Category: Essays

By Wednesday, January 27, 2016 complete the following assignment below.

Directions:

During the first week of class you conducted your first practice interview. You have since had the opportunity to learn about the formal process of interviewing and the techniques used in interviewing. With this new information in mind, it is time to develop a detailed plan for your second interview, which you may conduct face-to-face or over the telephone. Your second interview is broken down into two parts.

The first portion, preparing for the interview, is due this week in Module 3 (LASA 1).
The second part of this assignment, conducting and analyzing the interview, is due in Module 5 (LASA 2).

For this week you will be completing A. You will need to:

Locate a Volunteer:

He/she will play the role of “client” seeking help for persistent headaches and problems sleeping. The person you interview can be someone you know personally or you can contact your classmates through the Student Lounge to arrange to interview one another.
The client believes that stress may be part of the problem with his/her symptoms. Remember that this is a role play, and your volunteer should be aware that this is a practice interview and not a real psychological interview.
Prior to conducting your interview, ask your volunteer to think about stress that s/he can discuss related to the client’s problems (e.g., your client may think about stress from a job or stress related to a relationship with a significant other). However, DO NOT have your volunteer discuss this stress with you prior to the interview. You want to be able to explore this topic in depth during your interview. This scenario is intentionally left open-ended in order to allow students to maximize opportunity to utilize interview skills during the interview.
Create an Interview Guide:
In order to achieve a quality interview, you will need to first plan your interview, which is this week’s assignment (you will conduct and analyze the interview in Module 5).
The purpose of your interview is to gather in-depth information to aid in diagnosis and treatment planning for the client. You will need to gather detailed information about the symptoms being reported for both headaches and sleep problems (e.g., How often are the headaches occurring? How long do they last? What do they feel like? Has any treatment helped? Is there any pattern to the headaches?). You will also need to present a complete picture of the patient. What is the patient’s gender, age, marital status, and employment status? Be sure to go beyond these example questions, and provide an in-depth, highly detailed interview with your client.

Interview Guide Topics

The Interview Guide should directly address the below topics. Use each of these topics as headings within your paper to ensure that you directly respond to each. You should respond with at least a paragraph for each topic/heading.

Identify and summarize the purpose of your interview. How will the information you gather be used?
Explain how you will structure the interview and your reasoning behind the structuring of the interview. Include a list of topics you plan to cover.
Compose the questions you will use to obtain the information (develop a minimum of 15-20 questions). Be sure that you develop a minimum of 5 open and 5 closed ended questions.
Develop a minimum of 5 examples of paraphrasing, summaries, or

reflections techniques that could be used during your interview (must have at least one of each paraphrase, summary, and reflection). When you conduct your actual interview, these exact examples you create may not fit depending on the responses of your interviewee, but it is important to start thinking now about how you will incorporate these techniques. For this Interview Guide assignment, develop hypothetical examples of each type of technique.
Identify the opening techniques you will utilize to build rapport with the volunteer/client.
Identify types/examples of questions you want to avoid during interview.

Include an Analysis Summary:

In addition to the Interview Guide include an analysis (2-3 paragraphs) of your own preliminary thoughts about this client based on the limited information you have about this client. Have you ever known a person with chronic headaches or sleep problems? What is your “gut reaction” to hearing about a patient with chronic headaches and problems sleeping? That the person is a complainer? Is he/she a victim of terrible illness? Spend some time examining your thoughts and attitudes. It is normal for all of us to make at least preliminary assumptions about everyone we come in to contact with, and a good interviewer has awareness of his or her preliminary assumptions. Include the following in your analysis:

Identify your own beliefs (sympathetic, unsympathetic, or some mixture of both) and explain how these could affect your interview. Do you think that your beliefs are influenced by your own age, cultural, gender, sexual orientation, or ethnicity?
Identify steps you can take to limit the impact of your own beliefs on the interview. Be as specific as possible.

