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Why has the concept of a ‘sociological canon’ been criticised by feminist, critical race AND/OR postcolonial theorists? To what extent are these criticisms justified?

Modern Sociological Theories

Word limit: 4,000 – 5,000 words ( note that 5,000 words is the maximum word count – there is no 10% leeway margin)
Deadline: 18th January 2021

Choose ONE of the questions from the list below.

Ensure that you consult the assignment tips and guidance page posted on canvas and engage with the essay writing lecture (week 11).

1. Explain and critically assess the main features of Marx’s historical materialism

2. Critically assess Marx’s account of the alienating effects of capitalism and how it would be overcome under communism

3. Explain and critically assess Durkheim’s account of ‘social facts’, using his study of Suicide to illustrate your answer

4. Explain and critically assess Durkheim’s account of the transition from ‘mechanical’ to ‘organic’ solidarity

5. Explain and critically assess the merits of Weber’s contributions to sociological methodologies

6. Explain and critically assess the sociological significance of Weber’s concept of the ‘ideal-type’

7. What is the ‘iron cage’ of bureaucracy identified by Weber? How might it be resisted?

8. Outline the main contributions to sociology made by W. E. B. Du Bois and critically assess his frequent absence from the sociological canon

9. Critically assess the contemporary relevance of ONE or TWO of the theorists studied during the module. To what extent can their works be used to understand contemporary societies?

10. Why has the concept of a ‘sociological canon’ been criticised by feminist, critical race AND/OR postcolonial theorists? To what extent are these criticisms justified?

11. How and why has the concept of ‘the social’ presented by the ‘founding fathers’ of Sociology (Marx, Weber, Durkheim) been criticised by feminist scholars?

12. To what extent – if any – does symbolic interactionism explain how individuals might change shared norms?

13. Explain and critically assess Goffman’s arguments about power and agency being a skilled performance

14. What, according to Adorno, is the impact of the culture industry on the political life of late-capitalist society?

15. Compare and contrast the evaluations of popular culture made by the Frankfurt School and the Birmingham Centre for Contemporary Cultural Studies

Discuss/reflect on the entrepreneurial journey; highlighting, using entrepreneurship literature, entrepreneurial orientation (be reflective).

Entrepreneurship as a mechanism for recovery in crisis- COVID-19

Describe the proposed or existing business idea; provide details justifying the idea/existing business and any details on the business one needs to know including ownership, legal form; age of the business, location, market share (if information available) and much more.

Analyze the current context of the business- the macro and the micro environment;

Critically appreciate the theory of entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation and demonstrate an ability to relate this to practice.

Discuss/reflect on the entrepreneurial journey; highlighting, using entrepreneurship literature, entrepreneurial orientation (be reflective).

Use secondary and/or market based data to generate a viable business plan and or responses to the current crisis for an existing start-up giving details and justifications relevant to the current or future business.

Organize your research findings in an professional presentation format (coherent structure, effective use of graphics, effective referencing, and clear English are essential)

Evaluate the techniques and methods for producing budgets and periodic cost reports for projects and programmes LO2Design suitable financial reports for project/programme stakeholders and justify appropriate remedial action to any problem areas

project

| Assessment type Presentation Assessment limits No more than 12 slides No more than 2000words for report Assessment brief (if appropriate, refer to module assessment briefing document)Select a project/ an investment opportunity of your choice and carry out a detailed financial appraisal of the project/ opportunity using traditional (Payback Period, Return on Capital etc.) and advance project appraisal techniques (Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return, Simple sensitivity).

It is expected thatselectedproject/ opportunity should be of a significant scale,and it could be a proposed investment opportunity, an on-going project or a recently completed project.

Students are encouraged to discuss about the suitability of project/ investment opportunity with module tutor once selected.

Prepare a presentation highlighting your findings.

A supporting report should be compiledto provide any associated detail to support your presentation, e.g.any assumptions, detailed calculations etc.

