Audio feedback

After teaching my two lessons on phonemic segmentation and observing the two students during whole class instruction I have drawn various conclusions on both the students strengths and weaknesses. Student A excels at being able to tap out sounds within a three sound word, as student B is able to tap out the individual sounds of words with 4-5 sounds in them. These activities however acted as review for the students being as they were exposed to these concepts in kindergarten. During whole class…

Retail SEERS Analysis – Apple A: Raw Material: Glass (Not Sapphire) Corning (Gorilla Glass) – USA Apple has decided against following an industry shift towards sapphire glass. They did this because due to environmental concerns since “Sapphire requires 100 times more energy to produce than glass” (Bajarin 2014). Apple’s commitment to designing products in this way allows them to remain competitive while addressing sustainability issues as well. B: Minerals (Conflict Free) Intel (Processors)…

1) The Greenwood Company just ended the employment of Mr. McBride for numerous of reasons. Through his exit interview, Mr. McBride made more than a few alarming statements providing reasonable mistrust to the business that he may have mantled with the source code for “Product X”. The Human Resources Director, Mr. Jenkins, briefed the Incident Response Team that the business wants to recollect the possibility to bring up the investigation to law enforcement in the future, so whatever completed…

Often times iconic scenes in a movie will have amazing music, sound effects and vocals to tie the whole scene together, and with all of these, visuals are not really needed, they will only give a crystal clear image of what the director has already portrayed with sound. One example could be the shower scene in Psycho; if you turn off the screen and only listen to the sound; an almost crystal clear visual is made because you can hear what is actually going on. Another perfect example is the…

I Believe Would you believe me when i told you that a young man at the age of 16 would be on the cover of youtube’s trending page, reaching over 6 million views and then a year later start his first international tour? Well Hugo Leclercq (A.K.A. Madeon) would prove you wrong. This young producer has quite the track record and I’d say he is the embodiment of talent. Talent is everywhere around us, but it’s not simple given to anyone. To become talented you have to invest time into your craft…

Alex indicated that the reasons that Melinda was providing were inadequate to answer for the decreased performance. Upon those remarks, Melinda introduced another reason for her declining performance. She indicated her current position was granted to her because of her language and her cultural background that fitted the South Western region. Melinda cited her past exemplary performance from the last ten years and her qualifications to have warranted her a managerial position. She added that the…

Depending on your organization, annual, bi-annual, or quarterly employee appraisals are done to provide feedback on employee job performance. While the initial purpose of appraisals, dating back to 1842, was to help people perform to the best of their abilities, it seems to have taken on a negative connotation presently. Many organizations will only hold performance appraisals when management is building a case to terminate someone. Given this, it is no wonder that performance appraisal sessions…

Google Project Oxygen Case Study. Building Better Managers. Lalit Chhabra University of Houston - Victoria Author Note Management and Organizational Behavior - Individual Case Assignment. Executive Summary Project Oxygen started with questions raised by board members in 2001, How do managers impact team performance? Do manager matter? How can we create amazing managers? This topic generated years of research and that led to eight management attributes. These key attributes are to help people…

It seems that a lot of companies are realizing that replacement hiring is not the best option for long term quality employees. Companies are starting to realize the commitment level that employees are willing to give when they have companies that train and promote within. Succession planning looks within the company and finds its future leaders and manager from the ranks. The company will then send the selected employees through various training and developmental programs to get them ready…

basic steps of performance appraisal. The first step is to set organizational goals. The second step is defining the performance target. The third step is conducting a performance review. The fourth and final step is to provide each employee with feedback. There are numerous concerns with performance appraisal. The process can be very time consuming, especially for a manager. It is subject to rater errors and biases. It can end up being a waste of time if not done properly. It can end…