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"Everyday Use," by Alice Walker.
"Half and Half," by Amy Tan.
Read the following questions that pertain to the stories you have read by Amy Tan and Alice Walker. Respond with one detailed, substantial post. Your response should be a solid paragraph, not just one or two lines. In your answer, include examples, such as short quotes from your reading.
- What do you think is the main conflict for the main character of each story?
- How does each character resolve the conflict?
- How does each character’s ethnic background influence her decisions?
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Choose one of the following scenarios, and produce the requested documents for one scenario only. Each scenario asks you to prepare a range of documents. Students are responsible for determining the appropriate genre (email, memo, business letter, etc.) as well as the content of those documents.
Scenario 1
You are a district manager at OmniShop, a large retail chain that sells everything from candy to expensive electronics (similar to Target or Walmart). You personally oversee 10 stores in the South Florida area, and are responsible for reporting on the overall operation of these stores to your regional manager, Faith McCormick, who oversees about 100 stores in the southeastern US. You are one of 10 district managers who visit the brick-and-mortar stores, diagnose and troubleshoot issues of waste and safety, and report your findings to her. On any given day, then, you have about 10% of her attention, unless there is an important issue.
Recently, your company has begun hiring dedicated sales people for the Body Care Improvement (BCI) aisle in all stores nationwide. BCI products (such as vitamins and protein powders) represent extremely high profit margins, but recent customer surveys show many shoppers will often leave the aisle overwhelmed and confused by the variety of options. Similar to the specialists you hire in electronics or the pharmacy, BCI Specialists are expected to be highly knowledgeable in their product area and to stay in their designated aisle in order to help answer customer questions. Steve Reece, who oversees the entire BCI business unit at your company, has told you that pilot programs have demonstrated that a dedicated specialist can increase BCI sales by as much as 500%.
Unfortunately, many store managers notice the BCI Specialist walking their aisle and mistake them for an employee who is doing nothing. These store managers have been trained to spot underutilized employees and make sure they have something to do. As a consequence, BCI specialists are often not in their aisle when customers have questions, and are instead stocking shelves or working cash registers. BCI Specialists are hourly employees and do not have the power to challenge a store manager. You have spoken to some of your store managers, all of whom should have received training from Steve Reece about the BCI Specialist’s responsibilities, but do not seem to know what the BCI Specialist role is or what they are supposed to do.
Deliverables
Based on the scenario above, your deliverables will be the following documents:
Document to Faith, your Regional Manager, explaining the issue
Document to the managers at your 10 locations, clarifying the BCI Specialist role
Document to Steve, Director of the BCI business unit, explaining the issue and asking for clarification about what managers have been told about the BCI Specialist role
Scenario 2
You are the technical manager of a large Internet design firm (100+ employees). One of your primary responsibilities is to manage a team of developers. Your unit's primary goal is to build and deliver custom web applications and to update client websites. Due to the increase of information delivery via company intranets, your company has grown has grown considerably. About 8 months ago you hired a small start-up company, MaintainU, to perform routine maintenance for clients’ websites because you needed to focus more attention on the custom applications. MaintainU does not interact with your clients and they work as sub-contractors through your company. Your clients are not aware of this move and for now, you and Nathan Elder, your company president, want to keep it this way. The last several months you have had problems with MaintainU not paying attention to version dates. They have, on several occasions, made changes requested by clients, but they also uploaded old pages to the site. Having dealt with a number of complaints, the most recent two weeks ago, you had a long conversation with Jason Hughes, the president of MaintainU, that mistakes are not acceptable. Now, this morning, you receive an angry call from a client, Sheila Links at Gateway Industries, because an executive that was fired two months ago has been added back to the executive page. Gateway Industries was one of the first clients your firm ever signed. While the client is on the phone, the mistake is corrected, and you end up setting up a meeting for lunch next week. For the first 6 months or so, the relationship with MaintainU was great. At this point, you're uncertain if you want to continue the relationship, but at the same time, you cannot afford to bring maintenance work back in-house. Apparently, the phone call to Jason wasn’t enough. Deliverables Based on the scenario above, your deliverables will be the following documents:
document to the client, Gateway Industries
document to MaintainU
document to the president, who is a micro-manager and likes to know everything that is going on
Scenario 3
You are a facilities project manager for Shop ‘N’ Leave, a national chain of convenience stores. You oversee the construction of new stores and coordinate between your facility designers and architects, the construction contractors, and the various state and local governments of each location. All of your stores require multiple rows of large freezers and refrigerators for products like beverages and ice cream. For each new location, your facility designers are responsible for determining the best way to dispose of the condensation produced by this equipment in a manner that complies with state and federal regulations for wastewater. Because the water produced by these units may contain food waste (say, from broken or spilled bottles) as well as cleaning chemicals, the water is usually routed to an industrial wastewater system, rather than the systems for human sewage or stormwater.Unfortunately, your new location in Dunedin, FL has been denied a permit to use the industrial wastewater system. Anthony Clemens, the official responsible for permitting indicated that refrigerator condensation is “clear water” and therefore should be routed into the stormwater drainage system. You immediately understand the mistake: the official assumes this condensation is the same as that produced by their home refrigerator or air conditioner. It is not.Compounding the problem, federal EPA guidelines strictly prohibit businesses from dumping contaminated water into stormwater drainage systems, and your company could be fined tens of thousands of dollars for non-compliance. But if you use the city’s industrial wastewater system without a permit, your Dunedin location could be fined or shut down completely. You have already commissioned a third-party firm to test the condensation from your refrigeration units, and they confirmed independently that the water is in fact in violation of EPA standards for stormwater.Deliverables:
A document to Anthony Clemens, Director of Public Works and Utilities for the City of Dunedin, who has previously denied your permit the use the city’s industrial wastewater system, officially asking for the decision to be reconsidered.
