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Topic One: Analysis of Style in Relation to Theme – Choose one or two assigned short stories and analyze how specific elements of fiction, such as symbolism, imagery, setting, characterization, plot structure, or language contribute to the story’s central theme (e.g., imagery of light, vision, and beauty in “Araby”). Make sure you explain how and why, and make your thesis very specific and unique (do not merely present a statement of fact about the story or stories).

Topic Two: Biographical Analysis of a Story or Stories – Choose two short stories by the same author and explain how specific information about the author’s biography further elucidates or clarifies those short stories. Using credible, scholarly sources, research the author’s life, and focus on one specific aspect of that author’s life (religious background, education, specific experiences abroad or in specific schools, etc.) and on how that aspect of the author’s life provides further insight into how and why the author chose specific themes or literary techniques.

Topic Three: Comparison and Contrast – Choose two or more assigned short stories and compare and contrast their unique presentations of topics (e.g., compare and contrast the treatment of marriage in “The Story of an Hour,” “A Rose for Emily,” and “The Yellow Wallpaper.”)

Topic Four: The Application of a Literary Critical Model to a Short Story – Apply a specific method of literary criticism to one or two short stories in an attempt to further elucidate or enlarge a reader’s understanding of the story or stories (e.g., a feminist critical reading of “The Story of an Hour,” “I Stand Here Ironing,” “The Yellow Wallpaper,”). Make sure your paper contains a specific, narrow thesis statement.

Assignment 1: LASA 2—Human Resource Management

Writing Assignment and Presentation

Case Study—Culture Clashes at SAP

Read the Case: Culture Clashes Make Change Difficult at SAP. Use the Argosy University online library and the internet for additional research. Imagine you are an HR consultant called in to advise the leadership at SAP. Prepare a 10-15 slide PowerPoint presentation to present your responses to the information below. Use the notes section in PowerPoint to clarify your points. Include a title slide and a reference slide in addition to the main slides. Use at least one chart or graph and at least one other visual aid within your presentation. Utilize at least three outside resources to compose your response. Your presentation should be professional and correctly address your target audience.

Provide an executive summary of the main points of the case. Identify and describe the various cultures and differences in those cultures within SAP’s changing environment and employee workforce.
In your opinion, what aspects of the changes at SAP would be most difficult for the German employees? Why? Which would be most difficult for the SAP employees in other countries? Why?
What HRM activities or functions were affected by the changes described in this case?
Recommend at least 3 ideas or concepts the company can implement to help them overcome cultural barriers that are affecting its efforts to become more creative and agile.
Propose at least three concrete HR solutions that would improve relations at SAP, resulting in less conflict. Support your proposal with outside research.

This is an 8-page research paper focusing on a global-business based in America. The student must research the business and analyze its successfulness. The student must answer how the business has been affected by culture, global financial markets, foreign currency exchange, and protectionism. The student must infer from there what the company’s experience with these things means for other international businesses–in other words, what challenges does this business face that all international businesses face? What are some possible strategies for overcoming these challenges?

“This course (Critical Thinking) is going to be different from any course you have taken thus far because the emphasis will be on actively developing your thinking. Everything we do in this class will be designed to help you become better and better at thinking. You will therefore not be asked to memorize information. Instead, you will be required to actively participate in class so that you can improve your thinking.

Think of learning about thinking as you would of learning a sport. To learn to play tennis, you would need to first learn the fundamentals of tennis at an elementary level and then practice those fundamentals during every practice session. The same is true in learning to think better. You must be introduced to the fundamentals of good thinking.

Then you must practice those fundamentals every day. Therefore this class has been designed with the primary purpose of helping you develop your thinking or reasoning skills. Why is this important? Because the quality of every decision you make will be directly determined by the quality of your reasoning abilities. In fact the quality of your life in general will be determined by how well you think in general.

Write a paper that is a self-assessment of your progress as a strategic thinker. Has this course been effective in teaching you how to thinking critically? Why or why not? This is an opportunity to provide positive input into future development of this course.

Since 2000, a number of financially successful businesses have acquired notoriety for an unforeseen and sudden business failure. These include companies such as TYCO, WorldCom, Enron, Global Crossing, Waste Management, and others.

Identify one company with a history of management success that was destroyed by a “leadership” failure.
Describe the demise of the company and describe the “leadership failings” that contributed to that demise.
The paper should include a description of the company including its stated mission, vision and its historical markers of success.
It should also contain a researched and cited analysis of the outcomes of that failure for the company.
Finally it should contain your analysis of those failures of leadership, what could have been done differently, and what are the implications to you as a leader?

Term Paper 5 pages

For this term paper, review all materials in Chapter 52 along with The National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care’s report “Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care.” In the report, review the following domains:

• Domain 3-Psychological Aspects of Care

• Domain 4-Social Aspects of Care

• Domain 5-Spiritual Aspects of Care

• Domain 6-Cultural Aspects of Care

• Domain 8-Ethical and Legal Aspects of Care

After completing your reading, along with any other source, if any, of your choosing, address and support your particular position/view on the following issues, and, specifically, how you would apply the Saint Leo University core values of community, respect, and integrity into your actions.

Write a five page (including additional title and reference pages) APA formatted and citation styled research paper in Standard English, addressing the following topics:
1.
Analyze how economics, government and law would impact the global expansion of the business for which you are doing an internship. (I am doing Kapconsulting, http://www.kapconsulting1.com/)
2.
Use various research resources on the topics of economics, government, and law and evaluate the factors that will have positive and negative influences on value creation during a global expansion initiative.
3.
Formulate a strategy, proposing innovative ideas on how the business could expand into
the global marketplace from a leadership perspective.
4.
Develop a vision statement that proposes the global expansion of your business based on the
research you conduct.

Find at least two business research peer-reviewed articles

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you practice identifying the critical first stage of developing any research study:

• State the purpose of the business research for each article.

• Determine the research questions and hypotheses being researched in each article.

• Identify the dependent and independent variables being manipulated or measured in each article.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Unit outcomes addressed in this Assignment:

· Appraise the benefits that can be added at intermediate levels and compare their own strategy which benefits to deliver and which others enter the channel to provide.

· Analyze and compare pricing strategies, skim, penetration, elasticity, cost-plus and variable, bundling, positioning value, and sensitivity of price.

· Planning health care market advertising, preparing the market budget, and formulating sales.

Research

a. Assess the key elements of the five-force model. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this model?

i. How easy is it for suppliers to drive up prices?

ii. How easy is it for buyers to drive down prices?

iii. Is there a threat of product substitution?

iv. Is there a threat of new entry by a similar provider?

v. How much competitive rivalry exists?

b. Examine alternative means to gather primary market research. Provide a review of the advantages and disadvantages of each method.

Assignment 2: Expanding Your Business

Due Week 8 and worth 240 points

Referring to the same business you either started or purchased in the first assignment, write a 6-8 page paper in which you:

Outline a financial plan for your small business.
Develop a guerrilla marketing strategy for your small business.
Discuss the most appropriate location for a second store (an actual street address). Explain your reasoning.
Outline a plan for securing sources of debt financing for your second store.
Include at least two (2) references outside the textbook.