...Critical Analysis and Writing 1 Critical Analysis: What What to do: • Analyse decisions made by business people • Understand their rationale (reasons for making that particular decision) • Provide recommendations about future actions 2 Critical Analysis: Why 1. Learn to solve complex problems 2. Deal with the unexpected 3. Persuading others Descriptive Analytical Critical Analysis Persuasive 3 Critical Analysis and Writing Key steps: 1. Understand the question and context 2. Conduct research and analyse the situation 3. Develop possible solutions and evaluate options 4. Recommend a course of action and argue for it What is the questions asking? What information are we missing? What does analysis suggest? What else do we know? What do we need to research? What is happening to the business? What are the possible options? Which one’s are better? State your recommendations Build an argument to support them 4 1. Understand the question and context What is the question actually asking? What is happening? When? Who is involved? What are the facts? Do we have additional information about the case? What is our deliverable? 5 Critical Analysis Example : Food wars You are a junior strategy analyst at Coles. Given the recent controversy around food discounting (Food wars), you have been asked by senior management to provide a recommendation as to whether Coles should continue the discounting or not. In your answer...
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...Debate The technique of persuasive argument is a skill that you must acquire in order to participate in a successful debate. The art of being eloquent, choosing your words wisely, and being able to think on your feet, encompasses many of the components that any debater should be able to handle. In our first debate last week, we got off to a bit of an awkward, slow start. A few of us were confused on the format, when to speak, and what to say next. After several people went up and read their paper, it was time for rebuttals. Certain people had no problem getting up in front of the class, and vehemently stating their position on the topic at hand. Once we were able to rebuttal with more ease, the debate went on a little more smoothly. In the middle of the debate, people didn’t want to end the argument as early as we did. We began to think more critically, coming up with better counterarguments and ideas. Considering this was our first debate, I would have to give it a six out of ten. Both teams were strong in some areas, and weak in others. Over time we will become stronger debaters and be able to develop and hone our skills. As we use the middle school format more often, we will become use to it and be prepared with a closing speech from both sides and a stronger opening argument. As captain for the first time and for the rest fo the class, we will be able to strategically plan who will speak next in the middle of the debate. We can send up our stronger members for some tougher...
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...Women’s role in today’s society Mao Rankin BCOM/275 March 24, 2012 Grey Scott Women’s role in today’s society Women always have been known to be the caretaker of the family. They were to stay home and care for the children and their husbands were out earning the income. In today’s society, women are out in the job market earning a steady income along with their husbands. They may even hold such titles as Chief Executive Officers or run in politics. No matter what they do they are still expected to come home and care for their family. Many will argue that it may be easier said than done concerning staying home and taking care of the family especially in this economy when earning two incomes is almost a must in order to provide for the family. Women have gone through some rough times for the women of today to have the right to vote, attend school, and work. “.. the more rights we as women get, it seems the more we want. We want people to not look at us and make a decision. We want people to give us opportunities despite our sex” (Pendley, 2011). This is merely an opinion from another woman who is speaking her own mind, but it is attitudes like these that make it harder for women to be taken seriously. It is true that women want to have the same opportunities as men and do not want to be judged by their sex but that does not mean that they want anything more. There may be limitations to what women can do physically, emotionally, and mentally as far as work is...
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...Developing Good Business Sense Lizadora Jones Bus 210 06/03/14 The operations and materials management process are a set of specific rules, a company follows in order to properly maintain the flow of inbound material, production and outbound products. The operation part of any business company is the attempt to create value to material that comes into a business. In addition to creating value to material, it is also a set of procedures to turn the material into finished goods or services. Within the operational procedure of any business, the employees must work together in a cohesive manner or the process will fail. In a fast-food restaurant environment, the person working the counter taking costumer orders must maintain the flow of orders being sent back to the prep-cooks. The pre-cooks must insure that the food is prepared the customer specs as quickly as possible. Once the food has been prepared, it must be packaged and delivered to the costumer. In order to insure the customer is satisfied with the product enough to want to want to return, all these employee must function together as a team or else the producers are worthless. The three companies I selected for this assignment are McDonalds, Bose Corporation and Motorola. From the reading I was able to determine the employee’s organizational structure within this company’s by which they complete their jobs. I will review and outline the main kinds of Operations and Materials Management (OMM) processes these companies...
