Laura, a recent graduate from a human resources diploma program from a local community college, has just landed her first role as a human resources coordinator at a small bottling company. Upper management has made it clear that they want Laura to make the updating of the current human resources manual her first priority. During her second week on the job, Laura was strolling down the hallway toward the break room to get herself a cup of coffee when she passed the director of marketing’s office. As she passed, she noticed an inappropriate picture of a woman visible on his computer. Shocked at what she had just seen, Laura continued down the hall, not sure what to do next. Upon returning to her office, Laura decided the best way to start revising the manual was to introduce a policy on appropriate computer use. She felt this would address the problem as she didn’t want to start her new job on a negative note by reporting the director of marketing to the CEO without a clear policy in place.
Do you agree with how Laura handled this situation? If so, why? If not, what would you have done differently?
Is it important for this company to have such a policy in place? If so, how can the employment (labour) standards act in your province/territory help in drafting a policy on appropriate computer use?
In: Operations Management
1. What type of joint is the shoulder?
2.The first bone that is mentioned in "Dem Bones" is the toe bone. What is the scientific name for the toe bone?
3. Your skeleton has many functions. Which one of these is NOT a function of the bones?
4. What is the common name for the glenohumeral joint?
5. Where are the majority of the body's bones located?
6. Which of the following best describes rheumatoid arthritis?
7.Also known as the thigh bone, which is the longest bone in your body?
8.The joint in the human skeletal system that has the greatest range of motion can be found in the shoulder. What kind of joint is the shoulder?
9. The human skull (cranium) has two main parts: the neurocranium (braincase) and viscerocranium (facial bones). Which of these is not one of the eight bones that form the neurocranium?
10. What is responsible for the formation of osteoblasts, which are responsible for the formation of bone?
11. Which three bones connect at the human knee?
12. Which of the following is NOT a facial or skull bone?
13. The "axial skeleton" consists of which of the following sections of the body?
In: Biology
The process of interference is assumed to be responsible for much of forgetting in human memory. New information going into memory interferes with the information that already is there. One demonstration of interference examines the process of forgetting while people are asleep versus while they are awake. Because there should be less interference during sleep, there also should be less forgetting. The following data are the results from an experiment examining four groups of subjects. All subjects were given a list of words to remember. Then half of the subjects went to sleep, and the others stayed awake. Within both the asleep and awake groups, half of the subjects were tested after 2 hours and the rest were tested after 8 hours. The dependent variable is the number of words correctly recalled. Using alpha = .05, test to see if either the main effects or the interaction is significant. If the interaction is significant, graph it and interpret it.
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Awake |
Asleep |
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2 hours |
22 27 18 25 24 19 21 26 19 23 |
26 39 31 25 29 28 35 32 33 31 |
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8 hours |
12 4 8 6 9 3 11 7 5 13 |
24 22 16 14 19 22 18 21 25 17 |
In: Statistics and Probability
12. Which of the following is a feature of human capital?
It represents the knowledge that a company's customers have about its products. | ||
It refers to the knowledge stored as documentation about patents, contracts, and policies. | ||
It consists of competencies and knowledge possessed by an organization's employees. | ||
It refers to the number and quality of all the relationships an organization's employees |
13. ________ is a type of testing for information systems that involves programmers checking the functionality of small modules of code during the development phase of the SDLC.
Unit testing | ||
Integration testing | ||
System testing | ||
Acceptance testing |
14. Mid-level decisions undertaken by managers by drawing upon business intelligence to implement marketing plans and product development are made at the tactical level.
True
False
15. Which of the following is true of the triple constraint in projects?
The time constraint is the most critical of the three constraints in projects. | ||
The three fundamentals that are known to constrain projects are insulated from each other. | ||
Changes in one fundamental constraint force changes in the other constraints as well. | ||
Cost constraints take precedence over time and scope constraints in all projects. |
In: Operations Management
There are many measurements of the human body that are positively correlated. For example, the length of one's forearm (measured from elbow to wrist) is approximately the same length as the foot (measured from heel to toe). They are positively correlated because, as one measurement increases, so does the other measurement.
You will discover through this project whether a human's arm span (measured across the body with the arms extended) is correlated to his height.
You will need to collect data from 11 people, which will give you 12 data points including your own personal data. You will turn in and answer questions regarding only one scatter plot if doing the project alone.
Part One: Measurements
Measure your own height and arm span (from finger-tip to finger-tip) in inches. You will likely need some help from a parent, guardian, or sibling to get accurate measurements. Record your measurements on the "Data Record" document. Use the "Data Record" to help you complete Part Two of this project.
Measure 11 additional people, and record their arm spans and heights in inches.
Part Two: Representation of Data with Plots
Using graphing software of your choice, create a scatter plot of your data. Predict the line of best fit, and sketch it on your graph.
Copy and paste your scatter plot into a word processing document.
Part Three: The Line of Best Fit
Include your scatter plot and the answers to the following questions in your word processing document.
Which variable did you plot on the x-axis, and which variable did you plot on the y-axis? Explain why you assigned the variables in that way.
Write the equation of the line of best fit using the slope-intercept formula $y = mx + b$. Show all your work, including the points used to determine the slope and how the equation was determined.
What does the slope of the line represent within the context of your graph? What does the y-intercept represent?
Test the residuals of two other points to determine how well the line of best fit models the data.
Use the line of best fit to help you to describe the data correlation.
Using the line of best fit that you found in Part Three, Question 2, approximate how tall is a person whose arm span is 66 inches?
According to your line of best fit, what is the arm span of a 74-inch-tall person?
In: Operations Management
Can a human fly with wings? In order for a 70?? person to hover in the air by beating two wings at 1??, how large does each wing have to be? Assume that the up-stroke and the down-stroke motions take the same amount of time, and that the amplitude of wing beat equals the distance of free fall (i.e. “hovering”). Treat the wings as horizontal in the entire down-stroke. Ignore the air resistance during the up-stroke. Also assume that the lifting force is completely provided by a constant force of air resistance during the down- stroke. Estimate the area of each wing that is facing down during the down-stroke.
In: Physics
If the average survival of a red cell in the human body is 120 days with a standard deviation of 8 days, what is the probability for each of the following events? Assume a normal distribution,
| a. | A red cell surviving more than 134 days? | |
| b. | A red cell that survives less than 110 days? | |
| c. | A red cell surviving between 108 and 122 days? | |
In: Statistics and Probability
Duality of Human Nature. Examine the characters in “The Lottery” as they relate to this theme. Which characters show two sides of humanity? Which characters are seemingly good natured; however, they show a different side during the events of the lottery. Make sure you have three different characters or three different moments where a character(s) show two sides.
In: Nursing
You are the human resources manager for a famous retailer and are trying to convince the president of the company to change the structure of employee compensation. Currently, the company’s retain sales staff is paid a flat hourly wage of $20 per hour for each eight hour shift worked. You propose a new pay structure whereby each salesperson would be compensated for $10 per hour, plus 1% of the store’s daily profits. Assume that, when run efficiently, each store’s maximum daily profits are $25,000. Outline the arguments that support your proposed plan.
In: Economics
“A human abortion involves the removal or ejection of a fetus or an embryo from the uterus of a woman, resulting in the death of the embryo or fetus. In humans, usually the developing organism is called an embryo during the first two months of development, and afterwards, it is called a fetus. Intentional abortions are performed by chemical or surgical means, and millions are performed worldwide every year” (Jones & Demarco, 2016). Using Kant’s ethical theory, describe a scenario (hypothetical or real) for each of the following and give reasoning why Kant would a) justify an abortion and b) not justify an abortion.
In: Psychology