Category: Essays

Find a publicly-traded company using a financial information website. Some example companies include the following:

General Motors Company: SIC Code:SIC-3711 (please see other attachment)

Watch the Industry Averages and Financial Ratios video and use the industry classification from the financial services website to locate the company’s SIC code on the U.S. Department of Labor’s website.

Find the industry ratios for the company using the Dun & Bradstreet® Key Business Ratios.

Locate the Dunn & Bradstreet Database by accessing the University of Phoenix Library and then locating Library Resources. Click on Alphabetical List of Resources and find Dunn and Bradstreet. Click on the link and search for your selected company.

If your company’s SIC code does not appear in the dropdown menu, choose another company.

Assume the inventory ratio is based on a traditional inventory system, but globalized markets and the supply chain make it critical to adopt lean principles to create a more efficient system.

Calculate the 14 ratios (show your calculations) for the company using the two most recent annual financial statements found on the financial information website you used earlier. Be careful not to use quarterly information, and include ratios for both years.

Note. You can access a downloadable Ratio Guide PDF by clicking the Help Guide link in the upper-right of the Dun & Bradstreet® Key Business Ratios window.

Compare the ratios for the company you selected with the appropriate industry ratios including profitability, solvency, and efficiency ratios shown on the Dun & Bradstreet® report.

Write a 350-word response about how the company you selected performed compared with the industry.

Movies and television are very important in our culture: as a pastime and as a glimpse into our culture. The placement of specific brands and products in movies has become a lucrative way for businesses to make money by selling the link between the movie or show and the product in the mind of the consumer.

 

Reflect on your favorite movie or television show from the past year. Watch the movie or episode again, and pay attention to product placement. In a short paper of 1-2 pages describe the products and how the movie or show used them. Was the placement obvious? How did it tie-in to the story? What was the benefit to the business selling the product and the movie or television show by placing this product?

Human Diversity in Health Care

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This paper is about the similarities and differences between the assigned ethnicity and common American culture in healthcare.

The ethnicity I was assigned is German.

This is a 5 page APA formatted paper (page count does not include title or reference page)

Other Questions this paper should answer:

*What is the importance of human diversity in providing quality health care?

*What is the importance of human diversity in the workplace?

*Do you consider yourself culturally diverse and what reason would you provide for your answer? (Note: I am Caucasian American but I have served on several long-term Mission trips to third-world countries like Haiti and Nicaragua. I also worked on a cruise ship for several months with a very broad spectrum of people.)

*Will having different cultural values with a patient affect the quality of care for that patient? Why or why not

Develop Part I of a comprehensive plan to implement an organization change.

 

Choose an issue (Health Care Services) and create a plan for a proposed change to resolve the issue.

• Health care services

Part I of the plan focuses on assessment of the change issue and planning for the proposed change.

 

Prepare a 1,500-word plan with the following:

• Examine the need in the organization for your proposed change.
• Examine organizational and individual barriers to your proposed change.
• Identify factors that might influence your proposed change.
• Summarize factors influencing organizational readiness for your proposed change.
• Identify the theoretical model that relates to your proposed change.
• Identify internal and external resources available to support your change initiative.

Format your plan according to APA guidelines.  Use at least five CURRENT online peer-reviewed articles to support your paper.  Do not use all resources for part I, II, and III to meet the minimum requirements.  In total, you must have a minimum of 15 peer-reviewed articles for the three papers.

Kant’s Metaphysics of Morals Preface and Part I

For each question cite a passage from Kant and explain how it answers the question. About 3pp.

1. Why does Kant think the ethical OUGHT cannot come from experience?

2. What are maxims?

3. What is the test of the “moral worth” of a maxim? Give an example.

4. How does the moral worth test strip away the empirical part of ethics to reveal the pure part?

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I have a paper that has comment needs to edit only

Urban planing: reflection

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In The Economics of Cities and Suburbs, William Bogart argues, “The filtering model of housing suggests that the poor benefit from construction of housing for the rich. Therefore, we should subsidize the construction of housing for the rich.” Do you agree or disagree? Why or why not?

The original entry should be 300 words, have an informative, catchy title, cite at least one of the week’s readings, make an argument, and provide evidence to back up claims

Current Issue Facing Nonprofits

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Find a current issue facing nonprofit companies. In a 4 page paper, describe the issue and how you can relate to this issue in your current workplace, the outcome of the issue, and how you think the outcome would have been different if the issue arose 20 years ago

Develop of a comprehensive plan to implement an organizational change. Part III of the organizational change plan focuses on strategies for evaluating the proposed change.

Prepare a 1,900-word plan with the following:

Add a summary of previous work from other parts.
Describe how the effectiveness of your organizational change will be determined once it is implemented.
Analyze possible outcome measurement strategies related to organizational change processes.
Determine how you will measure quality, cost, and satisfaction outcomes to evaluate your proposed organizational chang

Organizational Change Plan – Part II

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Develop Part II of a comprehensive plan to implement an organization change. Part II of the organizational change plan focuses on strategies for implementing the proposed change.

Prepare a 1,900-word plan with the following:

Describe the methods that will be used to monitor implementation of your proposed change.
Examine the relationship between the organization’s related processes, systems, and personal or professional roles and their effect on your proposed organizational change.
Identify communication techniques that will be used to address any implementation issues that may arise.

Format the plan according to APA guidelines. Use at least five CURRENT ONLINE peer-reviewed articles to support your paper

Review the assigned Olive Crest financial statements from the past three years.

Calculate the financial ratios for the assigned company’s financial statements, and then interpret those results against company historical data as well as industry benchmarks:

Compare the financial ratios with each of the preceding three (3) years (e.g. 2014 with 2013; 2013 with 2012; and 2012 with 2011). Solvency, Efficiency, and Leverage ratios

Compare the calculated financial ratios against the industry benchmarks for the industry of your assigned company.

Write a 500 to 750 word summary of your analysis.

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