...The Writing Center Book Reviews Like 17 people like this. What this handout is about This handout will help you write a book review, a report or essay that offers a critical perspective on a text. It offers a process and suggests some strategies for writing book reviews. What is a review? A review is a critical evaluation of a text, event, object, or phenomenon. Reviews can consider books, articles, entire genres or fields of literature, architecture, art, fashion, restaurants, policies, exhibitions, performances, and many other forms. This handout will focus on book reviews. Above all, a review makes an argument. The most important element of a review is that it is a commentary, not merely a summary. It allows you to enter into dialogue and discussion with the work’s creator and with other audiences. You can offer agreement or disagreement and identify where you find the work exemplary or deficient in its knowledge, judgments, or organization. You should clearly state your opinion of the work in question, and that statement will probably resemble other types of academic writing, with a thesis statement, supporting body paragraphs, and a conclusion. Typically, reviews are brief. In newspapers and academic journals, they rarely exceed 1000 words, although you may encounter lengthier assignments and extended commentaries. In either case, reviews need to be succinct. While they vary in tone, subject, and style, they share some common features: First...
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...|Unit Title: |Unit No:1 |Date Issued | |Business Environment | |Week beginning 11/02/13 | |Student Name |Student ID |Due Date – 03/06/13 | |Lecturer Name: Ibrahim kevin, Sujata,& Issac |Internal Verifier Name | | |Mr. M. Azam | Rules and regulations: |Plagiarism is presenting somebody else’s work as your own. It includes: copying information directly from the Web or books without | |referencing the material; submitting joint coursework as an individual effort; copying another student’s coursework; stealing coursework from| |another student and submitting it as your own work. Suspected plagiarism will be investigated and if found to have occurred will be dealt | |with according to the procedures set down by the College. Please see your student handbook for further details of what is / isn’t plagiarism.| Coursework Regulations 1. Submission of coursework must be undertaken according to the relevant procedure – whether online or paper-based. Lecturers will give information as to which procedure must be followed, and details of submission procedures and penalty fees can be obtained...
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...STAYING ON COURSE Kendra Harvey Pre 100 sect. 7116 October 12, 2013 Kendra Harvey Pre 100 Sect. 7116 12 October 2013 STAYING ON COURSE Enrolling in college at 26 years old was very intimidating to me. Although I graduated from high school, I have a real problem with self confidence. Keeping up with my classmates from high school on social media sites, I became discouraged and depressed from seeing how successful some of them had become. I often wondered why I haven’t become successful. Why was I made to be a failure? Then it dawned on me that I, myself was my own problem. At different points in my life I’ve often given up when I was faced with a challenge. I always took interest in the healthcare field, and I pursued and completed a certification in nursing. When certain circumstances caused for me to have to go back to school to recertify, instead of pressing on I choose defeat. My greatest obstacles now are my children, for I don’t have a strong support system and because of this I have allowed myself to be defeated by other obstacles in life. When I got into college, my biggest challenge was staying focused and motivated. I continued to stay out late, I would put off assignments until the last minute, I did cram study sessions, I was lazy all the time and couldn’t concentrate, and I missed classes and fell behind on home assignments. This caused a major problem for me like receiving failing grades. I blamed everything and...
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...be UNDER the desk. Required materials: Charged tablet, charged back-up battery, tablet pen, red pens, pencils, blue or black pens, binder Homework expectations: You will have a variety of different homework assignments. It is imperative that you check RenWeb on a consistent basis, as well as write down the homework from the board every day. Most of the assignments will be completed on your tablet. Many assignments will be graded together in class, and then uploaded to Moodle. Late policy: Daily homework will not be accepted late. If homework is not turned in on the day it is due it will receive a zero. The first zero will result in an email sent to your parents. The second zero will result in a referral to a dean. For projects, book reports, and for the research paper the late policy is a little different than the daily homework policy. The first day that it is late it will get 10% taken off of its overall grade earned. For the second day that it is late it will get 20% taken off of the overall grade earned. On the third day that it is late 30% of the grade will be taken off of its overall grade earned. It will receive a zero if it is not turned in after the third day. Absence policy: You are responsible for completing all work that they have missed. You will have as many days as you have missed to complete the work. Missed quizzes or tests will be made up on the day the you return to school. It is your...
