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How would your peer’s audience rate the visual appeal of the presentation?

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When you review a classmate’s presentation, respond to the following:

1.   What is the main purpose of the presentation? Is that purpose made clear to you? Why or why not?
2.   How well is the presentation organized? What is one suggestion you have for the organization of the presentation?
3.   How would your peer’s audience rate the visual appeal of the presentation? Do the colors work well? Is the text easy to read? Are visuals engaging? Be sure to provide specific information.
4.   If he or she were presenting to an audience that had special visual needs, what could he or she do/say/use to give an effective presentation?
5.   Has the presentation been edited carefully? Do you notice any surface-level errors, such as spelling, grammar, etc. that need to be addressed? Give an example.
6.   What is the biggest suggestion that you have for revision of this presentation? Your presentation should be at least 8 slides or frames in length and  presentations should include visuals to help support your text  
7.   What is the one thing you like most about this presentation? 

Explain what the top-down control management style is as described in this article.

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Read the article:  The Volkswagen Settlement:  How Bad Management Leads to Big Punishment

This article was published in the New Yorker Magazine

Part 1

Answer the following questions:

1.  Explain what the top-down control management style is as described in this article.

2.  How and why can this kind of culture create unethical practices?

3.  Outline the sort of “perfect storm” set of conditions, both internally and externally, that created the dilemmas for the engineers. 

4.  How did the engineers “solve” their problem?

5.  While the executives may have perceived the organization as having an open door policy, what was actually taking place within the organization?

6.  What did the new management immediately say needs to change for the problem to be fixed?  Hint!  This is the main idea of the last two modules.  🙂

7.  What types of companies survive better in tough times and why?

Part 2

So, again, for the above questions, these were meant to simply to guide you through the main parts of the article.  Although this is about a private company, people are people, regardless if the organization is public or private.  And, as explained in the article, this is the biggest class action settlement ever.  It is huge not only because of the scope of the problem, but it is huge because of the scale of both illegal and unethical actions.  As Zimbardo would state, the Volkswagen executives created a bad barrel for its workers.  I don’t believe the engineers woke up one day and just became evil.  They were under so much pressure to perform, and they were alone in their “silos” within the organization, that they probably began to see no other choice but to get the job done at all costs.  This doesn’t excuse their actions at all. It just simply helps to explain it. 

That being said, and taking what you have learned throughout this course, and experienced in your own work environments, create your own list of how YOU would build an ethical agency. 

This should be an “action plan” of at least 5 different things.  List out these action items, and then fully explain what they mean and how you would implement these plans.  Are there rewards?  Are there punishments?  What things would you require be in place?  What things would you require your employees to do?  What things would you state your employees cannot do? 

I would like this to be what YOU will do when you are the boss. 

There is no word minimum for this assignment.  Answer each part fully and completely.

discuss how you will resolve potential conflict by applying effective conflict management, communication and influence techniques to this scenario.

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You are the customer service manager for Catco International a manufacturer and online retailer of pet related products. The company has been in business for 25 years and you were brought in ten years ago to supervise the increasing staff size due to online sales. When you were hired there were two customer service representatives. Currently there are 10 customer service representatives that are your direct reports. Four of which were recent hires within the last year. In a 2000 word essay you will discuss how you will resolve potential conflict by applying effective conflict management, communication and influence techniques to this scenario. 

Marge has been with the company since it started 25 years ago. Prior to that she worked in customer service as a cashier for fifteen years at a local grocery store. She helped to create most of the customer service procedures and strictly adheres to them and expects everyone else to do the same. She has very conservative values and is very opinionated and readily shares her religious beliefs with others. She has been asked to take over the training of Jamie a new hire. 

Jamie was hired two weeks ago. This is her first job since completing her Associates Degree. Like most millennials, she is very tech savvy. She is a vegan. She is also very liberal on social issues. 

Steve is also a recent hire, having only been with the company for six months. Although he is new to the company, he has been in customer service for 10 years and was lured away from a competitor. He has been in a committed same sex relationship with his partner for five years. He is open about his orientation with family and friends but has been guarded with his new co-workers. 

Cindy was one of your first hires ten years ago. She is a competent customer service representative that has always had good reviews but recently her attendance has been a problem due to child care issues. Recently divorced, she is now a single parent with twin toddlers. 

Bill and Ted are Generation X’ers that were hired eight years ago. Both are adequate performance wise but are the last to come in and the first to leave every day. Both tend to wait until the last minute to complete tasks. They are usually inseparable both at work and in their social life. Bill was recently married while Ted has never had a long-term relationship. Recently, Ted has been spotted afterhours with Ashlee. 

