Write a five-page paper discussing America's global engagement in and after the Vietnam War era. This assessment allows you to demonstrate your understanding of the U.S. geopolitical focus in a particular time frame. By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria: · Competency 4: Discuss the lasting impact of the Vietnam era on foreign policy. . Discuss America's post-Vietnam global security role. . Describe the effect of the Vietnam War on the American psyche. . Discuss how the Vietnam War affected America's military engagements. . Discuss Nixon's decision to engage China. . Discuss America's changing geopolitical focus. · Competency 6: Communicate effectively in a variety of formats. · The U.S. on the Global Stage · The Spanish-American War resulted in the United States's permanent entry upon the world stage. It brought with it the functional equivalent of colonies under the guise of territorial protectorates. In the Pacific, the Philippines were the focus of U.S. activity. On the other side of the world, in the Atlantic, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico were all focal points. Over the course of the 20th century, the United States came to understand that it had surrendered its right to splendid isolation somewhere along the line. It mattered in both world wars. It made victory possible for the side it fought on in both instances. Instructions: Write a five-page examination of America's global engagement in and after the Vietnam era. Address the following in your examination: · Did America become the "world's policeman" after the Vietnam War? Provide examples. · Describe the consequences of the Vietnam War's outcome on the nation's self-confidence and self-image. How was this manifested in our foreign policy? · Investigate how the Vietnam War affected America's decisions to enter into future military engagements in Iraq and Afghanistan. Were there engagements that America avoided because of our Vietnam experience? · Examine the Vietnam War's impact on Nixon's decision to engage China. · How did the America's geopolitical focus change as a result of the Vietnam War? Additional Requirements · Written communication: Written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message. · APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted according to APA (6th edition) style and formatting. · Number of resources: Minimum of one peer-reviewed resource. · Length of paper: Five typed, double-spaced pages. · Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point. Please plagiarism free, this work will be submitted to Turnitin. BUS 303: Assignment 4 Persuasive Training Proposal and Annotated Bibliography This assignment is worth 15% of your final grade. Task: Imagine that your team of 4-5 people is attempting to get hired by a company to train its employees on a specific skill/competence related to leadership or professional devel.

1. Write a five-page paper discussing America's global
engagement in and after the Vietnam War era.
This assessment allows you to demonstrate your understanding
of the U.S. geopolitical focus in a particular time frame.
By successfully completing this assessment, you will
demonstrate your proficiency in the following course
competencies and assessment criteria:
· Competency 4: Discuss the lasting impact of the Vietnam era
on foreign policy.
. Discuss America's post-Vietnam global security role.
. Describe the effect of the Vietnam War on the American
psyche.
. Discuss how the Vietnam War affected America's military
engagements.
. Discuss Nixon's decision to engage China.
. Discuss America's changing geopolitical focus.
· Competency 6: Communicate effectively in a variety of
formats.
· The U.S. on the Global Stage
· The Spanish-American War resulted in the United States's
permanent entry upon the world stage. It brought with it the
functional equivalent of colonies under the guise of territorial
protectorates. In the Pacific, the Philippines were the focus of
U.S. activity. On the other side of the world, in the Atlantic,
Cuba, the Dominican Republic, and Puerto Rico were all focal
points. Over the course of the 20th century, the United States
came to understand that it had surrendered its right to splendid
isolation somewhere along the line. It mattered in both world
wars. It made victory possible for the side it fought on in both
instances.

2. Instructions:
Write a five-page examination of America's global engagement
in and after the Vietnam era. Address the following in your
examination:
· Did America become the "world's policeman" after the
Vietnam War? Provide examples.
· Describe the consequences of the Vietnam War's outcome on
the nation's self-confidence and self-image. How was this
manifested in our foreign policy?
· Investigate how the Vietnam War affected America's decisions
to enter into future military engagements in Iraq and
Afghanistan. Were there engagements that America avoided
because of our Vietnam experience?
· Examine the Vietnam War's impact on Nixon's decision to
engage China.
· How did the America's geopolitical focus change as a result of
the Vietnam War?
Additional Requirements
· Written communication: Written communication is free of
errors that detract from the overall message.
· APA formatting: Resources and citations are formatted
according to APA (6th edition) style and formatting.
· Number of resources: Minimum of one peer-reviewed
resource.
· Length of paper: Five typed, double-spaced pages.
· Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.
Please plagiarism free, this work will be submitted to Turnitin.
BUS 303: Assignment 4
Persuasive Training Proposal and Annotated Bibliography
This assignment is worth 15% of your final grade.

3. Task: Imagine that your team of 4-5 people is attempting to get
hired by a company to train its employees on a specific
skill/competence related to leadership or professional
development. Applying what you’ve learned in this class,
develop a well-researched and engaging training program and
write a proposal targeted at the imaginary “VP of Training” at
your target company. Your goal is to show that you know a
great deal about the training topic and that you can deliver a
valuable training experience for a specific group of the
company’s employees. Carefully choose the company and the
group of employees who will benefit from learning about your
topic.
Your deliverable will contain two parts: (1) a persuasive
proposal designed to convince the VP of Training to hire you to
lead a 15-minute training session and (2) an annotated
bibliography showing the research you’ve done and the sources
you’ve found.
Part 1: Persuasive Training Proposal
Applying the persuasion skills learned in this class, write a
proposal to an imaginary VP of Training at a real company of
your choice, asking him/her to hire you. Your proposal should
include:
a. a target audience for the training (what type/level of
employee is the training designed for?)a
b. an introduction to the training topic—supported by
research—that shows that you have a solid understanding of the
topic and its relevancy to the company and target audience
c. specific goals for the training session (i.e., what will
employees learn?)
d. a convincing explanation of the benefits of the training (i.e.,
how will the company and its employees be better off after your
training?)
e. an agenda for the training session, including a description of
an interactive activity that will involve audience participation.

