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Describe the narcissistic leader and the Machiavellian leader.

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To do this assessment, first read the following article: Sims Faraj & Yun (2009).pdf ( attached) AND watch docudrama “Pirates of Silicon Valley” https://www.veoh.com/watch/v46093745wbEGkakh
Only reference the attached pdf and docudrama
AACSB Essay Question Set 1:
1. Describe the narcissistic leader and the Machiavellian leader. Other than the names listed in question 2, give examples of narcissistic and Machiavellian leaders and their behavior discussed in class (other than those listed in question 2 of this question).
2. Based on the film, “Pirates of Silicon Valley,” (http://www.veoh.com/watch/v46093745wbEGkakh) how would you describe Bill Gates, Paul Allen, Steve Wozniak and Steve Jobs using these concepts? Support your answer.
3. Do you believe that these traits are positive or negative in these leaders? Support your answers.

Is there a difference in the population growth of compost worms in soil with different pH?

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Paper details:

Hypothesis:
Is there a difference in the population growth of compost worms in soil with different pH?

Write a short essay discussing the following quotation:

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Write a short essay discussing the following quotation: “[A]n awareness of the rules of punctuation helps you say what you want to say, because it gives you control over your writing.” (John Peck and Martin Coyle)

The work submitted should meet the following requirements:
• It should be 700 words (+/– 10%) in length.
• It should discuss all aspects of the quotation given.
• It should be clearly and logically structured.
• It should draw on at least three independent sources.
• It should be fully and properly referenced

Identify key drivers of business model and competitiveness

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A 5,000 words report plus a 250 words executive summary. A report based on very detailed research into company accounts. Analyse company’s business activities – Use your own explanation of how company’s business model works (DO NOT COPY COMPANY’S STATEMENTS)
• Identify key drivers of business model and competitiveness
– Use independent data on company’s markets
– Assess future prospects for these markets
• Compile financial ratios for performance, efficiency, liquidity and solvency for company and at least three competitors
– Ratio analysis over the past five years
– Comparing these ratios – draw your own conclusions, NOT just descriptions
Structure of the Project

REPORT SUMMARY:
– equity data, company fundamentals, prospects, valuation & recommendation
• Show key data on share price & performance, valuation price & ratios and investor recommendation
• Two to three statements which explain your forecasts for the company’s revenue, income and cash flow
• Key economic and market forces driving company’s prospects
• How this translates into valuation, target price & recommendation

1) INTRODUCTION:
• Summarise company’s activities and business model
– What does it sell? Where? To whom? With what competitive advantage? • Main markets served by company – by region, product, customer type
• Typical features which MIGHT affect your company:
– Demographics, social trends, consumer behaviour, fashion, changes in global trading patterns, environmental issues
• Avoid lengthy history and descriptions
• Use short, sharp summary of what drives this business)
– Company’s business model – which markets drive its revenue and profit?
2) SECTOR REVIEW:
– the market forces driving demand, supply, competition, prices, costs & margins in the sectors which contribute most of the company’s revenue and profits
• Sector comments must be relevant to company’s operations
• Identify two to four key market forces driving demand
• Understand how competition works in sector
• Reach clear conclusion on likely future directions
• Reach clear conclusions about specific market forces
• Support those conclusions with statistical evidence
• Do NOT simply download economic and sector data without explaining how it affects sector prospects

3) COMPANY ASSESSMENT:
– company’s competitive position in sector, past performance relative to peers (using financial ratio analysis), key drivers of future trading, conclusion on their likely direction and impact on financial forecasts
• Assess historic performance and future prospects
• Analyse 5-year trends in financial ratios:
– Has it improved or deteriorated in recent years?
– Have there been any volatile movements – what may have caused them?
– Is the company reliable in delivering sustained earnings growth?
– Or is it poised for recovery from a low point? Or unlikely to recover?
• Compare company’s performance with sector peers
– Has it performed better or worse than its peers?
– Are its finances stronger or weaker than its peers?
– Has it been operated more efficient than its peers?

