This document provides instructions for several assignments for a PHL 320 course. It includes assignments on applying decision-making to career paths, identifying vague statements, writing argumentative essays, applying logical structures of arguments, identifying rhetorical strategies and fallacies, and applying ethics and social responsibility. Students are instructed to complete worksheets, identify concepts, write summaries and essays, and create a presentation. The assignments focus on practicing critical thinking skills.
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1. PHL 320 Assignment Week 1 Apply Decision-Making
Career Path Plan(New Syllabus)
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PHL 320 Week 1 Apply Decision-Making Career Path Plan
For this assignment, you will discover that critical thinking is an
important part of problem solving, decision-making, and everyday life—
personally and professionally.
Review the ―Infographics‖ Lynda.com® video.
Write a 350- to 750-word summary of your current career path or your
desired career.
Include the following:
§ Describe a specific career goal or pathway that you would like to
pursue.
2. § Create a career plan in which you explain the decision-making steps
required to achieve your goal.
§ Evaluate the effectiveness of your plan.
Create a decision-making process infographic for your plan in an
appropriate format. This can be done using Microsoft® PowerPoint®,
Microsoft® Publisher®, Microsoft® Word, or sites like Easel.ly®,
Visual.ly, and PiktoChart®, or any other infographic software.
§ Label your career path or your desired career.
§ Identify the stages of the decision-making process that will help you
achieve your goal.
For help with these programs, check out their websites or conduct an
internet search.
For other infographic software, search the internet with keywords like
―free tools to create your own infographic.‖
Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.
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PHL 320 Assignment Week 1 Flow Chart(New Syllabus)
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PHL 320 Week 1 Flow Chart
Complete the Week One Flow Chart worksheet.
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Week One Flow Chart
4. Identify a personal or business decision you recently faced. Title your
decision, and then include a minimum of five decision-making steps in
the form of a flow chart.
Title:
Steps:
Flow chart:
Example 1:
Title – Buying a Car
Steps: determine your budget, choose a type of car, locate a car
dealership, choose the color of car and extras (window tint, satellite
radio, etc.)
Example 2:
Title – Going to College
5. Steps: review colleges for degree programs, consider tuition and other
costs, determine pros and cons of attending online versus on-campus
classes, review course options, determine enrollment date
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PHL 320 Assignment Week 2 Apply Vague
Statements(New Syllabus)
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PHL 320 Week 2 Apply: Vague Statements
For this assignment, you will apply critical thinking to avoid the use of
vague statements.
Review Ch. 3, ―Clear Thinking, Critical Thinking, and Clear Writing,‖
of Critical Thinking (12th ed.).
Part 1
6. Complete the Vague Statements Worksheet.
Part 2
Review job boards, such as, but not limited to, Indeed®, Monster®, the
Ladders®, etc., for job postings in your chosen field.
Copy and paste five current job descriptions into a Microsoft® Word
document.
Identify vague statements in each job description by highlighting them
with the highlighter tool in Word.
Rewrite the vague statements so there is greater clarity.
For example (not to be included as part of your assignment):
Job Description:
Position will provide leadership and development to the entire team at
XYZ Company to promote an environment of service excellence. Will
have overall responsibility for facilitating, coordinating, and supporting
learning programs to include Service Excellence 365, New Hire
7. Employee Orientation; Management Orientation, and departmental
specific skills and knowledge. In addition to facilitating existing
curriculum, the position will create new and innovative learning
curriculum.
Note: The italicized portion is considered vague.
Rewritten sentence:
Position will have overall responsibility for facilitating, coordinating,
and supporting learning programs to include Service Excellence 365,
New Hire Employee Orientation, Management Orientation, and
departmental specific skills that will develop new hires and current
employees to be knowledgeable about XYZ Company. This position
will also provide ongoing training to employees on a quarterly basis.
