...Chapter 3 Essay Microsoft is one of a few companies with the best Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) reputations. The highly pride themselves by taking good care of their employees and hold responsibility to those who trust their company. On Microsoft’s website they have a tab dedicated to CSR and go in depth of their activities. Microsoft focuses on three main corporate social responsibilities: stakeholders, international priorities, and partnerships. They understand that their actions and behavior not only will affect the company but also all of their stakeholders such as their customers, shareholders, employees, communities, suppliers, and partners. Microsoft makes sure to consult with them and wants them to know that their voices are being heard before making any final decisions. A lot of companies will say they care about their employees and customers but they usually never do anything about it. Microsoft truly cares about them and knows that if their stakeholders are happy, their company will rise. Since Microsoft is an international company, they support their work with international priorities and frameworks such as the United Nations Global Impact, United Nations Guidelines on Business and Human Rights. By following these regulations, it allows their stakeholders to understand Microsoft’s policies, performance and practices. Stakeholders need to know company’s policies to understand how they work and that also has the stakeholders at ease knowing they know what...
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...will prepare you for college-level writing while helping you develop your critical thinking skills. Rhetoric is the study and practice of how people communicate messages, not only in writing and speech, but also through visual and digital mediums. In this class, you will develop skills to analyze the way rhetoric, in its various forms, addresses audiences. By paying attention to the strategies that good writers and speakers use to persuade their particular audiences, you will learn to reason better and to persuade others in your own writing, both through rhetorical appeals and through analysis of audience, purpose, and exigency that is at the heart of the study of rhetoric. For RHET 1302, you will read and reread texts and write multi-draft essays. Practically speaking, you will learn skills that you can use in your future course work regardless of your major. Student Learning Objectives • Students will be able to write in different ways for different audiences. • Students will be able to write effectively using appropriate organization, mechanics, and style. • Students will be able to construct effective written arguments. • Students will be able to gather, incorporate, and interpret source material in their writing. Required Texts Rosenwasser, David and Stephen, Jill. Writing Analytically with Readings. Second edition. Thomson/Wadsworth, 2011. Fall 2011 Assignments and Academic Calendar |Wed, Aug 24 |Introduction to the Course ...
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...paste this into your webpage. You should also bookmark this site to return to it easily Textbook Work You Be the Consultant – These are imbedded in the chapter. You are given the page number of the beginning of the assignment and then which question(s) you are to answer. (50 points each) Discussion Questions – Found at the end of the chapter. (15 points each) Website Work Self-Study Quiz – 10 questions – 40 points each for quizzes – make sure you submit to me for grading. After completing the quiz, cut and paste it into a Word Document. Then upload that document to Blackboard. Web Essay(s) – You are told which one(s) to complete – 50 points each – make sure you submit to me for grading. SUBMIT THIS PART WITH YOUR TEXTBOOK WORK. CUT AND PASTE THE QUESTION INTO A WORD DOCUMENT AND THEN ANSWER. ***You will be docked 10 points on the assignment if you do not include your name and the assignment.*** TEST 1 Chapter 2 Self-Study Quiz 40 40 points Web Essay 1 50 You Be the Consultant None Discussion Questions 4, 5, 9 45 95 points Total Points 135 Chapter 11 Self-Study Quiz 40 40 points Web Essay 2 50 You Be the Consultant None Discussion Questions 3 15 Ratio Analysis 200 265 points Total Points 305 Chapter 12 Self-Study Quiz 40 40 points Web Essay None You Be the Consultant (p. 439) 1 50 (p. 461) 1, 2 100 Discussion Questions 2, 7 30...
