Category: Business and management

The Final Dissertation Structure

CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION

(~1,0001,200 words)

Tables:

Figures: Optional (max 1)

What you do here:

You explain what the problem is, why it matters, and what youre going to do.

Sections:

1. Background to flexible working
2. Why worklife balance and satisfaction matter post-COVID
3. Clear definition of flexible work arrangements (very important)
4. Research aim
5. Research objectives
6. Academic & practical significance
7. Structure of the dissertation

Optional figure:

• Figure 1.1 Overview of the Research Focus
• (Simple flow: Flexible work Outcomes)

No data yet. Just framing the study.

CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW

(~3,0003,500 words)

Tables: YES (12)

Figures:

What you do here:

You show what scholars already know, where they disagree, and whats missing.

Sections:

2.1 Definitions and forms of flexible work

2.2 Theoretical foundations

• Conservation of Resources
• PersonEnvironment Fit
• Social Exchange Theory

2.3 Flexible work and job satisfaction

2.4 Flexible work and worklife balance

2.5 Moderators and mediators in prior research

2.6 Critical evaluation and research gaps

Required table:

• Table 2.1 Key Empirical Studies on Flexible Work Arrangements
• (Authors, methods, findings, limitations)

Optional table:

• Table 2.2 Definitions of Flexible Work Across Studies

No charts here. This chapter is about ideas and evidence, not numbers.

CHAPTER 3 THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK & HYPOTHESES

(~1,2001,500 words)

Tables: Optional

Figures: YES (mandatory)

What you do here:

You turn theory into a clear model you can test.

Sections:

3.1 Development of the conceptual framework

3.2 Explanation of key relationships

3.3 Hypotheses development

Required figure:

• Figure 3.1 Conceptual Framework of the Study
• (Flexibility dimensions Mediators Outcomes + Moderators)

This figure is the map for the rest of the dissertation.

CHAPTER 4 METHODOLOGY

(~2,0002,300 words)

Tables: YES (23)

Figures:

What you do here:

You explain how the research was done and why its credible.

Sections:

4.1 Research philosophy and approach

4.2 Research design (mixed methods)

4.3 Quantitative methodology

4.4 Qualitative methodology

4.5 Data analysis procedures

4.6 Ethical considerations

Required tables:

• Table 4.1 Measurement Scales Used in the Study
• Table 4.2 Interview Structure and Linked Objectives

Optional:

• Sampling overview table

Still no charts. Just structure and justification.

CHAPTER 5 QUANTITATIVE RESULTS

(~1,5001,800 words)

Tables: YES (core chapter)

Figures: Optional (12 max)

What you do here:

You report what the numbers show, without interpreting them deeply.

Sections:

5.1 Sample characteristics

5.2 Descriptive statistics

5.3 Reliability and validity

5.4 Hypothesis testing

5.5 Mediation and moderation analysis

Required tables:

• Descriptive statistics
• Correlation matrix
• Reliability (Cronbachs alpha)
• Hypothesis testing results
• Mediation/moderation results

Optional figures:

• SEM path diagram
• Interaction plot (for moderation)

Tables dominate here. Figures only help explain complex results.

CHAPTER 6 QUALITATIVE FINDINGS

(~1,2001,500 words)

Tables: YES (1)

Figures: Optional (1)

What you do here:

You explain how employees actually experience flexible work.

Sections:

6.1 Overview of qualitative analysis

6.2 Theme 1

6.3 Theme 2

6.4 Theme 3 (etc.)

Required table:

• Table 6.1 Themes, Sub-themes, and Example Quotes

Optional figure:

• Thematic map showing relationships between themes

Quotes go in text. Tables organise themes.

CHAPTER 7 DISCUSSION

(~2,0002,300 words)

Tables:

Figures:

What you do here:

You answer what does this all mean?

Structure:

• Discussion by research objective
• Comparison with previous studies
• Theoretical implications
• Explanation of unexpected findings

This chapter is pure thinking and interpretation.

CHAPTER 8 CONCLUSION & IMPLICATIONS

(~9001,000 words)

Tables:

Figures:

What you do here:

You close the story properly.

Sections:

1. Summary of key findings
2. Theoretical contributions
3. Practical implications for organisations
4. Limitations
5. Future research directions

Strong, reflective ending. No visuals.