Wendy has been with the company for twelve years and has gotten the reputation for being a whiner. She is always complaining about work issues and people issues. Her work is good, just not her negative attitude. 

Ashlee is a go-getter that you hired five years ago right out of college. She is always looking for ways to improve office procedures. She has excellent performance ratings and would make an excellent assistant manager. Ashlee trained Jamie while Marge was on vacation. 

Mike has been working for the company for two months. He is Marge’s nephew and she talked to the owner to help him get the job right out of high school. So far, he has been a good worker. He is an avid outdoorsman and asked for deer hunting season off. 

Rodrigo was hired four months ago although he is originally from Mexico, he and his family recently became US citizens. He is in his late forties and has two teenage daughters with his wife of twenty-five years. Prior to working for Catco International, he worked in middle management for a multinational firm for many years and recently lost his position due to downsizing. 

Identify at least five potential sources of conflict. Give specific details about the individuals involved and the sources of the conflict. Classify the type of conflict. 

Compare both the advantages and disadvantages of conflict management techniques as applied to each conflict scenario. 

Make at least two recommendations to help with conflict resolution in each scenario by applying conflict management, communication and influence techniques. 

identify and explain the assumptions, contexts, and consequences of the various positions.

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  • Your argumentative essay will need to be between four (full) to six pages in length.
  • You must address a debatable ethical issue that has at least two sides (email me for topics)
  • Effectively address the rhetorical situation – audience, purpose, context
  • articulate a clear position regarding the issue and argue that position with logical reasons
  • adequately develop the argument using credible support (research)
  • acknowledge the opposing viewpoints and employ counterargument or concession
  • identify and explain the assumptions, contexts, and consequences of the various positions.
  • Utilize at least 5 credible sources – from scholarly databases, books, etc. (no google or dot com sources)
  • MLA formatting

This essay must be 4-6 pages in MLA format. You are asked to engage in some research with a minimum 5 outside sources. Pick a topic that you are interested in exploring and writing about.

In this Essay you MUST make an argument/ claim. 

Here is a short video to explain the concept of a “claim.”

https://www.youtube.com/edit?o=U&video_id=JiTkTI7UXmo

Diagnose what went wrong with Beers’ first attempt to communicate a strategic change message within her organization and the relative strengths and weaknesses of the communication practices and the ‘why nots’ at O&M.

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Requirement：

magine that you are Charlotte Beers’ communications advisor in December 1993. Beers realizes that her cultural change effort “was still fragile” and that her new strategy for O&M “was not well understood below the top tier of executives…”

Part 1a: Diagnose what went wrong with Beers’ first attempt to communicate a strategic change message within her organization and the relative strengths and weaknesses of the communication practices and the ‘why nots’ at O&M.

Part 1b: Now imagine it’s May 2019 and as Director of Communication advising Ms. Beers, you have the ability to use the media support that exists today.

Provide communication advice to Charlotte Beers regarding the relaunch of the Brand Stewardship strategy. Develop a 6-month communication campaign to generate a conversation with O&M employees about what they should do, know, and feel to support Brand Stewardship. Be sure to apply specific components of the People Channel in your recommendation and draw on the Action Equation we discussed in class. As part of your campaign, you will recommend ways to tap the ‘internal’ groundswell using social media. Pick two or three objectives described by Bernoff & Li, the rationale for your selections, your strategy and social media technology for each.

Assumptions — Our focus is to communicate the strategy to O&M employees worldwide. Assume we fast-forwarded to March 2019 so that we can take advantage of the groundswell surrounding the numerous communication vehicles that exist today.

Important note: this is not a research paper –– your analysis should be based solely on course materials and your own communication experience. Format and length: Word document, 1500 words, organized into the two parts. A goal in all our writing assignments is conciseness and clarity.

If you cite a reference or use a quote, we follow APA guidelines. When using APA format, follow the author-date method of in-text citation. This means that the author’s last name and the year of publication for the source should appear in the text. Example: According to Jones (1998), documentation practices are critically important…..

If you are directly quoting from a work, you will need to include the author, year of publication, and the page number for the reference (preceded by “p.”). Introduce the quotation with a signal phrase that includes the author’s last name followed by the date of publication in parentheses. Example: According to Jones (1998), “Students often had difficulty using APA style, especially when it was their first time” (p.199). There is no need to list references at the end of the essay.

Evaluation criteria — In assessing the case analysis, we will be using the grading rubrics included in the syllabus, as well as the extent to which you apply course concepts in your analysis. As with all case studies, there is no one “right answer” — rather, we will be focusing on the soundness of your rationale.

