impact demonstrate personal insight.

 

So What? (Analysis) Test your analysis against one or more sources*. ·         Bring in an additional source and use it to support or challenge the So What (Impact) section above.

·         The source is cited using an acceptable format.

·         You may disagree with the source but you should discuss why you disagree with it.

Sources and

analysis are

almost absent.

 

Sources and

analysis are

superficial or lack relevance.

 

Sources are relevant
Now What? Based on your analysis of the experience, outline a plan for your learning needs or changes to practice. ·         Discuss how this experience will shape your future practice

·         Comment on what you might still need to learn, and how you would go about learning

·         Is anything still unclear? How might you deal with anything that’s still unclear?

Implications for future action not identified effectively Planning for future action is incomplete, vague, and not feasible. Planning for future action is clear, specific, and realistic.

 

Clarity & Organization of writing. Note: 1 point will be deducted for papers that do not follow the required format (e.g., file type, line spacing, word count). Writing disorganized, difficult to interpret. Writing shows some

organization.

 

Ideas clearly

and logically conveyed.

 

 

 

Hashim also bought a oar for P.130 ODD. He also took out a loan for A130 000, at an interest rate of 1846 p.a. compounded moodily. He also made 54 equal payrnen.. However, he started payments one month after the purchase of the em Calculate the total of all Hashim• repayments.

Finance Question

A photocopier valued at 1124 000 depreciates at a rate of 18% P. as the reducing-balance method. Also how many years seal its value be R.15 000?

A car that costs 15130 000 is advertised in the following way: ‘NO deposit necessary and first payment due three months after date of puAllase ‘ The interest rate quoted is IMA p.a. compounded monMly.

Calculate the amount owing two months after the purchase date, winch Is one month before the …monthly payment is due.

Herschel bought this car on I March 2009 and made his rust payment on daye 2009. Thereafter he made another 53 equal payments on the first f each month

  • Calculate his monthly repayments
  • Calculate the total of MI Herschel’s repayments.

Hashim also bought a oar for P.130 ODD. He also took out a loan for A130 000, at an interest rate of 1846 p.a. compounded moodily. He also made 54 equal payrnen.. However, he started payments one month after the purchase of the em Calculate the total of all Hashim• repayments.

Calculate the difference between Herschel, and Hashim’s total repayments.

RI 930 77 was invested In a fund pap, /46 p a_ compounded monthly. After 18 months the fiord had a value.of RI 711,41. Calculate/. (4)

A father decided to buy &house for his family for R800 000. OR agreed to pay monthly Instals uds of RIO 000 on a loan which messed interest at a rate of 14% pa. compounded monthly The first payment was node at the end of the first month_

  • Show that the loan would be paid off m 239 months_ (4)
  • Suppose the father encountered unenpected mg:lenses and was unable to pay ar% Instahmnts at the end of the 120., 121., 122. and 123. months_ At the end of the 124 month he Increased his payment so as to still pay off the loan m 234 months by III equal monthly paymunts. Calculate the voile of [ha new mstakomt (7)

Develop one question yourself that can be answered with the information included in this dataset. Write the code to answer the question, and include a visualization.

Python Question

Instructions: All code should be submitted as PDF and not as a picture (you can use pictures for your flowcharts only). PDFs should be submitted as a primary resource, and a zip file including the .ipynb file and any additional files (for instance, a picture or pdf for your flowchart) as a secondary resource. If you do not submit the pdf as a primary resource, you will be penalized. If you do not submit an ipynb file, you will be penalized.

Failure to comply with the instructions will result in 0 grade on the relevant portions of the assignment. Your instructor will grade your submission based on what you submitted. Failure to submit an assignment or submitting an assignment for another class will result in a 0 grade, without the opportunity to resubmit. Make sure that you submit your original work. Suspected plagiarism cases will be treated as possible academic misconduct and will be reported to the College Academic Integrity Committee for formal investigation.**** As part of this procedure, your instructor may require you to meet with them for an oral exam on the assignment.

**Important note: **You can use either Anaconda or Colab to work on the Jupyter notebook that you will submit as your final project on Forum:

1 – Start by downloading this Jupyter notebook to your local machine.

2 – Open a tab in your browser and type https://colab.research.google.com/.

3 – This will open a small window. Choose the last option Show notebooks in Drive on the upper menu, “Upload”. Then choose the Jupyter notebook you have saved in step 1.

4 – You can start working on your assignment by answering the questions in the corresponding cells.

5 – If you have any questions, please reach out to your instructors and the CIS tutors.

Overview

This assignment will allow you to practice algorithmic thinking and basic Python programming with several small-scale problems. As you solve each problem, follow the steps of algorithmic thinking as outlined below.

NOTE: you only need to provide an algorithm, flowchart and test cases for part 2 (no algorithm/flowchart/test cases are needed for part 1).

