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In reference to the content in The Most Important Lesson No One Ever Taught Me (this is one of the choices you have for your book club reading, it is not necessary to read the book to understand the assignment) choose 2 people who live life in a way similar to how you want to live life. This is a very broad interpretation. Simply put, find someone you admire, respect, want to know better, find interesting etc. Ask each individual, “How did you get to where you are today.” (That is the only question you start with and see where the conversation goes…these are very informal, however the write up should not be informal) . Write a paper, which includes the following information: Brief summary of interviewee #1’s background information- DO NOT USE LAST NAMES. A summary of what you learned (take home messages) from interviewee #. Brief summary of interviewee #2’s background information-DO NOT USE LAST NAMES. A summary of what you learned (take home messages) from interviewee #2 EXAMPLE OF ANOTHER STUDENTS ESSA To resonate, according to the Merrium Webster dictionary, is “to have a particular meaning for someone; to affect or appeal to someone in a personal or emotional way”. This assignment and the way that I choose to think about it, the way the conversations progressed and I talked to the individuals I choose, clearly became for me a lesson of resonance from the heart and not the intellect, hence the title and so it is with that understanding that I introduce my dear friends and how they got where they are today. Julia, otherwise known as BFF: Julia and I met when we were 19 years old, both attending UC Santa Cruz and both finding ourselves in Women Studies 101 with Candace West. Although we came from very different backgrounds, her from the affluent Marin County and me from the very working class Sacramento County, we quickly became best friends and have remainded close to this day some 25 years later. Julia is a non-conformist, having come from an artist mother who owned a small retail art store in downtown San Anselmo and entrepreneurial father who started a hydroponics company when no one even knew what that was. She was challenged as a child to think and act outside of the norm, to be an individual. In highschool, after 3 years of trying to be like everyone else in middle school, she decided to join the ‘nerdy’ drama crowd and to partcipate in live theater via the local Renaissance and Dickens Faires. After high school, Julia attended UCSC (where we met) and then UC Santa Barbara where she received her Master’s degree in Sociology. Although she’s held the typical 9-5 job in licensing and once in sales, Julia firmly believes that you can make a life our of your life’s passions and has as a result, not worked in a 9-5 for several years now, choosing instead to concentrate on her art and writing. She recently published her first novel Ice Will Reveal and is in the process of writing the second in that series of books. Julia also heads a project called ‘Fly Your Freak Flag High’ which encourages individuals via the arts to think about and really celebrate the things about theirselves that make them unique and different. It’s her opinion that in celebrating our unique bits, we can beat down the oppression that often happens because of the differences (you’re too fat, ugly, brown, tall, smart, artsy, etc) and really come together as a community. “How did you get to where you are today” is an interesting question for her to answer, especially knowing it’s coming from me and I’ve known her for so long, but I just sit and listen. “Well what do you want to know”? “I want to know what makes you uniquely you and how you got to that thought process, that place.” So she starts to talk and in a way, my very eloquent friend has a problem explaining because it’s so near and dear to her heart. I guess it was a combination of the water shed moments, when I was diagnosed with cancer at 22, being at UC Santa Cruz, going to Burning Man, getting older and realizing that possibilities open up for self-acceptance and being surrounded by people who both encourage you and give you the opportunity to ‘Fly Your Freak Flag High’. Having the safety and encouragement to try out different things when you are younger, realizing you liked the nerdy, non-cool things and defending those things as you got older that makes you realize that with all that practice and talk, you really want those things more than just being ‘normal’. She pauses and says “practices, lots and lots of practice, my friend”. Tammy: Though I’ve not known Tammy for as long as I’ve known Julia, we became fast friends four years ago when I moved to the bay and began working with her at Mindjet. She’s the youngest girl of a family of five children born and raised outside of Denver, CO. Her father is second generation Mexican American, who fought to make it in to and graduate from college. For most of Tammy’s childhood, he a well respected principal in the town where she grew up. His mild mannered principal status at work didn’t transition to his home where he took his anger out on his wife and children, both verbally and physically on a regular basis. He pushed his children, including Tammy, to overperform in everything that they did and where their grades weren’t fantastic, he pushed them even harder in their athletics to make sure that they would at least get some funding for college. For most of Tammy’s childhood, she described her family as poor. Tammy moved to California in her twenties after college where she was a starter on the women’s basketball team. She had no job and no place to live but she just knew she needed to get away from Colorado and her still abusive father. Tammy’s first 4 months in Marin County were spent living in her car, showering at the local Y, eating as little as she possibly could because she was flat broke. Even after getting a job, she still lived hand to mouth for years until got a job at Auto Desk where she spent 4 years then took her sabbatical and decided to quit entirely so she could go back to school to get her BA in Archeology. After earning her BA, doing some archeological work in AU, Spain and South America and returning to work in the bay, Tammy is again at Auto Desk. Only now she co-founded a cross-fit clothing company ‘on the side’ with two friends and does cross fit 5-6 days a week only one year after having her right knee replaced. Tammy has just as hard a time putting words to how she got to where she is today that Julia does. She wants to attribute it all to hard work when we first started talking but as we continue on with the conversation, it’s all about passion and heart. She has an extreme passion for life and what it can bring. She will tell you that every single day is a gift that she gladly accepts, that there is no reason to complain about what you’ve been given because someone has always been given something worse and that we can all make the decision to be happy about our lives or not. She chooses to be happy. When I ask her about pushing herself to the limits, blowing her knee out at such a young age (she’s 42) and having it replaced, having a full time job and running a company on the side at the same time as working out and spending time with friends and family she just chuckles and says ‘what else are we here for dude?’ Life is meant to be lived, those things make her happy and yes, she is busy and sometimes tired but it is all worth it in the end. Her mantra, though she’s just said this outloud recently and is slightly embarrassed about it, is ‘be better than the next guy’. She knows that comes from the intense pressure put on her by her father when she was a child but she knows that in her adult life, the meaning is much different. She doesn’t think badly of the next guy, she just needs a measure to push herself to and beyond and that’s an easy measure – the next guy – the person that in 5 minutes she will be cheering on to push more weight, run faster and try harder. Again, it’s all about the heart. My friends, they are amazing women and I am blessed to learn from them.

