Choose ONE of the following paired images and poems from the “Poetry and the Visual Arts” section of the textbook (NOTE: This is the section with the thicker, glossy pages in the center of the textbook; the pages have letters rather than numbers)

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Choose ONE of the following paired images and poems from the “Poetry and the Visual Arts” section of the textbook (NOTE: This is the section with the thicker, glossy pages in the center of the textbook; the pages have letters rather than numbers)

Choice #1: American Gothic – Analyze the painting by Grant Wood and the poem by John Stone. In what sense can Stone’s poem be regarded as an analysis of the painting? Does Stone see Grant’s depiction of the two figures as a satire or a celebration? What symbolic elements are found in the painting?

Choice #2: Girl Powdering Her Neck – Analyze the woodblock print by Kitagawa Utamaro and the poem by Cathy Song. What does Song’s poem add to the visual information provided in Utamaro’s woodcut? What is the relationship of the final three lines to the rest of the poem and what effect does it have on the reader?

Choice #3: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall – Analyze the photograph of the memorial from the Library of Congress and the poem “Facing It” by Yusef Komunyakaa. What is the significance of the poem’s title and how are the speaker’s war experiences reflected in the war memorial? Does the speaker’s response to the memorial indicate that the conception and composition of the memorial were successful or unsuccessful as a public memorial?

Remember you must:

·  Adhere to MLA format

o    The Bedford Handbook provides a guide (MLA Chapters 48 to 51)

·  Paper should range between 1,300 and 1,500 words

·  Upload your assignment to Turnitin

Due Sunday at 11:59 p.m. ET

Your proposal must include:

·  Topic Choice

·  Your thesis and at least two main points in support of it

·  Three sources you will use for your paper (not counting the primary text), presented in MLA format

·  An analysis of how each source will help you make your argument and how each is credible

choose one topic OF the following paired images and poems from ” Poetry and Visual Arts” you read in the book

The Bedford Handbook and the authors is Diane Hacker and Nancy Simmons

The named ‘poetry and the visual arts’ section

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Analyze how the mission, vision, and strategy influences the type and frequency of training within an organization. For instance, if your organization is retail oriented and focused on millennial fashion, assess how training should be conducted.

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Option #1: Organizational Development

Throughout this module, we have examined how training and development programs can be created to improve performance. As we have discussed, an organization’s mission and strategy, along with other factors, can influence how HR professionals approach development.

For this week’s assignment, using the organization you currently work for, a previous organization, or an organization you are familiar with, do the following: Supplemental Healthcare or HealthTrust

Identify and briefly summarize the organization’s mission, values, culture, and strategic direction.

Analyze how the missioOption #1: Organizational Development

Throughout this module, we have examined how training and development programs can be created to improve performance. As we have discussed, an organization’s mission and strategy, along with other factors, can influence how HR professionals approach development.

For this week’s assignment, using the organization you currently work for, a previous organization, or an organization you are familiar with, do the following:

  1. Identify and briefly summarize the organization’s mission, values, culture, and strategic direction.
  2. Analyze how the mission, vision, and strategy influences the type and frequency of training within an organization. For instance, if your organization is retail oriented and focused on millennial fashion, assess how training should be conducted.
  3. Develop two specific training strategies that would be effective in the organization and industry that you identified. Explain the benefits of these strategies and how these strategies are aligned with the organization’s mission, vision, values, and culture.

Requirements:

  • For this assignment, refer to the area of the Writing Center entitled Writing an Effective Essay. You may also want to view the sample paper entitled APA Sample Paper.
  • You can download and save the APA Template Paper from this page as your own paper and replace the placeholders with your own information. This template is already formatted in APA style according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA. Do not change the formatting of this template.
  • Write a 5-7 page paper, or about 2300 words, not including the title and reference pages, which are required.
  • Your paper must be properly cited and formatted according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA.
  • Include a formal references page. This is an individual paper; however, you should reflect on our discussion forums and incorporate ideas from there, as appropriate.
  • You must support your analysis with at least three scholarly references, and can include resources from this course.
  • The CSU-Global Library. is a good place to find these sources. You cannot use Wikipedia or any CSU-Global assignment. For this assignment, a credible source is defined as:
    • A scholarly or peer-reviewed journal article.
    • A government-based website or publication.
    • A trade or industry journal article, publication, or website, including those from trade organizations such as SHRM.org and TD.orgn, vision, and strategy influences the type and frequency of training within an organization. For instance, if your organization is retail oriented and focused on millennial fashion, assess how training should be conducted.

