...Materials Turban, E., King, D., McKay, J., Marshall, P., Lee, J., & Viehland, D. (2008). Electronic commerce 2008: A managerial perspective (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. Roebuck, D. B. (2006). Improving business communication skills (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. All electronic materials are available on the student website. |Week One: Overview | | |Details |Due |Points | |Objectives |Analyze...
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...BUILDING EVIDENCE-BASED ARGUMENTS DEVELOPING CORE PROFICIENCIES ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS / LITERACY UNIT GRADE 7 “Doping can be that last 2 percent.” OD LL DUCATION www.odelleducation.com OD LL DUCATION Page 1 EVIDENCE-BASED ARGUMENTATION Literacy – the integrated abilities to read texts closely, to investigate ideas and deepen understanding through research, to make and evaluate evidence-based claims, and to communicate one’s perspective in a reasoned way – is fundamental to participation in civic life. Thus, the importance of a literate citizenry was understood and expressed by Thomas Jefferson early in the life of our democratic nation. Today, students face the prospect of participating in a civic life that stretches beyond the boundaries of a single nation and has become increasingly contentious, characterized by entrenched polarization in response to complex issues. Citizens have access to a glut of information (some of which is nothing more than opinion passed off as fact) and are often bombarded by bombast rather than engaged in reasoned and civil debate. Learning the skills and habits of mind associated with argumentation – how to conceive and communicate “arguments to support claims, using valid reasoning and sufficient evidence” [CCSS W1] as well as how to “delineate and evaluate the argument[s]” and “the validity of the reasoning and relevance and sufficiency of the evidence” presented by others [CCSS R8] – is therefore...
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...should be the number one focus. There are many quality management tools available to an organization; however; Six Sigma is a strategy that many world class organizations have implemented to improve quality, service and customer satisfaction. The word Sigma is a statistical term that measures how far a given process deviates from perfection. An organization as a hole needs to embrace feedback on errors and determine solutions to these areas for improvement. And above all, there must be a better balance between productivity and quality. “Six Sigma improves production quality by removing variables that can cause defects” (Brinlee, n.d.). When a customer has to continuously spend time on the phone or in writing to have an issue resolved, this becomes frustrating to customers. When an organization has displeased customers due to defects in the quality of service, this can ultimately have an enormous impact on the reputation of an organization, and have a downstream affect such as contracting with a provider, renewing group contracts, increasing membership, etc. What is Six Sigma? The six sigma methodology is much more than a tool to eliminate a defect within a process, it is a comprehensive system improvement approach aimed at serving customers and reducing waste, which results in overall profitability across...
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...be a stranger in the village? Unit Goals 1. To understand the relationship between perspective and critical theory. 2. To apply critical theories to various texts studied and created. 3. To control and manipulate textual elements in writing to clearly and effectively convey a controlling idea or thesis. Student Published Portfolios: For each of the first three quarters, students are required to complete three to four published writing portfolio products. Quarter 4 is devoted to completion of the Laureate Research Project. . Pacing: This map is one suggestion for pacing. Springboard pacing guides precede each unit in the “About the Unit” sections and offers pacing on a 45-minute class period length. Prentice Hall Literature – Use selections from Prentice Hall throughout the quarter to reinforce the standards being taught as well as the embedded assessments within the SpringBoard curriculum. QUARTER #1 SpringBoard Curriculum Pacing Guide August 23 – October 22 Standards and Benchmarks | Unit Pacing Guide | SpringBoard Unit/Activities | Assessments | SpringBoard Unit 1Literature * The students will analyze and compare significant works of literature and id relationships among major genres * Analyze the literary devices unique to the literature and how they support and enhance theme and main ideaReading * The student will use pre reading strategies and background knowledge of subject/content area to make and confirm complex predictions ...
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...committed to becoming a successful manager in a retail store or corporate level. I am willing to go above and beyond to reach that goal. I am a driven, compassionate, and hardworking individual. My goal is to one day get marry and have a family. I will be loving and proactive in building and maintaining my relationships with my employees, family and friends, so that I may be considered a successful wife, mother, daughter, sister, aunt, friend, co-worker, and manager. Elevated Speech Hi my name is Carmelia Bell. I am a senior at DeVry. I’m graduating June 30 of this year. I have 4 years of an assistant manager experience. I’m currently working as a team lead at Target. There I have driven my team of becoming number one out of a group of 300 stores of having the highest guest experience score. Our goal was 88% and I led my team of getting a 99% score. I’m looking for company where I can contribute to their company success by driving for outstanding results for them as well. I am a dedicated and hardworking person with the mindset of being the best. I...