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...ACADEMIC READING & WRITING CHAPTER 1 PRE-WRITING PREPARED BY: ZARINAH ABU BAKAR NAME OF SCHOOL FACULTY OF LANGUAGES AND GENERAL STUDIES CHAPTER 1: PRE-WRITING LEARNING OUTCOMES TOPIC At the end of this chapter, students will be able to: Use a variety of pre-writing activities to generate ideas, focus a topic, and formulate a method of developing an essay select and narrow an essay topic Slide 2 of 17 CHAPTER 1: PRE-WRITING TOPIC OUTLINES TOPIC Introduction 1.1 Pre-writing 1.1.1 Steps in process writing 1.1.2 Analysing the topic/question- directive words 1.1.3 Selecting and narrowing an essay topic 1.2 Pre-writing strategies 1.2.1 Brainstorming methods 1.3 Reading and note taking strategies 1.3.1 Note taking skills Slide 3 of 17 CHAPTER 1: PRE-WRITING INTRODUCTION TOPIC Slide 4 of 17 CHAPTER 1: PRE-WRITING 1.1.1 STEPS IN PROCESS WRITING The Writing Process TOPIC Slide 5 of 17 CHAPTER 1: PRE-WRITING 1.1.2 CHOOSING A QUESTION TOPIC If you have a choice of essay questions consider the following factors when deciding which essay to do: which topics interest you most? which topics have good resource materials available? which topics are most relevant to you personally or professionally? which topics might be easiest for you to write about? Slide 6 of 17 CHAPTER 1: PRE-WRITING 1.1.2 Analysing the topic/question- directive words TOPIC Slide 7 of 17 CHAPTER 1: PRE-WRITING 1.1.2 Analysing...
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...environmental health, injury prevention, chemical dependency, nutrition, health policies and promotion, global health, body composition, fitness, psychological wellness, fertility, sexuality, emergency preparedness, disaster response, conflict resolution, and end of the life cycle. Text: Insel, P. & Roth, W. (2011). Core concepts in health. 13th ed. brief. New York, NY: McGraw- Hill. ISBN: 978-0-07-8028533 MHID: 0-07-802853-1 Student Learning Outcomes: Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to: 1. Identify present health condition that may develop into disease and modify them as necessary. 2. Identify causes and health consequences of stress and implement stress management techniques. 3. Evaluate components of a good relationship including communication, responsibility, commitment, and sexuality. 4. Design an exercise program to improve cardiovascular health. 5. Analyze daily diet for balance of essential nutrients, design and implement an appropriate dietary regimen to meet weight and activity...
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...GIS 3117 Modern China Spring, 2014 Dr. Amy Y. Situ-Liu (Please use Blackboard internal email for your communication with the instructor. In case of an emergency that prevents you from accessing to your computer, please leave your voice mail at 652-4314, and then email me afterward) Orientation: Location: Textbooks (required): China Since 1949 By Linda Benson, Longman, 2nd edition, 2011 China: The Balance Sheet – What the World Needs to Know About the Emerging Superpower By Fred Burgsten and others, 2006 China Road By Rob Gifford, Random House, 2008 Video Programs: All assigned programs are available on “Video on Demand” provided in our library homepage. Most of them are ready for you to review. But since they are online programs, a few may be not available by the times you click the links. If so, just skip that one and watch the others. Please try both “by segment” or “by title” for your search. Course Description: China, the most populous country, is an excellent "laboratory" for the social scientific study of political, economic and social behavior. The Twentieth Century alone has seen many changes in China's fundamental institutions: from imperial courts to military regimes and single-party police states, from rural households to international stock-holding companies, and from foot-binding and slavery to mass movements and democracy protests. The latest development in the last decade has led to the calling...