Develop two specific training strategies that would be effective in the organization and industry that you identified. Explain the benefits of these strategies and how these strategies are aligned with the organization’s mission, vision, values, and culture.

Requirements:

For this assignment, refer to the area of the Writing Center entitled Writing an Effective Essay. You may also want to view the sample paper entitled APA Sample Paper.

You can download and save the APA Template Paper from this page as your own paper and replace the placeholders with your own information. This template is already formatted in APA style according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA. Do not change the formatting of this template.

Write a 5-7 page paper, or about 2300 words, not including the title and reference pages, which are required.

Your paper must be properly cited and formatted according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA.

Include a formal references page. This is an individual paper; however, you should reflect on our discussion forums and incorporate ideas from there, as appropriate.

You must support your analysis with at least three scholarly references, and can include resources from this course.

The CSU-Global Library. is a good place to find these sources. You cannot use Wikipedia or any CSU-Global assignment. For this assignment, a credible source is defined as:

A scholarly or peer-reviewed journal article.

A government-based website or publication.

A trade or industry journal article, publication, or website, including those from trade organizations such as SHRM.org and TD.org

The company I will be using is Supplemental Healthcare

Create a human resources plan and describe ways to deal with a human resources surplus and/or shortage.

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Objective of Assignment

  • Analyze human resources demand to create a forecast using quantitative and qualitative techniques.
  • Use strategies to forecast internal human resources supply.
  • Create a human resources plan and describe ways to deal with a human resources surplus and/or shortage.
  • Develop business communication skills (written and verbal).

Description

This assignment will use the readings and discussions as a base for an individual assignment where students will play the role of an HR professional and will develop an HR plan for a franchise owner. They will apply HR Planning knowledge to forecast demand and supply and then develop a clear plan to address the resulting labour shortage or surplus.

Materials Required

Dessler, G., Chhinzer, N., & Cole, N. D. (2014). Human resources management in Canada (12th Canadian ed.). Don Mills, Ontario: Pearson Canada Inc.

    • Chapter 5
      • Case Incident on page 14:

Case INCIDENT

What Is a Human Resources Consultant to Do?

Anthony LePage is the owner of a local recruitment

agency that has an established presence in the northern Ontario market. He is looking to expand its service offerings to include consulting services to small businesses. A recent n1arketing blitz advertising this new service has led to a new partnership with a large local manufacturing business.

After the meeting with the owner of the manufacturing business, the mandate is clear that the owner is seeking the agency’s assistance in creating and writing job descriptions for all of the positions within the company. Some of these positions include administrative assistants, sales, engineering, and skilled trades, along with many others. There are more than 100 descriptions to write. The owner would like to see a sample job description within one week before he signs the contract to complete the remainder of the job descriptions.

Anthony LePage has just hired you as the hun1an

resources consultant in charge of producing this job

description sample for his new client and has asked

you to answer the following questions.

QUESTIONS

1 Outline what the crucial differences are between

a job description and a job specification.

2 The owner of the business has heard that qualitative. methods produce the best job descriptions. Would you atten1pt to persuade hin1 otherwise?

3 Develop a sample job description for the position

of administrative assistant for the owner and explain why you included the various sections that you did.

4 The owner has heard from some of his colleagues

about the use of competencies. He wants to know what they are and if these should be incorporated

into the job descriptions he requires

Instructions

Part 1

  1. Conduct research in order to get information to address the following questions (# 1 and 2) from page 142 of the course textbook. Ensure you use some of the qualitative and quantitative techniques described in the course textbook to help formulate your answers. Include at least two scholarly sources.
    1. Using your HR planning expertise, forecast the demand of labour in the stores and the online environment over the next three years.
    2. Assuming an annual 15 percent turnover level of in-store workers and a 30 percent turnover level of online-focussed employees, determine overall HR supply estimates over the next three years.
    3. Additionally, provide some suggestions of activities you could engage in to determine supply details by internal vs. external candidates.
  2. You are to gather the information and write an executive summary (i.e., formal business report) which documents the results of your research above and presents it in a logical manner for senior management of the franchise.
    1. Your report must be concise (Maximum of 2 pages double spaced, 12-point font excluding cover page and references page).
    2. It must well-written, but in lay terms so anyone can fully understand your reasoning. Follow APA format and include a proper introduction that clearly outlines the purpose and flow of the essay, and a strong conclusion are important elements.
    3. You must also provide a properly cited reference page at the end of the report to support any of your conclusions.
    4. Remember, your objective is to provide an analysis on the labour forecast and turnover for the franchise owner, not simply to answer a series of questions. The questions are to help you focus your research. Your overall grade will reflect the strength of your analysis.

