Course: Strategic and financial stakes of Communication companies
Case 1: Startup
Please do questions 2, 3 and 4.
(in question 4, please only do the part related to the cash flow budget – you do not need to do the profit and loss stuff related to question 1).
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[order_calculator]Please reference the following if possible:
Gulick, Luther. 1937. “Science, Values, and Public Administration.” In Luther Gulick and L. Urwick (eds.) Papers on the Science of Administration. New York: Institute of Public Administration.
Bohte, John. 2007. “Governmental Efficiency in Our Time: Is the ‘What’ Really More Important that the ‘How’?” Public Administration Review 67(5): 811-815.
Shafritz, Jay M. 2013. “Introducing Public Administration” 8th Edition. . Pearson. New Jersey
RESEARCH PAPER DESIGN
Select a research topic from the field of public administration or public policy. Submit a paper that reviews the relevant literature, identifies research questions to be answered, identifies data sources and methods of data collection and analysis (depending on type of methodology), and outlines a research design.
In general, the paper should:
1. State an interesting/important research question;
2. Provide for a literature review, including scholarly chapters in edited volumes and peer-reviewed journals;
3. Present a coherent strategy for conducting an inquiry on the topic such as single or rival theories, conceptual problems and advances, type of analysis, the use of hybrid methodologies, and data collection methods and sampling procedures;
4. Provide endnotes/references;
Prepare a 150-200 word abstract with submission.
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[order_calculator]Project Proposal:
Please submit a 250 word proposal of your research project (details below) that includes:
1) A formal title that describes the project (not just “History Proposal”),
2) The name(s) of the participants (all group members if you have any),
3) A paragraph with a preliminary description of your project as you plan now. Include some details about the people, technology, and historical context involved, and make sure to discuss how it relates to the course.
4) A bibliography with at least ONE Primary Source (a document or object produced by the people/during the time you are investigating. 1); and TWO secondary sources that are scholarly historical articles or books about the topic. Provide citations for these (not URLS) in this or a similar fromat:
Author, Title (publisher), date, page numbers (for articles). Here is a brief and useful webpage: http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/tools_citationguide.html
Research Project: “Information Literacy Research Project”
You will work on a theme and format of your choice to investigate a topic in the history of technology between 1500-1980. With the assistance of the Hagerty Library Research Librarians, I will provide the tools and guidance needed to develop the projects and to enhance your Information Literacy.
Topics might be: the technical innovations created or research conducted in a particular geographic region, institutions of science and technology, the individuals or communities working in technology, etc.
Formats may include individual, and small or large groups. You will also determine the type of your final product (essay, report, annotated bibliography etc).
To complete this research you will likely need to locate 1) one or more primary historical sources (documents written during the time you are focusing on and by scientists, or science administrators working in the city), 2) at least two secondary historical sources that place the primary sources in their historical context (works written by contemporary historians), and/or 3) a map of the region during the time period (or close to it).
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[order_calculator]Compare “will your job be exported” and the economists “into the unknown”. When comparing texts, you study (as opposed to list) the similarities and differences (5-ish total) between them. Therefore, you organize your paper by criteria (point-by-point), not subject/work-by-subject/work. As with many argument essays, you might save the most interesting/compelling difference for last—your crescendo!
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using the article On Education: What’s Wrong With Vocational School?
by Charles Murray Wall Street Journal
In this assignment you’ll move from analyzing the course theme as it relates to you personally to analyzing someone else’s assessment of a particular issue related to the theme. Select one of the essays we have read and discussed as a class for this unit, read it again, and challenge yourself in this essay to critique the author’s arguments and primary points of support.
ESSAY REQUIREMENTS
Summarize the article briefly. You cannot assume your audience has read the article you are critiquing. Therefore, you should provide a brief summary of the article early on in the essay. Be sure to state what the author’s main argument is and mention his or her main points of support and evidence. You should also tell your audience when and where the article was published and who it was written by.
Critique the article. Consider the following questions as prompts for helping you critique the article: What has the author done well? What is weak, missing, or underdeveloped? Do you agree or disagree with the author’s points (remember, you can agree with some points, but disagree with others) and why? How has the author convinced you—or why hasn’t he or she convinced you of his or her argument? Does your personal experience contradict the author’s argument? How timely is the author’s argument? Is it current, or out of date? Is it still relevant? What about the writer’s tone or style? Is it humorous? sarcastic? academic? descriptive? etc? How do the style and tone affect the success (or lack of success) of the piece? You do not need to answer all of these questions. They should simply serve as prompts for getting you thinking critically about the article.
