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These proposals should be around 2 solid paragraphs (10-15 sentences) of college-level sentences. The proposals should include the following:
Are you creating an e-commerce site or a non-profit site?
Who is your target audience?
Where are you going to get your content (images, videos, text) from?
What are your goals?
What will visual/design components your website have? Be clear on what your purpose is, and ideas for logos, banners, fonts, colors will fall

into place.

You will need to include:
A banner–or header– image, or a Logo. This should appear on both/all pages.
a navigation bar, making sure that ONE of the links to an additional page works. The other menu items can be non-working. Additional menu items

will, however, be necessary to show what you are thinking of in terms of the site as a whole.

Also should include
(4) images
good content
(2) links, one external and one internal

 

Responding Nondefensively

 

After you have read through the directions for this assignment, watch the video “Responding Non defensively to Criticism.” (Links to an external site in the uploaded file + the transcript.). Note that the employee uses non-defensive communication skills in the light of being unfairly criticized. What an important communication skill to have!!! This is something that can easily happen in real life and it is important to know how you can better respond so a particular communication does not escalate into ill will.

After you have watched the video (video in the file+ the transcript), answer the three questions below. Write out each question in your paper before you answer it. Your response to each part should have at least 185 words (can be more). Flesh out your paper with definitions in your own words. Use specific references to the video.

Video: Responding Non-defensively to Criticism (Links to an external site in the uploaded file + the transcript.)(2:28 min.) Gibb categories (PREVENTING DEFENSIVENESS IN OTHERS, pages 349-355)

1. Which of the Gibb categories outlined in your text (page 349-355) does the boss exhibit when she criticizes the employee’s behavior?
2. Does the employee ever seem defensive during this discussion? How successful is her defensive reaction?
3. Why can it be a good idea to use non-defensive responses in the face of unjustified attacks, such as the way the boss unfairly blamed her employee for following store policy?

 

 

The Business and Financial Environment
Assignment Instructions
You are required to address the following:

1. You are required to identify and discuss the elements that make up an organisation’s macro and micro environment.
2. Discuss the role of social mediain the way businesses operate in the 21st century.
3. Assess your contribution to the group presentations in Term 1. Provide a reflection of why you failed the module.
4. Explain what you would do differently to improve the aspects youidentified to have contributed to the failure of the Module in Term 1.

The following assignment instructions provide a more detailed explanation of the requirements for your submission.

Details of the task
This assignment requires you to:

a) Demonstrate your knowledge and understanding of how business organisations monitor and respond to contemporary issues faced in their environment.

Support your argument with relevant evidence.
b) Demonstrate your understanding of the impact of the use of social media in the business world.
c) Support your answer in a) & b) above with academic references

 

 

A suggested structure for your report:
If you choose to structure the main body of your work in a different way, make sure you provide similar coverage of the material.
Introduction: 250 words
1. Introduce the key topics of the report. Provide background material/s which should make the purpose of the report relevant. You may find it

appropriate even at this early stage to use theoretical concepts.
2. Explain the purpose of the report. This should be phrased in the terms you would expect to use if the report was to be handed as a professional

consultancy report to the organisation concerned.
3. Outline the structure of your response.
4. Define any key terms (this might have been achieved in “1” above).
5. Be engaging and professional. By this, you should try to avoid the trap of starting the report with the words “in this report I am going to

…” or similar.
Main Body: 2500 words
This is where you discuss the main issues identified in the task in paragraphs as appropriate.
Keep the headings meaningful and informative. Remember that using the phrase “main body” is not an appropriate heading. The heading must signpost the

content beneath.

 

Conclusion: 250 words
This should:
1 Briefly refer back to your task
2 Summarise the key issues raised in sections 1 – 3 the main body.
3 Summarise your findings

It should not:
1. Contain any information that has not been discussed in the main body,
2. Summarise the topics covered – e.g. “this reportreviewed the operations undertaken and identified where improvements can be made.” without

summarising the actual content (a common mistake).
3. Contain any recommendations.

Care should be taken with grammar and spelling and your work should be referenced in accordance with Cite them Right.
Provide your word count at the end of the report:
If you prepare a good answer, you will probably find the word limit quite tight:
• Do make sure that all your content is relevant.
• Refer your reader to each appendix when discussing the associated concept.
• Remember: You are not just presenting information. You should try to persuade your reader that you are right.

 

Word Count.
Your word count should not include your title or reference list.
It should be provided at the end of your report. Provide an accurate word count. If your report does not appear to be of the correct length it will be

checked.

If you significantly exceed the word count, your work will be penalised, by the same percentage as the percentage by which the word count is exceeded.

If your work is significantly shorter, then you will probably have failed to provide the level of detail required.

