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Imagine that you are running for a state office (e.g., governor, senator, or Congressional representative) and you have to prepare a position paper for a debate on controversial issues in the news. (Select one (1) of the topics addressed in the first four weeks of this class.) Remember that you are addressing a significant segment of your state’s population and you want to be elected to public office, so your topic will have to have a broad appeal, such as the importance of family values, the fair treatment of women in the workplace (equal pay for equal work), the treatment of minorities, and the media and one’s self-image, among other topics from those chapters.

You will want your position paper to demonstrate critical thinking, sound logic, valid claims, personal passion, and credible support that is cited correctly because the paper will be provided to the news media before the debate and will be scrutinized by the media and reported on regarding these criteria.

Write a two to three (2-3) page (500 to 750 words) paper in which you:

1. Introduce your position using a thesis statement in the first paragraph, including a quote, question, or statistic from your reliable sources and an overview of the main points you will cover. (It’s important to grab the audience’s interest and inform the audience of what the main and support points are.)
2. Provide two or three (2-3) major points to support your thesis statement. (Put each major point in a separate paragraph.)
3. Provide one (1) paragraph in which you identify and answer an expected argument against your view.
4. Organize arguments and support your claims effectively.
5. Demonstrate personal passion for your position and critical thinking with persuasive language, sound logic, valid claims, and credible support for the claims.
6. Use the Strayer University Library at https://research.strayer.edu to locate and provide two to three (2-3) credible and reliable sources (in addition to the textbook) about current events, which have been published in the last five (5) years and are cited correctly in the position paper. (Wikipedia, dictionaries, and encyclopedias are unacceptable and will not count toward your number of credible sources.)

The secret to Wal-Mart’s success has long been attributed to its strong culture. Wal-Mart employees are referred to as “Walmartians” which is a sign of a unique culture shared by them. This culture is responsible for a company of this magnitude to be able to sustain its entrepreneurial spirit decade after decade.

In early days, Wal-Mart achieved remarkable growth rates and was the first trillion-dollar company in the world. With amazing success came criticism. Wal-Mart once held the record for being sued the maximum number of times. Its practices and culture were held responsible for killing small local retailers. It was also criticized for gender-based discrimination, it’s overtime policies, and using sweatshop products.

Go to Walmart’s Website and review the employment benefits it offers, located at http://walmartstores.com/Careers/7750.aspx.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

1. Explain how viable employee relations’ practices have contributed to Wal-Mart’s success as an employer.
2. Speculate on the contribution that employee benefits have in relation to the success of Wal-Mart’s employment practices.
3. Predict the major effects that the organizational culture and the use of performance criteria could have on the establishment of a union.
4. Speculate on why you believe Wal-Mart has not been effectively unionized over the years. Provide a rationale for your response.
5. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.

• Summarize the differences between employee relations and labor relations.
• Examine the relationship between management and unions.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in employee and labor relations.
• Write clearly and concisely about employee and labor relations using proper writing mechanics.

Write a  paper about the relationship between child maltreatment and delinquency.

· A discussion about the association between child maltreatment and delinquency

· A discussion about the role of resiliency in the development of delinquency in maltreated children

· A discussion about how the involvement of Child Protective Services potentially impacts the trajectory of delinquency. *Consider both negative and positive influences in your discussion

The final project is a presentation for an imaginary technology conference called in order to evaluate the impact of technology on culture. Students will pose questions of cultural concern in regard to new or emerging technologies and answer these questions in a multimedia presentation that uses scholarly research. The project will be completed in stages throughout the course and shared with the class in the final week. Students choose a new or emerging technology and ask the following questions about it (see below from Neil Postman, Building a Bridge to the Eighteenth Century). ***Think broadly about the technologies available for study. Often, students choose computer and internet technologies, but the technological choices may span the spectrum from the fields of medicine, to transportation, military, energy production and distribution, architecture, you name it: What is the technology? Is there a precedent for it? Describe the way it works, examples of the technology, and positive and negative opinions of it. What is the problem for which this technology is the solution? Whose problem is it? Which people and what institutions might be most seriously harmed by a technological solution? What new problems might be created because we have solved this problem? What sort of people and institutions might acquire special economic and political power because of technological change? What changes in language are being enforced by new technologies, and what is being gained and lost by such changes? Students answer these questions by doing research in the UMUC library. At least six scholarly sources must be employed to answer the questions. At the end of the session, you turn in a final presentation based on 5 earlier assignments. It will be a multimedia presentation on a particular technology and its relationship to culture.

Write about your clinical experience, following the charge nurse in a long-term care settings.

Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

1. Describe the planned approach as it applies to the object of the evaluation (selected from text, Chapters 5–8).
2. Explain your rationale and provide research support for the approach.
3. Describe three (3) major areas with a question for each and provide three (3) sub-sets of questions for each major question. There should be a total of 12 questions altogether.
4. Provide a rationale and research support (external references) for the question areas.
5. Describe the stakeholders, analyze reasons they should be involved, and ways to obtain their involvement.
6. Use at least three (3) peer-reviewed academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and many Websites do not qualify as academic resources. Peer-reviewed academic resources refer to articles and scholarly journals that are reviewed by a panel of experts or peers in the field. Review the video titled Research Starter: Finding Peer-Reviewed References for more information on obtaining peer-reviewed academic resources through your Blackboard course shell.