Provide support for your critique. Just as you want the author to provide examples and evidence to support his or her argument, you must provide support for your critique. Consider quoting or paraphrasing passages that are particularly poignant to your critique. Consider using outside examples or personal examples that demonstrate either the validity or questionability of the author’s arguments.
Document and integrate your source according to MLA guidelines. Because this essay is a critique of one article, you do not need to use an in-text parenthetical citation to document your overall summary of the piece. However, if you quote or paraphrase specific passages, you must cite those passages according to MLA guidelines. You can find MLA guidelines for in-text citations and Works Cited entries via the Diana Hacker website in “Syllabus and Important Course Links”.
GRADING CRITERIA
A strong essay will…
•Contain a brief introductory summary of the article.
•Contain a clear, well-supported argument about the strengths and/or weaknesses of the article.
•Include an engaging and thoughtful introduction and conclusion.
•Progress logically and smoothly with appropriate transitions indicating connections between ideas.
•Make appropriate use of sentence structure, word choice, grammar, spelling, and punctuation that enables rather than hinders clear and effective communication.
•Document and integrate source material correctly and effectively.
•Show significant revision of ideas, language, and style from first to final draft.
•Meet the minimum page requirement of 3-4 double-spaced pages.
So basically the instructions are while reading the article provided you must identify the pros and cons to the argument and what you agree or disagree with. The first paragraph should be the introduction where you state your argument and a good thesis, the second paragraph should be a brief summary about the article, the third, fourth and fifth paragraphs should all be different and identify what you agree with or disagree with in that article. You must use quotes from the article in your paragraphs and be able to unpack and identify what they mean to what your argue for in your paragraph. Finally write a conclusion to summarize all your points.
For one of my rough drafts I stated the thesis being : (In “What’s Wrong with Vocational School”, Charles Murray’s argument is relevant to most students of today’s era, but for others might be conducted as either too biased or too opinionated.) Take this and either use it or create a better thesis. and also use these bullet points to go by in the body paragraphs:
(With this thesis I will further explain the pros and cons of that article and how to some its great encouragement yet to others it could be a certain downfall of educational expectations. Such that “not only students with IQ of 115 or better should be the only ones to attend college” but everyone should get that same opportunity. On the same token, students who think they can not pull it through in college-level courses should be given other options such as vocational schools. I believe school is school and the educational expectations are in each and every one of the students’ hands. They have control of what level of education they personally feel they can finish may it be 2-year, 4-year, or vocational school. For Murray to input some of his biased opinions such as only certain “IQ levels” should attend college is very wrong.)
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[order_calculator]Weekly Response 1 – Long on Mechanical Knowledge
Please view the film (We will view this in class.)
“Leonardo DaVinci The Man Who Wanted To Know Everything” (Feel free to skip the re-creation of his parachute and tank); Available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rog5i2n1QVs
And read:
Pamela O. Long , “Power, Patronage, and the Authorship of Ars: From Mechanical Know-How to Mechanical Knowledge in the Last Scribal Age,” Isis , Vol. 88, No. 1 (Mar., 1997), pp. 1-41, available in the Readings Folder and on JSTOR at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/235824
Then discuss:
In her essay, Long examines many topics mentioned in lecture and in Misa’s chapter (patronage, Alberti, Da Vinci and DiGiorgio etc). Choose one of the authors she covers and discuss how her analysis relates to these topics. Based on the film Leonardo DaVinci how does he fit into Long’s discussion of Prince Practitioners?
Weekly Response 6 – Edison and Light Please view the film: Thomas A. Edison: Father of Invention, A & E Television (New York, NY: A & E Television Networks, 1996); Available on the Hagerty Library catalogue at: http://records.library.drexel.edu/record=b2133926~S9 And discuss: Edison is portrayed rather herocially in this film, what would you do to present a more balanced view of Edison the man and inventor? Based on my lecture, discuss why or why not Edison should be considered the creator of the light bulb?
Weekly Response 7 – Mertins on Modernism Please read: Detlef Mertins, “The Enticing and Threatening Face of Prehistory: Walter Benjamin and the Utopia of Glass,’ Assemblage , No. 29 (Apr., 1996), pp. 6-23; Available in the Readings Folder and on JSTOR at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3171392 And discuss: Mertins’ article is a rich discussion of the connections between modern materials (such as glass, iron, and cement), art and architecture (Bauhaus and De Stil), and ideology (utopianism, modernism), and technology. Select one example from his discussion and discuss how these categories come together (for example, in the design or construction of a structure, or in a discussion of the role of technology in society (see the section on Poverty for this last idea).
