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Gifted children are those who display extremely high cognitive and academic achievement skills. Special Education is often viewed as services for children who struggle or fall behind. Gifted children also receive special education services (e.g. an Individual Education Plan) much in the same way in which children with cognitive deficits and learning disabilities do. Please visit the link below and answer then answer the following questions:

Based on your reading, what means do school districts use to help identify gifted children?
What (if any) special education services do you think are available to gifted children?
In your opinion, should gifted children receive special education services? Why? Why Not?

For this essay you should write about your name. You may choose to write about any part of your name, your full name, or even a nickname. Through your writting of this essay, i want you to discover (if you haven’t already thought about thins) the importance of your name – the importance of your name to you. You may love your name or hate your name (or somewhere in between), but names are one of the most personal things about us, and discovering why we feel as we do about our names is discovering more about ourselves.

Some questions to consider as you are writing this essay:

1. Why are you called what you’re called? (Do you go by your given first name? middle name? nickname? just a last name?)

Answe: i go by my full name and it is Meshal Al-anazi. but in America i usually go by my last name because my first name may be deficult for some native americans.

2. Are you called different names in different situations? Why?

Answer: No.

3. How does this name fit you? What does it say about you?

Answer: My name in my native language which is arabic, it fits me perfectlly. my name means fire or something bright. And this is why i am an ambitious and positive person.

4. Has your name helped create the person you are? How so?

Answer: Yes it helped create the person i am as i said before my name means something bright and i am alwayes positive toward anything i do in my life.

Requirements:

1. The essay should be at least 600 words, maximum 900 words.

2. The essay should be in MLA format, double spaced, 12 font.

3. There is no need for sources for this essa

Choose a goddess found in any culture in any region of the world. Explain her place in the culture, her areas of concern, and any other important information about her. Either briefly describe how she interacts with humans or share an important story about her interaction with humans. Then, find three comparable versions of that goddess. These versions can be from other myths, cultures, or even modern appropriations of the goddess for corporate or other non-mythic purposes. For each of these three versions: (1) explain the function of the goddess; and, (2) briefly compare each of the three versions to the original.

For example, you might choose Aphrodite as your main goddess and explain her role in Greek myth and culture. You would summarize two or three myths that illustrate her primary functions. You might then select Venus, Inanna and Devi, explaining their roles among the Romans, Sumerians and Hindus respectively. You would then illustrate how the four goddesses are alike and how they differ.

ou are the director of an organization and you are tasked with training your management team on creative problem solving, leadership, and employee motivation.

Create three bullet-point handouts to distribute during your training session. The handouts must address the following topics:

Creative problem solving: Describe approaches to creative problem solving and ways to encourage creative problem solving among employees.
Employee motivation: Identify ways to generate motivation during times of organizational change.
Leadership: Identify the role of the leadership in the innovative culture of an organization.

Note. Each handout must contain at least five main points or topics and must not be more than one page in length. There are no stipulations on how to format the handouts. Be creative with fonts, styles, and formatting. If you include images, keep the images small to limit the size of your document. Cite your images and references according to APA standards. Submit your handouts as one Microsoft® Word attachment

ou are the director of an organization and you are tasked with training your management team on creative problem solving, leadership, and employee motivation.

Create three bullet-point handouts to distribute during your training session. The handouts must address the following topics:

Creative problem solving: Describe approaches to creative problem solving and ways to encourage creative problem solving among employees.
Employee motivation: Identify ways to generate motivation during times of organizational change.
Leadership: Identify the role of the leadership in the innovative culture of an organization.

Note. Each handout must contain at least five main points or topics and must not be more than one page in length. There are no stipulations on how to format the handouts. Be creative with fonts, styles, and formatting. If you include images, keep the images small to limit the size of your document. Cite your images and references according to APA standards. Submit your handouts as one Microsoft® Word attachment

You have just been named marketing manager of a major franchise. Your job will be to perform the daily tasks of a marketing manager.

Select one of the franchise companies below for which you would like to be Marketing Manager.

Edible Arrangements® – Edible fruit baskets – Creates fresh fruit arrangements and gourmet chocolate dipped fruit to order.

