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Task 1: Read the questions below and SKIM the Chapter 3text to locate the answers.
1 . What is the text about? - you have 5 seconds! Use 4 or 5 words ONLY.
2. Text structure: Create the Content Table for Chapter 3:
3 . Highlight the sections in the Contents Table that are the most important and/or that you need to know more about.
Task 2: Detailed reading
1. Where can you find a sequential outline of the key ideas for Chapter 3? Copy that outline below:
2. What is the purpose of the first two paragraphs of Chapter 3?
3. In what section can you locate Skinner's modification of his trade-off model?
4. What is the limitation of/s of TQM, and where in Chapter 3 is this located?
Task 3: WRITING.
REVISION. Can you define the difference between a law, a theory and a strategy (e.g. Law of Variability, the Unified Service Theory and the Reduce Variation and Uncertainty strategy)? Think about the ‘Onion'
Task 3:Practising the same process for Chapter 4.
1. What is the text about? - you have 5 seconds! Use 4 or 5 words ONLY.
2.Note the structure of the text below. Highlight the sections that you think are most important.
3a. Locate the terms stated in the table within Chapter 4.
3b. Read the explanation of the terms, then close the Chapter. Now VERBALLY summarise two of the terms out loud.
3c. Write a summary of the term in the table below.
Task 4: Refer to the LEARNING OUTCOMES for Chapter 3 and Chapter 4. Grade how confident you are with each one (1 = very confident, 2 = unsure, 3 = don't know). Use this to help you think of questions for your next lecture/seminar and to focus your reading.
Task 5: CONSIDER how Chapters 3 and 4 relate to Chapters 1 and 2. E.g. similarities/differences/progression/links
Task 5b: Make notes on how Chapters 1, 2, 3 and 4relate to each other. Refer to task 4.1.3 in Chapter 4 to do this.
Attachment:- Academic Reading.rar