Category: Essays

Write a 250-word (minimum) to writing prompt below. You must meet the minimum word count for each response to get full credit. Use only the assigned readings unless otherwise instructed. Your responses must include quotes from each text used to get full credit. Be sure to quote, cite, and reference from the text using appropriate APA format. Please complete by 12/16/15 by 9:00PM CST.

1. In “Cathedral,” how would you describe the relationship between the narrator and his wife? Do you think their relationship will change after this experience? What do you feel is the significance of the Robert’s lack of vision?

2. Look at Alice Walker’s “Everyday Use” and explain how the quilts in the story symbolize the family’s heritage. How do Dee and Maggie view the significance of the family’s heritage, and how is that represented by the quilts in the story

I need someone to answer . The question with a paragraphs

1) Contrast and compare the beliefs of Rene Descartes, Sigmund Freud, Carl Young and Emile Durkheim.

Answer the following questions. Each answer should be sufficient enough

1.Discuss the differences between nonprofit, governmental, and commercial accounting (10 pts)

2. Describe the use and application of the general fund and its differences as applied to the budgetary accounting practices we discussed in the course? (10 pts)

3. Explain both capital and debt service funds. Describe the differences between the two funds? (10pts)

4. Explain the overall process used for financial reporting on government and non profit organizations? What are the key elements within this process> (10pts)

5. Explain revenue and expenditure fund accounting and the similarities and differences between these two methods? (10pts)

6. Describe the CAFR, the components of it, uses, and how it is created overall?(10 pts)

have a final homework due at 10am tomorrow morning. I will be recieving the homework at 8am Pacific Los Angeles time. It covers 6 chapters of econ information. I have posted an outline of what might be covered in the homework below.

Chapter 14

1. Define GDP and explain why the value of production, income, and expenditure are the same for an economy. A.GDP Defined 1. Value Produced 2. What Produced 3. Where Produced 4. When Produced B.Circular Flows in the U.S. Economy 1. Consumption Expenditure 2. Investment 3. Government Expenditure on Goods and Services 4. Net Exports of Goods and Services 5. Total Expenditure 6. Income C.Expenditure Equals Income 2. Describe how economic statisticians measure GDP and distinguish between nominal GDP and real GDP. A.The Expenditure Approach 1. Expenditures Not in GDP B.The Income Approach 1. Wage Income 2. Interest, Rent, and Profit Income 3. From Factor Cost to Market Price 4. From Net to Gross 5. Statistical Discrepancy C.GDP and Related Measures of Production and Income 1. Gross National Product 2. Disposable Personal Income D.Real GDP and Nominal GDP E.Calculating Real GDP F. Using the Real GDP Numbers 3. Describe the uses of real GDP and explain its limitations as a measure of the standard of living. A.The Standard of Living Over Time B. Tracking the Course of the Business Cycle C. The Standard of Living Among Countries D.Goods and Services Omitted from GDP 1. Household Production 2. Underground Production 3. Leisure Time 4. Environment Quality E.Other Influences on the Standard of Living 1. Health and Life Expectancy 2. Political Freedom and Social Justice

Chapter 15

1. Define the unemployment rate and other labor market indicators. A.Current Population Survey B.Population Survey Criteria C.Two Main Labor Market Indicators 1. The Unemployment Rate 2. The Labor Force Participation Rate D.Alternative Measures of Unemployment 1. Marginally Attached Workers 2. Part-Time Workers 2. Describe the trends and fluctuations in the indicators of labor market performance in the United States. A.Unemployment Rate B.The Participation Rate 3. Describe the sources and types of unemployment, define full employment, and explain the link between unemployment and real GDP. A.Frictional Unemployment B.Structural Unemployment C.Cyclical Unemployment D.“Natural” Unemployment 3. The Real Wage Rate 4. Unemployment Benefits

