...UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN FOUNDATION IN SCIENCE - FHEL1012 ENGLISH FOR ACADEMIC STUDY ACADEMIC YEAR: 2015/16 SEMESTER: JAN 2016 ASSIGNMENT – 35% The Issue Analysis assignment for this subject is divided into two parts which are (1) Group Essay and (2) Group Presentation. TASK 1- Synthesis Essay Writing - (20%) In your LECTURE class: 1. Get into groups of 4-5 students. 2. Each group is to choose a theme (e.g. Petroleum). This theme has to be agreed by all group members before given to the lecturer. Lecturer is required to approve your theme before you can finalize it. 3. If your group could not decide on a theme, the lecturer will provide a list of themes for your choosing. 4. Themes are chosen on first-come-first-serve basis. 5. NO two groups in one lecture may choose a common theme. 6. Then, decide the genre/angle/aspect of the theme which you are going to use to compose your essay and discuss with your lecturer and seek approval. - E.g. Let’s say that the theme of your group is ‘Petroleum’. You are then required to choose either to write a problem-solution essay or a cause-effect essay based on the theme chosen i.e. - Problem of petroleum on economy. - Solution to implement subsidy. - Solution to reduce vehicle usage. 7. Seek external references for your essay (magazine articles, newspaper articles, journals, and credible websites) as sources for your essay. 8. Collect a MINIMUM OF 5 sources for your essay and these sources...
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...Reflective report Introduction: Recollection of experiences: While briefing on the reflective assignment we planned of making a group and discuss about our own experiences. Human resource development is the basic conceptual model of learning through different stages. Situation while preparing for presentation explains all about the team work where we all gather information of the task. While we have decided that we will do a group presentation. Some of the classmates were absent and couldn’t attend class. We were able to inform to most of them regarding presentation and created a group on social media so that it would be easy to communicate and discuss with each other. We shared our ideas and prepared slides for introduction. Personal experiences: There were too many issues at my work place. Many of my colleques along with me had a issue of salary where the proper action was not taken and there was a situation where many people left that job as a part of hrd I have initiated to manager and had a group discussion with all employers the issue was been able to be solved. Learning from future projects: It would have been better if we had one meeting and practice of the next day presentation. Coming together as a group and understanding about the task as few of them still had a doubt of reflective report of presentation. Section / Title | Details / Guidance | Introduction | Briefly set out the context to the report, its aims, and what it will contain. Introduce the...
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...---------------- Assessment Type: “Group presentation for a new marketing strategy” ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Indicative Assessment Requirements for the Module;- Group Work and Group Presentation plus supporting documentation (equivalent to an overall maximum of 6000 words in total for the Module). Supporting documentation is required to be produced as an individual contribution to the assessment. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Maximum Word Limit and Assessment weighting for each aspect within the assessment: * Group presentation: To consist of a maximum of 10 Power Point Slides for each group (group contribution deemed to be equivalent to 1000-2000 words); Assessment Weighting 50%. * Individual assessment contribution (an individual set of supporting documentation from each student equivalent to an absolute maximum of 4000 words); Assessment Weighting 50% ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Description of Assessment Requirements 1 Group presentation * Students are required to fully participate in and contribute to the development of a Group Presentation.(Non – participation/non-attendance will result in restriction of marks for this aspect of assessment) * The group size will be determined by the module...
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...Type: “Group presentation for a new marketing strategy” -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Indicative Assessment Requirements for the Module;Group Presentation and supporting documentation (Equivalent to an overall maximum of 3000 words in total). Supporting documentation is required to be produced as an individual contribution to the assessment. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Maximum Word Limit and Assessment weighting for each aspect within the assessment: • • Group presentation: maximum 10 Power Point Slides (deemed to be equivalent to 1000 words); Assessment Weighting 50%. Individual assessment contribution (an individual set of supporting documentation from each student equivalent to 2000 words absolute maximum); Assessment Weighting 50% -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Description of Assessment Requirements 1 Group presentation • Students are required to fully participate in and contribute to the development of a Group Presentation.(Non – participation/non-attendance will result in restriction of marks for this aspect of assessment) The group size will be determined by the module leader and module teaching team and will normally be in the range of 3 – 4 group members (normal maximum). In specific circumstances this may be varied. The formal Group Presentation...
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... CLASS 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Introductory class Effective presentation. Stereotypes and prejudice – barriers stemming from cultural background The significance of cultural environment in international business. Verbal communication in international business. Nonverbal communication. Symbols and values SUBJECT CLASS 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 SUBJECT Cross-cultural negotiations I. Cross-cultural negotiations II. Culture Clash. Group projects’ prsentations Group projects’ prsentations Group projects’ prsentations END-TERM TEST Discussion about the end-term test. Terms for passing the course • • • • Case study; Group Project (Presentation); End-term test; Attendance. Case study • Case studies will be available on moodle a week before class • Please read the text before class and bring it for class. Case study • Group work during class • 3 points can be obtained per each exercise/case study. • You can score max 24 points (8 classes x 3 points). Group project • Two-person groups; • Presentation of any country except: Asia (China, India), Arab countries, Europe (Germany, Spain, Finland, Poland), United States of America ; • You can score 36 points: content: 18 points;...
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...Group Project (25%) The aim of this group project is to propose a solution for a selected government or private agency based on the Public Sector ICT Strategic Plan (PSISP) 2011-2015 developed by the Malaysian Administrative Modernization and Management Planning Unit. Each group is to choose one government or private agency and propose a systems solution for the agency that is inline with its strategic objectives, scope of responsibility and services. The proposed system must also be based on the PSISP 2011-2015 either as an Online Service, Paperless Initiative or Back Office Application. Students are to refer to the PSISP documents (book and slides) available at the course repository site in order to provide details that show the proposed system is inline with the issues raised in the PSISP. The deliverables of this project is a proposal, a report and group presentation: 1. Proposal (3%) (Due on or before 05th July, 2012) - Selected Agency - Problem statement 2. Project Report (12%)(Due on or before 19th July, 2012) The report should provide details of the proposed system with the following elements: - Title (The title of the report should state the name of the agency together with phrases that indicate the nature of the proposed system. For example : “Getting input for weather forecasting : a proposed online application for the Malaysian Meteorological Department”.) -Abstract -Introduction -Literature Review (ICT strategy of other countries...
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...Marilyn Skeens PSY 4060 Group Dynamic Reflection Paper I was very pleased with the group members that I was assigned to. I was a little worried knowing we had one male group member and six girls, but surprisingly we all had great group chemistry and had very little to no conflict. Everybody but one person in my group possessed different types of qualities such as leadership, creativity, charisma, and so forth. My group members and I were not under any pressure throughout the entire process when preparing for our presentation. We all worked efficiently, cohesively, and had great communication skills which allowed our group to perform in a very successful manner. Our initial meeting was extremely productive and we were able to see how each individual’s personality was and how much effort each person was willing to put into our presentation. Christine definitely portrayed task leadership skills. She was very goal-oriented and right off the bat, she was shooting out some ideas we could use for our lengthy presentation. She thought it was a good idea to divide up the sections in our chapter in pairs of two being’s our topic was very broad and to the point. This was an advantage to us all because it created a sort of outline that each person could work with, making the material simple to follow. Christine assigned tasks to certain members and was very easy to understand. She made sure that the group work was distributed evenly and gave us all evaluative feedback when we would...
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...divided into groups that will work together as management-level employees of a local company with 100 or fewer employees. Each company will decide on a name and a service or product that they will provide. All correspondence will be done from the perspective of employees of the companies you create (with the exception of the individual presentation). The sequence is intended to create a rhythm of practicing by working together in groups and then proving your individual knowledge by producing your own writing. Assignments: 1. Group email (informative). Email to the instructor describing the company. 2. Individual email (invitation). Email to other individuals in the company inviting them to a brainstorming meeting about how to resolve a staffing shortage. 3. Group memo (information report). Memo written to the company’s CEO reporting options generated in the brainstorming meeting. 4. Individual memo (persuasive memo). Memo written to all departments asking them to share information on their best employees for the purpose of reassigning those employees to solve staffing shortages in certain departments. 5. Group business letter (request for information). Letter written to a temp agencies requesting information on temp workers to help solve staffing shortage. 6. Individual business letter (request for information). Letter written to a college requesting information about internship programs for the company to help solve staffing shortage. 7. Group negative...
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...Health Studies Group Presentation Reflective Essay Description We were placed into groups and tasked with planning a presentation on our given lifespan age group which was Adolescents. The presentation was to choose a health issue that we felt was relevant to our age group and then promote that health issue taking into account who it was aimed towards. My group consisted of myself, Charlene, Connie and Sue. We spent some time during class to plan and prepare and then had time outside of college to get together and discuss our presentation. We then had a morning on the day of presentations to finalise our plans. Feelings My initial feelings were of worry, stress and pressure over the amount of time we were allocated during class to prepare. Initially our group was made up of five people to include Louise. However, she left the course shortly after we were set the assignment and this added to my feelings of worry as to whether our presentation would be of a good standard. We didn’t have much class time to prepare as most of my group have outside commitments such as children to think about and prioritise I was concerned we wouldn’t be able to spend much time preparing and that this would affect the quality of our presentation. I had a few concerns over working with a certain group member as she had been involved in an altercation involving race and I didn’t want this issue to affect me directly. Evaluation The good points of my presentation were the fact that we were...
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...[pic] ASSIGNMENT – 35% The Issue Analysis assignment for this subject is divided into two parts which are (1) Issue Analysis and (2) Group Presentation. |TASK 1- Issue Analysis - (20%) | In your LECTURE class: 1. Get into groups of 4-5 students. 2. Each group is to choose a theme (e.g. Petroleum). This theme has to be agreed by all group members before given to the lecturer. Lecturer is required to approve your theme before you can finalize it. 3. If your group could not decide on a theme, the lecturer will provide a list of themes for your choosing. 4. Themes are chosen on first-come-first-serve basis. 5. NO two groups in one lecture may choose a common theme. 6. Then, decide the genre/angle/aspect of the theme which you are going to use to compose your essay and discuss with your lecturer and seek approval. - E.g. Let’s say that the theme of your group is ‘Petroleum’. You are then required to choose either to write a problem-solution essay or a cause-effect essay based on the theme chosen i.e. - Problem of petroleum on economy. - Solution to implement subsidy. - Solution to reduce vehicle usage. 7. Seek external references for your essay (magazine articles, newspaper articles, journals, and credible websites) as sources for your essay. 8. Collect a MINIMUM OF 5 sources for your essay and these sources MUST...
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...Group work is sometimes difficult to manage, but it builds valuable skills and contributes to a successful issue-oriented program. Lack of accountability of individuals within a group, off-task conversations, and students who try to dominate the discussion are just some of the potential problems surrounding group interactions. The 4-2-1 approach to cooperative learning (described on pages ii–iii of the Introduction to the Teacher’s Guide ) offers a structure that can help you reduce, though not necessarily eradicate, some of these problems. Described below are some strategies for facilitating group interaction. Teaching group interaction skills explicitly can help prevent problems. Begin by establishing classroom guidelines for group interactions. Rather than providing a list of behavioral expectations, solicit student input in developing a list of behaviors appropriate for group interaction. For example, students may suggest that it is important for group members to listen to each other, participate and share work equally, respect other people’s ideas and opinions, make sure that everyone in the group understands the task or the response to a question, speak clearly but not shout, praise outstanding contributions, etc. As a class, attempt to summarize the list into three to five rules that students agree are important. Post the rules in the classroom for easy reference and encourage students to record the rules in their own science notebooks. You may...
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...when working in groups. First are the task and the problems involved in getting the job done. Second is the process of the group work itself; the mechanisms by which the group acts as a unit and not as an out of control group. Working in groups applies to my work environment by combining talents and providing innovative solutions to possible strange problems, in cases where there is no well-established approach or procedure. Our group consists of skill knowledgeable people that have a distinct advantage over that of one individual. (Blair, G.M., 1997-2007) Our small group symbolizes the functional theory and has gone through the Tuckman’s Stages for development. Theories of a small group communication focus on the way group members go about coordinating their actions, and possibly work with the group to reflect on group member interaction. Each theory of small groups illuminates some features of communication while hiding others. There are many theories about the development of group dynamics, but fundamental to all of them is the concept of groups as social systems. As groups develop overtime, group dynamic processes evolve. Forming, storming, norming, and performing are all stages of Tuckman. All members of the group share team roles and responsibility. However, our group has a team lead. Group interactions are very vital to a team; the members are given a chance to participate while simultaneously enabling the group to achieve goals. Theories of Small Group Communication ...
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...An automobile engine is comprised with numerous parts that works together in order to achieve its goal. Teamwork is the core factor that may translate into success in a group setting. In today’s society, working in a group atmosphere may be very common. And team interaction is necessary to complete the cycle of collaboration to accomplish critical task. In this paper, analytical skills are used to examine influence, feelings and maintenance functions employed in group activity. “The Joe Doodlebug Problem,” a group activity, was assigned in class by Dr. Keoppel. The participant in this activity is Casey, Terry, Klara, Jacq, Kristen, Mike, Kelsey, and Tony. The purpose of this project was to analyze and solve given written data. The data...
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...195 SOCIAL GROUP In the social sciences a social group can be defined as two or more humans who interact with one another, share similar characteristics and collectively have a sense of unity.[1] By this definition, a society can be viewed as a large group, though most social groups are considerably smaller. A true social group exhibits some degree of social cohesion and is more than a simple collection or aggregate of individuals, such as people waiting at a bus stop, or people waiting in a line. Characteristics shared by members of a group may include interests, values, representations, ethnic or social background, and kinship ties. Paul Hare regards the defining characteristic of a group as social interaction.[2] The members of the groups contact each other which Ackeema Johnson calls a "regular interaction." This group also should have, a common identity, rules, structure, etc Most researchers define a small group as having at least three and no more than twelve or fifteen members. A group needs to have at least three members, otherwise it would simply be a dyad. With three members, coalitions can be formed and some kind of organization is present. Too large of a group (more than twelve or fifteen members) inhibits the group members' ability to communicate with everyone else in the group. Interaction A group's members must be able to communicate freely and openly with all of the other members of the group. Groups will develop norms about discussion and group members will...
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...How effective communication can contribute to health, care and early years workers valuing people as individuals. All of the Migrant Helpline staff are effectively trained and know what to do automatically and so do not unnerve the client or make them feel uncomfortable by making obvious mistakes or faults if trying to communicate them. Migrant Helpline staffs also know efficient background information on each client. This is through referral forms. Referral forms are used to write down all the client details. Case booklets are filled in by all professionals, a detailed admission section and daily notes added from medical note to family details, patient’s concerns etc. case conferences held to set up support for patients going home. All written information must be sensitive and with agreement of the clients, who can see them at any time. . A follow up consultation may be needed, where questions can be answered. Stress and being upset are barriers to good communication, as is confusion and being emotionally distressed. Multi skilled professionals all work together to meet the client needs. Case workers, voluntary organizations, social workers and managements staff meet regularly to discuss and to make new plans. How client confidentiality can be maintained. Most people in caring professions and roles are aware of the need for confidentiality, but we must not assume that the client will know about this, or expect it. Some clients will have heard stories of confidentiality...
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