Category: Economics


  • Describe the difference between self-directed work teams, virtual teams, and cross- functional teams. Which kind of team would you prefer and why? • Think of an example of transorganization development within your organization or an organization you are familiar with. How do you think some of the practices covered in this book including contracting, data…

  • In this module, we continued our examination of implementation evaluations. In the reading supplements, Miller and Miller (2015) offered an essay on how program fidelity could be reconceptualized to be more informative to various stakeholders. Also, in an empirical piece evaluating a large drug diversion program in Houston, Sanchez and colleagues (2020) identified implementation discrepancies…

  • Assignment: “I ain’t got no body”. Can a person be convicted of murder if no body has ever been recovered? We know that many missing persons are runaways. Find and write about a case where someone was convicted of murder without a body ever being located 1. The Murder of Helen McCourt (1988): Helen McCourt,…

  • Objective: Write a well-structured academic essay that explores the grounds for justified rebellion against a government.

  • 1. Recall the myth of the “Ring of Gyges.” What would you do if you found a magical ring like Gyges and why? 2. Recall the short story “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas.” Would you have walked away? Why or why not? 2. Fully complete the following question: (20 points) 1. What are…

  • Donald is a Team Leader at TelephonUs Inc., a local direct sales company. His team has been assigned to handle recruitment via telephone for another direct sales company. Because of this, his job now mainly consists of ascertaining that his Customer Service Representatives are able to meet their team’s quota for daily calls. A team…

  • Identify a real-world example of price discrimination (preferably not one from the unit lesson), and explain which type of price discrimination it is. Next, using the good from your chosen price discrimination as an example, illustrate how the good fits the criteria necessary for successful price discrimination. Finally, discuss how the price discrimination example leads…

  • Your Topic: Brainstorm reasons humans created societies, states, and empires in the premodern world. At this point, your topic should be a rough idea that you would like to explore and refine over the next few modules. Provide reasons for your choice. Here are a few ideas to get you started: Humans created societies, states,…

  • Develop and maintain a portfolio of research-based instructional strategies for teaching reading and writing to elementary students (K-6). The portfolio will have two purposes. The first purpose is to acquaint you with the research-base that influences most of the literacy instruction and materials that are marketed to elementary schools. Such programs are generally accepted on…

  • “While it is comforting to see the nations of the world meet and begin to deal with our environmental catastrophe, we may even now be too late to change the conditions we have created. It is extremely disturbing to see so many Americans wanting to clear cut the ancient forests, overgraze the remaining grasslands, and…