Assignment 2: RA: Compare and Contrast Interviews to Noninterview Employee Selection Assessments

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Assignment 2: RA: Compare and Contrast Interviews to Noninterview Employee Selection Assessments

Assignment 2: RA: Compare and Contrast Interviews to Noninterview Employee Selection Assessments

Background

As a selection strategy, interviews are intended to gauge future performance on the basis of oral responses, demeanor, body language, and so on. Interviews can be of different kinds, depending on the purpose. For example, interviews can be structured or situational. While interviews are a critical part of the selection process, and probably the most widely recognized, other assessment tests are also an important part of attempting to predict the future job performance and capabilities of candidates. Assessments can be considered a more objective measure than interviews and can be developed to precisely assess specific skills and competencies.

Directions

Write a 5- to 7-page paper that compares and contrasts interviews to noninterview employee selection assessments. In your paper, make sure you include a discussion of the following points:

Section 1: Noninterview Assessments

  • Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of relying on testing as the sole method of selection.
  • Identify two assessment tests and briefly summarize their structure and design and provide an example of a typical item for this type of test. Make sure to explain how the test is designed to assess a candidate’s prospects for a particular position and an example of content.
  • Evaluate the two tests and discuss factors that contribute to the appropriate use of a particular test for a particular situation. Why might a test not be the most effective choice?

Section 2: Selection Interviews

  • Select a pair of interview types from the list of three pairs provided below. Research and describe those two types and explain when their use would be most appropriate.
  • Behavioral versus situational
  • Panel versus individual
  • Structured versus unstructured
  • Compare and contrast the two types, exploring their advantages and disadvantages, as well as their use. Provide 5 questions for each type of interview you choose.

Section 3: Interviews vs. Noninterview Assessments

  • Based on your research, compare and contrast interviews versus noninterviews in terms of efficacy in meeting organizational objectives.
  • Identify any areas of susceptibility to adverse impact in the assessment tests or interviews.
  • Analyze how the selection process can be enhanced by combining assessment tests with interviews.

Submission Details:

  • By Wednesday, October save your report into a Microsoft Word document in APA format and utilizing at least six scholarly sources.
  • Save the report as M3_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc and submit it to the M3 Assignment 2 RA Dropbox. Your paper should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Supervisor-effective communication

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Week 5 Assignment 3: Email Based on Listening Skills Scenario
Due Week 5 and worth 150 points

Your supervisor has asked to you write a brief email on the vacation policy changes to be distributed to staff. You will need to listen to a voice mail from your supervisor with instructions on how to create the email to announce the new vacation policy. The voice mail will include specific details that must be followed in creating the email. This audio voice mail can be found in your course shell.

Create an email message in which you:

  1. Listen to your supervisor’s voice mail here.
  2. Create a one to two (1-2) paragraph email with five to seven (5-7) sentences that follows your supervisor’s instructions.  
  3. Target the appropriate professional audience.
  4. Use appropriate language for professional audience.
  5. Use correct email formatting.
  6. Follow appropriate netiquette rules for electronic communication.
  7. Meet the 250-to-500-word minimum requirement.
  8. Use correct sentence mechanics, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.

Your assignment must follow these APA formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, single-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with 1-inch margins on all sides. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Demonstrate understanding of the basic fundamentals of communication.
  • Develop and practice communication skills, including skills in verbal, nonverbal, listening, writing, interpersonal, perception, and critical thinking as appropriate for the audience.
  • Use various electronic communication platforms in their academic and professional work.
  • Relate to the interpersonal and organizational dynamics that affect communication in organizations.
  • Analyze and assess effective communication.
  • Use correct sentence mechanics, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in communications.
  • Write clearly and concisely about communications using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the grading rubric.

Advanced Aviation Economics – Problem Set

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MBAA 523 Problem Set 8

Revised 12/15

 

 

1.       For each of the US products or services in the table, insert appropriate market structure. 

 

Product or service

Market Structure

Municipal water company

 

Passenger airlines

 

Automobiles

 

Patented pharmaceutical drug

 

Cell phone network providers

 

Over the road trucking

 

Express package delivery

 

Fast food

 

 

2.       In oligopoly, each firm is acutely aware of the production and marketing decisions of all competitors and carefully considers the potential competitive reactions in all decisions.  Discuss whether firms in other market structures consider the potential reaction of competitors when making important marketing decisions. 

 

3.       Part of the debate among economists on US airline deregulation in the 1978 involved the theory of contestable markets.  List the four characteristics of contestable markets explained by Baye and Prince and evaluate how well the airline industry meets these criteria.

