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Uncle Bob is a resident of California. You and Uncle Bob went on vacation to Miami together. Uncle Bob was speeding while on vacation the police pulled him over. After some conversation with the police officer, Uncle Bob was handcuffed and arrested.

Bob has never been out of the state until now. He has no prior crimes in Florida or any state other than California. Miami Police Department knows his name, birth date, height, and weight. They also know the dates of his offenses, trial, and punishment. Why was Uncle Bob handcuffed and arrested? How did the Florida police officer know of his offenses in that happened in California?

Write a 700–1,050 word essay analyzing the methods used to obtain the data gathered on Uncle Bob.

Consider how the data was available to the Miami Police Department.

Discuss the possible communication methods between the officer and his/her agency.
Analyze the information available to the Miami Police Department and the flow of information from California to Florida.
Explain at least four ways that this information is shared between local and/or federal agencies.
Summarize the results of your evaluation of what crimes Uncle Bob could be charged with and the ability of the police agency in Florida to obtain this information.

Cite your sources consistent with APA guidelines.

Include a title page and reference page.

Format your work consistent with APA guidelines.

Foster, L. R. E. (2013). Police Technology, Vitalsource for Kaplan University. [VitalSource Bookshelf version]. Retrieved from http://online.vitalsource.com/books/9781269308298

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Assignment Instructions:

1. 550 words (not including title and reference page) that describes what participants need to know about identifying the different types of conflict and the steps they can take to resolve it.
2. No more than 25% of the assignment can be cited.
3. At least 3-4 sources should be used – websites, books, internet and/or sources I provide.
4. My school uses software to detect originality.
5. Please answer all questions.
6. Please follow the course scenario and assignment instructions.

Resources:

http://managementhelp.org/interpersonal/conflict.htm
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/eight-causes-conflict.htm
http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Workplace_conflict
http://smallbusiness.chron.com/types-workplace-conflict-2833.html
http://www.forbes.com/sites/mikemyatt/2012/02/22/5-keys-to-dealing-with-workplace-conflict/
http://www.mediate.com/articles/bermanlj3.cfm
http://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newLDR_81.htm

Assignment Background Information:

Leadership practices at CMA tend to be inconsistent throughout the company. Vice presidents (VPs) of the four divisions have unique ways of leading their employees; their styles resemble four classic leadership types: transactional, transformational, situational, and charismatic. In addition, staff has observed a lot of conflict between the VPs. You and Jared are meeting now to brainstorm ideas about how to address these issues.

“Do you think that various leadership styles cause problems in the company?” he asks. “Does this situation contribute to our lagging position in the market?”

“I’m not sure about that, but I’ll tell you, I have interviewed the VPs of each division and all of their managers now,” you say. “I agree that the leadership styles are very different, but I’m not convinced that it’s a problem.”

“Okay,” he says. “If not that, then what?”

“During my interviews,” you say, “I discovered that CMA doesn’t have a protocol in place for conflict resolution. I think this is a more serious situation and another opportunity for training and development. The VPs and managers would all benefit from this information.”
“Hmm,” he says. “I didn’t think about that.”

“Here’s what I propose. I can develop a session that addresses conflict. I can work with small groups in one-hour sessions.”

“I like that idea,” he says. “Give me something in writing—a paper of about 550 words—that describes what participants need to know about identifying the different types of conflict and the steps they can take to resolve it. I want to think about this some more.”

“No problem,” you say. “When do you want this?”

“I’ve got another business trip next week,” he says. “I’d like to take your paper on the plane to read. Can you e-mail it to me by end of day Friday?”

“Yes,” you say.

“Good,” he says. “Thanks.”

