1976‚ Dr. John Sperling founded the University of Phoenix‚ wanting to provide an alternate means of obtaining an education for people who either: had a job without a degree and wanted to earn one‚ or who had a job with a degree but wanted to change their career path so they needed to get a new degree. With the advances of technology‚ college courses became available through one of the very first online classes in the world in 1989 by the University of Phoenix. This made earning a college degree even
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Professional SMART Goals How to create an action plan and monitor your progress towards achieving SMART goals Oct 14‚ 2006 Joni Rose Learn a technique to map out an action plan to achieve professional SMART goals. This step-by-step approach creates the discipline and structure required to see results. To achieve a professional goal‚ start by creating a goal statement using the SMART goal setting technique. Once you have a strong goal statement‚ it is now time to create an action plan to map out
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SMART Goals In creating your own goals for this semester‚ it is not good enough to just state that you want to be an effective manager or earn an ’A’ in the class. While these are lofty aspirations‚ you are not describing how they will help you to achieve your long-term career goals. The best goals are SMART goals where * SMART is a handy acronym for the five characteristics of well-designed goals. Specific: Goals must be clear and unambiguous; vagaries and platitudes have no place in goal
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University of Phoenix Material The Hawthorne Effect Use the table below to answer the following. Be sure to write in complete sentences. Investigate the history of the Hawthorne Effect and discuss why it is important for researchers to know about this phenomenon. Brainstorm ways that researchers can eliminate this confound. History and definition of Hawthorne Effect The Hawthorne Effect came about based on a study that was conducted between 1924 and 1932 (Case Study the Hawthorne Effect‚
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University of Phoenix Online Forum User Manual English 221: Technical Writing Fundamentals Contents Introduction | 3 | The Main Forum | 6 | Chat Room | 7 | Course Materials | 8 | Learning Teams | 9 | Individual Forum | 14 | My Drafts | 15 | My Sent Items | 16 | Glossary of Terms | 17 | Copyright Information All images used in this document‚ including the
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INITIAL POST My Goals and Walden University Vision and Mission Nursing education is not just a job for me. Rather‚ it is my calling‚ and I approach each day with boundless enthusiasm for the profession. My goal is to achieve a higher level of knowledge and ability in the realm of nursing education‚ ready to raise the quality of nursing in Grenada. For years‚ I have insistently tried to cultivate the qualities that make for both an exceptional nurse and a highly effective educator. However‚ I seek
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Verbal Communication A warning gunshot fired into the air‚ a verbal command to get down on the ground‚ and a sign plastered on a correctional facility wall that reads‚ ‘warning: you are under surveillance‚’ all pertain to forms of communication. Communication engages individuals verbally and nonverbally. Verbal pertains to spoken words‚ and nonverbal pertains to written or actions performed. The topics of discussion for this essay involve describing how verbal and nonverbal communication
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University of Phoenix Material Appendix D Part I Define the following terms: |Term |Definition | |Ethnic group |Being a member of an ethnic group‚ especially of a group that is a minority within a larger society. | |Anti-Semitism |Discrimination against or prejudice or hostility toward Jews. | |Islamophobia
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University of Phoenix Material Appendix C Part I Define the following terms: Term | Definition | Discrimination | * This is the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals and groups because of prejudice or other arbitrary reasons. * | Institutional discrimination | * This is the denial of opportunities and equal rights to individuals or groups‚ resulting from normal operations of a society. * | Political correctness | * This can also be called political
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University of Phoenix Material Appendix E Suicide Respond to the following based on the information in the “Suicide Rates by Age Group” article: 1. What has been the trend in suicide rates over the past few years? Antidepressants. 2. What part of the U.S. has the highest suicide rate? The West side has highest rates. 3. List three risk factors for suicide. Presence of a firearm in the house‚ substance abuse‚ and bipolar disorder. 4. Many researchers worry that suicide rates for adolescents
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