REFERENCE LIST

~100120 sources

Mostly:

• Peer-reviewed journals
• Recent studies (last 56 years)

READ THE BELOW PLEASE

I shared my previous proposal and the feedback only to give you an idea of what Im aiming for. I want to make it clear that I do not want any self-plagiarism in the upcoming paper, and the dissertation will be entirely my own original work.

After reading the required topic Resources, complete the following steps. Utilize the “History of Management Principles” template attached as an optional guide to complete this assignment. You will have one submission where you address the following steps. Step One: Examining the Evolution of Management Principles Using only the required textbook chapter readings (no outside sources, internet searches, or an AI tool), write a 300-500-word summary addressing the following. Historical Stages: Describe how management principles and practices evolved as the economy shifted from a primarily task-based/industrial economy (focused on mass production, efficiency, and structured roles) to a service-based economy (focused on customer satisfaction, flexible teams, and relationship-building), and then toward todays technology-based economy (driven by innovation, information, remote work, and virtual collaboration). Key Features and Priorities: For each stage, identify the most important challenges that managers faced, and explain how the priorities for managers and organizations changed. Your summary should show personal engagement and understanding of the textbook content. Be specific in describing and referencing how the textbook presents economic and management shifts. Submissions that appear to be generated using AI tools, generic, or do not reference the textbook will prompt a verification of learning check. Refer to the AI Resource Center, found in the Class Resources, for more information. Step Two: Personal Reflection Using an organization you currently work for, have worked for, or are closely familiar with, address the following in 500-750-words. Assess how the organization prioritizes (or fails to prioritize) people-centered practices. Critically evaluate at least two drivers behind the organizations people-centered practices and analyze their impact on organizational performance and employee well-being. Analyze how values and management practices reflect (or contradict) the principles of stewardship, human dignity, and employee flourishing. Propose three actionable recommendations that integrate Christian worldview principles and promote people-centered strategies in a free-market context to enhance organizational excellence and community flourishing. Connect at least two of the historical principles summarized in Step One to your own professional experience. Illustrate with specific examples how these principles have shaped (or could shape) people-focused practices in your workplace. General Requirements Include at least the textbook, two scholarly references, and the Bible to support your response. Prepare this assignment using effective business writing style. Refer to the resource, “Effective Business Writing,” located in the Class Resources, for specific guidelines and formatting requirements. This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion. You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.

Read this After reviewing The Pandemic Project Vol. 3 digital journal, select ONE piece to focus on as a favorite. Include the title and author in your response as the SUBJECT LINE. in one paragraph of at least five sentences, respond to the following: What caught your attention about this piece? What did you like best about it? How does it directly/indirectly address the pandemic? Explain whether you found it relatable to your own life and/or future career. For career chose something related to business

Write an APA 7 formatted paper that incorporates the following information in a cohesive integrated paper. Do NOT present a “Q/A list.” Conduct factual research and select a real life currently operating private for-profit business OR NGO [article] that is using an AI application in its operations. This can be a publicly-traded company, a private business, or NGO that you personally know or work for or one that you are interested in. It is important that you can research and obtain the information you need about the company to complete this assignment. Content: Develop the following elements in your paper: Name and describe the company; describe its industry and business. (Example: if you choose a grocery store chain business, the industry is retail. Name the company, and in describing the company, include its size, location(s), and so forth.) Identify the AI application utilized by the company and its main subfield of AI. For example, is it NLP, deep learning, or another subfield of AI? (Likely more than one subfield will be involved. Identify the primary subfield. Refer to Week 2.) In non-technical terms, describe the AI application’s function. Describe the AI’s operational role in your selected company. Explain the benefits this AI application provides both the industry and your selected company in particular. Format: Instructions: Structure your paper according to APA Style 7th Edition guidelines. (Refer to APA Help materials in Classroom CONTENT/Overview.) Use appropriate subheadings in organizing your paper. Follow the Word template attached to this Assignment. Also, The APA Sample Student Paper in APA Help shows you how to set up your subheadings. Follow the Word template attached to this Assignment. Length: 600750 words (narrative text portion of paper). Do not include an abstract or other extra itemsthese will not count. References: minimum of 3 credible sources.* All sources on the References list must also be cited in the paper as in text citations. Be original, concise, and organized. Be sure to include all elements of the assignment. See Grading Rubric for further guidance.