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...Team Dynamics in Process Simplification Understanding the Basics of Team Development Introduction to Process Improvement Slide 1 Teams are all around us… Introduction to Process Improvement Slide 2 Each team should: • Define their principles in alignment with organizational vision • Clarify roles and responsibilities • Identify key customers • Develop a balanced scorecard • Analyze current work processes • Prioritize and work on most critical problems • Give recognition • Evaluate periodically Team Lifecycles These teams can live as: • • • life cycle of the project as the primary or foundational team. Temporary within the scope of the effort – then disbanding when work is complete. Evolving with members coming in and out as needed. needed Permanent and therefore ongoing throughout the Team Formation: • Functional team • Cross-functional team • Multi-functional team Introduction to Process Improvement Slide 4 Team Functions • • • • • Define requirements of their work Study and improve processes Develop scorecards and set performance goals Solve problems Develop and implement action plans Common questions people have during team formation… • • • • • • • • • Who are these people? Who are we together? Why should we be a team? What if we aren’t all alike? Whom do we trust? Where are we going and what is our path? How can we work together? What lies ahead? How can we support each other? Introduction to Process Improvement Slide 6 Critical...
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...[pic] |Leadership and Organizational Behavior – BUS 520 | |Student Course Guide | |Prerequisite: None | |Quarter |Fall 2010 | |Meeting Days/Time |Wednesday 6pm-10pm | |Instructor |Karmetria Burton | |Instructor Phone |678 362 0842 | |Instructor E-mail |Karmetria.burton@strayer.edu | |Instructor Office Hours/Location |5-6 pm Wednesdays or by appointment | |Academic Office Phone Number | | |INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIAL - Required ...
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...ITT TECHNICAL INSTITUTE EN3220 Written Analysis Onsite Course GRADED ASSIGNMENTS Table of Contents Graded Assignments 4 Unit 1 Journal 1: Personal Narrative 4 Unit 1 Journal 1: Personal Narrative Handout 6 Unit 1 Journal 2: Civic Narrative 9 Unit 1 Journal 2: Civic Narrative Handout 11 Unit 1 Assignment 1: What Would You Do? 12 Unit 2 Journal 1: Personal Narrative 13 Unit 2 Journal 1: Personal Narrative Handout 15 Unit 2 Journal 2: Civic Narrative 19 Unit 2 Journal 2: Civic Narrative Handout 20 Unit 2 Journal 3: Article Response 22 Unit 2 Assignment 1: What Would You Do? 23 Unit 2 Assignment 2: Declaration of Independence and Public Safety 25 Unit 3 Journal 1: Car Commercials 26 Unit 3 Journal 2: Personal Narrative 27 Unit 3 Journal 2: Personal Narrative Handout 28 Unit 3 Journal 3: Civic Narrative 31 Unit 3 Journal 3: Civic Narrative Handout 32 Unit 3 Journal 4: Taste vs. Judgment 34 Unit 3 Presentation 1: What Would You Do? 35 Unit 3 Assignment 1: Habits That Hinder Thinking 36 Unit 4 Journal 1: Invention Exercise 37 Unit 4 Journal 1: SWOT Analysis Template 38 Unit 4 Journal 2: Personal Narrative 39 Unit 4 Journal 2: Personal Narrative Handout 41 Unit 4 Journal 3: Civic Narrative 43 Unit 4 Journal 3: Civic Narrative Handout 44 Unit 4 Assignment 1: What Would You Do? 46 Unit 4 Assignment 2: Invention White Paper 47 Unit 5 Journal 1: Personal Narrative 48 Unit 5 Journal 1: Personal Narrative Handout 49 Unit...
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...This course has provided me with new skills that enhance both my writing ability as well as the ability to analyze a film. The two goals that stood out most were to learn to analyze and critically evaluate ideas, arguments, and points of view and to continue to develop skills in expressing oneself in writing. I benefited from these goals because I now have a deeper knowledge of different film genres and can correctly revise my essays. In order to display the progress made in my writing abilities throughout this semester I chose to revise and analyze Take Me Out to the Ball Game. This class introduced a new aspect of writing for me because I have never been required to analyze the scenes and themes of a film prior to taking this class. The film, Take Me Out to the Ball Game, is a musical comedy about a baseball team. My initial instinct was to classify this film as a simple sports film. However, after analyzing the film it was clear that there was more to it than just a sports perspective. The film had several other themes besides sports, two of which included patriotism and acceptance. It was very interesting to analyze the different relationships among the characters in this sport musical. Despite the different personalities of each character, I found it fascinating that they were so intertwined through their love for baseball and their country. Despite the decrease in the usage of the peer editing process this semester from last semester, it still played a crucial role in...
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...- Recommendations – Make your recommendations as specific as possible. Include details. For example: ■ Weak: “To meet her need for belongingness/affiliation, I would appoint Felicia to a team.” ■ Stronger: “To meet her need for belongingness/affiliation, Felicia should be appointed to the Warehouse Quality Improvement Team. Team members include X, Y, and Z. Benefits of relationships with these contacts include…Team leader will be asked to mentor Felicia for possible succession to the role of facilitator. Per Theory A, these actions will contribute to Felicia’s sense of belongingness by…” Notice how in the above example, the writing has eliminated first person pronouns by rephrasing. - Sources – Use APA to cite/reference and other sources. Use the skills learned in weeks 4 and 5. Go to your online library. Find academic scholarly peer reviewed articles to support and justify all opinions. Back-up opinions and observations with the experts. Paraphrase all. No quotes are allowed. HEADINGS AND TOPIC SENTENCES: To ensure full credit, do not include the boldface headings that appear in the outlines for your papers. Be sure, however, that you do outline as you plan your paper. Planning is a key to success. Also remember that all papers in your 571 class must be submitted to GROWS before submitting for grading. Manage your time accordingly. Papers that do not include APA formatted headings may be returned for correction. Late penalties...
