This week, you learned about United Nations by watching the video “The United Nations: Working for All of Us.”.
Do some additional independent reading and research and provide your reflection on one agency or mission of the U.N. Also, examine the UN organizational chart
Case Assignment
Part I: Identifying Constraints
Each short scenario describes a business situation. For each scenario, please write a short paragraph explaining which constraint or constraints is/are present, and why.
A taxi company limits its drivers to one eight-hour shift per day, with one half-hour break for a meal. A taxi cannot carry more than three passengers, all in the back seat, and cannot combine stops; that is, all the passengers must be going to the same destination.
Acme Unlimited sells custom machine tools. The sales department must send each order to Engineering for approval. There are no exceptions to this rule, which creates delays.
An online university offers six-week terms, with three two-week modules per term. Each module is supposedly limited to one topic, or set of related topics. Faculty members find it difficult to create interesting courses, and students express frustration with their learning experiences.
Part II: Describing Constraints
For each situation, write down the appropriate constraint. Please use the standard symbols “+” and “-” for plus and minus, and “ * ” for multiplication; however, if you find the symbols “≤” and “≥” difficult to keep straight, you may write “LE” for “Less than or equal to,” and “GE” for “Greater than or equal to.”
Example: An office is buying filing cabinets. The Model A cabinet holds a maximum of 3 cubic feet of files. Model B holds a maximum of 4.5 cubic feet of files. At any time, the office will have a maximum of 17 cubic feet of files that need to be stored. (A bit more cabinet space wouldn’t be a problem, but not enough would be. The files can’t be stacked on the floor.) Write a constraint on the number of cabinets the office should acquire.
Variables:
A = number of Model A cabinets purchased
B = number of Model B cabinets purchased
Answer:
A*( 3 cubic feet) + B*(4.5 cubic feet) ≥ 17 cubic feet
Or
A*( 3 cubic feet) + B*(4.5 cubic feet) GE 17 cubic feet
Patty makes pottery in her home studio. She works a total of six hours (360 minutes) per day. It takes her 10 minutes to make a cup, 15 minutes to make a bowl, and 30 minutes to make a vase. Write a constraint governing the joint production of cups, bowls and vases in a day. (Trans: “joint” = determined together; each affected by the others.)
Variables:
C = number of cups made
B = number of bowls made
V = number of vases made
An aid agency is buying generators for storm survivors. The generators will be shipped on a convoy of flatbed trucks having a total usable cargo area of 1,350 square feet. Generator A has a footprint (floor space required) of 8 square feet, and Generator B has a footprint of 12 square feet. Write a constraint governing the number of generators of each type than can be shipped.
Variables:
GenA = number of type A generators shipped
GenB= number of type B generators shipped
3. Patty (see 2.1. above) earns the following profit on each product:
Vase: $1.35
Cup: $0.75
Bowl: $2.40
Using the variable labels given in 2.1, write the profit equation for one of Patty’s days.
Part III: Solving an Allocation Problem
A small Excel application, LP Estimation.xlsx is available to help you with this part of the Case.
A refinery produces gasoline and fuel oil under the following constraints.
Let
gas = number of gallons of gasoline produced per day
fuel = number of gallons of fuel oil produced per day
Demand constraints:
Minimum daily demand for fuel oil = 3 million gallons (fuel ≥ 3)
Maximum daily demand for gasoline = 6.4 million gallons (gas ≤ 6.4)
Production constraints:
Refining one gallon of fuel oil produces at least 0.5 gallons of gasoline.
(fuel ≤ 0.5*gas; gas ≥ 2 fuel
Wholesale prices (earned by the refinery):
Gas: $1.90 per gallon
Fuel oil: $1.5 per gallon.
Your job is to maximize the refinery’s daily profit by determining the optimum mix of fuel oil and gasoline that should be produced. The correct answer consists of a number for fuel oil, and a number for gasoline, that maximizes the following profit equation:
P = (1.90)*gas + (1.5)*fuel (Answer will be in millions of dollars.)
Run at least 10 trials, and enter the data into a table that should look something like this:
Trial production values:
Profit:
Fuel oil
Gasoline
3.1
6.3
16.62
Etc.
Here’s how the “LP Estimation” worksheet is set up:
The tentative production goals are between the allowable minimum and maximum for each. Note that the maximum fuel oil that can be produced depends upon the gas production. Conversely, the minimum gas that can be produced depends upon the fuel oil production. If you don’t use the worksheet, the challenge will be to find test values for both oil and gas production that jointly satisfy the constraints.