 

4.       Price outcomes of the 5 (there are 5, not 4) oligopoly models differ substantially.  Which models produces the lowest and highest total profits (all firms combined)?  Which market structure produce the same prices?      

 

5.       Oligopoly is the predominant market structure in the airline industry.  In the express package business, FedEx, UPS, and DHL compete in the global air express industry.  In the US, FedEx and UPS are a duopoly.  FedEx and UPS financial indicators such as net margin on sales and return on assets are near the average for US companies (low or zero economic profits).  Which of the 5 oligopoly models best explains the FedEx-UPS duopoly?  List the assumptions of the model and explain how the integrated cargo carriers meet the assumptions.      

 

6.       The mission statement for the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries states, “the mission of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) is to coordinate and unify the petroleum policies of its Member Countries and ensure the stabilization of oil markets in order to secure an efficient, economic and regular supply of petroleum to consumers, a steady income to producers and a fair return on capital for those investing in the petroleum industry.”  Even when the OPEC members agree on a total output (at times they do not agree), explain why the members often disagree on how much petroleum each country should produce. 

 

 

 

Assignment 1: LASA 2: Going Public: The Regulatory Environment

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Assignment 1: LASA 2: Going Public: The Regulatory Environment

For this assignment, you will research regulatory requirements that affect a publically traded financial institution and make recommendations in the form of an executive summary report on how to proceed.

You have taken a job as an IT manager at a small financial institution that is looking to expand and become a publically traded company. In preparation, the chief operating officer (COO) has requested that you conduct an audit of the IT department, and you have determined that the IT department does not meet regulatory requirements as they pertain to information systems and security. The COO is now requesting that you determine which regulations must be met before the company can be publically traded.

Tasks:

·         Research and identify at least two regulatory requirements that the institution must consider before moving forward. The requirements should pertain to information systems and security within financial institutions or publically traded companies.

·         Explain why the organization should adhere to these policies even if they are not mandatory.

·         Explore the ethical aspects and consider the benefits of the requirements from the perspective of the institution’s customers (i.e., not merely from a legal standpoint).

·         In an executive summary report, describe the regulatory requirements and propose solutions for implementation.

·         In the proposed solutions for implementation, also address other relevant aspects of corporate governance, such as human resources and financial governance.

·         Assume the people reading your report have no technical background. Be careful not to overuse technical jargon or acronyms; however, also make sure the report is not written in a condescending tone.

Submission Details:

·         By Monday, May 23, 2016, prepare a 6- to 8-page report. Write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources (i.e., use APA format); and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

·         Save your report in a Microsoft Word document with the name M5_A1_LastName_FirstInitial.doc and upload it to the M5 Assignment 1 LASA 2 Dropbox.

LASA 2 Grading Criteria and Rubric

All LASAs in this course will be graded using a rubric. This assignment is worth 300 points. Download the rubric and carefully read it to understand the expectations.

 

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria

Maximum Points

Identified at least two regulatory requirements that the institution must consider before moving forward.

48

Explained why the organization should adhere to these policies even if they are not mandatory.

48

Explored the ethical aspects and considered the benefits of the requirements from the perspective of the institution’s customers.

40

In an executive summary report, described the regulatory requirements and proposed solutions for implementation.

40

Addressed other relevant aspects of corporate governance, such as human resources and financial governance.

40

Assumed the people reading your report have no technical background. Avoided overuse of technical jargon or acronyms but ensured the report is not written in a condescending tone.

20

Writing Components:

·         Organization (16)

·         Usage and Mechanics (16)

·         APA Elements (24)

·         Style (8)

64

Total:

  

 

 

week 3 Assignment 1 530 HRM

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Assignment 1: Alignment of HRM and Business Strategies

Due Week 3 and worth 100 points

Select a publicly traded company to research and evaluate its Human Resource (HR) and business strategy, HR department job positions, and ways it markets its company regarding human capital. Some company Websites that provide this information are listed below:

Write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:

  1. Propose how you would ensure the HR strategy is in alignment with the business strategy.
  2. Describe the HR job positions and the responsibilities listed for that HR department. 
  3. Determine which HR job positions you would prefer and explain why.
  4. Analyze how the selected company can establish HRM strategies to improve competitive advantages.
  5. Propose three (3) ways that the company can increase diversity.
  6. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. 

