Comprehensive Wetland Summary and Report   Now that you have completed all course modules, you should be familiar with the basic components of a wetland. Effective wetland management includes describing and classifying the important characteristics of wetlands in order to evaluate wetland resources and function within the landscape. This helps decision makers determine their value and role in a watershed as well as assess associated risks in order to prioritize protection. In this field trip you are tasked with visiting a wetland of your choice and writing a report using the guidelines outlined below.   Objectives   Be able to describe important characteristics of a wetland in context using appropriate terminology   Demonstrate an understanding of key wetland indicators in situ   Interpret the factors potentially involved in protecting said wetland and offer some insight in determining possible conservation concerns   Instructions   You must visit a wetland; this can be any wetland are as long as you physically attend the site. (No virtual “sites” will be accepted unless you have an SDS accommodation!) Some suggestions on or near campus…

Case Analysis essay  Airbnb utilizes the sharing business model, whereby owners and operators come into an agreement about the use of assets. The sharing model allows organizations to hire the assets of other firms to lower the cost of production. In the case of Airbnb, the company hires the services of organizations with spare capacity (Varlaro & Gamble, 2017). The sharing business framework has been beneficial to the company. Airbnb is able to avoid the taxation and regulations associated with the brick-and-mortar establishments due to its involvement in the digital marketplace. Instead, the firm offers intermediary services between customers requiring lodging services and owners. Analysis The implementation of various strategies has been the source of Airbnb’s success. The organization offers a technological platform that results in low operating costs. Instead of developing hotels and motels, the company links owners with customers. For every customer that seeks services from owners, the firm obtains a percentage of the money. The low operating costs enable Airbnb to maximize profits. The organization takes advantage of the differing in size and target consumers. All firms…

Disengaged Teachers In every organization, employees face similar motivational problems due to the lack of creating better methods and scope towards engaging the workers. The problem is especially devastating when the disengaged workers are teachers. As a former assistant teacher and then teacher I can attest to many of the difficulties that can kill a teacher’s motivation and engagement in the classroom. One organization I worked for has faced a high turnover rate in their assistant teachers and frequent absenteeism. There is no question that when teachers are bored burned out or uninspired it takes its toll on everyone. The organization I worked for has been forced to invest all its efforts into human resources and hiring and training when it could have moved on to other things like improving curriculum, programs, and revamping the traditional classroom by incorporating technological educational tools for this new generation of students. When the teachers aren’t happy it spills over to the students who are the leaders of the future.   As was mentioned although boredom and disengagement are endemic to many jobs it…

Directions for Blog Posts and Discussion   Blog posts and discussions about them will take the place of a typical in-person class discussion for this course. Every student will write one blog post per week (by Tuesday at noon) and participate in a weekly discussion of other’s blog posts (by Thursday at noon).   What exactly are blog posts?   As stated on the syllabus, your blog posts should be critical, insightful responses to what we read and view every week.   I provide Discussion Prompts (embedded in the Course Calendar); they should help you start thinking critically about the readings and viewings. You can directly answer the Discussion Prompts to complete your blog post, or you can feel free to make points about the weeks’ viewings and readings that are different from the “food for thought” I provide in the Discussion Prompts.   What should your blog post look like?   All of your blog posts should:   Be at least 300-500 words long (which is approximately 1-2 pages of double-spaced, size-12 font). You can certainly write more than…

Book Critique   This assignment is a 3-5 page double spaced critique of a book chosen from the list provided to students. It requires you to read the book, and then to find two or more reviews of the book by scholars. These must be from refereed journals or databases like J-Stor or Ebesco. The staff at the College Library can help you find these reviews. This assignment is not a book report! It requires you to read the book critically, think about what you have read, and be able to demonstrate you understand the book.   Follow this format EXACTLY:   Work: Cite the book here.     Example:   Michael Pollan, The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals (New York:   Penguin, 2006), 99–100. OR   Philip B. Kurland and Ralph Lerner, eds., The Founders’ Constitution (Chicago:   University of Chicago Press, 1987), accessed February 28, 2010, http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/.   Reviews: Cite the scholarly reviews you found here.    Example:[unique_solution]   Gueorgi Kossinets and Duncan J. Watts, “Origins of Homophily in an Evolving Social Network,” American Journal of Sociology 115…

