Grantham University Week 1 Bullfight by Elaine de Kooning Analysis Essay Humanities Assignment Help

Employers often define metrics to measure productivity or effectiveness in the workplace. Examples include the number of patient appointments, total expenses, customer wait time, etc. Answer the following questions using complete sentences based on your current place of employment or a previous employer. Look at the sample assignment to get an idea of the expectations for your responses.

• Identify three activity or productivity metrics from your workplace. They can be your own responsibilities or those of your whole department. (3 points)

• Classify the data you would need to collect to measure your results. For each metric, state whether the data would be qualitative or quantitative. If quantitative, state whether the data would be discreet or continuous. (4 points)

• Specify the Level of Measurement of the data collected. (3 points)

• Pick one of the metrics you identified in step one and discuss how you did, or could, measure the data. (2 points)

• Identify any potential sources of error in the measurement process. Classify each source of error as either random or systematic. (3 points)

• Identify one way to reduce or eliminate the measurement errors. (2 points)

Social workers who utilize the solution-focused model are mindful of how their conversations with their clients, families, groups, or even community members facilitate their thinking about solutions. The client is always the “expert,” and therefore social workers ask questions to explore how the client perceives the problem and situation.

Social workers may use solution-focused questions such as the miracle question. For example, “Suppose you woke up one morning and by some miracle everything you ever wanted, everything good you could ever imagine for yourself, had actually happened—your life had turned out exactly the way you wanted it. What would be different in your life?” When clients are asked this, it forces them to reflect on what they want or would like to achieve. By projecting themselves into the future, clients are more likely to imagine what is possible rather than focusing on the past and their failures. This allows for the possibility of developing solutions.

In this Discussion, you apply the solution-focused model and solution-focused questions. You provide other solution-focused questions, similar to the miracle question that was provided for you.

Although the textbook provides actual examples of solution-focused questions, always think about your client—you may have to modify the question a bit to take into account the client’s age, cognitive and developmental stage, culture, etc., so that the question makes sense to the client.

To prepare:

• Recall a case from your fieldwork experience to use for this Discussion.
• Review and focus on pages 520–521 in your textbook.

By Day 3

Post:

• In 1 to 2 sentences, briefly identify and describe the problem as perceived by the client, family, or group that you dealt with in your past fieldwork experience.
• From the list of solution-focused questions on page 520 (e.g., exception questions, coping questions, scaling questions, and relationship questions), identify two different types of questions, and ask each question as if you were actually asking the questions to the client. (Remember, do not use the miracle question.)
  • Remember that the goal of these questions is to assist clients in identifying a solution
• Explain how asking these two questions would help the client in coming up with the solution.
• In 1 to 2 sentences, reflect and explain how asking these questions made you feel and perhaps how the client might feel.

You must select one of the following four case studies, each of which is identified with one of four key chapters in the textbook. You will need to create a formal Word document answering the questions thoroughly, in narrative form, and you must use, at a minimum, the textbook and at least one other source (Internet sites are acceptable). The Word document will need to be submitted in Canvas. Although this is not a formal research paper, please include all references and citations within the Word document. Please note that you WILL be graded on proper use of grammar and sentence structure!

NOTE: ALL papers submitted will be evaluated using “TurnItIn.com”.

Case 1 – Chapter 8 (FedEx)

1. Provide a high-level overview and history of the company.
2. How is FedEx’ operations improved by its location?
3. How does FedEx’ location strategy differ from its competitors?
4. How has FedEx affected the Memphis, TN area (include positive and negative aspects)?

Case 2 – Chapter 11 (Arnold Palmer Hospital’s Supply Chain)

1. Provide a high-level overview and history of the company.
2. How does this supply chain differ from that in a manufacturing firm?
3. What are the constraints on making decisions based on economics alone at the hospital?
4. What role do doctors and nurses play in supply chain decisions in a hospital? How is this participation handled at Arnold Palmer Hospital?
5. Doctor Smith just returned from the Annual Physician’s Orthopedic Conference, where she saw a new hip joint replacement demonstrated. She decides she wants to start using the replacement joint at Arnold Palmer Hospital. What process will Dr. Smith have to go through at the hospital to introduce this new product into the supply chain for future surgical use?

