Please answer the following qustions:
Why is this case about team conflict?
What conflicts do you see developing?
How is distance affecting team dynamics and performance?
What do you think about the decision to appoint subteam sponsors?
What problems can it solve?
Which problems might it not solve?
In what ways have culture influenced team interactions?
Describe how emotional intelligence can improve the team dynamic.
Write a well-organized essay of 1000 words on ONE of the topics listed below. The purpose of the essay is to compare the research of two scholars on selected topics. When preparing this essay, begin by deciding whether the similarities or differences between their research dominate. For example, if differences are more significant than the similarities, then much of your essay will be taken up with the contrasts between the two articles. In this case, begin with a discussion of the similarities. You should include all the similarities. Once this is out of the way, you can then get down to the major part of your essay, the different approaches the authors have chosen to take. It is key in this assignment to demonstrate that you have thoroughly and carefully read and understood the articles.
Compare the articles by McGhee, and Loewen and Delmas on early European approaches to the northeast.
McGhee, Robert. Vikings and Arctic Farmers: The Norse Atlantic Saga, in The Last Imaginary Place: A Human History of the Arctic World. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2007.
Loewen, Brad and Vincent Delmas, The Basques in the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Adjacent Shores, Canadian Journal of Archaeology 36, no. 2 (2012): 213266.
Use any two of these three articles to help you answer the following question:
In Bartleby, the Scrivener (1853) by Herman Melville, Bartleby, a mysterious man hired by the narrator as a scrivener, or law-copyist, copies legal documents by hand. However, he declines to do any of the other tasks the job requires, telling the narrator, I would prefer not to. Eventually, Bartleby tells the narrator that he has decided to stop writing (copying the legal documents) altogether. When the narrator, exasperated, asks for a reason, Bartleby replies, Do you not see the reason for yourself? (18).
Interpersonal communication takes place between two or more people in an organization; it is an integral part of health and well-being at home and on the job (Nelson and Quick, 2019). Identify and explain how new communication technologies and social media affect the communication process for leaders.
create a PowerPoint presentation suitable to use for a lecture in an introductory statistics class. You should include the following in your presentation:
A description of why a knowledge of statistics is important in careers in psychology as well as in everyday life.
A description of the difference between descriptive and inferential statistics.
A description of the inferential tests discussed during this class. You should discuss the types of data that are appropriate for each test (i.e., nominal, ordinal, interval, or ratio). You should create a specific research example that would yield data appropriate for each of the tests that you mention. You should describe each of the variables involved in your research question and how that variable will be measured.
A discussion of any ethical concerns that need to be considered for each of the research examples.
At least one graph demonstrating how the results of the statistical test should be presented.
Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as speaker notes for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists.
Support your presentation with at least three scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included.
Length: 12 – 15 slides
Notes Length: 150-200 words for each slide
Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style where appropriate.
Single page write up on your thoughts on the “citizen perception of aggressive traffic enforcement” and the “influence of traffic enforcement attitudes and behaviors of drivers”.
https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C26&q=traffic+enforcement&oq=traffic+enf#d=gs_gabs&u=%23p%3D0ZR-VSk9zWEJ
Please submit as a single document (PDF or word)
Total 20% of final course grade
General guidelines
There are two objectives for this assignment.
Objective A: present a critical sociological analysis of a chosen social problem in the Canadian context
Analysis: More than just identifying or describing the problem, but breaking it down into smaller units to understand the whole, using the sociological imagination and conceptual/theoretical tools. You may of course combine your analysis with empirical data using statistics, graphs, charts, etc. to illustrate the issue as well as your sociological stance.
Objective B: discuss considerations for policy and practical solutions
Based on your analysis, discuss the practical directions that policy should take to address/mitigate the issue. You can think of this part as policy evaluation and recommendation:
– Evaluation: look at what is already being done in the real world, and evaluate whether you believe it is enough/effective. What about current policy approaches is working, and what is not?
– Recommendation: What about current policy approaches should stay the same or change? What else/more should be done (or what would a different, better policy approach look like?)
Technical guidelines
Choose one scholarly style you are comfortable with, and stick to it for your papers format, referencing, citation, etc. The most common styles are MLA, APA, and Chicago (notes/bibliography OR author-date).
Please include a title page and a reference list. Appendices are optional, if your paper includes any images, graphs or tables. These elements must abide to your chosen scholarly citation style.
Alongside the specificities of your chosen scholarly style, the paper must be double-spaced, 12 pt. Times New Roman, minimum 8 pages and absolute maximum 11 pages. Your title page, reference list, and appendices are not part of the page count.
Minimum 6 sources, but a majority of them must be academic. (Academic sources are works that are peer-reviewed, usually from academic journals. Our Questia and presentation articles count as academic sources. Books are dependent, but our course textbook will count as an academic source.)
Please ensure that all sources are cited in-text and referenced properly. (Please double-check your assignment before submission to make sure there arent any errors/discrepancies!)
You may use I/first person voice.
Evaluation
Will be graded out of 20 marks, based on the following:
Content
Does the discussion address both objectives?
Background/context of the social issue: Does it provide relevant and illustrative details? Does it provide a sense of its significance?
Analytical tools (theories, concepts): are such identified and explained concisely? Are they effective for its sociological analysis? Are they applied in the analysis?
