World geography

In this exercise you will compose an essay based on your family’s history of migration, starting from the ancestral origin of our species in Africa in a process described by the authors of our textbook as the first round of globalization: Africanization.  Your essay must also describe the background of both of your parents’ families.  Regardless of your ethnic background or family origin, all people living in the Americas (North, Middle, and/or South America) are descendants of migrants or are recent migrants.  Even the ancestors of Native American populations came to the Americas crossing the Behring Land bridge (today’s Behring Strait) more than 14,000 years-before-present.  It is interesting to note that in Canada, these groups are known as “First Nations.” 

Include references of your family’s [or your own] migration to the United States or to South Florida and the push or pull factors that may have influenced or contributed to their/your migration.  You may describe your family’s originating country and culture, and how living in the United States has influenced or changed various tenets within that culture.

Your answer should reflect knowledge of the topic applying the concepts learned in our course, using your own words.  Please note that working in teams is not allowed.  You must explain your answer in NO less than 600 words and no more than 800 words.  Essays that are less than 600 words in total will lose points.  The word count does not include your name, PID, the title of your essay, Bibliography, or if you copy the question posed in your work.

You must also demonstrate knowledge of this topic by using key definitions related to the topic of this assignment: migration, push and pull factors, globalization, etc., and included in our course textbook related to the topic of migration, and others presented in class (i.e., Africanization).  Your work must include at-least one additional reference (textbook or a popular news forum – i.e., The New York Times) that relates to your family’s history of migration.  Include this reference in a separate page using only one of the following titles: Bibliography, Reference, or Works Cited; making a full citation of this/these source/s.  Note that students are not allowed to use Wikipedia in any written assignment.

Any geographically-based essay must answer three broad questions: Where? Why? (and how?), and, So what? (or, in other words, why is this important?).  For instance, you can answer the following questions: 

  • Where did your father’s family (or his last name) originate?  
  • Where did your mother’s family (or her last name) originated? 
  • Why did your father’s/mother’s family migrated from their homeland? [push – pull factors?] 
  • In answering to the “So what?” question you must use the information you have included in the first two sections (Where? and Why?); this is an overview of your family background. 
  • It is also important to mention that if you don’t know much about your family background, you can include references to your ethnicity, and their path to migration to this country we know today as U.S.A.  You can also make reference to the origin of the last names of your parents. 

Since this essay is based on the topic of migration and our textbook puts special emphasis on this theme in two chapters (# 3 and # 6), I suggest you to start your essay by introducing this topic and its key definitions (i.e., what is Africanization, migration, push and pull factors? how is this phenomenon connected to globalization?, etc.).  It is very important that your essay mentions all aspects related to the “Africanization of the world”, as part of what De Blij and Muller call, “…the first great wave of globalization.” (2010: 282), and other aspects related to the major waves of human migration in the process of world colonization mentioned here.

  • NOTE # 1: Your answer must be your own, original thoughts.  If you plagiarize your thoughts from a website, journal, or any other source, not only you will be sad because you cannot write the small number of words of your own, but because you will also earn a failing grade in the course.

  • NOTE # 2: You must format your work according to the required Technical Aspects described in the course syllabus:
    • a) 12-point font (Arial, Times New Roman, Garamond, or Book Antiqua)
    • one-inch margins all around
    • double-spaced
    • numbered pages. 

Any written assignment that does not include all the required technical aspects will receive a 10-point deduction in their grade.

Bibliography

de Blij, Harm J. and Peter O. Muller.  2010.  Geography: Realms, Regions, and Concepts.  14th edition.  New York: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

 
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PHILOSOPHY DISCUSSION 4

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At the end of the Meno (around 100b) Socrates says that if Meno can convince Anytus of the things they have concluded in the dialogue he will provide a benefit to the Athenians. Given the background of the Apology what do you think Socrates means by this. What is the overall topic of the Meno? and how is it relevant to the Athenians or to us for that matter? 

