Explain how you will address Jim’s recent performance issues. Suggest both constructive and positive feedback designed so that Jim will leave motivated to do his best.

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Imagine you work at a company and it is time for an employee named Jim’s annual review. While he was a model employee the first nine (9) months of the year, recently Jim has been coming in late. It has not been just a few minutes each day, either. It is starting to cause problems in the production line. In this assignment, write a one (1) page summary of your conversation with Jim. How will you address his recent performance issues while still praising him for his previous nine (9) months of good work? Your goal is to balance the negative and positive feedback so that Jim will leave motivated to do his best.

Write a one (1) page paper in which you:

  1. Explain how you will address Jim’s recent performance issues.
  2. Suggest both constructive and positive feedback designed so that Jim will leave motivated to do his best.
  3. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
    1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
    2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.

Draft a memo requesting copies of documents, policies, and procedures the union has in place so you can begin your job effectively.

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Instructions

You are a new union representative. Draft a memo requesting copies of documents, policies, and procedures the union has in place so you can begin your job effectively. Be sure to indicate the importance of these documents on your position.

Your memo should be at least one full page. Below is a suggested format for the memo:

To: (Include the name of the supervisor and any others to whom the memo needs to be sent)

From: (Your name and role in the organization/union)

Date:

Re.: Specify the Topic (In this case—Requesting specific documents, policies, and procedures pertaining to your role as the new union representative)

Request: Include paragraph explaining your request (For example: “I am compelled to express concern about how we at ____ Company handle issues related to equal employment opportunity and sexual harassment prevention laws. In an attempt to do my job efficiently and effectively, I respectfully request the following documents, policies, and procedures that reflect our organization’s efforts to affirm equal employment opportunity and those documents that reflect the organization’s sexual harassment prevention efforts:”)

  • Name of document
  • Name of document
  • Name of document

Requested date: (when would you like to meet with the company leadership to discuss the documents?)

Be sure close the memo with a sincere thank you for the cooperation of the person(s) to whom the memo is addressed and a desire to work together often in the future. References and citations are not necessary for this assignment.

Describe the piece and review it carefully. What do you see? Note all the details about the work. How would you describe it to someone you were talking to on the phone who can’t see it?

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The following outline is suggested,

Identification: Select a work of art. You may select a piece that you like or dislike. Get all the information provided: artist, title, medium, year, etc. Write down your initial responses. How do you respond to the work? Does it invoke an emotional response? What do you think the artist was trying to communicate?

Select a work of art from a virtual museum

https://artsandculture.google.com/partner?hl=en or slam.org

Describe the piece and review it carefully. What do you see? Note all the details about the work. How would you describe it to someone you were talking to on the phone who can’t see it?

Analyze the visual elements and design principles, thinking about the relationship between form, content, and subject matter. This will be helpful in your ‘interpretation’ of the work. Consider context: does it fit into a movement or time period? Consider its place in the artist’s overall output.

Interpretation Follow your analysis with a subjective interpretation of the meaning of the work. How does the work make you feel? What do you think the content is? Go beyond “I like it” or “I don’t like it.”

Research the artist. Historical and biographical information on the artist often provides clues into a work’s intended meaning. Carefully consider the purpose and context of the piece. Did the piece you selected have any particular political or cultural message? Was the artist making a statement?

Evaluate What do you think the artist’s intentions were? Was this communicated? Does it have value? Can you recognize the aesthetic quality in the work?

Format Requirements

The paper must be 1700 words, double-spaced, 10- or 12-point type, with 1” margins. The title page, images, and reference/bibliography page do not count toward the required length of paper. The preferred format to complete the Final Paper is Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx). If these formats are not available, other acceptable formats are ASCII (.txt), rich text format (.rtf), and Open Office (.odt), and PDF. Make sure you proofread your papers for incorrect grammar, spelling, punctuation, and other errors.

A minimum of four sources is required. Research can come from the Internet (reputable, academic sources only) scholarly articles (JSTOR, for example), books on art history, politics, etc.. Sources should be varied and academic and/or professional in nature. Your textbook cannot be one of the four minimum sources but can be included.

Anything that is not considered common knowledge (information that can be found in at least 4 sources) should be cited. This includes opinions, judgments, little-known facts, and direct quotes. In-text citations (APA) or footnotes and endnotes (CMS) are used to give credit to sources of any material or scholarship borrowed, summarized, or paraphrased. They are intended to refer readers to the exact pages of the works listed in the Reference or Bibliography section.

Citation Sources

The OWL at Purdue provides excellent formatting and style guides for APA opens in a new window and Chicago Manual of Style opens in a new window.

Describe the main ideas, arguments, themes, theses, or methodology, and identify the intended audience.

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Purpose: As a researcher, you are becoming an expert on your topic: you are developing the ability to explain the content of your sources, assess their usefulness, and share this information with others who may be less familiar with them. One goal of the annotated bibliography is to promote your critical reading of sources. Another is to develop your skills in effective internet and library research. This assignment will also give you practice in properly citing and documenting sources in compliance with the rules of a documentation system (MLA).

Assignment: This assignment asks you to create an evaluative annotated bibliography containing a total of 3 potential sources. Your three sources will include one (1) sources from scholarly journals and two (2) sources from credible online websites. Encyclopedias and dictionaries do not count for this assignment.

What is an Evaluative Annotated Bibliography? An evaluative annotated bibliography is a list of bibliographic citations to books, websites, articles, and documents that include a descriptive and evaluative paragraph for each text. The purpose of the annotated bibliography is to begin building an electronic log of your research sources for your research paper. In addition, annotated bibliography is used to inform the writer of their source content as well as the relevance, accuracy, and quality of the sources cited (see CRAAP test handout). In other words, you will provide a summary of your sources, as well as a rationale for how well your source meets the CRAAP test.

Constraints:

  • Typed in MS Word (follow template below; include your narrow research question).
  • Each annotated source should begin with a MLA bibliographic entry.
  • Length per source: approx. one or two paragraphs
  • Double-spaced, Times New Roman 12-point font (MLA format)

Process:

Step 1: While preparing this assignment, print important texts, mark them up, noting useful information and taking notes. One of the challenges of doing research is that information and/or websites change and can disappear. Printing documents is absolutely essential for a successful research process.

Step 2: Write the bibliographic entry for your source according to MLA guidelines. Under this entry you will write the annotation (summary and evaluation of the source). A Word document template is provided below to help you construct your list of sources.

Follow the guidelines below for each entry.

  1. Cite the source using MLA or APA style.
  2. Describe the main ideas, arguments, themes, theses, or methodology, and identify the intended audience.
  3. Explain the author’s expertise, point of view, and any bias he/she may have.
  4. Evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of each source.
  5. Identify how the source will or may be used for your research topic.

To find information on how to cite sources in the body of your paper and how to document them in a bibliography or Works Cited page, review textbook chapter 7, consult handouts, or visit Purdue OWL: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/section/2/ (Links to an external site.)(for MLA, APA, and Chicago Manual of Style).

Step 3: Revise, edit, and proofread your draft. As always, be sure to re-read the instructions you’ve been given (this assignment sheet) and the example(s) annotated bibliography.