...Kaplan University Graduate School of Business & Management Self Directed Learning Plan Instructions The Self Directed Learning Plan (SDLP) is a process and document to chronicle your accomplishments and learning steps through the Master’s program and beyond as they relate to your professional goals. The SDLP will help you to identify and target the array of competencies you need to reach your professional objectives and to help you organize your Kaplan Master’s learning experience to suit your career objectives. The SDLP will be a section of your Program Portfolio, so take some quality introspective time to consider strengths and areas of development relevant to your career objectives. We encourage you to contact Career Services for feedback on relevant competencies for your career goal, as well as other insights. By knowing your strengths and areas to develop, you can begin a plan to find out what you need to do to achieve your career goals. We encourage you to continue to reflect on the identified areas throughout the Master’s program. If you feel strength or development area is no longer relevant, you may add another to take its place. At any time, you may also add additional areas. SECTION 1: Strengths to Leverage Step 1a: The most effective and satisfied people align their work with their natural strong points. Identify 3-5 of your key strengths; these could be a competency, skill, ability, knowledge area or personal characteristic. Think about how...
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...Juan Assessment June 11, 2015 Patient Juan and his parents met with Dr. Williams. Dr. Williams failed to approach and gain Juan’s confidence and ignored the child only to deal with the parents. Juan’s parents encouraged Dr. Williams to contact Juan’s primary doctors so that he could understand Juan’s medical needs. Juan is dealing with Cystic Fibrosis and other birth defects that were not mentioned. Juan is expressing social problems which are causing concern to his parents. Dr. Williams felt that he could “alter Juan’s angry behaviors with a Standard Behavioral Intervention” (case study video) Dr. Williams felt that a standard behavioral intervention was the next step for Juan without even explaining what that was to Juan’s parents. Juan’s parents were a no-show for the next appointment and Dr. Williams was not bothered by this. Dr. Williams failed to implement the Five General Principals: Beneficence and Nonmaleficence , Fidelity and Responsibility, Integrity, Justice, Respect for People’s Rights and Dignity. Treatment Plan: Evaluation/ Symptoms/Treatment/Diagnosis/Application of Therapy Clinical Interview with Parents of Juan: Juan male age 15 from the Dominic Republic. Parents are expressing concern of social problems and disabilities with their son. Juan has Cystic Fibrosis and other birth defects. Evaluation will need to take place with Juan and his parents as well as alone...
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...I am a blogger since 2006. I started sharing my everyday amusement and observation online. When I was in my sophomore year in high school, I became part of our school publication and so my then-online diary became a citizen-journalism-slash-commentary-slash-editorial blog. It amused me because some of the articles I published online were recognized by people. I became “popular” in my high school because I am already an internet slave as early as those years. I used to say I am more human in the cyber world. I am more of everything I am. I am free to express myself. The internet gave me no limitations on how I should express my thoughts. I am a free man. And when democracy was questioned even in a democratic country like mine, the World Wide Web provided me my freedom of expression. It is a shame though that, in a democratic country like ours, a law such as the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 was passed. It’s an indirect way of putting masking tapes in our mouth. We need this law, but not to the extent of having provisions on libel. It is questionable enough that the provisions of this law are graver than the usual cases of libel. The thing I questioned most about this law is the issues of liability. Facebook and Twitter are social networking sites. They work as medium for people to interact, to communicate and to share their thoughts. Even polls and surveys by news programs (Bandila & TV Patrol) regarding an issue were made through these. How do this law determine who...
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...Care Plan: Sample Care Plan: Heart failure |Nr. | Diagnosis |Date | Intervention |Sign | | |Decreased cardiac output | |Cardiac Care (4040) | | | | | |• Evaluate chest pain (e.g., intensity, location, radiation, duration, and | | | |Related factors: | |precipitating) | | | |Altered Stroke Volume | |• Document cardiac dysrhythmias | | | |Altered contractility | | | | | |Altered heart rate/rhythm | |Fluid Monitoring (4130) | | | |Symptoms: | |• Obs fluid balance __________________ 24 hour | | | |Chest pain | | ...
