BUSI 730
Discussion Board Forum 1 Response Grading Rubric
Criteria
Levels of Achievement
Content
28 – 0 points
Advanced
Proficient
Developing
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Quality of Information
28– 0 points
28 to 26 points
All concepts are presented in a well-thought-out manner and linked to strategic organizational goals.
25 to 24 points
Most concepts are presented in a well-thought-out manner and linked to strategic organizational goals.
23 to 1 points
Concepts are not answered in a well-thought-out manner or are not linked to strategic organizational goals.
0 points
Structure
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Professional Language
8 – 0 points
8 points
Professional vocabulary and writing style are used consistently throughout the discussion.
7 points
Professional vocabulary and writing style are used frequently throughout the discussion.
6 to1 points
Professional vocabulary and writing style are occasionally used.
0 points
APA format & References
4 – 0 points
4 points
Responses comply with current APA formatting and cite at least two peer-reviewed journal articles.
3 points
Responses mostly comply with current APA formatting and cite at least two peer-reviewed journal articles.
2 to 1 points
Responses do not comply with current APA formatting and/ or do not cite at least two peer-reviewed journal articles.
0 points
Responses do not include a reference list and do not cite any peer-review journal articles.
Instructor Comments
Raw Score 40 Points
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Part One
Chapter 1 - The Chinese Mother
Chapter 2 - Sophia
Chapter 3 - Louisa
Chapter 4 - The Chuas
Chapter 5 - On Generational Decline
Chapter 6 - The Virtuous Circle
Chapter 7 - Tiger Luck
Chapter 8 - Lulu’s Instrument
Chapter 9 - The Violin
Chapter 10 - Teeth Marks and Bubbles
Chapter 11 - “The Little White Donkey”
Chapter 12 - The Cadenza
Part Two
Chapter 13 - Coco
Chapter 14 - London, Athens, Barcelona, Bombay
Chapter 15 - Popo
Chapter 16 - The Birthday Card
Chapter 17 - Caravan to Chautauqua
Chapter 18 - The Swimming Hole
Chapter 19 - How You Get to Carnegie Hall
Chapter 20 - How You Get to Carnegie Hall, Part 2
Chapter 21 - The Debut and the Audition
Chapter 22 - Blowout in Budapest
Part Three
Chapter 23 - Pushkin
Chapter 24 - Rebellion
Chapter 25 - Darkness
Chapter 26 - Rebellion, Part 2
Chapter 27 - Katrin
Chapter 28 - The Sack of Rice
Chapter 29 - Despair
Chapter 30 - “Hebrew Melody”
Chapter 31 - Red Square
Chapter 32 - The Symbol
Chapter 33 - Going West
Chapter 34 - The Ending
Coda
Acknowledgements
Notes
About the Author
ALSO BY AMY CHUA
Day of Empire: How Hyperpowers Rise to Global Dominance—and
Why They Fall
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Breeds Ethnic Hatred and Global Instability
THE PENGUIN PRESS.
- The article discusses Amy Chua's book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, which describes her strict Chinese parenting style of raising her daughters to be high-achieving.
- Chua says that Chinese parents demand perfect grades, musical instrument mastery, and do not allow playdates, non-academic activities, or any complaints. Western parents are more concerned with their children's psyches and self-esteem.
- The article provides examples of Chua's strict rules for her daughters, including no less than an A grade, being #1 in every subject, and only playing the piano or violin. Chua believes schoolwork comes before all else and that only activities leading to gold medals
The document summarizes key points from Amy Chua's article about "Tiger Mothers" and Chinese parenting styles. It describes some of the intense demands Chinese mothers place on their children, such as requiring them to be the top student in every class except gym and drama, only allowing piano and violin as extracurricular activities, and believing that anything less than an A is unacceptable. Western parents are said to be more concerned with their children's psyches, while Chinese parents assume their children are strong and push them to excel academically above all else.
Sample Report Writing Format - 31 Free DocumeMichelle Adams
Galactic Inheritors is a 4X space strategy game that focuses more on corporate wars than exploration. Players must choose their race carefully at the start of the game. While the game has a rich story, it does not hold the player's hand and may frustrate new players to the genre. Overall, the game emphasizes strategic corporate warfare over exploration of space.
The document provides instructions for requesting and completing a law research paper through the HelpWriting.net website. It outlines a 5-step process: 1) Create an account with a password and email. 2) Complete an order form with instructions, sources, and deadline. 3) Review bids from writers and select one. 4) Review the completed paper and authorize payment. 5) Request revisions to ensure satisfaction, with a refund option for plagiarism.
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Running head: Week 2 Assignment
1
EVALUATION OF A HEALTH-RELATED WEBSITE
2
Interview Description
Issys Thompson
COM360: Advanced Communications in Society (BHF1550A)
Sarah Bowman
11/09/2015
The person I chose to interview is my grandmother, Pastor Thompson. My grandma was born in Coffeeville, AL she grew up in a house of eleven children with both her parents. My grandmother raised me and people always tell me I have an old soul because I remember all the things she taught me, that she learned from her mother. One thing I learned about my grandma is that she really valued everything that her mother taught her, and she used those values to instill in me. She’s really old school and she doesn’t care that she was born in 1938 and it is now a new way of doing things. My grandmother remembers The Jim Crow laws from being at school and not being able to use the same bubbler as the white kids. How they had separate entrances than the white kids at school as well. The importance of keeping your head up and never look defeated according to her mother. “Always look like you’re worth something, lift your head up be proud of who you are”, she would say. She was raised Pentecostal Christian, which is a very strict denomination. It surprises me how far back her memory goes and have vivid it is, of course as she get’s older she no longer remembers a lot of things. But I do think that she chose to makes sure she remembered certain things. In being around my grandmother all my life I realized that she and her mother are very superstitious, which to me contradicts being a Christian. No sweeping you foot, don’t step over someone lying on the floor, don’t sit you purse on the floor etc. I chose to interview her because she knows first hand what it was like for African Americans in the time where we regarded as nothing.
1.
What is one thing that you valued most growing up?
2.
Did you ever feel forgotten because you had so many siblings?
3.
If you could change one thing about your childhood what would it be?
4.
How do you feel about the world now compared to when you lived in Alabama?
5.
What concerns you the most about society today?
6.
What advice do you want to give to the generations to come?
How far back in time can the person remember? What is his or her first childhood memory? (Consider how it reflects the interview subject's culture or subculture?)
About 1954, visiting her grandmother’s house walking through the woods and being hungry.
What does the person remember of the experience of being an immigrant or a subgroup member in that time?
The bathrooms one said white and one said back, the water fountain, in the restutant she had to order out the back window. Riding in the back of the bus.
Which impressions or experiences from that time are most vivid to him or her today?
Bad customer service people don’t want to treat you like you’re a person.
If he or she immigrated to this country, what was the country of origin like in t ...
Can You Use You In A Formal Essay. Online assignment writing service.Umon Kinneberg
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INSERT INTO Classes
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('CS201', 'Programming in Java', 4),
('CS301', 'Data Structures', 3);
INSERT INTO Advisors
VALUES ('John Doe', 'Computer Science'),
('Jane Smith', 'Information Technology');
INSERT INTO Students
VALUES ('Bob', 'Smith', 'CS101', 'A'),
('Sue', 'Jones', 'CS201', 'B'),
('Frank', 'Williams', 'CS301', 'A');
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- The article discusses Amy Chua's book Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, which describes her strict Chinese parenting style of raising her daughters to be high-achieving.
- Chua says that Chinese parents demand perfect grades, musical instrument mastery, and do not allow playdates, non-academic activities, or any complaints. Western parents are more concerned with their children's psyches and self-esteem.
- The article provides examples of Chua's strict rules for her daughters, including no less than an A grade, being #1 in every subject, and only playing the piano or violin. Chua believes schoolwork comes before all else and that only activities leading to gold medals
The document summarizes key points from Amy Chua's article about "Tiger Mothers" and Chinese parenting styles. It describes some of the intense demands Chinese mothers place on their children, such as requiring them to be the top student in every class except gym and drama, only allowing piano and violin as extracurricular activities, and believing that anything less than an A is unacceptable. Western parents are said to be more concerned with their children's psyches, while Chinese parents assume their children are strong and push them to excel academically above all else.
Sample Report Writing Format - 31 Free DocumeMichelle Adams
Galactic Inheritors is a 4X space strategy game that focuses more on corporate wars than exploration. Players must choose their race carefully at the start of the game. While the game has a rich story, it does not hold the player's hand and may frustrate new players to the genre. Overall, the game emphasizes strategic corporate warfare over exploration of space.
The document provides instructions for requesting and completing a law research paper through the HelpWriting.net website. It outlines a 5-step process: 1) Create an account with a password and email. 2) Complete an order form with instructions, sources, and deadline. 3) Review bids from writers and select one. 4) Review the completed paper and authorize payment. 5) Request revisions to ensure satisfaction, with a refund option for plagiarism.
Running head Week 2 Assignment 1EVALUATION OF A HEALTH-RE.docxtoltonkendal
Running head: Week 2 Assignment
1
EVALUATION OF A HEALTH-RELATED WEBSITE
2
Interview Description
Issys Thompson
COM360: Advanced Communications in Society (BHF1550A)
Sarah Bowman
11/09/2015
The person I chose to interview is my grandmother, Pastor Thompson. My grandma was born in Coffeeville, AL she grew up in a house of eleven children with both her parents. My grandmother raised me and people always tell me I have an old soul because I remember all the things she taught me, that she learned from her mother. One thing I learned about my grandma is that she really valued everything that her mother taught her, and she used those values to instill in me. She’s really old school and she doesn’t care that she was born in 1938 and it is now a new way of doing things. My grandmother remembers The Jim Crow laws from being at school and not being able to use the same bubbler as the white kids. How they had separate entrances than the white kids at school as well. The importance of keeping your head up and never look defeated according to her mother. “Always look like you’re worth something, lift your head up be proud of who you are”, she would say. She was raised Pentecostal Christian, which is a very strict denomination. It surprises me how far back her memory goes and have vivid it is, of course as she get’s older she no longer remembers a lot of things. But I do think that she chose to makes sure she remembered certain things. In being around my grandmother all my life I realized that she and her mother are very superstitious, which to me contradicts being a Christian. No sweeping you foot, don’t step over someone lying on the floor, don’t sit you purse on the floor etc. I chose to interview her because she knows first hand what it was like for African Americans in the time where we regarded as nothing.
1.
What is one thing that you valued most growing up?
2.
Did you ever feel forgotten because you had so many siblings?
3.
If you could change one thing about your childhood what would it be?
4.
How do you feel about the world now compared to when you lived in Alabama?
5.
What concerns you the most about society today?
6.
What advice do you want to give to the generations to come?
How far back in time can the person remember? What is his or her first childhood memory? (Consider how it reflects the interview subject's culture or subculture?)
About 1954, visiting her grandmother’s house walking through the woods and being hungry.
What does the person remember of the experience of being an immigrant or a subgroup member in that time?
The bathrooms one said white and one said back, the water fountain, in the restutant she had to order out the back window. Riding in the back of the bus.
Which impressions or experiences from that time are most vivid to him or her today?
Bad customer service people don’t want to treat you like you’re a person.
If he or she immigrated to this country, what was the country of origin like in t ...
