Said Al-Breiki
Professor Sophie Farthing
Engl101-J30
09/15/2021
Literacy Narrative
As a teenager, I was never interested in reading. I never liked to read graphic novels or comic books because they had short text and images. Regardless of having a family where everyone was literate and a book lover, I never found myself appealed by book reading. My father used to motivate me a lot and tell me stories about the benefits of reading. He used to push me to start reading at least a few pages a day, but it never turned me to book reading. I never developed an interest in reading for a particular reason which was that I thought reading was not enjoyable. I felt that reading becomes interesting only when you find it enjoyable and understand what you read. It would not be wrong to say that I was not a very good reader when I was a teenager, but I turned into a voracious reader as I became an adult.
I remember that reading was never on my interest list because it used to make me feel bored. As soon as I would read a page, I would lose interest and start yawning. Maybe because I never found something to read that was as per my interests. I read many English books in high school, and I found them incredibly dull as English was not my first language. The more my teachers and parents pushed me to read, the more I resisted. Along with reading, my interest in writing was also significantly less because I was more into sports and other activities, so I never really got time to pay attention to reading or writing.
I was always busy playing soccer and other games that I was interested in. I would always try to run away if someone would ask me to read or write. I remember once my teacher asked me to read out loud my lesson to my classmates, and it was such a tiring experience for me. As I was reading, I was praying in my heart that my turn ends soon. I was never one of those kids in my class who would raise their hands to do reading.
I never had much time to read when I was growing up because of my lack of interest and reading and always occupied in extra-curricular activities. I was too busy with my social life that I did not develop an interest in reading. However, I realized that my friends enjoyed reading, and they would often suggest that I should read also. They used to discuss different books and characters they read about. I wanted to be a part of their conversations about the bestsellers and genuinely have something to recommend to them. It was pretty superficial, but I accept that I developed an interest in reading because of external motivations. I also admit that reading used to help me sleep better because after having a hectic day at my soccer game, reading a few pages of my choice of the book would put me to sleep earlier.
When I got done with my high school and college, I had enough time to start reading. I took advantage of this period and started reading some books suggested by my father and peers. My father would often bring me new books and ask me to read them to discuss those books. This made me read those books with deep interest so I could impress my father about my skills. I enjoyed reading Stephen Hawking’s life story and the Harry Potter series. I found those readings very interesting, and they made me develop a further interest in reading. What I learned through reading is that difficulties and hardships are part of our lives, but they bring the most valuable learning for us. Reading also helped me change my mindset, which was most difficult for me, but I took this helpful step after the reading quest began. I used to push conscious efforts in my reading, and it took me some time to make reading a habit. Reading about autobiographies of people like Stephen Hawking, Bill Gates, etc., made me develop an interest in writing. I did not know much about writing, but it gave me a kick start to begin my writing journey.
When I developed an interest in reading, it motivated me to improve my writing also. I became a storyteller instantly because I started penning down my experiences about life and other things in my surroundings. My interest in reading made me very imaginative, and I realized that writing is the best way to learn and share my imagination. I started writing about anything that would come to my mind and share my written pieces with my family. My motivation to start reading and writing was to become more knowledgeable. My father always motivated me and supported me throughout my journey of developing an interest in reading and writing. Also, reading and writing made me more empathetic and helped me change my perspective. Reading good books is a great blessing because it opens a horizon of new opportunities for me.
In conclusion, my reading skills improved only when I developed an interest in reading, and my writing skills became better when I started imagining and penning down my imaginations. I never gave up since then, and I continued reading more books and writing more pieces. Today, it is a habit that I must read at least a page before I sleep because it is therapy for me. Reading taught me so much about life, and it works for me as a guide. My reading skills have improved over time, and it brings me joy when people tell me that I pronounce words correctly. In addition, nowadays, I can read in Arabic and English, making it easier to understand any context. I am glad that I learned how to read and write because it motivated me to become a better person by learning through the experiences of others. Recently, I noticed my reading skills have improved much better than I used to be in the past. I hope that I read more books than I already read to develop my knowledge to be an educated person, and my passion for reading has increased day after day.[supanova_question]
Marketing Strategy Written Report
The word count for the report is 2,500 words /- 10%. PLEASE SEE ALL INFORMATION IN BRIEF[supanova_question]
Individual Case Instructions You will identify a problem that requires a change
Individual Case Instructions
You will identify a problem that requires a change initiative through an organization with which you are associated. You will develop the final case by clearly explaining the problem, by including background, and by completing all of the tasks that are identified below. If you are uncomfortable with using your organization or do not have sufficient visibility to a problem in your organization, you may use the No Good Deed case instead.