A document to Sarah Johansen, your facilities designer explaining that the necessary permits have been denied. You are working on the problem but the current building plans have not been approved and may require substantial revision.
A document to your direct superior, Vice President of Facilities, Anita Bryer, detailing the issue and its potential impact on the progress of the Dunedin location.
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As discussed in Chapter One through Three of Police Administration,
American police departments have evolved through several eras in which the
police had different orientations or emphasized different aspects of their
overall role or mission. Indeed, these changes have focused on a gambit of
changes and directions. As noted, the September 11 terrorist attacks have
substantially changed policing at all levels. However, it has been several
years since the attacks, and the United States has not experienced another
significant attack.
In what direction do you think American police should proceed with regard to
combating crime and training of personnel? Why? How much emphasis should
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numerous expectations and other issues that must be met? Why?
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InstructionsLocate a standardized measurement instrument used in your specialization or area of interest, and then complete a critique. There are a few different ways to locate a measurement instrument with published psychometrics. First, review the NCU Library’s Tests and Measurements guide which will walk you through how to search for a measurement instrument. Use the information found in the guide to locate a test instrument either by 1) using the Roadrunner Search to identify a measurement instrument used in a peer-reviewed study you have read, and then use the reference list to find its origin, 2) using one of the library databases listed in the guide to identify a test instrument, or 3) lastly, you might try searching for a commercially published test or measurement or information about them on the Internet.The standardized measurement instrument used in the critique must be located from a scholarly source containing validity and reliability information. Copy the Measurement Instrument Critique Template below into a Word document, and then complete each section:Measurement Instrument Critique TemplateReference InformationTitle of the instrument (including edition and form, if applicable):Author(s):Publisher and date(s) of publication:ContentConstruct(s), domain(s), or variable(s) the instrument measures:Unidimensionality or multidimensionality of construct(s), domains(s), or variables(s):Theoretical and/or empirical foundations of the instrument:PurposePurpose and potential uses of the instrument:Whom the instrument is designed:Structure of the instrument:Length of the instrument, including number of items:Subscales within the instrument (if applicable):Format of the instrument:AdministrationInstrument administration procedures:Necessary administrator qualifications and/or training:Scoring procedures of the instrument:Type of scoring or scaling (availability of scoring keys and scoring services, subscale, factor, or dimension scores):EvaluationEvidence of reliability (include type(s) and statistic(s) as appropriate):Adequacy of reliability evidence to support potential uses of the instrument:Evidence of validity (include type(s) and subject area, construct, outcome as appropriate):Adequacy of validity evidence to support potential uses of the instrument:Multicultural ApplicationAnalysis of the multicultural application of the instrument (addressing research on multicultural comparison, or limitations of generalizability based on a lack of multicultural data):Summary Evaluation and CritiqueStrengths and limitations of the instrument:Critique of the use of the instrument in both an applied and research context:Length: 5-7 pages, not including title and reference pagesYour assignment should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course by providing new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University's Academic Integrity Policy.
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Choose one of the following scenarios, and produce the requested documents for one scenario only. Each scenario asks you to prepare a range of documents. Students are responsible for determining the appropriate genre (email, memo, business letter, etc.) as well as the content of those documents.
Scenario 1
You are a district manager at OmniShop, a large retail chain that sells everything from candy to expensive electronics (similar to Target or Walmart). You personally oversee 10 stores in the South Florida area, and are responsible for reporting on the overall operation of these stores to your regional manager, Faith McCormick, who oversees about 100 stores in the southeastern US. You are one of 10 district managers who visit the brick-and-mortar stores, diagnose and troubleshoot issues of waste and safety, and report your findings to her. On any given day, then, you have about 10% of her attention, unless there is an important issue.
Recently, your company has begun hiring dedicated sales people for the Body Care Improvement (BCI) aisle in all stores nationwide. BCI products (such as vitamins and protein powders) represent extremely high profit margins, but recent customer surveys show many shoppers will often leave the aisle overwhelmed and confused by the variety of options. Similar to the specialists you hire in electronics or the pharmacy, BCI Specialists are expected to be highly knowledgeable in their product area and to stay in their designated aisle in order to help answer customer questions. Steve Reece, who oversees the entire BCI business unit at your company, has told you that pilot programs have demonstrated that a dedicated specialist can increase BCI sales by as much as 500%.