Can You Use You In A Formal Essay. Online assignment writing service.Umon Kinneberg
Here are the SQL commands to populate the tables with the given data:
INSERT INTO Classes
VALUES ('CS101', 'Introduction to Computer Science', 3),
('CS201', 'Programming in Java', 4),
('CS301', 'Data Structures', 3);
INSERT INTO Advisors
VALUES ('John Doe', 'Computer Science'),
('Jane Smith', 'Information Technology');
INSERT INTO Students
VALUES ('Bob', 'Smith', 'CS101', 'A'),
('Sue', 'Jones', 'CS201', 'B'),
('Frank', 'Williams', 'CS301', 'A');
INSERT INTO Grades
VALUES (1, 'A'),
(2,
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Running head: Week 2 Assignment
1
EVALUATION OF A HEALTH-RELATED WEBSITE
3
Interview Description
Issys Thompson
COM360: Advanced Communications in Society (BHF1550A)
Sarah Bowman
11/09/2015
The person I chose to interview is my grandmother, Pastor Thompson. My grandma was born in Coffeeville, AL she grew up in a house of eleven children with both her parents. My grandmother raised me and people always tell me I have an old soul because I remember all the things she taught me, that she learned from her mother. One thing I learned about my grandma is that she really valued everything that her mother taught her, and she used those values to instill in me. She’s really old school and she doesn’t care that she was born in 1938 and it is now a new way of doing things. My grandmother remembers The Jim Crow laws from being at school and not being able to use the same bubbler as the white kids. How they had separate entrances than the white kids at school as well. The importance of keeping your head up and never look defeated according to her mother. “Always look like you’re worth something, lift your head up be proud of who you are”, she would say. She was raised Pentecostal Christian, which is a very strict denomination. It surprises me how far back her memory goes and have vivid it is, of course as she get’s older she no longer remembers a lot of things. But I do think that she chose to makes sure she remembered certain things. In being around my grandmother all my life I realized that she and her mother are very superstitious, which to me contradicts being a Christian. No sweeping you foot, don’t step over someone lying on the floor, don’t sit you purse on the floor etc. I chose to interview her because she knows first hand what it was like for African Americans in the time where we regarded as nothing.
1.
What is one thing that you valued most growing up?
2.
Did you ever feel forgotten because you had so many siblings?
3.
If you could change one thing about your childhood what would it be?
4.
How do you feel about the world now compared to when you lived in Alabama?
5.
What concerns you the most about society today?
6.
What advice do you want to give to the generations to come?
How far back in time can the person remember? What is his or her first childhood memory? (Consider how it reflects the interview subject's culture or subculture?)
About 1954, visiting her grandmother’s house walking through the woods and being hungry.
What does the person remember of the experience of being an immigrant or a subgroup member in that time?
The bathrooms one said white and one said back, the water fountain, in the restutant she had to order out the back window. Riding in the back of the bus.
Which impressions or experiences from that time are most vivid to him or her today?
Bad customer service people don’t want to treat you like you’re a person.
If he ...
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Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior
Can a regimen of no playdates, no TV, no computer games and hours of music practice create happy kids? And what happens when they fight back?
By AMY CHUA
A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what these parents do to produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies, what it's like inside the family, and whether they could do it too. Well, I can tell them, because I've done it. Here are some things my daughters, Sophia and Louisa, were never allowed to do:
Amy Chua with her daughters, Louisa and Sophia, at their home in New Haven, Conn.
• attend a sleepover
• have a playdate
• be in a school play
• complain about not being in a school play
• watch TV or play computer games
• choose their own extracurricular activities
• get any grade less than an A
• not be the No. 1 student in every subject except gym and drama
• play any instrument other than the piano or violin
• not play the piano or violin.
I'm using the term "Chinese mother" loosely. I know some Korean, Indian, Jamaican, Irish and Ghanaian parents who qualify too. Conversely, I know some mothers of Chinese heritage, almost always born in the West, who are not Chinese mothers, by choice or otherwise. I' ...
This document provides an overview of Vivian Paley's background and educational philosophy as well as excerpts from her book discussing a situation where a student commented on another student's skin color resembling chocolate pudding. It includes discussion questions about addressing race in the classroom and quotes from Paley reflecting on ignoring versus acknowledging racial differences and the importance of creating an inclusive environment where all students feel a sense of belonging.
This document discusses gender stereotypes and humor. It provides examples of humor based on physical, emotional, and intellectual stereotypes of men and women. Some humor examples reinforce stereotypes while others reverse or subvert expectations. The document also notes that not all differences between men and women are due to biology and some may be socially constructed. It suggests guidelines for humane humor that does not target immutable qualities.
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The fact that the U.S. and the Soviet Union had such polar opposite ideologies made the Americans' fears easy to exploit by the government, media and the entertainment industry. Their anxieties were mirrored through U.S. pop culture throughout the Cold War from the 1950s-1980s. The rapid technological change that happened during that period was a huge contributor to these anxious feelings, which I find reflected misunderstanding and confusion leading to paranoia and a need to find a scapegoat when something seemed awry. The development of nuclear weapons as well as the spread of TV as an integral part of home life brought all the drama and fear home.
When the US formed the FBI and CIA to protect the country from security threats, it created a culture of fear and paranoia.
The West, especially the US, found the Soviet Union a threat as communism did not have a race or "look" and that anyone could be communist. This raised fears that it could spread rapidly and threaten the US way of life. [cite show we watched with the dad getting thrown in jail when his kids became communist youth]. The fact that the US and the Soviet Union had such polar opposite ideologies made the Americans' fears easy to exploit by news media and the entertainment industry. The spread of TV as an integral part of home life brought all the drama home.
(PARANOIA) During the 1950s, McCarthyism had taken the US by storm after Senator (first name) McCarthy stated that communists had infiltrated the government. His way of weaving together fact and fiction convinced people and initiated a mindset of paranoia and fear. His beliefs led to a massive witch hunt in which notable people were blacklisted as communists with little proof (cite more about this). Calling someone a communist became the norm whenever someone wanted to denounce someone or a group that they did not agree with.
The culture of questioning authorities in the late 60s/70s was a runoff of the McCarthy era of paranoia.
1980s and nuclear doomsdays beliefs
Tiger mother Battle
America as one of the states that has largest immigrants in the world, it contains people from Mexico, India, China, Vietnam, and the people from all over the world. Immigration mostly happened after the 20th century, so that the majority of them already have the second, third, or even fourth generations. “Roughly 6 in 10 said they consider themselves to be a "typical American," though they maintain ties to their ancestral roots” (Moni Basu, CNN). They have been moved to America enough time to consider themselves as a typical American. However, they still maintain their own culture. While those people emigrating from their countries, they bring their language, food, and culture as well. And then, transculturation happened when their culture meet the American culture. The autobiography I chose, “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” by Amy Chua, is a book talked about how a second generation of a Chinese immigrant teaches and treats her ...
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The rise of the Roman Republic and subsequent expansion of its empire was due to several key factors, according to the passage. The decline of the Etruscan monarchy in Rome allowed the Republic to form, replacing kings with elected officials like consuls. Aggressive foreign conquests then caused the empire to grow rapidly. However, political conflicts between powerful Roman leaders over authority and control eventually weakened the empire and contributed to its fall.
Business UseWeek 1 Assignment #1Instructions1. Plea.docxfelicidaddinwoodie
Business Use
Week 1: Assignment #1
Instructions
1. Please read these two articles:
· Using forensics against a fitbit device to solve a murder: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-fitbit-alibi-21st-century-technology-used-to-help-solve-wisconsin-moms-murder/
· How Amazon Echo could be forensically analyzed! https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/6/14189384/amazon-echo-murder-evidence-surveillance-data
2. Then go around in your residence / dwelling (home, apartment, condo, etc) and be creative.
3. Identify at least five appliances or devices that you THINK could be forensically analyzed and then identify how this might be useful in an investigation. Note - do not count your computer or mobile device. Those are obvious!
4. I expect at least one paragraph answer for each device.
Why did I assign this?
The goal is to have you start THINKING about how any device, that is capable of holding electronic data (and transmitting to the Internet) could be useful in a particular investigation!
Due Date
This is due by Sunday, May 10th at 11:59PM
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Informative speech on George Stinney Jr.
A. Info research analysis
The general purpose of the speech was to inform people about the civil injustice being done against the African American community in the United States. The specific purpose of the speech was to portray to the audience how an innocent 14-year old black boy suffered in the hands of the South Carolina State law enforcing officers. He was falsely accused of killing two white girls and electrocuted within two months after conviction.
I decided the topic of my speech after perusing through all the suggested topics ad found that the story of George Stinney Jr. was touching and emotional entirely.
This topic benefits the audience and the society in general by giving them an insight of the cruelty that the American law system has against the African American community. The audience gets to know how the shady investigations were done with claims that George had pleaded guilty to the charges of murder when there was no real evidence tying him to the crime or a signed plea agreement.
The alternative view that I found in the research was the version of the investigating officer of the case who claimed that the 14-year old boy managed to kill two girls aged 11 and 7 with a blunt object and ditch them in a nearby trench. This alternative point of view did not make sense because it is hard for a 14-year old boy to use the force that was reported by postmortem results to kill the girls. Therefore, I knew everything was a lie and I had to take the point of view of George’s innocence.
B. informative outline
Introduction:
George Stinney Jr. was an African American boy born on October 21, 1929 in Pinewood, South Carolina, U.S. He is considered as the youngest person to be executed by the United State government in 20th century.
Main body
Investigations of the alleged crimes (Bickford, 05)
The investigations concerning the alleged crimes of George S.
Business UsePALADIN ASSIGNMENT ScenarioYou are give.docxfelicidaddinwoodie
Business Use
PALADIN ASSIGNMENT
Scenario:
You are given a PC and you are faced with this scenario: you don’t know the password to the PC which means you can’t login so you can use a forensic tool like FTK IMAGER to capture the hard drive as a bit-for-bit forensic image AND/OR
1. The hard drive is either soldiered onto the motherboard (there are some new hard drives like this!) or cannot be removed because the screws are stripped (this has happened to me);
2. Even if you figured out the password or got an admin password the PC may have its USB ports blocked via a GPO policy (this is very common in corporations now);
3. Even if you can get the GPO policy overridden you may have some concerns about putting it on the network (which is true especially if you are dealing with malware).
So what you can you do? The best solution is to boot the PC up into forensically sound environment that lets you bypass the password aspect; GPO policy; etc and take a bit-for-bit image. One software that has done the job very well for me is Paladin.
How to get points
If you can send me a screenshot showing me that you had installed Paladin .ISO and made your USB device a bootable device with Paladin using Rufus then you get 10 points.
If you can send me a screenshot showing that you had a chance to boot your computer into Paladin then you will earn an extra 10 points. It is not necessary for you to take a forensic image of your PC but I have included generic instructions here.
Assumptions:
1. You have downloaded Rufus on your computer
2. You have downloaded Paladin on your computer.
Instructions:
1. Make sure you have at least one USB drive.
2. If not down already, download Rufus from https://rufus.ie/.
3. If not done already, download the Paladin ISO image from this website: https://sumuri.com/product/paladin-64-bit-version-7/ which is free. It’s suggested price is $25.00 but you can adjust the price to $0 then order. To be clear – do not pay anything.
4. Insert the USB device in your computer.
5. Run Rufus where you install the Paladin .ISO file on the USB device and make it bootable. Now I could provide you step by step instructions, but this is a Masters class so I want you to explore a bit and figure this out. One good video is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6JehM0WDTI.
6. After you are done using Rufus where you have installed Paladin.ISO on the USB device and made it bootable then make sure the USB device is in the PC.
7. Restart your PC. Press F9(HP) laptop) or F12 (Dell laptop) so you can be taken into the BIOS bootup menu.
8. This is where things get a bit tricky e.g. your compute may be configured differently where you have to adjust your BIOS settings. If you do not feel comfortable doing this then stop here. I do not want you to mess up your computer. You have already earned ten extra points!