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...Completing the assessments on my organizational orientations allowed me to view and reflect on my current stage of life. I scored the highest in the Upward Mobile orientation which may cause others to perceive me as a committed individual who receives great pleasure from work. I would be perceived as a hard worker and someone who is on their way to the top of an organization. Colleges might assume the best way to communicate with me is to converse about anything and everything that has to do with work and/or the organization. This could be a successful way to communicate with me; however, I believe I am able to communicate beyond work and/or organization topics of conversations. If my superiors viewed my scores they may assign me high levels of responsibility with the understanding they are rewarding me and showing their appreciation for me. I found my scores on the different orientations interesting. On the Upward Mobile Orientation assessment I scored a sixty seven, thirty one for the Ambivalent Orientation, and thirty one for the Indifferent Orientation. Prior to this assessment I assumed I would score highest on the Indifferent Orientation, so I was somewhat surprised to see my highest score for the Upward Mobile Orientation. My scores for the Upward Mobile and Indifferent orientation were pretty close to the mean scores. Reflecting on these scores I can understand and can agree with my scores. I started working at the age of fourteen and was raised to work...
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...Assessment 1 Establish and Adjust the Marketing Mix Warso Sumarja Student ID: 1553 Diploma of Business Evening Class Braaap organisation is a motorcycle manufacturing company driven by motorcycling more enjoyable and more accessible. The Marketing Mix are many items or situations that require a well-balanced mixture in order to be successful. For instance, a cake mix requires a specified amount of each item, otherwise the cake might be too sweet or just not good at all if the ingredients aren't mixed right. The same is true with marketing. Marketing requires a good mixture in order to be successful in the final sale of the product at a profit. The following will discuss what the marketing mix is and a brief history of the marketing mix. It will also discuss further in detail the four P's of the marketing mix, as well as, show the relation of the marketing mix to a product offered by Verizon Communications. Research the marketing of Braaap The aim of Smith was to provide fun seeking customers with an ebullient bike riding. Evermore determined Smith set about designing his own bikes and researched the market extensively. He frequently travelled to mainland Australia where he participated in motocross events to build his reputation and accumulate knowledge from the best motocross riders. At the time Smith was a provisional driver and could not hire rental cars, so to overcome this limitation he sponsored riders to participate in the events he was...
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...Time Log Template Make a list of all activities you accomplish in one day. Be as specific as possible, and include a scheduled time for study. This log may be used in future courses to schedule time for study and course work. |Time |Activities |Comments or Observations | |6:00 a.m. |Drinking coffee and getting ready for my day. |Walking the dog that I have here in the house| | | |with me. | |6:30 a.m. |Watching King of the Hill |During this time I am psyching myself up for | | | |class. | |7:00 a.m. |In class looking over things and reading to get my mind set |This is just before breakfast. No work done | | |right for today’s work. |yet. | |7:30 a.m. |Cooking and preparing for a hardy meal to begin my day. | | |8:00 a.m. | Having breakfast and watching the morning news. | Got to feed the dog I have outside...
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...|1. | |(Points: 1) | | |Table 7-1. The following table lists the probability distribution of the number of cell phones owned by families in small city of 3000 | | |residents. | | |number of cell phones owned | | |frequency | | | | | |0 | | |660 | | | | | |1 ...
