Please answer the following discussion questions with minimum 3 paragraphs using in text citations and references.1- Discuss America’s transportation revolution that took place during the first half of the 1800s, including the development of roads, canals, railroads, and steamboats. How did they contribute to the “market revolution?” Elaborate.

2- Why did the Mexican War of 1846 take place? Was the war necessary? Was it a good thing? What does this war tell us about this period of American history? Was it God’s plan that the U.S. extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific, or were imperialists looking for a way to defend what they planned to do anyway? Elaborate.

Consider the following case:

Joe is an employee in a fabrication plant. It operates three shifts, Monday through Friday. (Joe works the day shift.) One of the significant issues in recent months has been attendance. An increasingly large number of employees have either called in sick, particularly on Mondays and Fridays, or arrived frequently late for work. As a result and particularly because of production schedules, there have been rumblings that the company would have to develop a mandatory overtime policy in order to cover for missing staff.

In the short run, however, the company decided to provide increasing vigilance regarding the time and attendance policy. One of the employees with a large number of suspicious absences (90 per cent on weekend days) was Joe. One recent quarter he had called in sick on 5 Fridays and 1 Monday. (He wasn’t otherwise absent.) He also was late 23 times for an average of 18 minutes. Initial discussions with Joe resulted in promises for improvement, but no improvement. According to progressive disciplinary policy, Joe first received a written reprimand and then (when attendance didn’t improve) a 3-day suspension without pay. As part of the 3-day suspension Joe also received a final warning: If he were to be absent or late one more time within the next quarter, he would be fired. The notice made clear that there would be no additional right for him to appeal the matter as part of the company’s workplace dispute resolution procedures.

Last night (two weeks after the final notice) there was a snowstorm. The school system shut down for today, but most businesses remained open as did the fabrication plant. Joe called in early and told his supervisor that he couldn’t be at work because his two grade school children were home and there was no one to take care of them. According to Joe, his wife was called into work early (she is lab assistant in a hospital) to cover for another person who also had to care for young children. The supervisor told Joe that he would need to find alternative arrangements for the children. The supervisor also said that if Joe wasn’t at work by 10:00 a.m. he (the supervisor) would have HR fire Joe.

Joe responded, “You’re an ass. These are my children. I’m staying with them.”

By Saturday at 3:00 p.m., write an initial post of at least 350 words with respect to the following:

You are the HR staff person responsible for disciplinary matters. The supervisor contacts you demanding that you begin paperwork to dismiss Joe. How will you respond to this request? In developing your paper, connect your response to the concepts of distributive and procedural justice. Please explain fully.

By Sunday respond to two of your fellow students’ initial posts. In each case discuss whether these posts properly defined and applied the concepts of distributive and procedural justice.

Select a Middle Eastern organization and review its vision, mission, and strategy. Then, examine its approach to its management and leadership of performance management in areas including, but not limited to, systems and processes, standards and measurement indices, and performance appraisals.

In a 6 page paper, discuss the following:

• The degree to which the strategy and performance management of human resources is aligned
• our own insights and thoughts about enhancing the alignment

Use academic writing standards and APA style guidelines, citing references as appropriate. Your paper should contain concepts from the reading materials. Your paper should also reflect your insight and analysis of both materials (Attached Book) and external information to provide an original and thoughtful paper.

For organization purposes, please submit your written papers as a Word file.

After reading Chapters 10 and 11 of your text and watching the documentary ‘The Weight of the Nation’, Part 1 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.and Part 3 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., address the subsequent elements in your response to this discussion:

• Explain the connection between nutrition and each of the following health conditions: cardiovascular disease, hypertension, and cancer.
• Analyze the function of certain nutrients and their role of either minimizing or increasing the risks for each of these conditions.
• Physical activity and nutrition go hand-in-hand with regard to maintaining a healthy lifestyle. Analyze the importance of healthy eating and vitamins and minerals in supporting physical endurance and athleticism. What are the benefits of regular, long term physical fitness on our health and well-being?
• “Being fat can hold you back.” This is a comment from one of the children interviewed from the video: The Weight of the Nation: Part 3- Children in Crisis. After viewing this video, explain three side effects from being obese as a child and three health consequences obese children are at risk for?

Your initial contribution should be 250 to 300 words in length. Your research and claims must be supported by your course text and a minimum of one additional scholarly source. Use proper APA formatting for in-text citations and references as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Guided Response: Review several of your classmates’ posts and respond to at least two of your peers. Each peer response should contain 100 words at a minimum. Compare your findings regarding the above components to those of your peers. What did you learn from your peers’ research that you were not aware of before? How can you apply these findings to benefit your health?