...Dealing With Conflict between Delinquent Adolescent Boys. Ibrahim O Dairo Argosy University Monday, May 11, 2015 As a counselor in a detention center for delinquent adolescent boys, my assignment is to observe the boys at the center, many of whom were in gangs. And, see if it is possible to identify solutions to reduce the intergroup conflicts. At the detention center gangs are something that is seen every day. According to the National institute of justice, a gang is “a group of individuals whose purpose is to engage in criminal activity which uses violence or intimidation to further its criminal objectives”. In a gang, some concepts that may led to intergroup conflicts may involve stereotypes, prejudice, and discrimination. Some stereotypes being herd on the news about Gangs may involve more Black and Hispanic individuals are in gangs. Which has been proven to be true around the world. Another stereotypes that follows being involved in a gang is that most of the individuals in a gang come from broken homes and poor families. This stereotype has been proven to be false because many gangs are cross sections of neighborhood of where they live. Where they maybe be some living on the streets today, many individuals involved in a gang are from troubled families (Hewstone, M., Rubin, M., & Willis, H. (2002). In the detention center it is possible that the boys are serotyping against each other. Having conflicts back and forth on who is the...
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...Examining My Communities Source Of Energy Aaron L. Hunt Argosy University July 11, 2014 Electricity, natural gas and solar energy are the three primary types of energy used in my community. Electricity is the only type of energy I use in my home. Dealing with any energy source, you are bound to have some type of negative impact on the environment. For example, the use of fossil fuels to create electricity omits dust, soot and other materials that are released into the atmosphere. In addition, the same solid materials along with chemicals that naturally occur in the atmosphere, assists in creating acid rain and negatively affecting my community. Pensacola, Florida deals with a low level amount of nuclear waste. Radioactive waste resulting from a nuclear medicine treatment, medical equipment that uses radioactive isotopes and cancer therapies are the extent of nuclear waste disposal in my community. , however, like many communities we dispose of toxic and hazardous wastes such as electronics, industrial waste and asbestos. Electricity and gas has been the two main energy sources for many years in my community. The demand for electricity is constantly growing with the expansion of my community so companies are attempting to generate electrical energies from The Straits of Florida. The installation of EPUs or Electrical Production Units can potentially damage sensitive coastal marine environments and are hazards to migrating mammals and fish. (Finkl, Charlier & Makowski...
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...M5A1 Case Study General Electric Paul D. Balmforth Excelsior College M5A1 Case Study General Electric General Electric; many years ago, found themselves with declining sales for their appliances. General Electric instead of just accepting a declining market share General Electric instead chose to invest in the development of new product innovation and comprehensive brand positioning (Person Education). General electric focused on developing appliances they had limited distribution, that provided capabilities and dependability that created in excitement in customers, and that allowed the company to charge high end prices for their products. Limited Distribution Strategy As General Electric looked at how to market their Profile and Monogram appliance products they chose to use a limited distribution strategy. Through the use of a limited distribution strategy General Electric not only enhanced the image of their appliance products but shopping experience for their customers. By limiting who could sell their upper end appliances and mandating how they would be displayed and supported allowed General Electric to differentiate their Profile and Monogram appliance lines from their competitors. By incorporating a limited distribution strategy, General Electric was able to brand their Profile and Monogram appliance lines as exclusive upper end products. This exclusivity created a perceived higher value placed on the product by their consumers. These tried and true marketing...
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...------------------------------------------------- M5A1: GDP, Unemployment and Inflation [Document subtitle] November 20, 2015 November 20, 2015 If the government guarantees income to those who are unemployed I think it could lower the unemployment rate. The individuals that currently receive unemployment benefits are counted in the unemployment rate. Those people are able to work and they are actively seeking employment. If the government guaranteed an income, the people that don’t really want to work would stop looking for a job which would drop them from the labor force. If they are not part of the labor force then they are not counted in the unemployment rate. I don’t think a cost of living adjustment should apply for those that are unemployed. If the government income is not enough to support the individual or a family that person would only need to earn enough to supplement the support. That means they could take an important but lower paying job which are usually much easier to find and don’t require an extensive skill set. Okun’s Law says that each additional percentage of unemployment translates into a loss of 3 percent in real output, that number was adjusted to 2 percent due to the change in the labor force (Schiller, 2013). The labor force will continue to grow each year and with less people looking for jobs those that want to work should be able to find employment. A guaranteed ...
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...Using Excel for Correlations First make sure you have the correct Statistics add-in. Go to File—Options: Here you can see that I have the Analysis ToolPak and Analysis ToolPak-VBA already installed: If your Analysis ToolPak is not already installed, follow these directions to add it: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/Load-the-Analysis-ToolPak-6a63e598-cd6d42e3-9317-6b40ba1a66b4 Copy the data from M5A1 into your Excel Spreadsheet: Navigate in Excel to the Formulas Tab. Select “More Functions,” then “Statistical,” then CORREL. Place your cursor in an empty cell and click on CORREL. You should see a menu box. Fill in your arrays for your data. For Student Anxiety Scores, our data are in A2:A11. For Study Hours, our data are in B2:Bll. Click OK to do your analysis: Our results show that the correlation between Student Anxiety Scores and Study Hours is r = .57. We still need to know if that is a significant correlation, which SPSS tells us automatically, but before we leave Excel, let’s have some fun and make a graph. Highlight your data array: Click on the “Insert” tab and select a Scatter plot: Click on the first Scatter Plot icon: Okay, we want to change this title. Click on Study Hours and change to “Correlation Between Student Anxiety Scores and Study Hours.” Delete the key for Study Hours. This is a correlation, so we’ll want to add a trendline. Select your data series: Now go to Chart Tools—Layout—Trendline. Click...
