COM323 Persuasion and ArgumentationThe Final Project Throughout this course we are examining methods of persuasion. The great issues of our day are far from being resolved, but effective persuasion can begin to build consensus. Your Final Project requires you to tackle a current controversial issue with multiple valid positions and use persuasion to convince your audience that your position on the issue is correct. The written portion of your Final Project must be six to eight pages of content (not including title and reference pages) and can include multimedia, interactive video, pictures, commercials, movie scenes, web links, etc. to bolster your opinions. Your paper should incorporate the latest methods of persuasion to prove your points to your instructor. You are encouraged to find a topic that you feel passionate about. The list provided is just to help
As you learn about American Imperialism, think about the factors that contributed to it. Consider the importance of the expansion of the Navy, the technological advancements and the need for markets brought on by the Industrial Revolution. Also think about the idea of Manifest Destiny. It is often connected to the settlement and development of the American West, but how was it also connected to American Imperialism? Take the time to notice President Theodore Roosevelt’s role in promoting American Imperialism and the factors contributing to America’s expanding role in the world.
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Write: Refer to your textbook and the film. Thoroughly address the following points:
Explain Manifest Destiny and American exceptionalism.How were these ideas applied to U.S. foreign policy at the turn of the 20th century?
What do you see as the positives and negatives of American Imperialism?
Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Provide specific examples to support y
Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:
Identify the store and the day and time you made your observation.Analyze the behaviors you observed to determine how consumers progressed through the consumer behavior process while in different aisles.
1. Assess how consumers determine value for their various purchases. This can be addressed with at least two (2) specific consumer examples or by combining all the consumers you observed.
2. Pick two specific consumers that seemed to be very different from each other. Contrast how these two (2) consumers progressed through the consumer perception process.
3. Analyze how different manufacturers motivated consumers to pick their specific brands. Articulate thoroughly the behaviors displayed and tactics used by the store or manufacturer to motivate the purchase.
4. Record all your observations in a table placed in an Appendix.
Last year the US low-cost-carrier Spirit Airlines entered the Dallas-Chicago market. The average ticket price for all airlines servicing the route fell from $200 to $180. After Spirit's entry, the number of passengers increased from 700 to 800 per day (these numbers are hypothetical, but reasonable). Calculate the price elasticity of demand between the two points. Show the computation.
Let the price before Spirit Airlines entered Dallas-Chicago market be P1 and the price after entry be P2
A number of critics have claimed that the Ford Motor Company acted unethically in producing the Ford Pinto as it did, knowing that it could have been made safer by adding an inexpensive part. Read carefully the attached Case Study, "The Ford Pinto Case" in DeGeorge, pp 298-99.
You are to write a paper in which you decide, on the basis of the best utilitarian analysis you can construct, whether Ford Motor's decision to produce as it did was ethically justifiable. Your paper should show that you understand what using a utilitarian approach to evaluating a moral issue involves. You should clearly describe the action that you are evaluating. You should present the various considerations that lead you to make the moral judgment you make about the action. Be sure to consider all the consequences of the action you analyze for all those affected by the action. Do not focus only on the cost-benefit analysis presented in the cas
Walt Disney Around the Globe Case Summary In a narrative format discuss the key facts and critical issues presented in the case.
Case Analysis
2) What are the cultural problems that Walt Disney Company has faced in opening theme parks outside the U.S.?
3) If Disney opens a theme park in China, how can it ensure better success than it has experienced initially in France and Hong Kong?
Application
4) As CEO of Walt Disney Company, would you consider opening more theme parks internationally or focus on the existing locations? If you were to expand internationally, what markets would you find to be most attractive and solid investments for the company?