Weekly Response 9, Option 1 – Neufeld on Blitzkrieg Economy
Please read:
Michael J. Neufeld, “Hitler, the V-2, and the Battle for Priority, 1939-1943,” The Journal of Military History, Vol. 57, No. 3 (Jul., 1993), pp. 511-538; Available in the Readings Folder and on JSTOR at: http://www.jstor.org/stable/2943990
And discuss:
1) How does Neufeld’s argument challenge the accepted story of the German ‘Blitzkrieg Economy,’ and how does it relate to Misa’s portrayal of ‘technological innovation’ during WWII?
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Question:
view the entire film ( Fight Club ) and compare/contrast it with the novel How does the film augment or change the novel focus on specific scences for example in the movie when jack is talking to tylor when the audiences look at the camera they see jack talking to himself. what does the author emphasize from these scenes ..
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[order_calculator]According to Dr. Martha Honey, Co-Director of the Center on Ecotourism & Sustainable Development, ecotourism is “travel to fragile, pristine, and usually protected areas that strives to be low impact and (usually) small scale. It helps educate the traveler; provides funds for conservation; directly benefits the economic development and political empowerment of local communities; and fosters respect for different cultures and for human rights.” Please read “A Monumental Dilemma,” a fictional account of a real-life ecotourism issue that involves multiple stakeholders.
After completing the reading, answer questions 1 and 2.
**ANSWERS MUST BE AT MINIMUM 150 WORDS IN LENGTH.**
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A Monumental Dilemma
It is 4:30 a.m. and as promised, my guide and driver, Kim San, is waiting for me at the hotel entrance. We had met the previous day to work out a sightseeing schedule for the week. He insisted that I begin my tour of the Angkor Archaeological Park by watching the sun rise over Angkor Wat, the largest religious monument in the world.
I climb aboard Kim San’s motorbike, and we’re off. My heart races as we weave in and out of the streets of Siem Reap, the boomtown launching point for millions of yearly visitors to Angkor. In the darkness, the motorbike headlights reveal shadowy forms of men and women bustling to set up shops and restaurants that will serve the waking hordes of tourists.
It’s a seven-kilometer drive to the main ticket booth to Angkor Wat. Kim San stops in front of a large, modern complex, built to move large crowds quickly through the concession.
Climbing off the bike, I look around. “Kim San, you said this place would be packed, but there’s hardly anyone here.”
Kim San smiles. “Many people wait to come until just before the sun rises. I have guided journalists before. I know you want to have the best view, and that is why I brought you here early. You will see, believe me. Here, you must take a flashlight or you will trip and fall. You must purchase your ticket at the booth,” says Kim San. “I will bring water. Follow me.”
Looming in the distance, I sense the presence of Angkor Wat, although it lies nearly 2 kilometers away. Designated in 1993 as a United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site, Cambodia’s Angkor Wat temple was also a finalist in the New Seven Wonders of the World competition in 2007. It is the best-preserved structure in the complex of over 1000 temples known collectively as Angkor, the Sanskrit word for city. Angkor flourished between the 9th and 15th centuries A.D. as the seat of the Khmer empire, which ruled over parts of present-day Laos, Thailand, Vietnam, Myanmar, and Malaysia. It was the largest preindustrial metropolis in the world, with a population of nearly one million and an urban footprint roughly the size of modern Los Angeles. Since its founding in the 12th century, the temple complex of Angkor Wat has remained an active religious center, first dedicated to the Hindu god Vishnu, then re-dedicated to Theravada Buddhist use in the 14th or 15th century. It is a source of great national pride and has been depicted on every version of the Cambodian flag since 1863.
Kim San leads me to a ticket window. At this hour, there are more employees and guards lingering about than tourists. I pay my $60 US fee for a week’s entrance to the park and am led to a side room to have my photo taken for the pass. While waiting I do some quick mental calculations. In my background research, I read that there were nearly three million yearly visitors to Angkor. That’s $180 million US—a huge revenue source for a country with a Gross Domestic Product of only about $10 billion US.
“Tickets are expensive, aren’t they?” I comment to Kim San as we make our way back to his bike for the remaining 2-kilometer ride. “Angkor Wat brings in a huge amount of money to Cambodia.
