February 18, 2020 | Refined Essay

Socratic Dialogue (or Dialogue with Confucius) Midterm

February 18, 2020 4 Comments APA, Philosophy

Minimum 9 pages long. Compose an imaginary dialogue debating a topic (see assigned readings for each issue). Socrates (or Confucius) should perform three functions:
1. Clarification of main areas of agreement and disagreement about the issue: i.e., Socrates must identify at least two opposing theses on the issue
2. Paraphrase some key arguments offered on both sides for these theses, as Socrates asks questions about them, while he moderates the debate
3. Evaluation of what the others say to Socrates about the ethical problems involved with the topic, by having Socrates offer to them a gentle, indirect critique of the best arguments he can find in answer to his questions
You must write ONE Socratic dialogue, on any one of the following topics:

Animal rights: due Feb 21:

Dialogues must be handed in to the professor (via Moodle) during the appropriate due date time frames specified above. Late Socratic dialogues will not be accepted. You will be graded according to (1) your understanding of the readings and issues; (2) grammar / clarity / spelling / etc.; (3) the insightfulness of your evaluation of the key themes; (4) how well you follow the instructions on the handout that is given to you with all the necessary instructions for writing a good Socratic dialogue (source: Peter Kreeft, Socratic Logic, edition 3.1, pp. 344-347). Format is: size 12 font, 1.0-inch margins, double-spaced between speakers, otherwise single-spaced.

Instructions (how to write a good Socratic dialogue) http://morec.com/socratic/

Should employees work shorter workdays

February 18, 2020 2 Comments APA, English and Literature

I used four sources

Alderman, L. (2016, May 20). In Sweden, an Experiment Turns Shorter Workdays Into Bigger Gains. Retrieved February 9, 2020, from https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/21/business/international/in-sweden-an-experiment-turns-shorter-workdays-into-bigger-gains.html
This is an article written about the experiment done in Sweden on how employees felt with shorter workdays. This article was posted by the New York Times. This article helps my argument by showing scientific evidence related to my thesis.

Berg, Nate. (2017, September). Best Practices: The Hidden Costs of Hiring. Retrieved February 9, 2020, from http://web.b.ebscohost.com.lscsproxy2.lonestar.edu/ehost/detail/detail?vid=3&sid=c05fdcd4-ed3d-41e1-a32b-15b28cf2c9cc@pdc-v-sessmgr02&bdata=JkF1dGhUeXBlPWlwLGNwaWQmY3VzdGlkPXMxMDg4NDM1JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ==#AN=125144564&db=a9h
This is an article on the cost of hiring. The article came from the databases of Lonestar College.
This article is supportive to my essay by showing the effects of purchasing new employees for shorter shifts does not benefits companies.

Caruso, C. c, Hitchcock, E. m, Dick, R. B., Russo, J. M., & Schmit, J. M. (2014, June 6). CDC – NIOSH Publications and Products – Overtime and Extended Work Shifts: Recent Findings on Illnesses, Injuries and Health Behaviors (2004-143). Retrieved February 9, 2020, from https://www.cdc.gov/niosh/docs/2004-143/default.html
This document is about the scientific results between overtime and extended work shifts on worker health and safety. This was published by the Department of Health and Safety. This supports my argument but providing empirical scientific evidence.
Hart, R. A. (2004). The economics of overtime working. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press. Retrieved from https://ebookcentral-proquest-com.lscsproxy2.lonestar.edu/lib/lonestar-ebooks/reader.action?docID=266521&query=overtime
This is a eBook with information on the pros and cons of overtime working. The author of this book is a labor economist and professor at the University of Stirling in Scotland, United Kingdom. This eBook helps establish the opposing views in my argument.

I need a Toulmin or Rogerin type of Argument.

Film Review And Presentation

February 18, 2020 No Comments Applied Sciences

Independent Film Review & Presentation (125 points)

Each student is required to pick a movie that highlights a historical or current social justice issue/movement and turn in a 1-2 page review of the film and submit a power point slide presentation (max 10 slides). Along with your presentation, provide a prompt that students can respond to.

*Please note that only one student will be allowed to report on any given film, so each student MUST have their film choice approved in advance.

An ideal film is one that is likely to be both enjoyable and provide valuable insights into various social justice issues and movements.

Essays & Powerpoint presentations are to be posted in the corresponding assignment links by the due date.

