British efforts to successfully fight and win the Revolutionary War
Several factors weighed against the British in their efforts to successfully fight and win the Revolutionary War. Discuss at least four of the problems they would have had and explain how and why each of the problems was impossible to overcome. Remember to use supporting citations.
British efforts to successfully fight and win the Revolutionary War
Several factors weighed against the British in their efforts to successfully fight and win the Revolutionary War. Discuss at least four of the problems they would have had and explain how and why each of the problems was impossible to overcome. Remember to use supporting citations.
Instructions:
Create an initial policy draft for new employees
Career Relevancy
Communication is the key to any good relationship. That is true in interpersonal relationships along with how a company runs. Additionally, having a system-wide understanding of proper communication channels and policy will help avoid miscommunication and potentially catastrophic issues. You will likely have to not only know your own company’s communication policy, but possibly even write one. Some areas you might address could include crafting a company social media policy, designing a presentation that could be given to a team of supervisors on employee management style and communication, and describing the kinds of topics that should be covered in an employee exit interview. While policies may differ from business to business, having a solid foundation of communication strategies will help you succeed as an HR professional.
Prompt
Your company is revisiting the communication policy and channels due to impending growth. Previously, your company was small and didn’t have an official policy in place.
Create an initial policy draft for new employees and to share with current employees during their yearly training. Consider how you will address the following:
Workplace communications
External communications
Electronic and wireless communications
Social media communications
Why Nations Fail
What is the main premise of the book?
What are the strengths of the book?
What did you learn from this book?
What is the central idea of mercantilism? Explain how this central idea is illustrated in the recent neomercantilist policies.
Your company ‘Popup’ is a private sector company currently operating across the Southeast area of England. Popup is contracted by local councils as a project to take their dis-used land or building spaces and create a venue for local independent businesses and the community
The aim is to create a space that supports local communities with jobs, innovation, and training. The local communities get a well-designed space containing independent cosmopolitan food & drink sellers and unique retailers. The local independent businesses rent a ‘unit’ from the local council and get a network of like-minded businesses and potential customers. There is also free temporary space available for charities to book and for community workshops such as children’s art and crafts to book. In addition, there is rented space available for businesses wishing to run short events (1-5 days).
This idea has been successfully adopted in other areas of the UK and Popup are keen to capitalise on local government post Covid funding to encourage the growth of local independent businesses. There is also growing demand for different entertainment ideas for young adults, families as well as for use for corporate events. For an example of something similar – see popbrixton.org. You should also carry out further research into similar projects.
The project sponsor is the Development Manager of Hatfield Council who wants to develop a dis-used warehouse on the outskirts of Hatfield town centre and wants Popup to design and get the building ready. The project will be known as ‘Pop Hatfield’
The dis-used building in Hatfield is a doubled storeyed premise with a floor space of 80 metres by 80 metres on each floor in which to develop this venue. The premises were a former warehouse and are structurally sound and have no fixtures or fittings remaining (i.e. internal walls, shelves, cupboards). The floor and walls are bare. There is a stable usable staircase between the two floors though there is no lift or other access to the top floor currently. There is water, electricity and gas supply connected to the building.
Hatfield Council have appointed Popup and therefore planning permission has already been granted. However, other licences need to be researched and acquired (e.g., food, alcohol, music, trading)
The project will require the project team to both design and fit out the venue ready for local businesses to move into. Local business will then need to fit out their individual units and this is NOT in scope for Pop Hatfield’s project team. The ground floor business units are shipping containers (use 6m length ones) and the first-floor units need to be a similar size but need to be flat pack assembly of some description to get them up to the first floor. In addition, the project includes setting up an area for corporate events and an area for charity/community use. These areas need to be contained for privacy and noise. Finally, there needs to be toilet facilities and seating areas to accommodate people when eating, drinking & relaxing. Please note that you must include provision to meet Accessibility legislation.
The project team will also need to secure suitable contractors and suppliers for this work. Please note that Pop Hatfield have the funds for this project from Hatfield Council and therefore are not looking for any loans or investors. There will be a £2000/month leasehold fee for the property for the first year. External contractor day rate is £250 per contractor and the day rate for the internal project team is £100 per team member. The project will run between 1st Feb 2023 and 31st May 2023 and therefore must be completed by 1st June 2023. This project period should also include time for checks and project sign off. Project exclusions are as follows: marketing and sign up of local business, individual unit refits
all the contain the core elements of a Project Initiation Document (PID) will need to include all of the activities required to successfully complete this project.
Project Requirements
You and your team, as employees of ‘Popup’ should develop a Project Initiation Document (PID) for this ‘Pop Hatfield’ project.
The areas to be covered are
• Defining the requirements of the venue in terms of number of units for the building including all requirements such as the area for corporate events and area for charity/ community use.
• Building and designing a plan for the building based on the details above, obtaining quotations from suppliers, development of rooms (this will include structural work as well as decorative work though NOT fitting out as specified above), monitoring the development programme, purchasing and installing the major items specified above, supervising the development, acceptance and ensuring the venue is ready for handover to an operations team who will liaise with local businesses and charities/ local community for further fitting details.
