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ACCT: 402
Assignment-1
1. Define an Accounting Information System? Discuss the six
components of
AIS?
2. Some individuals argue that accountants should focus on producing
financial
statements and leave the design and production of managerial reports
to
information systems specialists. What are the advantages and
disadvantages
of following this advice? To what extent should accountants be
involved in
producing reports that include more than just financial measures of
performance? Why?
3. Information technology enables organizations to easily collect large
amounts
of information about employees. Discuss the following issues:
a) To what extent should management monitor employees‘ e-mail?
b) To what extent should management monitor which Web sites
employees
visit?
c) To what extent should management monitor employee performance
by, for
example, using software to track keystrokes per hour or some other
unit of
time? If such information is collected, how should it be used? d)
Should companies use software to electronically ―shred‖ all traces of
email?
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Assurance engagement Many parties provide reports
One of the sub-topics relates to APES 110 Code of Ethics for
Professional
Accountants. The code sets out the main ethical pronouncement for
members of professional
accounting bodies in Australia, which are, CPA Australia, Chartered
Accountants Australia and New
Zealand (CAANZ) and Institute of Public Accountants (IPA). Section
100.5 of APES 110 sets out five
fundamental principles of professional ethics that apply to all
members.
Assume that you have been working as an auditor for the past three
years. You are currently an
audit assistant in RJ and Associates. You managed to complete a
professional accounting program
with one of the professional accounting bodies early this year. Upon
completion of the program,
you applied to be a full member of the accounting body. Last week,
you received a letter from the
accounting body advising that your application for a full membership
has been successful. You told
the good news to your colleagues in RJ and Associates. The firm
organises a gathering to celebrate
your success. In the speech during the gathering, the Managing
Partner of RJ and Associates
emphasises that ―As a member of professional accounting body, it is
important that we adhere to
the code of professional ethics. We must always be objective when
making our judgment and

decision during the audit‖.
Required
Based on the hypothetical scenario above, the topics related the
fundamental principles of
professional ethics you need to reflect on the following:
1.Why it is important for you as an auditor who is a member of a
professional accounting body to
adhere to the code of professional ethics (APES110)?
（In order to provide a good reflection, you need to understand the
topics related to the demand for an independent
audit ）
2.Objectivity is one of the fundamental principles of professional
ethics as stated in APES110.
Describe objectivity principle in your own words. What are the
potential difficulties or challenges
that you might be facing in upholding this principle when working on
an audit engagement? You
need to discuss three difficulties or challenges. You also need to
provide specific examples to
support your argument.
Length
Maximum 600 words. Reference list is not included in your word
limit.
High light:
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Begin a discussion with the other members
Begin a discussion with the other members of your small group about
the
themes. Replies to your peers should go beyond ―I agree‖ or ―Great

post! I
thought the same thing.‖
Replies should aim to: make connections that were not made in the
original posts, ask clarifying or probing questions of your peers, offer
up respectful points of disagreement, and / or extend the conversation
out toward other readings from this
course or other courses. Each discuss need one paragraph of reply.
Group discussion instruction
―Practices of personal piety are only a beginning. Real witness occurs
in how
one persistently lives in relating to others and to structures in social
life,
including how one uses one‘s agency to help those in greatest need.
…
[B]eing faithful means living in a ways that bring the meaning of
professions
of faith into systems, institutions, and conventions of social life.‖
~ Rosetta Ross, pp. 224-225 What does it mean to say these women
are engaged in theological
reflection? What is distinctive about their process of theological
reflection – e.g.,
key elements / sources that inform their reflection? How does Ross's
focus on structures, systems, and institutions invite us
to think more deeply about the relationship between servant
leadership,
theology, religious practice, and social justice? Or between our
individual
practices of personal piety and to structures of injustice? Since this is
our last discussion post, I am hoping that you will make
efforts to connect Ross to earlier readings / concepts. This will be
good preparation for the final paper as well. By way of reminder,
here are some resources that might usefully be brought into dialogue
with Ross:
(1) theological reflection lecture from Week 3, (2) womanist lecture
from Week
6, (3) Ngunjiri‘s key concepts of tempered radical, spirited leaders,
and critical

servant leaders from Week 4, (4) Greenleaf on ―inner city church,‖ (5)
the
Beatitudes for Leaders from Ebener. Name: Kim Fenske
Opinion: As I review Matthew‘s lecture on theological reflection, the
women in
Ross‘ book, Witnessing & Testifying, were engaged in the three
way
conversation among their ancestors in the church (i.e., especially
mothers and
grandmothers), their everyday experiences. These women kept
growing deeper as they lived through their experiences, correlated
their experiences
with traditions, and finally moved into practical action applying what
they had
learned and where God had taken them in their journey. They applied
this
practical theology assuming God is active and redemptive and He is a
reconciling presence in this world. In Romans 12:2, God urges us,
―Do not
conform to the pattern of this world, but be transformed by the
renewing of
your mind.‖ Diane Nash provided a wonderful example of putting this
idea
into practice: ―Her devout Catholic upbringing seems to have
combined easily
with teachings she received about nonviolent direct action to form
clearly in
her mind a moral perspective that segregation was sinful and should
be
strongly opposed‖ (Ross, 2003, p.167). Nash was not going to
conform as she
theologically reflected on her experiences.
This circle of theological reflection was also highlighted in Ngunjiri‘s
thoughts
on tempered radicals in her book, Women‘s Spiritual Leadership in
Africa (Ngunjiri, 2010). Ngunjiri defines tempered radicals as ―people
who are

living at odds with the majority culture, and who then choose to be
proactive
about changing the status quo‖ (Ngunjiri, 2010, p. 147). Ngunjiri uses
examples of how women used their different experiences, correlated
their
experiences with traditions and led with practical action, following
God‘s plan
for them. They are naturally less coercive and how these women,
through
experiential learning, chose their battles wisely. They led with
openmindedness, helpfulness, and with compassion. They learned
quiet resistance
works and found ways to persuade rather than use coercion as
tempered
radicals. At times these women needed to be courageous when
choosing a
battle based on principles. Ngunjiri references how Wahu Kaara‘s
deep
compassion and empathy for social injustice led her to be a tempered
radical,
at times being blunt and courageous while taking a risk, as she spoke
out
against social and economic injustices (Ngunjiri, 2010).
We also learned Practical Theology is not merely the application of
theological
principles to current realities; however, it gives rise to the critical
question
about how to live in response to God‘s activity. The goal is to pursue
faithful
living in our time and place. Dan Ebener also applied this practical
theology as
he leads us through the Beatitudes in Matthew 5: 1-11. Jesus invests
three
years with his disciples, building relationships with them so he can
better lead
them and train them up. Ebener shares, "The Beatitudes are not
commandments. Jesus is not commanding his disciples to live by

them. He is
teaching us the wisdom of living the blessed life of the
Beatitudes" (Ebener,
2012, pg. xiv). These verses in Matthew demonstrate virtues we can
use to
guide and help us love others better as we pursue faithful living.
As I reflect on Ross' work, the cultivation of Katie Geneva Cannon's
three
virtues of invisible dignity, quiet grace,and unshouted courage (Ross,
2003,
p.7) stand forefront in my list of takeaways in relationship to servant
leadership. These women developed survival strategies based on their
experiences, utilizing their faith in the Lord (or in the case of Clara
Muhammad, her faith in Allah) , and the teachings from their
families. They
did not conform, but used these experiences to do community work
and make
a difference in the Civil Rights Movement. As servant leaders, we
take care of
physical needs of our people, which leads us to care for them
emotionally and
spiritually as well. Reply: Name: Michael Mcardle
Opinion: I thought I was comfortable with the concept of theological
reflection
as it was being used in this course, but as I looked for an angle to
begin this
week‘s discussion, I decided to double check my understanding.
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BME 213164 This is your area to discuss your argument
This is your area to discuss your argument in support of Affirmative
Action. Only those assigned to your group can see the documents in
this area. Explore your topic, develop your argument, and plan your
strategy for the class discussion.

