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  • Business Question

    • Scholars involved in leadership research use many different methods to study it in various settings. Some of the earliest leadership researchers used experiments and field observations. With the advent of fast and efficient statistical computer programs, leadership research shifted to surveys and psychometric measures that allowed researchers to collect big data sets and analyze them to identify correlations and make inferences about the way leadership variables interact and sometimes predict leadership outcomes. All of this research is used to engage with leaders and students like you who are both consumers of leadership and key sources of new knowledge. This week, you will read about the language of social science and learn about basic research methods used in leadership studies. The goal is to help you gain a deeper understanding of how to interpret information in the methods section of scholarly articles. The insights you gain from the readings and assignments are designed to help make you a more informed consumer of leadership research. Weekly Outcomes
      1. Review information on how research is conducted in leadership studies.
      2. Discuss the main features of predominant quantitative and qualitative leadership research methods.

    • The Science of Leadership Research

    • Quantitative and Qualitative Research

    • Readings

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      Book Chapter: Pierce, J. L. & Bell, G. G. (2011). The language of science: A lens for understanding the organizational sciences literature. In J. L. Pierce & J. W. Newstrom (Eds.), Leaders and the Leadership Process, (pp. xxvii-xlii). New York, NY: McGraw Hill. (Out of print. See attachment above.)Radmacher, S. A., & Martin, D. J. (2001). . The Journal of Psychology, 135(3), 259-68. VideosAshley, G. & Linenberger, S. J. (2020). The basics of quantitative research in leadership studies [Video]. Bellevue University. Center for Research Quality. (2015). Overview of qualitative research methods [Video]. YouTube.

    • Compose a reflective post that describes any new awareness or insights you have gained on social science research from the book chapter, The Language of Science (see link above). Explain how your view of this topic has developed or been challenged by the information presented in this chapter.Submission Requirements

      • Your main post should be 250-300 words.
      • APA citations and references are required.

    • Compose a reflective post that describes any new awareness or insights you have gained on quantitative research from the video, The basics of quantitative research in leadership studies. Explain how your view of this topic has developed or been challenged by the information presented in the video. You will want to have the Radmacher (2001) article (see link above) and Chapter 3 of the SAGE Handbook of Leadership open while watching the video. Both of these sources are discussed as examples of correlation and causation.Submission Requirements

      • Your main post should be 250-300 words.
      • APA citations and references are required.
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    • Compose a reflective post that describes any new awareness or insights you have gained on qualitative research from the video, Overview of Qualitative Research Methods. Explain how your view of this topic has developed or been challenged by the information presented in the video.Submission Requirements

      • Your main post should be 250-300 words.
      • APA citations and references are required.

    Requirements: Listed

  • week 3 project 4560

    Annotated Bibliography

    This week, you will complete a annotated bibliography for a paper that will be due in Week 5. For more information on the required format of the bibliography, visit the page.

    Choosing what area of I/O psychology you want to study begins with examining the following areas related to the course competencies. Choose 3 areas from the list below. Remember, this is a course on psychology of the workplace, so the research should relate to that.

    1. The origins of I/O psychology and its importance to the vitality of industries.
    2. I/O psychology as part of the science of psychology.
    3. Job analysis, recruitment and selection.
    4. Training and performance design and issues in the workplace.
    5. Organizational culture and dynamics in an organization.
    6. Main theories and practices regarding leadership and management, worker motivation, and employee satisfaction.
    7. The role of I/O psychology in improving the workplace environment.
    8. Issues regarding group behavior and conflict in the workplace.

    Using the South University Online Library database (ProQuest or EBSCOHOST) only, find 2 journal articles related each of the chosen areas. You will need to locate research articles that have been published in scholarly journals. Scholarly journal articles are also referred to as primary-source, peer-reviewed articles. The articles must also be current, that is, published within the last 5 to 6 years. Finally, Web sites, magazines, newspapers, textbooks, and other books cannot be used for this assignment.

    • Write a summary for each of the journal articles found.
    • Write an analysis and evaluation for each of the journal articles found.

