Select one of the following prompts related to a specific work by an author from the Native American, New Spain, New French, or New England time period. Then, write an essay that critically analyzes the concept(s) presented in one of the following prompts. Be sure to make connections back to the piece of literature in which you show a strong comprehension of both the time period and the piece of literature.

• Examine the attitudes toward Native Americans by settlers as evidenced in one or more pieces of literature.
• Discuss the ways Native Americans knowingly or unknowingly keep their traditions alive, and explain how the language and way of life for these tribes are still relevant to American culture today.
• Compare and contrast the treatment of settlers from Spain, France, and England. Discuss some of the different challenges they faced as well as similarities the may have experienced.
• Examine how settlers were able to achieve success or how they faced peril as evidenced by both the readings and the culture of American society during this time period.
• Select one or more of the readings from the time periods mentioned above and explain how the work(s) have influenced American culture.

The essay must include at minimum three outside resources (about one per body paragraph) and three literary references (about one per body/based on the literature being discussed). All sources must be credited in a works cited page that follows MLA guidelines and should include proper parenthetical citations within the essay.

At least one of the resources must come from EBSCO host or any of the other academic databases from the college’s online library.

The essay length should be between 3-6 pages—no less and no more. The essay should be brief but specific. Stick to the main point you are trying to make and you should meet these requirements. Unless you are an experienced writer who feels comfortable deviating from the standard five-paragraph form of essay writing, you should stick to five paragraphs that include a clear introduction, three body paragraphs, and a conclusion. The thesis statement MUST be clearly identifiable with the main ideas in ONE sentence (regardless of the paragraph structure you choose). It is recommended that your thesis statement be the last sentence of your introductory paragraph for ease of readability. Essay must be in 3rd person POV.

Do NOT wait until the day before the essay is due to seek help or clarification about these instructions. See your syllabus for my office hours if you feel you will need help in brainstorming or completing this essay.

DUE DATE: Sunday, October 7th by 11pm in Turnitin.com. Late essays will not be accepted, so plan accordingly.

Please choose three of the four scenarios. Reply to the questions in a word document and upload it to Turnitin before the due date/time.

Case study 1

You are working as an interpreter at a lawyer-client meeting. The lawyer is condescending and extremely patronising towards the client. While the lawyer is having a look at some documents, the client whispers to you: “what´s the problem with this idiot?” in your LOTE.

• What are the issues to take into account in this situation?
• What actions could the interpreter take and what would be the consequences of such actions?
• Identify the controls and demands for the interpreter in this situation
• Identify the principles of the code of ethics related to this case

Case study 2

You are interpreting for a woman who happens to be your friend´s neighbour. You disclose the fact that you know her, and both parties are fine about you being the interpreter. She is receiving some counselling at a community clinic. She tells the counsellor that she is doing fine, and going well with her medication. You remember how your friend mentioned recently that her neighbour was a mess and not coping well.

• What are the issues to take into account in this situation?
• What actions could the interpreter take and what would be the consequences of such actions?
• Identify the controls and demands for the interpreter in this situation
• Identify the principles of the code of ethics related to this case

Case study 3

You have been commissioned the translation of a lengthy document. The client asks you to translate only the highlighted segments of the 200-page document. After submitting your translation you realise that you failed to translate an annex at the end of one of the highlighted segments.

• What are the issues to take into account in this situation?
• What actions could the interpreter take and what would be the consequences of such actions?
• Identify the controls and demands for the interpreter in this situation
• Identify the principles of the code of ethics related to this case

Case study 4

You have been asked to work with another translator in a big translation project. Once you finish translating each document, you send each other your translated versions for proofreading and editing. Your colleague keeps making subjective style changes and other minor editions you not always agree with. After a couple of weeks, you are finding it annoying and not very productive, as she basically paraphrases what you have translated, but using different words. You are fine about terminology or content-related suggestions.

• What are the issues to take into account in this situation?
• What actions could the interpreter take and what would be the consequences of such actions?
• Identify the controls and demands for the interpreter in this situation
• Identify the principles of the code of ethics related to this case

Assignment – Strategic Management

Task:

Critically evaluate the key issues that strategic analysis plays in a business or organisation that you are familiar with (I am from India and I want a telecommunication company – (Reliance Jio InfoComm Ltd)- as the company for this analysis).