Note: This is NOT how such a problem is usually solved. Rather, it is solved using LP. The purpose of this exercise is to acquaint you with the type of problem that’s usually solved using LP, and give you an appreciation of how difficult such a problem would be without LP.
Assignment Expectations
There are no page limits. Write what you need to write, neither more nor less. Make each sentence count! (Having said that; it’s unlikely that one page would be enough, and very likely that eight pages would be too much.)
Ensure that your answer reflects your detailed understanding of the theory and techniques taught in this module.
References and citations are required. This requirement can be satisfied by citing the module Home page.
Follow the instructions in the Writing Style Guide.
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The Stony Brook University OT program has a five-part mission:
LEARNING: providing comprehensive undergraduate, graduate, and professional education of the highest quality to current and future occupational therapy practitioners to meet the demands of 21st century practice across the life span, enhancing their becoming critical reflective thinkers and lifelong learners;
SCHOLARSHIP: engaging in research and intellectual endeavors of the highest international standards in collaboration with other service providers in order to contribute to the body of knowledge related to the study of occupation and its immediate and long-range practical significance;
SERVICE: providing service to meet societal needs in neighboring communities and the wider geographic region through enhancing occupational performance and the facilitation of economic, personal, social, and aesthetic contributions by individuals and populations;
LEADERSHIP AND ADVOCACY: training occupational therapy practitioners to provide state-of-the-art innovative health care to assist persons to engage in meaningful occupation and full participation in society, serving as resources to health care providers, educational institutions, and human service communities, while striving to promote and strengthen the occupational therapy profession; and,
GLOBALIZATION: supporting diversity in local and global contexts through positioning the Stony Brook University Occupational Therapy Program in regional, national, and global community initiatives and opportunities.
1.How does our mission statement, noted above, reflect your own life experiences?
2-What other information about yourself would you like the faculty and staff at Stony Brook University Occupational Therapy Program to know?
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Business Research Analytics.Discuss your strategy to prevent plagiarism in the authoring of a well-researched and written paper.
Be sure to incorporate information from the literature (in-text citations) to support your response and include your APA references at the end of your discussion.
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Your response PER QUESTION should be no fewer than 500 words, and no more than 700 words (approximately 1 page single spaced). Please adhere to this rule, I will check.
You should answer the question fully and completely while making your answers as concise as possible. Those responses most complete will receive the higher grade. Please use citations and examples from the readings to support your responses.
Your paper should be formatted APA, 12 point font, (single spaced) Times New Roman with parenthetical citations. words cited.
You do not need to rewrite the questions again in the paper- only answer as concise as possible and Please use citations and examples from the readings to support your responses.
Answer these question
1. Our study of CJ policy this semester has focused on whether the policy produces the desired effect intended by the policy, or produces unintended consequences that work against the intended goals of the policy. Based on the readings and discussions in class, explain how theory and research work to influence policy? Provide current examples.
2. Michelle Alexander’s book The New Jim Crow focuses on the history of African Americans in the United States and develops this history into her thesis that contemporary criminal justice policy has resulted in a new “Jim Crow”. Please discuss how you believe the history of African Americans Michelle Alexander relates has contributed to the current phenomena of the The New Jim Crow.
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Clear introduction, body, and conclusion
Sources start on page 6 (not included in the 5-page length requirement)
Cited sources in text in APA format (see Canvas for guide)
Cited sources (Works cited) in APA format (see Canvas for guide)
5 sources minimum (at least 3 from peer reviewed science Journals)
Students are encouraged to use graphs and figures as long as they are properly labeled and cited, however, these DO NOT count towards the 6-page length requirement.
Submit paper as a Word Document to Canvas
This is a research paper – there should be no quotes within the body of the paper UNLESS you
are directly quoting someone’s opinion. !ll information that you obtain from your references
should be reworded using your own words as well as cited within the body of the paper. Failure to properly cite within the body of the paper (giving credit to the authors of your references) will result in a grade deduction of 20% of the possible paper grade (3 points)!
Your paper should include the following parts to make a cohesive research paper; remember to transition between all of these parts, not just jump from one thing to the next:Introduction: What will you be writing about? Why is it important? How does this scientific idea relate back to your life? Take a thesis or position on your chosen topic. Find a “theme”Body: This should be a summary/critique of your selected sources. Helpful link here.Helpful source here:
PDF_Writing_a_Literature_Review_Paper.pdfPreview the documentConclusion: This should summarize what you discussed in your paper. We want to relate our results back to our thesis to form a scientific conclusion. Restate your thesis and the main support and have a concluding statement.