Here are the tasks to be completed:
Use the 6681 case outline mar9’17 (1).docx Download 6681 case outline mar9’17 (1).docx to help you structure the case in a logical manner.
Identify the symptoms that trigger your awareness of the need for change. This is a short explanation that does not require you to describe everything about your organization. Instead, list the set of symptoms that arise from your organization’s current manner of doing business.
Choose one of the following diagnostic models and explain each and every component of that model to fully analyze where the real problem exists.
The diagnostic models that you may use are: Six-Box, 7-S, or Star. To use these models correctly, you must discuss, comprehensively, each component of the model as it relates to the case.
Do not describe the model for the reader. Instead, explain why you chose the model that you chose as the diagnostic guide.
Then, explain your analysis of each model component.
Do NOT give recommendations in this section. This section is about analysis only. The analysis section describes current conditions.
Explain, in detail, the external factors that are impacting change as they relate to this case. Complete the external table found in Elements of a case.docx Download Elements of a case.docx using the external factors table and the 6681 PESTLE Analysis.docx Download 6681 PESTLE Analysis.docx that specifically describe the factors of the external environment. If you have a gap in the information in the table, look it up, and provide current information to complete the table. Again, do NOT make recommendations in this section of the case/change plan. Do not tell me what should happen or what you want to see. Describe ONLY what you find as you analyze the information you have looked about the external environment of this industry. Follow the instructions from the lecture videos.
Explain, in detail, why the external forces so important to this situation.
Explain, in detail, the internal factors that are impacting change as the relate to this case. Complete the internal tables found in Elements of a case.docx Download Elements of a case.docxthat specifically describe the factors of the internal environment. You will find two internal tables that you will complete. If you have a gap in the information in the table, look it up, and provide current information to complete the table.
Analyze/ Map the organization’s culture by explaining each component of the Cultural Web as it relates to the case. What are the notable aspects of the culture?
Diagnose structural dilemmas by using Table 5.10. You will need to reproduce the table to show your analysis. (Did you include your findings here in your large diagnosis model in question 6 above? If not, you missed something.) You MUST interpret the meaning of the score for your client, not in generic terms, but in terms that apply directly to your client.
Assess the organization’s readiness to change by using the table found in exercise 4.3. You will need to reproduce the table to show your analysis. Interpret the results of the table.
Note: At this point, analysis is completed. You should see all of the pieces fitting neatly together, such that readiness for change is noted as either a strength or weakness, structural dilemmas are classified as either a strength or weakness, and opportunities and threats are all conditions over which the organization has no control. They simply exist and must be taken into consideration before you make you recommendations.
Identify your recommendation for either first-order or second-order change and provide a short explanation about why you chose this level of change. Be explicit.
Design and include a plan for addressing resistance to change.
Explain the lessons that you want learned from your story of how your organization needs to change. Tell them why.
Explain the image of change management that you are using and why.
Using Kotter’s 8 Step plan as a model, create an implementation plan. Be specific by giving dates, timelines, accountable parties, champions, and anything else that will help your plan be completed as you intend for it to be completed. Spell your plan out with steps and graphics. Do NOT give a generic description of what you wish will happen. Instead, give the reader a well-developed set of action steps and dates to guide the organization through the change.
Design a communication plan for this change initiative. Be very specific about how this will be handled.
Design an evaluation plan. How will you evaluate your plan? That is, how will you know that your initiative is successful? What are the specific markers that will indicate the success of your change plan? Higher revenues? More transfer of training? Fewer complaints. You must be specific about what your measures of success will be.
