Identify one theoretical model that you think is most useful in describing and explaining cities.  Compare and contrast it with one of the other models discussed in the in this course and discuss its strengths and shortcomings.

Identify one theoretical model that you think is most useful in describing and explaining cities.  Compare and contrast it with one of the other models discussed in the in this course and discuss its strengths and shortcomings.

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The text argues that improvement in prison conditions would help reduce the probability of reoffending after inmates leave prison. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain your answer

The text argues that improvement in prison conditions would help reduce the probability of reoffending after inmates leave prison. Do you agree or disagree with this statement? Explain your answer.Remember to follow the discussion guidelines:
Discussion Guidelines:
Your initial discussion forum posting must be a minimum ofand include a minimum of three in-text citations. You must list your reference source at the end of your posting. If you do not list reference(s), you will not receive full credit for your posting.  You must have a credible reference with the initial post.

Who are the key constituents participating in municipal governments? What challenges do they create for NYC? What are the key financial/performance indicators you would consider in viewing the performance of the City of NY for Moody’s municipal bond ratings? How has the City performed on these dimensions? What concerns, if any, do you have about its recent performance?

After reading the case in the pdf.
Answer the questions below in a word document in less than 3 pages (double spaced), with Calibri font, and with 1 inch margins (top, bottom, left, and right).

Who are the key constituents participating in municipal governments? What challenges do they create for NYC?
What are the key financial/performance indicators you would consider in viewing the performance of the City of NY for Moody’s municipal bond ratings?
How has the City performed on these dimensions?
What concerns, if any, do you have about its recent performance?
Given your analysis in question 1, what is your assessment of the reasonableness of the assumptions underlying the city’s projections made in its 4-year plan?

What is the definition of ;Human Resource Management (HRM)? 2. What is a code of ethics? Why is it important for an organization to have a code of ethics? 3. What are the four (4) main steps within the staffing function? Remember, “Staffing involves the entire hiring process from posting a job to negotiating a salary package.” Please identify each step in BOLD font. 4. Compensation includes anything the employee receives for his or her work. What are eight (8) types of employee compensation? Please identify each type in BOLD font.

When necessary, include American Psychological Association (APA) formatted in-text citation(s) and reference(s) in order to supplement information discussed within this assignment’s submission.
Be sure to include BOTH the questions and answers in your MS Word document. Please provide space between each question and answer. Also, remember to include an APA formatted Title page and References page with your assignment submission.
Please review “Supporting Materials” (i.e., MS Word document file titled “American Psychological Association _APA_ format information) included with this assignment’s instructions in order to review APA format for presenting each of the assigned reading’s reference and in-text citation.
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will not be graded and will receive an automatic 10% deduction once correctly submitted as an MS Word document.

Questions 1-10 are presented below (i.e., review next page within MS Word document).
Please respond to the following questions:

1. What is the definition of “Human Resource Management (HRM)?”
2. What is a code of ethics? Why is it important for an organization to have a code of ethics?
3. What are the four (4) main steps within the staffing function? Remember, “Staffing involves the entire hiring process from posting a job to negotiating a salary package.” Please identify each step in BOLD font.
4. Compensation includes anything the employee receives for his or her work. What are eight (8) types of employee compensation? Please identify each type in BOLD font.
5. What are the four (4) reasons ninety percent (i.e., 90%) of employees leave a company? Please identify each reason in BOLD font.
6. What are two (2) ethical perils (liabilities) of job announcements? Please identify each peril in BOLD font.
7. What are the two (2) factors that usually weigh heavily in deciding which questions should and should not be asked during an applicant’s interview?
8. What are the three (3) considerations a Human Resource Management (HRM) professional should address during an employee’s review for promotion within an organization? What do you believe is the most important consideration an HRM professional should contemplate during the employment promotion process?
9. What does “at-will employment” refer to?
10. What does “just cause firing” refer to?
Submit this MS Word document file to the Assignment titled – “Your Last Name Week 5 Assignment.” For example, the MS Word document would be titled: Baldwin Week 5 Assignment. Remember to include an APA formatted Title page and References page with your submission. Information regarding American Psychological Association (APA) format is presented
here. Also, a suggestion – visit the APUS Library to review Writing@APUS.
Avoid typing your entire assignment in the text box provided within each assignment.

