History

Think what would happened to a “new group” entering American society today? What experiences would you tell them to expect during the contact period?

Reflection Paper There are two parts to this reflection paper. First, historical background on our groups, and their SES today. This first part will be your thoughts about what you think would happened to a “new group” entering American society today? As a “minority” what can they expect? What would you tell this new group? […]

Is the 1619 Project racially divisive? Does it, as its critics claim, teach children to be ashamed of the US?

Is the 1619 Project racially divisive? Contemporary debates over “Critical Race Theory” in K-12 education claim it, and material like the 1619 Project, is racially divisive. Is the 1619 Project racially divisive? Does it, as its critics claim, teach children to be ashamed of the US? Does it teach white children to be ashamed of […]

Choose and discuss (in a full paragraph or two) one of the following two topics related to the 1960s and 1970s, especially to the terms of Presidents Nixon and Reagan.

ASSIGNMENT- President Nixon and President Reagan The 1970s and 1980s brought remarkable changes for the Untied States. The Cold War between the US and its allies versus the Soviet Union and its allies/clients was still the dominant international issue. China was also going to start emerging as a major world power. Nixon was dealing with […]

What were the major challenges to nation-building in the Americas in the nineteenth century? Use specific examples of at least two nations in your answer.

ASSIGNMENT Select six questions from this list for you to choose from on the exam. You will answer four of the questions from the six questions you selected during the exam time. Requirements: Each one of your answers should be at least two paragraphs, with about 4-6 sentences for each paragraph, and about 150-250 words […]

Based on the assessment, what do you think you want to get out of this class and what areas are you most interesting in improving or learning more about this session?

ASSESSMENT For the your first post in the first week of the module, take the following self-assessment regarding your power and influence skills: http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/uzzi/ftp/page292.html Based on this assessment, what do you think you want to get out of this class and what areas are you most interesting in improving or learning more about this session? […]

What different procedures for change control, event response etc. should have been in place that were not? What lessons does this story hold for how firms should be managed and governed?

CASE STUDY It took 19 years to build Knight Capital Americas LLC into the largest market maker on the New York Stock Exchange, but on August 1, 2012, it took only 45 minutes for the firm to be wiped out by an information technology (IT) problem: a change in the company’s software caused it to […]

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