“I guess so,” he responds. “Cambodians get to enter for free, which is good, but no one really knows exactly where the money goes that is collected from foreigners. In 1999 the government gave a 10-year lease to a private company called Sokimex to handle all of the ticket sales in Angkor. A man named Sok Kong owns Sokimex, and he is a personal friend and creditor to Prime Minister Hun Sen and his family. Sokimex is supposed to give $10 million US per year to Aspara, the government agency that oversees and manages the archaeological park. People think that most of that money actually ends up in the hands of corrupt government officials, because hardly any of it is spent to conserve the sites in the park.”
“Is Angkor falling into disrepair?”
“Yes,” says Kim San, “three million pairs of hands and feet brushing up against the sandstone bricks of the temples does a lot of damage, not to mention looting and vandalism, all of the waste produced, and the water used. Overuse of water destroyed the original city of Angkor, and now overuse is undermining the temples’ sand foundation—the ground is literally sinking.”
As we speed towards Angkor Wat, I realize I have a problem. The magazine dispatched me on this assignment to cover Angkor as an ecotourism site—to describe how tourism has helped revive Cambodia’s ailing economy and preserve the local culture and environment. This information about ticket sales, temple destruction, and pollution seems to go against the ecotourism focus of my story.
Kim San stops along the long moat we’ll have to cross to enter the main temple complex. As we walk, Kim San continues his commentary. “Most Cambodians are happy with the tourism. Even the anchovy paste sellers in Siem Reap are making money. We are safe—the Khmer Rouge is gone—so most Cambodians feel that letting Sok Kong, Hun Sen, and their cronies keep the money is a small price to pay for the improvement of our safety, economic standing, and cultural recognition throughout the world.”
From my research, I know that Khmer Rouge is the name given to Cambodia’s ruling party between 1975 and 1979. When the Khmer Rouge came to power in 1975, they declared that year to be Year Zero. All Cambodian history and culture prior to Year Zero was to be destroyed and replaced by the new revolutionary culture, starting from scratch. Foreigners weren’t allowed in the country; essentially, Cambodia was cut off from the rest of the world until 1992, when the United Nations began its peacekeeping mission.
When we reach the top of the tower, Kim San instructs me to find a place to sit. There’s nothing to do now but wait for the sun to rise and reveal the view. In the stillness, I slowly become conscious of the sound of water buffalo moving through the waters of the moat and muffled chants of nearby monks. Over 100,000 people live within the boundaries of the archaeological park, making Angkor a living, breathing model of Cambodia’s cultural heritage.
At last dawn breaks, the sun bathes the temple towers in a golden light, and thousands of intricate sculptures, carvings, and stone reliefs emerge from the shadows. I’m startled out of my reverie by a group of tourists huffing and puffing up the steps behind us and fussing to their guide that they’re late and they’ve missed the sunrise.
“I’m sorry, Madame. I’m afraid the sun waits for no one, not even someone who forgot her camera in the room.”
I laugh to myself at the clever retort. I’d been impressed to learn through my background research that official guides like Kim San are certified by the National Tourism Agency of Cambodia. They all speak exceptional English, hold university degrees, and are steeped in the culture and history of the area. All this work earns them a daily rate of between $10 and $20 US per day—a king’s ransom compared to the average Siem Reap salary of approximately $40 US per month. Even off-duty policemen, paid approximately $30 US per month, hang out around the temples, ready to guide those who decide against hiring someone in town.
The arrivals are increasing with the light. Busses are lining up on the other side of the moat and the souvenir sellers are beginning their steady sales pitch.
“You were right, Kim San, it’s getting crowded around here. Shall we explore?”
A group of monks walk past, chanting and holding flowers, incense, and candles. The cameras click away. Kim San explains, “They are celebrating Magha Puja, a day of veneration for Buddha and his teachings. The ceremony traditionally takes place at night. Nowadays the monks also perform the l ritual during the day to receive money from tourists. This money is used to fund a school where the monks teach traditional arts and crafts skills to the locals. The locals then make products to sell to the tourists. When the monks have finished performing their ceremony they will accept tips to have their pictures taken with the tourists.”
I turn and notice three little girls, bracelets and bamboo flutes in hand, standing in the middle of a group of shouting tourists.
“Canada! What’s the capitol of Canada?”
“Ottawa!” responds one girl eagerly. “Ottawa in Ontario. Canada have 10 provinces. Ontario, Quebec, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Manitoba, British Columbia…” The child goes on to rattle off the rest of the provinces, plus their capitals and relative populations.
