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1. PHL 320 Assignment Week 1 Apply Creating an Argument (New Syllabus) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com PHL 320 Assignment Week 1 Apply: Creating an Argument Complete the “Creating an Argument” homework assignment in Connect®. For each statement, select the conclusion statement that would turn Note: You have only 1 attempt available to complete this assignment. Grades must be transferred manually to eCampus by your instructor. Don‟t worry, this might happen after your due date. Tipsarevic is unlikely to win the U.S. Open this year. He will be a strong competitor, though. Smith is also unlikely to win the U.S. Open this year. He has a nagging leg injury, plus he doesn‟t have the drive he once had. He did not win the U.S. Open last year either. John Montgomery has been the Eastern Baseball League‟s best closer this season. Unfortunately, when a closer gets shelled, as Montgomery did last night, it takes him a while to recover. Multiple Choice There are other pitchers on his team who could be closers. He is going to visit his grandmother, who is ill.

2. ============================================== PHL 320 Assignment Week 1 Apply Decision-Making Career Path Plan(New Syllabus) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com PHL 320 Week 1 Apply Decision-Making Career Path Plan For this assignment, you will discover that critical thinking is an important part of problem solving, decision-making, and everyday life—personally and professionally. Review the “Infographics” Lynda.com® video. Write a 350- to 750-word summary of your current career path or your desired career. Include the following: § Describe a specific career goal or pathway that you would like to pursue. § Create a career plan in which you explain the decision-making steps required to achieve your goal. § Evaluate the effectiveness of your plan. Create a decision-making process infographic for your plan in an appropriate format. This can be done using Microsoft® PowerPoint®, Microsoft® Publisher®, Microsoft® Word, or sites like Easel.ly®, Visual.ly, and PiktoChart®, or any other infographic software. § Label your career path or your desired career.

3. Note: You have only one attempt available to complete assignments. ============================================== PHL 320 Assignment Week 1 Flow Chart(New Syllabus) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com PHL 320 Week 1 Flow Chart Complete the Week One Flow Chart worksheet. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. Note: You have unlimited attempts available to complete practice assignments Week One Flow Chart Identify a personal or business decision you recently faced. Title your decision, and then include a minimum of five decision-making steps in the form of a flow chart. Steps: determine your budget, choose a type of car, locate a car dealership, choose the color of car and extras (window tint, satellite radio, etc.) Steps: review colleges for degree programs, consider tuition and other costs, determine pros and cons of attending online versus on-campus classes, review course options, determine enrollment date ============================================== PHL 320 Assignment Week 1 Practice Knowledge Check (New Syllabus)

4. FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com PHL 320 Assignment Week 1 Practice Knowledge Check (New Syllabus) Complete the “Assignment Week 1 Knowledge Check (New Syllabus)” in Connect®. Note: You have unlimited attempts available to complete this practice assignment. The highest scored attempt will be recorded. These assignments have earlier due dates, so plan accordingly. Grades must be transferred manually to eCampusby your instructor. Don‟t worry, this might happen after your due date. “I think there should be a speed limit for the „spandex‟ bicycle racers that feel the need to run those of us that don‟t ride or walk as fast off the road and into the bushes in Bidwell Park. The park is for everyone‟s pleasure and enjoyment, and more often than not it is spoiled by those few who feel they are superior to the rest of us. Approximately eight out of ten times when my family and I have ridden our bikes through the park at least one of us has just about been plowed over by one of those egotistical speeders.”—From a letter to the editor Which of the following best states the primary issue discussed in the passage? ============================================== PHL 320 Assignment Week 2 Apply Vague Statements(New Syllabus)

5. FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com PHL 320 Week 2 Apply: Vague Statements For this assignment, you will apply critical thinking to avoid the use of vague statements. Review Ch. 3, “Clear Thinking, Critical Thinking, and Clear Writing,” of Critical Thinking (12th ed.). Part 1 Complete the Vague Statements Worksheet. Part 2 Review job boards, such as, but not limited to, Indeed®, Monster®, the Ladders®, etc., for job postings in your chosen field. Copy and paste five current job descriptions into a Microsoft® Word document. Identify vague statements in each job description by highlighting them with the highlighter tool in Word. Rewrite the vague statements so there is greater clarity. For example (not to be included as part of your assignment): Click the Assignment Files tab to submit Parts 1 and 2. Note: You have only one attempt available to complete this assignment. ==============================================

