...Writing an Outline | An outline is a “blueprint” or “plan” for your paper. It helps you to organize your thoughts and arguments. A good outline can make conducting research and then writing the paper very efficient. Your outline page must include your: * Paper Title * Thesis statement * Major points/arguments indicated by Roman numerals (i.e., I, II, III, IV, V, etc.) * Support for your major points, indicated by capital Arabic numerals (i.e., A, B, C, D, E, etc.) Roman numeral I should be your “Introduction”. In the introduction portion of your paper, you’ll want to tell your reader what your paper is about and then tell what your paper hopes to prove (your thesis). So an Introduction gives an overview of the topic and your thesis statement. The final Roman numeral should be your “Conclusion”. In the conclusion, you summarize what you have told your reader. Following are 3 sample outlines, from actual student papers. YOUR outline can be MORE detailed, or might be LESS detailed. Remember that a good outline makes writing easier and more efficient. Sample Outline #1 Title: Frederick Douglass Thesis: Frederick Douglass played a crucial role in securing the abolition of slavery and equality of African-American rights through his actions, ideas, and efforts as a lecturer, author/publisher, and politician. I. Introduction A. Thesis B. Roles/Arguments II. Douglass as Lecturer A. History as slave and acquisition...
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...Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements Paper Sharron Stewart HCS341 April 16, 2012 Alejandra Sipion Legal, Safety, and Regulatory Requirements Paper Human resource departments must comply with federal laws, state laws and international laws. These laws cover health, safety and legislations applicable to where organizations are located. State laws and local governments have their own employment related laws which cover a wider range than federal laws. Federal laws cover a full scope of employment and sets standards for wages, hours, safety, health benefits, retirement, workers compensation and working conditions. Human resource management is tasked with making sure organizations comply with these laws. During the 1930’s the general focus of the human resource department was to ensure that employees’ skills were efficient and to keep payroll records. Human resource departments quickly evolved into becoming responsible for a wide range of tasks that include several types of laws. Human resource focuses on employee related regulations that the Department of Labor administers and enforces. Therefore the human resource department is greatly influenced by these laws and many times litigations regarding laws outweigh common sense and compassion. Laws and court rulings play a major role in the human resource department. Common sense and compassion in the workplace has been replaced by litigations because there are so many laws and regulations. Human resource litigations...
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...Conclusions References 1 2 6 9 10 12 13 Introduction This paper tries to contribute, in some way, to the urgent need recently warned by Benedict XVI: “the university, for its part, must never lose sight of its particular calling to be a "universitas" in which the various disciplines, each in its own way, are seen as part of a greater unum. How urgent is the need to rediscover the unity of knowledge and to counter the tendency to fragmentation and lack of communicability that is all too often the case in our schools!”1 This seems to be a challenge for both, Catholic and non-Catholic universities. The purpose of this paper is to present a theoretical framework that helps to conceptualize ethics and to clarify the characteristics and limits of the different ethical theories. In other words, students without philosophical background will find here a synthetic “road map” of ethical approaches. This framework has been previously published in a book in Spain2. In this paper, authors will describe the model and discuss how it has been successfully tested in two different contexts: a University of Catholic Inspiration and a State University. The framework proposed offers sound and solid philosophical foundations, consistent with Catholic social tradition. It allows students to engage with different business ethics traditions, mapping the territory with a critical approach, and showing their limitations. Authors of this paper strongly believe...
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...Thomas Paine was a major supporter of America’s Independence from British rule and expressed it in the 47-page pamphlet, “Common Sense.” (History.com) He was born January 29, 1737, in Thetford, County of Norfolk in England to Joseph, his father who was a Quaker, (a tailor specializing in corset making) and Frances, his mother who was a devout Anglican (a daughter of wealth). He had a sibling who died in infancy. Thus he grew up an only child. The foundation of his knowledge acquired in Europe, where he learned to read, write and the concepts of math at the Grammar School in Thetford. Also, at age thirteen, his father taught him the trade of corset making. Showing even then, his fierce libertarian streak, he ran away from home, running through a series of jobs in England. Being a privateer, he...
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...for him to take up challenges having the help of Benjamin Franklin emigrate in America taking him to an interesting turn in his life(Foner). Thomas Paine is a prominent man who enlightened people through his writing, modify many United State citizens by his inspiring pamphlet “Common Sense”, and the change he was made in the United States because of his accomplishments. Thomas Paine wanted to show the common man why they should be independent of Britain. Paine wanted to reveal the corruption of the British monarchy and how the king was martinet. “in America, Paine believed there was a chance of righting the balance and bringing the ordinary citizen into power , if only the country could be made to see the necessity...