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...Our History Home » Our History ABOUT US * Our History * Mission & Philosophy * Value Statement * Achievements * Reefside Cares In 1976 Mr. Hassan Zahir, son of a prominent Maldivian business man Mr. Ibrahim Gasim (Kalhuhokko Kudadhon Maniku) opened Shop No. 18 on Chandanee Magu, Male' to sell tourism souvenirs. In 1980, with a shift to the present premises at 3, Orchid Magu, Male', Shop No. 18 became Reefside Co. Pvt Ltd. With complementary merchandise like branded diving watches and electronics, the event signified much more than a name change. This was a time when the general merchandise in Maldives consisted of mixed items and this exclusiveness was something unique and extravagant. It was this dedicated effort that brought out the growth of the company to many outlets that trade only leading branded products. Reefside Company still leads the way for exclusive selling of watches and electronics of repute in the Maldives . We have further gained the trust of our customers by establishing the first full-fledged Watch Service Centre and reputed Electronics Service Centre for quality after sales service in the Maldives. Our Mission is to offer value to our customers by improving the quality of life at affordable prices. Reefside Co Pvt. Ltd. focuses on customer service with its philosophy that a satisfied customer is the most valuable asset and hence the task of customer satisfaction has the highest priority. No leaf is left unturned when achieving...
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...Academic Criticism Graphic Organizer |Academic Criticism: Literature Lady Macbeth’s Scene from Macbeth |Academic Criticism: Art Provide the Title of Your Selection|Academic Criticism: Theater Michael Lynch’s Stage Adaptation | Step 1: Observe|Lady Macbeth was being haunted in her dreams because of what she did. Characterizations were also revealed because it showed Lady Macbeth was not all bad and had thought about what she did.. | Lady Macbeth is wearing a white dress that shows some innocence but her hair is black to show that shehas some darkness in her. The people that are in the corner want to listen to what she was saying while she was sleep walking | The doctor and lady Macbeth are in this scene. There is another woman that is wearing old clothing. The doctor is a woman in this stage adaptation but is described as a male in Shakespeare’s writing. Again, Lady Macbeth is wearing a white dress and has black hair implying her guilt ridden conscience. | Step 2: Question| Why was it chosen for LadyMacbeth’s character to experience such guilt when she was such a cold hearted character in the beginning? How did this contribute to the outcome of the play? | Why was Lady Macbeth in all white? Why was the doctor remaining in the corner instead of helping Lady Macbeth back to her bed? | Why in this adaptation did Lynch have the doctor as a woman and not as a male like the play had portrayed? | Step 3: Analyze| Lady Macbeth starts to feel guilty because it shows the...
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...Types of Assessments | TYPE OF ASSESMENT | EXAMPLE | FORMATIVE OR SUMMATIVE? | Informal – observation that can alert the teacher on specific ways to guide the students. | * Students’ questions may indicate a need to review the material or may provide an opportunity to correct a simple misunderstanding. * Observation may indicate that the pace of instruction is too fast or too slow for some students. | Formative | Achievement- Achievement tests are not used to determine what you are capable of; they are designed to evaluate what you know and your level of skill at the given moment. | * Math exam on current chapter you are studying. * Skills demonstration in gymnastics. | Summative | Performance- Observation and judgment of an ongoing performance skill is usually obtained by using a checklist, rating scale, or holistic scoring rubric. | * Measuring amount of jumping jacks in gym class. * Science project * Play demonstrating the story being read in class. | Summative | Product- a kind of assessment where the assessor views and scores the final product made and not on the actual performance of making that product. | * Instead of grading activities that built up to how you gained the strength for the jumping jacks test, the teacher only grades on how many jumping jacks you can do. | Summative | Portfolio- A portfolio is a collection of student work used to show learning progress over a period of time or to show the student’s best work. | Included...
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...PRODUCT ASSESMENT Tiffany Burke Professor Farrar MKT 100 July 28, 2013 Product Assessment Decline stage is defined as the product life-cycle; in which a product’s sales decline to low or negative growth rate in sales. During this stage of any product, sales are diminished and consumers’ taste shifts to a newer or better offering. Eventually what happens is profits fall and it makes not profitable to produce the product anymore. As a number of other companies dominate the market, it becomes increasing difficult for the company in question to maintain its level of sales. This is something in the case of digital music players like the Apple IPod. Profitability will fall, eventually to the point where it is no longer profitable to produce, and production will stop. As a number of companies start to dominate the market, it becomes increasingly difficult for the company in question to maintain its level of sales. Consumer tastes also change, as do new technologies which may make the product become ultimately obsolete (as in the case of CDs and DVDs, and now Blu-Ray).Profitability will fall, eventually to the point where it is no longer profitable to produce, and production will stop. As a number of companies start to dominate the market, it becomes increasingly difficult for the company in question to maintain its level of sales. Consumer tastes also change, as do new technologies which may make the product become ultimately obsolete (as in the case of CDs and DVDs, and now...