6. PHL 320 Assignment Week 2 Practice Knowledge Check (New Syllabus) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com PHL 320 Assignment Week 2 Practice Knowledge Check (New Syllabus) Complete the “Assignment Week 2 Knowledge Check (New Syllabus)” in Connect®. Note: You have unlimited attempts available to complete this practice assignment. The highest scored attempt will be recorded. These assignments have earlier due dates, so plan accordingly. Grades must be transferred manually to eCampus by your instructor. Don‟t worry, this might happen after your due date. Classify the following: “A juice harp is a harmonica.” Multiple Choice Classify the following: “„Adult beverage‟ is anything that will get you drunk and make you act like an adolescent.” analytical definition lassify the following: “When Dr. Leakey said Lucy‟s walk was bipedal, he meant her walk was upright.” Multiple Choice definition by example definition by synonym

7. ============================================== PHL 320 Assignment Week 3 Apply Business Practice Argumentative Essay (New Syllabus) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com PHL 320 Week 3 Apply Business Practice Argumentative Essay For this assignment, you will prove the validity of a claim by presenting concrete information that can be used to persuade your audience. You will have an opportunity to argue for or against a specific business decision and provide evidence to support your position. Write a 700- to 1,050-word argumentative essay on a business decision that you would like to propose. Include the following: Explain the business decision. Discuss why the business decision is valid or not valid based on your argument. Identify the logical structure of each argument within the essay by placing the number in bold at the beginning of each argument. For example (not to be included as part of your assignment): Note: You have only one attempt available to complete assignments. ============================================== PHL 320 Assignment Week 3 Apply Inductive and Deductive Reasoning (New Syllabus)

8. FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com PHL 320 Assignment Week 3 Apply Inductive and Deductive Reasoning Complete the "Inductive and Deductive Reasoning" homework assignment in Connect®. Note: You have only 1 attempt available to complete assignments. Grades must be transferred manually to eCampus by your instructor. Don't worry; this might happen after your due date Required information Symbolizing Arguments using "If...Then..." and "not-…" Symbolize the following arguments using “if . . . then . . .” and “not- . . .” statements in place of the special symbols → and ~. (Note: Do not enter any periods in your response.) Symbolizing Arguments using "If...Then..." and "not-…" (1) Madderly wins the decision, provided that the referee scores the fight in Madderly‟sfavor. Propose two explanations for the findings that seem likely or possible. ============================================== PHL 320 Assignment Week 3 Apply Logical Structures of Arguments(New Syllabus) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com

9. PHL 320 Week 3 Apply Logical Structures of Arguments For this assignment, you will identify a current business problem and justify why change is needed. Review Ch. 2, “Two Kinds of Reasoning,” of Critical Thinking (12th ed.). Select a business. This may be one where you or your team members currently work or a fictional business. Discuss a problem that currently exists within the business. Write a 350- to 700-word logical structures of arguments essay about the business problem. Include the following: Summarize the issue. Identify the rules of logic that should have been applied to the issue. Create five arguments for change. Explain how the rules of logic helped you determine the five effective arguments for change that you presented. Format your assignment according to APA guidelines. Note: You have only one attempt available to complete assignments. ============================================== PHL 320 Assignment Week 3 Practice Knowledge Check (New Syllabus) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com

