Requirements: as required
Category: Writing
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week 6 discussion 2
The Gunning Fog Index was developed in 1952 by Robert Gunning, a textbook publisher. Gunning observed that high school graduates were not able to read much of what was written in newspapers and business documents. He determined that the reason for their inability to read such material was the writing. He felt that many of the texts in newspapers and business documents were unnecessarily complex.
The Gunning Fog Index calculates the complexity of passages of text using an algorithm. For more information on how the index calculates the text, see the following websites:
For an example, please copy the following text and paste it into the text box at this link: :
Increasingly, residents of the United States are accessing digital government services through mobile applications, or apps. Legislation has passed that mandates that federal government agencies have mobile apps available, and user behavior indicates that more and more users are accessing the Internet through mobile apps.
The increase in traffic through apps, the unsecured environments in which users often access apps, and the increase in the amount of data being processed from the access to apps means that this trend has caused an elevation in security concerns as well. Users personal identifiable information (PII) can be accessed by cyber criminals as residents access digital government services in locations with unsecured Wi-Fi. In addition, such information is also at risk as different levels of users from employees to contractors access the data and process it.
Government agencies must take the steps outlined in this report as they develop apps for their target audiences. The platform for the mobile devices, the data on the devices, and the transmission of this data between the device and the server must be secured through the various methods articulated in this document.
Gunning concluded that a piece of text should have a fog index of less than 12 in order to be readable to a wide audience.
- What was the fog index of the paragraph above? Please give at least two reasons for its score, based on your understanding of how the Gunning Fog Index calculates the level of complexity.
- Copy your executive summary from your report to Sally Charleston and paste it into the text box for this site. What was your fog index?
- Consider Sallys education level. Do you think your fog index score is appropriate for a reader like Sally? Why or why not?
- Do you think the Gunning Fog Index is a valid method of determining the complexity of a piece of text? Why or why not?
Feel free to use the Gunning Fog Index for your writing both in this class and in other classes.
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Writing Question
A good manager plans ahead before starting a new project. They take time to get everything ready so the work goes smoothly. Managers need to be good at organizing things and leading people.
In today’s fast-changing business world, it’s important for managers to do both these jobs well. By looking at how managers organize and lead, we can learn what makes them good at their job. When managers understand these skills, they can help their teams do better work and reach their goals.
Step 1: Choose a topic:
- Increase corporate sales (sales department).
- Plan and run a company event (any department).
- A project from your current or previous workplace.
Step 2: Choose a format:
- Academic Paper:
- Length: 23-pages double-spaced, excluding your title page and references page.
- Template: .
- Speech:
- Length: 24-minute speech.
- Template: .
- Resources:
- For guidance on recording your speech, review or .
- Visit to review the following helpful aids:
- Basic Tasks for Creating a PowerPoint Presentation.
- Record a Presentation.
Choose one of the topics and describe the actions a manager should take when planning, organizing, and leading. After describing the situation you chose, describe how a manager will be effective.
In your assessment, using the situation you chose, make sure to address each bullet point below.
- Describe characteristics of effective managers related to the situation.
- Explain how an effective manager should behave in the situation.
- Describe how a manager should plan for the situation to be successful.
- Describe what a manager would need to organize in the situation.
- Describe how the manager should lead in the situation.
Notes:
- If you are writing a paper, we prefer Microsoft Word. You can upload the document as your submission.
- If you are doing the speech, we prefer Kaltura or Zoom. For guidance on recording your speech, review or .
Requirements: read carefully
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week 6 discussion 1
Please examine the following resumes for Sarah Jackson and Tim Johnson:
Then respond to the following items:
- For Sarah Jacksons resume, please comment on her use of contrast, repetition, and alignment. You can write 3-4 sentences for your answer.
- In the week 5 Learning Resources, you viewed a website from the UMGC Career Services unit on resumes. In the section titled Five Things to Remember, the site notes the following: Use numbers, dollars, and percentages whenever possible. This really helps your resume to stand out.
In what areas could Sarah incorporate this advice? Please provide at least two examples where she could indicate some quantity to show the impact of the functions she performed in her jobs.