Start planning now! Remember that you will need a volunteer to role play your client in Module 5. Work on identifying that person now and scheduling your interview well in advance to avoid any possible scheduling delays. You will also need to audio or video record the interview in Module 5 so that you can later transcribe the interview. Make sure you have access to the equipment you will need.

Submit your assignment to the M3: Assignment 2 Dropbox.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Identified and summarized the purpose of the interview.
16
Listed the topics he/she planned to cover during the interview. Explained how to structure the interview and the reasoning behind the structuring of the interview.
16
Composed the questions (5 open ended and 5 closed ended) to be used to obtain the information during the interview.
16
Develop hypothetical examples for at least 5 techniques (paraphrasing, summaries, or reflections) that could be used during the interview.
16
Identified the opening techniques to be utilized to build rapport with the volunteer/client.
16
Identified types/examples of questions you want to avoid during the interview.
16
Identified and explained how one’s own beliefs could affect the interview. Analyzed how beliefs are influenced by one’s own cultural, gender, sexual orientation or ethnicity.
32
Identified steps to take to limit the impact of one’s own beliefs on the interview.
28
Style (4 points): Tone, audience, and word choice

Organization (12 points): Introduction, transitions, and conclusion

Usage and Mechanics (12 points): Grammar, spelling, and sentence structure

APA Elements (16 points): In text citations and references, paraphrasing, and appropriate use of quotations and other elements of styl

During the first week of class you conducted your first practice interview. You have since had the opportunity to learn about the formal process of interviewing and the techniques used in interviewing. With this new information in mind, it is time to develop a detailed plan for your second interview, which you may conduct face-to-face or over the telephone. Your second interview is broken down into two parts.

The first portion, preparing for the interview, is due this week in Module 3 (LASA 1).
The second part of this assignment, conducting and analyzing the interview, is due in Module 5 (LASA 2).

For this week you will be completing A. You will need to:

Locate a Volunteer:

He/she will play the role of “client” seeking help for persistent headaches and problems sleeping. The person you interview can be someone you know personally or you can contact your classmates through the Student Lounge to arrange to interview one another.
The client believes that stress may be part of the problem with his/her symptoms. Remember that this is a role play, and your volunteer should be aware that this is a practice interview and not a real psychological interview.
Prior to conducting your interview, ask your volunteer to think about stress that s/he can discuss related to the client’s problems (e.g., your client may think about stress from a job or stress related to a relationship with a significant other). However, DO NOT have your volunteer discuss this stress with you prior to the interview. You want to be able to explore this topic in depth during your interview. This scenario is intentionally left open-ended in order to allow students to maximize opportunity to utilize interview skills during the interview.
Create an Interview Guide:
In order to achieve a quality interview, you will need to first plan your interview, which is this week’s assignment (you will conduct and analyze the interview in Module 5).
The purpose of your interview is to gather in-depth information to aid in diagnosis and treatment planning for the client. You will need to gather detailed information about the symptoms being reported for both headaches and sleep problems (e.g., How often are the headaches occurring? How long do they last? What do they feel like? Has any treatment helped? Is there any pattern to the headaches?). You will also need to present a complete picture of the patient. What is the patient’s gender, age, marital status, and employment status? Be sure to go beyond these example questions, and provide an in-depth, highly detailed interview with your client.

Interview Guide Topics

The Interview Guide should directly address the below topics. Use each of these topics as headings within your paper to ensure that you directly respond to each. You should respond with at least a paragraph for each topic/heading.

Identify and summarize the purpose of your interview. How will the information you gather be used?
Explain how you will structure the interview and your reasoning behind the structuring of the interview. Include a list of topics you plan to cover.
Compose the questions you will use to obtain the information (develop a minimum of 15-20 questions). Be sure that you develop a minimum of 5 open and 5 closed ended questions.
Develop a minimum of 5 examples of paraphrasing, summaries, or

reflections techniques that could be used during your interview (must have at least one of each paraphrase, summary, and reflection). When you conduct your actual interview, these exact examples you create may not fit depending on the responses of your interviewee, but it is important to start thinking now about how you will incorporate these techniques. For this Interview Guide assignment, develop hypothetical examples of each type of technique.
Identify the opening techniques you will utilize to build rapport with the volunteer/client.
Identify types/examples of questions you want to avoid during interview.

