DQ 1, WK 5
In what ways do you see supervision from a superior as being helpful in your growth as a health service provider?
DQ 2, WK 5
Why is it important to be knowledgeable in the different therapeutic approaches? What theoretical approach do you feel the most comfortable with and why?
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Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.
Key Assignment
You have just been hired to the ABC company as its new vice president of strategic planning. The corporation is a conglomerate with divisions in the auto industry, pharmaceutical industry, home movie rental industry, and mass merchandiser industry. The corporation has seen lackluster performance in recent years because its competitors seem to have a more effective strategy, and, at the same time, business and economic conditions have changed appreciably from what they were 5 years earlier.
Given the multibillion dollar size of the corporation and the fact that it is a conglomerate with a very diverse portfolio of companies in varying industries, the CEO whom you report to has already given you permission to hire a staff of recent MBAs to assist your efforts. You recently completed the interviewing and hired four people with minimal real business experience.
In coming months, you and your team will be creating a completely new—and, presumably, more effective—strategic plan. You plan to begin by holding a kick-off meeting with your team.
Part 1
Deliverable Length: 1,200–1,500 words
To feel confident that all of the employees in your strategic planning team understand all that you have taught them, you require each to prepare a streamlined version of the key elements of a company’s strategic plan. You require each employee to prepare the following sections of a strategic plan for any one of the corporation’s four divisions. You intentionally gave them no information about any of the divisions and suggest that they pick a current leading competitor in that field, and are to assume they are in that company as they write the following parts of a strategic plan:
Mission statement (simply copying an existing real company’s mission is unacceptable)
Industry analysis
SWOT analysis
2 perceptual maps
Choose any 2 pairs of criteria that you think are important to plot.
Explain why you picked those 2 pairs of criteria.
The 4 corporate industries that each employee can pick from are the following:
Auto industry
Pharmaceutical industry
Mass merchandiser industry
Home movie rental industry
Please submit your assignment.
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[order_calculator]Let us take as a given that x is normally distributed with a mean of 8.5 and a standard deviation of 2, what is P(x = 6)? Note: Round your answer, if necessary, to two places after the decimal. Please express your answer with two places after the decimal
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[order_calculator]AJS 552 Week 2 Policing in Kelsey Budget Report
Resources: Review the City of Kelsey under the Government tab of the Virtual Organization site. Access the public records of Kelsey under the City Government to familiarize yourself with the city’s budget and financial report.
Review the following scenario:
You work as a budget director for the mayor of Kelsey and recently you have been getting numerous complaints from citizens about the increase in crime in the City of Kelsey and public demands for more police officers. The population of Kelsey has grown, creating increases in crime.
The mayor has communicated to you as the budget director that this past year is the highest increase in crime in the city’s history. The federal government has reduced the federal pass-through money for the state, and the budgeting group needs to revamp the budget for the coming year. In addition to the limited budget, there has been a recent budgetary reform at the federal level, which has put additional pressure on local police agencies to use the federal money before it expires. The state Chief’s of Police Association is lobbying the state for a 15% public safety tax for a temporary 3-year period in order to make up the deficit. The state legislature and local governments are wary of adding any additional new taxes on citizens. In addition, the state’s Sierra Club organization is putting pressure on state and local government to hire less police officers, build more prisons, and develop the state’s infrastructure.
The mayor has pointed out that the likelihood of getting any increase in tax money from the state is slim. The mayor has called a meeting with your budget staff, the Chief of Police and staff to address the following issues and come up with a solution that is politically feasible. In the meeting, the mayor reminds them that if he or she is not re-elected the new incumbent will replace their jobs.
Create a 1,400-1,750- word report in which you, as the budget officer, which details the following:
How the changes affect the fiscal cycle of your budgeting.
How the preparation, execution, and evaluation of the budgeting cycle would change.
Your budgeting approach based on the changes and the reasons.
Differences of the chosen budgeting approach from those not used.
A plan to address the crime issue.
Summary of the cost-benefit analysis of your plan.
Format your paper according to APA standards.
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[order_calculator]Regulation and the Greater Good
After viewing The Crisis of Credit Visualized video, respond to each of the following:
1. How could government regulations have prevented or mitigated the credit crisis of 2008?
2. Discuss whether too much governmental regulation of business or too little governmental regulation of business presents the greater danger to:
a. the greater good
b. business
Guided Response:
Respond to at least two of your fellow students’ posts in a substantive manner. Some ways to do this include the following, though you may choose a different approach, providing your response is substantive:
Agree or disagree with other students’ positions. Defend your position by using information from the week’s readings.
ALL REFERENCES INCLUDED! A++ work!