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PHL 320 Assignment Week 3 Apply Business Practice
Argumentative Essay (New Syllabus)
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PHL 320 Week 3 Apply Business Practice Argumentative Essay
For this assignment, you will prove the validity of a claim by presenting
concrete information that can be used to persuade your audience. You
will have an opportunity to argue for or against a specific business
decision and provide evidence to support your position.
Write a 700- to 1,050-word argumentative essay on a business decision
that you would like to propose. Include the following:
Explain the business decision.
Discuss why the business decision is valid or not valid based on your
argument.
Identify the logical structure of each argument within the essay by
placing the number in bold at the beginning of each argument.
For example (not to be included as part of your assignment):
Scenario:
9. Recently the city has shared there will be a water restriction to all
homeowners for the next 12 months for conservation efforts. Residents
will be allowed to water their yards one time per month.
Argument:
As a homeowner, I am in clear disagreement with the city’s new water
restriction for homeowners. If I am unable to water the yard, (1) then my
flowers will die, resulting in a negative return on investment. (2) The dry
land may cause foundation issues to the property, resulting in potential
repair costs. If I am unable to water the lawn, (3) the dry yard and soil
will not provide a good curb appeal for the property, which will
negatively affect resale value. Because of this, I do not agree with the
water restriction imposed by the city. I propose a more lenient water
conservation program, such as the one implemented by XYZ County.
XYZ County’s water restriction program allowed residents to water
twice per week.
Cite at least 1 reference.
Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.
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PHL 320 Assignment Week 3 Apply Logical Structures of
Arguments(New Syllabus)
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PHL 320 Week 3 Apply Logical Structures of Arguments
For this assignment, you will identify a current business problem and
justify why change is needed.
Review Ch. 2, ―Two Kinds of Reasoning,‖ of Critical Thinking (12th
ed.).
Select a business. This may be one where you or your team members
currently work or a fictional business.
Discuss a problem that currently exists within the business.
11. Write a 350- to 700-word logical structures of arguments essay about the
business problem. Include the following:
Summarize the issue.
Identify the rules of logic that should have been applied to the issue.
Create five arguments for change.
Explain how the rules of logic helped you determine the five effective
arguments for change that you presented.
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Learning Team assignment. Each Learning Team member receives a
grade based on his/her contributions to the team assignment. Not all
students may receive the same grade for the team assignment.
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12. PHL 320 Assignment Week 4 Apply Rhetorical Strategies
and Fallacies (New Syllabus)
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PHL 320 Week 4 ApplyRhetorical Strategies and Fallacies
For this assignment, you will identify fallacies of reasoning. Reasoning
is the part of the critical thinking process that allows us to make logical
arguments so problems can be solved and decisions can be made.
Part 1
Review Ch. 5, 6, 7, and 8 of Critical Thinking (12th ed.).
Complete the Rhetorical Strategies and Fallacies Worksheet.
Part 2
13. Apply what you learned from completing the worksheet by doing the
following:
Identify 10 rhetorical strategies or rhetorical fallacies that are heard
often within the workplace (does not have to be your workplace).
Identify the type of rhetorical strategy or rhetorical fallacy that is being
used, and then write an example of the stated rhetorical strategy or
rhetorical fallacy.
For example (not to be included as part of your assignment):
Ad hominem: I know that you got that position over John because you
were our manager’s favorite, even though you are not qualified, and
John has the experience and education.
Loaded question: Are our hours being reduced to prevent a layoff?
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PHL 320 Assignment Week 5 Apply Ethics and Social
Responsibility Presentation (New Syllabus)
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PHL 320 Week 5 Apply Ethics and Social Responsibility
For this assignment, you will identify potential ethical issues related to
decisions that are made. You will examine what impact ethical
considerations may have on decision-making processes and what impact
corporate social responsibility can have on the outcome of decision-
making for an organization as a whole.
Identify a business in your community. This can be your place of
employment, a business with which you are familiar, or a business that
you research in the University Library (Wells Fargo, Enron, Bank of
America, Pepsi, etc.).