  • Experiential learning

    Purposes of this assignment:

    • Obtain first-hand information about harm reduction practices
    • Learn about local services (WAC 246-811-030.3.i)
    • Connect with professionals in our field
    • Understand substance abuse and addiction treatment methods (WAC 246-811-030.3.c)

    Tasks:

    1. Visit a local harm reduction program. This could be a methadone program, a syringe exchange program (here’s a
    2. ), a safe/supervised use site, “wet” housing such as 1811 Eastlake, safer sex services, outreach to people involved in prostitution… Some of these services are open to drop-in visitors. Others would have to approve your visit in advance. I strongly suggest checking with them in advance, many days before you hope to visit.
    3. Find out what they do. Learn about their clientele, services, and outcomes by meeting with a staff member and/or client, in conjunction with their published materials and your own observations.
    4. Share your findings. Tell me where you went and what you learned. Include your assessment of its advantages and disadvantages. Explain the impact on you of directly experiencing/meeting the personnel, the clients, and/or the environment. You could do so through an essay, a blog, or a video.

    Grading criteria: Please see

    . The instructor is not looking for you to take a particular stance. You get to make your judgment. You will be graded, however, on your ability to support your ideas with good reasoning or evidence.

    Note: An agency may have a variety of programs or provide various services. Focus on their harm reduction programming.

    Suggestions:

    Before your visit:

    1. Decide what type of service you’re interested in seeing. Your instructor suggests choosing something you’re unfamiliar with, something new to you.
    2. Find out who provides that service in our area. (Google it.)
    3. Contact them to see if you can visit. Contact them at least 5 days in advance. Tell them you are a student studying Harm Reduction. Ask if you can visit. See if they have any particular requests or instructions for you. Follow them.
    4. Read a little about them before you go.

    During your visit:

    1. Take a friend or the instructor, if you’re nervous.
    2. Respect those involved. Do not take photos or make recordings without the clear consent of the program and those portrayed. Respect their privacy.
    3. Look, listen, ask, and feel.

    After your visit:

    1. Gather your thoughts. Put down your information, ideas, feelings, and remaining questions.
    2. Write a clear thesis statement.
    3. Write a justification. Explain your reasons.
    4. Choose a format to provide your results.

    Attached Files (PDF/DOCX): Experiential Learning report rurbric.docx

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  • Enzyme Function Lab

    Please submit the lab questions as a seperate doc and do not include with the lab report

    Attached Files (PDF/DOCX): Enzyme Function Biol3111L (1).pdf, Enzyme Function Lab Questions (1).pdf, Enzyme Funtion Lab Data.pdf, Enzyme Lab Results and Discussion Grading Sheet_updated 2-9-26.pdf

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  • Ensuring Ethical Data Collection in Qualitative Research

    • Begin your assignment by stating your research question and briefly restating your chosen qualitative methodology (GQI, case study, or phenomenology) to provide context for your data collection plan.
    • Outline a data collection plan, describing the methods you will use to gather data for your qualitative research. Be sure to distinguish between your qualitative methodological approach and your data collection techniques (e.g., interviews, focus groups). Provide examples that show how your chosen technique supports your methodological approach.
    • Identify and analyze the ethical considerations associated with your data collection plan, topic, and population. Consider issues such as informed consent, confidentiality, and the protection of vulnerable populations. How do these issues apply specifically to your proposed population?
    • Explain how you will address and mitigate potential ethical risks related to your study. Discuss how you will comply with Institutional Review Board (IRB) requirements and ensure that your research adheres to ethical standards.
    • Describe the steps you will take to ensure the credibility and trustworthiness of the data you collect. Consider strategies such as member checking, triangulation, and reflexivity.
    • Use at least five scholarly references to support your discussion of ethical considerations and data collection strategies.

    Deliverable: Submit a 46 page paper (excluding references) that outlines your data collection plan, discusses ethical considerations, explains how you will mitigate ethical risks, and describes strategies for ensuring credibility and trustworthiness in your qualitative research.