Item 1: Film Review Essay (written in APA) 75 points

Be sure to construct your essay to have the following sections and answer each prompt appropriately:

Topic Summary

Give a summary of what the film is about as it relates to social justice and health (Avoid being vague I learned a lot about social justice be specific)

Topic Discussion:

Relevance of the film to your field. Provide insights about social justice and advocacy considering the topics and focus of the film

Recommendations for my field

Provide recommendations for your field (ex: how your profession can work to eliminate such injustices; theory to practice). What intervention opportunities you would use to bring awareness of this (education, media, songs, action/advocacy etc.)

Conclusion: 1-2 paragraph(s) concluding the topic and writeup

Item 2: Film Review Presentation 35 points

Create a powerpoint presentation corresponding with your write-up report and include a discussion prompt viewers can respond to. Submit to corresponding Discussion Board Thread

Read and respond to one students presentation AND their discussion prompt. Your presentation was cool or good will not count. Your response should add/facilitate the topic.

Week 7 Discussion

February 18, 2020 1 Comment Computer Science

Discuss the following: 1. Explain the contents of human resource information management and address how a human resource information management system based on blockchain would look. You are required to cite this weeks assigned readings in your paper. You may also cite prior week’s reading assignments and external sources if you wish.

Use the following headings to organize your paper: Introduction, Question 1, Conclusion, References.

Submit your paper as a Word attachment in the discussion forum. I provide feedback within the paper and will not grade your post unless you submit it as an attachment. Your response to the discussion prompt should contain a minimum of 500 words and it should be submitted no later than Tuesday before 11:59 pm EST. Your response should be formatted in APA style and reference this week’s readings.

Use below material-

From the Text:

Arun, J. S., Cuomo, J., & Gaur, N. (2019). Blockchain for Business. New York: Pearson Addison-Wesley. ISBN: 0-13-558135-4

1. Chapter 5 from Blockchain for Business

From the UC Library: Access the Library at and Search by Title

2. Wang, X., Hui Zhang, L. F., Lyu, C., & Yue You, L.W. (2017). Human resource information management model based on Blockchain technology. IEEE Symposium on Service-Oriented System Engineering, 168-173. DOI: 10.1109/SOSE.2017.34

Follow the following writing requirements for all of your discussion prompt responses (note that these writing requirements DO NOT apply to your responses to other students):

Writing Requirements for All Assignments:

References MUST be cited within your paper in APA format. Your reference page and in-text citations must match 100%. Papers without in-text citations will earn failing grades.
Always include a cover page and reference page with all submissions
Your paper must have headings in it. For discussion posts Introduction, Prompt/Question, and Conclusion will suffice as headings.
Provide the EXACT web link for all online sources do not provide just the home page, but the EXACT LINK I check all sources
No abbreviations, no contractions write formally
Write in the third person formal voice (no first or second person pronouns)
Write MORE than the minimum requirement of the word count assigned
As always, the word count is ONLY for the BODY of the paper the cover page, reference page, and / or Appendix (if included) do not count towards the word count for the paper
Indent the first line of each new paragraph five spaces
Refer to the example APA paper in the getting started folder under the content tab if you need an example. Also, a power is provided under the information tab that addresses APA format.
Use double-spacing / zero point line spacing, a running header, page numbers, and left justify the margins.

Management Vision

February 18, 2020 1 Comment Business & Finance

Prepare a Management and Organization Vision Statement. You must cite at least five separate sources from the online course material or other resources based on your research. The citation should be a paraphrase of the source. This will likely take you at least 500 words to write an adequate description that at a minimum answers the following learning objectives. You may add additional information that you consider relevant.
- Plan an entrepreneurial management team.
- Define the roles of the management team.
- Define an organizational culture.
- Determine your leadership style.
- Develop growth and exit strategy.
APA format and Word .doc/.docx required

The girl with the dragon tatto hacker essay

February 18, 2020 No Comments APA, English and Literature

Objectives:
By undertaking this assignment, students will:

Practice analyzing the rhetoric and representation of hackers, technology and technological culture in popular films/books/games
Demonstrate their analytical skill by isolating their focus to specific representations, content, themes and ideas within a text/film/game to produce a coherent essay with a clear thesis
Demonstrate an ability to draw and create thematic links between academic readings (theory & history) from our course to popular media
Description:
For this assignment you will provide a critical essay on the representation of hackers, technology and technological culture in a film, book or game (texts) which you will select from a list provided by the instructor. To provide a clear analysis, you will want to identify and isolate specific ideas, events, mechanics, themes, passages or structures from within your media selection that you can relate to readings from our course, or other academic readings (journal articles, academic books) on hackers you have identified in your research. Students are free to integrate other academic research materials they find or from other courses and to integrate interviews with authors, directors and developers (non-academic sources) of the media selection they feel are relevant.