Develop a 10- to 15-slide presentation (including detailed speaker notes)
in which you evaluate the ethical and social responsibility practices
within your chosen organization. You may use Microsoft®
PowerPoint®, Microsoft® Publisher®, or any other presentation
software of your choice.
Include the following in your evaluation:
15. Select a major business decision recently made by the business.
Evaluate how the business applies corporate social responsibility within
its decision-making processes.
Identify potential ethical issues related to the major business decision
that was recently made, and determine the effect that these issues may
have had on decision-making processes in general at the business.
Discuss how critical thinking can be used to improve corporate social
responsibility best practices.
Tutorial help on PowerPoint® and Publisher® can be found on the
Microsoft® Office® website or by conducting a search in your web
browser. Search the internet for tutorial help with other presentation
software you may choose to use.
Cite a minimum of 2 references in the speaker notes.
Format your assignment according to APA guidelines.
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16. PHL 320 Assignment Week 5 Practice Ethical Implications
Discussion
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PHL 320 Assignment Week 5 Practice Ethical Implications Discussion
Complete the Week Five Ethical Implications Discussion worksheet.
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Week Five Ethical Implications Discussion
Select one of the following scenarios and submit a discussion thread in
the classroom. Respond to other students’ posts.
A police officer who is required to uphold the law pulls over a driver for
failing to stop at a stop sign. The police officer speaks to the driver, and
17. he states he was upset because he just lost job, he is behind in bills, and
he will be put out of his apartment by the end of the day. The police
officer still writes the driver a ticket.
Using at least 100 words, discuss why you think the police officer
was/was not right by giving the driver a ticket. In your response, include
what ethical implications exist, if any.
You observe a co-worker arrive late to work every day. You know the
tardy policy is strict. The employee asks you to not tell the manager. She
tells you the reason she arrives late to work is because she has to walk
because she cannot afford a car or to pay for public transportation.
Using at least 100 words, discuss why you should/should not report the
co-worker for violating the tardy policy. In your response, include what
ethical implications exist, if any.
You overhear the HR manager say there will be massive layoffs right
before the holiday, and then he begins to laugh. You also overhear the
HR manager say he cannot wait to clean out the building and bring in his
own friends. You become worried with the news you hear.
Using at least 100 words, discuss why you should/should not report what
you have overheard. In your response, include what ethical implications
exist, if any.
You notice that the safe at your work was left open overnight, and the
deposits from the weekend had not been taken to the bank. Your family
member desperately needs money for a medical procedure. You know
18. there are many people who have access to the safe and there are no
video cameras monitoring the safe.
Using at least 100 words, discuss what you would do in this situation. In
your response, include what ethical implications exist, if any.
You have been trying to fill an open position at your work for months,
but you cannot seem to find the right candidate for the job. Your friend
gives you a call because she just lost her job and is looking for a new
one. You know this friend is unreliable when it comes to arriving to
work on time. Your manager advised you that you must fill the job
immediately as the position has been open for too long.
Using at least 100 words, discuss why you should/should not hire your
friend for this position. In your response, include what ethical
implications exist, if any.
