Category: Essays

On May 18, 2012, Sara purchased 30 shares of ABC stock for $210, and on October 29, 2012, she purchased 90 additional shares for $900. On November 28, 2012, she sold 48 shares, which could not be specifically identified, for $576, and on December 8, 2012, she sold another 25 shares for $150. What is her recognized gain or loss? (Points : 17)

2- Randolph is a single individual who always claims the standard deduction. Randolph received the following in the current year:

Wages $ 30,000
Unemployment compensation 6,000
Pension distribution (100% taxable) 4,000
A state tax refund from the previous year

650

What is Randolph’s gross income? (Points : 17)

3- For the year ended December 31, Year 6, Taylor Corp. had a net operating loss of $200,000. Taxable income for the earlier years of corporate existence, computed without reference to the net operating loss, was as follows:

Taxable Income:

 

What amount of net operating loss will be available to Taylor for the year ended December 31, Year 7? (Points : 17)

4-0A review of Bearing’s Year 2 records disclosed the following tax information:

Wages $ 18,000
Taxable interest and qualifying dividends 4,000
Schedule C trucking business net income 32,000
Rental (loss) from residential property

(35,000)
Limited partnership (loss) (5,000)

Bearing actively participated in the rental property and was a limited partner in the partnership. Bearing had sufficient amounts at risk for the rental property and the partnership. What is Bearing’s Year 2 adjusted gross income? (Points : 17)

5-
Josh sold a piece of business property that had an adjusted basis to him of $50,000. In return for the property, Josh received $90,000 cash and a truck with a fair market value of $10,000 from the buyer. The buyer also assumed Josh’s $25,000 loan on the property. Josh paid $5,000 in selling expenses. What is the amount of Josh’s gain on the sale? (Points : 5)

Steve, a calendar year taxpayer, purchased stock on November 18, 2011 for $17,000. The stock became worthless on January 4, 2012. What is Steve’s loss in 2012? (Points : 5)

$17,000 short-term capital loss

No loss

$17,000 itemized deduction for investments

$17,000 long-term capital loss

7-
Which of the following is a primary source of tax authority? (Points : 5)
Revenue ruling

Tax Court case

Temporary regulation

All of the above

Question 18 8- (TCO F) A nonbusiness bad debt is deductible for tax purposes as a(n): (Points : 5)
short-term capital loss.

itemized deduction.

long-term capital loss.

ordinary business deduction.9-
Question 15 (TCO G) On February 10, 2012, Rose was in an automobile accident while she was going to work. The doctor advised her to stay home for six months due to her injuries. On February 25, 2012, she filed a lawsuit. On July 20, 2012, Rose returned to work. On December 15, 2012, the lawsuit was settled and she received the following amounts:

Compensation for lost wages: $25,000
Personal injury damages awarded (none of which was for punitive damages): $40,000

How much of the settlement must Rose include in ordinary income on her 2012 tax return? (Points :

You are assigned the task of computing the variable capital and labor costs for Cost Cutters production level. Below is a table with the capital and labor requirements for ten different levels of production.

Production Level

Capital

 

Complete the table and answer the following:

Assuming the price of labor is $6 per unit and the price of capital is $12 per unit; compute the total variable costs, the marginal costs, and the average variable costs for the firm.
Using the numbers that you calculated above, explain the relationship between the marginal cost and average variable cost. Using the same numbers, explain the “marginal cost” in terms of additional inputs needed to produce a marginal unit of output.
If the output price was $62, how many units of output would the firm produce? Explain.

A box is to be constructed from a sheet of cardboard that is 20 cm by 60 cm, by cutting out squares of length x by x from each corner and bending up the sides. What is the maximum volume this box could have?

Find the amplitude and period of y = –3cos(2x + 3).

Use your calculator to graph the function and state its symmetry.

Find the first positive x-intercept using your calculator’s zero function.

Find two functions f(x) and g(x) such that f[g(x)] = x but g[f(x)] does not equal x.

State the vertical, horizontal asymptotes and zeros of the rational function, f(x) = x2+3x+2×2+5x+4.

Why is there no zero at x = –1?

