Category: Essays

• Describe the hierarchy of the federal court system of the United States and its subject matter jurisdictions. Discuss two (2) methods that allow for a case to be heard in federal court. Provide specific examples of cases heard within the federal court hierarchy to support your rationale.
• From the e-Activity, determine two (2) key factors that determine whether a defendant found guilty of a crime is able to direct his / her appeal to the appellate court or whether the appeal is sent to the state supreme court for handling. Provide specific examples of recent cases in your state where your chosen factors applied to support your rationale.

Discuss two (2) methods that allow for a case to be heard in federal court. Provide specific examples of cases heard within the federal court hierarchy to support your rationale.

From the e-Activity, determine two (2) key factors that determine whether a defendant found guilty of a crime is able to direct his / her appeal to the appellate court or whether the appeal is sent to the state supreme court for handling. Provide specific examples of recent cases in your state where your chosen factors applied to support your rationale.

From the e-Activity, analyze the basis for classifying courts into jurisdictions, and differentiate between the key elements of courts of limited jurisdictions and courts of general jurisdictions. Describe a court of general jurisdiction in your state in which you mention two (2) types of cases that it can hear. Provide a rationale for your response.

Imagine that you are a new judge of a court in your state with limited jurisdiction. Determine three (3) kinds of cases that you believe you will be receiving as part of the caseload for your court. Provide specific examples of your chosen case types to support your rationale.

Research the background and history of your agency to develop a full description of its distinctive role in the CJ system. What are you agency’s goals? Who is the client it serves, and what are the agency’s primary responsibilities towards that client? What is their mission statement, and what does it mean? Be thorough…what would you need to know about how the agency works if you were being interviewed for a job?

Managing in the Global Economy and Outsourcing Offshore” Please respond to the following:

From the scenario for Katrina’s Candies, assuming the absence of quantitative data, determine the qualitative forecasting techniques that could be used within this scenario. Now, assume you have acquired some time series data that would enable you to make forecasts. Ascertain the quantitative technique that will provide you with the most accurate forecast.
When deciding whether or not to outsource offshore, list the key factors aside from maximizing profits that managers should consider. Determine the key factors that you believe to be the most influential.

This is a three part discussion:

Analyze the importance of three (3) key aspects of effective leadership research then examine (2) outcomes this research reveals about the behaviors of effective leaders. Next, rate the effectiveness of three (3) important characteristics you believe an effective leader should possess. Provide a rationale for your response

Ratio analysis is a method used to analyze the financial reports of a company and interpret trends in the company’s performance. As a nonaccounting manager, you use numerous ratios to analyze your company’s performance year-by-year and benchmark the performance to industry averages, to an individual competitor’s performance, or against a predetermined target.

In this assignment, you will determine the specific ratios used to measure a company’s performance, using the example of Compnet International. Do not compute any actual ratios as this will be completed in Module 3.

Note: You will apply your learning from this assignment to calculate these ratios for Compnet in the M3: Assignment 2.

Tasks:

Consider the following scenario for this assignment: You are an external investor who is considering Compnet as one of the potential companies for investment.

Referencing the list of ratios from your assigned readings for this week, respond to the following:

What information does ratio analysis provide for meeting the requirements of the scenario?
Which ratios are the most important, and which ones are of limited value? Justify your choices for the scenario.
Why do you need to compare:
The current year ratios with the prior year ratios?
The ratios of competitors in the same industry or some other benchmark?
Other than the computations used in ratio analysis, what else is necessary to properly analyze a company for investment?

Submission Details:

By Monday, January 18, 2016, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through Wednesday, January 20, 2016, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses.

Write your initial response in 300–500 words. Your response should be thorough and address all components of the discussion question in detail, include citations of all sources, where needed, according to the APA Style, and demonstrate accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation

Do the following when responding to your peers:

Read your peers’ answers.
Provide substantive comments by
contributing new, relevant information from course readings, Web sites, or other sources;
building on the remarks or questions of others; or
sharing practical examples of key concepts from your professional or personal experiences
Respond to feedback on your posting and provide feedback to other students on their ideas.
Make sure your writing
is clear, concise, and organized;
demonstrates ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and
displays accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation

Analysis and Application: Police Encounters with Suspects and Evidence

The following case study presents issues related to various levels of police encounters with a suspect and potential criminal evidence and the legal justification required for those encounters.

Case Study:

Officer Taylor is on routine nighttime patrol when she notices a vehicle pass her driven by an African American female. The vehicle appears to have a broken taillight that appears to be covered with colored tape. She directs the driver to pull the car to the side of the road. The car is an older model gold Pontiac and as Officer Taylor walks to the driver-side of the vehicle, she remembers that a car fitting this general description was the suspected car in a recent road side killing of a fellow police officer.

The driver has long braids, tattoos, and a nose ring. As Officer Taylor looks at the driver, she thinks to herself, “Another one of those people we need to get off the streets.”

