Author: chris

Assessment Task: Project Plan

Examine the case study for Oxford Fire Station
https://www.apm.org.uk/sites/default/files/Old%20Fire%20Station%2C%20Oxford%2C%20Allen%20Construction%20Consultancy.pdf

and the accompanying background information on the building
https://www.oxford.gov.uk/Direct/OFSSiteHistory.pdf

The aims of the project were to provide :-

• An accredited education, training and employment centre for homeless and vulnerably housed people;
• A social enterprise café providing on the job and accredited training and experience;
• A flexible arts auditorium for continuing professional development across art forms, and for rehearsal, training and performance use;
• A specialist dance studio for rehearsal and training
• A flexible professional gallery to showcase new work;
• A small commercial retail space for artists and makers to exhibit and sell work;
• An affordable creative workspace for emerging professional artists, including those involved in digital technologies

As a consequence of all of the above prepare the following aspects of a PMP:

• Provide a review of the issues discussed at the outset of the project that would impact on the project scope in terms of:

 Final use of building
 Age & condition of the building
 Environmental considerations
 Position of the building
• Stakeholder analysis that includes an Interest/Influence matrix identifying those potentially for and against the project. Your analysis should also include an outline communication plan/matrix with brief justification for your choices
• Outline risk register [refer to the template]
• The study refers to an unexpected discovery of asbestos. Using the information supplied regarding the auditorium calculate:
 The cost of reducing the time schedule by two weeks
 The maximum amount of time that could be saved and the new cost
• Calculate and plot cash flows based on the budget information
• Map out a potential WBS the project management team would have drawn up that includes the elements they would need in place before they could proceed with the contract.
Critically evaluate the overall project management framework, including project management context, project life cycle, stakeholder management and project management processes – along with their interactions.
Marking Scheme
Marks available Marks Awarded
Review of the issues discussed at the outset of the project that would impact on the project scope 20
Stakeholder analysis that includes an Interest/Influence matrix, plus outline communication plan/matrix with brief justification for choices 15
Outline risk register [refer to the template provided] 10
Project timings reduction costings 15
Budget and cash flow 15
WBS for pre-planning phase 10
Format, presentation & referencing 10
Total 100

1. Create an overview of the process and steps involved in human resource planning, recruiting, interviewing, selecting, and hiring of employees.

2. Develop a comprehensive strategy for training new employees. Focusing on the role of the new employees within the organization.
Propose two to four (2-4) training strategies aimed at motivating the employees to learn key aspects about their new jobs.

3. Determine key issues that human resource management employees would be likely to encounter in the health care field. Prepare a plan that will enable the new employees to address each issue which includes instructional strategies, resources that will be utilized, and evaluation criteria for determining success.

4. Design at least three (3) visual components that enhance the program you have outlined, such as charts or diagrams.
Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment.

Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

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 or school-specific 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.

Write a 1000-word essay plan outlining the main issues and research materials you will be covering in your main assignment:
Answer EITHER Question 1 OR 2.
1. Critically evaluate how effective EU legal intervention has been in ONE of the following areas:
a) Trade in goods

Please don’t write more than 1000 words , next weeke I’ll submit the main essay , and you will follow this instruction
Regard

The assignment is about systematic approach to writing a Review protocol. There are two review questions the writer can choose from and I will want the assignment to be done to high quality by a writer who holds a PhD degree:
The two Review questions that the writer can choose are
Either
“Is repetitive Transcranial Magnetic stimulation(rTMR) effective in the treatment of Vascular depression?”
OR
“The emotional experiences of conversion from Mild Cognitive Impairment to Dementia-Carers Perspective”
The writer work on any of the review questions he is most comfortable with.
I will be attaching the details of the specific of the assignment.
Can you please let me know if you don’t have PhD writer that will be able to do the job to high standard please.

Annotated Bibliography
Boarding/Mission Schools: Acculturation of a Race

1- Robbins, Rockey, et al. “Colonial Instillation’s In American Indian Boarding School Students.”

Educational Foundations 20.3-4 (2006): 69-88. ERIC. Web. 20 Nov. 2015.

This article focuses on residential boarding school practice. In so doing it attempts to interpret the internal psychological struggle through examination of the cultural, social, and political framework.

