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Instructions:

1. Review Learning Exercise 12.6 – Problem Solving: Working Toward Shared Governance (located in Chapter 12 of the textbook)
2. Answer the following questions:
   1. Who do I need to involve in the discussion and at what point?
   2. How might I determine if the overarching organizational structure supports shared governance?
      • How would I determine if external stakeholders would be impacted?
      • How would I determine if organizational culture and subculture would support a shared governance model?
   3. What types of nursing councils might be created to provide a framework for operation?
   4. Who would be the members on these nursing councils?
   5. What support mechanisms would need to be in place to ensure success of this project?
   6. What would be my role as a supervisor in identifying and resolving employee concerns in a shared governance model?
3. Your paper should be:
   • Typed according to APA style for margins, formatting and spacing standards.
   • Three references not older than five years

Read “Case 5.1 Help Wanted!” on pages 164-165 of your textbook.

Course Textbook

Ingram, T. N., LaForge, R. W., Avila, R. A., Schwepker, C. H., Jr., & Williams, M. R. (2015). Sales management: Analysis and decision making (9th ed.). New York, NY: Routledge.

In a minimum two-page, APA formatted paper, answer the questions below. A title page and references page should be included in addition to the two pages of content.

In your response, make specific references to concepts you learned in Chapter 5 and other sources that support your analysis of the questions. Convince the reader that your response to the questions is correct. Using outside sources other than the textbook is not required; however, they can be helpful in your responses.

1. Assess Fred’s interview with Victor. Do you feel that Fred violated any legal or ethical guidelines during the interview? Explain why you feel this way.

2. How are the key concepts of socialization related to this situation? Explain.

3. What do you think might happen to Victor should he accept the position?

4. What responsibility does Victor have when interviewing for a position such as this?

5. Explain the approaches that Fred used to locate prospective candidates for his sales rep position. How do you think that Fred could improve his recruitment and selection process? Be sure to identify the legal and ethical considerations Fred should be aware of when recruiting individuals and the tools he should use to select candidates with the right profile.

Final Argument Paper

This final assignment is designed to involve all of the main skills that you have learned during this course. In particular, your paper should demonstrate the ability to construct a deductively valid or inductively strong argument, clearly and accurately explain your reasoning, use high-quality academic sources to support the premises of your argument, fairly and honestly evaluate contrary arguments and objections, and identify fallacies and biases that occur within the arguments or objections presented.

You will continue to build on the arguments that you are presented in your previous two papers. In particular,, you will present a final improved version of your argument for your thesis that you begin for the Week One Assignment and fully address the objection that you developed for your Week Three Assignment. You will need to research a minimum of three scholarly sources from the Ashford University Library. (For further information about discovering and including scholarly research, take a look at the FindIt@AU Tutorial instructional resource.)

Write: in your paper

• Explain the topic you are addressing and your position on it. Provide a preview of your paper and a statement of your thesis in your opening paragraph. [Approximately 100 words]
  • For help crafting a good thesis statement, go to the Ashford Writing Center.
• Present your main argument for your thesis in standard form, with each premise and the conclusion on a separate line. Clearly indicate whether your argument is intended to be inductive or deductive. Follow up the presentation of your argument by clarifying the meaning of any premises that could use some explanation. [About 150 words]
  • If your argument is deductive, then it should be valid (in the strict logical sense of the word); if it is inductive, then it should be strong. Make sure to avoid committing logical fallacies within your argument (e.g., begging the question). Additionally, the premises should be true, to the best of your knowledge. If one of your premises has a pretty obvious counter-example, then you should either fix the argument so that it does not have this flaw, or later, in your paper (steps three through five) you should address the apparent counter-example (showing that it does not really refute the truth of your premise). Arguments that are not valid, not very strong, commit fallacies, or that have counter-examples that are not adequately addressed will not receive full credit.
• Provide supporting evidence for the premises of your argument. [Approximately 350 words]
  • Pay special attention to those premises that could be seen as controversial. Evidence may include academic research sources, supporting arguments (arguments whose conclusions are premises of the main argument), or other ways of demonstrating the truth of those premises. This section should include at least one scholarly research source.
• Explain a strong objection to your argument. [Approximately 250 words]
  • Study what people on the other side of this question think about your reasoning and present the best possible objection that someone could have to your argument. Do not commit the straw man fallacy here. Reference at least one scholarlyresearch source. See the “Practicing Effective Criticism” section of Chapter 9 of the course text for more information.
• Defend your argument against the objection. [Approximately 200 words]
  • Once you have presented the objection, indicate clearly how you might respond to it. It is acceptable to admit that reasonable people might disagree with you or that there might be an area in which your argument could be further strengthened, but you should do your best to explain why your argument is sound or cogent despite the objections.
• Provide an appropriate conclusion. [Approximately 75 words]
  • For guidance about how to develop a conclusion see the Introductions and Conclusion resource from the Ashford Writing Center.

For further instruction on how to create arguments, see the How to Construct a Valid DeductiveArgument and Tips for Creating an Inductively Strong Argument documents as well as the Contructing Valid Arguments Video. For an example of a completed Final Paper, see the Annotated Example The Ethics of Elephants in Circuses. Let your instructor know if you have questions about how to complete this paper.

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The Final Argument Paper

• Must be 1,100 to 1,400 words in length, double-spaced, (not including the title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must use at least three scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
  • The Scholarly, Peer Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
• Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (for more information about how to create an APA reference list see the Ashford Writing Center APA References List webpage).
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

***Please note that this paper is about whether or not I feel social media enhances interpersonal communication.*****

Question 1: The Gradient

a)  Plot the following lines on the same set of axes.

b)  State the gradient of each line.

What part of the equation is related to the line’s gradient?

c)  (i) Which line has the steepest gradient?

(ii) Which line has the least steep gradient?

(iii) How does the gradient affect the steepness of a line?

Question 2: The y intercept.

a)  Plot the following lines on the same set of axes given below:

b)  Read off the y intercept for each line. Fill in the table.

 

 What part of the equation is related to the line’s y intercept?

Question 3

The graph shows y=2x-1 and y=2x+6

a)  In the table give the gradient and y intercept for each line.

b)  Draw in y=2x+3 on the graph.

c)  What can you say about the lines that have the same gradient?

d)  The graph shows y=-2x+4

Draw y=2x+4 on the graph.

Gradient=?

Y intercept=?

Question 4

The cost of making batches of plastic parts is given by the equation:

Cost (in $’000)=2×number of batches+10

C=2n+10

a)  Up to 50 batches are made. Draw a graph of cost by plotting a few points.

b)  Work out the cost of making 21 batches.

c)  What cost has to be covered even if no batches are made?

Question 5

Fill in the tables, plot the points and connect them to graph the line.

a)  

b) 

Question 6

Graph the following equations by finding the x and y intercepts

a)  y=4x-6

b)  y=-3x+2

Question 7

Find the equations of the following straight lines:

a)  Gradient-3,passing through(4,5)

b)  Passing through(-1,-8)and(2,10)

c)  Gradient 5,passing through(1,-4)

d)  Passing through(-6,4) and (2,0)