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1, In some countries,television and radio programs are carefully censored for offensive language and behavior. In othercountries,there is little or no censorship.
In your view, to what extent should government or any other group be able to censor television or radio program? Explain, giving relevant reason and/or examples to your position.
2, "It is unrealistic to expect individual nations to make, independently, the sacrifices necessary to conserve energy. International leadership and worldwide cooperation are essential if we wxpect to protect the world's energy resources for future generations."DISCUSS
3,"Corporations and other businesses should try to eliminate the many ranks and salary grades that classify employees according to their experience and experise. A 'flat' organizational structure is more likely to encourage collegiality and cooperation among its employees."
Discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the opinion expressed above. Support your point of view with reason and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.(DISCUSS)
4, "Of all the manifestations' of power, restraint in the use of that power impresses people most."
* manifestations: apparent signs or indicators
Explain what you think this quotation means and discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with it. Develop yr position with reason and/or examples drawn from history, current events or your own experience, observations, or reading.
5, "All groups and organizations should function as teams in which everyone makes decisions and shares responsibilities and duties. Giving one person central authority an dresponsibility for a project or task is not an effective way to get work done."
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the opinion expressed above? Support your point of view with reason and/or examples drawn from your own work or school experience, yr observations, or yr reading.
6, "There is only one definition of success - to be able to spend yr life in yr own way."
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this defination o fsuccess? Support your point of view with reason and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.
7, "The best way to give advice to other people is to find out what they want and then advise them how to attain it." DISCUSS
8, "For hundreds of years, the monetary system of most countries has been based on the exchange of metal coins and printed pieces of paper. However, because of recent developments in technology, the international community should consider replacing the entire system of coins and paper with a system of electronic accounts of credits and debits."DISCUSS
9, " Employees should keep their private lives and personal activities as seperate as possible from the workplace."DISCUSS
10, "In any enterprise, the process of making or doing something is ultimately more important than the product."DISCUSS
11, "When someone schieves greatness in any field -- the arts, science, politics, or business -- that person's achieves are more important than any of her failings as a human being."DISCUSS
12, "Education has become the main main provider of individual opportunity in our society. Just as property and money once were the keys to success education has now become the element that most ensures success in life."
In yr opinion, how accurate is the view expressed above? Explain , using reasons and examples based on yr own experience, observation, or reading.
13, "Responsibility for preserving the natural environment utlimately belongs to each individual person, not to government."DISCUSS
14, "Organizations should be structured in a clear hierarchy in which the people at each level, from top to bottom , are held accountable for completing a particular component of the work. Any other organizational structure goes against human nature and will utimately prove fruitless."DISCUSS
15, "Nations should cooperate to develop regulations that limit children's access to adult material on the Internet."  "the Internet is a worldwide computer network." DISCUSS
16, "ublic bulildings reveal much about the society that builds them . Look at today's new schools, courthouses, airports , libraries , or government offices, and you will learn about the values and atitudes of today's society." DISCUSS  
17, "Some people believe that the best approach to effective time management is to make detailed daily and long-term plans and then to adhereto them . However, this highly structured approach to work is counterproductive. Time management needs to be flexible so that employees can respond to unexpected problems as they arise." DISCUSS
18, "If the primary duty and concern of a corporation is to make money, then conflict is inevitable when the corporation must also acknowledge a duty to serve sociaty."
From your perspective, how accurate is the above statement? Support your position with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations or reading.
19,  Some employers who recruit recent college graduates for entry-level jobs evaluate applicants only on their performance in business courses such as accounting, marketing, and economics. However, other employers also expect applicants to have a broad backgroud in such courses as history, literature, and philosophy.
Do you think , in the application process, employers should employers one type of backgroud -- either specialization in business courses or a more varied academic preparation -- over the other? Why or why not? Develop your position by using reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations or reading.
