Reply to Industry evolution and change Discussion 1
Q – Please read the discussion below and prepare a Reply to this discussion post with comments that further and advance the discussion topic.
Discussion
In the early 20th century, Kodak was consider a titan in the photography industry, it turned a professional only craft to a common craft with their slogan “you push the button, we will do the rest” (Grant, 2016). However, by the end of the 20th century, the photography industry has evolved with new competition and innovation breakthroughs, some of these evolutions in the phtography industry were film advancement and digital revolution. in terms of film advancement, Kodak failed to adapt to the new cameras that involved smaller cameras, faster processing time, which led to better ways to capture images. A few years later, the digital revolution began with the invention of digital sensors and memory cards which offered significant advantages (Lucan et al. 2009). Digital cameras allowed for instant image preview, eliminated film costs, and enabled easier sharing and editing. This fundamentally changed how pictures were taken, viewed, and stored. Kodak failed to adapt to the new evolving market, they have made bets by focusing on films and missed the opportunity to become a leader in the digital photography, by the time Kodak entered the market, the competition was way a head of them.
Kodak’s struggle to transition to digital photography aligns with a period of maturity or stagnation in the traditional film photography industry life cycle. Kodak recognized the digital revolution but remained heavily invested in film, their core business. They didn’t fully commit to digital development early enough, fearing it would cannibalize their film profits (Yuzawa, 2018). This hesitation allowed competitors to dominate the digital market during a crucial stage the growth phase of digital photography. In essence, Kodak was stuck in a mature film market while the future of photography was blossoming in the growth stage of digital technology. Their inability to adapt to this external disruption ultimately led to their decline.
The strategies employed by Kodak to the changing environment are based on incremental approach, which is a step-by-step approach to transition the company from analogue to digtal technologies, along with focusing on rapid prototyping, flexible manufacturing processes, and puting value based on solutions. In the beginning of the 21st century Kodak focused on emphasizing simplicity and ease of use to consumers, calling back to their founding slogan “you push the button, we do the rest”, Kodak produced the EasyShare gallary which is a one stop shop for all consumer photography needs which proved successful (Vinokurova, 2022). However, by the end of the 2000s, the competition has innovated new products which made the EasyShare obsolete. The strategy worked for the early 2000s, but failed to evolve with the chaning needs of consumers in the late 2000s.
In my opinion, Kodak should have evolved their incremental approach strategy to meet the needs of their customers, with a focus on new and emerging technologies, such as cloud computing and services, calling back their slogan “you push the button, we will do the rest”, which would have been perfect for this industry. However, I recognize that this big of a shift in core business would cause major changes, but with the incremental approach strategy, which proved successful before, the shift is possible in my opinion.
Kodak’s lack of organizational ambidexterity significantly hampered its ability to manage strategic change and respond to disruptive technologies. Organizational ambidexterity refers to a company’s ability to excel at both exploration, developing new products, technologies, exploitation, and optimizing existing products and processes (Gershon, 2013). This allows them to balance short-term profitability with long-term innovation. Kodak’s lack of ambidexterity meant they were stuck in a cycle of exploiting a mature technology. They failed to explore and develop digital technology effectively, ultimately leading to their decline in the face of disruption.
References:
Grant, S. (2016). Case 8 Eastman Kodak’s Quest for a Digital Future. In book. Contemporary Strategy Analysis. Wiley.
Lucas Jr, H. C., & Goh, J. M. (2009). Disruptive technology: How Kodak missed the digital photography revolution. The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 18(1), 46-55.
Yuzawa, T. (2018). The digital revolution and business behaviour: the case of Kodak versus Fujifilm. Entreprises et histoire, (1), 37-50.
Vinokurova, N., & Kapoor, R. (2022). Kodak’s Surprisingly Long Journey Towards Strategic Renewal: A Half Century of Exploring Digital Transformation in the Face of Uncertainty and Inertia.