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...CHAP TER Rhetorical Modes 1. NARRATION L E A R N I N G O B J E C T I V E S 10 1. Identify the purpose and structure of narrative writing. 2. Recognize how to write a narrative essay. Rhetorical modes simply mean the ways in which we can effectively communicate through language. This chapter covers nine common rhetorical modes. As you read about these nine modes, keep in mind that the rhetorical mode a writer chooses depends on his or her purpose for writing. Sometimes writers incorporate a variety of modes in one essay. In covering the nine rhetorical modes, this chapter also emphasizes these as a set of tools that will allow you greater flexibility and effectiveness in communicating with your audience and expressing your ideas. rhetorical modes The ways in which we effectively communicate through language. 1.1 The Purpose of Narrative Writing Narration means the art of storytelling, and the purpose of narrative writing is to tell stories. Any time you tell a story to a friend or family member about an event or incident in your day, you engage in a form of narration. In addition, a narrative can be factual or fictional. A factual story is one that is based on, and tries to be faithful to, actual events as they unfolded in real life. A fictional story is a made-up, or imagined, story; the writer of a fictional story can create characters and events as he or she sees fit. However, the big distinction between factual and fictional narratives is based on a writer’s purpose...
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...Chapter One An Introduction to Academic Writing This chapter will explain • the importance of supporting a point in writing • the structure of the traditional essay • the benefits of writing the traditional essay The Structure of a Traditional Essay Diagram 图解 Title of the Essay I. Introduction • Opening remarks to catch reader’s interest • Thesis statement • Plan of development (optional) II. Body • Topic sentence 1(supporting point 1) specific evidence • Topic sentence 2(supporting point 2) specific evidence • Topic sentence 3(supporting point 3) specific evidence III. Conclusion • Summary (optional) • General closing remarks • (or both) Benefits of Writing the Traditional Essay 1. Mastering essays will help make you a better writer; 2. The discipline of writing an essay will strengthen your skills as a reader, listener and speaker; 3. Writing will make you a stronger thinker. Chapter Two The Writing Process This chapter will explain and illustrate • the sequence of steps in writing an effective essay • prewriting • revising • editing Prewriting techniques: a. Freewriting b. Questioning c. Making a list d. Clustering(Mapping) e. Preparing a Scratch Outline f. Writing the first draft g. Revising: h. a. the content of your essay i. Is my paper unified? j. Is my paper...
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...Class Name | FTDipHTM11 | Module | Tourism Systems | Assessment 1: Group Oral Presentation- 20% (Learning outcome from Chapter 2: Structure of Tourism and Travel Industry, Chapter 3: Travel Intermediaries, Chapter 4 & 5: Accommodation, Leisure Facilities & Transportation & Chapter 6: Tourism Product & Market Segmentation) This is a group oral presentation consists of 3- 5 students. You work in a travel agency. A well educated and well- heeled middle- aged couple wishes to visit Europe and they have an interest in cultural tourism, loves sight- seeing and visiting winery. They want to customise a luxury Europe travel package with everything top- notch. They seek your advice on where they should go. In order to provide them with quality customer service and adequate product knowledge, you are to research the following list of criteria: 1. Choose an Europe destination from the list below: * North Europe/ Scandinavian Countries: Norway and Sweden or Denmark or Finland * Western Europe: Great Britain and Ireland, or Netherlands, or France, Germany or Switzerland * Southern Europe: Italy, or Greece, or Spain, or Turkey 2. Capital City 3. Official language 4. Currency with 3 letter- code 5. National Air Carriers with 2 letter- code 6. Weather and climates 7. National Religions & their rituals (creating awareness for potential travellers) 8. Cultural (Expectations, Events, Costume and etc; the do’s and...
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...Assignment 05 Assignment Compulsory? Unique Number Chapters Due date 05 Yes 504511 1-7 29 July 2015 Written (or typed) assignments - NB: Please ONLY submit on myUNISA and ONLY submit in PDF format. In order to convert your Word documents into PDF; please search the Internet for free PDF converters, for example http://www.dopdf.com/ (if this is still available) can be downloaded from the Internet. ASSIGNMENT 05: (100 Marks) Chapter 1 Essay Type Questions: (15 Marks) 1.1 Answer the following questions relating to “IT at Work 1.1 - Asia-Pacific Region is PayPal‟s „Engine for Growth‟” on page 5 (8th ed). (6) 1.1.1 What factors have contributed to, or enabled, the fast growth in m-commerce?(4) 1.1.2 What might deter people from buying from their mobiles? 1.2 Answer the following questions relating to “IT at Work 1.3 - Dashboards Give Operators and Managers Access in Accurate Data” on page 11 (8th ed). (9) 1.2.1 How did feedback at the operators‟ level lead to improved performance at the organizational level? (6) 1.2.2 Why have the dashboards created a beneficial competitive environment for the operators? (3) Chapter 2 Essay Type Questions: (2) (17 Marks) 2.1 Answer the following questions relating to “IT at Work 2.1 - Integrated Trade Management System for the Energy Sector” on page 39 (8th ed). (17) 2.1.1 Which processes are being automated and why? (6) 2.1.2 Why is controlling risk important? (1) 2.1.3 Does PetroMan provide Western Petro with...
