Author: chris

Argumentative style with a bibliography.  5 resources with at least 2 of those being scholarly articles or journals.  Foot notes and in text references.  No personal pronouns.

 

Managing With Integrity

In Weeks 6 and 7, you have seen how a manager is much more than just someone who ensures that others are doing their jobs. In a larger sense, managers serve as the moral compass for an organization and often find themselves tasked with making uncomfortable decisions. This week’s readings introduce moral issues that may arise in a multicultural context in which different cultures possess mores that you do not share. Also consider the moral implications of doing business in a virtual environment on the web. What do you think about companies that do not fully represent themselves or make false claims on a website? To increase sales and enlarge the customer base, online businesses may use Value cards that can track a customer’s online purchases and then create personalized coupons. Online businesses may also purchase another company’s customer database complete with e-mail addresses and home phone numbers. How much privacy do consumers deserve?

After reviewing this week’s resources, reflect on the concept of a manager as a steward of moral development and ethics in a global society.

Respond to the following:

• How is the steward-manager similar to the concept of a servant-leader? How would the steward-manager fare in the global business world?
• Should ethics be situational-based? Should there be different morals for dealing with different customers, clients, colleagues, or employees? What if the culture you are dealing with has morals that are different from your own? Defend your answers.

 

 

 

 

 

Acculturation Assessment Framework

It has been said that the only way to understand others is to walk a mile in their shoes. For this Discussion, you are asked to do just that. Every day throughout the world, individuals move to other countries seeking jobs and prosperity. To succeed, they have to master many cultural norms that may be alien to them or opposite to ideals they carry from their home country. The process of acculturation is a difficult one and not nearly appreciated enough by those who ask others to undertake it.

Using the information contained in the Molinsky article in this week’s Resources, complete a 2 x 2 acculturation assessment framework. Consider your abilities when operating in a culture that is not your own but that is somewhat familiar. Complete your matrix using at least three different situations (you may use the ones in the article).

For this Discussion, describe the types of situations present in your Quadrant 4, and suggest activities that could help you feel more competent and authentic. Note: You do not need to post all of your work, only the results of Quadrant 4.

• What are specific types of information that a manager would need to know when either managing or conducting business on a global level? What questions would be important to ask? How would you find out what you needed to know?
• What cultural differences might you find within your own country or region?
• Why is it important to be culturally aware when managing ethical dilemmas in a multicultural or global context?

 

 

Review your pamphlet on critical thinking, focusing on the intellectual traits that may be developed through critical thinking.

 

• How could developing these intellectual traits help mitigate the risks of managing in a virtual environment? How could they be used in working with a diverse population?

 

Substantive statements include a discussion of one of the major points of the article, or ask a question about an aspect of the article. The comments must be at least 25 words.  When you make these substantive statements to an article you will receive 10 points (partial credit is possible). Statements of just “I agree” or “I disagree” are not substantive. Nor are statements that are irrelevant to the material in the article

Your completed Project 2 Part B, should total approximately 8 pages, double-spaced, roughly 2000 words.

For Part B, your essay should be addressing the questions/points below:

•Do we see an overall warming of the environment?
•Some theorists envisioned that we would see a more pronounced warming of minimum temperatures than maximum temperatures.  This might result in a reduced range of temperatures.  What trends does the data show?
•Many theories that look at global warming envisage more drought and less surplus water conditions for inland or continental locations.  Therefore, we might see some trends in precipitation amounts and the frequency of certain amounts of precipitation.  What do the trends show?
•In reference to actual evapotranspiration, surplus/deficit conditions and runoff/streamflow, what might we expect with a warming climate?
•Are there clear-cut answers in the trends that we see?
•What does that tell us about researching environmental issues like global warming?
•Are there other types of data or information that we need to look at to make a worthwhile analysis?  If so, what would they be?
•What are the implications of the results of this study?
•Can you link any of the climate trends to human agency?
•If the trends continue in their current direction, what are the potential implications for people living in the Wabash Watershed?
In short, we are looking at a specific geographic area, the Wabash Watershed.  We are looking at a specific time period, 1961-1990, utilizing raw, 5-year average, and 10-year average data, with respect to temperature, precipitation, evapotranspiration, moisture surplus, moisture deficit, and surface runoff.  What does this data tell about this region over this time period, and what does it indicate about the future?  Does this tell us anything, positively or negatively about global warming theory?

