Dilution Package Series

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Please complete the following problems by filling in the missing boxes. Don’t forget units where needed.

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5. Complete the diagram to show how you would make a pond water dilution of 1:100,000

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7. Calculate the amount of CFU/ml in the original sample: (your answer should be in scientific notation and include units)

8.Calculate the amount of CFU/ml in the original sample: (your answer should be in scientific notation and include units)

9A. You have counted an average of 4 CFU from having counted 3 large squares using the Quebec colony counter. What is the amount of CFU on this plate?

9B. The dilution factor of the plate in question 9A was 1:56,000. What is the amount of CFU/ml in the original sample?

 
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Patient With Comorbid Addiction 6330

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Assignment 1: Assessing and Treating Patients With Impulsivity, Compulsivity, and Addiction

Impulsivity, compulsivity, and addiction are challenging disorders for patients across the life span. Impulsivity is the inclination to act upon sudden urges or desires without considering potential consequences; patients often describe impulsivity as living in the present moment without regard to the future (MentalHelp.net, n.d.). Thus, these disorders often manifest as negative behaviors, resulting in adverse outcomes for patients. For example, compulsivity represents a behavior that an individual feels driven to perform to relieve anxiety (MentalHelp.net, n.d.). The presence of these behaviors often results in addiction, which represents the process of the transition from impulsive to compulsive behavior.

In your role as the psychiatric nurse practitioner (PNP), you have the opportunity to help patients address underlying causes of the disorders and overcome these behaviors. For this Assignment, as you examine the client case study in this week’s Learning Resources, consider how you might assess and treat clients presenting with impulsivity, compulsivity, and addiction.

Reference: MentalHelp.net. (n.d.). Impaired decision-making, impulsivity, and compulsivity: Addictions’ effect on the cerebral cortex. https://www.mentalhelp.net/addiction/impulsivity-and-compulsivity-addictions-effect-on-the-cerebral-cortex/

To prepare for this Assignment:
  • Review this week’s Learning Resources, including the Medication Resources indicated for this week.
  • Reflect on the psychopharmacologic treatments you might recommend for the assessment and treatment of patients requiring therapy for impulsivity, compulsivity, and addiction.
The Assignment: 5 pages

Examine Case Study: A Puerto Rican Woman With Comorbid Addiction. You will be asked to make three decisions concerning the medication to prescribe to this client. Be sure to consider factors that might impact the client’s pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic processes.

At each decision point, you should evaluate all options before selecting your decision and moving throughout the exercise. Before you make your decision, make sure that you have researched each option and that you evaluate the decision that you will select. Be sure to research each option using the primary literature.

Introduction to the case (1 page)

  • Briefly explain and summarize the case for this Assignment. Be sure to include the specific patient factors that may impact your decision making when prescribing medication for this patient.

Decision #1 (1 page)

  • Which decision did you select?
  • Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
  • Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
  • What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
  • Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.

Decision #2 (1 page)

  • Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
  • Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
  • What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
  • Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.

Decision #3 (1 page)

  • Why did you select this decision? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
  • Why did you not select the other two options provided in the exercise? Be specific and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.
  • What were you hoping to achieve by making this decision? Support your response with evidence and references to the Learning Resources (including the primary literature).
  • Explain how ethical considerations may impact your treatment plan and communication with patients. Be specific and provide examples.

Conclusion (1 page)

  • Summarize your recommendations on the treatment options you selected for this patient. Be sure to justify your recommendations and support your response with clinically relevant and patient-specific resources, including the primary literature.

Note: Support your rationale with a minimum of five academic resources. While you may use the course text to support your rationale, it will not count toward the resource requirement. You should be utilizing the primary and secondary literature.

 
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From The Last Section Just Question 11-15 (5 Questions)

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Lab 6 Cell Division, Mitosis, and Meiosis

Introduction: Connecting Your Learning

All cells, including those in the human body, have a cell cycle. This cycle involves preparing for cell division and eventually dividing. Coupled with cell division is nuclear division. Nuclear division, either mitosis or meiosis, is the process by which the nucleus of a cell divides. Mitosis results in two identical daughter cells; each containing the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell. (In humans, this is 46.) In comparison, meiosis results in four daughter cells, each containing half the number of chromosomes as the parent cell (23 in humans). Meiosis is essential to sexual reproduction and the inheritance of genes. This lab examines cell division, nuclear division, and the concepts associated with the study of inheritance or genetics.

Resources and Assignments

Multimedia Resources Virtual Microscope

Required Assignments Lesson 7 Lab 6

Laboratory Materials None

Focusing Your Learning

Lab Objectives

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

1. Describe the molecular structure of DNA. 2. Identify and describe the stages of mitosis, meiosis, and cell division. 3. Distinguish between cell division and mitosis. 4. Identify the stages of mitosis in onion root tip cells, observed under a

microscope. 5. Explain the process of crossing over.

Background Information

Deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) is an important component that determines who an individual is and what he or she looks like. But DNA is much more complex than simply defining the external features of an individual. DNA is responsible for controlling the complex processes involved in living organisms.

DNA is composed of a coiled double helical strand of nucleotides that are bonded together in a specific pattern. The backbone of the double helix is composed of linked deoxyribose sugars and phosphorus atoms, and cross-links form between two nitrogenous bases. The four nitrogenous bases consist of Adenine (A), Guanine (G), Cytosine (C), and Thymine (T). An image of a DNA molecule is seen below. Note that the sugar-phosphate backbones are the blue ribbons, and the nitrogenous bases are the cross-links seen in shades of green and orange.

 

 

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Three adjacent bases compose what is known as a codon, which codes for a particular amino acid. The sequence of bases thus determines the sequence of amino acids for different proteins. These proteins eventually are demonstrated as traits in the organism.

It is important to note that DNA does not reside by itself in the nucleus. Instead, it is associated with proteins. When a cell is not dividing, the DNA and associated proteins are uncondensed in the nucleus into a structure called chromatin. When the chromatin condenses and coils on itself, the structure is called a chromosome.

All human cells that are not sex cells contain two sets of 23 chromosomes (for a total of 46 chromosomes per cell in human cells), and are called diploid cells. When cells divide, if the daughter cells are to be functional, they must possess all genetic material found in the parent cell. Therefore, the DNA of the parent cell must be duplicated prior to cell division. For all body cells except sex cells (e.g., sperm or eggs in humans), the process by which cells reproduce is called mitosis. Mitosis plays an important role in cell growth, tissue repair, and asexual reproduction.

Compared with body cells, sex cells only contain one set of chromosomes (23 chromosomes in humans), and are called haploid cells. Haploid cells are formed through a process called meiosis. In the process of meiosis, which is explained in additional detail below, chromosome numbers from parent cells are halved, yielding one pair of chromosomes (for a total of 23 chromosomes per cell).

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Organismal cells undergo a cycle of events, beginning at the point when the cell first forms from a parent cell, through the time when it divides into two daughter cells. This cycle is called the cell cycle. Most of a cell’s life is spent in interphase, which is the longest phase of the cell cycle. This is the stage where the cell is metabolically active and performs its normal functions. Several stages of interphase are seen above, which include the following:

 

 

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G1 – The cell grows and is metabolically active. Organelles are duplicated in preparation for the S stage. In this stage, the DNA is present in the form of chromatin.

S – The DNA and chromosomes are replicated but are not distinguishable because they are still in the form of chromatin fibers.

G2 – The cell continues to grow and is prepared for cell division.

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Once a cell is ready to divide, the process of mitosis begins. Mitosis consists of four stages: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase. A visual representation of the events that occur during each stage is seen above.

