...Table of Contents Description of Situation ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Introduction ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Two-Column Case ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3 Analysis ……………………….………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6 Ladder of Inferences ….………………………………………………………………………………………………… 6 Dynamics Pattern ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 8 Change Immunity Maps ………………………………………………………………………………………………. 9 The Learning Pathways Grid ………………………………………………………………………………………… 10 Plan of Action ……………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 12 Testable Hypothesis …..………………………………………………………………………………………………… 12 Testing & Result …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 13 Analysis of Result …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 17 Conclusion …………………..………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 19 References ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 20 Part I: Description of Situation Introduction This case is about my working relationship with Rama, one of my company officer that has been assigned to help me in addressing any problems that I face while I complete my studies at WPI. A quick flashback may be necessary in order to provide a complete picture of how my working relationship with Rama. A year ago when I received a scholarship from my company to pursue my MBA in the United States, Rama was appointed as an agency in charge of helping solve any problems faced by all MBA students who received scholarships...
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...Friends are just friends because they really do come and go. That is what I learned is the last few months of high school. I am credible because I was part of an ego conflict with my friend, researched interpersonal conflicts in Beebe’s textbook, and wrote this analysis. The central idea is that friends need to communicate effectively with each other before a misunderstanding can quickly turn into a conflict resulting the ending of a long friendship. The following analysis will explain the type of conflict that occurred, the type of conflict management style that was used by both parties and the four conflict management skills that could have improved the conflict. The introduction has been discussed; it is now time to move forward with the type on conflict that occurred. As defined by Beebe, Beebe, & Ivy (2013), “Ego conflict is in which the original issue is ignored as partner attack each other’s self-esteem” (Pg. 225). On March of 2013, I had to miss about three weeks of school or so, due to an unfortunate event with my family. At the time, my best friend was carpooling to school with me. Since I am the type of person who keeps problems to herself, I sent my friend a brief text saying, ”Hey, I will not be able to give you a ride to school for the past month or so. I will be in and out, mostly out of school, for a while.” After, I sent the text; I never got a reply or text from her. For that period of time, I only came to school for about half an hour, once or twice a week...
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...information about nutrition. The truth of the matter is your nutrient intake can affect your current and future health. Besides you are what you eat. Too much saturated fat can increase your risk of heart disease, and too little of calcium can increase your risk of osteoporosis. Americans are trying to find ways to improve their diets. In the United States today heart disease and diabetes are now appearing in younger and younger groups. A diet that lacks a healthy diet or physical activity plays a vital role in ones day to day life. A healthy diet plan can be a cup of broccoli which has more calcium, vitamin C, vitamin A, and folate that have a fewer calories than a half a cup of french fries. There are six classes of nutrients that are needed to help us stay alive, live healthy, grow, and reproduce. These nutrients are water, carbohydrates, lipids, proteins, vitamins, and minerals (Nutrition). This is a view of my daily food plan that was done for three days from the diet analysis showing my eating habits. The website that I viewed features President Obama wife Michelle Obama endorsing the My Plate that replaced the USDA food pyramid in 2011. The goal of the site is to show just how easy it is to monitor what you eat on your plate in a healthier way that even a child can do it. As I monitored my 3 Day Diet Analysis which showed me that I am not the most healthy eater which I already knew. One reason that I know that I am not a healthy eater is because I do not like eating...
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...don’t own cell phones too, because everyone is in danger when a driver isn’t paying attention. In my Argument and Persuasion course, we are discussing this Cell Phone & Driving law, causing the class to take different sides. As opinions become more and more divided, I realize that this issue is very controversial. The New Jersey Cell Phone Law prohibits drivers from using handheld phones while driving. You may, however, use a speakerphone, a Bluetooth, a headset, or install a car kit. If you are caught using your cell phone while driving, you will be fined 100 dollars, and it is a “primary law” meaning that the officer doesn’t need a reason other than seeing your cell phone out to pull you over. Personally, I feel that the 100-dollar fine is too lenient. I have a friend who recently had his car towed out of a parking lot, and was fined 100 dollars, the same amount for using your cell phone and driving. I don't think the fine should be the same for something that is potentially life threating and something that is not. I think the fine should be between $500 and $1000. However, I recognize that not everyone agrees with me; some of my classmates think that the law is too harsh, or just right. In my Arguments & Persuasions class I have heard sides of the argument displayed that are different from my own. On one hand we have the individuals who believe that the law is too harsh, and on the other hand we have those who think that it is just right. When you’re in...
