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UOP PHL 320 Week 2 Individual Globalization Argumentative Paper NEW
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Review the Writing Argumentative Essays section in Ch. 3 of Critical Thinking
Write an argumentative paper of no more than 750 words that demonstrates why globalization is good or not good for a business. The paper should define the term good, and should identify the premises and conclusions.
Identify the premise and conclusion by placing a number in bold at the beginning of the sentence with the word premise or conclusion. For example: (1, Premise), (2, Premise), (1, Conclusion), (2, Conclusion), and so on.
• Sentences labeled as “1, premise” are premises for the sentence labeled as “1, conclusion.”
• All premises should be labeled for each conclusion in the article. If a sentence is a conclusion and a premise for another conclusion, place two labels.
• At the end of the paper, identify one example of how you used deductive reasoning and one example of how you used inductive reasoning.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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PHL 320 Week 1 Assignment Critical Analysis Worksheet
PHL 320 Week 1 Critical Thinking Discussion and Summary
PHL 320 Week 1 Knowledge Check
PHL 320 Week 2 Individual Globalization Argumentative Paper
PHL 320 Week 2 Knowledge Check
PHL 320 Week 2 Learning Team Re-organization and Layoff Team Discussion and Summary
PHL 320 Week 3 Assignment Rhetorical Strategies and Fallacies Worksheet
PHL 320 Week 3 Knowledge Check
PHL 320 Week 3 Learning Team Re-organization and Layoff Team Discussion and Summary
PHL 320 Week 4 Individual SWOT and Strategy Evaluation Paper
PHL 320 Week 4 Learning Team Re-Organization and Layoff Solutions Paper
PHL 320 Week 5 Individual Labor Practices Paper
PHL 320 Week 5 Learning Team Re-organization and Layoff Decision Making Evaluation Paper
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1.Uncertainty exists when the manager
A. knows that the probability of success is less than 100 percent
B. knows the risk involved in making the decision
C. faces two conflicting issues
D. has insufficient information to make the decision
2. Which of the following statements about group decision making improves the chances that the decision will be implemented successfully?
A. People who participate in a group discussion are more likely to understand why the decision was made.
B. Different approaches to solving the problem are available.
C. More information is available when several people are making the decision.
D. A single group member can dominate the discussion
3.A phenomenon that occurs in decision making when group members avoid disagreement as they strive for consensus is known as
A. goal displacement
B. satisficing
C. groupthink
D. domination
4. Identify the fallacy in the following statement: “Frankly, I don’t think you would be satisfied with anything less than our Model 24, which allows for more expansion than any other personal computer in its class. The way you catch on to things—something I can tell just from the questions you’ve asked here in the store—you’re not going to be happy with a machine whose limits you’ll soon reach.”
A. Apple polishing
B. Wishful thinking
C. Groupthink
D. Scare tactics
5. Identify the rhetorical device
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- An automobile company decides to do its bit for the environment by introducing new models of electric cars. The company’s long-term goal is to eventually stop manufacturing gasoline cars and focus on manufacturing electric cars. The managers of the company reached this decision after critically evaluating the effects of car fluids and car emissions on the environment. They promise to do everything within their power to reduce the company’s carbon footprint. Which of the following approaches does this scenario illustrate?
The defensive approach
The obstructionist approach
The egoistic approach
The accommodative approach
- Which of the following takes place in the final stage of the decision-making process?
Ranking the various alternatives in order of practicality
Examining why any expectations for a decision were not met
Giving middle managers sufficient resources to achieve a goal
Making minor decisions related to the chosen alternative
- Which of the following is the first step in the decision-making process?
Generating alternatives for a decision
Realizing the need for a decision
Assessing alternatives
Seeking feedback
- Which of the following terms refers to an approximate assessment of the credibility of a claim?
Hypothetical imperative
Initial plausibility
Background information
Categorical imperative
- Which of the following is a practice that would help foster creativity in an organization?
Withholding feedback, regardless of whether it is constructive or unconstructive
Rewarding employees who come up with innovative ideas
Holding on to unproductive ideas instead of eliminating them
Avoiding the use of contests to encourage employees for fear of promoting unhealthy competition
- A cosmetics company has manufactured a new range of skin care products. The top management wants to create a common tagline for the entire range of products and therefore decides to get the managers of the company involved in the decision-making process. It conducts a number of sessions in which the managers are asked to work together and think of innovative taglines for the products and share their ideas with the rest of the group. Group members are specifically asked to be open to all ideas, however offbeat they may be. The members of the group are then asked to pick a tagline after debating the pros and cons of the most popular ideas. This scenario illustrates __________.
The nominal group technique
The Delphi technique
Brainstorming
Delayering
7. The top management of a cereal manufacturing company wants to change the packaging of their products and appeal to attract a younger age group. Since the company is located in three cities, the top management wants the managers from each city to weigh in and give their suggestions for improvement. A group leader is first picked, and the problem to be solved is written down. After this, a questionnaire is e-mailed to all the participating managers. The managers are asked to list down solutions to the problem and e-mail the questionnaire back to the group leader. This scenario illustrates the first few steps of \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_. the nominal group technique the Delphi technique brainstorming production blocking
- __________ are often considered to be the most critical stakeholder group.