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...Challenges of a Paper With ease an audience is shown emotion, sense of urgency and character during communication on the telephone or in person from the speaker. Using different tones, variety in pauses, body language, eye contact, and hand gestures easily permits for a more personal and understood experience. In writing a writer is only aloud to use words, forcing to rely solely on word muscle to get the point across to the audience, at times this can prove to be very difficult. Several challenges are against authors, figuring out how to surpass these barriers is the key to becoming a successful writer. Picking a topic for the paper can be a substantial challenge, picking something of interest is important so that passion is kept throughout. Use of correct grammar, spelling, and punctuation is the most common error and simplest error to fix. Using these incorrectly can make the writing sound unintelligent, causing the reader to disagree with what is said and lose interest in the writing. Try to keep the paper in the active voice, staying away from “being verbs” as well as the thing receiving action, keeping the audience interested. Be sure to never lose the audience, always making sure to stay on point and support the main topic of the paper continuously end-to- end. All of these are challenges that arise during normal everyday writing; with much practice becoming a successful writer is within reach for anyone. Every challenge has a solution, learning how...
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...Abstract This paper attempts to examine the group relationship of five Master’s level students who were randomly selected to work together on research paper that covered a topic that relates to organizational behavior. The five students are all part of an interactive learning program that provides distance learning in order to achieve a Master’s level degree. The course, Managing organizational Behavior, studies how organizations can effectively manage employees, and how organizations can achieve success by effectively implementing organizational practices that increase productivity and teamwork. The group examined in this paper chose to research the topic of Cultural Diversity in Organizations. The research included the history of cultural diversity, the implications, the benefits, and the organizational practices that lead to creating effective culturally diverse groups. The first major obstacle the group had to overcome was the distance that physically separated each member. In order to develop a plan and accomplish the end goal, the group had to develop a main source of communication in order to effectively communicate with each other. Having never met each other, the group was also challenged with learning about each other, and developing a plan that everyone could adjust to given everyone’s differences in schedules and access to communication tools. This paper will examine how the group overcame obstacles in group development, interactive communication, and group conflict...
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...Mills or Robert Dahl wrote and discusses the aspects of who governs, who is represented, and who rules in a democracy like the United States. While C. Wright Mills and Robert Dahl worked off the ideas of one another, they also maintained different ideas in the sense of such subjects. Applied to the current political scene today, their philosophies provide a unique understanding of who governs as well as give their respects to the ideas of the Founding Fathers. What lasting philosophies of these two men provide in context to the state of current events? Author R. Hofsteadter published a book entitled The Founding Fathers: An Age of Realism and the contents of the the publication argued that the Founding Fathers of the United States held a particular view of their fellow man, one in which shaped their thinking and ultimately, the writing of the Constitution. Hofsteadter argues that the Founding Fathers of the country held a rather negative view of their fellow countryman. Such view made an impact of the writing of the Constitution and arguably, the governance and rule of the country. Hofsteadter states that the members of the Constitutional Convention also had a mistrust of democratic rule, perhaps due to the overwhelming sense of power it could give to a large amount of people. The chapter quotes William Livingston who states that “the people have ever been and ever will be unfit to retain the exercise of power in their...
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...Abstract This paper presents a personal view of spiritual discernment and the process. The paper examines the importance of mainly career decision making, my view of the struggles and things that influence decisions. The paper first explores decision making factors that are very important to me based on the survey in the Horton (2009) article. I also explain my choice of discernment approach based on the factors that are important to me. I explain how I feel they related to the approaches explained in the Horton (2009) article. I reveal past experiences that influence my approach, and influence how I may career counsel someone. Personal Position After doing the survey in the Article, I found that the decision making factors where all either somewhat important to me, important or very important. Although some factors were only somewhat important to me no factors fell in the category of not important. I see value in all the decision making factors listed in the article. I will start with saying the most important factor in any decision needing to be made is relying on God for wisdom and guidance. I believe for all the other aspects or factors of decision making to fall into place Prayer is a must. Using Common sense is very important to me as well, when making a career decision I feel one must be reasonable and apply common sense. Applying common sense would be asking yourself questions like is this job attainable for me, is it appropriate...
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... | | | | | | | |Criterion |Unsatisfactory |Satisfactory |Exceptional |Score | | Knowledge of Course Concepts (60%) 6 5.8 | |Describe How Personal, Cultural, and|Demonstrates a level of |Demonstrates a level of |Demonstrates a level of knowledge | | |Organizational Values Impact Ethical|knowledge that is below the |knowledge that meets the |that meets or exceeds the requirement| | |Decision Making |requirement |requirement |and is well supported | | | | | |You did a fine job addressing the | | | | | |Personal, cultural and organizational| | | | | |values such as Facts, Diversity of | | | | | |Thought, Integrity and Logic and | | | ...
