Discussion: Media, Technology, Peer Pressure, Violence, and Current Events In your post, consider how a potential media stronghold over children and adolescents could lead to depressive symptoms.   For example, think about the media and its obsession with thinness, and particularly how this impacts female adolescents and the young-adult population. What do you think the relation is between over-viewing of idealized and unrealistic media portrayals […]

   Guided Response: Review and respond to two of your peers.  Do you agree or disagree with your colleague’s conclusion(s) regarding the positive and/or negative effect(s) of technology within his or her chosen developmental periods? Whether or not you agree with your colleague’s conclusion(s), describe how your colleague’s stated advantages may actually be a disadvantage in the chosen developmental periods or vice versa. Speculate regarding […]

Prepare: In your first post in this discussion, you will identify and apply one ethical theory of your choosing to a current problem in business, also of your choosing. Start by reviewing your notes on the Week 1 course material and your completed work for Week 1. Then, choose one of the three ethical theories—i.e., utilitarianism, deontology, or virtue ethics—on the basis of your thoughtfully […]

  Discussion 1: Translating Knowledge From an Evaluation Report Instructors and professors often comment that they learn much more about their subject matter when they begin to teach it. When they try to explain the topic to someone else they begin to connect concepts in new ways. They anticipate questions that students might ask, consider different viewpoints, and think more critically. For this Discussion, take […]

Two paragraphs each  Separate responds  One reference for each question  1. The New Beginning and Prototyping” Please respond to the following: Give your opinion on what Thomas L. Friedman is referring to with the words, “Now the real IT revolution is about to begin.” Discuss how the beginning, referred to by Friedman, is different from the last couple of decades. Evaluate prototyping as a technique […]

Assignment 2: Management at a Company Due Week 7 and worth 200 points Faculty will provide two to three (2-3) companies for you to choose from for this assignment. Use Strayer University Library at https://research.strayer.edu and the internet to research the selected company from its inception to current-day operations. Write a five to six (5-6) page paper in which you: Evaluate two (2) key changes […]

 The Effects of Business on Consumers and the Environment: Case Study: Perdue Farms          This discussion assignment requires you to submit at least four posts: an initial post, two reply posts to fellow students in threads other than your own, and a revised post.   Prepare: In preparation for your first post in this discussion, you will become familiar with the case of Perdue Farms […]

  This week we begin the process of collaborating on the dilemma facing Easy Wheels (project 2 found in week seven content area). We will collaborate using the Six Hats technique as a tool help make both group and individual strategic plan decisions. Please review the following explanations of the system to get a sound idea of how it works Paul Sloane on Explaining the Six Hats Tool; Six Hats ; Value […]

 Due Week 6 and worth 140 points Create a dialogue between two artists discussing their work(s) with an interviewer asking questions in front of an audience at an art gallery (much like a panel discussion format). Have Gris or Picasso dialogue with Matisse, Cezanne Gauguin, or van Gogh, Each one should explain his work(s), influences, philosophy, style, themes, and meaning, highlighting the reason for the […]

  In this assignment, you will watch a presentation (located in Module/Week 4’s Reading and Study folder) of group members in a Bible study.  Your task is to assess their interaction.  You may need to watch the presentation several times.  Draw some conclusions about the effectiveness of their interaction and the overall success of the Bible study based on the following: your observations and assessment […]