Include an Analysis Summary:

In addition to the Interview Guide include an analysis (2-3 paragraphs) of your own preliminary thoughts about this client based on the limited information you have about this client. Have you ever known a person with chronic headaches or sleep problems? What is your “gut reaction” to hearing about a patient with chronic headaches and problems sleeping? That the person is a complainer? Is he/she a victim of terrible illness? Spend some time examining your thoughts and attitudes. It is normal for all of us to make at least preliminary assumptions about everyone we come in to contact with, and a good interviewer has awareness of his or her preliminary assumptions. Include the following in your analysis:

Identify your own beliefs (sympathetic, unsympathetic, or some mixture of both) and explain how these could affect your interview. Do you think that your beliefs are influenced by your own age, cultural, gender, sexual orientation, or ethnicity?
Identify steps you can take to limit the impact of your own beliefs on the interview. Be as specific as possible.

Start planning now! Remember that you will need a volunteer to role play your client in Module 5. Work on identifying that person now and scheduling your interview well in advance to avoid any possible scheduling delays. You will also need to audio or video record the interview in Module 5 so that you can later transcribe the interview. Make sure you have access to the equipment you will need.

Submit your assignment to the
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Identified and summarized the purpose of the interview.
16
Listed the topics he/she planned to cover during the interview. Explained how to structure the interview and the reasoning behind the structuring of the interview.
16
Composed the questions (5 open ended and 5 closed ended) to be used to obtain the information during the interview.
16
Develop hypothetical examples for at least 5 techniques (paraphrasing, summaries, or reflections) that could be used during the interview.
16
Identified the opening techniques to be utilized to build rapport with the volunteer/client.
16
Identified types/examples of questions you want to avoid during the interview.
16
Identified and explained how one’s own beliefs could affect the interview. Analyzed how beliefs are influenced by one’s own cultural, gender, sexual orientation or ethnicity.
32
Identified steps to take to limit the impact of one’s own beliefs on the interview.
28
Style (4 points): Tone, audience, and word choice

Organization (12 points): Introduction, transitions, and conclusion

Usage and Mechanics (12 points): Grammar, spelling, and sentence structure

APA Elements (16 points): In text citations and references, paraphrasing, and appropriate use of quotations and other elements of styl

Final project limit the use of “ly” words such as notably

1. Address a typical “Leadership Dilemma” utilizing content from the textbook, articles, videos, journals, self-assessments, blogs, websites and other resource material.

2. Based on theories, concepts, and models utilized throughout the course

3. The project will be 10 pages in length, using APA 6th Edition guidelines.

4. Analyze content, apply the material to answer a typical Leadership Dilemma (Reorganization/Restructure).

5. Have two options to consider, but will select only one.

Option 1: From a personal perspective, critically analyze and evaluate a restructuring that occurred in your organization, or an organization of your choice; OR,
Option 2: From the perspective of a Chief Operating Officer, critically analyze and evaluate your strategy to restructure your organization through a decrease in the workforce.

Consider:

•How do you determine which employees/departments/teams to terminate?

•How do you motivate the workforce during this situation?

How do you motivate the remaining workforce?

•If you are analyzing a restructuring-what worked well, what needs improvement, and why

•What changes would you make and explain why-give examples

•Support your position with appropriate content from course (models, theories, concepts).

Your textbook provides a variety of applicable content including: change, vision, building community in the workplace, ethics, performance management, organizational alignment, empowerment, etc.