9. If you still proceed then you will see a list of bootable devices. You may, for example, see a list of devices. Pick the device .
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Practical Connection Work
This work is a written assignment where students will demonstrate how this course research has connected and been put into practice within their own career.
Assignment:
Provide a reflection of at least 500 words of how the knowledge, skills, or theories of this course, to date, have been applied, or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment.
If you are not currently working, then this is where you can be creative and identify how you THINK this could be applied to an employment opportunity in your field of study.
Requirements:
Provide a 500 word minimum reflection.
Use of proper APA formatting and citations. If supporting evidence from outside resources is used those must be properly cited.
Share a personal connection that identifies specific knowledge and theories from this course.
You should NOT provide an overview of the assignments given in the course. Reflect and write about how the knowledge and skills obtained through meeting course objectives were applied or could be applied in the workplace.
// Pediatric depressionTherapy for Pediatric Clients with Mood Disorders
An African American Child Suffering From Depression
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The client is an 8-year-old African American male who arrives at the ER with his mother. He is exhibiting signs of depression.
Client complained of feeling “sad” Mother reports that teacher said child is withdrawn from peers in class Mother notes decreased appetite and occasional periods of irritation Client reached all developmental landmarks at appropriate ages Physical exam unremarkable Laboratory studies WNL Child referred to psychiatry for evaluation Client seen by Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
MENTAL STATUS EXAM
Alert & oriented X 3, speech clear, coherent, goal directed, spontaneous. Self-reported mood is “sad”. Affect somewhat blunted, but child smiled appropriately at various points throughout the clinical interview. He denies visual or auditory hallucinations. No delusional or paranoid thought processes noted. Judgment and insight appear to be age-appropriate. He is not endorsing active suicidal ideation, but does admit that he often thinks about himself being dead and what it would be like to be dead.
The PMHNP administers the Children's Depression Rating Scale, obtaining a score of 30 (indicating significant depression)
RESOURCES
§ Poznanski, E., & Mokros, H. (1996). Child Depression Rating Scale--Revised. Los Angeles, CA: Western Psychological Services.
Decision Point OneSelect what the PMHNP should do:Begin Zoloft 25 mg orally daily
Begin Paxil 10 mg orally daily
Begin Wellbutrin 75 mg orally BID
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Business System Analyst
SUMMARY:
· Cognos Business In experience intelligence with expertise in Software Design, Development, and Analysis, Teradata, Testing, Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence tools.
· Expertise in Cognos 11/10.2, 10.1, 8.x (Query Studio, Report Studio, Analysis Studio, Business Insight/Workspace, Business Insight/Workspace Advanced, Metric Studio (Score carding), Framework Manager, Cognos Connection)
· Expertise in Installation and Configuration of Cognos BI Products in Distributed environment on Windows
· Expertise with Framework Manager Modeling (Physical Layer, Business Layer, Packages) and Complex Report building with Report Studio.
· Expertise developing complex reports using drill-through reports, prompts, dashboards, master-detail, burst-reports, dynamic filtering in Cognos.
· Expertise in creating Dashboard reports using Java Script in Report studio.
· Expertise in building scorecard reports and dashboard reports using metric studio.
· Expertise with Transformer models and cubes that were used in Power play analysis and also these cubes were used in various Analysis Studio reports.
· Expertise with MDX Functions in Report Studio using Multi-dimensional Sources.
· Expertise with Cognos security (LDAP, Active Directory, Access manager, object level security, data security).
· Expertise with Tabbed Inter-phases and with Interactive Behavior of value based chart highlighting.
· Sound Skills in developing SQL Scripts, PL/SQL Stored Procedures, functions, packages.
· Expertise on production support and troubleshoot/test issues with existing reports and cubes.
· Experienced with MS SQL Server BI Tools like SSIS, SSRS and SSAS.
· Expertise in creation of packages, Data and Control tasks, Reports and Cubes using MS SQL Server BI Tools.
· Ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications and interact with end users to gather requirements for reporting.
· Good understanding of business process in Financial, Insurance and Healthcare areas.
· Expertise in infrastructure design for the cognos environment and security setup for different groups as per business requirement.
· Creating training material on all the Ad-Hoc training
· Expertise in all the basic administrative tasks like deployments, routing rule setup’s , user group setup , folder level securities etc.
· Have deployment knowledge of IBM Cognos report in Application servers like WAS.
· Have knowledge on handling securities and administration functionalities on IBM Cognos 10.x
· Good work ethics, detail oriented, fast learner, team oriented, flexible and adaptable to all kinds of stressful environments. Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Technical Skills:
BI Platform
Cognos 11,10.2, 10.1, 8.x (Query Studio, Report Studio, Analysis Studio, Business Insight/Workspace, Business Insight/Workspace Advanced, Metric Studio (Score carding), Framework Manager, Cognos Connection)
Data Base
MS Access, MS SQL Server, Orac.
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Business Strategy
Organizations have to develop an international Human Resources Management Strategy, when they expand globally. Which do you think is more critical for international Human Resource Management:
Understanding the cultural environment, or
Understanding the political and legal environment?
Please choose 1 position and give a rationale; examples are also a way to demonstrate your understanding of the learning concepts.
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Group B
Case Study- KFC Business Analysis
Abstract
Introduced in 1952 by Colonel Sanders
Second largest restaurant chain today in terms of popularity
Annual revenue of $23 billion
Diversified its menu to suit cultural needs of people across different countries
Hindering factors in KFC’s growth are growing consumer health consciousness, animal welfare criticism, environmental criticism
Introduction
KFC was born in 1952 and its founder was Colonel Sanders
First franchise to grow globally over international market
By the 1960s – 1980s the market was booming in countries like England, Mexico, China
Management and ownership transferred over the years to Heublin, Yum Brands and PepsiCo.
Annual revenue of $23 billion in 2013
KFC had expanded its menu to suit cultural needs of people across different countries
Hindering factors in KFC’s growth are growing consumer health consciousness, animal welfare criticism, environmental criticism, logistic management issue in UK, cultural differences in Asian countries towards accepting the fried chicken menu.
Factors contributing to KFC’s global success
The core reason for KFCs success is it’s mandate to follow strict franchise protocols that have continuously satisfied customers demands:
The quality of the chicken cooked in KFC has certain specific guidelines
The size of the restaurant should be 24x60 feet.
The restaurant washrooms and ktichen has certain cleanliness standards
Food that is not sold off needs to be trashed
The workers need to have a specific clothing and uniform.
A certain % of the gross earnings should be used for advertisement and R&D
Air conditioning is mandatory in the outlets
Global number of KFC restaurants in the past decade
Importance of cultural factors to KFC’s sales success in India and China
Culture is the collective programming of the human mind that distinguishes the members of one human group from those of another. Culture in this sense is a system of collectively held values
“Culture is everything that people have, think, and do as members of their society”, which demonstrating that culture is made up of (1) material objects; (2) ideas, values, attitudes and beliefs; and (3) specified, or expected behavior.
Many scholars have theorized and studied the notion of cross-cultural adaptation, which tends to move from one culture to another one, by learning the elements such as rules, norms, customs, and language of the new culture (Oberg 1960, Keefe and Padilla 1987, Kealey 1989). According to Ady (1995),
“Cultural adaptation is the evolutionary process by which an individual modifies his personal habits and customs to fit into a particular culture. It can also refer to gradual changes within a culture or society that occur as people from different backgrounds participating in the culture and sharing their perspectives and practices.”
Cultural factors in India that go against KFC’s original recipe.
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This document discusses various concepts related to business strategy and competitive advantage. It begins by defining a business-level strategy and outlining the "who, what, why, and how" of competing for advantage. It then discusses how industry and firm effects jointly determine competitive advantage. Key ideas around generating and sustaining advantage through barriers to imitation are presented. The document also discusses concepts like differentiation advantage, cost leadership, learning curves, economies of scale, value chains, and the resource-based view of the firm. Strategic coherence and dynamic strategic activity systems are defined.
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EVALUATION OF A HEALTH-RELATED WEBSITE
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Interview Description
Issys Thompson
COM360: Advanced Communications in Society (BHF1550A)
Sarah Bowman
11/09/2015
The person I chose to interview is my grandmother, Pastor Thompson. My grandma was born in Coffeeville, AL she grew up in a house of eleven children with both her parents. My grandmother raised me and people always tell me I have an old soul because I remember all the things she taught me, that she learned from her mother. One thing I learned about my grandma is that she really valued everything that her mother taught her, and she used those values to instill in me. She’s really old school and she doesn’t care that she was born in 1938 and it is now a new way of doing things. My grandmother remembers The Jim Crow laws from being at school and not being able to use the same bubbler as the white kids. How they had separate entrances than the white kids at school as well. The importance of keeping your head up and never look defeated according to her mother. “Always look like you’re worth something, lift your head up be proud of who you are”, she would say. She was raised Pentecostal Christian, which is a very strict denomination. It surprises me how far back her memory goes and have vivid it is, of course as she get’s older she no longer remembers a lot of things. But I do think that she chose to makes sure she remembered certain things. In being around my grandmother all my life I realized that she and her mother are very superstitious, which to me contradicts being a Christian. No sweeping you foot, don’t step over someone lying on the floor, don’t sit you purse on the floor etc. I chose to interview her because she knows first hand what it was like for African Americans in the time where we regarded as nothing.
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What is one thing that you valued most growing up?
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Did you ever feel forgotten because you had so many siblings?
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If you could change one thing about your childhood what would it be?
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How do you feel about the world now compared to when you lived in Alabama?
5.
What concerns you the most about society today?
6.
What advice do you want to give to the generations to come?
How far back in time can the person remember? What is his or her first childhood memory? (Consider how it reflects the interview subject's culture or subculture?)
About 1954, visiting her grandmother’s house walking through the woods and being hungry.
What does the person remember of the experience of being an immigrant or a subgroup member in that time?
The bathrooms one said white and one said back, the water fountain, in the restutant she had to order out the back window. Riding in the back of the bus.
Which impressions or experiences from that time are most vivid to him or her today?
Bad customer service people don’t want to treat you like you’re a person.
If he ...
This document discusses factors that can contribute to a species' vulnerability to population decline and risk of extinction. It notes that vulnerability is determined by both declining population size and reduced geographical range, which can be caused by mortality and habitat loss. Various intrinsic biological traits, extrinsic human impacts, and stochastic factors may influence population trends. Strong sexual selection resulting in reduced genetic variability can also predispose species to higher extinction risk. Migratory behavior may also increase risk compared to resident species due to threats faced at breeding and stopover sites. However, the specific causes of vulnerability remain unclear and require more research to fully explain variations in extinction risk.
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ENGL 1301 Evaluation Essay Grade Sheet
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_____Structure Essay organized with the basic features of an evaluation essay including:
· Introduction: puts the subject being evaluated in context and offers the writer's overall evaluation, expressed in a single and focused thesis statement
· Thesis Statement: expresses a single, focused judgment about the subject you’re evaluating; is placed at the end of the introduction; hints at the essay’s organization
· Description of the Subject: describes or explains parenting style(s)
· Body Paragraphs: present major supporting reasons that are supported by examples
· Strengths and Weaknesses Discussion: explains the strengths and weaknesses of the subject being evaluated, focusing on its most important features; it’s clear what the criteria are that are being used to evaluate the subject
· Conclusion: presents the overall judgment of the subject
· 50 pts
_____ Style Mature vocabulary; imaginative use of language; sentence variety; original, creative thought (10 pts)
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Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior
Can a regimen of no playdates, no TV, no computer games and hours of music practice create happy kids? And what happens when they fight back?