In this assignment, you are required to write a 3,200 word report and an executive summary is not required.  Do not include a Table of Contents or a Reference List in your word count. Your report should be based on but not exclusively limited to the following tasks:

1. Describe briefly the background information of the organisation (or SBU) assigned. This information should be brief and relevant to the discussion of your assignment and thus may include ownership, history, size, business scope, major products/services, and major markets of the organisation (or SBU) selected.
2. Conduct external environment analysis including a marco-environment analysis and Porter’s 5 forces analysis:

(1) Conduct a macro-environment analysis for the entire industry within which the organisation (or SBU) operates. You should use PESTEL model and focus on the understanding of the purpose of this analysis, the identification of key factors and their implications in terms of key opportunities and threats, and the discussion of their overall impact on the industry growth in the future. Draw your conclusion based on your macro-environment analysis.

(2) Undertake a competitive analysis using Porter’s 5 forces model. You are required to pay attention to the purpose of this analysis, the inter-connectedness of different aspects of the competitive forces, and their overall impact on the industry and the organisation selected in terms of main driving forces in the competitive environment. Draw your conclusions based on the five-force analysis.

3. Conduct internal environment analysis. You should identify key resources and competencies of the organsation (or SBU) that are likely to provide sustainable competitive advantage.
4. Summarize your findings based on your external and internal environment analysis. Identify the key issues that the organisation (or SBU) faces and give your recommendations.
5. Draw your conclusion.

Guidelines for this task:

https://link-springer-com.ezproxy.csu.edu.au/book/10.1057%2F978-1-137-54468-1

Ensure that you read widely and address key components of the strategic management process addressed in the literature from Module 1.  The link above is an example of a sound research source.

You should seek to complement the readings from Module 1 by accessing books and relevant journal articles from the sources listed under ‘Recommended additional reading’ in this Subject Outline.

Use your reading to inform your critical evaluation of the key issues of strategic analysis within the business, public sector or not-for-profit organisation where you work.

While you are required to name the organisation that is the focus of your research, you may wish to make a case for maintaining the anonymity of the organisation (e.g. due to political or commercial sensitivities). Contact your subject coordinator before you start on the assignment if you need to do this.

Note that this subject uses a due date system for assignments; i.e., the stated date is the last date for acceptance for that assignment. You must timetable your work schedule so you have plenty of time to ensure your work arrives on time.

Rationale

This assessment task will assess the following learning outcome/s:

• be able to identify and explain the key components of strategic management such as strategy analysis, strategy formulation and strategy implementation, and their interrelationships.
• be able to review and evaluate the evolution of ideas and practices leading to the development of strategic management and its relationship to other management practices and principles.
• be able to identify and differentiate between functional areas such as marketing, finance, operations and human resource management and evaluate how they should act conjointly toward the attainment of the organisation’s strategic aims and objectives.
• be able to evaluate the importance of developing strategically appropriate relationships between people, processes, functions, structures and even organisations.

The prescribed textbook for this course is by Hubbard, Rice and Galvin (2015). Strategic Management.

This text offers a good breadth of coverage and does not conceive of strategic management as a sequential and linear process.

Supplementary reading / resources

The prescribed text and collection of readings provide a good introduction to key issues in strategic management. The chapters and articles in your reading materials have been written by a diverse group of leading Australian and international academics and scholarly practitioners.

The following books and journals are recommended for those of you who wish to further extend your understanding of strategic management thought and practice. These resources will prove useful when you are writing your assignments.

Whilst these are a good starting point make sure that you include material that you have researched yourself as well as some of these resources.

Books:

David, F.R. (2015). Strategic management concepts: A competitive advantage approach. (15th ed.). Boston: Pearson.

Dess, G., McNamara, G., & Eisner, A. (2015). Strategic management: Text and cases. (8th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Irwin.

Grant, R. M., Jordan, J. (2015). Foundations of strategy analysis (2nd ed.). Chichester: John Wiley & Sons.

Grant, R., Butler, B., Hung, H. & Orr, S. (2014). Strategic management: An Australian perspective (2nd ed.). Milton: John Wiley & Sons.

Hamel, G. (2002). Leading the Revolution. New York: Plume.

Hanson, D., Hitt, M., Ireland, R., & Hoskisson, R. (2014). Strategic managment : Competitiveness and globalisation. (5th, Asia-pacific ed.).South Melbourne: Cengage.

Hunger, J. D., and Wheelen, T. L. (2011). Essentials of strategic management.(5th ed.). Boston: Prentice Hall.

Johnson, G., Whittington, R., & Scholes, K. (2014). Exploring Strategy:Text & cases. (10th ed.). Harlow: Prentice Hall.

Mintzberg, H., Ahlstrand, B., and Lampel, J. (1998). Strategy safari: A guided tour through the wilds of strategic management. New York: The Free Press.

