Category: Essays

Select a specific advertising campaign of a product or service to evaluate.

Research your selected advertising campaign using the Internet or other sources.

Write a 1,750- to 2,100-word paper that evaluates your selected advertising campaign using the TARES test of ethical advertising. Remember, the TARES test asks the following questions:

• Are the ad’s claims truthful?
• Is the claim an authentic one?
• Does the ad treat the recipient with respect?
• Is thereequality of status or importance between the sender and the receiver?

Answer the following questions in your paper:

• Who is the intended audience for this product?
• What needs does the product or service propose to fulfill?
• What are the positive aspects of the advertising campaign?
• What are the negative aspects of the advertising campaign?
• In what ways is the advertising ethical or unethical?
• Does the campaign meet the TARES test?

ITPM Best Practices Please respond to the following:

· Explain how ITPM best practices can align the IT portfolio with business requirements in order to create the greatest possible value for the organization.

Assess the systems development life-cycle (SDLC) and explain how the life cycle, when executed properly, can maximize business value. Note: All stakeholders point of view should be considered

2. Service Delivery Models Please respond to the following:

· Evaluate the service delivery models. Select the options that, in your opinion, are most efficient together regardless of industry. Additionally, select the models that work best in particular industries. Justify your response.

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Determine how a company’s selection of a Service Delivery Model could impact business value. Provide an example to justify your response.

This activity requires you to arrange a visit to a nursing home in your community and interview management, personal care staff, and nursing staff. Your objective is to learn as much as you can about the services provided to the residents, problems experienced by the staff in meeting their needs, and the recommendations of management for improvements to the program. The elderly belong to the group of citizens in our society that is at the heart of the debate we are examining. You should have the opportunity to learn first hand about them, their needs, and the aspirations of those charged with their care. (If a nursing home is not available in your area, you may choose another facility as long as either the facility or the section of the facility you visit deals exclusively with the elderly. In the rare case that no facility is available, students may research this issue in ProQuest and on the Internet to prepare a paper that addresses care of the elderly.)

This activity is comprised of three parts. (100 points) (A 5-page response is required for the combination of Parts A, B, and C and must include references in APA format.)

Part A

The first phase of this activity is to plan your visit by researching the facility. Learn as much as you can about the services, structure, staff and contact personnel. Prepare a visit profileto include the facility, the people you would like to interview, their roles and responsibilities, and several questions you plan to explore with each category of person you interview. It is important that you plan each interview by writing down the questions you want to ask in advance of the interview. (30 points) (A 2-page response is required.)

Part B

The second phase of the activity involves making the visit and conducting the interviews. Following your interviews, prepare a statement of findings. This statement should contain a detailed list of the facts you have uncovered. (40 points) (A 2-page response is required.)

To help you in your data collection interview activity please consider the following set of questions to explore with the nursing home managers and staff.

Managers

1. How is the facility structured and organized?

2. What is the socio-medical profile of the typical resident?

3. What programs do you provide for the residents?

4. What are the most difficult problems you have experienced in running the facility?

5. What has been done to solve the problems?

6. What improvements would provide the most benefit to the programs and residents?

7. What are the greatest impediments to implementing these improvements?

Personal Care and Nursing Staff

1. What is your typical day like?

2. What program activities are most beneficial to the residents for whom you care?

3. What are the most difficult problems you have in caring for the residents?

4. What changes would most help make your job easier?

5. Do you think the residents are happy here?

6. If so, why and if not why not?

7. Do the residents maintain contact with their families?

8. Are families involved in end-of-life counseling sponsored by the facility?

9. What is the most difficult medical care problem encountered by the nursing staff?

10. Under what conditions does the facility employ life-extending medical interventions?

11. What is the stated facility policy on this issue?

I have provided these questions as a guide to you in preparing for the interviews. Please use them as such and not as an exhaustive and inclusive list of questions. Please feel free to expand, eliminate, or modify your questions, as appropriate, to accomplish the objectives of the activity.

Part C

The final phase of the activity is to prepare an analysis of your findings, which you should relate to the Lecture and Research Update and the Required Readings in this assignment. Prepare an analysis statement explaining your conclusions on care for the elderly, recommendations on how to improve that care, and your position on whether health care to the elderly should be rationed. (30 points) (A 1-page response is required.)

Write a five- to seven-page financial statement analysis of a public company, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. In this analysis, you will discuss the financial health of this company with the ultimate goal of making a recommendation to other investors. Your paper should consist of the following sections: introduction, company overview, horizontal analysis, ratio analysis, final recommendation, and conclusions. Your paper needs to include a minimum of two scholarly resources in addition to the textbook as references.

Here is a breakdown of the sections within the body of the assignment:

Company Overview

Provide a brief overview of your company (one to two paragraphs at most). What industry is it in? What are its main products or services? Who are its competitors?

Horizontal Analysis of Income Statement and Balance Sheet

Prepare a three-year, horizontal analysis of the income statement and balance sheet of your selected company. Discuss the importance and meaning of horizontal analysis. Discuss both the positive and negative trends presented in your company.

Ratio Analysis

Calculate the current ratio, quick ratio, cash to current liabilities ratio, over a two-year period. Discuss and interpret the ratios that you calculated. Discuss potential liquidity issues based on your calculations of the current and quick ratios. Are there any factors that could be erroneously influencing the results of the ratios? Discuss liquidity issues of competitive companies within the same industry.

