...Associate Level Material Appendix D Research Plan As part of your research plan, you must first draft a research question for your research paper that will guide the rest of your writing. A research question, which is more specific and focused than a general topic, is the question that your research paper will be answering. For example, if your general area of interest is social security, a possible research question might ask, “How can low-income families save more money if the United States had a reformed social security plan that includes personal retirement accounts?” As you develop a research question, keep in mind that you will need to research sources to support your topic. Do not pick a one-sided question that will limit your research. Instead, develop a research question that lends itself to further exploration and debate—a question you genuinely want to know the answer to. Try to pick a research question that is neither too broad (covering too much) or too narrow (covering too little). It should be broad enough to be discussed in a short research paper. Part 1: Complete the Research Plan |What is your general topic or area of interest? |Healthy eating | | | | | | ...
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...Katrina Phillips University of Phoenix Management and Leadership Paper October 24, 2011 When we think about what a leader and manager is, most of us will use the same meaning. But in actual fact this is incorrect. We have to look at these two terms differently. What is a manager? A manager is someone who is responsible for directing and controlling the work and staff of a business, or of a department within the organization. So what is a leader? A leader is someone whom people follow, somebody who guides or directs others. Looking at both terms they both are very different. The question is always asked is a manager can be a leader and leader a manager. The true answer is managers are not always leaders, while leaders can be managers. To understand the two is to understand the difference between the two roles in a company and how they both operate. Managers are given a manager’s position in an organization, but leaders gain the power through their skills to empower and motivate others. They implement others ideas and encourage them to follow their ambitions and responsibilities. According to "What Is The Difference Between Management And Leadership?." (2011), “The manager administers; the leader innovates.” Investigating the difference and similarities between management and leadership one should understand how they both operate with the organization. One should also look at how they create and maintain different cultures within the organization. Furthermore one should...
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...Leadership Introduction Management and leadership will be differentiated in this paper and the roles, responsibilities of leaders play in creating, and maintaining an organizational culture will be discussed and an evaluation of the affect of globalization and management across borders. Moreover, strategies that managers and leaders can utilize are examined. Management and Leadership Management and leadership are interchangeable functions but are not the same, are uniquely different. Managers and leaders must be able to differentiate between the two and have the ability to determine which function is considered necessary. Effort must be taken not to spate the two, as it often is problematic. However, much time is spent delineating the differences. Basically, the manager’s job is to plan, organize, and coordinate. The leader’s job is to inspire and motivate. Warren Bennis listed the differences in his 1989 book “On Becoming a Leader” [ (Bennis, On Becoming a Leader, 1989) ]. The manager administers; the leader innovates. Leaders are often visionaries and see the big picture while it is the role of the manager’s role to utilize the tools necessary to achieve the leader’s innovation. The manager is a copy but the leader is an original. Managers often do not originate new ideas but ensure a successful outcome. Thus, the manager maintains and the leader develops (Bennis, On Becoming a Leader, 1989). The manager focuses on systems and structure while the leader...
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...The Film Super Size Me Ethical Paper Zhen J. Huang California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Introduction Take a look around when you go out, what do you see? Loads of fast food restaurants? Maybe McDonalds is the exact name. In the documentary film Super Size Me, filmmaker Morgan Spurlock (2004) shows that fast food has become a fixture in the American culture, as well as other countries’ cultures. As Spurlock (2004) said in the film “what would happen if I ate nothing but McDonald’s for 30 days straight? Would I suddenly be on the fast track to becoming an obese American? Would it be unreasonably dangerous?” For this paper, I am going to discuss about the concerns of fast food, namely McDonalds by using three ethical theories: Hedonism, the Desire Theory, and Ethical Egoism. Hedonism: The Pleasure of the Super Size As Rabinowicz and Ronnow-Rasmussen (2005) explains, “an object is thought to be intrinsically valuable … depends on … final value if it is valuable ‘as an end’, ‘for its own sake’, rather than for the sake of something else” (p. 115). The kind of pleasure hedonists claim is always intrinsically valuable is health. If people know that they are healthy and are free of sickness or pain, they are living a good life, and a good life is a happy life. Basically, health contributes to happiness and the happier the person is, the better his/her life is going to be. According to Veenhoven (2003), “There is a longstanding discussion about the merits of this...
