5 St??? t? Submitting a Writing S?m?l? that Will Bl?w Hiring M?n?g?r? Aw??

5 St??? t? Submitting a Writing S?m?l? that Will Bl?w Hiring M?n?g?r? Aw?? “Th?r? i? n?thing t? writing. All you d? i? ?it down ?t a t???writ?r ?nd bl??d”.- Ern??t H?mingw??THE BASICSEm?l???r? m?? r??u??t a writing ??m?l? t? ?v?lu?t? ??ur r????r?h, writing and ?n?l?ti??l ?kill?.A? ?r?????tiv? ?m?l???r? ?r?f?r a “r??l w?rld” example ?f ??ur writing, your ??m?l? should b? l?g?l in n?tur?.You may ??l??t a ?i??? ??u wr?t? f?r L?w Skill?, a j?urn?l ?rti?l?, a ????r ?ubmitt?d f?r a writing ??m??titi?n, or a memorandum ?r bri?f you ?r???r?d f?r ?n employer.Whatever ??u select, ?n?ur? th?t ??ur ??m?l? d?m?n?tr?t?? th? ?u?lit?, persuasiveness ?nd th?r?ughn??? you int?nd t? produce for th? employer to whi?h you ?r? ?ubmitting it.Ch???? a writing ??m?l? in whose ?u?lit? you are ??nfid?nt, ??nt?in? i??u?? ?nd ?rgum?nt? th?t you ??n comfortably explain in an interview, and i? ??ur recent work (?nd presumably m?r? ?r??ti??d in it? r????r?h and writing).Y?u may ?ubmit a writing sample focused on area diff?r?nt fr?m the ?n? to whi?h ??u are ???l?ing, but it ?h?uld be r?l?v?nt t? your ?m?l???r.Th? writing ??m?l? ?h?uld b? your own w?rk ?r?du?t. If ??ur writing ??m?l? w?? submitted f?r a class ?r t? ?n employer, b? ?ur? to indi??t? on ??ur ??v?r ?h??t the extent to whi?h you incorporated ??mm?nt? ?nd r?vi?i?n? b? your ?r?f????r ?r others.If ??u u?? a piece th?t w?? prepared f?r ?n employer, b? sure t? r?d??t ?n? id?ntif?ing ?li?nt inf?rm?ti?n and g?t ??ur ?m?l???r’? ??rmi??i?n t? u?? it.Pi???? th?t have b??n ??-dr?ft?d or r?-writt?n b? ?th?r? ?h?uld n?t b? used ?? ??m?l??. Writing ??m?l?? that w?r? r?vi?w?d and ?riti?u?d by others ?r? fin?, ?? l?ng ?? you are th? ?n? who did any re-drafting.As with ??ur other ???li??ti?n m?t?ri?l?, ??ur writing ??m?l? mu?t b? ?rr?r-fr??. Proofread it f?r t???gr??hi??l and ???lling ?rr?r?, incorrect gr?mm?r u??g?, ?nd im?r???r blu?b??k ?it?ti?n?.Y?u also m?? wi?h t? have someone else review.Ov?r?ll, th?r? are f?ur major ?r??? t? k??? in mind wh?n picking a writing ??m?l?.St?l?: An im??rt?nt ??n?id?r?ti?n when ?h???ing a writing sample i? th? type ?f writing ??u’ll do in the j?b ?r int?rn?hi? ??u’r? ???l?ing t?. For ?x?m?l?, ??u ?h?uld n?t ?ubmit a l?ng r????r?h paper f?r a ???iti?n that will r??uir? ??u to write i??u? bri?f? ?nd policy m?m??. Consider th? ??nt?xt and ?ubmit a ?i??? th?t represents th? style ??u’ll use in th? position.Content: In general, the employer’s m?in r????n f?r r??u??ting a writing ??m?l? is t? ??? if ??u ??n writ?. But showing ?n understanding of a relevant i??u? ?r?? is ?l?? ???itiv?, ?nd ??ur writing ??m?l? ??n b? a way t? d?m?n?tr?t? this. If possible, ?ubmit a ??m?l? that addresses the i??u?? you’ll w?rk ?n in the ???iti?n or th?t th? organization i? f??u??d ?n.L?ngth: M?n? employers will ????if? the d??ir?d l?ngth of your writing ??m?l?. If n? desired l?ngth i? giv?n, ?h???? a writing sample th?t is 2-5 ??g?? l?ng.On? ??mm?n ?u??ti?n fr?m ?tud?nt? i? wh?th?r th?ir writing sample needs t? be a complete piece ?f w?rk. Th? ?h?rt answer is no. If you†™d lik? t? highlight a ?h?rt section ?f a longer paper, ?im?l? pull out ??ur best 2-5 ??g? ??l??ti?n.T? ?r?vid? ??nt?xt t? the reader, ??u can start th? ??m?l? with a bri?f ??r?gr??h ?b?ut the topic of the ????r and ??rh??? the course it w?? written f?r.Spelling ?nd grammar: Th?r? is n? ?x?u?? f?r spelling ?nd grammatical ?rr?r? in a writing ??m?l?. B? ?ur? to ?r??fr??d th? entire piece ?nd h?v? a trusted friend ?r ??ll??gu? double check your w?rk.WHEN DO EMPLOYERS REQUEST A WRITING SAMPLE?Thi? i? a ??mm?n r??uir?m?nt f?r writing-int?n?iv? jobs in j?urn?li?m; ??nt?nt d?v?l??m?nt; ?ubli?hing; ?ubli? relations; communications; research, and consulting.H?w?v?r, you m?? be asked t? provide a writing ??m?l?, or ?th?r ?x?m?l?? of ??ur work, for other types ?f ???iti?n?.For ?x?m?l?, if ??u ?r? ???l?ing f?r a position ?? executive assistant to th? CEO of a F?rtun? 500 ??m??n?, and h? or ?h? will n??d ??u t? writ? ??m? ?f th?ir correspondence, ??ur writing ?kill? are k??.Th? employers g??l i ? t? determine wh?th?r you h?v? the writing skills they ?r? ???king. Your writing ??m?l? m?? b? r??d f?r tone ?nd style, ?? w?ll ?? f?r content, gr?mm?r, ???lling, and ?un?tu?ti?n.Em?l???r requirements v?r? ?? t? wh?t i? asked for and wh?n applicants are ??k?d t? ?ubmit it.So r?m?mb?r, what ??u will b? ??k?d f?r d???nd? entirely ?n th? job ?nd the company.WHAT KIND OF WRITING SAMPLE SHOULD I SUBMIT?Follow any instructions th? employer ?r?vid?? thats part ?f the ??????m?nt ?r?????, says Di?n? Samuels, a career ????h and im?g? ??n?ult?nt in N?w Y?rk Cit?. If ??u h?v? any ??n??rn?, it? b??t to ??k ?u??ti?n?, ?h? says. It shows th?t ??u ?r? proactive in seeking ?dvi?? b?f?r? m?ving t?? f?r ahead with ?n ???ignm?nt, whi?h in a real-life job ?itu?ti?n can ??v? tim?, m?n?? ?nd energy.If th? company doesnt say wh?t it? looking f?r, wh?n?v?r possible, ??nd ??m?thing dr?ft?d ????ifi??ll? for this j?b ????rtunit? ?? th? subject m?tt?r ?nd writing ?t?l? closely m?t?h what you might b? ??k?d t? writ? ?n?? on board, ???? Sally Haver, a ??ni?r vi?? president ?t Th? A??r? Gr?u?/C?r??r P?rtn?r? Int?rn?ti?n?l, ?n HR ??n?ult?n?? in New Y?rk City.For instance, if ??ur? going f?r a ??l?? job, ??u might submit ??l?? ?r?????l? or ?u?t?m?r profiles. If youre ???l?ing f?r ?n ?dmini?tr?tiv? gig, ??m?l? m?m?? w?uld b? ???r??ri?t?. M?n?g?m?nt ???li??nt? might consider ?ubmitting ??m?l?? ?f ??m??titiv? ?n?l????, reports ?r HR ?l?n?.If you h?v? no work experience or ?r? ???l?ing for an ?ntr?-l?v?l j?b, ?ubmit a school ???ignm?nt. It? ?l?? ??rmi??ibl? t? send schoolwork if you h?v? ???li?d f?r a position where th? ?t?l? ?f writing will be ?imil?r to something you would have ?r???r?d f?r ??h??l, S?mu?l? ????.A l?b r???rt w?uld w?rk for a ??i?ntifi? r????r?h gig. An ???ignm?nt fr?m a bu?in??? writing ?l??? w?uld be ???r??ri?t? f?r a management-trainee j?b.Th?t ?ut of the way, let’s talk about ?t??? t? take t? blowing hiring managers ?w?? with your writing ??m?l??.5 STEPS TO SUBMITTING A WR ITING SAMPLE THAT WILL BLOW HIRING MANAGERS AWAY “And b? th? w??, ?v?r?thing in lif? i? writ?bl? ?b?ut if ??u h?v? th? ?utg?ing gut? t? d? it, ?nd th? im?gin?ti?n t? im?r?vi??. The worst enemy t? creativity is ??lf-d?ubt”.- S?lvi? Plath, The Un?bridg?d J?urn?l? of S?lvi? Pl?thSt?? 1: Choose the right writing S?m?l?The m??t im??rt?nt ??n?id?r?ti?n wh?n ?h???ing a writing sample should b? ?u?lit?.M?k? ?ur? th? writing i? ??ur v?r? b??t and h?v? it r?vi?w?d f?r ??nt?nt, ???lling, and gr?mm?r b?f?r? ?ubmitting, proofread your ??m?l?.If you d?nt h?v? professional writing experience, ??u may h?v? ?th?r ??ti?n?. F?r ?x?m?l?, an ???d?mi? ????r which w?? well-received b? a f??ult? member will ?uffi?? ?? a ??m?l? if youre ???l?ing for a j?b ?t a univ?r?it?.A ?ubli?h?d article, ?ith?r in ?rint ?r ?nlin?, i? ?n?th?r g??d ??ti?n.If ??u h?v? a bl?g, f??l free to submit ??ur best bl?g post.If ??uv? written ???t? ?n Link?dIn with content th?t r?l?t?? to the j?b, g? ahead ?nd u?? th?t.If ??ur? l u?k? ?n?ugh t? h?v? published ?rti?l??, ?????i?ll? f?r m?di? jobs, th?t will bolster ??ur ?r?d?nti?l? ?? a ??ndid?t?.If you h?v? n?n? ?f th???, ??u’d h?v? t? write ?n? th?t ?uit? th? ??m??n? ??u are applying f?r.Step 2: F?ll?w the Em?l???r? Dir??ti?n?C?r?full? f?ll?w ?n? guidelines that your prospective ?m?l???r ?r?vid?? r?g?rding l?ngth or format. Th? employer m?? specify a word count. If n? l?ngth is ????ifi?d then you ?h?uld g?n?r?ll? ?ti?k t? tw? t? f?ur ??g?? ?f t?xt.If youre ?r?viding ?n ???d?mi? sample, ??u ??n ?xtr??t a ??gm?nt fr?m a l?ng?r ????r if ??ur sample i? self-contained ?nd understandable ?n its ?wn.If ??u do thi?, th?n l?b?l your ?x??r?t ??m?thing lik?, Intr?du?ti?n ?nd C?n?lu?i?n Fr?m a 30-??g? Thesis Entitl?d Th? Ev?luti?n ?f G?nd?r R?l?? in P??t Industrial America.Generally, dir??ti?n? f?r h?w t? submit a writing sample ?r? included in the job posting ?r provided b? th? ?m?l???r.Y?u m?? b? ??k?d t? ?m?il ??ur writing sample with ??ur resume and ??v?r l?tt?r ? r b? r??uir?d t? u?l??d ??ur sample to ?n ?nlin? ??rt?l ?l?ng with ??ur other application m?t?ri?l?.St?? 3: M?t?h th? Sample With th? J?b and don’t make it t?? l?ngY?u ?h?uld ?lw??? match th? type ?f writing in ??ur sample to th? kind of writing r??uir?d in ??ur t?rg?t job.F?r ?x?m?l?, a j?urn?li?ti??ll?