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...Film review rebuttal Objective: to use current level of knowledge regarding film (production, marketing, distribution, editing, sound, cinematography, elements of miser-en-scene, narrative etc.) rebut or critique the opinion of a professionally prepared film with which you personally disagree. Rebuttal critique guidelines: the paper should be at least three full pages, excluding supporting material and citation pages. the paper should be written in an essay format- that is, an opening thesis paragraph clearly stating paper�s intent, points to be covered, and direction; followed by well-developed paragraphs on each concept to be covered; and ending with a clear summery and conclusion. Direction: choose a film which you believe peer audience commonly would or should see and appreciate. Recent films are preferred (in the last three years) American films only. After you have selected a film, find a review of the film which you disagree with in whole or in part. The review to rebut must be written by a professional reviewer (a fan posting to a blog is not a professional review, for instance.) your disagreement with the said film review may address factors you believed the original reviewer left out or did not develop well enough. A copy of the review used must be attached to the final draft of the essay. Film review content and focus: the paper�s focus should be to write a rebuttal to the professional review chosen. The rebuttal review must cite at least three points in which you disagree...
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...have to infer it? No, I did not have to read between the lines discover the claim of the essay. The author was clear about the claim she made. Question B: What are some examples of support? The author uses a single episode of the television show “Blue’s Room” to support the claim. There was no other outside source to back up the author’s claim. Question C: What are the author’s warrants? Does the author supply backing for the warrants? If yes, how? Part 1: What are the author’s warrants? The author believes that educating children about farm life is a waste of time. She goes on to state that children would be better off educated on A.T.M.’s and ring tones. She then refers to a portion of the “Blue’s Room” farming episode as “shocking” in which a puppet demonstrates how to milk a cow. Part 2: Does the author supply backing for the warrants? No, she does not. The essay is filled with her opinions and supposition with no backing or proof. Question D: Do you share the author’s warrants? Do you have conflicting warrants? If you have conflicting warrants, what are they? Part 1: Do you share the author’s warrants? No I do not, nor do I understand how she came to believe the way she does about farming education. Part 2: Do you have conflicting warrants? Yes I do. I believe that education is crucial, specifically with regards to farming and agriculture. Question E: Is there a rebuttal in the...
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...evidence plays a critical role in any argument essay. It’s the evidence, of course, that helps to convince your reader that what you’re saying is true. "Read my lips" just doesn’t cut it. In this lesson, you’ll have the opportunity to learn to examine your use of evidence so that you present your "case" in the best light. In the end, your reader will evaluate your claim based not only on the quality of the evidence you present, but also on your interpretation of it. You will examine your evidence to determine its relevance, validity, and level of detail. Evaluating if you have enough – or too much – evidence and whether the evidence you’re presenting helps or hurts your case will conclude this week’s lesson. Key Questions Textbook Pages What is evidence? Identify the importance of evidence in a winning argument essay. Pages 136-138 How would you identify and utilize various types of evidence to support an argument? Pages 138-143 How would you evaluate supporting evidence? Pages 143-146 How would you analyze a sample argument? Pages 147-150 How would you use debate, dialogue, and deliberation to find evidence for all sides of an issue? NA Week 7 Assignments Major Writing Assignment 6: Who’s to Blame? Reread the article, "Violent Culture: The Media, the Internet, and Placing Blame," by Darren Beals, pages 147-150 textbook. Using all you have read about the role of violence in the media and on the Internet (including the essay we looked at this lesson, as well as your...
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...cause a weakening in another, eventually leading oneself into imperfection. 3. One of his grounds are when he makes a “little Book” to record any faults made to later examine them so that he can improve towards perfection. Another ground he makes is the list of thirteen virtues that he has picked up from other writers and made into his own so that he can follow and perfect them daily. 4. An objection to his book records that he keeps is that he cannot be entirely perfect because of the daily obstacles that he does have control over which can cause him to be at fault regardless of how careful he is. 5. The rebuttal is presented after he explains how focus on one virtue can lack attention to another by counterstating that he can extend his concentration for all the virtues, which can predominantly keep him free of any faults. Didion 1. The essay “On Self-Respect” claims how self-respect is key to guideline a responsible and successful life. She states, “Character—the willingness to accept responsibility for one’s own life—is the source from which self-respect springs.” Looking at one’s failures alone will cause a downfall; instead, it is important to take those failures and proceed to success by disciplining oneself and build self-respect. 2. A counter-argument that can be made on Didion’s claim is how self-respect cannot be held to a specific standard for all people since one may hold self-respect in a lower or higher position opposed to...