Scenario: Cameron Mechanical & Automation, Inc. (CMA)

Cameron Mechanical & Automation, Inc. (CMA) is a fictional company that has been in business and operating in the Silicon Valley since 1998. The company began as a successful Internet-based company (dot-com) and experienced great success with the introduction of high technology. The company also experienced decline with other dot-coms in 2001. As a result, CMA restructured and focused on its primary products; that is, computer components. The early changes in the company were done quickly to downsize. Although many other companies failed during this time, CMA managed to move forward.
CMA rebounded and continued to manufacture and sell its components to computer manufacturers worldwide. The company structure was divided into product divisions, with each division focused on specific components. For the company, this structure was meant to streamline sales and delivery worldwide.

In 2008, the economy had an effect on company profits, but the chief executive officer (CEO), Jared Smith, was in a position to focus on several internal strategic areas, including structure, work design, motivation, conflict, and company culture as a whole. To stay profitable, the company had to eliminate several management positions in an effort to flatten the organizational chart. Many of the responsibilities fell to the employees, and many people resisted the change.

As the economy recovers, CMA continues to rebuild. Since 2012, the company has been divided into a functional structure that includes four departments: Research and development (R&D), marketing, production, and finance. Each department is headed by a vice president who has responsibility over each of the functional areas. The company currently sells components to computer manufacturers. As technology continues to advance, the CMA R&D department and its vice president, Kevin Adams, are feeling pressure to keep up with the competition. However, because of the differentiation and separation between the departments, the CEO is concerned that communication is hampered.

In the last employee satisfaction survey, the CEO became aware of growing feelings of mistrust between employees and managers. Hiring practices are also under scrutiny and criticism, because allegations of nepotism have been leveled at the company. For these reasons and others, employee turnover and absenteeism is on the rise in all four divisions. Staffing problems have made it difficult to meet customer expectations as the demand for company products grows.

Because of the current structure and culture, the vice presidents who run each division of the company have autonomy and are able to use different leadership styles. For example, the vice president of marketing, Jim Stevens, uses a more democratic leadership style, while the vice president of production, Melissa Simons, is adamant that her autocratic or transactional style is the only way to get results. Each leadership style has advantages, but the lack of consistency between divisions may be causing problems for the company as a whole.

Further, the CEO is concerned that the workforce may not be as diverse as it should be, but he is not sure how to address the issue.

The CEO has hired you as an external organizational development consultant to help him identify problem areas and to understand where changes should be made within the company. Over the next few weeks, you will also be working with the CEO and managers in all four divisions of the company to help establish these changes. Your various responsibilities will also include talking with employees at each level of the company to get a better understanding about underlying problems.
So far, you are seeing inconsistencies in leadership practices in each of the departments, and you are concerned that while the company is trying to improve its communication protocol, the different leadership styles may be creating confusion. For example, when you talked to one of the production employees, Sonja Diaz, she explained that she had many ideas for helping to streamline the production process, but feels she cannot share them because of the transactional leadership. In the marketing department, one sales rep, Jerry McVie, felt that he was not being challenged with his current goals and is even considering leaving the company to join one of the competitors. Lack of communication between the divisional leaders might also be the cause of conflict between the departments because they operate in silos. This separation between divisions may also be having a negative effect on middle management staffing issues.

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Research in what substantive ways the IT industry is changing. Consider such topics as mobile computing, the cloud, computerization, etc. How are these trends impacting the workplace and how IT does business in the workplace? Read Nicolas Carr’s piece “IT Doesn’t Matter” about the future of IT and the overall value proposition, http://nofieiman.com/wp-content/lectures/MIS-IT-doesnt-matter.pdf. Take a position pro or con Carr’s assertions and write a paper of between 1500-2000 words on the strategic value of IT projecting into the future. Consider the aforementioned changes you have researched, Carr’s assertions and your own experience and synthesize what all this means to the future professions in IT and businesses that heavily rely on IT for competitive advantage. Please make sure to cite any references you use.

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Write a 8-10 page interpretive/reflective essay on the topic. Your response to the question should concentrate on two principal elements. (1) An interpretation of what you understand the text is attempting to say. (2) A critical evaluation of the material. Your critique of the text should be based on whether or not you believe the author has presented and defended a viable position. Although it is not required, please feel free to utilize other material to support your arguments.

