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Answer all questions, 250-500 words each (approximately 2-3 paragraphs each). 50 points What mission does Socrates take on after his trip to the Oracle of Delphi? What does he discover that disheartens him after proceeding with his mission? Why is this important? What is the Foundation Myth or the “magnificent myth?” What role does it serve in the Kallipolis? Why might it be considered controversial? What are the forms of government that are less and less similar to the Kallipolis? List the mechanism of each government’s decline. How does Machiavelli define human nature? What kinds of “constitutions” does Machiavelli talk about? Which are the best/worst? What kind did Rome have? Section B: Answer one question of your choice, 800-1200 words (approximately 2-3 pages) 50 points Compare/contrast Plato and Machiavelli’s ideal political systems. Who are the rulers? What are their characteristics? Explain Thrasymachus’ view of justice in the Republic. How does it compare/contrast to Machiavelli’s view of political virtù? Why do you think we bother reading The Republic, one of the “great books” of Western philosophy, when so much of it is impractical? Your chance for a little creativity: pick a political figure you are interested in and imagine how Plato and Machiavelli might advise him or her on a particular issue or problem. Reference as much of the readings as you can. Grading Rubric Content: Present their arguments/theories thoroughly but succinctly Provide a correct explanation of the thinker’s insights, ideas, and arguments in relation to the question. Be as broad as you can; for each subject, we have covered more than one selection. Do not simply summarize everything a thinker ever said: make sure what you cite is relevant and mostly in your own words. You may quote or paraphrase but I am more interested what you have to say. Logic of organization Grammar and mechanics Proper citation All papers must include a Works Cited, even if you just use the assigned readings and lectures. If you quote or paraphrase, be sure to cite page numbers. A majority of your citations should be from primary sources. A note on the Internet: use with caution. There are a number of good sources on the internet, like the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, and other sites based off of university departments. Do not use other, less reliable sources, like (of course) Wikipedia, blogs, and other sources which cannot be authenticated. There is a good possibility that the information they provide is incorrect. Cite every

What religious references does coelho integrate into the story ? Analyze the symbolism,metaphors and allusions in an effort to explain the role of religion and soirtuality in the

the topic i need to write about is : Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. what prompted you to act? would you make the same decision again? That is the question for my col

Begin by looking at a specific visual or textual representation of people in the news, and consider the ways that representation offers, denies, or constructs conditions of legitimacy for them as individuals, communities, or states. Who gets to be a legitimate member of the community, how do we know this, and why? How and why is legitimacy, statehood, or inclusion denied? Use Said’s essay as a lens to develop a specific argument about the process of legitimization at work in the text that you have chosen. Explore one or more of his pairs of terms—presence and absence, mobility and insecurity, dislocation and location, statelessness and exile—as a way of considering what is lost and what is gained in our textual representations of one another.

Identify the author’s main arguments, provide examples to explain those arguments from throughout the book, and evaluate whether the author achieved their purpose. Cite specific examples from throughout the book to support arguments. Use parenthetical citations, i.e. the page numbers in parentheses, after something you need to site.

Describe your career and academic plans and any special interest that you are eager to pursue as an undergraduate at our University. Also, share any unusual circumstances, challenges or obstacles you have encountered in pursuit of your education and how you overcame them. (200-400 word)

All students will submit a final project no later than the last day of the term. The project should focus on a specific type of crime, such as: Urban gang violence; domestic violence; terrorism; heroin use; the manufacture of methamphetamines (i.e. “meth labs”); animal abuse; drunk driving; human trafficking; mortgage fraud. (If you have an idea for a different type of crime, write to your professor for approval before proceeding.) Proceed as follows: 1) Write a literature review that describes the nature and extent of your selected crime . 2) Write an analysis of your selected crime from the vantage point of the following three paradigms : Classical, positivist, and critical. How would each perspective explain your crime, and how would they suggest addressing it? 3) Of the three paradigms, which do you think provides the best explanation of your crime? Explain your answer. 4) Finally, design a comprehensive plan for reducing crime from your selected paradigm. Be sure to apply specific theories and theoretical concepts in your design. For example, if you select the classical perspective, you might apply routine activities theory, situational crime prevention, and/or broken windows, and so on. Completed papers should be approximately 15 – 20 pages in length, not counting title page and reference list. All information must be drawn from government reports and/or academic/scholarly/professional books or journals, with a minimum of ten (10) high quality sources

A brief description of the organization.
A brief description of the server environment (how many servers, disk sizes, networks, OS types)
A description of the current database software being utilized by the organization
A brief (very high-level) Entity Relationship Diagram of the database being used.
New Server requirements if any. (memory, disks, numbers of, etc.)
Describe the Oracle Software file structure you wish to use. You may use OFA, or not. But identify where all the files (dbf, ctl, ora, etc.) will go on the servers. If you don’t use OFA, then support your decisions.
Define the tablespaces and provide create tablespace statements for the new system.
Ensure you provide backup and recovery schedules for the upgrade
Provide general steps to perform the upgra

Your company has asked you to create a process improvement plan. Your process improvement plan will evaluate an area in which managers are consistently falling short of expectations. Here are a few areas that managers commonly miss the mark on:

Effective motivation
Sharing the vision
Setting effective expectations
Holding employees accountable
Helping employees with career development

For this assignment, you will select an organization to create a process improvement plan for. This may be the organization you work for or another real organization that you are familiar with.