-?t?l?d ?i??? (?r a ?r??? release th?t t?ll? a ?t?r?) is most ?uit?bl? f?r media-related j?b?, while ?n ???d?mi? ????r works best f?r a r????r?h job.It ??n ?l?? b? helpful t? ?u??l? a ??m?l? with content ?imil?r to the t??i?? ??u might b? writing about. For ?x?m?l?, ?n ?n?l??i? of th? u?? of social m?di? to ?r?m?t? ?r?du?t? might b? u??ful f?r a j?b with a ?ubli? r?l?ti?n? ?r m?rk?ting firm.Ju?t lik? a hiring m?n?g?r w?n’t r??d your novel ?f a ??v?r letter or ??ur multi-page r??um?, recognize that ??ur sample is a snapshot ?f ??ur w?rk, n?t an ?ntir? photo ?lbum.Wh?n ??u’r? giv?n a w?rd count ?r ??g? l?ngth, ?tri?tl? ?dh?r? t? it.If ??u’r? using a l?ng?r ?x?m?l?, ?u?h as part ?f a bu?in??? ?l?n, an ?x??r?t fr?m a ???n??r?hi? ?r?????l, ?r a portion ?f a report ??u ??m????d, ??u’ll n??d to pare it d?wn.Tr? setting an ?rbitr?r? limit f?r yourself and ??? if you’re ?till ?bl? to include all of ??ur th?ught?. An?th?r id?? is to r??d ??ur sample out l?ud.If ??u’r? g?tting b?r?d, reading ?ui?kl? ?? th?t you g?t to th? ?nd, ?r consistently l??ing your ?l???, ??n?id?r m?king ?ut?. Y?ur goal is ?im?l?, ?tr?ightf?rw?rd, and ???? t? r??d!St?? 4: G?t Th?ir Att?nti?n ?nd ?r?vid? ??nt?xt in ??ur writing“It ain’twhatcha writ?, it’? th? w?? ?t?h? writ? it”. Jack Kerouac, WDThi? ?im?l? tri?k t?k?? 30 seconds.N? m?tt?r wh?t you ?r? sending a writing ??m?l? f?r, ?lw??? give a bri?f d???ri?ti?n of wh?t your reader i? ?b?ut t? see: ?x?m?l?“B?l?w i? a ?r??? r?l???? th?t I wrote for ?ur n?w??t ?r?du?t lin?.”Or, “Th? f?ll?wing i? ?n excerpt fr?m an article ?n ??mmuni??ti?n ?kill?.” Thi? allows wh??v?r is r??ding ??ur ??m?l? t? see right ?w?? wh? you decid ed to include itâ€"?nd gives ??u a ?h??k t? ??? if the ??m?l? i? relevant.Th?r? are three k?? goals ??u w?nt to achieve:G?t the r??d?r? ?tt?nti?n: it? ????ibl? th?t th??r? r??ding ??ur writing ??m?l? after hundreds of ?th?r ones. So ??u need to w?rk h?rd t? stand ?ut.G?t them to lik? ??u: P???l? fir?t ?nd f?r?m??t hire ????l? th?? w?nt to work with. Y?ur ??ll??gu?? are g?ing to ???nd more time with you than th?ir f?mili??! S? it? no wonder that m?n? m?n?g?r? would r?th?r hire a g??d, lik?bl? ??ndid?t? th?n a gr??t, unlikable candidate. M?k? ?ur? your writing ??rtr??? you as lik?bl?.C?nvin?? th?m ??u ??n d? the j?b: A? critical as likability i? t? th? hiring ?r?????, ??uv? got t? b? ?bl? t? get the job d?n?. And if youre ??ming fr?m a different industry ?r fun?ti?n, it? d?ubl? im??rt?nt to n?il this ??rt. Make ?ur? ??u get th? writing right.OK, but b?f?r? you g?t t? th?t, youve got t? get th?ir ?tt?nti?n in th? fir?t ?l???. If you d?nt catch their eye right away, theyll never ???r??i ?t? ?n? of ??ur ?th?r ??int?.So how t? ??t?h a bu?? r??d?r? ?tt?nti?n? Sim?l? ?ut, ?t?rt with something surprising.Here ?r? thr?? ??t?g?ri?? of Sur?ri?ing Fact ???n?r?: (this is m??tl? applicable when you ?r? writing a fresh ??m?l? f?r a ??m??n?)E?rl? ?d??t?r of the ??m??n? I ?till r?m?mb?r th? first Google ???r?h I did in 1999. Ev?n though n? ?n? had h??rd ?f it ?t m? ??h??l, I kn?w right away th?t this would change ?v?r?thing. And ?? wh?n I ??w th? Google Pr?du?t Manager r?l? li?t?d online, I couldnt r??i?t th? opportunity t? b? a ??rt ?f th? next ?r?du?t that changes everything.Story ?b?ut the company m?king a diff?r?n?? in ??ur lif? Ill n?v?r f?rg?t m? bright r?d Nik? Air?. Lining u? ?n that ??ld, N?v?mb?r m?rning with ?ll th? b??t X-country runn?r? from around th? county, I was so nervous. But looking d?wn ?t th?t Swoosh ?n my shoe, I just kn?w I ??uld win. And Im just ?? ??nfid?nt t?d?? th?t I ??n h?l? Nike win ?? it m?v?? int? th? L?tin Am?ri??n m?rk?t.Why th? ??m??n? ?r j? b ?x?it?? you Iv? ?lw??? b??n a j?urn?li?t at h??rt. Wh?th?r it w?? ????i?n?t? ?t?ri?? ?b?ut th? Middl? E??t ?? a ?hild ?r or writing ?b?ut school ?v?nt? like th? ?r?m ?nd its im??rt?n?? t? ?ur culture, I l?v? t? b? heard. S?, it? with great passion, that I ?ubmit thi? writing sample.Note th?t in ???h ?f these ?????, th? Sur?ri?ing F??t in?lud?? l?t? ?f jui?? hum?n d?t?il? th?t th? reader ??n ?ink their teeth int?. Wh?th?r its ??inting a vivid ???n? (??ld, N?v?mb?r morning) or ??lling ?ut a ????ifi? ?x??ri?n?? (passionate writing ?b?ut the middl? ???t), th??? littl? d?t?il? m?k? ??ur ?t?r? ??m? ?liv? ?nd g?t th? reader to pay ?tt?nti?n.H?w?v?r, ?? ??u ??n ???, th? Sur?ri?ing Fact isnt just something uni?u? ?b?ut ??u (b?ing one of G??gl?? fir?t u??r?) but something unique th?t draws a n?tur?l connection t? th? ??m??n? (b?ing one of G??gl?? fir?t users makes you a n?tur?l t? h?l? th?m l?un?h n?w products).Thats because ?? ???n ?? youve gr?bb?d th?ir attention, ??u w?nt t? ?t?rt m?kin g th? ???? ?b?ut your fit with th? ??m??n?Wh?t ?h?uld ??u n?t send?According t? K?th?rin? Br??k?, th? li?t i? ?ndl???.Iv? r???iv?d everything from poetry to 20-??g? r????r?h ????r? (??m?l?t? with th? professors comments and gr?d?) t? self-serving ?????? describing wh? th? candidate is the best ??r??n f?r th? position.D?nt d? th?t and dont ju?t ?i?k the fir?t W?rd document on ??ur ??m?ut?r. Unl??? requested, ?v?id writing an ????? few j?b? r??uir? you t? writ? ??????.R?m?mb?r, the k?? w?rd f?r ?ll writing is relevance. I? wh?t ??ur? ??nding r?l?v?nt t? th? j?b ?t h?nd?If n?t, wh? ?r? you ??nding it? D?nt in?lud? a sample that clearly states a political or religious agenda (unl??? youre ???l?ing to a ??liti??l ?r religious organization) or a ??m?l? whi?h di???r?g?? ?n? ??r??n or gr?u??.Avoid writing samples which ??nt?in humor, ??rti?ul?rl? if the hum?r i? sarcastic ?nd ?ubj??t t? mi?int?r?r?t?ti?n (unless of ??ur?? ??ur? ???l?ing to be a joke writ?r ?r a cynical n?w?????r columnist). The ????rtunit? t? ??nd a writing ??m?l? d???nt h?v? t? ?trik? f??r in the heart of a ??ndid?t?.C?r?full? ?h???ing your sample ?nd m?king sure th?t it actually ??ll? ??ur excellent ??mmuni??ti?n skills can place ??u f?r ?h??d of other ??ndid?t?? wh? ?ubmitt?d ??u?ll? strong ??v?r l?tt?r? and r??um??.Bottom-line: if ??u ??nt send a g??d writing ??m?l? ?ith?r find a j?b th?t d???nt r??uir? writing ?kill? or build u? your ?kill?. G??d writ?r? are h?rd t? find and ?tr?ng writing skills ??n ?r???l ??ur ??r??r in a variety ?f dir??ti?n?.St?? 5: Show your understanding ?f the company ?ultur? in your writingThe l??t ?t?? in choosing ?nd ?ubmitting a g??d writing ??m?l? is to determine if it’s a m?t?h f?r the ??m??n? culture.C?rt?in j?b? ??n ????if? th?t th? writing ??m?l? should be “?r??tiv?.”F?r ?x?m?l?, th?? ??n even say th?t they would n?t even bother t? r??d ?n? ??m?l?? th?t ?rriv?d in a standard ??r?gr??h format.The id?? i? to urg? ???li??nt? to ?h?w their tru? ??l?r? in wh?t?v?r way th?? ?h???. This might mean that n?n? ?f ??ur ?r?vi?u? work fr?m ?nlin? ?rti?l??, college ?r?j??t? ?r personal blog ???t? would be enough.Wh?n in thi? t??? of bind, ?n? good w?? out i? t? writ? ??m?thing ?b?ut ??ur??lf th? w?? ?nl? kn?w?. Y?u ??n ???iti?n ??ur??lf ?? a ?t??k ?r whatever.Whil? writing, ?h?w ??ur work ?x??ri?n??, ????t?, ?nd li?biliti??, make them ??? ??u lik? an inv??tm?nt. Sh?w wh?t ?n “inv??tm?nt” in ??u w?uld bring to the ??m??n?. It might t?k? f?r?v?r but it ?ur? works.W?rding i? a big clue wh?n it ??m?? to ?ultur?. If a company asks f?r “? sample th?t d?m?n?tr?t?? ??ur ?kill in persuasive writing,” ?n article ?r ?x??r?t fr?m a ?r?vi?u? ?r?j??t will d?, n? fir?w?rk? needed!If a listing u??? ????ifi? descriptors lik? “?r??tiv?,” “uni?u?,” or “n?n-tr?diti?n?l,” give ??ur??lf some ????? to ?l??. In th?t ????, you may find th?t ??ur b??t chance f?r ?u????? i? t? writ? a n?w ??m?l? ?ntir?l?, showing ??ur ?wn ??int of vi?w ?nd your ??mmitm?nt t ? th? job.Th? m??t im??rt?nt thing t? remember wh?n ?h???ing a writing sample i? to m?k? ?ur? it ??und? like you.You’ve been asked f?r a sample b???u?? th? ??m??n? w?nt? t? kn?w more about you, ?? d?n’t g?t trapped and giv? th?m ??m??n? different.K??? guid?lin?? and culture in mind, but d?n’t l??? ?ight of what you, uni?u?l? ?nd individu?ll?, ??n bring t? th? table. Good lu?k!FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS RELATING TO WRITING SAMPLESWh?t ?h?uld I ??n?id?r when ??l??ting a writing sample?Follow employers instructions; it i? fin? to ??k f?r ?l?rit? if you ?r? unsure.If the ?m?l???r does not specify, ?ubmit a ??m?l? th?t ?l???l? m?t?h?? the ?ubj??t m?tt?r or ???iti?n.If ??u h?v? n? r?l?v?nt w?rk experience (i.?., you are ???l?ing f?r an ?ntr?-l?v?l j?b), ??u m?? ?ubmit a ??h??l ???ignm?nt. A lab report w?uld w?rk f?r a science-related ???iti?n. An assignment fr?m a business ?r t??hni??l writing class w?uld also be appropriate.Ar? ??rt?in ??m?l?? in???r??ri?t??Submitting outdated ??m? l?? (?ld?r th?n ?n? ???r) i? not a g??d id??. D?ing so ??mmuni??t?? th?t ??u h?v? n?t k??t ?urr?nt.Av?id ??m?l?? th?t h?v? n? relevancy t? ??ur indu?tr?/?x??rti??. For ?x?m?l?, a ?r??tiv? ?r n?rr?tiv? writing ??m?l? w?uld n?t be appropriate when applying to a ??i?ntifi? or t??hni??l ???iti?n, whereas it might w?rk w?ll f?r ?th?r positions ?r gr?du?t? ?r?gr?m?. 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Beta Decay Definition in Chemistry