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...Directions:For Part 1, youare required to write a complete introductory paragraph using the outline below. For the second, third, and fourth paragraphs, you need to write complete sentences that show the basic outline for the essay. By completing this outline,you will have a guide to refer to when finalizing your report in Parts 2-4. Introductory Paragraph (Identify the thesis statement andwrite a complete paragraph explaining the topic in general.) Thesis Sentence: Paragraph: Paragraph 2: Position (Write a topic sentence that supports your thesis and provides a transition between the paragraphs. Then, record at least three details that provide support for the topic sentence.) Topic Sentence: Detail A: Detail B: Detail C: Paragraph 3: Opposition (To present a fair argument you need to research and outline some of the common positions that dispute your position(i.e. if you are for chocolate for your position, here you would be writing why chocolate is bad). Write a topic sentence that supports your thesis and provides a transition between the paragraphs. Then, record at least three details that provide support for the topic sentence.) Topic Sentence: Detail A: Detail B: Detail C: Paragraph 4: Rebuttal(In the final paragraph you willmake a case as to why your position is correct versus the opposing position. In essence you will defend your side of the argument using examples and evidence to discount the opposition.Write...
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...from Anita DeFrantz, a a former U.S Olympian. 4. The conclusion emphasizes the upholding of the values of the Olympic Games. Other than reinforcing the thesis, the conclusion is trying to accomplish a possible solution to the problem. The conclusion knows boycotting is not essentially the best solution to stop countries who do not value the standards of the Olympic Games. The conclusion suggest building serval permanent host sites that support the Olympic Games values. The conclusion comes to bring all the writer's viewpoint to offer a possible effective solution. 5) This essay would be different if it were written as a traditional argument because it would provide the reader with the opposing side argument. Then, rebuttal their argument with its own reason to its side with evidence as backup. A traditional essay would explain why the opposing argument is wrong. On the other hand, a Rogerian argument essay would establish common ground to find a solution to problem that would benefit or give a fair chance to both sides of the argument. Both sides also have the benefit to provide evidence. Instead of a traditonal argument where the writer’s argument only given the chance to provide evidence and the only has to address the opposing side with a single sentence. ...
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...Winnie Wong Writing 140 Maggie Flynn 4th October 2012 Assignment #2 Most Effective Essay: “SlutWalks and the Future of Feminism.” by Jessica Valenti Slut. This attention-grabbing noun is used throughout the world in the continuing feminist protest that has started since May 2011: Slutwalks. It all began when Michael Sanguinetti, a Toronto police constable, made a statement on how women should not “dress like sluts” in order to be safe from being sexually assaulted at a safety forum in Osgoode Hall Law School on January 24th 2011. His words infuriated many, and Sonya Barnett and Heather Jarvis, Co-founders of Slutwalk Toronto, decided to take action to disaffirm the victim-blaming claim. Originally expected to be a small-scale protest, Slutwalk drew attention and became a worldwide phenomenon, which also triggered both positive and negative responses; Jessica Valenti, Gail Dines, Wendy J Murphy and Keli Goff all published articles to express their opinions. Valenti supported Slutwalk in her essay, “Slutwalks and the Future of Feminism,” whereas Dines and Murphy’s “SlutWalk is not sexual liberation” and Goff ‘s “Dear feminists, Will You Also Be Marching In N***erwalk? Because I Won’t.” opposed it. These writers are all famous feminists; Dines is a seasoned professor and author, while Valenti and Goff are new feminist bloggers who are described as “the pioneer in bringing feminist action online” and “a breath of fresh air,” respectively. Although all of these writers...
