Category: Essays

Select a publicly traded corporation for which you would like to work or are currently working.

Research the corporation on its own Website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University’s online databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:

Determine the impact of the company’s mission, vision, and primary stakeholders on its overall success.
Analyze the five (5) forces of competition to determine how they impact the company.
Create a SWOT analysis for the company to determine its major strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats.
Based on the SWOT analysis, outline a strategy for the company to capitalize on its strengths and opportunities, and minimize its weaknesses and threats.
Discuss the various levels and types of strategies the firm may use to maximize its competitiveness and profitability.
Outline a communications plan the company could use to make the strategies you recommend above known to all stakeholders.
Select two (2) corporate governance mechanisms used by this corporation and evaluate how effective they are at controlling managerial actions.
Evaluate the effectiveness of leadership within this corporation and make at least one (1) recommendation for improvement.
Assess efforts by this corporation to be a responsible (ethical) corporate citizen and determine the impact these efforts (or lack thereof) have on the company’s bottom line. Provide specific examples to support your response.
Use at least five (5) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Determine ways in which the vision, mission, and stakeholders of a firm impact that firm’s overall success.
Identify how the six segments of the general environment affect an industry and its firms.
Identify the five forces of competition.
Analyze the external environment for opportunities and threats that impact the firm.
Analyze the internal environment of a company for strengths and weaknesses that impact the firm’s competitiveness.
Identify various levels and types of strategy in a firm.
Predict ways in which corporate governance will affect strategic decisions.
Assess the relationship between strategy and organizational structure.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in business administration.
Write clearly and concisely about business administration using proper writing mechanics.

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?

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.

Society has evolved over the last century causing organizations to change with the times.

This evolution has, in turn, required workers to “re-tool” to be a productive and indispensable member of the workforce.

Using this lead-in as the context, describe the workforce shifts in types of jobs during the past hundred years. Also, answer the over-arching question, “What implications have these workforce shifts created for today’s HR manager?”

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
Include cover page and reference page.
At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.

A detailed explanation of how to cite a source using APA can be found here (link).

Download an example hereSociety has evolved over the last century causing organizations to change with the times.

This evolution has, in turn, required workers to “re-tool” to be a productive and indispensable member of the workforce.

Using this lead-in as the context, describe the workforce shifts in types of jobs during the past hundred years. Also, answer the over-arching question, “What implications have these workforce shifts created for today’s HR manager?”

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

Write between 750 – 1,250 words (approximately 3 – 5 pages) using Microsoft Word in APA style, see example below.
Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
Include cover page and reference page.
At least 80% of your paper must be original content/writing.
No more than 20% of your content/information may come from references.
Use at least three references from outside the course material, one reference must be from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the three reference requirement.
Cite all reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the paper and list on a reference page in APA style.

References must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, CNN, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as, Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, blogs, etc. are not acceptable for academic writing.

A detailed explanation of how to cite a source using APA can be found here (link).

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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 ….

Literature teaches us about the value of conflict. We experience conflict in our personal relationships and in our interactions with society. Literary analysis helps us recognize the conflict at work in literature, which gives us greater insight into the personal conflicts that we face. In addition, learning how to closely read, analyze, and critique a text is beneficial beyond a literature course in that it improves our writing, reading, and critiquing abilities overall.

How to Write a Literary Analysis

It is important to understand that some conflicts in literature might not always be obvious. Considering how an author addresses conflict via literary techniques can reveal other more complex conflicts or different kinds of conflicts that interact in multiple ways. Analyzing those more complicated elements can help you discover what literature represents about the human experience and condition. With this in mind, consider that your thesis might be a claim about how two pieces make similar representations, or it can show two different points of view on a similar issue.

The literary analysis should be organized around your thesis (argument), which is the controlling idea of the entire essay. In the Week Three assignment, you identified two conflicts and created an initial thesis statement in relation to two of the literary works from the List of Literary Works. In this assignment, you will refine that thesis even further and build on your overall argument utilizing the literary techniques below. Reflect on feedback from your Instructor and peers in previous weeks to help you revise your rough draft into a final paper.