Beta decay refers to the spontaneous radioactive decay where a beta particle is produced. There are two types of beta decay where the beta particle is either an electron or a positron. How Beta Decay Works ÃŽ ²- decay occurs when an electron is the beta particle. An atom will ÃŽ ²- decay when a neutron in the nucleus converts to a proton by the following reaction. Here X is the parent atom, Y is the daughter atom, Z is the atomic mass of X, and A is the atomic number of X:ZXA → ZYA1 e- antineutrino ÃŽ ² decay occurs when a positron is the beta particle. An atom will ÃŽ ² decay when a proton in the nucleus converts into a neutron by the following reaction, where X is the parent atom, Y is the daughter atom, Z is the atomic mass of X, A is the atomic number of X:ZXA → ZYA-1 e neutrino In both cases, the atomic mass of the atom remains constant but the elements are transmuted by one atomic number. Practical Examples Cesium-137 decays to Barium-137 by ÃŽ ²- decay.Sodium-22 decays to Neon-22 by ÃŽ ² decay.

Perception of Gender Roles and Victimization in Gone Girl - Free Essay Example

Sample details Pages: 5 Words: 1512 Downloads: 5 Date added: 2019/04/26 Category Sociology Essay Level High school Tags: Gender Roles Essay Did you like this example? When I think of my wife, I always think of her head. I picture cracking her lovely skull, unspooling her brains trying to get answers. These are the first words said by Ben Afflecks character, Nick Dunne, regarding his wife Amy Dunne (played by Rosalind Pike) in Gone Girl. Don’t waste time! Our writers will create an original "Perception of Gender Roles and Victimization in Gone Girl" essay for you Create order Gone Girl was directed by David Fincher and based on the 2012 novel of the same name written by Gillian Flynn. This mystery drama portrays the story of when Nicks wife Amy is presumably kidnapped the morning of their 5 year anniversary and the resulting backlash. Her kidnapping is only the beginning of a complex and premeditated plan created by Amy to frame Nick for her murder. As the movie progresses, the resulting police and media involvement reveal the true nature of their marriage and leaves the audience questioning Nick and Amys moral and mental capabilities. Gone Girl uses non traditional narration, lighting, and camera angles to create a world in which the perception of masculinity and femininity are called into question to present the complexity between victimization and marriage. The narrative story in Gone Girl tells the story of Nick and Amys marriage from both point-of-views and the events in their relationship that led them to their current state of resentment and distrust. The film begins from Nicks perspective but continuously shifts to Amys first person narrative story. This continuous shift in the story keeps the audience guessing as to the reliability of each character and makes it difficult to sympathize with one over the other since both clearly have moral and/or mental shortcomings. It is up to the reader to distinguish the lies that Nick and Amy tell about their relationship from the truth and that presents the question of who the real victim is within their union. The fact that Dunne describes how he pictures cracking her lovely skull and unspooling her brain immediately paints an image of violence and deception, which also happens to be two of the main themes Fincher operates with in the film. This theme of deception is exaggerated through Dunn es need to get answers. It seems as though primal questions about his wife dominate his mind: What are you thinking? How are you feeling? This suggests that the marriage between the two is far from stable, and foreshadows the conflict that will take place within the film. This idea of conflict is reinforced through the question; What have we done to each other? Again, it is immediately clear to the audience that this marriage is anything but healthy. The characters narration here also disturbs the audience, as Dunne passes off cracking her lovely skull to get answers as the primal desires of any marriage. Furthermore, the narration by Dunne has a slight echoing and effect on it, as well as the sound feeling very close, as though Affleck has purposefully gotten very close to the mic when recording these lines. This gives a sense of intimacy to his words, which then make what he is saying that much more unnerving and unsettling. As the narrative point of view shifts between Nicks firs t-person narration and Amys first-person diary, it is up to the reader to distinguish the lies that Nick and Amy tell about their relationship from the truth and presenting the question of who the real victim is within their union. The non traditional narration in this film manages to capture Nick and Amys relationship from both points of views in order to question traditional marriage roles and present a dynamic view to victimization within marriage. Lighting in this film plays a monumental role in highlighting the drama and tension between Nick and Amy through the film. The film starts just before dawn and the emphasis of the mid and dark tones, especially with the blues, gives the whole sequence a very moody, atmospheric feel. Because of the time of day of the sequence, the lighting is very low- key, which sets the film up to be dark in tone. This particular use of lighting could be considered a metaphor for the characters thoughts and feelings; presently their lives are dull and boring, yet an event is about to occur that will awaken them, so to speak, just like dawn would literally do that. The shadowy nature of the shots used in the scene creates intrigue â€Å" it shrouds aspects of the town in mystery, and makes the audience want to find out more about the people that live there without giving important plot points away. Nicks face is mostly in the shadows when Amy first because Nick himself is a mystery. The only thing the audience knows about Nick is his dishonest and unhappy marriage. That changes for Nick because as the audience learns more about his relationship and starts to sympathize with his character his face is portrayed more in direct light and less in the shadows that were obscuring his face. Amy, on the other hand, is portrayed differently from the beginning; her face is lit and she is portrayed front and center. A perfect example is the very beginning when Nick is stroking Amys hair and she is looking straight into the camera; nothing is hidden or obscure. However, as the movie progresses and more is learned about her deception she is portrayed in less flattering lighting. The best example being the scene where she finally returns home in her bloody nightdress and runs up to Nick to hug him and is consequently presented in very harsh sunlight and the with deep black shadows in the background. A variety of camera angles were used in this film to further illustrate the perception of Amy and Nicks jaundiced view of marriage and resulting backlash. At the beginning of the film a series of shots lasting a few seconds each show the setting where the movie will take place. There is rarely any movement, and definitely no lavish scenes to break up the shots of the town. Only the few of the shots are