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Running Head: TITLE OF YOUR RESEARCH PAPER If the title is less than 50 characters, including spaces, provide the whole title; if more, create an abbreviated title, including major words. This cover page title has the words Running Head: before it. The Full Title of Your Paper Your Full Name The Name of Your College or University One-inch margins all around. The front page content is centered on the page top-to-bottom (about 4 inches from the top of the page) and the lines are centered left-toright. All lines are double-spaced. 1 TITLE OF THE PAPER 2 Abstract Follow the Writing an Abstract guidelines PDF Handout posted on D2L. The word Abstract is centered on the page as above. This is a Section Title, not a Heading; therefore, it should not be set off in any way but centering. Do not indent the first line of an abstract. The entire abstract should appear in one paragraph only, followed by the Keywords list. TITLE OF THE PAPER 3 Title of Your Paper Center the Title of Your Paper on this page 3. The title of your paper is a section title and not a heading; therefore, do not set the title off with any other formatting except centering and title case. Do not write the word Introduction. Your readers will assume that this first section to your paper is the introduction. Follow the CARS Handout posted on D2L to write your introduction, including the parts listed on that PDF. Paragraphs in your paper should be more than one sentence long and less than one-full page long. Indent these paragraphs one tab-over. You may include the researched information that follows the Introduction in any order that makes sense to you. Be sure to begin each part with an explanation of your rational for including the research. Below I list the parts of the Disciplinary Literacies paper, which will appear centered, as Headings and are boldfaced. Any Sub-Headings will appear flush to the left margin. Sub-Headings are also bold-faced. TITLE OF THE PAPER 4 An Interview with a Professional in [name your field of study] This is a Level One Heading. It should be boldfaced. Begin the Interview coverage directly after the Introduction. The Interview should include the essential information from the interview you conducted with a professional. Begin with a short paragraph explaining why you conducted the interview, i.e., what information you wanted to find out. It is not necessary to state the questions you asked. If you give the readers the answers to those questions, the readers will know what questions you asked. Be sure to tell what he or she reads or writes on a day-to-day basis? Be sure to tell what he or she does on a day-to-day basis? Do not include information about Challenges of the field—gender, race, ethnic, and ethical. You will include those interviewee replies in the Challenges section. Use APA style in-text format for Interviews. Typical Reading and Writing of the Field Write a short paragraph explaining your rational for including this section in this paper; what do you hope the readers will learn from it and why? Rhetorical Analysis of [name of your field] Scholarly Journal Follow the Article Analysis Guidelines PDF posted on D2L, answering those 10 questions listed there. Rhetorical Analysis of [name of your field] Trade Journal Follow the Article Analysis Guidelines PDF posted on D2L, answering those 10 questions listed there. TITLE OF THE PAPER 5 Survey of Juniors and Seniors at MSU Remember: Center Level One Headings Write a short paragraph explaining your rational for including this section in this paper; what do you hope the readers will learn from it and why? Then include the significant results of the survey. Interpret those results. It is not necessary to state the questions you asked. If you give the readers the answers to those questions, the readers will know what questions you asked. Be sure to include data. Follow the APA guideline for numerals and numbers. Challenges in the Field Level Two Headings appear flush left. Write a paragraph explaining your rational for including this section in this paper; what do you hope the readers will learn from it and why? Remember to include information about these issues from your Interviewee. Ethical Issues That May Arise Gender Biases and Concerns Ethnic and Racial Biases and Concerns Job Outlook Include a brief statement of why you included this information for the readers. Be sure to include data. Follow the APA guideline for numerals and numbers. Include charts, graphs, and infographics. Future Trends TITLE OF THE PAPER 6 References References is a section title, like the Abstract; i.e., no bold-face. Alphabetize the list. Use hanging indent. Use APA style formatting for references. NO ALL-CAPS. Use the Traits Rubric and the Prompt to check that you have included everything in this paper the way that it should appear. If you don’t understand, ask me during workshop time. Steps to Writing an Abstract An Abstract’s Purpose:   Summarizes the entire paper. Serves as the reader’s window into contents. An Abstract’s Features    Brief, no more than 150 – 250 words. Dense, filled with information; writer makes every word count. Objective-sounding voice. Writing an Abstract Warm Up Activity: Read abstracts to professional articles to see how they are written. You may have done this sort of reading by now, but if you skipped reading abstracts, search for articles on our library site written for your field of study and read their abstracts now. Notice the main points that the authors cover in their abstract. Think about what things you should include in your abstract to your research paper. Not the Keywords that appear below most abstracts. The abstract is required for APA Style formatted papers. If no abstract accompanies a paper, then the introduction to the paper or the first paragraph serves as the abstract. See the CARS handout for what should be included in the introduction. STEPS 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 6. 