Women in positions of power

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It is the fault of women that there aren’t more women in positions of power. Women are uninterested, opt out, and are generally preoccupied with family and children.” This is what we call a “supply-side” explanation for women’s under-representation in positions of power. Demand-side explanations look for explanations for women’s subordination in organizational policies and practices, as well as institutional features (laws, childcare infrastructure, culture, etc.). Similar explanations are emerging for minority groups.

What can organisations do about this practically?

The Cognitive Approach – The Case of Tim

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Please view the “Case of Tim” video, The Cognitive Approach – The Case of Tim (CC); PSY-315: The Cognitive Approach – The Case of Tim (CC) – YouTube

After viewing, please answer the following questions:

1. What are the key characteristics of cognitive therapy that distinguish it from other therapy approaches?

2. What is the role of the client/therapist relationship from the cognitive therapist’s point of view?

3. What are some cognitive behavioral techniques used with Tim in his therapy session?

4. If you were to continue working with Tim as his counselor, what specific cognitive behavioral techniques might you use?

5. What goals would you have in mind for Tim?

Please include in your answer some of the following “cognitive” terminology: internal dialogue, irrational beliefs, coping-skills program, stress inoculation, unconditional “shoulds,” absolutistic “musts,” faulty assumptions, automatic thinking, self-evaluating, self-sustaining, schema restructuring, cognitive distortions/errors, autosuggestion, blame, arbitrary inferences, A-B-C theory, Socratic questioning, distortion of reality, disputing irrational beliefs, over generalization, magnification and minimization, polarized thinking, cognitive restructuring.

Change management theory

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Choose a Canadian company you are familiar with. Complete a SWOT and PESTLE analysis for the organization. Choose a change management theory that would be effective at implementing one of the external environmental factors affecting the organization. Apply that change management theory and explain the steps the organization can take to implement the associated change.

God’s answer to the sin problem

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1.God’s answer to the sin problem in the prehistory (Gen 1-11) is:

 

a.

The plagues of Egypt

 

b.

The judgment at Babel

 

c.

The calling of Abraham in Gen 12.

 

d.

The flooding of the earth

 

e.

The call of Moses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2.The 10 Commandments have the following structure:

 

a.

Commands about God: 1-4

Commands about people: 5-10

 

b.

Commands about God:1-3

Transition: command 4

Commands about people: 5-10

 

c.

Commands about God: 1-2

Commands about people: 3-4

Commands about ethics: 5-10

 

d.

Commands about humans: 1-3

Transition: 4

Commands about God: 5-10

 

e.

Commands about God: 1-3

Commands about the king: 4

Commands about people: 5-10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.The words “Rescue and Relationship” describe:

 

a.

The calling of Moses

 

b.

Exodus.

 

c.

Judges.

 

d.

Joshua.

 

e.

the Calling of Abraham

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4.In this book, even Moses sins and is punished by God.

 

a.

Genesis

 

b.

Leviticus

 

c.

Exodus

 

d.

Numbers

 

e.

Joshua

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5.When God appeared to Moses to tell him to go to Egypt, God appeared to him in this form:

 

a.

A voice from heaven.

 

b.

A prophet.

 

c.

Thunder and lightning.

 

d.

A storm.

 

e.

A burning bush

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6.When God made the covenant with Abraham, God had Abraham to cut the animals in two and then God and Abraham walked in between the animals.

Select one:

True

False

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7，When Moses gave this excuse, God told him, “I will be with you.”

 

a.

“I am too old”

 

b.

“I am afraid.”

 

c.

“Who am I to do this job”

 

d.

“I am married and have a family.”

 

e.

“I am a murderer.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

,8.The three methods the king of Egypt used to try and control the Israelites were:

 

a.

Make them slaves; kill the babies; send the children to the desert to die.

 

b.

Don’t allow the Israelites to worship God; make them slaves; kill the women so they couldn’t have babies.

 

c.

Make them slaves; kill the male babies while they are being born; kill any Israelite child by throwing it in the Nile.

 

d.

Make the people leave Egypt; kill anyone who stayed; make the females slaves.

 

e.

Drown the babies in the Nile river; don’t allow the Israelites to have babies; tell the Israelites to go back to their land.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9.God’s plan to save the world is revealed in _________ and involves three stages: stage 1 is ________________; stage 2 is __________ and stage three is the world.

 

a.

Gen. 1-11; Call Noah; Call Abraham.

 

b.

Gen 1:1; Create the world; Create humans.

 

c.

Exod 3; Call Moses; make the nation of Israel.

 

d.

Gen 12:1-3; Call Abraham; Make the nation of Israel.

 

e.

Gen 12:1-20; Call Abraham; Call Moses.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10.When God appeared to Moses to tell him to go to Egypt, Moses gave 5 excuses why he couldn’t go.

Select one:

True

False

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11，The book of Genesis ends with Abraham’s children in:

 

a.

Canaan.

 

b.

Mesopotamia.

 

c.

Egypt

 

d.

Babylon.

 

e.

Israel.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

,12.The final plague God punished Egypt with was the ______________________ and to protect the Israelites he gave them the ceremony of the __________________________.

 

a.

death of the king; Moses.

 

b.

the Angel of Death who would kill as many Egyptians as possible between midnight and morning. Passover.

 

c.

turning the Nile to blood; fresh water.

 

d.

death of the firstborn; Passover.