Managers
Employees
Customers
Suppliers
- Which of the following rules of ethical decision making focuses on providing the greatest good for the greatest number of people?
The justice rule
The golden rule
The utilitarian rule
The moral rights rule
- __________ is a written approach to creative problem solving and decision making.
The nominal group technique
Brainstorming
The Delphi technique
Groupthink
- In which of the following approaches to social responsibility do managers often put their own interests first and cause other stakeholders to be harmed yet manage to stay within the law and abide by legal requirements?
The accommodative approach
The obstructionist approach
The proactive approach
The defensive approach
- When would an argument be considered valid?
When it is impossible for the premise to be true and the conclusion to be false
When the premise of the argument is unquestionably true
When the argument is sound
When it is impossible for the conclusion to appear after the premise
- Which of the following is the final step in the decision-making process?
Learning from feedback
Generating alternatives
Recognizing the need for a decision
Implementing the selected alternative
- Which of the following is true of a good inductive argument?
The lesser the support the premise provides for the conclusion, the stronger is the argument.
The premise of a good inductive argument demonstrates its conclusion.
The greater the support the premise provides for the conclusion, the weaker is the argument.
The premise of a good inductive argument supports its conclusion.
15. Which of the following is a question to be asked when one is presented with a claim?
When does the claim become a true statement?
When does the content of the claim pose a credibility problem?
Does the claim speak about one particular subject?
What is likely to happen if the claim is examined in detail?
- Which of the following practices should be avoided by managers who aim to foster creativity in their organizations?
Giving employees the opportunity to experiment with radical ideas
Allowing employees to make mistakes and learn from them
Attempting to speed up a creative solution to a problem
Encouraging creative employees to take risks
- Which of the following statements is an example of a subjective claim?
There is life after death.
Mozart is the greatest musical composer to have lived.
The earth is round.
Aliens exist in other galaxies in the universe.
- The management of a small-scale cosmetics company wants to increase awareness of their brand and its products in the market. They decide to choose between two alternatives: either launch a new advertising campaign on social media or offer promotional discounts in select stores. They conduct research on which of these two alternatives would be the most viable for the company. They compare the potential costs and potential benefits of each alternative. In this scenario, which of the following criteria is being evaluated by the management of the company?
Legality
Ethicalness
Innovative capacity
Economic feasibility
- Identify the unstated premise in the following argument: John is indifferent and has a laid-back approach to work. John should be fired.
Employees who strictly follow their company’s work policy will never be fired.
John should be fired because he is violating company policy.
John is not only indifferent but also has a laid-back approach to work.
Anyone who is indifferent and has a laid-back approach to work must be fired.
- The two factors that are used to assess the credibility of claims are claims themselves and their__________.
Sources
Soundness
Validity
Premises
- Which of the following serves as the most reliable source of information about the world in general?
The background information one possesses
One’s own observations
Things that one learns from others
One’s personal interests
- __________ refers to a decision maker’s ability to discover unique and original ideas that lead to viable courses of action.
Problem formulation
Creativity
Problem identification
Strategy
- Which of the following occurs as a result of group members’ being unable to simultaneously understand all the alternatives that are generated in a brainstorming session?
Groupthink
Production blocking
Feedback control
Delayering
- The term __________ refers to the inner guiding moral values, beliefs, and principles used by a person to examine a situation and govern his or her behavior.
Bias
Ethics
Autonomy
Authority
- Which of the following statements is an example of an objective claim?
The sun sets in the west.
A dog is man’s best friend.
Shakespeare was a better poet than Milton.
Summers in California are very warm.
- When a firm exhibits the highest degree of social responsibility, it has most likely adopted __________.
The proactive approach
The accommodative approach
The defensive approach
The obstructionist approach
- Creativity is most likely to result when:
Managers constantly monitor talented employees.
Employees are given the freedom and opportunity to take risks.
Employees are prevented from making mistakes.
Managers try to speed up the process of working on a creative solution.
- Identify the unstated conclusion in the following argument: The most hardworking employee in the company will receive the Employee of the Year award. Doug has been working exceptionally hard all year round.
Doug has not yet received an award from the company.
Doug is the most hardworking employee in the company.
Doug will win the Employee of the Year award.
Hardworking employees win the Employee of the Year award.
- Identify the conclusion in the following argument: Mark always leaves his phone at home when he goes to the gym. He has not been answering any calls in the past hour, so he is at the gym.
Mark leaves his phone at home when he goes to the gym.
Mark has not been answering calls.
Mark does not answer calls when he is at the gym.
Mark is at the gym.
- A(n) __________ presents a consideration for the acceptance of a claim.