During prophase, the chromatin fibers coil and condense forming chromosomes that are now visible with a compound light microscope. The chromosomes are held together at the centromere, a pinched region of the chromosome. While connected, each individual chromosome is referred to as a sister chromatid. During prophase, the mitotic spindle forms as outgrowths from the centrosomes, the nuclear envelope begins to disappear, and the centrosomes move to the poles.

In the next stage of mitosis, metaphase, the sister chromatids line up at the center (equator) of the cell. This area is called the metaphase plate. In addition, the mitotic spindle is completely formed. These fibers extend from the perpendicular to the plane of the centrioles and attach to the centromeres of the sister chromatids. Chromosomes move along these fibers during the subsequent stage of mitosis.

In anaphase, the centromeres split, and one copy of each chromosome (chromatid) is pulled to each centriole due to the contraction of the spindle fibers. Once the chromatids are separated, they are called chromosomes again.

In telophase, separated chromosomes have migrated to opposite ends of the cell, the nuclear envelopes form, chromosomes uncoil, and the mitotic spindle disappears. In this stage, the division of the nuclear material has been completed, along with division of the cytoplasm. Cytokinesis is the name for the process by which the cytoplasm is divided. This process occurs during telophase, along with the process of nuclear division. It is important to understand the difference between cytokinesis (division of cytoplasm) and mitosis (nuclear division). Nuclear division results in the separation of the information within the nucleus, specifically the replicated chromosomes containing the DNA. In comparison, cell division (cytokinesis) refers to the formation of two cells from one, or the splitting of the cell and cytoplasm. While the two are related, they are separate processes that occur simultaneously.

In animal cells, cleavage furrows start to appear during telophase. The original cell pinches off into two daughter cells, starting with an indentation at the cell equator called the cleavage furrow. The furrow deepens as microfilaments in the cytoplasm contract, pinching the parent cell into two cells. This process does not occur in plant cells. Rather, in plant cells, a cell plate forms from cell wall material that collects in the middle of the cell. The cell plate grows outward until its membrane fuses with the parental cell wall, resulting in the formation of two daughter cells. The comparison of these two processes can be seen in the images below. Animal cytokinesis is seen in the image on the left, and plant cytokinesis is seen in the image on the right.

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Meiosis

As discussed previously, cells involved in the process of sexual reproduction also must divide; however they do so through a process called meiosis. The steps of cellular division of meiosis resemble the steps of mitosis but there are two distinguishing characteristics of meiosis. The first difference between mitosis and meiosis relates to the number of cell divisions and resultant chromosome number found in cells. Sex cells undergo two cell divisions instead of the single division that occurs in mitosis. This results in haploid daughter cells that contain half the number of chromosomes as the diploid, parent cell. The process starts with a single diploid (2n) cell and ends with four haploid (n) cells. Remember that the process of mitosis results in diploid daughter cells each containing the same number of chromosomes as the parent cell.

The second distinction between mitosis and meiosis is that genetic material is exchanged between chromosomes in cells undergoing meiosis. This process where chromosomes exchange material is called crossing over. The process of crossing over, as seen in the image below, leads to an increase in genetic diversity.

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In sexual reproduction, the gamete (sperm, egg, or pollen, for example) contains only one copy of each chromosome pair (homolog). If both chromosomes originally had the same characteristics (genes) then all gametes produced would have that characteristic. If the original genes were different, then two distinct gametes could be produced. The characteristics expressed depend upon the interaction of the genes. If a characteristic is expressed and it is found on only one of the chromosomes of the pair, it is said to be dominant over the other characteristic on the other chromosome of the homologous pair. If the characteristic is expressed only in the absence of the dominant characteristic, it is said to be recessive; therefore it must appear on both chromosomes of the pair.

By knowing the composition of the possible gametes, the frequency of a characteristic in the offspring can be calculated. To predict the probability of traits being passed on to offspring, a Punnett square is employed. Punnett squares help to identify the both the phenotypes (an organism’s physical appearance) and genotypes (an organism’s genetic makeup) of offspring, based on the genotypes of the parents. To construct a Punnett square, possible gametes from one parent are written horizontally across the top of the Punnett square, and gametes from the second parent are written vertically along the side of the Punnett square. The example Punnett square below details a monohybrid cross of the character for plant color of the F1 generation with another F1 generation, resulting in the F2 generation. Note that purple is the dominant color and is identified with a P, while white is the recessive color and is identified with a p. The genotype for both hybrids from the F1 generation is Pp.

 

 

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The result of the Punnett square for flower color indicate that in the F2 generation, the ratio of purple to white plants (the phenotypic ratio) is 3:1, and the ratio of varying genotypes (genotypic ratio) is 1 (PP) :2 (Pp) :1 (pp). These ratios aligned with the ratios Mendel observed in his experiments. These inheritance patterns were consistently observed for each character that Mendel studied and form the basis for the law of segregation that applies to organisms that reproduce sexually.

In this laboratory, the concepts of mitosis and gamete frequency will be investigated. In the first part of the lab, a visual model will be developed, detailing each stage of the cell cycle for a typical cell undergoing mitosis. This virtual exercise will be a drag and drop activity.

In the second step of the laboratory, microscope slides of an onion root tip and blastula cells are analyzed to count the number of cells observed in each stage of the cell cycle. Then, the percentage of time that cells spend in each stage will be calculated.

Cell Mitosis Examples

In the third part of the lab, images of corn ears will be examined to calculate the frequency of two corn kernel characteristics: color and texture. In performing this part of the lab, the frequency of the characteristic observed will be expressed as a ratio and then compared to the expected ratio, as determined by a Punnett square.

Procedures

PART I: Building models of the cell cycle stages

1. Review the stages of the cell cycle to review the major events that occur during each stage. Also, the student should reference the image below which shows some of the visual differences between the stages of mitosis.

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2. Using the model cells located above, the pool of chromosomes, spindle fibers, and centrosomes, build a visual model of each stage of the cell cycle that occurs in mitosis. Drag the components into the cells below for each stage until all components are in their correct positions. Finally, provide each stage with the correct name from the pool of cell cycle stages.

 

 

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PART II: Identifying and counting cells

For this section of the lab, you will view a micrograph of an onion root tip that shows cells in the different stages of mitosis. Before beginning the steps below, view the following micrograph of an onion root tip to become familiar with the different stages of mitosis, as seen in a micrograph of a cell. Once the micrograph is opened, use the mouse to scroll over a cell. Once the cursor is placed over a cell that should be identified, click on the cell and then identify the stage of mitosis for the cell. Immediate feedback will be provided. Repeat this procedure for all of the cells that are identified on the micrograph. Completing this practice exercise will allow the student to become proficient in correctly identifying cells with their respective stage of mitosis.

1. Using the Virtual Microscope, view an image of an onion root tip and count the number of cells that are in each stage of the cell cycle. As a reminder, the cell cycle consists of the following stages: interphase, prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase/cytokinesis. It may be helpful to record the data in a table similar to the one below to assist in compiling results.

 

 

 

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2. Repeat Step 1 three more times, each time selecting a different slide from the virtual microscope. Count the cells observed in each stage of the cell cycle for each slide and record the information.

3. After the counts have been completed for all four slides, total the number of cells in each stage and find the average. To find the average, add up the number of cells observed in each stage and divide this number by four. Using the table above as a reference, to calculate the average number of cells in interphase, add the numbers found in locations 1, 7, 13, and 19 and then divide this number by four. Enter that result into location 25 above. Repeat this process for each column (stage in the cell cycle).