Chapter 16

1. Explain what the Consumer Price Index (CPI) is and how it is calculated. A.Reading the CPI Numbers B.Constructing the CPI C.The CPI Market Basket D.The Monthly Price Survey E.Calculating the CPI F. Measuring Inflation and Deflation 2. Explain the limitations of the CPI and describe other measures of the price level. A.Sources of Bias in the CPI 1. New Goods Bias 2. Quality Change Bias 3. Commodity Substitution Bias 4. Outlet Substitution Bias B.The Magnitude of the Bias C.Two Consequences of the CPI Bias 2. Increases in Government Outlays and Decreases in Taxes D.Alternative Measures of the Price Level and Inflation Rate 1. GDP Price Index 3. Adjust money values for inflation and calculate real wage rates and real interest rates. A.Dollars and Cents at Different Dates B.Nominal and Real Values in Macroeconomics C.Nominal GDP and Real GDP D.Nominal Wage Rate and Real Wage Rate E.Nominal Interest Rate and Real Interest Rate

Chapter 17

1. Explain what determines potential GDP. A.The Three Main Schools of Thought 1. Classical Macroeconomics 2. Keynesian Macroeconomics D.Potential GDP E.The Production Function F. The Labor Market 1. The Demand for Labor 2. The Supply of Labor 3. Labor Market Equilibrium 4. Full Employment and Potential GDP 2. Define and calculate the economic growth rate, and explain the implications of sustained growth. A.Calculating Growth Rates B.The Magic of Sustained Growth 3. Identify the main sources of economic growth and explain the growth process. A.Labor Productivity B. Saving and Investment in Physical Capital 1. Capital Accumulation and Diminishing Marginal Returns 2. Illustrating the Law of Diminishing Marginal Returns C.Expansion of Human Capital and Discovery of New Technologies D.Combined Influences Bring Labor Productivity Growth 4. Describe the policies that might speed economic growth. A.Preconditions for Economic Growth 1. Economic Freedom 2. Property Rights 3. Markets B.Policies to Achieve Faster Growth 1. Create Incentive Mechanisms 2. Encourage Saving 3. Encourage Research and Development 4. Encourage International Trade 5. Improve the Quality of Education

Chapter 18

1. Define money and describe its functions. A.Definition of Money 1. A Commodity or Token 2. Generally Accepted 3. Means of Payment B.The Functions of Money 1. Medium of Exchange 2. Unit of Account 3. Store of Value C.Money Today 1. Currency 2. Deposits 3. Currency Inside the Banks Is Not Money D.Official Measures of Money: M1 and M2 1. Are M1 and M2 Means of Payment? 2. Describe the functions of banks. A.Commercial Banks 1. Bank Deposits 2. Profit and Risk: A Balancing Act 3. Reserves 4. Liquid Assets 5. Securities and Loans 6. Bank Assets and Liabilities: The Relative Magnitudes 3. Describe the functions of the Federal Reserve System (the Fed). A.The Structure of the Federal Reserve 1. The Chairman of the Board of Governors 2. The Board of Governors 3. The Regional Federal Reserve Banks 4. The Federal Open Market Committee B.The Fed’s Policy Tools 1. Required Reserve Ratios 2. Discount Rate 3. Open Market Operations C.How the Fed’s Policy Tools Work 4. Explain how the banking system creates money and how the Fed controls the quantity of money. A.Creating Deposits by Making Loans 1. The Monetary Base 2. Desired Reserves 3. Desired Currency Holding B.How Open Market Operations Change the Monetary Base 1. The Fed Buys Securities 2. The Fed Sells Securities C.The Multiplier Effect of an Open Market Operation D.The Money Multiplier