2- Evans-Campbell, TeresaWalters, Karina L.Pearson, Cynthia R.Campbell, Christopher D. “Indian

Boarding School Experience, Substance Use, And Mental Health Among Urban Two-Spirit

American Indian/Alaska Natives.” American Journal Of Drug & Alcohol Abuse 38.5 (2012):

421-427. Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection. Web. 20 Nov. 2015.

This article looks at a sampling of those with substance abuse or mental health issues who spent time at boarding schools, or were raised by someone who spent time at boarding schools. A comparison is made to those who have no connection to boarding schools.

3- Harding, Letitia. The Carlisle Indian Boarding School And Its Literary Legacy: The War With The Pen.

n.p.: 2001. ERIC. Web. 20 Nov. 2015.

The goal of the boarding school to reeducate the Indian is made clear. The graduates of the school however use their newly acquired abilities to denounce its practices. This information would prove useful to future Naive American authors.

4- Pember, Mary Annette. “A Painful Remembrance.” Diverse: Issues In Higher Education 24.21 (2007):

24-27. ERIC. Web. 20 Nov. 2015.

This article speaks of the trauma experienced by those who attended the boarding school, and how it has impacted the generations that would follow. The boarding school healing project was formed to address these issues.

5- SLIVKA, KEVIN1, krs170@psu.edu. “Art, Craft, And Assimilation: Curriculum For Native Students

During The Boarding School Era.” Studies In Art Education 52.3 (2011): 225-242. Education

Source. Web. 23 Nov. 2015.

This article looks at the language and rhetoric used by two of the main players in the
boarding school movement, and examines the practices used to deculturalize the native
students. Claims of educating for independence are dispelled by the limitations placed upon
the students in regards to how much they could learn or advance.

6- Colmant, Stephan, et al. “Constructing Meaning To The Indian Boarding School Experience.” Journal

Of American Indian Education 43.3 (2004): 22-40. ERIC. Web. 23 Nov. 2015.

This article examines the meaning of the Indian boarding school experience. Five areas
are looked at to construct this meaning. Interviews are conducted with current staff and
students, and explanations offered to illustrate each area.

7- Szasz, Margaret Connell. “I Knew How To Be Moderate. And I Knew How To Obey”: The

Commonality Of American Indian Boarding School Experiences, 1750S-1920S.” American

Indian Culture And Research Journal 29.4 (2005): 75-94. ERIC. Web. 23 Nov. 2015.

In this essay Szasz focuses on the common threads the Native students shared. Ultimately the
focus is on the separation from homes, families, and communities, and being placed in surroundings vastly different from what they had known.

8- Marr, Carolyn J. “Assimilation Through Education: Indian Boarding Schools in the Pacific Northwest.”
American Indians of the Pacific Northwest Collection. N.p., n.d. Web. 24 Nov. 2015.

In this essay Marr talks about the boarding school movement. She goes on to summarize the mission school, the boarding school, and the students daily routines. She also talks
of the positives and negatives of these schools.

9- Native Words Native Warriors.” Native Words Native Warriors. N.p., n.d. Web. 27 Nov. 2015.

<https://nmai.si.edu/education/codetalkers/html/chapter3.html>.

This article discusses the pivotal role the Indian code talkers played in the victories of the United states and its allies. Some of these same Indians that devised the code were boarding school attendees that were prohibited from speaking their native languages.

10- Piccard. Death by Boarding School: “The Last Acceptable Racism” and the United States’ Genocide of

Native Americans (n.d.): n. pag. Web. 27 Nov. 2015.

https://www.law.gonzaga.edu/law-review/files/2014/01/5-Piccard-P137-186.pdf

This article details the United states primary goal as being the eradication of the indigenous peoples. The boarding school being the means to accomplish this goal by removing the Indian from their families, and thus erasing their identity.

These are the sources I’ve gathered. Please use them for the paper. Here are the instructions I was given. I would prefer an informational essay

Using your research (minimum of five sources), write to inform your reader about your topic. What is the historical significance? Why did certain events take place? What was the intended purpose for laws or new programs? What was the outcome? You will need to decide if want to present your research in an informational essay or an argumentative essay. Either option is acceptable for this paper.

In your paper, you will utilize summaries, paraphrases, and quotes. Again, all outside sources must be cited according to MLA format. Provide beginning and end markers, lead-ins, and parenthetical citations when you use outside sources. Put summaries and paraphrases in your own words and put quotation marks around borrowed words. To ensure against plagiarism, refer to a grammar handbook such as Hacker to freshen your memory as you write and to re-check your use of outside sources after you’ve finished writing. You are held responsible for the integrity of your work!