By AMY CHUA
A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereotypically successful kids. They wonder what these parents do to produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies, what it's like inside the family, and whether they could do it too. Well, I can tell them, because I've done it. Here are some things my daughters, Sophia and Louisa, were never allowed to do:
Amy Chua with her daughters, Louisa and Sophia, at their home in New Haven, Conn.
• attend a sleepover
• have a playdate
• be in a school play
• complain about not being in a school play
• watch TV or play computer games
• choose their own extracurricular activities
• get any grade less than an A
• not be the No. 1 student in every subject except gym and drama
• play any instrument other than the piano or violin
• not play the piano or violin.
I'm using the term "Chinese mother" loosely. I know some Korean, Indian, Jamaican, Irish and Ghanaian parents who qualify too. Conversely, I know some mothers of Chinese heritage, almost always born in the West, who are not Chinese mothers, by choice or otherwise. I' ...
This document provides an overview of Vivian Paley's background and educational philosophy as well as excerpts from her book discussing a situation where a student commented on another student's skin color resembling chocolate pudding. It includes discussion questions about addressing race in the classroom and quotes from Paley reflecting on ignoring versus acknowledging racial differences and the importance of creating an inclusive environment where all students feel a sense of belonging.
This document discusses gender stereotypes and humor. It provides examples of humor based on physical, emotional, and intellectual stereotypes of men and women. Some humor examples reinforce stereotypes while others reverse or subvert expectations. The document also notes that not all differences between men and women are due to biology and some may be socially constructed. It suggests guidelines for humane humor that does not target immutable qualities.
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The fact that the U.S. and the Soviet Union had such polar opposite ideologies made the Americans' fears easy to exploit by the government, media and the entertainment industry. Their anxieties were mirrored through U.S. pop culture throughout the Cold War from the 1950s-1980s. The rapid technological change that happened during that period was a huge contributor to these anxious feelings, which I find reflected misunderstanding and confusion leading to paranoia and a need to find a scapegoat when something seemed awry. The development of nuclear weapons as well as the spread of TV as an integral part of home life brought all the drama and fear home.
When the US formed the FBI and CIA to protect the country from security threats, it created a culture of fear and paranoia.
The West, especially the US, found the Soviet Union a threat as communism did not have a race or "look" and that anyone could be communist. This raised fears that it could spread rapidly and threaten the US way of life. [cite show we watched with the dad getting thrown in jail when his kids became communist youth]. The fact that the US and the Soviet Union had such polar opposite ideologies made the Americans' fears easy to exploit by news media and the entertainment industry. The spread of TV as an integral part of home life brought all the drama home.
(PARANOIA) During the 1950s, McCarthyism had taken the US by storm after Senator (first name) McCarthy stated that communists had infiltrated the government. His way of weaving together fact and fiction convinced people and initiated a mindset of paranoia and fear. His beliefs led to a massive witch hunt in which notable people were blacklisted as communists with little proof (cite more about this). Calling someone a communist became the norm whenever someone wanted to denounce someone or a group that they did not agree with.
The culture of questioning authorities in the late 60s/70s was a runoff of the McCarthy era of paranoia.
1980s and nuclear doomsdays beliefs
Tiger mother Battle
America as one of the states that has largest immigrants in the world, it contains people from Mexico, India, China, Vietnam, and the people from all over the world. Immigration mostly happened after the 20th century, so that the majority of them already have the second, third, or even fourth generations. “Roughly 6 in 10 said they consider themselves to be a "typical American," though they maintain ties to their ancestral roots” (Moni Basu, CNN). They have been moved to America enough time to consider themselves as a typical American. However, they still maintain their own culture. While those people emigrating from their countries, they bring their language, food, and culture as well. And then, transculturation happened when their culture meet the American culture. The autobiography I chose, “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” by Amy Chua, is a book talked about how a second generation of a Chinese immigrant teaches and treats her ...
Characteristics of Developing Countries Free Essay Example. Essays History Social And Economic Development Of Two Developing .... Why Some Developing Countries Doesn't Focus on Education and Health t….
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The rise of the Roman Republic and subsequent expansion of its empire was due to several key factors, according to the passage. The decline of the Etruscan monarchy in Rome allowed the Republic to form, replacing kings with elected officials like consuls. Aggressive foreign conquests then caused the empire to grow rapidly. However, political conflicts between powerful Roman leaders over authority and control eventually weakened the empire and contributed to its fall.
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Week 1: Assignment #1
Instructions
1. Please read these two articles:
· Using forensics against a fitbit device to solve a murder: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/the-fitbit-alibi-21st-century-technology-used-to-help-solve-wisconsin-moms-murder/
· How Amazon Echo could be forensically analyzed! https://www.theverge.com/2017/1/6/14189384/amazon-echo-murder-evidence-surveillance-data
2. Then go around in your residence / dwelling (home, apartment, condo, etc) and be creative.
3. Identify at least five appliances or devices that you THINK could be forensically analyzed and then identify how this might be useful in an investigation. Note - do not count your computer or mobile device. Those are obvious!
4. I expect at least one paragraph answer for each device.
Why did I assign this?
The goal is to have you start THINKING about how any device, that is capable of holding electronic data (and transmitting to the Internet) could be useful in a particular investigation!
Due Date
This is due by Sunday, May 10th at 11:59PM
Surname 6
Informative speech on George Stinney Jr.
A. Info research analysis
The general purpose of the speech was to inform people about the civil injustice being done against the African American community in the United States. The specific purpose of the speech was to portray to the audience how an innocent 14-year old black boy suffered in the hands of the South Carolina State law enforcing officers. He was falsely accused of killing two white girls and electrocuted within two months after conviction.
I decided the topic of my speech after perusing through all the suggested topics ad found that the story of George Stinney Jr. was touching and emotional entirely.
This topic benefits the audience and the society in general by giving them an insight of the cruelty that the American law system has against the African American community. The audience gets to know how the shady investigations were done with claims that George had pleaded guilty to the charges of murder when there was no real evidence tying him to the crime or a signed plea agreement.
The alternative view that I found in the research was the version of the investigating officer of the case who claimed that the 14-year old boy managed to kill two girls aged 11 and 7 with a blunt object and ditch them in a nearby trench. This alternative point of view did not make sense because it is hard for a 14-year old boy to use the force that was reported by postmortem results to kill the girls. Therefore, I knew everything was a lie and I had to take the point of view of George’s innocence.
B. informative outline
Introduction:
George Stinney Jr. was an African American boy born on October 21, 1929 in Pinewood, South Carolina, U.S. He is considered as the youngest person to be executed by the United State government in 20th century.
Main body
Investigations of the alleged crimes (Bickford, 05)
The investigations concerning the alleged crimes of George S.
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Business Use
PALADIN ASSIGNMENT
Scenario:
You are given a PC and you are faced with this scenario: you don’t know the password to the PC which means you can’t login so you can use a forensic tool like FTK IMAGER to capture the hard drive as a bit-for-bit forensic image AND/OR
1. The hard drive is either soldiered onto the motherboard (there are some new hard drives like this!) or cannot be removed because the screws are stripped (this has happened to me);
2. Even if you figured out the password or got an admin password the PC may have its USB ports blocked via a GPO policy (this is very common in corporations now);
3. Even if you can get the GPO policy overridden you may have some concerns about putting it on the network (which is true especially if you are dealing with malware).
So what you can you do? The best solution is to boot the PC up into forensically sound environment that lets you bypass the password aspect; GPO policy; etc and take a bit-for-bit image. One software that has done the job very well for me is Paladin.
How to get points
If you can send me a screenshot showing me that you had installed Paladin .ISO and made your USB device a bootable device with Paladin using Rufus then you get 10 points.
If you can send me a screenshot showing that you had a chance to boot your computer into Paladin then you will earn an extra 10 points. It is not necessary for you to take a forensic image of your PC but I have included generic instructions here.
Assumptions:
1. You have downloaded Rufus on your computer
2. You have downloaded Paladin on your computer.
Instructions:
1. Make sure you have at least one USB drive.
2. If not down already, download Rufus from https://rufus.ie/.
3. If not done already, download the Paladin ISO image from this website: https://sumuri.com/product/paladin-64-bit-version-7/ which is free. It’s suggested price is $25.00 but you can adjust the price to $0 then order. To be clear – do not pay anything.
4. Insert the USB device in your computer.
5. Run Rufus where you install the Paladin .ISO file on the USB device and make it bootable. Now I could provide you step by step instructions, but this is a Masters class so I want you to explore a bit and figure this out. One good video is this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6JehM0WDTI.
6. After you are done using Rufus where you have installed Paladin.ISO on the USB device and made it bootable then make sure the USB device is in the PC.
7. Restart your PC. Press F9(HP) laptop) or F12 (Dell laptop) so you can be taken into the BIOS bootup menu.
8. This is where things get a bit tricky e.g. your compute may be configured differently where you have to adjust your BIOS settings. If you do not feel comfortable doing this then stop here. I do not want you to mess up your computer. You have already earned ten extra points!
9. If you still proceed then you will see a list of bootable devices. You may, for example, see a list of devices. Pick the device .
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Business Use
Practical Connection Work
This work is a written assignment where students will demonstrate how this course research has connected and been put into practice within their own career.
Assignment:
Provide a reflection of at least 500 words of how the knowledge, skills, or theories of this course, to date, have been applied, or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment.
If you are not currently working, then this is where you can be creative and identify how you THINK this could be applied to an employment opportunity in your field of study.
Requirements:
Provide a 500 word minimum reflection.
Use of proper APA formatting and citations. If supporting evidence from outside resources is used those must be properly cited.
Share a personal connection that identifies specific knowledge and theories from this course.
You should NOT provide an overview of the assignments given in the course. Reflect and write about how the knowledge and skills obtained through meeting course objectives were applied or could be applied in the workplace.
// Pediatric depressionTherapy for Pediatric Clients with Mood Disorders
An African American Child Suffering From Depression
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The client is an 8-year-old African American male who arrives at the ER with his mother. He is exhibiting signs of depression.
Client complained of feeling “sad” Mother reports that teacher said child is withdrawn from peers in class Mother notes decreased appetite and occasional periods of irritation Client reached all developmental landmarks at appropriate ages Physical exam unremarkable Laboratory studies WNL Child referred to psychiatry for evaluation Client seen by Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner
MENTAL STATUS EXAM
Alert & oriented X 3, speech clear, coherent, goal directed, spontaneous. Self-reported mood is “sad”. Affect somewhat blunted, but child smiled appropriately at various points throughout the clinical interview. He denies visual or auditory hallucinations. No delusional or paranoid thought processes noted. Judgment and insight appear to be age-appropriate. He is not endorsing active suicidal ideation, but does admit that he often thinks about himself being dead and what it would be like to be dead.
The PMHNP administers the Children's Depression Rating Scale, obtaining a score of 30 (indicating significant depression)
RESOURCES
§ Poznanski, E., & Mokros, H. (1996). Child Depression Rating Scale--Revised. Los Angeles, CA: Western Psychological Services.
Decision Point OneSelect what the PMHNP should do:Begin Zoloft 25 mg orally daily
Begin Paxil 10 mg orally daily
Begin Wellbutrin 75 mg orally BID
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Business System Analyst
SUMMARY:
· Cognos Business In experience intelligence with expertise in Software Design, Development, and Analysis, Teradata, Testing, Data Warehouse and Business Intelligence tools.
· Expertise in Cognos 11/10.2, 10.1, 8.x (Query Studio, Report Studio, Analysis Studio, Business Insight/Workspace, Business Insight/Workspace Advanced, Metric Studio (Score carding), Framework Manager, Cognos Connection)
· Expertise in Installation and Configuration of Cognos BI Products in Distributed environment on Windows
· Expertise with Framework Manager Modeling (Physical Layer, Business Layer, Packages) and Complex Report building with Report Studio.
