class, there have been many attributing factors that have not only geared me toward meeting the course objectives but have challenged and strengthened my analytical and critical thinking skills. My portfolio highlights these acquired skills through two outside of class essays, which required two completely different styles of writing. Another key element that has helped to illustrate the writing process for the two essays in my portfolio was the use of reading various types of literature. This included
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#1 Honesty and Integrity Great leaders create an organizational culture built on these two core values and hold all employees accountable to them. Without honesty and integrity as fundamental cornerstones of an organization, they will rarely succeed long term. And creating such a culture starts at the top of the organization. Everyone watches the leader and takes their cues as to what is acceptable behavior. Effective leaders must also be trustworthy. They are recognized for always telling
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Leadership Styles Introduction: In my assignment I will be writing about all of the different styles of leadership, what is good about them and what is bad about them, I will be comparing them with each other and I will be evaluating how effective they are for a leader in the public services. P1: Authoritarian: It is a direct style where the leader tells the team members what they need to do. This is a task orientated style of leadership, it is a good style of leadership because it gets the
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capacity to solve problems or to fashion products that are valued in one or more cultural setting". Using biological as well as cultural research, he formulated a list of seven intelligences. The seven intelligences include linguistic intelligence, logical mathematical intelligence, musical intelligence, spatial intelligence, kinesthetic intelligence, interpersonal intelligence, and intrapersonal intelligence. He later added two more, naturalist and existential. This paper examines Gardner’s research
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After completing the exercise in chapter 1 I found out that the discovery wheel was actually accurate at defining me as a student. The two topics that I scored high in were thinking and purpose. The two categories that I scored lowest in were reading and health. As I read on throughout the chapter I actually found out that I am a reflective observation. I would much rather stand back, watch what is going on, and think about it. When the author talked about the four modes of learning and four questions
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uses two forms of Aristotle’s proof (pistis) to elicit a response in the analysis. Reading through the article, I found two methods of appeal: emotion (pathos), and logic (logos). The emotional appeal of the article, describes Mrs. Hammers speech style.
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economy, disease and threats of terrorism from the natives. Nik must first formulate the problems that are threatening the company from starting their work. Because of the way some natural disasters bring on others, Nik can use logical thinking. The use of deductive thinking lets Nik know that when the island is hit with hurricanes or tidal waves the buildings close to the water will get flooded. Here Nik will come up with a set of solutions for this problem and with help from Alex choose the best
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The thinking of business behavior with Taoism philosophy Each one must forget what they have learned in college. But you must make sure everything you learned in your college is a part of yourself before you forget. There may have some contradictory in my idea. However, it is logical and true. If a person wants to be a master in business, the knowledge which he learned before can be strength or even weakness in his or her future development. Some concepts, principles and models in business can
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ultimately make thought possible. Three stages in the development of speech a. Social speech – speech to control the behavior of others b. Egocentric speech – three to seven year olds – talking to themselves to learn c. Inner speech – soundless speech – thinking in our head • ZONE OF PROXIMAL DEVELOPMENT: The discrepancy between a child's mental age [indicated by the static test] and the level he reaches in solving problems with assistance is the zone of his proximal development. _________________________________
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Criteria for Evaluating Essay Here is the set of criteria that will form the basis for evaluating assignments: Substance (75 marks) • The essay answers the question, provides evidence of critical thinking and analysis as well as synthesis of information throughout, and presents a logical and persuasive argument. (15 marks) • Research sources are relevant, current, and credible. They are clearly documented in the paper. (15 marks) • The introduction offers a sense of direction for the paper
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