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Discuss and evaluate debates about the development and nature of the novel from its beginnings to the present day

Personality is what living beings have. “Character” on the other hand is what people in novels have. The biggest ideological presupposition that novel readers are encouraged to make is to think that characters in novels have personalities.’ Consider the means by which any two novels encourage such a presupposition.

Description

Two novels MUST be the main source of material when answering the question. Daniel Defoe’s ‘Moll Flanders’ and Muriel Spark’s ‘The Prime of Jean Brodie’.

This is a must have. All other sources have been used in the essay as well to make rewriting easier, but more can be used if wanted.

The essay gained only 20 marks out of the needed 40, so an extra 20 is needed for a pass. Here are the learning outcomes for this module:

By the end of the module, you should be able to:

Discuss and evaluate debates about the development and nature of the novel from its beginnings to the present day

Recognise the complexity of the relationship between the formal and thematic concerns of particular novels and their historical contexts

Show understanding of how individual novelists employ specific techniques in order to serve their particular narrative strategies

Compare how different novelists have used the novel to address recurrent thematic concerns and exploited the possibilities of the form in different ways.

Any other information then please do not hesitate to contact and ask.

Discuss how the information from 2b may impact on Bounce Fitness staffing in the future, what number of staff you will need and what skills your staff will need to deal with based on the results of your findings. How will you obtain these people?

Research and report

Assessment 2 – 5 Pages –

Task 2 requires you to conduct research to discover what staffing you will need for the annual strategic human resources plan.

Address the following points to ensure that you provide all of the necessary information.

2a Look at the strategic plan documents of Bounce Fitness and discuss what you have learned, what the targets and goals are and how these will impact on the staff.

2b Research emerging practices or trends that may impact on the Bounce Fitness staff. Emerging practices or trends are things like changes in the way people buy or community expectations, economic trends, labour market trends, new products or services that may be introduced, new technologies, political or legislative changes and/or qualification changes that may be required your staff. Discuss your findings.

2c Discuss how the information from 2b may impact on Bounce Fitness staffing in the future, what number of staff you will need and what skills your staff will need to deal with based on the results of your findings. How will you obtain these people?

2d Discuss how new technology will impact on Bounce Fitness, job roles and how the jobs are done.

2e Discuss recent or forecast changes to legislation that could impact on your staffing?

Include any documents you use from the Bounce Fitness website or supply them from your organisation and reference any other information for your Assessor.

Assessment 3 – 6 pages – due in 14 days

Strategic Human Plan

Task 3 requires you to develop a strategic human resources plan. To enable you to do this, you will act as the General Manager Human Resources of Bounce Fitness and must develop a strategic human resources plan for the CEO and Board of Directors to approve.

The plan must be formatted in an appropriate style and be free of spelling mistakes or grammatical errors.

Any policies and procedures that you design must be in the format of other policies and procedures on the Bounce Fitness website. You may choose to improve an existing policy and procedures or to design a new one.

Include any documents you use from the Bounce Fitness website or supply them from your organisation and reference any other information for your Assessor.

What questions would you have for a Deaf community member about this concept if given the opportunity to interview them in person (include a minimum of three questions per concept):

Explore two of the below concepts and demonstrate your knowledge and insight gained from that exploration:

Audism (Tom Humphries, 1975)
Deafhood (Paddy Ladd, 1993)
Deaf Space (Hansel Bauman, mid-2000s)
Deaf Gain (Aaron Williamson, mid-2000s)
Deaf Ecosystem (Kelby Brick, late-2000s)

Directions: Once you select two concepts, begin researching these concepts until you have a sufficient understanding of what it means and you feel comfortable with your ability to discuss the impact of learning these concepts has on you as a hearing individual.

Your research should include both text and videos. Many videos in ASL on YouTube are captioned, encourage you to view Deaf individuals’ insights on these concepts.

Ensure that your resources include multiple perspectives and not just one. The goal is to explore these concepts from the lens of the Deaf community while considering your own personal lens.

Identify the two concepts chosen :

Define these concepts in your own words based on your research (define it in a way that someone who has not yet researched the concept would understand):

List at least three resources per concept used to develop your definition (use direct links, book titles, etc. – text and video must be included):

Describe how these concepts is signed amongst the Deaf community:

In your own words describe how learning about these concepts has helped you to gain perspective of Deaf culture and the Deaf community:

What questions would you have for a Deaf community member about this concept if given the opportunity to interview them in person (include a minimum of three questions per concept):

How do you propose to analyze and to interpret the data and information which you collect? In other words, how will your analysis and/or interpretation show that the policy or program goals or outcomes have or have not been achieved?