Gershon, R. A. (2013). Innovation Failure: A Case Study Analysis of Eastman Kodak and Blockbuster Inc. In Media management and economics research in a transmedia environment (pp. 62-84). Routledge.
narrated presentation
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In this session, you have been considering moral-ethical dilemmas you yourself faced or that you know of that you either resolved or failed to resolve, but hopefully learned from. You may never have given much thought to ethical theory nor what ethical premises/paradigms you have unconsciously held.
You will be focusing on this case for this assignment:
Jane Doe is a nursing student at University X. Jane is in week eight of a course entitled: “Introduction to Ethics”.
For the week one discussion, Jane copied work done by her friend John Doe in the same class two months ago (with a different professor). John told Jane it was okay to use his work as John’s professor never checked any work in the class using Turnitin.com. John claimed to have earned an A on the work also.
In week two, Jane went to StudentPapering.com and paid ten dollars for a week two essay done by a student (not John Doe) who took the same course four months ago. StudentPapering promises that all its archived work is of excellent quality and cannot be detected as copied. Jane then uploaded an exact copy of the work for the week two assignment.
In week three, Jane paid a worker at PaperingStudent.com ten dollars to write for Jane a brand new essay after Jane shared with the worker the essay assignment instructions.
In week four, Jane relied on her knowledge of Esperanto. She felt pressed for time and found an article by a professor from Esperanto on the week four topic. She translated Esperanto into English using Moogle Translate, and the translated text served as her week four paper.
In week five, Jane was running late again. Jane purposely uploaded a blank paper hoping that she would later claim it was an innocent mistake and not be assessed a late penalty. In a previous course on History, she had done the same (with an earlier paper from the History class rather than simply a blank) and had not seen any late penalty assessed.
In week six, Jane took work she did in a nursing course from a year ago and submitted that for her discussion posting in her current class. She simply copied and pasted the work she had labored intensively on a year ago (even though University X forbids this practice as ‘self-plagiarism’). Jane was confident her Nursing instructor never checked that work using Turnitin.com or another method.
In week seven, Jane copied work found at ChatGPT for the paper. Jane did not use any quotation marks or other documentation to show the text was from artificial intelligence and not by Jane.
Since Jane’s Ethics professor did not check papers and posting for any issues by using Turnitin.com or another method, the professor graded all of Jane’s work unaware of Jane’s actions throughout the weeks of the class. Jane feels her actions are morally justified both because her economic situation requires her to work too much to devote time to school (although other students are well-off enough to have such time) and her religion forbids cheating, but Jane ignores her religion’s teachings.
Instructions
Now that you have had an opportunity to explore ethics formally, create a reflective assessment of your learning experience and the collaborations you engaged in throughout this session. You will submit both of the following:
A written reflection
An oral presentation using a PowerPoint narrated slide show.
For the written reflection, address Jane Doe’s and respond to the following:
Articulate again your moral theory from week eight discussion (You can revise it if you wish). What two ethical theories best apply to it? Why those two?
Apply to Jane Doe’s case your personal moral philosophy as developed in week eight discussion and now. Use it to determine if what Jane Doe did was ethical or unethical per your own moral philosophy.
Propose a course of social action and a solution by using the ethics of egoism, utilitarianism, the “veil of ignorance” method, deontological principles, and/or a theory of justice to deal with students like Jane. Consider social values such as those concerning ways of life while appraising the interests of diverse populations (for instance, those of differing religions and economic status).
Should health care workers be required to take a course in Ethics? Why or why not
Requirements
Double spaced
12-point Times New Roman font
Finance Question
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You are to create on paper your own one-time sporting event (e.g., basketball tournament, flag football tournament, golf tournament). A final one-page paper, with an attached spreadsheet/Word doc with table is to be submitted:
In conducting your analysis above, students will use and define the break-even equation (EBIT = PQ VQ F = 0) to examine the number of individuals or teams necessary in order for the event to break even. The key is accurately predicting all the running costs involved, both variable and fixed. Some examples include site or equipment rental fees, advertising, and staffing. These must be included on a second page (created in Excel and pasted into Word).