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PHL 320 Assignment Week 1 Flow Chart (New Syllabus)
19. PHL 320 Assignment Week 1 Apply Decision-Making Career Path Plan
(New Syllabus)
PHL 320 Assignment Week 2 Apply Vague Statements (New Syllabus)
PHL 320 Assignment Week 3 Apply Logical Structures of Arguments
(New Syllabus)
PHL 320 Assignment Week 3 Apply Business Practice Argumentative
Essay (New Syllabus)
PHL 320 Assignment Week 4 Apply Rhetorical Strategies and Fallacies
(New Syllabus)
PHL 320 Assignment Week 5 Apply Ethics and Social Responsibility
Presentation (New Syllabus)
PHL 320 Assignment Week 5 Practice Ethical Implications Discussion
PHL 320 Week 1 Assignment Critical Thinking Memorandum (2
Papers)
20. PHL 320 Week 2 Assignment Business Practice Argumentative Essay (2
Papers)
PHL 320 Week 3 Assignment The Planning Process (2 Papers)
PHL 320 Week 3 Team Assignment Problem Identification (2 Papers)
PHL 320 Week 4 Team Assignment Problem Solutions (2 Papers)
PHL 320 Week 4 Assignment Decision-Making Process Evaluation
And Infographic (2 Papers/PPT)
PHL 320 Week 4 Decision-Making Process Infographic (New Syllabus,
Paper and PPT)
PHL 320 Week 5 Assignment Ethics And Social Responsibility
(2 Papers)
PHL 320 Week 5 Team Assignment Problem Solutions And Evaluation
(2 PPT)
21. PHL 320 Final Exam Guide (New, 2017)
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PHL 320 Final Exam Guide (New, 2019)
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1. An automobile company decides to do its bit for the environment by
introducing new models of electric cars. The company’s long-term goal
is to eventually stop manufacturing gasoline cars and focus on
manufacturing electric cars. The managers of the company reached this
decision after critically evaluating the effects of car fluids and car
emissions on the environment. They promise to do everything within
their power to reduce the company’s carbon footprint. Which of the
following approaches does this scenario illustrate?
The defensive approach
The obstructionist approach
The egoistic approach
The accommodative approach
22. 2. Which of the following takes place in the final stage of the decision-
making process?
Ranking the various alternatives in order of practicality
Examining why any expectations for a decision were not met
Giving middle managers sufficient resources to achieve a goal
Making minor decisions related to the chosen alternative
3. Which of the following is the first step in the decision-making
process?
Generating alternatives for a decision
Realizing the need for a decision
Assessing alternatives
Seeking feedback
4. Which of the following terms refers to an approximate assessment of
the credibility of a claim?
Hypothetical imperative
Initial plausibility
Background information
23. Categorical imperative
5. Which of the following is a practice that would help foster creativity
in an organization?
Withholding feedback, regardless of whether it is constructive or
unconstructive
Rewarding employees who come up with innovative ideas
Holding on to unproductive ideas instead of eliminating them
Avoiding the use of contests to encourage employees for fear of
promoting unhealthy competition
6. A cosmetics company has manufactured a new range of skin care
products. The top management wants to create a common tagline for the
entire range of products and therefore decides to get the managers of the
company involved in the decision-making process. It conducts a number
of sessions in which the managers are asked to work together and think
of innovative taglines for the products and share their ideas with the rest
of the group. Group members are specifically asked to be open to all
ideas, however offbeat they may be. The members of the group are then
asked to pick a tagline after debating the pros and cons of the most
popular ideas. This scenario illustrates __________.
The nominal group technique
The Delphi technique
24. Brainstorming
Delayering
7. The top management of a cereal manufacturing company wants to
change the packaging of their products and appeal to attract a younger
age group. Since the company is located in three cities, the top
management wants the managers from each city to weigh in and give
their suggestions for improvement. A group leader is first picked, and
the problem to be solved is written down. After this, a questionnaire is e-
mailed to all the participating managers. The managers are asked to list
down solutions to the problem and e-mail the questionnaire back to the
group leader. This scenario illustrates the first few steps of __________.
the nominal group technique
the Delphi technique
brainstorming
production blocking
8. __________ are often considered to be the most critical stakeholder
group.
Managers
Employees
Customers
Suppliers
25. 9. Which of the following rules of ethical decision making focuses on
providing the greatest good for the greatest number of people?
The justice rule
The golden rule
The utilitarian rule
The moral rights rule
10. __________ is a written approach to creative problem solving and
decision making.
The nominal group technique
Brainstorming
The Delphi technique
Groupthink
11. In which of the following approaches to social responsibility do
managers often put their own interests first and cause other stakeholders
26. to be harmed yet manage to stay within the law and abide by legal
requirements?
The accommodative approach
The obstructionist approach
The proactive approach
The defensive approach
12. When would an argument be considered valid?
When it is impossible for the premise to be true and the conclusion to be
false
When the premise of the argument is unquestionably true
When the argument is sound
When it is impossible for the conclusion to appear after the premise
13. Which of the following is the final step in the decision-making
process?
