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Create a portfolio of five black and white photos demonstrating the photo composition techniques listed below.

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Create a portfolio of five black and white photos demonstrating the photo composition techniques listed below.

  • B&W Rule of Thirds
  • B&W Leading Lines
  • B&W Frame Within a Frame
  • B&W Repeating Pattern
  • B&W Finding Light

Photos must depict subjects related to agriculture or the life sciences. Be creative and seek a variety of subjects for your portfolio. Concentrate on creating photos with a clearly defined subject using the compositional methods specified in each assignment. The assignments can be completed with a smartphone or camera. Use your favorite app to convert photos from color to black and white. Photos submitted must be the original work of the student.

  • Do not include people in your photos.
  • Pets are okay as long as they are part of the composition.

Submit your photo portfolio as a PowerPoint presentation. Include a slide with an interesting title for your portfolio and your name. Include a slide for each photo assignment. Label each slide with the composition technique used. For each photo, indicate the date the photo was taken and the location. Present the slides in the following order: Rule of Thirds, Leading Line, Frame Within the Frame, Repeating Pattern, and Finding Light.

Select photos may be displayed in the Litton Reaves lobby.

Photos must depict subjects related to agriculture or the life sciences. Do not include people in your photos. Pets are OK. Only turn in black and white photos. Do not submit photos that are the same or similar to photos taken for the Farmers Market Picture Story assignment. Your creative photography portfolio will receive a O if any of the photos do not meet these requirement.

Each photo will be graded using the rubric listed in the The Art of Photography module. Submit your best work!

Discuss geographic, social, technological, economic, or political change, but make sure that you include specific events and people who were connected to the changes that you have identified and dates/time frame. What were the effects/consequences of these changes on individuals, regions, and the nation as a whole?

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Change in the 1800s

Change in the Early 1800s. The first half of the 19th century (1800s) was an era of great change for Americans. The nation was expanding, and morals/attitudes were changing as well. Using course content, describe and discuss at least three specific ways that America changed in the antebellum period (from 1800 to the start of the Civil War). You can choose to discuss geographic, social, technological, economic, or political change, but make sure that you include specific events and people who were connected to the changes that you have identified and dates/time frame. What were the effects/consequences of these changes on individuals, regions, and the nation as a whole?

Describe that video. What aspect of the video is protected under copyright? Explain your response.

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Right to Use

As you prepare to respond to this post, refer to the “What Is a Copyright” Learning Activity. According to the text, what protects copyright and what is copyright purposed to protect? Provide an example from the text. Next, think back to the last social media video you watched that provided you with information. Describe that video. What aspect of the video is protected under copyright? Explain your response.

All things considered, flights havenumerous pros that people can enjoy though they also have some cons which people must work hard to avoid. Do you think that peoplecan overcome these problems by 2025?

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Flight article

“Remember, you fly an airplane with your head, not your hands and feet.” Flights are common these days especially among travellers though they have lots of advantages and disadvantages.

On the one hand, Flights are sometimes advantageous. In the first place, they are considered the fastest means of transportation. They also enable you to travel to any country without being affected by any physical barrier.

On the other hand, flights also have some cons that result in some fatal problems like to global warming. These harmful emissions from planes affect the environment and people badly.

Last but not least, any problem must have some solutions.Firstly, we can invent new planes that produce less emissions, use fuel economically, or use bio fuel that is available and less harmful. This, of course, leads to and better environment for any living creature.

All things considered, flights havenumerous pros that people can enjoy though they also have some cons which people must work hard to avoid. Do you think that peoplecan overcome these problems by 2025?

Compare and contrast the four frameworks (Strategic Alignment Model, The Amsterdam Information Model, The DAMA-DMBOK Framework including Evolved (sections 3.3 and 3.5) and the DMBOK Pyramid (Aiken) noted towards the end of chapter 1.

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Data Management Frameworks: Analyze and Create

For the first part of this assignment, compare and contrast the four frameworks (Strategic Alignment Model, The Amsterdam Information Model, The DAMA-DMBOK Framework including Evolved (sections 3.3 and 3.5) and the DMBOK Pyramid (Aiken) noted towards the end of chapter 1. Specifically discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each.

For the second part of this assignment develop a framework of your own including how you will measure both the quality and monetary value of data (also see valuation methods sec 1.3.7 on page 77). Please feel free to use Microsoft Word, Visio or Lucidcharts to create your diagram.

After reading the case in the Activity “Something’s Rotten in Hondo,” provide an example of an ethical dilemma you have encountered in your professional life. Using the theories and suggestions from the reading, compare and contrast the way you approached your dilemma to the way Bill handled the ethical dilemma in the case study.

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How Do You Decide?

After reading the case in the Activity “Something’s Rotten in Hondo,” provide an example of an ethical dilemma you have encountered in your professional life. Using the theories and suggestions from the reading, compare and contrast the way you approached your dilemma to the way Bill handled the ethical dilemma in the case study. What was the outcome regarding your dilemma and what, if any, suggestions from the reading would you employ next time? Do you agree or disagree with the way Bill handled his situation? Please illustrate your response with examples from the reading.