Students, you may, in order to shift your break-even point, utilize supplemental revenue-generating options at your event, such as concessions. In this way, students would need to project the revenues from concessions, based on a per-unit average. Supplemental revenues such as these can help sports events and other functions meet the break-even point, utilizing lower selling prices per unit or through fewer units sold. This part is optional, but would be one of those inclusions that would reduce the cost of entry per team/individual and possibly help achieve a lower break-even point.
This is essentially a mini-budget and mini-revenue projection similar to what we have done in Sport Economics (for those having participated in that course already). Note that your final assignment, is to only be two-pages, a one-page write up, and a one-page spreadsheet documenting your costs. If you are able to get facilities for other items (that normally have a cost) for free, you must detail this in your write up. You may also wish to still add a line for them in your spreadsheet, so they don’t appear “forgotten” in your calculations, but simply list their cost as 0.
Reply to Industry evolution and change Discussion 1
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Reply to Industry evolution and change Discussion 1
Q – Please read the discussion below and prepare a Reply to this discussion post with comments that further and advance the discussion topic.
Discussion
In the early 20th century, Kodak was consider a titan in the photography industry, it turned a professional only craft to a common craft with their slogan “you push the button, we will do the rest” (Grant, 2016). However, by the end of the 20th century, the photography industry has evolved with new competition and innovation breakthroughs, some of these evolutions in the phtography industry were film advancement and digital revolution. in terms of film advancement, Kodak failed to adapt to the new cameras that involved smaller cameras, faster processing time, which led to better ways to capture images. A few years later, the digital revolution began with the invention of digital sensors and memory cards which offered significant advantages (Lucan et al. 2009). Digital cameras allowed for instant image preview, eliminated film costs, and enabled easier sharing and editing. This fundamentally changed how pictures were taken, viewed, and stored. Kodak failed to adapt to the new evolving market, they have made bets by focusing on films and missed the opportunity to become a leader in the digital photography, by the time Kodak entered the market, the competition was way a head of them.
Kodak’s struggle to transition to digital photography aligns with a period of maturity or stagnation in the traditional film photography industry life cycle. Kodak recognized the digital revolution but remained heavily invested in film, their core business. They didn’t fully commit to digital development early enough, fearing it would cannibalize their film profits (Yuzawa, 2018). This hesitation allowed competitors to dominate the digital market during a crucial stage the growth phase of digital photography. In essence, Kodak was stuck in a mature film market while the future of photography was blossoming in the growth stage of digital technology. Their inability to adapt to this external disruption ultimately led to their decline.
The strategies employed by Kodak to the changing environment are based on incremental approach, which is a step-by-step approach to transition the company from analogue to digtal technologies, along with focusing on rapid prototyping, flexible manufacturing processes, and puting value based on solutions. In the beginning of the 21st century Kodak focused on emphasizing simplicity and ease of use to consumers, calling back to their founding slogan “you push the button, we do the rest”, Kodak produced the EasyShare gallary which is a one stop shop for all consumer photography needs which proved successful (Vinokurova, 2022). However, by the end of the 2000s, the competition has innovated new products which made the EasyShare obsolete. The strategy worked for the early 2000s, but failed to evolve with the chaning needs of consumers in the late 2000s.
In my opinion, Kodak should have evolved their incremental approach strategy to meet the needs of their customers, with a focus on new and emerging technologies, such as cloud computing and services, calling back their slogan “you push the button, we will do the rest”, which would have been perfect for this industry. However, I recognize that this big of a shift in core business would cause major changes, but with the incremental approach strategy, which proved successful before, the shift is possible in my opinion.
Kodak’s lack of organizational ambidexterity significantly hampered its ability to manage strategic change and respond to disruptive technologies. Organizational ambidexterity refers to a company’s ability to excel at both exploration, developing new products, technologies, exploitation, and optimizing existing products and processes (Gershon, 2013). This allows them to balance short-term profitability with long-term innovation. Kodak’s lack of ambidexterity meant they were stuck in a cycle of exploiting a mature technology. They failed to explore and develop digital technology effectively, ultimately leading to their decline in the face of disruption.