Format, format, format. Make your paper easy to read by including subheadings for each new piece. Without formatting, your case is just a jumble of words that lose meaning and context. Use color. Use graphics. Use figures. Use tables. Use whatever it takes to keep your reader engaged and wanting to read more. If the reader looks at a page that is all words and more words on the next page, your reader will get lost and disengage from the presentation.
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A Case for Change Every change plan has several elements. When treated
Writing Assignment Help A Case for Change
Every change plan has several elements. When treated appropriately, those elements work together to create a change plan that is aligned from the moment the consumer begins reading or listening. Everything must work with everything else to keep the plan on track as a fundamental guide to how you want a specific change or set of changes to take place. Those elements are analysis, formulation, implementation, and evaluation. You will see that the chapters in your text support your work as you learn to develop each of these elements.
Analysis
The analysis phase of the case deals with a scan of external factors that impact the organization as well as an internal scan of factors. Below, you will see a table that is designed for your use in categorizing external factors that impact the organization. You can type into this table as you work through your analysis to help organize your work.
Opportunities are advantages that belong to an entire industry, and the individual organization does not have control over them. OPEC reduces the price of crude, so oil companies can reduce the price of gas. The result is that more people buy more gas. The fuel industry has the opportunity to sell more gas.
Threats are disadvantages that belong to an entire industry, and the individual organization does not have control over them. For example, the crash of the housing bubble caused many companies to fail if they were associated with housing. The housing industry suffered. Higher gas prices cause people to buy fewer and smaller cars. The automobile industry suffered. A health conscious society results in the consumption of fewer soft drinks. The soft drink industry suffered.
Environmental Pressures
Opportunity
Threat
Fashion
Mandate
Geopolitical
Market decline
Hypercompetition
Below, you will see a table that is designed for your use in categorizing internal factors that impact the organization.
Strengths are advantages that belong to a single company, and the company exercises control over the ability to build this advantage. For example, no matter where I go in the world, I can recognize a Coca-Cola can. Coke has the strongest brand identity in the world, because they spent countless dollars building and exporting their brand. Troy University is #3 in the United States for technology and information security, because we have spent many man hours as well as dollars to insure the safety and security of our information.
Weaknesses are disadvantages that belong to a single company, and the company exercises control over the ability to build this disadvantage. For example, a university (not in the U.S.) recently told me that they had been through four presidents in the last five years. The impact is that this university is suffering from new broom changes, many of which have not been allowed to play out over the course of time. The university is struggling to keep enrollments up and to provide good service to their students.
Organizational Pressures
Strength
Weakness
Growth
Integration and collaboration
Identity
New broom
Power and politics
Below, you will see a table that is designed for your use in categorizing organizational functions that can support or impede change.
Organizational functions
Strength
Weakness
Management
Marketing
Accounting/Finance
Information systems
Research and development
Analysis is a description only of the factors that will impact the organization’s need to change. This is not the place to discuss what strategies need to take place nor is this the place to introduce your recommendations. Analysis is only a description, albeit a very detailed description. This is the place to do some research on the industry and the environment, because many organizations are simply not familiar with the overall environment of the industry. Often, they internalize their problems as “I’m just not good enough” when there are other factors that contribute to the problem.
Formulation
This is the piece that addresses the goals and strategies that you recommend for change. Take on the persona of an outside consultant, and set goals and strategies in an assertive manner. For example, do not tell the organization that it should improve sales. That is far too generic and will not help the organization improve its bottom line. Instead, tell the organization HOW to improve its sales. Give the organization a set of goals and strategies that help it to improve sales. Make recommendations in a straightforward and knowledgeable manner that will help people in the organization want to change.
Implementation
This is the piece that describes the set of action steps that you want to see to fulfill the goals and strategies that you created in the formulation phase. For example, if the goal is to improve sales and if the strategy is to improve sales through market penetration, you want to hire more sales people to help cover the market. The first step in this is to have the HR department hire more sales people. Tell HR how many people you want to hire and when those people need to be on the job. In this phase, you need to be very specific about dates, timelines, who is responsible, how many of what, and all the details that will help your change plan become a reality.