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

 

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.
  •   Unacceptable Below 70% F Fair 70-79% C Proficient 80-89% B Exemplary 90-100% A
    HRM530-A1-1

    1. Propose how you would ensure the HR strategy is in alignment with the business strategy.
    Weight: 20%
     
    Points Range:0 (0%) – 13.99 (13.99%)
    Did not submit or incompletely proposed how you would ensure the HR strategy is in alignment with the business strategy.
     
    Points Range:14 (14%) – 15.99 (15.99%)
    Partially proposed how you would ensure the HR strategy is in alignment with the business strategy.
     
    Points Range:16 (16%) – 17.99 (17.99%)
    Satisfactorily proposed how you would ensure the HR strategy is in alignment with the business strategy.
     
    Points Range:18 (18%) – 20 (20%)
    Thoroughly proposed how you would ensure the HR strategy is in alignment with the business strategy.
    HRM530-A1-2
    2. Describe the HR job positions and the responsibilities listed for that HR department. Weight: 10%
     
    Points Range:0 (0%) – 6.99 (6.99%)
    Did not submit or incompletely described the HR job position and the responsibilities listed for that HR department.
     
    Points Range:7 (7%) – 7.99 (7.99%)
    Partially described the HR job position and the responsibilities listed for that HR department.
     
    Points Range:8 (8%) – 8.99 (8.99%)
    Satisfactorily described the HR job position and the responsibilities listed for that HR department.
     
    Points Range:9 (9%) – 10 (10%)
    Thoroughly described the HR job position and the responsibilities listed for that HR department.
    HRM530-A1-3

    3. Determine which HR job positions you would prefer and explain why.
    Weight: 15%
     
    Points Range:0 (0%) – 10.49 (10.49%)
    Did not submit or incompletely determined which HR job positions you would prefer and did not submit or incompletely explained why.
     
    Points Range:10.5 (10.5%) – 11.99 (11.99%)
    Partially determined which HR job positions you would prefer and partially explained why.
     
    Points Range:12 (12%) – 13.49 (13.49%)
    Satisfactorily determined which HR job positions you would prefer and satisfactorily explained why.
     
    Points Range:13.5 (13.5%) – 15 (15%)
    Thoroughly determined which HR job positions you would prefer and thoroughly explained why.
    HRM530-A1-4

    4. Analyze how the selected company can establish HRM strategies to improve competitive advantages.
    Weight: 20%
     
    Points Range:0 (0%) – 13.99 (13.99%)
    Did not submit or incompletely analyzed how the selected company can establish HRM strategies to improve competitive advantages.
     
    Points Range:14 (14%) – 15.99 (15.99%)
    Partially analyzed how the selected company can establish HRM strategies to improve competitive advantages.
     
    Points Range:16 (16%) – 17.99 (17.99%)
    Satisfactorily analyzed how the selected company can establish HRM strategies to improve competitive advantages.
     
    Points Range:18 (18%) – 20 (20%)
    Thoroughly analyzed how the selected company can establish HRM strategies to improve competitive advantages.
    HRM530-A1-5

    5. Propose three (3) ways that the company can increase diversity.
    Weight: 20%
     
    Points Range:0 (0%) – 13.99 (13.99%)
    Did not submit or incompletely proposed three (3) ways that the company can increase diversity.
     
    Points Range:14 (14%) – 15.99 (15.99%)
    Partially proposed three (3) ways that the company can increase diversity.
     
    Points Range:16 (16%) – 17.99 (17.99%)
    Satisfactorily proposed three (3) ways that the company can increase diversity.
     
    Points Range:18 (18%) – 20 (20%)
    Thoroughly proposed three (3) ways that the company can increase diversity.
    HRM530-A1-6

    6. 3 references 
    Weight: 5%
     
    Points Range:0 (0%) – 3.49 (3.49%)
    No references provided
     
    Points Range:3.5 (3.5%) – 3.99 (3.99%)
    Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.
     
    Points Range:4 (4%) – 4.49 (4.49%)
    Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.
     
    Points Range:4.5 (4.5%) – 5 (5%)
    Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
    HRM530-A1-7

    7. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements
    Weight: 10%
     
    Points Range:0 (0%) – 6.99 (6.99%)
    More than 6 errors present
     
    Points Range:7 (7%) – 7.99 (7.99%)
    5-6 errors present
     
    Points Range:8 (8%) – 8.99 (8.99%)
    3-4 errors present
     
    Points Range:9 (9%) – 10 (10%)
    0-2 errors present

Respond please 5 8 sentences

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  • Response Guidelines

    Review the responses of at least two other learners and respond to their work.