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...2015-2016 ECON2102CD/2220CD Instructor: C. Chen Office: 901 KKL Office hours: Monday 1:40am – 3:00pm and Tuesday 4:40pm – 6:00pm E-mail: ccfour@hku.hk Semester: 2 Class meeting: ECON2102C/2220C: Monday 9:30am – 12:20pm in LE6 ECON2102D/2220D: Tuesday 1:30pm – 4:20pm in MB201 Mid-term Exams: ECON2102C/2220C: March/14th. (Mon.) 9:40am – 12:10pm in LE6 ECON2102D/2220D: March/15th. (Tue.) 1:40pm – 4:10pm in MB201 Teaching assistant: Mr. Yuk Kwan Wong. One extra class for ECON2102C: Please choose among March/7th. (Mon.) and May/3rd-6th. Q&A class for ECON2102CD: April/26th. (Tue.) Prerequisites: ECON1001/1210 introductory microeconomics and ECON1002/1220 Introductory macroeconomics according to the Regulations, Syllabus & Structure and List of Courses for the BEcon and BEcon&Fin programmes. The course is primarily for students majoring in economics and as such can be technical at times, involving the use of mathematics including elementary calculus. Slides are available at http://www.sef.hku.hk/~ccfour/#Teaching Textbook: Macroeconomics by Andrew B. Abel, Ben S. Bernanke, and Dean Croushore, 8th edition, Pearson Addison Wesley. Assessment: Homework (problem sets plus one short essay) Test (mid-term) Examination (final) 20% (10%+10%) 20% 60% Short Essay: Economics is a persuasive science, and mathematics and statistics are tools economists use to make their arguments. Therefore, writing essays that convincingly make your argument is the key to both academic success and applications of...
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...HOW TO WRITE GREAT ESSAYS HOW TO WRITE GREAT ESSAYS Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 vii Organization 1 Clarity 11 Word Choice 21 Mechanics 39 Revising, Editing, and Proofreading 55 Untimed Essay Writing Strategies 67 Timed Essay Writing Strategies 85 Sample Essay Prompts and Essays 97 Resources 111 CONTENTS HOW TO WRITE GREAT ESSAYS v Introduction n your preparations for college, you may find yourself facing a handful of high-stakes essays. Your college application requires at least one, and the SAT requires another. Depending upon the high school you attend, or the state you reside in, you may need to write an exit essay, or take the Regents Exam. This book includes specific strategies to help you write great essays, no matter which type you write. In contrast to basic writing guides that contain plenty of information you don’t need, How to Write Great Essays focuses on the topics most important to you now. You won’t find a comprehensive guide to mechanics, but instead you will get short but thorough lessons on the most common errors made in grammar, spelling, usage, and how to prevent and correct these errors. Every chapter is designed to relate directly to your essay, giving you the knowledge and the know-how you need to succeed. The book is divided into seven chapters, with the first five covering different aspects of the writing process: I Introduction ...
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...Mid-Term Exam #1 Study Guide - Chapters 1 through 7 Test Format: 40 multiple choice questions worth two points each. Questions will be taken from textbook, lectures, videos and class discussion. Four essay questions worth five points each. 2-3 essay questions per chapter are included below. Test essay questions will be chosen from this list. Chapter One 1. Describe the four managerial functions and discuss how knowledge of Organizational Behavior helps managers perform these functions. 2. Describe two of the four critical OB challenges that have increased over the last two decades? Chapter Two 3. Define personality and describe how nature and nurture influence it. 4. The Big Five model of personality identifies five major personality traits; identify and describe two traits. 5. Define the “Locus-of-Control” trait and describe the two viewpoints that characterize it. Chapter Three 6. Describe and list your work values; define and discuss whether yours are more intrinsic or extrinsic. 7. Discuss how job satisfaction affects performance, absenteeism and turn-over. 8. Choose one of the four theories of job satisfaction (Facet Model, Herzberg’s Motivator-Hygiene, Discrepancy Model, and Steady-State Model) and define and describe it. Chapter Four 9. Name and define the three components in perception. 10. What are schemas? Are they functional or dysfunctional? 11. There are six common biases. Define and describe three of them. Chapter Five 12. Describe operant...
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...HOW TO WRITE GREAT ESSAYS HOW TO WRITE GREAT ESSAYS Lauren Starkey ® NEW YORK Copyright © 2004 LearningExpress All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Learning Express, LLC, New York. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data: Starkey, Lauren B., 1962– How to write great essays / Lauren Starkey. —1st ed. p. cm. ISBN 1-57685-521-X 1. English language—Rhetoric—Problems, exercises, etc. 2. Essay—Authorship—Problems, exercises, etc. 3. Report writing—Problems, exercises, etc. I. Title. PE1471.S83 2004 808'.042—dc22 2004003384 Printed in the United States of America 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 First Edition ISBN 1-57685-521-X For more information or to place an order, contact LearningExpress at: 55 Broadway 8th Floor New York, NY 10006 Or visit us at: www.learnatest.com Contents Introduction 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 vii Organization 1 Clarity 11 Word Choice 21 Mechanics 39 Revising, Editing, and Proofreading 55 Untimed Essay Writing Strategies 67 Timed Essay Writing Strategies 85 Sample Essay Prompts and Essays 97 Resources 111 CONTENTS HOW TO WRITE GREAT ESSAYS v Introduction n your preparations for college, you may find yourself facing a handful of high-stakes essays. Your college application requires at least one, and the SAT requires another. Depending upon the high...
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...BUS 101 – Business Organization and Management Text: Business, eleventh edition William M. Pride, Robert J. Hughes, Jack R. Kapoor South-Western Cengage Learning, 2010; ISBN-13: 978-0-538-47808-3 Course Outline: Introduction Unit 1: Chapters 1, 4, 5 Chapter 1 – Exploring the World of Business and Economics Chapter 4 – Choosing a Form of Business Ownership Chapter 5 – Small Business, Entrepreneurship, and Franchises Unit Exam Unit 2: Chapters 9, 10, 11, 6, 7 Chapter 9 – Attracting and Retaining the Best Employees Chapter 10 – Motivating and Satisfying Employees and Teams Chapter 11 – Enhancing Union-Management Relations Chapter 6 – Understanding the Management Process Chapter 7 – Creating a Flexible Organization Unit Exam Unit 3: Chapters 12, 13, 14, 15 Chapter 12 – Building Customer Relationships Through Effective Marketing Chapter 13 – Creating and Pricing Products that Satisfy Customers Chapter 14 – Wholesaling, Retailing, and Physical Distribution Chapter 15 – Developing Integrated Marketing Communications Unit Exam Unit 4: Chapters 2, 18, 20, 3 Chapter 2 – Being Ethical and Socially Responsible Chapter 18 – Understanding Money, Banking, and Credit Chapter 20 – Understanding Personal Finances and Investments Chapter 3 – Exploring Global Business Unit Exam Final Exam (cumulative) Your final grade will be based on: Four Unit Exams 40% (10% each unit exam) Final Exam 20% ...
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