Environmental Issues (Northern California wildfires)

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My intent in having students write an environmental issue paper is two-fold: To increase students awareness of environmental problems and to encourage the analysis of these problems using an economic framework.

The requirements for the paper follow:
It should be 12-point size, single-spaced

It should use the following format:
Describe the environmental problem (what it is, where it is, is it new or has it existed for a while, etc.)
Describe the cause of the problem (or believed to be the cause)
Describe the environmental impacts (see Chapter 6 in the book for a description of these impacts and economic impacts) (e.g., loss of fish and wildlife, loss of ecosystems/habitat, risk of aquatic contamination from chemical/bacterial pollution, increase in water pollution, air pollution, contaminated soils, lowering groundwater levels, loss of biodiversity, etc.)
Describe human health impacts (gastrointestinal illness from water pollution, asthma, other illnesses and death, loss of quality of life, loss of recreation, loss of aesthetic beauty, reproductive effects, learning defects, etc.)
Describe economic impacts (loss of homes and property, decrease om property values, loss of crops, loss of business properties/revenues (e.g. fishing, tourism, etc.), loss of city/county revenues, loss of commercial recreation; increase/decrease in other economic impacts)
Describe current strategies to address the problem, citing costs and benefits where available.  According to the criteria discussed in Chapter 9 of the book and your personal experience, is this strategy effective, efficient, and equitable?  If not, why not?
Is there a strategy (e.g. an economic incentive strategy) that you would recommend?

BOOK:

ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS An Introduction, Barry Field and Martha Field, McGraw Hill, 2016

Self Reflection

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Assignment:
Provide a reflection of at least 500 words (or 2 pages double spaced) of how the knowledge, skills, or theories of this course(Information Technology Importance in Strategic Planning) have been applied, or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment. If you are not currently working, share times when you have or could observe these theories and knowledge could be applied to an employment opportunity in your field of study. 

Requirements:

Provide a 500 word (or 2 pages double spaced) minimum reflection.

Use of proper APA formatting and citations. You should have at least two scholarly sources supporting your write-up.

Share a personal connection that identifies specific knowledge and theories from this course.

Demonstrate a connection to your current work environment. If you are not employed, demonstrate a connection to your desired work environment. 

You should NOT, provide an overview of the assignments assigned in the course. The assignment asks that you reflect how the knowledge and skills obtained through meeting course objectives were applied or could be applied in the workplace.

Leadership Development Plan

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This paper will allow you to examine your leadership skills and develop a plan for moving forward.

  • 1. Analyze your current leadership skills based on what you have learned in this course
  • 2. Identify 1 leadership theory that would be beneficial to your leadership role
  • 3. Identify 1 change leadership theory that would be beneficial to your leadership role
    • a. Summarize your understanding of the 1 leadership theory
    • b. Explain how you would apply this theory to make you a more effective leader
    • c. Illustrate 2 positive outcomes that you would expect to occur
    • d. Summarize your understanding of the 1 change leadership theory.
    • e. Explain how you would apply this theory to make you a more effective leader
    • f. Illustrate 2 positive outcomes that you would expect to occur
  • 4. Develop a personal leadership philosophy and support your ideas with material from this course and outside research.
  • i. Provide an example where your leadership philosophy can be applied to lead an organizational change
  • ii. Your leadership philosophy does not have to be any specific leadership model we reviewed. Rather, it should represent your trajectory of leadership as it applies to your career aspirations. Consider your career path and the industry you work (or wish to work in) and determine what leadership skills will be most effective. 

Submission Details:

  • 1. Submit a 7 to 9-page paper double spaced.
  • 2. Please provide at least six (6) scholarly references to support your paper. 
  • 3. All references should be used as in-text citations.All work must be completed in APA format.
  • 4. A title page and reference page must be included.

The American Promise chapters 9, 10, and 11

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Consider The American Promise chapters 9, 10, and 11.
We are going to use some creative insight with our History.
Remember to use our systems of form, style, and citation even while writing freely!
Use your own name and imagine life back then!
Choose two prompts

1.    You are a Native American man or womansent to represent your histories to the 21st century. Individual experiences are not what we are looking instead write freely on the following
Account for and summarize the decades covered in the assigned chapters.
Include specific military, tribal and cultural changes over time while highlighting specific persons, places, and transformative events over time.
Adaptation, change, surrender, accommodation, rebellion, extinctionall of these things should be touched upon.
Finally, what becomes of Native America by the end of these Chapters and how do we survive to this day

2.    Account for and elaborate upon the world of Women
From all races and classes involved in these decades of American history. Challenges, defeats, contributions and individual achievements should be included. 
Examine cultural shifts, which at one point make women the pioneers and warriors of their time and place, but then also restrict them to the parlor or servitude in another time and place.
THEN Choose some of these women’s realities within these chapters that catch your imagination and write freely.

3.    Hamilton, Jefferson, Jackson These three, very different men stand as icons of different aspects of American identity and culture. Often contradictory but always present these three currents remain strong in us (US) today. Discuss these three men:
Their time and place and consequences on our history.
Then describe the larger picture when we say ‘Hamiltonian, Jeffersonian, Jacksonian’ to describe certain eras and cornerstones of our government and culture. Which are you most drawn to and why? Which are you most repelled by and why?
If you could be part of any of these men’s lives and eras which would it be? Who would you be? Yes Sam Houston is taken. Write freely.