10. PHL 320 Assignment Week 3 PracticeKnowledge Check (New Syllabus) Complete the "Assignment Week 3 Knowledge Check (New Syllabus)" in Connect®. Note: You have unlimited attempts available to complete this practice assignment. The highest scored attempt will be recorded. These assignments have earlier due dates, so plan accordingly. Grades must be transferred manually to eCampus by your instructor. Don't worry, this might happen after your due date. Identifying Statistical Syllogisms and Inductive Generalizations from Samples 4 Determine whether each of the following is a statistical syllogism, inductive generalization from a sample, or neither. 1. Almost every Shih tzu I‟ve run into is smart; there probably aren‟t any anywhere that aren‟t. 2. A majority of Republicans favor immigration reform, and Horace is a Republican. Connect the dots. 3. Sally is apt to be cranky; she usually is when she skips breakfast. Find the contrapositive of “No Sunnis are Christians.” ============================================== PHL 320 Assignment Week 4 Apply Rhetorical Strategies and Fallacies (New Syllabus) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com

11. PHL 320 Week 4 ApplyRhetorical Strategies and Fallacies For this assignment, you will identify fallacies of reasoning. Reasoning is the part of the critical thinking process that allows us to make logical arguments so problems can be solved and decisions can be made. Part 1 Review Ch. 5, 6, 7, and 8 of Critical Thinking (12th ed.). Complete the Rhetorical Strategies and Fallacies Worksheet. Part 2 Apply what you learned from completing the worksheet by doing the following: Identify 10 rhetorical strategies or rhetorical fallacies that are heard often within the workplace (does not have to be your workplace). Identify the type of rhetorical strategy or rhetorical fallacy that is being used, and then write an example of the stated rhetorical strategy or rhetorical fallacy. For example (not to be included as part of your assignment): Note: You have only one attempt available to complete assignments. ============================================== PHL 320 Assignment Week 4 Practice Knowledge Check (New Syllabus) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com

12. PHL 320 Assignment Week4 Practice Knowledge Check (New Syllabus) Complete the "Assignment Week 4 Knowledge Check (New Syllabus)" in Connect®. Note: You have unlimited attempts available to complete this practice assignment. The highest scored attempt will be recorded. These assignments have earlier due dates, so plan accordingly. Grades must be transferred manually to eCampus by your instructor. Don't worry, Materials "They say Japanese carmakers put out the best cars in the world, all things considered. But that can‟t be right—the Toyota I bought last year had to be returned to the shop five times!" The sample is Straw man fallacy ============================================== PHL 320 Assignment Week 5 Apply Analyzing an Argument (New Syllabus) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com PHL 320 Assignment Week 5 Apply Analyzing an Argument Complete the "Analyzing an Argument" homework assignment in Connect®.

13. Note: You have only 1 attempt available to complete assignments. Grades must be transferred manually to eCampus by your instructor. Don't worry; this might happen after your due date. Required information For each of the following kinds of laws, pick at least one of the four grounds for justification—legal moralism, the harm principle, legal paternalism, and the offense principle—and construct an argument designed to justify the law. You may not agree either with the law or with the argument; the exercise is to see if you can connect the law to the (allegedly) justifying principle. For many laws, more than one kind of justification is possible, so there can be more than one good answer for many of these. ============================================== PHL 320 Assignment Week 5 Apply Ethics and Social Responsibility Presentation (New Syllabus) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com PHL 320 Week 5 Apply Ethics and Social Responsibility For this assignment, you will identify potential ethical issues related to decisions that are made. You will examine what impact ethical considerations may have on decision-making processes and what impact corporate social responsibility can have on the outcome of decision-making for an organization as a whole. Identify a business in your community. This can be your place of employment, a business with which you are familiar, or a business

14. that you research in the University Library (Wells Fargo, Enron, Bank of America, Pepsi, etc.). Develop a 10- to 15-slide presentation (including detailed speaker notes) in which you evaluate the ethical and social responsibility practices within your chosen organization. You may use Microsoft® PowerPoint®, Microsoft® Publisher®, or any other presentation software of your choice. Note: You have only one attempt available to complete assignments. ============================================== PHL 320 Assignment Week 5 Practice Ethical Implications Discussion FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com PHL 320 Assignment Week 5 Practice Ethical Implications Discussion Complete the Week Five Ethical Implications Discussion worksheet. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. Note: You have unlimited attempts available to complete practice assignments Week Five Ethical Implications Discussion Select one of the following scenarios and submit a discussion thread in the classroom. Respond to other students‟ posts. A police officer who is required to uphold the law pulls over a driver for failing to stop at a stop sign. The police officer speaks to the

