Peerless Starch Company
Instructions:
a) Formal writing assignment #2: The Peerless Starch Company of Blair, Indiana.
b) Grading to be based on the CWE scoring rubric previously provided.
c) Assignment must be placed on the online portfolio and must be submitted to etutoring for review.
d) Read the case study below in its entirety and give it some serious thought. Then, in your own words, summarize the issues involved in this case (there are quite a few) and indicate whether Glen Baxter has a case and provide a thorough discussion to support your conclusion. Finally, and within the write-up, discuss what you would do if you were John Ludwig? Essay word count should be no less than 750 words.
e) Required dates:
a. Provide your instructor a copy of your initial write-up that you are placing on the online portfolio and sending to etutoring by Friday, April 4.
b. Send to etutoring ASAP and provide your instructor a revised write-up based on etutoring comments by Friday, April 11.
f) Access the Writing Center LibGuide for instructions on how to have your work reviewed by etutoring and how to set up an online Portfolio if necessary.
The Peerless Starch Company of
Blair, Indiana
For as long as anyone in Blair, Indiana, could remember, the Peerless Starch plant had always been the biggest thing in town. Built on a slight hill above the sluggish river and designed to look as much like the Tower of London as anything in Indiana can, the plant dominated the town spiritually even more than it did physically.
The Peerless Starch Company was the largest employer in town, employing well over 8,000 men out of a population of 120,000 - or every fourth head of a family. It paid the highest wages, if only because most of the men were rated as skilled workers or technicians. And alone of all the large businesses in Blair, it was locally managed; the Peerless top management sat on the fifth floor of the big mill itself, in the "New Building" that had been put up in the 1940s. And
a) Formal writing assignment #2: The Peerless Starch Company of Blair, Indiana.
b) Grading to be based on the CWE scoring rubric previously provided.
c) Assignment must be placed on the online portfolio and must be submitted to etutoring for review.
d) Read the case study below in its entirety and give it some serious thought. Then, in your own words, summarize the issues involved in this case (there are quite a few) and indicate whether Glen Baxter has a case and provide a thorough discussion to support your conclusion. Finally, and within the write-up, discuss what you would do if you were John Ludwig? Essay word count should be no less than 750 words.
e) Required dates:
a. Provide your instructor a copy of your initial write-up that you are placing on the online portfolio and sending to etutoring by Friday, April 4.
b. Send to etutoring ASAP and provide your instructor a revised write-up based on etutoring comments by Friday, April 11.
f) Access the Writing Center LibGuide for instructions on how to have your work reviewed by etutoring and how to set up an online Portfolio if necessary.
The Peerless Starch Company of
Blair, Indiana
For as long as anyone in Blair, Indiana, could remember, the Peerless Starch plant had always been the biggest thing in town. Built on a slight hill above the sluggish river and designed to look as much like the Tower of London as anything in Indiana can, the plant dominated the town spiritually even more than it did physically.
The Peerless Starch Company was the largest employer in town, employing well over 8,000 men out of a population of 120,000 - or every fourth head of a family. It paid the highest wages, if only because most of the men were rated as skilled workers or technicians. And alone of all the large businesses in Blair, it was locally managed; the Peerless top management sat on the fifth floor of the big mill itself, in the "New Building" that had been put up in the 1940s. And