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Identify a company that has used IT to gain competitive advantage over its competitors. In addition, identify two of the company’s competitors. Briefly describe the selected company and two of its competitors. Explain the nature of the competitive advantage and how IT has enabled that specific advantage.

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Identify a company that has used IT to gain competitive advantage over its competitors. In addition, identify two of the company’s competitors.

Explanation of how a company has used IT to gain competitive advantage over Its competitors. In your explanation, do the following:

  • Briefly describe the selected company and two of its competitors.
  • Explain the nature of the competitive advantage and how IT has enabled that specific advantage.
  • To support your response, be sure to reference at least one properly cited scholarly source.

Define the term parasocial relationship; Give an example of a parasocial relationship–include your own experience or a real-life example (eg: fandom networks, friends who are really into specific characters/celebrities, etc.); What do you think about this concept?;

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Write a 2 to 3 page paper in APA format (title page, header, and properly cited sources) answering the following prompts. Use at least 3 credible (legitimate news or educational sites…no blogs or open source sites) or scholarly sources in the paper.
Please keep in mind that the sample paper is only for APA formatting. The paper should have a title page, correct headings, and sources cited correctly in the text and in a references section. All content requirements are in the prompts. The title page and references section do NOT count as written work.
• Define the term parasocial relationship;
• Give an example of a parasocial relationship–include your own experience or a real-life example (eg: fandom networks, friends who are really into specific characters/celebrities, etc.);
• What do you think about this concept?;
• Why do you think you or other people form parasocial relationships? Use the articles and sources provided to you in Module 9 to get started with this question. Back up your claims with sources.

Who were the guideline developers? Were the developers representative of key stakeholders in this specialty (interdisciplinary)? Who funded the guideline development? Were any of the guidelines developers funded researchers of the reviewed studies?

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Who were the guideline developers?

Were the developers representative of key stakeholders in this specialty (interdisciplinary)?

Who funded the guideline development?

Were any of the guidelines developers funded researchers of the reviewed studies?

Did the team have a valid development strategy?

Was an explicit (how decisions were made), sensible,and impartial process used to identify, select, and combine evidence?

Did its developers carry out a comprehensive, reproducible literature review within the past 12 months of its publication/revision?

Were all important options and outcomes considered?

What were the options/outcomes?

Is each recommendation in the guideline tagged by the level/strength of evidence upon which it is based and linked with the scientific evidence?

Do the guidelines make explicit recommendations (reflecting value judgments about outcomes)?

Has the guideline been subjected to peer review and testing?

Is the intent of use provided (e.g. national, regional, local)?Explain.

Are the recommendations clinically relevant?

What are the recommendations and how are they relevant or not?

Select a Level Three paper previously completed in your program. Choose a topic that will demonstrate your professional expertise or experiences to a potential employer. For example, a paper on American History or a casual story is not a good choice to demonstrate your professional knowledge.

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Imagine that you have been selected to have your work published in a professional journal. Congratulations!!  Now is the time to put your best writing foot forward!

For this assignment, you will select a Level Three paper previously completed in your program. This paper will become part of your professional portfolio, so choose a topic that will demonstrate your professional expertise or experiences to a potential employer. For example, a paper on American History or a casual story is not a good choice to demonstrate your professional knowledge.

You will be editing the previously written paper and expanding the content to meet the requirements below. Please review the lesson topics on APA Format and References List before completing your paper. If you have questions, contact your instructor.

Think of a problem within your community or workplace.Create a 10 question survey with quantitative variables (number) on a topic you are interested in.Administer the survey to a minimum of 10 people. Analyze your data for the mean, median, and mode of each questions.

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You have been charged with creating a survey for your community! The community is interested in having you create a survey and present the results at the next town hall meeting.

In this project, students will:

Learn about quantitative variables.

  1. Learn to analyze data for measures of central tendency (mean, median and mode)
  2. Learn to create an effective presentation with real-world conclusions.

To complete this project you will:

Think of a problem within your community or workplace. The problem needs to be something others will have an interest in solving or will want to share reactions to.

  1. Create a 10 question survey with quantitative variables (number) on a topic you are interested in. Think of questions where 0 is dislike there is a scale to 4- like. Another way to do this is using 0-never, 1 sometimes, 2 frequently, and 3 always.
  2. Administer the survey to a minimum of 10 people.
  3. Analyze your data for the mean, median, and mode of each questions.
  4. Create a visual from this chapter: bar graph, box and whisker plot, histogram, stem and leaf plot. etc.
  5. Compile the information into a slide presentation, of at least 5 slides, to present at the next town hall. The presentation should present: the mean, median, and mode of each question, the visual of the data, and conclusions based on the statistics you found in the survey.

Develop a draft of the current state assessment for the Enterprise Data Management Architecture and Implementation. Evaluate the architecture currently employed by Third Star Financial Services, evaluate the impact on operations of data management, and evaluate Third Star’s maturity level.

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Overview: For this milestone, you will develop a draft of the current state assessment for the Enterprise Data Management Architecture and Implementation
Plan. In this draft, you will evaluate the architecture currently employed by Third Star Financial Services, evaluate the impact on operations of data management,
and evaluate Third Star’s maturity level.
Prompt: Develop a draft assessment of the current state of Third Star Financial.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Summarize the current architecture employed by Third Star.
II. Provide an evaluation of the current tools and data management components in comparison to the DAMA-DMBOK.
a) What components of standard enterprise data management does Third Star have currently that are not performing at a level to support the
needs of the company?
b) What components of standard enterprise data management does Third Star not have? Be sure to reference the DAMA-DMBOK in your evaluation
and consideration.
III. How does the current state of enterprise data management affect the operations of Third Star Financial Services?
a) Provide well-supported explanations of the impact on operations.
b) Account for current, future, and past operational limitations the state of enterprise management has on the company.