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...What Every MBA Student in the World Needs to Know Sandeep Krishnamurthy http://faculty.washington.edu/sandeep 1 Management ≠ analysis. What you are learning in school is analysis. You are being taught tools and techniques. Analysis is just one of the ingredients in the recipe. You may have the best analysis in the room. However, if your analysis is not heard and taken seriously, it is of no value. Too often, talented people with the best answers sit in the back of the room while hacks run the show. If you enjoy the view from the back, getting an MBA will not change anything. A MBA degree only works if you are willing to transform yourself. Are you? 2 Einstein would have been a terrible manager. There is a huge misconception among students that being smart is the way to be successful. Let me break this to you. It is not about being smart. There are many smart people who are absolutely incompetent managers. Not to mention the fact that many smart people are first-rate jerks. Don’t get me wrong. I am not saying you have to be dumb to succeed. What I am saying is that you do not have to be a Mensan to make it to the top. All you need is average intelligence. But, you need other qualities. 3 Bill Clinton would have been an excellent manager. The man had his faults. But, he could communicate like few others. Bad managers are, frequently, terrible communicators. They have good ideas. They simply don’t know how to get them across. You cannot lead, motivate or sell if you cannot...
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...Service Design 5 Class Five: Capacity Planning, Process Selection and Facility Layout 6 Class Six: Design of Work Systems and Learning Curves 7 Class Eight: Location Planning and Analysis 8 Class Nine: Management of Quality and Quality Control 9 Class Ten: Inventory Management 10 Class Eleven: JIT and Lean Operations 11 Class Twelve: Supply Chain Management 12 Conclusion 13 Tale of Things to Come I am going to take you on a whirlwind of wonder and learning all based around operations management. At least that is what I saw it as. Coming in to a class with no expectations, mainly because I have never heard of the topic, I was pleasantly surprised. Coming from a person who has hopes and dreams to own or at least run a successful company someday this class had a plethora of information that I will hopefully someday have the opportunity to use. I decided to break the class down week by week. The reason I chose to do this is partly because of the material and partly because of the teaching method. One thing I loved about the class is that as you go along you always continue to use the stuff you learned previously. When we were doing supply chain management during week 12 we were incorporating things like forecasting that we learned week 3. This was a great asset for me because it made me able to retain more information instead of learning it, applying it to a quiz, and then forgetting it. The teach style for the class had us constantly recalling information that we...
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...information through this data base it helped eliminate unneeded information. The writing workshops gave me and in depth look and how to read a paper from the readers point of view versus just the writer’s voice. It also gave me a chance to see how other people would create such a paper and gave me tips on where I was lacking strength. Having someone else read and criticized your work humbles you as well as gives you room to grow as a writer. Along with the workshop having you look over my paper and giving me your feedback helped be discover ways I could elaborate and fix my claim. Since this is the second time I have written and read research on the topic of dreams I feel like I have a stronger understanding of how beneficial dreams are to your lives. If I have dream that frightens me I know have a idea of where it came from and how it relates to my day to day life because I have read so many different views and opinions on dream analysis. Learning about the different ways people view the ‘meaning’ of a dream really gives me a new appreciation to the unconscious thought process. It allowed me to see how complex the human mind is in the fact that we can create vivid ideas while we are technically not in a conscious thinking state of mind. It opened my eyes on different ways I can interpret a dream that bothers me when I wake up in the morning as well as allow me to know not to take what I dream to deep...