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...Artificial Intelligence Artificial intelligence is a scientific concept that gives machines the ability to copy and complete human tasks. It was a term that first came into use in 1955 and has come quite a long way since then. According to Stanford University in California, this type of intelligence is created by studying and simulating human actions, not human intelligence, to complete tasks. The actions are then programmed into a computer to allow the computer to complete the same task.It does not actually resemble human intelligence at all. Only in the movements and processing and fina l product or accomplishment. The computer should solve all the tasks with its own methods, similar to the methods in which a person with computer knowledge and know how would use. Artificial intelligence will never possess a creative side such a write an original thought, create an intelligent though or compose anything that has not already been thought or entered into its programming. The science of artificial intelligence is the part of the complex computer sciences, and the technology created by humans. The aim of the science is to create answers and solutions as well on the basis of calculations and artificially made intelligent machines. Artificial intelligence is aimed to make the human life easier and do all the difficult tasks and provide people with acceptable solutions to any problems. The main problems with Artificial Intelligence include...
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...Japan: Final Paper Tiffany Haisler BUS343: International Marketing Robert McKinley 9/1/2014 Japan: Final Paper With populations the world over growing older and birth rates declining, the demand for elderly care and assistance will only gain more momentum. Caring for the elderly is not just limited to medical care. There are great numbers of seniors that have become shut-ins and recluses because they have no immediate family to provide for them and most of their friends have passed on or are incapacitated themselves. While social services have increased, they have not closed the gap that will only continue to widen if something is not done to stem the tide. In Japan, where the population is growing older and living longer than ever before, social and medical services are in high demand. Specialized social and medical assistance care is certainly a developing need in Japan. The primary service to be provided is social care for seniors, specifically those that are left home alone during the day while their caretakers are working. Multiple options and levels of care would be available. The customer can be dropped off or shuttled to one of the associated adult day centers that would provide a myriad of activities. For those that may prefer more personal treatment, an aide can be dispatched to their home to provide companionship during the day or assist them in daily outings. For those customers whose health is not in the best condition, assistance in getting to doctor’s...
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...Psychological Needs Paper Maslow’s hierarchy of needs is a psychological concept that details a series of human needs and how more basic needs must be met before an individual can achieve self-fulfillment. This hierarchy is best summarized by a pyramid because the larger, more basic needs must establish a firm foundation before one can build up to higher needs. Abraham Maslow described self-actualized people has having the following traits: Realism and acceptance, spontaneity, problem centering, autonomy, continued freshness of appreciation, and peak experiences. Maslow’s hierarchy explains how people are constantly motivated to realize their potential and better lives. Maslow’s concept is easy to understand once put into perspective. A homeless person that lives on abandoned scraps of food is more motivated to secure food and a warm place to live than to need to feel a sense of accomplishment or self-esteem. According to Don Gorman (“Maslow's hierarchy and social and emotional wellbeing,” 2010) Maslow’s concept suggests “that people are motivated by different needs that can be classified in a hierarchy with the lower level needs having to be fulfilled before the higher level needs can be” (“Maslow's hierarchy and social and emotional wellbeing,” 2010). In other words, as an individual is able to meet their more basic, low-level, needs their determination shifts to higher-level needs and, eventually, may reach self-actualization—a set of self-fulfillment needs. Maslow...
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...BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCES, AARHUS UNIVERSITY Department for Marketing and Statistics March 2012 Diet and eating habits at the transition to motherhood: Influencing factors, self-developed coping strategies and how the public and private sector can support the maintenance of a healthy diet Master Thesis Master of Sciences in Marketing Author: Supervisor: Sandra Denise Kunz Petersen Jessica Aschemann-Witzel EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PURPOSE – The purpose of this study is to gain a deeper understanding of the changes in diet and eating behavior women experience during the transition to motherhood, the underlying influencing factors, as well as their self-developed coping strategies, in order to devise recommendations for the public and private sector to support the adaption and maintenance of healthy eating habits during this transition. METHOD – A life course perspective was adopted and behavioral change models, used in health-related research, applied. In addition, the data of 18 qualitative e-mail interviews with German mothers was analyzed by means of qualitative content analysis. FINDINGS – The transition to parenthood represents an important life event that can be divided into several phases, each of which is characterized by a range of distinct changes in women’s eating behavior and influencing factors thereof. Women develop coping strategies to face these challenges, but are still found to lack perceived behavioral control and self-efficacy and are confronted with perceived...
