You are in a brainstorming session at WidgeCorp, where no idea is too outrageous. You are discussing penetration in the school lunch market. Ideas around school lunch subsidies, Internet subsidies, and Internet target marketing are being discussed. As the end of the meeting, the group asks you to prove or disprove some assumptions by looking at correlations.

First, acquaint yourself with the Internet subsidy issue by reading the article Closing the Digital Divide: Internet Subsidies in Public Schoolsby Austan D. Goolsbee and Jonathan Guryan.

Next, download the file Sample Data. Based on the findings as reported in this article, prepare a chart similar to the one in the downloaded file to indicate if the correlation between Variables A and B were found to be positive, negative, or minimal.

In your own words, explain what it means if the correlation of 2 variables is positive, negative, or minimal (close to 0), and give an example of each.

Reference

Goolsbee, A. D., & Guryan, J. (2003). Closing the digital divide: Internet subsidies in public schools. Capital Ideas, 5(1). Retrieved from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Web site: http://www.chicagobooth.edu/capideas/summer03/digitaldivide.html

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I need 250-300 words answer of EACH discussion. Must include 2-3 credible sources cited in APA for EACH answer. Must address every step properly. Must provide 100% original work.

 

I have 6 questions to be answered. At least 75 to 100 words for each question

Building Teams

Teams are a group of people who have come together to perform some specific tasks. The tasks can be assigned to them or at some instances, they can be the ones that assign the tasks to themselves. Teams exist in many places, they are there in the football and other games, in the work environments and in other social activities. Teams are always intended to last for longer time. There are however some reasons that make the teams to disintegrate and to die earlier than expected.

Most of the teams usually disintegrate due to how they have been handled and the composition of the teams (Yalom, 2015). Majority of people desire to have better teams. This is a challenging thing. Some things that need to look at when forming of a team include: increasing of the amount of diversity in the team, creation of proper communication channels, better management of the teams, different levels of temperamental and education abilities and finally the level of interaction that is to take place during the meetings of the group.

These are the key things that must be taken into consideration whenever there is a team that must be formed and if the team is to remain together and to work efficiently, they must be handled in regard to the different qualities that are being demonstrated by the teams.

 

Diversity is a critical thing in building of teams that are working. Diversity can be in terms of the sex and the race of the group. When it comes to the sex of the team, the team should be composed of people of the two or more sexes. There can be the male, the female and even those individuals with the two sexes. This is to give the team a picture of lack of segregation. With the increase in the number of the sexes, it will provide a platform for the people to learn from the other groups. People of different sexes are also known to react differently to different situation.

 Female are known to be good at providing the motherly care and understanding in the groups. This is needed because there are times when the tempers in the group can rise and be very high. They will hence need a person to calm them down so that the team can continue with the different activities that it is doing (Yalom, 2015).

 Diversity is an important thing in any groups that intends to work and stay together for longer. They will hence be combined and bring in their different experiences thus ensuring that the activities of the group are done with high level of competency and accuracy.

The other thing is creation of a proper channel of communication in the team. Communication is a vital thing in any team. People must know how to present their ideas and how they can interact with the other people including stopping them and interrupting them during the communication. When there is a communication breakdown, the team will disintegrate. The leader of the team must include the members in making decisions on the best and appropriate means that can be used in the communication among the team members.

 All members must understand each other and work hard to try and bring their points on board without causing any unnecessary insults to the other team members. When done, it will be a recipe for the continuity of the team. When the communication breakdown, the team will also break down.

 

Better management of the team imply that the team need to have leaders who have roles that have been clearly defined to all of them. There should be no overlapping of the duties. All the members must also follow keenly and strictly the laid down rules.

The rules and laws that are used in governing the team need to be agreed upon by all members of the team. It is only possible for people to follow the rules that they have set instead of using the ones that have been imposed on them by others (Yalom, 2015). It is this proper management of the team that can be vital in the survival of the teams.

 

The final thing that is critical here is the formation of a team which have members with different temperamental. Here, there must be people who can handle others even if they are annoyed.  They must be able to control and bring any two different warring sides together so that they can talk and solve the problem that they have (Yalom, 2015).

The team can stand and become one of the strongest teams with different kinds of abilities. In the process of meeting between the team members, there can be some occasions when the teams have issues that must be solved. It is this that when managed properly, the teams will be able to stay together and work for longer.

 

Teams are important components in any organization. It is easy to form but challenging to manage. The aspects above must be properly incorporated so that the objective of the teams is met.

Reference

Yalom, I. (2015) Team building. New York: Basic Books.

 

1.      Read through your paper and look at the end of each paragraph and the beginning of the next. Is it obvious for the reader to see the connection? What types of transitions did you include—or will you include now?

 

2.      In addition to being consistent in your use of key words and phrases, what else should you do the help the reader become familiar with terms?

 

3.      Rephrase the following sentence so that it uses parallel structures:
In her bedroom, Molly was reading a book, texted her friend, and listened to music.

 

4.      An unhealthy diet leads to many health problems. On the other hand, eating healthily have so many health benefits. The right foods to eat can make all the difference between living a long life and dying of life-threatening diseases. Certain foods to avoid include trans fats, which cause health problems. Knowing how to eat right and at restaurants can improve your quality of life.

Trans fats are found in a variety of foods that many Americans eat on a daily basis, including donuts, prepackaged cookies, potato chips, and fast food. Numerous studies have linked trans-fat consumption to physical and mental ailments ranging from coronary heart disease to Alzheimer’s disease prompting several governments to ban trans fats in restaurants.

Describe the differences between the above paragraphs. What kinds of improvements were made?

 

5.    Give an example of a time when you or someone else used an inappropriate tone in a piece of writing (e.g., an angry email or passive aggressive memo). How could you or they have improved the situation?

 

6.    In what way has using the writing templates helped you understand the writing process?