WHAT IS THE PYRAMID PRINCIPLE? DESCRIPTION Barbara Minto's Pyramid Principle is a hierarchically structured thinking and communication technique that can be used to precede good structured writing. The Minto Pyramid Principle assumes that you already know how to write good sentences and paragraphs. It concentrates instead on the thinking process that should precede the writing. The core of Minto's thinking method is to group Ideas in a presenter's thought process into small clusters that support
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letter in a way that he agreed with his critics, nonetheless still using their words against them in logic harmony. King’s letter illustrates the three artistic proofs used to convince an audience. This paper will discuss the ethos, pathos, and logos modes of persuasion as well as writing structure as seen in King’s “The letter from Birmingham jail”. King’s letter demonstrates his clear logic, empathetic prose, sense of self, as maintained by high moral ground. His letter evokes ethical appeal
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Case analysis 1. Background Peter is in charge of a team in an international company and they have a positive collaboration relationship with a MLV vendor, which can provide products successfully. But now Michael is responsible for the management and he insists SLV is cheaper and better than MLV. 2. Analysis If the company keeps MLV, the advantages will be quite obvious. Firstly, they are familiar with each other and the quality should be trusted. They have cooperated with the previous
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Case Analysis This packet details the steps necessary to produce a case analysis that may be required for work in business and technology courses. This packet is not intended to replace instructor guidelines and should not be used in that manner. The packet’s intended use is as a supplement to classroom instruction on assembling a case analysis. Therefore, it contains only general information that must be tailored to fit specific guidelines as required by your discipline and by your instructor
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Yesterday I, Tiffany worked 1st shift hours being 7:30am-3:30pm. After clocking in and reading the log book, I started upper ranges on Samantha Johnson and only stopped when her meds were needed to be given. After I completed one side I then put her green hand splint on. While waiting the hour for her meds to settle I completed the other set of uppers on her arm. I then changed her, she did not soil her clothes so I had to need to remove her pants completely or change her socks. I laid her down
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Please refer to the case, "Pete Oiler and Winn-Dixie Stores," found in the pdf file I attached. It is from a textbook, Business Ethics: Cases & Concepts (7th ed.), at pp376-77. Determine whether it was wrong for Winn-Dixie to fire Pete Oiler, in light of the theories: Utilitarianism, Rights, Justice, Caring and Virtue. Conclude by presenting your own judgment of the issue and your estimation of which theory was most appropriate for this problem. State your reasons for your judgment and estimation
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Title: Stereotyping By: Sheila Cowan PHI 103: Informal Logic Instructor: Issac Brown Date: November 07, 2011 Stereotyping, prejudices and discrimination are ways in which society maintains class and status distinctions and disparate rights and resource distribution. Whether stereotypes are personal, socially based or institutionally legitimized, stereotyping uses flawed logic. It universally applies a belief, idea or an observation to a group of people with
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important role in developing business values and purpose. Understanding the obstacles surrounding an organization helps us to take action to correct issues that may arise. In this paper, I will briefly touch on Organizational Intelligence, Business Model Logic, and Bloom’s Taxonomy. Introduction Organizational Intelligence (OI) is applied in all organizations to enhance the understanding of managerial processes and resources within the business. Organizations need to understand the barriers that
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Logical Fallacies Fallacies are all around us. We see fallacies on the television, newspapers, and radio. People around the world experience logical fallacies on almost a daily basis. A fallacy is defined as “errors or flaws in reasoning” (Axelrod and Cooper 620).Fallacies used in advertisements are; band wagon, begging the question, confusing chronology with casualty, either-or reasoning, equivocating, failing to accept the burden of proof, false analogy, hasty generalization, overreliance
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no because Betty does not feel the same way about Jimmy, well Jimmy does'nt like this so Jimmy makes the assumption that Betty doesn't understand what Jimmy feels like so he kills himself thus making Betty "understand". There are many holes in this logic, for example, how is Jimmy supposed to know he got
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