Level of study: Master degree
Write a REPORT which explains the demand and supply factors discussed in the “Gibson Dry Market Report May 2015”. Use table 4.1 p.136 of book “maritime economics” written by Martin Stopford
Structure:
Executive Summary
Introduction
main findings
Conclusion
A. Introduction
1. Does the introduction grab the reader’s attention?
2. Does the introduction gradually lead into the thesis statement?
3. Is the thesis statement towards the end of the first paragraph?
4. Does the intro clearly state the thesis and does it include a brief summary of the main points?
B. Body
1. Is the information in your background paragraphs appropriate?
2. Are your points/paragraphs logically organized to create a coherent, convincing argument?
3. Does each body paragraph include a topic sentence?
4. Do body paragraphs clearly support the topic sentences?
5. Does the paper include transitions between ideas and supporting details, as well as between paragraphs?
C. Conclusion
1. Does it sum up the paper in a concise manner?
III. PAPER STYLE/MECHANICS:
1. Is the wording clear and precise?
2. Does the essay flow? (e.g., transitions between points and paragraphs, varied sentence structure, etc.)
3. Is the tone and style your own?
4. Does the paper contain well-formed sentences and well-formed paragraphs?
5. Is the paper well-edited (i.e. checked for spelling, grammar, punctuation, subject/verb agreement)?
6. Are quotes introduced properly?
7. Are the quotes used effectively? (i.e. to enhance a point, not to speak for itself?)
8. Is there an appropriate use of quotes? (i.e. not over or under-used?)
9. Are all of your sources cited in your endnotes?
10. Are all of your endnotes done correctly?
11. Does your paper include both endnotes and a bibliography?
12. Did you use a range of sources (i.e. not overly dependent on 1-2 sources)?
13. Did you use at least the required number of sources (3)?
14. Is the bibliography done correctly?
15. Did you follow the formatting instructions for your paper in the syllabus?
16. Did you define foreign language terms in English?
17. Does your paper meet or exceed the minimum length requirements?
the book one of the sources
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Coursework Regulations
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2 Details of submission procedures and penalty fees can be obtained from Academic Administration or the general student handbook.
3 Late coursework will be accepted by Academic Administration Office and marked according to the guidelines given in your Student Handbook for this year.
4 If you need an extension (even for one day) for a valid reason, you must request one, using a coursework extension request form available from the Academic Administration Office. Do not ask the lecturers responsible for the course – they are not authorised to award an extension. The completed form must be accompanied by evidence such as a medical certificate in the event of you being sick.
5 General guidelines for submission of coursework:
a) All work must be word-processed and must be of “good” standard.
b) Document margins shall not be more than 2.5cm or less than 1.5cm
c) Font size in the range of 11 to 14 points distributed to including headings and body text. Preferred typeface to be of a common standard such as Arial or Times New Roman for the main text.
d) Any computer files generated such as programme code (software), graphic files that form part of the course work must be submitted either online with the documentation.
e) The copy of the course work submitted may not be returned to you after marking and you are advised to have your personal copy for your reference.
f) All work completed, including any software constructed may not be used for any purpose other than the purpose of intended study
The paper should be based on market study and market potential based on growth in population and growth in employment. The need for more rentals and ones that are more economical, top quality for less money. review (information on other rentals in the area, the competition, some demographic stats and just some basic info) and if you could please do some internet research as well.
Identify key problems;
Develop and evaluate alternative courses of action, and;
Select a course of action and suggest appropriate strategies and tactics to accomplish the chosen course of action.
Analyzing the Current Situation – The proper context must be established for the case analysis. You should summarize key environmental factors such as industry trends, level of competitiveness, customer perceptions, legal considerations, and evolving technology at the outset of their analysis. Often, it is enlightening to summarize the external environment in terms of opportunities and threats to the firm being studied. There should also be some assessment of the internal environment of the firm in terms of strengths and weaknesses. Assumptions are frequently made in case analyses, and your interpretations of the current operating environment are crucial in determining the validity of these assumptions.
Identification of Key Problems – Sales management is not practiced in discrete sub-functions, and most of the cases are related to several functional areas. I encourage a problem definition that encompasses the interactive nature of sales management decision making. Ensue you are identifying the underlying problem and not just the symptoms of this problem.
