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Discussion Boards (DB) are a key component of online learning. They foster active participation of learners and dialog with fellow learners and instructors. Graduate-level courses require learners to create original posts to course DBs and to engage in dialogue by responding to posts created by others throughout the course. Original posts and responses should be substantive, and if references are made to the works of others, APA guidelines for in-text citations and references apply. Minimum Weekly DB Expectations ? Post an original and thoughtful Main Post to the DB prompt. ? Respond to at least 2 other posts from learners and/or the instructor (Response Posts). ? The first contribution (Main Post or Response Post) must be posted before midnight (Central time) on Friday of each week. ? Two additional responses are required after Friday of each week. ? For DB assignment prompts with a Part One and Part Two, Part One should be addressed in the first week of the unit with a Main Post and minimum of 2 Response Posts, and Part Two should be addressed in the second week of the unit with a Main Post and a minimum of 2 Response Posts. More on DBs At the end of each unit, DB participation is assessed based on level of engagement and the quality of the contribution to the discussion. DBs allow learners to learn through sharing ideas and experiences as they relate to course content. Because it is not possible to engage in two-way dialogue after a conversation has ended, no posts to the DB are accepted after the end of the unit. Learners must demonstrate an appropriate depth of understanding of course content to receive credit for having submitted substantive posts. Typically, this is achieved with 3–4 strong paragraphs for Main Posts and 2–3 strong paragraphs for Response Posts. Deliverable Specifics Part 1 Research methods vary and different approaches are needed. A magazine editor in a small town would like to include articles on several topics in the next issue. Decide which of the following proposed article topics are suitable for a quantitative or qualitative research, and explain why. ? Coin collections ? Favorite recipes ? Rising home costs ? Best high schools ? Carpools ? Political polls ? Parent teacher participation ? Book fairs
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Objectives This assessment task relates to course learning outcomes numbers 3, 4 and 5. 3. Critically assess the factors that influence business environment 4. Evaluate the complex role of globalisation 5. Analyse the roles of ethics and social responsibility in the business environment. Before starting this assessment read the information and marking criteria set out below. Please also review the rubric for this assessment which is downloadable from the Moodle site. Purpose The purpose of this assessment item is to assess your ability to write a 1500-word Academic Essay that demonstrates your critical thinking and communication skills. You are required to critically analyse the following statement: “Established businesses must adopt entrepreneurial practices if they are to successfully pursue innovation opportunities in a global market”. In developing your argument, which was what an essay requires you to do, please ensure that you incorporate critical insights from at least six peer reviewed scholarly journals. This evidence-based research will enable you to support your argument, demonstrating your application of critical thinking to incorporate opposing perspectives, and culminating in a compelling conclusion. Please fully review the rubric for this assessment before starting your Assessment. A note on writing essays: • Demonstrate your communication skills by using the third person passive writing style. • Do not use diagrams/pictures in an Academic Essay. This will give you an opportunity to demonstrate your communication writing skills.
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Word Count:
2000 words (+/- 10 %)
Weighting:
40%
Please note:
This is an individual assignment.
Essay Question
Critically analyse how top private sector organisations
proactively
respond to issues.
A private sector organisation = a company or for-profit organisation.
Your essay must demonstrate the following:
a) Select at least one private sector organisation and investigate issues they have responded to in the past.
b) Select and identify one current issue, where they demonstrated responsibility and sought to resolve the problem.
c) Describe the nature of the problem and how this impacted the organisation’s stakeholders.
d) Critically evaluate how they addressed the current issue/problem and how successful their response was.
e) Include a minimum of four (4) academic journal articles.
Overall, your essay will need to demonstrate an understanding of theories/concepts covered in this unit from weeks 1 – 6.
Please note, the four academic sources must discuss theories/concepts discussed in this unit. The reading list and materials within the ALR704 site are your starting point.

Discuss the following situation and need to write dialogue for it. Remember to include appropriate functions and expressions such as greetings, introductions, asking for information, clarifying and closing the conversation.
Situation 1
Your friends and you have decided to spend your mid-semester break by going for a short holiday. You decide to stay at Tioman Hilton Resort. After finalizing your plans, call the Room Reservation Department and make your booking. Include the following information in your conversation.
• the number of persons travelling in your group
• dates of travel
• room rates
• activities the resort offers