    Attached is the previous paper from Week 4. Please use as reference

    Requirements: 4-6 pages

  • week 3 discussion 4560

    People are motivated to behave in a particular way because they receive some extrinsic and intrinsic rewards. Extrinsic rewards are received from the environment, while intrinsic rewards are derived from a sense of accomplishment, competence, and autonomy over one’s work. Related to motivation and performance is the stress that the job creates. Stressors can be positive motivating factors, such as the ability to accomplish a challenging task in order to be rewarded (either intrinsically or extrinsically), and negative motivating factors, such as the inability to meet job task requirements.

    Explain how being paid may or may not have a negative effect on performance based on intrinsic motivation. On the basis of your experience, give examples from school or work that worked as intrinsic motivators for you. Describe the factors that contribute to job satisfaction for most workers and explain if these factors are entirely under the control of the organization.

    Work overload, deadlines, and difficult bosses or coworkers are just some work-related stressors. Based on your own experiences describe some other type of negative stressors. Explain why organizations should be concerned about employee stress. Along with that explain why it is important for organizations to look at the broad picture of an individuals total stress rather than focusing only on stress derived from work. Finally, explain how organizations can decrease negative stressors.

  • Apocalypse Now

    For Grand Illusion, we asked you to look at aspects of the film that involved camera movement and composition in depth, but for Apocalypse Now, wed like you to identify some parts of the film that use any/and/or all of the film techniques we have been studying for the past few weeks. How does the film use editing, sound, lighting, set design, and composition in depth?

    This time Id like you to look at the whole ball of wax and look for mise en scene, framing, use of sound, production design, lighting, editing, all the tools of the filmmaker, and how they are being used in the film to help tell the story and make meaning.

    As the first film mixed in Dolby 5.1 Surround, the films use of sound is well known the contrast of loud and quiet sequences, the use of music, and overlapping sound cues, such as mixing the helicopter sounds with the ceiling fan spinning in the opening.

    The editing similarly has numerous sequences that the film is known for, from the opening hotel room flashback, not in the script but built wholly in the editing room, to the ending, where a murder is intercut with the slaughter of a cow for symbolism. (This is actually stolen from Sergei Eisensteins first film STRIKE, where the slaughter of striking workers by Cossacks is intercut with the slaughter of cattle.)

    Vittorio Storaros cinematography in the film is also well known Kurtz at end of the film is seen primarily in shadow, often only lit by candlelight, showing how that character is on the dark side and the use of camera in the film varies from hand-held footage in some of the combat scenes to give the film to tracking shots that create meaning through composition in depth. Dean Tavoulariss production design and sets similarly create their own meaning, from the Americanesque trailer the generals hole up in at the start of the film to the surreal abandoned temple at the films end. What examples of film technique can you find being used in the film?

    The textbook advises (p.307) to Look and listen carefully, and also to Think like a filmmaker why is the director making the choices he/she is making? This is also a good “dry run” for your paper, as you will be doing much the same thing for that. At least 150 words, please, and again, I dont need more than one page.

  • INSS 675 – Information Systems Project Management

    Complete Person 3 in the drafted deliverable 3 plan. Use the other two documents to answer and complete it. You can use some of this info – Project Scope

    The BSU Smart Laundry Management System project focuses on developing and implementing a digital system that improves how laundry facilities are accessed and managed within university residential housing. The main purpose of the system is to make it easier for students to check machine availability, reduce unnecessary waiting time, and improve communication between students and facilities staff.

    The project includes designing a digital platform that provides real-time updates on washer and dryer availability. Students will be able to receive notifications when machines are available or when their laundry cycle is complete. The system will also support digital payment options to reduce the use of coins or cash. A maintenance reporting feature will allow students to report broken machines directly through the system, while facilities personnel will be able to track usage trends and machine performance to respond quickly to issues.

    This project will involve gathering system requirements, identifying stakeholder needs, defining user roles, outlining system specifications, and preparing an implementation plan. The scope also includes basic system testing to ensure functionality and usability before the system is introduced within selected campus residential halls. User guidance materials will be prepared to support initial deployment.

    The project does not include replacing laundry equipment, renovating physical laundry spaces, or expanding the system beyond the assigned locations. Long-term system maintenance and future upgrades are also outside the scope of this phase of the project.

    This defined scope ensures that the project remains realistic and focused on delivering a functional digital solution within the available time and resource constraints.

