Throughout this course, you will be given assignments designed to help you plan a successful business start-up. For your first assignment, you will create a personal vision. This is an opportunity to examine what is important to you and to articulate the type of life that will bring you satisfaction.
Answer the following self-evaluation questions:
Why do you want to start your company?
What kind of business do you want to start?
Are you emotionally suited to start and run my own business?
Are you financially prepared to start my own business?
Are you willing to invest the time and energy it takes to succeed?
What skills of training will you need? Do you have them or will you need to take special training?
Do you have what it takes?
What is your biggest fear in starting a business?
It is not unusual to discover that some of your goals conflict with each other. In this case, you can determine priorities or compromise between the conflicting goals. Ultimately, the outcome should reflect how you want to live your life.
Submission:
Write a robust Personal Vision Statement that expresses how you see yourself based on the self-evaluation. Ideas to include in the vision statement. APA format is required
What is your Entrepreneur Quotient from the websites cited above?
What are your passions and skills how do they fit in your venture plans? Does it fit with Mike Wroe’s advice?
What are your top 10 keys to success? Explain.
What are the top 5 reasons you will fail? Explain.
Of the TED talk speakers, who would you most like to spend an afternoon with and why? What would you hope to learn from that time?
You must cite at least five separate sources from the online course material, For example:
In John Maxwell’s story about the mountain climbers, I identify with the ones who press on even if it is the less comfortable choice. I would be pushing the guide to start and would never want to stay in the lodge. What that tells about me is I do not want to waste the opportunity when it presents itself.
Use APA format. This assignment will require around 1000 words.
To prepare for this assignment:
Review the article, “Racial Profiling Laws in Your State,” and the Miranda v. Arizona court decision. Think about the relevant laws associated with police operations and how these laws relate to forensic psychology professionals working in police operations.
Review the remaining Learning Resources for this week, focusing on the similarities and differences among the forensic psychology roles in police operations.
Select two roles that a forensic psychology professional performs related to police operations. (Please select roles that you did not use for this week’s Discussion.)
Using course Learning Resources, the Walden Library, or the Internet, research current laws related to the forensic psychology professional roles that you selected.
Think about the similarities and differences between the two roles you selected, as well as the applicable laws related to these roles.
The assignment (1–2 pages):
Briefly describe two roles that a forensic psychology professional may perform related to police operations. Analyse their function in police operations.
Compare (similarities and differences) the roles you selected.
Briefly summarise laws that are relevant to each of the roles you selected, and analyse how they are relevant to these roles.
Evaluate the insights and/or conclusions gained because of your comparison.
Support your responses with references to the Learning Resources and the research literature.
Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference list only for those resources not included in the Learning Resources for this course.