Category: Essays

Did the management team make the morally right decision to not add the part?

Questions on position arguments
Directions: Given the set of position argument question, you need to create a premise and thesis/conclusion. For example, either you can present the premise first followed by the conclusion/thesis or you can start with the conclusion followed by your premise. These claims should be expressed in simple declarative sentences.

The question;

“Suppose that a management team decides not to upgrade the safety of a new model of automobile by adding a certain part that would provide greater protection for the fuel tank. If the team does not add the part, the company will save money. Since the company wants to make as much money as possible, the team decides not to add the part. As time goes by, people are killed in low-speed accidents who may not have been killed if the part had been added” (Ethical Insights, 39). Did the management team make the morally right decision to not add the part?

What were the social or cultural responses to industrial war?

hi,
this is a reading response based on the article in the attachment.

The ‘Great Peace’ in Europe between 1815 and 1914 was nevertheless punctuated with conflict in the form of empire-building around the world. This expansionism consolidated the nationalism in Europe that we discussed this past week and paved the way for the total wars of the twentieth century. Consider the ways nineteenth-century wars were shaped by the technologies of the industrial revolution.
the questions
How did warfare change on the battlefield and in society at large? What were the social or cultural responses to industrial war?

How did warfare change on the battlefield and in society at large?

hi,
this is a reading response based on the article in the attachment.

The ‘Great Peace’ in Europe between 1815 and 1914 was nevertheless punctuated with conflict in the form of empire-building around the world. This expansionism consolidated the nationalism in Europe that we discussed this past week and paved the way for the total wars of the twentieth century. Consider the ways nineteenth-century wars were shaped by the technologies of the industrial revolution.
the questions
How did warfare change on the battlefield and in society at large? What were the social or cultural responses to industrial war?

Briefly explain why or why not you would recommend changes from the U.S. dimensions.

Exercise Learning Objective:
Apply your knowledge of the VALS psychographic framework to interpret your personal VALS classification, evaluate its accuracy as a segmentation tool, and contrast it to another culture’s framework.

Your Assignment: (a maximum of 50 points can be earned)
Read about the VALS method of psychographic market segmentation in your textbook (pp. 194-195 “Segment by Psychographics” section). Then go to the SBI website at http://www.strategicbusinessinsights.com/. Find the link to the on-line VALS survey. Take the survey. Either leave the results page on-screen, print it, or take careful notes! You will need this information!

Everyone must answer these two questions:
1. What is your Primary and Secondary VALS type?
2. How closely do the VALS segment profiles match your view of yourself? Are the segment’s “Favorite Things” (click on the link for your primary type) some of your favorite things—or not?

(if your home culture is NOT “U.S.”)
Review the information about the Japan-VALS system (find the link for “International VALS”).
Answer the following questions:
3. What is your home culture (e.g., country name, region name, etc.)?
4. The VALS survey that you took is designed for consumers who home culture is “U.S.” The two primary dimensions of the U.S. framework are “primary motivation and resources”; in the Japan system, they are “primary motivation and attitudes about social change”. If you were consulting with SBI to help it develop a VALS system for your home country/culture, what specific recommendations for change (if any) would you make for the two primary dimensions? Briefly explain why or why not you would recommend changes from the U.S. dimensions.

Required Format:
Your report must be written in business memorandum format (see template below) and use no smaller than an 11 point font. You do not need to provide citations of your information sources. Your memorandum cannot exceed one (1) page in length. Good business writing is clear and concise. Say what you need to say to complete the assignment and nothing more

Evaluate its accuracy as a segmentation tool, and contrast it to another culture’s framework.

Exercise Learning Objective:
Apply your knowledge of the VALS psychographic framework to interpret your personal VALS classification, evaluate its accuracy as a segmentation tool, and contrast it to another culture’s framework.

Your Assignment: (a maximum of 50 points can be earned)
Read about the VALS method of psychographic market segmentation in your textbook (pp. 194-195 “Segment by Psychographics” section). Then go to the SBI website at http://www.strategicbusinessinsights.com/. Find the link to the on-line VALS survey. Take the survey. Either leave the results page on-screen, print it, or take careful notes! You will need this information!

Everyone must answer these two questions:
1. What is your Primary and Secondary VALS type?
2. How closely do the VALS segment profiles match your view of yourself? Are the segment’s “Favorite Things” (click on the link for your primary type) some of your favorite things—or not?

(if your home culture is NOT “U.S.”)
Review the information about the Japan-VALS system (find the link for “International VALS”).
Answer the following questions:
3. What is your home culture (e.g., country name, region name, etc.)?
4. The VALS survey that you took is designed for consumers who home culture is “U.S.” The two primary dimensions of the U.S. framework are “primary motivation and resources”; in the Japan system, they are “primary motivation and attitudes about social change”. If you were consulting with SBI to help it develop a VALS system for your home country/culture, what specific recommendations for change (if any) would you make for the two primary dimensions? Briefly explain why or why not you would recommend changes from the U.S. dimensions.

Required Format:
Your report must be written in business memorandum format (see template below) and use no smaller than an 11 point font. You do not need to provide citations of your information sources. Your memorandum cannot exceed one (1) page in length. Good business writing is clear and concise. Say what you need to say to complete the assignment and nothing more

What kinds of communicative practices are common to members of this community?

Your analysis of a discourse community should contain the following key elements:
® A detailed description of the community and an account of how you came to be a part of this community or how you came to be interested in it.
® What kinds of specific terminology or language do members of these communities use and how is this language useful to them?
® What kinds of rules does this community have? How important are these rules? Why?
® What are the genres or texts specific to this community?
® What kinds of communicative practices are common to members of this community? That is, do they commonly communicate through writing or through speech? Why? And how are these communicative practices effective?
® What kinds of specific literacies are required to be a part of this community? How do new members of the community acquire these literacies? What is the process for doing so?
® Create an argument about why it is important to acquire the literacy practices of this discourse community. What is its value? What does acquiring these literacy practices allow community members to do?