Recommendation

Based on your analysis, would you recommend an individual invest in this company? What strengths do you see? What risks do you see? It is perfectly acceptable to state that you would recommend avoiding this company, as long as you provide support for your position.

The paper

Must be five to seven double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must use at least two scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment

Examining Differences

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In this module, we examined crimes against persons, crimes against property, and white-collar crimes. These crimes are all treated differently by the legislature as well as the media. These differences are a reflection of how society views them. As you consider these differences, you should also consider how these differences have evolved over time.

Tasks:

Prepare a 3- to 5-page report that describes all of the following points:

The differences in the treatment of each type of crime by the legislature. Explore the different crime levels (misdemeanor vs. felony) and different punishments.
The differences in the descriptions utilized by the media. How does the media depict the different types of criminals? Have there been any changes?
The differences in the theoretical applications for these types of crimes. How do the theories differentiate between these types of criminal behavior

Cost-volume-profit analysis is an extension of break-even analysis. CVP analysis enables managers to understand cost behavior and the effect on profits in response to a wide variety of influences, such as changes in volume, variable and fixed costs, and price. This helps management make appropriate business decisions. For example, CVP analysis helps management identify a break-even point if volume or costs change or determine the volume necessary for a targeted profit level. CVP analysis can also help management develop a pricing strategy by projecting the effects the different price structures will have on costs and profits.

In this assignment, you will examine how you can use CVP analysis to plan and make various business decisions. In addition, you will analyze financial data of Compnet’s potential product acquisition (Prime Component) and determine the effects on profit due to variations in its costs and sales price.

Tasks:

Part I: Using CVP Analysis for Business Decisions

Respond to the following:

How will you use CVP analysis to make business decisions at your workplace? Support your answer with examples.
Using an example from your workplace, distinguish between variable and fixed cost structures. Why might different managers assess the same cost differently?
How would you use CVP analysis to develop a budget? Elaborate using examples.
How can the sales department use the CVP tool when analyzing customer profitability?

Write your initial response in a minimum of 500 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

By Saturday, January 30, 2016, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through Monday, February 1, 2016, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses.

Part II: Performing CVP Analysis

Continuing with the same scenario as in previous assignments for Compnet, complete the following:

Select the links that follow to download and review the files containing the financial data of the product line.
Compnet Balance Sheet Income Statement
Compnet Budget Template
Recalculate the break-even point on the basis of the following what-if scenarios:
Variable costs increase by 5 percent.
The sales price decreases by 10 percent due to an increase in competition.
Click here to access the CVP template and use it to perform your calculations.
Create a 4-6 page paper that includes the above calculations and analyzes the decision options.
Create a one-page memo for your senior management that summarizes your findings and provides recommendations.

Submission Details:

Create 5–7-page document in Microsoft Word that includes both the memo and the paper.

Review standard office memo templates available on the internet and create the one-page memo in Microsoft Word considering the audience to whom this information needs to be presented.

Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M4_A2.doc. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SmithJ_M4_A2.doc.

By Wednesday, February 3, 2016, deliver your assignment to the M4: Assignment 2 Dropbox

Need to submit the beginning of a research paper

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Assignment Instructions

Proposed Topic, Research Question & Purpose Statement

The components of this assignment include your topic, research question(s) and purpose statement. It must contain at least eight sources, at least six of which must be peer-reviewed. The specific research question should be of depth and breadth required for a major project. .Length: 3 pp.

My research question: Something dealing along the line of Cybersecurity and how vunnerable we are to cyber threats and hazards. Will we ever be able to contain these threats

Your analysis of the failed new employee orientation (NEO) project continues by examining the project with respect to quality. Review the following documents and analyze the approach used in the original project quality management plan and determine how well the final project deliverable met stakeholder expectations.

NearlyFree.com Organizational background and IT Governance.
Project background and other project plan documentation.
Description of the final deliverable or product as written in the project plan.

Further analyze the organizational structure and influences of the company to determine if additional project requirements are needed to improve the quality of the final deliverable or final product.

As part of this assignment, you are expected to complete the following tasks and discuss how each one will contribute to a successful project. Where necessary, define assumptions you made.

Evaluate quality standards defined for the failed project.
Recommend additional quality standards for the project.
Analyze the product quality using the selected quality standards.
Analyze the quality plan.

REsearch about the endocrine system. Briefly explain how it works and diseases cause by hormones:Graves Disease, Hypothyroidism, Cushing Syndrome

Resources: The United States Constitution and the 27 amendments in Appendix A of Constitutional Law and appropriate websites

Prepare a 10- to 12-slide presentation using a presentation software of your choice, for example, Microsoft® PowerPoint® or Prezi.

Include the following in your presentation:

How and why do amendments become part of the Constitution?
What problems with the original document motivated the adoption of the Bill of Rights?
What have been the effects of the Bill of Rights?
What problems with the original document, or changes in society, led to later amendments?

Choose one of the following groups to discuss:

Thirteenth through Fifteenth Amendments
Seventeenth, Nineteenth, Twenty-Third, Twenty-Fourth, and Twenty-Sixth Amendments
Twelfth, Twenty-Second, and Twenty-Fifth Amendments
What have been the effects of these later amendments?

Include introduction and conclusion slides and speaker notes.

Cite at least three sources to support the content of your presentati