Explain why training is such a critical factor in expatriate success.
Please refer to the “Case Study” below and complete Part 3. (3 pages)
Background:
Fit 4 Life is a fitness chain throughout the United States. They recently decided to open up four new gyms in Florence, Italy, with the objective of growing the organization globally and establishing an international presence.
The premise of Fit 4 Life’s strategy is that clients use gyms as a social event. They promote clubs, small groups and large events throughout the month to encourage clients to come together socially as well as to work out. Each club has a general manager and 3-5 fitness instructors who provide support for the clients and the events.
The organization has decided to use this expansion as a pilot project and if all goes well, they will consider spreading out across Europe and South America. This is a strategic endeavor, so it is important that the organization finds an effective formula to operate successfully in the global arena.
The organization has hired you to provide consultation on how they should proceed.
Part 3 (Due at the end of Week 7)
This assignment allows you to demonstrate mastery of the course outcomes 1 and 4:
⦁ Demonstrate the inter-cultural competencies of an effective citizen
⦁ Analyze and assess global human resource policies, practices, and functions in order to meet an organization’s goals and objectives while maintaining the values and traditions of the local culture
The organization has hired four general managers. The success of these managers is vital to ensure the success of the expansion into the international market. You are asked to propose the content and format of a 3 day training program for the new managers. Typically, this will consist of some pre-departure training, as well as some in country training upon arrival.
Your task is to put together a proposal for the training program. Your proposal should include three sections:
⦁ Importance of Training. Explain why training is such a critical factor in expatriate success. Present an argument for this, using literature and statistics. See: “Learn to support your arguments” in week 7 readings (file attached).
⦁ Importance of Intercultural Competency. Describe intercultural competency and why it is important for these managers. How are you going to assess intercultural competency?
How are you going to include this in the training?
⦁ Proposal for 3 day training. Create an agenda for three days of training. Include topics to be addressed and rationale. See example:
Day Topic Rationale
1 Introduction to Fit 4 Life Managers need to know background and history of organization in order to create organizational culture in the new clubs (Shumer, 2019).
Use at least three course resources for this assignment.
Describe in a sentence or two the important movements of the variable in the table and graph.
⦁ Week 9 Assignment – Economic Principles – Macroeconomics
Overview
It is important to be able to convey your understanding of macroeconomic concepts by communicating them to others. In the workplace you might do this by writing papers or reports (as you did for the Week 5 assignment) or creating presentations for your team, manager, or clients. For this assignment, you will develop a final report.
⦁ Use the ⦁ Week 9 Macroeconomic Paper Template [DOCX] to help you get started.
For this final report assignment, you can use the same industry you selected for the Week 3 assignment, or you can select another industry.
⦁ Prepare a 2–3 page final report in which you examine one of the macroeconomic variables below:
⦁ Real Gross Domestic Product (GDP).
⦁ The unemployment rate.
⦁ The inflation rate.
Instructions
Choose an industry that interests you. (Remember, an industry is not a company. An industry is a group of companies doing the same thing. Ford is a company. Automobile manufacturing is an industry.)
- Do research on your industry. In a few short paragraphs, describe your selected industry.
⦁ Be sure to write in your own words.
⦁ Identify the goods and/or services the industry provides.
⦁ Identify some of the major companies in this industry.
⦁ Add anything else about the industry that you think is interesting.
⦁ Keep track of your sources by copying their Internet addresses (URLs). You can paste these URLs at the end of your paper as your references. - Select one of three macroeconomic variables (real GDP, the unemployment rate, or the inflation rate) that a businessperson in your chosen industry should monitor, and explain why that variable is important and how it might have an impact on your selected industry.
- Describe in a sentence or two the important movements of the variable in the table and graph.
⦁ Excel tables and graphs are attached for each of the three macroeconomic variables (real GDP, the unemployment rate, and the inflation rate).
⦁ Review the Excel table and graph for the macroeconomic variable that you chose. - Summarize how you think this industry will perform in the future.
⦁ Be sure to provide support for your prediction of this future industry performance. - Your report should include a minimum of two references/citations in the text.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Resources to Complete the Assignment
Week 9 Macroeconomics Assignment Aid With Excel Examples [DOCX].
Statista⦁ .
This assignment is aligned to this course outcome:
⦁ Apply macroeconomic concepts to current and personal economic events and decisions.
Discuss the counterargument and explain why the side you have chosen to argue is the stronger position.
Research Paper: Ethics + Personal Responsibility
ASSIGNMENT SHEET
POINT:
The Research Paper is worth 150 points.