Evaluation
Evaluation is a simple phase if your work in the implementation phase was detailed and provided quantitative expectations. For example, if you told the company to hire 10 sales people by Nov. 1, 2013, the measure is quite simple. Did the company hire 10 sales people by Nov. 1, 2013? If not, why not?
For evaluation, I suggest that you create a table that includes the following columns:
Which action step are you measuring? Who is responsible for reporting results? To whom is that person reporting? When is the outcome expected? How will the outcome be measured? What is the expected outcome? Was the outcome met? (This is a yes or no. Keep it simple and straightforward.)
As you work through your cases we will add a piece to each case. The “No Good Deed” case focuses on analysis and formulation. In McDonald’s, we will add implementation. Finally, in your personal project case, we will add evaluation. The key to developing a case for change is organization, so keep this as organized and straightforward as you can. This is not meant to be tricky, because if it is too tricky, people will not understand your plan and become resistant immediately. I prefer plans that answer questions before they can be asked.
Imagine you presenting this case and having the following conversation during the presentation.
“Why do we need to do this?”
“We need to do this because….. You will find that on page 14.”
If you want to learn to think outside of the box, this is the time to do it. Anticipate questions and give details. Stay away from generic directions, such as “You should do more marketing” and go toward, “We need to spend X dollars on your marketing over the next 6 months to improve your market share.” When you evaluate your plan, you can measure dollars, time, and market share. [supanova_question]
Creative Expression and Transformation Final Portfolio – Directions + Rubric Creative Expression
Creative Expression and Transformation Final Portfolio –
Directions + Rubric
Creative Expression and Transformation
Assignment:
Through this portfolio, you will assess your growth as a creative individual capable of using the expressive arts for personal and/or professional purposes. Consider your original intention for this course [attached] and all of your assignments including [attached]:
a) creative explorations,
b) reflection papers, and
c) the professional application project and the following questions:
How did each artifact contribute to your personal growth or your understanding of the creative process?
How did it contribute to self- discovery or transpersonal awareness?
How did it provide information about how to work creatively with others?
Did any exploration or reflection surprise you in any way?
Did participation in an exploration or paper enrich your understanding in ways that were unexpected?
Notice themes that emerge as you reflect on each of your artifacts. Discern which four or five work samples (artifacts) best illustrate these patterns of learning in the field of creativity. Gather them and begin to write a five-page reflection paper (double spaced) that you will use to introduce this portfolio. This paper must be centered around two themes related to your patterns of growth throughout this course. When you have finished writing, find a title that expresses the essence of your learning.
This portfolio must include:
(1) a title that expresses the essence of your learning,
(2) an explanation of what is included in this portfolio,
(3) a description of how the materials demonstrate your learning around the specific themes and why each artifact is included in this portfolio, and
(4) a discussion about how you would like to further your understanding of the use of the expressive arts in the future or make professional contributions through the expressive arts.
Directions:
Use this form to self-assess your paper before you submit it to your mentor. Carefully discern if your portfolio can use further editing, revisions, sections rewritten, elements added or omitted, etc. Your mentor will use this rubric to assess this assignment, which also reflects integration of course material. Your mentor will assess this assignment based on your ability to reflect deeply on your themes and patterns of growth in this area. You are expected to recognize patterns of learning, and perhaps gaps in your learning, as you progress through this course.
Criteria
Noteworthy
Edit/Revise if:
Re-examine/Redo if:
Content
Ability to articulate themes and patterns of growth in relation to:
The use creative expression for self-discovery and transformation;
Understanding of creative process;
Understanding of future personal or professional application of the creative process.
Focuses on the themes and patterns of inner growth, self-discovery or transformation emerged in response to creative exploration.
Centered around self-learning through creative process not the activity.
Considers how creative exploration might be integrated in personal and professional life.
Includes all required parts
Reflects growth but not in a thematic way.
Too broad; too many or too few themes.
Some reference to self-learning but also on experience.
