Write a Block Business Letter from the perspective of company management. It must provide bad news to the recipient

/in /by

Write a Block Business Letter from the perspective of company management. It must provide bad news to the recipient and follow the guidelines outlined in Chapter 7: Delivering Bad-News Messages in BCOM9 (pages 116-136).

The message should take the block business letter form from the posted example; however, you will submit your assignment to the online course shell.

The block business letter must adhere to the following requirements:

  1. Content:
    1. Address the communication issue from the scenario.
    2. Provide bad news from the company to the recipient.
    3. Concentrate on the facts of the situation and use either the inductive or deductive approach.
    4. Assume your recipient has previously requested a review of the situation via email, letter, or personal meeting with management.
  2. Format:
    1. Include the proper introductory elements (sender’s address, date, recipient’s address). You may create any details necessary in the introductory elements to complete the assignment.
    2. Provide an appropriate and professional greeting / salutation.
    3. Single space paragraphs and double space between paragraphs.
    4. Limit the letter to one page in length.
  3. Clarity / Mechanics:
    1. Focus on clarity, writing mechanics, and professional language/style requirements.
    2. Run spell/grammar check before submitting.

Letter writing can be an effective way to communicate with legislators

/in /by

APA is preferred, but will accept MLA for the assignment. Resources that will help: http://www.easybib.com/ or https://www.zotero.org/

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/apa-paper-format-TC010076323.aspx

Letter writing can be an effective way to communicate with legislators. Communicating your concerns, stances, or opinions about issues can help mold legislation that affects you. Essentially, your letter helps your representatives understand your perspective about various issues and that you are monitoring his/her activities on that issue.

The purpose of this project is for you to research current legislation or a topic that is of interest to you. First, you will research the bill of interest identifying the bill number and contents. You will then draft a letter/e-mail to your congressperson, state representative, governor, mayor, City Council Member asking for his/her support or opposition to the bill. Your letter/e-mail should be written in a professional manner.

The following guidelines apply:

  • Your letter should be addressed to the member of congress who represents your district (open with the proper salutation). Note which congressional district you reside. Always address the letter as:

    Honorable State Representative (or Senator) XXX
    State House
    State Capitol

  • Dear Representative XXX or Dear Senator XXX

  • Your purpose for writing should be stated in the first paragraph of the letter. Do not state that you are writing the letter to fulfill a class requirement, as you want your letter to be taken seriously. Focus on one issue; do not ramble.
  • Always ask your representative to clarify his/her role on the issue you are discussing; this will encourage him/her to reply to your letter.
  • Identify the bill by its correct bill number. Note if he/she is a sponsor of said bill.
  • State in two or three paragraphs why this bill is of interest to you and why you are asking for their support or opposition to the bill.
  • Make sure you submit at least 500 words. Stating that this is a course assignment is not an acceptable reason for writing the letter/e-mail. If you decide to send the letter, thank him/her for their attention to this matter and state that you are looking forward to their reply.

The following websites may help you:

See below questions

/in /by

You are required to type two essays in response to the questions/statements below. You must answer question one. Then you may choose to answer any one of the other three questions. Answers must be a minimum of 1200 words.


Below is a mandatory question with a minimum of 1200 words

1. Looking back, we sometimes see events in history as nearly inevitable results of earlier actions. John Adams, the nation’s second president, seemed to succumb to this view when he argued that the Revolution was complete in the minds and hearts of men before the first shot was fired. Consider what Adams meant. Analyze the events leading up to the Revolution beginning from the end of the French and Indian war up to and including the Declaration of Independence. What did Jefferson and his collaborators on the Declaration say caused the war? Were they completely honest in their charges? What had the British done to cause the war and what might they have done differently in the period 1763 to 1776 that might have avoided the war? What had the Americans done that led the British to choose the actions they took and the policies that they implemented?

Choose one of the following questions and respond with no less the 1200 words.

  1. Colonial America was made up of various regions reflecting the culture of the people settled there, including their religions and by the geography of each area. Geographic realities had much to do with shaping the economies of each region. Two of those major regions included 1.) the South, with primary focus on the Chesapeake area, Virginia, and the Carolinas, and 2.) New England, with primary focus on Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island. Examine both. Why did colonists choose to come to each? What was the nature of the communities they established? What role did geography play in shaping their economies? What role did religion play? Why did slavery not take hold in New England when it was essential to the South?
  2. The War of 1812 coupled with the following “era of good feeling” are often referred to as America’s second war of independence. Why? What caused the war? Was America more independent after the war? How? Why? How did that new sense of freedom from Europe and self-confidence about the future manifest itself at home? In foreign policy? Be specific.
  3. In the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson asserted that people have the right to revolution to change unjust systems of government. After he was elected president, Jefferson argued that, while the right to change governments was inviolable, there was no longer a need to revert to violence to accomplish that change. America was and is, he would argue, a unique nation. Here, governments can be overthrown peacefully through the ballot box. Andrew Jackson and the Jacksonians would have agreed. How was Jackson’s election another revolutionary change? Was it really so different from what came before, or was much of the difference superficial? What really did change?