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[order_calculator]Week Five Discussion Questions
Remember your response should be between 200 – 300 words. Use the “Quote Original” feature each time you reply to a post. Use appropriate citations when quoting other sources, including your classmates.
DQ 1
Ch. 11 of Fundamentals of Human Resource Management discusses three classifications of rewards. They are intrinsic versus extrinsic rewards, financial versus nonfinancial rewards, and performance-based versus membership based rewards. What are the strengths and weaknesses associated with each type of reward? Which type of reward is most successful in the business environment and why?
DQ 2
Refer to Question WK5 DQ 2 posted in your Learning Team Forum
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Week 8 DQ 1
· Person-centered thinking places people and their capabilities, interests, and gifts before their diagnoses or treatments. For example, a child diagnosed with cerebral palsy would not be called “the child in the wheelchair” but instead would be recognized by the same traits that any other child might be: “Tommy likes trains and always remembers everyone’s birthday.” Could this practice of person-centered thinking be beneficial to other areas of diversity as well? Why?
Week 8 DQ 2
· Ageism refers to prejudice and prejudicial treatment against people older than a certain age (usually in the mid-50s). What do you think is the most common expression of ageism?
Week 8 DQ 3
· Inclusion is a term used in the disability community that promotes the participation and acceptance of people with disabilities in communities and events without restrictions or limitations. Do you think this is something that should be encouraged? Why or why not?
Week 8 DQ 4
· If a person in a wheelchair is in a building that has high accessibility, does he or she still have a disability? In other words, does disability only exist in spaces where a person is not able to function or move around like a typically functioning person?
Week 8 DQ 5
· Do you feel the changes brought about by ADA were adequate? Why or why not?
Week 8 DQ 6
· In U.S. society, the elderly tend to be less and less visible in mainstream activities, in organizations, and in the workplace. One theory assigns this to ageism. Do you think that is the best explanation for this phenomenon? If yes, why do you think so? If not, what do you think is the best alternative explanation?
Week 8 DQ 7
· How do you feel about the way U.S. society treats the elderly?
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[order_calculator]Course Project B
Clark Paints: The Production Department has been investigating possible ways to trim total production costs. One possibility currently being examined is to make the paint cans instead of purchasing them. The equipment needed would cost $200,000, with a disposal value of $40,000, and it would be able to produce 5,500,000 cans over the life of the machinery. The Production Department estimates that approximately 1,100,000 cans would be needed for each of the next five years.
The company would hire three new employees. These three individuals would be full-time employees, working 2,000 hours per year and earning $12.00 per hour. They would also receive the same benefits as other production employees, 18% of wages, in addition to $2,500 of health benefits.
It is estimated that the raw materials will cost 25¢ per can and that other variable costs would be 5¢ per can. Since there is currently unused space in the factory, no additional fixed costs would be incurred if this proposal is accepted.
It is expected that cans would cost 45¢ each if purchased from the current supplier. The company’s minimum rate of return (hurdle rate) has been determined to be 12% for all new projects, and the current tax rate of 35% is anticipated to remain unchanged. The pricing for a gallon of paint, as well as the number of units sold, will not be affected by this decision. The unit-of-production depreciation method would be used if the new equipment is purchased.
Required:
1. Based on the above information and using Excel, calculate the following items for this proposed equipment purchase:
Annual cash flows over the expected life of the equipment;
Payback period;
Annual rate of return;
Net present value; and
Internal rate of return.
2. Would you recommend the acceptance of this proposal? Why or why not? Prepare a short, double-spaced Word paper elaborating and supporting your answer.
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[order_calculator]Week 1: The Database User View – i Lab
iLab 1: SQL Queries Using Access
NOTE: Access 2010 is required for this project. Please ensure you can run Access
i L A B O V E R V I E W
Scenario and Summary
This week, you will learn to create and run SQL SELECT queries in the Access database. You will need to
download the Lab_1_SQL.accdb database from Doc Sharing and be able to run Access 2010, either through Citrix or installed on your workstation or laptop.
Deliverables
Rename the Lab_1_SQL.accdb database using your first initial, last name, and assignment number as the file name (e.g., JSmith1.accdb). Create and save your SQL queries in your database. When you are done, submit
i L A B S T E P S
STEP 1
• Download the Lab_1_SQL.accdb database from Doc Sharing.
• Rename the Lab_1_SQL.accdb database with the following naming convention: Lab1_FirstinitialLastname as the file name (e.g., Lab1_JSmith.accdb).
STEP 2
Using the data in the Student table in the database, create a SQL query to satisfy each of the tasks below.
Save each SQL query using the name associated with the task in the table below.