Further readings from below text books and journals are also recommended:

Thompson, A. A., Peteraf, M.A.,Gamble, J. E and Strickland, A. J. (2016). Crafting and executing strategy: The quest for competitive advantage: Concepts and cases. (20th ed.). New York: McGraw-Hill Irwin.

Wells, J.R. (2012). Strategic IQ: Creating smarter corporations.San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

You will find many useful articles in the following journals. They may also offer the opportunity to find articles with examples drawn from industry areas in which you work or have a strong interest. Some of these offers web-based access.

• • Academy of Management Journal
  • Academy of Management Review
  • Administrative Science Quarterly
  • Advances in Strategic Management
  • Harvard Business Review
  • Journal of Management Studies
  • Journal of Business Strategy
  • Journal of Strategic Change
  • McKinsey Quarterly
  • Organization Studies
  • Long Range Planning

• Strategic Management Journal

Other requirements to be adhered to:

All assignments must be typed and they should be at least 1.5 line spaced with 12pt font size.

Use of headings and subheadings are recommended to help focus your work.

The use of headings and sub-headings does not mean that you can dispense with the need to create a coherent discussion.
This is always critically important.
Please note that in all assignments the following are expected:
Careful analysis
Evidence of wide and careful reading (beyond what has been provided)
Coherent argumentation and structure
Correct spelling
Appropriate use of English grammar
Appropriate citation of references
Correspondence with the given word length
Referencing presented in the APA system adopted by the Faculty of Business
When using material taken from the Collection of Readings provided by the University please refer to the original sources which is fully listed

A Reference list must appear at the end of the paper.

Requirements

To complete your report for Senior Management you will need to include the following sections:

1. Introduction as to the structure and content
2. Background – Give a brief account of the background of the company/organisation
3. External Analysis – Conduct an analysis of the organisation’s external environment and competitive landscape
4. Internal Analysis – Conduct an analysis of the organization’s internal environment including its resources/capabilities identify the company’s core competencies and resulting ability to outperform competitors
5. Identify and analyse the issues in the internal and external environments and prioritize them in the order you feel are most critical
6. Conclusion – Summarise your findings.

You are required to citea minimum of 10 refereed journal articles for a passing grade and more for a credit and above.

Select any one of the following assignment topics for your second assignment. Please remember to submit through the Turnitin submission link. Also, please check the attached file for the marking criteria that will be used to assess your assignment.

Examine the neonatal health situation in a developing country of your choice, with particular attention to the magnitude, patterns, and causes of neonatal mortality in that country. Your assignment will also critically review current public health activities in neonatal health being carried out in the country.

OR

Critically examine the provision of essential obstetric care in a developing country of your choice. Your assignment should look at the types of EOC provided, their coverage, the bottlenecks or barriers to better coverage and provision, and what could be done in the context of that country.

comment: The unit is Maternal and Child Health in Developing Countries

High Tasmanian lavender production costs a barrier to a booming
industry
By Natalie Whiting
Updated 7 Jan 2018, 10:30am
One of Tasmania’s most colourful crops could be heading into a purple patch.
The state’s lavender industry is expanding due to growing demand from tourists and the
essential oils industry, but high local production costs remain a hurdle.
Across the state, fields of the flower are being harvested, but industry players are warning
more of the purple flowers need to be grown on increased acreage to bring down costs.
Essential Oils CEO Simon Wells said demand for essential oils globally was growing, including
for lavender.
“There’s no doubt that demand for Tasmanian essential oils is growing dramatically, and
premium customers are really chasing the story of Tasmania and Brand Tasmania,” he said.
“There are certainly major essential oils companies globally looking to Tasmania as an
alternative site to actually produce significant volumes of lavender oil.”
Currently lavender is a small part of the business, but that could be about to change.
“We’re interested in the possibility of expanding on a major scale,” Mr Wells explained.
It’s not the only lavender grower with expansion plans.
The Port Arthur Lavender Farm currently harvests about 10,000 plants, and is also planning
to ramp up production.
“In the next few years we are going to progressively ramp that up to about 35,000 here on
site in Pawleena, just to try to keep up with our demand,” owner Brendan Dean said.
But he said the demand for this lavender was local, and was made into products and food
sold to tourists.
“Since opening our visitors centre at Port Arthur — that was about four years ago now — it
has steadily increased every year,” Mr Dean said.
“We’re still trying to keep up to that demand for product.”
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-01-07/tasmanian-lavender-industry-facing-growthchallenges/9308346