Cartridge World® – Cartridge Company – carries a complete line of both inkjet and toner printer cartridges. Offers both remanufactured and Original Brand (OEM) ink and toner cartridges for nearly all brands of printers, copiers, fax and postage machines.

Liberty Tax Service® – Taxes – provides tax service to both consumers and businesses.

Assumptions

The plan is to aggressively go after the consumer and business market creating dual revenue streams. Your marketing strategy, research marketing mix, and customer relationship marketing will be different for both groups.

In this scenario, you will be responsible for the following:

Develop a marketing research plan for a product.

In addition you will be conducting the following tasks:

Illustrate the research process
Use secondary data sources
Develop a primary data plan
Predict market potential and forecasting

See Rubric below for Assignment details.

Assignment: The Market Research Plan

Scenario:

Your top franchisee owns several franchises in New York, NY. Over the last three years, sales and market share have declined 5% each year in the consumer segment and business segment. As the marketing manager for the franchise, you have decided to fly to New York and develop a market research plan to understand the problem.

Write a brief paragraph that answers the following questions. (This should not be in Question/Answer Format).

 Suppose that the franchisor was considering bringing a new kind of product or service to its stores. What kind of research would it need to do in order to have some confidence that the new product would sell well?

Then create a market research plan:

 Next, using the market research process in the diagram below, develop a market research plan that will provide a better understanding and solution to the problem.

Address each step in detail.

Reference

Winer, R. S. & Dhar, R. (2011). Marketing management (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall

[MT450: Marketing Management]

 Please make sure you include primary and secondary sources in your market research plan. See the diagram below.

Reference

Winer, R. S. & Dhar, R. (2011). Marketing management (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall

 Predict market potential and other than forecasting sales, discuss other uses for forecasting methods.

You will provide a 3–5 page (using APA format and citation style) market research plan paper with at least Five supporting references. You should include at least one illustration which can be included in the body of your paper or appendix.

Submit to the Unit 3 Assignment Dropbox. Unit 3 Assignment Grading Rubric

40

Possible Points

Specific Paper Objectives: Assignment Checklist (80%):

Illustrate the research process- Develop research plan using all 10 steps

8

Use secondary data resources

8

Develop a primary data plan

8

Predict market potential and forecasting

Total of 6 questioning in accounting due by tomorrow morning. Minimum 100 word count. Questions are not related so answers should be separate with the correlating question number on top. References are required.

Q1

Go to www.cfo.com or another financial website and find financial strategies that may be useful for your company and the company that you are acquiring. Go to www.irs.gov or another tax resource website. What tax strategies are available to your company and the company that you are acquiring? Let’s divide our postings so that we’ve made some postings on the financial strategies and some on tax strategies.

Q2

Chapter 17 of the text discusses sources of financing including spontaneous and discretionary sources. Let’s discuss these sources of financing and provide examples of each.

Q3

SOX granted the PCAOB investigative and disciplinary power over auditors of public companies. During the course of conducting inspections of auditing firms, the PCAOB may become aware of certain behaviors or other matters that may lead to an investigation. Such was the case when the PCAOB contacted Goldstein and Morris to inform the firm that it would begin an inspection in November 2004. Shortly after being notified of the impending inspection, the firm’s managing partner, along with two other partners, determined to conceal certain information from the PCAOB.

Visit the PCAOB’s website to learn about the disciplinary proceedings against the firm and the partners involved in this case, and then answer the following questions. You should read two sets of proceedings, one related to the firm of Goldstein and Morris CPAs, P.C., and the other related to Goldberger and Postelnik.

What specific client-related matters prompted Goldstein and Morris’s decision to conceal certain information from the PCAOB?

What sanctions were imposed on the firm, the managing partner, and the two other partners involved in the investigation? Were these sanctions fair?

Q4

The AICPA and State Boards of Accountancy are working together to enforce the rules cited in the AICPA Code of Conduct.

Describe some of the methods used by the AICPA and State Boards of Accountancy to enforce the rules of conduct.

Q5

SAS No. 99 requires auditors to conduct a brainstorming session to discuss the potential for fraud and how the auditor might respond to the risk of fraud. The standard does not provide a great deal of guidance on how this brainstorming session should take place. Read “A Primer for Brainstorming Fraud Risks” http://www.journalofaccountancy.com/Issues/2003/Dec/APrimerForBrainstormingFraudRisks by Mark Beasley and Greg Jenkins, published in the December 2003 issue of Journal of Accountancy.