Below the list of source entries, write a list of in-text citation parentheticals to show how you would write a correct parenthetical for each source on your list. (You will need to delete those when you copy/paste your source entries into your final Research Paper draft, of course.) You do NOT need to include sentences with the parentheticals. I will give feedback on the source entries and parentheticals that you can use to correct the source documentation on your Research Paper before it is due. **NOTE: An example of what your Preliminary Works Cited assignment should look like is posted by the link you’ll use to submit it.
LENGTH REQUIREMENT FOR THE RP:
The final draft of the Research Paper must be a minimum of 5 FULL pages PLUS a works cited page that is NOT part of your minimum page length requirement. The maximum length of the paper is 7 pages. You are welcome (and encouraged) to use visual images in your paper, but they will not count as part of your page length. Any research paper that is shorter than 4 FULL pages will receive a ZERO. Papers that are longer than 4 pages but shorter than 5 full pages will receive a significant point deduction.
SOURCE REQUIREMENTS:
The paper must have at least 5 SOURCES and no more than 7. At least TWO sources must be print sources OR database sources (journal articles) from the Dallas College library site. ALL sources must be credible – no Wikipedia, blogs, etc.
The paper must not have ANY plagiarism of any kind; all source information must be referenced in the text of your essay AND on the works cited page. You must have in-text citations, at least some of which must be parentheticals. All in-text citations should match the 1st word or words of your works cited page source entries. No source should be in the works cited page list unless it is used in the essay’s text, and all in-text citations must have full, 9th edition MLA source information written on the works cited page. Whether you are paraphrasing or using direct quotes, you must include citations that give credit to every source that provides the information you are including. Failing to do so will result in a ZERO for the paper. There will be no second chances for plagiarism in the research paper! Remember that just listing URL’s does not count as documenting sources.
NOTE: Papers that have no direct quotes will not earn a passing grade. Papers that have no in-text citation parentheticals will not earn a passing grade. Papers that do not have a works cited page (or that have a works cited page that is not in MLA 8/9 style) will not earn a passing grade.
ASSIGNMENT DETAILS:
Write an argument about a debatable ethical issue. What responsibility do people have related to the debate? What will the consequences be if one choice is made over the others? The topic must be debatable, which means there will be two or more reasonable, valid sides to take; you will choose one side to argue and persuade readers that the position you are taking is the best, most responsible one. Be creative with your evidence and your appeals. You should use a combination of facts and personal experiences and insights to explain your points to your readers. Your paper should NOT be merely a summary of research information; instead, you should use the research along with other evidence and appeals to explain and support your arguments.
CORE REQUIREMENTS:
Introduction should give a thorough explanation and background of the topic. Explain the ethical situation so readers can see where the point of contention is and the possible sides to take.
Conclude your introductory paragraph with a strong claim statement that indicates your position and includes “should” or “must” in the statement. The claim statement must be debatable, clear, and specific. Just from reading the claim, readers should be clear about the stance you are taking on the argument and what it is you will be persuading them to agree with.
The body of the essay should persuasively argue for your position on the ethical issue with logical reasoning. Avoid fallacies and don’t over-generalize or over-simplify.
Develop your argument with credible support. Evidence should be reliable and authoritative. The essay should have a clear, cohesive structure that guides readers smoothly through the arguments you present and explains your reasoning in concise, persuasive language. Pay careful attention to word choice and tone. Do NOT use 2nd person “you.” First person is allowed if it suits the style of the paper.
Use appeals that will keep readers engaged and interested in your argument. Examples and anecdotes should be relevant and compelling. Remember to make your argument apply to a general audience and stress why it is that readers should care about the issue. Be creative and explore hidden arguments so that readers gain a complete understanding of the topic and your views on it. Avoid “skimming the surface” of the issue and instead take an in-depth look at the ethics of the debate.
Discuss the counterargument and explain why the side you have chosen to argue is the stronger position. The discussion of the counterargument should identify the various positions in the ethical debate and explain the assumptions, contexts, and consequences for each. Use concessions and/or qualifiers to establish yourself as an expert who has a full understanding of all sides of the issue.
Do not let research overtake your paper. The main voice should be your own, and research should be used as support and clarification.
Write a strong conclusion that leaves readers with a clear impression of why they should agree with you and why they should care about your chosen topic.
Proofread carefully and then proofread again. Throughout the writing process, you should be revising and editing your work to make it as strong and effective as possible. Be concise. Be creative. Be clear.
