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Assignment 1: Homeland Security Policy Presentation Create an analytical PowerPoint® presentation with a minimum of 20 slides for the next incoming President and his or her key homeland security team that evaluates the historical trajectory of homeland security policies and provides recommendations for the future pursuit of homeland security goals. This briefing will be part of the official transition briefings for the incoming President of the United States (POTUS) and must include your evaluation and recommendations regarding the pursuit of homeland security objectives, with support from academic references. Include the following in your presentation: A minimum of four principles of leadership to shape, change, and improve homeland security and emergency management policies and practices. Use a minimum of four qualitative and quantitative research studies, academic writings, and applied research references to support your analysis and evaluation. Provide a rationale for your recommendations to the incoming POTUS, based on the assigned Readings for this unit along with additional scholarly references. Cite all sources in proper APA format, and reference them in the last slides of your presentation. Directions Your minimum of 20 slides requirement is excluding your introduction and reference slides. Use one basic slide design and layout. Limit slides to between six and eight lines of content. Use bullets for your main points. Use speaker notes to fully explain what is being discussed in the bullet points as though you are presenting to an audience, using APA formatting and references. **NOTE: Your PowerPoint presentation needs to be clear and concise. It should not have too many words on any one PowerPoint slide. As a rule of thumb, if you cannot easily read the text in back of a large room, you have too many words on that page. Access the Writing Center for more tips on how to create PowerPoint presentations. Compose your presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint and save it in the following format: Last name First name Assignment. (Example: SmithJohn_Unit1_Assignment1). Submit your Assignment by selecting the Unit 1: Assignment 1 in the Dropbox by the end of Unit 1. Download the Assignment 1 Checklist Assignment 2: Develop the Topic and Plan for Your Applied Research Project Proposal Review the Unit 6 Final Project Requirements. As part of this capstone course, your main Assignment is a major Applied Research Project Proposal, due in Unit 6. You will be working on this Project independently over the next 6 weeks and will be checking in with your instructor throughout the course to discuss your progress and receive any necessary guidance. Your Applied Research Project Proposal needs to address the overarching question that this course asks, which is, how can we collaborate, innovate, and motivate leadership to create homeland security and emergency management policies that will make our country, and the world, safer and more secure? Your Assignment for Unit 1 is to create a timeline for completing your Applied Research Project Proposal within the timeframe of the course and to present your proposed research topic along with initial plans for completing the components of the Project as listed below. This Assignment should be a minimum of 4 pages in length and contain scholarly references to support your choice of research topic. This will be your action plan for completing your capstone research Project for your homeland security program and will be submitted in Unit 6 of this course. Your professor will review your plan and approve it (with revisions, if necessary). Once you hear back from your instructor, it will be your responsibility to update this plan as needed and continue a dialogue with your instructor throughout the term as you work to complete your Final Project. In Unit 3 there is a mandatory progress report as part of your weekly discussion activity. Note that the final Project is a research proposal. As such, while you will detail proposed research methods, including plans for data collection and analysis, you will not actually go out and collect data. The paper must comply with APA guidelines for research papers; among other things, this includes proper formatting, both title and reference pages, and any relevant appendices (such as sample survey or interview questions). Compose your paper in Microsoft Word and save it in the following format: Last name First name Assignment. (Example: SmithJohn_Unit1_Assignment2). Submit your Assignment by selecting Unit 1: Assignment 2 in the Dropbox by the end of Unit 1. Download the Assignment 2 Checklist For assistance with writing a research proposal, visit the Kaplan University Writing Center or review the items below in the Kaplan Library: Heath, M. P., & Tynan, C. (2010). Crafting a research proposal. Marketing Review, 10(2), 147-168. doi:10.1362/146934710X505753 Chapter 1 from Denscombe, M. (2012). Research Proposals: A Practical Guide. Maidenhead: McGrawHill Education. ID: HM598-01-09-A We Assignment 1: Synthesizing Scholarly Works Complete the graded Learning Activity “Synthesizing Scholarly Works.” Click on the Learning Activities icon below for more information. Assignment 2: Fusion Center Branching Scenario Paper Compose a minimum 4 page paper that critically evaluates fusion centers based on what you have learned from experiencing the fusion center branching scenario and from the assigned readings for this unit. Specifically address the following, supporting your analysis and evaluation with a minimum of four scholarly references: Identify the strengths and weaknesses of fusion centers Discuss how FCs can innovate the way to manage Homeland Security in these specific areas: Technical Innovations, System Innovations, Protocol Innovations, and Management Innovations Identify recommended changes to improve the FC system as though were a homeland security advisor to POTUS and/or the SEC-DHS Identify and apply four specific organizational behavior theories and/or management theories to the day-to-day operations and issues in FCs Compose your paper in Microsoft Word and save it in the following format: Last name First name Assignment. (Example: SmithJohn_Unit02_Assignment2). Submit your Assignment by selecting the Unit 2: FC Branching Scenario Paper in the Dropbox by the end of Unit 2. Download the Assignment 2 Checklist ID: HM598-02-08-Aek 2 Week 3 Assignment: Means and Ends Branching Scenario Paper Synthesize what you learned from experiencing the Means and Ends branching scenario and from the assigned Reading for this unit. Write a minimum 4 page paper that addresses the question: “Do the Ends Justify the Means?” Include the following in your paper: What decisions did you explore in the scenario that helped protect people and their property? Were the decisions effective? What were the social and ethical implications of those decisions? Relate your experiences in the branched scenario to other real-world examples. Include an analysis and evaluation of at least five decisions