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In our recent study of learning styles, we learned the importance of locating helpful resources that address our learning preferences to assist with understanding. Using class materials or open web credible resources, discuss a reading strategy that appeals to you the most. Discuss its perceived weaknesses and strengths (minimum 250 words)

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Week 10 Discussion

“Do You Have What It Takes to Be a Public Leader?” Please respond to the following:

  • From all of the weekly readings, analyze the key influences that the theoretical and practical aspects of public leadership may exert upon a public leader’s performance. Provide two (2) examples of these influences to support your response.
  • From all of the weekly readings, predict two to three (2-3) challenges that public leaders will face regarding the future of public leadership. Provide a rationale for your response.

Week 10 Reading(s)

Read the following articles and be prepared to discuss:

Week 10 Assignment 4 Submission

Click the link above to submit your assignment.

Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” in the Student Center.
Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.

Assignment 4: Public Leadership Presentation
Due Week 10 and worth 150 points

Condense information from Assignments 1, 2, 3, and additional criteria in order to develop a creative and appealing PowerPoint presentation.

Incorporate the professor’s feedback from Assignments 1, 2, and 3 in order to proficiently develop Assignment 4.

Use the basic outline below as headers for your presentation. Organize your responses to each question (except Questions 1, 2, and 8) under the following slide headings:

  • Role of the Chief of Staff (for Question 3)
  • Public Leadership Theory (for Question 4)
  • Public Leadership Styles (for Question 5)
  • Public Leadership Trends (for Question 6)
  • Our Government Leadership (for Question 7)

Create a ten to twelve (10-12) slide presentation in which you:

  1. Create a title slide and references section (as indicated in the format requirements below).
  2. Narrate each slide, using a microphone, indicating what you would say if you were actually presenting in front of an audience. Note: If you do not have access to a microphone, then you should provide detailed speaker notes with your presentation.
  3. Briefly summarize your role as Chief of Staff and the task the City Manager had charged you with regarding the Public Leadership Academy.
  4. From the specific leadership theories that you had reviewed in the previous assignments, determine one (1) theory that best fits the mission of the Public Leadership Academy. Provide a rationale to support your answer.
  5. From the styles that you had discussed in the previous assignments, determine two (2) styles that best fit the mission of the Public Leadership Academy. Provide a rationale to support your answer.
  6. Predict three (3) public leadership trends that you believe will be particularly significant within the next decade.
  7. Based on your responses in Questions 4-6, prepare an argument that convinces the City Manager to adopt the leadership theory and style(s) that best fit the mission of the Public Leadership Academy. Provide support for your argument.
  8. Include at least four (4) peer-reviewed references (no more than five [5] years old) from material outside the textbook. Note: Appropriate peer-reviewed references include scholarly articles and governmental Websites. Wikipedia, other wikis, and any other websites ending in anything other than “.gov” do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title slide is not included in the required slide length.
  • Include a reference slide containing the sources that were consulted while completing research on the selected topic, listed in APA format. The reference slide is not included in the required slide length.
  • Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide, two to three (2-3) colors, two to three (2-3) fonts, and two to three (2-3) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from eighteen (18) feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Slides should abbreviate the information in no more than five or six (5 or 6) bullet points each.
  • Slide titles should be based on the criteria being summarized (e.g., “Four Key Attributes,” “Responses to Budget Issues,” etc.).

Topic Paper

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Topic 1

  1. Neal Postman calls American television a “medium” that creates a
    “social and intellectual environment” that “attacks” “literate culture”
    because it “requires minimal skills to comprehend it, and is largely
    aimed at emotional gratification” (84, 86).What do you think?
  1. Postman claims that by presenting “all subject matter” as
    “entertaining,” American television “has made entertainment itself the
    natural format for the representation of all experience” (87).What do
    you think?
  1. Please make a list of popular concerns often expressed
    about technologies like the internet, comic books and video games and
    identify points of overlap and distinction.
  1. Can you come up with an example of how television has served as a rule-breaking tool for you?

Topic 2

  1. What do you think about Hirsch & Newcomb’s ’s claim
    that television serves as a “cultural forum”? How does “Betty, Girl
    Engineer” raise questions that encourage civic discussion? How does it
    close them down?
  1. How will different viewers walk away from “Betty, Girl Engineer” with different interpretations?
  1. Has the explosion of channels and platforms, along with
    the ability to time shift content altered television’s possible role as a
    cultural forum?

