Assignment Prompt & Instructions
Q1
In this Discussion, please reflect on the week's topics. choose a topic (NPV)
Your research should provide a measure of information about the topic’s significance to the current business climate. At least two reference sources should be used to support a substantive and detailed response. Make sure to give credit to your sources, though formal citations are not required. Please be thorough and respectful on the discussion board. Check your grammar, punctuation, and spelling before posting.
Reference sources must be limited to the Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times, Barron’s, Investors’ Business Daily, The Economist, or an academic journal article from a respected accounting or finance journal.
Q2
The Week 2 Lesson explains SMART Goals and the components of a Career Development Plan (Objective – Milestone – Obstacles – Solutions – Goal).
For this Discussion create _your_ 1-3-5 year Career Development Plan using these 5 components. Goals should be reviewable as SMART Goals.
Please consider your needs/plans for further learning/professional development. What do you anticipate needing, and how will you acquire it? If you want to project the 5 years part farther out to 7 or 10 (i.e., 1-3-10) because that works better for you, that is fine. Just be clear to adjust the timeline.
Instructions & Guidance
Initial Post: Use attached TEMPLATE plan table (CDP).
– Download the Template to create your CDP and post it as part of your initial post. It is OK to post either as an attachment or as a table in the Discussion.
– In addition to the plan table in your post, write a one-paragraph narrative (max. 200 words) that explains how your acquired MBA knowledge and skills contribute to, or fit into, your CDP.
Use the resources and materials provided in Week 2 Lesson & Readings to help you.
Reply Posts: In your responses to classmates, you are a peer mentor. Evaluate their CDPs with a view to SMART goals and any other observations you wish to offer. Be sure to ask at least one question that you consider helpful to your classmate's success in further developing the CDP. Remember to see Grading Rubric and Discussion Guidelines. Your posting timeline is different starting this week.
PROMPT:
This is a two-part task. Dust off your internet skills.
This week we are exploring aspects of the job search for which you will be using your e-Portfolio. Having prepared your resume and career plan:
1. Video or Podcast Recommendation: Numerous Podcasts and Videos are broadcast on the Web with advice for career planning, career change, job search, interviewing, etc. Search the Web and find either a Podcast or Video _no older than 1 year_ that you recommend to your classmates as a valuable resource. Do NOT select a source already cited in this course! It needs to be something new that you find, review and recommend as a good resource. _In your initial post_ briefly summarize the Podcast or Video you chose, with its citation, why you like it, and the hyperlink to it.
2. Job Posting Search: Next, please conduct an online career search for a post-graduate job or other position of interest that fits your career plan (whether soon or farther in the future). If you have nothing in mind at the moment, search for a fit for a hypothetical "dream job." _In your initial post_: (a) share at least one job posting from your search here in the Discussion, including a hyperlink. Explain in your post: how you went about your search (e.g. databases you used, key search terms, etc.); and how this job position aligns with your career plan that you posted in last week's discussion (or the "dream job").
The following sites may be helpful for finding job postings:
– [One To Online](https://www.onetonline.org/)
– [Inomics](https://inomics.com/)
– [Execunet Career Center](https://www.execunet.com/career-center/)
– [Indeed](https://www.indeed.com/)
– [Simply Hired](https://www.simplyhired.com/)
– [Career Builder](https://www.careerbuilder.com/)
– [Monster](https://www.monster.com/)
– [Glassdoor](https://www.glassdoor.com/)
– [USA Jobs](https://www.usajobs.gov/)
– [The Ladders](https://www.theladders.com/)
– Q3
For this discussion, read the following two paragraphs:
Tim stood just inside the entrance to the playroom. He was sturdy for one-and-a-half, but short. The noise was jarring, and he looked around for the woman his mother talked to when they came in. She had said to his mother, "He'll be fine; I'll get him started," and she had taken his hand. But now, just as fast, she was gone. It scared him as much as the other time. This was not a good place to be. He wanted his mother, and he wanted to go home. A boy bumped him hard, and Tim fell. He crawled over to that woman. He sat down and fingered some colored blocks on the floor. A big boy came and grabbed one and stepped on his hand. Tim yelped and cried and looked around. He held his hurt hand in the other and the tears ran down his cheeks. No one saw.
Two weeks later:
Tim stood just inside the entrance to the playroom. It was very noisy. A boy ran past him and bumped into him. Tim lunged for him and pushed him down. The boy cried, and Tim walked over to the blocks. He picked some up, and a bigger boy came and grabbed them. Tim gave them up quickly and then turned and saw a smaller boy who had some. He pulled them away from him. The boy cried. Tim looked at the blocks. He couldn't remember what he'd been going to do with them, so he threw them down. They made a very satisfying sound. He picked up several other toys nearby and threw them. Suddenly one of the women was there yelling at him and holding his arm very hard. She was saying lots of things to him, and now she said, "time out," and scrunched him on a stool. He tried to get up, but she wouldn't let him go. She waved a finger in his face. He thought about biting it. She went away. He didn't like this place. He wanted his mother. He wanted to go home.
Discussion questions:
Infants and toddlers learn, for better or worse, from their environments and experiences. What has Tim learned here? Be specific about what effects you feel that these interactions will have on Tim. What concepts/theories from what we have read so far support your feelings? What needs to be different in this day care setting? Be specific about how you would approach this scenario and what actions you would take if you were the center supervisor/director.
Q4
Explain which early childhood education program you believe serves the best interests of children and families. Which features of that program would you most like to eventually incorporate into your own classroom? Provide a link to an internet resource that provides additional information on the program you chose.
Important note: While you may prepare a post ahead of time, please only submit it during the actual week of the discussion. Please post substantively.
You must start a thread before you can read and reply to other threads
Q5
Select one of the questions below. Provide the calculation and analyze the exercise from both concept and problem-solving perspectives. Support your thoughts with at least one external reference (not your book).
1. The Critical Path: Why is it important to identify the critical path before starting a project? On what kind of projects would the critical path be irrelevant?
2. Concurrent Engineering (Fast Tracking): What are the disadvantages of concurrent engineering (fast-tracking)? What kinds of projects should avoid using concurrent engineering?
3. How is the work breakdown structure and change control connected? What are the likely outcomes if a change control process is not used? Why? What are the major differences between managing negative risks and managing positive risks (opportunities)?
Q6
Identify a public health challenge in your community and describe a current public health prevention strategy. What has been the progress or outcome of the prevention approach?