ISCOM 476 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Riordan Manufacturing Supply Chain Evaluation

Discussion assignments will be graded based upon the criteria and rubric specified in the Syllabus.

For this Discussion Question, complete the following.

1. Read the short explanation of the 4 basic types of economies. Research two of these types further.

2. Locate one journal article for each of your two chosen economic types. You need to focus on the Abstract, Introduction, Results, and Conclusion. For our purposes, you are not expected to fully understand the Data and Methodology.

3. Summarize these journal articles. Please use your own words. No copy-and-paste. Cite your sources.

500 words, APA format and references atleast 2

Assignment: Inductive and Deductive Theory  Although the terms inductive and deductive theory suggest that these are, in fact, theories, they are really approaches to thinking and reasoning. In the inductive approach, researchers gather evidence and draw conclusions from it. They may begin with observations through which they can identify patterns. These patterns, in turn, help them formulate initial claims or hypotheses that can be tested. In the deductive approach, researchers may begin with a theory-supported hypothesis, and then gather evidence to support the claim (although sometimes the data may refute it!).  In practice, inductive and deductive theory are not as compartmentalized as the paradigms you explored in this week’s Discussion. A researcher may consider him or herself to be squarely in the conflict paradigm “camp,” and use that as the major framework with which he or she attempts to understand the world. Generally, researchers are neither inductive nor deductive practitioners exclusively, but instead may find that they utilize both within a cycle, with evidence informing hypotheses and hypotheses influencing the types of evidence collected.   For this Assignment, you perform a close reading of two brief case studies and determine the inductive and deductive characteristics of each.  

 To Prepare  Read the case studies: “An Example of Inductive Theory: Why Do People Smoke Marijuana?” and “An Example of Deductive Theory: Distributive Justice” from Chapter 2 of the Babbie course text in this week’s Learning Resources.   

The Assignment (3 pages): •Summarize the two case studies and their findings. •Define inductive and deductive theory.  •Explain the specific aspects of these studies that make them either inductive or deductive.

Babbie, E. (2016). The basics of social research (7th ed.). Belmont, CA: Cengage.  •Chapter 2, “Paradigms, Theory, and Research” (pp. 30–59)

https://cengagebrain.vitalsource.com/books/9781305856318/pageid/59

 

You will use the information you have gathered and the insight you have gained from Impact Assignment: Part 1 to develop a PowerPoint Presentation of at least 15 slides, including a title slide and a reference slide. Do not exceed 16 slides of content. This presentation must be created as if you are presenting information to a group of clients regarding the impact your topic has on development. Assume that they are unfamiliar with your topic and are seeking your help understanding the impact this topic has on them or their family members. 

 

 

 

You must use your textbook and the sources you used in Part 1; however, you can also use other relevant sources of information to develop your PowerPoint Presentation. Include appropriate citations to your sources at the bottom of each slide.

 

 

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Write two introductory paragraphs on “Diary of a Madman”

Your task, when it is your turn to write, is to imagine you are writing a 6 page conference paper on the reading for that day. So if you are writing on Things Fall Apart chap 14-19, pretend you are writing a conference paper on those chapters. HOWEVER I ONLY WANT YOU TO WRITE THE FIRST TWO GRAPHS–NOT THE WHOLE PAPER. We’re learning to write a paper in baby steps, so let’s just focus on the first two graphs for now.

Everyone else will critique your graphs, just like I do in my feedback.

I want your graphs to accomplish the following goals:

1. First graph:
   1. Explain a problem being discussed in WHUM (canon vs non-canon, formal vs historical criticism, or something else–you are the author, you pick!)
   2. Explain a gap in this research
   3. Use some kind of Gaipa strategy
   4. Propose a question that helps fill the gap
   5. Provide your answer to the question
2. Second graph:
   1. Reintroduce the research question
   2. Explain what specific thing you are looking at to answer the question
   3. Explain why that thing you are looking at (in this case the chapters you are assigned) helps answer the question
   4. Use some kind of Gaipa strategy

I know this seems very restrictive, but we are taking baby steps and you’ll grow more freedom as you learn. Right now I want you to think about this stuff and I want the feedback givers to really focus on it.