...Associate Level Material Appendix C The Four Functions of Management |Description of Event |My son’s 8th grade class is such a special group of kids. Four parents and I decided| | |to give them a class party at the end of their 8th grade year to send them off to | | |high school. Once we decided to go forward with the party, we sent letters to all of| | |the parents for volunteers. In September, we had a meeting with the parents to | | |schedule the fundraising events and from there we fundraised until March. We decided| | |to have a class pool party in May and it was a success!! | | |(I will be describing how I planned the beauty pageant we had as one of our | | |fundraisers.) | In the table below, categorize your actions during the event under each of the four functions of management. |Planning |Organizing | |I did research on how to conduct a beauty pageant. |Researched a location that would...
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...Axia College Material Appendix C Building a Medical Vocabulary Ch. 2 Complete activities A, B, & C. A. Use the word bank below to build the medical word that corresponds to each definition in problems 1-13. Click the grey box to begin typing. |-ior |later/o- |infer/o- |umbilic/o- | |-al |dors/o- |caud/o- |inguin/o- | |poster/o- |-ar |ventr/o- |hypo- | |medi/o |super/o- |-ad |anter/o- | |-ly |gastr/o- |lumb/o- |-ic | 1. Pertaining to the lower back lumbar 2. Pertaining to below the stomach 3. Pertaining to the naval 4. Pertaining to the front part 5. Pertaining to going toward the front part 6. Pertaining to the groin 7. Pertaining to the back part 8. Pertaining to going toward the back part 9. Pertaining to going toward the middle 10. Pertaining to going toward the side 11. Pertaining to above 12. Pertaining to below 13. In the direction of the tailbone B. Define the following words or word parts. |-ad |Toward, in the direction of |-ior ...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix C Understanding Work-Related Injuries Case Studies: 1. Janet works as a branch manager for a large banking firm. Her job requires her to travel by personal vehicle to different branch offices several times each week. Janet has lower back problems from a result of a skiing accident many years ago, which is further aggravated by long periods of sitting while driving. Janet was returning from the branch office to the home office on Thursday afternoon when another driver struck her car from behind. A physician examined Janet and determined that the accident aggravated her pre-existing back injury. The physician ordered Janet to remain off work for at least two weeks. a. Is this injury covered under workers’ compensation? Yes b. Rationale for your decision: Although Janet had a pre-existing back injury; it was re-aggravated by the long periods of sitting and getting into an accident while traveling for her job. c. If covered, identify the appropriate injury category: Injury with medical and disability benefits 2. Frank works as a clerk in a local convenience store with a non-smoking policy. On a personal work break, Frank stepped outside the building to smoke a cigarette. As Frank walked across the parking lot, he slipped on a patch of ice and fell, breaking his wrist and injuring his outstretched hand. a. Is this injury covered under workers’ compensation? Yes b. Rationale for your decision: His injury...
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...Axia College Material Appendix C Leovinger’s Stages of Development Directions: Using the matrix, fill out the appropriate information for each box. Stage | Approximate age rangeEx. Infant, young adult, etc.(.5 points each) | Description of each stage of development(1.5 points each) | Specific example of a behavior an individual would exhibit in this stage of developmentEx. Individual would stay up late to help a friend with a project because they wanted to help their friend succeed.(1.5 points each) | Impulsive | Child, young adult can lead to adulthood in some | This stage is characterized by bodily feelings and dependency. Manifestations of reactions to reward, restraint or punishment are all part of this stage. | Ex: Individual is sexually curious and is touching themselves inappropriately. | Self-protected | Child, Young adult and adult | During this stage, the first elements of self control are demonstrated. Manipulation and wariness also can emerge at this stage. Reward and punishment can be already noted during this stage. This also translates into the person putting blame on another. | Ex: There is writing on the wall of the house, the person whom did it states it must have been such and such. | Conformist | Child | Approval seeking is exhibited during this stage. Social acceptance and physical appearance are considered valuable during this phase. | Ex: Sally and all her group of friends all wear the same thing and sit at the same lunch table. | Conscientious-conformist...
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...Appendix C 1 ETH/125 Version 7 University of Phoenix Material Appendix C Part I Define the following terms: Term Discrimination Institutional discrimination Political correctness Definition the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons a denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals or groups, resulting from the normal operations of a society avoidance of expressions or actions that can be perceived to exclude or marginalize or insult people who are socially disadvantaged or discriminated against Part II Write a 150- to 250-word response to each of the following questions: • How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping? Discrimination is not being fair to someone. Denying those who are completely capable, equipped or qualified to do something. This is a huge problem. • What are the causes of discrimination? Discrimination can be caused from a number of different things. It can stem from being raised in a family that discriminates against certain individuals or from bad experiences. Sometimes when certain people have a bad experience with a person of different race, they tend to take it out on everyone of that race. They do not take into consideration that not all people of that race will act the same. Religion is another factor that causes discrimination. If someone has different views than you, you...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix C XCOM/285 01/26/2014 University of Phoenix |Cross-Cultural Communication | |Country |Preferred Communication Style |Nonverbal Communication Practices |Business Communication Norms |Strategies to Increase Cross-Cultural | | | | | |Communication | | |Ireland |Meeting and greeting |The Irish are not very time conscious |The most important strategy to increase | | | |It is expected that men, women and children|and may not be punctual for business |cross cultural communication is knowledge. | | | |shake hands with eye contact upon arriving |and social meetings. They have a |The understanding that not all cultures are | | | |and leaving with everyone present at a |relaxed sense of time and may be a |the same, becoming familiar with the culture| ...