20, "In this age of automation, many people complain that humans are becoming subservient to machines. But, in fact, machines are continually improving our lives." DISCUSS
21, "Job security and salary should be based on employee performance, not on years of service. Rewarding employees primarily for years of service discourages people from maintaining consistently high levels of productivity." DISCUSS
22, "Clearly, government has a responsibility to support the arts. However, if that support is going to produce anything of value, government must place no restrictions on the art that is product."
To what extent do you agree with the opinion expressed above? Develop your position by using reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations or reading.
23 "Schools should be responsible only for teaching academic skills and not for teaching ethical and social values." DISCUSS
24, "A powerful business leader has faar more opportunity to influence the course of a community or a nation than does any government official." DISCUSS
25, "The best strategy for managing a business, or any enterprise, is to find the most capable people and give them as much authority as possible." DISCUSS
26, Location has traditionally been one of the most important determinants of a business's success. The importance of location is not likely to change, no matter how advanced the development of computer communications and others kinds of technology." DISCUSS
27, "A company's long-term success is primarily dependent on the job satisfaction and job security felt by the company's employees." DISCUSS
28, "Because businesses use  high-quality advertising to sell low-quality products, schools should give students extensive training in how to make inform decisions before making purchases." DISCUSS
29, "Too many people think only about getting results. The key to success, however, is to focus on the specific task at hand and not to worry about results."
What do you think this piece of advice means, and do you think that it is, on the whole, worth following? Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations or reading.
30, "Companies benefit when they discourage employees from working extra hours or taking work home. When employees spend their leisure time without 'producing' something for job, they will be more focused and effective when they return to work." DISCUSS
31, "Finacial gain should be the most important factor in choosing a career."  DISCUSS
32, "You can tell the ideas of a nation by its advertisements."
Explain what you think this quotation means and discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with it. Develop your position by using reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations or reading.
33, "eople are likely to accept as a leader only someone who has demonstrated an ability to perform the same tasks he or she expects of others." DISCUSS
34, All citizens should be required to perform a specified amount of public service. Such service would benefit not only the country as a whole but also the individual participants."  DISCUSS
35, "Business relations are infected through and through with the disease of short-sighted motives. We are so concerned with immediate results and short-term goals that we fail to look beyond them."
Assuming that the term "business relation" can refer to the decision and actions of any organization -- for instance, a small family business, a community association, or a large international corporation -- explain the extent to which you think that this criticism is valid. In your discussion of the issue, use reason and/or examples from your own experience, observations or reading.
36, "Businesses and  other organizations have overemphasized the importance of working as a team. Clearly, in any human group, it is the strong individual, the person with the most commitment and energy, who gets things done."  DISCUSS
37, "Since scientific knowledge is increasingly essential to the technology on which modern societies are based, schools should devote more time to science education and less to the arts and humanities." DISCUSS
38, "Courtesy is rapidly dispearing from everyday interactions, and as a result, we are all the poorer for it."  From your perspective, is this an accurate observation? Why or why not? Explain, using reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations or reading.
39, "It is difficult for people to achieve professional success without sacrificing important aspects of a fulfilling personal life." DISCUSS
40, "With the increasing emphasis on a global economy and international cooperation, people need to understand that their role as citizens of the word is more important than their role as citizens of a particular country." DISCUSS
41, "The best way to preserve the natural environment is to impose penalties -- whether fines, imprisonment, or other punishments -- on those who are most responsible for polluting or otherwise damaging it." DISCUSS
42, "Scientists are continually redefining the standards for what is beneficial or harmful to the environment. Since these standards keep shifting, companies should resist changing their products and process in response to each new recommendation until those recommendations become government regulations." DISCUSS
43, "The most important reason for studying history is not thst knowledge of history can make ud better people or a better society but that it can provide clues to solving the societal problems that we face today."  DICUSS
44, "All companies should invest hesvily in advertising because high-quality advertising can sell almost any product or service." DISCUSS
45,"The most effective way for a businessperson to maximize profits over a long period of time is to follow the highest standards of ethics." DISCUSS
46, "Businesses are as likely as are goverments to establish largest bureaucracies, but bureaucracy is far more damaging to a business than it is to a government." DISCUSS
47, "The primary responsibility for preventing environmental damage belongs to government, not to individuals or private industry." DISCUSS
48, "In matching job candidates with job openings, managers must consider not only such variables as previous work eaperience and educational background but also personality  traits and work habits, which are more difficult to judge."