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...the assessments tell me about myself? Attitude? Work? Behavior? Personality? Perception? Attitude: I’m sensible, the backbone of any group, and believe that work comes before play. This is truly me!! I’m the one that goes in early to work and stays late to make sure that things get done, and are done on time. People know that they can depend on me. I’m the person with sticky notes on my desk and computer, so that I remember that I need to do this at a certain time, or remind my boss of a particular appointment. They know they can count on me. Work: I’m a planner, well organized, and dependable. This too, fits me like a shoe! I’m the one that two weeks before a mass mailing will be ordering in extra labels, tape, and updating mailing lists. I like to have my envelopes ready, so that all I have to do is insert and tape. I look ahead and what is coming down the road and plan my work and time accordingly. Behavior: I learned that I’m punctual, responsible, energetic, ambitious, and I have a strong sense of right and wrong. This is me to a T! I hate it when people walk into work late, or show-up for a meeting late. I still believe that people should put in a day’s work for a day’s pay. If I’m the manager, I will set a good example. I expect people to work, if they want to get paid. Personality: In the Meyers-Briggs test, I tested out as an ISTJ, meaning that I’m an Introvert, Sensing, Thinking, and Judging. Again, this is me! I’m an Introvert...
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...quite an interesting and enriching learning experience for me. Although a lot of the components of the course were something one learns in some form or the other and has practiced during one’s career progression, it’s interesting how I personally chose to forget some of the basics essentials of being a manager and most importunately being a successful manager. I guess working with different leadership styles and job requirements rubs off on an individuals working style, and to an extent influences their leadership style, which I believe has happened with me. Retrospectively if I have to look at my career and more specifically my leadership style, it has changed to a great extent. I say it has changed based on my approach to people. It has changed based on how I respond to people’s emotions now against how I used to respond maybe 5 years ago, I believe I was more understanding and patient with my people then, than what I am today. I could relate to the fact about how an Organization’s goals and culture can influence a manager’s behavior and working style. OB has helped me by giving me a very objective view of what I was, what I have become and what I should be. It has for example provided me with an insight on how I have maybe suppressed my original style of leadership and latched on to a style that is not truly mine, but an amalgamation of what my organization demands and my bosses demanded. A key learning for me has been knowing the importance of Interpersonal skills or...
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...Rhetorical Analysis Michael Moore’s documentary “Bowling for Columbine,” was an eye opening look at violence and the causes of it in America. Before watching this film I was already aware that there is a problem in America when it comes to gun related violence and watching it helped to reiterate this fact to me. However, because of the overall confrontational style of this film and all of the facetious undertones implied by Michael Moore, the message it carries with it could have more of a negative than positive effect on the viewer, as it did on me. To start, I would like to focus on what was positive about the film. As a whole, the film focused most on connecting with the audience on an emotional level, the “Pathos” side of things. The most heart-wrenching and pitiful examples are the interviews of victims and those most personally affected by each gun related tragedy. The level of emotion expressed by each victim was enough to make any viewer feel a lump grow in his throat, the most poignant include a realtor choking on his words mid- sentence at the very mention of the Columbine Shooting (:23), live footage of children running and screaming in a cafeteria while listening to distressed 911 calls (:30-:32), and interviews with individuals and victims involved with each of the tragic events focused on, one being the Columbine shooting (:34), the other being the incident in Flint involving the death of a six year old girl (1:23-1:25). Every one of these interviews included...
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...experiences, I would of read a lot of topics and just believe what I was reading and not really question it because that would have been more work for me and make things harder for me. During the project I started seeing that some information didn’t look right, compared to the rest so I started thinking, is this all true, where did I get it, is it a trusted website or book. Also I had to give my opinion on the theories of aging so I had to question the information by getting more information to back everything up, which made me start critical think about the topic. During the experiences my reacting was that, so many sources are actually not true and that we should never just believe what we are told, you should have your own ideas. After I was finish the project, I didn’t just learn about the elderly but about how important it is to question everything and don’t just believe it because it’s not always the truth and that I should only use sources that are trusted by the...
