The article critique assignment investigates professional journals and current relatable information. You should locate an article(s) pertaining to how the media and/or economy have impacted sports. 

The article(s) should be less than 3 years old.

Include the following components:

• Title page: Include the assignment title, Columbia Southern University, and your name.
• Introduction: Provide a brief Introduction of your article and connection to this chapter’s topic.
• Article summary: Summarize the article. List the main points that the author has tried to establish (i.e., 1, 2, 3 or first, second, third). Typically, there will be three to five main points. If your article(s) summarizes a court case, you should discuss the following points: What provision of the law was at issue? Briefly state the facts of the case. What legal tests were applied? Were there any unusual elements in the case?
• Article critique: Critique the article. You are to provide your reaction (insightful, critical, and logical) to the points that the author tried to make or an overall critique of the entire article. Be sure to state how this information has impacted the sports arena. A simple statement of agreement or disagreement is not sufficient. While you may make such a statement by way of introduction to your reaction, you must clearly and logically state the reasons for the position that you have taken.
• Conclusion: Provide a brief conclusion wrapping up the elements of the article and how it relates to the chapter topic.
• Reference page: Include a reference page that lists the source in proper APA format. If you also used content from our textbook, be sure to include this as a source in your reference page, as well. It is important that you provide the reader with enough information about your article so he or she will be able to locate the article.

Your article critique must be at least two pages in length, not counting title and reference pages. Follow APA Style when constructing this assignment, including a title page, and in-text citations and references for all sources that are used.

• Voices of Change
  Instructions
  In this assignment, consider the actual words or works of an important spokesperson for their times. After reading that speaker’s words, use the provided template to write a two-page response that shares your thoughts about the work in question, the historical events happening during the time the work was produced, and the relevance of the work in the present day. Completing this assignment will give you real insight into the thoughts and feelings of an actual participant in historical events. You will also begin to see how learning from past perspectives helps us better understand the issues we face in our own time period.
  To complete this assignment, follow these steps:
  • Pick one of the three topic choices below.
  • Use the assignment template to structure your paper on the selected topic:
    • Download the Voices of Change Assignment Template [DOCX].
    • Save the template to the desktop folder on your computer (or another location of your choice) with the following file name: Your First Name_Your Last Name_HUM112_Wk# Assignment_Quarter20yy. Here is an example: Lauren_Philip_HUM112_Wk7 Assignment_Summer 2020.
  • Complete the template. Follow the instructions provided in the template to make sure you add all required content.
  • Review the rubric to see how your assignment will be graded on answer quality, logic and organization of the paper, and language and writing skills.
  • Edit your work, making sure you have discussed each bullet point in the template and checking your work for grammatical errors and proper SWS style.
  • Submit your completed template to Blackboard.
  • Topic Choices
    Topic Choice 1: Frederick Douglass’s speech, “What to the Slave Is the Fourth of July?”
  • Listen to the speech, as read by actor James Earl Jones.
  • Read the text of the speech.
  • For background, read about The Emancipation Proclamation in the National Archives.
  • Read additional background on Fredrick Douglass.
  • Topic Choice 2: Charles Dickens’s Economic Change and Consequences.
    Select one of the following works to focus on for your assignment. You can find all four options in Chapter 28 of your textbook. Page numbers are indicated in the bullet points below.
  • Old Curiosity Shop (textbook page 944).
  • Sketches by Boz (textbook page 947).
  • Dombey and Son (textbook page 951).
  • Hard Times (textbook page 952).
  • Topic Choice 3: Women Challenge Their Audience.
    Select one of the following authors to focus on for your assignment:
  • Angelina Grimke Weld’s speech in Philadelphia in 1938.
    • Read the speech.
    • Read the background.
  • Sojourner Truth’s famous 1851 speech, “Ain’t I a Woman?”
    • Read the speech and background.
    • See Chapter 29 of your textbook for additional background information.
  • This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
    The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
  • Summarize thoughts about an author’s work, including the historical events happening at the time it was produced and the relevance of the work in the present day.