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...Writing a Book Report Summary: This resource discusses book reports and how to write them. Contributors: Purdue OWL (owl.English.purdue.edu) Book reports are informative reports that discuss a book from an objective stance. They are similar to book reviews but focus more on a summary of the work than an evaluation of it. Book reports commonly describe what happens in a work; their focus is primarily on giving an account of the major plot, characters, thesis, and/or main idea of the work. Most often, book reports range from 250 to 500 words. Before You Read Before you begin to read, consider what types of things you will need to write your book report. First, you will need to get some basic information from the book: • Author • Title • Publisher location, name of publisher, year published • Number of Pages You can either begin your report with some sort of citation, or you can incorporate some of these items into the report itself. Next, try to answer the following questions to get you started thinking about the book: • Author: Who is the author? Have you read any other works by this author? • Genre: What type of book is this: fiction, nonfiction, biography, etc.? What types of people would like to read this kind of book? Do you typically read these kinds of books? Do you like them? • Title: What does the title do for you? Does it spark your interest? Does it fit well with the text of the book? • Pictures/Book Jacket/Cover/Printing:...
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...Brunel Business School Bachelor of Science TITLE ENTREPRENEURSHIP & MARKETING IN BUSINESS MODULE CODE MG2049 Written Coursework: Deadline (12.00 noon, UK time) on Blackboard Learn. The learning outcomes for this module are as follows: * 1. Critically discuss the theories surrounding entrepreneurship and business ventures and how they relate to the global business environment. 2. Identify the impact that corporate communications have on internal and external audiences and their role in the development of integrated marketing communications. 3. Critically analyse issues around new business formation and growth of national and multinational enterprises. 4. Evaluate the application of theories in entrepreneurship and marketing communications ------------------------------------------------- The coursework comprises two elements which include the groupwork and individual essay (100%). The groupwork element attracts formative assessment while the individual element attracts summative assessment (3000 words). The individual element poses questions on your experience as regards the groupwork element and the ‘entrepreneurial journey’ of well-known enterprises. In order to benefit from the experiential learning inherent in the groupwork, it is important that you set about forming groups as early...
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...Thing(ness) 1. Read this (this thing 1 cm. below) P. J. O’Rourke, the political satirist, reviews in this issue a new book about Starbucks. He told us, in an e-mail exchange, how he brews his own reviews: “I read something I’m reviewing the same way I read other things except more so. That is, I already keep a commonplace book (a file folder, really) for quotations, ideas, information, etc. If I’m going to write a review I mark the work for myself, but besides underlining what interests me I also underline what — as far as I can tell — interested the author. By the time I’m done I have an outline for the review. All I have to do is figure out a smart-aleck lead sentence and a wiseacre ending.”[1] 2. Then read the “How to write a Book Review” article on the very next page. Yes, it is a bit long but the information is really quite good. 3. Over the week go to www.salon.com or to http://www.nytimes.com/pages/books read at least five reviews and then divide them into good and bad reviews. Think about the specific qualities that define the better ones. The article from step two of this process will be helpful at this point. At the end of the day a good book review sees an interesting pattern or spins your understanding of the book in a new and delightful way…and importantly is enjoyable to read (as a writer you need to have fun savaging the book, exploring it, dwelling on it, falling in love with it, etc.). Finally remember that your job is to convince a reader of the...
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...Psychological Issues of Addiction & Compulsive Behaviors Memoir Report and Review This assignment promotes the following university wide objectives: critical thinking, interpretation, higher order thinking, knowledge applied to real world scenarios, self-directed learning, active learning, analytical reasoning, interpretation and student wellness. Part 1: The Memoir Report The first half of this memoir report will concentrate on a summary of what the author has to say, and only marginally comment on your opinion of what the author says and how he/she says it. It is a factual account of the memoir’s subject matter, meant to be descriptive rather than analytical or persuasive. This report needs to be well organized, give a sense of the book as a whole, and include publication details. Structure of Part 1 ►Introduction: 5pts - Give the name of the book you have read, the author, and the publishing details. - Describe how the memoir is organized. - Describe the main thesis or argument of the memoir. ►Summary of Content: 5pts - Take each section of the memoir and summarize the important points in that section, and how it relates to the overall structure and content. - Give each section proportional weight in your summary. For example, if the book is divided into four sections of approximately equal length, you should devote the same amount of space in your summary for each section. If, however, section one is twice as long as the other three sections, you should...