Discuss five of your observed behaviors. Were they beneficial, detrimental, mixed? What patterns did you see from your antecedents that lead to either positive or negative behavior? How could you conscientiously change your antecedent to limit detrimental behavior? List at least five examples.

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Personality and behavior

Instructions

When discussing personality and behavior, we must realize that personality is relatively stable, whereas emotions or moods can change frequently. In our materials, Austin (2019) discussed the ABC approach to Organizational Behavior Management. He explained that antecedents (A) lead to behaviors (B) which lead to consequences (C). For 48 hours, keep an antecedents journal. Record what you do daily, make notes about what consequences occur from those behaviors, and record what you were thinking about right before the behavior (antecedent).

Discuss five of your observed behaviors. Were they beneficial, detrimental, mixed? What patterns did you see from your antecedents that lead to either positive or negative behavior? How could you conscientiously change your antecedent to limit detrimental behavior? List at least five examples. An example is shown below (do not use this example).

Describe the recommendations for methods of identifying employee performance issues. Evaluate alternative methods of employee development. Describe the steps you would take to implement your recommendations.

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Performance Management

As a newly hired human resources manager, the CEO solicits a meeting with you and other senior leaders in the organization. During the meeting, she raises concerns about the decline in employee performance and shares that she suspects it must be due to the quality of new hires or a lack of incentive for them to perform better. The Vice President (VP) of operations shares his frustration with the poor performance and productivity seen in his department and states the following: “I think we should fire underperforming employees immediately and start over by hiring those who are better qualified.” At the conclusion of the meeting, the CEO tasks you with sharing your diagnosis and recommendations at the next meeting. In preparation for the follow up meeting, you begin conducting internal research, and your investigation uncovers several critical problems that must be solved in order to improve the performance of the organization. Some of the problems include poor job descriptions, a poor performance management system, a lack of training, low base pay for new hires, and no recognition program.

To communicate with senior leaders, you must create a two-page memo to explain the issues, as well as offer appropriate solutions. Given your assessment of the current use of individual development plans, describe the necessary steps to mitigate the current issues. In your memo,

  • Describe the recommendations for methods of identifying employee performance issues.
  • Evaluate alternative methods of employee development.
  • Describe the steps you would take to implement your recommendations.
  • Support your assessment and recommendations with at least one scholarly and/or credible source.

Identify and define the learning disability. Discuss how it is manifested in your organization’s actions. Describe how it prevents you and your teammates, colleagues, and/or fellow employees from learning.

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Organizational Learning Disabilities

We learned about Senge’s seven learning disabilities and how each can affect an organization. For this assignment, you will think back to your time at any type of organization or team and connect to Senge’s teachings to describe at least two of the learning disabilities you have experienced.

Instructions:

  • For each learning disability:

o Identify and define the learning disability.

o Discuss how it is manifested in your organization’s actions (be specific).

o Describe how it prevents you and your teammates, colleagues, and/or fellow employees from learning.

o Explain what actions you would take as a leader of the organization to help fix the problem(s). Discuss why you believe these actions will fix the problem(s).

Create a process and strategy that the operator can follow that will allow for a safe method for each bulleted tasks. Ensure the processes and strategy includes all lifting and bending motions that are required when changing the flat tire.

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Industrial Ergonomics

Answer 3 questions

Question 1

You have sustained a flat tire while driving your company vehicle. The vehicle has a spare tire. In this essay, describe the steps necessary to change out the tire. Focus on the following movements:

  • jacking up the vehicle,
  • removing the lug nuts,
  • lifting the flat tire off the axle,
  • bending over and lifting the spare tire out of the trunk,
  • placing the spare tire on the car,
  • tightening the lug nuts, and
  • placing the flat tire in the trunk.

What specific movements would be required to perform these tasks. Use the textbook Appendix B Physical Risk Factor checklist to explain your answers. Also, discuss the possible work-related musculoskeletal disorders (WMSDs) that could occur.
Create a process and strategy that the operator can follow that will allow for a safe method for each bulleted tasks. Ensure the processes and strategy includes all lifting and bending motions that are required when changing the flat tire.

Your written response answer must be at least 300 words in length.
Question 2

Points Health care workers are at a high risk for WMSDs. Discuss in this essay some of the items that increase their risk of WMSDs. Then discuss how they could alleviate those risks through preventive actions and the hierarchy of controls.

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.
Question 3

PointsConsider an employee who works at the big-box store stocking shelves overnight while the store is closed. The employee begins to experience some mild to moderate low-back pain from the lifting of the boxes. The boxes vary in size and weight. Use the calculations found in Chapter 14 to determine the RWL and LI for this employee. The average weight of the boxes is 40 lbs and the average size is a standard banker’s box. What recommendations could be made based on the findings of your calculations? Show the calculations.

Your response must be at least 200 words in length.