Category: Subjects

Policy Memo

October 7, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Law

Write a policy memo for the client you have been assigned that defines the problem you were asked to analyze, presents alternatives for policy action, and projects the outcomes from each of these alternatives. The memo should be no longer than 8 pages. You should not take the prompt you have been given at face value, but rather, use it to scope out the problem space, do research, and arrive at a reasonable formulation of the problem taking into account your client’s interests and frame for action.

Topic: The US and Mexican governments are not doing enough to combat global climate change.. Client: Environmental Defense Fund

Memo examples

Memos are a distinct type of medium and require concreteness, succinctness and elegance to be effective. Policy memos have to keep the policy issues clear, provide the reader with the factual elements needed to make a decision, and present options clearly.

I have compiled some guidance materials for you such as Michael O’Hare’s paper on rhetoric, and John Ellwoods guide to memo writing.

Assignment 10 – Intellectual Property

October 7, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Political science

After reading the assigned chapter(s) and reviewing any provided supplemental material, answer the following questions:

1.    What is meant by intellectual property?  Discuss the three major types.
2.    Why is this area so controversial?
3.    Why are there different Technical Data and Computer Software regulations? (FAR/DFARS)
4.    Do you agree with the current policies on contractors retaining (mostly) full rights on items that the government paid for under the contract?

Additional Material: See NCMA Article Data Rights Questions CM0912 – 72-79

Assignment 9 Socio Economic Requirements

October 7, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Political science

    After reading the assignment and reviewing any provided supplemental material, answer the following questions and submit them on line:

1.    What is the purpose of small business and other preferences?
2.    What is the Equal Access to Justice Act (EAJA)?  Why do you think this is important?
3.    Why do you think that Labor standards are important?
4.    What is the purpose of the Buy American Act?
5.    Do you agree with the socio-economic goals/rules/programs set forth by Congress in this chapter?  Explain your answer.

Assignment 8 Contract Types and Documents

October 7, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Political science

After reading any assigned material and reviewing any provided supplemental material, answer the following questions and submit them on line:

1.    What are three major categories of specifications and how are they used?
2.    Explain why clear and concise specifications are important to the procurement process.
3.    What are the elements of a Fixed Price Contract?
4.    What are the elements of a Cost Reimbursement Contract?
5.    When would you select a Fixed Price or Cost Reimbursement type contract?  Explain your rationale.

Any topic (writer’s choice)

October 7, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Business and Management

Instructions

Locate an article that discusses project management through organizational processes and efficiencies. This could include project scope, project constraints, stakeholders, global project management, or anything associated with the project management process.
Note that these are simply ideas; please expand upon the topics within the scope of the management of organizational efficiencies. Chapter 1 of the textbook will also provide additional ideas for topics.
Respond to the writing prompts below.
Explain how the topic of this article relates to project management.
Analyze how project management brings efficiencies to a project manager and ultimately the company.
Describe how this article uses project management concepts to more efficiently complete business projects.
Explain how constraints within the business could lead to performance issues with respect to successful implementation of project management concepts.

Your response should be a minimum of two pages in length and be double-spaced.

TEXTBOOK : Kerzner, H. (2017). Project management: A systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling (12th ed.). Wiley. https://online.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781119165361

Assignment 6 Competitive Negotiation

October 7, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Political science

After reading the assigned chapter(s) and reviewing any provided supplemental material, answer the following questions and submit them on line:

1.    When is the use of competitive negotiations appropriate?
2.    Why is the competitive negotiations process generally preferred to sealed bid procedures?
3.    What is best value and the Tradeoff Process?
4.    What is Lowest Cost, Technically Acceptable?
5.    How do you determine the competitive range?
6.    What is the significance of evaluation factors?
7.    Under what circumstances would you consider awarding with discussions/negotiations?
8.    What are the roles of the SSA and SSEB?
9.    Why are evaluation factors so important in negotiated procurements?
10.    What kind of notices need to be sent out in a Competitive Negotiations award?

Website review for this lesson:  http://www.gao.gov/

Pick an album cover that has a complexity that would work for an in depth analysis. Some covers may be too simplistic or straightforward to require much interpretation. The album cover may include a visual image combined with written text.

October 7, 2020 Leave a comment English and Literature, MLA

This is for my college, but write it like a high school student. Try to do the way a student do in high school, so my professor dont doubt me. You need to cite at least 2 sources. You need to use my college library database I will provide the link,  https://libguides.dcccd.edu/az.php
Let me know, if that link I provided above is not working. You can use other sources in the essay than the sources you find in the databases.

Any topic (writer’s choice)

October 7, 2020 Leave a comment Business and Management, Not applicable

The purpose of this assignment is to seek new cultural experiences and reach outside of your comfort zone.

There are multiple ways to fulfill the requirements – visit an ethnic restaurant and chat with the staff/ owner, visit a lecture about a culture or a country, have dinner with a family outside of your culture, participate in an ethnic celebration, visit a church, visit an ethnic store or do something that is out of your comfort zone. It doesn’t have to be about international culture – there are many subculturres in US and it would be worth experiencing them.

You must complete and describe two cultural experiences. Write a half page description of each learning experience. Make sure to clarify what you learned and how it expands your way of thinking or breaks some preconceived notions. Share as many details as possible, including what you were feeling, what you liked, what you disliked, what was similar, what was strange. All cultural experiences must be NEW and outside of your own ethnic, religious, or others culture. You cannot use experiences that occurred prior to the class.

You are not limited to these ssuggestions. You have many choices but I strongly encourage to push your comfort zone.

Wichita Asian Festival – October 67th, Century II
Deli Day – November 10th, Congregation Emanu-El Wichita KS
Global Learning Center Events – cultural events only

Other ideas:
Visit Sunday service in a Black church
Visit Sunday service in a LDS church
Visit Sunday service in a Catholic church
Visit Saturday service in the Hebrew Congregation, 1850 N Woodlawn
Visit the Islamic Society of Wichita, 6655 E 34th ST N, Wichita, Kansas 67226

Any topic (writer’s choice)

October 7, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Business and Management

Instructions

Locate and review an article that describes how an organizations structure can shape the roles of a project manager and project team throughout the duration of a project. The article you select must be at least five pages long, and no more than five years old.
Write a summary of the article. Include the purpose for the article, how research was conducted (if any), the results, and other pertinent information. How does the article relate to what you are learning in this course? In other words, describe how the structure of the organization discussed in the article helped to shape the project manager and project team member roles throughout the duration of the project.
Discuss the meaning or implications of the articles contents, as well as any flaws you find in the article. What could have made the article better? Was any information left out?
How could the author expand on the results? Does the articles information relate to your professional or personal life? How?

Your review must be at least two pages long, not counting cover page and reference page. Use proper APA formatting for all sources