Note that some subjects are off-limits: the legalization of marijuana, abortion, and social media. You can only write about gun control or immigration if you choose ONE specific angle to argue. For example, you cannot argue that guns should be allowed or banned or that gun control is good or bad, but you could argue specifically for or against certain types of guns, gun control requirements, open or concealed carry laws, etc. When you cover broad topics like these, it’s important to make your argument narrower and more specific so you can look at it in-depth. If you would like to write about something related to an off-limits topic, be sure it is specific enough and email me to discuss it. For a list of other topics that are not recommended and more details about choosing good topics, read the Research Paper Topic Information document posted in our course.
Discuss your measurable evaluation methods (indicators/metrics).
Write the following sections that are still left to complete in the template for your paper and submit them for review. This will allow you to receive feedback before submitting your final draft in week 8. Your submission should be at least 2 pages in length and should be written in APA (6th ed.) format.
Actual Outcomes/Evaluation: Discuss your measurable evaluation methods (indicators/metrics). Include any of the following that are applicable to your project: cost savings, improved efficiencies, access to care (visits/procedures/admissions), patient/family satisfaction, associate satisfaction, associate engagement, retention, clinical outcomes, injury prevention, and risk reduction.
Summary and Conclusions: Include a summary of your change project, the main points and findings, the significance of the project to the nursing profession, and any recommendations for future research. You should also focus on the lessons learned implementing your change project, including successes, challenges, obstacles, and future recommendations for similar clinical situations.
How can you apply what you have learned about this entrepreneur to your own life?
LH301 Course Project: Topic: Entrepreneur: Who Would You Like to Learn More About?
Project: Create a PowerPoint presentation on an entrepreneur of your choice. This person should be an entrepreneur you admire for the contribution made to America’s development as a nation. The person could have lived during the post-civil war period. This person can also be someone who is alive today, but who you believe will be viewed as a great contributor to America’s history. The presentation should be 4 to 5 minutes.
Worth 100 points
Here are some suggestions:
Bill Gates
Oprah Winfrey
Larry Page
Daymond John (or any legendary black entrepreneur)
Madam C.J. Walker
Suggested resources:
investopedia.com/articles/personal-finance/092315/top-5-most-successful-american-entrepreneurs.asp
https://www.investopedia.com/legendary-black-entrepreneurs-5112876
Write your course project and design a PowerPoint Presentation to include the following information:
Select an entrepreneur you most admire. The entrepreneur can be any individual from the post civil war period until today.
Identify the company or organization the entrepreneur is associated with and inform your audience. Briefly summarize what the business does or key information you believe would interest your audience.
Provide three of the most important reasons why you selected the specific entrepreneur.
(identify specific contributions the entrepreneur is known for and other reasons you might have that helped attract you to learning more about this person)
Identify two of the most important personal qualities that contributed to your entrepreneur’s success? (In other words, what were some of the most important reasons why the individual was successful? i.e. innovative, positive work ethic, never giving up)
In studying and researching the individual’s life’s story, did the individual have any challenges to overcome? Did you uncover any weaknesses about this individual? Explain.
How can you apply what you have learned about this entrepreneur to your own life?
Create a reference page according to APA style for your paper and PowerPoint presentation (make sure that you use citations in your paper and slides to show where the information has come from)
You are required to have detailed speaker notes on your slides.
What other leadership skills will you need to effectively manage the IT project in terms of diversity, effectiveness, and responsiveness?
Benchmark – Project Management Methodology Reflection
Assessment Description 10 slides
This is an individual submission assignment.
The project manager is required to understand the methodology of the project. Once this is clear and understood, the project manager can convey the project’s information to the entire project team, this information being the key to a successful project start.
Reflect on the work you did with your group for the “Selecting an IT Project Management Methodology” assignment and create a digital presentation, the link for which you will submit in a Microsoft Word document. With a PowerPoint digital presentation, answer the following:
Which project management methodology did your team choose? Provide a rationale for its effectiveness in managing your IT project. SCRUM WAS CHOSEN
How does your team’s chosen project management methodology effectively support the IT project vision statement? Provide an example of how this methodology will help you communicate the IT vision statement.
Project Proposal – On-premises Data Center Upgrade & Cloud Migration
Vision Statement.
The project team updates the current on-premises data then migrates it to a cloud provider, ensuring optimal functionality throughout the migration, and resulting in increased data access and security.
What other leadership skills will you need to effectively manage the IT project in terms of diversity, effectiveness, and responsiveness? Provide one specific example for each.
