What is Identity?

1. Short Story Paper- Topic: What is Identity? What is ethnicity? Who Am I?” by Gwyn Kirk and Margo Okazawa-Rey, approaches identity formation as a continuous process which is based on the interplay of three levels of social relations, micro, meso, and macro. The social features of one’s identity incorporate individual, community, societal, and global factors and result in multiple, complex identities which can be both enriching and contradictory. Using this framework, look at how a character in one of the short stories has come to understand his or her identity within the context of cultural, generational, or social conflict. Amy Tan, “Two Kinds” Cisneros, “House on Mango Street,” Jamaica Kincaid, “Girl” Toni Cade Bambara, “The Lesson” Alice Walker, “Everyday Use” Joyce Carol Oates, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” John Updike, “A&P” James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues” Pick one short story from the list above and write an essay analyzing the main character and show how the main character arrives at his or her “social location.” Refer to the Kirk and Okazawa-Rey reading.

What is ethnicity?

1. Short Story Paper- Topic: What is Identity? What is ethnicity? Who Am I?” by Gwyn Kirk and Margo Okazawa-Rey, approaches identity formation as a continuous process which is based on the interplay of three levels of social relations, micro, meso, and macro. The social features of one’s identity incorporate individual, community, societal, and global factors and result in multiple, complex identities which can be both enriching and contradictory. Using this framework, look at how a character in one of the short stories has come to understand his or her identity within the context of cultural, generational, or social conflict. Amy Tan, “Two Kinds” Cisneros, “House on Mango Street,” Jamaica Kincaid, “Girl” Toni Cade Bambara, “The Lesson” Alice Walker, “Everyday Use” Joyce Carol Oates, “Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?” John Updike, “A&P” James Baldwin, “Sonny’s Blues” Pick one short story from the list above and write an essay analyzing the main character and show how the main character arrives at his or her “social location.” Refer to the Kirk and Okazawa-Rey reading.

Why and how does implying transparency and honesty to consumers make Johnson and Johnson’s crisis response effective?

Paper Requirements Your paper will include: 1. An introduction that synopsizes the crisis in 3-4 sentences and concludes with a thesis statement that asserts three claims about how/why the company was (in)effective in its crisis management. 2. Three body paragraphs, each of which argues one of your three claims. 3. A conclusion that restates your thesis and then offers information about where the company is today in no more than 3-4 sentences. Formatting Requirements—READ CAREFULLY 1. Cite all sources using APA Style. An APA style guide is on Blackboard (Only the citations need to be in APA style; the paper itself does not need to be written in APA style.) 2. No more than 4 pages (not including Works Cited page, which can be a fifth page) 3. 12 point Times New Roman or Calibri font, double spaced 4. 1-inch page margins for top/bottom and left/right 5. Your header should appear at the top of the first page, RIGHT JUSTIFIED and SINGLE SPACED – see example bolded below: (Student Name) BA 2196 Section (identify)/(Professor Name) Writing Assignment: Crisis Communicatio ***ESTABLISHING YOUR THESIS*** You must assert a thesis—1 sentence—arguing your 3 claims articulating why the company effectively or ineffectively managed its crisis (NOTE: Each strategy claim—you’ll have 3 total—consists of both WHAT (ACTION) and WHY (INTERPRETATION) details) o Example of REQUIRED THESIS SETUP: “Johnson & Johnson effectively managed its crisis in the following ways: by preemptively recalling Tylenol nationwide, the company showed that it cared more about public safety than about profit; by innovating the new safety measure of sealed bottles before putting Tylenol back on the market, the company reassured customers that the crisis could not happen again; and by calling attention to its corporate credo in its apology, the company implied transparency and honesty to consumers.” o Example of TOPIC SENTENCES for each body paragraph: • Body paragraph 1 topic sentence: By preemptively recalling Tylenol nationwide, the company showed that it cared more about public safety than about profit. • Body paragraph 2 topic sentence: By innovating the new safety measure of sealed bottles before putting Tylenol back on the market, the company reassured customers that the crisis could not happen again. • Body paragraph 3 topic sentence: By calling attention to its corporate credo in its apology, the company implied transparency and honesty to consumers. ***MAKING YOUR ARGUMENTS*** Your paper must contain three body paragraphs, each arguing one of your thesis claims. Each body paragraph must include a topic sentence (see above), evidence and analysis. o EVIDENCE consists of facts, i.e., actions that the company took, and the relevant context in which the company took those actions. o ANALYSIS has two parts. o Analysis part one provides your interpretation of facts to prove your topic sentence. For example, it gives a thoughtful and well-reasoned response to the question: “Why and how does Johnson and Johnson’s calling attention to the corporate credo in its apology imply transparency and honesty to consumers?” o Analysis part two connects that interpretation back to your thesis’s argument of whether the company in question was effective or ineffective in managing its crisis. For example, it gives a thoughtful and well-reasoned response to the question: “Why and how does implying transparency and honesty to consumers make Johnson and Johnson’s crisis response effective?”

 

Discuss the steps in the decision making process.

Discuss the steps in the decision making process Step One – Recognize the need for a decision Step Two – Generate alternatives Step Three – Assess alternatives Step Four – Choose among alternatives Step Five – Implement the chosen alternative Step Six – Learn from feedback Needs to relate to McDonalds.