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In the second section of this course, you have been introduced to multiple plays and the dramatists who wrote them. For your second essay, you are to write one of the essays below. It is not enough to merely make descriptive statements about the play you choose. You will need to engage the play critically, cite the play directly to reinforce your claims, and you must have an argument. You will want to use the PRECT formatting we have been working with all semester. Option One: “Sure Thing” focuses on shades of truth with regards to identity. The question is, who are the true Bill and Betty (if any are true). Write a paper in which you determine the answer to the question posed by the play. Option Two: Using Susan Glaspell’s “Trifles,” write a paper where you illustrate how the events of the play present a social critique of early twentieth century life in the United States. It should be 3-4 pages in length, in proper MLA format, and feature a correct Works Cited page.

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Illustrative Application of Stakeholder Impact Analysis: Bribery or Opportunity in China Case Note: Names have been changed John Low, a North American born of Chinese descent, was given the opportunity of his lifetime. He was asked to go to China and set up a manufacturing subsidiary in a medium-sized city in the middle of the country. He had arrived in the city and had attempted to set up a new building and manufacturing facility which would employ thirty people, but had run into many delays in dealings with the local authorities. Ultimately, John met with the three senior officials and asked what the problem was. They indicated that things would go a lot faster if John’s company was to make them a payment of $100,000 each. This, they said, was quite reasonable in view of what other companies had been paying. John was in a quandary. When he had been sent to China, his boss had told him that under no circumstances were any bribes to be paid. It was against company policy and it would not be tolerated. On the other hand, John was expected to get his job done, and his boss had told him that unless he did so, another manager would be sent to take over John’s position. John knew that his budget contained a provision for payments to agents, but the total allowed was only $150,000. He knew that if the facility was delayed, every month of delay would cost his company a contribution of approximately $25,000. John told the senior officials repeatedly that there was no way his company would pay them, but they were insistent. Questions 1. Should John pay the bribes? 2. Is there something else he could do instead? Illustrative Solution The first step in a stakeholder impact analysis is to identify all stakeholder groups affected by the proposed action and their interests. At the end of the identification process, the stakeholders and their interests are to be ranked in importance. These two steps can be facilitated by means of a tabular analysis as shown below. In this situation, with the proposed action being to pay the bribes or not, there aren’t many externalities, but there are legalities and company ground rules. Consequently, John could use a hybrid ethical decision framework based upon the 5-question, but with the use of net benefit in addition to profit and ground rule ethics. The questions or challenges for the proposed action are therefore as shown in the table on the top of next page, with responses noted. Analysis of Stakeholders and Their Interests STAKEHOLDER INTEREST LEGITIMACY/LEGAL INFLUENCE POWER TO AFFECT CO. URGENCY OF CLAIM PRIMARY OR SECONDARY RANK IN IMPORTANCE: 1 IS HIGHEST, 3 IS LOWEST John Potential success or dismissal, unless a new idea can be found. Prob. of discovery estimated at 60% Yes Yes High Primary 1 Local employees Delay in job, or no job No Not yet Low Secondary for now 3 John’s boss John’s success is his own, but he runs the risk of sanction if John is found to have bribed Yes Yes