Ch 10 (232)
Respond in detail to the following questions:
1. What are some ways Graham v. Connor (1989) is commonly applied?
2. What is the standard for use of force against a prisoner?
Your responses should be a minimum of one page in length, in essay format and respond to the question in detail. Your assignment should be completed using Microsoft Word, double spaced, using Times New Roman 12 font.
Sociology
For Writing Assignment 1, select from one of these 3 topics: (click on link to view details)
For writing topic 1, read “Body Ritual Among the Nacirema” by Horace Miner. For this assignment, you may want to focus on the following key concepts in the course: Culture, Cultural Relativism, Ethnocentrism, Qualitative Research Methodology.To access the journal article, click on the following link: https://www.msu.edu/~jdowell/miner.html
Monitoring Our Home Planet
The Internet is a powerful tool that provides the ability to monitor natural phenomena and disasters that happen all over planet Earth.
In this assignment, you will research resources available on the Internet for monitoring natural phenomena including earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, global climate, and weather.
Based on your research, do the following:
Identify a minimum of three different natural phenomena that are typically responsible for natural disasters. Analyze the potential impact of these disasters.
Analyze how these phenomenon are monitored, or not, via the Internet. Critique available Web sites, which publicly display up-to-date monitored information related to each of the natural phenomena you have identified. Focus on the following aspects:
Geography
What parts of the world are potentially affected by these phenomena? Specifically identify the countries.
Resources
What kinds of resources are allocated toward monitoring these phenomena and why?
What types of Web resources monitor the phenomena and provide up-to-date information about them?
What kinds of technology are involved in monitoring the phenomena?
Politics
What political ramifications would this disaster-preparedness technology cause between more-developed countries and less-developed countries?
What kinds of issues could this technology cause between less-developed countries?
Economics
How would this technology directly impact the economies of those countries that have the technology versus those countries that do not?
Do you predict any indirect impacts? What current evidence supports your position?
Disaster Preparedness
What types of systems are in place in terms of disaster preparedness related to these monitored phenomena?
Summarize your findings. Evaluate how this technology will impact the future of humanity, both positively and negatively. Be sure to consider the political and economic issues discussed in your future predictions.
Support your statements with examples. Use a minimum of six reliable references, two of which should be peer-reviewed articles.
Poverty
Capstone Project
The aim of this Capstone Project is to develop a research report integrating knowledge gained from previous submissions that demonstrates your ability to effectively utilize research pertinent to a social issue addressed in some capacity by a health and human services setting. As part of this culminating submission, you will provide a succinct but efficient overview of content areas examined in your written assignments from Weeks One through Four that will aid in the development of an original intervention (i.e., strategy, application, or technique) for human service professionals to utilize for your selected social issue. This model intervention must be of your own design as opposed to a review of an existing practice used to address this issue. You can, however, use your knowledge of best practices to inform your intervention. The Capstone Project is intended to demonstrate your mastery of all learning outcomes related to the B.A. program in Health and Human Services; therefore, successful completion will require reflection, critical thinking, and knowledge of subject matter areas addressed in previous coursework. You are strongly encouraged to refer to the culmination of resources (e.g., textbooks, articles, websites, library resources, etc.) in addition to those provided in the course in the development of your submission.
The Capstone Project will include five components. The first four parts will involve briefly summarizing the main points from each of your previous written assignments. Do not copy and paste content from these submissions.
Part I: Background of Social Issue (Week One Assignment; 1 page):
Describe your selected social issue, its importance, and pertinent background information.
Evaluate the impact of this social issue on the delivery of health and human services efforts (e.g., formal organizational responses by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, resulting legislation, policies, etc.).
Part II: Theory and Research Related to Social Issue (Week Two Assignment; 1 page):
Develop a brief research-based report demonstrating research theory and methodology by analyzing the scholarly literature related to this topic, including theories explaining the problem as well as research studies and their associated methods and outcomes.
Part III: Best Practices Related to Social Issue (Week Three Assignment; 1 page):
Apply a working knowledge of U.S. health and human services delivery of care by explaining best practices related to the issue. What interventions, strategies, or approaches have been shown to be most effective as evidenced by research?