Introduction
Based upon the 1990 Americans with Disability Act (ADA), it is prohibited to discriminate against those with disabilities when it comes to employment, public accomodations, communications, transportation, and governmental activities. The ADA has also been ammended to include those individuals, not limited to only those who are handcapped/disabled, but also to those with mental illness. (http://www.dol.gov/dol/ topic/ disability/ada.htm). When tyring to define mental illness on a broad spectrum, it is relevant to conclude that it is considered any disorder that can affect the thinking, mood, or behavior of an individual.
NOTE: Based upon professor’s approval of topic…Argue pros and cons of employing someone with mental illness…

Although individuals enter the workforce for a myriad of reason, it all comes down to the basic human needs identified by Psychologist Abraham Maslow known as Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs which states that humans need to fulfil their physiological (food, shelter, sleep and air), safety/security (health, employment, shelter, etc), social,(love, blonging and affection), esteem (personal worth, self-esteem, accomplishment, and recognition), and self-acualizing (personal growth and self awareness) needs. (http://psychology.about.com/ od/profilesmz/p/abraham-maslow.htm). Note that employment is identified within the second hierarchy of needs which establishes the importance of making money and providing for self and or family. With this being said, the question to answer is who is considered employable? Should only healthy, capable individuals seek employement? What happens when individuals with a mental illness seek employement?

References
Biography of Abraham Maslow (1908 – 1970). (n.d.). Retrieved October 26, 2015, from http://psychology.about.com/od/profilesmz/p/abraham-maslow.htm
United States Department of Justice. Information and Technical Assistance on the American with Disabilities Act. (n.d). Retrieved October 26, 2015, from
http://www.ada.gov/2010_regs.htm

This Paper is on the Paris Attacks, ISIS, and the repercussions of the attacks that just happen.

So here is the assignment for the paper:

What are the counter- terrorism strategies that took shape after the Paris attacks.

Conduct a review of the US Airline Case on pages 473-487 of the course text and any additional resources necessary to conduct and industry analysis on the airline industry.

Before writing your response, using the textbook and knowledge you have about the airline industry, complete the industry analysis.

1.Provide a rating for each area and provide a short justification for the rating: Rate High, Medium, Medium to Low, or Low.

◦Threat of new entrants
◦Rivalry among existing firms
◦Bargaining power of buyers/distributors
◦Bargaining power of suppliers
◦Relative power of other stakeholders

Once you have conducted your analysis answer the following disquisition questions:

1.Are any of the forces changing? Please explain.

2.Evaluate the future level of competitive intensity in the airline industry, based on this evaluation, would you invest or look for a job in this industry? Please explain.

LEADERSHIP AND MANAGEMENT
Coursework Essay

Kindly read all instructions!!!

ASSESSMENT

The essays should be typed in 12 points and double-spaced with 1-inch margins (font: Times New Roman or Arial). Figures and Tables are to be used sparingly and numbered sequentially, and more extensive data is to be attached as appendices at the end.
Quality of presentation and format:
A clear , logical structure of the assignment
A competent level of English
Full Harvard- style referencing
Assignment Brief
Essay:
You are required to write a 2,500 word essay (excluding references) on one of the topics below. You are expected to use relevant theory to support your answer and critically evaluate the academic debate on the topic. You could also use relevant data and/ or case examples to illustrate your argument but merely describing cases in detail is not a good approach. Since the topics are set in a general way, you could specify them further and justify your particular approach. Some references are suggested for your start but you need to make an effort to search for more literature to support your analysis and argument.

Word Allowance:
2,500 words (excluding notes, references and appendices)

Topics:

1.“Effective leadership is contingent upon cultural and institutional environment of a professional context or an institutional field.” Discuss and evaluate the methods by which organisations can develop effective leaders with reference to a particular profession such as law, accountancy, medicine, architecture, design or art.
Gardner, H. (1995). Leading Minds: An Anatomy of Leadership, New York: Basic Books
Gardner, H. (1993). Creating Minds: An Anatomy of Creativity, New York: Basic Books.
Hatch, M., Kostera, M. & Koźmiński, A.K. (2005). The Three Facets of Leadership: Manager, Artist, Priest, Oxford: Blackwell Publishing.
Hunt, J.G., Stelluto, G.E., Hooijberg, R. (2004). “Toward new-wave organization creativity: Beyond romance and analogy in the relationship between orchestra-conductor leadership and musician creativity”, The Leadership Quarterly, 15, pp.145-162.
Kramer, M.W. & Crespy, D.A. (2011). “Communicating collaborative leadership”, The Leadership Quarterly, 22: 1024-1037.
Scott, W.R. (2008). “Lords of the Dance: Professionals as Institutional Agents”, Organization Studies, 29(2): 219-238.

