Friday, 9 September 2016

POLI330 (Political Science) all weeks TCO Assignments



POLI330 (Political Science) all weeks TCO Assignments





POLI330 (Political Science) all weeks TCO Assignments

POLI 330 Week 1 TCO Assessment 

Question 1.     Question :(TCO 1) What were your economic left/right results?
Question 2.     Question :       (TCO 1) What were your social libertarian/authoritarian results?
Question 3.     Question :       (TCO 1) If a person believes that market should regulate itself, and that government should stay out of business, would he or she fall more to the right or the left side of the political scale?
Question 4.     Question :       (TCO 1) If a person believes that federal agencies such as the FDA, EPA, and SEC serve a public good, is he or she moving more to the right or left of 100% capitalism?
Question 5.     Question :       (TCO 1) If a person feels that the government is needed to ensure that all people obtain equality, would he or she fall more on the right or the left of the economic scale?
Question 6.     Question :       (TCO 1) If a person believes that mandatory gun safety classes should be required to buy a gun, would he or she move up or down the social scale?
Question 7.     Question :       (TCO 1) If a person believes that Christianity is or should be the national religion of the United States, would he or she move up or down the social scale?
Question 8.     Question :       (TCO 1) If a person believes that he or she knows more about his or her own life than the government, and thus should have the authority to make his or her own decisions, would he or she move more up or down the social scale?



POLI 330 Week 2 TCO Assessment 


(TCO 6) In a 100% capitalist structure, the owners are offered what advantages?

(TCO 6) In a 100% capitalist structure, the owners face what challenges?

(TCO 6) In a 100% socialist structure, the owners would be offered what advantages?

(TCO 6) In a 100% socialist structure, the owners would be faced with what challenges?

(TCO 6) In a 100% capitalist structure, the workers are offered what advantages?

(TCO 6) In a 100% capitalist structure, the workers face what challenges?

(TCO 6) In a 100% socialist structure, the worker would be offered what advantages?

(TCO 6) In a 100% socialist structure, the worker would be faced with what challenges?


POLI 330 Week 3 TCO Assessment  
(TCO 2) As we have been discussing, throughout history, many people were not fans of pure democracy. One of the reasons for this was the idea of factions, as addressed in Madison’s Federalist No. 10. So what is the definition of a faction?

(TCO 2) Why are factions a threat to a democratic government?

(TCO 2) According to Madison, what are the two ways to remove the cause of a faction?

(TCO 2) From your reading, please distinguish why the two ways to remove a faction are not effective.

(TCO 2) What is it about human nature that causes factions to form?

(TCO 2) Differentiate the characteristics of a pure democracy from a republic.

(TCO 2) In referencing Madison, provide at least two reasons explaining why a republic can do a better job of controlling the effects of faction than a pure democracy.

(TCO 2) Assess Madison’s argument. Do you find that a republican form of government is the best way to control factions, in contrast to pure democracy? And how do you think this system has worked in controlling the factions over time?


POLI 330 Week 4 TCO Assessment  


(TCO 3) From your own research, what interest group did you find? Please list its name and website information.

(TCO 3) From your own research, list three important pieces of information that give us a picture of what your interest group believes.

(TCO 3) From your own research, describe a specific policy action your group desires.

(TCO 3) From your own research, whom does this group lobby most, or most effectively? For example, is there a political party or certain congressional representatives who seem to get more of its attention, money, or information? Which committees and subcommittees would it particularly lobby?

(TCO 3) From your congress.gov research, what is the title of the legislation (include its origination or appropriate numbers)?

(TCO 3) From your congress.gov research, who are its key sponsors and their party affiliation?

(TCO 3) From your congress.gov research, what is its current status within Congress?

(TCO 3) From your congress.gov research, describe briefly your personal reaction to this legislation. Do you think it will pass and do you think it should pass? Why? (Two to three sentences are required.) 