15. driver, and he states he was upset because he just lost job, he is behind in bills, and he will be put out of his apartment by the end of the day. The police officer still writes the driver a ticket. ============================================== PHL 320 Assignment Week 5 Practice Knowledge Check (New Syllabus) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com PHL 320 Assignment Week 5 Practice Knowledge Check (New Syllabus) Complete the "Assignment Week 5 Knowledge Check (New Syllabus)" in Connect®. Note: You have unlimited attempts available to complete this practice assignment. The highest scored attempt will be recorded. These assignments have earlier due dates, so plan accordingly. Grades must be transferred manually to eCampus by your instructor. Don't worry, this might happen after your due date. Virtue ethics is an abstruse ethical theory. True or False Reasoning used by jurists and attorneys in applying the law is both deductive and inductive. to discount people's intentions. True or False

16. A moral imperative prescribes an action, not for the sake of some result, but simply because that action is our moral duty. Irrelevant to focusing perception ============================================== PHL 320 Entire Course FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com PHL 320 Assignment Week 1 Apply Creating an Argument (New Syllabus) PHL 320 Assignment Week 1 Practice Knowledge Check (New Syllabus) PHL 320 Assignment Week 2 Apply Vague Statements (New Syllabus) PHL 320 Assignment Week 2 Practice Knowledge Check (New Syllabus) PHL 320 Assignment Week 3 Apply Inductive and Deductive Reasoning (New Syllabus) PHL 320 Assignment Week 3 Practice Knowledge Check (New Syllabus) PHL 320 Assignment Week 4 Apply Rhetorical Strategies and Fallacies (New Syllabus) PHL 320 Assignment Week 4 Practice Knowledge Check (New Syllabus) PHL 320 Assignment Week 5 Apply Analyzing an Argument (New Syllabus)

17. PHL 320 Assignment Week 5 Practice Knowledge Check (New Syllabus) PHL 320 Assignment Week 1 Flow Chart (New Syllabus) PHL 320 Assignment Week 1 Apply Decision-Making Career Path Plan (New Syllabus) PHL 320 Assignment Week 2 Apply Vague Statements (New Syllabus) PHL 320 Assignment Week 3 Apply Logical Structures of Arguments (New Syllabus) PHL 320 Assignment Week 3 Apply Business Practice Argumentative Essay (New Syllabus) PHL 320 Assignment Week 4 Apply Rhetorical Strategies and Fallacies (New Syllabus) PHL 320 Assignment Week 5 Apply Ethics and Social Responsibility Presentation (New Syllabus) PHL 320 Assignment Week 5 Practice Ethical Implications Discussion PHL 320 Final Exam Guide (New, 2019) PHL 320 Week 1 Assignment Critical Thinking Memorandum (2 Papers) PHL 320 Week 1 Critical Thinking Discussion and Summary (2 Papers) PHL 320 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical Analysis Worksheet (2 Sheets) PHL 320 Week 1 Knowledge Check

18. PHL 320 Week 2 Assignment Business Practice Argumentative Essay (2 Papers) PHL 320 Week 2 DQ 1 PHL 320 Week 2 DQ 2 PHL 320 Week 2 DQ 3 PHL 320 Week 2 Individual Assignment Globalization Argumentative Paper (2 Papers) PHL 320 Week 2 Knowledge Check PHL 320 Week 2 Team Assignment Re-organization and Layoff Team Discussion & Summary (2 Papers) PHL 320 Week 3 Assignment The Planning Process (2 Papers) PHL 320 Week 3 DQ 1 PHL 320 Week 3 DQ 2 PHL 320 Week 3 DQ 3 PHL 320 Week 3 Individual Rhetorical Strategies and Fallacies Worksheet PHL 320 Week 3 Knowledge Check PHL 320 Week 3 Team Assignment Problem Identification (2 Papers) PHL 320 Week 3 Team Assignment Re-organization and Layoff Issue and Problem Identification Paper (2 Papers) PHL 320 Week 4 Assignment Decision Making Process Evaluation And Infographic (2 Papers PPT) PHL 320 Week 4 Decision-Making Process Infographic (New Syllabus, Paper and PPT) PHL 320 Week 4 DQ 1