For this literary analysis, write a 1250- to 1600-word essay in which you do the following:

Revise/develop the thesis from Week Three based on the feedback you have received. Again, the thesis should focus on the conflict(s) you chose to write about. This thesis should provide deeper insight into the possible meanings surrounding the chosen conflict(s) that you see in the chosen literary texts. Throughout your analysis, you must use at least two primary sources and two sources from the Ashford University Library to support your thesis. Watch the ENG125 Literature Research video (Transcript) for help with finding sources from the library for your paper.

Review and incorporate instructor and classroom feedback on at least one conflict listed in Types of Conflict Found in Literature from two literary works in this course. One of the literary works must be a short story. See the List of Literary Works and Types of Conflict Found in Literature.
Analyze three literary techniques to help define and draw out the conflict(s) chosen.
Explain how the texts utilize the literary techniques below to describe the conflict(s).
Compare and contrast the two texts you chose.

Compare the results of the three (3) methods by quality of information for decision making. Using what you have learned about the three (3) methods, identify the best project by the criteria of long term increase in value. (You do not need to do further research.) Convey your understanding of the Time Value of Money principles used or not used in the three (3) methods. Review the video titled “NPV, IRR, MIRR for Mac and PC Excel” (located athttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7CryVgFbBc and previously listed in Week 4) to help you understand the foundational concepts:

Scenario Information:

Assume that two gas stations are for sale with the following cash flows; CF1 is the Cash Flow in the first year, and CF2 is the Cash Flow in the second year. This is the time line and data used in calculating the Payback Period, Net Present Value, and Internal Rate of Return. The calculations are done for you. Your task is to select the best project and explain your decision. The methods are presented and the decision each indicates is given below.

signment 3: How Do You Manage Change?

Two principles form the basis for this assignment. One, in order to know where we want to be, we first must examine where we are. Two, a planned event with stated goals has a better chance of succeeding than those events where goals are virtual and not concrete.

This assignment helps you set goals as you learn how to become an effective organizational change leader or a consultant.

Reflect on how you generally react to change. Common reactions may include, “Oh no!,” “Yea, here we go again!,” “Oh, well, whatever,” “No, and no, and no again,” or “Change? What change?” To complete this assignment, you need to complete a free online assessment. copy and paste the link below to access the online assessment.

https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/newPPM_56.htm

Using your textbook readings and scholarly articles from the Argosy University online library resources for research, respond to the following:

Describe your general reaction when dealing with change. How do you respond to others’ needs? Do you focus on the task at hand, expect others to embrace the change as inevitable, reassure others that they will be able to adjust to change, show indifference to the change process, or examine reasons for others’ reluctance and try to counteract those forces?
Identify your strengths in how you react to change.
Identify and explain areas for growth in how you react to change. These are areas that you might want to focus on in this course. Be sure to include specific behavioral changes. What do you think will be the most difficult areas to address, and how will you manage it?

Write a 3- to 5-page reflective essay in Microsoft Word format. Apply APA standards for writing style to your work, including a title page and references.

Utilize at least one professional literature source in your essay. Professional literature may include the Argosy University online library resources; relevant textbooks; peer-reviewed journal articles; and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu, .org, or .gov).

The government uses policies like student loans and free trade to influence the economy’s growth rate. Write a thoughtful and articulate paper that includes the following:

Identify at least four policies from the textbook that the government has created to impact economic growth and productivity.
Evaluate whether each item has enhanced or diminished your quality of life, and make any appropriate recommendations that might improve the policies.

Adhere to the following standards:

Your paper should be two or three pages in length, not including the title or references pages.
Be sure to follow the APA Requirements.
Each paper should include an introduction, a body with at least two fully developed paragraphs, and a conclusion.

Identify an issue that interests you and that you think is important and related to community development. write a description of this issue, how this issure relates to community development, why the issue is of interest to you and why it is important. FIND ONE WEB OR PRINT RESOURCE THAT ALSO DESCRIBES THE ISSUE AND PROVIDE THE FULL CITATION FOR THAT RESOURCE. it is fine to use information from current news reports, national publie radio, national magazines (e.g., national geographic, national history), or local newspapers for this assignemtn. then briefly describe the bias, and the reliability of the resource).
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