POLI 330 Week 5 TCO Assessment  


(TCO 4) What are your initial, nonlegal, thoughts on this case? How would you decide it based on your own belief structures? For example, if you were the judge in this case, would you would allow Mr. Trident to leave the hospital, thus bringing about his death? Or would you feel for Mr. Trident but side with the hospital because he clearly is not in the right mind to make such decisions for himself? Or would you perhaps side with the hospital because people should not be allowed to refuse medical treatment or go to the extreme of ordering the hospital to aid in the shortening of his life so that he did not have to suffer a painful death? What would you do? Please put some thought into your answer and provide at least 4–5 sentences as you explain it.

(TCO 4) What is the difference between moral and legal reasoning?

(TCO 4) In a true legal argument, should legal reasoning or moral reasoning be used?

(TCO 4) Mr. Trident is arguing that the hospital has violated his 14th Amendment right to due process. What part of the 14th Amendment is he referring to in his argument?

(TCO 4) Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health is a case studied in the right-to-die debate. What precedent did it help to establish?

(TCO 4) How does the Cruzan case factor into Mr. Trident’s argument?

(TCO 4) Given the precedent established in the Cruzan case, how would you now have to decide the case if you were the judge?

(TCO 4) What other U.S. Supreme Court cases deal with the right-to-die issue?


POLI 330 Week 6 TCO Assessment  


(TCO 7) What is your final plan to present to the president? What changes did you decide to implement?

(TCO 7) Please explain why you chose the options that you did.

(TCO 7) How will your decisions affect the elderly, the poor, the rich, and national security if implemented?

(TCO 7) Was covering the hypothetical budget gap more or less difficult than you expected? Please explain.

(TCO 7) Which of your decisions might be perceived as politically motivated? Why?

(TCO 7) What are the trade-offs of preserving some programs while protecting others?

(TCO 7) How do your decisions result in a marginal benefit to society so that they can outweigh the marginal cost to society?

(TCO 7) Did doing this exercise change your feelings about the budget debate in Washington? If so, how? If not, why not?


POLI 330 Week 7 TCO Assessment  


(TCO 9) As the simulation shows, Muhammed’s father was killed by the Israelis in their war of independence, as they attempted to defend their state and enforce the boundaries established by the UN. Although this was an international decree, all Muhammed witnessed was his father’s death and the loss of his family home as the land of his forefathers was taken to make room for what many Palestinians viewed as the “occupiers.” If you were him, how would you react? For example, would you blame the Israelis for hurting your father and taking your land, and then pass on this hatred to your children so they would know never to trust the Israelis? Would you seek revenge for your family and people? Or is there a chance that you would accept the new conditions of the UN resolution because it was in the best interest of the people of the world? What about simply seeking strength in your religion and guiding your children away from the hatreds of the past in an effort to protect them? Please put some thought into your answer and provide at least 4–5 sentences as you explain it.

(TCO 9) Within the Israeli home, Ben knows from the horrors faced by his parents what can happen when there is not a state of Israel in the world. He thus supports his state and will do anything to defend its claim to this region. How does this differ from Muhammed’s stance?

(TCO 9) What do Muhammed and Ben have in common?

(TCO 9) Serapin and Sarah _____.

(TCO 9) Judith and Ahmed are the youngest members of their respective families. What do they have in common?

(TCO 9) Given what you have read and what you know about the conflicts between Israel and Palestine, what is the likelihood that the children will continue the cycle of violence in this land if nothing radically changes?

(TCO 9) What impact has the violence in this land had on the legitimacy of the Israeli government?

(TCO 9) Abdullah has admittedly committed terrorist acts against Israel. According to your text, does terrorism work?