7. 8. 9. Begin an abstract on a new page. Place the running head in the top left-hand corner. Place the page number 2 in the top right-hand corner. Center the word Abstract at the top of the page. Do not indent the first paragraph. Keep it short. According to the APA style manual, an abstract should be between 150 to 250 words. a. Determine which elements of the paper are the most important. b. Describe these elements. Structure the abstract in the same order as your paper. Begin with a brief summary of the Introduction, and then continue on with a summary of the Topic, Purpose, Research Methods, Results, and Conclusions drawn or the thesis arrived at. Write a rough draft of your abstract. a. Write one to two sentences summarizing each section of your paper. b. Once you have a rough draft, you can edit for length, concision, and clarity. c. Aim for concision during revision; make every word count. Create and write Keywords just below the abstract, as indicated in APA. Edit: Check for errors. Remix 1 The Remix Module Worth 50 pts. in Category 4 (10 percent of grade.) This Project has three parts: 1. A proposal written in ELI worth 20 points in Category 2. (Cat. 2 counts as 15 percent of your total score for this course.) 2. The video composition shown during class and reviewed by your peers on ELI during class. This composition is worth 50 points in Category 4. (Cat. 4 counts 10 percent of your total score for the course.) 3. A Reflective Essay loaded into the appropriate D2L dropbox with the typed script of your video voice-over at its end. (Cat. 5 counts as 30 percent of the total score for this course.) DESCRIPTION For this project you will compose a remix. A remix is a redesign and reconceptualizing of your own and/or other people’s compositions. In this case, you will remix the Memoir Module. o In making a remix you redo a composition, a part of it or the whole thing, and make it express its ideas or theme through this new delivery format—which in this case will be a video composition. The remix may be designed for a different audience. (Public-service type infovideos are not acceptable for this assignment.) In this case, you will make a video composition made up of either 1 or 2 below: 1) Still photos video, which must also have the following:    Your own voice-over Added music Text on screen, minimal OR 2) Live-action performance video, with    Some of your own voice-over Added music Text on screen, minimal OBJECTIVES: You will do these things . . . o o o o o o o Discover visuals within the public domain/free. Create composition parts. Re-invent compositions and re-compose into another composition (make it your own). Re-design the mode of delivery (text to video). Situate your selections around a theme. Experience the processes of redesigning and reconceptializing Experience the processess of creating an audio- visual composition. Remix 2 o o Reflect on the moves you make and the processes in which you engage to invent, arrange, revise, and deliver the creative composition by writing a reflective composition (see accompanying instruction sheet). Reflect on audience needs. PURPOSE: The reason for creating the composition in the first place might be to entertain, to impart a theme, or to enlighten. Other purposes exist to create a video, but here we are emphasizing memoir, so the purpose should be mostly to entertain, to enlighten through telling of captivating moments, or to impart a theme. (Public-service type info-videos are not acceptable). AUDIENCE: Your choice, but be conscious that you will be showing this before a class of your peers and your instructor. Keep it clean and inoffensive (see below for offensiveness test). WHAT THIS ASSIGNMENT TEACHES The remix/reconceptualization assignment enhances skills with . . .       Re-imaging compositions. Refining compostions. o Honing what to keep or not to keep. o Concision—saying less with words and more with images. o Refocusing--conveying meaning consistent with earlier theme, plan, purpose, or big idea. Reconstructing information in a redesigned and, in this case, digital space. Appraising the role and reaction of audience to audio-visual compositions. Thinking critically about presenting information in a substantially different form. Thinking creatively about ways to present and enhance the digital story for the audience. RESOURCES YOU’LL NEED For this project you will use video clips, artwork, photos, and the like from the internet or from your own stash. The most important thing to remember is that you are remixing works already done in one form and redesigning and delivering them in another form, making them your own. You can use whatever—pictures, images, photos, cartoons, short, short video clips (see below), and so on. You will show your video composition in this class but you MUST NOT show your finished composition outside this classroom environment unless you have used only public domain images or use Creative Commons permissions (See Use and Remix on menu bar). The video composition should be no more than 2.5 minutes and no less than 1 minute. SUBJECT OF VIDEO: The remix must made from the flash memoir module—choose a part to focus on or the whole. CAUTION: Please do what you are comfortable doing, BUT use no offensive language or images. So what’s offensive? Use this test: If you wonder if it is, it is. The