Conduct a review of the literature related to using a podcast in nursing. Select five articles from peer-reviewed professional journals published within the past FIVE years; a minimum of THREE of the articles NEED to be RESEARCH studies.
Provide the full reference in APA format
A one-paragraph introduction to each article, a one-page overview of the key elements of the article, and a one-paragraph summary of the article’s strength and limitations.
Each article review can be no longer than 2 pages.
Finally, provide no more than a one-page discussion on how you plan to integrate the technology tool into classroom and practice settings to enhance learning and safe patient care.
LEADERSHIP
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Assignment 1: Discussion In this module, you saw how important it is for leaders to be aware of the individual and group differences within their teams. There are individual and group dynamics which impact team effectiveness and overall progress toward team goals.
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Assignment 2: Evaluating Market Research Tools
Companies can conduct marketing research in many ways. Let’s compare tools. choose any company , examine the Market Analyses provided by 2016.export.gov, located at http://2016.export.gov (When you type this in, please provide a forward slash and the country you want to research- for example http://2016.export.gov/singapore/.
Review the resources that this search yields in order to gather information on possible countries where the company could expand.
Compare the information you locate from export.gov against the Market Research Database from U.S. Commercial Services located at
http://www.buyusa.gov/ (Copy/Paste this link to your browser- Be sure to use Google Chrome or Firefox as your browser). Once you are in the website, type in the name of a country you would like to research in the top right hand side of the page where you see the search box and press enter.
You may also select another website to compare information from. In doing so, please state the name of the resource used.
Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment. The business can be any business of your choosing, although it is recommended that you choose a field that you are currently working in or have previously worked so that you are starting with more knowledge. However, you must remove any and all identifying information that would enable someone to discern the organization(s) that you have used.
Tip: Review previous discussion posts. You may have already started something that you can expand upon in this assignment!
Use the basic outline below to draft your paper. Organize your responses to each question (except Questions 1 and 6) under the following section headings:
- The Market Research Data Base (for Question 2)
- Market Research Information (for Question 3)
- It’s Your Call – Where Are You Going to Look When You Need Information? (for Questions 4 and 5)
Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:
- Provide a brief (one [1] paragraph) description of the company that you are working for. Note: Consider the type of products / goods the company provides, the company mission, how long they have been in business, etc. If any of this information has changed from ASSIGNMENT 1, please make edits accordingly.
- From your research efforts on the U.S. Commercial Services site, recommend at least one (1) country that could possibly use the company’s product or service. Propose one (1) approach that the company can take in order to expand to the aforementioned country(ies).
- From your research efforts on the buyusa.gov site, recommend at least one (1) country that could possibly use the company’s product or service. Propose one (1) approach that the company can take in order to expand to the aforementioned country(ies).
- Determine which of the two (2) sites provides better marketing research information in relation to the company. Suggest reliable methods that you could use in order to fact check the accuracy of either site.
- Provide your opinion as to whether or not the market research you have found on these sites is reputable. Provide a rationale for your response.
- Use at least six (6) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Compare global market research to domestic market research.
- Create best practices for a global research strategy.
- Examine the relationship between segmenting and positioning and the global marketplace.
- Use technology and information resources to research issues in global marketing management.
- Write clearly and concisely about global marketing management using proper writing mechanics.
Changing Life
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Remember in this course, you will develop one essay. The subject of your essay for this course is “Changing Our Lives.” In your essay, you will address why you decided to go to college at this time in your life and state the three reasons behind your decision.
The subject of your essay for this course is “Changing Our Lives.” You have taken a marvelous, brave step on an educational journey. Congratulations! You have likely done a great deal of soul-searching to come to this enormous decision. The purpose of this essay, therefore, is for you to tell your readers (your instructor and your classmates) why you came to this decision. In your “Changing Our Lives” essay, you will address why you decided to go to college at this time in your life and state the reasons behind your decision.
So far your essay has a thesis statement, an introduction, a conclusion and a title. In this assignment you will create the supporting paragraphs for the body of your “Changing Our Lives” essay. You will start by identifying three (3) topics that support the controlling idea of your thesis statement. Please review the “Sample Student Essay – Body Paragraphs” by clicking this link to download. “Sample Student Essay – Body Paragraphs” can also be accessed by using the “Additional Resources” link in each week or by navigating to Student Center>Additional Resources. (Please do NOT write your whole essay in this assignment. We will create the essay step-by-step each week for final submission in Week 10. Creating your body paragraphs is the next step in creating your essay.)