Unfortunately, many store managers notice the BCI Specialist walking their aisle and mistake them for an employee who is doing nothing. These store managers have been trained to spot underutilized employees and make sure they have something to do. As a consequence, BCI specialists are often not in their aisle when customers have questions, and are instead stocking shelves or working cash registers. BCI Specialists are hourly employees and do not have the power to challenge a store manager. You have spoken to some of your store managers, all of whom should have received training from Steve Reece about the BCI Specialist’s responsibilities, but do not seem to know what the BCI Specialist role is or what they are supposed to do.
Deliverables
Based on the scenario above, your deliverables will be the following documents:
Document to Faith, your Regional Manager, explaining the issue
Document to the managers at your 10 locations, clarifying the BCI Specialist role
Document to Steve, Director of the BCI business unit, explaining the issue and asking for clarification about what managers have been told about the BCI Specialist role
Scenario 2
You are the technical manager of a large Internet design firm (100+ employees). One of your primary responsibilities is to manage a team of developers. Your unit's primary goal is to build and deliver custom web applications and to update client websites. Due to the increase of information delivery via company intranets, your company has grown has grown considerably. About 8 months ago you hired a small start-up company, MaintainU, to perform routine maintenance for clients’ websites because you needed to focus more attention on the custom applications. MaintainU does not interact with your clients and they work as sub-contractors through your company. Your clients are not aware of this move and for now, you and Nathan Elder, your company president, want to keep it this way. The last several months you have had problems with MaintainU not paying attention to version dates. They have, on several occasions, made changes requested by clients, but they also uploaded old pages to the site. Having dealt with a number of complaints, the most recent two weeks ago, you had a long conversation with Jason Hughes, the president of MaintainU, that mistakes are not acceptable. Now, this morning, you receive an angry call from a client, Sheila Links at Gateway Industries, because an executive that was fired two months ago has been added back to the executive page. Gateway Industries was one of the first clients your firm ever signed. While the client is on the phone, the mistake is corrected, and you end up setting up a meeting for lunch next week. For the first 6 months or so, the relationship with MaintainU was great. At this point, you're uncertain if you want to continue the relationship, but at the same time, you cannot afford to bring maintenance work back in-house. Apparently, the phone call to Jason wasn’t enough. Deliverables Based on the scenario above, your deliverables will be the following documents:
document to the client, Gateway Industries
document to MaintainU
document to the president, who is a micro-manager and likes to know everything that is going on
Scenario 3
You are a facilities project manager for Shop ‘N’ Leave, a national chain of convenience stores. You oversee the construction of new stores and coordinate between your facility designers and architects, the construction contractors, and the various state and local governments of each location. All of your stores require multiple rows of large freezers and refrigerators for products like beverages and ice cream. For each new location, your facility designers are responsible for determining the best way to dispose of the condensation produced by this equipment in a manner that complies with state and federal regulations for wastewater. Because the water produced by these units may contain food waste (say, from broken or spilled bottles) as well as cleaning chemicals, the water is usually routed to an industrial wastewater system, rather than the systems for human sewage or stormwater.Unfortunately, your new location in Dunedin, FL has been denied a permit to use the industrial wastewater system. Anthony Clemens, the official responsible for permitting indicated that refrigerator condensation is “clear water” and therefore should be routed into the stormwater drainage system. You immediately understand the mistake: the official assumes this condensation is the same as that produced by their home refrigerator or air conditioner. It is not.Compounding the problem, federal EPA guidelines strictly prohibit businesses from dumping contaminated water into stormwater drainage systems, and your company could be fined tens of thousands of dollars for non-compliance. But if you use the city’s industrial wastewater system without a permit, your Dunedin location could be fined or shut down completely. You have already commissioned a third-party firm to test the condensation from your refrigeration units, and they confirmed independently that the water is in fact in violation of EPA standards for stormwater.Deliverables:
A document to Anthony Clemens, Director of Public Works and Utilities for the City of Dunedin, who has previously denied your permit the use the city’s industrial wastewater system, officially asking for the decision to be reconsidered.
A document to Sarah Johansen, your facilities designer explaining that the necessary permits have been denied. You are working on the problem but the current building plans have not been approved and may require substantial revision.
A document to your direct superior, Vice President of Facilities, Anita Bryer, detailing the issue and its potential impact on the progress of the Dunedin location.
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As discussed in Chapter One through Three of Police Administration,
American police departments have evolved through several eras in which the
police had different orientations or emphasized different aspects of their
overall role or mission. Indeed, these changes have focused on a gambit of
changes and directions. As noted, the September 11 terrorist attacks have
substantially changed policing at all levels. However, it has been several
years since the attacks, and the United States has not experienced another
significant attack.
In what direction do you think American police should proceed with regard to
combating crime and training of personnel? Why? How much emphasis should
the police place on homeland security given that citizens and communities have
numerous expectations and other issues that must be met? Why?
Your initial response should be 250-300 words in length. Your claims should be
supported by the text and/or other academic resources.
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