300 word min reply with references

At my most recent job, they had a poor process for reporting HR issues. We could only take our problems to our employer, so frequently I was either concerned to report an issue, or told that my issue was fake. Some of my co-workers had issues with how to discuss, and speak to women. For some time I was the only woman in the office, so I frequently became the subject of inappropriate, often harassing discussions. When I would bring these issues to my employer, I was frequently disregarded since I was the only employee that reported issues (likely since I was the only woman). The process was as follows:

1. Employee witnessed an issue that warranted reporting.
2. Employee personal messaged employer asking to speak to them in their office.
3. Employer verbally called for the employee to enter their office.
4. Employee discussed issues.
5. Employer offered response as to wether the employee’s concern was valid.
6. Employer signaled that the conversation was over and to leave their office.

I would like to see this process to change because it caused shame to enter their office, it caused nervousness to discuss issue, and it caused reporting issues to be extremely rare as result.

An information system could greatly assist this process if the employer is to continue being the one who hears interoffice issues. A type of information system that would aid this process is a Human Resource Information System (HRIS). According to an article on information systems that assist HR issues, “depending on the type of HRIS software, it should generate various reports, provide ad hoc reporting capabilities and offer HR analytics” (Rouse, 2019). This HRIS could allow for anonymity, and confidence when reporting offenses. Five requirements that the system would need to have are:

• The system must allow for employees to report offenses.
• The system must allow for offenses to be reported anonymously if the employee prefer.
• The system must only allow the employer to see the reports made.
• The system must allow the employer to save reports.
• The system must allow the employer to organize reports topically.

These requirements are written in a way that satisfies the requirements for a properly written requirement. The sentiment, “employers should be able to topically organize reports” has been written in proper requirement format, and reads, “The system must allow the employer to organize reports topically.”

These requirements would allow for employees to report problems without shame and nervousness. The employee could choose wether or not to attach their name to an issue, allowing individuals to report issues that have the potential to be shameful or disregarded. It would eliminate the judgement of the severity of a report based on who reported it. In my case, I would not have been disregarded based on who I am. The capabilities of the system to keep, and organize reports would allow the employer to see how many reports had been made about a specific issue. The problems with the “as-is” process caused me to leave the job. I had grown weary of enduring the inappropriate discussions, then disregarded when I attempted to speak up about the issues.

References:

Rouse, M. (2019, September 17). What is an HRIS (Human Resource Information System)? Retrieved April 15, 2020, from https://searchhrsoftware.techtarget.com/definition/HRIS

 

10 pages essays on Egypt:

About:

1.      Population.

2.      The Status of Poverty and Food Security.

3.      Water crisis.

4.      Politics 2014.

English 3346 University of Houston-Downtown

Introduction to Literary Translation
Assignment 3 – FINAL TRANSLATION PROJECT (25%)

Overview:

Dr. Davidson

The FINAL TRANSLATION PROJECT assignment is intended to engage you in an authentic encounter with literary translation that demonstrates the breadth and depth of your knowledge of the issues we have grappled with in this course with regard to translation theory and practice.

Toward that end, you are asked to identify a literary text you wish to translate from your source language into English, to translate a significant portion of that work, and to contextualize your project by developing a translator’s preface as a companion piece to the translated manuscript. Your preface should address such issues as: 1) how you discovered this literary text and why you wish to bring it into English, 2) information about your author’s biography or literary practice, 3) historical or cultural contexts important to an understanding of the work, 4) particular theoretical perspectives that have been useful and that you have applied in your translation practice, 5) linguistic issues specific to your source language that have impacted your translation process, and 6) examples of problems you have faced or difficult choices you have made on behalf of the strongest possible translation of this literary text. You should also provide a complete bibliography of all sources you have cited and/or consulted for this project, including interviews with native speakers or scholars in the fields of literature, linguistics, or literary translation.

Strategies:

1. 1) First, consider your own literary and linguistic passions. Choose a work that you feel compelled by and determine a reasonable amount of text for your final project. If you are translating fiction, you may wish to undertake anywhere from 2 to 4 chapters. If you are translating poetry, you may wish to translate a full or partial cycle of poems, i.e. anywhere from 5 to 10 poems. Your choice will depend upon the length and difficulty of the material, as well as the overall integrity of your project
2. 2) Second, you should provide as part of your final translation manuscript: a) the literary text in its original source language, b) your final translation of that text, and 3) full documentation of your translation process. You may wish to include your initial transliteration as well as each subsequent draft translation. These drafts serve as important documentation of the progressive stages of your process in arriving at your choices in the final translated manuscript.
3. 3) Third, you should develop a preface that serves as a defense of your manuscript. Your preface should include a full discussion of the range of issues outlined below, and will likely be ca. 6-8 pages in length:
   1. a) your discovery of this literary text and your reasons for choosing it as a translation project for this course,
   2. b) information about your author’s biography or literary practice,
   3. c) historical or cultural contexts important to an understanding of this literary work,
   4. d) particular theoretical perspectives that have informed your translation practice,
   5. e) linguistic issues specific to your source language that have impacted your translation process, and
   6. f) examples of problems you have faced or difficult choices you have made on behalf of the strongest possible translation of this text.

English 3346 University of Houston-Downtown Introduction to Literary Translation Dr. Davidson

4) Fourth, you should append to your preface a full bibliography of the sources you have used.

5) Fifth, upload an electronic copy of your project to Blackboard via the assignment dropbox created for this purpose, and bring a hard copy to class for submission to your instructor.

Format:

Your preface should be typed, double-spaced, and use one-inch margins and standard 12 pt. font. You should use Modern Language Association (MLA) format in the presentation of the bibliography. Your manuscript should be formatted as you deem appropriate to a professional presentation of your translated literary work. I leave that format to your discretion, as it may differ depending upon your genre (poetry, fiction, children’s literature, etc.).

Due Date:

Your final project is due no later than midnight on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. This allows you a full week beyond our last FTF class meeting to complete your work. Please provide an electronic copy of your materials via the Blackboard assignment dropbox located in the FINAL PROJECT folder for my review and comment. I will return your graded final projects via Blackboard during our final exam period. I will also be in my office during this time if you would like to discuss your project and/or your final course grade with me. I look forward to your translations! Thank you in advance! (Final exam schedule TBD.)

Confidentiality:

Please also indicate at the conclusion of your project whether or not I have your permission to share your work with my colleagues in the Department of English at UHD or in the American Literary Translators Association who are developing literary translation course curricula. Your work would serve only as a pedagogical model, would not be widely distributed, nor be used for publication purposes. You would retain full rights to the translated material, and you may wish to copyright your translation before submitting it for distribution to other university faculty members.

Learning Outcomes:

Upon successfully completing this assignment, you will have begun to…
1) Demonstrate an understanding of conventions and techniques used in literary translation.
2) Demonstrate a robust practical knowledge of these conventions and techniques in your own

translation of poetry or prose.
3) Integrate your reflective understanding of the art of literary translation with appropriate

literary and cultural contexts.
4) Consider how translation practice erases barriers between disciplines, languages, and

cultures; and fosters both interdisciplinary and international collaborative thinking and research relevant to 21st-century global concerns.

BUS 499 Assignment 3 Business-Level and Corporate-Level Strategies

they both have a 15 min time limit but t doesn’t say how many questions. it is typically about 8 to 10 questions.

these are week quizzes over home work assignments given. i will provide the log in when i choose the toutor.