compostion will be marked down severely if offensive language or images are used in the compostion. WORKSHOP Remix 3 We will workshop this assignment during one class period during which you should utilize your classmates as sources of knowledge and collaboration. Some of them may know more about videomaking than you or your instructor and some may know less. Help and be helped. You have roughly one to two weeks to complete this assignment. Let me tell you that, from experience, the whole project will take at least four to six hours to put together and edit, if you have average skills. Doing these sorts of compositions can be really fun, rewarding, and engaging. Give yourself ample time, use your classmates and the instructor as resources, and enjoy the process. RESOURCES The MSU Library Multi-Media Center (I should have details about those visits on D2L posted in this module’s folder. The Writing Center, which has a number of helpers who know about video design. Make an appointment and use this resource. You may have to request a helper with multi-media expertise. Your classmates. We’ve got a lot of talent right here in our classroom. Help others in any way you can and let them help you. Your Instructor is here to help you all that she can, and she loves doing it, too, so don’t be shy about asking her. If she doesn’t know how to do something, she will help you find out. DO NOT BUY ANY SOFTWARE. There are plenty of options free that will do just fine for this assignment. You may use a video camera, Jinga screen capture, Audacity, iMovie. There are a number of freeware programs to choose from. Check out what is available from these companies: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/search/result.aspx?q=video+maker+videoshow, https://www.apple.com/mac/imovie/ and, for audio, https://www.audacityteam.org/. For other software such as audio/music clips and such, try this site: http://www.freewarefiles.com/category/audio_video.php (Use at your own risk. Freewarefiles.com has been around since 1998 and I have used it.) Caution: There are many other sources online and helpful videos on You Tube. You may want to do some searching. Tech blog writers often discuss freeware video software and which to use. Just remember to employ caution when downloading from sites you are not familiar with and make sure your virus checker is up-to-date and active on your machine. You should make your own decisions about the software offered. Your instructor is not responsible. Do not make VOICED-OVER POWERPOINTS. Do not use someone else’ videos. If you want to show a bit of a video that someone else has made, personally or commercially, you may, but use no more than 15 seconds in total of videos from other sources. A SCRIPT  Type out of script of what you will say. Remix 4  Turn in this script into the Dropbox, adding it at the end of your Reflection. To store your video, upload it to Kaltura, your own video hosting space at MSU! SAFE and CHEAP—it’s free! https://mediaspace.msu.edu/ . 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Log in. Click on “My Media.” Click on “New,” which is along the top of the sceen, to upload new video media. Follow the instructions on the screen. Limit the permissions to UNLISTED so only people to whom you give out the Kaltura URL for the video can view it. o You can deactivate the “allow comments” feature if you wish. o Use the “collaborative sharing” option during the WORKSHOP session, if you want classmates to help you edit the video. DUE DATE You will present this project in class, beginning on the due date listed on the D2L calendar. ASSESSMENT See the accompanying page for the reflective write-up for this assignment, loaded on D2L in this folder. The refection is the most worth 50 points in Cat.5, same as the other reflection that you have written for this course. Your technical and artistic video-making skills are not assessed. The assessment of the video you make will be this: If you make the moves you need to make to create the video and do it by the due date, if you go through the processes, you will receive full credit (provided you follow the guideline of no offensiveness). So, if you invent, arrange, revise, and deliver, with attention to style, purpose, audience, theme, ethos, pathos, and logos, when appropriate, you will receive full credit for the video composition. RUBRIC A peer rubric for this assignment is loaded into our course Googleapps folder. As an audience member, you will use this rubric to comment on your classmates’ videos during the classroom showings of the videos. THIS REFLECTION HAS ITS OWN GUIDESHEET, which is posted in this Module’s folder. 1 Running head: Artifact Artifact Dongming He Michigan State University Jade Buddha Pendent Abstract This article mainly describes a mystical jade Buddha pendant of mine. The jade Buddha pendant has significant meaning to our family because it saved my greatgrandfather's life when he was in the battlefield. After the war was over, my greatgrandfather came back home with the jade Buddha pendant. Since then, my family began to embrace Buddhism. As the sustenance of my belief, the jade Buddha pendant to me is like the cross to Christians. Moreover, a high-quality jade itself is also often very valuable to people. In Chinese culture, jade usually symbolizes purity and virtuous qualities. Through this article, I want to narrate the story of my great-grandfather, my belief, and the culture of jade in Chinese history to the audience. Key words: Jade Buddha Pendent, story, belief. During my childhood, I usually surrounded myself with my grandfather. He was not only always tolerant of my stubborn and obstreperous behaviors, but