Write a 1,400- to 2,100-word paper comparing conflict theory to social control theory. In your opinion, which theory does a better job of addressing the occurrence of crime in contemporary American society? Include the following:

• An evaluation of the effects of positive and negative reinforcement on crime in both theoretical frames
• Specific examples which support your findings

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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Feminist blog Jezebel offered a reward of US$10,000 for the unaltered “pre-Photoshop” photographs of writer/actress Lena Dunham’s Vogue photo shoot by Annie Lebowitz. Shortly after the announcement of the bounty, someone produced the unaltered photographs, and Jezebel published them on its website. Jezebel’s intention was to expose the extreme distortions required to achieve unrealistic beauty standards in the media. However, Dunham was unimpressed and defended Vogue. She said: “A fashion magazine is like a beautiful fantasy. Vogue isn’t the place that we go to look at realistic women; Vogue is the place that we go to look at beautiful clothes and fancy places and escapism, and so I feel like if the story reflects me and I happen to be wearing a beautiful Prada dress and surrounded by beautiful men and dogs, what’s the problem? If they want to see what I really look like, watch the show that I make every single week.” Critics have argued that such distortions are akin to minimalising the women rather than embracing the differences that make each woman unique. By digitally manipulating the models to look younger, thinner, and flawless, the media inevitably led the audience to believe and accept such unrealistic and distorted standards of beauty as the norm. Examine Vogue’s action and Lena Dunham’s reply. Discuss the ethics of digital manipulation in the magazine industry and use an ethical principle to appraise the efforts of Jezebel magazine. Your answer should be about 1500 words and Proper APA Referencing and Citations

 

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Assignment 1: Staffing Plan for a Growing Business

Worth 280 points

Please choose from one (1) of the scenarios below. Note: The scenario that you choose in this assignment will be the one (1) with which you continue for Assignment 2.

*****Scenario 1******

You are a Human Resources Manager of an expanding technology company consisting of 170 employees that develops and distributes small electronic devices. Over the past two (2) years, a research group formed, designed, and built prototypes of small remote surveillance cameras used for security. Recently, your company won a contract to build and provide these remote surveillance cameras to various government agencies. The contract will begin with your company supplying these cameras to agencies within your home state. If all orders are fulfilled sufficiently, the contract will be expanded to supplying agencies outside of your home state.

For the immediate future, you will need to secure a larger facility and hire more staff to sustain the first part of the contract. This staff will consist of ten (10) Assembly Technicians, one (1) Certified Quality Control Engineer, one (1) Contract Administrator, and one (1) Office Support Paraprofessional. Meanwhile, there is a contract clause requiring that you provide a staffing plan in order to ensure future product deliveries and sustain the possible future growth.

Scenario 2

You are a former certified education administrator who departed your former position to become the owner of a small, in-home day care consisting of you and a part-time assistant where you care for children from age three (3) to age ten (10). Over the course of time, your demographic population has increased due to significant business growth that has resulted in many families relocating to your area. With more businesses projected to move to the area and the building of new housing developments, it is projected that this growth could be long term.

You have decided that this is a good opportunity to expand your day care business as you have received many inquiries for childcare. In order to comply with your home state regulations, you will require a larger facility and will need to hire additional staff in order to sustain the larger demand for day care. This staff will consist of five (5) Certified Day Care Professionals, one (1) Registered Nurse Professional, five (5) After-School Assistants and one (1) Office Support Paraprofessional. You have secured approval for a bank loan and qualify for future loans for future expansion if your current endeavor is successful. Meanwhile, the state in which you operate has requested that you provide a staffing plan before it will issue licensure for your expanded capacity.

Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of these assignments.

Select one (1) of the scenarios and write a five (5) page paper in which you:

1. Identify two (2) types of staffing models that could apply to your chosen scenario and determine which model would be best suited for efficiency, productivity, and possible future growth. Examine the significant effect of each identified staffing model on processes that may be occurring within the organization (e.g., outsourcing, contingent workers, consulting firms, etc.).
2. Predict the major potential legal issues that you may encounter when establishing equal employment opportunities and diversity within the workplace while still aiming to acquire employees with the needed certifications and credentials. Next, explain the method of achieving transparency within your staffing model. Justify your response.
3. Specify three (3) tasks that you need to perform to identify, analyze, and develop job requirements and task statements that you will include in formalized job descriptions. Next, predict the frequency with which you would need to review and adjust these job descriptions as your company progresses. Provide a rationale for your response.
4. Describe three (3) methods to deal with high employee turnover and the availability of employees with required knowledge, skills, or abilities. Next, describe the primary manner in which the described succession-planning methods would be beneficial to your company. Justify your response.
5. Use at least four (4) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Explain the role of staffing to support an organization’s strategy and improve productivity.
• Develop a model for staffing an organization that supports the firm’s Human Resources Management strategy and sustains productive operations.
• Summarize the key legal compliance issues associated with staffing organizations.
• Explain the planning considerations for staffing organizations, the use of job analysis, and the components of a staffing plan.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in staffing organizations.
• Write clearly and concisely about staffing organizations using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 280	Assignment 1: Staffing Plan for a Growing Business
Criteria	Unacceptable Below 60% F	Meets Minimum Expectations 60-69% D	Fair 70-79% C	Proficient 80-89% B	Exemplary 90-100% A
1. Identify two (2) types of staffing models that could apply to your chosen scenario and determine which model would be best suited for efficiency, productivity, and possible future growth. Examine the significant effect of each identified staffing model on processes that may be occurring within the organization (e.g., outsourcing, contingent workers, consulting firms, etc.). Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely identified two (2) types of staffing models that could apply to your chosen scenario and determine which model would be best suited for efficiency, productivity, and possible future growth. Did not submit or incompletely examined the significant effect of each identified staffing model on processes that may be occurring within the organization (e.g., outsourcing, contingent workers, consulting firms, etc.).	Insufficiently identified two (2) types of staffing models that could apply to your chosen scenario and determine which model would be best suited for efficiency, productivity, and possible future growth. Insufficiently examined the significant effect of each identified staffing model on processes that may be occurring within the organization (e.g., outsourcing, contingent workers, consulting firms, etc.).	Partially identified two (2) types of staffing models that could apply to your chosen scenario and determine which model would be best suited for efficiency, productivity, and possible future growth. Partially examined the significant effect of each identified staffing model on processes that may be occurring within the organization (e.g., outsourcing, contingent workers, consulting firms, etc.).	Satisfactorily identified two (2) types of staffing models that could apply to your chosen scenario and determine which model would be best suited for efficiency, productivity, and possible future growth. Satisfactorily examined the significant effect of each identified staffing model on processes that may be occurring within the organization (e.g., outsourcing, contingent workers, consulting firms, etc.).	Thoroughly identified two (2) types of staffing models that could apply to your chosen scenario and determine which model would be best suited for efficiency, productivity, and possible future growth. Thoroughly examined the significant effect of each identified staffing model on processes that may be occurring within the organization (e.g., outsourcing, contingent workers, consulting firms, etc.).
2. Predict the major potential legal issues that you may encounter when establishing equal employment opportunities and diversity within the workplace while still aiming to acquire employees with the needed certifications and credentials. Next, explain the method of achieving transparency within your staffing model. Justify your response. Weight: 15%	Did not submit or incompletely predicted the major potential legal issues that you may encounter when establishing equal employment opportunities and diversity within the workplace while still aiming to acquire employees with the needed certifications and credentials. Did not submit or incompletely explained the method of achieving transparency within your staffing model. Did not submit or incompletely justified your response.	Insufficiently predicted the major potential legal issues that you may encounter when establishing equal employment opportunities and diversity within the workplace while still aiming to acquire employees with the needed certifications and credentials. Insufficiently explained the method of achieving transparency within your staffing model. Insufficiently justified your response.	Partially predicted the major potential legal issues that you may encounter when establishing equal employment opportunities and diversity within the workplace while still aiming to acquire employees with the needed certifications and credentials. Partially explained the method of achieving transparency within your staffing model. Partially justified your response.	Satisfactorily predicted the major potential legal issues that you may encounter when establishing equal employment opportunities and diversity within the workplace while still aiming to acquire employees with the needed certifications and credentials. Satisfactorily explained the method of achieving transparency within your staffing model. Satisfactorily justified your response.	Thoroughly predicted the major potential legal issues that you may encounter when establishing equal employment opportunities and diversity within the workplace while still aiming to acquire employees with the needed certifications and credentials. Thoroughly explained the method of achieving transparency within your staffing model. Thoroughly justified your response.
3. Specify three (3) tasks that you need to perform to identify, analyze, and develop job requirements and task statements that you will include in formalized job descriptions. Next, predict the frequency with which you would need to review and adjust these job descriptions as your company progresses. Provide a rationale for your response. Weight: 25%	Did not submit or incompletely specified three (3) tasks that you need to perform to identify, analyze, and develop job requirements and task statements that you will include in formalized job descriptions. Did not submit or incompletely predicted the frequency with which you would need to review and adjust these job descriptions as your company progresses. Did not submit or incompletely provided a rationale for your response.	Insufficiently specified three (3) tasks that you need to perform to identify, analyze, and develop job requirements and task statements that you will include in formalized job descriptions. Insufficiently predicted the frequency with which you would need to review and adjust these job descriptions as your company progresses. Insufficiently provided a rationale for your response.	Partially specified three (3) tasks that you need to perform to identify, analyze, and develop job requirements and task statements that you will include in formalized job descriptions. Partially predicted the frequency with which you would need to review and adjust these job descriptions as your company progresses. Partially provided a rationale for your response.	Satisfactorily specified three (3) tasks that you need to perform to identify, analyze, and develop job requirements and task statements that you will include in formalized job descriptions. Satisfactorily predicted the frequency with which you would need to review and adjust these job descriptions as your company progresses. Satisfactorily provided a rationale for your response.	Thoroughly specified three (3) tasks that you need to perform to identify, analyze, and develop job requirements and task statements that you will include in formalized job descriptions. Thoroughly predicted the frequency with which you would need to review and adjust these job descriptions as your company progresses. Thoroughly provided a rationale for your response.
4. Describe three (3) methods to deal with high employee turnover and the availability of employees with required knowledge, skills, or abilities. Next, describe the primary manner in which the described succession-planning methods would be beneficial to your company. Justify your response. Weight: 25%	Did not submit or incompletely described three (3) methods to deal with high employee turnover and the availability of employees with required knowledge, skills, or abilities. Did not submit or incompletely described the primary manner in which the described succession-planning methods would be beneficial to your company. Did not submit or incompletely justified your response.	Insufficiently described three (3) methods to deal with high employee turnover and the availability of employees with required knowledge, skills, or abilities. Insufficiently described the primary manner in which the described succession-planning methods would be beneficial to your company. Insufficiently justified your response.	Partially described three (3) methods to deal with high employee turnover and the availability of employees with required knowledge, skills, or abilities. Partially described the primary manner in which the described succession-planning methods would be beneficial to your company. Partially justified your response.	Satisfactorily described three (3) methods to deal with high employee turnover and the availability of employees with required knowledge, skills, or abilities. Satisfactorily described the primary manner in which the described succession-planning methods would be beneficial to your company. Satisfactorily justified your response.	Thoroughly described three (3) methods to deal with high employee turnover and the availability of employees with required knowledge, skills, or abilities. Thoroughly described the primary manner in which the described succession-planning methods would be beneficial to your company. Thoroughly justified your response.
5. 3 references Weight: 5%	No references provided	Does not meet the required number of references, all references poor quality choices.	Does not meet the required number of references, some references poor quality choices.	Meets number of required references, all references high quality choices.	Exceeds number of required references, all references high quality choices.
6. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10%	More than 8 errors present	7-8 errors present	5-6 errors present	3-4 errors present	0-2 errors present