Part IV: Human Service Professionals Related to Social Issue (Week Four Assignment; 1 page):
Explain how and where human service professionals are involved in direct practice with populations affected by this social issue.
Examine effective oral and written communication skills needed for these professionals to be successful.
Analyze culturally competent health and human services elements necessary for service delivery related to clients facing social issue.
Part V: Model Intervention (four to six pages):
Lastly, apply your knowledge of U.S. health and human services delivery of care as a whole to develop a model intervention in the form of a service, program, or initiative (from your Week Three Assignment proposal) for human service professionals who are working directly with clients facing this particular issue. This intervention must be unique in its approach and must be sufficiently supported by scholarly sources.
Specifically, you are to do the following:
Describe the intervention in detail: what it is, how and why it will be used, what makes it unique to other approaches, the population that will receive it,and how the best practice will be integrated into the intervention.
Describe aspects of the delivery setting in which the intervention will be used, such as location/setting (e.g., social/human services agency, healthcare facility, in the field, etc.) and professionals involved (e.g., roles/duties, necessary competencies and skills required, etc.).
Determine the components of successful health and human service delivery relationships at the (a) individual, (b) family, (c) group, (d) organizational, and (e) community levels. How will these components be used to support your intervention?
Describe how you will apply technology (i.e., specific tools and resources) to deliver the intervention to clients facing the social issue.
Assess the intervention’s perceived strengths and limitations.
Explain how the intervention will be evaluated to determine its effectiveness.
Module 3 – Assessment Task 8 – Activity 8.1 – Business Plan and Budget
Now that your business has been registered, you need to plan for the commencement of operations
Key requirements/specific instructions:
1. In order to ensure that your business is able to hit the ground running, you decide to complete a comprehensive business plan and budget to guide the establishment and growth of your business. As a minimum, your business plan and budget must address:
Consultation processes for the establishment and growth of the business, including the range of persons and organisations to be consulted
Key performance indicators and other measurements to be used to monitor business growth, progress, and the achievement of organisational objectives
Contingency plans to be implemented in the event that the business does not achieve its goals, including lack of start-up capital and insufficient income
2. Resourcing requirements for establishment and growth for the first 12 months of operation, including:
Premises and facilities
Equipment
Human resources
External contractors and services
3. A detailed budget which clearly specifies the required capital for start-up based on the determined resource requirements, as well as the ongoing income required based on the estimated resources requirements for the first 12 months of operation
4. A balance sheet displaying the assets and liabilities relevant to the business upon start-up
5. Performance management and review processes for monitoring the progress and success of the organisation
6. Record keeping requirements for all operational and financial documentation, including:
Sales and expenses
GST and PAYG payments
Superannuation contributions
Public Liability, Professional Indemnity and WorkCover Insurance
Any relevant permits and licenses
7. Once the business plan and budget have been completed, prepare a cover letter to accompany the documents when providing them to relevant stakeholders. These persons could include accountants, solicitors, or managers which you intend to hire. The purpose of the cover letter is to seek approval and support for the implementation of the business plan.
Module 3 – Assessment Task 8 – Activity 8.2 – Financial Evaluation
Your business has now been operating for 12 months. Unfortunately, your business is not progressing according to your business plan and budget. Actual income is 15% below the initial estimates, while staffing costs have blown out by 25%. There have also been significant cost blowouts on construction projects due to the ordering of excess materials which are then disposed of without being used on additional projects.
Key requirements/specific instructions:
1. In order to address the financial issues which have plagued your business, you decide to conduct a full evaluation of the organisation’s financial strategy. As a minimum, this evaluation must include:
A strategy for monitoring expenditure to ensure that costs are managed effectively
Contingency plans to be implemented as a means of controlling business expenses
An updated balance sheet showing updated assets and liabilities, using an electronic spreadsheet
Modifications required to the business plan to ensure that the business is profitable and remains viable
Modifications required to Performance Indicators
Training strategy for underperformers
2. Once the financial evaluation is complete, prepare a cover letter to your accountant explaining the evaluation and the results, providing a summary of the actions to be taken to improve the organisation’s financial position and the associated changes to the business plan.
discuss Continuous improvement and total quality management (CI and TQM)
