Category: Writing Styles

Environmental Analyses

October 22, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Business and Management

Organizational and Environmental Analyses

After reading and analyzing Case Study 1.2, “Strategic Performance Management in Georgia Education” on pages 8994 in your Fundamentals of Performance Improvement text, please respond to the following questions:

  1)  What might have been the outcome of this case study had the performance consultant not conducted organizational and environmental analyses?

    2)  What type of questions and tools do you think the consultant asked to complete these analyses?

    3)  What stakeholders do you think she involved in these organizational and environmental analyses? Why?

Any topic (writer’s choice)

October 22, 2020 Leave a comment MLA, Political science

I attached “Essay Format and Question” pdf file, Please read and answer the Question.

Reading
-Hoffman, Bruce. Inside Terrorism. Chapter 1-5
-Rapoport, David C. The Four Modern Waves of Terrorism, in Attacking Terrorism: Elements of a Grand Strategy, ed. Audrey Cronin and J. Ludes (Washington, D.C.: Georgetown University Press, 2004), pp. 46-73.
-Rapoport, David C. Before the Bombs There Were the Mobs: American Experiences with Terror, Terrorism & Political Violence 20, pp. 167194.
-Kruglanski, Arie W.  and Shira Fishman The Psychology of Terrorism: Syndrome Versus Tool Perspectives,” Terrorism & Political Violence, 18 (2006), pp. 193215.
-McCauley, Clark and Sophia Moskalenko. Mechanisms of Political Radicalization: Pathways Toward Terrorism, Terrorism and Political Violence, 20:3 (2008), pp. 415-433.
-Kydd, Andrew H., and Barbara F. Walter. The Strategies of Terrorism. International Security 31:1 (Summer 2006), pp. 49-80.   
-Brown, Joseph M. Force of Words: The Role of Threats In Terrorism, Terrorism and Political Violence. (2018)
-Bowman-Grieve, Lorraine. Exploring Stormfront: A Virtual Community of the Radical Right, Studies in Conflict & Terrorism, 32:11, pp. 989-1007.
-Hazleton, William A. and Sandra WoyHazleton, Sendero Luminoso: A communist party crosses a river of Blood, Terrorism and Political Violence 4:2 (1992), pp. 62-83.
-Stanton, Jessica A. Terrorism in the Context of Civil War. Journal of Politics 75:4 (August 2013), pp. 1009-1022.
-Bloom, Mia. Bombshells Women and Terror. Gender Issues 28 (2011), pp. 1-21.
-Wilson, Michele and John Lynxwiler. Abortion Clinic Violence as Terrorism, Studies in Conflict and Terrorism 11:4 (1988), pp. 263-273.
&https://www.propublica.org/article/atomwaffen-division-inside-white-hate-group

Watching(Optional)
https://therokuchannel.roku.com/watch/d726ec0199db58a19e8bb61f6497c0e0
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x4kcdrv

James Baldwin, Sonnys Blues

October 22, 2020 Leave a comment English and Literature, MLA

https://www.sjsu.edu/faculty/wooda/2B-HUM/Readings/Baldwin-Sonnys-Blues.pdf

James Baldwin, Sonnys Blues:

There are several descriptions of Harlem throughout the story. The characters often talk about trying to run away from Harlem or to retrieve those pieces of themselves that remain a part of it. In many senses, the city becomes a character itself that is inextricably a part of the way Sonny and his brother establish identity and define their relationships with others. In a thesis-driven essay, respond to the following question: In Sonnys Blues, how does Harlem shape and reflect the lives of Sonny and his family?

Geographic area project

October 22, 2020 Leave a comment Chicago / Turabian, English and Literature

Pick a geographic region, nation state, or megacity and research its natural landforms, climate, environmental resources, population dynamics, and cultural geography. Make sure to use sources written by professional geographers and related academics like sociologists and anthropologists. Peer-reviewed journal articles and books from academic presses make the best sources. The first thing Dr. Walton does to grade a paper is review the Bibliography/Works Cited page to assess the quality of sources used. Visit our library site here to follow tutorials on academic research. Our helpful librarians are also available to assist you with research papers like this (it is literally their job to do this) in person at the libraries or online.

Examples of topics include (but are not limited to): Andes Mountain Range (geographic region), Mekong River System (geographic region), Hong Kong (megacity), Mexico City (megacity), London (megacity), India (nation state), Chile (nation state), New Zealand (nation state) etc. If you have a question about your potential topic, feel free to  contact me to discuss it. Pick something that will be fun for you to research!

Create a thesis statement based on your research that highlights one or more important links between the natural geography (i.e. think about the material we covered in Part 1 of the class) and the cultural geography (i.e. think about the material we are covering in Part 2 of the class) of your chosen nation state, geographic region, or megacity.

Support that thesis statement with evidence from scholarly research, which is comprised of only academic publications such as books by academic presses, peer-reviewed journal articles, and reputable science or geographic magazines designed for public audiences (e.g., National Geographic, Scientific American, American Scientist), although the use of these popular sources should be limited. Governmental institutions can be good sources for statistics. Do not go overboard with statistics; they are helpful while framing the scope of the paper, but beyond the first couple paragraphs they get distracting.

A good rule of thumb to follow with college research papers is to find and use at least 1-2 sources per page of the page length requirement. So, as you will see below, I am looking for students to use a minimum of about 5-6 sources, while more than 10 will probably be too many to effectively utilize.

Use the LSSC library online search, or better yet go to the library in person and consult one of our awesome librarian staff members. It is literally their job to help you find sources for class projects. Other great sites to use are scholar.google.com, academia.edu, and researchgate.net. If there is a source that you would like to use but somehow cannot access it for free, then contact me and I may be able to help out by getting it through my professional network.