Public Administration

Abstract (no more than 1 page, gives a brief overview of the contents of your paper, the abstract is written last after you have completed your entire paper)

Introduction (2-3 pages in length)

Include your  statement in first or second paragraph.

Describe or summarize the policy or program which you intend to evaluate.

What are the goals or desired outcomes of the policy or program?

Why are the goals or outcomes important?

Include your research questions at the end of the introduction.
Literature Review (3-4pages in length)

This section of your paper corresponds directly to your research questions. Each question should be reflected in sub-headings in your literature review. If you don’t have a research question about “it” don’t include “it” in your paper.

How have other researchers attempted to evaluate the policy or program? What were their conclusions? What might be replicated in your evaluation?

What theory or theories connect the policy or program to its goals or desired outcomes?

Methodology (2-4 pages in length, this is how you are going to evaluate this program/policy in the future)

Of all the evaluation techniques you have learned in the course which one will you use to evaluate your policy or program? (Implementation evaluation, Process evaluation, Outcome evaluation, Goals or desired outcomes, Program theory, Quantitative methodology, Qualitative methodology, Dependent variable(s), Independent variable(s),

Experimental design, Quasi-experimental design, Internal validity, External validity, Unit of analysis, Replication, Meta-analysis, Cost-benefit analysis, Cost-effectiveness analysis)

Is an experimental design relevant to your evaluation? If so, how? What form? If not, why not?

Is your evaluation a process evaluation or an outcome evaluation? Why? How?

What are the principal components of your evaluation design?
Study Variables

Name your dependent, independent, and control variables.

Data Collection

Name your unit(s) of analysis.

How do you propose to measure the factors, variables, goals, or outcomes which are relevant to your evaluation?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of your proposed measures?
Sampling and Survey Instruments

What are the principal sources of data and information which you propose to employ?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of your proposed sources?
Data Analysis

How do you propose to analyze and to interpret the data and information which you collect? In other words, how will your analysis and/or interpretation show that the policy or program goals or outcomes have or have not been achieved?

Conclusion (2-3 pages in length)

Analyze what you have learned and inform the reader (No real analysis will be done).

What policy or programmatic recommendations might emerge from your evaluation?

References (must be in APA style, not all citation generation programs will produce a correct APA reference page, you must double check)

Discuss the music and make connections: Explain how your musical choice reflects the idea of “perseverance in the face of adversity” (in other words, what features of your musical choice bring that idea to mind), OR how does your musical choice help you deal with adversity?

How Musicians Define Perserverance

Before completing your response post, do the following:

Listen to the podcast, including the Bagatelle by Beethoven: “Open Ears Project podcast Episode #24: Terrance McKnight

on Overcoming Adversity” : https://www.wnycstudios.org/podcasts/open-ears-project/episodes/terrance-mcknight-on-overcoming-adversity

Read Langston Hughes’ poem: “Life is Fine”: https://poets.org/poem/life-fine

Your task is to consider the music from McKnight’s point of view (in other words, his personal Expressive Listening experience) and consider how Beethoven’s Bagatelle demonstrates the quality of perseverance.

In what ways can the music suggest the idea of “perseverance in the face of adversity”, as Terrance McKnight claims?

>>Be specific. Identify particular features of the music and how it communicates that idea.

How does the music reflect the ideas that are presented in Hughes’ poem? Make connections between features of the music and specific details in the poem; quote words or phrases from the poem and explain how they relate to the idea of “perseverance in the face of adversity” that McKnight identifies in Beethoven’s Bagatelle.

Present your own musical choice: Choose a musical work that you think reflects the idea of “perseverance in the face of adversity”.

Identify the work (title and artist) and provide a URL link (if possible) so that your readers can hear it.

Discuss the music and make connections: Explain how your musical choice reflects the idea of “perseverance in the face of adversity” (in other words, what features of your musical choice bring that idea to mind), OR how does your musical choice help you deal with adversity?

Critically evaluate the issues identified that may impact on consumers, patients or other stakeholders in this setting supported by relevant literature.

