Whats Good About Lying Response to Reading

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This assignment has two parts. Read the article “What’s Good About Lying” (reading #2).

Part 1) On a separate document, answer the following discussion questions. Do not use quotations. All these answers should be in your own words to show your understanding of the article. I don’t want you to use the author’s exact words. Use  complete sentences and proper spelling and punctuation (as best as you can).

Discussion Questions:

1) What are reasons young children tell anti-social lies and what are reasons young children tell prosocial lies?

2) What is a “theory of mind”? (Remember to put this into your own words. Don’t quote from the article.)

3) What qualities do prosocial lying reflect about the liar?

4) What’s the difference between a “blue lie” and a “black lie”?

5) Self- reflection: a) Describe a prosocial lie you’ve told (at any age of your life). b) Describe an anti-social lie you’ve told (to protext your ass) at any age of your life. c) Are you comfortable telling prosocial lies? Explain why or why not. d) Are your comfortable telling anti-social lies? Why or why not?

6) Extra Credit:Two truths and a lie: I’m going  to tell you two true things about myself and one lie. See if you can figure out which one is a lie. Feel free to text or email me questions to help you decide which one is the lie.

                    1. I live with five dogs.

                    2. I climbed to the peak of Mr. Ranier when I was 14.

                    3. I married my husband after knowing him for six weeks.

Part 2:  On the same document as above, write two different quote sandwiches (directions for how to write a quote sandwich are in the powerpoint posted in this module). Make sure each quote comes from a different section of the article (I have numbered them).

Genetic diseases

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Write an 8-12 page paper that will include at least 4-6 evidence/research-based references (no Wikipedia!), an abstract, a graph or chart (data) if applicable to your topic (should not take up more than of a page).

Your research paper may include (if applicable to your topic) the following information:

Historical Perspective/Background information on your topic
Population affected
Environmental issues
Epidemiological Research
Data Use
Morbidity & Mortality Patterns
Public Health issues & interventions
Medical Response
Prehospital (if applicable)
Hospital
Other
Government response
Local vs. State vs. Federal
Economic Factors/Issues
Media Coverage/Communication Issues
Logistical Issues
What worked what didnt – why
Aftermath
Lessons Learned

HARD WARE

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For Module 2, you are to continue to work with the information architecture tutorial at Wired.com. Please read through Lesson 2, and follow its steps for creating Chapter 2 of your design document:

Define the Audience
Create Scenarios
Competitive Analysis
This part of the tutorial concludes:

It is time to document what you have just done. Create a new chapter in your design document called User Experience. Add the audience definition, and incorporate the scenarios. You could try to integrate the scenarios with the audience definition, but it is probably better to put them in their own section. Next, write up a summary of the competitive analysis and add it to the design document. The competitive analysis itself should be included as an appendix. Remember to publish these results so that everyone can see them.

Your publication consists of submitting your results and appendix in report form as your SLP 2 assignment.

SLP Assignment Expectations
Length: 2-3 pages typed and double-spaced

The following items will be assessed in particular:

The degree to which you have carried out the assignment completely, or clarified why you could not and investigated alternatives
Your ability to focus on the overall purposes of the assignment, not just its specific steps
Your use of some in-text references to what you have read; please cite all sources properly
Upload your paper when it is completed.

Hardware

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The case that you will use for this is a case that is coincidentally also Canadian in origin but in a very different business environmentthe aluminum business (spelled here “aluminium” in the British fashionyou may use whichever spelling you choose.) It describes the analysis of the company’s IT systems and management performed by a new vice president of corporate information technologies, in all its complexity and magnificent variety. Throughout this case, issues of hardware, software, and management are intertwined, just as they are in real corporate life. One of your tasks will be to disentangle some of these issues for separate consideration in light of what you know and need to know. As we noted in our course overview, it’s taken for granted that hardware, software, and management (sometimes referred to as “wetware”) are all involved in a complex sociotechnical dance in which changes in any one element inevitably call forth changes in the otherspreferably planned, but often unplanned, and not infrequently unanticipated. Thus, while your focus in this module will be primarily on hardware and networking, you will inevitably find yourself thinking about other dimensions of the problems as well. That is all to the good, but try to keep a focus on the primary issues in each of these three modules. There is plenty of time to concentrate on issues of integration as the course wraps up.

Case Assignment
Please read the Alcan case; it is in two parts:

Dube, L., Bernier, C. and Roy, V. (2009) Taking on the Challenge of IT Management in a Global Business Context: The Alcan Case Part A. International Journal of Case Studies in Management. 7(2):May. HEC020.

Dube, L., Bernier, C. and Roy, V. (2009) Taking on the Challenge of IT Management in a Global Business Context: The Alcan Case Part B. International Journal of Case Studies in Management. 7(2):May. HEC021.

Use information from the course background readings as well as any good quality resource you can find. Please cite all sources and provide a reference list (use APA format) at the end of your paper.

Your answer to the following will be assessed:

What are the pros and cons of the current Alcan technology infrastructure?
What are the pros and cons of the new Alcan technology infrastructure proposed by Robert Ouelette?
Please suggest additional improvements of infrastructure for this case and justify your suggestions.
Assignment Expectations
Length: Minimum 35 pages excluding cover page and references (since a page is about 300 words, this is approximately 900 1,500 words).

Assignment-driven criteria (25 points): Demonstrates clear understanding of the subject and addresses all key elements of the assignment.

Critical thinking (10 points): Demonstrates mastery conceptualizing the problem. Shows analysis, synthesis, and evaluation of required material.

Scholarly writing (5 points): Demonstrates writing proficiency at the academic level of the course; addresses the Learning Outcomes of the assignment.

Quality of references (4 points) and assignment organization (3 points): Uses relevant and credible sources to support assertions. Assignment is well organized and follows the structure of a well-written paper.

Citing sources (3 points): Uses in-text citations and properly formats references in APA style.