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Evaluate the usefulness of bionics as a means of generating insights. Provide some illustrations of how it might be applied on different kinds of problems. 

International cooperation and partnerships became an important asset for VN universities, where in order to facilitate such international cooperation, selecting partners and arranging partnerships are considered as major organizational steps towards the success of the partnership itself. This study aims at investigating the organizational process of international strategy in VN universities through institutional partnerships. Focusing on the ‘mechanisms’ of international partnerships, the study results are based on data collected in earlier work by the author with senior and very senior university managers from four VN civil universities. The results indicate that the mechanisms of international institutional partnerships for each university of the four universities in this study are grouped into the process of partner selecting and the process of arranging partnerships. The study ends up with a model of the organization of international partnerships in universities. When evaluating international partnerships with other universities worldwide, managers can rely on this model as a monitoring model. Researchers in the field are encouraged to test the viability of the study results.

You are the CFO of a 400-bed hospital in Texas and having trouble with your bottom line and staying within budget. As part of your continued efforts to train your department directors/ supervisors and board on understanding cost and how it is used in the decision process, you have set up classes to explain major concepts of cost. You will address the following areas in your presentation of 4-6 slides not including title and reference slides and with 150-200 word speaker notes: Explain the concept of management control and how budgeting is used as part of it. Describe the concept of zero-base budgeting. Explain how benchmarking is performed at the department level.

For this seminar you will discuss ideas in the following three pieces of media, we have already reviewed, using the concept of identity politics (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-politics/ to frame your discussion. ) First, watch and annotate the videos below. As you take notes, think about what the speakers and narrators reveal about identity (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/identity-politics/ power), (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/feminist-power/), discrimination (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/discrimination/#ConDis). Especially make note if any of the information is new to you, or surprising, or provoking. Then, compose an initial post that explains the ideas in the videos and offers your analysis. In other words, What’s your Critical Reaction? By now, we have studied many features of identity, so you will a lot of material to draw from and refer back to as you write. Allow yourself plenty of time to read and thoughtfully respond to your colleagues as you’ve done in previous discussions. Here are the videos to watch for the writing: https://youtu.be/sa1iS1MqUy4 https://youtu.be/ge7i60GuNRg https://youtu.be/kLMBrLeBMS8

Three Parts to Include in Report: Part One: Intro to Philosopher 1. Name and time period of philosopher 2. What was the report (focus) of the philosopher in ethics? 3. Tell us about the basic BIO. of the philosopher? 4. Tell us a few things totally offbeat and unusual (and perhaps funny) about the philosopher. Part Two: Primary Readings/Summary 5. What is the name of the philosopher’s famous work in ethics (primary readings)? 6. How many pages did you read of it? Which sections?? 7. Give us a basic summary of what you read. (sections 7 and 8 are the most important parts of the report) 8. Analyze the material…compare/contrast/evaluate Part Three: Application 9. Apply the philosopher’s ideas to today / to yourself. 10. Would you recommend this philosopher to others? Overall, what do you think about this philosopher? Did the philosopher change your thinking in any way? Any final statements about this philosopher??

This is a group project in South America. I want you to do just my part. My part is only to describe and explain all of these things: Technological resources, Labor resources, Foreign investments, Various industries, Regional trades, Adaptability, Leadership styles, Labor issues, Negotiation Of each country on South America. (Can’t be more than 3 pages) 

Paper Topic: Please analyze a current event relevant to political science using class themes and the Edwards textbook. The topic that you choose must be political in nature and the analysis provided must define the situation and explain its political implications.

In an essay of 4 to 6 pages (1,000 to 1,500 words), please answer the following prompt. I expect you to write your essay based on the assigned readings, on class forums, and on lectures and other video materials presented on the web site. I do not expect you to supplement these sources with outside research. Please cite forum posts by the author’s name and the date of the post. The president has constitutional, institutional, and political sources of power. Of these, the institutional powers are arguably the strongest. In an essay, analyze the institutional powers of the presidency and assess how Presidents in the 20th Century were able to use their institutional and political resources to challenge what had historically been Congressional dominance of U.S. national politics. In your opinion, based on the evidence that you have presented, what is the likely future balance of power between Presidents and Congress? Why? —————————————————————————————————————————————— Above is the assignment description by the professor, as you write the essay, you can ignore the required citation of the discussion forum. Citations should be found from the Book and the lecture captions that I extracted from the lecture videos. Make sure it’s original work.

The first-course project assignment is a written introduction to your project (title BURNOUT). Your introduction should state why the topic was chosen and what the group intends to accomplish. The introduction should be 1-2 pages, in addition to a title page with all group member names, and a reference page if applicable. This assignment should be in APA format. 

 What are the heuristic functions and informed search strategies?