1 page essay

/in /by

Are childhood vaccinations safe for children?Your writing assignment for today is to present your opinion on this issue, and to refute counterarguments against your claim.

First you must state your claim, just as you would in an argument paper. Here are sample claims:

Pro: Vaccines should be mandatory for children because all available evidence shows them to be effective and safe in preventing disease.

Con: Vaccines should not be mandatory for children because they are not 100 percent effective and certain vaccines are capable of eliciting the very diseases they are meant to prevent.

Then, if you are pro vaccine refute these statements:

“Vaccination has long been a controversial practice, as common sense tends to warn parents against introducing an agent of disease into otherwise healthy children.”

“We know if we immunize a million people, that there will be 15 people [0.015 percent–ed.] that will suffer severe, permanent adverse outcomes and one person who may die from the vaccine.”

If you are against mandatory vaccinations, refute these statements:

“Judged strictly on the odds, it is far, far safer to immunize a child against smallpox than to take him or her in the car!”

“The truth is that virtually no credible medical authority has taken up the anti-vaccination cause.”

You may use quotes from your readings to refute these statements. If you do, cite them, in text only.

You must use this link only for the reference ( sources ) don’t use any other URL or website

http://web.a.ebscohost.com/pov/detail/detail?sid=b116e09e-2c51-48d8-81c7-31cf1079537d%40sessionmgr4004&vid=4&hid=4114&bdata=JnNpdGU9cG92LWxpdmU%3d#AN=23761083&db=pwh

if the url doesn’t work use the attached file

Complete 2 Business Assignments with No plgiarism

/in /by

PLEASE SEPARATE EACH ASSIGNMENT

Strategic Planning

On page 586, analyze the Strategic Planning at Branch-Smith Printing Division. What are some of the unique features associated to their Strategic Planning? Identify situations in which you had to strategically plan within your organization or place of employment.

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

  • Write between 700 – 1,000 words using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
  • Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
  • Include cover page and reference page.
  • At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
  • No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
  • Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
  • Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.

A detailed explanation of how to cite a source using APA can be found here (link).

Job Search

A well-developed resume remains an essential element of successfully obtaining a job.

This is a multi-part assignment.

Part 1: Conduct resarch and write a 1 page paper. Instructions include:

  • Online Job Search – Conduct an online job search and identify a position you might be interested in applying for.
  • In your paper, discuss your online search and how you went about finding the position.
  • Also, describe the job and how your background matches the requirements of the position. (Minimum length of 1 page).

[Notes: If you’re in the military and have no plans of discharging in the near future, focus on a civilian job that you would like to transition into following your military career. If your circumstances do not allow you to work, consider volunteer activities within your community that you would like to be a part of.]

Part 2: Develop and write a 1-2 page resume.

  • Write a 1-2 page resume, designed to compete for the position you researched and chose in Part 1 of this assignment.
  • Your finished product (research and resume) should be a total of 2-3 pages in length.

Include a title sheet. See rubric below.

activated ignorance v. activated knowledge

/in /by

Using the concepts learned through the readings and lecture pages, write a critical analysis essay that answers at least three of the following prompts or questions:

  1. How might you employ critical thinking as a tool to further your career aspirations? (I have attached a copy of my introduction post to the class which talks about my background. It should help with answering this question).
  2. Describe the differences between inert information, assumptions, and inferences. Describe an assumption that you have made in the past that had important consequence.
  3. Where do you see yourself using activated ignorance to think about issues? What steps could you take to move towards activated knowledge on this issue?
  4. What is the difference between activated ignorance and activated knowledge? Where do you have difficulties “thinking for yourself”? Why does critical thinking demand high levels of intellectual autonomy?
  5. Why are concepts, theories, and ideas central to good critical reasoning?

