The purpose of this assignment is to demonstrate the power of stereotypes as a shorthand communication tool. With great economy of words, each speaker uses stereotypes to frame the audience into an in-group of which he or she is the leader and the out-group on the opposing side.

Explore various resources to research other famous speeches related to stereotyping and prejudice. Some suggestions are below. You may be able to find these speeches in video, audio, or text format. Try using a variety of search methods including visiting your local library, using Netflix or your local video store, or searching on YouTube. (You might also try locating the videos for the two famous speeches listed in Part 1 of this assignment.)

• Malcolm X: By Any Means Necessary
• Mahatma Gandhi: Nonviolence speech from the film Gandhi
• Gandhi’s definition on Satyagraha

For this assignment, select one of the above speakers/speech and prepare a 1200- to 1500-word paper that answers the following questions:

• Why did you select this particular speaker? Explain in around 300 words.
• Which is the in-group, and what are the unifying values or the ascribed status that provides its solidarity? Explain in around 300 words.
• What stereotype—prejudice, subordination, or discrimination—is the in-group challenging? Provide specific examples and explain in around 300 words.
• In your view, did members of the in-group conspire to subordinate the

  out-group, or was the in-group merely operating within the social structure of its time? Explain in around 300 words.

• How have your attitudes toward prejudice, subordination, or discrimination been influenced by the agents of socialization, such as family, peer groups, schools, and the media? Explain in around 300 words.

Provide a minimum of 3 references and apply the correct APA standards in the formatting of text, citations, and references.

#1 Choose one, current Supreme Court justice, and provide a biography of significant events in the justice’s life, the political labels placed on the justice, an examination of whether or not that political label is accurate, and an analysis of the judge’s philosophy on constitutional issues.

#2 The U.S. Constitution provides multiple rights for someone accused of a crime—the defendant in a criminal case filed by a prosecutor. Choose one right for the accused, and explain why this is the most significant safeguard for criminal defendants. Discuss at least two U.S. Supreme Court opinions which interpreted this right. Did the Supreme Court limit or expand upon the plain language from the U.S. Constitution? In what way? Discuss the relevance of the right in modern society.

Discussion

Locate two articles on the ethics and the internet used in an organization website LIRN (from either Pro Quest, Infotech or EBSCO) and discuss how this affects productivity in organizations and violates confidentiality and priority information of the organization, your discussion should include the citations or work cited in the body of the discussion. The discussion board should also have the references listed at the end as well.

Report and the multisim design for your project

• Title Page (Name, Partner’s name)
• Description of your project (including the specifications you selected)
• Conceptual Design: Explain the block diagram and what each block does (its functionality) and how it works. Also, be sure to explain when one might use an operational-amplifier wheatstone bridge and its advantages.
• Design methodology (show calculations and provide rationale for design choices; remember that your choices must take into consideration commonly available parts).
• Final schematic in Multisim
• Components/Parts list
• Simulation results for your design
• Testing process and results for characterization and validation of your teammate’s design – screenshots alone will not suffice. Description of process is required along with discussion of results.
• Troubleshooting Manual for one potential problem
• Project Challenges: Note any difficulties you faced during the completion of your design and how you overcame them
• Team Interaction Reflection: Describe how you used Blackboard to facilitate interaction, how you worked with one another in the design phase, challenges you encountered, methods you employed to overcome any challenges.
• Teammate Assessment: Use the Project Participation Rubric below and give your teammate a ranking of Needs Improvement, Competent, or Excellent for the first two items in the rubric: Interacts professionally and Plans and organizes team effort. Be sure to justify your ranking.
• Conclusion
• References
• Data sheet for thermistor

Question 1

Question 2

Question 3

Question 4

Question 5

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Reference this week’s lecture to develop a research question and a hypothesis for a hypothetical business problem of your choice. Explain the management dilemma or the business problem that the research would attempt to solve. Your research question must relate to the business reason for the research. For example, “Why have sales of used cars been declining at a rate of 5% per month since July 2012 at Smith Motors?” is a valid research question because you can investigate it with research.

A hypothesis must state an educated guess about why you think something is happening; think about cause and effect. For example, “Sales are declining at Smith Motors due to road construction around our dealership” is a hypothesis because it offers a possible cause for the problem. “Sales are declining at Smith Motors” is not a hypothesis because it does not offer a possible cause for the problem.

Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.

Using the Ashford University Library, find a scholarly business research article on a topic you may want to write about for your final paper.

Sample topics include, but are not limited to:

• Manufacturing Quality/Cost Improvement
• Service Quality Improvement
• Systems Design
• Accounts Receivable/Billing/Accounts Receivable Aging
• Marketing/Advertising Issues
• Sales of Goods
• Investments
• Product Safety
• Workplace Safety
• Labor Pools
• Human Resources matters of broad concern
• Population Studies

Use the Library Research Tips Tutorial to help you complete this assignment. The tutorial covers what scholarly sources are and how to find them, generating and using keywords, and searching in the best library databases for business research.

