Stages of evolution

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Archeologist William Laurens Rathje says that societies go through three stages of evolution: “First comes…the Florescent Period, when a set of small, scrappy villages coalesce into…a rising civilization that has learned how to make a living…through warfare, trade, irrigation or some other method of consolidating and capitalizing on resources. Then, having reached a pinnacle of development, the civilization enters its Classical Period, in which it enjoys prosperity, steady growth and dominance… A culture at that stage can afford extravagance. It can be—or at least believes itself to be—unharmed by waste” (Humes180). Finally, “either through competition from other cultures or simple exhaustion of available resources, a civilization…enters an inevitable decline. This is the post-classic or Decadent Period…Cultures entering this terminal phase begin husbanding resources, recycling, and repurposing like mad.” And, Rathje argues, civilizations in the Decadent Period never survive: “Think Easter Island, the fall of Rome, and any number of empires, from Persian to Ottoman to Spanish. Always, the fall approaches and the wising-up comes too late” (181). To what extent, if any, do you think American civilization has entered the Decadent Period?

Manuscript Notes: You must use a total of four sources for this essay. Two of your sources MUST BE SCHOLARLY. The other two must be credible or reliable sources (meaning they should come from the Oviatt Library and/or Google Scholar. You may use the course reader for sources. This essay should be four to five double-spaced pages and calls for MLA documentation; you must include a “Works Cited” list at the end of your essay (and your Works Cited page doesn’t count as a page). When you quote key phrases or clauses from the essay, you must provide parenthetical documentation. Follow the guidelines in Rules for Writers (see “Writing Papers in MLA Style”).

2: Read “Here and Now” and “Smokers’ Beliefs”.

Then, assess the responsibility of each of the following three groups of people for the harm caused by smoking light and ultra light cigarettes. Pleaserank the three groups in order from most responsible to least responsible, and justify your position.
1. Tobacco companies/”big tobacco”
2. Individual smokers
3. Government/regulatory agencies

3:Persuasive Communication

Assignment 2 pertains to the, Bowman (2002), Beason (2001), and Reddy (2010).

Reddy, S. (2010, Nov 1). Memo to all staff: Dump your trash. The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved on Feb 10, 2015 http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702304316404575580534064250948

Bowman, J. P., (2002) Writing Persuasive Messages. Retrieved on Jan 31, 2015, from http://homepages.wmich.edu/~bowman/c4eframe.html

As a manager at your company (the same one we used in Case 1), you think your company should be offering internships. With all the colleges in the Los Angeles area, you would have a large group of people who should be interested in an internship program. In addition, your company could use the extra help and creativity of about-to-graduate college students.

You recently read about Nickerson PME1, a 10-person Boston area marketing and public relations firm. Owner Lisa Nickerson offers a year-round internship program. She calls participants “associates” to make them feel less like “lowly interns” and more like members of the staff. Her interns receive course credit and work experience, but do not earn a paycheck. Instead, Nickerson teaches them to perform tasks like preparing press releases and promoting the company to clients. The arrangement results in valuable help around the office without draining the budget. Nickerson says, “If you take the time to put together a good program, you don’t have to pay the student. An abundance of students want that type of hands-on client experience.”

You believe that Los Angeles college students would be eager to gain experience at a real company, and fill in their résumés with solid work experience. The problem is that your boss resists internship programs because he has heard that interns are really employees who must be paid. He told you in a recent conversation that he is unsure of the fine line that separates employees from interns, and he doesn’t want to violate any labor laws.

Write a persuasive memo message to Dick Elders, Senior General Manager of your company. Explain to him how interns are different from employees. Use the Internet to research the topic, and learn what six requirements help the government determine whether an intern is a paid employee. Use persuasive strategies you have studied, but stay focused on the conviction that interns do not have to be paid as employees. You are on a first-name basis with Dick
In your memo, you are expected to apply the persuasion concepts to demonstrate your ability to craft an effective persuasive memo. Please use proper English. Sentences must be properly constructed and free of grammatical and typographical errors. No citations are needed in the memo.

Write a summary explaining why you used the principles you used in writing your memo. Your explanation should make use of at least two sources from the required readings. It should be analytical and sufficiently rigorous to demonstrate synthesis of the concepts. The summary is to be prepared as an academic essay. Content should be clearly presented with a logical flow. Formal citations are required, along with a formal bibliography

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