Author: chris

Using the TWO TEXTS I AM UPLOADING for sources and citings ONLY please right a 3 page essay
Bossa nova and música funk have both been significantly polemical in Brazil for different reasons. Discuss these musics as presented in Dunn’s and Yudice’s respective texts. Enrich your discussion with parallel examples from elsewhere in the world that are relevant to the Brazilian cases.

Finally, it is essential that you call upon specific examples from each text and that you analyze and address the specific language that is used. In this regard, please avoid mentioning current or historical events beyond the bounds of the course. Also, avoid making references to “human nature” or the “human condition” or any other similarly imprecise ideas. Alternatively, call upon concrete examples from the texts that we have read (DUNN AND YUDICE)

Topic: Tell Tale Heart

I’d like for you to start considering your research paper. Under the “Coursework” tab, please go to the “Research Paper” folder and review the research paper assignment. Feel free to brainstorm your topic and consider discussing it with your peers. This should be dropped off in the Research Proposal Drop Box – this is due June 26th.
I would then like for you to write a research proposal. It should be no more than 1 page (250 words). It should discuss:
· The general topic and argument for your paper.
· It should discuss what type of “approach” you may consider taking – see Literary Criticism folder for explanations.
· Discuss what you know about the genre, author and the text, and then discuss what you hope to discover.
· List at least three articles that discuss the author, genre, or specific text. Include the URL, title and author.

Students will research and analyse an organisation of their choice (organisation chosen: Underwear brand Bras’n’things), applying concepts learned in lectures and tutorials. This will take the form of a ‘Strategy Planning Workbook’ with the headings below forming the basis of the research and analysis, which is expected to be in depth, presented concisely and insightful.

There is no prescribed layout. This is a business document that would be used to assist in management decision making. The group assessment task will be based on an organisation that is the subject one of the individual assessments completed by members of that group. Historically, an individual assignment with a high mark leads to a group assignment with a high mark. Layout, spelling, grammar and flow of the document are all subject to marking.

This is a 300 level assignment and expectations are much higher than for a 100 or 200 level assignment. An individual assignment must be submitted in order to pass the subject.

You are expected to use ICMS library resources for your research and you must use and reference at least one relevant academic journal article to support your analysis.

The Impact of 4G LTE Technology on customer satisfaction in Metro Atlanta

Module 3: Overview
Ready, set, communicate and collaborate! Understanding the necessary intrapersonal and interpersonal skills for effective communication and collaboration is the topic for Module 3. As part of this topic, we will learn more about how to engage in productive negotiation and problem solving.
Expected Outcomes

By the end of this module, you will be able to:

Discuss various ways communication can break down

Describe some strategies for facilitating effective communication, problem-solving, and negotiation
M3: Discussion on Weekly Readings
Instructions

On this discussion, you will discuss the readings of Friend, M., & Cook, L. (2014.). Interactions: Collaboration skills for school professionals. New York: Longman, Chapters 2, 3, and 4 for this module. Within this week’s readings, multiple terms and concepts are defined and discussed. Complete the following:

1. Select a minimum of four terms or concepts.

2. Define and/or discuss the meanings of these terms and concepts in your own words.

3. Then, provide examples of how these terms and concepts have played out in your own professional career

We are looking for frameworks and robust constructs to examine components of what we could refer to as the “romantic life process”. The first step in the process is ‘search’, and the first sub-step is understanding the objective of dating and what you are looking for in a prospect. It is the first sub-step that is the scope of this request. The hypothesis is that personal work in advance of dating will set an individual up for better outcomes. The approach we want to take is evidence based (credible authors / researchers, use of academic resources is preferred over internet resources which should be kept to a limit) in support of robust constructs; such as the most important factors to determine relationship compatibility, given a particular context or dating objective. We expect the analysis in the paper to have important implications that are applicable to a wide audience. We would like to have a strong bibliography on researchers that have something relevant to say related to this topic.
Initial thinking is that the analysis would cover the areas below:
Search: Part I
1) How will our reader develop a sound understanding of what they are looking for in a person to date