Write an APA 7 formatted paper that incorporates the following information in a cohesive integrated paper. Do NOT present a “Q/A list.” Conduct factual research and select a real life currently operating private for-profit business OR NGO [article] that is using an AI application in its operations. This can be a publicly-traded company, a private business, or NGO that you personally know or work for or one that you are interested in. It is important that you can research and obtain the information you need about the company to complete this assignment. Content: Develop the following elements in your paper: Name and describe the company; describe its industry and business. (Example: if you choose a grocery store chain business, the industry is retail. Name the company, and in describing the company, include its size, location(s), and so forth.) Identify the AI application utilized by the company and its main subfield of AI. For example, is it NLP, deep learning, or another subfield of AI? (Likely more than one subfield will be involved. Identify the primary subfield. Refer to Week 2.) In non-technical terms, describe the AI application’s function. Describe the AI’s operational role in your selected company. Explain the benefits this AI application provides both the industry and your selected company in particular. Format: Instructions: Structure your paper according to APA Style 7th Edition guidelines. (Refer to APA Help materials in Classroom CONTENT/Overview.) Use appropriate subheadings in organizing your paper. Follow the Word template attached to this Assignment. Also, The APA Sample Student Paper in APA Help shows you how to set up your subheadings. Follow the Word template attached to this Assignment. Length: 600750 words (narrative text portion of paper). Do not include an abstract or other extra itemsthese will not count. References: minimum of 3 credible sources.* All sources on the References list must also be cited in the paper as in text citations. Be original, concise, and organized. Be sure to include all elements of the assignment. See Grading Rubric for further guidance.

THIS IS YOUR OWN RESEARCH TOPIC This is your own research topic that relates to a person, event or matter in US History before 1877. Treat it as if it is a third Homework Assignment with these differences: Its a topic youre interested in that you choose. I have a list of suggested topics at the end but you can propose one of your own, providing you clear it with me first. This is important so you dont give me a topic on World War Two, the Aztecs or some other topic outside US History before 1877. The History Department wants you to follow MLA rules in this paper for endnotes/footnotes and bibliography. A guide to MLA format is at links to an external site.links to an external site. The Learning Center is more than happy to help anyone with this. The Department wants you to go beyond your textbook and do more specialized research. Ideally this would involve using specialized books, but the instructor realizes your time is very limited. There are some online sources you can go to: EBSCO Host has many online sources that can be accessed through the AVC Library. The American Heritage Magazine has a huge archive you can access at Links to an external site.Links to an external site.Links to an external site.Links to an external site.Links to an external site.Links to an external site. The web has Presidential speeches and other primary historical documents [first-hand eyewitness sources online. (Using Wikipedia and AI for brainstorming to find additional online sources is fine, but do not use them in writing your paper.) HOW DO I WRITE THE PAPER? Give me : A TITLE and an INTRO with a PURPOSE STATEMENT of what you intend to argue [a thesis]. Dont just give me a narrative of what happened, but an argument of your own that you are going to prove. IN YOUR MAIN BODY give me three or four points in support of your theisis statement and develop each one of them: For example, in the case of Grant and Lee: Point #1: Grants management skills were excellent. Point#2: Grant showed tactical brilliance in taking Vicksburg and pinning Lee down at Petersburg. Point #3: Lee squandered his men in pursuit of a knockout victory that never came. Point #4: Lee blundered disastrously at Gettysburg. iN YOUR CONCLUSION tell me what have your three or four points proven: For example: Grant has been heavily criticized as a butcher for his heavy casualties. In reality he was a brilliant strategist who know how to coordinate armies and outsmart his opponents. Lee, on the other hand, proved to be more of a butcher than Grant, wasting the few men he had. His mistakes at Gettysburg likely cost him the war. YOUR FOOTNOTES/ENDNOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY should be in the MLA format and the learning center can help you with this. A guide to MLA format at links to an Links to an external site.Links to an external site. external site.links to an external site. The Learning Center is more than happy to help anyone with this. REMEMBER THE PERILS OF PLAGIARISM AND AI: Please cite your sources if 1. You are quoting someone directly. 2. If you are citing some stats from someone else. 3. If you are citing an idea from somebody else that is not common knowledge. For example, a statement that Robert E. Lee lost the battle of Gettysburg is common knowledge and does not need a citation. On the other hand , Noah Trudeaus analysis of Lees decision is not common knowledge and you need to tell me where it came from, even if you dont directly quote it: Lee listened to Longstreets explanation , slowly comprehending that his attack scheme was resting on false premises. Yet he never considered suspending his offensive plans needs to documented in a footnote or endnote like this: Noah Andre Trudeau, Robert E. Lee (New York, Palgrave, 2009), 148. The book or article you cited is then placed in the bibliography at the end of the essay like this: Trudeau, Noah Andre, Robert E. Lee (New York, Palgrave, 2009). A GUIDE TO MLA FORMAT appears on the Web at Links to an external site. The Learning Center is more than happy to help anyone with this. GIVE ME AT LEAST TWO PAGES 12 PT SINGLE SPACED. Longer papers wont be penalized. Quotes should be no longer than about two lines, should be footnoted/endnoted. Do not give me a paper merely or mostly made up of quotes strung together. You should only use quotes when you want to prove something very important. Remember, as in the homeworks, any fact or idea that you have borrowed from another author needs to be footnoted/endnoted as well. In other words, any quote or fact not commonly known that you borrow from another source needs to be cited.