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...useful to your personal life and career. Not only will you learn the information necessary in each course to understand a topic, but you will also gather information applicable to other courses and your career of choice. The second learning goal is critical thinking and problem solving. Graduates of University of Phoenix still reason clearly and critically. Each graduate will be able to identify and evaluate problems, use critical thinking skills to locate and determine the best option and implement solutions, and evaluate the outcomes of their solutions. Critical thinking is crucial to one’s academic endeavors, and to personal and work life. In each class, students must think critically about a problem or question, analyze the problem, and provide solutions based on analysis. Effective critical thinking provides more successful solutions and informs solutions for future problem solving. This will also allow you to think more deeply about a subject, turning a 2- to 3-page paper into 4 or 5 pages. The third goal is communication. Graduates...
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...undergraduate and graduate levels (masters and doctorates) in various academic institutions in Puerto Rico. Director of Integrated Communication Center, PUCPR Director of Management, Communication, Global Business, Truism, and Computer Academic Department, PUCPR COURSE DESCRIPTION This course introduces the fundamentals of computer systems and the role of information processing in today's business environment. An overview is presented of information systems, systems development, operating systems and programming, database management, networking and telecommunications, and the Internet. In addition, a management perspective is given for each of the areas topics and Objectives Information Systems Analyze the roles of the information systems in business Analyze the System Development Life Cycle methodology Hardware Identify hardware components of a computer Discuss trends in hardware Operating Systems and Programming Distinguish between operating systems, programming languages, programs, and applications...
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...eye-openers that revealed progress and improvement as a doctoral student. In the last five days, various lessons and experiences were imparted and learned but the most important lessons for me include the learning team experiences, scholarly writing, and reflective journaling on the lessons learned. Learning Teams During this residency experience, I acquired a lot about learning teams. In my academic and professional experience, I have been a part of numerous teams. I have had some bad encounters with teams during my period with the University of Phoenix and acknowledged that the team experiences at residency would be similar. I definitely applied my situatedness but I understand now a cohort of different personalities can form a successful team where all opinions are heard, all ideas count, all contribute and all appear to demonstrate an authentic interest for one another. We had various chances to work in learning teams. We reviewed course articles, course competencies, and were given several activities to develop team organization.Team learning arose from collaborative learning, finding its way in educational and organizational science (Dechant, 1993; Edmonson, 2007; Illeris, 2009). In educational science, studies focussed on the effects of team learning as a...
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...beneficial collaboration can be both in the workplace and student life. One of the university’s fundamental learning goals is effective collaboration communicating with others in a group or team is the key benefit from collaboration. It also develops team competence. My input in a learning team environment enables me to share my thoughts or opinion on a particular subject or issue. I learned the first process in team collaboration is called chartering according to chapter reading. In Keys to Success chartering is defined as the process by which the team is formed, its mission or task described, its resources allocated, its goals set, membership committed and plans made. A successful charter has a plan and will implement strategies to carry out these plans. There are certain factors that might affect team collaboration. There must be a clear indication if the team will be manager led or self-managed. Having someone committed to facilitating the teams progress towards its goal. That manager led team has to commit someone who can supply the necessary competence to achieve the goal. Critical thinking and ethics improve your ability to collaborate with others because you can analyze, ask questions before adding your own input. You may be able to feed off of your peers ideas in a team effort. We should always take great caution in analyzing and questioning ideas before knowing if the facts or valid or from reliable sources. Taking caution in knowing the facts before passing...
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...Syllabus Page 1 of 6 GE347—Group Dynamics Note: The course syllabus describes how the course will be taught and how the materials and activities are planned. Please print the syllabus for your reference. Course Description In this course, students examine elements of successful teams and small decision-making groups. Emphasis is on communication, critical thinking and group process techniques. Quarter Credits 4 Instructional Contact Hours 40 Instructional Methods Prerequisite Courses Co-requisite Courses 40 hours theory 0 hour lab GE117 Composition I or equivalent None Objectives 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Explain the importance of group dynamics. Critique the performance of groups/teams in a variety of scenarios. Evaluate the use of problem-solving and decision-making techniques for virtual groups/teams. Apply theories of small group communication during small group activities. Apply ethical standards while participating in groups/teams. Apply critical-thinking and analysis skills to overcome obstacles and improvise solutions as a leader within small groups. 7. Use the ITT Tech Virtual Library for research and information necessary to complete assignments and projects. SCANS Objectives SCANS is an acronym for Secretary's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills. The committee, created by the National Secretary of Labor in the early 1990's, created a list of skills and competencies that the committee feels are necessary for employees to function in a high technology...
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