Describe your experiences using resources, including concerns encountered when conducting academic research through the Ashford University Library. Areas of concern may include developing a research strategy, using the search function within a database, or evaluating sources.

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  • Describe your experiences using resources, including concerns encountered when conducting academic research through the Ashford University Library. Areas of concern may include developing a research strategy, using the search function within a database, or evaluating sources.
  • Explain how using the Ashford University Library has improved your experience in conducting research. For example, you could identify and explain how specific tutorials that you have used have helped improve your ability to conduct research.

The Information Literacy Assignment

  • Must include at least two paragraphs (of at least five sentences each) that respond to the two prompts, and that are formatted according to APA style (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..
  • Must include a separate title page (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
    • Running header with page numbers
  • Must have no more than 15% quoted material in the body of your essay based on the Turnitin report.

Analyze the organizational design of the selected agency’s human  resource management in relationship to the entire organization. Assess  its strengths and weaknesses. (Title this section “Organizational  Design”)

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Evaluation of Agency’s Public Personnel Administration, Part 2

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

  1. Analyze the organizational design of the selected agency’s human  resource management in relationship to the entire organization. Assess  its strengths and weaknesses. (Title this section “Organizational  Design”)
  2. Assess the agency in terms of its global or international linkages,  highlighting its application of theory to its approach to personnel  management. (Title this section “Global Linkages and Personnel  Management”)
  3. Analyze at least three (3) of the major components of the agency’s  human resource system’s goals and practices regarding the recruitment  and hiring of a qualified workforce. (Title this section “Personnel  Recruitment and Hiring Practices”)
  4. Evaluate the agency’s approach to training and programs provided for  new and existing employees for the development of knowledge, skills,  and overall competencies, highlighting the strengths and weaknesses.  (Title this section “Employee Skills Training”)
  5. Recommend at least two (2) actions the agency could take to improve  in the areas of recruiting and training a qualified workforce. (Title  this section “Recruiting and Training Recommendations”)
  6. Appropriately incorporate at least four (4) quality sources. A  quality source can be either popular, such as a news article, or  scholarly, such as peer reviewed works. In the case of public  administration, government websites are appropriate quality resources. Note: Wikipedia, SparkNotes, and similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with  one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA  or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional  instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the  student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.  The cover page, revisions of the previous assignment, and the reference  page are not included in the required assignment page length

Do citizens have the right to break the law if the law is unjust?

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Answer the question: Do citizens have the right to break the law if the law is unjust?

Locke stated that anyone has a right to punish transgressors that go against natural law; however, people are biased (Then & Now).  He states that civil society and government need to be formed.  Instead of a monarchial reign where absolute power exists, he states instead of a society that can protect the natural law. The natural law is the right to life, health, liberty, and property.  Locke also states that government is also subservient to that law.  If the law is unjust, he states that the people are justified in overthrowing it.

In section 222 of Chapter XIX of the Dissolution of Government, Locke writes “whenever the legislators endeavour to take away, and destroy the property of the people, or to reduce them to slavery under arbitrary power, they put themselves into a state of war with the people, who are thereupon absolved from any farther obedience, and are left to the common refuge, which God hath provided for all men, against force and violence.“  (Locke)

This being said, there are ways to change an unjust law.  Luckily society and government seem to slowly evolve to create laws that are fair.  History has seen unjustified laws and systems be put to the test where citizens rightfully justify their power to overthrow those laws.

Locke, John. Second Treatise of Government. n.d. Web. April 2019. <https://learn.umuc.edu/d2l/le/content/349024/viewContent/14029727/View>.

Then & Now. Two Treatises of Government – John Locke and Natural Rights. 6 June 2017. Web. April 2019. <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbHGf1qPjgk>.

#2: Think Hannah is your classmate and you are ask to reply to her post. Reply to Hannah taking in consideration her answer. 

your reply most be relevant to the content of Hannah post and must be polite.

also must be short and to the point, no more than one paragraph, no less than 4 sentence. reply from your point of view, 100% original from you.

Hannah post,

Answer the question: In responding to this discussion topic, share three strategies you learned from the resources on either resumes or cover letters or both.

Three strategies I found helpful when reading through the resume guide are:

– sell yourself and your brand

– identify transferable skills

– Highlight your accomplishments

Selling yourself and your brand means to make your resume show the most interesting version of yourself so you can stand out above others. Second, identifying transferable skills can open your opportunities such as being a great communicator or having critical thinking skills can be desired by some employers. Lastly, highlighting your accomplishments can show an employer how you can benefit their company or organization. Wether you solve problems or have contributed solutions to businesses, all these things can come into play on your resume to make you seem more attractive to employers.