Explain how this technology does (or should) provide a social benefit.
In roughly 300 words, you will explain a new, “emerging” information technology or I.T. concept, describe how it benefits individuals or society writ large, and describe its actual and/or possible harms. In short:
What is it?
How is it good? What good comes from the use of this technology?
How is it bad? What harm comes from the use of this technology?
What can you write about?
The technology or concept you write about must be something relatively current and even forward-looking. Some examples of topics you could write about are:
“Web3” whatever the heck that even is.
The Metaverse (and not just the dumpster fire that Mark Zuckerberg created, but all the other dumpster fires as well.)
“Crypto” (but hurry up, it might actually die off soon if we’re lucky.)
Presenting both sides
The way I have worded my examples above makes it clear that I have an opinion about these technologies and concepts. You must not make your own opinion clear. Or more precisely, you must present both sides equally regardless of whether you believe the technology to be good or to be harmful: The actual and potential good of a technology, and the actual or potential bad. It must not be evident in your writing whether you believe a technology to be good or bad.
Essay Structure
The structure of your essay will consist of three paragraphs. The essay must have a descriptive title, and the second and third paragraphs must have descriptive subheadings.
Paragraph 1: Explain the technology, and provide exactly three sources that provide factual information about this technology. You do not need to cite all of these in your essay, but you must identify them and provide the reader with a link to them. Think of these as your way to give the reader of your essay somewhere to go if they want to learn more about the topic
Paragraph 2: Explain how this technology does (or should) provide a social benefit. Be clear about who is likely to receive these benefits; after all, technology does not help everyone equally.
Paragraph 3: Explain how this technology does (or may) produce a social harm. Be clear about who is likely to be harmed; after all, technology does not harm everyone equally.
Sources for first paragraph (the explanatory paragraph)
You must provide exactly three sources of factual information about this technology.
You must not use Wikipedia as a source, but perhaps that is where you might find good sources by reviewing the References section of a Wikipedia article.
At least one of these sources must be from a scholarly journal. Google Scholar
Links to an external site.
is a good place to search for such articles, but not everything found there will be from a reputable scholarly source. Unsure of what a scholarly source? Here is some help.
Links to an external site.
Three sources from the same person, company, organization, etc. is a bad idea. E.g., Facebook/Meta has a good page about their Metaverse projects
Links to an external site.
but all three factual references cannot be from this company.
All sources have the potential for bias, especially those from companies and people who will profit from their ideas being broadly accepted (looking at you, Mark Zuckerburg). Just make sure that your factual sources are more descriptive and are not written to persuade.
Bibliography creation and format
I am not concerned with which format you use (MLA, APA, etc.) but you must use one. I recommend ZoteroBib
Links to an external site.
for generating bibliographic entries for your references.
About Word Count Targets
Students in past semesters have often found the 300-word limit to be difficult to stick to. Here are some answers to questions they asked that might help you:
300 words is the target number. It is not a strict rule in the sense that you may go a little over or under without worrying about penalties.
It is a target, not a limit. What this means is that you should not go too far over this number, but you also must not come too far short of this number. If you write too much, make sure your essay tightly-written. If you write too little, you may fail to produce an informative essay.
What I am strict about is garbage words. After you finish your essay, you should remove or rephrase unnecessary words in order to tighten-up your writing. This is a good resource with examples of what I mean.
Links to an external site.
I really cannot stress this enough. Student writing — even from students who generally write quite well — is often chock full of unnecessary words and it is rather easy to fix this as long as you leave yourself time to do so.
Headings, references, and other “meta content” are not counted towards your target.
Sources to defend your arguments
Here’s where things get interesting! I am not going to require references for these sections, though you may use references if they help you with your arguments. If you believe a technology can be a societal good, then you, with your own sound logic, can argue well for it. But you must argue equally-well an opposing argument.
Checklist
Your essay has a descriptive title and headings
Paragraph 1 explains the technology/concept
Paragraph 2 explains how this technology does (or should) provide a social benefit
Paragraph 3 explains how this technology does (or may) produce a social harm
You provide exactly three sources that provide factual information about this technology
At least one of these sources must be from a scholarly journal.
Your essay is formatted like a standard essay; e.g., not a list of bullet-points or an outline
Your essay sticks to (or close to) the target word count
Your essay is “tightly written” meaning that you have removed unnecessary words.must stick to (or close to) the target word count
What consequences result if one accepts the author’s position?