· Expertise developing complex reports using drill-through reports, prompts, dashboards, master-detail, burst-reports, dynamic filtering in Cognos.
· Expertise in creating Dashboard reports using Java Script in Report studio.
· Expertise in building scorecard reports and dashboard reports using metric studio.
· Expertise with Transformer models and cubes that were used in Power play analysis and also these cubes were used in various Analysis Studio reports.
· Expertise with MDX Functions in Report Studio using Multi-dimensional Sources.
· Expertise with Cognos security (LDAP, Active Directory, Access manager, object level security, data security).
· Expertise with Tabbed Inter-phases and with Interactive Behavior of value based chart highlighting.
· Sound Skills in developing SQL Scripts, PL/SQL Stored Procedures, functions, packages.
· Expertise on production support and troubleshoot/test issues with existing reports and cubes.
· Experienced with MS SQL Server BI Tools like SSIS, SSRS and SSAS.
· Expertise in creation of packages, Data and Control tasks, Reports and Cubes using MS SQL Server BI Tools.
· Ability to translate business requirements into technical specifications and interact with end users to gather requirements for reporting.
· Good understanding of business process in Financial, Insurance and Healthcare areas.
· Expertise in infrastructure design for the cognos environment and security setup for different groups as per business requirement.
· Creating training material on all the Ad-Hoc training
· Expertise in all the basic administrative tasks like deployments, routing rule setup’s , user group setup , folder level securities etc.
· Have deployment knowledge of IBM Cognos report in Application servers like WAS.
· Have knowledge on handling securities and administration functionalities on IBM Cognos 10.x
· Good work ethics, detail oriented, fast learner, team oriented, flexible and adaptable to all kinds of stressful environments. Possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Technical Skills:
BI Platform
Cognos 11,10.2, 10.1, 8.x (Query Studio, Report Studio, Analysis Studio, Business Insight/Workspace, Business Insight/Workspace Advanced, Metric Studio (Score carding), Framework Manager, Cognos Connection)
Data Base
MS Access, MS SQL Server, Orac.
Business StrategyOrganizations have to develop an international .docxfelicidaddinwoodie
Business Strategy
Organizations have to develop an international Human Resources Management Strategy, when they expand globally. Which do you think is more critical for international Human Resource Management:
Understanding the cultural environment, or
Understanding the political and legal environment?
Please choose 1 position and give a rationale; examples are also a way to demonstrate your understanding of the learning concepts.
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Business Strategy
Group B
Case Study- KFC Business Analysis
Abstract
Introduced in 1952 by Colonel Sanders
Second largest restaurant chain today in terms of popularity
Annual revenue of $23 billion
Diversified its menu to suit cultural needs of people across different countries
Hindering factors in KFC’s growth are growing consumer health consciousness, animal welfare criticism, environmental criticism
Introduction
KFC was born in 1952 and its founder was Colonel Sanders
First franchise to grow globally over international market
By the 1960s – 1980s the market was booming in countries like England, Mexico, China
Management and ownership transferred over the years to Heublin, Yum Brands and PepsiCo.
Annual revenue of $23 billion in 2013
KFC had expanded its menu to suit cultural needs of people across different countries
Hindering factors in KFC’s growth are growing consumer health consciousness, animal welfare criticism, environmental criticism, logistic management issue in UK, cultural differences in Asian countries towards accepting the fried chicken menu.
Factors contributing to KFC’s global success
The core reason for KFCs success is it’s mandate to follow strict franchise protocols that have continuously satisfied customers demands:
The quality of the chicken cooked in KFC has certain specific guidelines
The size of the restaurant should be 24x60 feet.
The restaurant washrooms and ktichen has certain cleanliness standards
Food that is not sold off needs to be trashed
The workers need to have a specific clothing and uniform.
A certain % of the gross earnings should be used for advertisement and R&D
Air conditioning is mandatory in the outlets
Global number of KFC restaurants in the past decade
Importance of cultural factors to KFC’s sales success in India and China
Culture is the collective programming of the human mind that distinguishes the members of one human group from those of another. Culture in this sense is a system of collectively held values
“Culture is everything that people have, think, and do as members of their society”, which demonstrating that culture is made up of (1) material objects; (2) ideas, values, attitudes and beliefs; and (3) specified, or expected behavior.
Many scholars have theorized and studied the notion of cross-cultural adaptation, which tends to move from one culture to another one, by learning the elements such as rules, norms, customs, and language of the new culture (Oberg 1960, Keefe and Padilla 1987, Kealey 1989). According to Ady (1995),
“Cultural adaptation is the evolutionary process by which an individual modifies his personal habits and customs to fit into a particular culture. It can also refer to gradual changes within a culture or society that occur as people from different backgrounds participating in the culture and sharing their perspectives and practices.”
Cultural factors in India that go against KFC’s original recipe.
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Business Strategy Differentiation, Cost Leadership, a.docxfelicidaddinwoodie
This document discusses various concepts related to business strategy and competitive advantage. It begins by defining a business-level strategy and outlining the "who, what, why, and how" of competing for advantage. It then discusses how industry and firm effects jointly determine competitive advantage. Key ideas around generating and sustaining advantage through barriers to imitation are presented. The document also discusses concepts like differentiation advantage, cost leadership, learning curves, economies of scale, value chains, and the resource-based view of the firm. Strategic coherence and dynamic strategic activity systems are defined.
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Business Requirements
Reference number:
Document Control
Change Record
Date
Author
Version
Change Reference
Reviewers
Name
Position
Table of Contents
2Document Control
1
Business Requirements
4
1.1
Project Overview
4
1.2
Background including current process
4
1.3
Scope
4
1.3.1
Scope of Project
4
1.3.2
Constraints and Assumptions
5
1.3.3
Risks
5
1.3.4
Scope Control
5
1.3.5
Relationship to Other Systems/Projects
5
1.3.6
Definition of Terms (if applicable)
5
1 Business Requirements
1.1 Project Overview
Provide a short, yet complete, overview of the project.
1.2 Background including current process
Describe the background to the project, (same section may be reused in the Quality Plan) include:
This project is
The project goal is to
The IT role for this project is
1.3 Scope
1.3.1 Scope of Project
The scope of this project includes a number of areas. For each area, there should be a corresponding strategy for incorporating these areas into the overall project.
Applications
In order to meet the target production date, only these applications will be implemented:
Sites
These sites are considered part of the implementation:
Process Re-engineering
Re-engineering will
Customization
Customizations will be limited to
Interfaces
the interfaces included are:
Architecture
Application and Technical Architecture will
Conversion
Only the following data and volume will be considered for conversion:
Testing
Testing will include only
Funding
Project funding is limited to
Training
Training will be
Education
Education will include
1.3.2 Constraints and Assumptions
The following constraints have been identified:
The following assumptions have been made in defining the scope, objectives and approach:
1.3.3 Risks
The following risks have been identified as possibly affecting the project during its progression:
1.3.4 Scope Control
The control of changes to the scope identified in this document will be managed through the Change Control, with business owner representative approval for any changes that affect cost or timeline for the project.
1.3.5 Relationship to Other Systems/Projects
It is the responsibility of the business unit to inform IT of other business initiatives that may impact the project. The following are known business initiatives:
1.3.6 Definition of Terms (if applicable)
List any definitions that will be used throughout the duration of the project.
5
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Business Proposal
The Business Proposal is the major writing assignment in the course. You are to create and submit a formal proposal that suggests how to change something within an organization. This organization can be large or small, a place of employment now or in the past, or an organization to which the students belong. From past experiences, it is best to use a business with fewer than 200 employees, and one with which you have personal experience. It could be a place where you currently work or a place you have worked or volunteered in the past.
The change can be specific to a unit or can apply to the whole organization; it can relate to how important information is distributed, who has access to important information, how information is accessed, or any other change in practices the students see as having a benefit. The proposal should be directed to the person or committee with the power to authorize the change. However, if you are working within a large organization, and asking for a small organizational change, communicating with a CEO or president may not make the most sense. You need to think about who within the organization might be the best person for the type of change suggested.
For the submission, you are to follow the guidelines for formal proposals available in Chapter 10 of the text. You can review 10.1, 10.4, and 10.19 for more information about specific components for a well-written formal business proposal. A complete proposal must have all required sections of a formal report excluding the copy of an RFP and the Authorization. The final draft of the proposal should be 1500–2000 words, and include the following necessary formal proposal components:
Letter of transmittal
Executive summary
Title page
Table of contents
List of illustrations
Introduction
Background: Purpose/problem
Proposal: plan, schedule, details
Staffing
Budget
Appendix
Formatting does matter for this assignment, and you are to check the text for details about how to format and draft the different proposal segments. Proposals don't just have text; graphics and charts are necessary, too. In addition, research is important, and footnotes and references must be included. All content should be concise, clear, and detailed. The proposal should be well-written with appropriate grammar, spelling, and punctuation.
This is a scaffolded writing project that consists of four assignments.
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Business Project
Project Progress Evaluation
Feedback Form Week 3
Date:
__________________________________________________
Student Name:
__________________________________________________
__________________________________________________
Project Title: Effect Of Increasing Training Budget
Project Type: Business Research
Researchers:
Has a topic been chosen and a problem statement created?
Yes { } NO { }
Was the problem statement submitted in a 1-4 page paper that includes an introduction to the topic with appropriate documentation?
Yes { } No { }
Specifically, if any, needs additional content or rewriting to create more clarity? What specific recommendations do you have to help in this process?
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
What is your workable timetable that states specific objectives and target completion dates for completing the final draft of the plan? Write the timetable below:
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________
Feedback Form #3 – Project Proposal and Plan
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commercial effectiveness. The swift pace of change in these technologies has consigned many
established best practice approaches to the past. Today's IT decision makers and business
managers face uncertainty - characterised by a lack of relevant, practical, advice and standards
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BUSINESS PROCESSES IN THE FUNCTION OF COST
MANAGEMENT IN HEALTHCARE INSTITUTIONS
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IVANA DRAŽIĆ LUTILSKY
Departement of Accounting
Faculty of Economics and Business
University of Zagreb
Croatia
[email protected]
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LUCIJA JUROŠ
Faculty of Economics and Business
[email protected]
Abstract: This paper is dealing with the importance of business processes regarding costs
tracking and cost management in healthcare institutions. Various changes within the health
care system and funding of hospitals require the introduction of management information
systems and cost accounting. The introduction of cost accounting in public hospitals would
allow the planning and control of costs, monitoring of costs per patient or service and the
calculation of indicators for the analysis and assessment of the economic performance of the
business of public hospitals and lead to the transparency of budget spending. A model that
would be suited to the introduction in the public hospital is full cost allocation model based on
activities or processes that occur, known as the ABC method. Given that this is a calculation
of cost of services provided through various internal business processes, it is important to
identify all business processes in order to be able to calculate the costs incurred by services.
Although the hospital does not do business with the aim to make a profit, they must follow all
the costs (direct and indirect) to be able to calculate the full costs i.e. the price of the service
provided. In addition, the long-term sustainability of business activities in terms of funding
difficulties and the continuous growth of cost of services provided, hospitals must control and
reduce the cost of the program and specific activities. Therefore, the objective of this paper is
to point out the importance of business processes while introducing ABC method.