References:
Grant, S. (2016). Case 8 Eastman Kodak’s Quest for a Digital Future. In book. Contemporary Strategy Analysis. Wiley.
Lucas Jr, H. C., & Goh, J. M. (2009). Disruptive technology: How Kodak missed the digital photography revolution. The Journal of Strategic Information Systems, 18(1), 46-55.
Yuzawa, T. (2018). The digital revolution and business behaviour: the case of Kodak versus Fujifilm. Entreprises et histoire, (1), 37-50.
Vinokurova, N., & Kapoor, R. (2022). Kodak’s Surprisingly Long Journey Towards Strategic Renewal: A Half Century of Exploring Digital Transformation in the Face of Uncertainty and Inertia.
Gershon, R. A. (2013). Innovation Failure: A Case Study Analysis of Eastman Kodak and Blockbuster Inc. In Media management and economics research in a transmedia environment (pp. 62-84). Routledge.
Writing Project #1: The Food Blog Post
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Write your blogpost.
You will create a blog post like one that you might encounter in a food blog. Often, such blogs will be themed; their posts may center around, for example, healthy eating, baking on a budget, meal prepping, or dorm-friendly cooking. For this assignment, imagine that your post, too, is part of a themed blog—one that centers around teaching about culture through food—one dish at a time. Thus, your blog post should include three key pieces:
The Personal Introduction: an informative and engaging introduction that primes the reader to learn about culture through food. Specifically, your introduction should make clear how the dish has personal significance to you, but also broader cultural significance. Your introduction should also give readers a sense of how the blog is organized, making it easy for readers to navigate the text.
The Body Paragraphs: In these paragraphs, you’ll do the majority of the educating work! You’re teaching your audience about the dish. While your Personal Introduction made clear how the dish matters to you, your body paragraphs should make clear how the dish matters to others. Your body paragraphs may be organized how you see fit, but they should include the following information:
Key information about the dish: Tell your readers some of the most important information about the dish–including, especially, the ingredients it is typically made of and who typically eats it.
The cultural significance of the dish: Tell your readers why this dish matters. What makes it unique and/or important to more than just you?
Use what you learned in “Big Idea #1: Writing Is Multimodal” and “Explore – Principles of Design and Multimodality” to make sure your blog post is visually effective.In your blog post, you will need to effectively incorporate three (3) or more images. Your images, according to the rubric, should be “illustrative.” An “illustrative” image actually helps readers understand something–as opposed to a decorative image, which only adds embellishment. For example, an image of an apple pie on a picnic table can help readers imagine the cozy contexts in which the dish is eaten. It can even persuade readers to cook an apple pie for themselves, if the dish looks delicious enough! A clip-art image of a pie, though, doesn’t do all that much to really help the readers understand where the dish is often eaten. An image of the kitchen set-up in a college dorm, for instance, can showcase the cooking constraints of college dorm culture. An image of the football field, though, may be less illustrative. In short: think of “illustrative images” as support or evidence.
It is 1,000+ words in length.
It includes (in both the text and in the Works Cited section) a minimum of four (4) sources. Note: you may cite any readings assigned in the course–but they do not count towards your minimum source count; all citations represent genuine attempts at proper formatting.
It incorporates a minimum of three (3) images.
Impress upon readers why the dish and/or its ingredients matter–to you, as well as in a broader cultural context. Ensure that this significance is explicitly and consistently expressed in the blog post.
It carefully and thoughtfully incorporates of research.
Draw upon clearly credible sources to support your claims about the dish (and/or its ingredients). When incorporating sources, your post should use language and in-text citations to clearly distinguish between your ideas and the ideas you learned from other sources. Sources are documented in a properly formatted Works Cited page, as well as in properly formatted in-text citations.
It effectively integrates of visual design principles.
Your blog post should follow principles of visual design. Choices about color, contrast, space, and balance should be appropriate to the content of the blog post. They should enable readers to easily navigate the document. Images should be consistently illustrative, working to help readers more easily understand your blog post.
Its structure is purposeful, sensible, and easy-to-follow
Word choice should be appropriate to a general audience. Write concisely and without undue repetition. Tone should be both informative and engaging.