THIS IS YOUR OWN RESEARCH TOPIC This is your own research topic that relates to a person, event or matter in US History before 1877. Treat it as if it is a third Homework Assignment with these differences: Its a topic youre interested in that you choose. I have a list of suggested topics at the end but you can propose one of your own, providing you clear it with me first. This is important so you dont give me a topic on World War Two, the Aztecs or some other topic outside US History before 1877. The History Department wants you to follow MLA rules in this paper for endnotes/footnotes and bibliography. A guide to MLA format is at links to an external site.links to an external site. The Learning Center is more than happy to help anyone with this. The Department wants you to go beyond your textbook and do more specialized research. Ideally this would involve using specialized books, but the instructor realizes your time is very limited. There are some online sources you can go to: EBSCO Host has many online sources that can be accessed through the AVC Library. The American Heritage Magazine has a huge archive you can access at Links to an external site.Links to an external site.Links to an external site.Links to an external site.Links to an external site.Links to an external site. The web has Presidential speeches and other primary historical documents [first-hand eyewitness sources online. (Using Wikipedia and AI for brainstorming to find additional online sources is fine, but do not use them in writing your paper.) HOW DO I WRITE THE PAPER? Give me : A TITLE and an INTRO with a PURPOSE STATEMENT of what you intend to argue [a thesis]. Dont just give me a narrative of what happened, but an argument of your own that you are going to prove. IN YOUR MAIN BODY give me three or four points in support of your theisis statement and develop each one of them: For example, in the case of Grant and Lee: Point #1: Grants management skills were excellent. Point#2: Grant showed tactical brilliance in taking Vicksburg and pinning Lee down at Petersburg. Point #3: Lee squandered his men in pursuit of a knockout victory that never came. Point #4: Lee blundered disastrously at Gettysburg. iN YOUR CONCLUSION tell me what have your three or four points proven: For example: Grant has been heavily criticized as a butcher for his heavy casualties. In reality he was a brilliant strategist who know how to coordinate armies and outsmart his opponents. Lee, on the other hand, proved to be more of a butcher than Grant, wasting the few men he had. His mistakes at Gettysburg likely cost him the war. YOUR FOOTNOTES/ENDNOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY should be in the MLA format and the learning center can help you with this. A guide to MLA format at links to an Links to an external site.Links to an external site. external site.links to an external site. The Learning Center is more than happy to help anyone with this. REMEMBER THE PERILS OF PLAGIARISM AND AI: Please cite your sources if 1. You are quoting someone directly. 2. If you are citing some stats from someone else. 3. If you are citing an idea from somebody else that is not common knowledge. For example, a statement that Robert E. Lee lost the battle of Gettysburg is common knowledge and does not need a citation. On the other hand , Noah Trudeaus analysis of Lees decision is not common knowledge and you need to tell me where it came from, even if you dont directly quote it: Lee listened to Longstreets explanation , slowly comprehending that his attack scheme was resting on false premises. Yet he never considered suspending his offensive plans needs to documented in a footnote or endnote like this: Noah Andre Trudeau, Robert E. Lee (New York, Palgrave, 2009), 148. The book or article you cited is then placed in the bibliography at the end of the essay like this: Trudeau, Noah Andre, Robert E. Lee (New York, Palgrave, 2009). A GUIDE TO MLA FORMAT appears on the Web at Links to an external site. The Learning Center is more than happy to help anyone with this. GIVE ME AT LEAST TWO PAGES 12 PT SINGLE SPACED. Longer papers wont be penalized. Quotes should be no longer than about two lines, should be footnoted/endnoted. Do not give me a paper merely or mostly made up of quotes strung together. You should only use quotes when you want to prove something very important. Remember, as in the homeworks, any fact or idea that you have borrowed from another author needs to be footnoted/endnoted as well. In other words, any quote or fact not commonly known that you borrow from another source needs to be cited.