2.Critically evaluate the social and political conditions for developing female leadership in a particular country.
Alvesson, M. and Billing, Y. D. (1992). Gender and organization: Towards a differentiated understanding. Organization Studies, 13(1): 73-103.
Astin, R. and Leland, K. (1992) Leadership: Why Gender and Culture Matter. American Psychologist, 65, 157-170.
Bowen, C., Swim, J. K., & Jacobs, R. R. (2000). Evaluating gender biases on actual job performance of real people: A meta-analysis. Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 30(10): 2194-2215.
Burke, R. J. and Davidson, M. J. (eds.) (2012). Women in Management Worldwide: Progress and Prospects. London: Gower Publishing.
Cooke, F. L. (2001). Equal opportunities? The role of legislation and public policies in women’s employment in China, Women in Management Review, 16 (7): 334–348.
Cooke, F. L. (2003). Equal opportunities? Women’s managerial careers in government organizations in China, International Journal of Human Resource Management, 14(2): 31–333.
Cotter, D. A., Hermsen, J. M., Ovadia, S. and Vanneman, R. (2001). The Glass Ceiling Effect. Social Forces, 80(2): 655-681.
Eagly, A. H., and Carli, L. L. (2003). The female leadership advantage: An evaluation of the evidence. Leadership Quarterly, 14(6): 807–834.
Kanter, R. M. (1977) Men and Women of the Corporation. New York: Basic Books.
Koenig, A. M. (et al.) (2011). Are Leader Stereotypes Masculine? A Meta-Analysis of Three Research Paradigms, Psychological Bulletin, 137(4): 616-642.
Marshall, M. W. (1991). Leadership Development through Experience. Academic of Management Executive, 18(3):127-130
Ryan, M.K. and Haslam, S.A. (2005). The Glass Cliff: Evidence that Women Are Over-Represented in Precarious Leadership Positions, British Journal of Management, 16(2): 81-90.
Ryan, M.K., Haslam, S. A. and Hersby, M. D. (2011). Think Crisis–Think Female: The Glass Cliff and Contextual Variation in the Think Manager–Think Male Stereotype, Journal of Applied Psychology, 96(3): 470-484.
Schein, V. E. (2007). A Global Look at Psychological Barriers to Women’s Progress in Management. Journal of Social Issues, 57(4): 675-688.
Singh, V and Vinnicombe, S. (2003). The 2003 Female FTSE Index. Women Pass a Milestone: 101 Directorships on the FTSE 100 Boards. Cranfield School of Management, Cranfield University.

3.What are the core features of an ethical leadership approach? Discuss and evaluate in relation to E. P. Thompson’s theory of moral economy.
Brown, M.E. & Treviño, L.K. (2006). “Ethical leadership: A review and future directions”, The Leadership Quarterly, 17, pp.595-616.
Carroll, A.B. (2000). “Ethical challenges for business in the new millennium: Corporate social responsibility and models of management morality, Business Ethics Quarterly, Vol.10, Is.1, pp.33-42.
Christian J., Resick, C.J., Hanges, P.J., Dickson, M.W. & Mitchelson J.K. (2006). “A Cross-Cultural Examination of the Endorsement of Ethical Leadership”, Journal of Business Ethics, 63, pp.345-359.
Maak, T. (2007). “Responsible leadership, stakeholder engagement, and the emergence of social capital”, Journal of Business Ethics, 74, pp.329-343.
Thompson, E. P. (1971). “The Moral Economy of the English Crowd in the 18th
Century”. Past & Present, 50, pp.76-136.
Williamson, T. (2008). “The good society and the good soul: Plato’s Republic on leadership”, The Leadership Quarterly, 19: 397-408.

