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Rhetorical critical analysis essay

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You will be writing a rhetorical critical analysis essay. No first person perspective.

This is a not a first-person narrative, personal commentary, or book review. There is nothing “autobiographical” in nature, also known as an “author’s bio,” to be explored within this essay assignment. If your readers are interested in reading about Maxine Hong Kingston biography, there is plenty of information out there; this is not your focus.

Instead, your goal is to create a working thesis, based off an area you found interesting in reading the book, while using the PDFs, etc., to create a “working thesis.” However, it is your responsibility to draw connections, even when they are not so obvious, to the “Essay Prompt/Topic” below, using the primary text, academic/scholarly PDFs, and other content having been provided for you in this course, in effort to support a solid thesis statement and/or argument of the essay.

TIP: Ground your argument/position with a philosopher(s) and/or ideologies from the course text(s), especially since there is no use first-person allowed. If you elect to write in first person, you will have failed the essay assignment. Write a minimum of a five, full (5) pages, MLA-formatted essay (acceptable, but not required to go over five pages). Anything less than a full five (5) pages will result in a compromise in points. This means you did not meet the “minimum requirements.” Your Works Cited page is not considered part of the minimum five (5) full pages.

Supporting your Thesis & Minimum Sources and Citation Requirements *Six (6) Citations Total

1. Support your thesis: Use a minimum of three (3) citations from The Woman Warrior: Memoirs of a Girlhood Among Ghosts, ideally to support your thesis.

2. *Select an additional two (2) resources provided: Select a minimum of one (1) citation from each source, from any of the academic/scholarly PDFs on Kingston.

3. *Select one (1) academic/scholarly source on your own: Utilize your Fresno City College Library Database skills.
a. This can be a book, film, academic/scholarly article, and more.
b. Regardless of what you select, it must be accessed it from the Library (online).
c. Disclaimer: No outside sources, other than the FCC Library requirement is allowed. Any outside commercialized, mainstream sources such as Wikipedia, Merriam-Dictionary, Walt Disney references, social media, general websites, Yahoo, etc. Instead, any and/all contributions must be academic/scholarly in nature, and through the use of the Fresno City College Library database (only).

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Communication Channel

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For this assignment, think back of a time where you think you used the wrong channel to convey a message to someone in your life. Examples could be sending a text message to break up with someone, or emailing a boss when in both situations you should have talked to them face to face.

In a 2-page paper, written using appropriate spelling/grammar, address the items below. Remember to be descriptive, and use as much detail in your examples as possible.

Describe the relationship you have/had with the person in the interaction.

Explain which channel you used initially and why you think it was the wrong means to communicate with them.

Explain which channel would have been better for the situation and why you think it would have been more effective.

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Alcohol Abuse

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Topic: Alcohol Abuse in the Marine Corps

This paper should be 1000 words in length (all inclusive).

Your paper can focus on either a current or past employer of yours, or some other company with which you have significant familiarity. What’s needed is some knowledge of the inner workings of the company–its struggles, its strengths, its climate, and so forth.

The paper should include the following four sections:

1. Organization – Provide just enough details on the company for me to be able to understand the problem that will be described. Resist the urge to provide irrelevant details and feel free to omit or disguise any details that might be sensitive in nature.

2. Problem – Describe, specifically, one problem that the company is struggling with that will serve as the focus of the paper. Resist the urge to discuss multiple problems–focus on one specific issue with which the organization is struggling. Be sure to focus on a problem that can be impacted by the relevant topics.

3. Topic – Choose at least two topics from the list below and apply those topics to the problem. Describe very specifically how the concepts, principles, and findings represented in the topic matter to the problem, and how they can be leveraged to articulate a solution.

Value-precept theory

Job characteristics theory
Challenge-hindrance stressors

Expectancy theory
Goal setting theory
Equity theory
Psychological empowerment
Cognition-based trust
Justice
Ethical decision making
Cognitive ability
Emotional intelligence
Team processes
Types of power
Transformational leadership

4. Recommendations – Provide a list of very specific recommendations/action steps that flow out of the discussion of the topics and that can help solve the problem. In thinking about how to craft the topics into those recommendations, strike a balance between being practical and being bold. Every organization has key constraints that need to be taken into account when designing interventions. Although those should be considered, resist the urge to “play it safe”, as that tendency often leads to modest interventions that are ultimately ineffective.