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...The Positive Impact of Health Promotion on Society Amy Castle Grand Canyon University Family Centered Health Promotion NRS-429V Dr. Jennifer Costello November 2, 2013 The Positive Impact of Health Promotion on Society Health is a very important concept in society today. It involves the physical, mental, spiritual, and social functioning of a person. Health promotion was developed to empower people to take control, make informed decisions, and improve health. This paper will discuss the different levels of health promotion and the role and responsibility the nurse plays in the implementation of health promotion in society. Health Promotion Health promotion is a comprehensive social and political process; it embraces actions directed at strengthening skills and capabilities of individuals, with action directed towards changing social, environmental, and economic conditions to alleviate their impact on public and individual health. Health promotion involves a commitment to education, action, and evaluation with in a set of goals that emphasize social justice and health equity, respect for diversity, and social determinants of health, while focusing on the individual, organization, or community (Cameron,2009). Nursing Roles and Responsibilities Nurses play an important role in educating their communities. They possess a wide range of knowledge, competencies, and skills to promote health. Nurses work in many diverse settings, hospitals, nursing homes, home health...
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...Abstract This paper goes into great detail of describing the association of risks with insurance. We do not think that there could be risks associated with insurance but, there is. The next focus in the paper is to determine what types of ethical misconduct can be foreseen if the supply and demand of insurance was too much to handle. This paper gives opinion of whether or not a person’s income should be a consideration as to whether or not they should be insured. Driving factors for the basis of a consumer seeking insurance and how it compares to the empirical measurements were discussed in detail as well as how to measure the demand for insurance. Lastly, the paper breaks down the lemons principle in terms of how it applies to health care and where we are today. Key words: insurance, health, supply, demand, insured What is insurance without risk? When we think of the term insurance the first though that comes to mind is something that we are given by our employers or others in the event that something should happen to us we are covered. One can say that insurance for consumers is almost the same as the insurance we purchase for our cars. The insurance covers us for medical procedures that might have to be incurred at the time of an accident. The proper description of insurance is that of the providing by a company to the consumer in the return of a premium or co-pay (Folland, Goodman, Stano, 2013). Insurance now has become more important to have than ever with all of...
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...Marsha Lovingood Final Position Paper Eng112:On-line Does Social Media/Networking Contribute To Our National Obesity Problem? The creation of the Internet has caused an explosion of new technologies, especially in the last ten years. Social Networking has become more than a way to communicate with others and has crossed the line into an addiction for some people. In my opinion, our culture is being impacted in a harmful way with the amount of time people spend using social networking sites and the internet, it appears to be a factor in the rising obesity problem our nation is experiencing. According to the YouTube video, Oct 23, 2011, , “The Social Media Revolution 2013”, Americans are spending over 15 hours a week or more in some cases, on-line using social networking sites to communicate with family, friends, and acquaintances. This reduces the time we are spending exercising and engaging in physical activities for physical health. We are becoming a society of overweight couch potatoes who spend too much time on-line while healthy lifestyle habits fall by the wayside. However, there are positive impacts on our culture because of the invention of the internet and social media; we are able to keep in contact with those we want to interact with around the clock, any time of day or night. We share music, videos, and pictures with all of our friends through social networking sites and we can post comments and information on our friends’ pages with ease. We can log...