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U.S Mental Health Delivery System discuss this topic 100 word one reference thanks

short 2-page essay

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write a 2-page essay examining the strength and weaknesses of Kaufman’s claim in chapter 6 that the Civil Wars in Yugoslavia is the only typical example of the “elite-led conflicts,” while the civil wars in Georgia and Azerbaijan are the typical examples of “mass-led conflicts“ while the civil war in Moldova is a curious hybrid case, “which began as a mass-led conflict, but required elite manipulation to result in war.” The strengths and weaknesses of the primordialist, ethnosymbolist, modernist, perennialist, constructionist and instrumentalist theories of nationalism examined on the case of the Yugoslav breakup. (focus on the material I provided, use your own words and do not cite)


English 2 writing exercise

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This is kind of a big assignment but it should be super easy and I will provide all the resources…

STEP 1: READ

Read (I will send separate)

Note that while, in places, it may refer exclusively to quoted passages, the formula is equally relevant to paraphrased passages you want to integrate into a piece of your academic writing – the approach is nearly identical, just without the quote marks to indicate a direct quotation. When you paraphrase a passage from a source, it must be credited and cited just as quotes are. If you have questions about the C-A-C-E formula or any element of the handout, reach out on Canvas message or visit office hours.

STEP 2: CREATE & PREPARE

Next, create an MLA formatted document

(proper header, page numbers, margins, etc.) and save the file as “Exercise 3.” In the body of the blank document, insert the following four section titles, clearly labeling each:

  • I. The Revised Paragraph from Exercise 1 or 2 (indicate which)

  • II. Two Passages to Integrate

  • III. Paragraph with Integrated Passages (C-A-C-E)

  • IV. Evaluation & Reflection: the Quote/Paraphrase C-A-C-E Strategy

STEP 3: COPY & PASTE

Next, you’ll choose the “Revised Paragraph” segment from one of your two completed exercises. In both Exercise 1 (Trimble) or Exercise 2 (Zinsser) you completed a section entitled, “Revised Paragraph.” Choose one revised paragraph from one of these completed exercises as the text you’ll use here, to complete Ex. 3. Copy and paste your chosen “Revised Paragraph” from Ex. 1 or 2 under the first section heading. Reproduce it as-is, don’t change anything. Don’t include any other segments from these earlier exercises.

STEP 4: CHOOSE 2 PASSAGES FROM YOUR SOURCE(S)

Next, consider: what more could you add more from the original source(s) you were writing about to enhance a rewritten version of the revised paragraph? Where are the opportunities to add a quote or a paraphrased passage that would strengthen the paragraph overall, and further support/illuminate/ develop your ideas?

  • Revisit the text(s) that were the subject of your chosen revised paragraph (short stories, etc.)
  • Choose two different passages from the relevant source or sources to add (in the next step). What to think about and how to choose them:
        • Choose quotes that are most relevant to the ideas in your copied and pasted paragraph
        • Spend a little bit of time thinking about your quote selection. Choose wisely – knowing what to choose is a skill in itself.
        • Choose quotes that are one sentence long – they will likely be shortened later
  • Underneath the second section heading, “Two Passages to Integrate,” write down the two quotes accurately, noting the source, author, and page number of each. This short list of two items might look something like this:

        • II. Two Passages to Integrate

          • “Once upon a time in a faraway land, a princess was trapped in her stepfather’s castle.” (“The Princess,” by John Smith, p. 89, from Fairy Tale Anthology)
          • “Maria looked at the table, set for a formal dinner, and wondered who her mother was expecting.” (“Mystery Guest,” by Sally Jones, p.11)

STEP 5: COPY & PASTE, THEN APPLY C-A-C-E FORMULA (TWICE) TO CREATE FINAL RESULT

  • Underneath the third heading, copy and paste again your Revised Paragraph you chose to use. This is the same segment you copied and pasted for Section I.
  • For this stage of the exercise, you will use your already-written paragraph of literary analysis as a starting point to integrate the two passages you chose to use from the literary source materials — one as a direct (shortened) quote and one as a paraphrased passage

      • Shorten the quoted before incorporating it. Determine how much of it you actually need to present it clearly within the context of your own prose.

      • Transform one quoted passage into a paraphrased one. Make sure your paraphrase represents the quote accurately. Be attentive to citation format requirements: cite each source correctly, using the citation resources listed above in “Other Materials to Use”
      • Apply the formula to both passages: contextualize, explain and incorporate these passages successfully by following the steps explained in the C-A-C-E formula. For each, supply:
          • C = Context
          • A = Attribution
          • C = Citation (MLA– you will need to look up specifically how to cite a quote from this type of source.)
          • E = Explanation

      • Make any revisions to the surrounding preexisting sentences so that the newly expanded version makes sense.

  • Your final product should be a newly revised, well-developed expanded paragraph that includes two new passages – one a cited quote and one a cited paraphrase.
  • Each one will be integrated smoothly, discussed adequately, and formatted correctly, using each step of the C-A-C-E formula.
  • Cite correctly in MLA format
  • Paragraph Length: However long it needs to be to accomplish these objectives

STEP 6: REFLECT & EVALUATE

  • Finally, underneath the fourth section heading, (“Evaluation and Reflection”), briefly describe and assess your application of the C-A-C-E quote integration formula. (Length of this paragraph: 5 to 7 sentences).
  • In your paragraph, address the following:
    • Which components in the four-part formula have you typically struggled with in your writing in the past, or did not attempt at all? Briefly discuss.
    • Which, if any, of the four steps in the C-A-C-E formula did you find most challenging? Which was most useful to your writing? Briefly discuss.
    • What do you think are some characteristics that make a passage “quote-worthy” as opposed to one that is just as easily paraphrase in your own words?
    • How does the quality of your revised writing (now with well-integrated quotes as support) compare with your original? Compare and evaluate. Be specific

Korean society or culture research paper

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You have two options listed below. Before choosing your reading, however, clear it with me if it is not listed on this sheet. (Papers must
be typed, double-spaced. Papers 6-10 pages in length )

A. Select a work of Korean literature (or a collection of short works of Korean literature) from the period after 1945 comprising at least 100 pages of reading and analyze it as an expression of the some of the values or institutions of Korean society that have been discussed in class. Take into account that works of fiction are imaginary, and distinguish ideals from actual practice, description from satire and so forth. It may help to check reviews of the works to contextualize what message the author might have. Use the insight you have gained from readings and lectures, as well as appropriate supplementary material you feel is appropriate. (Supplementary material can count toward the 100 page goal).

B. Select a non-fiction book (or a series of non-fiction chapters or articles on the same topic) comprising at least 100 pages of reading relating to any aspect of post-1945 Korean society or culture which interests you, and write a critical review, evaluating it in terms of viewpoint, thesis, and method and showing how the material in the book is relevant to some topics or concerns mentioned in the course.

Style Sheet

(1) The writing in the paper should be your own words. You may not download material from the internet and present it as your own (that is plagiarism).

(2) Papers should be typed double-spaced with one inch margins on either side.

(3) Put your name and the title of the paper on a separate title sheet. Please don’t use fancy binders. They just make it difficult to stack the papers together.

(4) List at the top of your paper the readings upon which your paper is based. Spend no more than one-third of your paper in a description of the most important content of your readings. Devote most of your paper to discussing the relationship of what you read to the concepts and institutions discussed in the course lecture and other readings. Try to attain a clear and unified point of view in your paper with a thesis followed by paragraphs which argue for this thesis.

(5) Be sure to reference quotes and ideas taken from others, whether these are textbooks, your readings, the internet, or other sources. Anything not referenced is expected to be original. You may use any standard reference style—for example, footnoting as in the MLA style sheet, or references in parentheses as is done in social science writing. If you chose the latter style you must append a bibliography.

(6) Foreign words should be underlined or put in italics. Korean words should be rendered in the McCune-Resichauer System, Japanese in Hepburn and Chinese in Pinyin.

(7) Papers are graded on the clarity of your exposition of the content of your readings, skill with which you relate your readings to the course, and the care and quality of the writing.

(8) Quality of writing and clarity of thought are inseparable, so use some care in your writing. Spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc. will all be taken into consideration in grading the paper.

Some specific things I look for in papers are listed below.

1. Do you have a title and a thesis sentence which announce the theme of your essay?

2. Do your introduction and conclusion stand in some logical relationship? That is, does the last paragraph conclude the thoughts introduced in the first paragraph?

3. Does each paragraph in your essay develop some major point that contributes to your overall argument?

4. Do you have examples or evidence for each judgment or generalization you make, or have you logically demonstrated why this generalization should be true?