Chapter 19

Define and explain the influences on aggregate supply. A.Aggregate Supply Basics 1. Why the AS Curve Slopes Upward a. Change in Output Rate B.Changes in Aggregate Supply 1. Change in Potential GDP 2. Change in Money Wage Rate 3. Change in Money Prices of Other Resources 2. Define and explain the influences on aggregate demand. A.Aggregate Demand Basics 1. The Buying Power of Money 2. The Real Interest Rate 3. The Real Prices of Exports and Imports B.Changes in Aggregate Demand 1. Expectations 2. Fiscal Policy and Monetary Policy C.The Aggregate Demand Multiplier 3. Explain how trends and fluctuations in aggregate demand and aggregate supply bring economic growth, inflation, and the business cycle. A.Macroeconomic Equilibrium 1. Adjustment toward Full Employment D.The Business Cycle E. Inflation Cycles 1. Demand-Pull Inflation 2. Cost-Push Inflation F. Deflation and the Great Depression

Chapter 20

5. Types of Fiscal Policy a. Discretionary Fiscal Policy b. Automatic Fiscal Policy B.Discretionary Fiscal Policy: Demand-Side Effects 1. The Government Expenditure Multiplier 2. The Tax Multiplier 3. The Transfer Payments Multiplier 5. A Successful Fiscal Stimulus D.Limitations of Discretionary Fiscal Policy 1. Law-Making Time Lag 2. Shrinking Area of Discretion 3. Estimating Potential GDP 4. Economic Forecasting E.Automatic Fiscal Policy 2. Describe the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy process and explain the effects of monetary policy. A.The Monetary Policy Process 1. Monitoring Economic Conditions 2. Decisions of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) B.The Federal Funds Rate Target C.The Ripple Effects of the Fed’s Actions 5. Consumption Expenditure, Investment, and Net Exports Change 6. Aggregate Demand Changes D.Monetary Stabilization in the AS-AD Model E.The Fed Eases to Fight Recession 1. The Fed Tightens to Fight Inflation 2. The Size of the Multiplier Effect F. Limitations of Monetary Stabilization Policy

Paper length: 8-10 pages (paper should be written as if I am writing it since the assignment is a self-analysis utilizing the Authentic Leadership assessment taken by both myself and 4 peers)

Format: APA format

Leadership Model: Authentic Leadership

 

Refer to the attached Authentic Leadership assessment. This assessment includes a self-assessment and the assessment of 4 peers.

 

Write an 8-10 page paper regarding Authentic Leadership and include the following writings within the text;

 

• Write an analysis based on the attached assessment results of my leadership characteristics
• Write recommendations for strengthening my leadership characteristics.
• Write on recommendations to address how I might go about strengthening my leadership characteristics and potential.

The paper should be well-written, supported by scholarly references, formatted according to APA format, approximately 3,000 – 4,000 words (8-10 pages) in length, demonstrate critical thinking, and be free of grammar and spelling errors.

Technical Project: Sample Website Project

This assignment consists of three (3) sections: a narrative, a storyboard, and a business Website. You must submit all three (3) sections for the completion of this assignment. The assignment is to be submitted in a single compressed folder (zip file) to the online course shell. Section 3 must contain all .htm files, along with any other files that may be necessary for your project to run (ex: text files, images, etc.). When saving the compressed folder (zip file), it should be saved as Techincal Project_Last name_First initial.zip. For example, if your name is Mary Smith, the file for submission should be saved as Techincal Project_Smith_M.htm

Select a business that you are interested in. (e.g., pet store, travel site, fishing gear, appliances, automobiles, housewares, furniture, etc.). Imagine that you have just been hired to create a four (4) page hierarchical Website for the business you selected.

Section 1: Narrative
Write a half (½) page paper in which you:

1. Create a narrative that describes the site to your prospective client.

Section 2: Storyboard
Imagine that your narrative has been approved. Use Word, Visio, or Dia to:

2. Create a storyboard diagram depicting the layout of your Website.

Section 3: Business Website
In order to receive full credit for this section, you will need to submit:

One (1) screen shot of your emailed data from the guestbook.
One (1) CSS style sheet.
Four (4) Web pages.