Keywords: Business Processes, Cost management, ABC method, Healthcare Institutions
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This work has been fully supported by University of Zagreb funding the project “Business processes in the
implementation of cost management in healthcare system”, Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or
recommendations expressed in this paper are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of
University of Zagreb.
mailto:[email protected]
1 Introduction
In recent years, the efficiency of the management in health care services and the system of
quality in health care institutions significantly increased. Patients expect more from
healthcare providers and higher standards of care. At the same time, those who pay for
health services are increasingly concerned about the rising costs of health care services, but
also the potential ineffectiveness of the health care system. Consequently, there is a broad
interest in understanding the ways of efficient work of health care management and .
Business Process Management JournalBusiness process manageme.docxfelicidaddinwoodie
Business Process Management Journal
Business process management: a maturity assessment of Saudi Arabian
organizations
Omar AlShathry,
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Business process management:
a maturity assessment of Saudi
Arabian organizations
Omar AlShathry
Department of Information Systems,
Imam Mohammed Bin Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Abstract
Purpose – Business Process Management (BPM) has become increasingly common among organizations
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Business Plan[Your Name], OwnerPurdue GlobalBUSINESS PLANDate.docxfelicidaddinwoodie
Business Plan[Your Name], Owner
Purdue Global
BUSINESS PLAN
Date
1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
1.1 Product
1.2 Customers
1.3 What Drives Us
2. COMPANY DESCRIPTION
2.1 Mission and Vision Statements
2.2 Principal Members at Startup (In Unit 7 you will expand on this section to include medium and long term personnel plans for all team members, including the line staff.)
2.2.1 Using chapter 10 of your text, write the plan, using the section in Chapter 10 that shows how to introduce each team member and describe their background and responsibilities. You will start with the leaders and managers, then discuss other employees as needed for your company to grow.
2.2.2 Use this spreadsheet to show the planning
Leaders/managers (unit 1)
When needed (number of months/years after opening)
Outside Services Needed
Key Functions
Add line staff (Unit 7)
2.3 Legal Structure
3. MARKET RESEARCH
3.1 Industry (from SBA, Business Guides by Industry, and Bureau of Labor Statistics)
3.1.1 Industry description
3.2.1 Resources used
3.2 Customers (from SBA site fill in worksheet, then use text for spreadsheets and follow-up explanations)
Add SBA part here:
Then, fill in spreadsheet using this example from the text:
Housewife:
Married Couple:
Age:
35–65
Age:
35–55
Income:
Fixed
Income:
Medium to high
Sex:
Female
Sex:
Male or Female
Family:
Children living at home
Family:
0 to 2 children
Geographic:
Suburban
Geographic:
Suburban
Occupation:
Housewife
Occupation:
Varies
Attitude:
Security minded
Attitude:
Security minded, energy conscious
Older Couple:
Elderly:
Age:
55–75
Age:
70+
Income:
High or fixed
Income:
Fixed
Sex:
Male or Female
Sex:
Male or Female
Family:
Empty nest
Family:
Empty nest
Geographic:
Suburban
Geographic:
Suburban
Occupation:
White-collar or retired
Occupation:
Retired
Attitude:
Security minded, energy conscious
Attitude:
Security minded, energy conscious
Explain who you are targeting and where they are located. Insert information here using these guidelines:
Information About Your Target Market – Narrow your target market to a manageable size. Many businesses make the mistake of trying to appeal to too many target markets. Research and include the following information about your market:
Distinguishing characteristics – What are the critical needs of your potential customers? Are those needs being met? What are the demographics of the group and where are they located? Are there any seasonal or cyclical purchasing trends that may impact your business?
Size of the primary target market – In addition to the size of your market, what data can you include about the annual purchases your market makes in your industry? What is the forecasted market growth for this group? For more information, see the market research guide for tips and free government resources that can help you build a market profile.
How much market share can you gain? – What is the market share.
Business PlanCover Page Name of Project, Contact Info, Da.docxfelicidaddinwoodie
Business Plan
Cover Page
Name of Project, Contact Info, Date
Picture/graphics
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
The Company
The Project
The Industry
The Market
Distribution
Risk Factors
Financing
Sources
List of sources, specific articles, and websites
I WILL PROVIDE MORE INFORMATION IN CHAT TO COMPLETE PROPOSAL.
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Business Planning and Program Planning A strategic plan.docxfelicidaddinwoodie
This document discusses business planning and program planning. It explains that a strategic plan specifies how a program will achieve its objectives, while a business plan defines the path of a business and includes its organizational structure and financial projections. The document also discusses how the financial projection element of a business plan can impact a program's strategic planning process by influencing the program's budget. Finally, it notes that a program plan should include a funding request, as outlined in a business plan, to help secure necessary resources and facilitate achieving the program's goals and objectives.
Business Plan In your assigned journal, describe the entity you wil.docxfelicidaddinwoodie
Business Plan: In your assigned journal, describe the entity you will utilize and explain your decision.
Must be:
At required length or longer
Written in American English at graduate level
Received on or before the deadline
Must pass turn it in
Written in APA with references
.
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Business Plan Part IV
Part IV of the Business Plan
Part IV of the business plan is due in week 7. Together with this part, you must show to your instructor that you have implemented the necessary corrections based on the part I feedback.
Part IV Requirements
1. Financials Plan
a. Present an in-depth narrative to demonstrate the viability of your business to justify the need for funding.
b. In this section describe financial estimates and rationale which include financial statements and forms that document the viability of your proposed business and its soundness as an investment.
c. Tables and figures must be introduced in the narrative.
i. Describe the form of business (sole-proprietor, LLC, or Corporation).
ii. Prepare three-year projections for income, expenses, and sources of funds.
iii. Base predictions on industry and historical trends.
iv. Make realistic assumptions.
v. Allow for funding changes at different stages of your company’s growth.
vi. Present a written rationale for your projections.
vii. Indicate your startup costs.
viii. Detail how startup funds will be used to advance your proposed business
ix. List current capital and any other sources of funding you may have
x. Document your calculations.
xi. Use reasonable estimates or actual data (where possible).
2. Continuous Improvement System
a. Present a brief summary of the continuous improvement processes that you will utilize for quality management (Six sigma, TQM, etc).
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BUSINESS PLAN FORMAT
Whether you plan to apply for a business loan or not, you need to have a roadmap or plan to get you from where you are to the successful operation of your business. The pages that follow demonstrate the content of a simple business plan which has been found to be successful in obtaining startup funds from banks. You are encouraged to use all or whatever portions of this fit your business.
Please DO NOT write page after page of drivel or copy from someone else’s plan or one of those templates you can find on the Internet. In most cases this will not “sound" like you, nor will it be short and to the point. Those who read these things are busy people and will not be inclined to spend time reading irrelevant paperwork.
Throughout this sample, there are
italicized
comments which are meant to guide you in preparation. If you follow this format it is reasonable to expect a finished document with 15-20 pages plus the supporting documents in the last section.
If you have good quality pictures of your space, products or other items, you might include them as another way to convey just what you plan to do. A map of your location, diagram of floor space, or other illustration is also sometimes helpful. On the other hand, do not add materials simply to “bulk-up” the report.
While content is critical, it is also important to make this presentation look as good as possible. For this course, you will create the business plan in Word and submit the plan and all attachments through the Assignment drop box. That means all attachments have to be in digital form. For a bank loan or an investor, you would normally provide them with a print version. Print the pages in black ink on a high quality tinted letterhead paper. Color is not necessary but would add some interest in headlines, etc. Bind the document in a presentation folder or with a spiral binding. Don’t simply punch a staple in the upper left corner.
If your were going to pursue a bank loan or an investor, it would be normal to take this business plan to your SCORE counselor for a review and critique.
NOTE: Before you begin your inspection of the simple plan outline which follows, take a moment to review the Business Plan Checklist on the next page.
BUSINESS PLAN CHECKLIST
By way of review, here is a concise list of the basic requirements for a Business Plan, as recommended by the MIT Enterprise Forum:
·
Appropriate Arrangement
- prepare an executive summary, a table of contents and chapters in the right order.
·
Right Length
- make it not too long and not too short, not too fancy and not too plain.
·
Expectations
- give a sense of what founder(s) and the company expect to accomplish three to seven years in the future.
·
Benefits
- explain in quantitative and qualitative terms the benefit to the consumer of the products and services.
·
Marketability
- present hard evidence of the mar.
A review of the growth of the Israel Genealogy Research Association Database Collection for the last 12 months. Our collection is now passed the 3 million mark and still growing. See which archives have contributed the most. See the different types of records we have, and which years have had records added. You can also see what we have for the future.
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Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
This presentation was provided by Steph Pollock of The American Psychological Association’s Journals Program, and Damita Snow, of The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), for the initial session of NISO's 2024 Training Series "DEIA in the Scholarly Landscape." Session One: 'Setting Expectations: a DEIA Primer,' was held June 6, 2024.
ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 42001, and GDPR: Best Practices for Implementation and...PECB
Denis is a dynamic and results-driven Chief Information Officer (CIO) with a distinguished career spanning information systems analysis and technical project management. With a proven track record of spearheading the design and delivery of cutting-edge Information Management solutions, he has consistently elevated business operations, streamlined reporting functions, and maximized process efficiency.
Certified as an ISO/IEC 27001: Information Security Management Systems (ISMS) Lead Implementer, Data Protection Officer, and Cyber Risks Analyst, Denis brings a heightened focus on data security, privacy, and cyber resilience to every endeavor.
His expertise extends across a diverse spectrum of reporting, database, and web development applications, underpinned by an exceptional grasp of data storage and virtualization technologies. His proficiency in application testing, database administration, and data cleansing ensures seamless execution of complex projects.
What sets Denis apart is his comprehensive understanding of Business and Systems Analysis technologies, honed through involvement in all phases of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). From meticulous requirements gathering to precise analysis, innovative design, rigorous development, thorough testing, and successful implementation, he has consistently delivered exceptional results.
Throughout his career, he has taken on multifaceted roles, from leading technical project management teams to owning solutions that drive operational excellence. His conscientious and proactive approach is unwavering, whether he is working independently or collaboratively within a team. His ability to connect with colleagues on a personal level underscores his commitment to fostering a harmonious and productive workplace environment.
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A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
Walmart Business+ and Spark Good for Nonprofits.pdfTechSoup
"Learn about all the ways Walmart supports nonprofit organizations.
You will hear from Liz Willett, the Head of Nonprofits, and hear about what Walmart is doing to help nonprofits, including Walmart Business and Spark Good. Walmart Business+ is a new offer for nonprofits that offers discounts and also streamlines nonprofits order and expense tracking, saving time and money.
The webinar may also give some examples on how nonprofits can best leverage Walmart Business+.
The event will cover the following::
Walmart Business + (https://business.walmart.com/plus) is a new shopping experience for nonprofits, schools, and local business customers that connects an exclusive online shopping experience to stores. Benefits include free delivery and shipping, a 'Spend Analytics” feature, special discounts, deals and tax-exempt shopping.
Special TechSoup offer for a free 180 days membership, and up to $150 in discounts on eligible orders.
Spark Good (walmart.com/sparkgood) is a charitable platform that enables nonprofits to receive donations directly from customers and associates.
Answers about how you can do more with Walmart!"
This presentation includes basic of PCOS their pathology and treatment and also Ayurveda correlation of PCOS and Ayurvedic line of treatment mentioned in classics.
LAND USE LAND COVER AND NDVI OF MIRZAPUR DISTRICT, UPRAHUL
This Dissertation explores the particular circumstances of Mirzapur, a region located in the
core of India. Mirzapur, with its varied terrains and abundant biodiversity, offers an optimal
environment for investigating the changes in vegetation cover dynamics. Our study utilizes
advanced technologies such as GIS (Geographic Information Systems) and Remote sensing to
analyze the transformations that have taken place over the course of a decade.
