Day: January 15, 2020

UNIT VIII REFLECTIONS PAPER

January 15, 2020 1 Comment APA, Social Sciences

For this assignment, you will reflect on the different sociological theories and concepts you learned in this course. You will use critical thinking to evaluate those concepts and apply them to your work, home, and/or community life. You may draw from the readings, videos, lectures, discussions, and assignments to help you construct your paper, but you must also use at least one article from the CSU Online Library.

Write a two-page reflection paper that addresses the following requirements:

Explain how sociological theories and concepts affect your work, home, and/or community life and influence your future learning opportunities.
Identify a minimum of two different sociological concepts or theories you learned from this course and explain how you will apply these sociological concepts or theories to your work, home, and/or community life.
Use specific sociological terms and concepts from the textbook readings and article from the library in your paper to demonstrate that you understand and can apply the concepts.
Some examples of topics/concepts/theories that you can apply to your own life include (but are not limited to):

sociological imagination
sociological perspectives
elements of culture
breaking norms
deviance
the role of socialization
agents of socialization
theories of self
social structure
roles or status groups
inequality
social class
gender roles
perspectives on aging
life chances
race/ethnicity
social institutions (i.e., family, religion, education) role in society
social change
the environment
population dynamics
Create citations and a references list for all cited materials. Include a title page, and use 12-point font, double spacing, and one-inch margins for your paper.

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January 15, 2020 11 Comments APA, Business and Management

The purpose of this assignment is to apply managerial accounting concepts and practices and use financial data to make business decisions.

Throughout the course, you have used the annual report from a Fortune 500 company to apply financial accounting concepts, including analysis of income statements and balance sheets, to evaluate the profitability and overall financial position of the company.

For this assignment, consider the research and analysis from prior assignments and apply the “Conceptual Framework for Managerial Costing,” as discussed in the topic materials. Follow the process outlined in the “Where to Start” section of this topic resource. Assume the company is considering making a change, such as adding a new product or entering new markets. Your task is to determine what the “change” could be and the steps that would need to be taken in the decision-making process.

In a 250-500 word memo to the chief operating officer (COO) of the company, address the following.

1.Summarize the proposed change the company is considering.
2.Discuss the specific information that must be collected to perform the analysis on the proposed change.
3.Discuss the scope of the analysis and what parameters will be used to determine whether the proposed change should be made.

APA style is not required, but solid academic writing is expected.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

leadership

January 15, 2020 2 Comments APA, Business and Management

Read and analyze the assigned HBR Case Study: Idalene F. Kesner, Leadership Development: Perk or Priority. You will need to read this multiple times to understand the facts very well and be able to write the memorandum required. Write a memorandum from Karen Barton to Dave Palmer that convinces Dave Palmer to restore Karen Barton’s budget for leadership development. To be successful, you must understand what Dave Palmer cares about most and provide arguments and data to support your position. You must cite to specific authority in your textbook by book name and page number to support your arguments. You do not need to use APA format. This should be 3 double-spaced pages with a 12-point font. Chapter 2 of The Extraordinary Leader is very important.

Grading for this assignment is as follows:

Using the template, adhering to the page limits, and filling out each section 20%
Understanding how Dave Palmer is thinking about the organization and what the organization needs to be successful 20%
Clearly stating your position and providing the arguments and data to persuade Dave Palmer to change his thinking about the value of leadership development and its contribution to the organizations success. Acknowledge Daves (and the CEOs) concern and show how spending money on leadership development would address those concerns. Cite to specific authority in your textbook by book name and page number to support your arguments. You do not need to use APA format.  60%

leadership

January 15, 2020 No Comments APA, Business and Management

Read and analyze the assigned HBR Case Study: Idalene F. Kesner, Leadership Development: Perk or Priority. You will need to read this multiple times to understand the facts very well and be able to write the memorandum required. Write a memorandum from Karen Barton to Dave Palmer that convinces Dave Palmer to restore Karen Barton’s budget for leadership development. To be successful, you must understand what Dave Palmer cares about most and provide arguments and data to support your position. You must cite to specific authority in your textbook by book name and page number to support your arguments. You do not need to use APA format. This should be 3 double-spaced pages with a 12-point font. Chapter 2 of The Extraordinary Leader is very important.

Grading for this assignment is as follows:

Using the template, adhering to the page limits, and filling out each section 20%
Understanding how Dave Palmer is thinking about the organization and what the organization needs to be successful 20%
Clearly stating your position and providing the arguments and data to persuade Dave Palmer to change his thinking about the value of leadership development and its contribution to the organizations success. Acknowledge Daves (and the CEOs) concern and show how spending money on leadership development would address those concerns. Cite to specific authority in your textbook by book name and page number to support your arguments. You do not need to use APA format.  60%

Does the media accurately represent research.

January 15, 2020 3 Comments APA, Psychology and Education

6. Critical Thinking Essay
Does the media accurately represent research? Sometimes a news outlet does a good job summarizing important findings. However, it is surprising how often a headline and even the article itself fails to reflect the actual findings of research. Whether this is a misunderstanding or an attempt to create click bate, there are several consequences from this misinformation. For this essay, you will critically analyze some a news media article that summarizes a research study on cognition or neuroscience and consider how well the article represents the actual scientific study. This assignment will require two sources: the news article and the original study that the article is drawing from. The essay must be between 2 – 3 pages long (no exceptions), not including references. Essays need to be in your own words, and specific facts claimed in your paper need to include a citation. Citations and references need to be in APA format. I will be providing on BlackBoard links to news articles and their corresponding published research studies. Please contact me if you wish to do another relevant news story that I did not provide.
One way to organize this essay would be:
1) Summarize the major finding being reported by the news article 2) Discuss some questions the article raises
3) Analyze how well the headline reflects the content of the article 4) Discuss the conclusions of the original research study
5) Analyze how well the conclusions of the research study reflect the news article headline and summary
Some questions to consider here
– Does the news headline and story accurately reflect the study findings?
– Does the new story oversimplify, distort, or exaggerate the study results? – Does the news story leave out any important information from the study?
6) Provide your conclusion as to whether, overall, the news story does a good job in presenting this study to the public.
7) References