Learning from feedback
Generating alternatives
Recognizing the need for a decision
27. Implementing the selected alternative
14. Which of the following is true of a good inductive argument?
The lesser the support the premise provides for the conclusion, the
stronger is the argument.
The premise of a good inductive argument demonstrates its conclusion.
The greater the support the premise provides for the conclusion, the
weaker is the argument.
The premise of a good inductive argument supports its conclusion.
15. Which of the following is a question to be asked when one is
presented with a claim?
When does the claim become a true statement?
When does the content of the claim pose a credibility problem?
Does the claim speak about one particular subject?
What is likely to happen if the claim is examined in detail?
16. Which of the following practices should be avoided by managers
who aim to foster creativity in their organizations?
Giving employees the opportunity to experiment with radical ideas
28. Allowing employees to make mistakes and learn from them
Attempting to speed up a creative solution to a problem
Encouraging creative employees to take risks
17. Which of the following statements is an example of a subjective
claim?
There is life after death.
Mozart is the greatest musical composer to have lived.
The earth is round.
Aliens exist in other galaxies in the universe.
18. The management of a small-scale cosmetics company wants to
increase awareness of their brand and its products in the market. They
decide to choose between two alternatives: either launch a new
advertising campaign on social media or offer promotional discounts in
select stores. They conduct research on which of these two alternatives
would be the most viable for the company. They compare the potential
costs and potential benefits of each alternative. In this scenario, which of
the following criteria is being evaluated by the management of the
company?
Legality
Ethicalness
29. Innovative capacity
Economic feasibility
19. Identify the unstated premise in the following argument: John is
indifferent and has a laid-back approach to work. John should be fired.
Employees who strictly follow their company’s work policy will never
be fired.
John should be fired because he is violating company policy.
John is not only indifferent but also has a laid-back approach to work.
Anyone who is indifferent and has a laid-back approach to work must be
fired.
20. The two factors that are used to assess the credibility of claims are
claims themselves and their__________.
Sources
Soundness
Validity
Premises
30. 21. Which of the following serves as the most reliable source of
information about the world in general?
The background information one possesses
One’s own observations
Things that one learns from others
One’s personal interests
22. __________ refers to a decision maker’s ability to discover unique
and original ideas that lead to viable courses of action.
Problem formulation
Creativity
Problem identification
Strategy
23. Which of the following occurs as a result of group members’ being
unable to simultaneously understand all the alternatives that are
generated in a brainstorming session?
Groupthink
31. Production blocking
Feedback control
Delayering
24. The term __________ refers to the inner guiding moral values,
beliefs, and principles used by a person to examine a situation and
govern his or her behavior.
Bias
Ethics
Autonomy
Authority
25. Which of the following statements is an example of an objective
claim?
The sun sets in the west.
A dog is man’s best friend.
Shakespeare was a better poet than Milton.
Summers in California are very warm.
32. 26. When a firm exhibits the highest degree of social responsibility, it
has most likely adopted __________.
The proactive approach
The accommodative approach
The defensive approach
The obstructionist approach
27. Creativity is most likely to result when:
Managers constantly monitor talented employees.
Employees are given the freedom and opportunity to take risks.
Employees are prevented from making mistakes.
Managers try to speed up the process of working on a creative solution.
28. Identify the unstated conclusion in the following argument: The
most hardworking employee in the company will receive the Employee
of the Year award. Doug has been working exceptionally hard all year
round.
Doug has not yet received an award from the company.
Doug is the most hardworking employee in the company.
33. Doug will win the Employee of the Year award.
Hardworking employees win the Employee of the Year award.
29. Identify the conclusion in the following argument: Mark always
leaves his phone at home when he goes to the gym. He has not been
answering any calls in the past hour, so he is at the gym.
Mark leaves his phone at home when he goes to the gym.
Mark has not been answering calls.
Mark does not answer calls when he is at the gym.
Mark is at the gym.