Read the Peace Corps volunteer’s account below in “Jogging Alone” about the way in which persons in the Dominican Republic misunderstood an American volunteer who was doing something that in the United States is normal:
Jogging Alone
When I first arrived in my village in the Dominican Republic, I began to have a problem with my morning jogging routine. I used to jog every day when I was home in the United States, so when I arrived in my village in the Dominican Republic, I set myself a goal to continue jogging two miles every morning. I really liked the peaceful feeling of jogging alone as the sun came up. But this did not last for long. The people in my village simply couldn’t understand why someone would want to run alone. Soon people began to appear at their doorways offering me a cup of coffee; others would invite me to stop in for a visit. Sometimes this would happen four or five times as I tried to continue jogging. They even began sending their children to run behind me so I wouldn’t be lonely. They were unable to understand the American custom of exercising alone. I was faced with a dilemma. I really enjoyed my early morning runs. However, I soon realized that it’s considered impolite in Dominican villages not to accept a cup of coffee, or stop and chat, when you pass people who are sitting on their front steps. I didn’t want to give up jogging. But, at the same time, I wanted to show respect for the customs of the Dominican Republic – and not be viewed as odd or strange.
From: Building Bridges: A Peace Corps Classroom Guide to Cross-Cultural Understanding Coverdell World Wise Schools
Pretend that you are the Peace Corps volunteer in this situation and write a letter home to a parent describing the incident and how it was resolved. You must use the checklist below to compose a proper letter home.
Checklist for the letter home
o You described the jogging incident in a factual manner.
o You described your needs and feelings.
o You described the needs and feelings of the Dominicans in a way that is respectful of their culture.
o You explained what you did to resolve the problem in a way that is respectful to the Dominican culture.
o You used proper grammar, spelling and punctuation.
o Your letter home must be a typed, single-spaced, one-page letter containing several paragraphs written in logical order.
o It must be composed as a formal letter, starting with your name and address at the top left corner, followed by the date, then the name and address of the recipient, then the salutation, then the body of the letter, then your name and valediction to close the letter.

PFA Choose an IT/IS technology company and analyse, discuss and present their technological innovation: ? The core business activity and the role of innovation in their value proposition. ? How innovation is making this business different than competitors? ? Research and development and its relationship with the organisation’s innovation. ? What factors affected the firm’s innovation success? Is their innovation a “sciencepush” or “demand-push”? ? What’s the firm’s innovation category? What type of innovation is proposed by the firm? Explain the innovation type from different aspects of innovation type. ? Study the firm’s technology S-Curve. What is the stage of this business on the SCurve? ? How successful the firm has been in utilising innovation in their own advantage?
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What does Faustus’s
last
soliloquy tell us about Faustus? Does it revealchange in Faustus’s attitude from his
first
soliloquy? Refer to specific lines in the play to support your argument.
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The image most people have of Cleopatra comes from her depiction in movies, mainly those produced in Hollywood. Most of us are more than satisfied with that image and are willing to adopt it. However, a critical examination 1) of past events, 2) of piecing things together, and 3) of reference to primary sources, is most likely to shatter that image of Cleopatra. What do theprimary sources tell us thatHollywood fails to or refuses to tell us?

Case Study: Doris, a 79 year old female who lived with her 88 year old husband, Peter, was brought into hospital via ambulance following a fall at their home. Prior to the fall, she was active and mobile, caring for both herself and Peter at home independently. Following assessment in the Emergency Department, x-rays revealed that Doris had fractured her right hip and required surgery to repair the fracture. Doris was confused and agitated did not know where she was or what had happened to her. She was admitted to the orthopaedic ward and Peter was with Doris when the orthopaedic surgeon came to see Doris. The doctor did not explain the proposed procedure and Peter was asked to sign the blank consent form for Doris as her next of kin. The nurse caring for Doris spent time talking with both Doris and Peter. During the conversation, Peter identified that he had problems with his memory too and sometimes got lost when driving home Worn the shops and couldn’t find his way home. On one occasion a neighbour found him sitting in the car and drove him home. He also said he sometimes forgot how to turn on the washing machine and had forgotten to turn off the sto¦Tii—airiple of times.fita:said that he hadn’t told his General Practitioner as he didn’t want to bother him.
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B. Describe key agencies, institutional structures, political
processes, influences on and challenges for environmental
health.
D. Understand the way in which globalisation and the
social, economic and political determinants of health
influence disease, including identification of vulnerable
groups.
E. Understand the concept of sustainable development.
F. Identify and critique ethical elements relevant to
environmental health protections, policies, and industry
practices, from global to local scale.
G. Critically analyse the relationships between
environmental risk factors and social, economic and
political determinants of illness and injury from global to
local scale.
H. Apply skills in conducting an environmental health
assessment and designing an intervention to mitigate
environmental health risks.
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An important part of beginning a research project is being able to review literature and analyze the implications of already completed research methods, data, and findings. Therefore, researchers must have a solid foundational mastery of differences between research methods, data collection, and reporting. For this discussion board, discuss the differences between quantitative and qualitative research. Specifically, you should complete the following: ? Give a definition of a hypothesis and a null hypothesis and identify the method of research that uses a hypothesis. ? Discuss what you believe are the key elements of a well-written set of hypotheses. Support your opinion with appropriate peer-reviewed sources other than the textbook. ? Give a definition of a research question or problem and identify the method of research that traditionally uses a research question or problem. ? Discuss what you believe are the key elements of a well-written research question or problem. ? Support your opinion with appropriate peer-reviewed sources (other than the textbook). ? Discuss how selecting a sample to study differs between quantitative and qualitative methods. ? Describe 2 data-collection instruments, and determine whether the instrument will be used to collect quantitative or qualitative data. ? Explain how analysis of quantitative data differs from analysis of qualitative data.
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