19. PHL 320 Week 4 DQ 2 PHL 320 Week 4 Individual Assignment SWOT and Strategy Evaluation Paper (2 Papers) PHL 320 Week 4 Team Assignment Problem Solutions (2 Papers) PHL 320 Week 4 Team Assignment Re-Organization and Layoff Solutions Paper (2 Papers) PHL 320 Week 5 Assignment Ethics And Social Responsibility (2 Papers) PHL 320 Week 5 DQ 1 PHL 320 Week 5 DQ 2 PHL 320 Week 5 Individual Assignment Labor Practices Paper (2 Papers) PHL 320 Week 5 Team Assignment Problem Solutions And Evaluation (2 PPT) PHL 320 Week 5 Team Assignment Re-organization and Layoff Decision Making Evaluation Paper (2 Papers) ============================================== PHL 320 Final Exam Guide (New, 2019) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com 1. An automobile company decides to do its bit for the environment by introducing new models of electric cars. The company‟s long-term goal is to eventually stop manufacturing gasoline cars and focus on manufacturing electric cars. The managers of the company reached

20. this decision after critically evaluating the effects of car fluids and car emissions on the environment. They promise to do everything within their power to reduce the company‟s carbon footprint. Which of the following approaches does this scenario illustrate? ============================================== PHL 320 Final Guide FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com 1. Who among the following individuals is most likely to exhibit event creativity? 2. When does the incremental model of decision making take place? 3. In the stages of decision making, what should managers do immediately after identifying and diagnosing a problem? 4. As a barrier to effective decision making, when do framing effects occur? 5. Which of the following acts represents scapegoating? 6. How can organizational politics that impacts organizational decisions be reduced? 7. Which of the following is considered a change-specific reason for employees‟ resistance to change? 8. What is true of the features used to judge a person‟s credibility? 9. Which of the following is considered a general reason for employees‟ resistance to change

21. ============================================== PHL 320 Week 1 Assignment Critical Thinking Memorandum (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers Critical thinking is an important part of problem solving, decision making, and everyday life. So, what is critical thinking and why is it so important? Prepare a 700-word memo to yourself on critical thinking in which you include the following: Explain critical thinking. Provide an example from your personal experience of critical thinking applied to a business decision. Discuss the importance and benefits of using critical thinking. Relate the importance and benefits of critical thinking to the example provided. Discuss ways you might use critical thinking in your current job or chosen career path. Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines. ============================================== PHL 320 Week 1 Critical Thinking Discussion and Summary (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT

22. www.phl320study.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers Participate in a class discussion by responding to the following questions: How would you define critical thinking? What makes a person a critical thinker? Why is critical thinking important? Provide an example of how critical thinking has helped you in your life. What do you expect to learn from this course? Write a paragraph summarizing the discussion. ============================================== PHL 320 Week 1 Individual Assignment Critical Analysis Worksheet (2 Sheets) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different Sheets (Answers) Read "Common Core" and "The Battle Against Common Core Standards." Complete the Material: Critical Analysis Worksheet. ============================================== PHL 320 Week 1 Knowledge Check

23. FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com 1) The bandwagon effect is a common bias, which refers to 2) Some cognitive biases involve heuristics, which are 3) The in-group bias is characterized by 4) The premise of a good deductive argument, if true 5) If we know that an argument is weak, then we know that the conclusion 6) The ensemble played an encore at last year‟s concert, and I‟m pretty sure they played one the year before as well. So they will most likely play an encore at this year‟s concert”. This argument is best taken as 7) Critical thinking involves 8) In decision making, critical thinking will help increase the validity of your decision by 9) Arguments whose premises are intended to provide absolutely conclusive reasons for accepting the conclusion are deductive. ============================================== PHL 320 Week 2 Assignment Business Practice Argumentative Essay (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers

24. Review the "Writing Argumentative Essays" section in Ch. 3 ofCritical Thinking. Write an 1,050-word argumentative essay on your approved business decision in which you include the following: Discuss why the business decision is good or not good for business. Define the term good for the purpose of this situation. Identify the premise and conclusion by placing a number in bold at the beginning of the sentence with the word premise orconclusion. For example: (1, Premise), (2, Premise), (1, Conclusion), (2, Conclusion). Sentences labeled as "1, premise" are premises for the sentence labeled as "1, conclusion." All premises should be labeled for each conclusion in the article. If a deductive reasoning and one example of how you used inductive reasoning. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. ============================================== PHL 320 Week 2 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com What are some pros and cons associated to group decision making? Example... ============================================== PHL 320 Week 2 DQ 2

25. FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com Define ridicule, sarcasm and hyperbole. An example of one of these concept? ============================================== PHL 320 Week 2 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com What is the difference between rhetoric and argument? An example? When is one used more effectively than the other? ============================================== PHL 320 Week 2 Individual Assignment Globalization Argumentative Paper (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers Review the Writing Argumentative Essays section in Ch. 3 of Critical Thinking Write an argumentative paper of no more than 750 words that demonstrates why globalization is good or not good for a business. The paper should define the term good, and should identify the premises and conclusions.

26. Identify the premise and conclusion by placing a number in bold at the beginning of the sentence with the word premise or conclusion. For example: (1, Premise), (2, Premise), (1, Conclusion), (2, Conclusion), and so on. Sentences labeled as "1, premise" are premises for the sentence labeled as "1, conclusion." All premises should be labeled for each conclusion in the article. If a sentence is a conclusion and a premise for another conclusion, place two labels. At the end of the paper, identify one example of how you used deductive reasoning and one example of how you used inductive reasoning. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. ============================================== PHL 320 Week 2 Knowledge Check FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com 1) The bandwagon effect is a common bias, which refers to 2) Some cognitive biases involve heuristics, which are 3) The in-group bias is characterized by 4) The premise of a good deductive argument, if true 5) If we know that an argument is weak, then we know that the conclusion 6) The ensemble played an encore at last year‟s concert, and I‟m pretty sure they played one the year before as well. So they will most

27. likely play an encore at this year‟s concert”. This argument is best taken as 7) Critical thinking involves 8) In decision making, critical thinking will help increase the validity of your decision by 9) Arguments whose premises are intended to provide absolutely conclusive reasons for accepting the conclusion are deductive. ============================================== PHL 320 Week 2 Team Assignment Re-organization and Layoff Team Discussion & Summary (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers Review the linked articles and select one to review as a team. Post responses to the following questions for the selected article. Each team member should answer all of the questions: What is the problem presented in the article? Why do you think it is the problem? What are some possible solutions? Discuss as a team, responding to your teammates' posts. Write a 3-paragraph synopsis that summarizes the team's discussion. ==============================================

28. PHL 320 Week 3 Assignment The Planning Process (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers Interview someone you know who is in a management role. This can be at your current place of employment or someone that you know personally who works in a managerial role. Prepare a 700-word discussion of the interview including the following: Discuss what you discovered about contingency planning. Discuss how creativity and critical thinking relate to contingency planning. Explain how you might integrate creativity into your own planning process. Discuss what you learned about creativity and its relationship to the decision-making process. Identify the key steps that might require a contingency plan. Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines. ============================================== PHL 320 Week 3 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com

29. What are some ways your company or you have found to foster creativity in the workplace? ============================================== PHL 320 Week 3 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com Developing and implementing an effective strategy is mission critical for any business. Some do it well. Select a company that you feel has developed and implemented an effective strategy and discuss this with the group. ============================================== PHL 320 Week 3 DQ 3 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com SWOT or SWOTT... Some experts now include a second "T" for threats in a SWOTT Analysis. What are you views on this new added concept? ============================================== PHL 320 Week 3 Individual Rhetorical Strategies and Fallacies Worksheet FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com