30. A(n) __________ presents a consideration for the acceptance of a
claim.
Argument
Opinion
Issue
Fact
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PHL 320 Final Guide
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1. Who among the following individuals is most likely to exhibit
event creativity?
2. When does the incremental model of decision making take
place?
3. In the stages of decision making, what should managers do
immediately after identifying and diagnosing a problem?
4. As a barrier to effective decision making, when do framing
effects occur?
5. Which of the following acts represents scapegoating?
6. How can organizational politics that impacts organizational
decisions be reduced?
35. 7. Which of the following is considered a change-specific reason
for employees’ resistance to change?
8. What is true of the features used to judge a person’s
credibility?
9. Which of the following is considered a general reason for
employees’ resistance to change?
10. What is a fact related to strategic planning?
11. Which of the following is most likely to block new ideas from
evolving within an organization?
12. Identify an example of spontaneous creativity.
13. In the context of moving people to change, what should
managers do to unfreeze?
14. Which of the following is likely to improve a group’s decision
making process?
36. 15. Identify a subjective claim from the following examples.
16. When is a valid argument considered as being sound?
17. Identify the drawback of utilitarianism.
18. Who among the following individuals is most likely to be a
victim of wishful thinking fallacy?
19. During internal resource analysis of the strategic
management process, what does operations analysis involve?
20. How does a person reason deductively?
21. When does the straw man fallacy occur?
22. Annie, an employee, who often attributes her team’s failures
to bad luck, attributes the failures of other teams to their personal
37. shortcomings. Which of the following cognitive biases do Annie’s
attributions exemplify?
23. Identify the statement that accurately describes the
Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
24. In the context of levels of planning, what would be the
responsibility of a frontline manager?
25. Which statement best describes a conglomerate
diversification strategy?
26. Which of the following questions is useful to be considered in
the first stage of decision making?
27. What should a leader do to effectively manage group decision
making?
38. 28. In the context of cognitive biases, when does the false
consensus effect occur?
29. Which of the following is an objective claim?
30. Sam, a marketing manager, often makes ethical decisions
based on what others feel about those decisions. He often considers
opinions from other managers .
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PHL 320 Week 1 Assignment Critical Thinking
Memorandum (2 Papers)
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39. Critical thinking is an important part of problem solving, decision
making, and everyday life. So, what is critical thinking and why is it
so important?
Prepare a 700-word memo to yourself on critical thinking in which
you include the following:
Explain critical thinking.
Provide an example from your personal experience of critical
thinking applied to a business decision.
Discuss the importance and benefits of using critical thinking.
Relate the importance and benefits of critical thinking to the
example provided.
Discuss ways you might use critical thinking in your current job or
chosen career path.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
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PHL 320 Week 1 Critical Thinking Discussion and
Summary (2 Papers)
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Participate in a class discussion by responding to the following
questions:
How would you define critical thinking? What makes a person a
critical thinker?
Why is critical thinking important? Provide an example of how
critical thinking has helped you in your life.
What do you expect to learn from this course?
Write a paragraph summarizing the discussion.
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PHL 320 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical
Analysis Worksheet (2 Sheets)
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41. Read "Common Core" and "The Battle Against Common Core
Standards."
Complete the Material: Critical Analysis Worksheet.
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PHL 320 Week 1 Knowledge Check
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1) The bandwagon effect is a common bias, which refers to
2) Some cognitive biases involve heuristics, which are
3) The in-group bias is characterized by
4) The premise of a good deductive argument, if true
5) If we know that an argument is weak, then we know that the
conclusion
6) The ensemble played an encore at last year’s concert, and I’m
pretty sure they played one the year before as well. So they will most
likely play an encore at this year’s concert”. This argument is best
taken as
42. 7) Critical thinking involves
8) In decision making, critical thinking will help increase the
validity of your decision by
9) Arguments whose premises are intended to provide absolutely
conclusive reasons for accepting the conclusion are deductive.