Requirements:

  • Cite all claims and ideas using scholarly sources. While it is acceptable to write in the first person, be sure to cite your sources to support your inferences. To understand how to construct your thoughts you can view these short clips on informal and formal writing.
    • Peter Elbow: On Writing (see attached)
    • Writing for Life: page 17
    • Writing Across the Curriculum: Forgetting formality: page 14
    • Writing Across the Curriculum Revising for Formality: page 15
  • Include at least three scholarly sources that are not part of the required or recommended reading for this course.
  • Your paper should be four to five pages in length and formatted according to the APA guidelines.
  • Papers should be double-spaced, 12-point font Times New Roman.
  • Include the following in your essay: a brief introduction, a conclusion, and a reference page formatted according to the APA requirements.

journal Chapter 22

/in /by

I suggest using a three-ring binder to store your journal entries after they have been read and graded. Each journal entry should contain several paragraphs, written in your own words, and should conform with the following format:

Journal Format

Author ______________________ Reading Title ________________________

Your Name ___________________ Date ______________________________

  1. Summary
    • Write from memory, noting what you recall as the main ideas of the reading.
    1. Integration
    • In your own words, how does this reading “connect” (amplify, contradict, substantiate, etc.) to other information about this topic? The other information may be in the form of other readings, news stories, or images of the police portrayed in popular culture.
    • What do you see as the implications of the ideas covered in the reading?
    1. Application
      • How can you use the information in this reading?
      • Does the reading change your view of some aspect of policing? Explain.
      • If you think there is no application for the material, say so. However, provide a rationale for your position.
      1. Evaluation
        • Describe your reaction to the reading (like, dislike, etc.). Why?
        • Who is the appropriate audience for this reading? Why?
        • What would make the reading more useful?

        5. Essay question

          • Create an essay question based on the reading that requires critical thinking (comparing, analyzing, evaluating, critiquing, justifying, etc.). The question should be capable of being answered by someone who has read this and earlier readings in our class.

          We will use the journal entries in class as a catalyst for reflection, making connections among ideas and topics, and as a means of demonstrating knowledge of concepts, ideas and important points.

          Annotation Report and Chapter Summary of Chapter 12

          /in /by

          Instructions listed below:

          What did you learn (key chapter highlights/concepts)? Summarize the main themes within each assigned chapter and integrate these themes within this annotation report. The first section should simply identify the main themes. The second section should Integrate the main themes among the chapters. What do they have in common (tip: read the chapter objectives as a beginning framework)? Do you see any connections with previous chapter readings? Explain. What is your takeaway? The final section should take what you learned from the readings and make direct connections with the videos and instructor notes. Are there clear connections? What are they? The final section is a conclusion. Summarize your report and offer a final statement that explains how you see yourself applying these new insights within the context of your learning and/or profession.

          APA, 3 references, Times New Roman, 12 Font…Master level program

          References need to be the book, videos and teacher notes within the blackboard portal (it is imperative that you incorporate the videos and notes in the summary).

          Chapters 12

          construct a strategic plan

          /in /by

          Write a strategic plan for any type of library with an accompanying introductory memorandum to the appropriate supervisor or management group. This plan should include a thoroughly constructed proposal for the implementation of a new service or a major change in procedures for an existing service(s). In addition to the strategic plan itself, please include a description of your hypothetical planning process and the steps you would take in a real situation to produce the plan. Please include a bibliography of the sources consulted and references as needed. Suggested length: 3-5 pages. You may do this assignment as a group, or you may turn in

          Sandy and Grace, are discussing their differences of opinion about the value of clinical uses of genetic and genomic patient information, case study help