Be sure you research and discuss the information you will need for
the class discussion. In the class discussion, you are responsible for
presenting and supporting your arguments in favor of Affirmative
Action. In this space, the team should decide on the information it
needs to argue its position successfully.
I would like to reply to the persons post who states this. I would like
to reply with some thoughts, questions for him and some of my own
ideas, can you help me develop a reply please.
I believe in providing a convincing argument on this position, or any
position, it is important to start with identifying the foundation of
your argument. I believe that if we focus on the original meaning of
Affirmative Action, as presented by John F. Kennedy, instead of what
it changed to after the Civil Rights Act of 1964, we could build a very
strong argument for the benefits of affirmative action in its original
intent.
The Civil Rights Act of 1964 outlawed discrimination based on race,
color, religion, sex, or national origin. The term ―affirmative action‖
was first used by President John F. Kennedy in 1961 when he issued
Executive Order 10925, requiring government contractors to ―take
affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that
employees are treated during employment, without regard to their
race, creed, color, or national origin.‖1 Today, America‘s
understanding of the term has changed dramatically. After the passage
of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, Kennedy‘s ―without regard‖ standard
was transformed into policies that encouraged public officials,
educators, and administrators to actively treat people with regard to
race. The foundation of taking affirmative action without regard to the
above mentioned would focus on a diverse workforce for the right
reasons when hiring and building a team. Focusing on that and all the
benefits an organization reeps from a truly diverse workforce, culture
and strategy is a pretty strong argument for affirmative action in any
meaning!
Please include a reference. The answer can be about a page long
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BUS 532 Power, Politics, and the Human Resource

Power, Politics, and the
Human Resource Professional
Anthony Raia Anthony; Raia, Professor of Management with the
Graduate School of Management at the University; of California in
Los Angeles, spoke to the Conference
about the reality of organizational politics. He discussed ways to
recognize and
understand your particular power structure and make it work for you
and your
human resource function.
As Carlos indicated in his introduction to this session, I have been
involved
in Organizational Development programs and activities in a wide
variety of organizations throughout the U.S. and abroad. Almost all of
it involves working at all
levels with line managers and human resource professionals like
yourselves. In
recent years, I have become increasingly aware of and concerned that
too many
executives and line managers perceive human resource people as
either "second
class citizens" or as "staff weenies." At best, we are
often seen as soft, "touchiefeelies" who, at worst, are
irrelevant to what is really going on in the organization.
What disturbs me, however, is that some of us willingly accept those
perceptions and labels and play out our roles as though they were true.
How do we fall
into this trap?
To begin with, I believe that part of the answer has to do with what
might
be called political naivete, or our inability to understand and/or accept
the
political realities of organizational life. This may be due to the set of
humanistic

values that provides the foundation for many of our activities and
efforts. If you
grew up in the OD field, as I did, "manipulation" is a dirty
word. Most of us are
more comfortable with the term "influence." All in all, I
believe our value set
sometimes keeps us from seeing things as they really are. Secondly,
we lack the
concepts and tools required to develop a political perspective in our
field. The
conceptual frameworks, the models we use to help us manage human
resources in
organizations, do not explicitly include power and politics as integral
elements
in the process. And finally, I believe that many of us lack political
will and skill.
We are either unwilling or unable to play politics, even though it is
the name of
the game in many of our organizations. So instead of denying that
politics exist,
I propose three objectives:
First, 1 would like to present a conceptual model that puts the
spotlight on the political aspects of an organization and integrates
them
with its technology, its management systems, its people, and its
culture.
Hopefully, this will provide us with some "fresh eyes," or
a way of POWER, POLITICS, AND THE HUMAN RESOURCE
PROFESSIONAL 2 0 1 looking at organizations which incorporates a
political perspective.
Second, I would like to further develop the concept of power and
politics in organizations in the hope that we will add to our
knowledge and theory base. And third, I would like to provide a
partial list
of quidelines and suggestions to get you thinking about the
implications of some of these ideas for you and for your
organizations.

ORGANIZATIONS, POWER, AND POLITICS There are many
ways to view organizations. In my opinion, one of the most
useful ways is to view them as open socio-technical systems. The idea
that
organizations are "open" is important because they really
are a part of their
external environments and the interaction is continuous and ongoing.
That is,
they impact on their environments and they are impacted upon by
their environments. Organizations are "socio-technical" in
the sense that they contain
both social and technological components, or subsystems, which also
interact
in a continuous and ongoing basis. When the organization is viewed
as a "system,"
the essential role of management is to "fit" the social
system to the technology
and to "fit" the organization to its environment. The focus
is not only on the
components, or parts, but on the relationships and interactions
between them.
Figure I represents an expanded version of the socio-technical
systems model
and may be described as follows:
• The Environment(s): E2, The general environment, consists of those
forces
which are potentially relevant for all organizations, including
technological,
economic, political, and social. El, the specific environment, consists
of those
elements which are immediately relevant for and/or are in direct
contact
with a given organization, such as suppliers, banks, customers,
environmentalists,
unions, and distributors.
• Inputs: are generally raw materials, money, people, ideas,
information, technology, and other factors which the organization

imports from the environment.
Inputs can be planned and wanted or unplanned and unwanted.
• Outputs: are exported to the external environment and generally
include products and/or services. Like inputs, outputs can be planned
and wanted or
unplanned and unwanted - eg., waste, scrap, pollution, etc.
• The Technological Subsystem: consists of the technology, tools,
machines,
processes, and methods required to produce goods, services, and/or
information. It also includes the knowledge required to transform
"inputs" into
"outputs."
• The Social Subsystem: Reflects the requirements of the
technological subsystem and consists of people who bring an
assortment of technical skills, knowledge and ideas to the
organization. They also bring expectations, motives,
needs, ways of thinking and behaving, and a wide variety of other
personal
qualities.
• The Managerial Subsystem: includes the structure of roles and
responsibilities,
the policies, procedures and rules of the organization, its management
practices,
the way in which decisions are made, the system of rewards and
penalties, and many
other key management processes.
2 0 2 HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING 1985 VOLUME 8.
NUMBER 4 CHAPTER 3 • The Political Subsystem: reflects the
managerial subsystem and emerges from
the delegation of authority and the system of rewards and penalties.
As such, it
represents the distribution of power throughout the organization.
• The Cultural Subsystem: as these subsystems interact over a longer
period of
time, the organization develops its own unique
"personality," which reflects
the commonly shared values and norms of behavior.

Organizations are not just political entities. All of the components
listed
here are both important and essential. But for our purposes today, I
would like
to focus on the political subsystem and its implications for change.
Much of
what we do as human resource professionals involves change. Every
time there's a
reorganization, or a change in the succession plan, or a modification
of the
performance appraisal system, or a change in personnel policies, or
the incentive compensation plan, or whatever we attempt to change,
the political subsystem becomes active. Vested interests are almost
always at stake and the distribution of power challenged.
There has been an increasing interest in organization power and
politics
over the past five years. Jeff Pfeffer (1981), for example, believes that
power
exists in organizations to resolved the conflict which arises from
interdependence and from differing interests and needs. Henry
Mintzberg (1982) sees political
behavior as both informal and illegitimate, and which arises when the
formal
organization is not working well. Noel Tichy (1983) outlines a
number of political strategies for change. I would like to define power
very simply as "—the
ability or capacity to influence organizational activities or outcomes,
or to get
one's own way." It's your ability, my ability, the manager's
ability to influence
outcomes or to get what we want from the organization. Where does
power
come from? I believe that it's important to understand what the
sources of
power are in an organization. It will help us in our analysis of how we
go about
implementing change and how we go about doing our jobs. Most

important, it
provides us with an opportunity to begin looking at the implications
for the
human resource manager. There are a number of very important
sources for
each of us.
• Expertise is really in the eye of the beholder and must be expertise
which is
valued by the organization. It has to do with knowledge, it has to do
with
competence, and it has to do with professional status. It behooves the
human
resource professional to be seen as an expert in the field and for his or
her
expertise to be valued by the organization. Are you seen as an expert?
• Sanctions reflect the capacity or the potential to reward or punish.
This is
generally a very important source of power for many managers. Some
use it
wisely, others don't. As a human resource professional, what is your
capacity
to reward and/or punish people in the organization?
• Legitimacy represents the formal authority, or right we have to act in
behalf
of the organization, to direct other people, and/or to make certain
decisions.
In some organizations, such as the military, this is an important source
of
power. How much formal or functional authority do you have and
how important is it to have in your organization? POWER,
POLITICS, AND THE HUMAN RESOURCE PROFESSIONAL 2 0
3 • Referent power comes from knowing someone else, from being
supported by
someone else, from being perceived as having a link to, or some
influence
over, someone in power. What kind of influence or support do you
have from

those who are in power positions in your organization?
• Information that is relevant and valued by members of the
organization is
another important source of power in organizations. Information that
is privileged or not commonly shared or known is of particular
importance. As a
human resource professional, are you tied in to all of the important
channels
of communications - both formal and informal?
• Resources represent another important source of power in
organizations. These
generally include budgets, people, facilities, and other resources
which are
shared. How much control or influence over organization resources
do you
have?
• Personal power is generally attributed to someone who has charisma
or
credibility, or a track record. It is the way in which you are perceived
by
others. What kind of an image do you have in your organization?
Most managers know where the power is in their organizations and
who
the "power players" are. They spend a great deal of time
protecting or trying to
expand their power base. That's what politics is all about - i.e., it's
behavior that
is intended to maintain or increase one's power base and/or to change
the
distribution of power in an organization. Some managers have a very
high need
for power. They need to be in control, they need to have control over
people
and resources, and they like to manipulate others. The power players
are generally
very good at it. As I indicated earlier, much of the work we do as
human resource

professionals involves changes which impact on the distribution of
power and,
consequently, activates the political subsystem.
SOME GUIDEUNES AND ADVICE I believe that we need to be
more aware of and sensitive to the political
implications of the human resource function. Consequently, we need
to increase
our understanding of power, of political behavior, and of political
systems in the
context of our own organization. This will enable us to understand
and analyze
what's really going on; it can also help us with the planning and
implementation
of changes; and at a personal level, it can help us to become more
effective in
our roles as human resource professionals. How can we increase our
political
understanding and skills?
First, we need to be aware of and to assess the potential sources of
power
available to us. Begin by looking at yourself and at the human
resource function
in terms of the nature and amount of power you have. Then do an
honest
appraisal to determine how "powerful" you really are in
the organization. More
specifically, for example,
• How much competence and expertise do you have? Are you
perceived as a
"staff weenie" or as a "professional" by the
rest of the organization? Are you
technically competent and up-to-date in human resource
management? I know
that most of us believe that we are professionals in every sense of the
word,
but do others?
2 0 4 HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING 1985 VOLUME 8,