Identify and Evaluate Alternatives – You will develop reasonable alternatives and evaluate them in terms of feasibility, projected costs advantages, disadvantages, and potential short term and long term consequences. Make sure you are not proposing utopian solutions that would be financially impossible to justify. On occasion, an analysis will generate a solution with only one reasonable alternative and offer several other pitifully weak alternatives in an attempt to make it appear that rational analysis has taken place. I feel that the cases generate more
than one alternative on almost all the issues presented and that you should be expected to describe more than a single alternative.
Select a Course of Action – A course of action should be explicitly stated and the appropriate strategies and tactics to accomplish the chosen course should be discussed. Often, charting a course of action can be a difficult job, but implementation is the true challenge. Since you will be stopping short of the actual implementation, you should be aggressive in your case analysis to produce a workable action plan that would have a reasonable probability of success in the implementation phase.
This assignment represents 25% of your grade. The length requirement (2,000 to 2,500 words) only applies to the body of your document – the title page, addendums, reference pages, and similar examples will not count towards the length of your assignment. I expect you o use at least four other sources besides your textbook.
TOMS
Focus of Case Study is to analyze TOMS from several different perspectives. This is your opportunity to apply the theory to a real world organization. Review the various links to uncover the TOMS One-for-One model difference. You may also conduct your own research on the company to gather insight.
You will then be required to write a minimum of 3-pages (APA formated- no abstract required) analyzing TOMS and providing insight into the company in key areas. Your goal is to write about what makes TOMS different in each of the areas listed below:
• Company Culture
• Vision/Mission
• Company Values
• Work Life Balance
• Work Groups and Teams
• Organizational Design and Structure
Leadership Influence
have been very influential in Asian history as a way of disseminating ideas to a large audience. Select and read one of the books listed in the syllabus approved reading list. You will write a 1050-1400 word (3-4 pages) book analysis requiring you to historically analyze the book. This is not a book report; do not write a synopsis of what the author wrote. I want you to pick one or two aspects of the book that you found significant and analyze why you believe it/they are important to your understanding of a particular aspect of Asian history. For your book analysis you must only use as your source citations information from the book that you chose from the assigned reading list and pertinent information from your text book by Hailstorck, Delparto, Neulander, Interpreting The Asian Past. Do not use any other print or electronic sources for the book analysis assignment.
Your papers will be formatted as follows:
1. A cover sheet with your name, my name, date, your class time, title of the assignment, a signed statement of the ODU Honor Code, and a word count of the paper. Papers must be stapled in the upper left hand corner. Please do not put papers in a folder or any other fancy cover.
2. Each page will be double-spaced, (do not double space twice between paragraphs), 1” margins, 12 point font, Times New Roman. The cover page, works cited page, bibliography page, and any charts/graphs/picture captions, etc. do not count in the word requirement. Papers with less than 700 words for the research paper and 1050 words for the book analysis will receive an automatic F.
3. Bibliography page of at least 3 sources for the research paper. Do not use all-purpose encyclopedias whether in print or electronic form, or class notes as sources for your papers.
4. You must use the Chicago Style method of documentation in all your written assignments. You must use endnotes for your source citations. The Chicago Style Documentation Guide can be found in Blackboard under “Course Documents,”
Brilliant ideas and analyses are not persuasive unless they are intelligently presented and argued; therefore, grammar, punctuation, spelling, and the coherence of your writing are important and will be graded. When you write your papers assume you are writing for a general audience with no prior knowledge about your subject material. Remember, you must define any foreign language terms in English.
Any unusual or uncommon fact, idea or concept that you obtain from a source must be documented. Since all of you are covering an area of history that is uncommon to you, most of your paraphrased information will need to be cited. However, commonly known facts, do not have to be documented. Direct quotations must always be documented and in quotation marks. Do not quote excessively! (Excessively means that more than 10% of the paper is quotes.) When in doubt cite your work! Using ideas or quotes without documentation is plagiarizing and grounds for an “F” for the course and possible academic sanction by the dean. The rule of thumb is that if you borrow a phrase of more than three words from a source put it in quotes and document it.
Here is the criteria I use to grade a paper:
I. CONTENT:
1. Is your thesis statement analytical and does it show originality of thought?
2. Strength/Quality of the thesis statement?
3. Do you cover the major issues relevant to your topic?
4. Do you use examples and specific details to support your thesis?
5. Does the paper include sufficient documentation to support your position?
6. Is the information discussed in enough detail?
7. Are your information and conclusions accurate?
8. Are your thesis & arguments well-developed in the body of the paper?
Read the Instructions Carefully- your mark depends on it!!!