    Consider the following ideas in each response.

    • Contrast each learner’s posting with the plan you proposed.
    • Evaluate the effectiveness of their plans.

 

 

Dear Mohammed,

A good idea for a fundraiser regarding the Somali people could be to make a soccer tournament since is the most popular game in the country. To attract the Somali community, only Somali people will be allowed to play, although other nationalities can come to the activities and watch the games. The point to only be Somali people allowed to play is to unite more the Somali community and to help strengthen their relation with those from other communities.

                As part of the fundraise, teams should register for an amount of money, should be sponsor by a Somali business or establishment, and kiosk spots should be rented for selling food and drinks plus Somali apparel such as headgear, and accessories. The collected money will go to the funds for the community group, and also Somali contributors will benefit from the community since they will be participating in supporting the community group.

The best approach is by spreading the word around the community, schools, community stores, radio, and Television if possible and if there is a station near the community. This strategy will encourage and motivate the Somali people to reach for each other in times of crisis, and support the community group to help them receive the best public health services. As stated by Homan (206 p. 267), a thing that you may want to think is about people are not ask to participate, but giving them the opportunity to be part of something good and meaningful.

Reference:

Homan, M. (2016). Promoting community change: Making it happen in the real world (6th ed.), Boston, MA: Cengage Learning. ISBN: 9781305101944

BUS 310 Week 9 Assignment 4: Annual Review

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BUS 310 Week 9 Assignment 4: Annual Review

BUS 310 Week 9 Assignment 4: Annual Review

 

Imagine you work at a company and it is time for an employee named Jim’s annual review. While he was a model employee the first nine (9) months of the year, recently Jim has been coming in late. It has not been just a few minutes each day, either. It is starting to cause problems in the production line. In this assignment, write a one (1) page summary of your conversation with Jim. How will you address his recent performance issues while still praising him for his previous nine (9) months of good work? Your goal is to balance the negative and positive feedback so that Jim will leave motivated to do his best.

 

Write a one (1) page paper in which you:

 

  1. Explain how you will address Jim’s recent performance issues.
  2. Suggest both constructive and positive feedback designed so that Jim will leave motivated to do his best.
  3. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
    1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
    2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, your name, your professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Explain effective approaches to the broad spectrum of employee relations, including career development, fostering ethical behavior, discipline, labor relations, and dismissals.
  • Analyze various techniques, considerations, and designs of performance appraisal programs.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in human resource management.
  • Write clearly and concisely about human resource management using proper writing mechanics.

Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.

homework

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Your blog is an on line personal journal or diary.  It is a place to share your thoughts and feelings about significant topics based on The McGraw Hill Reader and on line sources.  Unlike a journal or discussion, a blog requires a visual presence.  Think of it as your own website. Some prompts will require visuals, photographs, or web links, but you are encouraged to use these in all your posts.  Be sure to familiarize yourself with the tools in the text box in order to take advantage of the full scope of the blog.  Each week there will be two prompts requiring your response. Responses may be posted in one blog entry or two, but each response should be clearly titled.  While blogging is more relaxed than formal essay writing, it requires a minimum word count (see individual instructions), good grammar, and correct spelling.  It also requires APA documentation of sources when quoting or citing from a website or using any on line source.  Remember, it’s your world and your blog!

 

Wk. 1 Blog: Family and Identity

Chapter Five asks: “How do we become who we are?”

Many factors affect who we are, and how we become who we are today.  As noted in our textbook by Muller (2014),

As much as our identities are shaped by powerful institutional forces like the family, what we are might be even more powerfully determined by the forces of sexuality and gender. Freud asserted that human behavior is rooted in sexuality, that gender (rather than family or school or social institution) is destiny. Clearly, notions of what it means to be a man or a woman have an impact on the construction of our identity. (p. 229)

Prompt #1.  For your first blog, consider a person, place or thing that had a major influence on you.  Find a photograph, graphic, or video that captures the feeling of that influence.  It might be an actual photograph, a music video, or an inspirational graphic or quotation.  Perhaps, you might browse social media like Pinterest or Instagram.  Post the photo or graphic along with 300 words sharing what that influence meant to you and its effect on your goals and dreams.

 

Prompt #2.  After reading Annie Dillard’s “An American Childhood” (pp. 241-246).  Then, write a short descriptive essay about someone you know very well, using several anecdotes or examples from that person’s life, so that by the end of the essay, the reader will have a mental picture of your subject’s personality, values and attitudes.  This could be someone in your biological family or someone else with whom you are or were close.  Minimum 300 words.

