Question no 1 for page 1 please
What is the effect of a total compensation package within a market-competitive pay plan on employee motivation and satisfaction?
Question no 2 for page 2 please
What are legally required benefits and why are they required by law? Can any of these benefits be waived? Provide an example. Provide one additional benefit that should be made into a legally required benefit.
Read “Verb Tense Consistency” and “Replacing To-Be Verbs,” in this module.
Then spend one hour improving your verbs: mark verbs that are boring, vague, wordy, or in the wrong tense, and replace them with verbs that are strong and precise. Focus only on verbs during this hour. You’ll still need to do other editing and proofreading (correcting typos and punctuation errors, running spell-check, smoothing transitions, etc.)
The “strong verb list” in this module can help. If you use a thesaurus, I highly recommend that you only choose verbs that you’re familiar with. Wrestling a word you don’t know how to use into your sentence can sap the energy, like the “6 Tools” essay explains.
Submit the paragraphs with new verbs here, before you turn in your final draft. You don’t have to submit the whole essay for this “better verbs” assignment–however much you managed to do in one hour. Mark the new verbs somehow–circle them, highlight them, put them in bold, or whatever.
In the before and after example in this model, I’ve shown a before and after paragraph. I circled boring verbs and underlined ones in the wrong tense. You only need to turn in the new version.
Directions:
Obtain Feedback
Choose 5 people in various aspects of your life (home, school, work, social, etc.) to fill out a survey about you.
Ask these individuals to be completely honest with you.
Allow them time to answer the survey in private.
Instruct them to give the responses back to you on paper or electronically (you will be required to turn in their surveys along with your essay).
Once you receive the surveys back:
Read them over individually,
Process the information
Host a conversation with the person who gave you feedback
Ask any clarifying questions you have, but try not to be defensive in listening to their opinions.
Write Essay
Synthesize your experience of completing this feedback activity. Some guiding questions for your essay are listed below. (These questions are to help you build the flow of your essay – they are not meant as a checklist to answer in completing your essay requirements. Your essay should be cohesive and follow proper formatting – introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion).
Apply the notion of “perception” to this experiment (the perception process is discussed in Chapter 4).
Describe the perception process:
How did each person seem to “select” information about you
How did each person seem to “organize” the information they selected (e.g., what prototypes do you think that they compare you to, did they seem to use a stereotype, etc.)
How did they seem to interpret you — connect to attribution theory (e.g., I think that they see me as being stable with the trait of being “late” because…)
How did the perceptions of “you” vary from your point of view to the individuals you received feedback from. Why do you think they varied?
How did it feel to get their responses but not being able to defend or explain yourself? Did time to process their responses help or hinder your feelings about the information you received?
How did this experiment affect your self-concept or self-esteem? Define the terms to help explain (these terms are discussed in Chapter 3).
Did you expect them to answer this way or were the responses a surprise? What aspects of their responses did you agree with? Which ones did you need clarification or explanation on?
What do you think the communication climate in these relationships are? How did this process of feedback and communication help or hinder the climate?
What did you find most affirming about yourself after completing this project?
What did you learn about yourself?
You will need to discuss at least one (perception) communication theory/concept in your essay. You may choose a second or even a third. If you are wondering what I mean by a communication theory/concept, here’s a brief list that I generated from your text:
Attribution Theory
Code Switching
Cognitive Complexity
Communication Climate
Confirmation Bias
Social Penetration Model
Jahari Window
High/Low Context; Individualism/Collectivism; Achievement/Nurturing; etc.
Dialectical Tensions
Emotional Intelligence
Equivocation
Listening
Self-esteem
Self-identity/concept
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Include the Following
Use 3 outside sources that explain or describe the communication theory(ies) and concepts chosen. (If you’d like a little orientation to the library, and help to search for sources, go to Ask Poe: Database Access & Search Tips for Communication Studies). You can use your text as one source. You might also look at the references to point you toward additional sources.
Include a Works Cited and be sure to use in-text citations. The online writing lab at https://owl.purdue.edu/
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is a great place to get MLA and APA help.