Write one to two (1-2) pages in which you:- Develop supporting paragraph 1 that includes a topic sentence that states the main topic of your paragraph, supporting sentence that includes details, facts and examples to support your main topic, and a closing sentence that wraps up the paragraph by restating the main topic.
- Develop supporting paragraph 2 that includes a topic sentence that states the main topic of your paragraph, supporting sentence that includes details, facts and examples to support your main topic, and a closing sentence that wraps up the paragraph by restating the main topic.
- Develop supporting paragraph 3 that includes a topic sentence that states the main topic of your paragraph, supporting sentence that includes details, facts and examples to support your main topic, and a closing sentence that wraps up the paragraph by restating the main topic.
- Meet the assignment page count of one to two (1-2) pages total.
- Minimize grammar, spelling, mechanics, and follow APA formatting.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Employ writing techniques that demonstrate an understanding of audience, purpose, and writing type.
- Write paragraphs and essays, and other assigned work with a clearly defined main idea, introduction, body, and conclusion.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
Assignment 3: Incident Response (IR) Strategic Decisions
Suppose that you have been alerted of a potential incident involving a suspected worm spreading via buffer overflow techniques, compromising Microsoft IIS Web servers. As the IR Team leader, it is your responsibility to determine the next steps.
Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:
- Explain in detail the initial steps that would need to be made by you and the IR team in order to respond to this potential incident.
- Construct a process-flow diagram that illustrates the process of determining the incident containment strategy that would be used in this scenario, and identify which containment strategy would be appropriate in this case, through the use of graphical tools in Visio, or an open source alternative such as Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
- Construct a process flow diagram to illustrate the process(es) for determining if / when notification of the incident should be relayed to upper management, and explain how those communications should be structured and relayed through the use of graphical tools in Visio, or an open source alternative such as Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
- Detail the incident recovery processes for the resolution of this incident.
- Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Disaster Recovery (DR)
Read the article titled “9/11: Top lessons learned for disaster recovery,” from Computerworld.com, located at http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9219867/9_11_Top_lessons_learned_for_disaster_recovery , and consider the effects the attacks of September 11, 2001, have had on technology recovery efforts.
Write a two to four (2-4) page paper in which you:
- Explain how the attacks affected risk management in organizations and have prompted an increased justification for recovery-based objectives, initiatives, and expenditures.
- Analyze the use of social media and other current methods of communication for emergency notifications during an incident or disaster situation.
- Determine whether or not organizations need to consider distanced geographic locations when preparing for backup operations / data centers, and determine the effects that recovery point objectives (RPO) and recovery time objectives (RTO) have on these decisions.
- Evaluate the use of cloud services as tools for recovery operations within an organization, and explain how they could increase or decrease the effectiveness of recovery operations.
- Determine whether or not cloud services are ideal recovery options for organizations regardless of their size. Provide a rationale to support the answer.
- Use at least four (4) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Write a 350- to 700-word paper that addresses the following:
This conversation starter is assessing one or more objectives in the course.
Write a 350- to 700-word paper that addresses the following:
- What are some current and future human resources issues in health care?
- How may effective human resources management deal with these issues?
- Include a introduction and conclusion.
Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.
summary writing
Consider a scenario where the contingency planning management team (CPMT) of your organization has designated you as the disaster recovery team leader, and the preparation and planning of this component of the security program is now under your purview with a team of 11 employees including yourself.
Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:
- Detail the DR team roles, responsibilities, and sub teams that would be implemented, and construct an organizational chart for the team through the use of graphical tools in Visio, or an open source alternative such as Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
- Describe the proper procedures and policies that would be implemented specific to the DR team personnel as well as special equipment that would be required.
- Draft an executive summary to the DR plan and explain the purpose of the plan and high-level specifics for upper management.
- Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Designing Compliance within the LAN-to-WAN Domain
Note: Review the page requirements and formatting instructions for this assignment closely. Graphically depicted solutions, as well as the standardized formatting requirements, do NOT count toward the overall page length.
Imagine you are an Information Systems Security Officer for a medium-sized financial services firm that has operations in four (4) states (Virginia, Florida, Arizona, and California). Due to the highly sensitive data created, stored, and transported by your organization, the CIO is concerned with implementing proper security controls for the LAN-to-WAN domain. Specifically, the CIO is concerned with the following areas:
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The CIO has tasked you with proposing a series of hardware and software controls designed to provide security for the LAN-to-WAN domain. The CIO anticipates receiving both a written report and diagram(s) to support your recommendations.