Give an example and explain why a polynomial can have fewer x-intercepts than its number of roots

Explain the importance of maintaining accurate and objective employee records, indicating the consequences that may result from lack of record keeping. Provide support for your rationale.
Provide an example of formal and an example of informal documentation that would normally be maintained in an employee file, indicating how each is likely to protect an employer.
Determine the most significant factor that will ensure an effective legal termination, indicating the most likely way employees can protect themselves from termination in a downsizing situation. Provide support for your rationale.
Analyze two (2) major challenges that today’s health care leaders face in trying to uphold the ethics of critique, justice, and caring, indicating how managers can balance the need for ethics with employee and organizational needs.
Create a detailed outline of an effective succession planning process that will help ensure a smooth transition as members of the management team at your organization begin to retire. (The plan should prescribe, at a minimum, how to identify employees for advancement, training and development programs, mentorships, and a timeline for preparing leaders for their role.)
From both a management and employee perspective, justify or dispute unionization. Provide support for your rationale.
Suggest the best way in which HR can continue to be an effective strategic partner in helping this organization achieve its future goals. Provide support for your rationale

The Research Paper Outline will enable to you to continue to build toward the Research Paper. This assignment will also allow your instructor to give feedback to make sure you are on the right track. You are encouraged to view the Research Paper Instructions before beginning the Research Paper Outline assignment.

The Research Paper Outline must include a title page, abstract page, outline, and reference page. The outline itself must include 3–5 sentences under each heading. There must be no more than 5 sentences under each heading as this is an outline and not a rough draft of your paper. You must follow the outline listed on the next page in current APA format.

The reference page must include 6 scholarly references that were published within the last 7 years. After this assignment, you will have 6 of the 10 scholarly references needed for your Research Paper.

As you work through the outline below, you have some freedom to add in your own ideas related to personality; however, be sure to use 3rd person writing. For example, you may believe that personality is stable through the lifespan, so under the development of personality heading, you would note that personality is stable over time. However, you must be able to back this up with scholarly research. As you are working, you may find that research does not support your position. So, you may need to change your position. The bottom line is that scholarly, peer-reviewed research needs to support whatever position you take on each of the items listed.

It is important for this assignment to be in current APA format. Paraphrasing is required for this assignment. In-text citations are imperative. Make sure to use proper headings.

This assignment must be submitted as a Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) file. Assignments that are not submitted as a Microsoft Word file will not be accepted.

Research Paper Instructions

The Research Paper will discuss 6 major ideas that make up the basics of personality theory as well as include a section on biblical integration. You must follow the outline given in Module/Week 5 to structure your paper; it is important that you do not stray from the outline.

It is imperative that your Research Paper include scholarly research and not your opinion. Your paper is a presentation of research regarding each of the required headings. Your paper must use 3rd person writing instead of 1st person (I, my, we) or second person (you) language. The Research Paper must include 8–10 pages of text (not including the title, abstract, or reference pages).

The Research Paper requires the use of at least 10 scholarly references (books and journal articles). At least 6 of these references must be scholarly journal articles. Do not use dictionaries, encyclopedias, websites, book reviews, or your textbook as references in your paper. You must use the Bible, but it does not count toward the 10 scholarly references.

Be sure to follow current APA formatting per the current APA manual. You must include in-text citations as well as a reference page within your paper. Paraphrasing with citations is strongly preferred over direct quotes. If you do not include any in-text citations in this assignment, you will receive a zero.

You do not need to submit the PDFs used as references for this assignment; however, the Research Paper must be submitted as a Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx) document. Be sure to review the grading rubric before beginning your pape

o prepare for this assignment:

Review Chapter 1 in the course textbook, paying particularly close attention to the section beginning on page 2 entitled “What Is Psychological Abnormality?”
Consider some personal encounters that you have had with others during which you thought that their behaviors might be deemed “abnormal.”

The assignment (1–2 pages):

Describe and analyze your personal experiences and encounters with abnormal behavior.
Describe in detail three examples of abnormal behavior, based on your personal experiences, encounters with others, or examples from the news.
Identify elements in these examples that relate to “the four D’s” that can be used to identify what is abnormal, including deviance, distress, dysfunction, and danger.
Discuss cultural factors that might have an impact on whether or not the behavior you described would be considered abnormal.
Discuss any limitations to “the four D’s” approach to defining abnormal that are highlighted by your three examples and your analysis of these examples

Discussion 1 Change Readiness [CLO: 1], Select one of the three levels of change: individual, group/team or organizational/system and provide an example of the process, your response to the change and adjustments that were necessary in order to sustain this change.

Discussion 2 Organizational Change [CLOs: 1,2,6] , Provide a brief description of the 5 Change Models in Chapter 2. Compare and contrast two of the models and, referencing this week’s lecture, discuss resistance, or how change could be embraced. Respond to two classmates’ posts.

PROBLEM: You have been directed by your corporate or organizational president to research one of the following situations/problems and prepare a formalized research paper or executive memorandum. This memorandum or paper (add a transmittal letter if a research paper format is used) should be addressed to the president, board of directors, and your professor. For this research, you should conduct a review of literature based on the current practices being used in today’s organizations (in terms of your selected research problem/situation).