close-ups, with most being long- shots that have a wide field of view. This makes the subjects and buildings the camera focuses on seem empty and abandoned. It is also important to note that the title card begins to fade out quickly after the shot fades in. This may relate to the theme of deception and disappearance, as the title is pretty much Gone before the audience can even see it. The shot itself is a wide angle long-shot of a boat moving down the Mississippi river, which denotes a very solitary and lonely feel, especially when combined with the washed-out colours. Overall, the establishing sequence of the town serves to not only show the audience settings and locations that will later become important to the film, but also serve as a symbol for the lonely and empty feel to the scene as a whole. Although most of the focus of the title sequence is on the establishing location-based shots, the two main protagonists, Amy and Nick, are also shown. The audience knows they are of significance to the rest of the story because they are the first characters shown in the film. In the first shot, Amys character is shown in a close up. The camera angle is extremely close and centered on her so she is the sole thing the audience can focus on, emphasizing her importance to the story. At the end of the sequence, Ben Afflecks character is shown outside what is presumed to be is house, from a further distance than Amys character was framed. He is wearing lightly coloured clothes to give the idea of innocence and naivety of his character. Just like the female protagonist, he is dressed very lazily. His posture also shows how tired he feels. Finchers Gone Girl successfully used cinematographic techniques such as narrative story, lighting, and camera angles to convey the story about a dysfunctional heterosexual marriage and using social satire to explore the ways in which, under the right circumstances, the institution of marriage can reduce a previously healthy relationship into struggle for autonomy and control, a game where each spouse competes to be the most valued or desired member of a marriage. The profound effect this film had on me since I first saw it when it came out in theaters has to do with the extreme circumstances that the female protagonist goes to prove a point about her marriage. Although exaggerated circumstances are presented in this movie I do understand what the director is trying to convey. Marriage is a complicated journey and, like with Amy and Nick, there is no guarantee that the person you marry will be the same person 5 years later. In their case economic and family crisis served as the perfec t storm for the dissolution of their marriage which is also the case in many modern real life marriages. Although there have been many movies over the years depicting the same theme I believe that Gone Girl, although through exaggerated circumstances, was able to capture the complex relationship between victimization and marriage.

Over-crowded Classes Free Essays

string(60) " their performance take lot of time of content and lessons\." The background to the study There was a shocking difficult of overcrowded classes in public primary schools of Mangaung, due to an high residents as it is in central part of the province Free State. One class can be having over forty learners, and this makes the learning process to be ineffective and difficult. This difficult causes a major poor performance in the school academics as to one in such a huge number. We will write a custom essay sample on Over-crowded Classes or any similar topic only for you Order Now In such large classes, the teacher cannot concentrate on all learners in class for attention The statement of the Research problem There was a shocking problem of over-crowded classes in public primary schools of Mangaung, due to an elevated population as it is in central part of the province Free State. One class can be having over forty learners, and this makes the learning process to be ineffective and difficult. A class can have about fifty learners and effective learning become hard. This devastating problem make the performance of learners to drop, the teacher cannot concentrate on all learners in class for attention. Research questions 1. Does overpopulation in school affect learner’s academic performance? 2. What are the problems both teachers and learners face in overcrowded classroom in teaching and learning process in primary schools of Mangaung district? 3. Does overpopulation affect the efficiency of teachers in the process of teaching? 4. Howdoes the size of class influence in learners behavior? 5. What are the solutions to the problems both teachers and learners face in over-crowded classrooms in a primary? 6. Is classroom management possible in overcrowded classrooms? The purpose of the study The general purpose of this study is to inspect the effect of overcrowded classrooms on the academic performance of learners in public primary schools. The purpose of the study is also to disclose the impact of classroom overpopulation on performance of learner’s academically To inspect factors affecting teachers to fail classroom management The significance of the study This study is very important to supply the school management with information to recognize the challenges faced by teachers and learners in overpopulated classes. This study will make known the extent to which overpopulated has affected learners academic performance. It also tells the other issues affecting learner’s performance. In addition, this study will help the school leaders and teachers to propose procedures to reduce the effect of overcrowding in public primary schools. The result of the study will help teachers of primary schools to understand the product of over-crowding in classes, and to find out ways of how to teach the class of more number than the required. The study will provide support for additional research in education and it will be in the best sign of the learners, teachers, and government. Definition of key terms Academic Word used to describe things that related to the work done in schools, colleges and universities. Over-crowded Full accommodation or a space beyond what is usual or comfortable Classroom A building constructed for organizing students for learning Classroom management The essential part of the teaching and learning process, the methods, strategies and skills teachers use to maintain classroom environment. Delimitation of the study This study is performing in Mangaung district at Botshabelo where two primary schools will select a case study. The primary schools participating areNthabiseng Primary School and Pelong primary school who have more over-crowded classrooms. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE Introduction Most of South African school’s leading difficult is overcrowded classrooms. This affects the learner’s performance and teachers’ motivation as well. There is a need to look onto how hard it is for both learners and teachers to cooperate and make it through in this tough situation.it is impossible to learn and teach when there are many learners and one teacher in class. The teachers experience every day (Davis, 2013). Teaching challenges in overcrowded classrooms Overpopulation in classrooms affect learners as much as it affects teachers, in long run this will affect the department of education as majority of learners’ academic achievements will drop. Teaching in overcrowded classrooms face big challenges of having to create a productive learning environment for learners. De Corby, 2005 states that physical teaching teachers are challenged in engaging in important physical activities and because of overcrowded classrooms this is difficult for them. Most of the subject such as life orientation and sciences in terms of practical suffer a lot due to the class size, even the laboratory is not available. This is mostly experienced in South African schools. For example, the study of Guardian Africa Network found that some schools in the Eastern Cape have more than 120 packed in one classroom into one classroom and teachers are obliged to present lessons with their backs pressed up against the blackboard (Guardian