NUMBER 4 CHAPTER 3 • What kind of "clout" do you
have in the organization? What kind of influence
do you have over the reward and penalty system? Most staff managers
can
exercise sanctions over their own personnel, but can do little about
others in
the organization.
• How much legitimate authority and formal status do you have? Is
the HR
function buried six levels down from the top of the organization, or do
you
report to the CEO? How much functional authority do you have?
Enough to
get the job done?
• Do you have access to the "power players" in the
organization? How much
referent power do you have? Can you get the support of top
management
when you really need it?
• How much information are you privy to? Are you tied in to the
formal and
informal channels of communications, or are you always the last one
to know
what's going on?
• What resources do you have available to you? How big is your
budget and
how many people do you have working for you? What facilities do
you control?
• What kind of credibility and personal power do you have? Do you
have a
track record of success? Are you seen as being both credible and
successful
by the rest of the organization?
Second, once you have assessed the sources of power available to
you,
they can be expanded to increase your overall power base if you
should so

choose. What follows is only a partial list of ideas and suggestions to
get you
started:
• Take advantage of your expertise and professional status. Don't be
ashamed
of your degrees; let people know that you have professional training.
Go to
conferences, take courses and programs, and be on top in your field.
This is
the thing each of us should do, whether or not we want to become
power
players.
• Increase your ability to influence the reward system. Get on those
incentive
compensation committees, or get involved in merit reviews, if you
can. It
helps to have people believe that you have some influence over
performance
appraisal and/or the distribution of incentives.
• Legitimize your role and status in the organization. Don't take a
back seat to
the other managers at your level. Try to get yourself and the HR
function
positioned as high in the organization as you can - and while you're at
it, get
the best title you can for yourself. The same goes for space and
facilities for
you and your staff.
• Develop good relationships with the key power holders in the
organization.
Find yourself some "sponsors," or people who are
supportive of you and HR
activities, and who have clout. Identify the high influence people and
associate with them - at lunch, on the golf course, or whatever it
takes. You need to
be seen not only as a team player, but also as being on the first team -
not the

JVs, but the varsity.
• Link to the formal and informal channels of communications. This
includes
secretaries and others who are "in the know." You don't
want to become a
POWER, POLITICS, AND THE HUMAN RESOURCE
PROFESSIONAL 2 0 5 rumor monger, but you do want to know
what's going on. Perhaps the Peters
and Waterman style of "Managing by Walking Around"
makes a lot of sense for HR professionals.
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BUSI 340 AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP Conduct an
Internet search to find
1. 1. AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP
2. 2. Conduct an Internet search to find and read 3 recent
articles that relate to AUTHENTIC LEADERSHIP Select the 1
article that you wish to discuss.
3. 3. Submit a thread that contains the following information in
the following format, using the headers so that you ensure that
all aspects of the assignment are completed as required. Failure
to follow these instructions will result in a 1-point deduction.
1. 1. Definition: Give a brief definition of the key term
followed by the current APA reference for the term; this
does not count in the 400-word requirement.
2. 2. Summary: Give a brief summary of the selected
article, in your own words.
3. 3. Discussion:
Give a brief discussion of how the article relates to the selected
chapter key term. This gives you the opportunity to add value to the
discussion by sharing your experiences, thoughts, and opinions. Draw
your peers into discussion of topics by asking questions. This is the
most important part of the thread.

Biblical Integration: Use at least 1 appropriate scripture verse or
narrative from the Bible to support your discussion. Are there any
biblical examples of this term, is the term you are responding to
related to a term you researched, if so, how?
Include the complete URL of each article read (use a persistent link
for articles from the Jerry Falwell Library). Each reference must be in
current APA format. These do not count toward the 400-word
requirement.
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BUSI 340 EVALUATION APPREHENSION Conduct an
Internet search
1. 1.
EVALUATION APPREHENSION
articles that relate to EVALUATION APPREHENSION Select
the 1 article that you wish to discuss.
3. 3. Discussion:

requirement.
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BUSI 340 Select a key term from assigned chapters
1. 1. Select a key term from assigned chapters. SCIENTIFIC
MANGEMENT
articles that relate to SCIENTIFIC MANGEMENT Select the 1
article that you wish to discuss.
3. 3. Discussion:

requirement.
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BUSN 278 A myriad of factors can affect your short term
forecast
1. A myriad of factors can affect your short term forecasts, with
external factors probably having the greatest impact, because those
are normally out of your control.
So how about impacts to long term forecasting, particularly the
product life cycle. If you are in an industry that has a lot of
turnover...new products popping up, if you are projecting for the long
term, the chance that a complete industry turnover occurring before
your product launches increases.
Consider laptops. The increase in individual consumer and business
adoption of the use of laptops, more competitors entered the market.
The market tended to be predictable with a few leaders always
seeming to have an edge: Dell, IBM, HP and Apple. That is until the
Ipad was launched. It didn't have the robust capabilities of a laptop,
however it was a start. A few years later, we have products like the
Surface Pro and the Ipad Pro. Not only would these products have an
impact on planning, but on budgeting for their competitors as well, I
would think

Thoughts?
2. When many people think of seasonal forecasts, they think of the
Christmas holidays. However, seasonal forecasts can be specific to
industries (think home improvement stores in the spring and summer)
and products (think laptop computers at the beginning of the school
year).
How critical are seasonal adjustments to forecasting to better predict
sales numbers during peak and lull periods?
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Case Study week 2 Print Male 1:Over 95 years of
experience in the industry
1. What led UPS to pursue an integrated marketing communications
approach? What was the promotional objective as it repositioned
itself in the synchronized commerce marketspace?
2. Why was it logical for UPS to have four different marketing
approaches?
3. How important is a brand recall rate of 97% to 98% for UPS? What
challenges does such a brand recall rate present to competitors?
Case Study week 2
Print
Male 1:Over 95 years of experience in the industry. A brand
synonymous with excellence in its field.
That‘s the kind of corporate resume most companies can only dream
of. For UPS its reality. Since
1907 UPS has grown to become an industry leader in package
shipping and delivery. But when UPS
made a major commitment to expand its business offerings, it faced
the unique challenge of

transcending its rich history and repositioning its brand in the mind of
consumers.
Male 2:As a business we have for decades been primarily in the
business of small package
transportation and delivery. Which is how the vast majority of our
customers and the population at
large know us today. Since, really in the last five to seven years we‘ve
been aggressively moving
well beyond that core competency and frankly building around that
core competency in the
movement of goods to include a lot of other types of added value
services. Whether it be concerning
the use of an application of information about the movement of those
goods or the funds and the
financial transactions that revolve around commercial exchange on a
global basis.
Male 1: For UPS an evolved business plan meant the need for a retool
brand strategy. The brand
name UPS needed to communicate more than just small package
transportation and delivery.
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CCJS 105 In the following module, we will discuss the
various types of violent crime and their causes
In the following module, we will discuss the various types of violent
crime and their
causes. We will consider factors that predispose individuals to
committing acts of
violence and the emerging forms of violence in contemporary society.
Additionally, we will examine the various forms and causes of
property crime in society,
considering the history of these crimes and their modern form.
We will conclude with a discussion of white-collar crime, including
cyber and organized

crime and a description and assessment of attempts to control and
safeguard against
such crime. We will examine the impacts and consequences of
violent, property, and
white-collar crimes.
After reviewing the module content below, test your understanding by
thinking about
the conference essay questions. These questions may be specifically
assigned by your
instructor. Child Abuse
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Chapter 1 Renting a car at the airport
Case #1 – Chapter 1 Renting a car at the airport has, for many,
become an unpleasant experience. After a long day (or night)
of navigating airports and flight delays, the weary traveler must
trudge or take a bus to a rental counter,
wait in a line, and finally be greeted with a selection of choices:
which type of car, what insurance
options, prepaid fuel or refill on the way back to the airport, which
navigation aids, and so on. Frequent
travelers can make this process less burdensome by selecting choices
in advance, but the likelihood that
a chosen car model will be unavailable is still high. Although car-
sharing services, such as Zipcar, and
chauffeur services, such as Lyft and Uber, have used Internet
technologies as a key element from their
beginnings, most car rental companies have made limited use of those
technologies as an add-on to
their core airport-based operations. In 2012, the launch of Silvercar
airport rental cars was intended to

change that. From its original operation in Austin, Silvercar had
grown to 10 airport locations by 2015
with plans to add a new location every few months. Billing itself as
the ―first hassle-free car rental
company,‖ Silvercar designed its workflow to minimize the time
customers would spend dealing with the
airport car rental experience. Silvercar customers must download the
company‘s mobile app to their
phones or tablet devices to make a reservation. The reservation
includes insurance options, but there is
no need to select a car type or option since all Silvercar vehicles are
identically equipped Audi A4 sedans
that are painted silver, of course. Once they arrive at the airport,
customers receive a text that directs
them to either pick up their car at the curb, delivered by a Silvercar
employee, or to a nearby lot. The
app includes a scan code that unlocks the car. The app reminds the
customer when it is time to return
the vehicle and provides directions through the app and on the car‘s
built-in GPS system. If the customer
is unable to return the car with a full fuel tank, Silvercar will fill it at
the prevailing local price plus a $5
refueling charge. The company has established rental rates that are
competitive in each location with
other companies‘ rates for midsize sedans. The rentals include
additional drivers and roadside
assistance. The equipment included with each car includes GPS, Wi-
Fi, satellite radio, and a toll-tracking
system that charges the customer automatically for the exact amount
of tolls incurred (most rental car
companies charge a daily rental fee for a toll transponder in addition
to the toll amounts)
Questions:

1. Silvercar‘s business process design implicitly excludes being able
to provide services to certain
customers. In about 100 words, identify the characteristics of those
customers and outline the costs and
benefits to Silvercar of choosing not to serve them. 2. Assume you are
the Customer Experience Manager at an established rental car
company. Prepare a
memo of about 200 words to your Board of Directors that summarizes
the competitive threats presented
to your business by Silvercar and outline specific actions you believe
your company can take to reduce
those threats. 3. Many rental car companies in the past have promoted
their services by highlighting the helpfulness
and friendliness of their employees. In about 100 words, assess the
role and importance of employee
characteristics such as helpfulness in Silvercar‘s business process
design. Case #1 – Chapter 2
Hyderabad is the fourth-largest city in India, with a population of 9
million in the city itself and more
than 15 million in the metropolitan area. It is the capital of the State of
Andhra Pradesh, which has 86
million people and a $100 billion-per-year economy. Hyderabad itself
accounts for about half of that
annual activity, much of it in information technology (the city houses
the Indian headquarters of
Amazon.com, Google, and Microsoft, for example) and
pharmaceuticals. With more than a dozen
universities, the city is a leader in education and research. Like the
rest of the country, however, citizens
in the Hyderabad metropolitan area are less connected to the Internet
than the city‘s strong presence in
the information technology industry would suggest. Overall, only
about 1.7 million residents (about 19

percent of the population) have regular online access. About half of
those with regular access use an
Internet-capable phone as their primary access device. Approximately
85 percent of Hyderabad citizens
own mobile phones, but most of them are not Internet-capable.
Although the level of Internet access in
Hyderabad is greater than the average for India, it lags far behind the
United States, where more than 90
percent of the population has regular online access. It also lags behind
online access in China, where
about 46 percent of the population has regular online access (about 80
percent of that through mobile
devices). Questions:
1. What are the implications of the low Internet access rates for the
citizens of Hyderabad as they
become active participants in the world economy over the next five
years? Summarize your thoughts in
about 100 words. 2. Using your library or your favorite search engine,
identify current trends in the growth of Internetcapable phones and
other online access devices in India. In a report of about 200 words,
evaluate the
prospects for significant changes in online access rates over the next
few years. 3. Use what you learned about online access technologies
in this chapter to outline several alternatives
that the government of Hyderabad should consider developing
(perhaps in partnership with local
information technology companies) that might increase online access
rates for its citizens. Prepare a
report of about 200 words in which you discuss at least two of these
alternatives.
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CJA 315 Use a recent news article on the Internet

4. Use a recent news article on the Internet that concerns probable
cause and criminal procedure.
5. Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word summary of the article in which
you analyze the requirements for search and arrest warrants, and
how they relate to the right to privacy and probable cause. In
addition, discuss exceptions to warrant requirements.
6. Format your summary consistent with APA guidelines.
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CJS 231 Domestic Violence and Children
1050- to 1400-word paper addressing the selected topic of your
choice. Be sure and address the following elements:
(1) Was the content of your video a personal crime, property crime, or
policy issue? Explain your answer.
(2) What causal factors are addressed or implied in the video?
(3) What policy implications or recommendations were there in the
video to address the crime?
(4) What budgetary or financial implications were there in the video?
(5) What future implications were there in the video?
(6) What other content-specific information is relevant to your
selected video?
(7) What criminological theory or theories best explains the
occurrence of crimes or issues depicted in the video?
Format your work consistent with APA guidelines.
Submit your work to the Assignment Files tab.
Special Instructions for this class:

The assignment asks you to address 7 questions about a short video
clip. They are: type of criminal issue, causal factors, policy
implications, budgetary/economic implications, future implications,
content, and relevant theories.
Be sure you clearly identify the video clip you are commenting on. Be
sure your paper or presentation addresses the 7 elements or questions.
Even if the video you choose does not explicitly address one of the
elements (for example, "Future Implications," "Budgetary/Economic
Implications," or "Policy Implications"), you should address issues
raised by the facts in the video that relate to that element. If you take
the slide presentation option, at least 8 slides must contain substantive
material--i.e., they are not simply title or reference slide, but are part
of you commentary on the video clip.
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CJS 231 Your state has asked you to develop a
reintegrative shaming program
Your state has asked you to develop a reintegrative shaming program
(RSP) to control recidivism. In a paper of 1400 words minimum:
-Distinguish between reintegrative and stigmatic shaming.
-Identify and describe at least four key features of your RSP.
-Using theories of crime causation, predict whether your RSP will be
successful or not, explaining why.
-If successful, describe advantages your RSP will have over
traditional adversary trial procedures.
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Collaborative Critical Reflection and Replies

Collaborative Critical Reflection and Replies
Step 1: Capture your topic. Mental Health Counseling Once you have
identified some potential topics for your reflection, your next task is
to identify the specific prompt or stimulus from course content that
you will share with others as the primary (top of the entry) catalyst for
your reflection. For the critical reflections, please choose one (or
more) one or two sentence direct quotations from the textbook
readings or supporting resources as your prompt. The quotation(s)
should reference, in a relevant, meaningful way, the issues, idea or
concept that you will reflect about and that, in the end, you hope all
learners will come to think about as a deeply important truth or lesson
of this class. To make it easier for you to reflect meaningfully on the
topic, the quotation should be relevant to a topic that you can tie
directly to your own (or others‘) experiences, observations, and
critical reasoning. It should also be something you are willing to
discuss with the class and something you are willing to think critically
about.
Step 2: Write your reflection. Once you have identified the quotation
prompt for your reflection, post it at the top of your paper, followed
by a line space. Then, share 300 to 400 words (in meaningful, well
organized paragraphs) that defend your belief that there is an
important truth or lesson relevant to this course to be gleaned from
this quotation. Essentially, your job is to clarify just what the lesson to
be learned is and then to strongly (and thoughtfully) defend why you
think the lesson is vital.
To help you think about your topic and write well, consider (and
answer) these questions: What truth or lesson is being communicated
by this quote? Why is this truth or lesson so important? How do your
own or other’s experiences and observations relate to and support
this truth or lesson? In what ways does this lesson make logical sense
to you? In what ways does this lesson make emotional sense to you?
How might this lesson be relevant to your own or others’ life and
career? Why do some fail to live as if this truth or lesson were
important? Why might some suggest this truth or lesson is not
important? How would you defend the truth of this lesson from those
who disagree and believe the lesson is not important? What can we

do (at an individual, community, or society level to make this truth or
lesson better recognized or practiced?
You are encouraged to be creative in your reflections. Your
reflections may include, when relevant, links to media, pictures, or
other supporting resources.
Step 3: Write a Discussion Question that Prompts Further Dialog on
the Topic. End your entry with a line space and then post a single,
relevant, provocative, open-ended question that you believe will
prompt further debate and reflection by readers.
Step 4: Give Your Reflection a Title. Be sure to give your reflection a
relevant, catchy but professional title. The title should be something
creative that sparks other learners to want to read your reflection.
Your title should be like a creative, but good headline.
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COMM 110 What is the value in learning about public
speaking and effective communication?
COMM/110 Version 7 Worksheet
QUESTIONs
1.What is the value in learning about public speaking and effective
communication? In what ways might you use public speaking in your
personal life and career?
2.What are the basic elements of the speech communication process?
Why are these elements important for presenting?
3.What are the guidelines for ethical speaking and presenting? Why is
important to consider ethics when presenting?
4.On a scale of 1 to 10, with 1 equaling love it and 10 equaling hate it,
rate your feelings about speaking in front of groups. Explain your
reasons for this rating, including any previous experiences you have
had with public speaking.
5.Why is it normal and even desirable to be nervous at the start of a
speech?

6.From your experience, how have you been able to identify when a
speaker is nervous? What are the signs of speech anxiety?
7.What methods can you use to control speech anxiety?
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Consider an HIV prevention program
4. Consider an HIV prevention program being proposed by a
professor at a local university. The program is being funded by a
national HIV/AIDS service organization. The professor has also
identified the following stakeholders: two community
organizations active in HIV prevention, the local health
department, and various community members.
5. Give an assessment of whether or not you expect the
identified stakeholders will have difficulty setting program
goals, and explain why.
6. Identify additional stakeholders that should be involved in
the planning process and explain why you chose them.
7. Describe the collaboration strategies you would use to avoid
turf struggles and ensure that all stakeholders have a sense
of ownership over the program. Explain why these strategies
would work.
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Create a blog post (250 words) that draws on the subject’s
resources
7. Create a blog post (250 words) that draws on the subject‘s
resources (please indicate which ones using APA format). The
following questions can guide you to start thinking about what
you could include in your blog post.

