Teen Suicide Rate/Addiction as a Disability/Childhood Depression/Childhood immunizations (Are they safe?)/Childhood Obesity Critical Thinking Assignment Purpose: The purpose of this assignment is to allow the student to apply the concepts of critical thinking. APA Guidelines: 1. Use the 6th edition, either from a text or from the OWL Purdue website https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/ 2. The paper must be 4-6 pages in length 3. You must have a title page, Running head, correct margins (with one inch margins on all sides), double spacing (remember to take the extra spaces out between paragraphs), and page numbers 4. Use a Times New Roman 12 point font 5. You my use first and second degree level of headings within the paper 6. You will need an introductory paragraph and a concluding paragraph 7. A minimum of three (3) reference articles are required 7. You must have in-text citations and a reference page Writing Conventions: Writing conventions are the mechanics of your sentence structure (punctuation, run on sentences, short choppy sentences), spelling, grammar, and clarity of writing. Steps to follow to be successful with your paper. 1. Select one of the following topics or choose a topic and obtain instructor approval: • Teen Bullying • Teen Suicide Rate • Addiction as a Disability • Childhood Depression • Childhood immunizations (Are they safe?) • Childhood Obesity Use Paul and Elder’s Guide to Analytical Thinking to evaluate your critical thinking. 2. Use the questions below to guide the body of your paper. Be sure and include an introductory paragraph that introduces your audience to your topic. Include a concluding paragraph that sums up your paper. Body of the Paper: 1. Purpose: What is the goal or objective that you want to achieve in writing your paper? Who is your audience? 2. Question at Issue: What is the information that you have heard in the media or community related to your topic? 3. Based on this information only, what is the point of view that you most identify with and why? 4. Information/Interpretation: Look in the research data bases a. How your topic is defined? b. Specifically, what are the causes (environment, social, person, etc.) c. Who does this problem effect? d. What are the consequences of the problem to the person, family, and society? e. Include differing points of view from the articles you have researched. 5. Interpretation and Inferences: What is your interpretation of the data provided in research? a. Identify and describe 3 solutions for this problem that you found in the research that you gathered. b. Choose 1 that you identify as the most effective and explain your rationales including possible implications and consequences 6. Assumptions: What assumptions did you make about the problem before you researched the issue? Compare and contrast your assumptions with what you found in the research. How has this affected your original point of view?
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR MGT 205’s TERM PAPER (12 PTS) R15/4 Chapter 15 is entitled Effective Groups and Teams. The Term Paper will focus on the ‘real world’ application and value of two of Chapter 15’s Learning Objectives. The Learning Objectives appear at the beginning of the chapter. Chapter 15’s basic premise, a premise this instructor endorses, is that all types of organizations and workplaces use groups and teams to: enhance their performance, increase responsiveness to customers, spur innovation and motivate employees to accomplish high performance goals. To this end, the Term Paper is designed to familiarize students with these modern management practices and strategies. For this assignment, students are to choose any two of Chapter 15’s five Learning Objectives which appear at the beginning of the chapter. Students must write about their application and their value to ‘real world’ organizations. Students must personally interview a relative, a friend, and/or an acquaintance whose organization utilizes groups and teams to achieve their organization’s goals. You may not choose your own place of employment. The two to three pages (double spaced typing) Term Paper must be formatted into three separate and distinct sections. Separate Section One of the Term Paper 1: Clearly identify and fully describe the two chosen Chapter 15 Learning Objectives you are writing about in the Term Paper. Section One is worth 25% of the final grade! Separate Section Two of the Term Paper 2: Fully explain how in the student’s family members’, their friends’, and/or acquaintances’ real lives, the two chosen Learning Objectives are being utilized at their place of employment to achieve organizational goals and high performance. Section Two is worth 25% of the final grade! Separate Section Three of the Term Paper 3. This is a very important section of the assignment! Fully describe how the student would specifically apply their newly found real-world applications of their two Learning Objectives to the SARF’s management team, and/or the mechanics and/or the administrative staff. Section Three is worth 50% of the grade! You may choose two different people/organizations to complete this assignment.
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