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Description: Directions: Please type (in Microsoft Word in Rich Text Format) your response to the situation presented. Examine all aspects of the question and respond
to each part. Point values have been assigned as indicated. Double-space your copy and number the pages. Your response must be a minimum of 5 FULL
PAGES (ONE INCH MARGINS ALL THE WAY AROUND). Short papers will be penalized 20% for each page short. Please submit your document via the drop
box. Imagine you are the personnel manager of a branch of a large company located in Iowa. The recent floods have been devastating to your friends,
family and business. Company headquarters has decided that the Iowa branch will close as it is not economically feasible to rebuild. You have been
offered a transfer to Boston with an increase in salary. This is something that you have dreamed of because you will then have even more possibility of
advancement in the company. However, your spouse and children do not want to move. Your spouse works for the local school district and feels a moral
obligation and responsibility to help students and staff in the emotional and material recovery after the floods. Your children have friends that they want
to support in this time of transition. All of you have a lifetime connection to Iowa and extended family members are nearby. The east coast, however,
could provide new and exciting experiences for everyone. You need to decide whether or not to accept the job offer. 1) Explain the steps you would take
in making a decision. (20 points) 2) What advice would you discern from the following articles? (Make your selections as directed.) List A (use both) 10
points each (20 points) Ian Robertson, âReligion and Social Changeâ Nicols Fox, âWhat are Our Real Valuesâ 3) During your decision making process,
imagine you can consult with some of the authors we have studied this semester. What advice would they give you? Make your selections from the
following lists as directed. Describe what advice the authors would give you based on the background information you have about the author and
information specifically from the article listed below. These points will be awarded as they are on other assignments. Cite specifics and show connections
to the question. Be very clear about the advice that would come from the article separate from the background. Explain your reasoning. List B (select
one) (15 points) List C (select one) (15 points) Lillian Smith, âWhen I Was a Childâ T. S. Eliot, âJourney of the Magiâ Dylan Thomas, âDo Not Go Gentle
Into That Good Nightâ Plato, âThe Parable of the Caveâ List D (select one) (15 points List E (select one) (15 points) Robert Frost, âThe Road Not Takenâ
E. E. Cummings, âLIVâ Henry Thoreau, âOn the Duty of Civil Disobedienceâ R. Chaplin, âMourn not the Deadâ List F (select one) (15 points) List G (select
one) (15 Points) Martin Luther King, Jr., âLetters from a Birmingham Jailâ Jean Giono, âThe Man Who Planted Hope and Grew Happinessâ Earl C. Pike,
âCountingâ Albert Camus, âThe Myth of Sisyphusâ List H (select one) (15 points) List I (select TWO) (35 pts.) Josefowitz, âGood Management Potential W.
H. Auden, âThe Unknown Citizenâ Precepts from Living Quotations, Pages 150 -161 4) Conclude by describing how much control you have in this situation
and by giving a concluding rationale for the decision you would make (20 points).
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