Part 2

  1. Use the research sources that you found in Part 1 in order to get information to address the following questions (# 3) from page 142 of the course textbook:
    1. Do you forecast a labour shortage or surplus?
    2. Develop a clear plan to help address the forecast labour shortage or surplus.

NOTE: your plan will need to include three strategies that focus on at least two of the following areas of HR: Training, Career Development, Total Rewards, and Turnover Management.

  1. You are to complete a 10-minute presentation which documents the results of your research above and presents it in a logical manner for the franchise owner. Your presentation will provide the owner with a high-level summary of the management report, rationale for action, and the recommended HR plan.
    1. Your presentation must be concise (8-10  PowerPoint slides, 12-point font excluding cover page and references page).
    2. It must well-written, but in lay terms. Follow APA format and include a proper introduction that clearly outlines the purpose and flow of the presentation, as well as a strong conclusion are important elements.
    3. You must also provide appropriate academic references (minimum 5) to support your conclusions or recommendations to the owner. As an academic, your friend will be more impressed with vetted journal articles and company prospectus information than Internet sources. Avoid using Wikipedia or other online resources that do not have a strict editorial process. (NOTE: It is said that at any given time, over 80% of information on Wikipedia is true, but we do not know which 20% is not.

Evaluation

The HR Plan: Part 1 and 2 will be marked in its entirety out of 100. The following rubric indicates the criteria students are to adhere to, and their relative weights to the assignment overall.

A peer evaluation process will also be used, and all students will be required to complete the Peer Evaluation form and submit with the final paper.

What is the purpose of your instructions?• Who is your intended audience?

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This assignment will assess the following competency: 3. Develop instructional writing skills.

Directions: For this assignment, you will submit a cover memo and an original set of instructions introducing the instructions to your readers. The cover memo should be the first page, followed by the instructions.

Write a set of instructions for one task that you are familiar with for an audience who is not familiar with your topic. The instructions must be 1-2 pages. Topics may include but are not limited to:• How to avoid plagiarism• How to proofread your written work• How to give a peer review• How to search for and find scholarly, peer-reviewed articles

Key concepts to include:• Instructions should be clear and concise.• Instructions should be organized in a “user-friendly” manner.• Instructions should include definitions or clarifications for advanced terminology.• Instructions should include warnings/cautions.• Instructions should include pictures/diagrams to help clarify instructions (use if needed; not required).

Along with the instructions, submit a cover memo addressed to your instructor discussing the following questions:• What is the purpose of your instructions?• Who is your intended audience?• How did you organize the instructions (step by step, bullet list, narrative format, etc.) and why did you choose that format?• What were the warnings/cautions you needed to include?

The cover memo must be 250-500 words. (Review chapter 15 for sample memo formats.)

describe in 200-250 words a time when you made a perceptual error and had a speech fall flat, or describe a time when effective listening and accurate perceptions made your speaking successful

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Discussion Board 1: Listening and Perception 77 77 unread replies. 77 77 replies.

Experienced speakers have lots of examples of instances when they made a perceptual error that caused some part of a speech, presentation, or public address to break down, as well as examples of instances when they succeeded because their perceptions of the audience were accurate.  Experienced speakers also know that listening effectively can help them interpret and perceive others more accurately.

  1. In your initial post, describe in 200-250 words a time when you made a perceptual error and had a speech fall flat, or describe a time when effective listening and accurate perceptions made your speaking successful. Use the vocabulary from your readings to explain what happened and why, and include outside research for additional examples or explanation.  Cite every outside source you use, including your readings.
  2. After your initial post, read and respond to at least four of your peers’ postings.   In your responses to others, suggest constructive ways that your classmate might use the information in the readings to prevent such a perceptual error from happening again, or how that classmate might better evaluate his or her audience in a future speaking situation. Each reply should be at least 100 words in length and should provide a thoughtful response; simple agreement with or support of a classmate’s post does not count as a response.

Develop and practice communication skills, including verbal, nonverbal, listening, writing, interpersonal, perception, and critical thinking.

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Your internet was down last night and you weren’t able to turn in your last assignment. Your professor is away from her office, so you know the quickest way to reach her is via text message. Compose and send a text to your professor notifying her of this situation.

