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What are some of the ways that the web is used for technical communications?

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When discussing technical and business communications, we generally think of memos, email, presentations, and the like. We do not always immediately think of using the World Wide Web, although it is a key component of technical communication in the twenty-first century. Why is the web so important to business (technical) communications today? What are some of the ways that the web is used for technical communications?

In responding to your peers, discuss how web communications are different from traditional forms of communication such as memos, letters, email, and presentations.

When discussing technical and business communications, we generally think of memos, email, presentations, and the like. We do not always immediately think of using the World Wide Web, although it is a key component of technical communication in the twenty-first century. Why is the web so important to business (technical) communications today? What are some of the ways that the web is used for technical communications?

In responding to your peers, discuss how web communications are different from traditional forms of communication such as memos, letters, email, and presentations.

These are all based on things covered in Zinn, chapters 1-2 (on D2L under Content) and the first 2 chapters of your Of the People textbook.

1) Reflect and respond to the following: Columbus planted the ideological seeds that came to characterize European colonization of the Americas: the quest for wealth and power was noble and courageous; white domination of the nonwhite races was natural and inevitable; and Christians were superior to non-Christians.

2) We are often led to believe that slavery was restricted to the southern colonies. What evidence can you find to indicate that slavery was an issue for all the colonies, not just those in the south? Why do you think the belief that slavery and all its problems was confined to the southern colonies and later to the southern states continues to have credence in contemporary society?

3) Describe 2 or 3 major developments in American Indian civilizations in Central and North America prior to 1500.

4) How did French, Dutch, and English colonialism in North America differ from Spanish colonialism in Central & South America?

Create a Microsoft® Excel® spreadsheet with the two variables from your learning team’s dataset.

Analyze the data with Microsoft® Excel® or other statistical tool(s), including:

Descriptive stats for each numeric variable
Histogram for each numeric variable
Bar chart for each attribute (non numeric) variable
Scatter plot if the data contains two numeric variables

Determine the appropriate descriptive statistics.

For normally distributed data use the mean and standard deviation.
For significantly skewed data use the median and interquartile range.

Use the Individual Methodology Findings Template to complete the descriptive statistics.

Use the Descriptive Statistics and Interpretation Example to develop an interpretation of the descriptive statistics.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Submit both the spreadsheet and the completed Individual Methodology Findings Template to the Assignment Files tab

The assignment will culminate in a 4-6 page issue paper in which you 1.) summarize the arguments made on your side of the debate in the reading found on D2L in your own words; 2.) summarize the arguments you have found in outside resources that defends the position you are taking in your own words; and 3.) give your assessment about the strengths and weaknesses of the arguments made by both the required reading and the readings you select as your two sources

Comparing Tactical and Strategic Decisions

During this simulation, you have been making tactical and strategic decisions. Keeping these in mind, address the following questions:

What are the differences and similarities between the tactical and strategic decisions you have made?
How often did you need to change your strategic decisions? How often did you change your tactical decisions?
What dangers does a company face if it focuses only on tactical decisions?

Also, review the overall process by which your team worked together over the course of the simulation and answer the following questions:

How did your decision-making process evolve over the sequence of decisions?
Why did you make the changes that you did in the decision-making process, or why did you not change?
Did your decision-making process result in better decisions as the simulation progressed, and why do you think it did or did not?

Your writing assignment is based on the film Crash (2004). All papers must be: three (3) pages; double-spaced; 12pt. font; number each page and include your first and last name; separate title page with your name, class and date; and have correct spelling and grammar. Please follow these guidelines as this will count toward your grade. Please answer the following questions in regards to this film.

Explain the sociological perspective in this film. (Sociological perspective focuses on how people are influenced by the world around them).
Which character made the most significant change? Was it positive or negative? Explain.
What are the social issues the characters are faced with throughout the film? ***This assignment is due on Wednesday February 10, 2016 at the start of your class. **LATE PAPERS WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.**

Currently, the dividend-payout ratio (D/E) for the aggregate market is 60 percent, the required return (k) is 11 percent, and the expected growth rate for dividends (g) is 5 percent.

a. Compute the current earnings multiplier.

b. You expect the D/E payout ratio to decline to 50 percent, but you assume there will be no other changes. What will be the P/E?

c. Starting with the initial conditions, you expect the dividend-payout ratio to be constant, the rate of inflation to increase by 3 percent, and the growth rate to increase by 2 percent. Compute the expected P/E.

d. Starting with the initial conditions, you expect the dividend-payout ratio to be constant, the rate of inflation to decline by 3 percent, and the growth rate to decline by 1 percent. Compute the expected P/E.