Download and Use Google Earth Pro (a free GIS program) to create at least one custom map of your nation state, geographic region, or megacity using different layering features and custom points that you add to the map. This map should be used as evidence to support your thesis statement. Cite the map as a “Figure” within the text. This can be done in one of two ways: (1) the first way to perform a figure citation is to include the word “Figure” and its corresponding number (so for this example it could be “Figure 1”) within the flow of a sentence. For example: Figure 1 demonstrates that populations of native Aymara groups in Peru are concentrated in the central river valleys; and (2) the second way to perform a figure citation is to simply include it at the end of a sentence in parentheses. For example: Populations of native Aymara groups in Peru are concentrated in the central river valleys (Figure 1).

Make sure to place the map figure image AT THE END OF THE PAPER after the bibliography/works cited page. The figures cannot be placed within the middle of the text; the space occupied by a figure does not satisfy any portion of the required page count for the text. The bibliography/works cited page and title page also do not count towards the page length requirement.

The figure should have a caption below the actual image; the figure caption should explain what is being depicted in the figure (in this case your map).

Use Chicago style throughout the paper including the title page, in-text citations, and bibliography.

See the Chicago Style Example Paper and Student Sample Paper in this module too.

Page requirement: 4-5 pages double-spaced (no spaces after paragraphs)

Font Style: Times New Roman

Font Size: 12 pt

Margin Size: 1 inch (the default standard in Microsoft Word)

Page Numbers: required

Title Page: required

Bibliography/Works Cited: required

In-text Citations: required, and if they are not included students could be accused of plagiarism

Online Ads Targeting You

October 22, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Marketing

Discussion Response

Consider that you visit an online store you have visited before. You quickly notice a welcome back message at the top of your page. You make a purchase: a fine set of grilling utensils.  The next time you open your browser, ads shown in the sidebar included gas grills and accessories as well as deals from local butcher shops. Similar ads begin to appear on your social media pages and other websites you often visit. In addition, emails offering subscriptions to cooking magazines begin to arrive.

Does this type of targeted advertising violate a consumers privacy?    Why or why not?
Is it a benefit to consumers? Why or why not?
Taken from the Writing Prompt on page 231 in Ethics and the Conduct of Business, 8th ed.

Please quote or reference the text book, pages attached.

For example, meaningful posts tend to:

      Provide concrete examples, perhaps from your own experience
      Identify consequences or implications
      Challenge something that has been posted, perhaps by playing devils advocate
      Pose a related question or issue
      Suggest a different perspective or interpretation
      Pull in related information from other sources books, articles, websites, courses, etc.
      Use APA format and include at least 2 scholarly citations for each discussion

Any topic (writer’s choice)

October 22, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Business and Management

Intervention Selection

After reading and analyzing Case Study 3.1, “No Room for Error” on pages 451458 of your Fundamentals of Performance Improvement text, please respond to the following questions:

  1)  What specific steps, taken by the performance consulting team, do you feel led the way for the positive results and sustainability of the implemented interventions? Explain how these steps had this type of positive impact.

  2)  Had you been on this consulting team, which of the intervention-related Performance Support Tools in the Fundamentals of Performance Improvement text (Tools 9.122.2 on pages xxiiixxiv) would you have found helpful to make intervention recommendations for this case? Explain why you chose these tools.

Intervention Selection

October 22, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Business and Management

For this component, be sure to include all of the following:

  1)  A brief introductory statement to describe this assignment’s purpose and content.

  2)  A completed Intervention Priority Chart Worksheet (link in the Resources), with the interventions that you consider the most feasible solutions for the identified performance gap and cause. Consider the interventions that you have reviewed in the Van Tiem, Hale, and Rothwell texts.

  3)  Your Interview Selection Summary Analysis (based on information included in the worksheets).

  4)  Lessons learned from this intervention selection process. Include a response to the following question:
     

  5)  Beyond the worksheet data that you used in this assignment, what additional or alternative process, tools, or sample questions from your readings would you consider using to complete this intervention selection?

Choosing and Using Products

October 22, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Marketing

Discussion Response
Failing to influence consumers can have devastating consequences for businesses.  In this module we are exploring some of the challenges involved in influencing consumers in a way that is favorable.

Develop a main response, in which you address the following:

Given what you know about consumer behavior and marketing strategy, why is it so difficult to determine the reasons for strategic failure to influence consumers?
How can firms minimize the likelihood of failure to influence consumers?
What pitfalls might a firm need to consider? Use examples to support your ideas.

Provide concrete examples, perhaps from your own experience
      Identify consequences or implications
      Pose a related question or issue
      Suggest a different perspective or interpretation
      Pull in related information from other sources books, articles, websites, courses, etc.
      Use APA format and include at least 2 scholarly citations

Any topic (writer’s choice)

October 22, 2020 Leave a comment English and Literature, MLA

Essay Guidelines:
You will write a paper of 500-700 words in length, responding to one of the following two questions:

1.    What is the function of meta-fiction in The Murder of Roger Ackroyd?

2.    Is Dr. Sheppard an unreliable narrator? If so, does he fit into one of William Riggans four categories of unreliable narrators (Liar, Madman, Naif, Picaro)? Or, must you invent (and define!) a fifth category of unreliable narrator in order to explain how his narrative functions?

You should have:
1.    An Introduction
2.    No fewer than three body paragraphs
3.    A concluding paragraph
4.    Your paper should be typed, double-spaced, 12-point font.

My evaluation will be based primarily on 3 criteria:
1.    Are the sentences expressive of meaning?
2.    Do paragraphs follow the structure I discuss in the Writing Lab Lecture?
3.    Does the paper make and develop analytical claims?