• You will also need to design this venue and ensure you include all of the aspects defined above such as the toilet facilities, seating areas and so on.
• Extensive testing of the venue will be needed before it is handed over to the operations team.
• You do not need to worry about marketing, sign up of local businesses or staffing it when it is opened. This is the remit of the operations team and excluded from your project
The scope of your project includes planning, sourcing and completing a plan for the work above and you are not responsible for any marketing activities or operational issues related to this venue. Your focus is just the project and to convert the space into a fully operational Popup venue.
The Project Initiation Document (PID) is to have the following contents:
Team Work
• Introduction
• Project Objectives
• Constraints of the project
• Assumptions made
• Layout plan (a sketch of the 2 floors)
• Brief description of venue to explain plans drawn
• Work Breakdown Structure (WBS)
• Scope (Summary of the main headings of the WBS)
• Precedence table (with resource column)
• Network diagram including PERT and a Gantt chart where possible for higher marks here
• Roles and responsibilities
• RACI matrix
• Budget for project
The project will run between 1st Feb 2023 and 31st May 2023 and therefore must be completed by 1st June 2023.
The project team will also need to secure suitable contractors and suppliers for this work. Please note that Pop Hatfield have the funds for this project from Hatfield Council and therefore are not looking for any loans or investors. There will be a £2000/month leasehold fee for the property for the first year. External contractor day rate is £250 per contractor and the day rate for the internal project team is £100 per team member.
Your team should keep a record of team meetings in terms of when the meeting was, who attended and what was agreed and this should be submitted in the Appendix. This will help the lecturers if there are issues in the team. No other work is required in an appendix. Please have all elements specified above in the main body of the report. A template for the assignment has been provided.
A suggested template for this assignment has been provided in the assignment 2 support Unit on Canvas.
How the marks will be awarded (30% of module mark)
Mark scheme Weighting
Introduction
Introduction to the project and what is contained in the report 4
Project Objectives – ensure these are SMART
These are specific to the project, such as how much it will cost, how long it will take, what will be delivered etc
Should contain a short justification stating the importance of project objectives using ACADEMIC SOURCES 4
Constraints
Items that restrict the way the project can be done, such as working week days only, preservation of trees
Should contain a short justification stating the importance of identifying constraints using ACADEMIC SOURCES 4
Assumptions
Items that might prevent you carrying out the project that you assume will be ok, such as, planning permission granted, access to the site, working hours etc
Should contain a short justification stating the importance of assumptions using ACADEMIC SOURCES 4
Plan of the building and themes
Sketch/ drawing of the building (both floors) which includes all requirements for the venue. A short description of the design choices made (please do not spend too much time on this – this is required to contextualise the rest of your work and has a small proportion of the marks) 8
Work Breakdown Structure
This should be numbered, hierarchically with the lower components clear subsets of the higher item. Most of the items should be shown as work to be done (activity based). All main requirements for designing and refurbishing the building to create this venue should be included
Should contain a short justification stating the importance of WBS using ACADEMIC SOURCES 15
Scope statement
A summary of what the project will achieve. A summary of the activity within each of the top level activities in the WBS. Should also say what it will not cover, such as day to day operation.
Should contain a short justification stating the importance of defining the scope using ACADEMIC SOURCES 6
Precedence table and Network diagram
Schedule of activities – all activities and predecessors identified. Durations identified, inclusion of PERT will add detail to estimation and therefore marks. (8 marks)
Network diagram – Key to denote what numbers and nodes mean, consistent with precedence table, overall duration and critical path identified. Within the timeframe allowed. Working days have been considered.(10 marks)
Inclusion of a Gantt chart to show the network diagram on a timeline will also attract more marks. (4 marks)
An analysis of the fast food market.
Globally the fast food market is estimated to be valued at $647.7bn (£503bn) and expected to
grow to $931.7bn (£724bn) by 2027 (Allied Market Research). Within the UK major brands
such as McDonalds, Subway, KFC, Domino’s and Burger King have dominated the market,
with McDonalds alone accounting for approximately 17% of takeaway and fast food sales (IBIS
World 2020).
Any specific instructions:
With reference to fast food and casual dining trends, produce a poster with a group of 7-8
students which:
• Demonstrates an understanding of how the major brands have taken market share, and
developed a strong market position, disrupting traditional food cultures and local markets
– some examples of market shares, advertising and promotional campaigns, marketing
strategies, positioning within those markets and different segments…
For this assignment choose an ethnic group that has experienced historical trauma (genocide, ethnic conflict, or mass violence). For example: Native Americans, Apartheid in South Africa, and traumatized refugee and immigrant populations, including Asian Americans and other ethnic groups.
Please respond to the following:
• Identify the ethnic group and trauma you have selected. Apartheid in South Africa
• Describe how you think this trauma has mentally, socially, and economically impacted the ethnic group you selected. Be sure to discuss the role of unresolved grief on the ethnic group you have chosen.
• Describe strategies you can take as a Human Services Professional in your cross-cultural service delivery to address the effects of trauma and unresolved grief.
