Because Saudi Arabia and Australia have ____, Saudi Arabia can specialize in the production of crude oil and petroleum products, and Australia can…

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Because Saudi Arabia and Australia have ____, Saudi Arabia can specialize in the production of crude oil and petroleum products, and Australia can specialize in the production of wool.

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After reading Chapter 3, The Skills Approach, please discuss the following questions on Case C3.1:  a Strained Research Team on pages 60-62 in our text Leadership:

Based on the skills approach, how would you assess Dr. Wood’s leadership and his relationship to the members of the Elder Care Project team?  Will the project be successful?
Based on readings, does Dr Wood have the skills necessary to be an effective leader of the research team?
The skills model describes three important competencies for leaders:  problem solving skills, social judgment skills and knowledge.  If you were to coach Dr Wood using this model, what competencies would you address with him?  What changes would you suggest that he make in his leadership?

Case 3.1: A Strained Research Team
Dr. Adam Wood is the principal investigator on a three-year, $1 million federally funded research grant to study health
education programs for older populations, called the Elder Care Project. Unlike previous projects, in which Dr. Wood
worked alone or with one or two other investigators, on this project Dr. Wood has 11 colleagues. His project team is made
up of two co-investigators (with PhDs), four intervention staff (with MAs), and five general staff members (with BAs).
One year into the project, it has become apparent to Dr. Wood and the team that the project is underbudgeted and has too
few resources. Team members are spending 20%30% more time on the project than has been budgeted to pay them.
Regardless of the resource strain, all team members are committed to the project; they believe in its goals and the
importance of its outcomes. Dr. Wood is known throughout the country as the foremost scholar in this area of health
education research. He is often asked to serve on national review and advisory boards. His publication record is second to
none. In addition, his colleagues in the university know Dr. Wood as a very competent researcher. People come to Dr.
Wood for advice on research design and methodology questions. They also come to him for questions about theoretical
formulations. He has a reputation as someone who can see the big picture on research projects.
Despite his research competence, there are problems on Dr. Woods research team. Dr. Wood worries there is a great deal
of work to be done but that the members of the team are not devoting sufficient time to the Elder Care Project. He is
frustrated because many of the day-to-day research tasks of the project are falling into his lap. He enters a research
meeting, throws his notebook down on the table, and says, I wish Id never taken this project on. Its taking way too
much of my time. The rest of you arent pulling your fair share. Team members feel exasperated at Dr. Woods
comments. Although they respect his competence, they find his leadership style frustrating. His negative comments at staff
meetings are having a demoralizing effect on the research team. Despite their hard work and devotion to the project, Dr.
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Wood seldom compliments or praises their efforts. Team members believe that they have spent more time than anticipated
on the project and have received less pay or credit than expected. The project is sucking away a lot of staff energy, yet Dr.
Wood does not seem to understand the pressures confronting his staff.
The research staff is starting to feel burned out, but members realize they need to keep trying because they are under time
constraints from the federal government to do the work promised. The team needs to develop a pamphlet for the
participants in the Elder Care Project, but the pamphlet costs are significantly more than budgeted in the grant. Dr. Wood
has been very adept at finding out where they might find small pockets of money to help cover those costs.
Although team members are pleased that he is able to obtain the money, they are sure he will use this as just another
example of how he was the one doing most of the work on the project.

Questions
1. Based on the skills approach, how would you assess Dr. Woods leadership and his relationship to the members of
the Elder Care Project team? Will the project be successful?
2. Does Dr. Wood have the skills necessary to be an effective leader of this research team?
3. The skills model describes three important competencies for leaders: problem-solving skills, social judgment skills,
and knowledge. If you were to coach Dr. Wood using this model, what competencies would you address with him?
What changes would you suggest that he make in his leadership?

literature review #4

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State the research question(s) addressed in the articles- what is being investigated? Briefly describe the study (case study, experimental, etc.)

Findings
What were some of the findings and/ or conclusions drawn from the article?

Implications
How is this important to ELLs?
How has this changed your understanding of second language acquisition or English language learning?  What is your understanding of ELLs and of teaching ELLs?

**ATTACHED YOU WILL FIND THE LITERACTURE REVIEW ARTICLE NEEDED TO COMPLETE THE ASSIGNMENT.  IT HAS TO BE DONE IN ESSAY FORMMAT, not a q&a

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In week 3’s first assignment, you learned about all of Bill’s legal woes. Well, Bill is back again. And it again concerns his side business of building duck calls.
Shortly after his first visit with you, Bill went to a Wild Game Dinner. At the event, Bill met Joseph, who is the cousin of one of Bill’s neighbors. Joseph has a sports and hunting store in Clarksville, TN. Bill told Joseph about his duck calls. Joseph said that he would be interested in selling them in his store on a trial basis. To encourage him to do the trial, Bill told Joseph that he would give him a discounted price for his first order. 
The next week, Joseph sent Bill his store’s standard purchase order form, which included pre-written terms, such as an arbitration clause and a warranty of merchantability. Joseph requested to purchase 50 units at the “discounted” price that Bill spoke of at the event. Joseph requests to pay for the units in 90 days. 
Bill was excited. He quickly sent a written confirmation to Bill. However, in the confirmation, Bill again made some typographical errors. First, Bill wrote the wrong price. Second, Bill wrote the wrong number of units.  In pertinent part, Bill’s confirmation stated:
“Thanks for agreeing to try selling my duck calls in your store. As I mentioned, I will give you a discounted price. I normally sell my handcrafted wooden duck calls to retailers for $43.00 with a suggested retail price of $59.99. Since you are trying them out, I will sell you 500 for $3.500. I will send you the units as soon as I have them ready. I have no problem with payment in 90 days from now.”
Joseph reviewed the written confirmation a few days later. Joseph is initially upset about Bill increasing the units from 50 to 500; however, after seeing the discount he is getting, Joseph has no problem with the increased purchase order. He believes that, if they do not sell well, he can easily sell the duck calls for $12.99 and make a good profit. As such, Joseph does not say anything to Bill about the increased purchase order. Instead, Joseph tells Bill, “I agree to the terms you sent.” 
Bill sends Joseph 50 duck calls about a week after Joseph’s confirmation. Joseph likes the duck calls and thinks they are good quality. He places them on sale for $29.99 and sells the first 50 units in two weeks. As such, Joseph is anxious to get the next batch. He sends Bill an email, stating in pertinent part: “The ducks calls are a big hit! I’ve sold out! Send me the remaining units as quick as you can. Do you have any idea when you will send more units?”
Bill is confused by Joseph’s email. Bill reviews the prior correspondence and sees his two errors. He calls Joseph and tells Joseph about the errors. Joseph thinks Bill is now regretting their deal since the duck calls sold so fast. He believes that Bill wants to sell his duck calls at a higher price. Joseph tells Bill that he cannot back out of their deal now because they have a contract.
Bill has come to you for help. Please give Bill some guidance on this mess he has gotten himself into. (20 points)

No other sources than what is provided.