Write an argumentative essay of 3 – 4 pages on a topic of your choice. Your topic can relate to your major, to a hobby, to a form of art you follow, to a political issue you care about – to anything whatsoever, as long as you can turn it into an argument.

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Write an argumentative essay of 3 – 4 pages on a topic of your choice.
Your topic can relate to your major, to a hobby, to a form of art you follow, to a political issue you care about – to anything whatsoever, as long as you can turn it into an argument.
A successful paper will have:
• A focused thesis • Coherent, well-defended, and properly-qualified arguments • Well-chosen evidence • A lucid style • Proper grammar, spelling, mechanics, and format (MLA or APA)
Each paper must draw on a minimum of two sources.

Explain in how far The Bridge is representative of West German Postwar Cinema. How does the film compare to other movies that we have watched this semester?

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Start a new thread for this post. In your post, engage with the film and the readings in a thoughtful and meaningful way. Write your Discussion Analysis Post in paragraph form. Think of it as a short film analysis essay and try to use some of the terms from the film terms lecture and handout in your analysis when they are helpful. You should be organized in your thoughts and ideas and provide evidence of critical, university-level thinking making connections to our course materials and other relevant experiences. Try your best to contribute to the learning community by being creative in your approaches to the film and readings and by making an effort to motivate the discussion. Avoid summarizing the film or the readings as all members of the learning community have seen the movie and read the assigned chapters in the book. If you quote from our textbook or other sources, please use MLA style. Be aware of spelling, grammar, and sentence mechanics and use proper etiquette. Remember that being respectful is critical. Your Discussion Analysis Post has to be at least 200 words long.
The following ten questions offer possible topics that you might want to discuss in your Discussion Analysis Post. The questions are there to help you critically reflect on the film and readings for this week. Feel free to engage with as many or as few of them as you see fit in your post. Rather than a number of individual answers to the questions in the prompt, present your post as a short coherent film analysis essay, i.e. do not write separate answers to the questions but use them to launch your own coherent analysis and interpretation of the film. This also means that you should not copy and paste the questions into your post. The questions are only there to help you get started and to show you possible topics that you might want to explore in your analysis. Do not think that you need to answer all questions in your Discussion Analysis Post. In fact, it would be very hard to do these questions justice if you tried to answer all of them in one short, coherent film analysis post.
It is important that your post offers an academic analysis of the film rather than a summary or a mere statement of what you liked and disliked. Make sure to analyze and interpret the film and to support your argument with evidence. Try to be original and avoid repeating what others have already noted before you in their posts. At the end of your post, please include any additional questions that you bring to the movie to spark further discussion.

Carefully look at the picture above. In what context does this scene appear in the movie? What is happening here? Describe in detail what you see in the image and how it is structured. Pay particular attention to the facial expression of the character and his gaze. What can we hear in this scene? With whom are you identifying and empathizing in this scene? Why?
Why did the boys want to go to war? Were they misinformed and if so, why? Did peer pressure play a role in the movie? If so, how?
Do you find the characters well developed? What characters can you remember particularly well? Why? Select one particularly dynamic character and describe his or her character development in detail.
Analyze and interpret what happened on the bridge. How are the different war parties depicted in the film? Which scenes are particularly important in this regard?
In your opinion, are their heroes and villains in this film? Explain your answer and support your argument with evidence from the film.
What are your observations concerning issues of loyalty, personal integrity, freedom, and idealism in this film and how are these values being challenged?
Do we see traces of a generational conflict expressed in the film and if so, how does it manifest itself? Give specific examples and put the generational conflict in the larger context of German history.
What are the most important moments in this film and why? What aspects of the film did you like and which did you not like? Why?
With the help of the readings in our textbook and our discussion about Trace of Stones,compare and contrast East and West German Postwar Cinema. Explain in how far The Bridge is representative of West German Postwar Cinema. How does the film compare to other movies that we have watched this semester?
Is this film still relevant for us today from a historical and/or moral-philosophical perspective? What can we potentially learn from this film?

Identify the actions that a nurse leader would take with regards to the following: Communication with stakeholders, training, budget, change management, include a specific change management theory that is appropriate to this project, authority.

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This week’s focus is on the nurse leader’s role in this and in similar projects.

Consider the nurse leader’s role at each stage of your project. “My selected project is: Patient Safety”Top of Form

Identify the actions that a nurse leader would take with regards to the following:

  • Communication with stakeholders
  • Training
  • Budget
  • Change management
  • Include a specific change management theory that is appropriate to this project.
  • Authority

Compose a 2-3 paragraph essay (minimum 500 words) describing your source and explaining how community corrections is portrayed negatively. In the essay you will discuss the impact of this portrayal on community corrections agencies and/or officers (i.e. stress, addiction, suicide).

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One of the challenges that probation and parole officers face is the negative portrayal of their jobs. Community supervision sentences are often seen as light or easy on the offender, and many communities hold pessimistic attitudes towards rehabilitation.  Further, often times, parole and probation officers are faulted/blamed when offenders reoffend, especially those high risk offenders. For this assignment, find a newspaper article or news video clip that shows the negative attitudes shown towards community corrections, probation, and parole. Compose a 2-3 paragraph essay (minimum 500 words) describing your source and explaining how community corrections is portrayed negatively. In the essay you will discuss the impact of this portrayal on community corrections agencies and/or officers (i.e. stress, addiction, suicide). Post your news article or video to BlackBoard for Week 10 Discussion and sum up your essay.  Include what things can professionals do to help combat this negative image as well as help improve self-care of probation/parole officers.