This Close-Reading Essay will give you a chance to exercise your skills in close-reading. The essay should be no more than 1000 words, not including the works cited.We have, and will, explore many different ideas about heroes and what it means to be heroic. What about the opposite? Using any ONE of the texts in this course, consider the concept of villainy. If heroes and, […]

Business Essay – Students will develop a one-page business essay to support the information below with a reference chapter of Ch. 11. Case: Molly has now been in business for 10 years and the Simply Fresh Inc. has grown to over 300 employees. Unfortunately, due to the current economic state Molly now has to downsize the company by 25% in order to stay in business.

Research eLearning authoring tools on the Internet. Select an eLearning authoring tool you could use to prepare for an introductory training on professional learning through social environments. Describe how you would use the authoring tool to create a digital training for other trainers on social learning and how to incorporate social learning in professional settings using social media concepts. Include the following: Examples of how […]

Write a minimum 700-word business memo as a member of the training department for your organization to the Director of Training and Development about the need to implement a social learning component for employees. Describe the significance of this approach, and discuss the following as you consider creating content: Define social learning. Describe how it is related to but different from formal training. Describe the […]

Review the case study on page 243 of your text. Present and analyze the types of changes that the work team should consider to improve the performance review process. Explain how an effective performance appraisal process can lead to development of employee skills and expertise, thereby benefiting the organization as a whole

Theodore Adorno argues that everyone in todays culture is affected somehow by television and media. the media has the power to control what we view and shape how we think. critically analyze Adorno’s perspective.

ASSIGNMENT TWO : Please read “The Trees of the Niu Mountain” by Mengzi. Questions for you to answer: [a] Explain what the metaphor of the mountain means. [b] Does the author think human nature is basically “good” (cooperative and trustworthy) or “bad” (uncooperative and untrustworthy) or some other alternative? Do you agree? Explain your answer. [c] In ethical terms, what are some of the forces […]

ASSIGNMENT THREE: Please review this Harvard University commencement speech by (then) Federal Reserve Board Chairman Alan Greenspan. Please focus on these four paragraphs. [a] “I do not deny that many appear to have succeeded in a material way by cutting corners and manipulating associates, both in their professional and in their personal lives. But material success is possible in this world and far more satisfying […]

[Assignment Three: background for reflection, continued] Thought question: How might “business ethics” evolve in the 21st Century? Former Vice-President Al Gore and others are promoting the idea of “sustainable capitalism” (“long-term thinking” grounded on the view that businesses are more likely to thrive by helping to solve rather than exacerbate social and environmental problems). Please see this three minute video: Allocating capital for long-term returns. […]

ASSIGNMENT FOUR: Please read and think about this quotation: “The mind is fickle and flighty, it flies after fancies and whatever it likes; it is difficult indeed to restrain. But it is a great good to control the mind; a mind self-controlled is a source of great joy.” –Buddha’s Teachings (Penguin Classics, p. 8). Question for you to answer: Please read An interview conducted with […]