High, but less than John’s Primary 2 Other managers elsewhere Company policy will be eroded, so observance will be difficult, since employees will know of breach Yes Yes Medium Primary 2 Shareholders Financial success earlier, but costs of bribes will raise costs, and will be called for in many situations. Possible fines and bad publicity if caught, and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act or similar applies, so profits down, Prob. 40% Yes Yes High Primary 1 Chinese officials $300,000 richer if not caught, then? Prob. 10 % Yes Yes Medium/high Primary 1 Directors and senior executives Directors same as shareholders. Exec. no bonuses and could be dismissed Yes Yes High, but less than John’s Primary 1 Elderly Chinese in town (leaders in society) No benefit until local employment starts, or other benefit created No Yes, very influential Low Appears secondary, but could be primary 1 Chinese government Bribes raise cost of doing business in China Yes Yes, but distant Low Secondary for now 3 John’s family Unknown if he has any Not Applic. Challenges to Proposed Action: Payment of Bribes QUESTION OR CHALLENGE RESPONSE 1. Is it profitable? Maybe for company. $25K per month × 40% prob. of being caught—cost of fines and additional bribes elsewhere. John, probably not, as prob. of being caught is 60%. 2. Is it legal? Not really, but maybe if creative arrangement with an agent is successful and/or this is considered a facilitating payment, not a bribe. 3. Is it fair? Not to John, or his boss, or top management, to China, or to elderly Chinese. 4. Is it right? Generally? Per company ground rules? Not per company ground rules and code. Everyone is doing it, so maybe. Per John? Not known. 5. Does it provide the highest net benefit for all? Maybe, unless a better idea is found. Based on this analysis, John found several responses that were negative or not clearly positive, indicating an unethical—and in this case illegal—decision. Yet, he had to bribe or admit failure unless he could find an ethical alternative. John also asked himself whether the decision to bribe would involve and exhibit the motivations, virtues, and character traits expected. His answers appear in the table below. Bribery was not in accord with expected motivations, virtues or character traits, so John began to look for other alternatives. He began to consider the primary stakeholders to the company’s long-run success in the area. He realized that the company’s relationship with the Chinese elderly was going to be of high long-run significance because the elderly are very influential in Chinese culture. What could he do to satisfy the elderly and perhaps bring the local officials on-side as well? At the same time he did not want to offend his company’s ground rules which were to observe the code and not to bribe. He had noticed that there wasn’t really a good place for the elderly to gather, like his own parents had back home. In the end, he asked his boss if his company ever supported community centers, and the answer was yes. The company’s donations budget would provide the funds and company officials were quite interested in paying for a senior citizens’ center and park in the Chinese town as part of the company’s good corporate citizen program of supporting the communities that they operated in. John proposed this to the senior Chinese officials who wanted the bribes, indicating that his company would not make such payments directly to anyone. The officials, however, would get credit by association with the park and center and would, of course, serve on the Board of Directors of the Center when it was finished. John’s plant was ready in record time, and he was awarded a citation by his company’s CEO who was also the person in charge of the company’s ethics program. It seemed apparent that he had found a solution that provided the highest net benefit to all—a true win-win-win arrangement—that matched well to expected motivations, virtues, and character traits. Expected Motivations, Virtues, & Character Traits