QUESTION: Although critical of democracy, Tocqueville (in Democracy in America) did recognize that democracy was the form of political arrangement which would most likely be dominant in the future. While democracy could lead to an overall well being, it could also lead to a type of servitude. Examine and evaluate two of the principal means – the notion of self-interest properly understood and the need for associations – which Tocqueville believed are necessary to mitigate against the dangers of equality and democratic society.

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A theory describes and explains how things happen. It also can predict events. Any theory reflects a particular set of assumptions and perspectives. Theories, because they describe and explain, can lead to greater understanding of a phenomenon. The study of conflict and conflict resolution has been broached by many disciplines, including psychology, communication, business, and political science, to name a few. This course focuses on the study of conflict and its resolution primarily from a social-psychological perspective. Thus, this assignment concentrates on three of the psychological theories that contribute to an understanding of conflict and the elements that can aid or detract from its resolution: psychodynamic theory, attribution theory, and field theory.

To prepare for this assignment:

•Select a current or historic conflict to use for this Application. Keep it in mind as you review the Learning Resources.
•Review pages xxx-xxxvii in the “Introduction” of the course text: The Handbook of Conflict Resolution. Reflect on the history of social psychological theorizing about conflict and the themes in current research in the field.
•Review the book excerpt, “The Inner Experience of Conflict,” from Working Through Conflict. Consider the role and value of theory in understanding and resolving conflict. Also consider how the different theories account for conflict, and the assumptions and constructs associated with each theory. Consider which would best explain your conflict and contribute to its understanding and possible resolution.
•Select one theory to use in this Application (psychodynamic, attribution, field).
Note: As you progress through this course, you will be asked to choose examples of conflict to use in your assignments. Please vary the level of the conflicts that you select (interpersonal, intergroup, community, societal) from assignment to assignment and week to week, so that all are represented equally.

The assignment: (2-3 pages)

•Briefly describe the conflict that you selected, its central issues, and the parties involved.
•Analyze the conflict using the psychological theory that you selected, its constructs, and its assumptions.
•Briefly explain why you selected the theory that you chose.
•Explain how an understanding of psychological theory can lead to a better understanding of conflict and contribute to its resolution.
Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference list only for those resources not included in the Learning Resources for this course.

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[a] Critically consider the relevance of Smith’s canons of good taxation for UK tax policymakers in the twenty first century; and

[b] Clearly identify what you believe are the key attributes of a good tax system (and why).

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PERSUASIVE SPEECH OUTLINE TEMPLATE

Your Name:
COMS 101 Section ___
Date Due:

Organization: Identify your outline pattern here. Your only option for this speech is Problem-Solution (see the textbook, pp. 700–701).

Audience analysis: Provide a description of your audience (e.g., its demographics like age, gender, ethnicity, etc. as well as any other information about them that impacts the way you plan and present the speech (see the textbook, pp. 618–628).

Topic: In 1 or 2 sentences, identify the social problem for which you aim to prescribe a redemptive remedy in this speech (see the Persuasive Speech Guidelines document).

Rhetorical Purpose: To inform my audience about (identify the topic here), and to persuade them that (identify a person, group of persons, organization, government, etc.) should do something (state what this is—provide an action verb here that describes, as specifically as possible, the outcome you are promoting through this speech) in response to this information.

Redemptive Purpose: Explain in a brief paragraph why you regard this social problem to be 1 that prevents people from experiencing life as God, according to Scripture, means it to be experienced. Briefly explain, too, why your proposed solution qualifies as redemptive as the Alban text defines this term in pp. 64–78.