What we want to see in your essay
We will be looking for the following three elements:
1. Demonstrated familiarity with assigned reading
The primary purpose of these assignments is to analyze the arguments in the reading. Papers MUST demonstrate familiarity with the assigned reading relevant to your topic. Papers must make reflective and accurate reference to the views presented in that reading. Papers that appear to be put together from class notes and slides alone are unsatisfactory (but please use your notes and review the slides as well!).
One way to demonstrate familiarity with assigned reading is to quote from it; all quotes require appropriate citation (page numbers, source title). Note that using direct quotes without proper attribution constitutes plagiarism.
This paper should be entirely in your own words (except for quotes from the primary text), demonstrating your understanding of the material. If you happened to developed an idea while reading an outside source and want to use that idea in your essay, even if your idea is not identical to what you read, you need to cite that source as well (this is not simply to avoid the appearances of plagiarism; it is also the standard practice in academic writing) You can find the Toronto guide on how not to plagiarize here: http://www.writing.utoronto.ca/advice/using-sources/how-not-to- plagiarize
2. Critical awareness
Essays must also demonstrate critical awareness; that is, arguments and potential counter-arguments must be presented. An argument is a piece of reasoning; it is not simply a conclusion. An argument consists of a conclusion and reasons for that conclusion. Without the supporting reasoning, the argument has simply not been stated. Thus, in a philosophy essay, never say simply “So-and-so thought such- and-such (significant conclusion)”; always say “So-and-so thought such-and-such because … ” and then lay out So-and-so’s reasons.
I am assigning this essay so you can demonstrate skill and clarity in marshaling, presenting, and criticizing arguments. You are NOT expected to present “new” positions or break any new ground (please refrain from attempting to do so here). You are NOT required to “state your own views” (unless specifically noted in the particular essay topic instructions).
3. Clear writing (Reasonable, but not perfect, English skills are important)

Formal class essays must demonstrate competent English writing skills. Correct grammar, spelling, etc. are essential to communicating your thoughts. Numerous grammar and spelling mistakes make your writing less clear, and thus negatively affect your grade.
Please be especially careful to AVOID:
• Misspellings of authors’ names
• Misspellings of contractions
• Misspellings of the following words: affect, argument, believe, causal, conceive, conscious, consistency, definition, effect, empirical, existence, inherent, it’s, its, knowledge, necessary, occurrence, phenomenon (singular), phenomena (plural), philosophy, soul, supersede, than, then, their, there, they’re
• Errors in subject-predicate agreement
• Run-on sentences
• Sentence fragments
• Misuse of the apostrophe
Remember your audience!
The imaginary “audience” for your writing is a bright teen-ager, or an ordinary adult not educated in philosophy – someone who knows nothing about the subject matter but can follow an argument. Imagine you are a lawyer writing for the jury (not for other lawyers). Define all technical terms, use plain English and straightforward sentences.
Formatting & Submission Instructions
Submission:
Essay 1 is due to TurnItIn by 12:59pm (before the first Tutorial) on Friday Oct 16th.
Either bring a paper copy of your essay to your Tutorial on Oct 16th and/or send your TA an electronic copy- whichever he requests.
Late papers will be lowered 1/3 of a letter grade for each day late, unless you are in the hospital, in jail, or trapped under something heavy for days.
Formatting:
Your essay should have your student number and TA’s name in the header of every page. To make your paper readable, please stay close to the following:
• 12 point Times New Roman font.
• Margins set at 1.25” Right, 1.25” Left, 1” Top, 1” Bottom. (this leaves your TA room to
write comments on your paper.
• Double-space the text!
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Very Important:
Word limits have a purpose! Essays should be 1,250 – 1,750 wds in length (~4-6pgs). Put the word count at the bottom of your essay before the “References” section (the word count does not include the “References” section). Please be advised, your TA will stop reading your essay after the 1750th word, so be concise. This is not a joke. Your TA has approximately 10 days to read very carefully through approximately 60 of your classmates papers and give helpful, instructive, comments on each . Word counts are strictly limited to allow you ample space to answer the questions asked in the writing prompts and limit “grading fatigue” so that each student receives the best feedback possible from their TA. Students who go beyond the word count are in essence taking more than their share of their TA’s mental effort- word limits make the grading process as fair as possible for all students.
Essay 1 is worth 20% of your total grade.
Essay 1 Topics
Suggestions for how much time to spend on each part of the writing assignment are given in parenthesis [ (short), (longer), etc.].