THIS IS YOUR OWN RESEARCH TOPIC This is your own research topic that relates to a person, event or matter in US History before 1877. Treat it as if it is a third Homework Assignment with these differences: Its a topic youre interested in that you choose. I have a list of suggested topics at the end but you can propose one of your own, providing you clear it with me first. This is important so you dont give me a topic on World War Two, the Aztecs or some other topic outside US History before 1877. The History Department wants you to follow MLA rules in this paper for endnotes/footnotes and bibliography. A guide to MLA format is at links to an external site.links to an external site. The Learning Center is more than happy to help anyone with this. The Department wants you to go beyond your textbook and do more specialized research. Ideally this would involve using specialized books, but the instructor realizes your time is very limited. There are some online sources you can go to: EBSCO Host has many online sources that can be accessed through the AVC Library. The American Heritage Magazine has a huge archive you can access at Links to an external site.Links to an external site.Links to an external site.Links to an external site.Links to an external site.Links to an external site. The web has Presidential speeches and other primary historical documents [first-hand eyewitness sources online. (Using Wikipedia and AI for brainstorming to find additional online sources is fine, but do not use them in writing your paper.) HOW DO I WRITE THE PAPER? Give me : A TITLE and an INTRO with a PURPOSE STATEMENT of what you intend to argue [a thesis]. Dont just give me a narrative of what happened, but an argument of your own that you are going to prove. IN YOUR MAIN BODY give me three or four points in support of your theisis statement and develop each one of them: For example, in the case of Grant and Lee: Point #1: Grants management skills were excellent. Point#2: Grant showed tactical brilliance in taking Vicksburg and pinning Lee down at Petersburg. Point #3: Lee squandered his men in pursuit of a knockout victory that never came. Point #4: Lee blundered disastrously at Gettysburg. iN YOUR CONCLUSION tell me what have your three or four points proven: For example: Grant has been heavily criticized as a butcher for his heavy casualties. In reality he was a brilliant strategist who know how to coordinate armies and outsmart his opponents. Lee, on the other hand, proved to be more of a butcher than Grant, wasting the few men he had. His mistakes at Gettysburg likely cost him the war. YOUR FOOTNOTES/ENDNOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY should be in the MLA format and the learning center can help you with this. A guide to MLA format at links to an Links to an external site.Links to an external site. external site.links to an external site. The Learning Center is more than happy to help anyone with this. REMEMBER THE PERILS OF PLAGIARISM AND AI: Please cite your sources if 1. You are quoting someone directly. 2. If you are citing some stats from someone else. 3. If you are citing an idea from somebody else that is not common knowledge. For example, a statement that Robert E. Lee lost the battle of Gettysburg is common knowledge and does not need a citation. On the other hand , Noah Trudeaus analysis of Lees decision is not common knowledge and you need to tell me where it came from, even if you dont directly quote it: Lee listened to Longstreets explanation , slowly comprehending that his attack scheme was resting on false premises. Yet he never considered suspending his offensive plans needs to documented in a footnote or endnote like this: Noah Andre Trudeau, Robert E. Lee (New York, Palgrave, 2009), 148. The book or article you cited is then placed in the bibliography at the end of the essay like this: Trudeau, Noah Andre, Robert E. Lee (New York, Palgrave, 2009). A GUIDE TO MLA FORMAT appears on the Web at Links to an external site. The Learning Center is more than happy to help anyone with this. GIVE ME AT LEAST TWO PAGES 12 PT SINGLE SPACED. Longer papers wont be penalized. Quotes should be no longer than about two lines, should be footnoted/endnoted. Do not give me a paper merely or mostly made up of quotes strung together. You should only use quotes when you want to prove something very important. Remember, as in the homeworks, any fact or idea that you have borrowed from another author needs to be footnoted/endnoted as well. In other words, any quote or fact not commonly known that you borrow from another source needs to be cited.