 
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PHILOSOPHY DISCUSSION 5

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Phaedo_Discussion

In the Phaedo Socrates is preparing for his death and consoling his friends that death is not a bad thing. There are echoes of the end of the Apology here. Much of the dialogue deals with arguments for the survival of the soul after death. We have already seen in the Meno the famous argument for the pre-existence of the soul to explain the puzzle of learning (cf Meno 81e ff); Aristotle in his Posterior Analytics (76a ff) will provide another solution to this puzzle that doesn’t require the preexistence of the soul. My question here regards Plato’s general conception of the body in the the Phaedo. He famously states that the proper aim of philosophy is the practice of dying and death (64a). He goes on to claim that only the philosopher (lover of wisdom) can have genuine virtues; non-philosophers overcome fear by greater fears and overcome desires by stronger desires (69a-c); virtues require knowledge and only the philosopher has real knowledge so only the philosopher can actually be virtuous. What is Plato’s underlying attitude towards the body in this dialogue as you see it? What essentially is the human being for Plato as you can gather from this dialogue? is he correct in this? why or why not? (address any or all of the above in your posting and end your posting with a question of your own).

 
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Essay One Platos Five Dialogue

Write a 2-4 page essay (in Word or rich text format, double spaced, size 12 font) on ONE of the following topics.

1. In the Euthyphro does Socrates present his own account of piety or just destroy the accounts offered by Euthyphro? If so what is his account of piety? 

2. What are the charges against Socrates as recorded in the Apology. Is he guilty of them? why or why not?

3.What is Socrates’ argument against Crito in the argument of the same name? Is it persuasive? why or why not?

4. What would it mean to persuade the laws as it is described in the Crito? Does Socrates’ account adequately allow for resisting evil legislation or is it essentially just a way to maintain the status quo?

5. Discuss the nature of virtue in the Meno and/ or Phaedo. If you choose the Meno things you should mention are some of Meno’s definitions of virtue and their objections and whether virtue is teachable or not. If you choose the Phaedo things you mention things you should mention are the difference between true and false virtue.

6. At the end of the Meno Socrates says that it will be a benefit to the Athenians if Meno can convince Anytus of the conclusions they’ve reached in the dialogue (cf. 100a-b); given your reading of the Apology and Anytus’s role there what lesson learned in the Meno could be of benefit to Anytus and Meletus?

7. Discuss Plato’s arguments for recollection in the Meno; what puzzle is recollection supposed to solve?

8.  At Phaedo 86a-d Simmias puts forward the view that the soul is a sort of harmony. Socrates provides at least two arguments against this view of the soul in the text that follows. Describe his arguments and explain why you think they are convincing or not.

9. Explain Socrates’ arguments against Cebes’s objection that the soul is long-lasting but not immortal (Phaedo (95c ff)); are they persuasive? why or why not?

10.Compare and contrast any two (or three) of the five dialogues we have studied one of the dialogues must be either the Meno or the Phaedo; make sure to refer to the text by title and line number and cite any secondary sources used.

Cite all sources with quotation marks for direct quotes and parenthetical references. Don’t place urls in the body of your paper; cite online sources by author’s name or article title. Place urls at the end of the paper in the work cited page. Every student is encouraged to submit drafts of papers to Upswing the online tutoring service for assistance with composition and proofreading.Write an essay 2-5 pages typed, double-spaced, citing primary texts in the following way (Euthyphro 10b) and academic secondary sources such as the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy.

 
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External Competitiveness

This assignment focused on the conceptual reasoning that leads companies to pay differently from the market.  (A 1½-page response is required.)

  1. Using Exhibit 7.8 from your      text as a framework, specify the reasoning behind the decision to 1) lead      and 2) lag the market rate of pay; include relevant research findings.       Address the issue of whether the lead/lag decision should be applied      to all jobs within the organization or if different policy decisions      should be reached for different categories of jobs.
  2. Explain how the Klaas and      McClendon (1996) research may assist managers in establishing a pay      policy.
 
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Reflection

The primary goal of your last assignment is to reflect on what you have learned about yourself as a result of this class and how you will use this knowledge to succeed in future courses. Reflecting on your thoughts, feelings, and actions and making appropriate connections will help you plan for your future success. 

