Research findings involving the literature exploring class size and instructors’ performance were mixed. Such findings suggest the need for additional research on the relationship between instructor performance and class size

Research findings involving the literature exploring class size and instructors’ performance were mixed. Such findings suggest the need for additional research on the relationship between instructor performance and class size

Assessing and Diagnosing Patients With Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders

Assessing and Diagnosing Patients With Substance-Related and Addictive Disorders An important consideration when working with patients is their cultural background. Understanding an individual’s culture and personal experiences provides insight into who the person is and where he or she may progress in the future. Culture helps to establish a sense of identity, as well as to set values, behaviors, and purpose for individuals within a society. Culture may also contribute to a divide between specific interpretations of cultural behavior and societal norms. What one culture may deem as appropriate another culture may find inappropriate. As a result, it is important for advanced practice nurses to remain aware of cultural considerations and interpretations of behavior for diagnosis, especially with reference to substance-related disorders. At the same time, PMHNPs must balance their professional and legal responsibilities for assessment and diagnosis with such cultural considerations and interpretations.

For this Assignment, you will practice assessing and diagnosing a patient in a case study who is experiencing a substance-related or addictive disorder. With this and all cases, remember to consider the patient’s cultural background.

In Controlling Gun Ownership: What is the impact of controlling gun ownership on the rate of crime

In Controlling Gun Ownership: What is the impact of controlling gun ownership on the rate of crime

explore how the chapters/PPTs you have read can be used to analyze a real-life case in the context of strategic management

explore how the chapters/PPTs you have read can be
used to analyze a real-life case in the context of strategic management.
 Consolidate each member’s pages into a single complete paper. Individual pages/incomplete paper
to me CANNOT be marked. Invite a group leader to do the consolidation and make sure the
individual pieces flow well in your final product. Ask the group leader (just one representative) to
submit the paper via Blackboard (please see the tab: PAPER Info and Submission).
 Please make sure you read the Syllabus for additional information. Your Group Paper 2 should
provide in-depth discussion and analysis of the following case context. You are specially required
to read:
(1) A news release from Virgin Galactic (it is provided on following pages).
(2) Relevant background information about Virgin Galactic.
(3) Relevant concepts you should apply from the textbook.
(4) Internet/Other articles. Please be selective as our world is overloaded with information. Data
dumping will potentially carry a negative impact for your work. Provide a list of references.
Use the following questions to guide your analytical work. They help you focus! Please be reminded that
you need to apply the concepts from the textbook and/or PPTs to develop your rationale, NOT merely
discussion based on common sense:

1. Given the case information about Virgin Galactic, the company is making a strong
   commitment to this business venture so-called “Spaceflight for Tourism” in the US consumer
   market. If you are a consulting group to help investigate the launch and potential trend of
   space travel for consumers in the United States, please discuss how you would do your
   complete analysis (the steps) and what strategies/actions should be considered by different
   business stakeholders (those potentially involved) to reach a higher chance of success for this
   business opportunity.
2. Please draw your group’s conclusion to critically comment whether or not the idea of space
   travel would be popular and worth the investment in the US consumer market (and the world),
   and why.

You need to briefly explain the purpose and value of the partnership/project, outlining thecompany’s current nature of business relationship management practices.

You need to briefly explain the purpose and value of the partnership/project, outlining the
company’s current nature of business relationship management practices.
Select 2 or more strategic partners, each representing different types of relationship.
Appraise each relationship and their value to your chosen company, providing rationales as to
why it is strategically important to manage each of these relationships both effectively and
efficiently.
Careful consideration must be given to the presentation of case data using devices such as tables
and quotes to substantiate your findings.
Compare and contrast the similarities and differences in the types of relationships you are
analysing.
Evaluate how effective the organisation is at managing each type of relationship.
The case study paper should contain the following elements:
Element Explanation Recommended
word count
Introduction and
Aim
Introduces the case, including the background and any
previous studies of the issue.
Describes the purpose of the study and the specific
questions you are trying to answer.
250
Literature Review Provide a brief overview of the theoretical literature
that act as sensitising concepts and supporting
frameworks for data collection.
(This would be the summary at the end of the literature
review that provides a synthesis of key concepts, your
claim about the nature of the relationship between the
concepts, and the conceptual framework that
diagrammatically explains and/or illustrates this and
the sensitising concepts for data collection and
analysis.)
Refer criteria 3
500
Method Explains how the study was carried out, and how did
you develop the case study e.g., what research
method(s) did you use to collect data? What were the
circumstances of your data collection?

