Assignment

1. Managing the Event

Source a recent man-made (technological), natural or terror incident response scenario from your own research and summarize how the Incident Command System (ICS) process might be / or have been used.

You are to either make-up a scenario or utilize a historical incident and discuss ICS utilization within that event. In so doing give thought and supporting discussion to the history and inception of ICS along with each of its component organizational elements and how they are / or might be employed given a particular situation. If your illustrative scenario relates to a terror response event do be sure you discuss respective organizational elements in light of jurisdictional responsibilities.

Work should be a minimum of 500 words and should utilize APA formatting.

It is not required, but you are encouraged to continue your professional enhancement by downloading and complete the following Federal Emergency Management Agency courses accessible via the E-Reserve list found in the online library at the EDMG340 Consequence Management | Course Guide page (under Web Resources Tab / Online Training):

• National Incident Management System (NIMS), An Introduction (IS-700).
• National Response Framework, An Introduction (IS-800.B).

2. Share the Music

Watch two videos featuring the performance of a twentieth century music composition. Your choices must be from the twentieth century classical tradition, such as solo, orchestral or chamber music performances, not pop, rock, or jazz. Please note that this assignment is not a 20th century performance of music from the Classical era - students should watch videos of music that was composed in the twentieth century. The music chosen for this assignment needs to have been written in the twentieth century, so it is important to not choose music that was composed before the twentieth century. You can either choose two compositions written by the same composer or a composition from two different twentieth century composers. If you are not sure if your choices fit the requirements, be sure to ask in the Questions thread or by sending a personal message to your instructor. The following is a list of possible choices for composers for this assignment. You are not required to choose a composer from this list as long as your choices are composers from the twentieth century.

Jeanne Demessieux, Harry T. Burleigh, William Grant Still, Arnold Bax, Ralph Vaughan Williams

For each of the two videos, discuss how each composition reflects the six basics of melody, harmony, texture, rhythm, timbre, and form. You can refer to "Tools" in the course text for detailed information about each of these musical terms. Also address how the composer's music reflects the culture and/or time period in which he or she lived. Be sure to include links to the videos in your response. The videos should be cited in the body of the text and in a reference page.

There is no specific word count requirement for this assignment - just be sure you are addressing all of the required elements. This paper should be written in paragraph form using complete sentences with a clear introduction and conclusion. In addition to these elements, please be sure to fulfill the Requirements for Writing Assignments, including citing all sources (including the performances) both in the body of the text and in a reference page. Please note that MLA is the standard citation style in the humanities. Here are some good sources of information for Evaluating Online Resources, Citing Sources, and Writing & Grammar Resources. Papers will be evaluated according to the following Short Paper grading iRubric. Please review and utilize this grading rubric in order to maximize points earned on this assignment

3. End- of Life Decisions

Describe some of the legal and ethical aspects associated with consent. What is the role of the organization with regards to consent?

Define the following terms: living wills, advance medical directives, surrogate decision making, ordinary care, extraordinary care.

Assignments are to be a minimum of 2 full pages of text and 3 reputable references in proper APA format

4. Read Are Farms Becoming Digital Firms? case study in Chapter 1. Write a four-page paper, including the title and reference page, addressing the strategy and answering the case study questions. The paper should have an introduction, background, discussion, and conclusion. The case study questions can be added to the discussion section. Format the assignment as follows:

• Introduction
• Background
• Discussion questions
• Conclusion
• References

Parameters

• Refer to assignment rubric
• Use APA for citations and reference section
• Submit your assignment to Turnitin via the digital drop box

Three common types of plagiarism you need to be aware of as a student:

• Recycling a paper, "double-dipping," self-plagiarism: reusing a paper you have written for a previous course
• Copying directly from a source without proper quotations or paraphrasing: when you try to pass something off as your own work
• Not using proper citations

According to the Academic Integrity and Academic Dishonesty Handbook:

Your paper should be composed of at least 80 percent of your own original thought, not "borrowed, paraphrased [or] quoted" material pulled from the Internet, articles, journals, books, etc. Use your thoughts, not someone else's!