Projects themes and patterns into the future but does not address personal or professional applications of creative exploration.
Addresses personal or professional application but does not consider patterns or themes of learning.
Is missing one component of the assignment
Focuses on discrete experiences rather than on growth, patterns of growth or themes.
Does not consider creative process in exploring themes or patterns.
Does not consider how these patterns of growth might inform the personal or professional application.
Does not address personal or professional applications.
Is lacking in more than one component of the assignment
Self-Reflection:
The ability to integrate internal processes (e.g., thoughts and feelings) with experiences and readings.
Deeply thoughtful and filled with personal insights
Balances awareness of creative exploration with psycho-spiritual insight
Honors one’s own, unique perspective
Is thoughtful but could bring more of self into the paper.
Bridges experience with reflective voice, but can be strengthened (e.g., choice and integration of experience).
Demonstrates little thought about creative process or how explorations inform personal experience.
Does not bridge creative exploration with personal insight.
Appears that there is little attention to quality of paper.
Written Expression
The clear and accurate use of the English language in an engaging and flowing manner that serves the melding of personal voice with autobiographical style
Unity:
Sentences and paragraphs are focused around a central point.
Clarity:
Statements are clear and coherent, well organized; one section/paragraph leads to the next.
Style:
Blends personal, autobiographical voice with spiritual insight.
Spelling:
Free of spelling errors; follows conventions of the English language.
Could use further editing for accuracy of meaning, clarity, grammar, or punctuation.
Is fairly focused but could be tightened more fully.
Organization could be clearer.
Personal, autobiographical writing is present, but are not well melded with spiritual insight
Some spelling errors.
Sentences/paragraphs/sections are not focused around a spiritual journey
Message/central focus; lacks clarity.
Paper is not organized in a flowing manner
Has many spelling errors
Has numerous patterns of grammatical/punctuation errors
Transpersonal Qualities
Do you feel that your work demonstrates the following qualities:
Mindfulness
Beauty
Reflection shows thought and care in preparation, regardless of its form
Portfolio is presented with attention to beauty. It is inviting to read
Other:
What strengths do you feel you bring into this paper that are not mentioned above?
List strengths here:[supanova_question]
IDS 2891 Primary Source Analysis Questions Women and the Civil Rights Movement
IDS 2891 Primary Source Analysis Questions
Women and the Civil Rights Movement
Guidelines:
Be sure that you fully read the sources prior to answering the questions.
Insert your responses directly into this document and then upload it in the assignment window.
Make sure that you clearly address the question asked. Be specific in your response and provide specific examples/evidence from the readings.
When providing evidence make sure to paraphrase, or put it into your own words. If you plan to use word for word statements from the source make sure that you use quotations & cite the page number.
Documents: Women in the Civil Rights Movement
What kind of sources are these? What problems might there be in trying to ascertain historical evidence from them?
For each of the women identify:
Who are they? Where from, etc? Consider their biographical details in your responses.
What role/activities did they perform in the Civil Rights Movement?
What challenges did they face as women in the movement?
“Double Jeopardy,” (1970)
According to Beale what problems existed in the black family structure? What caused these problems?
What has been the impact on black women and their relationships with black men?
What are the unique challenges that black women face in the women’s liberation movement? How are they different than the problems of other women? Why?
Mirta Vidal report on Chicana Consciousness… (1971)
What is a “Chicana”? What is meant by consciousness?
According to Vidal, what are the unique issues that Chicana women face in the 1970s? What does she mean by “special oppression”?
In what ways are Chicana women oppressed?
How does this compare to Beale’s arguments?
Welfare is a Woman’s Issue (1972)
How & why is welfare a woman’s issue?
What concerns do women on welfare in the 1970s have?
Equal Rights Amendment (1972)
What kind of source is this?
In your opinion, what are the most significant features of the amendment?
How and why is this a change in policy by the 1970s?
Phyllis Schlafley (1972)
Why does Schlafley oppose the Women’s Liberation (Libbers) Movement?
Do you agree or disagree with her statements? Why, or why not?
Are her critiques of the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) consistent with what you read in the text?[supanova_question]