8. How will allowing your worldview to be stretched and
challenged serve you in your future career?
9. Why is the cultivation of ―openness to other worldviews‖
important for everyone living on planet Earth today?
10. Put DiAngelo and Sensoy‘s (2014) four guidelines into
your own words and explain why these guidelines encourage
learning in a diverse world where injustice occurs.
11. In your own words, how do you think mindfulness can
enable you to nurture wiser relationships with yourself, others
and what is going on around you?
12. Discuss the four views of the concept of culture that
Breidenbach and Nyíri (2009) ague that we must move beyond.
13. The Evolution of Ethnocentric Behavior
by
Robert Axelrod and Ross A. Hammond April 16, 2003 This is a
revised version of a paper prepared for delivery at
Midwest Political Science Convention, April 3-6, 2003,
Chicago, IL Robert Axelrod is the Arthur W. Bromage
Distinguished University Professor
of Political Science and Public Policy, University of Michigan,
Ann Arbor MI 48109
(axe@umich.edu). Ross A. Hammond is a PhD candidate in the
Department of Political
Science, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109
(rahammon@umich.edu).
The authors thank Lars-Erik Cederman, J. M. G. van der
Dennen, David Lazer,
Richard Lenski, Robert Putnam, the BACH group (Carl Simon,
Michael D. Cohen, John
Holland, Scott Page, Mercedes Pascual, and Rick Riolo), and
especially our research
assistant, Hans Christian Siller. For financial help, we thank the
Intel Corporation, the

National Science Foundation, and the LS&A Enrichment
Fund of The University of
Michigan. Abstract Ethnocentrism is a nearly universal
syndrome of attitudes and behaviors.
Behaviors associated with ethnocentrism include cooperation
with members of the
in-group, but not out-groups. We show that ethnocentric
behavior can emerge from
a simple evolutionary model of local competition between
individuals. Our agentbased model treats interactions as one-
move Prisoner‘s Dilemmas, and the
inheritance of strategies as genetic, cultural, or (most plausibly)
both. Results from
the model demonstrate that ethnocentric behavior can evolve
even when direct
reciprocity is impossible, opportunities for ―cheating‖ exist, and
agents have minimal
cognitive ability. When cooperating is relatively costly,
ethnocentric behavior can
even be necessary to sustain cooperation. Ethnocentrism
Ethnocentrism is a nearly universal syndrome of attitudes and
behaviors. The
attitudes include seeing one‘s own group (the in-group) as
virtuous and superior and an
out-group as contemptible and inferior. The attitudes also
include seeing ones own
standards of value as universal. The behaviors associated with
ethnocentrism are
cooperative relations with the in-group and absence of
cooperative relations with the outgroup (LeVine and Campbell,
1972). Membership in an ethnic group is typically -2- evaluated
in terms of one or more observable characteristics (such as
language, accent,

physical features, or religion) that are regarded as indicating
common descent (Sumner
1906, Hirshfeld 1996, Kurzban, Tooby, and Cosmides 2001).
Ethnocentrism has been
implicated not only in ethnic conflict (Chirot and Seligman
2001, Brewer 1979b) and war
(van der Dennen 1995), but also consumer choice (Klein and
Ettenson 1999) and voting
(Kinder, 1998). In short, ethnocentrism can be in-group
favoritism or out-group hostility.
This article offers a model to account for the evolution of
ethnocentric behavior.
Ethnocentric behavior is defined here as cooperation with
members of one‘s own group,
and noncooperation toward members of other groups. We show
that ethnocentric
behavior can emerge from a simple evolutionary model of local
competition between
individuals, without any explicit difference between the
evolutionary process for dealing
with members of ones own group and the evolutionary process
for dealing with members
of other groups. What is Known and Theorized
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Define attention, discuss how five of the several stimulus
factors
Define attention, discuss how five of the several stimulus factors
influence attention to a stimulus, and
explain how you can use each in your advertisement.

The main aim of any advertisement is to attract the consumer‘s
attention; it can be defined as the
degree to which the activity which it processes is devoted towards the
stimulus that is being targeted.
There are many factors that influence attention such as size, color,
position, novelty and repetition. The
size of the stimulus has a greater impact on the attention of the
customers as greater the size the more
will be the attention towards that advertisement. The colors used in
the advertisement also has an
impact on the attention which it draws, the colors used in the main
advertisement lines should stand out
from its background. Position of the advertisement whether on
television or on hoarding also affect the
attention of the viewers. A familiar object in a novel situation tends to
attract attention therefore an
advertisement should use logos and objects that are familiar to the
viewers. Repetition also creates an
image in the minds of the viewers. My Prof. response
You posit "A familiar object in a novel situation tends to attract
attention therefore an advertisement
should use logos and objects that are familiar to the viewers.
Repetition also creates an image in the
minds of the viewers" which is most interesting to say the least.
1.What are your thoughts on an advertisement's life cycle?
Specifically,
2. what are your thoughts on the Progressive Insurance commercials
featuring Flo as it relates to this
specific point?
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Describe the impact of a payroll tax on wages
Q1. Describe the impact of a payroll tax on wages and employment in
a competitive

industry. Why is part of the tax shifted to workers? What is the
deadweight loss of the
payroll tax?
Q2. Why does the payroll tax have the same impact on wages and
employment regardless
of whether it is imposed on workers or on firms?
Q3. Show how the imposition of a minimum wage on a monopsony
can increase both
wages and employment.
Q4. Suppose that the government raises the minimum wage by 20
percent. Thinking of
the four Marshall‘s rules of derived demand as they apply to a
particular industry, analyze
the conditions under which job loss among teenage workers in that
industry would be
small.
Q5. Let total market demand for labor be represented by ED = 1,000 –
50w where ED is
total employment and w is the hourly wage.
1) What is the market clearing wage when total labor supply is
represented by
ES = 100w – 800? How many workers are employed? How much
producer surplus is
received at the equilibrium wage?
2) Suppose the government imposes a minimum wage of $16. What is
the new level of
employment? How much producer surplus is received under the
minimum wage?
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Describe the importance of understanding culture in
global business dealings
Describe the importance of understanding culture in global business
dealings

Describe how companies can utilize technology and e-commerce to
evolve into a global operation
Apply alternatives to the difficulties encountered in expansion to
areas without sufficient connectivity
Evaluate how cultural differences in certain countries can create
difficult situations for multinationals
Apply knowledge to determine the best strategies of expansion in
global firms, and identify the differences between conducting
business in emerging, developing, and industrialized nations
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DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT Comment
DISCUSSION ASSIGNMENT
Comment on the following 2 statements using two distinct examples
when discussing each
response : (ie you will be providing 4 examples)
1.
2. "Great products make great sales?;" and,
"Great sales make great products?" Grading rubric for
module 3
This particular module is of a more subjective nature, so the rubric is
as follows:
Your evaluation of a great product making great sales: 10 points - in
addition to describing
why you believe this to be true or false, be sure to give specific
examples.
Your evaluation of a great sales making a great product: 10 points - in
addition to describing
why you believe this to be true or false, be sure to give specific
examples.
Your comments to other student's posts: 5 points MODULE 3 QUIZ
1. QUESTION 1
Provide two definitions for the term Place, and provide an example
for each definition that

displays its importance. 1. QUESTION 2
Define the concepts of logistics and JIT. Explain three key advantages
of using JIT within a
logistics planning process. Explain three caveats to using JIT.
QUESTION 3 1. 1. List four of the main modes of transporting
goods; also cite two of the benefits and two of the
limitations for each mode. QUESTION 4
Define AIDA. Explain the value of understanding the AIDA model.
Cite a personal
example that displays the impact of AIDA on you. QUESTION 5
1.
Explain the "Wheel of Retailing Theory," as discussed in
the text. Cite two distinct examples from
different retail segments that display the application of this Theory.
and explain how each relates to the
"Wheel" 1. QUESTION 6
List, explain, and give examples for five of the main uncontrollable
variables that a
marketing manager must address in the external environment.
QUESTION 7 1. 1. Define Marketing Mix. QUESTION 8 List,
explain (in detail), and provide examples for each component of
the Marketing Mix. Is the customer part of the Marketing Mix?
QUESTION 9 1. 1. We have discussed whether marketing efforts add
cost to a product.
Discuss this from various view points and give specific examples.
QUESTION 10 What is the difference between a Brand Name and a
Trademark?
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Dispositional and Evolutionary Theory Paper
Dispositional and Evolutionary Theory Paper.
Write a 1,000- to 1,250-word informational article for a newspaper
in which you do the following:

Describe the differences between dispositional and evolutionary or
biological personality theories.
Discuss the strengths and limitations of dispositional and
evolutionary or biological personality theories as they apply to
behavior.
Discuss the Big Five personality test and how it is used to study
personality.
Include a minimum of two to three sources.
Format your article consistent with APA guidelines.
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ECON 101 Which of the following is not an aggregate
14. Which of the following is not an aggregate-demand-side
explanation of business cycles?
Select one: a. the real-business-cycle theory b. the idea of
coordination failures c. mainstream (Keynesian-based)
macroeconomics d. monetarism
16. A higher wage could result in a lower labor cost per unit of
output than a lower wage if the higher wage:
Select one: a. is accompanied by an offsetting decline in fringe
benefits. b. increases supervision costs. c. reduces job turnover. d.
increases worker absenteeism.
19. New classical economists say that a fully anticipated increase in
aggregate demand:
Select one: a. shifts the long-run aggregate supply curve to the right.
b. shifts the long-run aggregate supply curve to the left. c. moves the
economy up along its vertical long-run aggregate supply curve. d.
eventually results in a self-correcting decrease in aggregate demand.
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ECON 201 Why do the majority of people resent aging

Why do the majority of people resent aging, according to Cephalus?
(1b)
• Why does Cephalus value the aging process? (1b-2a)
• What is Cephalus‘ attitude toward money? Why? (2a-2b)
• What is the advantage of having enough wealth, according to
Cephalus?
(2b-3a)
• What definition of justice does Socrates take from Cephalus‘
remarks? Why
can‘t that work as a definition? (3a-3b)
• What is Polemarchus‘ first definition of justice, and why does it fail?
(3b-4b)
• What is Polemarchus second definition of justice, and why does it
fail? (5a5b)
• What is Socrates initial attitude toward Thrasymachus? (6a)
• What is Thrasymachus‘ definition of justice? (6a-6b)
• Explain Thrasymachus‘ analogy. (6b-7a)
Excerpts from: Republic (380 BCE), Plato
tell you, that the more the pleasures of the body fade away, the
greater to me is the pleasure and charm of conversation. Do not
then deny my request, but make our house your resort and keep
company with these young men; we are old friends, and you
will be quite at home with us. Book I, 327a-347d (excerpts)
Characters: Socrates, Cephalus, Polemarchus, Thrasymachus
S: I went down yesterday to the Piraeus with Glaucon the son
of Ariston, that I might offer up my prayers to the goddess; and
also because I wanted to see in what manner they would
celebrate the festival, which was a new thing. I was delighted
with the procession of the inhabitants; but that of the Thracians
was equally, if not more, beautiful. When we had finished our
prayers and viewed the spectacle, we turned in the direction of
the city; and at that instant Polemarchus the son of Cephalus
chanced to catch sight of us from a distance as we were starting
on our way home, and told his servant to run and bid us wait

for him. The servant took hold of me by the cloak behind, and
said: ―Polemarchus desires you to wait…‖ S: I replied: There is
nothing which for my part I like better,
Cephalus, than conversing with aged men; for I regard them as
travelers who have gone a journey which I too may have to go,
and of whom I ought to enquire, whether the way is smooth
and easy, or rugged and difficult. And this is a question which I
should like to ask of you who have arrived at that time which
the poets call the 'threshold of old age' --Is life harder towards
the end, or what report do you give of it?
C: I will tell you, Socrates, he said, what my own feeling is.
Men of my age flock together; we are birds of a feather, as the
old proverb says; and at our meetings the tale of my
acquaintance commonly is --I cannot eat, I cannot drink; the
pleasures of youth and sex have fled away: there was a good
time once, but now that is gone, and life is no longer life. Some
complain of the slights which are put upon them by relations,
and they will tell you sadly of how many evils their old age is
the cause. But to me, Socrates, these complainers seem to
blame that which is not really in fault. For if old age were the
cause, I too being old, and every other old man, would have
felt as they do. But this is not my own experience, nor that of
others whom I have known. How well I remember the aged
poet Sophocles, when in answer to the question, ―How does
love suit with age, Sophocles? Are you still the man you
were?‖ ―Peace,‖ he replied; ―most gladly have I escaped the
thing of which you speak; I feel as if I had escaped from a mad
and furious master.‖ His words have often occurred to my S:
Accordingly we went with Polemarchus to his house; and
there we found his brothers Lysias and Euthydemus, and with
them Thrasymachus the Chalcedonian, Charmantides the
Paeanian, and Cleitophon the son of Aristonymus. There too
was Cephalus the father of Polemarchus, whom I had not seen
for a long time, and I thought him very much aged. He was
seated on a cushioned chair, and had a garland on his head, for
he had been sacrificing in the court; and there were some other
chairs in the room arranged in a semicircle, upon which we sat

down by him. He saluted me eagerly, and then he said:
C: You don't come to see me, Socrates, as often as you ought:
If I were still able to go and see you I would not ask you to
come to me. But at my age I can hardly get to the city, and
therefore you should come oftener to the Piraeus. For let me 1
Excerpts from: Republic (380 BCE), Plato
mind since, and they seem as good to me now as at the time
when he uttered them. For certainly old age has a great sense of
calm and freedom; when the passions relax their hold, then, as
Sophocles says, we are freed from the grasp not of one mad
master only, but of many. The truth is, Socrates, that these
regrets, and also the complaints about relations, are to be
attributed to the same cause, which is not old age, but men's
characters and tempers; for he who is of a calm and happy
nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of
an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden. acquired?
In the art of making money I have been midway
between my father and grandfather: for my grandfather, whose
name I bear, doubled the value of his patrimony, that which he
inherited being much what I possess now; but my father
Lysanias reduced the property below what it is at present: and I
shall be satisfied if I leave to these my sons not less but a little
more than I received.
S: That was why I asked you the question, I replied, because I
see that you are indifferent about money, which is a
characteristic rather of those who have inherited their fortunes
than of those who have acquired them; the makers of fortunes
have a second love of money as a creation of their own,
resembling the affection of authors for their own poems, or of
parents for their children, besides that natural love of it for the
sake of use and profit which is common to them and all men.
And hence they are very bad company, for they can talk about
nothing but the praises of wealth. S: I listened in admiration, and
wanting to draw him out, that
he might go on --Yes, Cephalus, I said: but I rather suspect that
people in general are not convinced by you when you speak
thus; they think that old age sits lightly upon you, not because

of your happy disposition, but because you are rich, and wealth
is well known to be a great comforter.
C: You are right, he replied; they are not convinced: and there
is something in what they say; not, however, so much as they
imagine. I might answer them as Themistocles answered the
Seriphian who was abusing him and saying that he was
famous, not for his own merits but because he was an
Athenian: 'If you had been a native of my country or I of yours,
neither of us would have been famous.' And to those who are
not rich and are impatient of old age, the same reply may be
made; for to the good poor man old age cannot be a light
burden, nor can a bad rich man ever have peace with himself. C: That
is true, he said.
S: Yes, that is very true, but may I ask another question? What
do you consider to be the greatest blessing which you have
reaped from your wealth?
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ECON 440 Explain intuitively
This question refers to the problem of externalities
(a) Explain intuitively why the presence of externalities causes the
first fundamental theorem of
welfare economics to fail (b) Draw and label a diagram to illustrate
your answer to part (a) then use it to explain a Pigouvian
tax 1 (c) Draw another diagram and use it to explain Coase Theorem
(d) Discuss the merits of the Pigouvian and Coasian solutions to the
externality problem 2 2. This question refers to the provision of a pure
public good
(a) Define a pure public good and state and explain the condition for
its efficient provision (b) Give an intuitive explanation for why the
Lindahl mechanism does not give an efficient allocation
if voting is strategic 3 (c) Give an example of preferences over the
level of public good provision such that majority voting
does not lead to a clear decision (d) Give an intuitive explanation for

why the Clarke-Groves mechanism leads to truth telling 4 3. This
question refers to moral hazard and adverse selection
(a) Explain and give examples of moral hazard and adverse selection
(b) Why do moral hazard and adverse selection cause the failure of
the first fundamental theorem of
welfare economics? (c) Can you suggest any solutions to moral
hazard and adverse selection problems 5 4. This question refers to the
Bergson-Samuelson social welfare function
(a) State and explain the conceptual basis of the Bergson-Samuelson
social welfare function (b) Draw a diagram and use it to explain why
a Bergson-Samuelson social welfare optimum will be
Pareto efficient 6 (c) If an economy is at a Bergson-Samuelson social
welfare optimum will there be efficiency in production? Explain (d) If
economic allocations are not Pareto efficient does it make sense to use
a Bergson-Samuelson
social welfare function to evaluate them? Discuss 7 Bonus Question:
This question is worth 15 extra credit points and is evaluated on the
math
Two individuals A and B have the following preference over two
goods x and y
uA = u(xA , y A , xB )
uB = u(xB , y B , xA )
Where xA + xB = x and y A + y B = y and the budget constraints are I
A = xA + y A and I A = xA + y A
¯
¯
(a) Derive the conditions for Pareto efficiency (b) Show that the
market equilibrium cannot be Pareto efficient 8
g.
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ENG 100A Summary for “Stone Soup”
Summary for ―Stone Soup‖ by Barbara Kingsolver After reading and
annotating ―Stone Soup,‖