Presentation
Your work should be word processed in accordance with the following:
• Font style, Lucida Sans, font size 12
• 1.5 line spacing.
• The page orientation should be ‘portrait’
• Margins on both sides of the page should be no less than 2.5 cm
• Pages should be numbered
• Your name should not appear on the script.
• Your student number should be included on every page.
Submission to Turnitin of Work Submitted for Assessment
Turnitin is an internet-based text matching service that has been developed by a commercial company. It is used, under license, by most UK

Universities, including the University of East London. Work that is submitted to Turnitin generates a Turnitin Originality report, showing which parts

of it have been reproduced from which sources. The system compares submissions to material that is to be found: on the world-wide web; in its database

of previous submissions; and in its growing number of databases of published articles. You should not assume that a Turnitin Originality report with a

low similarity index is evidence that the piece of work concerned is free from plagiarism.

Our policy on the use of Turnitin recognises the educational desirability that all of our students should enjoy the opportunity to self-submit their

work to Turnitin (before submitting for assessment). We also recognise that Turnitin Originality Reports will sometimes assist in the identification of

plagiarised work submitted for assessment.
Notice is hereby given that all submissions of reports for this Module must be submitted to Turnitin. Detailed guidance on how to submit your work to

Turnitin will be made available on this Module’s
Note
The material that you submit to Turnitin will be marked. The deadline applies so you are advised not to submit after 23.00pm, because it could take

some time for your submission to upload, and the delay could cause the work to be received after 23.55pm.
Moodle site.

 

Submissions that are late, but by less than 24 hours,will be accepted but will attract a 5%
penalty.Submissions that are between 24 hours and 7days late may be uploaded, but a mark will only be received if extenuation is granted. In these cases

you should seek advice from the student union without delay.

 

Please be aware that:

• Withdrawal from the module could result in your access to the Turnitin site being unavailable even if you have been reinstated to the module.

Please check that you have access to the site during working hours before the due date because you may need to contact your module leader to ask for the

link to be reinstated.

Please read the material in the assessment folder and save the document using the format for the name of the document as specified.
Assessment criteria

a) Quality of reflection 30%
b) Application of tools /theory/concepts relevant to the business environment40%
c) Overall presentation including referencing 20%
d) Structure 10%

Assessment criteria explained.
Quality of reflection
This must demonstrate lessons learned for why the module has to be retrieved. It must be critical and not just descriptive or defensive.

Application of tools /theory/concepts relevant the business environment

The accurate demonstration of the application of relevant concepts and tools as taught in the Module.

Overall presentation including referencing
This must include the writing style and referencing technique. Could this report be given to the company concerned? Would they consider it

demonstrates sufficient understanding of their particular situation?

Structure
This includes the layout of the argument in a logical and organised manner e.g. Introduction, Main body and Conclusion.

More detail regarding the assessment criteria and associated standards will be available on Moodle.

Assessment Standards
First
(70% or above) Ideas critically analysed
Argument is clear, succinct and well supported.
Evidence of a wide range of reading and some independent thought.
Upper second
(60-69%) Critical consideration of relevant ideas.
Arguments are precisely defined and appropriately referenced.
The work is structurally sound and well written.
Lower second
(50-59%) Reasonable understanding of the relevant concepts, but some inconsistencies in application.
Arguments are referenced, but disjointed.
Poor structure, spelling or grammar.
Third
(40-49%) Generally descriptive work with limited evidence of a critical consideration of ideas.
Inadequate referencing.
Weaknesses in structure, spelling and grammar.
Fail
(below 40%) Uncritical
Poorly referenced
Argument indicates little use of relevant literature.
Chaotic structure and generally badly written
No reference to theory

 

The point of protest (in theory) is to inspire change. Public protest are engrained into the fabric of the United States. Why then are some

protests implode (fail) while other explode (succeed)?
Group Task: (1) Research your assigned protest Removing Status Virginia. Create a glogster using documents, images, symbols and photographs

that showcase the following: Objective (Goal), Method (Passive Resistance/Active Resistance), Outcome
(2) Explain the effectiveness of your assigned protest: Short term effect. Long term effect, Legislation (proposed laws, rules).,

Inspiration.
(3) Identify an aspect of your assigned protest that led to its effectiveness or ineffectiveness. (a) If you identify your assigned protest

as effective, describe how the “Black Lives Matter” movement can adopt those strategies to further their cause.
(b) If you identify your assigned protest as ineffective, explain why the “Black Lives Matter” movement should avoid those strategies to

further their cause.

The News Media—Fair or Not? Paper #1
On this day in 2018 President Trump has announced he is handing out awards to news outlets that he considers unfair—The Fake News Awards.
Read the article below, recently written by Chris Tomlinson of the Houston Chronicle.
So for Paper #1 answer the following:
1. Tell me if you agree with his perspective, and why.
2. If you don’t agree, tell me why.
Only You Can Fight Fake News
Hundreds, maybe thousands, of deliberately false stories populated the internet within hours of the Las Vegas massacre.
As the death toll mounted, provocateurs used social media and online advertising to spread lies, some of which will linger for weeks, months or even

years to come.
Why? What do the authors of these fictions hope to accomplish? Some people are just jerks that want to stir up trouble, others make money off the

clicks and many are foreign agents deliberately trying to divide Americans to create political instability.
After all, foreign governments trying to meddle with American society don’t need to take a side or even make sense. After President Donald Trump

blasted NFL players who are protesting racism, Russian agents tweeted messages both supporting and condemning the protesters, according to