Read the scholarly article all the way through before you post. In your post, provide

• The citation formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (points will be deducted if APA formatting is incorrect).
• The article’s research question.
• The article’s hypothesis.
• A brief description, in your own words, about how the article answered the research question and tested the hypothesis.
• Your evaluation of how well the study answered the question and tested the hypothesis.

Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts.

Research Project – Week One Each week’s assignment in this class will lead up to the Research Project in Week Six. Before you work on Week One’s assignment, preview the Research Project in Week Six so you understand the final outcome of this project. Also, read this week’s lecture. If you are having a difficult time choosing your topic, please contact your instructor before the assignment is due for assistance.

In a one- to two-page paper (not including the title and references pages), provide the following for your Research Project – Week One:

• Provide background information about your Research Project. (Why have you decided to do this research?)
• Describe the management dilemma. (What is the problem you are trying to solve with this research?)
• Develop a research question and hypothesis.
• Provide a summary of previously conducted scholarly research on similar topics that you can find through the Ashford University Library.

Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. It must include citations and references for the text and a

Course Project: Quality Analysis II

For the company and product or service that you selected for W3 Assignment 2, respond to the following in a 3- to 4-page Microsoft Word document:

• Imagining yourself to be the customer, construct a House of Quality to provide the organization with your perspectives on what the important dimensions of quality are and how well the organization is currently meeting your needs.
• Develop a SPC checklist for each dimension of the product that you believe would be subject to statistical control.
• Evaluate the product using the five-step plan that is associated with the Kaizen philosophy.
• Determine what elements of the production and delivery of the product or service would be subject to benchmarking and describe how you would identify those organizations to which comparisons could be made in a benchmarking process.

Support your responses with examples.

Cite any sources in APA format.

Anonymous, The Twelve Articles

1. What was the peasants’ position on paying tithes and what was the basis for their position?

2. How did the peasants argue that they should be free?  What do they mean when they say their intention is not to be “entirely free?”

3. How did the peasants argue against restrictions on their use of natural resources?

Martin Luther, Admonition to Peace: A Reply to the Twelve Articles of the Peasants

1. What was Luther’s position about the right to rebel against wicked rulers and how did he support his argument?

2.  Why did Luther reject the peasant’s third article?  What did “Christian liberty/Christian freedom” mean to Luther?

3.  How did Luther’s idea of Christian freedom relate to his major theological position concerning justification by “faith alone?”

Assault in the City: Criminal Profiling

Click here to study a vignette.

Tasks:

On the basis of the vignette you read, respond to the following:

• Describe the techniques used in criminal profiling and report on the accuracy of offender’s profiles.
• Indicate whether the offender’s description is admissible in court. Your answer should target criminal profiling of serial rapists.
• Discuss the role of forensic hypnosis in helping the victim recall repressed memories.
• Cite research indicating the accuracy of hypnotically refreshed memories and the admissibility of a hypnotically refreshed memory into court.
• Help Dr. Johnson offer the chief alternatives to assist the victim to identify possible suspects.
•  A copy of the vignette is attached.

      2 pages

All written assignments and responses should follow APA rules for attributing sources.

Journal1: Marketing Plan Part A: Executive Summary and Part B: Targeting Customers

Note: There are two (2) parts to this journal entry.

Part A: Executive Summary

You will create a fictional start-up company that serves the U.S. market with a product or service.

Write one to two (1-2) paragraphs in which you:

Provide a detailed description of your company. The description should include, at a minimum, the company’s name, its history, founders, business purpose, and mission.
Describe, in detail, the product or service the company produces or services. Include trademark, color, shape, packaging, labeling, and any characteristics that you deem relevant.

Part B: Targeting Customers

You will now consider who your customers are and identify your market segment.

It is vital that you clearly identify your target customers within your marketing plan. Knowing your target customers will help you to:

pinpoint where you should spend your advertising budget
determine the type of campaign you intend to run, and
ensure that your marketing message speaks the customer’s language (based on their needs and wants, demographic, location, ethnicity, etc.).

Write one to two (1-2) paragraphs in which you:

Analyze the business customers / clients that you wish to target. Your analysis should include, but not be limited to, their:
demographic profile (e.g., age, gender, ethnicity, etc.)
psychographic profile (e.g., interests, routine, habits, etc.)
profession (e.g., income, occupation, education)
geographic location (e.g., country, region, city, rural, urban, climate)
precise wants and needs as they relate to the products and / or services you offer.
Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Note: Upon completion of the journal, fill out the “Company Overview” section in the Marketing Plan Template, located in Week 2. Next, insert the information from the completed Journal 1 entry into “Section 1: Executive Summary” and “Section 2: Targeting Customers” within the provided Marketing Plan Template.

Note: For Assignment 1: Marketing Plan Part E: Final Marketing Plan in Week 5, you must complete the Marketing Plan Template with all sections answered, information organized with relevant content, and any updated information and materials, references in APA format, and visual aid (graphs, charts, pictures, tables, logos, etc.) included. The marketing plan should be professionally prepared, use business language and images, and adhere to academic standards. You are recommended to transfer all of your journals into the Marketing Plan Template. The journals are organized to align with the Marketing Plan Template to allow easy transfer of relevant information. The Marketing Plan Template should also include any updates based on faculty feedback or course materials.