Research and write a case study article (3,500 words) on aneffective relationship management strategy that incorporates a critical appraisal of currentpractice

Research and write a case study article (3,500 words) on an
effective relationship management strategy that incorporates a critical appraisal of current
practice You are required to research and critically investigate a business relationship strategy for a multi-stakeholder partnership. This should be based on a real-world partnership/project from
your chosen company. The case study you select can be commercial or non-commercial
organisation, but it must include the following features:
• Engaged in a multi-stakeholder partnership or project (refer LO1)
• Allows for comparative analysis of 2 types of business relationships (e.g., supplier,
customer, internal and stakeholder).
• Examines the dynamic between internal and external business relationship management
practice (refer LO3

Tawas has just set up his new IT consulting company in London and has approached you to get advice taxes, banking and financing in particular he wants to know about the various types of taxes he might have to consider and the various banking and corporate services and products that are available to him.

Tawas has just set up his new IT consulting company in London and has approached you to get advice  taxes, banking and financing in particular he wants to know about the various types of taxes he might have to consider and the various banking and corporate services and products that are available to him.

Questions: (indicative wordcount 70 words)

Write him a short paragraph with your advice

Caroline is starting an art gallery business in part of a converted mill building. She sold her house, making £40,000 profit on the transaction, and she is planning to put the money she has made into the new venture. £30,000 was used as a deposit on the purchase of her space in the mill, and she obtained a commercial mortgage of £118,000 for the remainder of the purchase price. The interest rate on the mortgage is 5.7 per cent and Caroline has negotiated a deal with the lender whereby she does not have to start paying off the capital sum until the third year of her business operation. The monthly interest only payments are £561. 

Caroline will stage one exhibition each month, and her plans for the first three months of her business are as follows:

January – exhibition of prints by major European artists of the 20^th century. Caroline expects to sell about 50 per cent of the exhibits, which would produce total sales of £52,000, the cash received immediately. £36,000 of this would be payable to the owner of the prints in February.

February – exhibition of the work of five sculptors. Working, again, on the expectation that 50 per cent of the work will sell, total sales are likely to be £48,000. Caroline will retain one third of this sum; the balance will be paid to the artists in March.

March – exhibition by renowned artist, Pasha Quigley. Pasha rarely exhibits his work and it is a major coup for Caroline to have his paintings on show. Caroline expects to sell £85,000 of work, of which she will retain commission of £20,000. The £85,000 will be received from purchasers within the month of March, and Pasha will be paid in April.

Expenses include the following:

1. Cost of exhibition catalogues. A catalogue for each exhibition will cost £5,000 to produce. The catalogue for the first exhibition will have been paid for in December out of Caroline’s remaining £10,000. The catalogues for the second and third exhibitions will also be paid for one month in advance. 
2. Gallery premises costs. Business rates are to be paid monthly; the cost is £750 per month. Electricity costs will average out at £60 per month and Caroline expects to receive a bill for the first three months’ electricity in March, and to pay it in April.
3. Wages. Caroline will pay a part time assistant £550 per month.
4. Other expenses. Caroline estimates that a total of £1,000 in other expenses will be paid each month.
5. Drawings. She plans to draw £700 per month in cash.
6. Private view expenses. In each of the three months Caroline will have to spend an estimated £450 on buying in wine and other refreshments for the private view. This figure also includes the cost of hourly-paid waiting staff to take drinks round to guests.
7. Advertising. The initial round of press adverts will appear in December, and the £3,000 cost will be paid for out of Caroline’s remaining £10,000. Each month £400 will be paid for brochures and postage costs to send out to people on the gallery’s mailing list.