The crowd loves it. Video cameras whirr away, recording the scene.
“These kids are going to be on YouTube next week, aren’t they?” I quip.
Kim San smiles. “They already are. They are most likely earning money to pay their teachers. The Khmer Rouge is gone, but we still have a big enemy in Cambodia: corruption. It is everywhere. Teachers charge children to enter the classroom, and even white-haired old women must pay off the army and police for the right to beg in the temples. We pay under the table for everything—birth certificates, travel visas, fair rulings from judges, everything. Everyone needs the money and everyone pays.”
A little girl is tugging at my shirttail. “Handsome mister, where you from?”
“America,” I respond.
“America, very good country. Capitol Washington, D.C. You buy flutes for your children? Two flutes 2000 riels.”
“I’ll buy your flutes if you answer some questions for me,” I bargain. “Tell me, do you go to school?”
“No. My brothers go to school. I earn money so they go to school.”
“Why do your brothers go to school? What do they want to do when they grow up?”
“My brothers want to have a hotel. Make lots of money. They don’t want to work on farm. Too hard work. No money. Now you buy flutes?”
“Yes, now I’ll buy your flutes.” Digging deep in my pockets for the 2000 riels, I glance at Kim San, who, with his university degree, observes these interactions with detached amusement. I look back at the determined face of this little salesgirl, who, at 8 or 9-years-old, probably knows more geography than I do. I hand her the 2000 riels and turn around to look at Angkor Wat. With the sun rising behind it, it glows like a beacon of hope and casts a wide shadow below. At that moment, I know what the title of my article will be—Angkor Wat: A Monumental Dilemma.
What is the dilemma in “A Monumental Dilemma?” Given what you know about the world, what are the issues (environmental, economic, cultural, political, etc.) influencing this dilemma?
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[order_calculator]The grade on this single essay counts as ten percent of the course grade (a possible letter grade). Identify this assignment as “Formal Essay 1.”
Read Kirk Semple’s essay, “Moving to U.S. and Amassing a Fortune, No English Needed,” pp. 648-651.
If you do not yet have a textbook, the essay can also be found by clicking here.
https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/09/nyregion/immigrant-entrepreneurs-succeed-without-english.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1&
Draft a persuasive response (minimum 500 words) that specifically addresses Mr. Semple’s argument that “an entrepreneur can do just fine without English—especially with the aid of modern technology, not to mention determination and ingenuity.”
In your essay response, also address Mr. Sanchez’s argument that, “You don’t need English” in America to be successful. Include whether or not you would apply Mr. Sanchez’s argument to all immigrants in America. Agree or disagree with Messrs. Semple and Sanchez, but take a firm stand on the issue.
Before developing a thesis for your essay, read “A Word about the Thesis” handout by clicking here.
Develop a thesis for Formal Essay 1 and underline it in the introductory paragraph of your essay.
Use and cite one outside online source on a Works Cited page (MLA format style). The Works Cited page should be the last page of your essay, not a separate document. Neither the textbook nor Kirk Semple’s online essay is an outside resource. The instructor must have unfettered access to the source. The model essay is the correct MLA format style for this course. Click here to review the model essay with a Works Cited page.
For all assignments in this course involving research, avoid using sources such as Yahoo Answers, Ask.com, About.com, Wikipedia and other Wiki sources, social publications such as People Magazine, Jet Magazine, other social and “Give-Me-an-Answer” Websites, and Weblogs (blogs). Instead, do some serious research. Dictionaries, the Bible, and other reference sources may be used only in connection with other credible sources. Since this is not a course in law, do not use the JSL databases.
When you review the model essay in the “Course Documents and Handouts” section, notice that there is one short quote (from research) in the paper. Most of the writing in the paper is created by you, the student, not quoted from another source.
Do not send me essays in which a large part is quoted material. I want your writing based on your research.
Your response should be a minimum of 500 words, including introduction, body paragraphs, and conclusion. The Works Cited page is not included in the word count. Identify this assignment as “Formal Essay 1.”
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[order_calculator]How did the early apostolic era church accept prophetic ministry and leadership, and what can the contemporary pentecostal movement benefit from that era?
Study in depth various ministry and leadership models which existed in the early apostolic era. Analyse what was the role of “the prophetic” and how it was incorporated, if any. Evaluate the current contemporary pentecostal movement, with a synthesis on what can be learnt from early church era positives and negatives. Then formulate a synthesis on how current pentecostal movement can adopt and change, if needed to benefit from a past experience.
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