• Week 2 Assignment 1.1 – Submit Here

  Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” in the Student Center.
  Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.Assignment 1.1: Conflicting Viewpoints Essay – Part I
  Prewriting
  Due Week 2 and worth 30 pointsWhen looking for information about a particular issue, how often do you try to resist biases toward your own point of view? This assignment asks you to engage in this aspect of critical thinking by playing the “Believing Game.” The Believing Game is about making the effort to “believe” – or at least consider – the reasons for an opposing view on an issue.The assignment is divided into two (2) parts.
  In Part I of the assignment (due Week 2), you will first read a book excerpt about critical thinking processes: “The Believing Game and How to Make Conflicting Opinions More Fruitful” at http://www.procon.org/sourcefiles/believinggame.pdf. Next, you will review the Procon.org Website in order to gather information. Then, you will engage in prewriting to examine your thoughts.
  Note: In Part II of the assignment (due Week 4), you will write an essay geared towards synthesizing your ideas.
  Part I – Prewriting: Follow the instructions below for this prewriting activity. Use complete sentences and adhere to standard rules of English grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and spelling.
  1. Select one (1) of the approved topics from the www.procon.org Website and state your position on the issue.
  2. From the Procon.org Website, identify three (3) premises (reasons) listed under either the Pro or Con section – whichever section opposes your position.
  3.For each of the three (3) premises (reasons) that oppose your position on the issue, answer these “believing” questions suggested by Elbow:

  1. What’s interesting or helpful about this view?
  2. What would I notice if I believed this view?
  3. In what sense or under what conditions might this idea be true?”

  The paper should follow guidelines for clear and organized writing:

  • Include an introductory paragraph and concluding paragraph.
  • Address main ideas in body paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting sentences.
  • Adhere to standard rules of English grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and spelling.

  Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA Style format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

  The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Identify the informal fallacies, assumptions, and biases involved in manipulative appeals and abuses of language.
  • Create written work utilizing the concepts of critical thinking.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in critical thinking skills and informal logic.

  Click here to view the grading rubric..

Assignment Instructions: Letter Report

Assignment: Letter Report

Readings: Lesikar’s Chapter 12, pages 395 – 397
Sample Letter Report. pages 396 – 397
Lesikar’s Appendix B, pages 635 – 639

Length: 750 words minimum, not counting Works Cited

Audience: Your supervisor, colleagues, and clients

Purpose: To research and recommend career advice to potential clients

Format: Formal business letter style, including the following elements:
Return Address (or your may use a Letterhead)
Date
Inside Address
Salutation, followed by colon
Letter contents
Closing
Signature Block
Second Page Heading
MLA-style parenthetical, in-text references for any source material used
MLA-style Works Cited List

Writing Situation: You work for a company1 whose mission is to offer advice to college students who are considering their career options. In today’s meeting, your supervisor asked you to research the career outlook in one of the Occupation Groups listed in the “Occupational Outlook Handbook” section of the government’s Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) website available at this address: https://www.bls.gov/ooh/2

For example, if you click the Education, Training, and Library link in the Occupational Groups list, you might research the career of High School Teacher. If you click the Healthcare link, you might research the Nursing career. You may select any career from the ones listed on the BLS website.

Assignment Requirements: Write a 750-word (roughly two full pages, single-spaced) Letter Report in which you present your findings about the career outlook for the occupation you have chosen to research. You should include the following information, in addition to any other relevant material you find in your research:

• Employment prospects
• Typical jobs
• Advancement opportunities
• Salary range
• Career advantages/disadvantages
• Typical responsibilities
• Your recommendation (see below for more information about this important section)

To success on this assignment, you will need clear recommendations in your Report. The specific audience for this part of the Report will be the potential clients who seek advice about their careers. Based on your research, what would you recommend to a college student who is interested in the career you have researched in this Report?

In addition to the BLS website provided above, you might also search for information disseminated by professional societies. These groups will often publish useful statistics on salaries, working conditions, and other information about the field. For instance, the NSAand AICPA are both professional societies for Accountants. Whatever sources you use should be credible and professional or academic-based. Do not consult sources such as Wikipedia, Ask, or other sites whose information might not be reliable.

You might also consider interviewing someone who currently works in this field although that is not a requirement of the assignment.

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1 In writing about the company in this assignment, you should feel free to make up a company name.
2 You must use this website in your research.

1. You have been asked to draft a corporate usage policy regarding the use of instant messaging. The policy should encourage the use of IM and chat while also providing useful guidance to avoid potential problems. What would you say in the policy?
2. Using a Microsoft Word document, please post one federal and one state statute utilizing standard legal notation and a hyperlink to each statute.
3. In the same document, please post one federal and one state case using standard legal notation and a hyperlink to each case.

It should be plagiarism free. Need to be in APA format and each question should have a minimum of 450 to 500 words and every question should have citations/ references. Indicate at least one source or reference for every question on your original post. You can use your textbook or current research articles.

Use the Internet to research employment tests (i.e., drug tests, medical examinations, polygraphs or honest tests, and scored tests of ability). Be prepared to discuss.

Employment Tests, Hiring and Promotion Decisions” Please respond to the following:

Using the e-Activity, choose two (2) of the following employment tests: drug tests, medical examinations, polygraphs or honesty tests, and scored test of ability. Next, analyze the manner in which the testing itself could be considered illegal when an organization does not properly use it during the employment hiring process. Justify your response.

Give your opinion of the purpose of the Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ), as discussed within the text. Then, suggest two (2) occupations where the discriminatory requirement is legal. Justify your response.Use the Internet or the Strayer Library to research employment tests (i.e., drug tests, medical examinations, polygraphs or honest tests, and scored tests of ability). Be prepared to discuss.

Employment Tests, Hiring and Promotion Decisions” Please respond to the following:

Using the e-Activity, choose two (2) of the following employment tests: drug tests, medical examinations, polygraphs or honesty tests, and scored test of ability. Next, analyze the manner in which the testing itself could be considered illegal when an organization does not properly use it during the employment hiring process. Justify your response.

Give your opinion of the purpose of the Bona Fide Occupational Qualification (BFOQ), as discussed within the text. Then, suggest two (2) occupations where the discriminatory requirement is legal. Justify your response.

Assume the role of a human resources (HR)
consultant. Unsure of legal obligations in designing a total compensation plan,
a client has asked you to explain how certain laws and regulations affect total
compensation in their organization. The client’s organization employs 200
people, is a federal contractor, and operates in the biotech industry.

• Write
  a 350- to 700-word paper providing examples of laws and regulations influencing
  total compensation.

• Analyze
  similarities and differences in total compensation between this organization
  and other organizations in different markets.

• Provide
  at least two examples that illustrate such similarities and differences.

  Format
  your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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