Classnotes

O&M employees about what they should do, know, and feel to support Brand Stewardship.

Do need to use Brand audit.

In the end of Case u need to write hwo to Measure the success

What objectively can be achieved each month in 6 months. I can draw a chart with reference to the GANT Chart. I also took a picture of the chart. The content is not clear, you can search Google

Don’t use too many complicated sentences when writing, use less clauses

What does it reveal about Herodotus and/or the people he is describing?

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For this assignment, you will be exercising the parts of your brain that access and create visual imagery. You are asked to take a blank piece of standard 8 ½ x 11-inch piece of unlined paper and make an image or series of images that reacts to Histories excerpt and to produce a short piece of writing that illuminates and explains your work. 

1. Review the excerpt of the text in full and find a visual image or series of images that really grabs you. Choosing the imagery is a creative act in itself and is a crucial part of your project.

a. Consider choosing a single physical object that plays a crucial role in a passage. What does it reveal about Herodotus and/or the people he is describing?

b. Or maybe you’d like to focus on a piece of poetic imagery or description from the text. 

c. Another idea is to pick a theme for your Image sheet, like Animals Mentioned in the Histories, or Oracles and other Magic Stuff, 

2. Think about and plan how to respond to this imagery with visual content of your own design.

a. Will you make a drawing? Will you seek to illustrate the image in a literal sense, or maybe respond to it in an abstract way?

b. Will your image sheet even contain what we think of as a “drawing,” or will it be something that resembles a diagram? Remember that charts, diagrams, graphs, collages, and other types of infographics are fair game for this. NOTE: Drafting/drawing/illustration ability has nothing to do with a student’s successful completion of this assignment.

3. Make multiple versions and drafts of your image/images on different sheets of paper. Set aside real time for this, and spend real time on this. Work and re-work the image in successive drafts until you are really pleased with your Image Sheet.

4. Write a two-paragraph Artist’s Statement that explains the connection between your image and the text. Again: take great care in revision and editing, both for content and for errors. Be sure discuss and blend both literary/analytical elements AND your own artistic process.

5. Scan or photograph your Image and save the file, usually a JPG, PDF, or PNG. 

6. Upload your Image and paste in your Artist’s Statement into a discussion post on the Herodotus folder on Canvas.

GRADING CHECKLIST: 5 points each

The student: 

1. Has successfully uploaded the post on time, and it contains both the scanned-in Image Sheet, and the 2-paragraph Artist’s Statement.

2. Gave the post an original title, not just “Herodotus Post” or the student’s name.

3. Embedded a viewable Image Sheet and artist’s statement WITHIN the post, rather than attaching the image as a file that can’t be seen.

4. Created an Artist’s Statement consisting of two paragraphs that is a sharp, analytical, moderately formal piece of error-free writing that aptly explains the connections between the Herodotus text and the Image Sheet. It blends academic discussion of the text with discussion of artistic process.

5. Made sure that the Artist’s Statement text is not part of the Image, and must not obscure the image or be super-imposed over the image in any way. 

6. Incorporates COLOR as a significant element in the Image. 

7. Has taken the photography/scanning process seriously for the Image, and has avoided uploading a dim, poorly-framed, badly cropped, or otherwise unattractive digital representation of the Image. 

8. Clearly spent an impressive, prodigious amount of time on this project.

9. Uses the Image, not just the Artist’s Statement, to demonstrate a knowledge of the text that is truly comprehensive and specific, almost but not quite to the point of being obsessive.

10. Is innocent of intellectual laziness and has proven this by avoiding the most obvious, typical, and shallow choices a student might make. There is a clear effort to push past the obvious into something that is deeper and a great deal more fun than the kind of student work that’s easily predictable.

What makes an adult?

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Young adulthood (late 20s-30s)

· Cultural variations for reaching young adulthood:

· Some cultural have emerging adulthood, some do not (developed countries)

· In developing and rural countries, young people enter into marriage and parenthood in late teens.

· Culturally accepted criteria for adult status:

· Traditional cultures consider full adulthood marked by marriage.

· Developed countries adulthood is marriage gradual independence and self-sufficient.

What makes an adult?

· Markers of adulthood

· Accepting responsibility for oneself

· Making independent decisions

· Becoming financially independent

· Individualism

· Cultural variations of adulthood

· Israelis: complete military services

· Koreans and chinese: support parents financially.

· India: emotional self-control.

