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What is history? Why should we study history?

What is history? Why should we study history? Within the context of our stories
concerning Christopher Columbus, Native Americans, the Pilgrims, or slavery,
discuss how historians (Zinn and Loewen) have dealt with the above issues
specifically. How have history textbooks begun to complicate our histories even
further? With regard to the above topics, how have your readings and studies in
this class differed from the ways in which these topics have been portrayed (all the
way back to elementary school) to you in previous classes? In the quote above,
W.E.B. DuBois suggests that in our studies of history, when we skim over the bad
parts, our histories begin to lose their value as “incentive and example.” What
does he mean by this? What are the far-reaching consequences of the ways in
which so many of us have been taught history?
DIRECTIONS
1) Your response to the question must be typed—twelve point font, double-spaced,
one-inch margins. In writing your answer, please do not exceed five pages.
2) In your response, use only your assigned text(s), the instructor’s handouts, or
class notes taken from discussions. Do not use additional library or internet
sources.
3) Your generalizations must be supported by direct citations from the text, class
notes, or instructor’s handouts.
4) Citations should be made in MLA format. For class notes or presentations, you
might use: (60’s handout) or (class notes).
Note: You must cite parenthetically throughout your narrative. Please follow this format. There
should be many citations throughout your response taken from the sources noted above because
assumptions and interpretations must be bolstered by citations. The strength of your response is
dependent largely upon your citation of the assigned sources.

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annotated bibliography & research questionaire-MILESTONE PROJECT (toxic supervision )

M3 – Capstone Milestone
Capstone Milestone Radial StampPrimary Research Design
One requirement of this course is to conduct primary research related to your research question. For this week’s capstone milestone you are required to plan your research design for either a questionnaire or an interview you will conduct. Begin by asking yourself these questions:
•What am I trying to find out?
•How am I planning on finding it out?
•Who am I going to talk/observe/study?
•How am I going to gain access to these individuals?
•What do I expect to discover?
Select whether you will be conducting an interview or questionnaire and submit the requested material. Remember, you do not need to conduct the research yet, but you do need to demonstrate that you know the best way to obtain the information needed. You will determine your sample in the coming week and will need to administer the questionnaire and analyze the results for your capstone.
1. Interview
a. Interview guide: a brief statement of who you plan to interview, your goals for the interview, and how those goals relate to your research questions. If you conduct an interview, you must interview at least two people.
b. Interview questions:  provide a list of the 15 questions you plan to ask in your interview and explain how each relates to your research goals.
2. Questionnaire
a. Research population: describe who they are and how many there are.
b. Sampling strategy: will you distribute the survey to your entire research population? If not, how will you determine who is in your sample (i.e., who is invited to complete the survey)?
c. Questionnaire of at least 25 questions (you must actually design the questionnaire).
d. A description of how each question relates to your research goals.
The purpose of this assignment is to help you evaluate an aspect of your research problem and demonstrate your clear understanding of surveying and/or interviewing techniques and analysis. Please keep the following questions in mind while writing your questions:
•What are the goals of this research design?
•What should be asked?
•How should each question be asked?
•In what sequence should the questions be arranged?
•What questionnaire layout will best search the research objectives?
•How should the questionnaire be pretested? Does the questionnaire need to be revised?
Assignment Mechanics
•There is no identified format for this assignment; your format will differ depending on a number of variables. It’s your option whether to use a pencil/paper survey or an online survey.
•Include your name and the date at the top of the page.
•Include your last name in the file name of the assignment.
M3 – Assignment: Annotated Bibliography
White paper that says “The Annotated Bibliography” on a black background
An annotation gives a list of sources on a selected topic and summarizes the contents of each source.  Writing an annotated bibliography may first seem to be busywork, but it helps students to keep track and evaluate their sources.
Write an annotated bibliography for a minimum of 4 resources for your capstone project.  Your bibliography should include the following information:
1.Defines the scope of the source, lists the significant topics and tells what the source is about.
2.Summarize the source.
3.Weigh the strengths and weaknesses of the source to gauge its relevance and usefulness
4.Write one or two sentences to summarize/describe the content and one or two sentences providing an evaluation.
Additional Resources
•APA Cleary Style Manual located in the Documents Library
•Annotated Bibliographies (Purdue OWL)
•Annotated Bibliography Sample
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The Annotated Bibliography (linked here and located in the Documents Library)
Assessment Mechanics
•Use proper APA formatting
•Include your name and the date at the top of the page.
•Include your last name in the file name of the assignment.