• Constructs to think through key considerations such as:

◦ Purpose, objective (e.g. serious / casual, short / long term intention)

◦ Qualities / traits in dating partner and way to prioritize and make tradeoffs

◦ Dimensions of compatibility and desire
2) How can our reader learn from past approaches/results and incorporate additional insights from various sources (ranging from research to friends) to thoughtfully evaluate:

• What
 risks they are willing to take / not take

• What are the tradeoffs to consider, and how will you decide on which are the right tradeoffs decisions

• How important dating is for them relative to other activities and goals currently in their life; is there consistency given what they are willing to put into the effort, and what they expect out of it
3) There are many types of personal biases that people can exhibit. Are there some which are more prevalent in dating, and are there techniques one can employ to mitigate unproductive biases
4) How do we, as authors creating an approach to help our readers through this complexity, recognize that we are speaking to diverse group of people with alternative or preferred ways to evaluate these issues

a. Some prefer a highly analytical approach, e.g. lists and scoring

b. Others prefer more abstract notions, e.g. is there chemistry?

Each student is required to write one semester paper, double spaced, 10 pages in length. Normally this is a book report based on a single book or the equivalent in a series of articles, parts of books, or documents. The topic is open, but must involve some aspect of the history of espionage. Most interesting is a case study: how espionage affected or changed an historical outcome. For example, you could write a short study of Agent CICERO in Istanbul, Turkey, during World War II. Or a study of the role of espionage in the defeat of Napoleon. Note that all papers must be based on published materials: scholarly articles, scholarly books. No paper may cite or use internet web pages as sources.

For this assignment, read the case study, “Southwest Airlines,” on page 479 of your textbook. Once you have read and reviewed the case scenario, respond to the following questions with thorough explanations and well-supported rationale.

1. What is the Southwest business model and why is it so effective?

2. Is the “Continental Lite” and “Shuttle by United” achieving their objective of matching Southwest’s price and

service offering?

3. Compile a comparative analysis of two competing airlines to Southwest with respect to service and price.

4. How might Southwest react to the changes discussed in the “Tuesday Meeting” (last couple of paragraphs of

case)?

Unit V Case Study
For this assignment, read the case study, “VF Brands: Global Supply Chain Strategy,” on page 437 of your textbook. Once you have read and reviewed the case scenario, respond to the following questions with thorough explanations and well-supported rationale.
1. Contrast the advantages of utilizing company-owned plants to using a large network of suppliers.
2. The development of strategic supplier relationships was discussed in the case. Why is this important to both the company as well as to the suppliers?
3. Analyze the strategic growth plan of VF Brands with respect to their acquisitions. Their mission in these acquisitions was to preserve the organizational culture and unique brand identities of these acquisitions. Why was
VF Brands concerned about this?
4. Analyze whether VF Brands should expand the “Third Way” sourcing strategy, expand internal manufacturing, or do more traditional sourcing.

A few helpful tips and tidbits:
1. It will be tempting to simply copy/paste the old theory paper and example papers. In most cases, this will lead to a disjointed paper. If you do this, I suggest at least one thorough revision to tighten up the word choice and make the whole thing hang together. The writing center could help with this if you complete it early.
2. You would probably do well to develop a list of insights, and then write the integration section, giving each insight its own paragraph (or more).
3. There is no hard-minimum number of required sources, but there would presumably be as many as in the example and theory papers combined, with perhaps a few additional. If I do a google search on your paper and quickly find excellent and relevant material that you didn’t reference, that would be bad.
4. If you are a communication major, please set aside a copy of your paper in case you choose to use it to meet the Communication portfolio requirement.
5. Be attentive to spelling, style, source citation formats, etc. Please don’t hand in a first draft.
6. An introduction which begins by noting that there is a lot of persuasion/advertising out there is not advised. About 1/2 of all intros for this paper have taken such an approach, so it doesn’t help your paper to stand out. I would recommend an intro specific to your example instead
7. I recommend paraphrasing over direct quotation in nearly every case – it helps showcase your mastery of the concept. The only exception might be if the original author’s precise word choice is extremely important.