Option #1: (page numbers are approximate)

Introduction (that includes background of the organization, no more than 1 page)

Analysis: Analysis of Reorganization/Restructure, what worked well, areas for improvements, changes you would make and why, the impact to culture of the organization, short-term and long-term consequences (7 pages)

Conclusion/Summary (1 page)

Recommendations (1 page)

Option #2: (page numbers are approximate)

Introduction (that includes background of the organization, no more than 1 page)

Analysis: Analysis of Reorganization/Restructure, what changes you would make and why, the impact to culture of the organization, short-term and long-term consequences (7 pages)

Assignment 2: The Good Life

The final graded assignment is an 8–10-page paper about the question: what is the good life? This assignment will be completed in four parts, so you may want to use section headers to organize your paper. This paper is somewhat cumulative, so you may need to review material from previous weeks to prepare for this essay. Remember to explain the theories you reference with supporting citations to the textbook and online lectures before contrasting them. You may want to use examples to illustrate your understanding of key ideas from each theory. Your paper should be formatted in APA style. Use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources.

Address the following in your paper:

1. The Consequentialism Debate: Compare and contrast deontology and utilitarianism. Briefly discuss the differences between Bentham and Mill’s versions of utilitarianism. Discuss the political and ethical implications of utilitarianism.
2. Explain virtue ethics and care ethics and discuss how these approaches offer an alternative to the deontological and utilitarian focus on how we should act.
3. Explain the political and ethical dimension of existentialism and at least one other social philosophy that addresses discrimination on the basis of race/ethnicity, gender, class, and/or sexual identity. The explanation of existentialism should discuss the following ideas: authenticity, ambiguity, freedom, anxiety, and bad faith.
4. Choose a social justice issue. A social justice issue is one that characterizes and critiques a given practice, policy/law, and/or situation as unfair, unjust, and/or unethical. For example, you might discuss a specific example of discrimination on the basis of gender/sex, race, sexual identity, ethnicity, or religious faith; economic injustice/wage inequality; taxation; or a violation of an asserted human right, such as the right to gun ownership, healthcare, education, or freedom from undue government interference. A good topic will make claims to both political/social justice and ethics. Analyze the issue and discuss how some of the theories explained in parts 1–3 might relate to the issue. You may need to do additional research on the issue in order to complete this part of the assignment.

Submit your assignment in the W5: Assignment 2 Dropbox by Week 5, Day 6.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Compared/contrasted deontology and utilitarianism. Discussed the consequentialism debate.	50
Explained classical and contemporary versions of virtue ethics. Discussed how the focus on character distinguishes these approaches from deontology and utilitarianism	50
Explained the political and ethical dimension of existentialism and one other theory of social justice	50
Explained a social justice issue. Cited authoritative support (reputable news sources, peer-reviewed scholarly articles and books, and other reliable sources).	40
Analyzed the political/social justice and ethical implications of the issue.	50
Used correct grammar and spelling.	5
Conformed to APA citation and page length guidelines (8–10 pages).

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For the final Portfolio Project, write a paper about an event in a period of U.S. history up to Reconstruction. This paper must be written from the perspective of a specific historical figure from an under-represented population. Use this assignment as an opportunity to create an account from your subject’s perspective, to tell a history that people might not have seen interpreted the way you interpret it. Represent the person’s era and experience in context of what was happening around them, prioritizing their experience rather than the dominant experience.

PERSON CHOSEN IS WILLIAM (APRIL) ELLISON JR

http://www.latinamericanstudies.org/african-americans/William-Ellison-bio.htm

This paper must include a discussion of the following topics:

A thorough summary of the event, including the incidents that took place and the key individuals involved
The importance of the event in the larger scope of U.S. history
How the event changed the daily life of the person from whose perspective you are writing
A prediction for how the event will make a long-term impact in the lives of those in the under-represented group from which the perspective is being written (keep in mind that this perspective should be written from the time at which the event took place).

Please adhere to the following requirements for the paper:

Consist of at least four full pages but no more than six pages
Use at least five sources, including a scholarly journal article
Have an introduction and strong thesis
Make use of historical evidence and examples supporting your thesis
Finish with a forceful conclusion reiterating your main idea

Discussion 6.1 supply chains

Discuss the following:

a. Why is increased coordination needed to manage supply chains?

b. Give three examples.

c. How can coordination be increased both internally within the firm and externally with customers and suppliers?