Africa Network, 2013). During the practical experience I acquired from the Central University of Technology, I noticed that in Free State this problem is huge. Having to teach more than 50 learners for 30 minutes per period is not enough. Some of the problems are small space and no resources and equipment needed in some subjects. Teachers cannot practice a variety of methods, such as higher-order questioning methods and active learning methods due to lack of space. The science teachers cannot perform the practical, learners do not concentrate, and discipline is not there due to the number. In fact, teachers are effectively limited to the ‘chalk and talk’ instructional method (Opoku-Asare et al., 2014:128). This also give teachers challenge in terms of how to finish the curriculum, resulting in teachers being guided by the books and work schedule or weekly plan but not teaching for the learners to understand. The teachers give over less time to instruction and give learners lot of notes on the board resulting in learners not even writing those notes because of their number the teacher cannot even tell who participate and who does not. Tasks such as checking presence of learners, and managing their performance take lot of time of content and lessons. You read "Over-crowded Classes" in category "Papers" Time teachers give to individual students is affected by class size as well as the social self-motivation among students. The teachers are challenged a lot because as much as they want to help all learners, it is impossible and very sad. Class sizes are a problem in the Free State and even present problems to student teachers in conducting learners centered lesson methods. Large class size gives practicing teachers only one option of teaching style that is convenient that requires learners to be passive recipients of knowledge during lessons. This does not allow for learner teachers to interaction (Mtika, 2010). The quality of learning and teaching for them is lost and this can emotionally drain them, leaving them with doubts of continuing the teaching career. There is a lot of noise in large classes this being an outcome of an increasing number of learners in the classroom. Noisy classrooms translate to the distraction, making it more difficult for learners to learn and for teachers to teach. No concentration in class and more time wasted trying to make learners keep quit instead of teaching. There is creation of stress for teachers making it difficult for them to handle the learning needs of learners (Oliver, 2006). This creates a hurt on the bond between the teacher and the learner. Most of the time spent is at school than at home, teachers supposed to know the learners and their ability more than their biological parents do and the lack of bond leads to problems and disruptions in the classroom. This can create a negative learning environment for the teacher and learner. Behavioral problems, absenteeism and high failure rates are experiences in overcrowded classrooms (Gibbs ; Jenkins, 1992). Gibbs and Jenkins (1992) indicate that dealing with overcrowded classrooms leads to high teacher absenteeism, teacher laziness and teacher stress. The research that is presenting an international perspective has shown that teachers internationally are finding difficulty in managing overcrowded classrooms. Disciplinary problems in large classes Overcrowding increases classroom issues of discipline. More learners provide more opportunities provided for personal conflicts, tension and general disruptive behavior. Even the best teacher or the principal cannot control the overcrowded classroom effectively , teachers find themselves spending more time to manage the class that they spend the time to teach. It is easy for learners to misbehave in large classes because teachers cannot keep their eyes on one person the whole time. Most of troublesome learners comes from overcrowded classerooms, troubles such as bullying, disrespecting and violence. Teachers are involved in failure to maintain classroom management by coming to class with no lesson plan. This learners most of them have problems from outside classroom that make them to misbehave. According to Mustafa (2014) more number of learners in classroom the more misbehavior increase and classroom management become difficult. Corporal punishment is not legal in South Africa. It is not easy for teachers and principals to discipline the learners and give the penalties. Every doing is according to the laws no matter how long it will take. The permissions available to the disciplining learners are very few. Beyond talking to learners as their teacher, and short of transferring or expelling them, disciplinarians hold students out of class, contact their parents, or enforce one to five day suspensions. Official responses to misbehavior are, thus, limited in training to either a simple reproof, holding the learner in the office until the next class period, or a suspension, this is still not enough for every minute a learner spend outside is loss of education. The most easily front runners’ problems for suspension are class troubles, failure to attend classes, disrespect, leaving the school during school time. The other common types of disciplinary problems found mostly in schools as mentioned by Donnelly (2000) are fights, and disbelief of the organization. McManus (1995) lists several types of misbehaviorsthat make the work of educators difficult. These include; Repeatedly asking to go to the toilet; Missing lessons, absconding; Smoking in the toilets; Pushing past the educator; learners playing with matches in class and making rude remarks to the teacher when the teacher stops them. The noisewhen the learner is supposed to be writing; this happen a lot when learners are writing formal tasks and it distract other learners who are concentrating. Other misbehavior includes : talking while the teacher is talking, failing to raise hand before talking, Being abusive to the educator; fighting in class; Chasing one another around the classroom; Packing up early, as if to leave while the teacher is busy with the lesson. This thing of taking the educator’s property without the permission is bad because it is associated with stealing. The mentality of wearing private clothes and not the school uniform especially during winter seasons is one of the misbehavior that teachers and principal deal with all the time. Leaving class early; and Commenting of wanting to go home while the teacher is busy is what most of the learners always do and it really irritate the teacher and make other learners to lose focus. The absence of parents on their children’s school life play a huge part in the discipline of learners, this starts as early as in primary school level. Learners are coming to school with bad attitudes towards life and school. Lot parents are not involved in the education of their children, they do not even check the books, they do not attend parents’ meetings, and these cause poor results, and learners dodging school. Louw and Barnes (2003) clarify that there is no problem child, there are only problem parents, those learners who behave badly at school are not taught respect at home. Rossouw (2003) regards the failure in discipline in most schools as originating from the communities rather than from schools. What causes the parents of learners to be absent in their school life is that, they are single parents at home and having lack of parental dominance over the house. Children who are walking and playing in croups influence each other in the discipline and misbehavior. These learners increase the problems of discipline negatively These groups effects on what are the child principles, what he or she knows, and learns. The amount of this influence depends on other situations such as, age and personality of children in the group and the nature of the group its self (Harris, 1998; Hartup, 1983). There are no doubts that the peer pressure and groups affect the aupport the growth problem of youth behavior. According to Seita, Mitchell and Tobin (1996) â€Å"When the family and loved ones of the children are absent in their lives, someone will play their part for them and advice