What do you consider essential in an employee or colleague? Explain,using reasons and/or examples from your work or worklike experience, or from your observations of others.
49." Ask most older people to identify the key to success, and they are likely to replay 'hard work.' Yet , I would tell people starting off in a career that work in itself is not the key. In fact, you have to approch work cautiously -- too much or too little can be self-defeating."
To what extent do you agree or disagree with this view of work? Develop your position by using reasons and/or examples from your reading, experience, or observations.
50, How far should a superivisor go in criticizing the perfomance of a subordinate? Some highly successful managers have been known to rely on verbal abuse and intimidation. Do you think that this is an effective means of communicating expectation? If not, what alternative should a manager use in dealing with someone whose work is less than satisfactory?
Explain your views on this issue. Be sure to support your position with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.
51, "The presence of a competitor is always beneficial to a company. Competition forces a company to change itself in ways that improve its practices." DISCUSS
52, "Successful individual typically set their next goal somewhat -- but not too much -- above their last achievement. Inthe way, they steadily raise their level of aspiration."
In your aoinion, how accurate is this statement? Explain, using specific reasons and examples from your reading, your own experience, or your observation of others.
53, "The term 'user friengly' is usually applied to the trouble-free way that computers software moves people from screen to screen, function to function. However, the term can also refer to a government office, a library, public transportation, or anything designed to provide information or services in an easy, friendly way. Just as all societies have many striking examples of user-friendly services, so do they abound in examples of user-unfriendly systems."
Identify a system or service that you found to be either "user-friendly" or "user-unfriendly." DIscuss, from the user's perspective, in what way the system either is or is not easy to use and explain the consequences or effect of such a system.
54, "opular entertainment is overly influenced by commercial interests. Superficiality, obsenity, and violence characterize films and television today because those qualities are commercially successful." DICUSS
55, "Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do, and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the opinion expressed above? Explain your point of view by giving reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.
56, "The secret of business is to know something that nobody else knows."
Explain what you think the above quotation means and discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with it. Support your position with relevant reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.
57, "Everywhere, it seems, there are clear and positive signs that people are becoming more respectful of another's difference."
In your opinion, how accurate is the view expressed above? Use reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.
58, "what is the final objective of business? It is to make the obtaining of a living -- the obtaining of food, clothing, shelter, and a minimun of luxuries -- so mechancial and so little time-consuming that people shall have time for other things." -- A business leader, circa 1930
Explain what you think the quotation above means and discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with the view of business it expresses. Support your views with reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.
59, "Juvenile crime is a serious social problem, and businesses must become more involved in helping to prevent it." DISCUSS
60, "Employers should have no right to obtain information about their employees' health or other aspects of their personal lives without the employees' permission." DISCUSS
61, "Even at its best, a government is a tremendous burden to business, though a necessary one." DISCUSS
62, "What education fails to teach us is to see the human community as one. Rather than focus on the unique differences that separate one nation from anoth, education should focus on the similarities among all people and places on Earth."
What do you think of the view of education expressed above? Explain, using reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.