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Project Planning Organization selected: WSP International Management Consulting Ltd Project: Reconstruction after the Indian Ocean Tsunami. You are now to focus on the planning phase of the project. Describe the general plan and the steps involved to achieve project success (from a planning perspective). Discuss the critical elements of the plan and what the key success factors will be for the project success. (Use Heading for paragraphs) SLP Assignment Expectations (Use Heading for paragraphs) Be sure to draw on the background readings as you develop your plan. Use in-text citations or footnotes to indicate where you use information from those (or other outside) readings. Your paper will be evaluated on the completeness of the overall plan and the specificity of the steps you identify. Critical thinking will be assessed by the identification and justification of crucial steps and success factors. Background Reading (May use some as references) Wideman, Max. (2008). PPM Strategic Risk Management. Retrieved November 6, 2012, from http://www.maxwideman.com/issacons/iac1004c9/index.htm Scott, Mark. (2009). Tranforming the Culture with OPM3: Harris Corporation Case. Retrieved on November 6, 2012, from http://www.projectmanagement.com/articles/249694/Transforming-the-Culture-with-OPM3–Part-1-of-3—An-Overview Harpham, Alan. (2008). Lean Project Management at NNIT. PM World Today, Vol. X, Issue IX. Lavell, Debra & Martinelli, Russell. (2008). Program and Project Retrospectives: Achieving organizational buy-in (Part 2 of a Series). PM World Today. Vol. X, Issue II. Michael, John K., Kashiwagi, Dean & Sullivan, Kenneth T. (2008). Leadership Based Project Management Model Tested On Food Services at Arizona State University. PM World Today.Vol. X, Issue X. Tip: Calculate the True Cost Retrieved November 6, 2012, from http://www.bcs.org/server.php?show=ConWebDoc.10249 Westland, J. (2007). Project Management Life Cycle: A Complete Step-by-Step Methodology for Initiating, Planning, Executing and Closing a Project Successfully. London, GBR: Kogan Page Ltd.. Retrieved from the Trident Online Library.

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Critical Analysis Essay “Public corruption is generally viewed as an obstacle to the development of a country. Many governments, international organizations, and aid agencies as well as donor-states have special agendas to fight the problem. Yet in the countries with high levels of corruption, arguments have been made that because corruption is pervasive, it has to have some benefit. While definitely not something to be proud of, public corruption is seen as an unavoidable side effect of development.” Source: Law, Governance and Constitutions: International Debate Education Association. Retrieved from https://idebate.org/discussions/law-governance-and-constitutions/does-democracy-lead-bribery-and-corruption With this context in mind read the following items: Corruption: Causes, Consequences, and Cures, by U Myint, from the Asia-Pacific Development Journal. Source: Myint, U. (2000, Dec.) Corruption: Causes, consequences and cures. Asia-Pacific Development Journal,7(2) 33–58. The Corruption FAQ page at the website of Transparency International (TI). Take some time to browse the research resources on corruption at the TI website. Source: Transparency International: Archive Site. Retrieved from https://archive.transparency.org/news_room/faq/corruption_faq Write a 2- to 4-page critical essay addressing the following claim about corruption: “Corruption is a Western concept and is not applicable to traditional societies, where corruption does not have such a negative meaning. Many traditional societies with a “gift culture” have a different understanding of civil responsibilities and etiquette. The social structure and political traditions of many countries are based on the beneficial exchange of rewards for services rendered, and cannot survive in its absence.” (Source: iDebate.org) Answer the following questions in your essay: Do you agree with any part of this claim? If so which parts? If not, why not? What do the readings say on the topic of corruption as cultural tradition? What counterarguments do they make to the above assertion? How could gift-giving traditions be used by unscrupulous officials as a way to take advantage of people in the name of tradition? Provide specific citation for any source used, be it the assigned readings, or other sources you may find during your research. Use at least two or more credible sources to support your claim or belief. You are encouraged to use the Kaplan online library, the Writing Center, and any other outside resources in supporting your task, using proper citations in APA style. Note: Copying the counterargument from the iDebate Message Board on which this topic appears will not suffice, though you may use it as a guideline for your research. Source: Debates: International Debate Education Association. https://idebate.org/debatabase/debates/politics/house-believes-bribery-sometimes-acceptable The counterargument to the one above is as follows: “The very idea of corruption is unethical, regardless of one’s tradition. Cultural relativism is just an attempt to legitimize corruption by the corrupted. Not enough evidence has been presented to support the suggestion that corruption is required by certain socio-cultural practices. Moreover, regarding corruption as an innate quality of human culture undermines the hope for any improvement and is inherently fatalistic, serving as an excuse for creating cultures of corruption and fear.” Source: Discussion: International Debate Education Association. Retrieved from https://idebate.org/discussions/law-governance-and-constitutions/does-democracy-lead-bribery-and-corruption You can view the full debate, along with other Pro and Con arguments at the website for the International Debate Education Association, specifically the Debate topic page titled: “This House Believes that Bribery is Sometimes Acceptable.” Source: Debates:International Debate Education Association. Retrieved from https://idebate.org/debatabase/debates/politics/house-believes-bribery-sometimes-acceptable Note: Click the Directions icon below for additional criteria to follow for a successful paper.