    

Voices of Change Assignment (Template)

Introduction

In your introduction section, complete each step listed in the following bullets. Your answer should be 1–2 paragraphs in length: 

· Identify the author. 

· Provide a short overview of the author’s life. Make sure the biographical details you discuss relate to the work you are discussing. 

· Identify the speech or writing you will be talking about in this paper.

BACKGROUND

In your background section, complete each step listed in the following bullets. Your answer should be 1–2 paragraphs in length:

· Describe the historical events (also known as context) that were occurring at the time that the author created the work.

· Discuss your thoughts on how the historical events may have lead the author to create the work. 

EVIDENCE

In your evidence section, complete each step listed in the following bullets. Your answer should be 1–2 paragraphs in length. 

· Explain the main point of the work you chose. 

· Identify the most important example the author uses to support the main point.

· Provide sufficient information, examples, and details to support your general claim or main idea. 

DISCUSSION

In your discussion section, complete each step listed in the following bullets. Your answer should be one paragraph in length. 

· Explain who the author was trying to reach with the work (also known as the audience).

· Identify what the author was trying to convince the audience to believe or do. 

· Provide sufficient information, examples, and details to support your general claim or main idea. 

CONCLUSION

In your conclusion section, complete each step listed in the following bullets. Your answer should be 1–2 paragraphs in length. 

 Introduce some of the in-text references with introductory phrases.  

This section provides a review of different sources relating to the topic of study with the aim of determining the gaps that have not been researched on by other scholars. In determining the relevance of the sources to the prevention of cancer, the relationship between nutrition and cancer either in causal perspectives and in protective perspectives will be assessed. Through a thorough analysis of the sources, a research gap will be determined through which this study aims at focusing on.

There is a high correlation between nutrition practices and colorectal cancer where nutrition plays a big part in both the protective role and in causal role. There are various nutrients that are associated with causing colon cancer which includes fat from red and processed meats. In preventing the development of the cancer, dietary rich in fruits and vegetables are recommended (Thanikachalam, 2019).

Nutrition practices have a great role in the development of breast cancer where dietary patterns featured with high intake of unrefined vegetables, cereals, nuts improve survival after diagnosis of breast cancer. Also, low consumption of red meat and saturated fatty acids increases chances of survival after diagnosis of the cancer (De, 2019).

Selenium can be used in preventing the development of cancer in the first place but when supplemented with other nutrients such as Vitamin E. Selenium is a mineral which plays an important role in the protection of the body against damages resulted from oxidative stress. It is also important in metabolism and thyroid function. Selenium is found in foods such as seafoods, Brazil nuts and organ meats in large quantities or other foods such as cereals and muscle meats though in smaller quantities (Vinceti, 2018).

Based in an assessment conducted by the use of the Scored-Generated Subjective Global Assessment (PG-SGA), nutritional practice of an individual has a direct relationship to their risk of developing a given type of cancer. Diets which cause nutritional conditions such as obesity increases the risk of the obese individuals in developing many types of cancer (Jager-Wittenaar, 2017).

Nutritional practices such as the use of the traditional Mediterranean diet is linked with improvement of life quality and longevity through reduction of the risk of most common pathologies such as cancer (Battino, 2019).

Based on the literature review of the existing research work on the relationship between nutrition and the development of cancer, it is evident that there is a need to establish the role of a complete balanced diet on the development of cancer. The study will determine the link between the two variables in the process of supporting ways in which cancer can be prevented through a nutrition practice of using a balanced diet.

Reference

Battino, M., Forbes-Hernández, T. Y., Gasparrini, M., Afrin, S., Cianciosi, D., Zhang, J., … & Giampieri, F. (2019). Relevance of functional foods in the Mediterranean diet: The role of olive oil, berries and honey in the prevention of cancer and cardiovascular diseases. Critical reviews in food science and nutrition, 59(6), 893-920.

De Cicco, P., Catani, M. V., Gasperi, V., Sibilano, M., Quaglietta, M., & Savini, I. (2019). Nutrition and breast cancer: a literature review on prevention, treatment and recurrence. Nutrients, 11(7), 1514.