3. Create your Website based on the following requirements:

a. Create a Cascading Style Sheet (.css) for all pages, which:

i. Applies a background color.

ii. Applies style to font.

iii. Changes the ordered list markers to anything other than the default.

iv. Changes the unordered list markers to anything other than the default.

v. Applies style to a copyright footer.

b. Include:

i. A graphic or logo on the home page.

ii. A navigation bar with links to every other page on the home page.

iii. A guestbook registry on the home page using the mailto: tag with an entry field for:

a. A person’s name.

b. An email address.

iv. A piece of JavaScript on the home page.

c. Create a submit button for the guestbook registry that will email the information to your email address. Note: Test the function and take a screen shot of the emailed information you receive. You must submit the screen shot in your zipped file of deliverables as proof.

d. Create three (3) sub pages that include:

i. The same graphic / logo.

ii. A navigation bar with links to every other page.

iii. An ordered list of at least two (2) items, and then at least two (2) unordered list entries under each ordered list item where one (1) of the items must be a hyperlinked to a Website (the hyperlink should not show the address printed on the page).

Note: Each of the three pages should have unique lists.

Example:

A. Food

• Dry food

• Wet food

• Canned food

B. Toys

• Indoor

• Outdoor

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Describe the structure of the World Wide Web as interconnected hypertext documents.
Create and validate HTML documents.
Create presentations using Cascading Style Sheets and DHTML.
Write clearly and concisely about Web design and development using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Really need this assignment completed! Due tomorrow at midnight! Been out of town and unable to get it done! Thanks in advance!

Incorporate the concepts you have learned throughout the course to create a formal marketing plan. The marketing plan will consist of a 20-35 slide PowerPoint deck on a selected product or service. The Marketing Plan should be targeted to an executive audience or a potential investor. Use each week’s study of principles and concepts to begin drafting your marketing plan as you progress through the course.

Step 1: Select a product or service and submit your choice by the end of week 2

Select a product or service that you can obtain sufficient marketing information on, or if you are interested in starting your own business, you may elect to present a product or service that you intend to personally market.

If you decide to use a nationally recognized product/service, you may incorporate their existing marketing campaigns into your plan; however, you must add your own marketing communications ideas as well. If you work for a small organization that does not have a formal marketing plan, you may use this opportunity to develop one.

Step 2: Conduct a situational analysis

Research and apply the weekly concepts to your chosen product or service to complete a situational analysis and begin developing your marketing plan. Analyze the company’s website, social media outlets, and other external sources for information. You may want to interview a company representative. Marketing plans based solely on information found on the company’s website will be incomplete and unsatisfactory.

Marketing Plan Slides

Use the following outline to build your Marketing Plan.

Title Page

Table of Contents

Executive Summary

o Create a high-level summary of the plan’s content and purpose. • Description of Product/Service

o What is it, what does it do?

o Who owns it?

o What Product Life Cycle stage is it in?

• Value Proposition

o Why would a customer buy it?

o What is the value that it delivers?

o Create a 2-3 sentence value proposition statement encompassing information above.

This statement is used for marketing messaging campaigns. • Features and Benefits

o Create a list of features and benefit to customer.

JWI 518: Marketing In a Global Environment

Assignment 3

• Target Markets

o What markets are currently targeted? What is recommended? (Support with research) o What approach is being taken (undifferentiated, differentiated, concentrated, or

micromarketing)? • Competitive Analysis

o Who are major competitors – pricing, features, benefits, differentiators, target markets?

o Compare your product/service to major competitors.

o Suggestion: create a table with comparative competitive information (include your product

at the top); on the next slide, provide overview bullet points analyzing what the

comparative information shows. • SWOT Analysis

o Refer to the SWOT analysis instructions in your textbook. • Marketing Objectives

o What are the current marketing objectives, or what are your suggested objectives? (e.g. build brand awareness, increase market share, capture a new target market, increase revenues, etc.)

• Measure

o How will your objectives be measured?

• Pricing Strategy

o Identify the price for your product/service.

o Explain why the price better supports the marketing objectives.

• Target Markets

o What are the target markets? Explain.

o Should current target markets be expanded? Explain.