Page 8 of 11
Please read the article ‘High Tasmanian Lavender production costs a barrier to a
booming industry’ published on January 7th 2018 and answer the following
questions:
Questions
1. Assuming lavenders are sold in a perfectly competitive market, use the
supply and demand diagram to describe, ceteris paribus, major factors
contributing to the price of lavender to change in Australia. In your
discussion make sure to explain the process of moving to the new
equilibrium output and price. (7 marks)
2.
a. Using the determinants of price elasticity of demand, discuss
whether the demand for lavender to be inelastic or elastic? (4
marks)
b. Based on your discussion of elasticity, Illustrate and analyse the
effect on total revenue of the firms in the lavender market
following the price change. (4 marks)
3.
a. Identify the major costs involved in operating a lavender farming
business in the short run. Show which of these you would consider
to be variable costs, fixed costs or a mix of fixed and variable. (3
marks)
b. Assuming Lavender farm is operating in short run, Explain why they
might experience diminishing returns in their production. (4 marks)
Your assignment will also be assessed on how effectively you can communicate with
the reader; i.e. how well you have presented your arguments and ensured your
analysis is logical and consistent.
Consequently, 3 marks will be awarded for effective writing including proper
grammar, referencing and formatting. Importantly, make sure you use appropriate
diagrams in your analysis. Please check the FAQs for Assignment 2 if you have
further questions on this assignment.

PLEASE USE THE TEXTBOOK Corey, M.S., Corey, G., & Corey, C. (2013). Groups: Process and practice (9th OR 10TH edition). Brooks-Cole Cengage Learning.

QUESTION1
Post your initial response in 100-150 words
Chap. 4 – Theories and Techniques of Group Counseling (Corey, et al, 2014, 9th ed.)
Identify your theoretical framework and discuss how your theoretical framework compares to the General Systems Theory (GST). (#2_Framework/GST).

QUESTION 2
Post your initial response in 100-150 words
Discuss how the psychodynamic approach compares to the General Systems Theory

QUESTION 3
Post your initial response in 100-150 words
Theories and Techniques of Group Counseling (Corey, et al, 2014, 9th ed.)
You are applying for a job in a health care facility. You are asked to relate your theoretical framework
that guides your practice. How will you respond?

Please, follow the Order Description precisely,
The manuscript (Article) is for publication in one of the international journals indexed with Scopus. Therefore, the manuscript should include followings:

1. The topic should be about the field of ‘Auditing’. The expert and the customer determine the precise topic of the article.
2. The topic should be new and have something valuable that makes paper worthy for publication.
3. The article should include theoretical and empirical/practical parts.
4. Besides the Abstract and Introduction, the writer should include:
• Keywords
• Highlights
• Problems of the Study
• Significance of the Study
• Objectives of the study
• Hypotheses
5. Literature review (Previous studies tackled by other previous researchers about the same or similar study).The Writer should state how his study is different from the other ones tackled before, and how does it differ from the previous ones in the literature review.
6. In the practical part, the writer is kindly requested to specify the sample of the study included in the study. It also should include:
• Results
• Conclusions
• Implications
• Recommendations
7. The article should have a proper model of analysis upon which the entire study is based.
8. The practical part should include:
• Statistical methods
• Figures
• Tables with titles
• Equations
9. All the sources cited inside the manuscript body should be mentioned in the References section. All the sources have to be cited from top tier journals.
10. The manuscript should be identical to a format guide that will be uploaded upon the acceptance of handling the order by the author.

Goals

The term paper is intended to demonstrate that you (1) grasp introductory phonological concepts, models and arguments and (2), can evaluate how these apply to data not discussed in class. The paper should not only accurately describe relevant analyses in published sources but also demonstrate evidence of independent thinking and the ability to clearly present a coherent argument of one’s own.[1] You should not mindlessly copy vocabulary or formalisms used in a particular source. Where relevant, translate and evaluate what a particular description or analysis means in the context of the phonological theories presented in the course. There should be no novice mistakes, for example in the form of confusing letters with sounds and stating sound rules as resulting from orthographic conventions

Steps to take

Phonology is quite a “technical” field and that means that you will encounter sources that a beginning phonologist can only partially understand. You are also going to be limited in what you can contribute to ongoing discussions about the properties of a theoretical framework. However, there are some interesting ways in which you CAN write a paper that shows off your insights and adds your own voice.  Start by reading and don’t be discouraged if you do not understand a source in its entirety. Sometimes even the first few pages of a source can be helpful in presenting a clear introduction to a known phonological puzzle.