Essays should follow a standard structure, with an introduction that includes a thesis statement & rationale, a number of body paragraphs to support the thesis and a conclusion. A good thesis statement will establish a clear position and analysis on an essay. A good essay has enough body paragraphs necessary to support its argument: this is not a fixed number.

Requirements:
APA in-text citations & an APA styled bibliography
Minimum length: 1,500 words
Maximum length: 2,000 words
Pages should be numbered
3-5 references to scholarly articles/books (of those, at least 1-2 from our course readings)

Questions a media analysis might want to answer:

Is there a relationship between technology and politics in your media selection? Is technology used for oppressive purposes? Empowering ones? What is the relationship between hackers and technology in your media selection?

Is there a relationship between hackers and politics and/or economics in your media selection?

What do hackers do in your media selection? How is their skill/talent portrayed? Is this portrayal important? Is it important that this portrayal is realistic?

How are the identities of hackers and/or hacker culture portrayed in your media selection? Does your media selection establish a specific criterion for who is and who isn’t considered a hacker? Is race and/or gender a factor in who is and who isn’t a hacker?

Can you identify any historical parallels between your media and historical events or figures?

Good advice:

Do not spend an excessive amount of time summarizing your media selection in any great detail. This is not a book report. Instead integrate summary into your analysis.
Focus on analysis and not personal criticisms. A critical essay should establish a link between ideas in your readings and lectures to themes and ideas from your media selection.
Identify elements of your media selection that allow you to make a coherent and cohesive argument. Do not try and explain everything that happens in your media selection, instead try to find threads of related ideas from our course and in the text. This will make it easier to write a strong thesis.

IP1

February 18, 2020 2 Comments Human Resource Management

Considering your research problem that you presented in the Discussion Board, locate 1 published dissertation (within the last 5 years) using each of the following: 4-6 PAGES

A study described by the author as being a phenomenology or phenomenological study
A study described by the author as being a grounded theory study
A study described by the author as being a case study

For each dissertation and methodological choice, prepare a discussion of each dissertation source that includes the following:

Full APA citation(s) in proper format
Authors abstract
Your annotation, which includes an analysis of the following:
- An overview, in your own words, of the qualitative research design
- The population from which participants were recruited
- The sampling plan used by the researcher
- Brief description of the data collection procedures
Your evaluation of the effectiveness of the above.

Data Collection

February 18, 2020 1 Comment APA, Law

Find a journal article which uses a survey to gather data and answer the following questions:

1. How do the authors administer the survey?
2. Do they provide a reason for choosing that particular administration method? If so, do you agree with their rationale? If not, why do you think they chose that administrative method?
3. If you were performing this research, would you use a survey to gather data or would you choose a different tool? Why or why not?

Any topic (writer’s choice)

February 18, 2020 1 Comment APA, Business and Management

Read or review the instructional resources listed in the Week 4 Reading and Preparation object.
Respond to the following prompt by 11:59 p.m. on the due date listed above. Each initial post should be a minimum of 250 words.
Healthcare most likely would be categorized as being in the mature stage of its product life cycle. Furthermore, it is probably in the stable stage. As a medical professional entering the industry in this phase of maturity, how will you operate under the Marketing Concept?
Your post should include the following:
Product’s position in an industry’s life cycle
Changes in the marketing mix as products move through the life cycle
Strategies appropriate to a product’s life cycle position

Internal and External Environments that Affect Strategic Planning

February 18, 2020 5 Comments APA, Business and Management

Review the vision and mission statements of any large Saudi company in the food, beverage or dairy industry.

Provide a critique on its mission statement based on whether it complies with an ideal statement. Compare the mission statement with that of any of its competitors and identify the key differences between the two statements that could impact their performance.

Assess the dangers of having a flawed mission statement. Critically evaluate how these gaps or flaws may affect performance in the case of your selected company.