Leadership in Healthcare

Description

Refer to the attached documents for assessment guide and example.

Complete following the nursing scenario,

Nursing Scenario

You have been working in a work unit for the past two years. In this time the long-term Nursing Unit

Manager (NUM) has retired and there has been seven different nurses acting in this position. None of

the nurses who have acted in the position have expressed a desire to continue in the role when it is

advertised. The work unit has a reputation for having ‘a difficult culture’. There is a higher than

average staff turn-over rate and the sick leave is double the hospital average. Overtime is required of

staff on every shift to fill deficits in the roster and there are 25% of Full Time Equivalent (FTE) positions

unfilled. This unit has had difficulty recruiting senior experienced Registered Nurses (RNs), and

management have recently decided to hire more graduates to reduce the cost of overtime staff. In the

last 6 months medication errors and consumer falls have significantly increased, and there has been

increasing reports of aggression between staff and from consumers. Complaints from consumers and

families are steadily increasing. The Nurse Educator (NE) role is not permanently recruited to and there

has been four NEs in the past nine months. The Clinical Facilitator (CF) role is unfilled.

Aim:

The aim of this task is to enable students to demonstrate their understanding of the impact of

leadership on quality outcomes in a work unit. Students will assess a scenario relevant to their work

context and identify potential symptoms of compromised organisational governance and/or

disengaged leadership practices. This assignment will help students develop their critical evaluation

skills and form arguments based on contemporary evidence, which are essential skills for practice

improvement.

This assignment addresses Course Learning Outcome 1.

Critically appraise leadership, change management and organisational theories and principles

and determine their applicability to your practice.

Task Description:

You will choose a scenario relevant to your discipline context and examine the scenario for

potential issues that could be linked to leadership practices or organisational governance issues (i.e.

escalation, policy/procedure issues, risk management). For this task you are required to write an essay.

1. Choose a scenario most relevant to your context or specialty stream. Please contact the course

convenor for any questions about scenarios relevant to your practice area.

2. Concisely describe the context and situation including the most important factors that are

impacting on the workplace and delivery of safe, quality care or professional practices. Factors

discussed are prioritised.

3. Critically evaluate the issues identified that may impact on consumers, patients or other stakeholders in this setting supported by relevant literature.

4. Prioritise and make recommendations specific to your scenario setting including strategies that can be implemented to support quality of care.

briefly discuss implications for individuals and society and attitudes.

You start with prevalence statistics which set the scene. Use of subheadings give your work good structure. You briefly discuss implications for individuals and society and attitudes.

It is good that you put Christina at the heart of your work. More reference sources and use of a greater variety of literature sources, especially academic articles would have gained you a higher mark. remember every statement of fact requires a reference.

This is the aspect of the essay which has let you down, You generally use NHS of UK government references. You need to use academic literature as well to support your critique and arguments. Much of your work comes across as you own opinion.

You need to apply validated literature.

Identify three premises (reasons) from Pros & Cons of Controversial Issues that support your position, and explain why you selected these specific reasons.

Conflicting Viewpoints Part 2 (abortion)

WEEK 5 ASSIGNMENT – CONFLICTING VIEWPOINTS ESSAY: PART 2
Week 5 Assignment – Conflicting Viewpoints Essay: Part 2
Overview

When looking for information about a particular issue, how often do you try to resist biases toward your own point of view?

This assignment asks you to engage in this aspect of critical thinking.

Instructions
Write a 3–4 page paper in which you:

State your position on the topic you selected in the Week 3 assignment, Conflicting Viewpoints Essay: Part 1.

Identify three premises (reasons) from Pros & Cons of Controversial Issues that support your position, and explain why you selected these specific reasons.

Explain your answers to the “believing” questions about the three premises opposing your position from Pros & Cons of Controversial Issues.

Examine at least two types of biases that you likely experienced as you evaluated the premises for and against your position.

Discuss the effects of your own enculturation or group identification that may have influenced your biases.

Discuss whether your thinking about the topic has changed after playing the “Believing Game,” even if your position on the issue has stayed the same.

The paper should follow guidelines for clear and organized writing:

Include an introductory paragraph and concluding paragraph.

Address the main ideas in body paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting sentences.

Adhere to standard rules of English grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and spelling.

Use four sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source

listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment:

Examine biases involved with the premise evaluation of a given issue.