write a short summary (one paragraph, no longer than half a page), a
general description of
Kinsolver‘s content and organization. Use proper MLA formatting
with heading, title, doublespacing, one-inch margins and 12 pt. font.
Your summary should be less than page in length. Edit
and revise for grammar, punctuation, and syntax. Include the
following elements in your
summary:
• In the opening sentence provide the title, author and essayist‘s
thesis. If the thesis is stated, then
provide the statement as a quote; if the thesis is implied, use the thesis
machine to help you
extract the main point from the essay and then paraphrase it in your
essay.
• Remember to attribute any claims made in the essay as the author‘s
since a summary is a
description of an essay.
• Classify the claim or thesis type (―Claim Cast‖ 214-17) and support
your claim choice by
explaining what is being compared and contrasted (resemblance) or
defined or refuted or
evaluated or proposed or what kind of cause and effect relationship is
established.
• Next, describe the evidence used—personal experience and/or
outside sources. If there are
outside sources identify those sources by author and/or title.
• Address the ―ethos‖ of the author by identifying those elements that
establish the author‘s
credibility in the subject matter. ―The author establishes credibility
through the use of . . . ―
• Lastly, describe the organization and identify how the parts function
to support the thesis Summary for ―Stone Soup‖ by Barbara
Kingsolver After reading and annotating ―Stone Soup,‖

write a short summary (one paragraph, no longer than half a page), a
general description of
Kinsolver‘s content and organization. Use proper MLA formatting
with heading, title, doublespacing, one-inch margins and 12 pt. font.
Your summary should be less than page in length. Edit
and revise for grammar, punctuation, and syntax. Include the
following elements in your
summary:
• In the opening sentence provide the title, author and essayist‘s
thesis. If the thesis is stated, then
provide the statement as a quote; if the thesis is implied, use the thesis
machine to help you
extract the main point from the essay and then paraphrase it in your
essay.
• Remember to attribute any claims made in the essay as the author‘s
since a summary is a
description of an essay.
• Classify the claim or thesis type (―Claim Cast‖ 214-17) and support
your claim choice by
explaining what is being compared and contrasted (resemblance) or
defined or refuted or
evaluated or proposed or what kind of cause and effect relationship is
established.
• Next, describe the evidence used—personal experience and/or
outside sources. If there are
outside sources identify those sources by author and/or title.
• Address the ―ethos‖ of the author by identifying those elements that
establish the author‘s
credibility in the subject matter. ―The author establishes credibility
through the use of . . . ―
• Lastly, describe the organization and identify how the parts function
to support the thesis

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Find a news article on the Internet
Applying Supply and Demand: Real World Examples
For this assignment you will find a news article (not a blog, not
Wikipedia, not an opinion article, a news article) that describes a
change in supply, demand or both in a real world market. The
learning objective is to understand how supply and demand impacts
markets and prices.
Begin by downloading and studying:
Supply and Demand Graphs.pptx
SupplyAndDemandGraphs2.doc
researchProjectRubric.pdf
Assignment Summary
 Find a news article on the Internet that describes a shift in the
supply curve or in the demand curve. The article must be
recent (within the last six months), and MUST NOT be from
an encyclopedia or reference website that discusses demand and
supply. DO NOT use blogs. Use well established business web
sites or industry specific web sites.
 The best articles are about changes in the price and/or sales of a
particular product. You then have the opportunity to
demonstrate your understanding of supply and demand shifts as
you explain the changes in price and quantity experienced by the
product you choose.
 RECOMMENDATION: READ THE SAMPLE
PROJECT: Under the Start Here link.
 Summarize the article. (Do not quote the article, but explain it as
if you were telling someone about it. If you do use direct quotes
or paraphrases, remember thatcitationsandreferencesare
required.)
 Explain which graph in our collection - A, B, C, or D -
illustrates the shift that you identify by describing the change in

price and the change in equilibrium quantity (remember the
difference between a change in quantity and a change in the
position of the curve - these are described in the documents
linked above).
 Some articles may describe a situation where both curves shift.
This is not common but it is possible.
 Do useparagraphsin your post. And do remain focused on what
is in the article.
 Provide a full URLlink to the article along with an APA-
formatted reference to the article at the bottom of your
submission.
 Important: This is a Microeconomic course. Do not choose an
article discussing Macroeconomic issues: Inflation,
unemployment, trade deficit, government budget deficit, etc.
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HMRT 407 How can a socialization process benefit the
organization
Technological advancements in the healthcare industry are usually
associated with improvements in diagnostic machines such as
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT)
scans. However, in behavioral health, one of the more important
technological advancements is in the documentation and reporting
systems used in the treatment of patients diagnosed with chronic
mental illness. Other information technology advancements such as
the use of the Internet have also had a significant impact on
behavioral health services. Read the following article from the
EBSCO host database:
 Ahr, P. (2005, January). Community mental health principles: A
40-year case study.Behavioral Health Management, 25(1),
15–17.
There are several topics mentioned in this article that have had or may
have an impact on behavioral health services.

Choose an issue mentioned in this article and research at least two
other articles (not more than two years old) that discuss these issues
as they pertain to behavioral health services. Use the following
questions as a guide when developing your essay on the issue:
 Explain in detail the issue as it pertains to healthcare in general
and behavioral health services in specific.
 What was the impact on behavioral health services?
 What are some of the financial, privacy, or ethical issues that
you perceived from this issue?
Submit your synopsis in a two- to three-page Microsoft Word
document to the
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Homework Assignment Chapters 14 and 15 Chapter
Homework Assignment
Chapters 14 and 15 Chapter 14 14-3. What would be some of the
difficulties faced during the actual
proposal preparation process, and how can they be minimized? [20
points] 14-12. Describe what types of products or services each of the
following contracts would be appropriate for, and give examples for
each:
(a) firm fixed-price; (b) cost plus fixed fee; and (c) time and materials.
[20
points] Chapter 15 15-6. If you were a project manager, which three
or four
responsibility areas of the nine listed under ―The Manager‘s Charter‖
would you most want to have included in a charter granted you by
management? State your reasons. [20 points] 15-7. Discuss the
precautions you might take as manager of a new
project in building a project team to assure that the project does not
get
off ―on the wrong foot.‖ [20 points] 15-11. Outline a strategy for
effective communication between

project personnel and the customer (client). [20 points] Read chapters
16, 17 and 18
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HSC 3015 Assignment 2
Assignment 2: Behavioral Health and Community The perspective of
community in behavioral health services has changed over the
last several decades. It has evolved from isolation to being
community-operated
services. Read the following articles from the EBSCO host database:
0 Ahr, P. (2005, January). Community mental health principles: A 40-
year
case
study. Behavioral Health Management, 25(1), 15—17. a Bazemore, P.
(2005, July). When state hospitals were communities.
Behavioral Health Management, 25(4), 10—12. o 055, M. (2004,
May). All roads lead to community-based care.
Behavioral Health Management, 24(2), 6. 0 Edwards, D. J. (2005).
The Behavioral Health Industry. Behavioral Health |
Management, 25(3), 49. Review the articles to create a synopsis on
the perspective of community in
behavioral health services. In the synopsis, make sure to include the
following pointers: - Compare and contrast the differences between
the isolation principles of
institutional care and the present-day community-based services. .
Analyze whether community-based services provide better care and
treatment for those diagnosed with persistent mental illness. Provide a
rationale for your response. . Analyze whether there is a purpose
behind providing institutional care to
individuals diagnosed with persistent mental illness. Provide a
rationale for
your response. Name your document:
SUO_HSC3015_W2_A2_LastName_Firstlnitial.doc. Submit your
synopsis in a two- to three-page Microsoft Word document to the W2:

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HSC 3015 Assignment 3: Technological Trends in
Behavioral Health
Assignment 3: Technological Trends in Behavioral Health
Technological advancements in the healthcare industry are usually
associated with improvements in diagnostic machines such as
magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) or computed tomography (CT)
scans. However, in behavioral health, one of the more important
technological advancements is in the documentation and reporting
systems used in the treatment of patients diagnosed with chronic
mental illness. Other information technology advancements such as
the use of the Internet have also had a significant impact on
behavioral health services. Read the following article from the
EBSCO host database:
 Ahr, P. (2005, January). Community mental health principles: A
40-year case study.Behavioral Health Management, 25(1),
15–17.
There are several topics mentioned in this article that have had or may
have an impact on behavioral health services.
Choose an issue mentioned in this article and research at least two
other articles (not more than two years old) that discuss these issues
as they pertain to behavioral health services. Use the following
questions as a guide when developing your essay on the issue:
 Explain in detail the issue as it pertains to healthcare in general
and behavioral health services in specific.
 What was the impact on behavioral health services?
 What are some of the financial, privacy, or ethical issues that
you perceived from this issue?
Submit your synopsis in a two- to three-page Microsoft Word
document to the