 

#3 Think Shane is your classmate and you are ask to reply to his post. Reply to Shane taking in consideration his answer. Shane was ask to create the body of email message below. 

you’re reply most be relevant to the content of Shane post and must be polite.

also must be short and to the point, no more than one paragraph, no less than 4 sentence. reply from your point of view, 100% original from you.

Shane post,

Answer the question:  write three pieces of advice you found from the website.

Three pieces of advice that I found from the website are:

1. The top portion of a resume is literally the calling card of the applicant. It provides all contact information and some eye-catching information such as unique qualifications in training that the applicant possesses that may set them apart from others.

2. In the portion of the resume that lists professional experience it should be clear and concise. Bulletized format and not going overboard with description but using professional keywords used in that industry that catch the eye will help the reader scan more quickly.

3. One section I did not know should be there but makes complete sense to me is a continuing education section of the resume. Listing your continuing education shows the employer that you’re not closed off to learning new things and I do know that in industry, certifications require re-certifying and there’s always new ways of doing things that employers covet because it brings innovation to their office.

Define freedom in your own terms, specifically outlining those aspects of yourself that you consider the basis of your own conception of “acting freely.”

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We looked at “Freedom” this week, but as the term ends, it is always a good idea to try to tie together different ideas in order to see the coherency.

While you are writing, please do not use the textbook or any outside materials. You can mention things in the textbook, but you will not have time to look them up. The paper you write is intended to give you the opportunity to express your philosophical viewpoints.

Please take a few minutes to read through the two choices for the first part, to choose one of them, to figure out your views, and to scribble down a skeleton outline for an argumentative essay. You will be trying to prove that your view is the best one.

Make sure you include:

  1. An introductory paragraph with a clear thesis statement,
  2. At least two evidentiary paragraphs, each offering supporting points,
  3. A brief summary of the opposition’s main point and a refutation of it, and
  4. A summarizing conclusion.

Answered either Question A or Question B. In a well-developed short essay, address the prompts for one of the choices below:

Question A

Freedom and Morality. In Chapter 18 of The Prince, Machiavelli offers advice for future rulers: “Everyone admits how praiseworthy it is for a political leader to keep his word and to behave with integrity rather than cunning. Nevertheless, our experience has been that those leaders who have done great things have considered keeping their word of little account and have known how to beguile men’s minds by shrewdness and cunning. Occasionally, the words of leaders must serve to hide the facts. But the lies should be told in such a way that the general population does not become aware of them; or, if the lies are discovered, excuses must be ready at hand to be produced immediately. In the end, the leaders most likely to reach their goals and sway the people are those who have not relied on integrity or on keeping their word.”

Contrastingly, Aristotle said that we are not free if our actions are caused or influenced by external compulsion (including deceit or insufficient evidence).

The old joke asks, “How can you tell a politician is lying?” And, the classic answer is, “His lips are moving.” Americans have always suspected that their politicians leaders tell falsehoods, and recent national leaders have even admitted that they “misspoke” (i.e., lied) on numerous occasions to the American people.

Define freedom in your own terms, specifically outlining those aspects of yourself that you consider the basis of your own conception of “acting freely.” To what extent can people truly be free if they are living in a society where their leaders routinely lie to them in order to gain the common man’s compliance? To what extent is it possible or impossible for a person to be “acting freely” when he lacks the relevant (and truthful) information needed for his decision-making? Explain which type of government you believe provides the most individual freedoms and that you personally believe would be more preferable to live in—an immoral and powerful government that lies to the people or a weak but moral government in which the leaders always tells the truth. Defend your position for why your choice is more desirable than the alternative.

Question B

Freedom and Self. Define freedom in your own terms, specifically outlining those aspects of yourself that you consider the basis of your own conception of “acting freely.”

An idea we were left with from the textbook is that people are so largely influenced by both nature and nurture that it is difficult to make any sort of decision which has not already been affected by both internal and external influences; our “self identities” are not a creation of own but largely the product of biology and relationships. But, choosing to “act freely” implies that we are choosing freely, without influences affecting our choices.

Think back to our discussion of the “essential self” in Week 4 as you address the following questions. To what extent does your conception of “acting freely” include playing roles and interacting with other people? To what extent do other people limit your freedom? How can your “essential self” be free choose to “act freely” while living in a world in which you are bound by obligations to various kinds of other people? Under which conditions would you be confident to declare that you had freely chosen a “free act”?