Assessment Criteria(The actual assessment components for this assignment)Criteria Weighting (If applicable)Selection of the project/ opportunity and description10%

Use of project appraisal techniques, accuracy, sources of data and assumptions40%Critical Analysis, Appropriate Recommendations, Clarity of expression/ communication30%Structure, layout and visuals of presentation andreport20%

This assessment is testing Module Learning outcomes Tick if tested hereLO1

Evaluate the techniques and methods for producing budgets and periodic cost reports for projects and programmes LO2Design suitable financial reports for project/programme stakeholders and justify appropriate remedial action to any problem areas

Describe the role of your placement organisation in promotion of mental and physical wellbeing for the group identified in section 1 and reflect on your learning and placement experience.

Civil Dispute Resolution

Section 1 (49% FAIL): Discuss the issues facing a disadvantaged group in the UK. Outline the impact these issues have on health and wellbeing.

Describe any barriers to care and how these may be overcome You have discussed the issues facing a disadvantaged group in the UK and started to consider the impact on health and wellbeing.

However, there is only superficial description of the barriers to care and little suggestions as to how these barriers can be addressed.

The section on ESA is mostly reproduced from the gov.uk ESA website.

You need to consider how barriers can be overcome, rather than just reproducing information on the welfare system. Section 2 (49%, FAIL):

Define the role of the third sector in the UK in relation to health and wellbeing.

Using examples evaluate the role of the third sector in the UK in relation to the group identified in section 1

You have defined the role of the third sector and there is some consideration of the link between the third sector and the NHS/social care services.

However, the rest of this section is mostly descriptive regarding two third sector organisations.

There is little evaluation of the third sector and no links to the literature here.

Remember, in order to evaluate, you need to do more than just describe the achievements of an organisation. Section 3 (49%, FAIL):

Describe the role of your placement organisation in promotion of mental and physical wellbeing for the group identified in section 1 and reflect on your learning and placement experience.

You have described the role of your placement organisation in the promotion of health and wellbeing.

However, the personal reflection in this section is lacking.

You’ve said the experience was “life changing” but it is not clear how.

There are little considerations of implications for future practice.

You need to analyse your reflections and consider the learning from this placement.

You may find using a reflective framework such as Rolfe helpful here.

Section 4: General (49% FAIL): Spelling, grammar and referencing; adherence to word count.

Multiple typographical errors. Inconsistent use of capitalisation. Poor standard of referencing.

In one case, there is a directly copied sentence from an online source with no quotation marks or citation given. Errors in reference list formatting, especially with regards to authors of references

Discuss the issues facing a disadvantaged group in the UK. Outline the impact these issues have on health and wellbeing. Describe any barriers to care and how these may be overcome.

As well as Define the role of the third sector in the UK in relation to health and wellbeing.

Using examples evaluate the role of the third sector in the UK in relation to the group identified .

Examine (i) the impact of investor sentiment on stock market returns, and (ii) the impact of investor sentiment on stock market returns conditional on economic conditions. Discuss potential limitations of your work.

EMPERICAL METHODS IN ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE

FoMLSS Accounting, Finance and Economics

AFE6014-B: Empirical Methods in Accounting and Finance

TYPE OF ASSESSMENT: Individual Assessed Coursework

(3,000 words maximum excluding tables, figures, and references)

• Failure to submit your coursework by this deadline will result in a mark of 0%

• The assignment must be submitted in electronic format to the ‘Turnitin’ drop-box in the Canvas site for this module

• You are advised to plan your work carefully and back-up your work. Computing problems will NOT be accepted as reasons for non-submission

• Along with the main report, you also need to submit the original dataset and screenshots of results from SPSS or EViews

Individual Assessed Coursework Brief
Under the revised assessment requirements due to COVID-19, this module will be assessed via a written assessed coursework. This is an individual assignment containing seven different requirements. Along with the main report, you also need to submit the original dataset and screenshots of results from SPSS or EViews.
The written report should not exceed 3,000 words. Excessive assignments will be penalised according to section 9.13 of Regulation 9 Regulation Governing Postgraduate Taught Awards: “Assessed work which exceeds a specified maximum permitted length will be subject to a penalty deduction of marks equivalent to the percentage of additional words over the limit. The limit excludes bibliographies, diagrams and tables, footnotes, tables of contents and appendices of data.”