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Bio-psycho-social perspective and research on addiction
Bio-psycho-social perspective and research on addiction
In considering the bio-psycho-social perspective and research on addiction in the noted resource, formulate a tentative theory and diagnostic impression as follows:
Formulate a tentative theory to the etiology of the chosen client’s problems.
Consider any cultural issues that must be considered in your assessment and treatment for the client.
Address any legal and ethical issues that could arise in the client’s treatment.
Create an outline of a treatment plan for the selected case study.
Remember to use the terminology presented in the DSM when discussing any mental health disorder.
Support your paper with at least two resources (in addition to the specified resources for this assignment). These must include scholarly resources such as peer-reviewed articles.
Length: 5-7 pages, not including title and reference pages
Your assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards.
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Describe the environment in which business operates
Describe the environment in which business operates
In a 7 to 10 page PowerPoint presentation, describe the characteristics of each of the four stages of growth a business organization might experience. Provide examples to support your description.
Instructions:
Prepare a 7 to 10 page PowerPoint presentation.
Follow APA format for structure.
Support your presentation with 2 to 3 credible references beyond the course materials. Please note Wikipedia, Investopedia and similar websites are not credible academic references. The best place to
locate credible references is the Online Library.
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Within the Discussion Board area, write 300-500 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
We encounter interpersonal communication situations on a daily basis whether we realize it or not. It is inevitable that you have had conversations that did not go the way you wanted them to go. People can often perceive things differently, the same message can be interpreted in a number of different ways.
Discuss one situation that didn’t go as you had anticipated and analyze why.
Your discussion should include the following:
Summarize the situation:
Who were you talking to?
What was the subject?
How did it go?
Explain the following:
How did the rules of conversation (ethics, listening effectively, patience, and non-verbal considerations) apply in this conversation?
How did perceptions, both your own and the individual’s that you were speaking with, influence the direction of the discussion?
Use sources:
Use at least 1 source to support your ideas
Cite this source at the end of your discussion post
Part 2
Within the Discussion Board area, write 400ñ600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
One of the most important ways to understand people is to get a sense of their self-concept. Self-concept refers to how people perceive themselves; it is a combination of your self-awareness and self-esteem. Self-concept often will dictate how an individual interpersonally communicates.
Consider the following scenario:
You are advising new students here at CTU. Your goal is to have your students be self-confident and well-adjusted. To help encourage the development of these qualities, you decide that you are going to create a one-page resource that provides an overview of self-concept. Within this discussion, please provide information on the key points that you would discuss within this resource.
Summarize the situation:
What is self-concept? Name all parts.
What are some of the dangers of negative self-concept?
What are some benefits of positive self-concept?
Explain the following:
How can someone improve his/her self-concept?
Use sources:
Use at least 1 source to support your ideas
Cite this source at the end of your discussion post
PART 3
Within the Discussion Board area, write 400ñ600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
An underrated aspect of interpersonal communication is listening. Many times, the success of a conversation will depend on whether one person took the time to actually listen to what the other person had to say.
Think about a time in which you had a conversation with someone and although you heard the words they spoke; you did not really listen. Did you ever wonder why this was the case? Take the time to describe the incident and then discuss the following:
Summarize the situation:
Who were you talking to?
What was the subject?
How did it go?
Explain the following:
What is the difference between hearing someone and listening?
Which style of listening was used in this example and why?
What are some of the barriers to effective listening present in your example?
Use sources:
Use at least 1 source to support your ideas
Cite this source at the end of your discussion post
PART 4
Within the Discussion Board area, write 400ñ600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
With any personal relationship, there is the potential for conflict. Whether it is in the workplace or in a person’s home life, conflict often occurs. In fact, it should be seen as natural and unavoidable in some respects.
Because this is the case, think about a time in which you had a conflict with someone and reflect on the following:
Summarize the situation:
What was the cause of the conflict?
Was it one of the fundamental causes that often lead to conflict?
How did you handle it?
Explain the following:
Was it the best way to handle it, or are there techniques that you should have used instead?
Which technique that you have learned might have been helpful in this situation? Why? Use sources.
