Think about your own style of communications. Do you prefer to just say what you think based on the evidence? Do you try to get along with other people by “softening” your message and being willing to compromise? Is one approach better than the other?

Think about your own style of communications. Do you prefer to just say what you think based on the evidence? Do you try to get along with other people by “softening” your message and being willing to compromise? Is one approach better than the other?

Imagine you are on a team negotiating with Chinese, Japanese, or Korean counterparts. What kinds of specific difficulties would you face based on your own preferences? Which nationality would you find most difficult to successfully deal with? Why?

Imagine you are on a team negotiating with Chinese, Japanese, or Korean counterparts. What kinds of specific difficulties would you face based on your own preferences? Which nationality would you find most difficult to successfully deal with? Why?

Identify a data collection tool you could use for your research. Consider how you could employ translational research to potentially overcome barriers, which may arise during data collection. Identify the best type of translational research to address this barrier and provide rationale for the type you have chosen. What strategies would you employ to provide an understanding of your chosen type of translational research and to gather collaborative support?

Identify a data collection tool you could use for your research. Consider how you could employ translational research to potentially overcome barriers, which may arise during data collection. Identify the best type of translational research to address this barrier and provide rationale for the type you have chosen. What strategies would you employ to provide an understanding of your chosen type of translational research and to gather collaborative support?

Distinguish between reliability and validity in research design. Using a translational research article from your graphic organizer, analyze the methods and results sections to discuss reliability and validity as it relates to the translational research. Include the permalink to the article in your reference.

Distinguish between reliability and validity in research design. Using a translational research article from your graphic organizer, analyze the methods and results sections to discuss reliability and validity as it relates to the translational research. Include the permalink to the article in your reference.

Drawing on the material covered in class, in your view, how much of current differences in economic development have their origins in the past? Once when at a conference in the DRC, while talking to government officials about Africa’s history and current underdevelopment, one individual said “That was the past. Colonialism is over. Slavery is over. None of that matters any more.” In your view, is the evidence consistent with this statement? Please argue your position with references to evidence covered in the class. You are free to argue for or against the statement.

Drawing on the material covered in class, in your view, how much of current differences in economic development have their origins in the past? Once when at a conference in the DRC, while talking to government officials about Africa’s history and current underdevelopment, one individual said “That was the past. Colonialism is over. Slavery is over. None of that matters any more.” In your view, is the evidence consistent with this statement? Please argue your position with references to evidence covered in the class. You are free to argue for or against the statement.