Discussion 2 Advanced Patho
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Discussion Topic: Module 2 DiscussionModule 2 Discussion
Hematopoietic:
J.D. is a 37 years old white woman who presents to her gynecologist complaining of a 2-month history of intermenstrual bleeding, menorrhagia, increased urinary frequency, mild incontinence, extreme fatigue, and weakness. Her menstrual period occurs every 28 days and lately there have been 6 days of heavy flow and cramping. She denies abdominal distension, back-ache, and constipation. She has not had her usual energy levels since before her last pregnancy.
Past Medical History (PMH):
Upon reviewing her past medical history, the gynecologist notes that her patient is a G5P5with four pregnancies within four years, the last infant having been delivered vaginally four months ago. All five pregnancies were unremarkable and without delivery complications. All infants were born healthy. Patient history also reveals a 3-year history of osteoarthritis in the left knee, probably the result of sustaining significant trauma to her knee in an MVA when she was 9 years old. When asked what OTC medications she is currently taking for her pain and for how long she has been taking them, she reveals that she started taking ibuprofen, three tablets each day, about 2.5 years ago for her left knee. Due to a slowly progressive increase in pain and a loss of adequate relief with three tablets, she doubled the daily dose of ibuprofen. Upon the recommendation from her nurse practitioner and because long-term ibuprofen use can cause peptic ulcers, she began taking OTC omeprazole on a regular basis to prevent gastrointestinal bleeding. Patient history also reveals a 3-year history of HTN for which she is now being treated with a diuretic and a centrally acting antihypertensive drug. She has had no previous surgeries.
Case Study Questions
Name the contributing factors on J.D that might put her at risk to develop iron deficiency anemia.
Within the case study, describe the reasons why J.D. might be presenting constipation and or dehydration.
Why Vitamin B12 and folic acid are important on the erythropoiesis? What abnormalities their deficiency might cause on the red blood cells?
The gynecologist is suspecting that J.D. might be experiencing iron deficiency anemia.
In order to support the diagnosis, list and describe the clinical symptoms that J.D. might have positive for Iron deficiency anemia.
If the patient is diagnosed with iron deficiency anemia, what do you expect to find as signs of this type of anemia? List and describe.
Labs results came back for the patient. Hb 10.2 g/dL; Hct 30.8%; Ferritin 9 ng/dL; red blood cells are smaller and paler in color than normal. Research list and describe for appropriate recommendations and treatments for J.D.
Cardiovascular
Mr. W.G. is a 53-year-old white man who began to experience chest discomfort while playing tennis with a friend. At first, he attributed his discomfort to the heat and having had a large breakfast. Gradually, however, discomfort intensified to a crushing sensation in the sternal area and the pain seemed to spread upward into his neck and lower jaw. The nature of the pain did not seem to change with deep breathing. When Mr. G. complained of feeling nauseated and began rubbing his chest, his tennis partner was concerned that his friend was having a heart attack and called 911 on his cell phone. The patient was transported to the ED of the nearest hospital and arrived within 30 minutes of the onset of chest pain. In route to the hospital, the patient was placed on nasal cannula and an IV D5W was started. Mr. G. received aspirin (325 mg po) and 2 mg/IV morphine. He is allergic to meperidine (rash). His pain has eased slightly in the last 15 minutes but is still significant; was 9/10 in severity; now7/10. In the ED, chest pain was not relieved by 3 SL NTG tablets. He denies chills.
Case Study Questions
For patients at risk of developing coronary artery disease and patients diagnosed with acute myocardial infarct, describe the modifiable and non-modifiable risk factors.
What would you expect to see on Mr. W.G. EKG and which findings described on the case are compatible with the acute coronary event?
Having only the opportunity to choose one laboratory test to confirm the acute myocardial infarct, which would be the most specific laboratory test you would choose and why?
How do you explain that Mr. W.G temperature has increased after his Myocardial Infarct, when that can be observed and for how long? Base your answer on the pathophysiology of the event.