Write a three to five page paper in which you:
- Use MS Visio or an open source equivalent to graphically depict a solution for the provided scenario that will:
- filter undesirable network traffic from the Internet
- filter Web traffic to the Internet that does not adhere to the organizational AUP for the Web
- allow for a zone for anonymous users but aggressively controls information exchange with internal resources
- allow for an area designed to trap attackers in order to monitor attacker activities
- offer a means to monitor network traffic in real time as a means to identify and block unusual activity
- hide internal IP addresses
- Identify the fundamentals of public key infrastructure (PKI).
- Describe the manner in which your solution will protect the privacy of data transmitted across the WAN.
- Analyze the requirements necessary to allow for proper operating system and application patch management and describe a solution that would be effective.
- Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
Business Assignment
Carefullу read the following articles:
1. Kolk, A. (2016), The social responsibilitу of international business: From ethics and the environment to CSR and sustainable development, Journal of World Business, 51(1), January: 23–34 (Available at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1090951615000632).
2. EurekAlert. (2016), Tough social issues provide a challenge for companies and researchers (Available at: https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2016-02/e-tsi022216.php).
3. As-Saber, S. (2014). One year on from Rana Plaza collapse, work still to be done, The Conversation, 24 April 2014 (Available at: https://theconversation.com/one-year-on-from-rana-plaza-collapse-work-still-to-be-done-24710).
4. Hammond, L. (2015). Will Green Growth Bolster Bangladesh Garment Exports? (Available at: https://www.just-style.com/analysis/will-green-growth-bolster-bangladesh-garment-exports_id126674.aspx).
Now, based on these readings, respond to the following questions and justify your answers:
1. Should the concept of ‘what matters most’ with respect to human ‘well-being’ become an important consideration for business entities operating globally (refer to Article 1)? Please justify your response.
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2. People around the world are now putting a lot of pressure on companies to “do the right thing”. (Articles 1 and 2). In this context, please explain the responses from major readymade garment (RMG) retailers to the “Rana Plaza” disaster in Bangladesh (Refer to Articles 3 and 4). Have they done the “right thing” so far?
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3. In the context of the RMG industry in Bangladesh, do you consider “green factories” a new business model for growth (Article 4)? Please justify your answer.
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4. Will sustainable and ethical RMG production in Bangladesh will help major retailers to become more sustainably and ethically responsible as well? Please explain.
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In addition to your own readings, the following articles may provide you with some ideas and thoughts relevant to the assignment preparation:
“Time to get the economics of environment right”
(Available at https://www.smh.com.au/business/comment-and-analysis/time-to-get-the-economics-of-environment-right-20150717-giejry.html);
World’s top 3 green and 7 out of Top 10 factories are now in Bangladesh (Available at https://defence.pk/pdf/threads/worlds-top-3-green-and-7-out-of-top-10-factories-are-now-in-bangladesh.465933/).
You will be required to read the recommended articles listed above, respond to all questions based on the articles and justify your answers.
For each question, it is important to bring in competing ideas before justifying your response in order to demonstrate your understanding of concepts relevant to the question.
Use wide research to gather evidence for your perspective. You must demonstrate your ability to understand and incorporate ideas from academic (i.e., peer-reviewed) journals and other information sources, and show consistent argumentation throughout (not a mere description). Use relevant theories and examples in order to substantiate your arguments.
Distribution of Length
The assignment
Response to each question should be between 700 and 1000 words;
Mandatory Referencing Requirements
It is important that the assignment reflects the student’s own understanding of relevant literature. An effective integration of these materials to the discussion is also vital that could primarily be achieved through the use of appropriate referencing.
Accordingly, at least 6(six) academic references MUST be cited along with other non-academic references such as articles from periodicals, newspapers and web pages.
Structure, and Formatting
The students are expected to maintain a high standard in presenting their works.
The paper must be well-structured and well-argued.
The clarity of expressions together with the appropriate use of grammar, spelling and punctuations are important to maintain.
Referencing format must strictly be adhered to (Harvard System).
As mentioned above, an appropriate structure must be maintained. An introduction as well as a conclusion is needed. Headings and sub-headings could be used.
Use appropriate pagination. 12 point font in Times New Roman should be used throughout. Double-spacing with appropriate margins on each side (at least 2 cm) need to be maintained.
use some graphs to illustrate.
Important Note
only Answer last 2 questions 3&4
3. In the context of the RMG industry in Bangladesh, do you consider “green factories” a new business model for growth (Article 4)? Please justify your answer.
4. Will sustainable and ethical RMG production in Bangladesh will help major retailers to become more sustainably and ethically responsible as well? Please explain.