Category: Essays

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To make sure you are up to date on the special guidelines the GASB has declared, your manager asked you to research GASB Statement No. 56. He also asked you to show him, side by side, how government accounting journal entries might differ from for-profit journal entries in these similar events.

Write 500–750 words that addresses the following:
When was GASB Statement No. 56 initiated?
In your own words, what is the essence of the new ruling?
Why did the GASB probably deem it as being necessary?
How might GASB Statement No. 56 change the activities of any accountant performing governmental accounting?
Create journal entries for all of the following situations.
On 10/1/2010, a for-profit Company A provides $100,000 of service to Company B. Company B plans to pay their bill 90 days later.
Create the journal entry when the service is provided.
Create the journal entry when the cash is received.
On 12/1/2010, the city’s recreation department receives a government grant of $100,000 specifically to use for next year’s park upgrades, which will begin on 1/1/2011.
Create the journal entry made when the cash is received.
Create the journal entry to be made on 1/1/2011.
A for-profit retail store buys $200,000 of inventory on 9/1/2010.
Create the proper journal entry to show purchase of this inventory.
A local city park buys $200,000 of food merchandise for later resale. It uses the purchase method to account for inventory.
Create the proper journal entry for when this purchase is made.
A nonprofit organization receives a $250,000 donation on 12/1/2011, but the donor specifically wants it spent in 2012.
Create the journal entry or entries to show the proper recording of revenue (this may require more than on journal entry).
Create the subsequent journal entry to show spending of the funds

Directions: Polar bears are losing habitat rapidly as sea ice simply diminishes. Read this short article for basic information about polar bears (http://assets.worldwildlife.org/publications/398/files/original/Effects_of_Climate_Change_on_Polar_Bears_fact_sheet.pdf?1345754206) and then research the current status of sea ice as the article was published years ago. Do we have more or less sea ice now? How can polar bears adapt to changing environments? Write a five page paper regarding this issue.

The paper must be in proper APA format, have a references section, and site at least 2 peer reviewed articles

Assignment 2: International Marketing Plan

Due Week 8 and worth 220 points

You will use your chosen country (from the Discussions) for this Assignment. In addition to the country, you will reference the shoe manufacturing firm (introduced in the Discussions).

Write a four to six (4-6) page paper in which you:

Identify two (2) forms of market segmentation for your shoes, and support your choices. Then, identify two (2) target markets for each segment, and explain those choices. Note: A market segment (generally) is the group(s) the firm wants to market to; while the target market(s) is the specific market (e.g., city) that the segment(s) are located in.
Give examples of four (4) actionable goals for your business as you embark on your mission to import shoes into your chosen country. Describe why each goal is important to the firm.
Select the global product marketing program that you feel best suits your firm as a strategic alternative in your chosen country. Provide a rationale to support why you chose this program.
Choose the global pricing policy that will best suit your firm and selected country. Support your decision for choosing such a policy.
Choose the marketing channel alternative that will best suit your firm and selected country. Describe the function of each channel member.
Describe the sales promotions that will be used entice both consumers and trade channel partners.
Determine whether the firm will use salespeople or sales agents to promote and sell your products in the chosen country.
Use at least three (3) quality academic resources for in-text citations in this assignment. Note that Wikipedia and similar type websites do not qualify as academic sources.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
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 is not included in the required page length.
Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Evaluate the considerations for product adaptation in foreign markets and common approaches to adjusting promotional strategy to fit foreign markets.
Examine the process for market research to assess foreign market potential.
Analyze the strategic marketing planning process, strategies for entering foreign markets, and considerations for subsequent market expansion.
Determine the logistics and product distribution channel options available to support international marketing.
Formulate the core marketing concepts into viable marketing strategies to support exporting and the full range of global marketing operations.
Assess the key factors in price determination, alternative pricing strategies used in international marketing, and the common terms of sale and payment used in international marketing.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in international marketing.
Write clearly and concisely about international marketing using proper writing mechanics.

This week, you have continued your work with regression by using logistic regression. In this Application, you will perform a logistic regression analysis.

To prepare for this Application:

Review Chapter 19 of the Field text for a description of the logistic multiple regression using PASW.
Review Chapter 5 from the APA manual, “Displaying Results.”