Explain to Mr. W.G. why he was experiencing pain during his Myocardial Infarct. Elaborate and support your answer.
Literature Review & Research Questions
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You can choose one Topic to do research on and write about it. Below are examples of research topics which I would prefer you to write about. There is a final research paper template attached below for you to take a look at.
NOTE: This first assignment is about Literature Review & Research Questions.
2ND NOTE: We had worked on a Research Design paper (“Research Design Final Draft” attached below) with chosen topics in the previous class, you can also use the topic and information from that paper for this Research paper so it can save time for you.
Research topic examples:
IT Governance:
Examining the impact of different IT governance frameworks on organizational performance.
Assessing the effectiveness of IT governance in ensuring data security and compliance.
IT Project Management:
Analyzing the success factors of Agile project management in IT development.
IT Strategy:
Evaluating the alignment between business strategy and IT strategy.
Exploring the integration of DevOps practices in IT service management.
Cybersecurity Management:
Analyzing the challenges and benefits of migrating to the cloud for IT infrastructure.
Evaluating the impact of cloud computing on IT cost management.
IT Outsourcing:
Investigating the factors influencing the decision to outsource IT services.
Investigating the challenges of managing and securing large-scale datasets.
IT Leadership and Management Skills:
Examining the ethical considerations of using artificial intelligence in IT systems.
Assessing the privacy implications of IT systems and data collection.
IT Risk Management:
Analyzing the effectiveness of IT risk management frameworks.
Assessing the carbon footprint of IT infrastructure and exploring sustainable practices.
Blockchain Technology:
Analyzing the impact of digital transformation on organizational structures and cultures.
Investigating strategies for managing resistance to change during digital transformations.
Studying the role of IT governance in mitigating cybersecurity risks and ensuring data privacy.
Analyzing the impact of regulatory compliance on IT governance practices.
Assessing the role of project management in achieving IT-related business outcomes.
Data Analytics and Business Intelligence:
Cybersecurity Management:
Assessing the effectiveness of cybersecurity policies and practices in organizations.
Evaluating the adoption and impact of IT service management frameworks (e.g., ITIL) in organizations.
Studying the relationship between ITSM practices and overall service delivery and customer satisfaction.
Analyzing the role of innovation management in fostering technological advancements.
Assessing the impact of technology adoption on organizational competitiveness.
Assessing the role of IT in improving transparency, accountability, and citizen engagement in the public sector.
IT Ethics and Social Responsibility:
Knowledge Management in IT:
Studying the role of knowledge management in enhancing organizational learning and innovation.
Problem-Solving, Creativity, and Intelligence
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Write a professional development briefing paper focused on how theories, principles, and evidence-based best practices related to problem-solving and creativity, decision-making and reasoning, and human and artificial intelligence can be applied in the context of a selected professional specialization
As a professional psychologist, you will need to review theory and research and use it as the basis to develop best practices. For this assessment, you will focus on the following topics:
Problem-solving and creativity.
Decision-making and reasoning.
Introduction to Decision Making and Reasoning [PDF].
Introduction to Human and Artificial Intelligence [PDF].
What are obstacles and aids to problem-solving?
What is deductive reasoning? What facilitates and impedes its use?
What other forms of reasoning are there?
How does expertise develop?
To what degree is human intelligence influenced by inherited or environmental factors?
On the title page, enter the following:
A descriptive title of approximately 5–15 words. It should stir interest while maintaining professional decorum.
Capella University.
Note: If this paper was written for an actual professional context, the entries under your name would be replaced by your job title, the name of your organization, and your contact information.
Briefly discuss in very general terms that how the three topics relate to each other and how they can be used to help people in your work context.
Topic Sections
The briefing paper will have three sections, each dedicated to one of the three topics. Within each section:
Analyze how and to what extent brain physiology or neuroscience can provide an explanation of relevant phenomena.
Rhetoric Application
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Synthesize your knowledge of rhetoric and writing theories by rewriting a workplace document and providing a justification of the changes that you made to that document. The justification for part 2 should be 1,750-2,000 words. The original and the rewriting of the workplace document does not count toward the word count but should be submitted with the assignment. This assignment is due in Topic 8.