 

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Many studies indicate that physicians are ________ nurses, which indicates the marginal product per dollar for nurses is ________ than physicians. a. underutilizing; greater. b. underutilizing; less. c. overutilizing; greater. d. overutilizing; less.

19. Employer mandates require: a. all employers to provide health insurance. b. all employers to increase workers’ pay so they can buy health insurance. c. all employers to provide pharmaceutical coverage. d. Answers (b) and (c) are correct.

12. Using the game theory “pay-off” matrix for profits above, the dominant strategy regarding adoption of a new technology is: a. Neither adopt. b. Hospital B adopts and Hospital A does not. c. Hospital A adopts and Hospital B does not. d. Both adopt.

 

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Select one of the following Case Studies 13.1, 13.2, or 13.3.  (Pages 314-316)

Use the guidelines below to draft your analysis of the case.

Guidelines for Case Study

1. Brief introductory or problem synopsis
2. Stakeholders or parties of interest involved
3. Critical issues or key findings/observations
4. Propose 2-3 possible alternatives for solving the problem
5. One Recommendation based on the aforementioned alternatives. Note: Be sure to mention why the selected recommendation is the best option. Include any theoretical or academic support to validate your recommended proposal.

*Note: The questions at the end of each case are thought provoking. However, I prefer for the format of your analysis to be presented as listed above.

Here is the textbook:

Leadership Theory and Practice 7th – Peter G. Northouse.pdf 

leadership_theory_and_practice_7th___peter_g._northouse.pdf

 

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