4.Critically evaluate the ways in which leaders can manage creativity and innovation in the context of the digital economy with a case illustration.
Amabile, T. (1998). “How to kill creativity”, Harvard Business Review, pp.77-87.
Barsh, J., Capozzi, M. M. and Davidson, J. (2008). “Leadership and innovation”, McKinsey Quarterly, No. 1, 37-47.
Deuze, M. (2006). “Participation, remediation, bricolage: Considering principal components of a digital culture”, The Information Society, 22, pp.63-75.
Mumford, M.D., Scott, G.M., Gaddis, B. & Strange, J.M. (2002). “Leading creative people: Orchestrating expertise and relationships”, The Leadership Quarterly 13, pp.705-750.
Richardson, J. (1996). “Vertical Integration and Rapid Response in Fashion Apparel”, Organization Science, Vol.7, No.4, pp.400-412.
Tapscott, D. (1996). The digital economy: Promise and peril in the age of networked intelligence, New York: McGraw-Hill.
Tidd, J., Bessant, J., & Pavitt, K. (2005). Managing Innovation, Integrating Technological, Market and Organizational Change, 3rd Edition. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

5.Discuss the role of leadership in tackling global problems such as poverty, health, human rights, inequality and the environment.
There are no specific readings for this question. You need to search for the relevant literature for each topic or problem and then combine them with the appropriate leadership literature.
*You can use a case example(s) very concisely to illustrate your argument!

General Advice on Writing

In addressing these questions, students are encouraged to develop a theoretically informed analysis and critical perspectives on issues of social, political and policy significance. While considering multiple levels of analysis and variety of viewpoints, you need to narrow down the scope of the core, substantive discussion and focus on a specific issue in a particular context.
For all questions you should introduce relevant theories, overview of the chosen field in the form of a brief literature review, and consider the following:
what critical issues or problems emerge in the particular context/ field;
in what ways practitioners perceive the issues and responses;
how organisations/ groups/ people are responding to them;
how you can interpret and evaluate the findings in light of the literature; and
what you can suggest for improvement.

In your analysis, consider not only the current trends but also future prospect. You should examine the dominant discourse of transformation but also the logic of opposition and resistance. You can draw in one or several case examples to support your argument.

In constructing the analysis, you need to consider the following basic questions:
What issues or problems are you addressing (topic)?
Why are they important?
How can you frame them into a body of knowledge (framing)?
What are the central questions or debates identified in the literature (literature review)?
What kinds of views, theories or models are available in the literature and which is the most applicable for your questions?
In what ways can you develop a meaningful, coherent and consistent discussion in terms of research questions, methods, data and scope, level and logic of analysis (research design)?
What kinds of information, evidences and illustrations can you use to support our argument (data collection)?
What are the most significant findings, conclusions and implications of our analysis with respect to existing literature and future directions of research (analysis and discussion)?
What are the contributions and limitations of your analysis in terms of theory and practice?
Are you communicating these in the clearest way (presentation), especially in the introduction and conclusion?

Essay Procedures
Make sure that you conduct a proper literature search using the Social Science Citation Index (ISI Web of Science) and Internet search engines (Google Scholar) before planning the essay. Also try to use the relevant core readings from the course.
Make sure that you reference all the materials consulted and provide the details of the sources.

In terms of evaluation, the following factors will be considered:
Use of literature, critical understanding and framing
Structure of presentation and organisation
Analysis and arguments
Originality and scholarly contribution
Contribution to organisational and managerial practice
Referencing and writing skills
Clear introduction and firm conclusion
Justifications and evidence for your argument.

RECOMMENDED READING
The following book is the key recommended text for this module:
Northouse, P. (2016) Leadership: Theory and Practice (7th Edition), London: SAGE.
Grint, K. (2010) Leadership: A Very Short Introduction, Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Jackson, B. and Parry, K. (2011) A Very Short, Fairly Interesting and Reasonably Cheap Book About Studying Leadership, London: SAGE.

Further Reading:
Bryman, A., Collinson, D., Grint, K., and Jackson, B. (2011) The SAGE Handbook of Leadership, London: SAGE.
Collinson, D, Grint, K., and Jackson, B. (2011) Major Works in Leadership Studies, Vols. 1-4, London: SAGE.
Kotter, J. P. (1990). A Force for Change: How Leadership Differs from Management, New York: Free Press.
Pfeffer, J., and Sutton, R. (2006) Hard Facts, Dangerous Half-Truths, and Total
Nonsense: Profiting from Evidence-based Management, Boston: Harvard Business School Press.
Watson G. And Reissener S. (2010) Developing Skills for Business Leadership, London: CIPD
Yukl, G. (2009) Leadership in Organizations (7th Edition), London: Pearson International