63, "As government bureaucracy increases, citizens become more and more separate from their government." DISCUSS
64, "The goal of business should not be to make as big a profit as possible. Instead, business should also concern itself with the well-being of the public." DISCUSS
65, "The rise of multinational corporations is leading to global homogeneity. Because people everywhere are beginning to want the same products and services, regional differences are rapidly disappearing." DISCUSS
66, "Manufacturers are responsible for ensuring that their products are safe. If a product injures someone, for whatever reason, the manufacturer should be held legally and financially accountable for the injury."DISC
67, "Work greatly influences people's personal lives -- their special interests, their leisure activities, even their appearance away from the workplace." DISCUSS
68, "Since the physical work environment affects employee productivity and morale, the employees themselves should have the right to decide how their workplace is designed." DISCUSS
69, "The  most important quality in an employee is not specific knowledge or technical competence. Instead, it is the ability to work well with other employees." DISCUSS
70, "So long as no laws are broken, there is nothing unethical about doing whatever you need to do to promote existing products or to create new products." DISCUSS
71, "Commercialism has become too widespread. It has even crept into schools and places of worship. Every nation should place limits on what kinds of products, if any, can be sold at certain events or places." DICS
72, "Companies should not try to improve employees' performance by giving incentives -- for example, awards or gifts. These incentives encourage negative kinds of behavior instead of encouraging a genuine interest in doing the work well." DISCUSS
73, People often give the following advice:"Be yourself. Follow your instincts and behave in a way that feels natural."
Do you think, in general, this is good advice? Why or why not? Develop your pointr of view with reason and/or example from your own experience, observations, or reading.
74, "The people we remember best are the ones who broke the rules."  DISCUSS
75, "There are essentially two forces that motivate people: self-interest and fear." DISCUSS
76, "For a leader there is nothing more difficult, and therefore more important, than to be able to make decisions." DISCUSS
77, Although "genius" is difficult to define, one of the qualities of genius is the ability to transcend traditional modes of though and create new ones.
Explain what you think the above statement means and discuss the extent to which youi agree or disagree with this definition of genius. In your discussion, be sure to include at least one example at least one example of someone who, in your opinion, exemplifies genius or a particular characteristic of genius.
78, Most people would agree that buildings represent a valuable record of any society's past, but controversy arises when old buildings stand on ground that modern planners fell could be better used for mordern purpose
In your opinion, which is more important -- preserving historic buildings or encouraging modern development? Explain your position, using reasons and examples based on your own experiences, observations, or reading.
79, "The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee, and it is worth more than any other commodity under the sun." Explain what you think the above quotation means and discuss the extent to which you agree or disagree with it. Support your position with relevant reasons and/or examples from your own experiences, observations, or reading.
80, "As individuals, people save too little and borrow too much."   From your perspective, how accurate is the view expressed above? In your discussion, be sure to consider the conditions under which it is appropriate to save money and the conditions under which it is appropriate to borrow. Develop your position using reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observations, or reading.
81, "No one possibly achieve any real and lasting success or 'get rich' in business by comforming to conventional practices or ways of thinking." DISCUSS
82, "Business and government must do more, much more, to meet the needs and goals of women in the workplace."
What do you think of the opinion expressed above? In your discussion, be sure to use reasons and/or examples from your own experience, observation, or reading.
83, "We shape our buildings and afterwards our buildings shape us."
Explain what you think this statement means and discuss the extent to which you do or do not agree with it. Support your views with reasons and/or specific examples from your experience, observations, or reading.
84, "A business should not be held responsible for providing customers with complete information about its products or services; customers should have the responsibility of gathering information about the products or services they may want to buy." DISCUSS
85, "Advertising is the most influential and therefore the most important artistic achievement of the twentieth century." DISCUSS
86, "Whether promoting a product, an event, or a person, an advertising campaign is most effective when it appeals to emotion rather than to reason." DISCUSS
87, "As technologies and the demand for certain services change, many workers will lose their jobs. The responsibility for those people to adjust to such changes should belong to the individual worker, not to government or to business." DISCUSS
88, "Each generation must accept balme not only for th hateful words and actions of its members but also for the failure of members to speak out against those words and actions." DISCUSS
89, "The study of history is largely a waste of time because it prevents us from focusing on the challenges of the present." DISCUSS


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