· Tradition cultural focus on marriage

· Interdependence values

Aging Begins

Changes in Aging

· Graying hair beings in young adulthood

· Thinning hair, receding hairline

· Skin becomes looser, wrinkles appear

· Cholesterol and fat being to accumulate

· Immune system ages: reduction of T cells and B cells

Overweight and obesity

Cause of obesity

· Change in basal metabolic rate

· Genetics

· Biology

· Diet

· Adult with BMI over 25 is overweight, over 30 is considered obese.

The important of exercise

· Exercise effect

· Healthy weight

· Increase metabolic rate

· Reduced risk of disease and illness

· Lower levels of anxiety (endorphins)

· Lack of exercise may be caused by busy pace of modern life.

· Less likely in low SES groups.

· (regular exercise in young adulthood reduce health risk in middle childhood.)

IQ scores and career success

· IQ scores and future success are moderately correlated

· Lowest score had work-related problems

· Highest score did well in careers

· However, much that IQ scores cannot predict.

Cultural conceptions of intelligence

Variances on what constitutes intelligence

· Chinese- intelligence includes humility

· Zambia- cooperativeness and obedience

· Zimbabwe- prudence and caution.

Expertise

· Cognitive development in young adulthood

· Focus becomes on gaining expertise

· Ten years of study needed in most fields

· Exposure to a specifics field allows problems to be addressed efficiently

· Frontal lobe maturity promotes expertise

Creating in young adulthood

· Easier to define than to measure

· Young adulthood exceptionally creative life stage

· Problem solving to problem finding

· Combine expertise with other qualities that contribute creativity

· Some rigidity can develop, causing creativity to peak in young adulthood.

Creative life stage

Young adulthood is often a life stage when creativity flourishes.

Physical Changes in Middle Adulthood Changes in Sensory Abilities

Vision declines

· Lens becomes, less flexible

· Rods and cones diminish in numbers

Hearing declines—especially for high pitched sounds

· Less flexible inner ear

Environment also plays a role

· Physical Changes in Middle Adulthood

· Changes in Sensory Abilities

Physical Changes in Middle Adulthood Changes in Reproductive Systems

· Climacteric—Fertility decline in midlife Menopause—End of monthly ovulation and menstruation

· Timing influenced by genetics

· Variety of symptoms

· Include hot flashes, headaches, and dizziness

· Culture can impact symptoms Physical Changes in Middle Adulthood Changes in Reproductive Systems

Hormone Replacement Therapy (HRT)

· Severe menopause treatment

· Effective at reducing symptoms

· Strengthens bones and reduces colon cancer

· Increased risk of stroke, heart attacks, and breast cancer

· Over 60 advised against HRT

Responses Typically enjoyed and welcomed

· Men’s changes include lowered testosterone levels, sperm quality, and quantity

· Possible evolutionary reason for no male menopause

Major health risks in middle adulthood include sleep problems, osteoporosis, cardiovascular problems, and cancer

· Sleep problems

· Common after 40 Occurs with other problems as well

· May not get enough sleep

· Osteoporosis—bones become thin and brittle as a result of rapid calcium depletion

· Estrogen loss increases risk for women not men

· Genetics risk factor for osteoporosis Lifestyle can have an affect

· Diet and regular exercise are protective factor

Cardiovascular disease- leading cause of death among adults worldwide

· Risk factors include high fat diets, smoking, lack of physical activity

· Stress is another factor (Chronic and Acute Stress)CVD can be treated Protective factors: exercise, weight, and aspirin daily.

Write a fiction story using guidelines below

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Write a fiction story using guidelines below 

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Final Manuscript and Workshop Assignment

1) Select any 2nd draft (or any other writing project that you began during the current

semester) that you would like to continue to work with. You may choose to work from

your most current draft or use the piece as an inspiration to start something new. Your

only restriction is that this must be a piece that you began during the current

semester, either in class or on your own.

2) Edit/change/grow/expand your original work into one 6-10 page manuscript in one

of the following genres:

a. Fiction or non-fiction (one unified piece; segmenting, etc okay)

b. Poetry (any number of separate poems)

c. Play script (any number of scenes from the same play)

Poetry or a play script may be double- or single-spaced as makes the most sense for the

piece and meets the length requirement. Prose must be double-spaced.

3) We will have a mock workshop, followed by formal group workshop for each student’s

work during weeks 13-15. You are responsible for posting at least 4 pages of your

manuscript draft to Blackboard for the class 48 hours in advance of your workshop

date, which will be randomly selected (if you are aware that you must be absent on

one of the scheduled workshop dates, notify Prof. Ritt no later than week 11). Failure

to submit your draft for group workshop will result in a grade of 0 on the final

manuscript, regardless of work submitted. No exceptions will be made.