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PHL 320 Week 2 Assignment Business Practice
Argumentative Essay (2 Papers)
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Review the "Writing Argumentative Essays" section in Ch. 3
ofCritical Thinking.
Write an 1,050-word argumentative essay on your approved
business decision in which you include the following:
Discuss why the business decision is good or not good for business.
Define the term good for the purpose of this situation.
43. Identify the premise and conclusion by placing a number in bold at
the beginning of the sentence with the word premise orconclusion.
For example: (1, Premise), (2, Premise), (1, Conclusion), (2,
Conclusion).
Sentences labeled as "1, premise" are premises for the sentence
labeled as "1, conclusion."
All premises should be labeled for each conclusion in the article. If a
sentence is a conclusion and a premise for another conclusion, place
two labels.
At the end of the paper, identify one example of how you used
deductive reasoning and one example of how you used inductive
reasoning.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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PHL 320 Week 2 DQ 1
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What are some pros and cons associated to group decision making?
Example...
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44. PHL 320 Week 2 DQ 2
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Define ridicule, sarcasm and hyperbole. An example of one of these
concept?
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PHL 320 Week 2 DQ 3
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What is the difference between rhetoric and argument? An
example? When is one used more effectively than the other?
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45. PHL 320 Week 2 Individual Assignment Globalization
Argumentative Paper (2 Papers)
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Review the Writing Argumentative Essays section in Ch. 3 of
Critical Thinking
Write an argumentative paper of no more than 750 words that
demonstrates why globalization is good or not good for a business.
The paper should define the term good, and should identify the
premises and conclusions.
Identify the premise and conclusion by placing a number in bold at
the beginning of the sentence with the word premise or conclusion.
For example: (1, Premise), (2, Premise), (1, Conclusion), (2,
Conclusion), and so on.
Sentences labeled as "1, premise" are premises for the sentence
labeled as "1, conclusion."
46. All premises should be labeled for each conclusion in the article. If a
sentence is a conclusion and a premise for another conclusion, place
two labels.
At the end of the paper, identify one example of how you used
deductive reasoning and one example of how you used inductive
reasoning.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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PHL 320 Week 2 Knowledge Check
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1) The bandwagon effect is a common bias, which refers to
2) Some cognitive biases involve heuristics, which are
3) The in-group bias is characterized by
4) The premise of a good deductive argument, if true
5) If we know that an argument is weak, then we know that the
conclusion
6) The ensemble played an encore at last year’s concert, and I’m
pretty sure they played one the year before as well. So they will most
47. likely play an encore at this year’s concert”. This argument is best
taken as
7) Critical thinking involves
8) In decision making, critical thinking will help increase the
validity of your decision by
9) Arguments whose premises are intended to provide absolutely
conclusive reasons for accepting the conclusion are deductive.
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PHL 320 Week 2 Team Assignment Re-organization
and Layoff Team Discussion & Summary (2 Papers)
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Review the linked articles and select one to review as a team.
Post responses to the following questions for the selected article.
Each team member should answer all of the questions:
48. What is the problem presented in the article?
Why do you think it is the problem?
What are some possible solutions?
Discuss as a team, responding to your teammates' posts.
Write a 3-paragraph synopsis that summarizes the team's
discussion.
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PHL 320 Week 3 Assignment The Planning Process (2
Papers)
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Interview someone you know who is in a management role. This can
be at your current place of employment or someone that you know
personally who works in a managerial role.
49. Prepare a 700-word discussion of the interview including the
following:
Discuss what you discovered about contingency planning.
Discuss how creativity and critical thinking relate to contingency
planning.
Explain how you might integrate creativity into your own planning
process.
Discuss what you learned about creativity and its relationship to the
decision-making process.
Identify the key steps that might require a contingency plan.
Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
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PHL 320 Week 3 DQ 1
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What are some ways your company or you have found to foster
creativity in the workplace?
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50. PHL 320 Week 3 DQ 2
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Developing and implementing an effective strategy is mission critical
for any business. Some do it well. Select a company that you feel has
developed and implemented an effective strategy and discuss this
with the group.