For your research project, please select one of the following problem or situational areas to research. As you conduct your secondary and/or primary research, you should also develop a well-developed strategy as to how to implement your strategy into this organization. One way to view the selected problem is to think of a current or previous organization, in which you might focus your research efforts towards. For example, you may be facing the same problem in your current organization – so you could write this paper, based on addressing this particular problem with your current organization. If you do not see the relevance of any of these problems with your current or past employers – just write your paper as if you were employed with a Fortune 500 company or an organization currently in the news.

Here is the listing of potential problems or situations from you can select your research topic from:

1. Creation and implementation of an electronic usage (i.e., email, computer, or other computer technology) policy to be used in the organization.

2. Technological changeover from one computer system to a newer computer system (keep in mind the possible conversion problems).

3. Creation and implementation of a revised disciplinary policy to replace a current policy, which is not working (and lawsuits have resulted from the current, poorly written disciplinary policy).

4. Creation and implementation of a new compensation and benefits package (please remember that the president and board of directors may not be as accepting of this particular topic area… but it is worth the challenge of trying to convince them differently).

5. Creation and implementation of a new performance appraisal system or method of conducting performance appraisals.

6. Creation and implementation of an effective recruiting and retention program to enhance the quality of employees and management within the organization.

7. Rollout of a change management initiative.

8. Creation and implementation of a succession plan for mid level and C-Suite leaders.

AUDIENCE:

Please write your research paper/memorandum as if your organizational or corporate president and/or board of directors would review and consider its findings and recommendations. However, your professor will be the final reviewer for this paper.

GUIDELINES:

1. Student should write a well-researched paper, approximately 6-8 pages and double-spaced (not counting a title page, table of contents, references or appendices).

2. Student should follow the APA Style Manual for referencing and citing sources in the paper.

3. Paper should be written in third person – not first person.

4. Paper should be error-free, so it may be wise to have another person proof your work.

5. All sources must be properly cited, according to APA style. In essence, you need to use in-text citations (no footnotes or endnotes in this paper whatsoever). Full citations of all works should be included in the References section, formatted in APA Style.

6. The paper must contain the following elements:

a. Title Page (or letter of transmittal if a memorandum format is used)

b. Table of Contents (unless a memorandum format is used).

c. Introduction

d. Problem Statement (5-8 sentence paragraph that clearly defines the problem and why it needs to be researched).

e. Review of current practices (background of literature) in the area

f. Strategic plan for change or creation of the anticipated change (use examples of where this approach has been successful in other organizations if pertinent).

g. Strategic approach for implementation of the change(s)

h. Final recommendations and possible outcomes (best and worst case scenarios)

i. Summary/Conclusions

j. References section

k. Appendix (if tables or charts or necessary)

SUBMISSION:

Prepare an outline with bullet points of what you plan to cover in your research paper. You may incorporate the guidelines into your outline. A sample outline is listed in the announcement section. Please read the announcements as there is a site that has a sample of a research outline

This assignment focuses on how the management practices of planning, leading, organizing, staffing, and controlling are implemented in your workplace. If you are not currently working, you may use a previous employer. In this assignment, you must:

Analyze the application of these management concepts to your place of work; the paper will not simply be a report on the five functions in general.
Identify specific examples and explain of how each applies to the functions practiced in your place of work.

Be sure to integrate vocabulary learned throughout this course and citations from the text to support your analysis. The paper should be FIVE pages in length and formatted according APA style guidelines as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

Must be five to six double-spaced pages in length, excluding the title and reference pages, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a title page with the following:

Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
Must use at least five scholarly sources, including a minimum of three from the Ashford University Library, in addition to the course textbook.
Must document all sources in APA style,
Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA styl

Assignment 2: Discussion—Using Business Analytics

Many organizations today do not utilize business analytics to help them with their decision-making processes. For some organizations, it could be a lack of knowledge about how to apply it, and for other organizations, it could be a lack of technology. When managers do not feel applying business analytics is worth their time or they feel that it is too complicated, they will not utilize it. If you were to work for a company that did not utilize business analytics, how would you convince them that they should?

Using the Argosy University online library resources and the Internet, research the benefits and challenges of implementing business analytics.

Respond to the following questions:

How do you think business analytics can help your current organization with their decision-making processes?
What challenges do you anticipate in getting your organization to implement and utilize business analytics?
How would you approach management in regards to getting them to implement business analytics?
Why should you have an understanding of statistics in order to utilize and implement business analytics?
What would be some challenges in using business analytics?

Write your initial response in 300–500 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

By Saturday, August 29, 2015, post your response to the appropriate Discussio