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...they perform. The management topics of communication strategy, communication technology, effective business writing (including memos, letters, and analytical reports), nonverbal communication, and formal oral presentations will be emphasized. The course will focus primarily on written communication. Several practical writing assignments will be given and each student will be required to give an oral presentation using PowerPoint presentation software. COURSE TEXTBOOK Geraldine Hynes, MANAGERIAL COMMUNICATION STRATEGIES AND APPLICATIONS, 5th edition, McGraw-Hill Irwin Publishers, 2011. To cite your secondary sources accurately for the report, you must either purchase an APA Reference Style book or download my handout (on Blackboard) describing and illustrating the APA Reference Style. 882-E Scantron sheets are needed for exams. COURSE OBJECTIVES 1. To understand that effective management is dependent on excellent communication skills. 2. To learn the communication skills and activities that are required for managers at all levels of management. 3. To learn the correct strategy in writing business memos and letters. 4. To learn how to conduct effective secondary research. 5. To learn how to organize and write an analytical business report following effective report writing principles. 6. To improve your oral presentation skills by...
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...based on the audit strategy who visit the clients premise to carry out the procedures agreed upon in the planning stage through practical work or field work. Once enough evidence is accumulated to support the auditor’s opinion a draft audit report is drawn up. The client is contacted after this and feedback is obtained to make final necessary adjustments. Once finished the final audit report is issued which expresses the auditors professional opinion and recommendations, depending on the issues at hand a follow-up review may be carried out afterwards to see clients progress in adopting the suggested changes thus concluding the audit process. Table of Contents Particulars | Page # | Introduction | 3 | Stage 1: Planning | 3 | Step 1: Notification/Engagement Letter | 4 | Step 2: Audit Strategy | 4 | Step 3: Initial Meeting | 4 | Step 4: Planning Analytical Procedures | 5 | Step 5: Risk, Materiality and Control assessment | 5 | Step 6: The Audit Plan | 5 | Stage 2: Fieldwork | 6 | Step 1: Gathering sufficient relevant evidence | 6 | Step 2: Notification and Communication | 7 | Step 3: Audit Summary and Working papers | 7 | Stage 3: Reporting | 8 | Step 1/2: The Exit conference | 8 | Step 2/1: The Draft audit report | 9 | Step 3: The Client management response | 9 | Step 4: The Client...
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... A Business Report is an objective and presentation of information in order to achieve some purpose. It is a basic management tool used in decision making. Report may be classified in different ways. Like on the basis of formalities, On the basis of function, On the basis of frequency of issue etc. The basic objective of the report is to know the salient features of writing report & how the formal reports are important in Business Communication. Business report has no single correct answer but several solutions, each with their own costs and benefits to an organization. Report may be targeted to readers inside or outside the organization. In formal reports we have three parts. Two is Preliminary parts & Report body & the other one is Supplementary parts. With introduction parts the reader can get the assignment main topic & also helps the reader’s follows & understands information. It is an important parts of a formal business report. Supplementary parts view the readers where he found the details of the topic. In formal report readers have the clear facts views. Accuracy of facts, precision, Brevity, Clarity etc are the characteristics of business report. Often reports are structured in a way that reflects the information finding process and the writing up of the findings that is, summary of the contents, introduction or background, methods, results, discussion, conclusion and/or recommendations. The inclusion of recommendations is one reason why reports are a common form...