the child†. Methodology Research methodology The study is descriptive in nature. It is an attempt to investigate the problems faced by the teachers in overcrowded classes and suggested some measures to settle these problems. Research design The research captures the structure of case study. Case study is helping in making the results more vigorous, worth natural setting and context. Teachers are able to elaborate further in where the ‘how’ and ‘why’ questions are discovering. For this study, the case study is to search a specific group of teachers, in two public overcrowded schools in order to explore their experience in overcrowded classrooms. The research instruments The study is developing appropriate tools for the collection and analysis of necessary data. Close ended questionnaires that are unstructured for teachers. The population and sampling Population The population of the study included two government schools. Ten teachers of different gender and age are part of the research. The sample There are ten participants in the study and two classrooms are going to be part of observation. Five teachers are from Nthabiseng Primary school and five teachers are from Pelong primary school. One classroom each school for observations. Both schools are public schools in Mangaung disctrict, Botshabelo, Free State province Sampling technique / procedure Purposive sampling Only the teachers of two overcrowded schools are participating. Between those two schools, only teachers who have overcrowded classrooms participate so that the research can gain accurateinformation for the experiences in the overcrowded classrooms. Convenience sampling is used, the teachers who are readily available to contact will participate. The technique participants from Nthabiseng Primary are easily accessible to generate data from the school Data collection procedures The research is using the unstructured questionnaire and observation as the methods of data procedure and data generation. Unstructured Questionnaire In this study, a questionnaire is a primary data tool for collecting data from the teachers. Open-ended questions for respondents because they impose no restriction and they allow foe any response to questions provided to the respondent. This type of questioner is preferred because the respondent will express themselves freely with no restrictions. The questioner generates personal opinions, beliefs, emotions and experiences Observations The observation method helps in taking the live data from the natural occurring social location. The teachers’ observation will take place while they teach one classroom it is important to observe these classrooms so that they could be included in in sample so that the researcher could also have first-hand experience into what happens in overcrowded classrooms of different schools, observing learner-teacher interaction and the attitudes of both learners and teachers. This is a preferred method as it allows the researcher to gain insight information into teachers’ experiences with overcrowded classrooms. The secondary data collections are from review of literature, a study of documents and books. Data Analysis Techniques For the purpose of this research, there is carefully and thoroughly reading, transcribing, and analysing of data. Thematic analysis will ensure the rich description of the data set. Ethical Consideration The principal will receive the written letter asking the permission to use their school for the research. Explaining the purpose of the study and asking the permission to make class observations while teachers work Approval from the Department of Basic Education informing them of the plans to use Nthabiseng primary school and Pelong primary school in this research All the participants as well as the school involved in the study privacy and secrecy will be with respect. Limitations of the Study Most of the sources are old therefore; the present study literature is limited. The sample size that is the number of teachers is also limited, reason being they must be in classes teaching not answering questioners. During data collections under observation method, the teachers do things different from when the researchers are not there. How to cite Over-crowded Classes, Papers

To What Extent Is It Possible to Be Fully Ethical Essay Example

To What Extent Is It Possible to Be Fully Ethical Essay To what extent is it possible to be fully ethical in business and in management practice? What are the main issues that you have to address and confront? What are the main ethical pressures facing the supermarket industry and how might these be addressed and overcome? Ethics questions morality, whether something is ethical or unethical, right or wrong, good or evil, aim for justice, etc. Each person may have their own different opinion, causing ethics to be a moral value to what feels right or wrong depending on the situation. It is human nature to be selfish in order to survive, management nature to be selfish in order to guarantee an increasing profit, but luckily moral values have allowed an increase to standards of life in the last few centuries. In the animal kingdom we see that mother species consume even their own children in order to survive. Here we also see that to benefit one, another must sacrifice. For organisations to continue increase in profits, they may need to push their way through different suppliers, different employees, and different obligations in order to maintain their long term aims, possibly being caused unethically. We will write a custom essay sample on To What Extent Is It Possible to Be Fully Ethical specifically for you for only $16.38 $13.9/page Order now We will write a custom essay sample on To What Extent Is It Possible to Be Fully Ethical specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer We will write a custom essay sample on To What Extent Is It Possible to Be Fully Ethical specifically for you FOR ONLY $16.38 $13.9/page Hire Writer To run a business, moral values are always considered but to a certain extent. Most debates argue that it is not possible to succeed well in managing a business without achieving unethically. The moral means behind is as to believe in what one does is not against ones morals, and to act upon those unveil actions possibly being considerate of others, as if they were part of your family. ‘The more successfully the manager does their work, the greater will be the integrity required. An IT related firm would monitor their staffs actions on the computer, call centres would monitor each phone calls made, retailers require security checks when staff leave the site – all these conduct good management, but could be argued to an extent that staff are not trusted, so are therefore strictly kept an eye on. To what level of security should managers undertake to prevent ethical dilemmas? If a group of employees cannot be trusted then should they be trusted to conduct the work ethical ly? Morality has been kept behind a fence in this situation, if each person in this world was able to be free from sin then there would be no need for security. Market research securely protects data given by clients, the honesty they insist their company abides to makes clients feel safe about the data they give out, but could result as use for financial gain. So despite market research abiding to strict codes of conduct, it could be argued that to use personal data for ones use of creating business/improving their trade could arise an ethical dilemma. However, due to ethics in this world, business and trade legislations have been bought to attention to improve society. Decades before, children in our country worked over 16 hours a day with limbs torn off, disabled workers were only starved to death and women could not work. In the modern world today, women can now have high responsibilities in a business, there is far less discrimination about an employee’s race, religious views or sex, the world is constantly changing and developing to adapt to society. Morality has led unions to be organised, laws to be instituted, and regulations to be established to protect unethical matters of society today. It can also be noted that ethics create