The Scenario: As you have learned, the Sophists, Plato, and Aristotle have differing views on truth and belief, which informs their definitions of rhetoric. These definitions are multifaceted, but, at core, return to issues of an author’s power and social positions as well as an audience’s position in a social hierarchy. What’s more, the meaning of and the application of rhetoric has undergone substantial changes from era to era. What rhetoric enables one to “see” in an act of communication is dependent upon the assumed definition of and purpose of rhetoric to which one subscribes. To be an informed communicator in your workplaces, you must remain cognizant of these considerations the lessons you have learned from through your study of rhetoric.
Your Task: This assignment includes two parts.
Part 1: Synthesize your knowledge of writing theories by first selecting one document from your profession (or desired profession) that does not contain sensitive or confidential information. Some appropriate documents could be mission statements, briefs, reports, letters, newsletters, promotional materials, brochures, performance evaluations, proposals, portions of a training handbook, etc. Please exercise caution with privacy. Your selection should be informed by your knowledge of rhetorical theories from Topics 5-8.
Once you have selected your document, REWRITE it to achieve one of the following two purposes:
Solve a rhetorical problem with the document.
-OR-
To do this, you should identify the potential rhetorical problems of the current document for the target audience. Then, you should draw from what you have learned about different rhetorical theories from Topics 5-8 to carefully apply rhetorical strategies to replace the potential problems of the original document.
Part 2: Write a 1,750-2,000 word justification of the changes you made, drawing from and citing at least TWO of the rhetorical theories you have read and/or discussed in class in Topics 5 – 8. Your success with this portion of the assignment will, in part, depend on your ability to explain the problems with the original document, citing from theories you have read and/or discussed in class. Your success will also depend on your ability to explain how your solutions solve the problem or target a new audience by likewise drawing from the theories you have discussed and/or read in class.
Identify the intended audience of the document. Does the author have a single audience in mind or multiple audiences? Is the audience internal or external?
Identify the purpose of the document.
Pay attention to how the writer uses rhetorical strategies to address the audience. Where does the author(s) use of strategies align with those that have been covered in class? How would Kenneth Burke respond to the use of strategies? How would Chaim Perelman respond? How would Gloria Anzaldua respond?
Examine the context of the issues brought up in the document. Consider these questions: What does the intended audience already know or identify with? What larger debate, discussion, or conversation (either overtly articulated or assumed) encapsulates the topic of the document?
Religion Question
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Evangelistic Outreach Project: Formulation Assignment Instructions
Overview
When considering our Lord’s mandate to spread the gospel to those who do not know Jesus as Lord and Savior, you are called upon to consider ways to tell others the good news of Jesus. Since our Lord has given you the mandate to communicate the gospel (cf. Mt. 28:18-20), you need to think of ways to best reach various people groups (i.e., larger groups of people who share a common heritage or geographical location) with the message of salvation. Formulating a strategy for an evangelistic outreach event and collaborating with church leaders regarding this strategy can help seize an opportunity to proclaim the gospel and evangelize those who need to believe in Jesus as Lord and Savior (cf. Col. 4:5).
Instructions
For this assignment, you are required to formulate a strategic plan for an evangelistic outreach event. Your plan must be four (4) pages in length and must include a minimum of two scholarly resources (see below) in addition to the course materials and the Bible as appropriately needed.
Before you begin to compose your strategic plan, you will need to consider the following:
Think of a target audience (i.e., a people group or a specific community of people) that is close to your heart.
Think of an event that could be used to present the gospel to these people.
Do not duplicate “outreach events” which have already taken place among your target audience.
Attempt to conceive of an event that is “outside the box” so that you are forced to consider new opportunities and strategies for impact. For example, you will to consider that large events that lack personal interaction do not typically yield the same long-term result as events in which the participants are able to connect with believers and receive personal invitations to further connection opportunities.
To compose your strategic plan, you will need to follow this structure:
Target Audience
Clearly define your intended audience (Include age, location, race, socioeconomic status, gender…etc.).