4. Finally, calculate the percent of time that cells are actually in each stage of the cell cycle. To determine the percentage of time cells are in each stage, divide the average number of cells in each stage by the total average number of cells in each field of view. Using the table above as a reference, first determine the total average number of cells by adding across the row entitled Average Number of Cells/Slide. Add up locations 25, 26, 27, 28 and 29. Enter the total obtained into location 30 above. To calculate the percentage of time cells were in telophase, divide the number in location 29 by the number in location 30, then multiply this number by 100 to obtain the percentage. The equation for calculating this percent is shown below.

 

 

PART III: Calculating the frequency of corn kernel characteristics

In this part of the lab, frequencies of two corn kernel characteristics will be determined: kernel color and kernel texture. In observing the ears of corn, note that the kernels are either purple or yellow and that they are either smooth or wrinkled. With respect to color, purple is the dominant color, and yellow is the recessive color. With respect to texture, smooth is the dominant texture, and wrinkled is the recessive texture. Use the following designations for each trait: purple (P); yellow (p); smooth (S); wrinkled (s). Keep this information available as it will be needed later on in the lab.

1. Observe the image of a corn ear below. Notice that the ear of corn contains purple and yellow kernels. Study the image and then count three rows of kernels, tallying the number of purple and the number of yellow kernels. Record this information on a piece of paper to refer to later in this laboratory. Review the results and indicate the frequency (ratio) of purple to yellow kernels.

 

 

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2. Observe this second image of a corn ear below. Notice that the ear of corn contains purple and yellow kernels. Study the image and then count three rows of kernels, tallying the number of purple and the number of yellow kernels. Record this information on a piece of paper. Review the results and indicate the frequency (ratio) of purple to yellow kernels.

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3. Observe this third image of a corn ear below. Notice that the ear of corn contains purple and yellow kernels. Additionally, notice that some of the corn kernels are smooth and some of the corn kernels are wrinkled. Study the image and then count three rows of kernels, tallying the number of kernels. For this exercise, there are four different kernels to count: purple and smooth, purple and wrinkled, yellow and smooth, or yellow and wrinkled. Record this information on a piece of paper. Review the results and indicate the frequency (ratio) of corn kernels.

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Assessing Your Learning

Compose answers to the questions below in Microsoft Word and save the file as a backup copy in the event that a technical problem is encountered while attempting to submit the assignment. Make sure to run a spell check. Copy the answer for the first question from Microsoft Word by simultaneously holding down the Ctrl and A keys to select the text, and then simultaneously holding down the Ctrl and C keys to copy it. Then, click the link on the Lab Preview Page to open up the online submit form for the laboratory. Paste the answer for the first question into the online dialog box by inserting the cursor in the box and simultaneously holding down the Ctrl and V keys. The answer should now appear in the box. Repeat this process for each question. Review all work to make sure that all questions have been completely answered and then click on the Submit button at the bottom of the page.

LAB 6

1. Why are spindle fibers important for mitosis? (5 points)

2. State the four bases that make up DNA. (4 points)

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b.

c.

d.

 

 

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3. What are the two base pairs? (2 points)

a.

b.

4. Answer the following questions:

a. Define the term crossing over. (3 points)

b. Explain why crossing over is important in meiosis. (3 points)

5. What are the two main differences between mitosis and meiosis? (4 points)

a.

b.

6. Answer the following questions:

a. Explain the difference between mitosis and cytokinesis. (3 points)

b. When does mitosis occur during the cell cycle? (1 point)

c. When does cytokinesis occur during the cell cycle? (1 point)

7. Explain the differences that occur during cytokinesis of plant and animal cells. (5 points)

8. Refer to the images below, labeled A through E. Each image details a stage of the cell cycle for a cell undergoing mitosis. Place the images in correct order by placing the letters in the correct sequence, according to the stages of mitosis. (5 points)

 

 

a. Interphase

b. Prophase

c. Metaphase

d. Anaphase

e. Telophase/cytokinesis

9. Refer to the image below. What stage of mitosis is the cell below undergoing? (1 point)

 

 

 

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10. Refer to the images below. Place the cells identified with the letters A through E in correct order for a cell undergoing mitosis. (5 points)

 

 

a. Interphase

b. Prophase

c. Metaphase

d. Anaphase

e. Telophase/cytokinesis

11. Refer to the data on the corn kernel color frequency from Part III of the lab. (Remember there were four possible types for this part of the lab.)

a. What was the phenotypic frequency from Step 1? (2 points)

b. What was the phenotypic frequency from Step 2? (2 points)

 

 

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c. What was the phenotypic frequency from Step 3? (2 points)

12. Recall from the background information that purple corn kernels are dominant and yellow kernels are recessive. The second ear of corn was the result of crossing two heterozygous ears of male purple corn (Pp x Pp). This is represented by the Punnett square below. Complete the Punnett square by writing the correct letters that correspond to each number indicated in the table. (4 points)

P p

P 1 2

p 3 4

13. Once the Punnett square for Question 12 is complete, calculate the ratio of purple and yellow kernels (recall that if the dominant trait is present, it will be expressed).

a. What is the ratio of purple to yellow kernels based on the Punnett square? (5 points)

b. How did this compare to the ratio obtained from counting the corn kernels for ear number two in part III of the lab? (5 points)

14. Recall from the background information that purple kernels are dominant and yellow kernels are recessive. Also recall that smooth kernels are dominant and wrinkled kernels are recessive. The third corn ear was the result of crossing a male ear of corn with the following gametes, PpSs, with a female ear of corn with the same gametes, PpSs. This is represented by the Punnett square below. Complete the Punnett square by writing the correct letters that correspond to each number indicated in the table (for example, PPSS or ppss). (8 points)

PS Ps pS ps

PS 1 2 3 4

Ps 5 6 7 8

pS 9 10 11 12

ps 13 14 15 16

15. Once the Punnett square for Question 14 is complete, calculate the ratio of corn kernel varieties (recall that if the dominant trait is present, it will be expressed).

a. What is the ratio of all kernel varieties based on the Punnett square? (5 points)

b. How does this compare to the ratio obtained from counting the corn kernels? (5 points)

16. (Application) How might the information gained from this lab pertaining to mitosis and meiosis be useful to a student employed in a healthcare related profession? (20 points)

Have You Met The Objectives For This Lesson?

 

 

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Strategic Planning [CLOs: 1,5,6] Discuss the elements of strategic management and explain why it is crucial to an organization’s survival. Using a company as an example, explain the difference between a strategy and a business model. Please discuss in 200-250 words.

 

Leadership [CLOs: 1,5] Leadership is the ability to influence people toward the attainment of goals. The changing of the environment in which most organizations are operating has significantly influenced leadership systems in recent years, and has contributed to a shift in how we think about and practice leadership. Analyze how leadership is changing in today’s organizations, including Level 5 leadership, servant leadership, and transformational leadership.  Please discuss in 200-250 words.

 
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13 Ecological Footprint Analysis Of Tropical Rainforest Deforestation Use The Table Below To Answer The Questions That Follow. Country Area Of Tropical Rain Forest…

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13 Ecological Footprint Analysis of Tropical Rainforest Deforestation

Use the table below to answer the questions that follow.

Country Area of

tropical rain forest (square kilometers)

 Area of

deforestation per year (square kilometers)

 Annual rate of tropical rainforest loss
A 1,800,000 50,000 .03%
B 55,000 3,000  
C 22,000 6,000  
D 530,000 12,000  
E 80,000 700  
       

 

1.  What is the annual rate of tropical rain forest loss, as a percentage of total forest area, in each of the five countries?  Answer by filling in the blank column in the table.

2.  What is the annual rate of tropical deforestation collectively in all of the countries represented in the table?

 

3.  According to the table, and assuming the rates of deforestation remain constant, which country’s tropical rain forest will be completely destroyed first?