Requirements:

  • Respond to two prompts with a minimum 300 word each
  • Graphic, photo, or other visual required (Prompt #1)
  • Cite any sources used or quoted material.

E-mail using social media

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Week 9 Assignment 5: Email Using Social Media Scenario
Due Week 9 and worth 150 points

Your best friend has asked your help in securing a job where you work. You want to help your friend, but you know her social media sites have photos and other material that violate your company’s social media policy. You also know that the human resources department of your company always does a thorough search of social media sites of prospective hires. You need to write an email to your friend that explains which content needs to be deleted from her social media accounts and why. You need to discuss how refusal to delete the inappropriate photos and material might impact her ability to get the job. Your memo should clearly and specifically state the relevant rules from your company’s social media policy.

Create a one to two (1-2) paragraph memo in which you:

  1. Review your friend’s inappropriate social media content here.
  2. Review your company’s social media policy here.
  3. Create a one to two (1-2) paragraph email.
  4. Target the appropriate professional audience.
  5. Use appropriate language for professional audience.
  6. Use correct email formatting.
  7. Follow appropriate etiquette rules for electronic communication.
  8. Meet the 250-to-500-word minimum requirement.
  9. Use correct sentence mechanics, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.

Your assignment must follow these APA and other formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, single-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with 1-inch margins on all sides. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required length.
  • Include a “To” “From” and “Subject Line” to represent an email format.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Demonstrate understanding of the basic fundamentals of communication.
  • Develop and practice communication skills, including skills in verbal, nonverbal, listening, writing, interpersonal, perception, and critical thinking as appropriate for the audience.
  • Relate to the interpersonal and organizational dynamics that affect communication in organizations.
  • Analyze and assess effective communication.
  • Use correct sentence mechanics, grammar, spelling, punctuation, and style.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in communications.
  • Write clearly and concisely about communications using proper writing mechanics.

Assignment 2: LASA 1: Analyzing and Preventing Network Attacks

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Assignment 2: LASA 1: Analyzing and Preventing Network Attacks

Consider the following scenario:

You work for a large online retailer that specializes in selling fishing equipment. This company has the majority of the market share for online fishing equipment sales and receives thousands of hits on its website every day.

Recently, three disgruntled employees were dismissed from the company. Later, the company noticed that the company web servers were being overwhelmed with bogus connections and web requests during peak utilization hours. Management suspects that one or more of these employees may be initiating distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to disrupt company operations and sales.

As the senior network specialist, you have been asked to analyze these attacks, recommend methods to enhance security to prevent future attacks, and describe how enhanced authentication can increase security.

Tasks:

Part I: Create a 3-page report on the following aspects:

1.     Create an After-Action Report for management that describes how this type of attack could have occurred.

2.     Analyze and explain how using specific industry best practices can protect the company network.

3.     Determine and explain security measures, in detail, that you would recommend to enhance security.

4.     Include how cryptography and authentication can support security.

Part II: Overview to Management (approximately 3 pages)

In Part I of this assignment, you provided a background about how the DDoS attack occurred and also described how industry best practices could help prevent future attacks. Assume that the online retailer is using Internet Information Services (IIS) 7.5 on Windows Server 2008 R2.

1.     Create a memo to management recommending specific enhancements to improve security on the Windows Server 2008 web server.

a.     Describe the common vulnerabilities of IIS 7.5.

b.    Describe the countermeasures to DDoS using Window native technologies or services.

c.     Recommend security enhancements or software to lockdown the web server.

Your final report will be in a Microsoft Word document and be approximately 5–7 pages in length; utilize two scholarly sources in your research. Your paper should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Submission Details:

·         Save the document as M3_A2_Lastname_Firstname.doc.

·         submit your document to the M3 Assignment 2 LASA 1 Dropbox.

LASA 1 Grading Criteria and Rubric

All LASAs in this course will be graded using a rubric. This assignment is worth 200 points. Download the rubric and carefully read it to understand the expectations.

 

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria

Maximum Points

Created an After-Action Report to include how the attack occurred and explaining industry best practices to protect the network.

60

Created an After-Action Report to also include explanation of security measures and how cryptography and authentication can support security.

60

Created a memo to management recommending specific enhancements to improve security on the Windows Server 2008 web server.

36

Writing components:

·         Organization (12)

·         Usage and Mechanics (12)

·         APA Elements (16)

·         Style (4)

44

Total:

200