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HSC 3015 Managed care has had a signicant impact
Managed care has had a significant impact on the delivery of
behavioral health
services. This has influenced the way that the behavioral health
industry conducts
business. This week's research paper will focus on the business of
behavioral
health. Read the following articles from the EBSCO host database: 0
Covall, M. (2005, January). Medicare prospective payment comes to
psychiatric hospitals. Behavloral Health Management. 25(1). 54-57.
0 Use, M. E. (2005). What's next for managed behavioral health.
(Cover
story). Behavioral Health Management, 25(6). 11-14 You should also
search the Internet to further learn about additional factors that
influence the business model of behavioral health. To complete this
research paper, you will need to include an introduction and
conclusion section as well as a title page and reference section. The
paper should
adhere to the following guidelines: - The length of the paper should
be 6 to 8 double-spaced pages (not including
the title and reference pages).
- The main sections should have a:
0 Title page
0 Introduction
0 Body of the paper (with subheadings)
0 Conclusion
0 Reference page(s)
- The paper must use the APA format for citing sources and
references. Your paper introduction (one page) should include the

following points: - An overview of the research paper
- The purpose or objective of the research paper The body of the
paper (four to six pages) should address each of the following
topics using information learned in the course, in combination with
outside
references:
In today's healthcare scenario, are behavioral health services viewed
as a
profession? How? Is behavioral health service different from the rest
of the
healthcare industry? If yes, how? If no, whr? Describe the main
reasons why behavioral healthcare may be reimbursed
differently than any other healthcare services, in general. What factors
need
to be addressed based on the population sewed? Utilize your course
and
text readings to support your answers. What are some of the
challenges faced by behavioral healthcare providers
who operate in a managed care environment? What are some of the
areas
of conﬂict between behavioral healthcare providers and managed
care?
Which amongst these conflict areas do you think is the most crucial,
and
requires immediate attention, and why? Will the managed care
environment be able to support the services required
to provide effective residential treatment? In your opinion, what will a
residential treatment facility need to continue providing effective
treatment
while still being able to get reimbursed, especially through Medicaid
or
Medicare services? (You can use the the CMS.gov Web site to get
more

information on these topics.) Your conclusion (one page) should
include the following points: What conclusions can you draw from
your research that would demonstrate the role played by managed
care in the behavioral health industry?
If you were a manager of a behavioral healthcare organization, what
changes would you bring to your ways of doing business to meet the
consumers' needs while still being able to be reimbursed for the
services provided to the consumer?
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Identify and describe a recent crisis or controversy that
has gone viral
1. Identify and describe a recent crisis or controversy that has gone
viral and escalated on Facebook, Twitter, and/or YouTube. What
characteristics of Stage Two did you observe? What are the lessons
for organizations?
2. Create a brief scenario of a crisis that could potentially happen in
your work environment. Choose and describe what actions you would
take during Stage One of crisis reporting as the leader of your
organization
3. Describe the media focus during Stage Two of crisis reporting.
What actions should organizational leaders take during Stage Two to
ensure correct and accurate information is being communicated to the
public?
Describe the media focus during Stage Two of crisis reporting. What
actions should organizational leaders take during Stage Two to ensure
correct and accurate information is being communicated to the
public?
4. Describe what is meant by the term "issue link". Provide an
example of this phenomenon related to a crisis that you are
familiar with
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Individual Behavior: Attitudes and Emotions
Lesson 3
Individual Behavior: Attitudes and Emotions
AAA000 Course Title Course Home Lessons Print This PagePrint
Introduction: Connecting Your Learning
Individual attitudes are shaped by interactions among situations,
experiences, and values. In this
lesson, you will read about how attitudes are formed and how
attitudes affect your perceptions.
Attitudes influence your job satisfaction and impact how others
interact with you within an
organization. The textbook discusses normal attitudes toward work
and attitudes that can cause
difficulties for an individual. Emotions also influence your workplace
efforts and satisfaction.
What role do emotions play at work? How can you use emotions to
meet organizational and
individual goals?
"People ask the difference between a leader and a boss. The
leader leads, and the boss drives."
Theodore Roosevelt
Readings, Resources, and Assignments
Required Textbook Readings Chapter 4: "Attitudes, Emotions,
and Ethics" to page 64 Multimedia Resources Coursemate site
Required Assignments Essay Check Prior Knowledge
How much do you already know about the concepts you will cover in
this lesson? The following
questions will focus your attention on the information in the lesson.
You are strongly encouraged
to complete this section, although you are not required to submit the
responses to your instructor. 1. What is the ABC model of attitude?
2. How are attitudes formed?
3. What role do emotions play at work? Log into the textbook

Coursemate Web site to see how much you already know about the
lesson
content by playing Beat the Clock under the Games link for Chapter
4. Focusing Your Learning
Official Course Competencies Describe the manager's responsibility
in the business organization. Identify the managerial levels and
functions within a business organization. Identify various aspects of
influencing and directing employees including motivation,
communication, and leadership. Lesson Objectives
By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:
1. Explain the ABC model of an attitude.
2. Describe how attitudes are formed.
3. Identify sources of job satisfaction and commitment.
4. Distinguish between organizational citizenship and workplace
deviance behaviors.
5. Identify the characteristics of persuasion.
6. Define the role of emotions at work.
Key Terms As you read your assignment for this lesson, pay close
attention to the key terms and phrases
listed throughout the chapter. These terms and concepts are important
to your understanding of
the information provided in the lesson. Term and Definition
Affect: The emotional component of an attitude
Affective Commitment:Organizational dedication based on an
individual‘s desire to remain in
an organization
Attitude: A psychological tendency expressed by evaluating
something with a degree of favor or
disfavor
Cognitive Dissonance: A state of tension produced when an
individual experiences conflict
between attitude and behavior
Continuance Commitment:Organizational dedication based on the
fact that an individual
cannot afford to leave
Emotional Contagion: A dynamic process through which the
emotions of one person are

transferred to another, either consciously or unconsciously through
nonverbal channels
Emotions: Mental states that include feelings, physiological changes,
and inclinations to act
Job Satisfaction: A pleasurable or positive emotional state resulting
from the appraisal of one‘s
job or job experience
Normative Commitment:Organizational dedication based on an
individual‘s perceived
obligation to remain with an organization
Organizational Citizenship Behavior (OCB):Conduct that is above
and beyond the call of duty
Organizational Commitment:The strength of an individual‘s
identification with an
organization
Social Learning: The process of deriving attitudes from family, peer
groups, religious
congregations, and culture
Workplace Deviance Behavior (WDB):Voluntary counterproductive
conduct that violates
organizational norms and causes some degree of harm to
organizational functioning Approaching the Objectives You may have
heard these adages: "You are what you eat" or "You
are what your attitude
reflects." Your actions do reflect your attitudes. Attitudes are
shaped both by forces you can
control and by those you cannot. You learn to behave in certain ways
even as a child.
If your parents were neat people who tended to pick up after
themselves and kept the house
organized, you may also tend to be neat. If they were more Laissez-
faire, you might experience
conflict with a "neatnik" roommate. The people around
you at home and at school also shaped
your attitudes.
In the workplace, your attitudes are affected by your environment.
Sometimes, you may find

your attitudes do not match those of the people or organizations
around you. On Mondays, you
may come into work with renewed energy while some of your
colleagues drag in, exhausted by
the weekend's activities, and slowly get to work. You have already
finished your first task while
they are still fumbling with their coffee. Some of your colleagues
dress in ways you consider
inappropriate for work. Over lunch in the break room, some of your
colleagues gossip about the
boss. Since the workplace is made up of many individuals, you may
find that each person has a
unique idea about what is appropriate at work. It is helpful to
understand your own attitudes
including how they affect your perceptions and actions. You must
further understand how the
attitudes of others impact your organizational citizenship.
Your emotions also shape your behaviors. You need to understand
when you are in sync with
those around you and when you are not. You must be able to adjust
how you communicate your
needs and values to others within the organization if you want the
organization to support and
reward you.
Your attitudes have deep roots in many cases, but they are not so
entrenched that they cannot be
changed to help you meet your individual goals and those of your
organization. Job Satisfaction and Health (1:56)
Psychologist Peter Quarry believes that an employee's attitude is an
indication of his/her
job satisfaction level. He also contends that job satisfaction can affect
longevity. You don't
have to depend on your manager to make you enjoy your job.
Video provided by Rio Salado Library. Summarizing Your Learning
The following activities are meant to help you practice the concepts
that you studied in this
lesson and prepare you for the graded assignments. They are not

turned in to your instructor.
1. Read the first part of Chapter 4 (up through page 64) in the
textbook. 2. Revisit the questions in the "Check Prior
Knowledge" section above. Have your answers
changed? Why or how?
3. Visit the Coursemate site and complete the "What About
You? Assess Your Job
Satisfaction" activity at the end of the Chapter 4 eBook. Also,
complete the Quiz on the
Coursemate site. Although the quiz is labeled Graded Quiz, this is just
for practice. The
grade will not be reflected in the Gradebook. Assessing Your
Learning
Graded Assignments
The following are required assignments for this lesson.
1. Complete the Lesson 3 Essay (20 points).
Essay: Will Smith
1. Watch the video Will Smith on Life, Success, Work Ethic, and
Priorities (24:59) from 60
Minutes.
2. After viewing the video, answer the questions in the box below in a
single essay format.
3. Your essay must include an introduction, body, and conclusion, and
address all questions.
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IT 210 Read the opening case
Today, Every Company Is a Technology Company The Business
Problem
Sixty years into the computer revolution, 40 years into the age of the
microprocessor, and 20 years into
the rise of the modern Internet, all of the technology required to
transform industries through software has
been developed and integrated and can be delivered globally. Billions

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