These questions correspond with discussion questions 5 and 6 at the end of Chapter 10 in your textbook.

Discussion 6.2:Production Disruption

Watch the B2E Case Study 9 scenario “Production Disruption.” Identify the ethical issues that may be unique to the field of Operations Management in this company and the ethical issues relating to corporate responsibility. Discuss ways to successfully role-model and promote ethical values and principles with B2E.

Discussion 7:PERT and CPM

Review the material in sections 14.5 and 14.6 of your text. These sections provide an overview of the PERT and CPM methods of project scheduling. In addition, watch the second video clip (2514 KB) profiling the construction of the “super bridge” at Alton, Illinois, which provides an interesting comparison of these two methods. After reading both sections from your textbook and watching the video clip discuss these concepts.

Discussion 8:Lean concepts

There is an explanation of the lean thinking concepts on page 15 of your textbook. After reading this, explain how the lean thinking concept could be applied to inventory management.

LP6 Assignment: Boeing

Read the profile of Boeing and the company’s 787 Dreamliner found in your textbook. This profile serves as an excellent example of how a company used an infrastructure change to improve its supply chain.

In making this improvement, which of the five ways of implementing an infrastructure change, identified in section 10.6 of your text, did Boeing employ? Research a company that has used the second main approach (i.e., a structural change) which is commonly employed by organizations to improve their supply chains. Write a brief profile of the company you’ve selected following the pattern of the Boeing profile you’ve just examined. The profile should be one to two pages in length.

Submit this profile assignment to your instructor via the dropbox “LP6 Assignment: Boeing.” This assignment is worth 100 points and will be graded according to the following scale.

LP7 Assignment: Materials Planning

Chapter 16 in your textbook sets forth the fundamental principles essential for understanding the concept of materials requirements planning. Create a basic outline that captures the key points of the chapter. As a guide for your outline, it will be helpful to note the “key points” that are listed at the end of the chapter (section 16.8).

For a refresher lesson in creating an outline, refer to the NAU Research and Writing Center’s Research Writing Guide Tips.

Submit your outline to your instructor via the dropbox “LP7 Assignment: Materials Planning.” This assignment is worth 100 points and will be graded according to the following grading scale.

LP8 Assignment: Virtual Supply Chains

Locate two articles on the topic of virtual supply chains. Synthesize each article into a one-page summary using your own words. Include the following:

Definitions of virtual supply chains
How virtual supply chains function
Advantages of virtual supply chains
Disadvantages of virtual supply chains
How virtual supply chains have reshaped business sectors

Submit this assignment to your instructor via the dropbox “LP8 Assignment: Virtual Supply Chains.” This assignment is worth 100 points and will be graded according to the following grading scale

Develop and present a career plan and professional portfolio

Evaluate the role of lifelong learning and continuous professional development in career outcomes

Evaluate personal career readiness, decision-making, and self-marketing skills.

Develop a professional job search strategy incorporating research of companies or industries

This will be my part! 1 & 2.

Your group must do analysis, have discussions (either via the small group chat or discussion board) and come to a consensus to prepare a report (paper) that addresses the following:

Part 1: Complete research on temp-to-fulltime and prepare a written statement (3-4 paragraphs) that Work Now can give to applicants so they can better understand this trend.

Part 2: Aside from temp-to-full time the group must identify and discuss 3-4 methods that job hunters can use to find fulltime employment. Include specifics defining each method and explaining what the job applicant needs to accomplish in order to be successful using each.

Individual part consists of: Research on topics 1-3.

Conduct research on the topics identified in Parts 1-3.

Compile your findings into a 2-4 page Word document.

You will use your research to discuss with group members and synthesize everyone’s findings and ideas into a cohesive report for Work Now.

You have part 1 & 2 and here is part 3:

Part 3: Make recommendations to the owner of Work Now identifying how the information in Part 1 & Part 2 can be distributed to applicants in a format that is easy to understand. Make sure you explain “why” this methodology is the best for both Work Now and for the job seeker.