4) Participating in workshop is worth up to 20 points of your final grade. In order to

receive participation points, you will read the drafts for workshop on each date, bring

a copy to class, and be prepared to offer at least one comment on each piece.

Participation procedures will be explained further during the mock workshop.

5) Your final draft of the final manuscript is due on the last day of class. No late

papers will be accepted, and extensions are not valid on the final manuscript. This

assignment is worth 100 points, or 25% of your overall course grade. You will be

graded, similarly to class assignments, on the regular creative writing rubric. Keep in

mind that as a revision piece, this work should show significant growth and

substantial revision from the original draft, including careful attention to storytelling

and language elements as well as to editing and formatting. Your final manuscript

should be portfolio-quality work that you are proud to submit. You will also include a

brief artist’s statement (+10 out of the 100 points), explaining your vision for the piece.

Further instructions for manuscript submission are given on the reverse.

See Prof. Ritt with any questions or concerns. Remember that the Writing Lab is available

to you as a resource. Happy writing!

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Final Manuscript Submission Guidelines

Due last day of class promptly at 12:30pm

 Final manuscript

o Length: 6-10 pages

 Manuscripts shorter than 6 pages will lose points.

 Manuscripts longer than 10 pages will not receive in-line comments

after page 10. If your planned piece is much longer than 10 pages,

you may include a short synopsis (1 paragraph max) of the rest of the

plot. Your excerpt should still make sense on its own as a chapter.

o Formatting: Size 12 font, normal margins

 Poetry: Single or double-space; leave an extra blank line between

separate poems. If only one poem to a page, be sure to include 6-10

pages worth of text.

 Play script or screenplay: Single or double-space (if long lines); follow

play- or screenwriting conventions for formatting (see playwriting

handout for details).

 Fiction or non-fiction: Double-space; use prose formatting (NOT script)

for dialogue and actions.

o Standards: Manuscript will be graded on the normal rubric, with each column

x3 points. Points possible= 90.

 Artist’s statement

o Write a one-page statement exploring any or all of the following ideas.

Please be as specific as possible:

 What were your goals for revising this manuscript?

 What inspired you to write the piece originally?

 What do you want the reader to know about its creation and/or form?

 In what ways do you feel your writing has grown or changed this

semester? In what ways do you hope to continue to grow?

o Please double-space your artist’s statement.

o Artist’s statements will be graded on thoughtful evaluation of your work and

revision process, specificity, and clarity. Points possible= 10.

 Large-size 8×11” envelope (will be provided)

addressed as follows:

o Return address (top left corner):

 Prof. Megan Ritt, English Dept

Harold Washington College

30 E. Lake St

Chicago, IL 60601

o Your address (center):

 Your name and full street address (include zip code)

 You should receive your final manuscript, along with comments, via USPS within 2-

3 weeks of the last day of class. (I will mail them from school shortly after final

grades are done; scores will be available on Brightspace).

Why did Anna Wille give her essay the title “‘Born and Bred, Almost’?

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To fulfill the requirements of this assignment, please answer the related questions below.  You will need to read one primary text for this assignment: Anna Wille’s “‘Born and Bred, Almost’—Mimicry As a Humorous Strategy in Zadie Smith’s White Teeth and Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia.” This source is available in the Week 16 Module on our EC Learn page.  Please include direct quotations (phrases, words, or full sentences) in your answer and please reference page numbers. 

  • For example, if you have a quotation from page 455 in Wille’s, you will need to note the page number like this: (Wille 455). .

Do not exceed five sentences of reasonable length in your answer and take the time to write clearly and efficiently.  Please type your answers into this document and upload your final draft on EC Learn.  I will not accept hand-written answers.  This assignment is worth twenty (20) points.

Each of you has the ability to do well on this assignment.  The challenge here is to integrate ideas from each text into your answer seamlessly.  You do not have much space to work with in this assignment.  Every word in every sentence counts.  (Remember one important thing: quotations from your primary texts count towards the five-sentence limit.)  Take your time with this assignment.  Give yourself about ten (10) total hours to complete it.

You will need to create an accurate MLA (8th edition) citation for Anna Wille’s “‘Born and Bred, Almost’—Mimicry As a Humorous Strategy in Zadie Smith’s White Teeth and Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia.”  This citation will be worth five (5) of the total twenty (20) available points.

Why did Anna Wille give her essay the title “‘Born and Bred, Almost’—Mimicry As a Humorous Strategy in Zadie Smith’s White Teeth and Hanif Kureishi’s The Buddha of Suburbia”?  How is this title relevant to the argument she wants to make about Kureishi’s and Smith’s books?