The complex relationship between human activities and the environment has been the focus
of extensive research and worry. As the global community grapples with swift urbanization,
population expansion, and economic progress, the effects on natural ecosystems are becoming
more evident. A crucial element of this impact is the alteration of vegetation cover, which plays a
significant role in maintaining the ecological equilibrium of our planet.Land serves as the foundation for all human activities and provides the necessary materials for
these activities. As the most crucial natural resource, its utilization by humans results in different
'Land uses,' which are determined by both human activities and the physical characteristics of the
land.
The utilization of land is impacted by human needs and environmental factors. In countries
like India, rapid population growth and the emphasis on extensive resource exploitation can lead
to significant land degradation, adversely affecting the region's land cover.
Therefore, human intervention has significantly influenced land use patterns over many
centuries, evolving its structure over time and space. In the present era, these changes have
accelerated due to factors such as agriculture and urbanization. Information regarding land use and
cover is essential for various planning and management tasks related to the Earth's surface,
providing crucial environmental data for scientific, resource management, policy purposes, and
diverse human activities.
Accurate understanding of land use and cover is imperative for the development planning
of any area. Consequently, a wide range of professionals, including earth system scientists, land
and water managers, and urban planners, are interested in obtaining data on land use and cover
changes, conversion trends, and other related patterns. The spatial dimensions of land use and
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help of Advanced technologies like Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems is
crucial for coordinated efforts across different administrative levels. Advanced technologies like
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occur natural.
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Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Part One
Chapter 1 - The Chinese Mother
Chapter 2 - Sophia
Chapter 3 - Louisa
Chapter 4 - The Chuas
Chapter 5 - On Generational Decline
Chapter 6 - The Virtuous Circle
Chapter 7 - Tiger Luck
4. Chapter 8 - Lulu’s Instrument
Chapter 9 - The Violin
Chapter 10 - Teeth Marks and Bubbles
Chapter 11 - “The Little White Donkey”
Chapter 12 - The Cadenza
Part Two
Chapter 13 - Coco
Chapter 14 - London, Athens, Barcelona, Bombay
Chapter 15 - Popo
Chapter 16 - The Birthday Card
Chapter 17 - Caravan to Chautauqua
Chapter 18 - The Swimming Hole
Chapter 19 - How You Get to Carnegie Hall
Chapter 20 - How You Get to Carnegie Hall, Part 2
Chapter 21 - The Debut and the Audition
Chapter 22 - Blowout in Budapest
5. Part Three
Chapter 23 - Pushkin
Chapter 24 - Rebellion
Chapter 25 - Darkness
Chapter 26 - Rebellion, Part 2
Chapter 27 - Katrin
Chapter 28 - The Sack of Rice
Chapter 29 - Despair
Chapter 30 - “Hebrew Melody”
Chapter 31 - Red Square
Chapter 32 - The Symbol
Chapter 33 - Going West
Chapter 34 - The Ending
Coda
Acknowledgements
Notes
About the Author
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For Sophia and Louisa
And for Katrin
10. This is a story about a mother, two daughters, and two dogs. It’s
also about Mozart and Mendelssohn, the piano and the violin,
and
how we made it to Carnegie Hall.
This was supposed to be a story of how Chinese parents are
better
at raising kids than Western ones.
But instead, it’s about a bitter clash of cultures, a fleeting taste
of
glory, and how I was humbled by a thirteen-year-old.
11. Part One
The Tiger, the living symbol of strength and power, generally
inspires fear and respect.
1
The Chinese Mother
12. A lot of people wonder how Chinese parents raise such stereo-
typically successful kids. They wonder what these parents do to
produce so many math whizzes and music prodigies, what it’s
like
inside the family, and whether they could do it too. Well, I can
tell
them, because I’ve done it. Here are some things my daughters,
Sophia and Louisa, were never allowed to do:
• attend a sleepover
• have a playdate
• be in a school play
• complain about not being in a school play
• watch TV or play computer games
• choose their own extracurricular activities
• get any grade less than an A
• not be the #1 student in every subject except gym and drama
• play any instrument other than the piano or violin
• not play the piano or violin.
I’m using the term “Chinese mother” loosely. I recently met a
supersuccessful white guy from South Dakota (you’ve seen him
on
13. television), and after comparing notes we decided that his
working-class father had definitely been a Chinese mother. I
know
some Korean, Indian, Jamaican, Irish, and Ghanaian parents
who
qualify too. Conversely, I know some mothers of Chinese
heritage,
almost always born in the West, who are not Chinese mothers,
by
choice or otherwise.
I’m also using the term “Western parents” loosely. Western
parents come in all varieties. In fact, I’ll go out on a limb and
say
that Westerners are far more diverse in their parenting styles
than the Chinese. Some Western parents are strict; others are
lax.
There are same-sex parents, Orthodox Jewish parents, single
parents, ex-hippie parents, investment banker parents, and
military parents. None of these “Western” parents necessarily
see
eye to eye, so when I use the term “Western parents,” of course
I’m not referring to all Western parents—just as “Chinese
mother” doesn’t refer to all Chinese mothers.
All the same, even when Western parents think they’re being
strict, they usually don’t come close to being Chinese mothers.
For example, my Western friends who consider themselves
strict
make their children practice their instruments thirty minutes
every day. An hour at most. For a Chinese mother, the first hour
is
the easy part. It’s hours two and three that get tough.
14. Despite our squeamishness about cultural stereotypes, there are
tons of studies out there showing marked and quantifiable
differences between Chinese and Westerners when it comes to
parenting. In one study of 50 Western American mothers and 48
Chinese immigrant mothers, almost 70% of the Western mothers
said either that “stressing academic success is not good for
children” or that “parents need to foster the idea that learning is
fun.” By contrast, roughly 0% of the Chinese mothers felt the
same way. Instead, the vast majority of the Chinese mothers
said
that they believe their children can be “the best” students, that
“academic achievement reflects successful parenting,” and that
if
children did not excel at school then there was “a problem” and
parents “were not doing their job.” Other studies indicate that
compared to Western parents, Chinese parents spend
approximately ten times as long every day drilling academic
activities with their children. By contrast, Western kids are
more
likely to participate in sports teams.
This brings me to my final point. Some might think that the
American sports parent is an analog to the Chinese mother. This
is
so wrong. Unlike your typical Western overscheduling soccer
mom, the Chinese mother believes that (1) schoolwork always
comes first; (2) an A-minus is a bad grade; (3) your children
must
be two years ahead of their classmates in math; (4) you must
never compliment your children in public; (5) if your child ever
disagrees with a teacher or coach, you must always take the side
of the teacher or coach; (6) the only activities your children
15. should
be permitted to do are those in which they can eventually win a
medal; and (7) that medal must be gold.
16. 2
Sophia
Sophia
Sophia is my firstborn daughter. My husband, Jed, is Jewish,
and
I’m Chinese, which makes our children Chinese-Jewish-
American,
an ethnic group that may sound exotic but actually forms a
majority in certain circles, especially in university towns.
Sophia’s name in English means “wisdom,” as does Si Hui, the
Chinese name my mother gave her. From the moment Sophia
was
born, she displayed a rational temperament and exceptional
powers of concentration. She got those qualities from her father.
As an infant Sophia quickly slept through the night, and cried
only
if it achieved a purpose. I was struggling to write a law article
at
the time—I was on leave from my Wall Street law firm and
desperate to get a teaching job so I wouldn’t have to go back—
and at two months Sophia understood this. Calm and
contemplative, she basically slept, ate, and watched me have
17. writer’s block until she was a year old.
Sophia was intellectually precocious, and at eighteen months
she
knew the alphabet. Our pediatrician denied that this was
neurologically possible, insisting that she was only mimicking
sounds. To prove his point, he pulled out a big tricky chart,
with
the alphabet disguised as snakes and unicorns. The doctor
looked
at the chart, then at Sophia, and back at the chart. Cunningly, he
pointed to a toad wearing a nightgown and a beret.
“Q,” piped Sophia.
The doctor grunted. “No coaching,” he said to me.
I was relieved when we got to the last letter: a hydra with lots
of
red tongues flapping around, which Sophia correctly identified
as
“I.”
Sophia excelled in nursery school, particularly in math. While
the
other kids were learning to count from 1 to 10 the creative
American way—with rods, beads, and cones—I taught Sophia
addition, subtraction, multiplication, division, fractions, and
decimals the rote Chinese way. The hard part was displaying the
right answer using the rods, beads, and cones.
The deal Jed and I struck when we got married was that our
children would speak Mandarin Chinese and be raised Jewish. (I
18. was brought up Catholic, but that was easy to give up.
Catholicism
has barely any roots in my family, but more of that later.) In
retrospect, this was a funny deal, because I myself don’t speak
Mandarin—my native dialect is Hokkien Chinese—and Jed is
not
religious in the least. But the arrangement somehow worked. I
hired a Chinese nanny to speak Mandarin constantly to Sophia,
and we celebrated our first Hanukkah when Sophia was two
months old.
As Sophia got older, it seemed like she got the best of both
cultures. She was probing and questioning, from the Jewish
side.
And from me, the Chinese side, she got skills—lots of skills. I
don’t
mean inborn skills or anything like that, just skills learned the
diligent, disciplined, confidence-expanding Chinese way. By the
time Sophia was three, she was reading Sartre, doing simple set
theory, and could write one hundred Chinese characters. (Jed’s
translation: She recognized the words “No Exit,” could draw
two
overlapping circles, and okay maybe on the Chinese characters.)
As I watched American parents slathering praise on their kids
for
the lowest of tasks—drawing a squiggle or waving a stick—I
came
to see that Chinese parents have two things over their Western
counterparts: (1) higher dreams for their children, and (2)
higher
regard for their children in the sense of knowing how much they
can take.
19. Of course, I also wanted Sophia to benefit from the best aspects
of American society. I did not want her to end up like one of
those
weird Asian automatons who feel so much pressure from their
parents that they kill themselves after coming in second on the
national civil service exam. I wanted her to be well rounded and
to have hobbies and activities. Not just any activity, like
“crafts,”
which can lead nowhere—or even worse, playing the drums,
which leads to drugs—but rather a hobby that was meaningful
and highly difficult with the potential for depth and virtuosity.
And that’s where the piano came in.
In 1996, when she was three, Sophia got two new things: her
first
piano lesson, and a little sister.
20. 3
Louisa
Louisa
There’s a country music song that goes, “She’s a wild one with
an
angel’s face.” That’s my younger daughter, Lulu. When I think
of
her, I think of trying to tame a feral horse. Even when she was
in
utero she kicked so hard it left visible imprints on my stomach.
Lulu’s real name is Louisa, which means “famous warrior.” I’m
not
sure how we called that one so early.
Lulu’s Chinese name is Si Shan, which means “coral” and
connotes
delicacy. This fits Lulu too. From the day she was born, Lulu
had a
discriminating palate. She didn’t like the infant formula I fed
her,
21. and she was so outraged by the soy milk alternative suggested
by
our pediatrician that she went on a hunger strike. But unlike
Mahatma Gandhi, who was selfless and meditative while he
starved himself, Lulu had colic and screamed and clawed
violently
for hours every night. Jed and I were in ear-plugs and tearing
our
hair out when fortunately our Chinese nanny Grace came to the
rescue. She prepared a silken tofu braised in a light abalone and
shiitake sauce with a cilantro garnish, which Lulu ended up
quite
liking.
It’s hard to find the words to describe my relationship with
Lulu.
“All-out nuclear warfare” doesn’t quite capture it. The irony is
that Lulu and I are very much alike: She inherited my hot-
tempered, viper-tongued, fast-forgiving personality.
