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Discuss the importance of including communication strategies in a business contingency plan. Specifically address:
Why did the AT&T business continuity plan fail?
How did the failure impact communications in the Nashville area? Elsewhere?
What lessons were learned from the Nashville Christmas Day bombing for business contingency planning?
What communications strategies will you work to include in your business contingency plan project?
Synthesize concepts you have learned during Weeks 1, 2, and 3 by writing answers to questions about the following three business topics.
The global business environment What are some advantages and disadvantages for small U.S. businesses competing in today’s global markets?
Business ethics and values What are three ways businesses demonstrate corporate social responsibility? Provide at least one real world example.
Business leadershipIf you were promoted to a leadership position today, which leadership style would you use and why? Autocratic leadership Democratic or participative leadership Free-reign leadership
Produce a report providing a rapid evidence assessment of topic:
A critical appraisal of the contribution to delivering the three key industry mitigation options: fuel switching, energy efficiency and resource efficiency.
The stages of a rapid evidence assessment have been given below:
1. Devise a clear and focused question. The aim of a REA is to provide a short but systematic
assessment on a constrained topic. This requires a concise question that can be answered with
the time available. The research question must map onto the existing research. You must formulate
a question from the topics above. You cannot select a different question.
2. Provide a robust rationale for the question. Your introduction should include a coherent argument
on why the topic is important and why you have selected an appropriate question. Is your
assessment particularly useful for a specific policy initiative or assessment of previous schemes?
3. Describe the method employed. Explain how you undertook the selection of your literature covering
the criteria, searching and coding. You can select policy documents, case studies, quantitative
assessments and other papers. This is really up to you. It is important that you ensure that you are
always addressing the questions you have posed.
4. Provide your assessment. Try and find novel ways to document your results. Can you provide a
table comparing the different publications? Is a scoring system appropriate to define the relative
role of the different challenges and barriers? Could you produce a figure to summarise your
findings. It is also important to provide a nuanced and critical debate about your findings, not just
blindly present the results.
5. Consider the strength of the evidence base considering its consistency, generalizability and
applicability.
6. Recommendations. Can you provide any suggestions on where there are gaps in the evidence or
precise recommendations for policy makers?
Produce a report providing a rapid evidence assessment of topic:
Can renewable sources meet global energy demand by 2050?
The stages of a rapid evidence assessment have been given below:
1. Devise a clear and focused question. The aim of a REA is to provide a short but systematic
assessment on a constrained topic. This requires a concise question that can be answered with
the time available. The research question must map onto the existing research. You must formulate
a question from the topics above. You cannot select a different question.
2. Provide a robust rationale for the question. Your introduction should include a coherent argument
on why the topic is important and why you have selected an appropriate question. Is your
assessment particularly useful for a specific policy initiative or assessment of previous schemes?
3. Describe the method employed. Explain how you undertook the selection of your literature covering
the criteria, searching and coding. You can select policy documents, case studies, quantitative
assessments and other papers. This is really up to you. It is important that you ensure that you are
always addressing the questions you have posed.
4. Provide your assessment. Try and find novel ways to document your results. Can you provide a
table comparing the different publications? Is a scoring system appropriate to define the relative
role of the different challenges and barriers? Could you produce a figure to summarise your
findings. It is also important to provide a nuanced and critical debate about your findings, not just
blindly present the results.
5. Consider the strength of the evidence base considering its consistency, generalizability and
applicability.
6. Recommendations. Can you provide any suggestions on where there are gaps in the evidence or
precise recommendations for policy makers?
Produce a report of 2,000 words providing a rapid evidence assessment of topic:
The mitigation potential in housing considering three or more of five (technical, political, financial, social and behavioural) barriers.
The stages of a rapid evidence assessment have been given below:
1. Devise a clear and focused question. The aim of a REA is to provide a short but systematic
assessment on a constrained topic. This requires a concise question that can be answered with
the time available. The research question must map onto the existing research. You must formulate
a question from the topics above. You cannot select a different question.
2. Provide a robust rationale for the question. Your introduction should include a coherent argument
on why the topic is important and why you have selected an appropriate question. Is your
assessment particularly useful for a specific policy initiative or assessment of previous schemes?
3. Describe the method employed. Explain how you undertook the selection of your literature covering
the criteria, searching and coding. You can select policy documents, case studies, quantitative
assessments and other papers. This is really up to you. It is important that you ensure that you are
always addressing the questions you have posed.
4. Provide your assessment. Try and find novel ways to document your results. Can you provide a
table comparing the different publications? Is a scoring system appropriate to define the relative
role of the different challenges and barriers? Could you produce a figure to summarise your
findings. It is also important to provide a nuanced and critical debate about your findings, not just
blindly present the results.
5. Consider the strength of the evidence base considering its consistency, generalizability and
applicability.
6. Recommendations. Can you provide any suggestions on where there are gaps in the evidence or
precise recommendations for policy makers?
Produce a report of 2,000 words providing a rapid evidence assessment of topic:
The potential for avoid, shift and improve opportunities to mitigate transport emissions
The stages of a rapid evidence assessment have been given below:
1. Devise a clear and focused question. The aim of a REA is to provide a short but systematic
assessment on a constrained topic. This requires a concise question that can be answered with
the time available. The research question must map onto the existing research. You must formulate
a question from the topics above. You cannot select a different question.
2. Provide a robust rationale for the question. Your introduction should include a coherent argument
on why the topic is important and why you have selected an appropriate question. Is your
assessment particularly useful for a specific policy initiative or assessment of previous schemes?
3. Describe the method employed. Explain how you undertook the selection of your literature covering
the criteria, searching and coding. You can select policy documents, case studies, quantitative
assessments and other papers. This is really up to you. It is important that you ensure that you are
always addressing the questions you have posed.
4. Provide your assessment. Try and find novel ways to document your results. Can you provide a
table comparing the different publications? Is a scoring system appropriate to define the relative
role of the different challenges and barriers? Could you produce a figure to summarise your
findings. It is also important to provide a nuanced and critical debate about your findings, not just
blindly present the results.
5. Consider the strength of the evidence base considering its consistency, generalizability and
applicability.
6. Recommendations. Can you provide any suggestions on where there are gaps in the evidence or
precise recommendations for policy makers?
PowerPoint presentation (8-10 slides), with speaker notes, in which you respond to the following:
What are the three principles upon which resident-centered care, in a modern nursing home, is guided and relates the challenges to a full integration?
What are the various skills and competencies associated with social services, admission, and discharge functions?
What are the six main activity programs that are valuable in LTC and how can you determine their effectiveness and implementation?
There are several considerations to ensure the effective purchasing of food and supplies; however, three considerations are fundamental to menu planning. What are they and why are they essential?
Summarize your key findings on one slide.
Use five sources to support your writing. Sources should be recent and published within the last five years. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment.
Take a stake in your company as either a business owner or manager, and develop a business plan with the aim of opening a new company or securing financing to expand one’s business for an established firm.
The effects that motivating lectures may have on workers’ general productivity in workplaces.
The effects that motivating lectures may have on workers’ general productivity in workplaces.