4) FORECASTING:
– translate trading assumptions into sales, costs, income & cash flow forecasts
FORECASTS FOR:
• Revenue from demand, price & competitor analysis
• Expenses from assessment of supplier pressures and movement in operating overheads
• Net income & earnings from tax, debt & interest rates
• Dividend from earnings and payout ratios
• Cash flow from working capital and depreciation accruals
• Balance sheet from accruals, retained earnings and cash flow

5) VALUATION:
– translate forecasts into DCF & DDM valuations relative to share price, and Price Multiples relative to peers
Absolute Valuation Methods / Intrinsic Value
• Convert dividend forecast into DDM
• Convert free cash flow forecast into DCF
Relative Valuation Methods / Price Multiples
• First-year forecast of sales, earnings & book value of equity
• Calculate ratios of:
– P/E
– P/Sales
– P/Book
• Compare with peer company ratios

6) RECOMENDATION AND CONCLUSION:
• If wide variations (>15%) between these valuations, check assumptions
– does cash flow over/understate by using too high/low depreciation charge?
– does dividends over/understate by using too high/low payout ratio?
• If after re-examination values still widely divergent, explain why
• Compare each valuation with current share price to identify Buy (valuation > share price) or a Sell
(share price > valuation)

Criteria for marking the reports
USE OF DATA
• How well have you used data to compile an INDEPENDENT view of company prospects, accessing websites of:
– Company & its competitors
– Industry bodies
– Government statistics and reports
– Financial and economic reports
LOGIC, ARGUMENT & FINANCIAL FORECASTS
• Logical argument to support assessment of company prospects
• Accuracy and clear exposition of company’s financial forecasts
• Independent thinking to link research data to conclusion
• Presentation of argument, financial forecasts and valuation

1-4 added materials is past 5 years statements of BT group
5-9 is reading list for this report

What makes you interested in the IT program?

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The personal statement should be a 500-1000 word essay that answers the following questions:

  • What makes you interested in the IT program?
  • How will you benefit from the program?
  • Why will you succeed in the program?
  • How will you contribute to the IT community?

Please provide detailed and specific examples from academia, industry or research when possible

Analyze data to identify a health care issue or area of concern.

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Prepare an 8 page data analysis and quality improvement initiative proposal based on a health issue of professional interest to you. The audience for your analysis and proposal is the nursing staff and the interprofessional team who will implement the initiative.

“A basic principle of quality measurement is: If you can’t measure it, you can’t improve it” (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, 2013).

Health care providers are on an endless quest to improve both care quality and patient safety. This unwavering commitment requires hospitals and care givers to increase their attention and adherence to treatment protocols to improve patient outcomes. Health informatics, along with new and improved technologies and procedures, are at the core of virtually all quality improvement initiatives. The data gathered by providers, along with process improvement models and recognized quality benchmarks, are all part of a collaborative, continuing effort. As such, it is essential that professional nurses are able to correctly interpret, and effectively communicate information revealed on dashboards that display critical care metrics.

By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:

  • Competency 2: Plan quality improvement initiatives in response to routine data surveillance.
    • Outline a QI initiative proposal based on a selected health issue and supporting data analysis.
  • Competency 3: Evaluate quality improvement initiatives using sensitive and sound outcome measures.
    • Analyze data to identify a health care issue or area of concern.
  • Competency 4: Integrate interprofessional perspectives to lead quality improvements in patient safety, cost effectiveness, and work-life quality.
    • Integrate interprofessional perspectives to lead quality improvements in patient safety, cost effectiveness, and work-life quality.
  • Competency 5: Apply effective communication strategies to promote quality improvement of interprofessional care.
    • Apply effective communication strategies to promote quality improvement of interprofessional care.
    • Communicate evaluation and analysis in a professional and effective manner, writing content clearly and logically with correct use of grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Reference

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (2013). Preventing falls in hospitals. Retrieved from https://www.ahrq.gov/professionals/systems/hospital/fallpxtoolkit/fallpxtk5.html#tiptop

As you prepare to complete this assessment, you may want to think about other related issues to deepen your understanding or broaden your viewpoint. You are encouraged to consider the questions below and discuss them with a fellow learner, a work associate, an interested friend, or a member of your professional community. Note that these questions are for your own development and exploration and do not need to be completed or submitted as part of your assessment.