Wanting to make sure that she is safe, Officer Taylor asks the driver to step out of her vehicle for a brief pat-down for weapons. She pats her down and finding no weapons, Officer Taylor asks the driver to have a seat back inside her vehicle. Officer Taylor then asks the driver for her driver’s license and registration. Instead of providing her driver’s license and registration, the driver speeds away resulting in a high speed chase.

The chase ends when the fleeing car hits a telephone pole and crashes.

Concerned that the car may ignite in flames from a leaking gas tank, Officer Taylor removes the unconscious woman to a safe distance from the vehicle. Officer Taylor returns to the vehicle to locate the driver’s purse for identification. As she enters the vehicle, Officer Taylor notices the glove compartment has popped open and that underneath some documents is a gun which she retrieves. Officer Taylor also retrieves the driver’s purse from the floor on the passenger side of the vehicle. Officer Taylor opens the purse to get the woman’s identification and finds what appears to be a baggie of marijuana. It is later determined that this vehicle was not the car involved in the shooting death of the fellow officer. It is also later determined that the taillight was not broken.

Please answer the following questions explaining your answer in detail by analyzing the facts presented and other factors you consider relevant; defining and explaining key legal terms; and citing legal authority (your text and other legal authority) to support your conclusions in a 2–3 page paper (excluding the title page and reference page):

Did Officer Taylor’s thoughts about “those people” influence her decision-making during this stop?
Did Officer Taylor have reasonable suspicion to make the initial stop of this vehicle?
Was the “pat-down” of the driver legal?
Did exigent circumstances exist for Officer Taylor to give chase to this vehicle?
Was the gun in “plain view” and legally obtained?
Will the marijuana baggie be admissible evidence?

Note: This Assignment will require outside research. Use at least two credible sources beyond the text material, and discuss how you evaluated the credibility of the resources used. You may consult the Kaplan Online Library, the internet, the textbook, course material, and any other outside resources in supporting your task. Use proper citations in APA style.

The paper should contain a cover page and a list of references in APA format.
All internal citation of outside sources plus the listing of all references should also adhere to APA format

Defend the following statement: Trade and foreign investment are good for society.

2. Compare and contrast theories of absolute and comparative advantages.

3. Explain Porter’s “Diamond” model of national competitive advantage

The text identifies three principal components that jointly comprise the cash conversion cycle. The cash conversion cycle is defined as the average length of time a dollar is tied up in current assets, and it is determined by the interaction between the production cycle(also called Days of Sales in Inventory), receivables collection period (also called Number of Days of Credit, Collection cycle, or Days of Sales Outstanding), and the accounts payable cycle (also called Days of Payable Outstanding). Ideally, a company wants to minimize the cash conversion cycle as much as possible. In some circumstances, a firm has a comparative advantage in working capital management because of the nature of its business. We will look at the cash conversion cycles of companies and their implications.

In your initial response to the topic you have to answer all 6 questions.

You are expected to make your own contribution in a main topic as well as respond with value added comments to at least two of your classmates as well as to your instructor.

Go to http://finance.yahoo.com and get a quote for one company of your choice. On the left column, scroll down and select “Income Statement.” Write down the annual sales, cost of goods sold, and depreciation expense for the most recent year. For some companies depreciation expense can be found in Cash Flow statement.

Select the firm’s Balance Sheet. Write down the balances shown for the firm’s inventories, accounts receivable, and accounts payable.
Using the information from parts a and b, calculate its inventory turnover, accounts receivable turnover, and accounts payable turnover. You should show your work!

Calculate production cycle (also called Days of Sales in Inventory), collection cycle (also called Number of Days of Credit or Days of Sales Outstanding), and accounts payable cycle (also called Days of Payable Outstanding). You should show your work!

What is the company’s cash conversion cycle? You should show your work!Please note that there is a typo in the textbook. The correct formual is

CCC = DSI + DSO – DPO

Discuss the results that you receive in one paragraph. Should the company decrease cash conversion cycle? Please explain your answer.
In your responses to other students compare the cash conversion cycles of your company with the cash conversion cycle in another student’s posting. What factors are responsible for these differences? Are these differences firm specific or are they consequences of the nature of the businesses in which these firms operate?Please explain your answers

Application: Manager as a Leader

This week, you have explored the concept of management as both a set of functional tasks and as an extension of the values, ethics, and attitudes of an individual. Now consider the case of Costco Wholesale in Chapter 2 of your course text.

Consider the accomplishments of Jim Sinegal and Craig Jelinek at Costco Wholesale. In your opinion, what character and value traits led them to create and manage this successful company? What guiding principles have these CEOs used to successfully manage and expand this organization? What makes this organization different and successful?

Submit by Day 7 a 300- to 700-word paper which answers all of the following questions:

How would you describe Craig Jelinek’s personality?What terminal and instrumental values are likely to be especially important to him as a manager?How would you describe Costco’s organizational culture?What role do you think Jim Sinegal and Craig Jelinek played in creating and maintaining Costco’s organizational culture?Which of your specific values will be evident in the way that you will manage? Why?

Application Assignments must be in APA style and form