30. Complete the University Material: Rhetorical Strategies and Fallacies Worksheet.? ============================================== PHL 320 Week 3 Knowledge Check FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com 1) Step 2 of the planning process is the generation of alternative plans that may be used to achieve goals. The generation of new ideas may emerge 2) To be effective, goals should have certain qualities, which are easy to remember with the acronym SMART. Which of the following qualities are included in the SMART acronym? 3) Managers analyzing the external environment and the internal resources use a SWOT analysis. Which of the following matches a term in the SWOT acronym? 4) Which of the following are included in the three elements of creativity: 5) The four step creative process includes: 6) Which of the following is a domain skill? 7) Barriers to applying creative thinking in business decision making include 8) The mission statement of an organization 9) The intangible assets of an organization include

31. A technique for assessing the organization‟s internal and external environments in order to formulate strategy is called a ============================================== PHL 320 Week 3 Team Assignment Problem Identification (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers Select a business situation such as reorganization, office closure, expansion, etc. Locate 1-2 articles each from the University Library about the subject. Prepare a 700-word discussion of the business situation. The discussion should include the following: Summarize the issue from the article. Identify the problem discussed in the article. Explain why this is the underlying problem. Relate the research to the problem. Explain how a clearly defined problem could help with solutions. Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines. ============================================== PHL 320 Week 3 Team Assignment Re-organization and Layoff Issue and Problem Identification Paper (2 Papers)

32. FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers Review the discussion from Week 2. Write a paper of no more than 1,050 words that incorporates ideas from the discussion. The paper should do the following: Summarize the issue. Identify the problem. Explain why this is the underlying problem. Reflect on the group collaboration process in defining the problem. Explain how a clearly defined problem could help you find the solutions. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. ============================================== PHL 320 Week 4 Assignment Decision Making Process Evaluation And Infographic (2 Papers PPT) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers/PPT Develop a 350-word evaluation of a recent business decision in your work or desired career. Include the following: Discuss the influence the decision-making process had on the outcome.

33. Evaluate the effectiveness of the process. What stages were most challenging and why? Create a "Decision-making Process" infographic in an appropriate format for the organization based on the action plan. This can be done using Microsoft® PowerPoint, Microsoft® Publisher®, Word, or sites such as Glogster® and PiktoChart®. Identify the stages of the decision making process as it relates to your decision. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. ============================================== PHL 320 Week 4 Decision-Making Process Infographic (New Syllabus, Paper and PPT) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com PHL 320 Week 4 Decision-Making Process Infographic Purpose of Assignment The assignment for Week 4 gives students a chance to examine their own decision-making process as well as use a creative method to illustrate the stages of the process. This gives students the opportunity to take their real world, personal decision and relate it to their future work and careers. Assignment Steps Develop a 700-word evaluation of a recent business decision in your work or desired career. Include the following:

34. • Discuss the influence the decision-making process had on the outcome. • Evaluate the effectiveness of the process. What stages were most challenging and why. Create a "Decision-Making Process" infographic in an appropriate format for the organization based on the action plan. This can be done using Microsoft® PowerPoint®, Microsoft®Publisher®, Word, or sites such as Glogster® and PiktoChart®. Format consistent with APA guidelines. Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your assignment. ============================================== PHL 320 Week 4 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com What are some tactics for a successful future? Have you been following any of them ? Why? Will you start? ============================================== PHL 320 Week 4 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com

35. Give an example of a situation with an interested and a disinterested party. How do they differ? Which do you trust more? Why? ============================================== PHL 320 Week 4 Individual Assignment SWOT and Strategy Evaluation Paper (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers Select an industry, such as the gambling industry, to complete a SWOT analysis. Access the profile overview for the selected industry: In the University Library, click Company Directory and Financials. Click Hoover's First Research. Click Continue. Click Submit. Type gambling (or your selected industry) in the search box, and click to continue. Gambling (or the selected industry of choice) should be first in the list. Read the industry profile overview, including the website links, on the page. Complete a SWOT analysis for the selected industry. The SWOT analysis allows a business to understand how a competitor is positioned in the environment by assessing its strengths, weaknesses,

