Reading response, read the follow paragraph, write 300 words response. Add one citation from files materials.

“After completing week three readings, I have chosen to focus my discussion on the concept of peasantry. Peasantry is talked about in a small way in a few of the readings, but is the primary focus in Kautsky’s “The Peasant Industry” from the Agrarian Question, on pages 186-190 of the packet. This specific reading stood out to me and was helpful to use in better understanding the other readings because it explains the idea of the progression of peasantry and also its “rapid demise” (packet p. 187) The first half of the reading talks about how the medieval peasant family was very self sufficient and was able to produce all of the things they needed (food, clothes, tools, leather, house accessories, etc.) (Packet, P.186) Their only purpose for needing to trade was to trade things that they had excess of. The benefit of this, as Kautsky explains, is that “the enemy could not actually destroy them” (Packet, P.23)

This changed however with the development of industry. The piece of this section that was most noteworthy and interesting to me is that the peasantry goods became luxury items, and therefore too expensive to consume and also for them to make, changing the dynamic of how their economy previously ran. I found this very interesting, and wanted to point out how something that was essential to them, some how became a luxury good to someone else, in what appears to be such a quick period of time.

I wanted to compare this reading to the reading of Michael Altieri’s “Ecological Impacts of Industrial Agriculture and the possibility for Truly sustainable farming.” (Packet, P191-199) This reading discusses the concept of monocultures and the issues that come with crop specialization where the same crop is grown on the same land year after year. The reading discusses how when multiple different crops are grown on the same land, the soil gets nutrients and differentiation from these different crops, so in doing monocultures, there is an issue where fertilizers and repellents become needed. My point of bringing this up in comparison to peasantry is that the peasants produced all of their own things, so I would assume they also used one spot of land for many different purposes, such as growing many different crops. I am curious, at what point did it become noticed that it was a benefit to the soil in doing this? And was part of the reason that monoculture started because the peasants could no longer afford the “luxury goods” they were making before? Perhaps I am totally off base here, however it was something that got me thinking about the relation between peasantry and monocultures, and in turn, the wellness of the soil.”

600–1,200 words of new content; 3,000–6,000 words (10–20 pages) total, including all deliverables

Assignment

In the previous weeks, you selected a project to develop your
Contract and Procurement Plan Key Assignment around. In Week 1, you
provided compelling documentation on make versus buy, which led to
determining a contract type that you would outsource the work with. In
Week 2, you developed a detailed statement of work, included it in a
formal RFP, and developed the section criteria to select the source the
contract would be awarded to. In Week 3, you evaluated all of the risks
involved with procuring out this work and determined what the overall
management and contract administration processes would be. In Week 4,
you implemented processes for change control and quality control to
reduce some of the risks identified in Week 3.

At this point, you are planning for procurement closure, which
includes attention being given to the legal aspects, rights, and
responsibilities as well as all of the closure activities. In the final
week, you are also revising the Key Assignment draft document based on
feedback from your instructor and peers.

Deliverables

The overall project deliverables are as follows:

• Update the Key Assignment document title page with the new date and project name.
• Update previously completed sections based on instructor feedback.
• Complete the new content below, and copy it under the sections in the Key Assignment document called Project Procurement Legal Rights & Responsibilities and Project Procurement Closeout.

New content to be inserted is as follows:

1. Project Procurement Legal Rights and Responsibilities
   1. Discuss the legal aspects involved with contract management and closure.
   2. Discuss the process to be used to handle any outstanding
      issues, claims, and disputes, such as through an alternative dispute
      resolution (ADR).
   3. Document what might be terms for contract termination by either the seller or buyer.
   4. Outline rights and responsibilities of both the seller and buyer as they relate to procurement closure.
2. Project Procurement Closeout
   1. Determine the acceptance criteria for determining that the project procurement is complete.
   2. Identify the process for obtaining final sign-offs and final payments to close out the contract.
   3. Determine final documentation to be included in the project procurement closure package.
   4. Identify the techniques that will be utilized to elicit lessons learned.
3. Be sure to update your table of contents before submission.
4. Name the document “LastName_FirstName_MPM346_IP5.doc.”
5. Submit the final Key Assignment document for grading.

Just a reminder that we will not have class on Wednesday, March 14th. Here is what you will need to do for the next class; you will need to begin drafting your introduction paragraph for your Unit 2 essay. You will need to draft a summary of your article; make sure that the summary offers nothing but the facts and assumes a neutral tone. Then you will need to draft a thesis about your article. First, you will need to decide if the author’s rhetorical strategies are mostly convincing or unconvincing. You need to take a stance. Then select between 4-5 rhetorical strategies that will help you support your selected stance. Then you will need to produce a thesis statement regarding those rhetorical strategies, explaining why those specific strategies are convincing or unconvincing. Be sure that you use the handout regarding the “Structure of a Rhetorical Essay” as a guide when drafting.

2 pages

this is the article

https://economix.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/11/11/shou…

Introduction and Alignment

Just as individuals can be influenced to adhere to a high ethical standard, or pulled to a lower standard, teams of individuals are also similarly influenced. In addition, teams have their own challenges and concerns. This workshop will introduce you to the problems and challenges of creating high-performance teams while also building an ethical environment; this knowledge will better able you to lead high-performance teams within an ethical environment.

Upon completion of this assignment, you should be able to:

• Develop an ethical culture for team performance.

Resources

• Textbook: Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership
• Textbook: Essentials of Business Ethics
• File: Chapter 8.ppt
• Media: Organizational Culture

Background Information

Workplace teams have become quite common in today’s global environment. Teams often bring together people with differing skills, knowledge, culture, and increasingly, language. This diversity can promote innovation and creativity. However, this very diversity can create challenges to performance through misunderstanding, confusion, lack of clarity in roles, responsibilities, or even agreement as to the “right” course of action. This assignment explores some of the issues and problems of team formation and performance, and in particular, the ethical dimensions of creating high-performance teams.

Instructions

1. Download and review the Chapter 8.ppt presentation.
2. Read Chapter 8 in Meeting the Ethical Challenges of Leadership and Chapter 10 in Essentials of Business Ethics. As you read, think about some team you were a part of and how did the team influence you and your actions.
3. View the video “TWZ Role Plays: Organizational Culture.”
4. Navigate to the threaded discussion and respond to the following:
   1. Compare and contrast the different leadership styles displayed by each team leader in the video.
   2. How does each leader’s personal leadership style impact the team’s identity and productivity?
   3. What leadership and followership ethics lessons do you take from this case?
5. Your response should be provide a sufficient level of detail and demonstrate clear, insightful critical thinking.
6. Your initial post should be 200 to 300 words in length and include two academic resources that are properly cited.
7. Your initial post is due by the end of the fourth day of the workshop.
8. Read and conduct a critical analysis of postings by two of your classmates by the end of the workshop.
   1. The topic of your discussion response should be your classmate’s posting and should be written as if you were reviewing his or her posting in an academic journal. Your discussion response should therefore answer the following questions as applicable:
      1. Were the arguments of your classmate articulate and logical? Were the facts correct?
      2. Was the interpretation your classmate provided reasonable and consistent with experts in the field? Was your classmate consistent with both the substance and intent of his/her references?
   2. The focus for your critical analysis is not whether or not you agree with your classmate, but how well his/her position was presented.
   3. Each response should be at least 200 words in length and cite two academic sources. (Note: the academic sources do not count towards the word length requirement.)

Respond to the following:

1. Compare and contrast the different leadership styles displayed by each team leader in the video.
2. How does each leader’s personal leadership style impact the team’s identity and productivity?
3. What leadership and followership ethics lessons do you take from this case?