Pre Calculus and Real World Applications

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1. Introductory paragraph.
2. What was the easiest new concept in pre-calculus for you? Why? (1 paragraph)
3. What was the most difficult concept in pre-calculus for you? Please provide two
examples of the concept you named including different applications of the concept. Why
do you think it was so difficult? What steps could you take to make sure you have a better
grasp on difficult tasks in the future, please cite at least one source? (2 paragraphs)
4. Pre-calculus has plenty of real-world applications. Please write about at least 2
different, specific examples of where pre-calculus was used in history. For the real-world
examples, please cite at least 3 sources. (3 paragraphs)
5. Conclusion (1 paragraph)
6. Finally, come up with five examples of real life/word problems you might put on
a test if you were the teacher. Each problem must require at least five non-basic
mathematical steps not including using opposite operations. (You can obviously use
opposite operations but it cannot be one of the five non-basic steps). You must
completely solve the equations, write out every step and get the correct answer. This part
of the paper can be handwritten.

Case Study: Opening Your New Dunkin Donuts Locations

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Prior to completing this assignment, review the pertinent sections of Chapter 3. You have been the manager of a Dunkin Donuts store in the Midwest for the past two years. The store is owned by a Dunkin Donuts franchisee who owns 20 other Dunkin Donuts locations. Your employer took an employee inventory and examined all current employees. It has been noted by the owner that you have a highly successful track record. You have been recognized for doing an exceptional job staffing, leading, training, coaching, and managing people. You have been recognized for successfully managing all key components of your store and have successfully managed key business drivers such as cash, profits, growth, asset utilization, and people. In regards to the metrics that are used to measure their stores for sales, quality, and customer service, your store is the top performing store in their system.

Congratulations! You have just been promoted to district manager! The Dunkin Donuts franchisee sees your growth potential and the growth potential in your geographic area. The owner now has committed significant capital and plans to open five new locations over the next two years. You will be given complete autonomy, authority, and responsibility to structure, staff, and operate these five new locations. You will be playing a key role in this expansion for growth.

For this assignment, you will prepare a four to five-page paper in which you explain your chosen job design and organizational design as the new District Manager for Dunkin Donuts.

You must organize your paper using the following section headings and include additional section headings as needed:

IntroductionProvide a well-organized introduction to the paper.
Job DesignExplain your chosen job design including job analysis, job description and job specification.
Organizational DesignExplain why the chosen organizational design was chosen.
Conclusion
Your paper must include at least three scholarly sources

Reading Discussion 1 Questions

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1.  Review and analyze the cognitive-constructivist view and the concepts that compliment this and briefly discuss this approach to reading.
2.  Discuss what it means to be literate today.
3.  Research tells us that doing a substantial amount of independent reading is an essential part of becoming a good reader.  List some approaches that you might use to encourage today’s students, many of whom do not read independently, to do more reading. 
4.  Discuss the concept of automaticity.

module 4 – any

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Instructions
Events and Causal Factors Chart Project

Read the U.S. Chemical Safety Board (CSB) investigation report of the 2007 propane explosion at the Little General Store in Ghent, WV. The final report can be read/downloaded at the following link: https://www.csb.gov/assets/1/20/csbfinalreportlittlegeneral.pdf?13741

Additional information on the incident, including a video summary, can be found at the following link: http://www.csb.gov/little-general-store-propane-explosion/

Complete the assignment as detailed below.

Part I: From the information in the report, create a chart listing events and causal factors for the incident in Microsoft Word, Open Office, or a similar word processing software. If you choose to use a program other than Microsoft Word, be sure to save and submit the document as a Microsoft Word document (i.e., .doc, .docx). The objective of this project is to provide you with an opportunity to use this important and very practical analytical tool. The chart does not have to be infinitely detailed, but the key sequence of events should be charted as should the key conditions surrounding the events. Keep in mind that the purpose of an events and causal factors chart is to aid in identifying which conditions could be causal factors.

Use the charting procedures on pages 7276 of your textbook to help you with this assignment. In addition, refer to the example events and causal factors (ECF) chart in the Unit IV Lesson for an example of this type of chart.

Part II: On a separate page, discuss the potential causal factors that are revealed in the analysis. How do these causal factors compare to the causal factors found in the CSBs investigation report? Do you think more analysis is needed? This part of the assignment should be a minimum of one page in length.

Upload Parts I and II as a single document. For Part II of the assignment, you should use academic sources to support your thoughts. Any outside sources used, including the sources mentioned in the assignment, must be cited using APA format and must be included on a references page.

Useful hints: In Microsoft Word, you can use parentheses for events (events), square brackets for conditions [conditions], and brackets for the accident {accident}; you may also use a similar convention, such as color-coded text or the shapes that are available within Microsoft Word. Whatever convention you use, be sure you provide some kind of key.