After you read the article, answer the following questions.

What are three common pitfalls that should be avoided during brainstorming sessions? How can these problems be avoided?

What are three important techniques to improve the effectiveness of a brainstorming session?

Q6

Can anyone tell us how many fraud brainstorming sessions the auditors should have, or what are the factors determine the number of sessions. Response should be 100 words minimum

Scenario: A 40-year-old woman was recently diagnosed with Stage II breast cancer and had a right side mastectomy this morning and is grieving the loss of her femininity. She has a 13-year-old daughter who becomes over involved in her school activities and wants to get all A’s on her next report card, a 12-year-old son who refuses to talk about his mother’s condition and a husband who starts attending daily religious offerings.

Create a discussion post using the information in the scenario and the information that was read in the assignments, apply it to the scenario, and identify:

• Name and explain which defense mechanism each of the four (4) family members using to deal with the stress the family is facing?
• Include information about each family member’s stage of growth and development when formulating your responses: How does the RN determine if the defense mechanisms are helpful or harmful.
• Using nursing judgment develop a 3 part nursing diagnosis statement for each family member which includes one NANDA-I diagnosis, an etiology and the defining characteristics (nursing diagnosis + related to + as evidence by).
• Identify the data cluster (grouping of significant data that points to the existence of a patient health problem) used to select the nursing diagnosis.
• One (1) assessment to validate each the nursing diagnosis
• One (1) outcome statement for each (realistic, measureable and contains a time frame).
• Suggest four (4) active, single and discreet interventions, one (1) for each family member, to aid in their adaptation to the situation. Provide an evidence based rationale to support each intervention.
• Identify how you would communicate this information to the health care team to coordinate care.
• APA style , no more than a page just the basic information, and 2 reffrences within 5 yrs old ..

Students will be assigned a case study that they will read and apply a decision making process to make a decision. The case study can be found under week 4 content area.

The purpose of this assignment is for students to demonstrate they understand that decision making is a process that can be used to make better decisions.

Required Elements to include in the Short Case Study:

Using the Five point decision making process developed in class make the decision for Alex. In review, the five step process includes: 1) Frame the Decision Statement 2) Determine the Objectives desired by Alex from the solution 3) Suggest alternatives that cover as many of the desired objectives of Alex as possible and evaluate them in terms of long term and short term consequences 4) Weight objectives and evaluate the final alternatives and make a decision (revisit steps 1 and 2 to make sure you are evaluating for the correct decision statement) 5) Review the decision against its implementation.

Explain each step of the process using the class reading material and then apply it to the fact pattern. You are Alex and you are making the decision. Show specifically how you go about making the decision. Be sure to tell how and what factors you used in drawing your conclusions. It is the process and how you apply it that is most important in this paper, not whether you come up with the “right” solution. Again, you must explain each step of the process as you go along.

Make sure to apply the concepts of critical thinking, bias, stakeholders, and risk and uncertainty in your explanation.

Required Formatting of Short Case Study:

This report should be double spaced, in narrative format, 12-point font, and three to four pages in length excluding the title page and reference page;
Title page with your name, the course name, the date, and instructor’s name.
Include a reference page;
Use headings;
Write in the third person;”
Use APA formatting for in-text citations and reference page. You are expected to paraphrase and not use quotes. Deductions will be taken when quotes are used and found to be unnecessary;
Submit the paper in the Assignment Folder

Final Project Scenario

You are an economist for the Vanda-Laye Corporation, which produces and distributes outdoor cooking supplies. The company has come under new ownership and management and will be undergoing changes in its product lines and operating structure. As an economist, your responsibilities include examining the market factors that affect success or failure of a product, including the supply and demand for the product, market conditions, and the behavior of competitors with similar products.

The new management has identified several possible investments for the coming year. It has asked you and your team to evaluate the possibilities and make a recommendation to the board of directors. Jorge has identified two mutually exclusive opportunities (Investment A) and two independent opportunities (Investment B) and assigned you the task of making a recommendation on the investments.