Create a text message in which you:

  1. Construct a text message in two to three (2-3) complete sentences.
  2. Target the appropriate professional audience. Use appropriate language for professional audience.
  3. Follow appropriate netiquette rules for electronic communication.
  4. Meet fifty (50) word minimum requirement.
  5. Use correct sentence mechanics, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.

Your assignment must follow these APA formatting requirements:

  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required length.
  • The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:Demonstrate understanding of the basic fundamentals of communication.
  • Develop and practice communication skills, including verbal, nonverbal, listening, writing, interpersonal, perception, and critical thinking.
  • Use various electronic communication platforms in academic and professional work.
  • Relate to the interpersonal and organizational dynamics that affect effective communication in organizations.
  • Analyze and assess effective communication. Use correct sentence mechanics, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in communications.
  • Write clearly and concisely about communications using proper writing mechanics.

Read Sophocles’s play, Antigone. In an essay of 750-1,000 words, discuss the main issues that cause conflict between King Creon and Antigone

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Directions: Read Sophocles’s play, Antigone. In an essay of 750-1,000 words, discuss the main issues that cause conflict between King Creon and Antigone. Be specific in identifying, elaborating on, and providing examples of these issues.  Also address this question in your essay:  are there enduring themes in the play that parallel issues confronting our society today? Again, be specific and detailed in your response. Your assignment should be written in essay form, including a clear thesis statement. Your work will be evaluated for use of critical thinking skills and use of standard English grammar and punctuation. Think of the audience for your essay as the general public, who may know nothing about this topic.  All sources of information you use in preparing your essay, including the textbook and resources listed below, must be cited in MLA style.  Please note:  A limited number of short quotations may be used effectively in your essay, especially short quotes from the play itself that support important ideas and points you make in your comments.  Otherwise, avoid the use of lengthy and frequent quotations.  Focus on writing your essay in your own words, using your own writing skills.  Put information from your sources into your own words.

Antigone Resources:

You can read Professor Ian Johnston’s modern translation of Antigone online at this website If you have problems with the link, please copy and paste the following URL into your Internet browser:  http://records.viu.ca/~johnstoi/Sophocles/Antigone.htm

For a quick and engaging summary of the plot of Antigone, I recommend this YouTube presentation.

If you wish to watch a performance of the entire play, This 1986 production is available in segments on YouTube

What is it about this product that appeals to me? Who are the people like me that are buying this product? (e.g. demographics, consumer characteristics, buyer behavior)

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Scenario: You are sitting in your home and you pick up a package of Oreos™ (or some other product of your choosing). After realizing that you have purchased this product for years, you wonder, “Why do I feel so strongly about this product?” You remember your readings from Marketing class and decide to figure out why you feel strongly about this product using the 4 P’s of Marketing and Marketing Strategy concepts.

Develop a 700- to 1,050-word response using the scenario above and answer the following questions:

  • What is it about this product that appeals to me? Who are the people like me that are buying this product? (e.g. demographics, consumer characteristics, buyer behavior)
  • How do marketers strategically plan to market these products to me?
  • Why does the price of this product seem to be of equal value for the satisfaction that I receive when consuming/using this product?
  • How does this product get from the manufacturer to the place I can buy it?
  • What promotional activities compel me to buy this product?
  • What do the answers to these questions tell you about the presumed target market and its relation to the controllable 4 P’s of marketing?
  • What social, environmental, and regulatory forces must this product’s marketers overcome to get this product to the customer?

Develop a solution that will solve the organizational issue and meet the needs of the people involved.

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Unit VIII Mini Project For this assignment, you will create a communication strategy that fosters change and innovation in an organization. Explain the context in which it occurs and the options that are available. Develop a solution that will solve the organizational issue and meet the needs of the people involved.

Feel free to use the same organization you researched for the Unit VI and Unit VII assignments. You are not limited to this organization, but it may be easier to complete the assignment since you have already researched it for Unit VI and/or Unit VII.

You can use the same sources for all assignments, if applicable. In the report, you will provide a potential audience analysis, create a purposeful message, and discuss a type of channel that you could use for feedback. Include answers to Neal’s (2010) communication questions, which are listed below:

1. What am I trying to achieve?

2. How will my audience react to what I am trying to achieve?

3. Will my message be resisted?

4. What do I know about my audience that will help me tailor my message? (p. 40)

Do not include the question/answers in a bullet or list format. Instead, integrate the responses in your paragraphs. Use the standard five-paragraph format (introduction/body/conclusion). Include at least two academic sources. APA format should be used.

The assignment should be a minimum of two pages in length. Content, organization, and grammar/mechanics will be evaluated. Click here to view a sample assignment. Information about accessing the grading rubric for this assignment is provided below

Which of the following is most likely to be at the top of the list it should be concerned with?