The bank balance at 1 January 20X4 will be £2,000 after advertising and catalogue costs have been paid for. The advertising and catalogue costs form part of Caroline’s start-up capital.

The gallery premises are to be depreciated over 25 years on the straight-line basis, with an assumption of nil residual value.

Caroline is starting an art gallery business in part of a converted mill building. She sold her house, making £40,000 profit on the transaction, and she is planning to put the money she has made into the new venture. £30,000 was used as a deposit on the purchase of her space in the mill, and she obtained a commercial mortgage of £118,000 for the remainder of the purchase price. The interest rate on the mortgage is 5.7 per cent and Caroline has negotiated a deal with the lender whereby she does not have to start paying off the capital sum until the third year of her business operation. The monthly interest only payments are £561. 

Caroline will stage one exhibition each month, and her plans for the first three months of her business are as follows:

January – exhibition of prints by major European artists of the 20^th century. Caroline expects to sell about 50 per cent of the exhibits, which would produce total sales of £52,000, the cash received immediately. £36,000 of this would be payable to the owner of the prints in February.

February – exhibition of the work of five sculptors. Working, again, on the expectation that 50 per cent of the work will sell, total sales are likely to be £48,000. Caroline will retain one third of this sum; the balance will be paid to the artists in March.

March – exhibition by renowned artist, Pasha Quigley. Pasha rarely exhibits his work and it is a major coup for Caroline to have his paintings on show. Caroline expects to sell £85,000 of work, of which she will retain commission of £20,000. The £85,000 will be received from purchasers within the month of March, and Pasha will be paid in April.

Expenses include the following:

1. Cost of exhibition catalogues. A catalogue for each exhibition will cost £5,000 to produce. The catalogue for the first exhibition will have been paid for in December out of Caroline’s remaining £10,000. The catalogues for the second and third exhibitions will also be paid for one month in advance. 
2. Gallery premises costs. Business rates are to be paid monthly; the cost is £750 per month. Electricity costs will average out at £60 per month and Caroline expects to receive a bill for the first three months’ electricity in March, and to pay it in April.
3. Wages. Caroline will pay a part time assistant £550 per month.
4. Other expenses. Caroline estimates that a total of £1,000 in other expenses will be paid each month.
5. Drawings. She plans to draw £700 per month in cash.
6. Private view expenses. In each of the three months Caroline will have to spend an estimated £450 on buying in wine and other refreshments for the private view. This figure also includes the cost of hourly-paid waiting staff to take drinks round to guests.
7. Advertising. The initial round of press adverts will appear in December, and the £3,000 cost will be paid for out of Caroline’s remaining £10,000. Each month £400 will be paid for brochures and postage costs to send out to people on the gallery’s mailing list.

The bank balance at 1 January 20X4 will be £2,000 after advertising and catalogue costs have been paid for. The advertising and catalogue costs form part of Caroline’s start-up capital.

The gallery premises are to be depreciated over 25 years on the straight-line basis, with an assumption of nil residual value.

Questions: (indicative wordcount 520 words)

Prepare for Caroline:

1. a budget cash flow statement for the three months of January, February and March 20X4
2. a budget statement of profit or loss for the three months ending 31 March 20X4
3. a budget statement of financial position at 31 March 20X4 and:
4. briefly discuss whether or not you think Caroline’s business is going to be successful, identifying any areas where cash flow might be a problem.

Modupe runs a manufacturing business. Some of her products are manufactured under a licence which was granted on 1 January 20X2. Modupe paid £10,000 for the licence which runs for five years. She is amortising the cost of the licence at the rate of 20 per cent each year for five years. 

On 1 March 20X4, Modupe bought a new machine for £18,000. The machine replaced another machine which had been fully depreciated, and which was scrapped on 28 February 20X4. Machinery and most other non-current assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over 10 years.

There were no other purchases or sales of non-current assets. 

Modupe tells you, her financial adviser, that she is worried that the cash at bank figure has fallen by such a large amount since the start of her financial year. She wonders if she should have made the investment in buying a new machine. 