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...advisor’s office. One of my labmates was in there, too, and…let’s just say that, although we are an inorganic group, physical chemistry was more of what I saw… Narrator sits down. Enter Albert and Amelia from the BACK DOOR. Amelia is wearing a coat, looking like she’s heading out, and Albert is carrying an NMR sample. Amelia: Hey, Albert! We’re all going out to happy hour right now to celebrate Victor’s oral defense. Are you coming? Albert: Yeah, that sounds like a great time! I’m just going to run down to the NMR lab to run this sample – I’ll see you there? Amelia: Sounds good! See you in a bit! Amelia leaves through the BACK DOOR. Albert proceeds down the AISLE and passes a sign that says “ADVISOR’S OFFICE”. He slows down and looks into the office. He sees Roberta and Magnus in a full embrace, Magnus’s head resting comfortably on Roberta’s shoulder. From Albert’s face, we see confusion and a little bit of shock. Albert doesn’t remain in front of the office door, though – he continues walking and exits through the FRONT DOOR. Narrator stands. Narrator: So you can see what I mean. What is going on here? Do I say something? How do I approach this situation when I see my professor and Magnus on Monday? **During the Q/A part here, Amelia, Stacy, and Lab Member 2 stand around their computers on the front bench. Albert and Magnus are off near the door. PART II. Narrator stands. Narrator: Dear Dr. Date, So I know you gave me advice in the last column – thanks for that...
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...Anaphoric reference Chapter 3: Presupposition and entailment 1. Types of presupposition 2. Entailments Chapter 4: Cooperation and implicature 1. The cooperative principle 2. Hedges 3. Conversational implicatures 4. Generalized conversational implicatures 5. Scalar implicatures 6. Particularized conversational implicatures 7. Conventional implicatures Chapter 5: Speech acts and events 1. Speech act classification 2. Felicity conditions 3. Speech events Chapter 6: Politeness and interaction 1. Politeness 2. Face wants 3. Say something: off and on record 4. Positive and negative politeness Chapter 7: Conversation and preference structure 1. Conversation analysis 2. Pauses, overlaps, and backchannels Chapter 8: Discourse and culture 1. Discourse analysis Chapter 9: Identification and application Conclusion Bibliography Appendix: Script Introduction: Pragmatics is concerned with the study of meaning as communicated by a speaker (or writer) and interpreted by a listener (or reader). As GeorgeYule (1996) says, ‘Pragmatics is the study of speaker meaning’. This paper shows that this type of study involves the interpretation of what people mean in a...
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...Retrospective Analysis of Personality Written By: Keisha G. Roberts Tulane University Dr. Bernard Curry PSY 105: Introduction to Psychology December 2, 2015 Abstract “Personality refers to individual differences in characteristic patterns of thinking, feeling and behaving. The study of personality focuses on two broad areas: One is understanding individual differences in particular personality characteristics, such as sociability or irritability. The other is understanding how the various parts of a person come together as a whole.” (Encyclopedia of Psychology) In this essay, I will explore the traits in my personality that have changed and the traits that have remained unchanged over the years. I will also explore how nature and nurture have shaped my personality, the inaccuracies and biases that I find and compare my findings to systematic studies that are considered more valuable than individual accounts. Retrospective Analysis of Personality As far back as I can remember, three personality traits stick out to me, being very observant, sarcastic and introverted. I was always very observant, quiet and shy. I didn’t have many friends as a kid due to me being so quiet. Now that I think about it, I never really wanted a lot of friends when I was younger. I was very mature for my age meaning, when other kids would be outside doing what most kids in those days did, I would be in my room curled up with a book or drawing. I watched how my peers would act, and most of...
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...This semester of English 111 has taught me many things about my writing. I have learned that one of my best strategies with writing is getting a head start. I have learned that I will produce a better paper if I work on it periodically rather than all at once before the due date. Writing a paper periodically allows my brain to take a rest between each night. While my brain does get a rest, writing periodically also allows me to think of new thoughts and ideas that I want to incorporate into my paper. Along with this idea, a strategy that doesn’t work as well for me is trying to do too much at once. For the Paradise Lost Analysis and British Literature Analysis, I tried to do everything in one night so I wouldn’t have to worry about it any more. This technique put even more stress on me and made me overwhelmed. Although my literary analyses seemed strong in my...
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