Euthanasia is a subject that touches a raw nerve of the society, death and the core matter that many scholars debate about, lie on whose responsibility it is to make the ultimate decision. The key players being the patient, physicians, the federal law, the political divide, the diverse cultures, the religious groups, the generational differences and gender, not withholding the ethics and oaths of physicians and nurses.
Velleman, on his arguments, questions a physician’s moral and ethical right of ending a person’s life and further elaborates that “ physicians’ moral obligation is not promoting health per se, but also prolonging life and making it better”1. He pointed out that, a patient’s right to autonomy is valued, when he is given an opportunity to determine an option, but not imposing an already decided option. When euthanasia becomes an option to patients, “not every death by euthanasia will be beneficial as alluded by Kamisar”2 and the illusion that euthanasia promotes death with dignity becomes a fallacy. His critical thinking is unique because it communicates the need for a distinction of who is the ultimate decision maker and also implies that he has an affinity of the patient’s intercourse with other key players after refusing euthanasia “when the patient is given the right to choose to die, and he chooses not to die, his existence will be faced with frustrations and doubts of the opinions of the caregivers and friends”3. He is inclined to think his existence is not worthwhile.
Carmichael observed a study by Gielen whose findings showed that “majority of the Christians were not against euthanasia and that Hindus believe in Karma, that a person must suffer as a purification and cleansing of the body to enter the other life”4 contrary to the bible’s do not commit murder commandment. She addressed political and generational differences and it came out clearly, that in America the Democrats believe in autonomy and are likely to support euthanasia as opposed to the Republicans. As for the generational differences, generation xers and millennials are likely to support euthanasia as opposed to the traditionalists and the baby boomers. She also argued that “women are selfless and are likely to be pro euthanasia since they respect decisions of others unlike men who are selfish and do things without thinking about emotional outcomes”5.
Carmichael believes in death with dignity, the right to self- determination and the sanctity of life principle hinting that “a patient should make his own decision to die when he is competent enough to give consent, to die with dignity and avoid pain and suffering”6. Velleman is not convinced how a patient can decide his/ her mortality. He remarked that, “euthanasia is not a practice of helping some patients but the pra ctice of asking them to choose whether to die”7
In conclusion, Velleman’s arguments touches an expansive group of humanity in the society, whose lives can be affected by the decisions of assisted suicide (the patient, the family, the caregiver, the friends, all the involved healthcare workers, and the justice system. This implies that if his arguments are taken seriously, they can be helpful in avoiding a slipping slope.
Bibliograghy
Carmichael, Hannah “Euthanasia: Is it Ethically and Morally Acceptable.” Welcome to Sycamore Scholars. Dec 01. 1970. https://scholars.indstate.edu/handle/10484/12128.
Gielen Joris, Branden Stef, Broeckaert Bert “Religion and Nurses Attitude To Euthanasia and Physical Assisted Suicide” Nursing Ethics 16, no. 3(June 2009):303-18. https://doi.org/10.1177/0969733009102692.
Kamisar, Yale “Euthanasia legislation: Some non-Religious objections. In Euthanasia and the Right to Death, 85-133, Edited by A.B. Downing, London: Peter Owen, 1969.
Velleman, David ‘’Against the Right to Die’’ The journal of medicine and philosophy 17, no 6 (January 1993): 665-81. https://doi.org/10.1093/jmp/17.6.665.
Institutional racism occurs when the policies and rules of institutions are manipulated to give preference to a dominant group and denying justice to a minority group. The cultural issues identified in Agency X according to Jerry (2019), are linked to institutional racism because they are discriminatory, oppressive and deny the people of color their right to be employed. This creates a racial bias in access to opportunities and services through the systemic policies and practices as stipulated by the underrepresentation of the people of color. Kendall (2002) points out “95% of senior jobs are occupied by male whites while in the middle management positions female whites occupy 40% compared to black women 5% and male 4%” (P.2).
Cultural awareness is acknowledging that discrimination exists and making effort to dismiss and or eliminate inequity. As a human services professional working at Agency X, cultural awareness and cross cultural service delivery will create an environment of respect, hope and dignity to members of minority group. Social Work Policy Institute (2014) elicited that, it will also create professional growth, racial justice, health equity and brings the practice of inclusive community engagement. When an institution realizes its weakness in treating people with differentness, it takes another step of inclusivity in terms of allocation of power and resources. Agency X should embrace cultural awareness to foster a cultural competent environment, where everyone will be treated equally, in terms of opportunities and power to achieve life without discrimination and mass incarceration as alluded by Tedx Talks (2013).
To become cultural allies, the management and staff of color should challenge discrimination and oppression by creating awareness on eliminating racism. Implementing measures on reducing and/or eliminating racism as well as being responsible on decisions and actions of racism against clients and staff of color.
REFERENCES
Jerry V.D. (2019). Cultural Diversity: A primer for Human Services .Cengage learning 6th edition (PP. 59-92).
Kendall. F.E. (2002). Understanding White Privilege: Creating Pathways to Authentic Relationships across Race. Routledge. https://www.american.edu>counselling,upload/understanding-white-privilege-PDF
Social Work Policy Institute (2014). Achieving Racial Equity: Calling the social work profession to Action. Washington, DC: National Association of Social workers.