relationships between people, create a moral value for teamwork in a group of employees, better relationships between employees and employers; these are benefits for the business as well as the employees-happy workers result in better productivity. Ethics has also created many acts and legislations in the UK to protect consumers, employees and employers so that all working environment are argumentatively safe, unlike previous decades and working standards in third world countries. Without the moral values of each other, society would become a mess of greed and selfishness. Keeping up with market demand is continuous; many businesses have to follow success of others in order to survive. A successful invention causes others to copy; pressure is then put on to the original in order to stay ahead on the market. The first mobile phone invention has now been updated and evolved into an I-phone 4G, enable a connection across the whole globe. A wrong act is committed to copy the clever idea of the mobile invention, but has caused millions upon trillions of trade and business in the mobile phone category and has also turned into one of the vital piece of technology each person has today. Counterfeiting has been introduced in the last century to prevent exact copies of another idea/product, yet China still produces an extortionate amount of ‘fake’ copies in a year leading from brands such as Gucci and Louis Vuitton, to selling human-made eggs. Many documentaries have been produced regarding these counterfeit fakes being sold illegally in China and imported into the UK, yet thousands of tourists visit these illegal malls to buy the fakes. However in the UK it is much less of an issue, legislations fine heavily these illegal sellers if caught so have lowered the chance in the matter occurring. Ford was one company who developed a change for their employees through trial and error. The managers saw that the turnover rate of their workforce was extremely high, and realised it was due to the stress and hatred the employees were feeling towards their job. In 1914 Henry Ford made the change to cut down the working hours from 9 hours per day to 8 hours, and double the wage pay. This made Ford famous internationally, causing the famous name Fordism. 3 From this was can see that Ford’s employer had taken into account the ethical issues of his business, creating a change to help his own business by thinking of his employees. Despite this, Ford also employed many inspectors to check up on his employees, strict rules were made to control his employees – such as no talking to others whilst working. Outside work, Ford also made the inspectors check up on the employee’s lifestyle, their homes and what they did with their time outside of work. 3 Things that didn’t satisfy Ford he would fire, such as employees drinking or always being debt. This of course was believed to be highly unethical and would not take place in our society today. The large competitive supermarket industries in the UK such as Tesco, Asda and Morrisons all sell similar products with the aim of being the cheapest. Each one strives to compete with the others causing their prices to be kept low, buying from cheap suppliers, paying cheap labour in third world countries to keep production of goods low, cutting down staff for self checkout machines etc. In order to maintain their prices low (or make them lower), Tesco have been known to have labour in sweater shops in third world countries to produce their Cherokee Clothing, labour in Africa growing crops but being paid only just enough to survive. The workforce here is mostly children working long periods a day for very little money, a salary which would be illegal for UK workers. Richer nations see this often as unacceptable, how people can be paid such low money for working in such poor conditions, but they are possibly earning money for the whole family to live on. Natural disasters cannot be prevented; so many people in this world are less fortunate and have different standards of living to the better off. Tesco also are under pressure to keep their prices low, so if Asda and Morrisons can sell their products so cheaply then Tesco will find their way to do so too. It is the ethical question to how to prevent these things which are hard to prevent, and to try and help each other live equally. A survey of workers at an Aldi supplier in Indonesia for example revealed: †¢90% stating their wages were insufficient to meet their daily needs †¢55% stating they had no written contract, and †¢40% reporting trade union repression. ’ Similarly, stores like Aldi and Lydl are reaching their profits selling their misleading products, which are all m ade to look like a well known brand. Their brandings are cheaper, and their labours are also paid poorly, causing their business to keep up during the recession for being cheap. Their work force in Indonesia is also seen as unacceptable and has drawn attention to the media in 2008. The Fairtrade organisation is an established group which has been built up in the recent years to ensure workers are being paid what is believed as ‘a fair salary’. It started up aiming to help the employees which are not receiving a fair amount of reward as they should be for doing their end of work. For products to earn a Fairtrade label they must pay producers a fair price, and help improve working conditions investing in sustainability. Many consumers now only buy Fairtrade items as it overcomes the ethical dilemmas known about supermarkets suppliers’ working conditions. Its ethical aims and objectives have successfully been profitable and there are now increasing amounts of Fairtrade items on the market. Pressure groups are external society factors which could influence business activity. Some pressure groups may be less demanding than others, for example selling real animal fur to Tesco’s would not be an issue, but selling addictive products such as Tobacco could be a responsibility to tackle. Pressure groups are mostly a group designed to stop/prevent something being done or product being sold, such as testing drugs on animals. Ideally, they believe their morals are correct which is why they are forcing it to a stop. It is hard for supermarkets to prevent every unethical matter; most Tesco’s medicines must have been tested on animals before it can be given to humans, but they could cut down necessity of hurting animals if possible. Gillette, a maker of razors and shaving products has been known to test their products on animals. Several other companies have tried to prevent the problem of health on animals, but Gillette has continued with the idea and agued if hey need to satisfy consumers and stakeholders they need to continue with their animal testing. This is a difficult issue as some people would argue that it is more important to ensure human beings safety first, there it is acceptable that it should be test to benefit people, whilst others would mention to minimize the harm to animals to test on them only when it is necessary. The Body Shop started by Anita Roddick in 1976 is a large skin and h ealth care international company. The products sold by the Body Shop ensure that none of its products have been tried or tested on animals as they contain natural, botanical ingredients. Many consumers buy this idea and their recycling (refilling) aims which has made it one of the largest skin product retail chains in the market. The smell of their natural ingredients and the ethical value behind their creation of the products create a vast favour to customers, yet also being a successful business. A supermarket business will nevertheless affect many stakeholders. A good profitable year would create more jobs, happier shareholders, and happier customers. Profits may be high, customers may be more willing to spend more on luxury goods, suppliers receive more trade, but it doesn’t last forever. Recession will occur every few years, causing all of this to have to cut down. Managers will have to cut down staff, finding the smallest reasons to dismiss employees, unethically. Suppliers will need to be providing their service as cheap as possible; otherwise declined. They will insist to