made to protect people, and the ethical implications of those decisions. Support your discussion and evaluation with a minimum of four scholarly, peer-reviewed references in addition to the Unit Readings. Compose your paper in Microsoft Word and save it in the following format: Last name First name Assignment. (Example: SmithJohn_Unit3_Assignment). Submit your Assignment by selecting Unit 3: Assignment in the Dropbox by the end of Unit 3. Download the Assignment Checklist ID: HM598-03-09-A Week 4 Assignment 1: Synthesizing Scholarly Works Complete the graded Learning Activity “Synthesizing Scholarly Works.” Click on the Learning Activities icon below for more information. Assignment 2: Innovation in Emergency Management Create an analytical PowerPoint presentation with a minimum of 20 slides for the next incoming President and his or her transition team that outlines the necessary balance between homeland security and emergency management. Include in your recommendations to the incoming POTUS the relationship between homeland security and emergency management. Provide examples that support both your evaluation and recommendations using relevant theoretical foundations, current knowledge, and legal doctrine, from all of the following sources: The Bill of Rights The Geneva Conventions The Military Code of Conduct The Posse Comitatus Act The core purposes behind Homeland Security Include the following in your presentation: A brief history of issues that have emerged regarding the relationship between homeland security and emergency management in the 9/11 environment The value of these issues as they relate to the disaster management cycle, e.g., mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery The value of these issues as they relate to homeland security and emergency management The development of new protocols to improve the relationship between homeland security and emergency management Recommendations for effective decisions that create public value in the area of homeland security and emergency management Directions Your minimum 20 slides requirement is excluding your introduction and reference slides. Use one basic slide design and layout. Limit slides to between 6 and 8 lines of content. Use bullets for your main points. Use speaker notes to fully explain what is being discussed in the bullet points as though you are presenting to an audience. **NOTE: Your PowerPoint presentation needs to be clear and concise. It should not have too many words on any one PowerPoint slide. As a rule of thumb, if you cannot easily read the text in back of a large room, you have too many words on that page. Access the Writing Center for more tips on how to create PowerPoint presentations. Compose your presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint and save it in the following format: Last name First name Assignment. (Example: SmithJohn_Unit4_Assignment2). Submit your Assignment by selecting the Unit 4: Assignment2 Dropbox by the end of Unit 4. Download the Assignment Checklist ID: HM598-04-08-A Week 5 FEMA Certificates and Response Paper Click on the links below to access the two FEMA certificate sites. Read the overview of both the IS-20.16 course and the IS-21.16 course and then click on Interactive Web Based Course under “Take this Course.” Once you have read through all of the materials, Click on Take Final Exam Online to complete these courses. IMPORTANT: After successful completion of the FEMA courses, save your certificates and upload them to the Unit 5: Assignment Dropbox. IS-20.16: Diversity Awareness IS-20.16 Diversity Awareness: FEMA. Retrieved from http://www.training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-20.16 IS-21.16: Civil Rights and FEMA Disaster Assistance IS-21.16 Civil Rights and FEMA Disaster Assistance: FEMA. Retrieved from https://training.fema.gov/is/courseoverview.aspx?code=IS-21.16 Saving your Certificate How to Open and Save IS Completion Certificate: Federal Emergency Management Agency. Retrieved from http://training.fema.gov/is/docs/self%20help%20aid.pdf After completing the FEMA courses, write a paper that discusses the importance of diversity awareness and civil rights in emergency and disaster assistance, based on what you have learned. Relate your discussion to real world examples, providing support from FEMA resources and a minimum of four scholarly, peer-reviewed references. In addition, include a discussion of at least four laws enacted to protect the civil rights of citizens in disaster response and recovery programs. Your paper must be a minimum of 4 pages. Compose your paper in Microsoft Word and save it in the following format: Last name First name Assignment. (Example: SmithJohn_Unit5_Assignment). Submit your Assignment by selecting Unit 5: Assignment in the Dropbox by the end of Unit 5. Remember to submit both your paper and the two certificates to the Unit 5 Dropbox by the end of the Unit. Download the Assignment Checklist ID: HM598-05-06-AS Week 6 Final Project: Applied Research Project For the past 6 weeks, you have been working on your Applied Research Project Proposal. You have been checking in with your instructor to discuss your progress throughout this course, and using your peers through the Discussion Boards and e-mail to solicit feedback. The overarching question this course asks is: how can we collaborate, innovate, and motivate leadership to create homeland security and emergency management policies that will make our country, and world, safer and more secure? In each subsequent unit, you reviewed topics such as policy, safety, security, ethics, rights, innovation, and leadership. Through your Readings, Assignments, Activities, and Discussions, you have answered aspects of this question and considered the impact on your hypothesis. Your Final Project must be a minimum of 25 pages, excluding the title, abstract, and reference pages, contain a minimum of 15 scholarly, peer-reviewed references, be of publishable quality, and include the following sections: Abstract Introduction (includes problem statement, statement of purpose, research question(s), and hypotheses as applicable) Literature Review Proposed Research Methods and Design (includes participants, materials/instruments, and procedure) Expected Results Conclusion Note that this Final Project is a research proposal. As such, while you will detail proposed research methods, including plans for data collection and analysis, you will not actually go out and collect data. The paper must should also be properly compliant with APA guidelines for research papers research paper; among other things, this includes proper formatting, both a title and reference pages, and any relevant appendices (such as sample survey or interview questions). Compose your paper in Microsoft Word and save it in the following format: Last name First name Assignment. (Example: SmithJohn_Unit6 _Final Project). Submit your Assignment by selecting Unit 6: Final Project in the Dropbox by the end of Unit 6. Download the Assignment Checklist ID: HM598-06-08-FP
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