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...Examination Paper : Semester II IIBM Institute of Business Management Examination Paper MM.100 Business Communication Section A: Objective Type (30 marks) This section consists of multiple choices and Short Notes type questions. Answer all the questions. Part one questions carry 1 mark each & Part Two questions carry 4 marks each. Part one: Multiple choices: 1. __________is an essential function of Business Organizations: a. Information b. Communication c. Power d. None of the above ANSWER: Communication 2. Physiological Barriers of listening are: a. Hearing impairment b. Physical conditions c. Prejudices d. All of the above ANSWER: All of the above 3. Which presentation tend to make you speak more quickly than usual: a. Electronic b. Oral c. Both ‘a’ and ‘b’ N d. None of the above ANSWER: Oral 4. What is the main function of Business Communication: a. Sincerity b. Positive language c. Persuasion d. Ethical standard ANSWER: Persuasion 5. The responsibilities of the office manager in a firm that produces electronics spares is: a. Everything in the office runs efficiently b. Furniture and other equipment in the office is adequate c. Processing all the incoming official mail and responding to some d. All of the above ANSWER:All of the above 6. Labov’s Storytelling Model based on: a. Communication through speech b. Language learning c. Group Discussions d. None of the above...
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...are needed to fulfill the duties of this very important occupation in today’s society. “Forensic accounting encompasses collecting, analyzing, and evaluating evidence, and the interpreting and communicating the findings in courts, boardrooms or other venues.” (Carlino, 2010) There are numerous skills needed for these positions but five skills are vital in becoming am effective forensic accountant. The most essential skill needed to become an effective forensic accountant is included in the description of the position. One has to be very analytical in their profession in order to become efficient and effective. Being a problem solver in any business is a trait that no business wants lacking from their employees, but in the field of finance and accounting, employers cannot successfully hire accountants without the skill of being analytical. Since the profession of forensic accountant has been utilized more frequently in the courtroom, analytical skills take an even more important role when the judicial system is involved. “Those in a forensic accounting career combine their accounting, auditing and investigative skills to analyze and...
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...to demonstrate the knowledge and skills you have learned from this module. There are many, equally valid ways to fulfil the assignment tasks. You will therefore have to make many own choices. For example, you have to decide on the time period, you have to decide what aspects of the strategy to focus on, and you have to choose which tools and concepts to apply to this case. Please note that the case study focuses heavily on Jeff Immelt’s role, but you should focus more on the evaluation of the strategy itself. You should not draw only on the printed case study, but you also need to conduct more research into the company, its strategy, and its environment. Internet search, in particular the company website, news articles, and MINTEL reports will be useful. You should also draw on knowledge from other readings, including journal articles. You have to choose a time period to focus on. The case study printout gives you some of the information you need to complete the tasks with regard to the time between 2001 and 2012, and provides some historical background, but you should get additional information, which may also refer to General Electric’s earlier and more recent developments. You can choose either a shorter time period (e.g. 2001 to today) or a shorter one (e.g. 2010 to today). If you choose a shorter time period, you will have to provide more detail about this period than if you choose a longer period. You should focus on the corporate level strategy. However...
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...NIMS institute of management & computer science A STUDEY ON “EMPLOYER EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP: AN ANALYTICAL STUDY AT JAMMU & KASHMIR BANK, SRINAGAR” A Project Report Submitted in Partial fulfillment For the award of Degree of MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION BY SHIEKH RUMAISA ISLAM QAZAMI ENROLLMENT NO: - MBA12/023 Under The Guidance of SOURABH MUNJAL Assistant Professor NIMS Institute of Management & Computer Sciences NIMS University, Shobha Nagar, Jaipur 303 001 Rajasthan INDIA. NIMS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND COMPUTER SCIENCES Jaipur – 303 121 RAJASTHAN BONAFIDE & FORWARDING CERTIFICATE It is certified that the SHIEKH RUMAISA ISLAM QAZAMI D/O Mr. SHIEKH AB GANI is a bonafide student of this institute with enrolment number MBA12/023. Based on the written consent of the faculty guide SAURABH MUNJAL (Assistant Prof.) we are forwarding his project report titled “EMPLOYEE EMPLOYEE RELATIONSHIP AT J&K BANK CO. SRINAGAR AN ANALYTICAL STUDY” for further evaluation to The Controller of Examinations NIMS University, Jaipur Rajasthan. Dr. Sudhinder Singh Chowhan ------------------------------------------------- Vice-Principal Certified that this dissertation is approved in quality and form Chairman External Examination Committee External Examiner-I External Examiner-II NIMS INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AND COMPUTER...
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