• Distribution Strategy

o Do you recommend direct channel, indirect channel, or multiple channels? o Do you recommend intensive, selective, or exclusive distribution and why?

• Marketing Promotion (try to use a combination of traditional and contemporary tools) o List promotion ideas that support marketing objective(s).

o Which tools will be used to deliver promotion initiatives?

o Align promotion initiatives to appropriate target markets.

o Which initiatives should be included in each stage of the Product Life Cycle? • Budget

o Estimate the cost of the marketing campaign.

o Create a marketing budget. Allocate the appropriate cost to each initiative. • Reference Page

Grading for this assignment will be based on the following grading criter

Argumentative research paper

Topic: Did slavery cause racism or did racism cause slavery?

Paper needs to be in APA

Create an Annotated Bibliography consisting of five sources. Each entry will consist of a reference list citation that precedes a 100-150 word summary of the source.
Research paper
Abstract: The abstract is a 150-250 word summary of your Research Paper
Introduction:
Thesis
Review of literature: The review of literature should be a smooth transition from the introduction of your paper and should present a controlled summary of the conversation surrounding your topic.
Body paragraphs
Topic sentence
Explanation of topic sentence (1-2 sentences)
Introduction to evidence (1-2 sentences)
Evidence
Explanation of evidence
Transition (1-2 sentences)
Conclusion:

References

Written paper

Pages required: minimum 3 pages

APA format

 

Conduct a technology analysis of your fictitious organization.

1. What kinds of good or services does your organization produce? Are input, conversion, or output activities the source of greatest uncertainty for your organization?
2. What role does technology in the form of knowledge play in the production of the organization’s goods or services?
3. What role does materials technology play in the production of the organization’s goods and services?
4. What is the organizations level of technical complexity? Does the organization use a small-batch, mass production, or continuous-process technology?
5. Use the concepts of task variability and task analyzability to describe the complexity of your organization’s activities. Which of the four types of technology identified by Perrow does your organization use?
6. What forms of task interdependence between people and between departments characterize your organization’s work process? Which of the three types of technology identified by Thompson does your organization use?
7. The analysis you have done so far might lead you to expect your company to operate with a particular kind of structure. What kind? To what extent does your organization’s structure seem to fit with the characteristics of the organization’s technology? For example, is the structure organic or mechanistic?
8. Do you think your organization is operating its technology effectively? Do you see any ways in which it could improve its technical efficiency, innovativeness, or ability to respond to customers

As part of your course, you are required to review and critique 2 public policy papers written on budgetary topics. You will be provided with a series of options to consider. The title of each policy paper that you critique must be submitted in advance and is worth 10 points. Each completed critique must be between 5 and 7 pages in length and incorporate APA style and is worth 90 points.

 

Policy Paper Title Submission #1 is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 2.

Policy Paper Review and Critique #1 is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 4.

Policy Paper Title Submission #2 is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 6.

Policy Paper Review and Critique #2 is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Friday of Module/Week 8.

 

You are to structure your paper in the following manner:

 

1. Title Page

 

1. Abstract:
2. Briefly explain the research you’re doing, your methodology, and findings.

 

1. Introduction:
2. What policy paper are you evaluating and criticizing? Who wrote it? Why is it important to critique this paper? What is the thesis or main argument of the paper? What are you attempting to achieve or communicate?

 

1. Summarize the Paper:
2. Present a concise summary of the paper you’re critiquing, which also highlights what you’re attempting to argue.
3. Identify what the author is arguing, and what evidence he supplies.In other words, how does he support his argument? Is he underutilizing data?

 

1. Argument You’re Presenting — Criticism and Judgment:
2. Did the author convince you? Did he accomplish his purpose?Is the material well organized? Does he leave out or dismiss relevant data?
3. What are the strengths and weaknesses of the paper?
4. Discuss the worth, validity, and utility of the paper you’re critiquing

 

1. Conclusion:
2. Summarize the argument in the policy paper you’re critiquing and then your critique – how have you proven your argument?