 

4.  Assuming the rate of deforestation in country C remains constant, how many years will it take for all of its tropical rain forests to be destroyed?

 

5.  Assuming that a hectare (1.0 hectare = 0.01 square kilometer) of tropical rain forest absorbs 0.85 metric tons (1 metric ton = 2,200 pounds) of carbon dioxide per year, what would be the total annual growth in the carbon footprint (carbon emitted but not absorbed by vegetation because of deforestation) in metric tons of carbon dioxide per year for each of the five countries in the table?

A =

B =

C =

D =

 

E =

 
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Business Report On Performance Management At Heinz

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Assessment 2 Report on Performance Management Submission Guidelines Course: HRM Strategy and Implementation Course Code: HRMT 20008, Term 1, 2014 Course Coordinator: Dr Ezaz Ahmed (e.ahmed@cqu.edu.au) On campus, Distance and Metropolitan Campus Students:  All assignments for HRMT 20008 must be submitted through Moodle site.  All assignments submitted electronically through Moodle must be through the Student Portal http://my.cqu.edu.au  Failure to submit electronically will be taken as a failure to submit, and therefore you may disadvantage yourself by not achieving a passing grade for this course.  NOTE: Copy detection software (TurnitIn) is used in this course and work found in contravention of the copying and plagiarism rules will be investigated. Severe penalties apply in the case of proven instances of copying, plagiarism and academic dishonesty.  Access CQUCentral to print a personalised Assessment Cover Sheet for each assignment submission. Instructions for generating your coversheet are at: http://dtls.cqu.edu.au/FCWViewer/getFile.do?id=23407  Students must submit their requests for extension of assignment submission date through the CQU system, no email or telephone request will be accepted. Policies and Procedures for Assessment:  Students must familiarise themselves with the following policies and procedures at http://policy.cqu.edu.au:  Assessment and examination policy and procedures –  Assessment of Coursework Policy  Assessment of Coursework Principles  Assessment of Coursework Procedures  Assignment preparation and presentation Guide for Students, Referencing style links: http://www.cqu.edu.au/current-student/international-students/studentsupport/learning-skills-unit/resources  The Faculty of Arts, Business, Informatics & Education 2011 Guide for Students http://content.cqu.edu.au/FCWViewer/getFile.do?id=40465  School of Business and Law generally uses the Harvard (Author/date) style of referencing except for education, history and law courses. More information on the styles used by various schools can be found at http://www.cqu.edu.au/about-us/service-and-facilities/referencing  Applying for assignment submission extensions, Assessment grading and Plagiarism links http://www.cqu.edu.au/faculties/faculty-of-arts,-business,-informatics-andeducation/assessment Important Dates: Assignment 1 Essay Submission Date and Time: Week 6: 11 April, 2014, Friday, 11.45 pm AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) Assignment 2 Report Submission Date and Time: Week 12: 23 May, 2014, Friday, 11.45 pm AEST (Australian Eastern Standard Time) Contacting Teaching Staff During the course, students should initially contact their local teaching staff to answer any queries related to the course that they may have. Contact details for local teaching staff can be found on the Moodle course website. If local teaching staff cannot fully answer the query or it is of a personal nature, students can contact the Course Coordinator Dr Ezaz Ahmed. Flex/ Distance students should contact Dr Ezaz Ahmed with their questions reading the course, its content, and assessments and here is Dr Ahmed’s contact information: Dr Ezaz Ahmed Head of HRM Discipline School of Business and Law Central Queensland University, Melbourne Campus 108 Lonsdale Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000 Email: e.ahmed@cqu.edu.au Tel: +61 03 8662 0838 (office), Mob: 0431745329, Skype: ahmedezaz Student Contact The university allocates every student an individual email address, the format of which is firstname.lastname@cqumail.com (e.g. john.citizen@cqumail.com). This is the official email address that the university will use for all email correspondence. Student emails can be accessed through http://my.cqu.edu.au Students are expected and requested to check their official email address on a frequent and consistent basis (at least once weekly). Students are encouraged to review the new Student Email Principles university policy relating to email communication at http://policy.cqu.edu.au which has been introduced to ensure all course and program updates are received. Regular student access to email is required for this course. Regular student access to the Internet is required for this course. Students are expected to follow a self-directed study schedule which meets the required deadlines. Students’ use of the course website is mandatory. This is provided using the Learning Management System (LMS) which can be accessed through the MyCQU Student Portal: http://my.cqu.edu.au HRMT 20008 uses Moodle extensively. If you have difficulty logging into Moodle, please contact Helpdesk on (07) 4930 9233, 1300 666 620 Monday to Friday between 7.30 am to 5.30 pm. Assessment item 2 — Report on Performance Management Due date: 23 May, 2014, Friday, 11.45 pm AEST, Week 12 Weighting: 50% Length: 3000 words ±10% (excluding title page, reference list and appendices), presented in report format Reference Style: Author-Date Style (Harvard Referencing Style) only Objectives This assessment item relates to course learning outcomes numbers 1 to 5. Purpose The primary purpose of this assessment task is to help students develop skills to apply HRM strategies within a contemporary organisational framework. The assignment also develops insights into implementation of performance management strategies and helps to understand the importance of those insights for the HR professionals, incorporate appropriate individual and organisational HRM strategies within an organisational context by way of analytical report and finally critically and analytically evaluate the relevance of new theories, design methods, HR laws and concepts within human resource management. The secondary purpose of this assignment is to give students the opportunity to develop research, analysis, selfmanagement and problem identification skills, as well as skills in presenting an argument for performance management within the framework of a business report. Before starting this assessment please read the marking criteria and refer to Report Writing on the Communications Learning Centre website: http://www.cqu.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0003/28578/5ReportWriting.pdf The course website (Moodle) also provides useful information in regard to the development of this assessment item. Description Assessment task 2 requires the writing of a business report. The report should be designed as a management document that can be used to implement recommended changes. It should include a comprehensive analysis of the current situation using HRM theory, performance management models, strategies and frameworks. The report should clearly explain the various options available and analyse the consequences of these. Students are expected to engage in extensive research within the academic literature relating to strategic human resource management, performance management, employee performances, employee feedback and other relevant theories, models and frameworks. Details The assessment item is based on the case study titled Performance Management at Heinz Australia. The case and assignment requirements are included in the document and can also be accessed through the course website. You should read, and carefully analyse, the case and respond to the issues presented at the end of the case study within the context of a professionally presented business report. You are required to support your argument with appropriate theoretical discussion and references. The assignment should contain a coherent, but necessarily restricted review of the academic literature on the Strategic Human Resource Management topics in question. The literature review should be integrated into the assignment, not a separate section. A reference list formatted in the prescribed Harvard style is compulsory. Do not include a bibliography. Further information regarding formatting of assignments and other information is available at http://www.cqu.edu.au/about-us/service-and-facilities/referencing This assessment item involves researching your assigned topic to enhance your understanding of Human Resource Management (HRM) concepts, strategies and utilisation of academic literature. Whilst you should avoid using only textbooks, the prescribed textbook for the course should be cited in regard to broad human resource management principles. You will be expected to present information and evidence from, and cite, at least fifteen (15) relevant peer-reviewed, academic journal articles, academic references (minimum requirement). The quality and number of citations will demonstrate the breadth and depth of the literature used to answer the questions. Your marker is interested in the analysis that you have developed from your review of the literature and how well you use the literature to respond to the topic. It is suggested to avoid presenting a descriptive account only of your readings. What is required in this assessment is a critical evaluation of the academic literature as it relates to the specific details of the case study. Your marker is interested in the conclusions that you arrive at from