Use at least 1 source to support your ideas
Cite this source at the end of your discussion post
PART 5
As you pursue your degree and beyond, you will work together with classmates, coworkers, direct reports, and supervisors. When you have individuals working together in pursuit of a goal, there will be some form of conflict among team members. This could be due to personality conflicts, disagreement over tactics, and so forth. Unfortunately, if not handled correctly, conflict can disrupt and destroy any team efforts and can destroy relationships. On the other hand, conflict offers the potential for learning and developing future relationships with individuals. For this assignment, you will look over a scenario and make use of all of your interpersonal skills gained in the course to resolve the conflict and repair the relationships.
Consider the following scenario:
You have just been transferred to a new department at your place of employment. Your first task in this new department is to take a lead project management role on a project that has been taking longer than the company had anticipated.
You decide that a great way to get to know the team is to have a lunch meeting in a private room at a local restaurant. You want to have a nice lunch and an informal conversation about the project to get a feel for why the project seems stagnant.
The team consists of Marisa whose specialty is in training and development, Joe who is the subject matter expert on the new product, and Christopher whose specialty is in information technology and programming. Everybody goes around the table and introduces themselves.
Your initial observations of each team member:
Marisa seems to be very confident and driven in her statements. She has a rich background in training and development.
Joe is very confident in his knowledge of the subject matter but is a perfectionist.
Christopher is very quiet and reserved. You are unsure as to what country of origin he is from, but it is clear that English is a second language for him. You have heard that he is very good at what he does.
You also notice the following:
Immediately Marisa begins talking and blaming the projects lack of success on Joe taking too long to get her the information she needs. Marisa’s role is to create the training plan for selling the new product and she needs Christopher to finish his work before she can launch the training to employees.
Joe immediately becomes defensive and begins to yell at Marisa and tell her he is not putting his name on it until it is ready. He continues by telling Marisa that at this point she does not have the brain capacity to understand the product enough so he has to dumb it down for her.
Christopher jumps in and tries to offer his insights and Marisa turns to him, tells him that his job is simply to create what she tells him to create, then continues to argue with Joe. Christopher looks down at the table and stops talking.
Things are really starting to get heated and it is clear that this informal lunch meeting is quickly getting out of hand.
The description of this scenario can be downloaded here for future reference: Unit 5 Discussion Board Scenario.
Summarize the situation:
Write up a plan for resolving the conflict, getting the project back on track, and repairing the relationships of each individual involved.
How can interpersonal communication skills be used to resolve the conflict between the teammates? [indent with bullet point] How would you address the situation with each of the three individuals in a respectful manner as well as take what they have said and done into consideration?
Explain the following:
Where are patterns of conflict that are occurring with each individual?
How can these relationships be repaired using concepts of interpersonal communication such as power, listening skills, asking questions, cultural and personal sensitivity, empowerment, re-framing, and any other conflict resolution strategies you find appropriate? Use sources.
Use at least 1 source to support your ideas
Cite this source at the end of your discussion post
EXAMPLE
Class,
For your discussion boards, this example shows how to cite a few websites and some academic journal articles. Please know this entry is meant to only serve as an example of a story that is supported by Interpersonal Communication terms, statements, and concepts.
This assignment is meant to be your own. You do not need to copy this text model. Your entry does not necessarily need to look like this text and certainly does not need to be this length if you prefer not to write so much.
Many of you are doing just fine with the way you are doing what you do. Read and implement the feedback I provide to you with each assignment, and your essay should be just fine as you improve from week to week. If you have any questions about APA or any other professional prose, please let me know. As I have told you on many occasions, email is typically the best way to reach me.
-James Cartee
Interpersonal Communications-COMS105
Unit 5 Discussion Board
Jamie Doe
Colorado Technical University
As the lead project manager in a new department, I am certainly feeling out of place as if I am intruding on what has been going on before I stepped in. But my duty is to take the lead and get the tasks rolling again in my place of employment. Initially I would make it clear to this cross-functional team that we need to get this stagnant project back on track and complete, before our lack of progress damages our brand product equity. This lack of organization would then cause customers to seek business elsewhere with one or more team members potentially quitting as well. I will have them all take a moment to get their feelings and nerves in check, and we will begin communicating with the Seven C’s of Communication. This exercise includes communication that is clear, concise, concrete, correct, coherent, complete, and most important of all, practicing courtesy to one another (Lee, Bristow, & Wong, 2018). First thing needing to be done, I would explain that we need to effectively resolve these present conflicts. The team should actively communicate as a group on what plan will be implemented to finish the project in a timely fashion. When figuring out the team’s communication types, each individual is under a different category of a defined communication type (McCarthy & Milner, 2013). Marisa seems to be in the blaming category as she constantly blames Joe for not getting her the information she needs to continue her role in this project. Joe seems to be the explosive type, becoming easily angered by the blame directed towards him from Marisa. Christopher then portrays the silent type by shutting down when his input is ridiculed and discredited. All these defined types of communication have serious impacts with unhealthy activities and side effects that will damper the mood of this project if everyone continues to operate on one’s self-motivations. We understand clearly that Joe is a perfectionist and wants to make sure that the product he creates is up to corporate standards. Even more importantly, as a team, we want to validate his feelings in this product creation process as he becomes ready with each procedural step in front of him. First and foremost, we need Joe to complete this project to the next step, so that the rest of the team can do their parts in the process as well.