Review the media resources demonstrating the logistic regression.

The assignment:

Complete Smart Alex’s Task #6 on p. 812 to complete the logistic multiple regression analysis exercise using the condom.sav dataset from the Field text. You can follow the steps outlined on p. 799 as a guide. Report your findings in APA format according to the guidelines in the PASW Application Assignment Guidelines handout. The final document should be 2–3 pages long

Effective Meetings

In this assignment, you will study how a leader can conduct a variety of meetings effectively.

Complete the following tasks:

Read the following articles:
Bates Communications: Insights. (2007, November 11). Are you

running meetings, or are meetings running you? Retrieved

from http://www.bates-communications.com/Portals/25382

/docs/art-runningmeetings.pdf
Facilitative Leadership & Facilitator Training. (2012, December 13).

Taking charge of poorly led meetings when you are not

the leader. Retrieved from http://facilitativeleadership.

wordpress.com/
McNamara, C. (n.d.). Guidelines to conducting effective meetings

(Adapted from the Field Guide to Leadership and

Supervision). Retrieved from http://managementhelp.org/

misc/meeting-management.htm
Facilitative Leadership & Facilitator Training. (2012, June 21).

Meeting participation tips (Part 1 of 3—The beginning).

Retrieved from http://facilitativeleadership.wordpress.com

/2012/06/21/meeting-participation-tips-part-1-of-3-the-

beginning/
Attend a meeting. The meeting can be any one of the following:
A work-based meeting
Municipality, township, or school district meeting
A meeting for an organization you might be involved with
Any other meeting you can identify within the course required time frame.

Part I

Based on your reading, understanding of the articles, and your experience in the meeting you attended, answer the following questions:

Where is the meeting being conducted, and what is its purpose? Is the meeting focused on communications or problem solving, or is it a meeting with no specific agenda?
Is the meeting a regularly scheduled event, such as a monthly scheduled meeting or a meeting to address a specific matter?
Does the meeting have a set communication designed with relevant information to advance the meeting? Please explain.
Was the meeting opened with an announcement or explanation of its purpose and importance?
What was the communication style of the meeting’s leader or facilitator?
What were the leader’s bases of power? Select from a number of conceptual paradigms and elaborate on your selection.
Authoritative
Knowledge and Expertise
Correction or Castigation
Reward or Incentive
Persuasion
Mentoring or Coaching
Relationships or Individual or group interactions
Direction or Vision
Charismatic or Personable
Did the members or attendees have an opportunity to express opinions? Were they asked for suggestions, ideas, and information?
Did you recognize any conflict, disrespect, or tension among the members or attendees? If so, was the source of the conflict evident?
Did you observe the participants’ body language (such as posturing, positioning, or gesturing) when different topics were introduced? Describe it.
What was the intended outcome of the meeting? Was it achieved? Why or why not? What were the pivotal moments of the meeting which contributed to its success or failure?

Part II

Complete the following tasks to provide an overall critique of the meeting you attended:

Identify the positive, effective qualities of the meeting in one list, and identify the qualities which were ineffective in a separate list.
Arrange each list from top to bottom, from most important to least important.
Take the top three ranked factors from each list and explain the affect they had on the meeting.

Part III

You need to organize a meeting to introduce a new project in a health service organization. The project is sufficiently complex in size and nature to require an expanded cross-section of expertise from within and outside the organization. You are responsible for inviting the necessary individuals and representatives of involved departments and professional functions to the meeting.

Based on the principles contained in the articles, textbook, and elected independent research provided in the course, complete the following tasks:

Develop an agenda for the meeting.
Provide information, expertise, and background on the invited attendees. Explain the rationale and intended functional expertise each attendee brings to the group.
Recognize and develop measurable objectives to assess the success of the planned meeting.

Compile your responses to Parts I, II, and III in a 7- to 8-page Microsoft Word document.

PTO policies have become good tools for HR staff to use in terms of organizational incentives. Use the Argosy University online library and your textbooks to read about PTO policies. Now, let us go back to Company A and Company B fromModule 1.

While reviewing the information from the two merged companies, the HR Director has found out that each company has two different PTO policies.