QUESTION 7

Given the three EPS estimates in Problem 6, you are also given the following estimates related to the market earnings multiple:

PESSIMISTIC CONSENSUS OPTIMISTIC

D/E 0.65 0.55 0.45

Nominal RFR 0.10 0.09 0.08

Risk Premium 0.05 0.04 0.03

ROE 0.11 0.13 0.015

a. Based on the three EPS and P/E estimates, compute the high, low, and consensus intrinsic market value for the S&P Industrials Index in 2013.

b. Assuming that the S&P Industrials Index at the beginning of the year was priced at 2,050, compute your estimated rate of return under the three scenarios from Part a. Assuming your required rate of return is equal to the consensus, how would you weight the S&P Industrials Index in your global portfolio?

QUESTION 8

You are analyzing the U.S. equity market based upon the S&P Industrials Index and using the present value of free cash flow to equity technique. Your inputs are as follows:

Beginning FCFE: $80

K = 0.90

Growth Rate

Year 1 – 3 9%

4 – 6 8%

7 and beyond 7%

a. Assuming that the current value for the S&P Industrials Index is 2,050, would you underweight, overweight, or market weight the U.S. equity market?

b. Assume that there is a 1 percent increase in the rate of inflation—what would be the market’s value, and how would you weight the U.S. market? State your assumptions.

CHAPER 13

QUESTION 4

Evaluate your industry in terms of the five factors that determine an industry’s intensity of competition. Based on this analysis, what are your expectations about the industry’s profitability in the short run (1 or 2 years) and the long run (5 to 10 years)?

QUESTION 5

Using Standard and Poor’s Analysts’ Handbook or another source, plot the latest 10-year history of the operating profit margin for the S&P Industrials Index or another aggregate market series versus an industry of your choice. Is there a positive, negative, or zero correlation?

QUESTION 7

Prepare a table listing the variables that influence the earnings multiplier for your chosen industry and the market index series for the most recent 10 years.

a. Do the average dividend-payout ratios for your industry and the market index differ? How should the dividend payout influence the difference between the multipliers?

b. Based on the fundamental factors, would you expect the risk for this industry to differ from that for the market? In what direction, and why? Calculate the industry beta using monthly data for five years. Based on the fundamental factors and the computed systematic risk, how does this industry’s risk compare to the market? What effect will this difference in risk have on the industry multiplier relative to the market multiplier?

c. Analyze and discuss the different components of growth (retention rate, total asset turnover, total assets/equity, and profit margin) for your chosen industry and a market index during the most recent 10 years. Based on this analysis, how would you expect the growth rate for your industry to compare with the growth rate for the market index? How would this difference in expected growth affect the multiplier

Read the article by Schafer (2011) and discuss an ethical dilemma that you are aware of. Describe how it was an ethical trap and how it could be avoided. Be cautious to avoid using names. Refer to terms as used in the textbook.

Guided Response

DISCUSSION 2 –

Consider: What Is Your Ethical Style?

In the Gonzalez-Padron (2015), Chapter 5, read the paragraph on distributive justice and the block on pages on Consider: What Is Your Ethical Style? in section 5.1 of the text.

What other ethical traditions contributed to the decision to eliminate tobacco sales? All three types of ethical philosophies could guide CVS management in making the right decision. See Consider: What Is Your Ethical Style? in Chapter 5 of the textbook to discover which ethical tradition is most dominant for you or your coworkers. In addition to ethical philosophies, other individual factors may influence ethical decision making, possibly impeding the company from taking bold and courageous actions reflective of a responsible business (Gonzalez-Padron, 2015, 5.1, para 25).

In your post, answer the question:

What other ethical traditions contributed to the decision to eliminate tobacco sales?

In addition, answer the questions in Consider: What Is Your Ethical Style? in section 5.1 of the text. Share your results and thoughts on this topic

At the end of this course, you will complete a final project that will assess your understanding and comprehension of systems development. The minimum written requirement is five pages and may extend beyond the five pages due to the size of the drawings.

Scenario:

The Cycle Stationary Unit (CSU) is a company that sells stationary cycles to fitness centers, rehabilitation centers, and home consumers. CSU is a multi-million dollar business that employs 1,000 employees for the building, selling, packaging, and shipping of their products to consumers. You are a systems analyst, and management has tasked you to create a new point of sale (POS) system for CSU.

You must complete the following requirements for this final project:

1. Describe briefly the five steps of the systems development life cycle.

2. Differentiate between agile, JAD, and RAD methodologies. Which will you use for the development, and why? Would you use a prototype method?

3. Summarize the six steps of the preliminary investigation and the project triangle.

4. Explain what a data flow diagram (DFD) is. Illustrate by drawing a DFD of a context diagram point of sale (POS) system using the Gane and Sarson symbols and a diagram 0 DFD.

5. Discuss what object-oriented development is, and draw an object model of the point of sale system. Remember you must have an object model, attributes, and methods in the object model. Also, draw a use case modeling UML (Unified Modeling Language) for the POS.

6. Describe the seven basic principles for developing user interface design. Draw a simple entity relationship diagram (ERD) for the POS.

7. Summarize the last step of the SDLC of systems support and security. Why is this so important to the Cycle Stationary Unit (CSU) organization?

8. Explain what global, national, or local industry needs could affect the POS system