Investment A

Your company would like to increase its product lines. Two alternatives are available, a new line of outdoor smokers and a new line of outdoor grills. The two lines are mutually exclusive, meaning that only one of these investment alternatives can be selected. The projected cash flows and their respective probabilities for each alternative are given in the table. There are three possible levels of demand and their corresponding probabilities, which depend on the state of the economy.

Click here to download the table for Investment A.

The two alternatives carry equal risk and should be evaluated at the company’s cost of capital. The cost for the new smoker line will be $7,000,000. Also, the company has been guaranteed a buyer for the new line at the end of the fifth year. The buyer has agreed to purchase the new line for $7,900,000. The outdoor grill alternative will cost $3,987,000 and also has a guaranteed buyer, who has agreed to pay $4,000,000 at the end of the fifth year.

Investment B

Investment B involves two independent investment opportunities. The decisions on these two investment alternatives are also independent of Investment A. Investment B-1 involves a new packaging machine, which will eliminate the need for a local firm for packaging Vanda-Laye’s products. The cost of this machine will be $24,000, and the expected revenues from this opportunity are given in the table and are considered to be of average risk. Investment B-2 is the purchase of a new computer system that will allow the company to sell its products on the Internet worldwide. The cost of this new system will be $29,000, with the expected cash flows after taxes given in the table.

Click here to download the table for Investment B.

Jorge has asked you to provide detailed responses to the following:

Management of Vanda-Laye has determined that the capital structure of the company will involve 30% debt and 70% common equity. This structure will be used to finance all investments by the company. Currently, the company can sell new bonds at par, with a coupon rate of 7%. Any new common stock can be sold for $45, with a required return (or cost) of 15.57%. Using Microsoft Excel, calculate the company’s cost of capital to be used in the evaluation of possible investment projects.
For Investment A:
Using Microsoft Excel, create a decision tree. Indicate the various levels of demand and their respective probabilities. Also, include the calculations for the expected cash flows.
Calculate the expected NPV for each alternative. Explain the decision rules for making a selection between the two alternatives on the basis of the expected NPV.
Assuming the two alternatives are mutually exclusive, specify which alternative you would recommend to the company. Explain why.
If the two alternatives were independent of each other, specify which project you would select. Would you accept both projects if funding were available for both? Explain your answer.
For Investment B:
Using Microsoft Excel, calculate the NPV for each alternative.
Using the decision-making criteria for the NPV, specify which alternative you would select if the two alternatives were mutually exclusive. Explain your answer.
Given that the two alternatives are independent of each other, specify which investment you would select, if not both. Explain your answer.
Using Microsoft Excel, calculate the IRR for each investment.
Using the decision-making criteria for the IRR, specify which alternative you would prefer. Explain your answer.
If funding were available, specify whether you would select both investments. Why or why not?
Calculate the profitability index (PI) for the two investments. Which project is preferred?
Determine whether there is a ranking conflict present in terms of the IRR and the NPV. Explain your answer. If a conflict does exist, explain how you would resolve the situation.

Submission Details:

Compile a report including all your responses from Weeks 1, 3, and 5. Make sure your report reads as one report rather than three reports pasted together. Complete all revisions suggested by your instructor in previous weeks. Make sure all responses are complete and accurate, supported by references and documented examples. The report should be 10–15 pages in length and include an executive summary.
Name the spreadsheet as SU_MBA5004_W5_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.xls and your Microsoft Word document as SU_MBA5004_W5_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.
By Tuesday, September 8, 2015, submit these documents to the W5 Assignment 2 Dropbox.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Constructed a decision tree for Investment A on the basis of the company’s calculated cost of capital.
40
Justified the results thoroughly using the calculations for the expected cash flows and the expected NPV for Investment A.
40
Justified your recommendation for the two mutually exclusive projects for Investment A, with an explanation of the decision rules for the NPV.
40
Calculated the NPV, IRR, and PI for the two projects under Investment B.
30
Under Investment B, evaluated which project would be preferred under each method, with thorough explanations for the decisions, indicating whether a ranking conflict existed.
30
Justified which project would be selected if the projects were mutually exclusive for Investment B.
30
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner. Utilized the appropriate type and number of scholarly sources for graduate-level work. Demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources. Displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.