Music in movies can serve as the pulse of a film. The composer has to somehow, capture the essence of the movie in her/his compositions. Of course, the style of musics changes depending on the era or specific needs of the film.
Listen the soundtracks of the movies I have provided below. You are not required to listen to the whole thing but just enough for you to complete this assignment.
Write about the music in the movies you are hearing. Here are some questions to consider:
How has the composer used the music to create the identity of the movie?
What instruments do you think you hear?
How has the music form the different time periods I have proved changed? Why?
Would the movie be as effective without the music? Why or why not?
Use the following soundtrack for this assignment.
This movie
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from the 70s;This movie
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form the 80s; This movie
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from the early 2000s; This movie
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from the late 2010s
You will be graded based on you specificity. Try to pinpoint moments in the soundtrack that you can use in your writing. Feel free to write down times when you heard something in the soundtrack you’d like to discuss.(e.g at 2:34 I hear… which means….and it’s connected to…..)This assignment is also about YOUR thoughts. Plagiarized entries will be given a zero.
This assignment should be 2 double spaced pages using 12 pt font(2 pages means you have made it to the third page). Heading on the first page only should be single spaced.
What role do you believe prisons should play in society, rehab or punishment?
Now that we’ve explored basic essay format, it’s time to combine that knowledge with the brainstorming in Week 1 to create an expository essay. The purpose of an expository essay is to delve deeply into a topic and explore various facets of it; your lists from last week are the perfect start!
Using one of your brainstormed lists from last week, write an expository essay that explores the reasons why you feel as you do about your chosen topic. Use the basic essay structure to format your essay, and include all 5 points from your original list.
To expand the points from your list into full paragraphs, think critically about why each point supports your argument. In other words, it’s not enough to say you love the smells of Christmas—you also need to explain why these smells are great!
In addition to using your own reasoning to support your points, you’ll need to use 2-3 outside sources in your paper. These sources must be cited both in-text and with a Reference page in APA style. These may or not be the sources you located in Week 4; it’s up to you.
Your paper’s length should be 2-3 pages, double-spaced. If you’re short on length, revisit your points and consider whether or not you can explore them in more depth, and consider finding another source to discuss within the context of your topic.
Length: 2-3 pages
References: Include a minimum of 2 scholarly resources
Details Attached: Please pay specific attention the the ruberic and the requirments for this paper – Biblical Intergration: The student is to integrate the Bible with multiple (two or more) course topics related to Workforce Planning & Employment.
For the Biblical Integration Essay, the student is to integrate the Bible with multiple (two or more) course topics related to Workforce Planning & Employment. The minimum length is two complete pages of original analysis and narrative, not counting the title page and references. Follow all instructions to the letter and meet all deadlines. For instructions on how to present the Bible as a reference and as a citation, see example 35 on p. 325 of the APA Manual (7th ed.), and the accompanying notes following example 35.
Introduction
This assignment provides you an opportunity to begin analyzing academic writing in your chosen discipline, research you will build on in the following assignments. You will survey peer-reviewed journals in your discipline, choose 2, and write 2 300-word posts in the discussion module in which you report on 2 peer-reviewed journals in your field for other students in your discipline.
Directions
This assignment provides you an opportunity to begin analyzing academic writing in your chosen discipline, research you will build on in the following assignments. You will survey peer-reviewed journals in your discipline, choose 2, and write 2 300-word posts in the discussion module in which you report on 2 peer-reviewed journals in your field for other students in your discipline.
Your goal is to explain to other students interested in your field what the focus of each journal is, what important topics of conversation it covers, and what value this journal might have for students learning to be part of this discipline. Thoroughly describe each journal to readers and present your case, supported with evidence from each journal, for why other undergraduates should read these journals. For example, evidence may be drawn from the journal’s website, analysis of a recent issue, or reviewing the titles of articles published in the last year.
While this is being shared in the discussion module, this assignment does not require discussion, through you certainly may respond to one another if you choose. The goal is to share your journal descriptions with other students who may be in the same or related fields.