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...Running head: Organizational Assessment Abstract The organization has had some regulatory and ethical issues occur in the last several months prior to the new appointment. These ethical and regulator issues have had a serious impact on the daily operations of the facility. There has been a major back–lash, directed towards the in-patient medical center, sense these series of events have occurred. The in-patient medical center faces possible law suites as well as, possible sanctions or even worse loss of accreditation, if there is not a plausible solution drafted ASAP. In order to defuse the situation and prevent this from happening again, it is the newly appointed COO’s responsibility, along with her management team to develop and implement a plan of action, in order to take the necessary steps to create and enforce a new surgical protocol to insure the over all safety of the patients. Introduction The in-patient medical center in which I have just been appointed COO has several regulatory and ethical issues, which require immediate attention. A wrong patient surgical error has occurred under the watch of the former COO, where a 26-year-old male patient comes in for surgery on his left leg, for a running injury however, he leaves the facility with his left leg amputated. This is an example of some of the major regulatory and ethical issues in which I have inherited as the new COO. It is vital that a comprehensive SWOT analysis...
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...Training Needs Assessment Martian Ranch & Vineyard Martian Ranch and Vineyard is a startup biodynamic and sustainable vineyard and winery. Due to the time it takes grapevines to mature, Martian Ranch and Vineyard has not hired any employees at the moment. It is recommended that grapevines do not produce fruit for 3-5 years in order to establish a root system. Martian Ranch is expected to become a fully functional and up and running by spring of 2011. Martian Ranch will be hiring employees starting in spring 2011. An immediate area of focus is on the biodynamic aspect of the winery and vineyard. The winery and vineyard is located in the Santa Ynez Valley. At this current time, there are only a few competitors in biodynamic field in this region. There is a competitive advantage with this and should be capitalized. Knowledge training for new employees will be imperative. The organization will be certified in biodynamics so adherence to rules and applications is crucial. The owner and CEO of Martian Ranch has asked for a training program to be created so that it can be implemented spring of 2011. Identifying the needs of the organization will consist of organizational, person and task analysis. Methods used to collect data will be questionnaires, benchmarking and focus groups. Since Martian Ranch and Vineyard is in the beginning-to-middle stages of development, training needs should focus on Internal Growth Strategy with concentration on: new markets, product development, innovation...
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...* Assess the risk of the following business decisions (add other risk categories you believe are appropriate) Manufacturing capacity to produce a new product. Expansion of sales and marketing capability to enter Russia. Acquisition of a competitor in China * Rank the above four business and the two decisions covered in class (manufacturing capacity for existing product and new product R&D) from least risky to most risky. Answers: 1) Risk assessment for manufacturing capacity for a new product Exogenous Risk * Competitor introduces similar product before you * New product is not well accepted by customers * Similar but more cost effective products available in market. * Endogenous Risk * Lack of experience to manufacture new product * Whether marketing team is capable of selling the new product and make profits * Technical Difficulty in large scale manufacturing of the product 2) R&D project to develop second-generation product Exogenous risk * Cost, Availability & compatibility of suitable raw materials * Other companies doing similar R&D but more cost effective * First generation of the drug is still preferred. Endogenous Risk * Technical failures * Budget to steep for R&D * Ability to market and sell new product * New product vs existing or similar product competition * 3) Expansion of sales and marketing capability to enter Russia. Exogenous Risk * Product...
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