I. Attention-getter
Use an attention-getter to introduce the topic (see the textbook, pp. 718–719, 721–727).
II. Motive for Listening
Show the audience how this topic relates to them (see the textbook, p. 720).
III. Credibility Statement
Identify the credentials or experiences that qualify you to address this topic as an authority (see the textbook, p. 720).
IV. Thesis Statement
Present your thesis statement—a statement that encapsulates your speech’s main idea—here. State it as 1 complete sentence (subject, verb, complete thought).
V. Preview Statement
Present your preview statement here (see the textbook, pp. 720–721). Briefly explain that you will now validate or prove the thesis by presenting Main Point 1 (state it), Main Point 2 (state it), Main Point 3 (state it), etc. Be sure to list each of the body section’s main points, in the order you will cover them.

Transition: Use a word, phrase, or sentence to notify your audience that you now will support your thesis by presenting the main points in their stated order and in greater detail (see the textbook, pp. 702-703).

Body:
I. Main Point 1. State it as 1 complete, declarative sentence. Works with the other main points to develop the purpose statement. Be sure it consists with the chosen organizational pattern you identified above.
A. An example, illustration, statistic, comparison, quote from an expert or other supportive material that supports or illustrates Main Point 1 (Parenthetical Citation, if this came from a source).
B. Another example, illustration, statistic, comparison, quote from an expert or other supportive material that supports or illustrates Main Point 1 (Parenthetical Citation, if this came from a source).
C. If needed, another example, illustration, statistic, comparison, quotes from an expert, or other supportive material that supports or illustrates Main Point 1 (Parenthetical Citation, if this came from a source).

Transition: Use a word, phrase, or sentence to notify your audience understand that you are now transitioning from your first main point to your second main point (see the textbook, pp. 702-703).

II. Main Point 2. State it as 1 complete, declarative sentence. Works with the other main points to develop the purpose statement. Be sure it consists with the chosen organizational pattern you identified above.
A. An example, illustration, statistic, comparison, quote from an expert or other supportive material that supports or illustrates Main Point 2 (Parenthetical Citation, if this came from a source).
B. Another example, illustration, statistic, comparison, quote from an expert or other supportive material that supports or illustrates Main Point 2 (Parenthetical Citation, if this came from a source).
C. If needed, another example, illustration, statistic, comparison, quotes from an expert, or other supportive material that supports or illustrates Main Point 2 (Parenthetical Citation, if this came from a source).

Transition: Use a word, phrase, or sentence to notify your audience understand that you are now transitioning from your second main point to your third main point (see the textbook, pp. 702-703).
III. Main Point 3. State it as 1 complete, declarative sentence. Works with the other main points to develop the purpose statement. Be sure it consists with the chosen organizational pattern you identified above.
A. An example, illustration, statistic, comparison, quote from an expert or other supportive material that supports or illustrates Main Point 3 (Parenthetical Citation, if this came from a source).
B. Another example, illustration, statistic, comparison, quote from an expert or other supportive material that supports or illustrates Main Point 3 (Parenthetical Citation, if this came from a source).
C. If needed, another example, illustration, statistic, comparison, quotes from an expert, or other supportive material that supports or illustrates Main Point 3 (Parenthetical Citation, if this came from a source).

OTHER MAIN POINTS. These are optional, depending on the needs of your speech. If you use them, they function in the same way as the preceding points.

Transition: Use a word, phrase, or sentence to notify your audience understand that you are now transitioning into your conclusion (see the textbook, pp. 702-703).

Conclusion:
I. Summary
Summarize your presentation’s main points (see the textbook, pp. 730–731). Your wording should be very similar to the wording you used when previewing the main points in the introduction section and when presenting the main points in the body section.
II. Call to Action
Restate your thesis in a way that tells the audience, explicitly, how they should respond to it.
III. Refocus Audience Attention (see the textbook, pp. 731–733).
Works Cited (MLA) or References (APA) or Bibliography (Turabian)

Using MLA, APA, or Turabian style, present an alphabetized, properly formatted list of any sources that you cited parenthetically in the outline. For a helpful online guide to proper formatting in each of these styles, see the Hacker Handbooks “Research and Documentation” site via this link (right-click and select “Open Hyperlink”). For automated source formatting assistance, see Landmarks Citation Machine via this link (right-click and select “Open Hyperlink”).