Company A has a PTO system in which employees are given 30 days of paid time off each year, which accumulates at the rate of 2.5 days a month. Under this policy, vacation and sick leave are all rolled into one paid leave and any absence whether scheduled, such as vacation, or unscheduled, such as sick leave, are taken from the accumulated leave the employee has earned.

Company B has a more traditional leave system in which employees are given 12 days of vacation, 10 days of sick leave and 10 holidays. The company is closed on those holidays. Vacation is accumulated at a day per month. Sick leave has an unlimited accumulation, but unlike vacation would not be paid out upon termination of employment.

Since the employees of the merged company will be working side by side, the HR Director has asked you to review the situation and make recommendations for a solution.

Instructions:

As an HR Director prepare a report addressing the following issues:

Identify any additional information you would need to recommend a solution, and explain where you would likely find that information.
Discuss any issues you would likely encounter if you were to merge the PTO system to a traditional leave system. Explain which issues would be difficult to solve and why.
Explain any problems you see with leaving the two systems in place, and identify which system would be assigned for new employees.
Make a recommendation for one common PTO system. Explain your system and why you think this system is the best system for the company.

Include two to three scholarly references in your response.

Write a five-to-seven-page memo to the company’s Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Apply APA standards to citation of sources

Define and illustrate the concept of competitive advantage in the service and in the product industries; what are the most prominent differences, if any? Explain.

1b) If you were your company’s CEO (present or past company), how would you promote a sense of urgency for sustaining a competitive advantage? Explain.

2) Review the product life cycle concept, and reflect on what might be some of the unethical practices that a manager could engage during the introductory stage to increase the company’s market position? What can you do to prevent this in the future?

3) Define the strategic concept of a Joint Venture, provide an example of a successful JV and an example of a failed JV somewhere in the world -what are the leadership lessons learned from each example?

4) Many firms fail when they enter into strategic alliances with firms that link up with companies based in other countries. What are some reasons for this failure? If you were a strategist, what would you do differently? Support your view with an example, and substantiate your view with theory. What approach would you consider using when delivering this opposing view to the Board of Directors, in hopes of convincing them of your view?

Assignment 2: Nanotechnology Applications

Nanotechnology (also called nanotech) is a branch of materials science that deals with manipulating matter on the atomic scale. It is so called because this field deals with engineering on the scale of a billionth of a meter, also known as a nanometer. Nanotechnology seeks to solve a wide range of problems from the construction of atomic scale machines to changing material properties at the atomic level.

Use the Internet, Argosy University library resources, and your textbook to research the field of nanotechnology.

Write a paper discussing some of the basic scientific and technical concepts of nanotechnology. Do the following in your paper:

Discuss current or future applications of nanotechnology in fields such as medicine, engineering, space exploration, fuel cell development, air and water purification, and agriculture.
Provide at least three examples of real-world applications in use or in development with reliable references.

Write a 2–3-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M2_A2.doc.

By Wednesday, January 20, 2016, deliver your assignment to the M2: Assignment 2 Dropbox for Turnitin testing and grading.
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Demonstrated an understanding of the basic scientific and technical concepts of nanotechnology.
28
Evaluated current or future applications of nanotechnology in fields such as medicine, engineering, space exploration, fuel cell development, air and water purification, and agriculture – with three real-world examples.
32
Provided at least three reliable references to support examples of current and future nanotechnology applications.
20
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation

In a narrative format, discuss the key facts and critical issues presented in the case. Minimum word count is 500 words

2) What role did fiber evidence play in his conviction; be detailed.

3) Could a conviction have been rendered without the fiber evidence? What other evidence did the prosecution present?

4) How vital was expert testimony to the case? How would you as the prosecutor have prepared the expert witnesses for trial?

Before you respond to this second Forum assignment, please review the item attached (also located inside the Resources tab/Student Resources Folder/Forum 2): Terror From The Right; Plots, Conspiracies, and Racist Rampages Since Oklahoma City. Also, you must conduct independent research to better familiarize yourself with Domestic Terrorism.

Once you have reviewed Terror From The Right, respond to the following “two” part question (answer in two “distinct parts” – Title each part: Part One and Part Two):

Part 1. Considering the Global War On Terror (GWOT) and the focus on international terrorist organizations, is America doing enough to address “domestic” terrorism?

Part 2. Compare and contrast domestic and international terrorism