Watch Heffernan’s TED Talk on teams. In it, she challenges the notion that competition drives the highest-producing teams. What have been your experiences with rivalry vs. social capital in teams in your workplace? In your experiences, does the “super chicken model” or a “culture of helpfulness” produce the best teamwork? Explain. Read the Center … Read more
In the Wall Street Journal article “Follow the Leaders,” Pearce says that “our research…suggests that teams that perform poorly tend to be dominated by the team leader, while high-performing teams have a shared-leadership structure.” What parts of this article ring true to you? Conversely, what problems do you see with this perspective on leading … Read more
compare and contrast the relationships between the United States government and the governments of Africausing the criteria of political and economic freedom in the diaspora.
Select a social problem (i.e.: addiction, homelessness, suicide, etc.) and choose the Service Delivery model (the medical model, the public health model, or the human services model) you see as the best fit to address your selected social problem. This week, you are required to include in-text citations and references in your posts
Watch the following videos and answer the questions below: Video #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tq3Fkg1utHA Video #2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zQqXwtfQWo Video #3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rL8RSFQG8do Video #4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrhHMai2d2Y Video #5: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiQR5rTSshw What did you learn from Video #1? What did you learn from Video #2? What did you learn from Video #3? What did you learn from Video #4? What did you … Read more
nstructions The use of capital punishment has long been a contentious issue in America. While there seems to be little evidence that the death penalty acts as a deterrent, proponents argue that deterrence is not the only function of punishment. Proponents believe that certain crimes simply deserve the harshest punishment, regardless of its potential for … Read more
This week’s discussion will pick up on the topic of organized crime. Some crime families have strict membership requirements, along ethnic lines. Is this something that is common among organized crime organizations, or is this just an Italian/Sicilian thing? Why would a criminal organization have such a strict rule about the ethnicity of its full … Read more
The investigative process is both rigid in requirements while fluid in progression. Each component has strict requirements to follow, yet criminal investigations are often fluid in their progression. Review the concepts in the managing criminal investigations methodology and discuss both the importance of quality management and the detriment of poor or ineffective management in … Read more
Purpose of Assignment The goal of creating a newborn nutrition teaching presentation is to prepare the nursing student to provide evidenced based education to the pre and postpartum client on lactation. Competency Select safe, effective nursing interventions for the postpartum client and newborn. Instructions Create a teaching tool to promote breastfeeding. The material created … Read more
Competency Compare strategies for safe, effective multidimensional nursing practice when providing care for clients with lower respiratory disorders. Scenario You are a nurse on a pulmonary rehabilitation team at an outpatient clinic in your community. You are updating educational resources to educate clients who want to know more about health promotion and maintenance and improving … Read more