Identify a descriptive challenge

Look for a pattern in a phonological data set that relates to topics discussed in class: patterns of feature change, deletion, or insertion; restrictions on syllable structure, etc. What is/are the generalization(s) according to the author(s)? Are there exceptions? Are these truly exceptions or is there a missed generalization according to others? Please note that stress, tone, and intonation will not get much attention in this class. You need not avoid them altogether, but do not select a topic that requires a solid understanding of theories pertaining to these areas of phonology.

Example:

The diminutive suffix in Spanish comes in different forms: [-ito/a], [-sito/a], and [–esito/a]. Find sources that describe what determines the choice of suffix. Do the authors agree? Are there pesky data that don’t fit the stated generalizations?

 Example:

The Coda in Korean simplifies through deletion as well as neutralization (only some consonants can occur in the coda). What is the pattern?

Further examine the data

You can do this, for example, in one of the following ways:

• Double check whether the data are confirmed by native speaker informant(s). (That native speaker could be you). In your paper demonstrate clearly how you have checked whether the patterns apply. What judgments did you seek? What are your data? If you suspect that there is dialectal variation, who uses which variety?
• Design and execute a wug-test. This makes sense for a set of data where productivity is a potential issue. What happens when native speakers are confronted with novel words? Do they apply the rules as predicted by the analysis? If not, where are the differences? Here as well, describe precisely how you executed the wug-test, what data you obtained and how these compare to previous descriptions of the data.
• Examine the pronunciation of loan words in the language as it pertains to the pattern that you have identified. (For example, do Korean speakers simplify the codas of loanwords as they do in native words?) Collect existing loanwords.

Draw connections with theoretical proposals

You must explicitly refer to phonological concepts introduced in this course in your paper. For example, can one account for the data with the linear (Hayes) or OT model (Kager) proposed in class? Can the phonological features in Hayes’ textbook characterize the natural classes of sounds involved? Is the rule that you identify showing typical behaviors of a lexical rule, or a rule of allophonic variation? Do the data fit with general predictions about properties of the syllable in natural languages?

Where or to the extent possible, also explain why these data and their accompanying analysis matter. What are the implications of a particular analysis for assumptions about the structure of the language in question or even for aspects of a phonological model of natural language.

Be prepared to change your topic while you are working on your paper. You may discover a better topic, or – quite likely – need to narrow your focus. That’s to be expected. In general, it is better to pick a narrower topic and give it an in depth treatment rather than trying to cover too much territory in a superficial fashion.

Structure and formatting of the paper

The paper is due on the last day of classes and should be approximately 10 – 12 pages long. Your paper must be clear and well-structured. Pay attention to how the sources that you consult present their arguments and data and do not hesitate to imitate their approach.[2] Here is the outline of a typical paper:

1. Introduction of the topic. This often takes the form of a clear description of a phonological pattern.
2. Creation of context: Who has described this pattern in the past, and why is this an important issue to tackle?
3. The plan: What does the author intend to accomplish and how?
4. The author’s contribution (the body of the paper)
5. A look back: what has been achieved? Are there questions worth pursuing in the future?

Use of APA style is preferred. Pay close attention to how linguists present their data. APA does not specify this. LSA does. Follow the LSA guidelines or one used in a published source.

Approval and Stages of Completion

1. Paper Proposal (Due in week 6 -10/2) (5% of term paper grade): Your paper proposal should cover #1-#3 of the structure described above.
2. Progress Report (Due in week 10) (10% of term paper grade): The progress report should also include a draft of #4.
3. Final version (Due on the last day of classes)

A rubric for each submission will be provided.

[1] Even if you find a source that does this. It happens.

[2] Their approach, not their actual execution. This is not an invitation to plagiarize 😉

Part B: Research Critique
Part B of the workbook requires you to answer a number of questions related to a research journal article. The workbook template includes the question areas that MUST be answered for this assessment task.

You are required to analyse and critique the journal article. Simple yes/no answers are not adequate responses. Do not use quotations as this demonstrates that you can find information but does not demonstrate that you understand a concept. Chapter 4 of the course textbook Research in Nursing,Midwifey and Allied Health 6th edition by Richardson -Tench includes a number of key questions to consider in your article critique.

You are required to retrieve and critique the following journal article using the USC library databases: You will be required to go to usc.edu.au there is a arrow click on this there will be a box appear on the left hand side of the page of the screen go to the bottom and select LIBRARY this will take you to a page select login from the left hand grey box click on that it now brings you to USC Students and staff click on that box now it will bring up 2 boxes in the top box enter —- and then enter in the bottom box contact support for login details
can find journals however it must be for NURSING ONLY
You will see that I have completed PART A myself please DO NOT touch this work… LINE SPACING is required at 1.5 for PART B of this research Book.