Preview the document

Review the Model Essay document in the online classroom. Use the sample as a guide to complete your own. Then, in a five-paragraph essay that is one page  in length, address the following:

 
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Discussion Question

3 paragraphs no et al references. 

All questions must be answered. 

QUESTION:   

What do you plan to do to ensure you achieve your goals? Some questions you might reflect on in your response include: How will I penetrate the hidden job market? How will I expand my professional network? Are there skills I need to be working on to be more competitive as a candidate? How will I track my job search? What resources can I use to help me in my job search and how often should I be contacting them? How will I ensure my resume and other job-search tools stay current? Where will I look for job leads? How will I hone my interviewing skills? What will I do on a daily, weekly, monthly basis to ensure I am conducting the most proactive job search possible? 

Answer:   

In order to achieve my goals, I will . . .

 
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Business Administration/HR

Your team is consulting with a local manufacturing company that has 1,200 employees and is the third largest employer in the area. When averaging all of the manufacturing employees’ salary divided by the market midpoint, the organization has a 0.90 compa ratio, meaning that on average employees earn 90% of the market rate. Using the current sales and profit trend, the company has the ability to increase compensation spending by 4% annually for the next three years.

Your firm has been asked to propose three approaches for management to consider:

  1. increasing base pay
  2. adding a team incentive plan such as profit sharing or individual incentive plan based on individual performance
  3. a combination of base and incentive pay

Create a 10- to 15-slide Microsoft® PowerPoint®, Prezi, or Microsoft® Sway® presentation in which you:

  1. Propose a plan for each of the three approaches.
  2. Make a final recommendation.
  3. Support your points with at least one source.

Include graphics and speaker notes on each slide that script what would be said if this information were to be presented in person.

Format citations according to APA guidelines.

 
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BSBWOR502 – Lead and Management Team Effectiveness

Questions:

  1. What is involved in the team forming stage?
  2. What would assist you in developing and facilitating team cohesion?
  3. What information would you need to provide stakeholders with?
  4. When facilitating team work, what do you need to make sure that you should do?
  5. What are the steps in handling poor performance?
  6. What does “supporting team members” involved?
  7. Explain how group dynamics can support or hinder team performance.
  8. Outline strategies that can support team cohesion, participation and performance.
  9. Explain strategies for gaining consensus.
  10. Explain issue resolution strategies.
 
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Infotech Importance in Strategic planning

  1. What information resources are Groupon and Zipcar using to their strategic advantage? How and why are these companies achieving dominance in their industry by leveraging these information resources? What are two “do”s that other companies can take away from Groupon and Zipcar’s examples?  Do not repeat someone else’s points.
  2. What is another company that is achieving dominance in its market by properly leveraging its strategic information resources?  How and why is this being made possible (e.g., technologies, policies, leadership, other)?  Do not repeat someone else’s example.
  3. What is one public and well-known company that is not taking full advantage of its information resources?  List 3 sources of information that the company has access to but is not using to their full strategic potential.  For each, explain in detail how the company could leverage those information sources to gain a competitive advantage in its market.
  4. What is one source of information that your own company (or an organization with which you are affiliated) is not taking full advantage of its strategic potential. Explain in detail how this organization could leverage the information source to gain a competitive advantage in its market.

Comment on the responses of at least two classmates.  Try to offer constructive and meaningful that advances everyone’s knowledge rather than merely a virtual pat on the back or “interesting post!”

Support your response and all factual assertions with appropriate scholarly or industry sources with proper citations in APA format.  Remember that opinions are fine but they must be rooted in facts.  Do not approach this as a journal entry filled with your stream-of-thoughts.  Do thorough reading on the topic before responding and use what you’ve read as evidence to support what you post.  Do not use Wikipedia or similar sites.  Do not use blog posts unless they are official publications of the relevant companies or their employees (e.g., Mark Zuckerberg’s blog would be an appropriate source for information about Facebook).

 
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