Writing a Research Proposal

It’s time to share your work with your classmates. Post a brief outline of your research proposal in the discussion. Post your outline in the discussion area along with a discussion of your experience of putting together a research proposal. Summary statements of the sections are appropriate here. However, you should avoid simply copying and pasting your entire proposal to the outline. Address the following issues in your discussion:

• What was the most challenging part of the project?
• What might you do differently if you were to actually carry out this study?

Discuss your own plans for future research.

• Will you conduct research, participate in research, or simply be a consumer of research?
• How can you use research in your career, currently and in the future?

Consult the G.R.E.A.T. Discussion and Feedback Guidelines With Checklist document to craft your discussion post.

Assess the external environment for the organization you researched in Week 1. (home depot is the company, I am uploading my week 1 also)

Based on your assessment and the organization’s strengths and weaknesses you identified in Week 1, evaluate opportunities for that organization to add economic, social, and environmental value.

Recommend an opportunity that best capitalizes on the organization’s valuable, rare, and hard-to-imitate resources, is least impacted by the organization’s weaknesses, and will take best advantage of the external environment.

Create a PowerPoint presentation to present your assessment, evaluation, and recommendation. Include the following sections in your presentation:

• A cover slide
• An agenda
• A description of the organization (1 slide with speaker’s notes).
• A summary of the strengths and weakness of the organization (2 slides with speaker’s notes)
• Key aspects of your assessment of the external environment that present opportunities for adding value, such as trends, unmet needs, unsolved problems, under-served consumer groups, etc. (2-3 slides with speaker’s notes)
• An evaluation of opportunities to add economic value (1 slide with speaker’s notes)
• An evaluation of opportunities to add social value (1 slide with speaker’s notes)
• An evaluation of opportunities to add environmental value (1 slide with speaker’s notes). Note: Some opportunities may appear on more than 1 slide. For example, you may find an opportunity that adds economic, social, and environmental value.
• A recommended opportunity to pursue first, with a rationale that shows how the opportunity capitalizes on the organization’s valuable, rare, and hard-to-imitate resources, is not much impacted by the organization’s weaknesses, and takes advantage of the external environment (1 slide, with speaker’s notes)
• A conclusion
• References

Cite references to support your assignment.

Format your citations according to APA guidelines.

It is a fact that people are happier when their personalities agree with the culture of the organization they work for. Organizations have personalities just like you do and they are hard to change. It is also a fact that most people don’t take the time to know themselves well enough to see if they will ‘fit in’ with the culture where they work.

                                 

Visit the following site and take the Corporate Culture Preferences Self-Assessment.

http://www.mhhe.com/business/management/management_tutor_series/corpCulturePrefScale/index.html

If the above link does not work for you or if you have problems with your computer or software, use the following link and take this test instead to complete the assignment
http://www.mcgrawhill.ca/college/mcshane4/student/olc/4obm_sa_17.html

Please Note that this assessment requires Shockwave and if you aren’t sure or have problems theHelp Desk at the college will get you going.

Write a summery of what you learned about yourself. Do you agree with the findings? What else should you consider about your own abilities, likes and dislikes when looking for a career and ajob? What do you want to know about the organization you will consider working for? OtherInternet sites will be helpful when answering the last three questions.

from my instructor

I have read your submission and am not sure that you fully understood the directions. I will be glad to grade this if you like but it will not receive many points. You may want to re-read the instructions that include specific questions and the Rubric that I use to assign points. I see not much comparison between your ideaof yourself and the information you found from the cultural preferences test. In addition, no references were used. If you want me to grade this submission, just let me know.

corporate.docx 

Here is my results

Corporate Culture Preference Scale
To calculate your score, we’ve assigned 1 point to each selected choice. Those values were then added to one of four subscales as shown below. The maximum score for each subscale is 6 and the minimum is 0. The higher the score, the more you would likely feel comfortable in that type of culture.

ChoicesTotalled
ScoreControl Culture2a, 5a, 6b, 8b, 11b, 12a2Performance Culture1b, 3b, 5b, 6a, 7a, 9b1Relationship Culture1a, 3a, 4b, 8a, 10b, 12b5Responsive Culture2b, 4a, 7b, 9a, 10a, 11a4Explanation of Subscales: These subscales may be found in many organizations, but they represent only four of the many possible organizational culture values. Also, keep in mind that none of these subscales is inherently good or bad. Each is effective in different situations.
Control Culture: This culture values the role of senior executives to lead the organization. Its goal is to keep everyone aligned and under control.
Performance Culture: This culture values individual and organizational performance and strives for effectiveness and efficiency.
Relationship Culture: This culture values nurturing and well-being. It considers open communication, fairness, teamwork, and sharing to be a vital part of organizational life.
Responsive Culture: This culture values its ability to keep in tune with the external environment, including being competitive and realizing new opportunities.

Assignment Rubric (2)

CriteriaRatingsPts

Content

Were the questions thoroughly answered? Did the student relate the information in such a way as they could benefit personally from the exercise? This criteria is worth 1 to 15 points15 pts

No Marks0 pts

15 pts

Effort

Were additional sources used to provide a more complete understanding of the topic. This criteria is worth 1 to 15 points.15 pts

No Marks0 pts

15 pts

Structure

Was the assignment well structured and writted with correct grammar and spelling? Was APA style used where applicable? This criteria is worth 1 to 10 points.10 pts

No Marks0 pts

10 pts

Late Penalty

No Marks0 pts

The syllabus requires a 50% point deduction for late assignments.-20 pts

Personality disorders are chronic and persistent behavioral and emotional disturbances that are often difficult to treat. Some professionals have argued that these disorders are not mental disorders at all, but personality styles—that these individuals are just odd or unusual. Review your textbook and a minimum of two peer-reviewed references and discuss the diagnostic and measurement challenges and issues related to personality disorders. What classification approach is currently used in the DSM? Explain this approach. Identify and discuss relevant research on the causation, diagnosis, and treatment of personality disorders.

Your assignment should be at least a 2–3-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources and include a cover page and reference page

This questionnaire includes a total of six questions about your rhetorical analysis of the three Popular Science Writing examples. You must answer all of them in short essay responses. Your responses must be at least 4-5 sentences. and maybe much longer depending on your rhetorical analysis. When possible, you should also include specific, concrete examples/quotes from one or more of the example articles to illustrate your ideas.

1. Who do you think the audience is for popular science writing? How do you think this awareness has affected specific choices the authors make? Include at least one specific example/quote.

2. How would you describe the tone of these three pieces? Include at least one specific example/quote. What does the tone tell you about the purpose of this style of writing and/or the intended audience?

3. What do you notice and/or appreciate about the introductions? What would you say is the purpose of the introduction in popular science writing—and how do these authors effectively achieve that purpose?

4. Academic scientific writing is sometimes criticized for being difficult to understand, and laced with technical jargon; how have the writers of these pieces attempted to make scientific terms more understandable?

5. Based on your analysis, how do these authors use hyperlinks in their popular science writing? How do they use images or other visual media? How do these elements help the authors “tell the story”?

6. Based on your analysis of these three popular science articles, what would you say are some of the key components/expectations of popular science writing? In other words, what are some elements that you would intend to emulate/also include in your own popular science article?

Use these sources to answer these questions

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-…

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/drunk-mice-get-the-munchies1/

https://www.wired.com/2012/11/scientists-reveal-jurassic-forests-hidden-hangingfly/