So, absolutely NO Plagiarism, Group only consists of Part 1 & 2 with only 3-4 paragraph’s each and I must have an Individual Project that consists of what is mentioned above. This must be a Word Document as stated and 2-4 body pages.

So, this assignment consists of 2 (3-4) group paragraph’s and a 2-4 page Individual Project word document paper your findings on topics 1-3.

This Must Be Plagiarism Free! All Citings when or where Necessary. All References as necessary or needed!

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Discussion 6: Borrowing from Friends and Family
Must post first.

Discuss the pros and cons of borrowing from friends and family for your business venture. Be sure to detail some of the complications of borrowing from “family” as opposed to traditional lending sources such as banks and credit unions.

Discussion 7: Newberry Comics

Research Newbury Comics online. This company operates in multiple states, but started off as a single store in Boston. What were some of the cross-jurisdictional legal issues that arose? How did the company handle complaints about products that were sold? They did not have staff attorneys; as a result they utilized outside counsel on a retainer basis to address such issues as employment law, vendor, customer, and product issues. Discuss what they did wrong and what they could have improved upon.

Discussion 8: Hiring and Labor Practices

Search the internet to identify an organization that has faced legal challenges alleging non-compliance in hiring practices in one or more of the following: Americans with Disabilities Act, Affirmative Action, Age Discrimination, etc. Summarize the issues and current status of the case and discuss how, as a supervisory and hiring authority for the organization, you would have been instrumental in avoiding legal challenges. Cite the URL for the article so students can review.
Discussion 9: Ethics

After viewing the NBC Video: Goldman Sachs Gets Grilled, discuss whether or not Goldman Sachs followed ethical principles for its clients in dealing with the mortgage crisis and economic implications of their actions. When reviewing the Ethical Principles for Entrepreneurs in Figure 12.6 of Chapter 12, determine if Goldman Sachs follow these principles. Which ones did they violate?

Discussion 10: Franchise Opportunities

After reviewing the websites from the Learning Activities page for LP10 (#5) on franchise opportunities, summarize your insights and franchise research, and answer the following questions with a recap of your summary on the discussion board. Be sure to identify the franchise you researched in the discussion post.

Identify one franchise opportunity that you would consider, and answer the following questions:

What attracts you to the idea of franchising?
Are opportunities in franchising comparable to starting a business from scratch? What are the pros and cons?
What are the long-term prospects for owning the franchise you researched? Can you make an equivalent amount of net income compared to starting your own business?

LP5 Assignment: Calculating Financial Ratios

Business is a numbers game, and survival in the marketplace depends on having the right numbers in black ink. It is necessary to compare your venture to other businesses in your industry by calculating key financial ratios. Review the financial ratios in Figure 8.10 in Chapter 8 of your text.

Go to BizStats by BizMiner and select “Financial Benchmark Reports” – Select “Sole Proprietorship” or “Corporation” or “S Corp” – Select your Industry (for example, Retail – food & beverage), then you will see various business statistics and financial ratios. Look at the Industry Financial Ratios for your industry at the bottom, and recap this specific information in a 1-2 page paper including the industry you chose.

Submit this assignment to your instructor via the dropbox “LP5 Assignment: Calculating Financial Ratios.” This assignment is worth 75 points.

*Note: The research compiled for this assignment will be utilized in a future class. Also, submit your assignment to the Locker. Go to My Home – My Tools – Locker – upload files

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LP6 Assignment: Research SBA Programs

Directions: Write a one to two page paper researching SBA Loan programs at the Small Business Administration’s website. Also, contact the SBDC (Small Business Development Center) in your area to see what support services are offered for entrepreneurs as well as financing options through the SBA.

Submit this assignment to your instructor via the dropbox “LP6 Assignment: Research SBA Programs.” This assignment is worth 75 points.

LP7 Assignment: Family Business

Directions: Going into business with a family member makes up a major portion of new businesses launched every year. However, family businesses present unique challenges for start-ups. It is important to ensure you have established the best business entity and reviewed appropriate resources before forging into a family business venture.