 

e.

Death of the mothers in Egypt; prayer.

 

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 Psychoanalytic and Trait Theory

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Psychoanalytic and Trait Theory, access the Personality Theory Matrix and complete the requested information in the Column B section for Psychoanalytic Theory and Column C section for Trait Theory.

The Theory of Relativity

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The Theory of Relativity is one of the most famous ideas bantered around popular culture, but what do we really understand about it? How does it apply to everyday life on Earth? For your initial post, find a reference in pop culture to the theory of relativity. Share this example and explain if your source is a good representation of the theory’s concepts. For your reply post, explain if your classmates’ example pertains more to general relativity, or special relativity.

Research the role of the Nurse Practitioner

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Research the role of the Nurse Practitioner.

1. Select and describe an Advanced Nurse Practitioner role.

2. Why are you becoming a Nurse Practitioner?

3. Find one research article, expert opinion about the Nurse Practitioner role and summarize the article.

4. What does the Institute Of Medicine (IOM) say about the need of Nurse Practitioners?

5. Identify and describe the effects that you will have as an advanced practice nurse in terms of healthcare industry and patient outcomes.

Security Threats

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Security Threats

 

Oh no, you are late for work! You rush to get out the door but leave your front door wide open. It is hot and your car AC is broken, so you ride with the windows down. You put your wallet, phone, and lunch on the seat. As soon as you are pulling into the parking lot at work, your boss motions you over to the electric vehicle charging station.

You hop out of your car thinking you will come right back, so you leave the keys. Your boss continues to talk to you as you walk into the building. Three hours later, you realize you left your keys, wallet, and phone in your car, without protecting any of it.

This scenario seems unlikely because of the obvious risk of inviting others to take your unlocked and unprotected valuables. So, we need to make sure that we provide protection for the e-Commerce solutions we are proposing instead of leaving the business and customers at great risk.

Create a table following the format in the example below, filling in the columns and rows, and post it to the discussion.

Identify at least six security threats and define each with an example that you find online, have heard about in the news, or have experienced yourself. Include the dimension of security, as well as a reason why you categorized the threat in that dimension. Choose a tool that could have prevented the threat or will prevent that threat in the future.

Security ThreatIdentify at Least Six Security Threats and Define with an ExampleDimension of e-Commerce Security and WhyTool Prevention for Previous and/or Future Threats
Security Threat 1
Security Threat 2
Security Threat 3
Security Threat 4
Security Threat 5
Security Threat 6

When you respond to your peers, focus on the tools, as well as the strengths and weaknesses of those tools. Just because you have a number of tools, does not guarantee security.

 

Response Parameters

Prompts for this course are not opinion questions and should, therefore, be supported with scholarly sources. You can use the textbook, but that does not count as your obtained scholarly source.

Scholarly sources should be from current peer-reviewed journal articles (published within the last 36 months) and support your content. So, one of your sources for each of your main posts needs to be published in a valid scholarly journal within the last 36 months—older will not “count” as your supporting source. However, you may include older sources, in addition to more current ones, to further support your posts.

The Proposal requires you to propose a solution that will be supported with sources, as you will be asking to be funded. The discussions allow you to practice this approach. Scholarly sources carry more weight, as they have been validated. Wikipedia, for example, is not a valid source for an academic environment.

Peer responses should also be supported with sources that can be from the textbook, peer-reviewed journal articles, and other reputable sources.

 

· Posts should be 300 words in length

· A minimum of one obtained scholarly source is needed, and it should be included in the reference list at the end of the post

· All content from the source should be properly cited or quoted in the post, using APA or MLA format. Reminder that quoted content should make up no more than 20% of your post and should be reserved for content, such as statistics and dollar amounts. Overusing an author’s exact words, such as including block quotations to meet word counts, may lead your readers to conclude that you lack appropriate comprehension of the subject matter or that you are neither an original thinker nor a skillful writer.

Responsibilities for the business activities of the firm

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A family-owned carbon steel company from Germany has extended its business to Hong Kong. The owners bought a small traditional Chinese firm and decided to copy the successful structure they had developed at home. This structure was headed by three general managers who equally shared the responsibilities for the business activities of the firm. The consequences were as follows:
1. Now the Chinese employees were assigned tasks by people they have never seen before and whom they did not understand. Many misunderstandings occurred, some were quite costly.
2. The employees back in Europe were only concerned with whether the assigned tasks were completed and did not consider any other obligations to the Chinese employees, such as taking care of the relationships with the Chinese government, banks, etc.
3. Eventually, the local employees became frustrated and were ready to leave the company. The result was that the management model was changed again and a single managing director of the subsidiary was accountable for all business activities in Hong Kong.
Task
a. Which cultural dimension of Hofstede best describes the situation in the case? (2 marks)
b. Explain the identified cultural dimension in the case? (4 marks)
c. How does the identified dimension explained in (a) differ from power distance and individualism vs. collectivism?
(6 marks)
d. State the position of Hofstede’s study on Schein’s concept of culture. (2 marks)
e. Discuss any 2 ongoing critiques of Hofstede’s study. (6 marks)

Relationship between the superintendent and board members

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Relationship between the superintendent and board members

How does a superintendent establish good relations with new board members? Would you seek to establish policies to define roles, duties, and responsibilities as they relate to relations between the superintendent and board members?  Why or why not?