Controlling Project Performance and Project Closure   Develop a three to five (3–5) page paper that addresses the following:   Illustrate two (2) advantages and two (2) challenges associated with fast tracking and provide examples based on your own experience (not examples from the text).   Discuss both what it means and possible causes for a project with a CPI of 1.2 and an SPI of 0.8 (include hypothetical figures for PV, AC, and EV in your discussion).   Discuss the benefit of effective project closure using examples to support your answer.   Recommend two (2) best practices concerning project closure that would apply to almost any project.   The format of the paper is to be as follows:   Typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one-inch margins on all sides (APA format).   Use headers for each of the subjects being covered, followed by your response.[unique_solution]   In addition to the three to five (3–5) pages required, a title page is to be included. The title page is to contain the title of the assignment, your name,…

Business Report (with action memorandum and executive summary)   Business Report (with action memorandum and executive summary Due  Dec 15 by 11:59pm Points  100 Submitting  a text entry box or a file upload (Turnitin enabled) Available  after Sep 10 at 9am   Today, the ability to write effective reports is an essential competency for every successful student and business person. This original business report is to be 800 words in length including an executive summary. Attached to the report will be an action memorandum of 200 words explaining the report’s importance and potential use to an employer (the total word count for this assignment is 1000 words).   Students will be graded on the quality of research undertaken, writing style and quality, and the correct referencing of sources and citations using APA format. You will be expected to include evidence of your own research (either quantitative or qualitative or both) through the incorporation of visual illustrations (graphs, charts, tables etc) as well as secondary research.[unique_solution]   Your report should be easy to read, understood without undue effort and, where applicable,…

Review&Analyze after watching Business Videos Instructions Choose 5 videos from different chaptersbelow and in one post write a paragraph for each video. Each paragraph should have a strong topic sentence and contain 5-6 additional supporting sentences. Use 4+ key terms and/or concepts from the chapter that the video is associated with to provide analysis for each videoand do NOT provide a summary. You should explain how the key terms or concepts relate to each video. Make sure to use boldfont for key words and concepts from the class in your 5 paragraphs. Use the most important key terms from the chapter that relate to each video.[unique_solution] Short Version of the Instructions: Choose 5 videos from different chapters and write a paragraph about each using the most 4 important chapter key terms (put them in bold font in your post) that relate to the videos explaining how the key terms relate to the video case AND comment on 2 other student posts by adding to the conversation (not just a compliment or agreement).   <Chapter 11: Human Resources> Interview with Google VP Best Practice HR Tips from Liane Hornsey, Google VP Operations | MeetTheBoss

Why Conscious Disposal should be practiced in Melbourne Production of waste happens everywhere and every single time. If we are to be honest, the problem is not the production but the disposal. Disposal of waste is a very serious matter that needs everyone’s participation. So why is responsible/conscious disposal of waste so important? This question is what we are going to answer here. To make this a bit easier, we will focus mainly in the city of Melbourne in Australia. Therefore, here is why conscious should be practiced in Melbourne. Prevents the Growth and Spread of Diseases Away Waste materials epically food items tend to rot when they are thrown away. This is proper thing when they are placed in soil or made to form a compost heap. The issue comes in when they ate improperly thrown away irresponsible. Let us take for example waste thrown in the middle of the estate pathway. Such a place can easily become a breeding place for bacteria. Once people come into contact with this bacteria problems start. You will come across people complaining…

WHY USE LAPTOP TABLES? Laptop tables are considered to be good for your health as well as for the laptop’s health. Well, yes, you read it right! They have always been a need of the hour when it comes to the usage of your laptops safely. Just like you can’t imagine a day without your laptop, your laptop can’t spend its day without a laptop table. Every human aspires to work and perform his activities with the utmost freedom while using his laptop. It’s quite easy for a person to stay productive whether you are working from a coffee shop or your office’s desk. The laptop has a keyboard attached to it. So, there exists no chance for you to adjust its height according to yours so that you could work preferably. Thus, there stands a need to start hunching when it comes to working on the laptop. This might result in the formation of pain or a muscle strain either on your back, arms, or shoulders. If you want to improve this whole scenario and get a laptop according…