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...what controversial (has more than one side / answer / opinion / etc) issues exist in your discipline / major and which are most interesting to you and/or relevant in your field today. To help you with that, you may want to move through the brainstorm / freewrite below to see if you can develop some of those ideas. You should use this to help you come up with ideas that you could discuss and develop on the DB. You may even want to post portions of what you came up with here on the DB. Thoughtful interaction could earn you some BONUS in the CE column and allow you to SPIN some ideas and nail down some solid topics. With that in mind, each student’s essay is to be unique with regards to its TOPIC / ISSUE / STANCE / ETC; therefore, the Board is meant to be a place to help shape ideas, not see one and “steal” it for your own essay. Topics will be reserved for those individuals who first bring them up and if similarities exist it will be the responsibility of the students to determine what different aspects of the issue will be explored by each (first poster gets first choice). I will NOT allow the “casual” student (one who is hanging around on the roster but not really submitting assignments and/or participating on the previous Boards) tell me at the last minute that “X” is his/her project when a conscientious student already articulated this on the Board. What you want to do is complicate the issue. Look at the issue from multiple perspectives and see what collaborations and...
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...Academic essay on Annie Proulx's "Job Story" Choices are something we all make. Not necessarily important choices, but there will always be a time to make them. It's not always good choices, but they have to be made. There will always be consequences, whether it's bad or good. Throughout the story, Leeland Lee has to make a lot of choices. Where to live, where to work and when to work. All the different choices he made, put him in the position he is now. Leeland Lee is an awkward-looking young boy. His face is heavily boned, which he has gotten from his mom, his neck is quite thick and he has red-gold hair. His eyes are as pouchy as a middle-aged alcoholic. His nose is broad and lays close to his face. Lori Bovee is Leeland Lee's wife. She has an undistinguished oval face, and hair of medium length. Leeland Lee is the protagonist of the story, because he is the main character. I would say Leeland is a flat and static character as he is an endless optimist. He doesn't give up when it comes to finding a new job, and despite his wife dying he still gets a job at Unique Eats. The reason he is a static character is because he doesn't change at all. After getting several different jobs he doesn't change anything, after his mom and wife dies he doesn't change one single thing except the fact he isn't listening to the radio anymore, but since that have been an important factor of the story all along, it can also show a lot about how he has changed. The story starts November...
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...Essay on “Job History” written by Annie Proulx In the short story “Job History” written by Annie Proulx, we follow Leeland Lee from the time of his birth, until he is about fifty years old. In the short story we follow Leeland through his harsh life, with ups and downs, in the form of thoughts, feelings, incidents, etc. Leeland is born in a ranch in Wyoming, and lives there with his wife Lori. Leeland does not look particularly good, in fact he is a very unattractive man; (page 91, line 12)“Leeland’s face shows heavy bones from his mother’s side. His neck is thick and his red-gold hair plastered down in bangs. Even as a child his eyes are as pouchy as those of a middle-age alcoholic, the brows rod-straight above wandering out-of-line eyes. His nose lies broad and close to his face, his mouth seems to have been cut with a single chisel blow into easy flesh” And in the top of that, we see how Leeland through his life, tries to find a successful career, but fails consistently. He moves various times from place to place, too seek occupation and good business. But it is hard when you’re a high school dropout, without a career. Leeland have to changes his job constantly, because of his lack of luck, and since he can’t get along white his bosses. He is never able to stay at one job or place for long, which lead to problems in the family. He has a hard time supporting his wife, and their children financially. Throughout the story the author, Annie Proulx manages...
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...An essay is a piece of writing which is often written from an author's personal[->0] point of view[->1]. Essays can consist of a number of elements, including: literary criticism[->2], political manifestos[->3], learned arguments[->4], observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. The definition of an essay is vague, overlapping with those of an article[->5] and a short story[->6]. Almost all modern essays are written in prose[->7], but works in verse[->8] have been dubbed essays (e.g. Alexander Pope[->9]'s An Essay on Criticism[->10] and An Essay on Man[->11]). While brevity usually defines an essay, voluminous works like John Locke[->12]'s An Essay Concerning Human Understanding[->13] and Thomas Malthus[->14]'s An Essay on the Principle of Population[->15] are counterexamples. In some countries (e.g., the United States and Canada), essays have become a major part of formal education[->16]. Secondary students are taught structured essay formats to improve their writing skills, and admission essays[->17] are often used by universities[->18] in selecting applicants and, in the humanities and social sciences, as a way of assessing the performance of students during final exams. The concept of an "essay" has been extended to other mediums beyond writing. A film essay is a movie that often incorporates documentary film making styles and which focuses more on the evolution of a theme or an idea. A photographic essay[->19] is an attempt to cover a topic...
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