Case 3 – Chapter 12 (Amazon.com)

1. Provide a high-level overview and history of the company.
2. What differentiates Amazon from other large box retailers (e.g., Wal-Mart, Best Buy)?
3. What changes is Amazon planning in the future to improve inventory management and distribution?
4. Describe Amazon’s global strategy for managing inventory between countries.

Case 4 – Chapter 16 (Toyota Motor Corporation)

1. Provide a high-level overview and history of the company.
2. Compare and Contrast the two Lean techniques leveraged by Toyota.
3. How does Toyota’s San Antonio plant differ from other manufacturing facilities?
4. How has lean manufacturing affected Toyota’s ability to compete in the automotive industry?
5. Describe the three components of TPS and their importance.

Commodity Project Proposal

Word length should be 650-800 words.

To do this project, you will choose a single commodity (see the list below), which you will then analyze in relation to globalization and development issues and theories presented throughout the term. The commodity project, therefore, should build on concepts and themes introduced in the course. The goal is to help you to engage with a real world scenario related to the broader theories explored in this course.

Step 1: Choose a Commodity

Your choices are (but are not necessarily limited to):

Coffee, Tea, Loaf of bread, Rice, Soy beans (you may choose tofu, whole soybeans for human consumption known as edamame, or for animal feed), Europium (rare earth metal), Timber (choose specific type), Chocolate, Natural gas, Avocados, Beef, Bottled Water (commodified water), or Coconut Water.

Step 2: Do some background research on the commodity, using sources like newspapers and academic articles (at least FIVE sources), and think about the following questions:

• What is the issue/s with your commodity?
• What are the main points of the articles?
• What is the main issue or problem(s) being addressed?
• What different “sides” of the issues are presented?
  • Who are the main stakeholders regarding the commodity?
• What is the conclusion reached by the author?

Step 3: The significance of your research:

Ask yourself: Why did you choose this commodity? How is it related to globalization and development? How is it related to everyday life?

Step 4: Select a concept

Choose any one concept from the term. You are to choose the concept that you think relates the most to your commodity or that you feel is the most interesting. There is no ‘correct’ concept; you choose. Many of the course concepts will apply to your commodity. Your objective is to select one and explain how/why it is relevant for your commodity choice and how it helps to understand your commodity. This will require you to go beyond the sources provided from the course.

How to Structure Your Proposal (i.e. a template)

1st paragraph: Introduce the commodity of your choice and the current issues related to it. Based on the background, develop your research question.

The research question is the most important part of your research proposal. To put it simply, your research question phrases (clearly and succinctly) what you do not know that you want to find out through doing this project. Your research question functions like a ‘back bone’ that keeps your paper together. Your research question is allowed to be more than one sentence, if need be, but it must be succinct and be an answerable question. For example, if doing chocolate, you might ask something to the effect of “What is the geography of the commodity chain of chocolate? What are the labor conditions at the beginning of the chain, and what how does the commodity’s value on the consumption end compare to how its initial production is valued?” This is just an example, of course – you are expected to write your question in your own words – but your question should have these sorts of elements.

2nd paragraph: Define the concept you chose and explain how it helps to understand the issues surrounding your commodity.

3rd paragraph: Elaborate on the significance of your commodity project, to both the people directly involved and to the wider world/environment. In other words, why does it matter to study this particular commodity/commodity chain?

4th paragraph: Lay out your work plan for the following weeks on the commodity project (i.e. articles you plan to read, data you plan to gather, or map you plan to produce to visualize the commodity chain). Provide a clear outline for your final paper.

Useful sources on how to write research proposals and research questions:

http://libguides.usc.edu/writingguide/researchproposal (Links to an external site.)

https://writingcenter.gmu.edu/guides/how-to-write-a-research-question (Links to an external site.)

Rubric

**Optional: The reading “Geographies of Consumption: A Commodity-Chain Approach” (1998) by the geographer Elaine Hartwick is optional, available under this week’s Module, however I highly recommend reading this for you all to have a better understanding of how you can study your commodity chain. It may also give you some ideas if you don’t know what commodity to choose. It’s an academic article that is relatively easy to read and understand, which you can use as a model for analyzing your own commodity. You may also cite it as one of your sources (in addition to the other five).

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