Jager-Wittenaar, H., & Ottery, F. D. (2017). Assessing nutritional status in cancer: role of the Patient-Generated Subjective Global Assessment. Current opinion in clinical nutrition and metabolic care, 20(5), 322-329.

Thanikachalam, K., & Khan, G. (2019). Colorectal cancer and nutrition. Nutrients, 11(1), 164.

Vinceti, M., Filippini, T., Del Giovane, C., Dennert, G., Zwahlen, M., Brinkman, M., … & Crespi, C. M. (2018). Selenium for preventing cancer. Cochrane database of systematic reviews, (1).

Review the SHRM case, “Designing a Pay Structure.” 

You will prepare the SHRM case analysis on “Designing a Pay Structure,” which consists of your completion of Tasks A–J that simulate the creation of a compensation system for an organization in meeting its goals and supporting its mission. In your analysis, respond to the following tasks found in the case study by using Excel.

Your case analysis should consist of:

• Task A: Create a complete job description for the benefits manager position using O*NET.
• Task B: Calculate the job evaluation points for the administrative assistant, payroll assistant, operational analyst, and benefits manager jobs. Provide a rationale for assigning specific degrees to the various jobs.
• Task C: If there were any outliers (i.e., extreme data points) in the data, what would you recommend doing with them? From this point forward, assume no extreme data points exist in the dataset.
• Task D: Conduct a simple regression in Excel to create a market pay line by entering the job evaluation points (on the X axis) and the respective weighted average market base pay (on the Y axis) for each benchmark job.
• Task E: What is your R squared (variance explained)? Is it sufficient to proceed?
• Task F: Calculate the predicted base pay for each benchmark job.
• Task G: Because your company wants to lead in base pay by 3%, adjust the predicted pay rates to determine the base pay rate you will offer for each benchmark job.
• Task H: Create pay grades by combining any benchmark jobs that are substantially comparable for pay purposes. Clearly label your pay grades and explain why you combined any benchmark jobs to form a grade.
• Task I: Use your answer to Task H to determine the pay range (i.e., minimum and maximum) for each pay grade.
• Task J: Given the pay structure you have generated, consider the following: Does this pay structure make good business sense? Do you think it is consistent with the organization’s business strategy? What are the implications of this pay structure for other HR systems, such as retention and recruiting?
• Your analysis of this case and your written submission should reflect an understanding of the critical issues of the case, integrating the material covered in the text, and present concise and well-reasoned justifications for the stance that you take. You are to complete this case analysis using Excel in a spreadsheet analysis format.

You may discuss your case analysis assignment with the class, but you must submit your own original work.

Case analysis tips: Avoid common errors in case analyses, such as:

• Focusing too heavily on minor issues.
• Lamenting because of insufficient data in the case and ignoring creative alternatives.
• Rehashing of case data — you should assume the reader knows the case.
• Not appropriately evaluating the quality of the case’s data.
• Obscuring the quantitative analysis or making it difficult to understand.

Assessment Checklist:

• Create job descriptions for multiple jobs.
• Conduct a regression analysis that results in a market pay line that supports the validity of the pay ranges in the case study.
• Calculate the predicted base pay for each benchmark job.
• Create pay grades by combining any benchmark jobs that are substantially comparable for pay purposes.
• This Assessment should be a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet.
• This Assessment should be a minimum of 10–15 slides, with analysis notes, in addition to the title and reference slides.
• Respond to the questions in a thorough manner, providing specific examples of concepts, topics, definitions, and other elements asked for in the questions. Your paper should be highly organized, logical, and focused.
• Your analysis must be written in Standard English and demonstrate exceptional content, organization, style, and grammar and mechanics.
• Your analysis should provide a clearly established and sustained viewpoint and purpose.
• Your writing should be well ordered, logical and unified, as well as original and insightful.
• A separate slide at the end of your spreadsheet analysis should contain a list of references, in APA format. Use your textbook, the Library, and the internet for research.
• Be sure to cite both in-text and reference list citations where appropriate and reference all sources. Your sources and content should follow proper APA citation style. Review the writing resources for APA formatting and citation found in Academic Tools. Additional writing resources can be found within the Academic Success Center.