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PERSUASION For this assignment, review the basic concepts of persuasion discussed in Cialdini (2001) and McLean (2012). Make sure you are clear on the distinction between argument, persuasion, and propaganda. Once you have finished reviewing the background materials, think about communication that you receive in your daily life that is intended to sway your attitud

PERSUASION For this assignment, review the basic concepts of persuasion discussed in Cialdini (2001) and McLean (2012). Make sure you are clear on the distinction between argument, persuasion, and propaganda. Once you have finished reviewing the background materials, think about communication that you receive in your daily life that is intended to sway your attitudes, … Read more

Assignment Overview For this assignment, take a close look at both the required readings and videos on general concepts of persuasion, such as the Six Principles of Persuasion by Cialdini (2013) or in Section 14.2 of McLean (2012). Then take a look at the Art of Persuasion by Burg (2011) and see which one of them is the most useful for you. Case Assignment

Assignment Overview For this assignment, take a close look at both the required readings and videos on general concepts of persuasion, such as the Six Principles of Persuasion by Cialdini (2013) or in Section 14.2 of McLean (2012). Then take a look at the Art of Persuasion by Burg (2011) and see which one of … Read more

Assignment Overview For this Case study, we will be looking at a fictional case of a manager caught between a rock and hard place. Nick Cunningham is a manager at Synergon, a high-powered company involved in purchasing poorly managed companies and then restructuring them to become more profitable. However, Synergon has now purchased Beauchamp, Becker, and Company, which is a well-managed and highly profitable company. Nick is in an awkward position because he is in charge of managing this merger, but he also knows that the success of the merger is dependent on Beauchamp’s managing directo

Assignment Overview For this Case study, we will be looking at a fictional case of a manager caught between a rock and hard place. Nick Cunningham is a manager at Synergon, a high-powered company involved in purchasing poorly managed companies and then restructuring them to become more profitable. However, Synergon has now purchased Beauchamp, Becker, … Read more

Case Assignment Since 2013 there has been on-and-off talk of Sprint purchasing T-Mobile. (They are the third- and fourth-largest mobile phone carriers in the United States.) This move is led by Masayoshi Son, the chair of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, which owns Sprint. Mr. Son is a bold entrepreneur w

Case Assignment Since 2013 there has been on-and-off talk of Sprint purchasing T-Mobile. (They are the third- and fourth-largest mobile phone carriers in the United States.) This move is led by Masayoshi Son, the chair of Japanese conglomerate SoftBank, which owns Sprint. Mr. Son is a bold entrepreneur who is known for his penchant for … Read more

Overview This is the fourth in a series of five sequential assignments (the course project) in which you continue to act as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of a hypothetical, e-commerce start-up company of your design. You have been working on delivering an information technology project plan in anticipation of the company relocating to a new facility. In the first course project deliverable, you created a project plan inception document and supporting Gantt chart. In the second course project deliverable, you developed the business requirements to be incorporated into the information systems design you are creating. You also updated your original supporting Gantt chart based on

Overview This is the fourth in a series of five sequential assignments (the course project) in which you continue to act as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of a hypothetical, e-commerce start-up company of your design. You have been working on delivering an information technology project plan in anticipation of the company relocating to a … Read more

The purpose of this project is to increase your understanding of how drugs work in the brain and body and to demonstrate this understanding to the lay public in a way that they can readily understand. What You Need To Do: You have been hired as a professional consultant for a show on the abuse of _______ (insert your choice of drug here) to ensure the accuracy of the content. Your job is to create a power point presentation from which they can base a segment of their show. These are the steps you need to take to complete this job. -Review Chapters 4 and 5

The purpose of this project is to increase your understanding of how drugs work in the brain and body and to demonstrate this understanding to the lay public in a way that they can readily understand. What You Need To Do: You have been hired as a professional consultant for a show on the abuse … Read more

Overview This is the third in a series of five sequential assignments (the course project) in which you continue to act as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of a hypothetical e-commerce start-up company of your design. You have been working on delivering an information

Overview This is the third in a series of five sequential assignments (the course project) in which you continue to act as the Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of a hypothetical e-commerce start-up company of your design. You have been working on delivering an information technology project plan in anticipation of the company relocating to a … Read more

You are the Corporate Security Director for a Fortune 500 company and a recognized leader in the security profession. You accept an invitation to speak at the ASIS International Seminar and Exhibits about the various security operational and other challenges with which organizations are confronted in protecting assets and possible solutions. Because of your expertise, you are asked to discuss in detail a security director’s various professional responsibilities in today’s world, including loss prevention, investigatio

You are the Corporate Security Director for a Fortune 500 company and a recognized leader in the security profession. You accept an invitation to speak at the ASIS International Seminar and Exhibits about the various security operational and other challenges with which organizations are confronted in protecting assets and possible solutions. Because of your expertise, … Read more

Problem-Solving Essay: Part 2 Overview The 18th-century French writer known as Voltaire has been quoted as having said, “No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.” When faced with a problem, what do you do to solve it? This assignment asks you to appl

Problem-Solving Essay: Part 2 Overview The 18th-century French writer known as Voltaire has been quoted as having said, “No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.” When faced with a problem, what do you do to solve it? This assignment asks you to apply a six-step problem-solving process to a specific problem scenario. Instructions … Read more

Many organizations publicly define who they are through their vision, mission, and values statements. You can do the same as individuals. This exercise is very similar to organizational vision, mission, and values statement writing; there are slight modifications from the organizational fo

Criminal Intelligence Analysis No less than four full pages of written text explaining your use of Analysis of Competing Hypotheses. This section must include: a. An introduction (no less than 5 sentences), b. An explicit thesis statement (“This paper does this, this, and this.”), c. A text explanation of the results of your ACH, including: … Read more