Discuss the role slide backgrounds, pictures, shapes, and WordArt can play in the effectiveness of a presentation. Are there any disadvantages to using any of these visual elements? If yes, what are they?
Category: Business
The aggregate demand and the aggregate supply model
Respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:
The aggregate demand and the aggregate supply model allows us to examine how a variety of events can affect the economy.
In your own words, discuss which of the four sources identified with aggregate demand has caused a change in the aggregate demand for a product or service you or your employer use. Share the effect that source has had on how you or your employer contribute to the measurement of aggregate demand.
The essential components of a financial projection for your start-up business
Discuss the essential components of a financial projection for your start-up business for inclusion in your business plan. Speculate on potential financial resources to fund your proposed business start-up.
Characteristics of market structures.
Identify a business you visited in the past month. Thinking back to your visit and using it as a source of information, hypothesize the market structure for the firm you visited by explaining why you think the firm would or would not meet each of the characteristics of market structures. Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.
International trade
International trade is subject to trade regulations and industrial policies. The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is also subject to these regulations because of signed trade treaties or membership in various trade organizations. For this week’s discussion, please:
· Discuss Saudi Arabia’s participation in the World Trade Organization (WTO).
· Then, compare and contrast the Kingdom’s WTO involvement with its participation in the Gulf Cooperation Council, League of Arab States, and the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) Saudi Arabia signed with the United States.
· Which membership or trade agreement benefits Saudi Arabia the most?
· Please explain your position.
Solving Problems CENGAGE
Q1
Thinking Critically about Problems: Each individual is better at solving some types of problems than others. What types of problems are you good at solving? What types of problems would you like to be better at solving? Give examples of each.
Q2
Introduction to Solving Problems: Think of a minor everyday problem you need to solve, and then work through it using the first four problem-solving questions: (1) What is the problem? (2) What are the alternatives? (3) What are the advantages and/or disadvantages of each alternative? (4) What is the solution? If your solution has been tried, answer the fifth question as well: (5) How well is the solution working?
Q3
Solving Complex Problems: Identify a serious, complex personal or professional problem that you need to solve. Have you tried to solve it in the past? If so, what happened? Did you make some progress, or did the solution fail? What might the benefit of approaching this complex problem again be, using the advanced problem-solving method in the text?
Q4
Solving Nonpersonal Problems: Describe an important local, state, national, or international problem that interests you. How might you contribute to the solution of this problem?
Thinking Critically CENGAGE
Q1
Thinking Actively: Of all the people you have known, who has had the most influence on the way you think? How has this person affected you? Give an example of his or her influence. What do you expect to learn from this?
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Carefully Exploring Situations with Questions: Think of an important situation in your personal or professional life. Ask six questions about it—one from each of the question categories: (1) fact, (2) interpretation, (3) analysis, (4) synthesis, (5) evaluation, and (6) application.
Q3
Working Toward Goals: Identify one of your personal or professional goals. Why is the goal important to you? How do you plan to achieve it?
Q4
Working Toward Goals: Identify one of your personal or professional goals. Why is the goal important to you? How do you plan to achieve it?
Q5
An Organized Approach to Making Decisions: Think of an important personal decision that you need to make. How might applying the five-step decision-making method help you make this decision? How might a methodical approach to decision making increase the likelihood that you will make the best decision under the circumstances?
Q6
Living Creatively: In what aspects of your life do you feel that you are most creative? Give specific examples and explain why you think they are creative. In what areas would you like to develop a more creative approach?
Q7
Thinking Ahead: From your own experience, describe a situation in which you used both critical and creative thinking, even if you were unaware of it at the time.
Thinking CENGAGE
Q1
Living an “Examined” Life: There are tasks that require you to examine your thoughts and your life. For example, writing a resume or posting a social media profile both require some reflection. Describe a recent event, task, or time that caused you to reflect on your life. What did you discover as a result?
Q2
A Roadmap to Your Mind: Chaffee lists sixteen thinking abilities that will be covered in the text. Which three of these seem most important to you personally? Why is each important?
Q3
Working Toward Goals: Identify one of your personal or professional goals. Why is the goal important to you? How do you plan to achieve it?
Q4
Working Toward Goals: Identify one of your personal or professional goals. Why is the goal important to you? How do you plan to achieve it?
Q5
An Organized Approach to Making Decisions: Think of an important personal decision that you need to make. How might applying the five-step decision-making method help you make this decision? How might a methodical approach to decision making increase the likelihood that you will make the best decision under the circumstances?
Q6
Living Creatively: In what aspects of your life do you feel that you are most creative? Give specific examples and explain why you think they are creative. In what areas would you like to develop a more creative approach?
Q7
Thinking Ahead: From your own experience, describe a situation in which you used both critical and creative thinking, even if you were unaware of it at the time.
The Influence of New Media
Thinking Passage: The Influence of New Media: The author acknowledges that “the Net is becoming a universal medium, the conduit for most of the information that flows through my eyes and ears and into my mind” and that this puts him at risk for being a “mere decoder of information” rather than a deep thinker about information. Would you say that this is true for you as well? Why or why not?
The “right” jury
Thinking Passages: Jurors’ Reasoning Processes: Explain whether you believe that the research strategies lawyers are using to select the “right” jury for their cases are undermining the fairness of the justice system.