trade with large businesses and therefore be under pressure to offer illegal or terrible working conditions for the labour such as in third world countries to win the supermarket’s choice, unethically. The old man down the road from Tesco may lose his job trying to compete in selling home grown groceries as his only source of income, unfortunately. As a result, large supermarkets trying to compete to survive will have to help itself, without questions morality in most cases; it is therefore argued that successful businesses are managed unethically. On the other hand, the ethical decisions that could be undertaken yet still are possible. The managers should choose the course of action best for the stakeholders in order to satisfy them for a successful business. It is the stakeholders that allow a business to be successful; without employees, suppliers and consumers, there is no trade able to occur. Managers need to look after their staff, for example give them a reasonable salary, abide within the legal working hours, keep their working conditions at a satisfactory level, give them some privacy as well as some security (Lockers, data protection etc), health and safety etc. Keeping employees happy will result in a more productivity by the workforce. Managers also need to consider the eyes of a consumer, i. e. Good satisfactory quality products, no misleading titles, descriptions or information, clean premises, health and safety regulations etc. If they do not abide to these, customers may not return or even sue them. Similarly, managers need to also treat their suppliers well, they cannot expect to owe suppliers month after month as it could threaten their survival, and instead create a good relationship with them if they wish to have better credit rating and discounts. Sometimes ethics and moral values are what guide managers to their decision makings. If they consider ethical values to change something then they are most likely to expect a positive result. When managers recruit their staff, they will be looking for a particular type of person or personality to take on the job role. However, sometimes this could lead to discrimination. Some small town Kebab shops often put up posters mentioning they wish to recruit a staff member with the same race as themselves, allowing easy communication. This is against the Employer Discrimination Act by law it should not be allowed. In large businesses we see this much less, the language used isn’t considered acceptable-to only allow to take on a job if you are the correct race, and neither would asking for a particular sex or religious belief-unless a good reason is given. Nevertheless when asking for a particular target, it shouldn’t be made obvious to offend people, nor should it be made so blatant to make people angry. Managers also need to consider moral views to selling their products. Beech-Nut was a maker of baby-food who was close to being bankrupt in the 1980’s. The company took out a contract with a low-cost supplier of apple juice concentrate, but was later found to contain quantities of corn soup. The managers insisted in carrying on selling the misleading product to keep their business alive, but later was caught and fined heavily for fraud. It is easier to be ethical without anything to hide, than to mislead or commit fraud to sellers. Sometimes honesty may take a longer route to get around, i. e. o receive instant sales, but in the long-run dishonesty could lead to serious matters, just like Beech-Nut. In summary, successful management in business is tough, but to be fully ethical in everything is even tougher. In this world in order to succeed, sacrifice is committed; success does not require ethical conduct. People in poor countries strive in life to try and survive, stealing f rom others, committing all sorts of crime. It is very hard to have good management in a firm if to be completely ethical, it’s the survival of the fittest in the animal kingdom, survival of using tactics in business. If one needs to gain, someone else might be hurt. Nevertheless we do see society changing in many ways due to ethics, which is why the majority of life is different compared to when humans first existed. Irrespectively, organisations should still acknowledge the ethics in the world to create the right initiatives. Mutual respect and trust can provide goodwill between relationships with people and trade. Adhering with ethical values can be seen by consumers which in the long term will benefit rather than working with evil. Being truthful and trustworthy also gains goodwill by consumers and employees towards a business. We can see that although Innocent Smoothies may not be gaining as instant profit in the short run when first set up; after it has been promoted well people begin to see the moral values inside these ‘innocent’ pricey products. They have reached a high profit margin in a few years time, and encouraged other companies to begin producing ethically as they do- degradable packaging, natural ingredients, and giving 10% profit to people who ‘need it’. The majority of supermarkets in the UK now sell Innocent Smoothies as it is a fast selling product yet a choice which everyone is fond of. Overall the benefits of ethics in business are being able to manage and strengthen the balance of society and the culture of organisations. Apart from bringing trust into relationships between groups and teams, the morals and values which human beings have in our country can be seen as safe to live upon. Ethics can create a profitable and effective business, and has been discovered more this century as the world is constantly improving.

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Teachers need to create a variety of entry points to ensure that student differing abilities, strengths, and needs are all taken into consideration. Students then need varying opportunities to demonstrate their knowledge based on the teaching, hence differentiated assessment. Here are the nuts and bolts of differentiated instruction and assessment: Choice is key to the process. Choice of learning activity as well as choice in the assessment (how the student will demonstrate understanding).The learning tasks always consider the students strengths/weaknesses. Visual learners will have visual cues, auditory learners will have auditory cues etc.Groupings of students will vary, some will work better independently and others will work in various group settings.Multiple intelligence is taken into consideration as are the students learning and thinking styles .Lessons are authentic to ensure that all students can make connections.Project and problem based learning are also key in differentiated instruction and assessment.Lessons and assessments are adapted to meet the needs of all students.Opportunities for children to think for themselves is clearly evident. Differentiated instruction and assessment IS NOT NEW! Great teachers have been implementing these strategies for a long time. What does differentiated instruction and assessment look like? First of all, identify the learning outcomes. For the purpose of this explanation, Ill use Natural Disasters. Now we need to tap into our students prior knowledge. What do they know? For this stage you can do a brainstorm with the whole group or small groups or individually. Or, you can do a KWL chart. Graphic organizers work well for tapping into prior knowledge. You may also consider using a who, what, when, where, why and how graphic organizers individually or in groups. Key to this task is ensuring that everyone can contribute. Now that youve identified what the students know, its time to move into what they need and want to learn. You can post chart paper around the room dividing the topic into sub topics. For instance, for natural disasters I would post chart paper with different headings (hurricanes, tornadoes, tsunamis, earthquakes etc.). Each group or individual comes to the chart paper and writes down what they know about any of the topics. From this point you can form discussion groups based on interest, each group signs up for the natural disaster they want to learn more about. 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