Step 1: Algorithm Description. Use an algorithm and a flow chart to develop and express your algorithm that accomplishes the given task. Remember, you have to be very explicit and clear to make sure one can actually accomplish the task following your directions. Describe the input(s), output(s) and the process of the algorithm.

Step 2: Program Code – Implementation: Implement the algorithm in Python using the basic structures we covered in class (ONLY USE CONCEPTS COVERED IN CLASS):

  • User input
  • Variables
  • Operators
  • Conditional execution
  • For/while loops
  • Data structures
  • Functions and modules
  • Pandas

Step 3: Program Testing: Create a Test Plan with two or three test cases that demonstrate your code works as intended. Explain how you used these test cases in your comments.

Step 4: Program Documentation: Be sure to comment thoroughly so that it is clear that you understand what every line of the code is intended to accomplish.

Part 1: Data Analysis and Visualization

You will work with a dataset that contains information on a coffee shop’s sales. The dataset is below. DOWNLOAD THE DATASET AS A CSV FILE ON YOUR COMPUTER FROM THE LINK BELOW AND READ IT IN PANDAS FROM THERE. DO NOT READ IT FROM THE LINK BELOW.

Dataset: https://drive.google.com/file/d/141afTVoF0J2FjpLI-VfERyJM7aWUQ8az/view?usp=sharing

Variables:

  • transaction_id – transaction id
  • transaction_date – transaction date
  • transaction_time – transaction time
  • sales_outlet_id – sales outlet (A, B, C, D, E, F or G)
  • staff_id – id of the staff member
  • customer_id – ID of the customer
  • instore_yn – whether the sale was in the store (yes or no)
  • product_id – id of the product
  • quantity – quantity purchased
  • unit_price – price per unit (item) in USD
  • promo_item_yn – whether the item was on promotion (yes or no)

Question 1.

Import the csv file in pandas and save it as a dataframe. Then, write a code that returns: (1) the first 10 and last 10 rows; and (2) the number of rows and columns in the data set. Discuss what the code shows you about the data set.

Question 2.

Write a code that returns: (1) the distribution of sales outlets (including a count of each outlet type and a bar chart); (2) the minimum and maximum transaction_id; (3) the minimum, maximum and average customer_id; and (4) the distribution of products in bought in store (yes or no) using a pie chart.

Question 3.

You discover that the variable unit_price was incorrectly recorded. Create a new variable unit_price_corrected where you add 1.50 to unit_price for the first 100 items, and you subtract 1.50 from the unit price for the remaining items in the data set. Then, calculate and compare the average of unit_price and unit_price_corrected.

Question 4.

The coffee shop’s management wants to find out which of the outlets has the highest revenue. Calculate the total revenue for each of the outlets. Remember that total revenue will be unit_price_corrected multiplied by quantity. Also, present your calculations using a line graph. Explain what you found and what the chart shows.

Question 5.

The coffee shop’s management wants to find out how the staff are doing in terms of sales. For each of the staff ids, calculate the total product units sold and the total revenue sold. Provide two bar charts (one for total product units, one for total revenue) by staff id, and interpret your findings.

Question 6.

Develop one question yourself that can be answered with the information included in this dataset. Write the code to answer the question, and include a visualization.

Question 7.

Develop one question yourself that can be answered with the information included in this dataset. Write the code to answer the question, and include a visualization.

 

Part 2

You are hired to develop an online management system for a cafe. This program will be used by the café admins and will help them manage online orders. Use a function to develop a program with the following features:

  1. Allow the café admin to enter the menu items until the user enters quit to stop. The list should include a minimum of 10 items. For example: main_categories = [Americano, Espresso, Cheese sandwich]
  2. Use the main menu list you created in step 1 to create a dictionary that should contain the price of each of the menu items with their respective cost. For example: items_price= {“Americano”: 13, “Espresso”: 9, “Cheese sandwich”:15}
  3. Use the main menu list you created in step 1 to create another dictionary that should contain the quantity of each menu item. items_quantity={“Americano”: 50, “Esspresso”: 30, “Cheese sandwich”:10}
  4. Use the main menu list you created in step 1 to create another dictionary that allows the cafe admin to record the rating received from customers on menu items. The ratings are scored on a scale from 1 to 5, with 5 indicating the maximum customer satisfaction. For example: items_rating = {“Americano”: 4, “Esspresso”: 1, “Cheese sandwich”:5}

Your function should return the following data structures separately:

  1. The dictionary that includes all entries.
  2. A list named satisfied_item, which includes the items with satisfaction of 3 or higher.
  3. A list named highprice_item, which includes the items with price above 10 .
  4. A list named few_items, which includes the items with quantity less than 5.

For part 2 only: First, create a step-by-step algorithm and a flowchart and then translate it into a fully functional and documented Python code. Follow the flowchart shape conventions from the session 3 reading, available here.