Argument
Opinion
Issue
Fact
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1.The bandwagon effect is a common bias, which refers to
A. the tendency to one’s thinking with the underdog
B. the tendency to one’s thinking with a negative advertisement
C. the tendency to one’s thinking with cognitive dissonance
D. an unconscious tendency to one’s thinking with that of other people
2. Some cognitive biases involve heuristics, which are
A. general rules we unconsciously follow in estimating probabilities.
B. the probability of an event happening based on personal experience
C. the probability of an event happening based on family experience
D. the probabilities of an event happening based on science
3. The in-group bias is characterized by
A. a rational evaluation of those in other groups
B. conclusions supported by data
C. accepting individuals from other teams and groups
D. believing that the achievements of the members of my group are a result of hard work
4. The premise of a good deductive argument, if true
A. does not prove or demonstrate its conclusion
B. proves or demonstrates its conclusion
C. supports the conclusion
D. does not support the conclusion
PHL 320 Week 1 Critical Thinking Discussion and Summary
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Participate in a class discussion by responding to the following questions: • How would you define critical thinking? What makes a person a critical thinker? • Why is critical thinking important? Provide an example of how critical thinking has helped you in your life. • What do you expect to learn from this course? Write a paragraph summarizing the discussion.
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Read “Common Core” and “The Battle Against Common Core Standards.”
Complete the Material: Critical Analysis Worksheet.
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Review the linked articles and select one to review as a team.
Post responses to the following questions for the selected article. Each team member should answer all of the questions:
• What is the problem presented in the article?
• Why do you think it is the problem?
• What are some possible solutions?
Discuss as a team, responding to your teammates’ posts.
Write a 3-paragraph synopsis that summarizes the team’s discussion.
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- Step 2 of the planning process is the generation of alternative plans that may be used to achieve goals. The generation of new ideas may emerge
A. only if the person is thinking about the situation
B. while the person is doing something else
C. only in a group discussion
D. only while asleep
2.To be effective, goals should have certain qualities, which are easy to remember with the acronym SMART. Which of the following qualities are included in the SMART acronym?
A. Authentic
B. Market
C. Specific
D. Trends - Managers analyzing the external environment and the internal resources use a SWOT analysis. Which of the following matches a term in the SWOT acronym?
A. Timing
B. Stress
C. Opportunities
D. Work plan - Which of the following are included in the three elements of creativity:
A. Domain skills
B. Innate ability
C. Rote memory
D. Followership - The four step creative process includes
A. the statement process
B. the stalemate process
C. the incubation process
D. the coverage process
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A clothing company uses sweatshop labor to manufacture clothing products that contribute to low pricing, which is a consumer want.
Many companies have engaged in sweatshop labor. Did the clothing company engage in unethical labor practices by utilizing sweatshop labor?
Research sweatshop labor.
Write a paper of no more than 750 words to present your position on sweatshop labor and provide justification. Include the following:
• How consumer demands affect a company’s business decision
• How different ethical perspectives guide ethical decision making
• How a company influences their ethical environment
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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Select two potential creative solutions for the problems you identified in the Re-organization and Layoff assignment in Week 2.
Write a paper of no more than 1,050 words to present the solutions and explain why each will work.
Include a summary of methods your teams utilized to develop the creative solution.
Describe how your team overcame barriers to deciding on the solutions.
PHL 320 Week 4 Individual SWOT and Strategy Evaluation Paper
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Select an industry, such as the gambling industry, to complete a SWOT analysis.
Access the profile overview for the selected industry:
• In the University Library, click Company Directory and Financials.
• Click Hoover’s First Research.
• Click Continue.
• Click Submit.
• Type gambling (or your selected industry) in the search box, and click to continue.
• Gambling (or the selected industry of choice) should be first in the list.
Read the industry profile overview, including the website links, on the page.
Complete a SWOT analysis for the selected industry. The SWOT analysis allows a business to understand how a competitor is positioned in the environment by assessing its strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. An understanding of a competitor’s position can be a key for a business to determine where funding and resources should be allotted to create new products or services.
Use information in the industry profile overview and other scholarly sources as needed. The SWOT analysis should include each of the following:
• Strengths
• Weaknesses
• Opportunities
• Threats
Write a 1,050- to 1,500-word paper, including the following attributes:
• SWOT analysis, including a SWOT chart
o Identify opportunities (either product or service) that could improve the customer experience.
• Strategy evaluation
o Define strategic tasks.
o Assess the industry’s capabilities.
o Identify the barriers to strategy implementation.
• A response to the following:
o Based on the SWOT analysis and strategy evaluation, what are some creative actions the industry can pursue to include innovation as a component of their strategy?
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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Complete the Rhetorical Strategies and Fallacies Worksheet.
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Write a paper of no more than 750 words to include the following elements:
• Select a recommendation from the two creative solutions identified in Week 4 for solving the problem.
• Explain why the solution would help the middle-income customer. Provide credible sources to support your decision.
• Explain what business decision an organization should make based on the solution.
• For the business decision chosen, explain the resources an organization would need to implement that decision and factors that might affect the implementation.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
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Review the discussion from Week 2.
Write a paper of no more than 1,050 words that incorporates ideas from the discussion. The paper should do the following:
• Summarize the issue.
• Identify the problem.
• Explain why this is the underlying problem.
• Reflect on the group collaboration process in defining the problem.
• Explain how a clearly defined problem could help you find the solutions.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