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In your own words, using relevant examples explain the difference between a ‘list of problems’ and a differential diagnosis.

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Term Paper Instruction Select a well-known publicly traded company from SP500 (I suggest to use the first letter of your first or last name to make your choice) (W or P). Visit the company’s website, download financial statements and in a report (no more than 1500 words exclusively, i.e. graphs and data do not count) answering the following questions. 1). Describe the company’s portfolio of businesses. 2). What types of goals have been set by management to improve efficiency in operations, and have those goals been met? If yes, why, if no, why? 3). On the basis of the company’s performance through 2014 (depending on the available information, at least assess performance up to 2013) , do you think that CEO of your company and his/her management team has done a good job? Has this impression changed your view or analysts view based on the company’s recent performance? 4). Calculate the DuPont Equation of the company and compare it with other major competitor, industry average. Explain what you see and how the management team can improve, in which area, be specific and provide recommendations. This is for Managerial Finance.

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Title page, an executive summary or Abstract, contents page, introduction with aims and objectives and a background to the topic, Research methods with methodology, Results, discussion/analysis of results, conclusions and recommendations, reference list and appendices. Simple words and grammar.

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Case Assignment Required: (Use Heading for paragraphs) You are to carefully read the following three articles and then develop an integrative essay which focuses on “keys to success” for effective project planning. This should be a 4 page essay. Note that each of the articles below focuses on different elements, but has combinations of many of the components of planning. Lavell, Debra & Martinelli, Russell. (2008). Program and Project Retrospectives: Achieving organizational buy-in (Part 2 of a Series). PM World Today. Vol. X, Issue II. Scott, Mark. (2009). Transforming the Culture with OPM3: Harris Corporation Case. Retrieved on July 29, 2012 from http://www.projectmanagement.com/articles/249694/Transforming-the-Culture-with-OPM3–Part-1-of-3—An-Overview#redirect Michael, John K., Kashiwagi, Dean & Sullivan, Kenneth T. (2008). Leadership Based Project Management Model Tested On Food Services at Arizona State University. PM World Today.Vol. X, Issue X. Assignment Expectations (Use Heading for paragraphs) Your paper will be evaluated based on your ability to demonstrate critical thinking and synthesize the three readings in developing your own “Keys to Success.” Be sure to document the sources of information you are using to develop and support your paper. Logic and clarity are critical, headings can help you organized your thoughts.

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Compare and contrast the ‘Indian Mutiny’ and the Taiping rebellion and how the populations involved in both events were reactions to the globalization of Britain and Europe into Asia. 1200-1400 words, more details and grading rubric attached. Emphasis on Chicago citations in the footnotes. Preferably use the book “After Tamerlane: The Rise and Fall of Global Empires” By John Darwin. DO NOT JUST PARAPHRASE THIS ESSAY ON THE SUBJECT, AS I HAVE ALREADY HAD ON ESSAY WRITING SERVICE DO THAT. (see link below) https://www.freecontentweb.com/content/paper-compare-and-contrast-indian-mutiny-and-taiping-rebellion-indigenous-reactions-globaliz

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