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...Appendix C Starting a Business Starting your own business can be exciting and daunting at the same time. Businesses use math when managing finances, determining production levels, designing products and packaging, and monitoring labor. A bakery can be a highly profitable and rewarding business. During this activity, you will apply the skills from Ch. 1 & 2 to navigate some of the issues facing bakery owners. Application Practice Answer the following questions. Use Equation Editor when writing mathematical expressions or equations. First, save this file to your hard drive by selecting Save As from the File menu. Click the white space below each question to maintain proper formatting. 1. You have recently found a location for your bakery and have begun implementing the first phases of your business plan. Your budget consists of an $80,000 loan from your family and a $38,250 small business loan. These loans must be repaid in full within 10 years. a) What integer would represent your total budget? The integer is 118,250 b) Twenty-five percent of your budget will be used to rent business space and pay for utilities. Write an algebraic expression that indicates how much money will be spent on business space and utilities. Do not solve. .25(118,250)=u c) How much money will rent and utilities cost? Explain how you arrived at this answer. I solved this problem by converting 25% into a decimal and multiplying it by the total loan amount. d) Suppose an...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix C Clarifying Personal Values Each of you will be faced with numerous moral and ethical dilemmas throughout your career. To be prepared to make these ethical decisions, it is helpful to clarify your personal values, and morals before you are faced with an ethical dilemma. Review the following list of values and create a list of the five values most important to you in making decisions. acceptance accomplishment adventure ambition assertiveness beauty bravery compassion competence conformity creativity customer satisfaction discipline diversity equality fairness flexibility freedom honor humility loyalty obedience order power promise keeping respect responsibility risk taking service success teamwork tradition trust understanding winning |List of Five Important Values | |1. | | | |Trust | |2. | | | |Assertiveness | |3. | | | ...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix C Clarifying Personal Values Each of you will be faced with numerous moral and ethical dilemmas throughout your career. To be prepared to make these ethical decisions, it is helpful to clarify your personal values, and morals before you are faced with an ethical dilemma. Review the following list of values and create a list of the five values most important to you in making decisions. acceptance accomplishment adventure ambition assertiveness beauty bravery compassion competence conformity creativity customer satisfaction discipline diversity equality fairness flexibility freedom honor humility loyalty obedience order power promise keeping respect responsibility risk taking service success teamwork tradition trust understanding winning List of Five Important Values 1. Customer Satisfaction 2. Resposibility 3. Loyality 4. Trust 5. Respect 1. What commonalities do you see in the values you have chosen? These values that I have chosen have some common in them. I have chosen loyality, customer satisfaction, responsibility, trust, and respect. To me these values have a good personality in a person that likes to serve others. In order to have a good job you will definitely need good values like the ones I have choosen. 2. How do these values affect your ethical discision making? I have chose these five values to help me to make good ethical decisions. For example...
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...ate Level Material Appendix C The Four Functions of Management Description of Event When I was setting pre-fabricated steel buildings we had one building that needed to be off loaded off of the trucks and start setting it up and at the same time at another jobsite we had a truck that needed to be off loaded so that we could get that building finished. Well the boss and the two guys that had a couple more years’ experience than I did went to the new building to off load with the crane and start setting it while the boss sent me with the four Mexicans that worked with us that day to the other building to off load that truck and get the building finished that day and make sure it was done right. In the table below, categorize your actions during the event under each of the four functions of management. Planning Organizing Well first off I needed to make sure that we got all the tools taken off the truck. Then I made sure we split into groups of two to get the big truck off loaded and stayed in those groups to finish the building faster. Organizing goes with my planning I had got us split into groups so we could get the work done faster and we did we got done 2 hours early and still got paid for the whole day. Leading Controlling Leading I made sure everyone was doing their jobs and stayed busy all day I helped keep them motivated by letting them know even we finished early I was already told we would be paid for the whole day so that help. If anyone needed...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix C The Four Functions of Management Description of Event | I have not had the opportunity of management in the workforce just yet. I am currently in line for a lead accounting position and I, as well as many of my coworkers, have many goals to complete in a timely fashion. We have meetings to discuss how we will move forward and become more efficient in our day to day tasks. Everyone is assigned a set of vendor accounts to build a rapport and become specialized to their accounts. I will need to make sure all employees are up to date and trained on newer software and programs that help to document our finances. If someone begins to fall behind it is my job to ensure the work is completed at any account. I am in the convenience store businesses and if a store goes down due to nonpayment, we are losing profit in more than one way. No customers and finance fees can cost thousands of loss in profit. | In the table below, categorize your actions during the event under each of the four functions of management. Planning | Organizing | Planning plays a huge role in accounting. As management we have much larger projects and plans to become more efficient and profitable for our team. We have many larger scale projects, which span over the course of a year or so, all to which help our convenience stores to stay profitable. We like to also plan ahead for sales audits, which are one of our busiest times of the year. | We currently are operating...