Analysis of the social issue: is the social issue analyzed, not merely described? Is the analysis effective for understanding the social issue sociologically?
Policy evaluations and recommendations: are they premised on reasonable grounds? Are they drawn from the analysis that took place?
Presentation
Is the discussion, overall and in its parts, clear, well-written, and organized?
Does the discussion stay on topic?
Does the discussion provide an effective set-up (intro, background/context, theoretical framework) and closing (conclusion) to the analysis of the social issue, and evaluations/recommendations of policy?
Technical requirements
Does the discussion meet the length requirement?
Does the discussion exhibit proper citation, referencing and overall formatting?
Some general writing tips (there are more in the course syllabus!)
Page limits are more than just about quantity. Knowing how much space you have guides the writing process and can improve the final product. If your paper is too long, can you re-phrase ideas, make them shorter/more concise? Are there excessive considerations you can just exclude, in the spirit of specificity and focus? If your paper is too short, can you expand on certain things to provide more detail/clarity? Add in more elements to your analysis? Ultimately, these are all considerations for quality.
Pretend your reader is not a sociologist and does not know much about your chosen social issue. This can compel you to seek a strong understanding of what you are writing; and once you get into it, to write clearly, tease out ideas, balance detail with relevance and comprehension (how can you explain the issue without making it too complicated/overwhelming, also given the space limits); not let direct quotes speak for themselves, etc.
See below for an idea of how to structure your paper. NOTE: this is a pretty standard format, which you can adopt for other assignments (hopefully!) For our assignment, you may have to make slight tweaks depending on your chosen topic. As well, you may title these sections differently; as long as the function of each section is clear.
1. Introduction: the big picture of your entire paper, informs your reader of whats to come in the following pages
Introduces the chosen social issue
Thesis statement: your sociological analysis of this social issue, including your chosen theoretical perspective, summarized in 2 or 3 sentences. If you have space, you may briefly identify your ideas for policy.
Brief outline of your paper
Tip: considering the length of this assignment, your introduction should be half or 3/4 a page (double-spaced). If it hits a page or exceeds it, it is too long!
2. Background/context: description of the social issue
Lays out the reality of the chosen social issue: who does it impact, what is the scope, etc.
Rationale: why is this issue a problem? Why is it urgent or important?
Tip: here is where a majority of your grey literature will go. You can integrate statistics, graphs, or charts.
3. Theoretical framework: the tools you will use to sociologically understand the social issue
An informed definition and explanation of the chosen theoretical framework(s), either single or a combination.
Be specific: which perspectives and elements of the theoretical tradition are you utilizing? What do they highlight about your social issue?
Rationale: why this perspective to understand the social issue?
Tip: You arent limited to the sociological theories we discussed at length in this course (ie. critical race theory, Marxist-feminist theory). You are free to use any theory, as long as they are a) sociological, and b) clearly defined, explained, and cited.
4. Analysis: the breakdown of your argument; basically objective A
Breaking down the issue into smaller parts in order to understand the whole (focusing on the trees of the forest (the forest being your thesis statement)).
Apply the sociological imagination, using your chosen analytical tools as you describe in your theoretical framework.
Tip: Length-wise, this is the largest part of your paper. This section may have sub-sections (the trees of your argument).
5. Policy evaluations and recommendations
See objective B
6. Discussion/Further or additional thoughts (OPTIONAL)
This section is for any additional or further thoughts or unanswered questions that are crucial to understanding the issue sociologically/tackling it practically, that dont exactly fit in other parts of your paper. This is optional; whether or not you include it does not impact the quality of your paper. Quality comes down to how solid/cohesive your overall discussion is.
This can be a separate section, either following or preceding policy recommendations; or part of policy recommendations, if your thoughts have implications on what you think policy should look like
7. Conclusion: returning to the forest
Wrapping up your argument; a brief re-iteration of your argument, all things considered. Slightly different from your introduction because at this point, the reader is now aware of all the nooks and crannies of your argument, so please do not copy and paste your introduction!
Policy briefs provide a detailed analysis of an issue, but in a summarized format intended to be accessible to busy policymakers. In trying to balance those goals, the length of the brief is important. Your paper should be a length of 8-9 typed, double-spaced pages. You will likely receive a deduction in points if you submit a paper not meeting this requirement. The page total does NOT include your cover page or reference list. Use a 12-point font and 1 margins throughout. Please use page numbers.
**I also want the paper to touch briefly on the recreational policies, focusing on the social acceptance.
Students have options for effective chapter discussions:
(1) Describe how different social problems are constructed as gendered issues (think about various social institutions, such as work, religion, education, etc.). Then relate these to the continued inequality in housework and child care that exists and how this perpetuates inequality in society in general. Take a position on whether social problems are constructed to perpetuate the status quo or whether they are simply social problems. Make sure you discuss both sides and how each impacts the larger societal issue of gender inequity
Use Excel to prove your solution and share your Excel workbook.You will need to add your Excel workbook as an attachment to the discussion. Explain your choice, the steps followed to complete the solution, and any challenges you faced while working on the solution.
Scenario: You are responsible for ensuring payments for your family business are received on time. Create a workbook to show the current date and the due date and use an IF statement to determine if a payment is due.
NOTE: The payment due must be an IF statement and the current date must be a function as well.
