Re: Week Three Discussion Forum
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For Week Three please follow the instructions for posting your article. Do not forget to write your responses in “question and answer” format. Include the number in which you are responding to. Use at least two or more scholarly “peer-reviewed” sources for validating the information in your answers. Only use APA format for your “in-text” citations and include your Reference List entries at the end. Lastly, make sure to refer to Chapter Three in your “California: The Politics of Diversity” textbook to familiarize yourself with the below prompt:

1.) Submit an article (that is, post its hyperlink) that relates to any facet of immigration in

the state of California.

2.) Summarize the article in 250 words or more.

3.) What is your opinion of the article’s premise. Do you agree or disagree with it?

Answer in at least 150 words.

4.) Now respond to two or more peers. Each response is 250 words each.

About: *Student Loans*: A generation ago, the federal government opened its student loan bank to profit-making corporations. Since then, student debt has become one of the worst kinds of debt for American students (best for banks and loan collectors). Student loans are not even allowed to be dismissed in bankruptcy. Consider some possible solutions: Permitting loan forgiveness, allowing bankruptcy, eliminating private collection agencies from this process.

Language: Use formal language and avoid the use of first and second person — avoid references to yourself (NO “I believe, in my opinion” etc.), no personal anecdotes, and do not address the reader (avoid “you” altogether).
Documentation: five correctly documented quotes or paraphrases from five adequate sources.
Style: APA style is usually used for the type of research you will be doing. Continue in that style unless otherwise stated by your professor.
Cross-referncing: You must use in-text citations (also known as in-text references) or signal phrases each time you use the words or ideas of your sources in the essay.
Support: You’ll need a minimum of five sources

Managers are proactively improving the employee selection process with various strategies that will ideally enhance corporate success. Some of these strategies focus on improving the quality of the individuals who apply for work, as well as those individuals who are actually hired into the organization. Other strategies target the selection process itself and seek to improve the various activities involved in proper hiring. The overriding theme of these efforts is that the staffing/ selection function is a key component of an organizations strategy because the process ideally provides highly motivated and qualified employees who can ultimately impact the financial and operational well-being of a company.

Hallmark Cards is one company that emphasizes selection. It recently developed a recruiting metric called a staffing index that enables management to track the degree to which newly hired employees are performing as expected on the job. A series of evaluations are conducted over time, and scores are compared to obtain a longitudinal perspective on the quality of the hiring decisions.

UnitedHealth Group is another organization that has improved its selection activities with proper strategic planning and execution. The companys Vice President of Recruitment Services decided to modify hiring procedures within the organization by splitting job candidates into two basic groups. The first group of individuals was comprised of high-level professionals who would be recruited by internal staffing specialists, while the second group included various staff and line personnel who would be acquired with outsourcing contacts. This two-pronged strategy enabled the company to save money through increased control and efficiency.

These various strategic selection approaches enable companies to improve the manner in which employees are hired and placed within a hierarchy of jobs. Many other strategies could be employed in different employment situations to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of selection. Overall, these efforts should increase the degree of fit between employees and organizations and increase the completion of strategic objectives.

Questions

Compare and contrast the two selection strategies used by the organizations discussed in the case.
2. What other strategies might help organizations better utilize and manage selection activities?

Explain how and why Luke may have edited Mark’s Gospel. Use the following two sets of passages to support your claim.

According to course materials (Bible, textbook, digital materials linked below, etc.):
1. How and why would Luke have edited Mark 14:3-9 contrasted with Luke 7:36-50?
2. How and why would Luke have edited Mark 3:31-35 contrasted with Luke 8:19-21?

Resources
See the ebook via SLU library: The Gospels by Barton and Muddiman (2010), pp. 153-154.
Link: https://saintleo.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=the+gospels+barton+muddiman#/oclc/667234717

See the ebook via SLU library: The Gospels by Barton and Muddiman (2010), p. 257.
Link: https://saintleo.on.worldcat.org/search?queryString=the+gospels+barton+muddiman#/oclc/667234717

Questions should be answer in at least one paragraph.
A patient who is 4 days postcoronary artery bypass surgery reports she is having new chest pain that is different from my angina pain. The pains onset was 5 or 6 hours ago upon first waking up in the morning. The patient has a new pericardial friction rub and a low-grade fever of 100.5F. The patient is diagnosed with acute pericarditis.

a. Why was this patient at risk for developing pericarditis?

b. Why is this patient now at risk for cardiac tamponade?

c. What are the signs or symptoms that would be indicative of cardiac tamponade in this patient? What is the underlying pathophysiology of these signs and symptoms?