Research in your own community those types of businesses that are family-owned. Categorize the most common business opportunity (e.g., car dealerships, restaurants, real estate firms, accounting firm, etc) in regard to industry and the legal form chosen for this business. Review the following websites on family businesses: Resources – Family Businesses.

Write a one to two page paper defining keys to success and considerations for building a family business. Also compare the choice of business entities and identify the best legal form for your business based on your research in the community.

Submit this assignment to your instructor via the dropbox “LP7 Assignment: Family Business.” This assignment is worth 75 points.

LP8 Assignment: Human Resource Policies

Directions: Even small businesses should develop personnel policies to cover hiring, firing, and managing employees. This manual can assist in avoiding legal trouble with employees as well.

A source that assists in the development of policies and procedures can be found at Nolo – Law for All sponsored by Nolo. Another source that allows you to develop policies using online software is located at HR Tools hosted by Insperity.

Also review the Business Owner’s Toolkit by BizFilings for information on policies regarding employees. (Go to People Who Work for You – review Recruiting and Hiring, Benefits, rules, motivating, disciplining, terminating.) Additional websites to review for Labor Law Compliance: Go to Resources – Human Resources: Labor Law Compliance. After reviewing these sources, prepare your policies in one to two pages that would address the following for your employees:

Guidelines regarding hiring practices including interviewing prospective employees
Background screening
How to apply labor law compliance in hiring practices

Submit this assignment to your instructor via the dropbox “LP8 Assignment: Human Resource Policies.” This assignment is worth 75 points.

LP9 Assignment: The Small Business Owner’s Tax Compliance

What are the laws when it comes to taxes? What forms do I have to fill out? The Internal Revenue Service publishes a “Tax Guide for Small Businesses” which can be reviewed at the IRS website. Make a list of any questions you might have.

Also review the websites at the Business Owner’s Toolkit by BizFilings (look at Controlling Your Taxes) and Internal Revenue Service’s Small Business Taxes & Management (IRS regulation updates).

Review the tax material provided in Chapter 12. Make a list of all tax forms you will need and print them out. Read through the IRS Small Business Tax Guide. Make a list of any questions you might have and any tax forms needed. Recap your findings in a one to two page paper addressing the necessity of good record keeping and compliance with tax regulations.

Submit this assignment to your instructor via the dropbox “LP9 Assignment: The Small Business Owner’s Tax Compliance.” This assignment is worth 75 points.

LP10 Assignment: ABC Sporting Goods

ABC Sporting Goods

Examining the asking price of a business includes reviewing all past records and assessing the future financial outlook for the business, the economy, and the industry. You are buying the future not the past.

Critical Assumptions for ABC Sporting Goods:

ABC Sporting Goods is a small business, operating as a corporation.
ABC has been in business for 15 years.
The owner draws a salary listed under officers’ compensation.
The store has been in the same location for the past seven years and has a Triple Net Lease (i.e. pay real estate taxes, building insurance, and maintenance).
Sales decreased slightly in the past two years, but the company has tried to maintain market share by lowering their prices. This has impacted both gross and net profit.
The owner wishes to sell his business and retire. The stress of running the business for the last 15 years, for 10 or 12 hours a day has begun to impact his health.
The owner feels that the business has a good reputation with many loyal customers.
He believes the business should be valued at $750,000.

Review attached spreadsheet for Financial Information on ABC Sporting Goods: Profit & Loss

Directions:

Part I. Complete the following ratio analysis for ABC sporting Goods.

Utilize: BizStats at http://www.BizStats.com

Go to Industry Financials on the Blue Navigation Bar

Select – Corporations 249 not Sole Proprietorships 141

Select Retail Trade

Select Sporting good – Hobby book – Music

Calculate the following ratios: (Based on the last 3 year average)

Return on sales (net profit divided by gross revenues)
Return on assets
Return on net worth
Quick ratio
Current ratio
Inventory turnover (gross sales divided by inventory)
Assets to sales ratio
Total liabilities to net worth

Compare these ratios to those found in BizStats. Comment on any differences and how they impact the value of the business. Identify any significant trends in the business.