A thorough process improvement plan provides an overview of the problem, identifies the current processes in place and why they are ineffective, presents a proposal for a new process, establishes the goals and objectives of the new process, the resource requirements to incorporate the new process, the risks associated with the new process, and finally includes a plan of action stating how the process can be integrated.

Your plan will include the following key components:

Statement of the Problem
What is the problem with the current processes and why are they ineffective?
State the current policy and procedure.
Provide examples that show a direct correlation between the processes and the deficiencies in management.
SWOT Analysis
Provide a mini-SWOT analysis on the current processes.
You should clearly highlight the weaknesses as you will be convincing the board and the stakeholders that the process does in fact need to be changed.
Process Proposal
After identifying the problem, you will need to propose a new process.
Provide evidence that the new process will be better than the old process.
Prove that this process is in line with the organization’s goals.
Goals and Objectives of the Process
What do you hope to accomplish by implementing the new process?
When specifically when do you plan to fully integrate the new process? Create a timeline.
Specifically demonstrate the value of your process to the organization.
Identification of Required Resources
How much will it cost the organization to create this new process?
What human resources will we need in order to complete this project successfully?
How long do you plan to spend fully integrating the process, training employees, and updating all documents?
Budget
After identifying the required resources, determine your budget.
Consider things such as paying employees for training on the new process, or the time lost doing evaluations to determine whether or not managers are following the new process.
This budget should include not only money, but time as well.
Risk Assessment
What obstacles will prevent you from integrating the new process?
How do you plan to manage these obstacles and risks?
Plan of Action
Provide the exact steps you will take to fully integrate the new process.
After creating your plan of action, compile all of these components together into one final plan.

Each week you completed one or more of the required elements listed above. Feedback was provided by your instructor and must be incorporated into your final submission. Your completed process improvement plan should be a minimum of 15 to 18 pages and address, in a comprehensive fashion, each of the areas listed above. Research should be included where appropriate with proper in-text citations and a properly formatted reference page. The expectation is that you will support the information provided in your process improvement plan with a minimum of ten credible resources.

Include justification from your research for each of the parts of your marketing plan.
Incorporate graphics such as tables, graphs, charts, etc. to justify your claims.
Format following APA guidelines.

Present a literature review of the four-frame model.

Analyze the Celestial Corporation referenced in the Baba, Gluesing, Ratner, and Wagner article using the structural frame.

Identify the typical problems that occur in the use of virtual teams.

Describe the problems with virtual teams that are discussed in this specific case.

Determine how the issues need to be addressed in order to improve the company’s performance.

Analyze the Celestial Corporation referenced in the Baba, Gluesing, Ratner, and Wagner article using the human resource frame.

Determine the impact of cultural differences on the operations worldwide.

Identify the leaders in this case and describe their leadership styles.

Evaluate the effectiveness of the leaders in the case. If applicable, identify the specific areas in which leadership could be improved.

Explain what factors contributed to the initial lack of synergy and collaboration on the team.

Explain what factors and interventions eventually resulted in successful team collaboration.

Determine what and how issues need to be addressed in order to improve the company’s performance.

Analyze the Celestial Corporation referenced in the Baba, Gluesing, Ratner, and Wagner article using the political frame.

Assess the role that power and influence played regarding the impact and the acceptance of the Product Family Management methodology.

Determine which individuals have power. Explain why.

Determine what and how issues need to be addressed in order to improve the company’s performance.

Analyze the Celestial Corporation referenced in the Baba, Gluesing, Ratner, and Wagner article using the symbolic frame.

Determine which specific corporate cultural values were responsible for the virtual team problems discussed in the second item.

Considering the tension between Celestial and Voila, determine what issues should be addressed in order to improve the company’s performance.

Based on the list of issues you identified during the four-frame assessment of the company in the article, choose one issue and develop a strategy for reframing (solving) that specific problem using a different frame. Include considerations on ethics and social responsibility. Justify your strategy with information you collected from your literature review.

Summarize any key points you have learned regarding applying a new frame in order to solve a workplace problem.

Write an 18–20-page report in Word format. Utilize at least eight scholarly sources in your research. Your paper should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Apply APA standards to citation of sources.