Topic 1. Dennett, “Where Am I?”
Part 1 (short): Briefly describe Dennett’s “Where Am I?” (make sure to only include details of the story that will be relevant to decisions about the location of Dennett’s self as you will examine it in the sections below.)
Part 2 (short): Dennett entertains at least four possible locations for “himself”: a) where his brain is
b) where his body is
c) wherehispointofviewis
d) both where his brain and his body are (2 places at once)
Briefly explain (state in your own words) the reasons Dennett gives for treating each of these four places as possible locations for his “self”.
Part 3 (longer): Explain which (if any) of the views of the self that we have discussed in class would correspond or conflict with choosing each of these four locations as the location of Dennett’s self. (In part 3 your should say something about each of the locations a-d.)
Part 4 (longer): Your thoughts! Which of options a-d above do you think is the best candidate for the location of Dennett’s self? Explain why you choose that location over the others (that is, give your reasons for thinking it is the best answer). If you think all options a-d have equal merit, explain why you think that is the case.
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Topic 2: Williams, “The Self and the Future”
Williams’ article contains two cases:
a) First case: a machine that allows people to “change bodies”
b) Second case: an evil tyrant has you in his power, and is telling you about bad things he will do
to you soon.
Part 1: Describe both of these example cases (short), and the intuitions that Williams thinks each of them supports (medium). Be concise in your description and only include points relevant to the questions asked in the writing prompt.
Part 2: Williams points out that there is a difference between these cases, but that it doesn’t seem to be a significant difference.
State what this difference is and why Williams thinks it doesn’t matter. (medium)
Part 3 (answer in two steps- 3a &3b below): Here you will explain what you would choose (that is, which you think is the right choice) if presented with the options given in the ‘body switching’ example.
You and some lucky/unlucky individual B will be put into the machine Williams describes in the first case. Afterwards, one of the resulting people will have a moderate headache, and the other one will receive millions of dollars. The decision of which person gets which treatment is completely up to you before the procedure.
3a (very short): Before the procedure, you are in Body A. State which you would choose:
i. After the procedure, the A-body person gets the money, and the B-body person gets a
moderate headache.
ii. After the procedure, the B-body person gets the money, and the A-body person gets a
moderate headache.
3b Your Thoughts! (longer): Why do you make the choice that you make? What are your reasons?
Topic 3: Williams & Parfit- Surviving the Teletransporter
Part 1: The Standard Teletransporter:
Suppose that you enter a cubicle in which, when you press a button, a scanner records the states of all the cells in your brain and body, destroying both while doing so. This information is then transmitted at the speed of light to some other planet, where a replicator produces a perfect organic copy of you. Since the brain of your Replica is exactly like yours, it will seem to remember living your life up to the moment when you pressed the button, its character will be just like yours, and it will be in every other way psychologically continuous with you.
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(Topic 3: Williams & Parfit- Surviving the Teletransporter, continued) Do you survive the teletransportation process?
Explain how Williams and Parfit would view this problem. What would each take to be the relevant factors to decide whether or not you have survived? (medium)
Part 2 (answer in two steps- 2a & 2b below): The Slightly Delayed Teletransporter:
When you press the button, your body will not be destroyed right away. In fact, you are able to talk to the duplicate via satellites for a few minutes while they warm up the disintegrator. (The technology itself doesn’t require that your body be destroyed, you see, but it has to be destroyed for legal reasons).
2a: (longer) Would either Parfit or Williams have a different view of whether and/or in what way you survive this variation of teletransportation than they would in the non-delayed version? Explain the differences, if there are any.
2b: (medium) Your Thoughts! Explain how you would view this variation on the problem. What do you take to be the relevant factors to decide whether or not you have survived the transporter with the “slight delay”
My subject area is COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT – but put public relations in subject area because I couldn’t find anything else that closely resembled COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT.
The essay would need to focus mainly on CREATIVITY of COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT in America, maybe some Indigenous content/examples too. Ref must be university standard, Journals ok (Community Development Journal)
reflect on how you, as a teacher would use teaching strategies – multi-sensory, over learning, structured and sequential teaching strategies -to support inclusion for dyslexic children with phonological processing difficulties and children with dyscalculia in the mainstream British primary classroom.
The essay must conclude
An introductory paragraph, which provides a rationale for your choice of focus and states your intended professional development outcomes for the essay, and
• A concluding paragraph, in which you reflect on your work within the context of your stated intended outcomes.
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