Part II. Estimate the business value using BizStats – Valuation Rule for Sporting Goods Stores at BizStats.

Under reports/valuation/valuation-rule-thumb.php

Adjust the business valuation based on your completed calculation and the ratio and trend analysis performed in step I.

Part III. Calculate the viability of purchasing the business based on the following parameters:

You can finance the business for 20% down with an interest rate of 5%, amortization over 20 years. Use the following formula:

Purchase price $100,000, down payment 20% or $20,000 which results in $80,000 being financed.

For $1,000 financed at 5%, the factor to calculate your monthly payment is .66x for every $100 borrowed. That equals $66/month or $792/year.

We now can calculate the free cash flow available to pay the loan amount. We can use the following formula:

Net Profit

+interest paid (use previous years amount from P&L)

+Depreciation and amortization

= Cash flow

For example, if we have $10,000 for our cash flow and our payments are $528 x 12 months = $6,336; then to calculate our DSC or debt service coverage ratio, we divide the Cash flow by the annual debt service or $10,000 / $6,336 =1.58x. If we borrowed $400,000 our monthly payment is $2,640 or $31,680 and if our cash flow is $100,000 then the DSC is 3.16x. Anything greater than 1.20 is considered to be adequate. Comment on the result.

Submit this assignment to your instructor via the dropbox “LP10 Assignment: ABC Sporting Goods.

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Title:Microsoft Project Wedding Assignment

Paper type Research Paper

Deadline 24th Jan 2016 @ 11:00: hrs

Paper formatAPA

Course levelUndergraduate

Subject AreaTechnology

# pages4 ( or 1100 words Minimum)

Spacing Double Spacing

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Week 2 WBS Wedding Assignment using MS Project

Now is the time to install MS Project. Do that first, then complete the following MS Project homework exercise.

The following are MAJOR tasks for a wedding. Use TWO of the tasks to build a Work Breakdown Structure in Microsoft Project.

Each major task should have 2 sub-tasks. Each sub-task should have 2 sub-sub tasks. You may add more if you wish or have a need to add more to be sure the major task is complete.

The scenarios are these: You have been asked to help your best friend plan a wedding or a family reunion in another city. You have no concern for schedule or budget at the moment, only defining the work that needs to be done for the wedding or reunion to start on time and to be successful. There will be about 100 guests.

The major tasks are these (in no particular order… you may order them in a way that is logical to you… AND you may ADD major tasks as you see the need).:

Sign a contract for a church and/or reception facility

Invite guests

Provide décor/decorations (this includes flowers)

Provide food and beverages

Provide lodging and transportation for guests

Now is the time to install MS Project. Do that first, then complete the following MS Project homework exercise.

The following are MAJOR tasks for a wedding. Use TWO of the tasks to build a Work Breakdown Structure in Microsoft Project.

Each major task should have 2 sub-tasks. Each sub-task should have 2 sub-sub tasks. You may add more if you wish or have a need to add more to be sure the major task is complete.

The scenarios are these: You have been asked to help your best friend plan a wedding or a family reunion in another city. You have no concern for schedule or budget at the moment, only defining the work that needs to be done for the wedding or reunion to start on time and to be successful. There will be about 100 guests.

The major tasks are these (in no particular order… you may order them in a way that is logical to you… AND you may ADD major tasks as you see the need).:

Sign a contract for a church and/or reception facility

Invite guests

Provide décor/decorations (this includes flowers)

Provide food and beverages

Provide lodging and transportation for guests

Your assignment must be completed in Microsoft Project

For Profit vs. Not for Profit Organizations

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Identify a nonprofit health care organization and a for-profit health care organization of your choosing. Answer the following:

Summarize the types of services provided, clientele served, and provider groups involved.
Compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of each organization from patient, provider, administrator, and third-party payer perspectives.
Provide at least 2 suggestions for each organization to minimize the identified weaknesses.
Summarize which organization you would rather be part of, using rationale.

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