You will need to read very broadly for your assignment topics and this will include a search of current research in up-to-date academic journals. The following journals and periodicals will be extremely useful for your further study. It is highly recommended that you look at relevant articles (many of which will be cited in the reference sections of other articles that you read) and that you keep up-to-date with debates by reading the current editions of these publications.
These journals and periodicals are all held in the Templeman Library and current editions are either found in the periodicals section or in the short-loan section of the library. Older editions are held on the third floor of the library. Many are also available on-line.
The Leadership Quarterly
Leadership
Journal of Organizational Behaviour
Human Resource Management
Human Resource Management Journal
International Journal of Human Resource Management
Work, Employment and Society
Journal of Management Studies
Organization Studies
British Journal of Management
Organizational Dynamics
Academy of Management Perspective
Harvard Business Review
MIT Sloan Management Review

People Management

You will find many other sources of good reading by doing simple library searches in journals and books. A good starting point is also to look at the references cited in the bibliography at the end of a relevant article or chapter. This will give you an idea of what reading the author has done to do his/her research. Web searches (Google Scholar etc.) and searches of on-line journals (Web of Science, EBSCO etc.) will also be useful.
If you have a particular interest in a country other than the UK, you will have to do your own research into good source material. Internet searches are often a good starting point. Availability of material varies significantly from country to country.

Referencing and Plagiarism

References are scholarly acknowledgements of work referred to or quoted. Failure to reference works used or quoted is plagiarism.

Proper citation of sources is an essential part of the presentation of academic work. There are a number of ways to provide the references to your bibliography in the text of your essay. This can be done, for example, by incorporating a series of numbered endnotes or footnotes in your essay which contain the reference, including page numbers. However, it is often simpler for both you and the person reading your essay if the references are contained in parentheses within the text of your essay, as shown below:

Cosset and Suret (1995, p. 303) noted that “the considerable increase in the volume of world trade and foreign investment in recent decades has resulted in a need by foreigners for more information on the operating environment of those countries where they have made investments or exported.”
Or: Recently it has been argued (Cosset and Suret 1995, p. 314) that investment in politically risky countries can give several benefits.

The name, year and page number should appear whether you are quoting directly or paraphrasing, and this reference should refer unambiguously to a source listed in your bibliography. If you were using two different papers written by Cosset and Suret in 1995, you should list them in your bibliography and in the text as Cosset and Suret 1995a and Cosset and Suret 1995b.

A list of references or works consulted, in alphabetical order by author’s last name, should be included at the end of each essay or dissertation. Students should make certain that there is a complete reference, including page numbers for every citation in the text and that the cited dates and spelling of author names in both text and references are in agreement. There are several different conventions for referencing, and it doesn’t matter too much which one is used as long as it is consistently used throughout. One recommended convention is that provided in the manuscript preparation and style guide for authors handing in articles for the Journal of International Business Studies which are as follows.

Journal Articles
Cosset, Jean-Claude & Jean-Marc Suret. 1995. Political risk and the benefits of international portfolio diversification. Journal of International Business Studies, 26(2): 301–18.

Books
Donahue, John D. 1989. The privatization decision. New York: Basic Books.
Ashton, Robert H. & Alison H. Ashton, editors. Forthcoming. Judgement and decision-making research in accounting and auditing. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Chapters in Edited Books
Teece, David J. 1987. Capturing value from technological innovation: Integration, strategic partnering, and licensing decisions. In R. B. Guile & H. Brooks, editors, Technology and global industry: Companies and nations in the world economy. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.

Internet Sources
Any source material downloaded from the web should include the same
information as an item found on paper, PLUS the website name and adderess.
(However, if the name of the website is obvious from the publication, it is
not necessary to include the website name. See examples below.)

Lall, Somik V. and Sudeshna Ghosh, ‘Learning by Dining: Informal Networks and Productivity in Mexican Industry’,
World Bank Working Paper 2789, February 2002, The World Bank Group / Research: https://econ.worldbank.org/

Nader, Ralph, ‘Letter to WHO Director General Gro Harlem Brundtland’, 23 July
2001, Home Page of the Consumer Project on Technology / CPTech’s Page on Intellectual Property Rights/ Health Care and Intellectual Property: https://www.cptech.org/ip/health/

Turner, David, ‘UK manufacturing sees first growth in a year’, Financial Times, 1 March 2002, https://news.ft.com/

Global Exchange, ‘Banana Background’, Available at: https://www.globalexchange.org/economy/bananas/ (accessed on 23 January 2003)

In the last case, the author is unknown, so the name of the website is treated as a corporate author, and need not be repeated with the address. Also, if the document does not have publication date, you need to add the date of access. In any case, you should try to provide full details of the paper and electronic versions of the document.