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...Neal, James, 201 Biblical Ethics/303 Biblical Worldview, Final, May 21, 2016, ABS/B I read 100% of the book. Alcoholism According to an online article I found titled “Alcoholism signs - here are ten warning signs of alcoholism you should know” It states that consuming one or two drinks per day for healthy men and one drink a day for healthy non-pregnant women is “generally considered acceptable consumption without health risks.” However, as in the case of my family, as the amount of drinking per day or per week increases, alcoholism can develop as a result. The article goes on to say that as many as 12-14 million adults are chronic heavy drinkers who abuse alcohol or are alcoholics, my Uncle Harold comes to mind. He became an alcoholic early on in life, he was a binge drinker in high school and early twenties then due to stress on the job as he put it became a full fledged alcoholic. He always denied he had a problem because he never missed a day of work or any other obligation, and would angrily defend himself. But, denial and alcoholism are like two peas in a pod. He continued to drink and his health became progressively worse over the years. He lost his appetite and has a poor eating habits due to all the years of hard drinking. Now at the age of 86, he can hardly hold anything in his hands or can only fill a glass half full because of the uncontrollable shakes he has from the damage alcohol has done to his...
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...A Case for Participation in Online Courses Tim Colgate Grand Canyon University: UNV 501 6/25/2012 A Case for Participation in Online Courses Online computer courses/degrees are becoming more frequent as technology improves and the availability of technology is greater. This article “Read-only participants: a case for student communication in online classes” (Nagel, Blignaut, Cronje 2007) analyzes data from several studies and suggests that active participation, as opposed to non-active participation, is directly correlated to student achievement. Read-Only Participants The term Read-only participants refers to online students who log into a specific classroom website, read the material provided or student post’s but do not get actively involved in the discussion. Buedouin (2002) suggested that read-only participants can learn and succeed in an online setting without participating (Nagel, Blinaught, & Cronje, 2007). However research by: Nagel, Blinaught, & Cronje (2007); Klemm (1998); Rovai & Barnum (2003); Swan, Shea, Frederickson, Pickett, & Pelz (2000), indicate that participation is essential to be a successful online student. Read-only students also have the tendency to create a negative environment within an online learning environment, with other having the perception that the read-only student does not care and does not want to contribute. This is extremely evident when they are in a collaborative learning environment and participation in a...
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...Running Head: SPIRITUAL HEALTHY LIFESTYLE Spiritual Healthy Lifestyle Controlling Stress through the Power of Faith and Prayer MLF Wayland Baptist University Dr. J Abstract There are six main components that pertain to maintaining a person’s health and wellness and one of the most important component that affects all the others is a person’s spiritual health. Stress is the number one attribute that can hinder, detract from, and impact a person’s quest for a healthier lifestyle of living. Becoming spiritually healthy is a unique experience for each individual and cannot be achieved without prayer and faith. Nothing promotes health of body and of soul more than a spirit that is fed directly through prayer. When a person is seeking a healthier life they should ultimately focus on improving all six components of wellness that includes physical, emotional, social, occupational, spiritual, and intellectual. To be completely satisfied in life they must lead a balanced life and the only way to be balanced is to be connected with God and become spiritually healthy and whole. Spiritual Healthy Lifestyle Controlling Stress through the Power of Faith and Prayer Being healthy is an important aspect in everyone’s life. However, many people don’t realize that there is more than just physical health involved in obtaining the optimum level of health (Fleharty, 2009). Many professionals believe that health and wellness actually involves six main components. The six...
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...Kitchen Catering Marketing Plan Executive Summary (Everything I have read so far in this course says the executive summary cannot be written until after the plan marketing plan is complete so I am leaving this page blank until the other parts to this assignments have been completed) Mam-ma’s Country Kitchen is a down home southern soul food catering company that serves the greater Atlanta area. Mam-ma’s provide, good, southern downhome cooking steeped in the traditions of the Southern living. Generally, southern soul food is thought to be heavy in fats, cholesterols, and sugars. However, Mam-ma’s meals are not the heavy calorie laden, unhealthy versions touted from the traditional good ole south. The dishes Mam-ma’s make are healthy versions of some of the same traditional recipes. So Mam-ma’s customers have the privilege of experiencing good quality southern meals with less fats and other unhealthy contents. Environmental Analysis In the greater Atlanta Area, there are over three hundred catering businesses. However, most are located in the trendy, industrial, and metropolitan areas of Atlanta, Buckhead, Roswell, Norcross and Sandy Springs. The 2012 NAICS defines caterers-772320, as companies primarily contracted to provide single occasion-based food services to consumers. Caterers usually own or retain the necessary tools and delivery vehicles to transfer cooked meals and snacks to venues ("United States Census Bureau", 2012). These businesses are mostly commercially...
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