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Marketing Ethics And Social Responsibility

Objective: Examine ethical dilemmas faced in two international companies and describe the impact to overall organizational health and marketing strategy.  Introduction: Globalization means that more and more organizations are conducting business across borders and encountering different cultures and political, ethical and legal environments in their everyday business affairs. This essay will allow you to explore ethical dilemmas encountered when operating in various international cultures and their impact on the firm’s overall market position and marketing strategies.  You will select two case studies involving ethical dilemmas in international companies, examine the challenges of applying codes of ethics in varying cultures, explore the impact of these events on marketing strategy and make recommendations about how managers can deal with ethical practices in international settings.
Deliverable: The essay for this lesson is required to be a minimum of 750 words that clearly demonstrate your understanding of the activity. Essays should have a clear introduction, thesis statement and conclusion, written in APA format (APAstyle.org). A minimum of three sources must be cited in-text and in the Reference list.  
Step 1: Select companies.  Select two case studies that reflect ethical dilemmas that have occurred in international companies. For example, Nike experienced ethical dilemmas related to using child labor in their foreign factories; other firms have had to consider how to deal with bribery in countries where it is an accepted business practice.
Step 2: Conduct research.  Conduct research using the Cline Library, the Internet, the lesson textbooks or other academic resources. Explore how your two chosen companies have dealt with ethical dilemmas when operating in different cultural, political and legal environments.
Step 3: Read and formulate responses.  Read the following prompts and use what you have learned about this lesson’s objective to formulate your responses. •Describe the two companies and case studies that you have selected. Where are their headquarters? What are their main products/services? In which other markets/countries do they operate?
•Describe the ethical dilemmas that these companies faced. Did these companies have Codes of Conduct or Codes or Ethics available to their international managers? How did these ethical dilemmas conflict with their codes of conduct?
•Do the companies communicate their Codes of Conduct/Ethics to their stakeholders (managers, employees, suppliers, customers, etc.)?
•Assess the impact of political and regulatory climates in these situations, as they relate to the described ethical dilemmas. How did they impact marketing strategies going forward?
•How did these companies manage the specific ethical dilemmas described in the two selected cases?
•What recommendations do you have that might have also helped the situations?
•What impact might ethical differences and resulting backlash from mishandling them have on the bottom line of these companies?
Step 4: Write a paper.   Write a 750-word paper that incorporates your responses to the points above. Please review the essay rubric prior to proceeding.  Use these writing guidelines: •Include a cover page and a reference page in addition to your required page count. •Use APA format. •Double-space text. •Use size 12 Times New Roman font. •Optional: Use section headings to organize.  •Indent paragraphs. •Include in-text citations as appropriate. •Use correct spelling, grammar, sentence structure and verb tense.

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Strategic Communications Plan-Com 510 Wk 3 DISCUSSION

Part 1: Provide a brief overview of your Strategic Communications Plan. Include a short description for each of the following in bullet point format:

  • The purpose of the communication
  • Your goal
  • Audience
  • Key Message
  • Supporting Points
  • Channel Selection
  • Action Request

Part 2: Review at least two of your peers’ Strategic Communications Plan. Provide feedback. Don’t be afraid to challenge their assumptions, suggest new possibilities, and affirm their choices when those choices are good.
Note: Remember, feedback is a powerful and essential tool. Thoughtful, useful feedback is specific. It combines suggestions for improvement with the recognition of good ideas. When you offer feedback, you should contribute new ideas and new perspectives to help your peers learn and move forward.