Define the primary goal of the event. Make sure the goal is specific and measurable.
Identify the intended number of participants.
Identify and describe three venues you will use to promote the event (e.g., word of mouth, blog, newsletter, church bulletin, local television, newspaper ad, community posters, door-to-door invitations, etc.).
Create a promotional timeline that will show how far in advance you will begin to promote the event and how you will incorporate the three venues into your promotional strategy.
Provide an outline of the event schedule.
Describe the intended setting/venue/location for the outreach event.
Presenting the Gospel
Identify a minimum of two potential obstacles you would consider that would hinder the gospel from being presented and/or received at the event. Explain how you would prepare for and/or respond to each obstacle.
Research Project: Paper Assignment Instructions
Business Writing -Negative Messages and Indirect Approach
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As defined over the last few weeks, negative messages are those where the audience is unlikely to welcome your news. The focus here is on the recipient; it doesn’t matter if the writer agrees that the news is bad, only that the reader may think so. In that light, and especially if the writer wants the reader to absorb and act upon the information, the writer needs to consider the recipient’s state of mind and write an introduction that will capture their attention in an appropriately honest and thoughtful way.
Hence the indirect approach. Here, the writer offers a first line that hints at the news to come, or sets the stage, and then, at the end of their introduction, they deliver it. A letter with an indirect approach does NOT LEAVE OUT bad news, it just doesn’t say it first. I like to think of the indirect opening sentence as a bumper on a car; it’s a shock absorber for the hit, it doesn’t ignore the hit.
There are several strategies our textbook suggests (pp. 197-198) as buffers:
1. Best News: If a customer is getting a benefit, you can lead with this. I always think of Verizon here (or any phone company). We are happy to tell you we are increasing our service reach and internet speed… Oh goodie. But you have to pay for this, so your bill is going up. The buffer works because you feel like this might be a fair trade off. The word might is key here, not everyone will agree, and some of us can smell a rat, so use this judiciously.
2. Compliment: This needs to be genuine, you can’t say it as a distraction . The North Shore Animal League is a wonderful organization, but sorry I can’t buy a corporate table for the benefit can work if the compliment is genuine, and not an excuse. You are a valued employee, but we’re firing you smacks of doublespeak.
3. Appreciation: You can be thankful for people and situations, and yet have to deliver bad news. It was lovely meeting you on Friday, but we’ve chosen a different florist for the wedding. This works when you genuinely want to maintain relationships.
4. Agreement: If you and the reader share a common understanding, this line is a good lead-in. As you know, our restaurant has had to llmit indoor dining due to Covid restrictions is a common fact a waiter knows, and it lays the groundwork for bad employment news to follow. As you know, our corporate funds are limited is NOT a common fact when the employee makes minimum wage and the owner is wealthy.
5. Facts: This is my favorite option when done right. College admissions, job layoffs, grant offers: all of these subjective decisions are fueled by many objective considerations that can be explained to anyone who must receive bad news. The key is to be exact in the facts and spell out the link without either going overboard, or being too vague. You can’t blame everything on Covid, for example, but Covid is the root cause of a cascade of events that might impact the call the writer has made. You could explain to the waiter above, for example, how traffic in the restaurant is down by 80%. Just don’t cite a figure that isn’t relevant; don’t say the restaurant industry has suffered a 75% drop in revenues if your store has broken even with take out contracts.
6. Understanding: This is about listening and respecting the reader. Sometimes it is all we can do. You may have used this in the last homework, Thank you for sharing your experience with us….and then pivot to the news. Just don’t get treacly here, or be fake.
Once you have chosen a buffer, you can strategically place the bad news at the end of the introduction, and you may even choose to use passive voice. The point is, there are stylistic ways to convey bad news as we write, but we do not avoid saying it. In the body, as always, explain the relevant details. What is happening when, to whom, how will it work? Think about the questions the reader will have and answer them simply. In the close, consider action to be taken.What does the reader need to do, what can they do? Have you provided necessary information for this to happen? How do you want them to remember you, how can you ensure they will stay in contact if this is important?