he patiently 2 told me some experiences of him and his father, my great-grandfather. Through my grandfather's description, I knew that my great-grandfather was a patriotic soldier. My great-grandfather was born in 1914. During his childhood, he always wanted to be a soldier to defend our country in the future. World War II began on September 1, 1939, and Japan officially invaded my country, China in 1937. When Japanese invaders slaughtered his compatriots, he volunteered to be a soldier for defending his country against aggressors. In the early period of the war, our military did not have enough military supplies, and lacked basic military training. Thus, when our soldiers fought during the war, they usually had to encounter very dangerous situations, so it would be so dangerous which Chinese people are called 九死一生 (jiu si yi sheng), which means in English “Solider with a slim chance of surviving” (九死一生). However, my greatgrandfather was still fearless, and decided to join a dangerous campaign in the war front. He met a monk on the match, and the monk said that my great-grandfather had the predestination with Buddha. Then, he gave my great-grandfather a metal box and told great-grandfather that "Take it with you, but do not open it until the campaign is over." My great-grandfather accepted the monk's advice and put the metal box in his lapel pocket. Finally, my great-grandfather's life was saved due to the monk's advice. Once my great-grandfather was shot in a charge, fortunately, the metal box blocked the bullet. After the campaign was over, my great-grandfather opened the box, and he was surprised that there was a jade Buddha pendent inside. When my great-grandfather remembered the monk's words about the predestination with Buddha, he believed that 3 the jade Buddha pendent saved his life. After World War II was ended, my greatgrandfather became a Buddhist. He always carried that jade Buddha pendent with him until he passed away. Thereafter, all my family members embrace Buddhism, and whenever we are on holidays, we go to a temple to pray with incenses. The jade Buddha pendant is not only seen as a souvenir to cherish the memory of my great-grandfather, but it represents my family's faith like the cross represents the faith of Christians to some degree. In other words, I think that the meaning of the jade Buddha pendant to the Buddhist is like the meaning of the silver cross to Christians. For example, it seems that Christians appeal to the cross for blessing when they get into trouble, and we do the same thing by using the jade Buddha pendant or the Buddha beads (some Buddhists do not wear buddha pendants but Buddha beads). Furthermore, people believe that a Buddha pendant has its own “spirituality.” “Most spiritual ornaments come with a special meaning such as for good luck, good health, good fortune, and more. Buddha pendant is one such ornament that is considered a symbol of good luck, peace, and longevity. It is long believed that wearing religious jewelry can protect us from dangers; real or imagined. This type of jewelry is worn by Buddhists as well as non-Buddhists. The only thing matters is your belief on God and the positivity around. A well-picked pendant is believed to bring good luck and, therefore. Also called as prosperity amulets. Many people wear these amulets to increase prosperity, health, and happiness. Wearing it can help us fight negative energy and bring in more positive energy that helps in surpassing troubles in life. Wearing spiritual pendants remind us of all positive sayings and help us forget all worries and doubts.” 4 I found this article from website, I agree the author idea. “Pilgrimage to the West” is a Chinese classical literary masterpiece under the background of Buddhism. Some people argue that the stories in the masterpiece are fake. However, it is a real history that a man called Tang Seng went to India to collect Buddhism scriptures. He encountered various kinds of difficulties, but he never gave up because of his faith. During his life, he made a great contribution to the development of Buddhism in China. Jade has a high praise in China history, Jade represents nobility and purity, so ancient people use jade to metaphorize wonderful thing and people. For example, China has a proverb “the man will be appreciated who has jade’s moral in country. (玉者, 国之重器.)”. “Because jade represents desirable virtues, the word for jade is incorporated into many Chinese idioms and proverbs to denote beautiful things or people . For example, 冰 清玉洁 (bingqing yujie), which directly translates to "clear as ice and clean as jade" is a Chinese saying that means to be pure and noble. 亭亭玉立 (tingting yuli) is a phrase used to describe something or someone that is fair, slim, and graceful. Additionally, 玉女 (yùnǚ), which literally means jade woman, is a term for a lady or beautiful girl.” I have found this paragraph on website; the author has same idea with me. The jade does not only have high praise in China, but it also has a real value. According to its color, origin, hardness, transmittance and many other things to judge a piece of jade is good or not. My jade is green which I think this green is so beautiful and different to other green, and it is smooth. We know gold has price, but the best jade is priceless. Recent years, Chinese people has an interesting gamble that they use couple thousand CNY to buy stone, then 5 the seller will help them cut the stone. If they were lucky that a good jade is inside, they could sell it to get ten times higher than how much they bought. Overall, although I do not know how much my jade Buddha pendant is worth, it is invaluable for me because it is not only the carrier of my feeling of missing my great-grandfather, but it is the expression of my faith. Whenever I touch my jade Buddha pendant, I can feel at peace because I believe that Buddha has been blessing and protecting me. 6 Reference A. (2016, 03). How Buddha Pendant Is a Symbol of Good Luck and Peace. Retrieved 04, 2016, from https://naturaltribaldesign.wordpress.com/2016/03/15/how-buddhapendant-is-a-symbol-of-good-luck-and-peace. Shan, Jun. (2017, July 31). Jade in Chinese Culture. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/about-jade-culture-629197 Running head: SUPPLY CHAIN 1 Supply chain Dongming He WRA101 Michigan State University SUPPLY CHAIN 2 Abstract Businesses have established their operations in various parts of the world with the aim of growing. Most organizations have identified different ways through which they can succeed in business operations. The management of every organization has to identify a strength that will make the firm move ahead and succeed in the highly competitive business environment. In all industries, many organizations have ventured in operations which have made their activities focus on building a broad customer base and retaining them for the rest of their operations. Competition has also made corporations look for different strategies and policies which they can use for long term success. The management of every firm should thus identify the vital factors to consider when making decisions on how to run their businesses successful. Keywords: Supply Chain, Management, Ethics, Morals, SUPPLY CHAIN 3 Supply chain A supply chain involves a system of organizations, information, people, activities and resources involved in the process of moving a product or service from the supplier to the customer. Organizations are involved in the process of manufacturing and making products and services available to the customers. However, in some cases, the corporations cannot manage to supply the products through a direct link to the customers. As a result, there is the need for suppliers who take initiative and deliver them to the customers thus making it easy for them to use for the improvement of their living standards (Schoenherr & Speier‐Pero, 2015). Despite having suppliers, the manufacturer has to ensure that the customers have access to the products and services which have a high quality and fairly priced. Some organizations do not get involved in the manufacturing but focus on delivering the products to the customers. Some of the other groups involved in the supply chain include the wholesalers and the retailers whose function is to take the products close to the buyers. The information acquired during the process of supplying the products is of importance as it assists an organization in determining the trends in the market and how they may change with time. The success of every firm is tied to its supply chain management function. In some cases, when the supply chain does not run as intended, it might become hard to achieve the set goals and objectives thus calling for the need to have the right people on the ground. The manufacturing companies require raw materials which they use for their daily operations. The suppliers of the raw materials have to deliver quality which will then make it possible for the corporation to deliver quality products and services (Stank, Keller & Daugherty, 2001). Supply SUPPLY CHAIN 4 chain management is one of the tasks that require highly skilled professionals who can interpret the trends in the market and the changes in tastes and preferences by the consumers. The task of managing the supply chain also plays an important role in determining the success of a firm in the long term. Some people might find it challenging to understand the supply chain but with a detailed analysis in the paper, the concept will become clear and easily understood. Interview with a professional In understanding the supply chain, it was necessary to conduct an interview with a person who has worked in the field long enough to have sufficient knowledge. The interview focused on having a clearer definition of the supply chain and its impact on organizational operations and companies in general. The need to have a clear picture of the activities involved in the supply chain also made it necessary to conduct the interview which would give elaborative answers. Some of the questions asked during the interview include; 1. What is the best way to define supply chain? 2. How does supply chain influence the success of business operations? 3. In which ways could the management get involved in ensuring success of the firm through the supply chain? 4. Who are the stakeholders in the supply chain of a firm? 5. How do you ensure that all employees understand the impact of the supply chain to the organization? SUPPLY CHAIN 5 6. What are the current trends in supply chain and what are their impacts on organizational operations? 7. What causes failures in supply chain management and how can management deal with the issue? 8. Who makes decisions on how to have an effective supply chain? 9. Do you think that your organization has right supply chain? 