36. opportunities, and threats. An understanding of a competitor's position can be a key for a business to determine where funding and resources should be allotted to create new products or services. ============================================== PHL 320 Week 4 Team Assignment Problem Solutions (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers Select two potential creative solutions for the problem you identified in Week 3. Create a 700-word discussion of potential solutions and the team's decision-making process. Identify two potential solutions. Summarize the methods the team used to develop creative solutions. Describe ways the team overcame barriers to creativity to identify solutions. Discuss how critical thinking was applied to come up with potential solutions and to motivate change. Explain how the team used the four key factors to make the suggested business decisions. Cite a minimum of 2 sources. Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines. ==============================================

37. PHL 320 Week 4 Team Assignment Re-Organization and Layoff Solutions Paper (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers Select two potential creative solutions for the problems you identified in the Re-organization and Layoff assignment in Week 2. Write a paper of no more than 1,050 words to present the solutions and explain why each will work. Include a summary of methods your teams utilized to develop the creative solution. Describe how your team overcame barriers to deciding on the solutions. ============================================== PHL 320 Week 5 Assignment Ethics And Social Responsibility (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com This Tutorial contains 2 Papers Identify a business in your local community. This can be your current place of employment or a business with which you are familiar. Develop a 1,050-word examination of the ethics and social responsibility practices within the organization. Include the following in your examination:

38. Select a business decision made within the organization. Identify the potential ethical implications associated with this decision. Determine the effect this may have on the decision making process. Identify how the organization applies corporate social responsibility Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines. ============================================== PHL 320 Week 5 DQ 1 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com What are the Pros and cons to group decision making? Which are the most impactful ?why? Has your team leaning exercises helped with these? ============================================== PHL 320 Week 5 DQ 2 FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com Review the various types of "manager' decisions discussed in the text. Have you had the opportunity to make any of these? Which have been the easiest / hardest? I will offer this insight. For me the most difficult decisions are where I have to decide being fair to one associate versus

39. fair to the group, Example... An associate has a family issue and needs time off and granting this will cause OT for the remaining associates. Tough call.... ============================================== PHL 320 Week 5 Individual Assignment Labor Practices Paper (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers A clothing company uses sweatshop labor to manufacture clothing products that contribute to low pricing, which is a consumer want. Many companies have engaged in sweatshop labor. Did the clothing company engage in unethical labor practices by utilizing sweatshop labor? Research sweatshop labor. Write a paper of no more than 750 words to present your position on sweatshop labor and provide justification. Include the following: How consumer demands affect a company's business decision How different ethical perspectives guide ethical decision making How a company influences their ethical environment Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. ============================================== PHL 320 Week 5 Team Assignment Problem Solutions And Evaluation (2 PPT)

40. FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com This Tutorial contains 2 PPT Recommend one of the identified solutions from Week 4. Explain why the team selected this solution. Identify sources to support the team's decision and explain why the sources are credible. Include an explanation as to the difference between claims and sources and the effect this has on the decision. Analyze the various tools and techniques the team used in the critical thinking and decision making process. Discuss how the team used critical thinking to help mitigate risks related to the problem or business situation. Cite a minimum of 2 sources. Format the assignment consistent with APA guidelines. ============================================== PHL 320 Week 5 Team Assignment Re-organization and Layoff Decision Making Evaluation Paper (2 Papers) FOR MORE CLASSES VISIT www.phl320study.com This Tutorial contains 2 Different Papers Write a paper of no more than 750 words to include the following elements:

41. Select a recommendation from the two creative solutions identified in Week 4 for solving the problem. Explain why the solution would help the middle-income customer. Provide credible sources to support your decision. Explain what business decision an organization should make based on the solution. For the business decision chosen, explain the resources an organization would need to implement that decision and factors that might affect the implementation. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. ==============================================