HRM 598 Week 4 Case Study: Getting and using Compensation Information



HRM 598 Week 4 Case Study: Getting and using Compensation Information




HRM 598 Week 4 Case Study: Getting and using Compensation Information

Introduction
Compensation information is now widely available. Click on the website www.salary.com . This site provides free data on jobs, including job description, annual salary by zip code, distribution by quartiles of salary amounts, info on benefits, and so forth. The basic information that an organization would get if it bought a salary survey from a consultant or conducted its own salary survey can be found here.
This site provides pay data on hundreds of jobs in cities all over the U.S. in many different industries. Identify several jobs (at least three) of interest to you, such as accountant, financial analyst, product manager, stockbroker, or manager compensation. Select specific cities or use the national average. Obtain the median, the 25th and 75th percentile base wage, and the total cash compensation rates for each job.
Respond to the following questions.
1.     Which jobs are paid more or less? Is this what you would have expected? Why, or why not? What factors could explain the differences in the salaries?
2.     Do the jobs have different bonuses as a percentage of their base salaries? Why, or why not? What could explain these differences?
3.     Do the data include the value of the stock options? What are the implications of this?
4.     Read the job descriptions. Are they accurate descriptions for jobs that you would be applying for? Why, or why not? Are there jobs for which you cannot find an appropriate match? Why do you think this is the case?
5.     Check out pay levels for these types of jobs in your school’s career office or other local or regional source. How does the pay for jobs advertised in your career office or other local or regional source differ from pay levels from other sources? Why do you think these differences exist?
6.     How do you use this information while negotiating your salary in your job after graduation or when you apply for a different job? What data would you provide to support your asking price? What factors will influence whether or not you get what you ask for?
7.     What is the relevant labor market for these jobs? How big are the differences between salaries in different locations?
8.     For each job, compare the median salary to the low and high averages. How much variation exists? What factors might explain this variation in pay rates for the same job?
9.     Look for a description of how the salary data are developed. Do you think it provides enough information? Why, or why not? Discuss some of the factors that might impair the accuracy of the data. What are the implications of using inaccurate salary data for individuals or companies?
10.   With this information available for free, why would you bother with consultants’ surveys?
11.   If you were a manager, how would you justify paying one of your employees, either higher or lower, than the results shown on this website?
12.   In your conclusion, highlight one thing you learned that would help you in the future. Your paper should respond with one or two paragraphs for each question, and one brief paragraph each for an introduction and conclusion. You will need to follow APA style and format and have a title page, centered headings for each major part of the paper or question answered, page numbering and page headers, and a reference page.
The assignment will be reviewed using the following criteria.
Criteria
Possible Points
Earned Points
Comments
Which jobs are paid more or less? Is this what you would have expected? Why, or why not? What factors could explain the differences in the salaries?
7


Do the jobs have different bonuses as a percentage of their base salaries? Why, or why not? What could explain these differences?
7


Do the data include the value of the stock options? What are the implications of this?
7


Read the job descriptions. Are they accurate descriptions for jobs that you would be applying for? Why, or why not? Are there jobs for which you cannot find an appropriate match? Why do you think this is the case?
7


Check out pay levels for these types of jobs in your school’s career office or other local or regional source. How does the pay for jobs advertised in your career office or other local or regional source differ from pay levels from other sources? Why do you think these differences exist?
7


How do you use this information while negotiating your salary in your job after graduation or when you apply for a different job? What data would you provide to support your asking price? What factors will influence whether or not you get what you ask for?
7


What is the relevant labor market for these jobs? How big are the differences between salaries in different locations?
7


For each job, compare the median salary to the low and high averages. How much variation exists? What factors might explain this variation in pay rates for the same job?
7


Look for a description of how these salary data are developed. Do you think it provides enough information? Why, or why not? Discuss some of the factors that might impair the accuracy of these data. What are the implications of using inaccurate salary data for individuals or companies?
7


With this information available for free, why would you bother with consultants’ surveys?
7


If you were a manager, how would you justify paying one of your employees, either higher or lower, than the results shown on this website?
7


In your conclusion, highlight one thing you learned that would help you in the future.
7


Use APA style and format for citations and reference section, and appropriate title page, headings, and so forth. Grammar and spelling are ok.
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