your evaluation of the literature and of the case study. Case Study: Performance Management at Heinz Australia Fair Work Australia (FWA) has found it was unfair for HJ Heinz Company Australia to dismiss a sales manager named Moretti who refused to be performance managed because he feared it was designed to trigger his exit from the company. In ordering the reinstatement of the former West Australian sales manager- Moretti, employed by Heinz from 1983 until his dismissal in August 2011, FWA Deputy President Brendan McCarthy said the performance grounds relied on by management had been ‘imperfectly, if not carelessly, formed for an employer of Heinz’s size’. One of the reasons Heinz management gave the hearing for insisting on an individual performance management plan for the manager was a low score in his annual review. However, this score was not an individual performance rating, but a company-wide rating that gave all employees the same score. ‘It could not be a justifiable reason or even part of a reason for the development of a plan solely for [the sales manager- Moretti]’, McCarthy said. After taking part in an annual performance review in May 2011, Moretti attended a meeting in early June with the retail sales general manager who, according to Moretti, told him that there was no longer a job for him and he should resign or he would be performance-managed out. Heinz provided no evidence from the retail sales manager to dispute the employee’s account of this meeting, which included notes made immediately after the meeting. In July and early August, a series of meetings and communications took place between Moretti and Heinz during which he was told the company had some performance concerns, but these would be discussed once he had agreed to sign an individual performance management plan. Moretti repeatedly asked for details of the performance concerns and expressed his fear that the company was going to use this process to force him out. Ultimately, he was given until 17 August to sign the plan or be dismissed. Heinz argued before McCarthy that the dismissal occurred because Moretti refused to take part in discussions about performance concerns or sign up to an individual performance management plan. However, McCarthy said that he did not accept Heinz’s argument, but believed that it was instead based on a possibly flawed view that his performance required improvement. He said that the company chose not respond to repeated requests by Moretti for details of the performance concerns the company purported to have, insisting that he instead sign the performance plan before further discussions. When Moretti refused to sign, company management told the hearing there was no other option but dismissal. ‘I disagree. There are alternative actions Heinz could have taken’, McCarthy said. He said the employee (Moretti) had ‘good reason’ to be suspicious about the company’s intentions. ‘He (Moretti) had not been subjected to any performance plans of this nature in the past, no other managers were being subjected to performance plans, his experience was that when employees were subjected to performance plans it was because of poor performance plans and importantly [the retail sales manager] had told him he was going to be performancemanaged out of Heinz’. McCarthy said the company had not satisfied him that reinstatement was not possible and ordered that the company appoint him to a position on no less favourable terms and conditions and repay the remuneration the manager had lost between his dismissal and reinstatement. (Frank Moretti Vs. HJ Heinz Company Australia Ltd. 2012, FWA 1016, February 7, 2012, http://www.fwc.gov.au/decisionssigned/html/2012fwa1016.htm) Task: You are asked as an independent consultant to conduct a critical review of the company’s employee performance management strategies for Heinz Company Australia and recommend the way forward. Write a business report that answers all the three questions: 1. How was Heinz’s approach to performance management invalid in relation to Moretti’s job? Explain your answer in relation to significance of strategic performance management, appraisal and employee feedback in organisational context. 2. How was Heinz’s approach towards employee performance management unreliable? Discuss your answer that relates employee performance management and its impact on strategic human resource management and organisational performances. 3. Identify the ways in which Heinz’s employee performance management could be improved. As part of your answer, make sure you explain carefully how the company should implement your recommendations because so much of success in this area depends on the ‘how’ of any strategy is implemented. All the answers must be written with supporting academic references HRMT 20008 – HRM Strategy and Implementation Assessment item 2 – Marking criteria for Report on Performance Management Case Study: Performance Management at Heinz Australia Name…………………………………… Student No.…………….. Your report will be assessed on the extent to which it meets each of the following criteria: Main and Sub-Criteria Marks Main Criteria: A thorough knowledge and understanding of the problem(s) identified in the case study. Report demonstrates an understanding of HR strategies, performance management strategies and Management concepts. (10 marks) 2 4 6 8 10 Sub-Criteria:  Student identifies, integrates and justifies the relevant strategic HRM theories, models and arguments to analyse the questions asked in the case study. The report should also include a comparison/ justification of proposing strategic HRM theories pertinent to employee performance management, employee performance, employee feedback models, theories and frameworks.  Student describes and justifies the strategic HRM models, theories they have chosen to answer the case questions and presents in a logical manner with a clear beginning, discussion and conclusion. Main Criteria: Appropriateness of responses to the case study problem. Solving the problem, development of a convincing report, using supporting evidence; recommending practical and creative solutions to the HR problems. (10 marks) 2 4 6 8 10 Sub-Criteria:  Students scholarly demonstrate critical analysis of theories and models and justification of decisions using a wide variety of sources and own reflection to answer the questions and in favour of their arguments.  Students should develop logical arguments in a scholarly fashion supported by evidences.  Students should draw conclusion, arguments in a scholarly manner. Main Criteria: Report demonstrates the application of strategic HR or Management concepts to solve the HR problems (performance management) in the case. Implementation steps of recommended strategies mentioned in the report. (10 marks) 2 4 6 8 10 Sub-Criteria:  Students show in depth, excellent knowledge on strategic HRM models, employment relationship theories and apply those in the context of the case study to describe the employee performance management, relations, attitude/ position.  Students portray highly accurate knowledge and fully comprehensive understanding of the linkages among different aspects of strategic HRM and apply those while answering the case study questions related to which management style will be appropriate and why? And also how to implement the strategies. Main Criteria: Demonstrates an understanding, application of HR challenges, issues and practices associated with various directional strategies. (10 marks) 2 4 6 8 10 Sub-Criteria:  Student clearly demonstrates understanding of the HR challenges and applies relevant theoretical concepts related to strategic HR in relation to managing HR issues in the subjected case study/ organisation.  Student utilises academic references to support their arguments. Main Criteria: Demonstration of additional research beyond the course material and textbook including use of recent and relevant peer reviewed academic journal articles, academic references (minimum of fifteen (15)). (5 marks) 1 2 3 4 5 Sub-Criteria:  Students engage with strategic HRM literature  Student demonstrates a sound knowledge of strategic HRM and aspects of strategic HRM , negotiation strategies through application of the relevant literature  Students introduce, discuss and integrate recent, relevant 15 peer reviewed academic journal articles, academic references (books, book chapters etc.) in their discussions Main Criteria: Presentation, including referencing, formatting, layout and grammar. (5 marks) 1 2 3 4 5 Sub-Criteria:  Student presents a structured and logical discussion of the analysis within a business report structure  Headings and subheadings as appropriate and aligned to your structure of arguments.  An appropriate introduction and comprehensive conclusion  A well-structured concise and clear expression of argument (s).  In Introduction, clearly mentioned the purpose of the report with a guideline of the report  logical flow of information among different sections and in conclusion, mention and reinforce the ideas presented in the report and no new ideas being mentioned or explained in conclusion part.  Clarity of expression, spelling and grammar  Referencing: – All in-text referencing is correct – Harvard reference system – Reference List is alphabetical and uses Harvard referencing system – Length approximately 3000 words for the body of report (not including Title page, Executive summary, Table of contents, References or Appendices) TOTAL: /50

 
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Cooper Green Hospital And Community Care Plan

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Please read pages 692- 716 (Case 14) of the course textbook Strategic Management in Health Care Organizations. Create a 5 or more page report in Microsoft Word document that answers the following questions.