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Colombia’s Economy through the decades.

The first 5 pages of this paper need to briefly cover the first 2 topics below: Topic 1: Examine the strategy of Import Substituting Industrialization (ISI) in Colombia theoretically and the political consequences of such a development plan. In addition examine Colombia’s experience with ISI.
Topic 2 will examine the Lost Decade in Colombia. Issues to be covered include the stagnation of the ISI effort, and the crisis of authoritarian regimes, as well as the oil and debt crises as triggers of the deep economic decline that Latin American countries suffered during the 1980s.

The last 5 pages should cover the below topic
Topic 3: Cover the period of neoliberal reforms. This discussion should include a conceptual definition of the main policies of the Washington Consensus, coupled with the analysis of Colombia and the discussion of the main criticisms that have emerged in recent years.

ALL CITATIONS SHOULD BE IN AMERICAN POLITICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION FORMAT!

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Assignment: Jack, Bert, and Pratt

Scenario:

Bert was sitting in a car with Pratt when Jack approached the car. Jack pointed a gun at Bert and fired, but mistakenly killed Pratt. Jack attempted to fire again at Bert, but his gun jammed and would not fire. Jack jumped into his car, put the gun into the glove compartment, and sped off.

Jack’s attorney moved to dismiss the charge of the attempted murder of Bert on the ground that Jack could not have killed Bert due to the malfunctioning of his gun. The court granted the motion.

Assignment:

Was the court correct in dismissing the attempted murder charge? Be sure to describe the elements of a criminal act and address impossibility and distinguish if it is a complete or incomplete attempt.

Also address any ethical or moralistic concerns associated with allowing a criminal defendant to avoid criminal responsibility by successfully asserting a legal defense such as impossibility.

Answer the questions above in a 2 – 3 page paper (excluding cover and reference pages) in APA format.

After each source provide a reason why you believe the source is credible.
Lippman, M. (2012). Contemporary Criminal Law: Concepts, Cases, and Controversies, 3rd Edition. [VitalSource Bookshelf version]. Retrieved from http://online.vitalsource.com/books/9781452277660

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the project has three part A , B & C:
Activity A – 600words write a report in which you:
1. Briefly summaries the HR Professional Map (the 2 core professional Areas, the remaining professional areas , the brands and the behaviors)
2. Comment on the activities and knowledge specified within any 1Professional area, either band 1 or band2 , identifying those you consider most essential to your own (or other identified )HR role.
Activity B – 900words with reference to your own(or other identified) HR role, outline how an HR practitioner should ensure the services they provide are timely and effective. you should include:
1.understanding customer need (include examples of 3 different customers and 1 need for each , and explain how you would priorities conflicting needs)
2. effective communication (include examples 3 different communication methods and the advantages and disadvantages of each)
3.Effective service delivery(include: delivering service on time, delivering service on budget, dealing with difficult customers, handing and resolving complaints.
Activity C
At the beginning of the course you are required to undertake a self-assessment of capabilities as HR or L &D practitioner against the CIPD associate membership requirements. Produce a report that shows:
1. Explain what you understand by continuing professional development.
2.undertake a self assessment against the CIPD Associate Membership Criteria, identifying any areas you need to develop in order to meet them.
3. Evaluate at least two development options for meeting needs.
4. Using at template such as http: www.cipd.co.uk/binaries/CPD-record-plan-student-example.pdf devise a plan to meet your development need, including those identified above , and the achievement of CIPD Qualification. the plan should be for a minimum of 6 months
At the end of course you will be required to :
1. Reflect on performance against the plans.
2. Identify learning points for the future and revise the plan by reviewing what you have learnt from each unit against the plan and adjusting development needs accordingly.

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