Speaking of personalities, I don’t believe in astrology—and I
think
people who do have serious problems—but the Chinese Zodiac
describes Sophia and Lulu perfectly. Sophia was born in the
Year
of the Monkey, and Monkey people are curious, intellectual, and
“generally can accomplish any given task. They appreciate
difficult
or challenging work as it stimulates them.” By contrast, people
born in the Year of the Boar are “willful” and “obstinate” and
often “fly into a rage,” although they “never harbor a grudge,”
being fundamentally honest and warmhearted. That’s Lulu
exactly.
22. I was born in the Year of the Tiger. I don’t want to boast or
anything, but Tiger people are noble, fearless, powerful,
authoritative, and magnetic. They’re also supposed to be lucky.
Beethoven and Sun Yat-sen were both Tigers.
I had my first face-off with Lulu when she was about three. It
was
a freezing winter afternoon in New Haven, Connecticut, one of
the coldest days of the year. Jed was at work—he was a
professor
at Yale Law School—and Sophia was at kindergarten. I decided
that it would be a perfect time to introduce Lulu to the piano.
Excited about working together—with her brown curls, round
eyes, and china doll face, Lulu was deceptively cute—I put her
on
the piano bench, on top of some comfortable pillows. I then
demonstrated how to play a single note with a single finger,
evenly, three times, and asked her to do the same. A small
request, but Lulu refused, preferring instead to smash at many
notes at the same time with two open palms. When I asked her
to
stop, she smashed harder and faster. When I tried to pull her
away from the piano, she began yelling, crying, and kicking
furiously.
Fifteen minutes later, she was still yelling, crying, and kicking,
and
I’d had it. Dodging her blows, I dragged the screeching demon
to
our back porch door, and threw it open.
The wind chill was twenty degrees, and my own face hurt from
just a few seconds’ exposure to the icy air. But I was
determined
to raise an obedient Chinese child—in the West, obedience is
23. associated with dogs and the caste system, but in Chinese
culture,
it is considered among the highest of virtues—if it killed me.
“You
can’t stay in the house if you don’t listen to Mommy,” I said
sternly. “Now, are you ready to be a good girl? Or do you want
to
go outside?”
Lulu stepped outside. She faced me, defiant.
A dull dread began seeping though my body. Lulu was wearing
only a sweater, a ruffled skirt, and tights. She had stopped
crying.
Indeed, she was eerily still.
“Okay good—you’ve decided to behave,” I said quickly. “You
can
come in now.”
Lulu shook her head.
“Don’t be silly, Lulu.” I was panicking. “It’s freezing. You’re
going
to get sick. Come in now.”
Lulu’s teeth were chattering, but she shook her head again. And
right then I saw it all, as clear as day. I had underestimated
Lulu,
not understood what she was made of. She would sooner freeze
to death than give in.
I had to change tactics immediately; I couldn’t win this one.
24. Plus I
might be locked up by Child Services. My mind racing, I
reversed
course, now begging, coddling, and bribing Lulu to come back
into
the house. When Jed and Sophia arrived home, they found Lulu
contentedly soaking in a hot bath, dipping a brownie in a
steaming cup of hot chocolate with marshmallows.
But Lulu had underestimated me too. I was just rearming. The
battle lines were drawn, and she didn’t even know it.
4
The Chuas
My last name is Chua—Cài in Mandarin—and I love it. My
family
comes from southern China’s Fujian Province, which is famous
for
producing scholars and scientists. One of my direct ancestors on
my father’s side, Chua Wu Neng, was the royal astronomer to
Emperor Shen Zong of the Ming Dynasty, as well as a
philosopher
and poet. Obviously wide-ranging in his skills, Wu Neng was
appointed by the emperor to be the chief of military staff in
1644,
25. when China faced a Manchu invasion. My family’s most prized
heirloom—in fact, our only heirloom—is a 2000-page treatise,
handwritten by Wu Neng, interpreting the I Ching, or Book of
Changes, one of the oldest of the classic Chinese texts. A
leather-
bound copy of Wu Neng’s treatise—with the character for
“Chua”
on the cover—now sits prominently on my living room coffee
table.
All of my grandparents were born in Fujian, but at different
points
in the 1920s and 1930s they boarded boats for the Philippines,
where there was said to be more opportunity. My mother’s
father
was a kind, mild-mannered schoolteacher who became a rice
merchant to support his family. He was not religious and not
particularly good at business. His wife, my grandmother, was a
great beauty and devout Buddhist. Despite the antimaterialistic
teachings of the Bodhisattva Guanyin, she always wished her
husband were more successful.
My father’s father, a good-natured fish-paste merchant, was
also
not religious and not particularly good at business. His wife, my
Dragon Lady grandmother, made a fortune after World War II
by
going into plastics, then investing her profits in gold bars and
diamonds. After she became wealthy—securing an account to
produce containers for Johnson & Johnson was key—she moved
into a grand hacienda in one of Manila’s most prestigious
neighborhoods. She and my uncles started buying upTiffany
glass,
26. Mary Cassatts, Braques, and condos in Honolulu. They also
converted to Protestantism and began using forks and spoons
instead of chopsticks, to be more like Americans.
Born in China in 1936, my mother arrived in the Philippines
with
her family when she was two. During the Japanese occupation
of
the Philippines, she lost her infant brother, and I’ll never forget
her description of Japanese soldiers holding her uncle’s jaws
open, forcing water down his throat, and laughing about how he
was going to burst like an overfilled balloon. When General
Douglas MacArthur liberated the Philippines in 1945, my
mother
remembers running after American jeeps, cheering wildly, as
U.S.
troops tossed out free cans of Spam. After the war, my mother
attended a Dominican high school, where she was converted to
Catholicism. She eventually graduated from the University of
Santo Tomas first in her class, summa cum laude, with a degree
in
chemical engineering.
My father was the one who wanted to immigrate to America.
Brilliant at math, in love with astronomy and philosophy, he
hated
the grubbing, backstabbing world of his family’s plastics
business
and defied every plan they had for him. Even as a boy, he was
desperate to get to America, so it was a dream come true when
the Massachusetts Institute of Technology accepted his
application. He proposed to my mother in 1960, and later the
same year my parents arrived in Boston, knowing not a soul in
27. the
country. With only their student scholarships to live on, they
couldn’t afford heat their first two winters, and wore blankets
around to keep warm. My father got his Ph.D. in less than two
years and became an assistant professor at Purdue University in
West Lafayette, Indiana.
Growing up in the Midwest, my three younger sisters and I
always
knew that we were different from everyone else. Mortifyingly,
we
brought Chinese food in thermoses to school; how I wished I
could have a bologna sandwich like everyone else! We were
required to speak Chinese at home—the punishment was one
whack of the chopsticks for every English word accidentally
uttered. We drilled math and piano every afternoon and were
never allowed to sleep over at our friends’ houses. Every
evening
when my father came home from work, I took off his shoes and
socks and brought him his slippers. Our report cards had to be
perfect; while our friends were rewarded for Bs, for us getting
an
A-minus was unthinkable. In eighth grade, I won second place
in a
history contest and brought my family to the awards ceremony.
Somebody else had won the Kiwanis prize for best all-around
student. Afterward, my father said to me: “Never, never
disgrace
me like that again.”
When my friends hear these stories, they often imagine that I
had
a horrible childhood. But that’s not true at all; I found strength
and confidence in my peculiar family. We started off as
outsiders
together, and we discovered America together, becoming
28. Americans in the process. I remember my father working until
three in the morning every night, so driven he wouldn’t even
notice us entering the room. But I also remember how excited
he
was introducing us to tacos, sloppy joes, Dairy Queen, and all-
you-
can-eat buffets, not to mention sledding, skiing, crabbing, and
camping. I remember a boy in grade school making slanty-eyed
gestures at me, guffawing as he mimicked the way I pronounced
restaurant (rest-OW-rant)—I vowed at that moment to rid
myself
of my Chinese accent. But I also remember Girl Scouts and hula
hoops; roller skating and public libraries; winning a Daughters
of
the American Revolution essay contest; and the proud,
momentous day my parents were naturalized.
In 1971, my father accepted an offer from the University of
California at Berkeley, and we packed up and moved west. My
father grew his hair and wore jackets with peace signs on them.
Then he got interested in wine collecting and built himself a
one-
thousand-bottle cellar. As he became internationally known for
his work on chaos theory, we began traveling around the world.
I
spent my junior year in high school studying in London,
Munich,
and Lausanne, and my father took us to the Arctic Circle.
But my father was also a Chinese patriarch. When it came time
to
apply to colleges, he declared that I was going to live at home
and
29. attend Berkeley (where I had already been accepted), and that
was that—no visiting campuses and agonizing choices for me.
Disobeying him, as he had disobeyed his family, I forged his
signature and secretly applied to a school on the East Coast that
I’d heard people talking about. When I told him what I had
done—
and that Harvard had accepted me—my father’s reaction
surprised me. He went from anger to pride literally overnight.
He
was equally proud when I later graduated from Harvard Law
School and when Michelle, his next daughter, graduated from
Yale College and Yale Law School. He was proudest of all (but
perhaps also a little heartbroken) when Katrin, his third
daughter,
left home for Harvard, eventually to get her M.D./Ph.D. there.
America changes people. When I was four, my father said to
me,
“You will marry a non-Chinese over my dead body.” But I
ended
up marrying Jed, and today my husband and my father are the
best of friends. When I was little, my parents had no sympathy
for
disabled people. In much of Asia, disabilities are seen as
shameful,
so when my youngest sister Cynthia was born with Down
syndrome, my mother initially cried all the time, and some of
my
relatives encouraged us to send Cindy away to an institution in
the Philippines. But my mother was put in touch with special
education teachers and other parents of children with
disabilities,
and soon she was spending hours patiently doing puzzles with
30. Cindy and teaching her to draw. When Cindy started grade
school,
my mother taught her to read and drilled multiplication tables
with her. Today, Cindy holds two International Special
Olympics
gold medals in swimming.
A tiny part of me regrets that I didn’t marry another Chinese
person and worries that I am letting down four thousand years
of
civilization. But most of me feels tremendous gratitude for the
freedom and creative opportunity that America has given me.
My
daughters don’t feel like outsiders in America. I sometimes still
do. But for me, that is less a burden than a privilege.
5
31. On Generational Decline
Newborn me and my brave parents, two years after they arrived
in
America
One of my greatest fears is family decline.There’s an old
Chinese
saying that “prosperity can never last for three generations.” I’ll
bet that if someone with empirical skills conducted a
longitudinal
survey about intergenerational performance, they’d find a
remarkably common pattern among Chinese immigrants
fortunate enough to have come to the United States as graduate
students or skilled workers over the last fifty years. The pattern
would go something like this:
• The immigrant generation (like my parents) is the hardest-
working. Many will have started off in the United States almost
penniless, but they will work nonstop until they become
successful engineers, scientists, doctors, academics, or
businesspeople. As parents, they will be extremely strict and
rabidly thrifty. (“Don’t throw out those leftovers! Why are you
using so much dishwasher liquid?You don’t need a beauty
salon—
I can cut your hair even nicer.”) They will invest in real estate.
They will not drink much. Everything they do and earn will go
toward their children’s education and future.
32. • The next generation (mine), the first to be born in America,
will
typically be high-achieving. They will usually play the piano
and/or
violin.They will attend an Ivy League or Top Ten university.
They
will tend to be professionals—lawyers, doctors, bankers,
television anchors—and surpass their parents in income, but
that’s partly because they started off with more money and
because their parents invested so much in them. They will be
less
frugal than their parents. They will enjoy cocktails. If they are
female, they will often marry a white person. Whether male or
female, they will not be as strict with their children as their
parents were with them.
• The next generation (Sophia …
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