10. What would you advise supply chain managers for a successful future in their businesses? The interviewee was a supply chain manager who requested to have his name reserved for confidential purposes. He stated that as part of his daily activities, he has to have a record of all the supplies made into and out of the company. The supplies into the company include the raw materials which go through processing for production of end products. On the other hand, the supplies out of the company include the finished products being delivered in the market for consumers to purchase. Also, the manager indicated that he writes this information in his register and at the end of every month, he has to do an analysis of how the supply chain has contributed to the growth of revenue and income in the corporation. The manager also controls all the supplying activities by enquiring from his other managers in the department. The junior managers have a responsibility for reporting daily operations which makes it easy to analyze the progress of the corporation. For the manager, every day is a decision making platform which he has to utilize to give the way forward for business operations. Rationale for the section SUPPLY CHAIN 6 When deciding on a major, it has to understand how it will impact on his or her career in the future. Students might not give the required information to make the right decisions on whether to take a course or not. Tastes and preferences differ and the only option remaining is to acquire information from an experienced person and person who has succeeded in the field. As a result, conducting the interview with the manager was a clear way of getting to understand the components of supply chain and a way through which I broke down its components to have a clear picture of the career in the field in the future (Stank, Keller & Daugherty, 2001). Sometimes lack of information might make a learner have the wrong attitude towards a course and this might affect the person they become in future. The readers will have an opportunity to know some of the roles involved in supply chain and its how they should see its operations in the context of an organization. Rhetorical analysis of the supply chain scholarly journal As a way of understanding the supply chain major, I had to read a scholarly journal and below I have included some of the important concepts I gathered from the journal. For students to understand the supply chain major, they have to read widely and get concepts from various articles in journals. This way, they will get to learn more about the field thus making it easy to decide on whether to take the major or not. I cite the article, ‘A cross functional curriculum for supply chain education at Michigan State University' which indicates the components of the course and the outcomes once completed (Closs & Stank, 1999). The article was publish in the Journal of Business Logistics and focused on educating students on the different ways through which they can succeed in their course. SUPPLY CHAIN 7 According to the article, the traditional method of supply chain management has become outdated and new trends have been embraced by different companies. In learning, students need to understand the history of supply chain. Based on the changes that has taken place in supply chain education, learners should be exposed to the different issues that affect every major and focus on ways through which they can overcome challenges to emerge successful in the various fields where they want to study. Achieving their set goals in life is one of the reasons why learners have to go to school. The article explains that the learners should have skills related to successful research which will make them proficient in the field (Closs & Stank, 1999). On the other hand, the students have to realize that the market keeps on changing and that they have to advance their skills to get to the levels where they will become successful as professionals. Also, the career makes it possible for the students to realize that they can achieve their dreams in life if they remain focused but have to face challenges before proving that they can make it in the field. Rhetorical analysis of supply chain trade journal In having a better understanding of how to undertake the course, I based my understanding on the article, ‘what can I do with a major in supply Chain?' found in the American Journal of Business. According to the article, supply chain requires one to have a proficiency in controlling and managing the flow of materials and finances as well as information from manufacturers, the suppliers and distributors as well as the final customers (University of Kansas, 2017). The business decision making process takes place by considering what others think about the products and services offered. In this case, the impact of the information acquired depicts the success of business operations in the long term. The article explains that the field of supply chain is affected by the information gathered and the trends in SUPPLY CHAIN 8 business activities. Therefore, one should know that a major in supply chain must require one's proficiency in research and development as well as problem solving. Ethical issues professionals and gender issues deal with in the field As a way of succeeding in the field, there is the need to understand some of the potential issues. Through research, I identified some of the issues as explained below; Ethical issues Supply chain management requires honesty and accuracy of all information presented. On the other hand, some of the ethical issues that may affect the field would include the quality delivered to the customers and the prices which they will have to pay for the products. In most cases, some of the customers feel that an organization does not consider their needs when pricing the products (Stank, Keller & Daugherty, 2001). However, the people involved in between the beginning and the end of the supply chain have an impact on the prices of the products thus making it hard for the customers to receive them at the intended price by the corporation. The profession requires application of ethics in every activity