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...Running Head: OB in Action: Google’s “Three-Thirds” HR Team BUS311: M5A1 Case Analysis: OB in Action: Google’s “Three-Thirds” HR Team BUS 311: Organizational Behavior Summary Google, the first popular search engine in world was founded in 1995 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin. They created this search engine so that users can find any website or document on the web based on keyword or exact searches. Google provides free services for their users. Introduction What is a team? A team is defined as a group of people with a full set of complementary skills required to complete a task, job, or project. Teams members (1) operate with a high degree of interdependence, (2) share authority and responsibilities for self-management, (3) are accountable for the collective performance, and (4) work toward a common goal and shared rewards(s). Team becomes more than just a collection of people when a strong sense of mutual commitment creates synergy, thus generating performance greater than the sum of the performance of its individual members (Business Dictionary.com, 2014). It is equally important for us to know that a team is a small number of people with complementary skills who are committed to a common purpose, performing goals, and approach for which they hold themselves mutually accountable (Kreitner & Kinicki, 2013, p. 300). Similarly, an excerpt by Franklin Covey “4 Disciplines of Execution” is of the view that the four discipline of...
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...Joey Van Hoose Excelsior ID# 30796152 M5A1- Nestlé Nestlé Case Study Nestlé has been considered the world’s largest food and beverage company for many years and they achieved this by operating under a localization strategy. Under a localization strategy, a company focuses on local responsiveness, and requires little coordination between the subunits. Working under a localization strategy, firms do not have a high need to integrate mechanisms to knit together different national operations. With that each operation has the ability to control operations by relying primarily on output and bureaucratic controls and a policy of management by exception. Considering the need for integration and coordination is low, under a localization strategy, the need for common processes and organization culture is also low (Hill, 2011). With that, each operating unit basically acts as its own entity, creating their own independent set of core values and policies. Nestlé traces its origins back to the first European condensed milk factory, based in Cham, Switzerland, that opened in 1865 by the Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company. One year after this, Henri Nestlé, a trained pharmacist, launched one of the world’s first prepared infant formula companies in Vevey, Switzerland. The two companies, that at the time were fierce competitors, decided to merge in 1905 to become the Nestlé we know today, and their headquarters are still in Vevey, Switzerland (Nestlé, 2012). Nestlé begin with the...
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...M5A1: Critical Analysis of “Spirituality as a Predictive Factor for Signing an Organ Donor Card” a Quantitative Research Study NUR 430 Excelsior College Abstract This paper is a critical analysis of the article “Spirituality as a Predictive Factor for Signing an Organ Donor Card”. The research was preformed by Anat Peles Bortz, RN, PhD, Tamar Ashkenazi, RN,PhD, and Semyon Melnikov, RN, PhD. The research was accepted for publication in 2014. The research was presented at the 25th International Nursing Research Congress Symposium in 2014 in Hong Kong. The research appears in Sigma Theta Tau International, Journal of Nursing Scholarship 2015. The research looked at two groups of people in Israel, those who signed an organ donor card and those who did not. The research examined differences of spirituality, purpose in life, and attitudes toward organ donation and explored the effects on signing an organ donation card. The article contains the research purpose, design, methodology, statistical findings, conclusions, clinical relevance, and references. Analysis of the article is from the perspective of its contents and it relative quantitative research methods. The article/research is broadly based on spirituality and organ donor procurement. Keywords: spirituality, purpose in life, attitudes toward organ donation, organ donor card “Spirituality as a Predictive Factor for Signing an Organ Donor Card” A Quantitative Research Study Quantitative Research ...
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...Patrick Ferriero Strategic Plan and Self-Reflection Summary M5A1 Argosy University Executive Summary For over the last one hundred years Harley Davidson has been the worldwide leader in the Motorcycle industry. The company which started in 1903 quickly gained notoriety for their quality products. The company went on to become an iconic American Brand gaining a huge, loyal customer base. The company eaw a set back in revenues in 2008 with recession in the economy but has been steadily gaining growth since. In 2013 the company had a revenue of of 5.3 billion dollars which was an increase of 6.4% from the year before. The company has made provisions to break into new market in India because of the steady growth in the country. The company introduced a new bike in the market as an introductory product to get into their market. The company is also marketing to new demographics such as new riders and the younger generation with their new bike. The company used a strategic plan to introduce the bike at an attractable, affordable price to gain the interest of the new markets. The company has competitive advantages that helps them in the entrance into the new market, advantages like a strong brand image and customer experience. Corporate leadership has also helped the company to get to where they are now. The company leaders has to make some strategic decisions to gain their foot place in the market and to cost costs to increase revenues. The company leaders also stand behind...
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