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Assignment #1: Individual 2-Page Argument Papers Or Creative Projects

Goals:

Compose and revise in a variety of genres that:

Guidelines:

This is the one assignment this term that allows you the most freedom with regard to format and content. You could write two pages consisting of one or more original poems or short stories, if you prefer to write creatively.   Or, you could write a 2-page argument paper with research and citations, briefly arguing one very specific point about a subject related to the environment. The limit is firm: 2 pages maximum (although you can choose varied font sizes and spacing within reason).
(Note: you will write a longer, more extended paper later this term. For now, your 2-page project could be a short paper that leads to that longer project later. But for the time being, please keep the focus very narrow and specific. Later you might write “10 myths about sea level rise in coastal cities in the U.S.” but for this 2-pager, maybe focus on “the #1 myth about sea level rise in coastal cities in the U.S.”)
This project may in a traditional Word format or it could be more creative, with original artwork or doodles or handwritten text (you could upload a screen shot of it).
Refer to grading rubric below for grading criteria.

 Grading Rubric

Criteria
Fully MarksNo MarksTotal
Creative project
project uses language or art or both creatively in order to make a point about or express innovative ideas about a nature or environmental theme, experience, story, or memory? (50%)
50 pts.0 pts.50 pts.
Argument Paper
paper includes an original and clear title, engaging opening sentence (or hook), a clear main claim, and a several convincing points (perhaps research) to back up the main claim? Opposing views may be addressed quickly, although a fully extended counter-argument section is not expected for a paper this brief. Language and mechanics are effective in conveying the argument?

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Reasons Why Free And Enslaved Blacks Exercised An Important And Varied Role In The Colonial History Of The Spanish Frontiers Of The United States.

Reasons Why Free And Enslaved Blacks Exercised An Important And Varied Role In The Colonial History Of The Spanish Frontiers Of The United States.
In Chapter 11 Free and Enslaved the author states that free and enslaved blacks exercised more important and varied roles in the colonial history of the Spanish Frontiers of the United States than previously been appreciated.
Directions: you agree with the author’s argument that free and enslaved blacks exercised an important and varied role in the colonial history of the Spanish frontiers of the United States.

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Internal Analysis: Distinctive Competencies, Competitive Advantage, Profitability, and Building Competitive Advantage through Functional-Level Strategy.

Assignment for management sub

This assignment covers chapter three, Internal Analysis: Distinctive Competencies, Competitive Advantage, and Profitability, and chapter four, Building Competitive Advantage through Functional-Level Strategy.
Chapter 3 Questions:
1. Define value creation and the components that can be used to determine value creation per unit. How is value creation related to competitive advantage?
2. What is a value chain? Why is efficiency so important in an organizations value chain?
3. What building blocks can an organization use to sustain competitive advantage?
4. What does an internal analysis help a company to determine? How does this contribute to the overall health (value creation, competitive advantage, profitability) of the company?
5. Why do companies fail? How does competitive advantage relate to failure?
Chapter 4 Questions:
1. What are functional level strategies? How can functional level strategy contribute to efficiency/
2. Describe economies of scale and its relation to competitive advantage. What strategic significance does economies of scale have?
3. How does innovation relate to competitive advantage? What can be done to sustain innovation?
4. How does customer relations contribute to competitive advantage? What is the effect of customer relations on value creation and its components?
Assignment requirements:
1. 7 pages with relative answers.
Times new roman, size: 12
Spacing – 1.5
2. No plagiarism.
3. Read the text and write the assignment please.
Text: Charles W. L. Hill and Gareth R. Jones. Strategic Management: An Integrated Approach. 2017, 12th edition. South-Western Cengage Learning.