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...Do most people know what is in the food that they eat? Very few people are aware of the dangers of consuming everyday food. Things such as chicken nuggets or hamburgers could be slowly killing someone these days. With so many things being added to foods, the human race must keep in mind the fact that said things are also being added to their bodies. Exposure to these particular additives could have a large impact on humans and more importantly, their children. Perhaps we should first take a look at exactly what is in our food. Steroid hormones are chemicals that are produced naturally in the bodies of all animals, including humans. They are chemical messages that control important body functions such as growth, development and reproduction. Our bodies produce them naturally in very small amounts to maintain a delicate balance. There are six different kinds of steroid hormones that are currently approved by FDA for use in food production in the US: Estradiol, Progesterone, Testosterone, Zeranol, Trenbolone acetate, and Melengestrol acetate. Estradiol and progesterone are natural female sex hormones; testosterone is the natural male sex hormone; Zeranol, Trenbolone acetate and Melengesterol acetate are synthetic growth promoters (hormone-like chemicals that can make animals grow faster). Ingesting steroid hormones, either natural or synthetic can upset the natural balance in the body and lead to health problems. Studies have shown increased rates of cancer due to the ingestion...
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...Law Opinion Paper Cynthia Willison CJA224 November 8, 2010 Carl Schiff Law Opinion Paper “Lincoln once said that three things only make up a nation: its land, its people, and its laws,” (Gordon, 1991, p. 1), only after this statement it was then realized there were not many laws to speak of. As the nation started to develop and declared independence from the common law of medieval England, common law was enacted and then adapted to America’s needs. The public officials, legislators, enact the laws of bodies of rules then the law is enforced by the executive branch, which the law enforcement was required to respect and obey. To make sure the proposed laws are legitimate the judicial branch acts as mediator to evaluate the principles in the United States Constitution and other important American legal documents without prior court decree. This is why the framers of the Constitution decided to for the American government to have a system of checks and balances because no one branch can act alone, so all three branches collaborate; therefore the power of each branch is balanced (Meyer & Grant, 2003). The separation of powers was formulated by the framers of the Constitution to share the same power as checks and balances. Each state law-making system is developed with a similar structure of the government; however with dissimilar law-making traditions. Although some states the state legislature congregates per annum discussing law-making whereas state legislatures...
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...Introduction A team is defined as a group of people with specified roles interacting adaptively, interdependently, and dynamically toward a common goal (O’Leary et al., 2012). Teamwork consists of main principles of equity, accountability, and ownership where each member contributes a unique set of talents to achieve common on goal (Grossman and Valiga, 2017). The purpose of this paper is to look at the case study where a Quality Improvement (QI) team is working on the strategies to improve discharge teaching. This paper highlights the main issue with the case, uses transformation leadership theory to approach the concerns, and introduces strategies to solve the problem. Key issue The case study highlights the issue of the team where one of...
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...Act (Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970). “The OSH Act was passed to prevent workers from being killed or seriously harmed at work. The Act created the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, which sets and enforces protective workplace safety and health standards ("You have the right to a safe workplace," 2013, para. 1) This paper reviews the effects of legal, safety and regulatory requirements. Deciphering what is the standards for common sense and compassion and has it been replaced with litigation in the workplace. What are the employee-related regulations in the workplace? Legal, safety, and regulatory Workers are entitled to a workplace that is not subject to risk and harm. Human resources managers follow the important standards of OSHA, limit the amount of hazardous chemicals in the workplace. Require the use of specific job-related safety practices and equipment. Educate employees on the information about hazards chemicals, standards for prevent of harm, and OSHA standards. By keeping the workplace safe the human resources department responsibility to the employees begins with stopping hazards occurs, by making sure all employee wear and use the safety equipment given to him or her for their job position. Human resources manager can implement workplace strategies that comply with the OSHA and Department of Labor regulations. An employee...
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... | |List the details provided in your |What changes you will make to revise your paper based on this feedback? Explain your answer. | |feedback under each of the | | |following categories. | | |Example |Example | | | | |The instructor indicated that my |I will go through each page of my paper and remove the use of first person. I will rewrite each| |research paper should not be |sentence properly in third person. I will also review the material in the Center for Writing | |written in first person. |Excellence that will help me better understand how to use third person correctly. | |Instructor Feedback |I will start by add more information about the topic in which I am writing about. I understand | | |by reading the feedback, that I need to do more thinning and focusing on my paper. I understand| | |that by putting in clear topic sentences will greatly improves the understanding...
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