What are Apple’s key advantages in how it manages its global supply chain operations? Support your analysis with data from the case. What are challenges that Apple faces in the future, and what are the implications for its global supply chain? How does Apple’s supply chain compare with Wal-Mart’s supply chain? How are they different and how are they similar?

For this assignment, use your coursepack to review the case of “Apple Inc.: Managing a Global Supply Chain” by Mark and Johnson. In 2–4 double-spaced pages, analyze this case and address the following questions:

What are Apple’s key advantages in how it manages its global supply chain operations? Support your analysis with data from the case.
What are challenges that Apple faces in the future, and what are the implications for its global supply chain?
How does Apple’s supply chain compare with Wal-Mart’s supply chain? How are they different and how are they similar?

Nancy has an intellectual disability. She is placed in a self?contained class but has been participating in some general education classes. Nancy’s 4th-grade general education teacher has required her to participate in spelling tests. Nancy received a failing grade for the past four spelling tests. The teacher has decided to reduce the number of spelling words on Nancy’s list. She is responsible for each week’s single syllable words on the spelling list. Is this an example of an accommodation or modification? What is another to address this student’s needs?

1. Nancy has an intellectual disability. She is placed in a self?contained class but has been participating in some general education classes. Nancy’s 4th-grade general education teacher has required her to participate in spelling tests. Nancy received a failing grade for the past four spelling tests. The teacher has decided to reduce the number of spelling words on Nancy’s list. She is responsible for each week’s single syllable words on the spelling list. Is this an example of an accommodation or modification? What is another to address this student’s needs?
2. Robert has a learning disability in reading. He is overwhelmed by long reading passages because he cannot read at grade level. Robert needs to learn about the main idea and supporting details. The teacher provides Robert with a story on his reading level. Robert only has to identify the main idea, while the rest of the class must identify the main idea and supporting details. Is this an example of an accommodation or modification? What is another to address this student’s needs?
3. You and your principal are reviewing your classes’ DIBEL scores, which have improved since the beginning of the year but aren’t up to grade level. She reminds you that you are working in a “Blue Ribbon School” and tells you to “correct the scores.” After assuring her that other assessments indicated that students had made significant progress and that the DIBELS scores would only be part of the bigger picture. The principal makes it clear by saying, “You need to go back and retest the students, making sure to mark the correct answers.” What do you do?
4. Mr. Houdini is a teacher at Javier High School. He has just finished conducting an online class and one of his students, Winston, requests extra time after class to talk to Mr. Houdini.  Winston has had a close mentoring relationship with Mr. Houdini. He trusts him. Winston confesses that he is coming out and is concerned that he will be bullied and taunted by other students. He is also worried that his parents will not understand. Winston asks for Mr. Houdini’s guidance. What should Mr. Houdini do?
5. Sydney Middle School has a Special Education program. Ms. Anderson writes an email to all the program’s parents (and caretakers). When sending the email, she puts all the parent emails on the same line, with none of them as a blind carbon copy (BCC). Parents can therefore see other parents’ email addresses – and thus, possibly identify other students in the program. Ms. Anderson’s principal asks for a conference with her after receiving an angry email from one of the parents. Should Ms. Anderson be concerned? Why or why not?

Times for a surgical procedure are normally distributed. There are two methods. Method A has a mean of 28 minutes and a standard deviation of 2 minutes, while method B has a mean of 32 minutes and a standard deviation of 1.0 minutes.    (A)Which procedure is preferred if the procedure must be   completed within 30 minutes?    (B)Which procedure is preferred if the procedure must be     completed within 34.0 minutes?

  
Times for a surgical procedure are normally distributed. There are two methods. Method A has a mean of 28 minutes and a standard deviation of 2 minutes, while method B has a mean of 32 minutes and a standard deviation of 1.0 minutes.
  
(A)Which procedure is preferred if the procedure must be   completed within 30 minutes?
  
(B)Which procedure is preferred if the procedure must be     completed within 34.0 minutes?
  
(c)
Which procedure is preferred if the procedure must be       completed within 31 minutes?

