[This Article appeared in the American Scientist (Nov-Dec 1990)‚ Volume 78‚ 550-558. Retyped and posted with permission.] The Science of Scientific Writing If the reader is to grasp what the writer means‚ the writer must understand what the reader needs George D. Gopen and Judith A. Swan* *George D. Gopen is associate professor of English and Director of Writing Programs at Duke University. He holds a Ph.D. in English from Harvard University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School. Judith A. Swan
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Week 3 Homework Why study situational approaches to leadership? Researchers began to focus on what style of leadership was most effective in a particular situation with a particular manager. Contingency or situational theories look for the best fit between the leader and the situation and provide guidelines for a manger to achieve this fit. Managers adjust their decision making‚ orientation and motivational approach based upon a unique combination of factors in their situations for example
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Economic Analysis Week 3: Personal Assignment Some students have difficulty understanding the laws of supply and demand and the difference between changes in demand (supply)‚ which are caused by changes in the respective determinates of demand or supply‚ and changes in quantity demanded (supplied) which result from changes in the price of the good or the service. Before you complete this assignment‚ I suggest that you again review Chapter 3 and my lecture material provided this week. There are some
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Week 3 DQ 1: Due Day 2 Please post a 150-300-word response to the following discussion question by clicking on Reply. What is the difference between cash basis and accrual basis accounting? Why do accrual basis financial statements provide more useful information than cash basis financial statements? Describe when each method (cash basis and accrual basis accounting) would be appropriate to use. * Cash basis accounting recognizes revenues when cash is received and records expenses
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Value Structuring and Consumer Behavior Ask prof questions on sources!!! Week 3 Assignment Find 25 to 30 peer reviewed articles on a single topic within consumer behavior like value‚ positioning‚ decision making or brand personalities. Write up to a five page APA formatted paper on a this narrow topic covered in this week’s readings Post your paper by Sunday. Use your articles to define the key terms. Write not more than 2 sentences about each article. Start your paper with definitions and follow
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Week 3 Activity Chapter 15: Choose the best answers in the following cases: 1. Which of the following is not a characteristic of living things? a. Living thing use energy b. Living things maintain themselves c. Living things have the capacity to reproduce d. Living things are part of populations that remain constant from one generation to the next 2. The macromolecules made from carefully folded strings of amino acids are a. Proteins b. Carbohydrates c. Lipids d. Nucleic acid 3. One
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purchased the annuity‚ to be paid annually for 20 years‚ for $210‚000. Gross income per payment is $14‚500 1 INVESTMENT $210‚000.00 2 NUMBER OF PAYMENTS 20 3 RETURN OF CAPITAL PER PAYMENT $10‚500.00 210000/20 4 AMOUNT OF EACH PAYMENT $25‚000.00 5 GROSS INCOME ADDED PER YEAR $14‚500.00 (4) - (3) d. Ken received $13‚000 in Social Security benefits for the year. Ken must add to gross income $11‚050. SOCIAL SECURITY $13‚000.00 MODIFIED AGI $70‚000
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Case Study 2-4: Better Boston Beans ACCT530 Accounting Ethics and Related Regulatory Issues Week 3 May 21‚ 2015 From the perspective of six pillars of character‚ if I were Cindie‚ I would be honest with Lyndell and tell him what’s been bothering me. Hopefully‚ by keeping quiet about him leaving early‚ he will feel that I’m trustworthy enough to tell me his problems‚ whether it’s drinking or any other problems he is facing in his life. I might be able to help him or at least come up with
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COMM 1001 Week 1 Application Communication and Identity Worksheet Directions: Please download this worksheet by saving the document to your own computer using the naming convention "COMMWK1Assgn+last name+first initial" as the Submission Title. The file name identifies you and indicates to your instructor that your worksheet is available to grade. Please fill in the answers in the boxes provided by TYPING in your answers. If you need more space than is provided‚ the box will expand as you write
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workers appears to be most efficient in terms of pizza product per worker? Six workers produce an average of 190 pizzas. c What number of workers appears to minimize the marginal cost of pizza production assuming that each pizza worker is paid $500 per week? Again‚ six workers. The rate for each is the same‚ so minimal cost per pizza is the same as production per worker. d Why would marginal productivity decline when you hire more workers in the short run after a certain level? Training time needed
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