- For Tim Johnsons resume, please comment on his use of proximity and repetition.
- There are many areas that could be improved in Tims resume in terms of content, professionalism, and layout. Please peruse his resume closely and provide at least two pieces of advice for him in improving it.
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Writing Question
You will explore the fundamental principles of management and their relationship to the modern workplace. The resources will focus on these principles and their relationship to the modern workplace environment and important issues frequently encountered by managers, including effective planning.
Step 1: Choose a topic.
- An example from your workplace experiences.
- Managing a social event.
- Managing a small business project.
Step 2: Choose a format.
- Fact Sheet:
- Length: 1 page.
- Template: .
- Resource: Visit to review the following helpful aid:
- 39 Beautiful Fact Sheet Templates, Examples and Designs.
- Tip: Use 10-point or 12-point font for text and no more than 14-point font for headers.
- Infographic:
- Resource: Visit to review the following helpful aid:
- Create a SmartArt Graphic From Scratch.
- Tips:
- An infographic is an image that shares information. The infographic can include numbers and text. Before thinking of ideas, you can look up infographics on the Internet to get ideas.
- Infographics require using the fewest words possible to make your point. The visual design will be an important part of what you are communicatingit will replace some of the words youd use in a paragraph.
- Text should be no smaller than a 10-point font. If you use images from an external source, check for copyrights and make sure to give credit to your source.
- Resource: Visit to review the following helpful aid:
For this assessment, choose a time where you had to manage a specific event or project. This does not need to be in a business setting. For example, you could have led a social event, a project, or you can use your own work experience.
In your chosen format, describe characteristics effective managers should do as well as how they should behave. You will also describe the planning process that made this project or event successful.
In your assessment, include the following:
- Describe characteristics of effective managers that would relate to your situation.
- For example, how would a manager demonstrating resilience positively influence the outcome of your event or project?
- Explain how managers should behave to be effective in the situation.
- Describe how a manager should plan for the situation to be successful.
Notes:
- Use Microsoft Word if you are doing the fact sheet. You can upload the Word document as your submission.
- If you are creating the Infographic, you can use either Word or PowerPoint. These can be submitted as an uploaded file.
Requirements: read carefully
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Health Care System Assignment
APA 7th edition, 12pt font size, double spaced. All instructions are attached in the Word document. Please use credible sources as indicated in the document.
Attached Files (PDF/DOCX): Mini Paper Assignment Health Care System.docx
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Unit 5: Negotiation: City of Tamarack
CONFLICT RESOLUTION NEGOTIATION: A FAITHFUL CONVERSATION
Confidential Role Information for Workaholic (David)
Davids Perspective
David believes that his actions and behaviors are justified and required to maintain his position at work. He holds a high-level position as sales director within his company that requires additional work time and is proud of his status. He is dedicated to his career and enjoys the financial rewards he receives. He loves his family but expresses that he needs alone time to release the stress he feels from the work pressure. Additionally, he believes he must be on call all the time to provide the best service to his customers and if that means he takes business calls home or in the car, he expects the family to be understanding and adjust to his needs. He relies on his wife to manage the children and household and has requested that she not contact him during his work hours or travel time as he finds it distracting from his work. He is the sole financial provider for the family and as so, must have the freedom and flexibility to manage his work responsibilities.
Throughout this role-play conversation, the reaction by David will be defensive and will justify the actions and behaviors. You will explain your dedication to career and financial responsibilities as justification for workaholic tendencies. Listen actively to the issues of the concerned friend and be open to hearing the concerns and arguments without interruption. Acknowledge the concerns raised and express understanding of their perspective. Last, decide whether to resist the advice and continue with the workaholic behavior or be open to reconsidering the current behavior and actions. If you choose to accept the advice, express your willingness to work on changing your behavior and identify specific behavioral changes you will make.Directions: Please check your Canvas email on Monday (will be sent to you before 5:00 pm) for your CONFIDENTIAL role information and further detailed instructions. Remember, do not share your goals/objectives during the negotiation but rather strive to achieve them. You will have until Saturday night to complete the negotiation and upload the Negotiation Settlement State of Agreement and Negotiation Discussion Questions. The Negotiation Settlement State of Agreement is available on the syllabus and in the course resources. The Negotiation Discussion Questions are at the end of this assignment.
