The interview is one of the most important parts of your ethnographic research because it allows you to gain an insider’s perspective on your field site and subculture. A good way to gain authority as a writer is to let the subculture you are researching speak for itself. It is this combination of your outsider and your informant’s insider views that is key to writing […]

In accounting if information is to be useful it has to be trusted.  Stakeholders rely on accurate, trustworthy information on which to base their decisions.  The role that ethics plays in our study of accounting is huge.  The big accounting scandals such as Enron and WorldCom resulted in Congress passing the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) to help curb financial abuse.  For our first assignment I would […]

I attached all the articles    Please compose an argumentative essay of approximately 1000 words (about three to four pages) on a specific topic of your own choosing related to some aspect of technology in the twenty-first century. (Include a word count at the end.) Readings from the Rise of the Machines unit in They say I SAY  title, and a clear, high-quality thesis statement. […]

ENGL 1302 Project #2: Annotated Bibliography Description An annotated bibliography is a list of sources with notations. After receiving approval of your proposed topic, you will compose a list of quality sources. You will then “describe each of the sources . . . and state what role each will play in your research.” For this assignment, you will “evaluate sources as well—to assess their strengths […]

Prof. Wendy Gelman CONTRACT ASSIGNMENT GUIDELINES: For this assignment you will be drafting your own contract. Your contract can be for a good or service and can be between 2 persons, 2 companies, or a person and a company. I will not be providing a template for this assignment because this is to be your own unique design; the format is up to you. Your […]

Throughout this unit, we have discussed ways that illustrations can help to convey a point or to exemplify an idea that a writer is trying to communicate. No doubt, you find yourself in situations all the time in which you must use illustrations. Think about a time when you conveyed a point to someone—a friend, relative, coworker, or colleague—and used an exceptionally apt illustration to […]

 You will be creating an argumentative essay in Unit 7. Now, you are creating an outline for the Argumentative Writing Assignment. The outline must include your plan for an argumentative essay about ONE of the three subjects below. You may use the thesis question below the subject or create your own thesis question about the subject. 1. Communication Skills and Smartphones • How have smartphones […]

The Director of Operations for your company has been trying to introduce logistics and supply chain management principles to your management team without much success. She has excitedly called you into her office to discuss a seminar she attended last week. During the seminar, she participated in a distribution simulation, referred to as “The Beer Game” (see supporting materials below). She commented that the simulation gave […]

 This week’s poems are fixed forms: forms with tight constraints on variables like number of lines, meter, line-length, rhyme, or line ending words. First, sonnets: by three sixteenth century authors participating in the vogue of writing long sequences of sonnets devoted to (mostly) unrequited love, and then by four twentieth century authors who use the form to different ends. Second, villanelles: another poem by Bishop, […]

  Recall  the two presidential speeches that were given by both President Obama  and President Reagan, respectively.  Note that these two presidents used  the Rogerian method of argumentation to not only win over those who  agreed with their viewpoints, but also to win over those who held  different views.      Think  about a national or international issue that matters to you and write  your own speech for […]