Plagiarism
The School takes the issue of plagiarism very seriously and checks all work for plagiarism. A sample of all coursework submitted is scanned and analysed using various electronic resources which compare the text of the submitted work against published sources and essay banks. Please, therefore, write and read your essay carefully before you submit.

Learning goals

The goal of this assignment is to reinforce your skills in identifying, evaluating, and integrating information from multiple sources in developing arguments based on your reading and library research. There are three (3) stages to this assignment and you must turn in all three for credit toward the cumulative grade.  You will be required to produce an annotated bibliography and a draft of your work in advance of the final revision.

Respond to one of the following prompts, integrating  evidence from at least six (6) sources to support a clear thesis that answers the prompt. The paper must be a minimum-length of eight (8) pages (7 full written pages, plus your Works Cited).

Prompt #1—The horror of colonialism

Analyze how Joseph Conrad deals with issues of race and colonialism in Heart of Darkness. In what ways are the expressions of humanity in the book impacted by the racist language and attitudes expressed by individual characters? Analyze this dichotomy to support a thesis about how modern readers should respond to the book.

Approaches for this prompt: Pick a variety of passages for analysis that represent the attitudes you saw at play in the book. Through your analyses, expose how Conrad shows approval or disapproval of the colonial presence in Congo. Topic sentences for the body paragraphs should make arguments about how the book’s expressions about the treatment of human beings stack up against the racist expressions of the characters?  What underlying theme shines through? How effectively does Conrad make it?

Your paper should not be a personal response to these attitudes and expressions. Instead, your paper present an analysis that is informed by other scholarly opinions. You will find these through your research and in some of the readings we have had in class. Consider our readings on why violence occurs and how people are inclined to objectify and vilify others. Articles by LeShaun or Rai may prove helpful, depending on what direction you take your arguments. Essays by Chinuba, Firchow,  and Achebe or any of the essays in the section “19th Century Attitudes on Race,” in the Norton Critical Edition may also be helpful. Your own research should seek out what other scholars have have written about this question . Use your analysis of their articles to affirm the position you take in your argument.

Tips
Be sure the quotes, evidence, and examples you use from the texts are well integrated into your paper to support your arguments.
Use vivid descriptions so your readers can “see” or “hear” the performances in their mines’ eye.
Double-check to be sure that all quotes and original ideas in your evidence are cited according to MLA documentation style (see page 119 in your style guide). Your grade will, in part, reflect your ability to properly cite and attribute the ideas and quotes as you integrate evidence from your source texts into your arguments. You will find the MLA papers section of the style guide, pages 103-154 helpful in doing this.
If you use an online citation generator, such as EasyBib, be sure the information you enter is complete, accurate, and spelled correctly.
Students who review their drafts with a tutor at the Writing Center tend to get better, even significantly better, grades on their papers. If you plan to review your paper with a tutor, make an appointment now to see a tutor at least a day before the final revision is due.

Deadlines:
Annotated bibliographies due: Monday, Nov. 30. Turn in one paper copy in class.
Drafts due: Wednesday, Dec. 2. Turn in one paper copy in class and send an electronic version to me at cannes3@andromeda.rutgers.edu.  Name the electronic file Draft 4_[your last name].
Final copy due date: Friday, Dec. 11. This is two days after our last class. Send your electronic version to me at cannes3@andromeda.rutgers.edu.  Name the electronic file Final 4-[your last name].

Other Essentials
Sources: You will need a total of six sources. Use Heart of Darkness (your first source). At least three must be scholarly sources that you found through the Dana Library. The others may be from the essays n the Norton Critical Edition or earlier readings we had in class.
Length: Minimum 7 written pages, plus the Works Cited (8 pages total)
Bring one paper copy to class and send an electronic version to me at cannes3@andromeda.rutgers.edu.
Follow MLA style. It is outlined in your style guide, beginning on page 148. Sample papers showing proper MLA style are in the style guide, beginning on page 150. Your ability to conform to MLA citation style and format will be a key component of your grade on this paper.