The purpose of this assignment is to evaluate different types of employment relationships and potential discriminatory employment policies from an ethical standpoint.
Read the following scenario.

Janice was hired by Dream Massage to be a massage therapist. She is engaged as an independent contractor and, therefore, receives no tax withholding or employment benefits. Dream Massage requires Janice to work a set schedule, provides her with clients and all her massage products, and exercises complete control over how Janice does her work. In addition, when Janice shows up to work the first day, she is informed by Dream Massage that she cannot wear her hijab as it violates the company’s dress code policy.
The owner of Dream Massage comes to you, a human resources (HR) consultant, to find out if Janice is properly classified as an independent contractor and if there is potential liability concerning the hijab.

Create a 700- to 1,050-word HR report for Dream Massage in which you examine the employment issues presented in the scenario.

Include the following:
Analyze whether Janice qualifies as an employee or should be classified as an independent contractor.
Discuss whether Dream Massage has potentially violated any employment discrimination laws.
Analyze ethical considerations associated with the maintenance of a rigid company dress policy.

Textbook: Chapter 12
Lesson
Minimum of 1 scholarly source
Initial Post Instructions
This week, you will write an argumentative essay. As the text points out, this is the apex of Bloom’s taxonomy, in which you now use all of the skills you’ve learned in creating a logical argument.

For the initial post, address the following:

What were your biggest problems in constructing and completing your essay?
What strategies did you use to overcome them?
Considering what you have written or where you are in the writing process, analyze and evaluate your own argument:
Is it inductive, deductive, or a mixture of both?
Explain the form(s) of inductive or deductive reasoning you have applied.
Is your resulting argument valid/sound or cogent/strong?
Follow-Up Post Instructions
Respond to at least two peers or one peer and the instructor. Further the dialogue by providing more information and clarification.

Here is the textbook for reference
Jackson, D., & Newberry, P. (2016). Critical thinking: A user’s manual (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.

1-Christian baker who won Supreme Court case in new cake-making legal battle

2-Colorado baker back in court over second LGBTQ bias allegation

3-Baker claims religious persecution again this time after denying cake for transgender woman

Discuss the issues in this case and the previous case involving the baker regarding civil liberties. Make
your argument for the baker or the customer. You should explain the issues that are at stake regarding
the individuals rights based on the Constitution of the United States. You should refer to the
appropriate sections of the Constitution and explain how the section you choose impacts your
argument.

Your paper should be about 400 words. Any references should have proper citations and be included in
your paper bibliography. Failure to include this may result in a failing grade. Using others work
without giving them credit is plagiarism.

To reinforce effective summary/paraphrase skills and to offer an opportunity to practice citation skills.

Assignment:
Your task is to write an Annotated Bibliography using at least four sources, at least two of which have to come from viewpoints opposed to your own working thesis. Each source will be listed using formal MLA citation (just like in a Works Cited page). Following each entry, you will write a review that does the following three tasks: 1) summarized the authors argument; 2) evaluates the strength of the argument and the credibility of the source of the text; 3) explains how you plan to use the article in your own writing. You may do this in one large paragraph, or three shorter ones. Somewhere in your discussion of the source you will be required to use one direct quote of a sentence or a phrase from the source article, cited correctly and integrated into the paragraph.

1 name of the three brands of software that you’ve chosen and a brief description of each of them 2information about the companies who make the software 3 pros and cons of each software package what does each program do or not do? 4 how are technical support issues handled? 5 discuss what kind of contingency plan each company has to handle system failure/ recovery 6 I installation of the server and other hardware provided 7 are updates to software automatic or do they need to be requested? 8 Include office functions like reminders accounting billing inventory control and so on 9 is the system able to import lab results directly from the laboratory into the medical record? 10 if describing a cloud-based software system you’re still required to provide all of the information above as it relates to the cloud-based system