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PHL 320 Week 3 DQ 3
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SWOT or SWOTT... Some experts now include a second "T" for
threats in a SWOTT Analysis. What are you views on this new
added concept?
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51. PHL 320 Week 3 Individual Rhetorical Strategies and
Fallacies Worksheet
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Complete the University Material: Rhetorical Strategies and
Fallacies Worksheet.?
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1) Step 2 of the planning process is the generation of alternative
plans that may be used to achieve goals. The generation of new ideas
may emerge
2) To be effective, goals should have certain qualities, which are
easy to remember with the acronym SMART. Which of the
following qualities are included in the SMART acronym?
52. 3) Managers analyzing the external environment and the internal
resources use a SWOT analysis. Which of the following matches a
term in the SWOT acronym?
4) Which of the following are included in the three elements of
creativity:
5) The four step creative process includes:
6) Which of the following is a domain skill?
7) Barriers to applying creative thinking in business decision
making include
8) The mission statement of an organization
9) The intangible assets of an organization include
10) Which of the following is a step in the strategy implementation
process?
11) Analysis of the external opportunities includes
A technique for assessing the organization’s internal and external
environments in order to formulate strategy is called a
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PHL 320 Week 3 Team Assignment Problem
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Select a business situation such as reorganization, office closure,
expansion, etc.
Locate 1-2 articles each from the University Library about the
subject.
Prepare a 700-word discussion of the business situation. The
discussion should include the following:
Summarize the issue from the article.
Identify the problem discussed in the article.
Explain why this is the underlying problem.
Relate the research to the problem.
Explain how a clearly defined problem could help with solutions.
Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
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PHL 320 Week 3 Team Assignment Re-organization
and Layoff Issue and Problem Identification Paper (2
Papers)
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Review the discussion from Week 2.
Write a paper of no more than 1,050 words that incorporates ideas
from the discussion. The paper should do the following:
Summarize the issue.
Identify the problem.
Explain why this is the underlying problem.
Reflect on the group collaboration process in defining the problem.
Explain how a clearly defined problem could help you find the
solutions.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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PHL 320 Week 4 Assignment Decision Making Process
Evaluation And Infographic (2 Papers PPT)
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Develop a 350-word evaluation of a recent business decision in your
work or desired career. Include the following:
Discuss the influence the decision-making process had on the
outcome.
Evaluate the effectiveness of the process. What stages were most
challenging and why?
Create a "Decision-making Process" infographic in an appropriate
format for the organization based on the action plan. This can be
done using Microsoft® PowerPoint, Microsoft® Publisher®, Word,
or sites such as Glogster® and PiktoChart®.
Identify the stages of the decision making process as it relates to
your decision.
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PHL 320 Week 4 Decision-Making Process Infographic
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PHL 320 Week 4 Decision-Making Process Infographic
Purpose of Assignment
The assignment for Week 4 gives students a chance to examine their
own decision-making process as well as use a creative method to
illustrate the stages of the process. This gives students the opportunity to
take their real world, personal decision and relate it to their future work
and careers.
Assignment Steps
Develop a 700-word evaluation of a recent business decision in your
work or desired career.
Include the following:
• Discuss the influence the decision-making process had on the outcome.
• Evaluate the effectiveness of the process. What stages were most
challenging and why.
Create a "Decision-Making Process" infographic in an appropriate
format for the organization based on the action plan. This can be done
using Microsoft® PowerPoint®, Microsoft®Publisher®, Word, or sites
such as Glogster® and PiktoChart®.
57. • Select a decision you made recently as it relates to your work or
desired career.
• Identify the stages of the decision making process as it relates to your
decision.
Format consistent with APA guidelines.
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PHL 320 Week 4 DQ 1
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What are some tactics for a successful future? Have you been following
any of them ? Why? Will you start?
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PHL 320 Week 4 DQ 2
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Give an example of a situation with an interested and a disinterested
party. How do they differ? Which do you trust more? Why?
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