to ensure that the company achieves profits through successful delivery of products and services. Gender issues The field does not have a specific gender as the largest percentage. Both women and men have ventured into the profession (Birou, Lutz & Zsidisin, 2016). However, as the case of gender discrimination, some organizations will still prefer to have the male gender as the majority involved in the top positions of supply chain management. Despite involving the female gender, SUPPLY CHAIN 9 they most occupy some other positions but not those of the managers. Below is a graph showing the issues affecting the supply chain field in organizations; Based on the graph, some of the challenges that affect the field include those associated with diversity, suitability of raw materials and auditing operations. When these become ethical issues, it implies that they make it hard for an organization to achieve its goals and objectives (Birou, Lutz & Zsidisin, 2016). On the other hand, the graph indicates some of the future challenges that may affect business operations and the impact which they may have on corporations. The success of firms will depend on how well they will manage the ethical and gender issues to strike a balance in the field of supply chain. SUPPLY CHAIN 10 Future trends The field of supply chain might face some changes in the future which will include incorporation of advanced technology. This implies that the use of artificial intelligence will affect the way in which business operations take place. The learners thus have to realize that they will have to cope with challenges and implement solutions that will make them succeed in their business operations. On the other hand, the learners will have to realize that studying supply chain will go hand in hand with information technology (Schoenherr & Speier‐Pero, 2015). The use of wearable devices is another way in which supply chain will change. In this case, there will be the need to monitor all activities in the supply chain. As a result, knowledge on how to handle the changes and use the gadgets will also be required for the success of the learners who major in the field. Trends in the business environment will have a positive impact on organizational operations but those firms that fail to embrace the changes might end up failing or getting phased out in the market. Therefore, it is important for learners to know that they have to get updated information in the field. Major in supply chain will require that students have adequate information which will assist them in making the right decisions for their careers. Supply chain does not only deal with the movement of goods into and out of a company (Stank, Keller & Daugherty, 2001). It also includes other activities such as extracting important information from the data gathered and moving with the trends in the business environment. Therefore, it should go through thorough preparation to achieve success in the field. SUPPLY CHAIN 11 References Birou, L., Lutz, H., & Zsidisin, G. A. (2016). Current state of the art and science: a survey of purchasing and supply management courses and teaching approaches. International Journal of Procurement Management, 9(1), 71-85. Closs, D. J., & Stank, T. P. (1999). A cross-functional curriculum for supply chain education at Michigan State University. Journal of Business logistics, 20(1), 59. Stank, T. P., Keller, S. B., & Daugherty, P. J. (2001). Supply chain collaboration and logistical service performance. Journal of Business logistics, 22(1), 29-48. Schoenherr, T., & Speier‐Pero, C. (2015). Data science, predictive analytics, and big data in supply chain management: Current state and future potential. Journal of Business Logistics, 36(1), 120-132. University of Kansas, (2017). What can I do with a major in supply chain? Retrieved from https://business.ku.edu/what-can-i-do-major-supply-chain
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TECHNIQUES OF GOOD WRITING
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Writing is an essential part of people's lives. Many writers are very concerned with how good they
are that they forget the most important aspects of writing. Different people define a good writer
differently; some view good writing as an art that entails persuasive skills and eloquent language
that come in handy, while others believe good writing involves bringing together different ideas
to develop a sequential flow that explains a phenomenon and leads to a particular conclusion. All
these views entail good writing skills, but there are some hidden aspects of writing that need to be
adhered to. This essay will discuss the several aspects of good writing including thesis generation,
audience consideration, and the significance of pre-reflections, among others; and link them to my
imaginations as a future writer.

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TECHNIQUES OF GOOD WRITING
TECHNIQUES OF GOOD WRITING
There are several techniques that determine whether an individual is a good writer or not.
The first technique is the use of inquiry. Writing as an inquiry helps the writer in attracting the
attention of the reader and engaging them in conversation. In writing as an inquiry, the stance of
the researcher is brought out in a very reflexive and situated, but it does not dwell there. It portrays
a curiosity for knowledge about what the study talks about, but there are no illusions presented. It
leaves just the right amount of information unsaid, incomplete and uncertain. It is poetic, playful,
experimental and somehow fictional. It focuses more on description rat...


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