Assignment: Business Fundamentals
Length: 1600 words total.
Discussion Question:
What value do financial ratios offer investors in reviewing the financial performance of a firm?Financial ratios can differ from industry to industry. Discuss and provide rationales for these differences.
Part 1: POM
Discussion Question:
A key differentiator between being a member of a group and being a member of a team is trust. How can a new member of your team earn your trust? Be specific and explain your answer.
Part 2: Childhood
Discussion Question 1:
Describe the characteristics of preoperational thought and how they relate to preschoolers' learning style.
Discussion Question 2:
What are some of the effects of achievement testing and assessment? What is the importance of these assessments in planning developmentally appropriate primary environments?
Part 3: Communications
Discussion Question #1:
Why do you think it's important to pick a topic that is important or interesting to the speaker? What are some ways to choose a speech topic? What do you find to be interesting beginnings of speeches? What makes a speech memorable?
Discussion Question #2:
View this skit on students plagiarizing their term papers.
Plagiarism is such a significant problem that there are businesses built just to address it. Watch this video from Editage to understand the importance on not using plagiarized material.
• Why do you think some people plagiarize?
• Is there any such thing as accidental plagiarism?
• What steps can you take to ensure that you provide proper credit for resources in all your written and oral communication?
• What online resources are most valuable for understanding - and avoiding - plagiarism?
Part 4: Communications
Discussion Question #1:
Watch a broadcast news show on television (ABC, CBS, or NBC) or on their Internet outlets. Do you think that what you see constitutes ethical speaking or was there clear bias in the presentation? Explain? Can a speech or presentation be informative but not persuasive? Can it be persuasive but not informative?
Discussion Question #2:
Informative presentations rely on your ability to find, analyze and utilize credible information. How do you know if information is reliable? What steps should you utilize to verify the value, validity and relevance of an information source? Why some online resources (such as Wikipedia) are considered inappropriate for use as an academic reference? How do these types of online resources differ from more credible online sources (such as Google Scholar)?
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.