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• 1.–Find at least five (5) “real-life” arguments which could be rewritten as syllogisms.
• In a sentence or two, describe the argument.
• Rewrite each argument as a syllogism.
• Identify whether the argument contains logical errors or is an example of good syllogistic reasoning.

2.—-Discussion 2: “Nature or Nurture Debate.”

The “nature or nurture” argument is based on whether a person’s behavior is a result of heredity or his/her environment. Review the “Either/Or” fallacies in the Thinking textbook. Please respond to the following:

• State the main reason why you agree with either the “nature” position or with the “nurture” position.
• Evaluate your own stated reason: Is it supportable with verifiable evidence? Is it based on reason or opinion? Would the other side think that your stated reason adequately supports your position?
• Explain whether there are other theories besides nature and nurture that might explain the variability of human behavior.

myaccounginglab work, and you will have to download the ACL software to your computer.  I have instructions for how to download the software and the assignment that needs to be completed in 10 hours.  

I will send in private message my information for accountinglab log in.  

ASSIGNMENT

Requirements for Audit Software Project  and Analysis Assignment

Part 1  Complete two of the three ACL problems (80 points)

7-41 (Chapter 7).

14-35 (Chapter 14), or  

16-36 (Chapter 16) 

See Attachment A for instructions for downloading ACL software and Attachment B for Chapter 11 ACL problem

Part II = Complete one of the following four internet/researh problems

7-1: Use of Audit Software for Fraud   Detection and Data Quality Assurance,  11-1: Global Fraud Survey, 

14:1 – Point of Sales Systems Controls, or 

16-1 – Revenue Recognition

Read the Case: Culture Clashes Make Change Difficult at SAP in chapter 15 of your text book. Use the Argosy University online library and the internet for additional research. Imagine you are an HR consultant called in to advise the leadership at SAP. Prepare a 10-15 slide PowerPoint presentation to present your responses to the information below. Use the notes section in PowerPoint to clarify your points. Include a title slide and a reference slide in addition to the main slides. Use at least one chart or graph and at least one other visual aid within your presentation. Utilize at least three outside resources to compose your response. Your presentation should be professional and correctly address your target audience. 

• Provide an executive summary of the main points of the case. Identify and describe the various cultures and differences in those cultures within SAP’s changing environment and employee workforce.
• In your opinion, what aspects of the changes at SAP would be most difficult for the German employees? Why? Which would be most difficult for the SAP employees in other countries? Why?
• What HRM activities or functions were affected by the changes described in this case?
• Recommend at least 3 ideas or concepts the company can implement to help them overcome cultural barriers that are affecting its efforts to become more creative and agile.
• Propose at least three concrete HR solutions that would improve relations at SAP, resulting in less conflict. Support your proposal with outside research.

Use at least three resources in addition to your textbook to justify your responses. Apply current APA standards for writing style to your work.

Here is the Case:

CASE: CULTURE CLASHES MAKE CHANGE DIFFICULT AT SAP

Software giant SAP is based in Germany and is seeking to develop more efficient global operations. At the beginning of this decade, about two-thirds of its managers were German, and most key projects were led from its headquarters in Walldorf, Germany. The company’s leaders hoped SAP could become more agile and creative by bringing in a more diverse group of employees and sharing responsibility.

Unlike the more typical route to globalization by setting up sales offices and manufacturing facilities, SAP introduced change from the top down. The company made English its official language, even for meetings at headquarters. It hired foreign managers, making them half of the company’s top management. It placed product development under the leadership of Shai Agassi, based in Palo Alto, California. Agassi was charged with overseeing development groups in eight centers around the world.

One objective for the globalized SAP was to develop and implement software much faster. The process of creating a new program at SAP had been taking at least a year, as programmers in Walldorf carefully worked out each problem. The resulting programs were complex and difficult to install and didn’t work well with other companies’ products. At the same time, the Internet was making customers’ software more interconnected and increasing the pace of change. To keep up, SAP would have to change as well.

SAP hired programmers in India and China, as well as in Germany and the United States. German programmers focused on the coding associated with the software’s main tasks, American employees more often addressed programming that affects the user’s experience, and Indian programmers worked on updating and fixing the code in older programs. Some human resource functions were outsourced to Prague, in Eastern Europe.

The changes frightened many of the German employees, who worried they would lose their jobs and the company would lose its reputation for quality. Agassi assigned a group of 10 software developers to create 100 programs for analyzing data such as defects in parts. Their deadline: just 12 weeks. The developers first insisted the task was impossible, but when Agassi wouldn’t back down, they found a way to meet the deadline by writing a program that would write other programs. Still, they worried that working so fast would ultimately lead to problems with quality.

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Employees in Germany complained about the move away from “good, old German engineering” and the requirement that they speak English in meetings. They criticized the “Americanization of SAP.” Eventually, they rallied enough support to form a workers’ council, similar to a union, to help workers find other jobs at SAP when positions were moved to other countries. So far, though, the company has avoided layoffs at headquarters—in fact, it has hired programmers.

Personnel director Klaus Heinrich guided American executives in working with engineers in each country. For example, he urged them to manage German workers by making a good impression with hard work and quality. Managers learned to give German employees plenty of leeway and give Indian employees plenty of attention. Still, Agassi, the U.S.-based head of product development, resigned out of frustration with the level of conflict.