Name Task
Query1 Write a SQL statement to display Students’ First and Last Name.
Query2
Write a SQL statement to display the Major of students with no duplications.
Do not display student names.
Query3
Write a SQL statement to display the First and Last Name of students who live
in the Zip code 88888.
Query4
Write a SQL statement to display the First and Last Name of students who live
in the Zip code 88888 and have the major of Biology.
Query5
Write a SQL statement to display the First and Last Name of students who live
in the Zip code 88888 or 88808. Do not use IN.
Query6
Write a SQL statement to display the First and Last Name of students who
have the major of Biology or Math. Use the SQL command IN.
Query7
Write a SQL statement to display the First and Last Name of students who
have the Status greater than 1 and less than 10. Use the SQL command
BETWEEN.
Query8
Write a SQL statement to display the First and Last Name of students who
have a last name that starts with an S.
Query9
Write a SQL statement to display the First and Last Name of students having
an a in the second position in their first names.
Query10
Write a SQL expression to display the Status and a sum of the Status of each
Status value as SumOfStatus. Group by Status and display the results in
descending order of SumOfStatus.
STEP 3
Upload the following files to the Week 1: Course Project Dropbox.
Lab1_FirstInitialLastName.accdb
Submit your assignment to the Dropbox located on the silver tab at the top
of this page.
(See Syllabus “Due Dates for Assignments & Exams” for due dates.)
Rubrics
Queries that are correct will be awarded the number of points shown below:
6 points: Query 1
7 points: Query 2 – Query 5
8 points: Query 6 – Query 9
9 points: Query 10
The following rubrics will be used for incorrect queries:
0 points: Query was not turned in with the assignment.
-5 points: Query would not run.
-4 points: Query runs but is incorrect because query required a Where clause to meet requirements which was not included.
-3 points: Query runs but is incorrect because Where clause contained errors, gives popup for user input, or only meets partial requirements.
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[order_calculator]BU330 Accounting for Managers
Directions: Be sure to make an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English spelling and grammar. Sources must be cited in APA format. Your response should be a minimum of one (1) single-spaced page to a maximum of two (2) pages in length; refer to the “Assignment Format” page for specific format requirements.
Return on Investment and Residual Income
Portia Carter is the president of a company that owns six multiplex movie theaters. Carter has delegated decision-making authority to the theater managers for all decisions except those relating to capital expenditures and film selection. The theater managers’ compensation depends on the profitability of their theaters. Max Burgman, the manager of the Park Theater, had the following master budget and actual results for the month.
Master Actual
Budget Results
Tickets sold 120,000 480,000
Revenue–tickets $ 840,000 $ 880,000
Revenue–concessions 480,000 330,000
Total revenue $1,320,000 $1,210,000
Controllable variable costs
Concessions 120,000 99,000
Direct labor 420,000 330,000
Variable overhead 540,000 550,000
Contribution margin $ 240,000 $ 231,000
Controllable fixed costs
Rent 55,000 55,000
Other administrative expenses 45,000 50,000
Theater operating income $ 140,000 $ 126,000
1. Assuming that the theaters are profit centers, prepare a performance report for the Park Theater using the chart below. Include a flexible budget. Determine the variances between actual results, the flexible budget, and the master budget. (25 points)
Actual Flexible Master
Results Variance Budget Variance Budget
Tickets sold 110,000 ( ) 120,000
Revenue–tickets $ 880,000 ( ) ( ) $ 840,000
Revenue–concessions 330,000 ( ) ( ) 480,000
Total revenue $1,210,000 ( ) $1,320,000
Controllable variable costs
Concessions 99,000 ( ) ( ) 120,000
Direct labor 330,000 ( ) ( ) 420,000
Variable overhead 550,000 ( ) ( ) 540,000
Contribution margin $ 231,000 ( ) ( ) $ 240,000
Controllable fixed costs
Rent 55,000 55,000
Other administrative expenses 50,000 ( ) 45,000
Theater operating income $ 126,000 ( ) ( ) $ 140,000
2. Evaluate Burgman’s performance as a manager. (25 points)
3. Assume that the managers are assigned responsibility for capital expenditures and that the theaters are thus investment centers. Park Theater is expected to generate a desired ROI of at least 6 percent on average invested assets of $2,000,000.
a. Compute the theater’s return on investment and residual income using the chart below. (25 points)
Actual Flexible Master
ROI ÷ ÷ ÷
= 0.00% = 0.00% = 0.00%
Residual income – ( 0% x ) – ( 0% x ) – ( 0% x )
= = =
b. Using the ROI and residual income, evaluate Burgman’s performance as a manager. (25 points)
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