Reflect on QI initiatives focused on measuring and improving patient outcomes with which you are familiar.

  • How important is the role of nurses in QI initiatives?
  • What quality improvement initiatives have made the biggest difference? Why?
  • When a QI initiative does not succeed as planned, what steps are taken to improve or revise the effort?

List 2 life problems that a client would be addressing in therapy.

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For the final paper, you will be researching theories and techniques of counseling and psychotherapy. Using the University Virtual Library, as well as online or hard copy evidence-based research, find articles from professional journals dated within the past 5 years. A minimum of eight (8) research articles are required to complete this assignment.
Cite your work properly according to APA format. Please review APA guidelines on paraphrasing, quoting and how to write an original presentation.The course text is not to be used for this assignment. This is a research-based paper.
Directions:
Part One – Introduction – This must be no more than 1 page
Choose 2 theories that you are drawn to. Please identify the theories you chose and why.
For example, you may choose Psychoanalytical Theory and/or Cognitive-Behavioral Theory and/or Humanistic/Existential Theory, and/or the other models covered in our course. Briefly discuss what draws you to the 2 models you chose.
Part Two – Application of Research on Counseling Theories
This is the bulk of your paper and should be 7 pages in length. Please review APA style, including how to organize your paper with topic headings, introduction and conclusion.
List 2 life problems that a client would be addressing in therapy. Each problem must be clear and concise. Each problem will be using a different counseling model taken from the 2 theories you identified.
For example, problem #1 – fear of public speaking; problem #2 – grief and loss

Here you will be addressing each problem individually with respect to the evidence-based research on the therapeutic techniques associated with one of the theories you chose. Techniques must be discussed in direct and specific terms, with regard to the problems you have identified above.
For example, one of the problems you identified above is fear of speaking in public. One of the theories you mentioned above that you chose to treat this problem with is Cognitive-Behavioral therapy. So, for problem 1, you would discuss: What does evidence-based research on cognitive behavioral treatment for fear of speaking in public suggest?
The next problem you identified is grief and loss. One of the theories you mentioned above that you chose to treat this problem with is Humanistic-Existential therapy. So, for problem 2, you would discuss: What does evidence-based research on humanistic-existential treatment for grief and loss suggest?

While you must cite your research, your responses must illustrate your personal understanding of the research and not solely rely on quoting and paraphrasing the words of others. In other words, discuss the research in your own words and understanding, citing the source of your research.

Please remember to cite your work in APA format and to write in proper, college-level English.

Summarize for the company executives the potential risks and compliance issues that Online will have to contend with in the transition to the cloud.

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As an IT analyst for Online, a company providing voting solutions to a global client base, you are working to convince the organization to move the current infrastructure to the cloud.

Your supervisor and the director of IT, , has asked you to summarize for the company executives the potential risks and compliance issues that Online will have to contend with in the transition to the cloud.

The final report will be seven to 10 pages that convey your understanding and management of risks associated with cloud computing, as well as ensuring compliance with legal requirements involved in moving Online systems to the cloud.

Use the attached files as a guideline to come up with 10 page report on risk and compliance issues

Make suggestions as to how to deal with dates

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Paper details:

Review current resume, add current work experience, make suggestions as to how to deal with dates

Describe how a Fatigue Risk Management System would work in an aeromedical operation.

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You are the on call Flight Nurse/Paramedic for your flight team and you have nearly completed a 12 hour day shift in your unit/service when an urgent request comes in to retrieve a criticlly ill patient. The Flight Nurse/Paramedic who was going to replace you has called in sick and the nurse/paramedic replacing her is not flight qualified. The flight is to Invercargill and you are based in Auckland, the total mission time will be approximately 12 hours.
a. Considering the physiology of sleep, fatigue, and circadian cycles what are the fundamental issues with the above situation
b. How might fatigue affect your performance?
c. What fatigue management tools can you use to minimise the effects on your performance?
d. Describe how a Fatigue Risk Management System would work in an aeromedical operation.