We need to figure out what Joe needs to assist him with enhancing this product so that the item meets certain standards of approval. Then we can move it along to Marisa who will get the training plan ready for the team, so that Christopher will next create his own modules. Christopher’s completion of these modules will then give Marisa the capability to launch the training plan to the available employees. The process remains dependent on each person in each phase to reach the next stage of development. In this described scenario, the individuals continue to experience different patterns of conflict with Marisa and Joe being shouters and Christopher being a silent martyr (Gunther, 2018). Christopher tried to provide his input, and Marisa shut him out of the conversation by yelling at him, while she and Joe were already shouting at one another simultaneously. The situation sounds like a high school pep rally of negativity with loud screaming. Christopher was unfairly attacked by Marisa, becoming the unjustifiable receiver of her criticism. We need to stop the shouting, listen respectively to one another, and take turns giving our input and opinions. We may then fully understand and cooperate with one another to finally finish this project and move forward to the next goals with a new project. Since we cannot work together while treating each other with respect, there was no way we could work together towards a common goal, everyone thinking of themselves before the whole team. The need to fix these damaged relationships is very important so future projects can move forward while employees are content in a positive work environment with limited stress.
In order to start the process of repairing these damaged relationships, I need the team to be open and honest about what has caused the conflict and what each can do to fix the issues at hand. The team members will apologize for offending and hurting the feelings of each other due to the yelling or negative criticism. Marisa is going to need to take a few breaths and calm down in order to avoid another unnecessary outburst. She must actively listen to Joe and Christopher. Joe will need to set aside some of his perfectionist ways and move the product to the next step so that Marisa and Christopher can then do their parts. There also needs to be some empathy towards Christopher’s sensitive personality. The team will potentially treat Christopher as needed by re-framing, in other words, to see and say things differently than previously stated. Joe will constructively move forward after feeling stuck on his own job responsibilities to reach his goals for product completion. Joe will feel more empowered to act, secure in his own shoes (McNamara, 2012). Marisa will need to talk less and actively listen more in order to learn about the product to effectively have the training plan in place at the right time. Finally, Christopher’s work will then present his finished creation while training becomes launched to the employees for their educational needs (Phillips, 1997). seek first to understand, then to be understood is a quote by Steven Covey (1989), the author of Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, meaning that in our own communications, we must ensure we understand others before we push to be understood. In order to accomplish this task, we will use interpersonal communication skills, including verbal and nonverbal communication, to effectively resolve the conflict, thus establishing a plan for carrying all projects to completion. We will need to put ourselves in othersí shoes and support them to do the same, using empathy, trying to understand the work process from different perspectives (Bran, 2018). Together we will collaborate and compromise to efficiently reach the planned goals and in turn, find a common agreed-upon strategy to complete all necessary projects delegated to the team by upper level management.
Works Cited
Bran, R. (2018). THE ROLE OF ACTIVE LISTENING IN THE ACQUISITION OF SECOND LANGUAGES. Research and Science Today, (1) , 88. Retrieved January 28. 2019, from ProQuest Central Database.
Covey, S. R. (1989). The seven habits of highly effective people: Restoring the character ethic . New York: Simon and Schuster.
Lee, C., Bristow, M., & Wong, J. C. (2018). Emotional intelligence and teamwork skills among undergraduate engineering and nursing students: A pilot study. Journal of Research in Interprofessional Practice and Education, 8 (1). Retrieved January 28. 2019, from ProQuest Central Database.
McCarthy, G., & Milner, J. (2013). Managerial coaching: Challenges, opportunities and training. The Journal of Management Development, 32 (7), 768-779. Retrieved January 28. 2019, from ProQuest Central Database.
Phillips, P. (1997). The Conflict Wall. Educational Leadership, 54 (8), 4344. Retrieved January 28, 2019, from Academic Search Complete Database.
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