5. Do you have a clear style with grammatical sentences, and proper use of historical and other words?

6. Did you proofread your paper to correct typos, errors of spelling and the like?

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Assignment Overview

Individual Project

Proactive Planning

Tue, 10/3/17

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250

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Assignment Objectives

Describe the various stages of team development

Apply methods to improve negotiation skills and manage serious confrontation

Assignment Details

Assignment Description

You have just attended a manager’s meeting about establishing self-directed, high-performing teams. The company is concerned because some of the managers are having success building self-directed, high-performing teams while others are not. A discussion occurred that identified the characteristics of the successful team building elements and compared them to those managers that have not been successful. This is a situation where those who are struggling need to learn from those who are doing well. The discussions included identifying what could be going wrong and what steps might be taken for success.

You have been asked to write a research report that summarizes the meeting and offers some recommendations that might be helpful to those managers who are struggling. Specifically, your report must include:

  • Identification of the difficulties the managers may be having in establishing self-directed, high-performing teams
  • Identification of the successful characteristic of establishing self-directed, high-performing teams
  • Recommendations for success
  • A designed plan that might help guide the struggling managers and improve negotiation and conflict resolution skills

Use the Library and Internet to research this topic.

Present your findings as a 5-7 pages (body of paper) formatted in APA style.

Submitting your assignment in APA format means, at a minimum, you will need the following:

  • Title page: Remember the running head and title in all capital letters.
  • Abstract: This is a summary of your paper, not an introduction. Begin writing in third-person voice.
  • Body: The body of your paper begins on the page following the title page and abstract page, and it must be double-spaced between paragraphs. The typeface should be 12-pt. Times Roman or 12-pt. Courier in regular black type. Do not use color, bold type, or italics except as required for APA level headings and references. The deliverable length of the body of your paper for this assignment is 5-7 pages. In-text academic citations to support your decisions and analysis are required. A variety of academic sources is encouraged.
  • Reference page: References that align with your in-text academic sources are listed on the final page of your paper. The references must be in APA format using appropriate spacing, hang indention, italics, and upper- and lower-case usage as appropriate for the type of resource used. Remember, the reference page is not a bibliography, but it is a further listing of the abbreviated in-text citations used in the paper. Every referenced item must have a corresponding in-text citation.

Please submit your assignment.

Your assignment will be graded in accordance with the following criteria. Click here to view the grading rubric.

This assignment will also be assessed using additional criteria provided here.

For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.

Business in a Changing World: Sonic is a successful franchise that offers an old-fashioned drive-in.

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***Instructions: Answer each question to its entirety, minimum word count for entire assignment is 950 (not each question). The required in-text citation and reference is the attached file, please review before proceeding with the assignment. Here is the reference for it: Ferrell, O., Hirt, G., & Ferrell, L. (2009). Business in a Changing World. (7th ed.) pg. XX. New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Irwin. (Please input page number even for APA). Use other scholarly articles as well, minimum total reference is 3, to include what I provided for you. No PLAGIARISM and let me know if you have any concerns. Thank you!

Case 5: Sonic is a successful franchise that offers an old-fashioned drive-in experience.

1. What is Sonic’s competitive advantage over other fast-food franchises?

2. What are the advantages of becoming a Sonic franchisee?

3. What are the disadvantages of buying into the sonic franchise?

4. You are an executive involved with Sonic’s franchise operations. Sonic franchisees have become increasingly popular. On the other hand, you have heard about some notable cases of misconduct at a few franchisees. You think making the franchise requirements more stringent and/or increasing the initial investment will help the company maintain additional control over its franchise operations and increase profit. develop a list of requirements for opening up a new sonic franchise that will be distributed to new entrepreneurs wanting to open up their own.

Careers in finance , writing homework help

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Careers in Finance

Finance is an exciting field in need of intelligent, skilled people. The job opportunities range from corporate finance; financial planning; investment banking; insurance; and real estate from individuals, institutions, government, and businesses. Finance managers acquire, spend, and manage money and other financial assets.

Use the Internet and / or Strayer Resource Center to research career options within the field of finance. Consider the Bureau of Labor Statistics Website, and the Websites of finance professional associations such as the Association for Financial Professionals (AFP), Society of Financial Service Professionals (SFSP), The National Association for Personal Financial Advisors (NAPFA), and Financial Management Association International (FMA).

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

  1. Describe two (2) financial career options that an individual with a finance education might pursue and explain the value that such a position adds to a company.
  2. Explain the essential skills that would make a person successful in each of the described positions.
  3. Recommend one (1) of the career options. Identify the most attractive features of the position.
  4. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
    1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
    2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Describe the forms of business organizations and the role of financial managers within an organization.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in finance.
  • Write clearly and concisely about finance using proper writing mechanics.