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Housing is a social issue/social problem that is prevalent in today’s society specially in low income communities. Discuss the origins and impacts of housing as a basic human right .

Housing is a social issue/social problem that is prevalent in today’s society specially in low income communities. Discuss the origins and impacts of housing as a basic human right . Develop a response to this problem with the assumption that you have the resources and power to promote change.

Estimate the number of days it takes an automobile dealer to sell a Chevrolet Aveo. Sample of 50 cars had a mean time on the dealer’s lot of 54 days. Assume the population standard deviation to be 6.0 days.

A researcher wishes to estimate the number of days it takes an automobile dealer to sell a Chevrolet Aveo. Sample of 50 cars had a mean time on the dealer’s lot of 54 days. Assume the population standard deviation to be 6.0 days.

Show all steps for each part below.

a) Find the best point estimate of the population mean.

b) Find the 95% confidence interval of the population mean.

Describe the relationship between total utility and marginal utility. Explain if marginal utility can be negative. Examine the diamond-water paradox. Why are diamonds more expensive than water?

Prior to beginning work on this discussion, read Farah Mohammed’s article, Why Are Diamonds More Expensive Than Water?, as well as Chapter 5 in your textbook, especially Sections 5.1 and 5.3, and respond to the following:
Describe the relationship between total utility and marginal utility.
Explain if marginal utility can be negative.
Examine the diamond-water paradox. Why are diamonds more expensive than water?
Evaluate the law of diminishing marginal utility.
Identify some items, explaining your reasoning, that do not follow the law of diminishing marginal utility.
Evaluate how the law of diminishing marginal utility can explain the diamond-water paradox.

Identify the necessary skills and competencies that you will need to realize your professional goals. Explain why, in your opinion, these assets are the key building blocks of your career.

Architect your career path for the next ten years. Identify the necessary skills and competencies that you will need to realize your professional goals. Explain why, in your opinion, these assets are the key building blocks of your career.
2. Define the steps that you will take to develop these skills and competencies.

3. Assess the probability of your success considering the legal, social, economic, and individual constraints (internal politics) that you may encounter during this process.
Develop your answers using the cause-effect methodology. Use the tools of Systems Thinking such as flow-charts, decision trees and tables to clearly illustrate the path leading to your conclusions. Note that having an academic degree should not be used as a proxy for actually having individual competencies and skills.

Explore a key aspect of organizational development within a large business setting, and prepare a substantive outline detailing the program that you intend to design, develop, implement, and maintain for the benefit of the organization identified.

Your final research paper will be based on a topic of your choice related to an aspect of organizational development examined in this course. This assignment requires that you explore a key aspect of organizational development within a large business setting, and prepare a substantive outline detailing the program that you intend to design, develop, implement, and maintain for the benefit of the organization identified. For the purposes of this assignment, you must select a Fortune 1,000 company for this project. You may use the readings assigned in the class to supplement your research.
Prepare an outline with bullet points of the topics, subtopics, theories, and concepts that you plan to ultimately cover in your research paper.  The outline should cover the organizational culture of the Fortune 1,000 company Costco.

Who are you? How do you know? How do you know you are really who you say you are? How do you describe yourself?What outside influences do you understand that have contributed to shape your life?

Who are you? How do you know? How do you know you are really who you say you are? How do you
describe yourself? Describe yourself in 6 words. That’s all you have. What was the first term that you used to describe yourself and why?
The sociological imagination paper is a two-part assignment that you will work on over the course of the semester. The first part will ask you to reflect on who you are and how you become you? What outside influences do you understand that have contributed to shape your life? Over the course of the semester, you will be developing your sociological imagination. C. Wright Mills helps us to understand that the sociological imagination is “the vivid awareness of the relationship between experience and the wider society” (Mills, 1960).
This process will involve you not to think about yourself in a paper about yourself. Complicated right? Not really.

 How does the current pandemic affect news reporting? It is compulsory to introduce (at least) the following subtopics or approaches with regards to the major topic: News Providers; Access to Sources and Interviews; Attribution and Quotes;Broadcast Reporting; Ethics and Code of Conduct; and Health Journalism.

How does the current pandemic affect news reporting? It is compulsory to introduce (at least) the following subtopics or approaches with regards to the major topic: 1) News Providers; 2) Access to Sources and Interviews; 3) Attribution and Quotes; 4) Broadcast Reporting; 5) Ethics and Code of Conduct; and 6) Health Journalism.
– Your essay must prove your complete command of the course literature (the one uploaded in Aula Global or recommended, and not only Potter´s main textbook). This will not be an opinion assignment but an academic one. Therefore, references on the main scholars’ approaches to the different issues will be needed.  The professor will not matter about your topic opinion, but about your command and analysis on the literature, facts and data about the given issue.
– You will be allowed to use not only the materials uploaded in Aula Global but any other relevant one you might want. The professor will grade how relevant other possible sources used might be.

How can cultural differences be accounted for when treating patients from various ethnic backgrounds? What strategies do you suggest to reinforce the importance of lifestyle modifications in patients with this disease? 

How can cultural differences be accounted for when treating patients from various ethnic backgrounds?

What strategies do you suggest to reinforce the importance of lifestyle modifications in patients with this disease?

If the only way to eliminate prevalence of this disease among lower socioeconomic status patients is to establish high-quality facilities that overlook any judgment regarding the patient’s financial deficits.

How can these facilities be effectively established in terms of funding, resources, guidelines, and staff? What is “blueprint” suggest for making sure that these facilities are solving the issue and not falling into old, outdated patterns?

Write a synthesis film review for all three films. What are the major problems (Cite at least 3) in the United States’ health care system?Why do you think it has not been “fixed”? 

Watch the three (3) PBS documentaries: A. Sick Around America  B. Sick Around the World C. Why the U.S. pays more for health care than the rest of the world? Write a synthesis film review for all three films following the provided rubric below.

What are the major problems (Cite at least 3) in the United States’ health care system?Why do you think it has not been “fixed”?

After watching the films, do you believe that providing universal health care should be the policy of the United States?Why or why not?

Should the government provide for the health of working people?Why or why not?Should the government provide for the health of those who can’t work.Why or why not?

Using issues from the films and your own knowledge, articulate what you think is the best solution for our failing system.

Analyze how Dell has changed its supply chain to satisfy its customers. As an example, was Dell’s decision to sell its products via retail outlets a viable solution? Do you agree with this distribution strategy? Why or why not?

For this assessment, consider that you work as a business analyst for a consulting firm that specializes in helping clients improve their operations and associated processes. Your manager asked you to write a white paper that they will use to demonstrate how your firm can help clients implement best practices in their supply chains and distribution channels, and you and your manager selected Dell as the subject of the white paper.

Dell has been selling computers for over 25 years with its unique, direct build-to-order sales model.

As part of your research into Dell’s supply chain and distribution strategy, you identified related articles in the Capella library (linked in the Resources under the Required Resources heading) that you decided to use to help you write your white paper. You and your manager decided your white paper should address the following points:

Analyze why Dell’s supply chain strategy is successful.
Describe the main supply chain challenges that Dell is now facing and provide strategies to effectively overcome the challenges.
Analyze how Dell has changed its supply chain to satisfy its customers. As an example, was Dell’s decision to sell its products via retail outlets a viable solution? Do you agree with this distribution strategy? Why or why not?