Discuss the seven domains of trauma-sensitive schools. Ask and list which two or three domains their school demonstrates, with one example for each mentioned. They need to explicitly state how the example is a demonstration of the principle identified. What types of traumatic events have the school experience? Ask how does the school specifically respond to students who present with trauma? Is there a set step-by-step method of interaction?  Is there a particular person who is trauma-trained that works with these students? Are there set places for them to meet that are trauma-friendly?

 demonstrate knowledge regarding trauma and the trauma-informed care model and gather and disseminate community resources for working with trauma across disciplines.
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Part 2: Based on the Seven Domains of Trauma Sensitive Schools reading, students will speak with/make one up a school counselor, teacher, or principal regarding the Seven Domains of Trauma Sensitive Schools

Discuss the seven domains of trauma-sensitive schools. Ask and list which two or three domains their school demonstrates, with one example for each mentioned. They need to explicitly state how the example is a demonstration of the principle identified.
What types of traumatic events have the school experience? Ask how does the school specifically respond to students who present with trauma? Is there a set step-by-step method of interaction?  Is there a particular person who is trauma-trained that works with these students? Are there set places for them to meet that are trauma-friendly? develop a minimum of two additional trauma-related questions. 
Ask if there is a list of the services their school offers to students with trauma. In addition to the services provided, ask if there is a list of additional agencies or service providers that they collaborate with when working with trauma-involved students. You will record the names of the agencies and research the agency’s contact information (phone numbers, locations, services hours, services provided, etc…) Then, add at least three additional agencies to the list based on their response to “B.”  This section will add to your overall clinical toolbox.
Submit a summary of the interview including the list of trauma questions asked and their responses for bullet “B.”

What law are you researching (choose a relevant cyber law)? What position do you want to take regarding your chosen law? You will need to decide if you agree or disagree with the current way the law is written. You can choose to like certain aspects of the law and not others. Background: What is the existing point you want to challenge or support, and how did the law get to be that way (This is where you would need to find cases, background information, etc.)?

 
Instructions
Format:

Complete the assignment in a Word document and then upload the assignment for grading.
When assigning a name to your document, use the following format: Lastname-Assignment#.
Make sure to include a title page (with your name and date) and a reference page (with your sources).
Double-space paper, 1-inch margins, 12-point font.
This assignment is due by 2355 EST on Sunday.
When submitting the paper, it will automatically be processed through Turnitin for review.

Instructions:

The term paper must have a minimum of 5-pages (excluding title and reference page) with a minimum of 5 quality sources (no Wikis, blogs, or anonymously authored articles). Be sure to follow APA guidelines for citing and referencing source material.
Use examples from the readings, lecture notes, and outside research to support your answers.
Using the APPROVED TOPIC from week 2, and discuss the following topical areas:

Thesis: What law are you researching (choose a relevant cyber law)? What position do you want to take regarding your chosen law? You will need to decide if you agree or disagree with the current way the law is written. You can choose to like certain aspects of the law and not others.
Background: What is the existing point you want to challenge or support, and how did the law get to be that way (This is where you would need to find cases, background information, etc.)?
Inadequacies: What are the deficiencies in the present way of doing things, or what are the weaknesses in the argument you are attacking?
Adequacies: Discuss the positive aspects of the law.
Proposed Changes: How will we have a better situation, mode of understanding or clarity with what you are advocating? In short, how can the law be improved (or not diminished)? This is where you have the chance to change the law with your own ideas of how it should be written.
Conclusion: Why should and how can your proposal be adopted?  

State education officials prescribe specific requirements that individuals must meet to obtain a teaching license. The “shadow government” is also involved in the process for this licensure. For this week’s discussion, please respond to the following according to your focus in K-12 or Higher Education. Our text, Today’s Guide to Educational Policy: Pandemics, Disasters, Nationalism, Religion, and Global Politics, presents two important questions you will address in this week’s discussion. Do you think experts should determine who is qualified to teach, or should parents or the local community determine teacher qualifications?

State education officials prescribe specific requirements that individuals must meet to obtain a teaching license. The “shadow government” is also involved in the process for this licensure. For this week’s discussion, please respond to the following according to your focus in K-12 or Higher Education.
Our text, Today’s Guide to Educational Policy: Pandemics, Disasters, Nationalism, Religion, and Global Politics, presents two important questions you will address in this week’s discussion. Do you think experts should determine who is qualified to teach, or should parents or the local community determine teacher qualifications? Support your response with information from our text.
Higher Education: Based on what we have read this week, do you think that state governments should have input into the policies of higher education institutions, or should they be governed independently by their own board and community stakeholders? Support your response with information from our text.