Predict the challenges of cost estimation for software development projects where requirements are usually not clear in early stages of the project. Argue whether or not the fluidity of requirements introduced by agile methodologies contributes to such challenges.
What motivational techniques, methods, or strategies does (or did) your current or past employer use to try to keep employees productive, satisfied, or motivated? What worked and didn’t work to keep you productive, satisfied, and/or motivated? What motivational theories explain why your employer’s efforts worked or didn’t work to keep their employees productive, satisfied, or motivated? Based on your experiences […]
Write a short paragraph (at least 3-4 full sentences) discussing the laws of Hammurabi. Choose three laws from the Code of Hammurabi, summarize them, and discuss what they tell us about Mesopotamian culture.
Argue for or against the position that “honestly is the best policy” support your essay with details from your own experience and knowledge.
Discuss the logic of the legality of tobacco and alcohol versus the illegality of marijuana. Regardless of your personal opinion, where do you find empirically-based logic in the current status of these three substances? Where can you offer empirical support for an alternative status that would be “logical”? If you see no logic at all, discuss and explain.
Imagine that you are an attorney specializing in juvenile justice cases. You receive a phone call from Mrs. Ingrim, whose 15-year old has been arrested for stealing a car, driving without a license, and finally crashing the car into a storefront. Mrs. Ingrim is distraught and concerned that her child will be held in the county jail and abused. The […]
A client is typically referred to an addiction professional with myriad problems because addictions either directly or indirectly cause the problems, or the addiction is a byproduct of the problem. If clinical assessments provide an overview of a client’s background and situation, is a specific addictions assessment necessary? If an addictions assessment shows a client with depression and anxiety, is […]
Peggy is a single mother who currently does not work and has a two year-old child named Bud. Peggy’s concerned parents give her $30/day (non-labor income) to support her and Bud. Peggy has just interviewed for a job as a cashier at Kroger’s grocery store. They are willing to hire her at a wage of $8/hour. If Peggy takes the […]
a) Define the income and substitution effects of a wage change on hours of labor supply. b) Given a particular wage, w, explain and show graphically an individual’s optimal choice of leisure (and labor supply). What equation holds at the optimal choice; in terms of the marginal rate of substitution (MRS), the marginal utilities for leisure (MUl) and consumption (MUc), […]
How does the scale of a sculpture affect how we respond to it? Does a large sculpture seem more important than a small one? Nonrepresentational sculpture can be controversial. Should public art be representational so everyone “gets it?”