 

  1. What are the unique problems with delivering health care to and indigent population?
  2. What is the purpose and structure of the Community Care Plan?
  3. What are the factors that point to the need for change by Cooper Green Hospital?
  4. What factors constrain the hospital’s flexibility – its ability to adapt to changes in the external environment?
  5. What are the strengths and weaknesses of Cooper Green Hospital?
  6. What the strengths and weaknesses of the Community Care Plan?
  7. Develop a strategic plan for Cooper Green and the Community Care Plan.

 

Guidelines

 

  • Clearly define the problem to be solved or identify symptoms the suggest an underlying problem
  • Who are the stakeholders in this situation and how are they involved or impacted by this problem?
  • What alternatives should be considered in solving this problem? Please quantify where possible.
  • Indicate which alternative you would recommend and why?
  • How do you expect that each of the stakeholders will react to your recommendation?
  • Indicate the potential risks if this recommendation turns out to be wrong.
  • Justified ideas and responses by using appropriate examples and references from texts, websites, and other references or personal experience.

 

Requirement:

 

Length: 5 or more pages

 

References: 5 or more

 

APA format

 
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Advisory Memo: Employment Issues

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Student Name: _______________________________________

Course Number: ______________________________________

As a first-year Human Resource Specialist at “State of Estates” estate planning firm, your boss (Will N. Trusts) presents you with the following two scenarios:

Scenario 1

Gary, an estate planner, works on a contract basis for our clients at “State of Estates”. On occasion, we contract Gary to handle a specific client for a specific estate planning job.  Per our contract with Gary for these specific clients, he is paid commission on a weekly basis based on the overall fee received by the firm. When working for these specific clients, Gary is able to use our office space, equipment, and any supplies necessary to complete the job. To ensure consistent work product and regulatory compliance, Gary submits his work to a supervisor, who approves it and send it to the client on behalf of our firm. Recently, we had to lay Gary off in the middle of a job and he filed for unemployment compensation.

· What legal tests could be employed to determine whether Gary is an independent contractor or employee?

· Based on these tests, what is your conclusion as to Gary’s status: independent contractor or employee?

Scenario 2

Susan, a financial products representative in our Nebraska office, landed a major Mutual Fund client just six weeks before planning to retire. In the interim, and before her commission was paid, she was let go by our firm. We did not have a contract for employment with Susan. She is now suing us for wrongful termination.

· Would any exceptions to Susan’s at-will employment apply under these circumstances?

· Does it make a difference if Susan was employed in our Florida office?

Apply the concept of employment at-will and its various exceptions, including differences in approach to at-will among the states.

Write two 175-word memorandums based on the scenarios in one document. The memos should be written in third-person voice, and include citation of references (both in-text and at the end of the memo) in APA format.

Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment.

HR INTERNAL ADVISE MEMO, Form HR-127

Name of Employee Affected:_______________________________________________

Name of HR Representative:________________________________________________

Brief Summary of Issue Requiring Advise:_____________________________________

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Applicable Law(s) ________________________________________________________

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Relevant Facts that Require Company to Act in a Certain Manner: __________________

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Actions Required By Company: _____________________________________________

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List Relevant Sources for More Guidance: _____________________________________

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HR INTERNAL ADVISE MEMO, Form HR-127

Name of Employee Affected:_______________________________________________

Name of HR Representative:________________________________________________

Brief Summary of Issue Requiring Advise:_____________________________________

________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

Applicable Law(s) ________________________________________________________

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Relevant Facts that Require Company to Act in a Certain Manner: __________________

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Actions Required By Company: _____________________________________________

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List Relevant Sources for More Guidance: _____________________________________

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Week 1 Discussion

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“Performance Management”  Please respond to the following:From the e-Activity, evaluate the effectiveness of the selected organization’s performance management process. Next, decide the extent to which each stage of the performance management process is relevant to employee’s performance. Justify your response.
Give your opinion on the primary manner in which two (2) different assessment tools from this week’s reading could benefit the selected organization. Next, rank them in your recommendation order of importance. Provide a rationale for your response.

The e-Activity is as following:

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Users will be unable to use parts of the system without an email address.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.maximum_length.no_name.singular’] = ‘Must not contain more than {0} characters.\nReduce the size of the input by one character.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.multiSelect.maxItems’] = ‘Multiselect box should not contain more than {0} number of items.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.number’] = ‘A valid numeric value must be entered: {0}.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘portalmodule.section.remove’] = ‘Delete: {0}?’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘show.helptext’] = ‘Show Help Text’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.date.required’] = ‘A complete date value must be provided: {0}.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.password’] = ‘Password cannot be empty or contain only spaces.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.mismatch’] = ‘The values entered do not match: {0}.\nConfirm: {0}.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.percent’] = ‘A valid percent value between 0 and 100 must be entered.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.maximum_length.no_name.plural’] = ‘Must not contain more than {0} characters.\nReduce the size of the input by {1} characters.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘field_name.substitute’] = ‘\’\'{0}\’\’ input field’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.invalid_value’] = ‘Invalid numeric value provided: {0}.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.required’] = ‘A value must be provided: {0}.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validate.alignment.missing.content’] = ‘You selected alignments but did not select any alignable content to copy.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘active.filter.free.form.text.blank’] = ‘Specify a value for the search text field’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.system_role.reserve’] = ‘”bb” is not permitted at the beginning of a role ID.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.date_past’] = ‘The end date cannot be earlier than the start date.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘confirm.delete_item_value’] = ‘This item {0} will be deleted. 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Click Ok to submit assessment.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validate.enrolloptions.error.nooption’] = ‘Warning: Choose either the {instructor} Led or the Self-Enrollment option.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.date_equal’] = ‘The start date cannot be equal to the end date.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.cmp_field.rejected’] = ‘The {0} cannot be used without a corresponding {1} value.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.time.required’] = ‘A complete time value must be provided: {0}.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.integer_number’] = ‘A valid integer numeric value must be entered: {0}.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.maximum_length’] = ‘Must not contain more than 255 characters’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validate.enrolloptions.error.emailrequestconflict’] = ‘The selected email enrollment option conflicts with the self-enrollment selection.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validate.range.morethen.str’] = ‘More Than {0}’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘invalid_char.space’] = ‘space’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘notification.submit’] = ‘Action already submitted.\nWait until the action is complete.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.plain_text.confirm’] = ‘To display equations correctly in this document, Smart Text or HTML format must be selected.\nClick \’OK\’ to save in selected Plain Text format or click \’Cancel\’ to select a new format.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.allow_negtive.percent’] = ‘A valid percent value between -100 and 100 must be entered.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘invalid_char.comma’] = ‘comma’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘confirm.remove_item’] = ‘This action is final and cannot be undone. Continue?’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘list.uncheckToDeselectAllItems’] = ‘Uncheck to deselect all items’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.maximum_length.singular’] = ‘Must not contain more than {1} characters: {0}.\nReduce the size of the input by one character.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘vtbe.artifact.footer.validate.saveLocationIfSaveArtifact’] = ‘Specify a location for the Reusable Object.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.minimum_length’] = ‘A minimum of {0} characters must be entered: {1}.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘assessment.incomplete.confirm.survey’] = ‘The following questions may be incomplete:\n {0}\nClick cancel to return to the survey. Click Ok to submit assessment.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validation.image_type’] = ‘Unknown image type: {0}. Image may not display correctly.’;     JS_RESOURCES[‘validate.invalidate.number.space’] = ‘Space’;      JS_RESOURCES.getString = i18n_get_string;     JS_RESOURCES.getFormattedString = i18n_get_formatted_string;  }  _init_bundle_JS_RESOURCES();     var LOCALE_SETTINGS = new Object();  function _init_bundle_LOCALE_SETTINGS() {      LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.ADDRESS_FIELD_ORDER’] = ‘STREET_1 STREET_2 CITY STATE ZIP_CODE COUNTRY’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘number_format.exponent’] = ‘eE’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.YEAR_CHARACTER.03255’] = ”;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.NAME.COLUMN.2’] = ‘{1}’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.CALENDAR_COLUMN_FORMAT_MONTH.03255’] = ‘ddd’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘BBI18N.SOLARIS_CHARSET’] = ‘ISO8859-1’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.NAME.COLUMN.1’] = ‘{0}’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.internal_date_format’] = ‘MM/dd/yy’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.CALENDAR_TITLE_FORMAT_MONTH.03259’] = ‘MMMM yyyy’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.TIME_ORDER.00519’] = ‘HMP’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘float.format’] = ‘^(([0-9]{1,3}(\\,[0-9]{3})*)|[0-9]*)(\\.[0-9]+)?$’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.NAME.SORT_COLUMN’] = ‘familyName’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.SHORT’] = ‘{1} {3}’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.DAY_SHORT.02097’] = ‘SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘float.allow.negative.format’] = ‘^((([-]?[0-9]{1,3}(\\,[0-9]{3})*)|[-]?[0-9]*)(\\.[0-9]+)?|\\.[0-9]+)?$’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.CALENDAR_TYPE’] = ‘GREGORIAN’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.GIVEN_INITIAL_FAMILY_NAME’] = ‘{4} {3}’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘efloat.format’] = ‘^[+-]?[0-9]*(\\.[0-9]+)?([eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.CALENDAR_TITLE_FORMAT_WEEK.03260’] = ‘MMM d[ yyyy]{ \’—\'[ MMM] d yyyy}’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.MONTH_FULL.02100’] = ‘January February March April May June July August September October November December’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.NUMBERS_HIJRI_LOCALIZED.00521’] = ‘NO’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.LONG’] = ‘{0} {1} {2} {3}’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.MONTH_FULL_HIJRI.02100’] = ‘Muḥarram,á¹¢afar,RabÄ«Ê¿\’al-Awwal,RabÄ«Ê¿\’ath-ThānÄ«,Jumādā\’al-Ūlā,Jumādā\’ath-Thāniya,Rajab,ShaÊ¿bān,Ramaḍān,Shawwāl,DhÅ«\’al-QaÊ¿da,DhÅ«\’al-Ḥijja’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.REPORT_FONT_NAME.03169’] = ‘ARIAL.TTF’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.WORK_FIELD_ORDER’] = ‘JOB_TITLE DEPARTMENT COMPANY B_PHONE_1 B_PHONE_2 B_FAX’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.GREETING’] = ‘Welcome, {1}’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.MONTH_SHORT.00520’] = ‘Jan Feb  Mar Apr  May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.REPORT_FONT_SIZE.03168’] = ‘8’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘number_format.thousands_sep’] = ‘,’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.CALENDAR_COLUMN_FORMAT_WEEK.03256’] = ‘ddd M/d’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.SHORT_SURNAME’] = ‘{3}, {1}’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.AM_PM.00522’] = ‘AM PM’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.DATE_ORDER.00519’] = ‘MDY’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.PHONE_FIELD_ORDER’] = ‘H_PHONE_1 H_PHONE_2 H_FAX M_PHONE’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.DAY_MIN.02099’] = ‘Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.24HR_SUPPORT.03208’] = ‘0’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.REPORT_FONT_PATH.03170’] = ‘C:/WINNT/Fonts’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.FIRST_DAY_OF_WEEK.03207’] = ‘0’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘BBI18N.WINDOWS_CHARSET’] = ‘ISO-8859-1’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.MONTH_SHORT_HIJRI.00520’] = ‘Muḥarram,á¹¢afar,RabÄ«Ê¿\’I,RabÄ«Ê¿\’II,Jumādā\’I,Jumādā\’II,Rajab,ShaÊ¿bān,Ramaḍān,Shawwāl,DhÅ«\’al-QaÊ¿da,DhÅ«\’al-Ḥijja’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘BBI18N.LINUX_CHARSET’] = ‘iso88591’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.DAY_CHARACTER.03253’] = ”;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.MONTH_CHARACTER.03254’] = ”;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.NAME.COLUMN_ORDER’] = ‘title,givenName,middleName,familyName,suffix,otherName’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.CALENDAR_TITLE_FORMAT_DAY.03258’] = ‘dddd, MMM d, yyyy’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘number_format.decimal_point’] = ‘.’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.DAYS.00521′] = ’01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.DAY_FULL.02098’] = ‘Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.date_display_pattern’] = ‘MM/DD/YY’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.EXTENDED_SURNAME’] = ‘{3}’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘thousand.sep.format’] = ‘,’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.NUMBERS_HIJRI.00521’] = ‘0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.ADDRESS_ORDER.07832’] = ‘street,city,region,postal_code,country’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.CALENDAR_COLUMN_FORMAT_DAY.03257’] = ‘dddd M/d’;      LOCALE_SETTINGS.getString = i18n_get_string;     LOCALE_SETTINGS.getFormattedString = i18n_get_formatted_string;  }  _init_bundle_LOCALE_SETTINGS();     var LOCALE_SETTINGS = new Object();  function _init_bundle_LOCALE_SETTINGS() {      LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.ADDRESS_FIELD_ORDER’] = ‘STREET_1 STREET_2 CITY STATE ZIP_CODE COUNTRY’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘number_format.exponent’] = ‘eE’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.YEAR_CHARACTER.03255’] = ”;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.NAME.COLUMN.2’] = ‘{1}’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.CALENDAR_COLUMN_FORMAT_MONTH.03255’] = ‘ddd’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘BBI18N.SOLARIS_CHARSET’] = ‘ISO8859-1’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.NAME.COLUMN.1’] = ‘{0}’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.internal_date_format’] = ‘MM/dd/yy’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.CALENDAR_TITLE_FORMAT_MONTH.03259’] = ‘MMMM yyyy’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.TIME_ORDER.00519’] = ‘HMP’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘float.format’] = ‘^(([0-9]{1,3}(\\,[0-9]{3})*)|[0-9]*)(\\.[0-9]+)?$’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.NAME.SORT_COLUMN’] = ‘familyName’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.SHORT’] = ‘{1} {3}’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.DAY_SHORT.02097’] = ‘SUN MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘float.allow.negative.format’] = ‘^((([-]?[0-9]{1,3}(\\,[0-9]{3})*)|[-]?[0-9]*)(\\.[0-9]+)?|\\.[0-9]+)?$’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.CALENDAR_TYPE’] = ‘GREGORIAN’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.GIVEN_INITIAL_FAMILY_NAME’] = ‘{4} {3}’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘efloat.format’] = ‘^[+-]?[0-9]*(\\.[0-9]+)?([eE][+-]?[0-9]+)?$’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.CALENDAR_TITLE_FORMAT_WEEK.03260’] = ‘MMM d[ yyyy]{ \’—\'[ MMM] d yyyy}’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.MONTH_FULL.02100’] = ‘January February March April May June July August September October November December’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.NUMBERS_HIJRI_LOCALIZED.00521’] = ‘NO’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.LONG’] = ‘{0} {1} {2} {3}’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.MONTH_FULL_HIJRI.02100’] = ‘Muḥarram,á¹¢afar,RabÄ«Ê¿\’al-Awwal,RabÄ«Ê¿\’ath-ThānÄ«,Jumādā\’al-Ūlā,Jumādā\’ath-Thāniya,Rajab,ShaÊ¿bān,Ramaḍān,Shawwāl,DhÅ«\’al-QaÊ¿da,DhÅ«\’al-Ḥijja’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.REPORT_FONT_NAME.03169’] = ‘ARIAL.TTF’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.WORK_FIELD_ORDER’] = ‘JOB_TITLE DEPARTMENT COMPANY B_PHONE_1 B_PHONE_2 B_FAX’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.GREETING’] = ‘Welcome, {1}’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.MONTH_SHORT.00520’] = ‘Jan Feb  Mar Apr  May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.REPORT_FONT_SIZE.03168’] = ‘8’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘number_format.thousands_sep’] = ‘,’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.CALENDAR_COLUMN_FORMAT_WEEK.03256’] = ‘ddd M/d’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.SHORT_SURNAME’] = ‘{3}, {1}’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.AM_PM.00522’] = ‘AM PM’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.DATE_ORDER.00519’] = ‘MDY’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.PHONE_FIELD_ORDER’] = ‘H_PHONE_1 H_PHONE_2 H_FAX M_PHONE’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.DAY_MIN.02099’] = ‘Su Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.24HR_SUPPORT.03208’] = ‘0’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.REPORT_FONT_PATH.03170’] = ‘C:/WINNT/Fonts’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.FIRST_DAY_OF_WEEK.03207’] = ‘0’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘BBI18N.WINDOWS_CHARSET’] = ‘ISO-8859-1’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.MONTH_SHORT_HIJRI.00520’] = ‘Muḥarram,á¹¢afar,RabÄ«Ê¿\’I,RabÄ«Ê¿\’II,Jumādā\’I,Jumādā\’II,Rajab,ShaÊ¿bān,Ramaḍān,Shawwāl,DhÅ«\’al-QaÊ¿da,DhÅ«\’al-Ḥijja’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘BBI18N.LINUX_CHARSET’] = ‘iso88591’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.DAY_CHARACTER.03253’] = ”;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.MONTH_CHARACTER.03254’] = ”;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.NAME.COLUMN_ORDER’] = ‘title,givenName,middleName,familyName,suffix,otherName’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.CALENDAR_TITLE_FORMAT_DAY.03258’] = ‘dddd, MMM d, yyyy’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘number_format.decimal_point’] = ‘.’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.DAYS.00521′] = ’01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.DAY_FULL.02098’] = ‘Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.date_display_pattern’] = ‘MM/DD/YY’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.EXTENDED_SURNAME’] = ‘{3}’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘thousand.sep.format’] = ‘,’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.NUMBERS_HIJRI.00521’] = ‘0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.ADDRESS_ORDER.07832’] = ‘street,city,region,postal_code,country’;     LOCALE_SETTINGS[‘LOCALE_SETTINGS.CALENDAR_COLUMN_FORMAT_DAY.03257’] = ‘dddd M/d’;      LOCALE_SETTINGS.getString = i18n_get_string;     LOCALE_SETTINGS.getFormattedString = i18n_get_formatted_string;  }  _init_bundle_LOCALE_SETTINGS();