          /in /by

          Case Study

          Two health sciences graduate students, Sandy and Grace, are discussing their differences of opinion about the value of clinical uses of genetic and genomic patient information. Sandy: It’s always the same story—the supposed trade-off between the benefits to society and the sacrificed rights of the individual! Just remember the case of Henrietta Lacks. HELA cells [cancer cells taken from Henrietta before she died] have been invaluable to medical sci- ence; they led to the polio vaccine and other medical “miracles.” But Henrietta was never told what was going to be done with her cells; she never gave her permission—and, by the way, neither did her close relatives and family know or give their permission. It’s a clear case of science overstepping its bounds to the detriment of the individual. Grace: Sandy, you yourself know that the scientific research’s benefit to society really means the medical care benefit to the individual. Don’t you remember the recent case that took place here in our own hospital—the case of Jean, a 17-year-old who was visiting at the home of a friend when she fell down, struck her head, and suffered seri- ous injuries? She was raced to the ER where she required emergency surgery, and neither her parents nor relatives could be reached before the procedure. The mother of Jean’s friend provided the hospital with Jean’s name and home address, which allowed the ER personnel to associate Jean with her parents in the system. Using the hospital’s healthcare information system, the surgeon entered an order for the protocol that she was planning to use to treat Jean. Among the details included in the protocol was the use of halothane [a type of anesthe- sia]. Jean had never been the subject of genetic testing, but her father had a genetic test, which found a mutation in the ryanodine recep- tor [RYR1] gene. When people with this mutation are exposed to halothane, they can experience malignant hyperthermia, an often-fatal reaction in which the core body temperature can reach 106oF. The hospital’s information system used the demographic person– person relationship between the father and his daughter, and embed- ded pharmacogenomics decision support capabilities, to infer that Jean was at 50 percent risk of also possessing this rare mutation. The system flashed an interactive alert to the surgeon, who was unaware of this genetic association. The surgeon responded to the alert by activating   an alternative surgical plan that did not include the use of halothane. It was only by taking advantage of the genetic information about Jean’s father that a potentially catastrophic clinical event was averted! Sandy: But you make my case for me. The potential of abuse of the genetic data is magnified by the existence and use of sophisticated healthcare information systems. There’s no mystery about the poten- tial for abuse. Jean’s father was the one who had the test, not Jean. Yet the information produced by the test was also about Jean. Sure, revealing that information happened to help Jean, but the principle is that the information was about Jean as much as it was about her father. And Jean never gave her permission for that information to be used or revealed! It’s her body and her genome, not her father’s, right? So it’s her right to privacy that was violated. Grace: It might be her body, Sandy, but given the genetic data and information, we are bound by our Hippocratic oath.1 That includes “do no harm” [primum nil nocere, in latin]. In practice and in effect, Jean’s life was ours to save. What other choice did we have? Sandy: What about consent and protecting her privacy? And what about Jean’s father? Did he give permission to release the information from his genetic test to be used in ways other than for his diagno- sis and treatment? How is that different from the Havasupai Indi- ans’ lost-blood case? Arizona State University researchers asked the Havasupai if they would provide blood for studies to discover clues about the tribe’s incredible rate of diabetes, presumably to help the Havasupai. Then the researchers used the collected blood for other purposes. They used the extracted DNA for studies on mental illness. The initial diabetes studies seem to have led nowhere, but even if that effort helped save lives, it would have been lives saved without the Havasupai’s consent. Grace: Sandy, for goodness sake, it was only blood! Sandy: Not at all, Grace, not at all. Note 1. Hippocratic oath (translated by and reprinted from North 2009): I swear by Apollo, the healer, Asclepius, Hygieia, and Panacea, and I take to witness all the gods, all the goddesses, to keep ( according to my ability and my judgment, the following Oath and agreement: To consider dear to me, as my parents, him who taught me this art; to live in common with him and, if necessary, to share my goods with him; To look upon his children as my own brothers, to teach them this art. I will prescribe regimens for the good of my patients according to my ability and my judgment and never do harm to anyone. I will not give a lethal drug to anyone if I am asked, nor will I advise such a plan; and similarly I will not give a woman a pessary to cause an abortion. But I will preserve the purity of my life and my arts. I will not cut for stone, even for patients in whom the disease is manifest; I will leave this operation to be performed by practitioners, specialists in this art. In every house where I come I will enter only for  for the good of my patients, keeping myself far from all intentional ill-doing and all seduction and especially from the pleasures of love with women or with men, be they free or slaves. All that may come to my knowl- edge in the exercise of my profession or in daily commerce with men, which ought not to be spread abroad, I will keep secret and will never reveal. If I keep this oath faithfully, may I enjoy my life and practice my art, respected by all men and in all times; but if I swerve from it or violate it, may the reverse be my lot.

          Case Study

          The use of genetic information in health care presents many challenges, one of which is the protection of patient privacy. Given enough genetic information, a precise identification of a person can be made.  Read the Health Informatics: A Systems Perspective Chapter 12 case study on pages 256-258 and address the following:  

          • Explain if you agree with the perspective of Sandy or Grace? Articulate the reasons why.
          • Compare and contrast the differences between the case of Henrietta Jacks, Jean and the Havasupai?
          • Explain how genomic databases can be used to accomplish meaningful research while protecting patient privacy.
          • Identify two US genomic institutes that focus on genomic medicine. 
            • Compare and contrast their mission and vision.
            • Compare and contrast their major focus areas of research.
            • Did the site indicate if patient samples will be sequenced and the data combined with each participant’s medical record to allow researchers and research partners to investigate new approaches to disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment?
            • If asked to consent to your genomic information being used in research, explain if you would consent or decline? Include your rationale for consenting or declining.

          Your Paper: 

          • Must be two to four, double-spaced pages in length, excluding the title and reference pages, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
          • Must Include a title page with the following:
            • Title of paper
            • Student’s name
            • Course name and number
            • Instructor’s name
            • Date submitted
          • Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
          • Must include a minimum of three references, (excluding the textbook), on a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.