    In Scope

    The following items are included within the scope of the BSU Smart Laundry Management System project:

    • Development of a digital platform that provides real-time washer and dryer availability status
    • Notification feature to alert students when machines become available or when a cycle is complete
    • Digital payment functionality for laundry transactions
    • Maintenance reporting feature that allows students to report broken down equipment
    • Dashboard access for facilities personnel to monitor machine usage and maintenance trends
    • Identification of user roles (students, housing staff, facilities staff)
    • Requirements gathering through stakeholder input
    • System design and functional specifications
    • Basic system testing to ensure usability and performance
    • Preparation of user instructions or guidance materials

    Out of Scope

    The following items are not included in the BSU Smart Laundry Management System project:

    • Replacement or purchase of new laundry machines
    • Physical renovation or expansion of laundry rooms
    • University-wide infrastructure upgrades beyond what is required for system operation
    • Long-term system maintenance and technical support after the initial implementation phase
    • Marketing or promotional campaigns for the system
    • Expansion of the system beyond the selected residential halls during the initial rollout
    • Integration with unrelated university systems not directly connected to laundry operations

    The project team can stay focused on delivering the digital management system without expanding beyond available time and resources.

    Requirements: until complete

  • PHL 1010 Major essay

    PHL 1010 Major Essay 2 Topics

    2. In your view, what are the three major phases of Cartesian doubt? Clearly identify the three

    major stages, explain how Descartes understands them, and give two examples from your own

    life or experience of the presence of this doubt. Please note that Descartes does not identify

    which aspects of his doubt are major, so it is up to you to choose which you find the most

    important. When writing your essay, adhere to the following guidelines:

    Use a standard college format.

    Include a cover page with a title and image that reflect your thesis.

    Begin with a concise introduction stating your chosen question, your main response to it, and a

    preview of how you are going to develop your response. Keep background about the

    philosophers or their periods to a minimum in this paragraph; focus on the central logic of your

    essay. Background and context are best integrated into the body of the essay.

    Be sure that the purpose of each paragraph is clear.

    Be sure that the relation between paragraphs is clear.

    Summarize the main idea of your essay in your final paragraph. You may also include a final

    thought, but avoid adding anything completely new. Try to keep this paragraph concise at no

    more than 24 sentences.

    Use either MLA or APA style guidelines to format your paper.

    You are welcome and encouraged to use visual material in this essay; it may be integrated into

    the body of the essay or added as a supplement at the end.

  • Paper 1/Part A Outline

    This outline should include normal physiology and perhaps minimal anatomy, if the anatomy is absolutely necessary for proper explanation. Focus on physiology, not anatomy! Physiology should be explained at the molecular, cellular, (perhaps tissue), organ and organismal levels. This paper should be a background/introduction on the topic. Outline should be in 12 point Arial font and bullet-point/short phrase format, not complete sentences. Must be at least 150 words in this format. In-text citations (in AMA format) should be included wherever your sources were used. References should also be in AMA format. Format should be alphanumeric, using the following for various levels:

    I. Roman Numerals

    A. Capitalized Letters

    1. Arabic Numerals

    a. Lowercase Letters

    Do not use levels of organization (cellular, molecular, etc.) as main points of your outline; use physiological/functional topics.

    • Indicate where you will include figure(s).

    here is the RUBRIC BELOW!!!!:

    • Addresses normal physiology of chosen system at all levels, arranged by topic, not level of organization. Contains in-text citations for sources used.
    • Meets minimum word count (150 words), using only bullet points, not complete sentences, in proper alphanumeric format. Uses 12-point Arial font; type double-spaced with 1-inch margins. Includes proper title page (same as on References assignment). Contains in-text citations and references, in AMA format, of sources used. Must use at least 5 scholarly sources.

    Below the 5 references i need you to use (you will see more in parts B and C but ONLY USE THE ONES IN PART A!!!!). Only use the 5 in PART A. DO NOT USE THE CITATIONS IN PART B OR C PLEASE! Thank you. Also make sure the the WHOLE THING is in AMA FORMAT! VERY IMPORTANT THAT ITS ALL IN AMA FORMAT!

    Attached Files (PDF/DOCX): BIOL385_References.docx

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