Week 1 eActivity
Use the Internet to research the performance management process and strategic goals for one (1) organization. Be prepared to discuss.Â

Must be at least one page in length and no plagiarism.

 
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Case Study Due By 02/24/2018 At 5pm PST

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MERCK AND RIVER BLINDNESS case.

 

MERCK AND RIVER BLINDNESS Headquartered in New Jersey, Merck & Co. is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. In 1978, Merck was about to lose patent protection on its two best-selling prescription drugs. These medications had provided a significant part of Merck’s $2 billion in annual sales. Because of imminent loss, Merck decided to pour millions into research to develop new medications. During just three years in the 1970s, the company invested over $1 billion in research and was rewarded with the discovery of four powerful medications. Profits, however, were never all that Merck cared about. In 1950, George W. Merck, then chairman of the company his father founded, said, “We try never to forget that medicine is for people. It is not for the profits. The profits follow, and if we have remembered that, they have never failed to appear. The better we have remembered that, the larger they have been.” This philosophy was at the core of Merck & Co.’s value system. RIVER BLINDNESS The disease onchocerciasis, known as river blindness, is caused by parasitic worms that live in the small black flies that breed in and about fast-moving rivers in developing countries in the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. When a person is bitten by a fly (and some people are bitten thousands of times a day), the larvae of the worm can enter the person’s body. The worms can grow to almost two feet long and can cause grotesque growths on an infected person. The real trouble comes, however, when the worms begin to reproduce and release millions of microscopic baby worms into a person’s system. The itching is so intense that some infected persons have committed suicide. As time passes, the larvae continue to cause severe problems, including blindness. In 1978, the World Health Organization estimated that more than 300,000 people were blind because of the disease, and another 18 million were infected. In 1978, the disease had no safe cure. Only two drugs could kill the parasite, but both had serious, even fatal, side effects. The only measure being taken to combat river blindness was the spraying of infected rivers with insecticides in the hope of killing the flies. However, even this wasn’t effective since the flies had built up immunity to the chemicals. MERCK’S ETHICAL QUANDARY Since it takes $200 million in research and 12 years to bring the average drug to market, the decision to pursue research is a complex one. Resources are finite, so dollars and time have to go to projects that hold the most promise in terms of making money to ensure the company continues to exist as well as of alleviating human suffering. This is an especially delicate issue when it comes to rare diseases, when a drug company’s investment could probably never be recouped because the number of people who would buy the drug is so small. The problem with developing a drug to combat river blindness was the flip side of the “orphan” drug dilemma. There were certainly enough people suffering from the disease to justify the research, but since it was a disease afflicting people in some of the poorest parts of the world, those suffering from the disease could not pay for the medication.

 

In 1978, Merck was testing ivermectin, a drug for animals, to see if it could effectively kill parasites and worms. During this clinical testing, Merck discovered that the drug killed a parasite in horses that was very similar to the worm that caused river blindness in humans. This, therefore, was Merck’s dilemma: company scientists were encouraging the firm to invest in further research to determine whether the drug could be adapted for safe use with humans, but Merck knew it would likely never be a profitable product.

 

Source: D. Bollier, Merck & Company (Stanford, CA: The Business Enterprise Trust, 1991).

Case Questions

1. Think about the definition of stakeholders—any parties with a stake in the organization’s actions or performance. Who are the stakeholders in this situation? How many can you list? On what basis would you rank them in importance?

 

2. What are the potential costs and benefits of such an investment?

 

3. If a safe and effective drug could be developed, the prospect of Merck’s recouping its investment was almost zero. Could Merck justify such an investment to shareholders and the financial community? What criteria would be needed to help them make such a decision?

 

4. If Merck decided not to conduct further research, how would it justify such a decision to its scientists? How might the decision to develop the drug, or not to develop the drug, affect employee loyalty?

 

5. How would the media treat a decision to develop the drug? Not to develop the drug? How might either decision affect Merck’s reputation?

 

6. Think about the decision in terms of the CSR pyramid. Did Merck have an ethical obligation to proceed with development of the drug? Would it matter if the drug had only a small chance to cure river blindness? Does it depend on how close the company was to achieving a cure, or how sure they were that they could achieve it? Or does this decision become a question of philanthropy only?

 

7. How does Merck’s value system fit into this decision? 8. If you were the senior executive of Merck, what would you do?

 

 

Level of Achievement General Presentation Reasoning, Argumentation
Exemplary (10 pts) · Provides a clear and thorough introduction

· Addresses the questions

· Presents information in a logical order

· Uses acceptable communication style and grammar (no errors)

 · Demonstrates an accurate and complete understanding of the questions

· Uses appropriate information and examples to support answers

 

 

 

 

 
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