Republican Sen. James Lankford, an Oklahoman who sits on the Homeland Security Committee.
Hopefully we’ll learn more about these trolls as Google, Facebook and Twitter agree to share the data they’ve collected from ads bought by suspected

foreign agents during last year’s presidential election. Just as military commanders review the battlefield tactics of potential enemies,

understanding our enemy’s information operations will help us boost our defenses.
When I say us, by the way, I mean you and me. The government is not allowed to shut down free speech under the First Amendment, thank goodness, so

the consumers of news must learn to identify and ignore fake news.
Fake news, by the way, is not when a commentator has an opinion or analysis that you disagree with. Fake news is when the Islamic State claims that

the Las Vegas shooter pledged allegiance to the terrorist organization. Or that the FBI is hiding the shooter’s true identity for some ridiculous

reason. Or a Russian Facebook ad shows a black woman doing the shooting in Las Vegas.
The best advice is an adage I learned in elementary school. Consider the source.
A professional journalist’s reputation relies on providing the most complete version of events day after day. Good journalists provide attribution

for the facts and quotes they provide so that readers can check their work. Professionals also publish corrections when they make mistakes.
Professional journalists are also public figures. We use our real names, work at locations with real street addresses and even provide email

addresses and phone numbers for readers to contact us. We also sell our product, understanding the connection between our accuracy and our revenue.
The Houston Chronicle is profitable, by the way, and not going anywhere, which is another indication of reliability. Why would you believe a month-

old Twitter account over a 116-year-old newspaper?
Last week, I wrote about how social media companies needed to wake up to their responsibility to edit ads that appear on their websites. I pointed

out that newspapers know their credibility is tied not only to their journalism, but also to their advertising.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg announced Monday that the company would hire 1,000 more reviewers to improve the quality of the ads displayed on

customers’ pages. Hopefully more companies will follow suit and congressional action will not be required.
RELATED: Loss of internet data privacy should concern business, consumers
The ultimate responsibility for what ideas enter our minds, though, rests with us. We need to maintain a healthy diet of fact-based reporting,

informed commentary and not indulge those who would appeal to the darker demons of human nature.
Keeping ourselves better informed might be the most patriotic thing an American can do right now.

“How did the ADA or the American’s with Disabilities Act provide more access for the Deaf Community?” The ADA is national civil rights law that provides for certain access and accommodations. For example, this law provides for members of the Deaf community the ability to request for an accommodation in certain cases. They can ask for an ASL Interpreter for a doctor’s appointment, or for a legal court setting, etc. The doctors office and or the government court is responsible for providing the interpreter under the ADA. How has this helped this community?

In addition, how did this affect any family related issues relating to Deafness and access to American Sign Language and or ASL Interpreting/Interpreters Services. For example, in the past often times family members may have been asked to interpret for their parents. Under ADA the parents could now ask for an ASL interpreter. Compare how things were in the past to how things became better after the ADA.

C o-op Work Term Report – consisting of a cover page, table of contents, and pictures (if approved
by your employer), in addition to 3-5 pages of double-spaced text. -A brief overview of the company
describing the products and/or services it supplies; ‘ Provide a description of your major duties and
activities, mention in detail any specific projects that you worked on, skills that you developed or
enhanced, meetings and conferences attended and other professional development: ‘ Review your
Learning Objectives for the work term; these were created under the Learning Objectives tab the
start of your work term – explain how you met these objectives, what additional knowledge and
skills you believe you acquired and how has this co-op job influenced your career goals; ‘ State
anything that is pertinent to the work experience that would benefit your Co~op Consultant for
future student work terms. 1 page of (3 Learning Objectives + Employer Evaluation) and 3 pages of
Co-op Work Term Report, please The website of company is https://What3words.com/ and my
college course is computer programmer

American Government
Research a political interest group and analyze the group’s role in a current political event.

Managers need to be able to effectively manage change within organizations in order to mitigate the negative impact of the change on individuals

and the organization. In this assignment, you will examine how organizational change causes stress for individuals and recommend ways managers

can mitigate the stress to their employees.
Research methods of working through organizational change and employee stress using your textbook, the Argosy University online library

resources, and the Internet.
Respond to the following:
• What are some causes of stress among employees when organizational change happens?
• How can managers help mitigate that stress?
***Please note that the format is APA style.

EDL 892B: Week 3: Assignment 7: Outlining the Literature Review

Create an Outline of the Review of the Literature
This outline should include all the major headings and subheadings to be used in the literature review. Its purpose is to make the paper coherent, to keep you focused on the topics under discussion, and to help you organize the large volume of material you will be using. This 1-2 page outline should be organized in a funnel structure. (See “Writing a Review of the literature” from Week 1.)
Academic source(2012-2017). Dear writer: Academic sources will be at your discrepancy, but not older than 5 years.