Introduction: In this role-play, you will have the opportunity to negotiate a serious problem–a conflict between a mining company and the government of a small city regarding an environmental cleanup. Conflicts among community, government, and industry groups are very common, particularly around environmental management issues. The issues in this simulation may be similar to environmental cleanup, development, or management problems ongoing in your own community.
Directions: Please check your Canvas email on Monday (will be sent to you before 5:00 pm) for your CONFIDENTIAL role information and further detailed instructions. Remember, do not share your goals/objectives during the negotiation but rather strive to achieve them. You will have until Sunday night to complete the negotiation and complete the analysis questions that will be included in these instructions.
Background Information
The largest regional office of the Twin Lakes Mining Company is located in Tamarack, Minnesota, in the northern part of the state. It was established there in 1941. The city of Tamarack has a population of approximately 18,000. Although there is a growing revenue that accrues to the city as a result of heavy summer tourism (summer homes, fishing, etc.) and several cottage industries, Tamarack is basically a one-industry city. Two thousand five hundred people, 60 percent of whom live within city limits, work for the Twin Lakes Mining Company; 33 percent of the city’s real estate tax base consists of Twin Lakes property and operations. Both in terms of direct tax revenue and indirect contribution to the economic stability of the local population, Tamarack is strongly dependent on the continuous success of the Twin Lakes Mining Company.
The primary activity of the Twin Lakes Mining Company consists of mining iron ore from open-pit mines. Open-pit mining consists of stripping the topsoil from the ore deposit with the use of a power shovel. Train rails are then laid, and most of the ore is loaded into railroad cars for transportation to a central collecting point for rail or water shipment. As mining operations progress, rails are re-laid, or roads are constructed to haul ore by truck. The ore is transported to a plant located on the outskirts of Tamarack, where it is crushed, washed, concentrated, blended, and agglomerated into larger lumps or pellets. After the ore proceeds through this process of cleaning and agglomerating, it is shipped by railroad car to steel mills throughout the Midwest. Rejected materials are returned to parts of the mine where the mining process has been completed. Mines that are no longer in use are called consumed mines.
Twin Lakes’ plant is located approximately five miles outside Tamarack. As a result of the expansion of the residential areas of the city, summer home development, and various Twin Lakes operations, the plant has become an environmental problem for local citizens. The primary problem is that the mining operations pollute the air with dust. For years, the Tamarack City Council has been pressing the company to clean up the most problematic operations. Although several discussions between the city and the company have occurred, Twin Lakes has done little to remedy the major concerns. Now, as a result of more stringent environmental regulations, Twin Lakes has been under pressure from the state of Minnesota and the federal government for environmental cleanup. Both the state and the federal Environmental Protection Agency have informed Twin Lakes that it is in major violation of air pollution quality standards and that immediate action must be taken. Because Twin Lakes is now mining relatively low-grade ore and because foreign competition in the steel market has significantly eroded the demand for ore, the high cost of environmental compliance might force the company to shut down its Tamarack operations. Many local citizens as individuals and through the local chapter of the United Mineworkers Union, are putting significant pressure on the City Council to help the Twin Lakes Company in its environmental cleanup operations.
The imposition of the environmental controls on Twin Lakes, and the resulting pressure from all segments of the community, have led to renewed discussions between company and city officials about the future of Twin Lakes in the Tamarack area. As a result of these discussions, the following major issues, including environmental issues and others, have emerged:
Air Quality/Paving Dirt Roads: The entire process of mining, transporting, and crushing ore generates large amounts of dust. This has significantly increased the levels of particulates in the air. During the dry summer months, the operation of many large trucks along dirt roads intensifies the problem considerably. Twin Lakes believes that it can control a great deal of the dust generated immediately around the plant and is planning to incur this expense without help from Tamarack. The most significant debate within the city has been over a series of roads around the outskirts of the city. They need to be paved to reduce the dust in the air to acceptable levels. Many of the roads are city-owned, and some have been specially constructed by the company for the transportation of ore and material. Almost all of the roads, including those constructed by the company, are used frequently by tourists. All of the roads have to be paved for Twin Lakes to comply with the environmental regulations and stay in business.
Air Quality/Road Maintenance: The roads in question currently require a minimal amount of maintenance. They will require a much higher degree of maintenance if they are paved, however, especially because the harsh winters tend to break up paved roads. To keep the roads in an acceptable condition, the city and company will have to agree on who will maintain them.
Site of Next Mine: Twin Lakes has been testing several locations in the Tamarack area to determine the extent of iron ore deposits. Several of the locations have enough ore to be profitable, and Twin Lakes would like to open a new mine. Although the actual mining may not begin immediately, the decision concerning the location of a new site has to be made now to allow time for both the company to plan for a new mine and the city to plan its expansion around any new mining site.
Restoration of Consumed Mines: The consumed mines that are no longer used by the company are outside city limits. Some of these mines lie alongside main roads leading into the city from the most popular resort areas on local lakes. The city considers the consumed mines unsightly and is afraid that tourists may be repelled by the mines. The company has restored the land to the extent required by law, but the city would like to see further restoration.
Tax Rate on Company Land: The land for the mine currently in operation is outside city limits. However, the plant lies within city boundaries, and Twin Lakes pays a substantial amount of money in taxes. The company has always felt that the Tamarack taxation rate is excessive.
Both the company and the city believe that if some resolution could be obtained on these major issues, the remaining problems could be easily resolved, and Twin Lakes would agree to keep its operations in the Tamarack area in business. Toward this end, a formal negotiation has been arranged between the City of Tamarack and the Twin Lakes Mining Company.
City of Tamarack
Discussion Questions:
Instructions:
Please answer the following questions and include the negotiated agreement. This can be written
in any style. Work with all parties to develop this agreement but each person must upload.
Next, work with your teammate(s) to answer the questions. Each person must submit their individual assignment for grading.1. What were your strategies and tactics that were planned prior to the negotiations?
2. What strategy and tactics were actually used as negotiation progressed?
3. What were your target points and resistance points? What were their impact on the
settlement?
4. How did the negotiation begin? What happened next?
5. Was this negotiation integrative or distributive? Why?
6. Did one side have more power in the negotiation? Why?
7. What were the important ethical dimensions in this negotiation? How did they influence
the strategy and tactics of the City Council and the Company?
8. If your group reached an integrative solution, how could these tactics and strategies be
applied to other negotiation situations?
9. If your group reached a suboptimal outcome, what happened? What could you have done
differently?
10. Any team participation issues? Recardo will serve in the role of City of TamarackRequirements: 15
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Constitutional Law exercise
follow all instructions based on doc i provided
Attached Files (PDF/DOCX): Assignment 3 – Constitutional Law exercise (1).docx
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GOOGLE FORM
I have a pdf filled with questions and i want you to make 2 google forms one for qualitative and for quantitative questions then give me the link to the google form just copy and paste the questions from pdf to form and the answers as well. make sure grammar is correct please and dont change and wording
Requirements: answer
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Writing Question
Make sure you answer everythingthe prompt is asking you to answer to the best of your abilityandwithin the constraints that the prompt gives you.
Triple check that what you’re turning in is EXACTLY what you want to turn in–you only have 1 attempt to turn it in.
Remember that if you do not make an attempt at every major writing assignment, that is grounds for me to drop you from my class and not give you a passing grade if you stay in my class. If you do not have a complete essay by the time it’s due, turn in what you have. There should be no excuse for turning in absolutely nothing. You should have something turned in by the time and date stipulated below.
Read your essay at least twice out loud before turning it in. Remember to put your Works Cited in this document on the last page by itself.
Paper should be 4-6 pages, not including the Works Cited page. Check to make sure you meet requirements before turning in
– We will be writing this essay about the following video/speech.
– Attached is the draft that was written and should be used to write the final draft of the essay.
Requirements: NA