These are just some of the questions you should ask yourself as you analyze and report on this data and tell us what it all means. Be sure to properly cite all reference all materials.

A 3 to 5 page paper APA or MLA style with at least 3 references. You may only choose from the following topics: Renewable Energy, Bio-fuels, Green Technology, Recycling, Hybrid cars, Wind farming, Pollution Prevention, Enviornmental Issues etc.

“Students are required to complete a term paper over at least one bill from the 83rd Texas Legislature.  The term paper will be 5-8 pages in length double-spaced, academic style, 12-point Time New Roman font.”

TCO 1: Given a social problem such as homelessness, use sociological imagination to interpret the problem, assess possible solutions, and illustrate how a social scientist may view this issue in a cultural context.

 

TCO 2: Given a hypothesis such as, “Children who eat a good breakfast do better in school than children who eat a poor breakfast,” apply the scientific method and use appropriate scientific techniques in refining the hypothesis, applying operational definitions, and selecting the appropriate research method for validating the hypothesis.

 

TCO 3: Given a social issue such as, “Who really receives welfare?” compare and contrast the major sociological theories, determine if one theory seems more applicable to this issue than another, and explain why.

 

TCO 4: Given a sample reading, such as Horace Miner’s Nacirema (1959), or a film such as Lord of the Flies, analyze the meaning of culture within society and demonstrate how the concepts of culture and society are inseparable.

 

TCO 5: Given a case study dealing with issues of racial and ethnic discrimination within social organizations, identify areas of social stratification, differentiate between racial and ethnic groups, and illustrate stereotypes within the case study.

 

TCO 6: Given a series of short readings on the interactions of ethnic or racial groups in North America, analyze these interactions based on the cultural characteristics of the groups.

 

TCO 7: Given a case study on a multicultural issue beyond race and ethnicity, such as the aging North American population, changing family forms, gay lifestyles, etc., analyze this issue in the context of a subgroup within a larger “normative” population and evaluate the extent to which the subgroup fits in with society’s overall norms.

 

TCO 8:  Given a film involving a multicultural issue or issues, such as Higher Learning, A Class Divided, or Do the Right Thing, extrapolate at least three major and two minor sociological concepts and demonstrate in a well written essay how these concepts are sociologically related through the film’s storyline.

 

TCO 9: Given a case study involving an applied sociological situation, such as the current state of the educational system in a state or province, analyze the situation from a sociological perspective in order to provide basic guidelines for improving the system.

 

 

TCO’s 1, 2, 3 coincide with chapters 1 and 2.

 

TCO’s 3, 4 coincide with chapters 3 and 4.

 

TCO’s 4, 6 coincide with chapters 5, 6, and 7.

 

TCO’s 3, 5 coincide with chapters 8, 9, and 14.

 

TCO’s 5, 6, 7, 8 coincide with chapters 10 and 11.

 

TCO’s 3, 7 coincide with chapters 12 and 13.

 

TCO’s 8, 9 coincide with chapters 15 and 16.

 

 

The Terminal Course Objectives (TCOs) define the learning objectives that the student will be required to comprehend and demonstrate by course completion. The TCOs that will be covered in detail each week can be found in the Objectives section for that particular week. Whenever possible, a reference will be made from a particular assignment or discussion back to the TCO that it emphasizes.

 

USE THIS INFORMATION AS A REFERENCE. IF YOU REFER TO ONE OF THESE CONCEPTS THEN CITE IT. THE CITATION ACCPETED BY MY PROFESSOR IS LITERALLY THE TCO IN PARENTHASES WITH THE NUMBER AT THE END OF THE SENTENCE example – (TCO 3).