Tips for Picking Journals
Consult your department’s website, look up information about faculty, and note the journals in which they’ve published research
Google the name of your discipline +journal (for example, google American History Journals, and skim the results)
Ask faculty which journals they read in their field or which journals are the top journals in the field
Consult the library’s research guide for your major or databases relevant to your discipline to see which journals they index
Check for professional organizations that publish academic journals
Google professional forums that discuss or rank journals in your area
Check this list from the Wikipedia journal
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indexing project
Tips for Writing Your Posts
Examine each journal’s editorial or mission statement to find out information about the journal’s audience and purpose – usually you can find this on their journal website. Bigger journals may also have a Wikipedia entry.
Analyze the table of contents from recent issues to identify important topics of conversation among researchers in the field
Choose an article from each journal that interests you and read these pieces rhetorically, using the strategies we’ve been discussing in class
Criteria for Evaluation
Your instructor will evaluate how well your posts
Report on two peer-reviewed journals
Adequately describe the focus and scope of each journal
Describe topics of conversation in most recent issues
Adequately explain each journal’s value to students
Use evidence from the journal or its website to support assertions
Use effective sentence structure, word choice, grammar, spelling, and punctuation
The purpose of this assignment is to have the student identify and analyze various organizational structures, along with how structure impacts work.
Using class material, the articles listed below, and research where appropriate develop a 6-8-page research paper that addresses the relationship of structure to culture in creating an effective and efficient place to work. For this assignment, you will evaluate the strategies managers can utilize to impact organizational structure and culture. Address the following in your paper:
Explain how organizational structure interfaces with organizational culture to create a smooth work and decision-making flow. Be sure to include a discussion of how organizational purpose relates to the relationship between the integration of structure and culture.
Compare and contrast good and not so good organizations. First select two organizations from the best places to work (Forbes, Glassdoor, etc.). Research and describe each organizations’ structures and cultures.
Analyze why the structure and culture work well in those organizations that are deemed the best places to work.
Identify three strategic ways a manager could improve the interface of structure and culture.
Finally, many large organizations are trying to transition to smaller more flexible structures. Identify three management strategies that can make a bureaucratic organization a more team-oriented, collaborative, and inclusive culture.
Use of at least three scholarly articles and other professional sources to support your work.
Additional Requirements and How to Prepare the Submission
APA formatting with in-text citations and a reference list is required.
Read the grading rubric for the assignment
Check the instructions to make sure all elements of the assignment have been covered.
Third-person writing is required. Third-person means that there are no words such as “I, me, my, we, or us” (first-person writing), nor is there use of “you or your” (second-person writing). If uncertain how to write in the third person, view this link: https://www.quickanddirtytips.com/education/grammar/first-second-and-third-person .
Contractions are not used in business writing, so the expectation is that students do not use contractions in assignments.
Paraphrase and do not use direct quotation marks. This means you do not use more than four consecutive words from a source document, put a passage from a source document into your own words, and attribute the passage to the source document. Provide the page or paragraph number as appropriate for APA format. Note that a reference within a reference list cannot exist without an associated in-text citation and vice versa.
Do not use books as source material.
Students are expected to use a variety as well as multiple course readings and research to support ideas, reasoning, and conclusions.
The Kitty Genovese murder in Queens, New York, in 1964 is one of the most famous murder cases to come out of New York City and into the national spotlight. What propelled it wasn’t the crime or the investigation, but the press coverage that alleged the murder had many witnesses who refused to come to the Kitty Genovese’s defense. This brutal incident sparked conversation and research focused on what we now know as the Bystander Effect.
View video link below – The Bystander Effect: The Death of Kitty Genovese
Answer the following questions:
What was your initial reaction after viewing this clip? If you were in this situation, do you think you would have responded? Why? Why not? (Please give detail)
Have you ever fallen victim to the Bystander Effect (an instance where someone needed help and you did not intervene)? Have you ever needed help that you did not receive because of the Bystander Effect? (Explain)
What do you think is the main reason people avoid taking action in emergency situations?
If a fellow student were livestreaming a fight in which several students were attacking another, and you saw that 100 people were watching the video, what would you do? Is there a difference between who we’d like to answer this question and what the research seems to indicate how we’re most likely to behave?