The Annotated Bibliography
This Assignment may be included with your Semester Project, but will not count towards the minimum page length. It consists of
critical annotated bibliography to be attached to your semester project. These are the standards for this assignment:
You must have at least five academic, scholarly sources for your project. You must annotate your end-of-text citations by answering each of the following questions about each source:
Purpose: What is the central aim of the source you are reading? What is the author trying to accomplish?
Questions: What question is the author raising? What question does the author address?
Information: What information or evidence is the author of the source using to support his/her claim?
Inferences/Conclusions: What conclusions does the author make? How did the author reach the conclusion he/she/makes? Is there another way to interpret the information or evidence?
Concepts: What is the main idea of the source? Please explain this idea.
Assumptions: What is the author taking for granted? What assumptions led the author to reach his/her conclusion?
Implications: What consequences result if one accepts the author’s position? What consequences result if one fails to accept the author’s position? What is the author implying?
Points of View: From what point of view is the author looking at the issue? What are the author’s biases? Is there another valid point of view one should consider?
Each annotation entry must be in paragraph form, not a bullet list. Your annotations must be clear, accurate, precise, and logical. You must include your annotations with your essay or presentation. Please see the example annotation below for reference. Do not merely substitute text from the example below. The form of your answers to the above questions will likely differ from those in the example.
Machan, Tibor R. The Passion for Liberty. Lanham, MD: Rowman & Littlefield, Inc., 2003.
Tibor Machan aims to defend the basic tenets of ideological libertarianism through the lens of axiological critique, and to answer criticism from conservative and liberal detractors. Drawing from sources in political thought such as John Locke, Adam Smith, Ayn Rand, and Robert Nozick, he concludes that libertarianism itself is most consistent with the principles of the American founding, and connects the concepts of individualism and personal liberty with the natural rights argument from the Declaration of Independence. Machan assumes that readers are generally familiar both with the natural rights argument and the competing theories of justice proffered by John Rawls and Robert Nozick. Accepting Machan’s position carries significant ethical consequences for citizens and government. A citizen who aligns himself with Machan would argue for a highly limited government, one which generally stays out of the affairs of individual citizens, except when a manifest injury is claimed by one citizen against another. Machan further implies that the Rawlsian doctrine of “Justice as Fairness” not only fails to take into account the need for individual autonomy within a political community, but that Rawls’ theory of justice is, at its core, unjust from a natural rights point of view. Machan likely draws his hard-line libertarianism from a reaction to his personal experience as a subject of the repressive communist regime of late 20th Century Hungary, where individual liberty was forcibly diminished for the sake of state-sponsored social and economic equality of condition.How might the federal budget deficit impact the economy (GDP) now, in the past or in the future?
American Government Common Assignment
Visual Literacy Component
- Describe what the graphs look like visually. Pretend that the reader is not able to see the graphs and give as much detail as possible. (VL 1)
- What information are the graphs presenting? What are the graphs telling you about? Take the information that is presented visually and communicate it to the reader in written form. (VL 2)
- What does the information presented in these graphs mean for the United States Government and the country? How might government spending (outlays) affect the federal budget deficit? How might the federal budget deficit impact the economy (GDP) now, in the past or in the future? (VL 3)
American Government Common Assignment – Articles
The National Debt Dilemma at CFR.org
“Entitlement Spending Crisis Looms”: National Review article
“2018 Republicans Growing Deficit” at Bloomberg
“US Military Budget Components Challenges Growth” at The Balance
“Current US Discretionary Federal Budget and Spending” at The Balance
Visual Literacy Component Reference Graph #1
Visual Literacy Component Reference Graph #2
Using multiple sources please provide an explanation for why the United States’ Federal Government is in debt.
Critical Thinking Component
Please note that the structure of this assignment differs from the other written assignments in this course. You must complete all sections of this assignment; I recommend completing the Visual Literacy Component First.
- Using multiple sources please provide an explanation for why the United States’ Federal Government is in debt. Please present several possible explanations for the problem. Address which explanations have the strongest arguments and which have the weakest arguments and why. (CT1 and CT 2)
- Of the arguments that have been presented, which do you prefer and why? What are other possible factors that might influence our national debt, but are not addressed in your perspective? Based on your beliefs about the national debt what course of action do you think should be taken to decrease the debt? What are some possible reasons why you might be in error? (CT 3 and CT 4)
- Assuming that the course of action you recommend is taken by the United States Government, what do you believe the consequences would be? Do not just think about the consequences it would have on the national debt, but also on the United States budget as a whole and the affect if would have on the day-to-day lives of average Americans (CT5).