THIS IS YOUR OWN RESEARCH TOPIC This is your own research topic that relates to a person, event or matter in US History before 1877. Treat it as if it is a third Homework Assignment with these differences: Its a topic youre interested in that you choose. I have a list of suggested topics at the end but you can propose one of your own, providing you clear it with me first. This is important so you dont give me a topic on World War Two, the Aztecs or some other topic outside US History before 1877. The History Department wants you to follow MLA rules in this paper for endnotes/footnotes and bibliography. A guide to MLA format is at links to an external site.links to an external site. The Learning Center is more than happy to help anyone with this. The Department wants you to go beyond your textbook and do more specialized research. Ideally this would involve using specialized books, but the instructor realizes your time is very limited. There are some online sources you can go to: EBSCO Host has many online sources that can be accessed through the AVC Library. The American Heritage Magazine has a huge archive you can access at Links to an external site.Links to an external site.Links to an external site.Links to an external site.Links to an external site.Links to an external site. The web has Presidential speeches and other primary historical documents [first-hand eyewitness sources online. (Using Wikipedia and AI for brainstorming to find additional online sources is fine, but do not use them in writing your paper.) HOW DO I WRITE THE PAPER? Give me : A TITLE and an INTRO with a PURPOSE STATEMENT of what you intend to argue [a thesis]. Dont just give me a narrative of what happened, but an argument of your own that you are going to prove. IN YOUR MAIN BODY give me three or four points in support of your theisis statement and develop each one of them: For example, in the case of Grant and Lee: Point #1: Grants management skills were excellent. Point#2: Grant showed tactical brilliance in taking Vicksburg and pinning Lee down at Petersburg. Point #3: Lee squandered his men in pursuit of a knockout victory that never came. Point #4: Lee blundered disastrously at Gettysburg. iN YOUR CONCLUSION tell me what have your three or four points proven: For example: Grant has been heavily criticized as a butcher for his heavy casualties. In reality he was a brilliant strategist who know how to coordinate armies and outsmart his opponents. Lee, on the other hand, proved to be more of a butcher than Grant, wasting the few men he had. His mistakes at Gettysburg likely cost him the war. YOUR FOOTNOTES/ENDNOTES AND BIBLIOGRAPHY should be in the MLA format and the learning center can help you with this. A guide to MLA format at links to an Links to an external site.Links to an external site. external site.links to an external site. The Learning Center is more than happy to help anyone with this. REMEMBER THE PERILS OF PLAGIARISM AND AI: Please cite your sources if 1. You are quoting someone directly. 2. If you are citing some stats from someone else. 3. If you are citing an idea from somebody else that is not common knowledge. For example, a statement that Robert E. Lee lost the battle of Gettysburg is common knowledge and does not need a citation. On the other hand , Noah Trudeaus analysis of Lees decision is not common knowledge and you need to tell me where it came from, even if you dont directly quote it: Lee listened to Longstreets explanation , slowly comprehending that his attack scheme was resting on false premises. Yet he never considered suspending his offensive plans needs to documented in a footnote or endnote like this: Noah Andre Trudeau, Robert E. Lee (New York, Palgrave, 2009), 148. The book or article you cited is then placed in the bibliography at the end of the essay like this: Trudeau, Noah Andre, Robert E. Lee (New York, Palgrave, 2009). A GUIDE TO MLA FORMAT appears on the Web at Links to an external site. The Learning Center is more than happy to help anyone with this. GIVE ME AT LEAST TWO PAGES 12 PT SINGLE SPACED. Longer papers wont be penalized. Quotes should be no longer than about two lines, should be footnoted/endnoted. Do not give me a paper merely or mostly made up of quotes strung together. You should only use quotes when you want to prove something very important. Remember, as in the homeworks, any fact or idea that you have borrowed from another author needs to be footnoted/endnoted as well. In other words, any quote or fact not commonly known that you borrow from another source needs to be cited.

short answers and examples for these: 1. How does the U.S. health care system affect peoples daily lives? 2. What happens if someone does not have health insurance? 3. Even if a person has insurance, why can health care still be expensive? 4. What kinds of health care costs do individuals usually have to pay themselves? (for example: doctor visits, medicine, emergency care, insurance payments) 5. How can medical bills or health care costs affect a persons financial situation? (saving money, debt, stress, job choices, etc.) This is an oral discussion, so your goal is to: Explain the topic in a clear and simple way Focus on real-life effects Speak for about 12 minutes Connect health care to personal financial impact