Beyond the parameters above, please bring your own self-expression, initiative, and creativity to the content and style of the paper. 80% of the paper grade will revolve around content issues, with 20% revolving around writing style issues–please see rubric for additional details.

Criteria

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Organizational Control

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For this assignment, the Group will analyze the assigned Company’s current condition. You will use the text chapters 10 and 11 as your framework for the analysis, and will incorporate information from external sources including the company and other credible sites.

Your Group deliverable will be presented in APA format, will include appropriate topical headings to organize and segment the paper, with correctly formatted citations and references. This deliverable is due at 11:59 PM CT Sunday, at the end of Week 7.

Minimally the report will include the following:

Corporate Governance
Ownership Concentration
Board of Directors
Organizational Structure

Organizational Control
Just need the organizational Control!!!
Rubric

Group Deliverable

CRITERIA RATINGS PTS

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeResponds fully to the assignment

4.0 pts

Excellent

3.0 pts

Good

1.0 pts

Not Quite Adequate

0.0 pts

Poor

4.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeInvokes and uses disciplinary facts correctly

2.0 pts

Good

1.0 pts

Not Quite Adequate

0.0 pts

Poor

2.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeProvides adequate supporting arguments with reasons, evidence, and examples

2.0 pts

Good

1.0 pts

Not Quite Adequate

0.0 pts

Poor

2.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeIs focused, well organized, and unified

1.0 pts

Good

0.0 pts

Poor

1.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomeUses direct language that is appropriate for the audience

2.0 pts

Good

1.0 pts

Not Quite Adequate

0.0 pts

Poor

2.0 pts

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Clinical Trial of Education

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2. Critique the article provided (A Randomized, Clinical Trial of Education or Motivational-Interviewing–Based Coaching Compared to Usual Care to Improve Cancer Pain Management).
Submit the critique assignment to both submission button and Turnitin

two to three references, should be within 5 years

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Principles of communication

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Go back and review the Communication Principles in the reading and in this module’s lesson content. Familiarize yourself with the information and address the following in your post.

Choose two of the principles of communication.

Provide two examples for each of the principles (so you will have a total of 4 examples by the end of your post).
How could you apply your knowledge of these principles in a future interaction to prevent or reduce misunderstanding?

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Research Design

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Researchers –

As you know, your next piece that you will be turning in is the Research Design. Please do not confuse this with what you put into your proposal. The research design is all about the methodology you will use to conduct your study – it has nothing to do with the TYPES of sources you use. For example, if your study is a case study, you will tell me what a case study is and why it is the right methodology. Then, outline your plan for the case study. If you are doing a historical or document review, you will tell me all about that methodology and why it is the right one. Some of you included part of this in your proposal – so go back to your proposal and read my notes again on the copy I uploaded!

Based on your proposals, I expect your Research Design section to be only about 2 (maybe 3) paragraphs long. That is it!

You will also want to have a subheader for Limitations of the Study. Here are some limitations you will want to consider:

Reliability of sources/data. You are using second-hand data and you have to trust the sources are reliable – this is why your data should ONLY be scholarly or peer-reviewed.
Classification. Much of the data for a study in the field of homeland security is classified, so you will not have access to it.
Vast amount of data. This is true because of the various kinds of terrorism, lack of an agreed upon definition, or the number of incidents.
Limitation of Time. This is especially true for a case study! Your study is bound by time, so you may not be considering all available information.
Researcher Bias. Folks, we all have this! This is the unconscious bias we bring with us. Some of you saw comments about this in your proposals – we go into this thinking we know the answer – that is bias. This impacts every researcher, so I will be looking for this! You must include something about research bias!

So, here is a simple outline of what you want to be talking about:

Part 1 (1 paragraphs) – Tell me about the methodology and why it is the right methodology. What are the benefits and limitations of this methodology.

Part 2 (1 paragraphs)- Tell me how you will apply this methodology. If you are using variables from another study or have specific things you are looking for, you may need a second paragraph.

Part 3 (usually 1 paragraph) – Limitations of the Study.

I am attaching some samples of Research Design that you can review. One of the research design examples is for a comparative case study and the other for a document review (the student also conducted a risk analysis, but for those of you doing historical, policy or document reviews, the basics are here).