Introduction
Behavior financial theories highlight investor sentiment in influencing stock prices, despite the traditional ones positing that stock prices are the discounted future cash flows and arbitrage leaves little space for investor sentiment (Fama, 1965). De Long et al. (1990) argue that sentiment investors trading together brings systematic risk into stock markets. The risk originated from the stochastic shifts in investor sentiment imposes arbitrage limits on rational investors, impeding them from trading against noise investors. As a result, the mispricing caused by sentiment investors is persistent. Baker and Wurgler (2006) state two routes whereby investor sentiment can bring persistent impact on stock prices: (i) uninformed demand shocks, and (ii) limits on arbitrage. Uninformed demand shocks naturally persist in that irrational investors’ misbeliefs could be further strengthened by others ‘joining on the bandwagon’ (Brown and Cliff, 2005, p. 407). Limits on arbitrage demotivate arbitrageurs from relieving the impact of investor sentiment since they are commonly subject to relatively restricted investment horizons and can hardly accurately forecast how the impact will persist. Therefore, one can observe that high levels of optimism (pessimism) would cause high (low) concurrent returns, and given the mean-reversion property, overpricing (underpricing) would be corrected and followed by low (high) subsequent returns. The theoretical analysis is supported by evidence drawn from the US market (Brown and Cliff, 2005) as well as international markets (Schmeling, 2009; Bathia and Bredin, 2013).
In line with the above-mentioned points, please prepare a report with a specific emphasis on the following seven requirements:

Required:

1. Discuss the rationale behind the cross-sectional impact of investor sentiment on stock returns. [10 marks]

2. Discuss the impact of investor sentiment on stock returns conditional on economic conditions. [10 marks]

3. Suppose that you decide to extend the evidence on the impact of investor sentiment on stock returns to one emerging market. Select a market and motivate your selection. [8 marks]

4. Critically review related literature and evaluate survey-based investor sentiment proxies and market-based investor sentiment proxies. [15 marks]

5. Find two proxies for investor sentiment in your selected market, and elaborate motivation for your selection. [12 marks]

6. Present descriptive statistics of (i) market returns of the selected market and (ii) investor sentiment. [15 marks]

7. Examine (i) the impact of investor sentiment on stock market returns, and (ii) the impact of investor sentiment on stock market returns conditional on economic conditions. Discuss potential limitations of your work. [30 marks]

While attempting requirements 1–7 you should follow academic writing style format relying on journal articles. Failing to do so will lead to a FAIL in this module.

Guideline coverage of issues/answers expectations:
Requirement 1:
1. Discuss the rationale behind the cross-sectional impact of investor sentiment on stock returns.

Requirement 2:

1. Discuss the impact of investor sentiment on stock returns conditional on economic conditions.

Requirement 3:
1. Select one emerging market.
2. Motivate your selection.

Requirement 4:
1. Assess merits and flaws of survey-based investor sentiment proxies.
2. Assess merits and flaws of market-based investor sentiment proxies.

Requirement 5:
1. Find two proxies for your selected market.
2. Motivate your selection.

Requirement 6:
1. Present descriptive statistics of market returns and two series of investor sentiment.
2. Interpret.

Requirement 7:
1. Examine the relation between market returns and investor sentiment.
2. Examine the relation between market returns and investor sentiment across different economic conditions.
3. Discuss limitations of your analysis.

Along with the main report, you also need to submit the original dataset and screenshots of results from SPSS or EViews.

Critically analyze how the topic was covered by the author of the article/ book/web site, once again comparing the coverage to what you learned in the course (Is it accurate? Is it sensationalized?

News media analysis

In this assignment/essay you need to choose 1 news media article for this paper.

In this assignment/essay you have to describe and analyze a news media article story (from the previous five years) so between 2018-2021 that is concerned with organized crime in Canada.

The goal of this assignment is to apply what you learned in the course to better understand and critically analyze this news story.

Which will post below the ppt slides to add into this essay.

As such, you will be assessed primarily upon the extent to which you have applied what you learned in the course to news story.

This assignment/essay will be assessed using the following criteria: relevance of news media story to Canadian organized crime (8 points) summary of the subject of the news media story (7 points) discussion and analysis of the news media story (5 points) proper essay structure (3 points) proper syntax, punctuation, spelling and grammar (2 points).

As far as the discussion and analysis is concerned, you have a lot of leeway, but apply content from the ppt slides and information have submitted below.

In your analysis, your answer should: (1) Identify which part(s) of the course is/are most relevant to this particular subject.

(2) Compare and contrast the subject with the relevant course contents (Does it reflect what is said in the course materials? If so, why? If not, what are the differences?)

(3) Apply theory(ies) and/or definition(s) from Modules 2 to 4

(4) Critically analyze how the topic was covered by the author of the article/ book/web site, once again comparing the coverage to what you learned in the course (Is it accurate? Is it sensationalized? Does it foster a better understanding of the subject?) To maximize your grade for this assignment, use the following subheadings in your essay: (i) Introduction (ii) Summary (iii) Discussion and Analysis (you can further break this section down by the above subheadings 1 to 4).

Describe these two budget methodologies. Include enough detail for the reader to follow and understand the methodology.

Building a Nursing Budget

This assignment asks you to look at two budget methodologies, fixed and flexible. You are asked to focus your discussion on two types of operational budgets and then compare them to the identified criteria.

Lastly, you are asked to present an example of the type of budget you would implement as a masters prepared nurse leader in a health care setting of your choice.

Keep the APA scholarly paper within a 6 page limit (excluding title page and reference list). An abstract page is not required for this assignment.

Review the presentation format to know the topic headings you should include in your paper.
Presentation Format

Budget Types/Methodologies (20%)
Compare the fixed operating budget approach to the flexible operating budget approach as outlined in your text book and readings.

Describe these two budget methodologies. Include enough detail for the reader to follow and understand the methodology.
Comparison: (40%)

Construct a table and compare the 2 types of budget methodologies in the following categories:
Advantages and disadvantages to the nurse leader in monitoring compliance

Operations best suited to each type of budget
Impact on the correlation to patient care

Ability to take variances into account

Example of Budget (20%)

Choose one of the budget types you have described.

Present an example of how this budget type would be used by the masters prepared nurse leader in a health care setting of your choice.

The setting can be a community or inpatient environment where you work, have worked, or would like to work as a masters prepared nurse leader.

Integration of Evidence and Theory (10%)

Integrate credible, relevant sources to support ideas appropriate for the assignment.

Consistently use information in ways that are true to original context. Always distinguish between own ideas or common knowledge and ideas requiring attribution.

Scholarly articles integrated within the paper meet the following standards:

Provide the required number of references (minimum of 6)

Most nursing-specific or nursing-related

What spiritual considerations surrounding a disaster can arise for individuals, communities, and health care providers? Explain your answer in the context of a natural or manmade disaster.

How can a community health nurse assist in the spiritual care of the individual, community, self, and colleagues?

Explain why you chose that phase.With what people or agencies would you work in facilitating the proposed interventions and why?

Topic 5 DQ 2

Watch the “Diary of Medical Mission Trip” videos dealing with the catastrophic earthquake in Haiti in 2010. Reflect on this natural disaster by answering the following questions:

Propose one example of a nursing intervention related to the disaster from each of the following levels: primary prevention, secondary prevention, and tertiary prevention.

Provide innovative examples that have not been discussed by previous students.

Under which phase of the disaster do the three proposed interventions fall?

Explain why you chose that phase.
With what people or agencies would you work in facilitating the proposed interventions and why?