Modupe’s statement of profit or loss for the year ended 31 May 20X4 was as follows:

                                                                                      £                              £

	3,309,800
Less: closing inventory	(314,447)
			(2,995,353)
Gross profit			781,889
Expenses			(885,960)
Interest paid			(5,000)
Loss for the year

Depreciation of £57,756 is included in expenses. Depreciation of £107,775 is included in cost of goods manufactured. This includes the amount charged to depreciation in respect of the new machine. Amortisation of £2,000 in respect of the patent is also included in cost of goods manufactured.

Modupe’s statements of financial position at 31 May 20X4 and 20X3 were as follows:

		1,964,260		2,169,331
Non-current liabilities
Long-term loan		150,000		142,000
Current liabilities
Payables		432,960		380,444
		2,547,220		2,691,775

Modupe runs a manufacturing business. Some of her products are manufactured under a licence which was granted on 1 January 20X2. Modupe paid £10,000 for the licence which runs for five years. She is amortising the cost of the licence at the rate of 20 per cent each year for five years. 

On 1 March 20X4, Modupe bought a new machine for £18,000. The machine replaced another machine which had been fully depreciated, and which was scrapped on 28 February 20X4. Machinery and most other non-current assets are depreciated on a straight-line basis over 10 years.

There were no other purchases or sales of non-current assets. 

Modupe tells you, her financial adviser, that she is worried that the cash at bank figure has fallen by such a large amount since the start of her financial year. She wonders if she should have made the investment in buying a new machine. 

Modupe’s statement of profit or loss for the year ended 31 May 20X4 was as follows:

                                                                                      £                              £

	3,309,800
Less: closing inventory	(314,447)
			(2,995,353)
Gross profit			781,889
Expenses			(885,960)
Interest paid			(5,000)
Loss for the year

Depreciation of £57,756 is included in expenses. Depreciation of £107,775 is included in cost of goods manufactured. This includes the amount charged to depreciation in respect of the new machine. Amortisation of £2,000 in respect of the patent is also included in cost of goods manufactured.

Modupe’s statements of financial position at 31 May 20X4 and 20X3 were as follows:

		1,964,260		2,169,331
Non-current liabilities
Long-term loan		150,000		142,000
Current liabilities
Payables		432,960		380,444
		2,547,220		2,691,775

Questions: (indicative wordcount 480 words)

1. Prepare Modupe’s statement of cash flows for the year ended 31 May 20X4.

Write a brief report to Modupe explaining the reasons why the cash at bank balance has fallen during the year. Advise her on any actions she could take to improve the cash position

A friend, Wazir, has asked you for advice because he understands very little about accounting statements. His accountant has prepared the following summary of the last three years results of Wazir’ shoe business:

                                                                  20X6                       20X5                       20X4

                                                                     £                             £                             £

Net profit                                     

Wazir tells you that in the early months of 20X5 a discount shoe operation opened near his shop. His sales suffered at first because of the competition, but after about 8 months the rival went out of business. Wazir decided, however, that he had better extend the range of inventory carried and also increase the floor area of the selling space so as to build up revenue. Since the end of 20X5 he has rented additional showroom and storage space from the business next door.

Wazir would like you to explain to him the impact of these events on his business performance.

A friend, Wazir, has asked you for advice because he understands very little about accounting statements. His accountant has prepared the following summary of the last three years results of Wazir’ shoe business:

                                                                  20X6                       20X5                       20X4

                                                                     £                             £                             £

Net profit                                     

Wazir tells you that in the early months of 20X5 a discount shoe operation opened near his shop. His sales suffered at first because of the competition, but after about 8 months the rival went out of business. Wazir decided, however, that he had better extend the range of inventory carried and also increase the floor area of the selling space so as to build up revenue. Since the end of 20X5 he has rented additional showroom and storage space from the business next door.

Wazir would like you to explain to him the impact of these events on his business performance.

Questions: (indicative wordcount 280 words)

1. Calculate his gross and net profit margins and
2. Write a brief report.