4. Note: The agenda should outline the plan for your training, but
not provide the actual content you will deliver; save that
content for when you deliver this training for Assignment 5.
You should tailor the training’s content and interactive activity
for your target audience and company. Remember, you only
have 15 minutes, so your proposed training should be realistic
and not overly-ambitious. If you use videos, they should be
used to illustrate a point and not take up more than a few
minutes of your training session. Your team is promising to
deliver a professional and tailored training experience; you
don’t want the training to consist of general information that
someone could quickly look up on the Internet.
The proposal should be 2-3 pages, single-spaced. Use headings
to encourage readability and make the content “skimmable.”
Judicious use of bullet points is allowed. Overall, the proposal
should be professional and persuasive.
Evaluation Criteria for Persuasive Training Proposal
· Does the proposal evince thoughtful analysis of purpose,
audience, context, scope, medium, and tone appropriate to the
situation?
· Is the training tailored to a specific audience, organization,
and industry?
· Does the training workshop contain clearly defined goals?
· Does the training agenda include a clear description of a
relevant, interactive activity?
· Does the proposal provide credible support for the benefits
and value of the training?
· Does the proposal include 8-10 in-text citations that use APA
format?
· Is the proposal clear, concise, well organized, polished, and
professional?
· Is the proposal appropriately persuasive, and does it strongly
encourage hiring the team?
Part 2: Annotated Bibliography

5. An annotated bibliography is an organized list of sources such
as books, articles, journals, web pages, videos, or other
materials. Each source has an annotation, which is a brief
(usually about 150 words) descriptive and evaluative paragraph
that includes a summary of the source and notes about its
credibility, quality, limitations, and usefulness for the writer.
Your annotated bibliography must include five annotated
sources per person, for a total of 20-25 sources per team.
Instructions for creating an annotated bibliography are on the
next page.
Using GMU library resources and this course’s InfoGuide, each
team member will identify and annotate five sources on your
training topic. Each person must have at least one scholarly
journal article among his/her five sources. Once each team
member has annotated five sources, consolidate all of the
sources into one annotated bibliography that is properly
alphabetized. Be sure to coordinate your research plans with
your group to avoid duplication of sources.
Evaluation Criteria for Annotated Bibliography
The following page describes how to create an annotated
bibliography. Annotations will be evaluated based on the
quality of items 1, 2, 3, and 4 on the next page. Specific criteria
are:
· Does the annotation provide a summary and evaluation of the
source?
· Is the annotation clear and concise?
· Are there five annotations per team member?
· Is it clear which student authored which annotation?
· Is the bibliography in alphabetical order?
· Is the Annotated Bibliography in APA-style?
·
HOW TO CREATE AN ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Basic Instructions
For each source you find, create an APA-style reference listing

6. and write an annotation with these four parts:
1. Summarize the content of the source (based on your purpose)
2. Evaluate the source’s credibility and quality
3. Discuss any limitationsof the source, such as timeliness or
biased views
4. Describe the usefulness of the source to your research (using
first person -- “I”)
Sample
Doheny-Farina, S. (1986). Writing in an emerging organization:
an ethnographic study. Written Communication, 3(2). 158-185.
Stephen Doheny-Farina’s ethnography illustrates how to do an
ethnographic study. He begins by doing a brief literature review
and then finds an organization to study and constructs his
interviews and completes his observations. His study looks at a
company he calls Microware, Inc. that is on the verge of
bankruptcy and is trying to write a new business plan to gain
investor support. The study goes into detail about the
controversy surrounding collaborative writing of the new plan,
and Doheny-Farina discusses how writing processes shape the
organizational structure of an emerging organization. The
article is from a peer-reviewed scholarly journal and is written
by a communications professor. It’s pretty old (1986) but I
think the information is still useful and relevant. While the
study itself is only partially related to my project, the methods
Doheny-Farina used are very interesting and are applicable to
my research project. In fact, based on what I learned about
interviewing from this article I’ve decided to use open-ended
interviews with a selected few key informants as well as to
observe WAC Committee meetings in order to gather the
information I need. How to Summarize the Content of a Source
· A summary is a restatement of the content of a source that
aims to capture its main ideas. A good summary is brief,
thorough, and objective. It devotes an appropriate amount of

7. time to all the major points that support the text’s central idea.
While it should be written in your own words, a good summary
does not sacrifice accuracy or objectivity. Using third person is
generally appropriate for summaries. Finally, a good summary
employs quotations where appropriate (with quotation marks
and proper APA formatting).
· Some written sources already include an abstract (introductory
summary) or conclusion. If these are available, they can give
you an overview of the material in the source. If these are not
available, see the introduction (or introductory paragraphs) or
last paragraph(s) to gain a better sense of the source’s purpose
and main ideas. If an abstract or summary is available, you
cannot simply copy it. You must summarize it in your own
words and contextualize it in terms of your own research needs.
Suggested Resources
· BUS 303 Library InfoGuide:
http://infoguides.gmu.edu/BUS303
· How to cite in APA format:
https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/07/ (Note:
Your references and citations require APA formatting but your
paper does not need APA elements such as a title page or
abstract.)