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An American business wants to enter a foreign market, but it is concerned with how political issues may affect the

business. Which of the following is most likely to be at the top of the list it should be concerned with?

Multiple Choice

  • the existence of voluntary export restrictions
  • the practice of acculturation
  • the presence of nongovernmental organizations
  • the existence of cyberterrorism
  • the instability of prevailing government policies

When a Chinese company tried to purchase Unocal, it was perceived by some in the U.S. as

Multiple Choice

  • a threat to sovereignty.
  • an avenue for illegal immigration.
  • a drain on the economy.
  • a potential devaluing of the dollar.
  • a sign that the Chinese economy was stronger than the U.S. economy.

Changes in governments or ruling political parties can affect businesses. The main concern of a multinational corporation is

Multiple Choice

  • change in the economic risk.
  • access to open markets.
  • the continuity of the set of rules, codes of behaviors, and the rule of law.
  • which government is in power.
  • the exchange rate and trade policies.

A country is ruled by one woman alone. This country’s form of government is most likely a(n)

Multiple Choice

  • oligarchy.
  • monopoly.
  • democracy.
  • dictatorship.
  • aristocracy.

Economic nationalism has what effect on international relations?

Multiple Choice

  • It causes countries to be more economically interdependent, which affects trade policies.
  • It makes national security and interest more important than international relations.
  • Nationalist feelings lead to loss of control over foreign investment.
  • Economic nationalism does not affect international relations.
  • It invites foreign investment as a means of shoring up the national economy.

What political risk is occurring when a government decides to take over a business without paying for it?

Multiple Choice

  • nationalization
  • expropriation
  • restriction
  • confiscation
  • privatization

Expropriation may result in

Multiple Choice

  • assets being seized by the International Trade Administration.
  • a more gradual change than domestication.
  • assets becoming a government-run entity.
  • assets being insured by the Overseas Private Investment Corporation.
  • seizing a company’s assets without payment.

Confiscation, expropriation, and domestication are classified as ________ risks.

Multiple Choice

  • political
  • social
  • market
  • environmental
  • pricing

Countries, such as South Korea and Singapore, now view foreign investment as

Multiple Choice

  • a political risk to the country receiving the investment.
  • a path to economic growth.
  • a way to learn new technologies to make local companies more successful.
  • an environmental danger.
  • a drag on pricing in the industries that receive the investment.

Exchange controls are most likely imposed by a country

Multiple Choice

  • when there is a substantial amount of capital leaving the country.
  • when it is required that a portion of any product sold within the country contain locally made parts.
  • when there are no adequately developed sources of supply within the country.
  • when there is a drop in the price of essential products that command considerable public interest in the country.
  • when there is an abundance of foreign exchange in the country.

To control the cost of living in a country during inflationary periods, what may be applied to essential products that command considerable public interest?

Multiple Choice

  • price controls
  • exchange controls
  • antidumping duties
  • import restrictions
  • local-content laws

After Russia’s interference in the U.S. election, Congress issued ________ against the country.

Multiple Choice

  • trade sanctions
  • an injunction
  • a freeze on bank accounts
  • an expulsion of Russian citizens
  • a travel ban

The Export-Import Bank provides

Multiple Choice

  • aid to underdeveloped countries and has limited protection in support of “essential” projects in approved countries and for approved products.
  • credit insurance that minimizes nonpayment risk caused by financial, economic, or political uncertainties.
  • a means to helping U.S. business compete in the global marketplace.
  • underwriting of trade and investments for U.S. firms.
  • risk insurance for companies investing in less-developed countries.

The International Trade Administration provides

Multiple Choice

  • aid to underdeveloped countries and has limited protection in support of “essential” projects in approved countries and for approved products.
  • credit insurance that minimizes nonpayment risk caused by financial, economic, or political uncertainties.
  • a means to helping U.S. business compete in the global marketplace.
  • underwriting of trade and investments for U.S. firms.
  • risk insurance for companies investing in less-developed countries.

The International Trade Administration provides

Multiple Choice

  • aid to underdeveloped countries and has limited protection in support of “essential” projects in approved countries and for approved products.
  • credit insurance that minimizes nonpayment risk caused by financial, economic, or political uncertainties.
  • a means to helping U.S. business compete in the global marketplace.
  • underwriting of trade and investments for U.S. firms.
  • risk insurance for companies investing in less-developed countries.

The International Trade Administration provides