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...Associate Level Material Appendix C Goal Evaluation Scenarios Goal Evaluation Scenario 1 Name: James Gender: Male Age: Late 30s Description: James has an average build. He works at a local university, is married, and has two children in elementary school. Goal: James wants to pursue his dream since high school of playing for the San Diego Chargers football team. Goal Action Plan 1. Goal: Play middle linebacker for the San Diego Chargers 2. Type of goal: Personal, professional, and financial 3. Purpose of goal: I will be able to fulfill my lifelong dream of being paid to play a game. The notoriety and perks associated with being a professional athlete will be nice, too. 4. Major benefit to me: Larger paycheck, better physical condition, travel, and some fame 5. Benefit to others: My family will benefit from the extra money. The rest of the linebacking corps will benefit from my spirited play and nose for the football. 6. Barriers: My age and size could be factors. Lack of experience is another obstacle. Geographic location is also a problem. 7. Solution: I can’t do much about my age, but I can begin bulking up through proper diet and exercise. I can gain experience by joining a full-contact league here in my city. I can wait to move until after I make the team. 8. Action milestones: Gain 20 pounds; gain another 20 pounds; join a full-contact league; try out for the Chargers 9. Overall target date: 2 years from...
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...University of Phoenix Material Appendix C Part I Define the following terms: Term Definition Discrimination The denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or for other arbitrary reasons. Institutional discrimination A denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals or groups, resulting from the normal operations of a society. Political correctness Can be an insult, accusation, joke, or the name of an effort to change a society by means of wide-ranging but often small-scale cultural reform. Part II Write a 150- to 250-word response to each of the following questions: • How is discrimination different from prejudice and stereotyping? Discrimination, prejudice and stereotyping are all similar but they differ in many ways. Discrimination is the denial of opportunities and equal rights because of prejudice or other reasons. Prejudice is negative attitude about an entire group. Stereotyping is where someone makes an assumption about a person or group by the way they look. People’s individualities are not taken into consideration when it comes to prejudice. Stereotypes are not always a negative attitude toward a person or group. However discrimination and prejudice are always negative attitudes toward a certain person or group. Another difference is that discrimination and prejudice result in rejection toward a certain person or group of people. Stereotypes usually do not always result in rejecting...
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...Axia College Material Appendix C Risk Management Options Part I: Scenario and Identification A retail chain has asked an outside security consulting team to perform a threat and risk assessment for one of its branches. The consulting team has identified the following threats and accompanying risk levels for this particular store: 1. Fire (medium) 2. Internal theft (high) 3. Shoplifting (medium) 4. Burglary (high) 5. Bomb (low) The retail chain has decided to respond to these threats in the following manner: For threat #1, management has decided to take no further precautions because the store is currently up to code and the insurance policy the company carries fully covers it in the event of fire. For threat #2, management has decided to implement background checks for all new applicants and all employees must now have their bags and backpacks checked by security before exiting the store. For threat #3, management has decided to add no additional security measures. Losses due to shoplifting are expected and have been included in the store’s budget. For threat #4, management has installed a comprehensive alarm and surveillance system in all stores, with around-the-clock security monitoring. Now, break-ins at this store cannot occur without detection. For threat #5, management intends to institute no countermeasures. With several other branches throughout the region, the company overall would suffer only minimal losses even if...
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...Associate Program Material Appendix C World War II and the Atom Bomb Complete the charts in Parts 1 and 2 by providing the requested information. An example is provided in Part 1. Answer the questions in Part 3. Part 1: Western Front Campaign Dates Allied objective Major turning point Outcome EXAMPLE: North Africa October 1942 to May 1943 Attack Germans from the southern side; expose the vulnerability of the Nazi empire Battle at El Alamein: German forces driven out of Egypt The American offensive finally drove the Germans from Africa, allowing the Allies to move toward Italy Italy July 10 1943 Aug 17 1943 Attack Germans and Italian and open the Mediterranean sea lanes Taking Sicily from the Germans and Italians by over throwing the Mussolini Over throwing the Mussolini Normandy June 6 1944 June 8 1944 To conquer the Germans and gain a second front within Europe. Breaking through the Atlantic wall and had pushed inland. Allies gaining control of a 50 mile stretch on the coast of France, allowing the allies to move toward Paris. Liberation of Paris August 19 1944 August 25 1944 To get the Germans out and to gain control of Paris. The capture of Aachen city German garrison surrendered Part 2: The Pacific Campaign, Battle, or Major Event Dates Allied objective or role Major turning point Outcome Battle of the Coral Sea May 4 1942 May 8 1942 To stop the Japanese from...
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