Remember – you must use scholarly references for this section! You cannot talk about research methodology without references! – remember these were done with earlier versions of APA!

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Lesson Material:

Let us first review what is outlined in the End of Program Manual (EOP) for the Research Design section of your thesis:

Research Design/Methodology: Describes how the student will test the hypothesis and carry out his/her analysis. This section describes the data to be used to test the hypothesis, how the student will operationalize and collect data on his/her variables, and the analytic methods that to be used, noting potential biases and limitations to the research approach. It should include

• identification and operationalization (measurement) of variables;
• a sampling plan (i.e., study population and sampling procedures, if appropriate);
• justification of case studies used;
• data collection/sources (secondary literature, archives, interviews, surveys, etc.);
• a summary of analysis procedures (pattern-matching, etc.); and
• the limitations of study and bias discussion.

RESEARCH STRATEGIES

A review of basic terminology explains that a research methodology refers to the nature of your inquiry on a topic. The purpose of your research may range from a desire to solve a problem, explore an issue, or generate new knowledge. You will then select a research approach, which refers to whether you will address your topic through qualitative, quantitative, or a mixed approach. The tool(s) that you select within your methodology is called a research design. Qualitative research is associated with certain tools as is quantitative research. As a result of conducting your literature review and theoretical framework, you will have identified several research designs in the literature. The lesson overview contains eight examples of research designs recently used in theses.

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Risk factors for development of cancer

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In this assignment, you will complete a self-assessment to analyze your risk factors for development of cancer.

Step 1 Select a type of cancer to examine.

Step 2 Select a cancer risk factor self-assessment tool. There are a number of online cancer risk factor tools. Select one to explore your risk for your choice of cancer and remember to cite your source using proper APA 7th Edition formatting.

Step 3 Summarize your individual risk for development of cancer. In your summary, include the following information:

Identification of individual and familial genetic factors that could lead to cancer development

Description of your lifestyle factors that could contribute to cancer development
A description of the role gender plays in risk for development of cancer
A description of the role nutrition plays in risk for development of cancer

A list of interventions you can take to reduce your risk of developing cancer
How the aging process affects cells and causes cellular injury that can lead to cancer

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Global business environment

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Competency Statement

Using a SWOT analysis, the MBA candidate will be able to evaluate competitive advantage and present a proposal for adapting to changes in the global business environment.

Assessment Overview

Working in business management means taking on responsibility to lead your organization in a variety of situations. Part of that responsibility is understanding where an organization has been and where it’s going. In this course, you will put yourself in the shoes of a manager and use resources to make decisions on where an organization is heading in respect to business needs, organizational structure, leadership strategies, and change management. Some of the information needed will be easy to locate, but other information will take time and effort to find. You may even need to make assumptions based on research. These research and strategizing skills will be useful in your business management career.

In this assessment you will evaluate the strategic needs of a company within a changing global environment.

You will be able to submit this assessment after you’ve completed the Reflection assignments in Modules 1 and 2. There is a Competency 1 – Assessment Submission module that appears in the course after Competency 1 – Module 2: Managerial Planning and Strategy.

Save and upload each part of the assessment as a separate file and title the files so it’s clear to see what part of the assessment they serve. Include your name in your documents on the first page, upper left.

Select a company – (BROOKFIELD PROPERTIES RETAIL) Complete: SWOT Analyses list – to use for the rest of the course (this will sometimes be referred to as “your organization”) and research its history.

Managers at each level of the organization use SWOT analysis to identify strategies that will best position the company to achieve its mission and goals.The first step in a SWOT analysis is to identify and describe an organization’s strengths and weaknesses that characterize the present state of the company. The next step requires managers to identify potential opportunities and threats in the environment that affect the organization in the present or possibly in the future.

When the SWOT analysis is complete, managers begin developing strategies. These strategies should allow the company to attain its goals by taking advantage of opportunities, countering threats, building strengths, and correcting organizational weaknesses.

Congratulations! You’ve been hired as a manager and have been asked to analyze the current status of your organization (the company you selected in Part 1 of this assessment).

Review your organization’s SWOT analysis and other available sources to evaluate the strategic needs of the organization within a changing global environment. Complete the Organizational Analysis worksheet for your evaluation.

Respond to the following in a minimum of 500 words: