Explain how you would leverage your strengths as a leader to strengthen the team’s effectiveness and culture.

CompetencyIn this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competencies:Demonstrate effective management skills and practices in diverse, distributed, and collaborative work environmentsExplain the interrelatedness of the functions and forms of organizationsScenarioImagine you are a new manager at the SNHU Pet Supply Company. The company has grown from a small, local pet-supply company into a large organization with locations in Manchester, New Hampshire and Denver, Colorado. It also employs remote staff. The manager you are replacing was with the team for two years and left on negative terms, which exacerbated an already concerning team culture.You have been asked to present a management plan that addresses identified areas of concern, rebuilds the team’s culture, and aligns organizational practices to leadership.Leadership has provided you with a management brief that outlines the key pieces of information you will need in order to make informed recommendations.DirectionsUse course resources and the information provided in the Project One Management Brief (located in the Supporting Materials section) to develop recommendations that will meet the needs of your new team and align with your organization’s mission, vision, culture statement, and goals.Use the Presentation Template to create presentation slides that highlight key pieces of information, and use the Speaker Notes Template to outline what you would say when presenting your recommendations in a future meeting with leadership. Both templates are located in the What to Submit section.Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:Team ManagementLeadership and Management: Describe leadership and management practices that you feel would be best suited to manage the team. Explain why you believe these practices are in alignment with the organization’s mission, culture, and goals, as well as how they would be effective in improving the team’s culture.Followership: Explain how you would leverage your strengths as a leader to strengthen the team’s effectiveness and culture. Also explain how your strengths could be used to develop followership within your team.Decision-Making Models: Describe decision-making models that you believe will be the most effective for the team and management approach and their alignment with the organization, as well as how they would be effective in improving the team’s culture.Emotional Intelligence: Describe considerations for ensuring your management practices are emotionally intelligent and inclusive of diverse perspectives, needs, and roles within your team. Explain why you believe they are in alignment with the organization and how they would be effective in improving the team’s culture.Communication and Collaboration Across FunctionsForms and Functions: Explain how the various forms and functions of the organization impact the team; also explain how the team impacts the various forms and functions across the organization.Communication Practices: Describe the strengths and weaknesses of the current communication practices being used across functions, and recommend better ways to communicate that meet the organization’s needs.Organizational Mission, Vision, and Goals: Explain the general purpose of organizational missions, culture statements, and goals and what these three things say about the way an organization should operate. Take organizational structure, leadership and management approaches, and diversity and inclusion practices into account when considering an operation.What to SubmitTo complete this project, you must submit the following:Template: Presentation TemplateYour presentation should be between 7 to 10 slides in length, not including the title and references slides. Sources should be cited according to APA style.Template: Speaker Notes TemplateUse complete sentences to outline what you would say in a verbal presentation. Sources should be cited according to APA style.Supporting MaterialsThe following resource supports your work on the project:Reading: Project One Management BriefThis document provides an overview of the team’s current management and leadership practices and its existing team culture. Review this information to complete your project.A text-only version of the image in this resource is available: Project One Management Brief Text-Only Version.

Would a given mean value of $600 be likely, given the calculated confidence interval?

A study of the ages of motorcyclists killed in crashes involves the random selection of 150 drivers with a mean of 37.1 years. Assuming a standard deviation of 12.0 years, construct a 99% confidence interval estimate of the mean age of all motorcyclists killed in crashes?A university surveys 36 randomly selected students and asks the number of dollars spent on textbooks/supplies during the academic year. The results (in dollars) are shown below:425 78 53 699 663 282845 373 161 22 853 653366 806 920 562 828 931641 134 916 38 379 90388 894 654 639 916 284700 684 600 425 717 822Use Excel to construct a 90% confidence interval for the mean dollars spent.Would a given mean value of $600 be likely, given the calculated confidence interval?

Provide insights into your subject’s role and why Operations Management is vital to his/her organization.

Resource: Interview Guidelines – Please refer to guidelines attachedWrite a 1,400- to 1,750-word interview.Identify whom you interviewed, their title, and years of working experience in the area of Operations Management.Provide insights into your subject’s role and why Operations Management is vital to his/her organization.Provide the reason for selecting the individual you chose to interview.List the questions you asked.Include a summary of the organization.Give a summary of what you learned as a result of this interview.Provide a reflection of what is important about this assignment.Discuss any follow-up activities the person you interviewed suggested.

Research emerging enterprise network applications and describe 3 that you think are most interesting and briefly explain why you believe this.

Research emerging enterprise network applications and describe 3 that you think are most interesting and briefly explain why you believe this.ASSIGNMENTS IN FULL APA FORMATTING WITH IN-TEXT CITATIONS.You must provide your own response to the main question, plus reply to two (2) other students’ responses to the question, for a total of three (3) postings for each Discussion Question assignment. All discussion questions must include a minimum of one reference but should include all those used in the development of your response to the discussion question.Initial post: 250 wordsReply to two classmates’ posts (post 1 and post 2): 150 words each

Choose an Art Museum and tell about its history, location, any controversies the museum has experienced, and list a few of the most famous artworks held within it.

1. GuernicaUsing complete sentences, create a list and describe in detail Picasso’s Guernica. What is the historical context of this work? Why do you think Picasso chose black & white for this very large oil painting? Why do you think he included text-like markings? It is not mentioned in our book, but what are some ways we might interpret the eye/light bulb-looking symbol at the top near the center of the painting?When using the titles of artwork, please capitalize the first letter of each word and place the entire title in italics.2. The AmericasTurning our sights to the Americas during this time period. In Mexico, the Aztec civilization wasn’t conquered by the Spanish until 1521 and the Inka civilization wasn’t conquered by the Spanish until 1532. Both cultures are fascinating and both cultures had very distinct styles of art before and during the conquest. Using complete sentences, create a list: Choose either the Inka or Aztec culture and discuss, using specific examples (e.g. names), their artwork. Focus in on one specific type of art such as architecture, sculpture, painting, weaving, ceramics, etc.What life was like as an Incan (Inca Empire) https://youtu.be/mJax6phMeNMIntroduction to the Aztecs (Mexica) https://youtu.be/B8cO1pAHVokWhen using the titles of artwork, please capitalize the first letter of each word and place the entire title in italics.3. If it ain’t Baroque, don’t fix itUsing complete sentences, create a list and define the Baroque style of art. What were its visual characteristics? Name two artists whose works exemplify Baroque art and use their work to help you describe the Baroque stylistic period.4. Modern ArtUsing complete sentences, create a list and explain just what is modern about Modern art? Distinguish the difference between Modern and Contemporary art. Provide two specific examples of Modern art, describe it, and explain why they are “modern.”5. Bullet Report #2: Art Museum. Write in complete sentences / 10 bullet points of information. No citations needed. Must be typed. Worth 25 points. See a Bullet Report Example.pdfChoose an Art Museum and tell about its history, location, any controversies the museum has experienced, and list a few of the most famous artworks held within it.

Discuss and define what constitutes sexual psychopathology vs. normality in sexual behavior.

Chapter 12Discuss and define what constitutes sexual psychopathology vs. normality in sexual behavior.Chapter 14The DSM 5 has taken the approach of combining a wide variety of brain disorders into one category called neurocognitive disorders. Discuss one of the neurocognitive disorders. What are the advantages and disadvantages of this new category as opposed to having separate categories for various brain disorders.

What fraud conditions and fraud risk factors were apparently present in the Madoff case?

See the “Madoff Securities” case for this question.BackgroundCNBC’S 2008 COVERAGE OF BERNIE MADOFF’S PONZI SCHEMEBERNIE MADOFF’S ‘SCAM OF THE CENTURY’: TEN YEAR LATERProvide a narrated power point with answers to these questions:Research recent developments involving this case. Summarize these developments in a bullet format. There are two news summaries in order to get you startedSuppose that a large investment firm had approximately 10 percent of its total assets invested in funds managed by Madoff Securities. What audit procedures should the investment firm’s independent auditors have applied to those assets?Professional auditing standards discuss the three key “conditions” that are typically present when a financial fraud occurs and identify a lengthy list of “fraud risk factors.” Briefly explain the difference between a fraud “condition” and a “fraud risk factor” and provide examples of each. What fraud conditions and fraud risk factors were apparently present in the Madoff case?In addition to the reforms mentioned in this case, recommend other financial reporting and auditing-related reforms that would likely be effective in preventing or detecting frauds similar to that perpetrated by Madoff.

What are the bondholder’s contractual claims to payment?

Chapters 172. Text-Messaging Inc. has $72 million in earnings and is considering paying $8.35 million in interest to bondholders and $6.65 million in dividends to preferred stockholders.a.) What are the bondholder’s contractual claims to payment? (You may wish to review Table 17-3 on page 550.)b.) What are the preferred stockholders’ immediate contractual claims to payment? What privileges do they have?18. The Omega Corporation has some excess cash that it would like to invest in marketable securities for a long-term hold. Its vice-president of finance is considering three investments (Omega Corporation is in a 35 percent tax bracket and the tax rate on dividends is 15 percent). Which one should she select based on aftertax return: (a) Treasury bonds at a 9 percent yield; (b) corporate bonds at a 12 percent yield; or (c) preferred stock at a 10 percent yield?19. National Health Corporation (NHC) has a cumulative preferred stock issue outstanding, which has a stated annual dividend of $9 per share. The company has been losing money and has not paid preferred dividends for the last five years. There are 300,000 shares of preferred stock outstanding and 600,000 shares of common stock.a.) How much is the company behind in preferred dividends?b.) If NHC earns $11,000,000 in the coming year after taxes but before dividends, and this is all paid out to the preferred stockholders, how much will the company be in arrears (behind in payments)? Keep in mind that the coming year would represent the sixth year.c.) How much, if any, would be available in common stock dividends in the coming year if $11,000,000 is earned as explained in part b?22. The treasurer of Kelly Bottling Company (a corporation) currently has $100,000 invested in preferred stock yielding 8 percent. He appreciates the tax advantages of preferred stock and is considering buying $100,000 more with borrowed funds. The cost of the borrowed funds is 10 percent. He suggests this proposal to his board of directors. They are somewhat concerned by the fact that the treasurer will be paying 2 percent more for funds than the company will be earnings on the investment. Kelly Bottling is in a 34 percent tax bracket, with dividends taxed at 15 percent.a.) Compute the amount of the aftertax income from the additional preferred stock if it is purchased.b.) Compute the aftertax borrowing cost to purchase the additional preferred stock. That is, multiply the interest cost time (1 – T).c.) Should the treasurer proceed with his proposal?d.) If interest rate and dividend yields in the market go up six months after a decision to purchase is made, what impact will this have on the outcome?23. Barnes Air Conditioning, Inc., has two classes of preferred stock: floating rate preferred stock and straight (normal) preferred stock. Both issues have a par value of $100. The floating rate preferred stock pays an annual dividend yield of 6 percent, and the straight preferred stock pays 7 percent. Since the issuance of the two securities, interest rates have gone up buy 2 percent for each issue. Both securities will pay their year-end dividend today.a.) What is the price of the floating rate preferred stock likely to be?b.) What is the price of the straight preferred stock likely to be? Refer back to Chapter 10 and use Formula 10-4 on page 297 to answer this question.Chapter 185. The following companies have different financial statistics. What dividend policies would you recommend for them? Explain your reasons. Turtle Co. Hare Corp.8. Austin Power Company has the following balance sheet:AssetsLiabilities The firm has a market price of $11 a share.a.) Show the effect on the capital accounts (s) of a two-for-one stock split.b.) Show the effect on the capital account of a 10 percent stock dividend. Part b is separate from part a. In part b do not assume that stock split has taken place.c.) Based on the balance in retained earnings, which of the two dividend plans is more restrictive on future cash dividends?9. In doing a five-year analysis of future dividends, the Dawson Corporation is considering the following two plans. The values represent dividends per share. Year Plan A Plan B 1……………………………………………… $1.50 $0.50 2……………………………………………… 1.50 2.00 3……………………………………………… 1.50 0.20 4……………………………………………… 1.60 4.00 5……………………………………………… 1.60 1.70a.) How much in total dividends per share will be paid under each plan over the five years?b.) Mr. Bright, the vice-president of finance, suggests that stockholders often prefer a stable dividend policy to a highly variable one. He will assume that stockholders apply a lower discount rate to dividends that are stable. The discount rate to be used for Plan A is 10 percent; the discount rate for Plan B is 12 percent. Which plan will provide the higher present value for the future dividends? (Round to two places to the right of the decimal point.)

calculate the accounting break-even and the cash break-even points.

Chapter 11- Problem 1, 7, 9Page 3701) Calculating Costs and Break-EvenNight Shades, Inc. (NSI) manufactures biotech sunglasses. The variable materials cost is $10.48 per unit, and the variable labor cost is $6.89 per unit.a) What is the variable cost per unit?b) Suppose NSI incurs fixed costs of $870,000 during a year in which total production is 280,000 units. What re the total costs for the year?c) If the selling price is $49.99 per unit, does NSI break even on a cash basis? If depreciation is $490,000 per year, what is the accounting break-even point?7) Calculating Break-EvenIn each of the following cases, calculate the accounting break-even and the cash break-even points. Ignore any tax effects in calculating the cash break-evenUnit Price Unit Variable Cost Fixed Cost Depreciation$3,020 $2,275 $9,000,000 $3,100,00046 41 73,000 150,00011 4 1,700 9309) Calculating Break-EvenA project has the following estimated data: price = $62 per unite; variable cots = $41 per unit; fixed costs = $15,500; required return = 12 percent: initial investment = $24,000; life= four years. Ignoring the effect of taxes, what is the accounting break-even quantity? The cash break-even quantity? The financial break-even quantity? What is the degree of operating leverage at the financial break-even level of output?Chapter 12- Problem 1, 4Page 4071) Calculating ReturnsSuppose a stock had an initial price of $72 per share, paid a dividend of $1.20 per share during the year, and had an ending share price of $79. Compute the percentage total return.4) Calculating ReturnsSuppose you bought a 6 percent coupon bond on e year ago to $920. The bond sells the $940 today.a) Assuming a $1,000 face value, what was your total dollar return on this investment over the past year?b) What was your total nominal rate of return on this investment over the past year?c) If the inflation rate last year was 3 percent, what was your total real rate of return on this investment?Chapter 13- Problem 11, 14Page 44511) Calculating Portfolio BetasYou own a stock portfolio invested 35 percent in Stock Q, 25 percent in Stock R, 30 percent in Stock S, and 10 percent in Stock T. The betas for these four stocks are .84, 1.17, 1.11, and 1.36, respectively. What is the portfolio beta?14) Using CAPMA stock has an expected return of 10.2 percent, the risk-free rate is 4.5 percent, and the market risk premium is 7.5 percent. What must the beta of this stock be?Chapter 14- Problem 1, 9, 10Page 4771) Calculating Cost of EquityThe Muse Co. just issued a dividend of $2.75 per share on its common stock. The company is expected to maintain a constant 5.8 percent growth rate in its dividends indefinitely. If the stock sells for $59 a share, what is the company’s cost of equity?9) Calculating WACCMullineaux Corporation has a target capital structure of 60 percent common stock, 5 percent preferred stock, and 35 percent debt. Its cost of equity is 12 percent, the cost of preferred stock is 5 percent, and the pretax cost of debt is 7 percent. The relevant tax rate is 35 percent.a) What is Mullineaux’s WACC?b) The company president has approached you about Mullineaux’s capital structure. He wants to know why the company doesn’t use more preferred stock financing because its costs less than debt. What would you tell the president?10) Taxes and WACCSixx AM Manufacturing has a target debt-equity ratio of .45. Its cost of equity is 13 percent, and its cost of debt is 6 percent. If the tax rate is 35 percent, what is the company’s WACC.Chapter 15- Problem 2, 122) Rights OfferingsThe Clifford Corporation has announced a rights offer to raise $30 million for a new journal, the Journal of Financial Excess. The journal will review potential articles after the author pays a nonrefundable-reviewing fee of $5,000 per page. The stock currently sells for $48 per share, and there are 3.9 million shares outstanding.a) What is the maximum possible subscription price? What is the minimum?b) If the subscription price is set at $43 per share, how many shares must be s sold? How many rights will it take to buy one share?c) What is the ex-rights price? What is the value of a right?d) Show how a shareholder with 1,000 shares before the offering and no desire (or money) to buy additional shares is not harmed by the rights offer.12) RightsKeira Mfg. is considering rights offer. The company has determined hat the ex-rights price would be $83. The current price is $89 per share, and there are 24 million shares outstanding. The rights offer would raise a total of $50 million. What is the subscription price?

Discuss the developments, racial and political policies, and laws from 1865 to the 1920s following the end of slavery.

In Assignment 1, we ask you to choose one of three topic choices listed below on the subject of diversity then use the Writing Guide located in Blackboard to write a brief paper on the subject. Each topic explores two different approaches to diversity during the 60-year period after the Civil War (1865–1925). The dynamic between the two approaches will have a profound impact on our history then—and now.As you prepare and brainstorm ideas for your paper, first read and review what our Schultz textbook covers on the subject. Then, consider the other sources listed with each topic below. It is important that you review these sources carefully because your paper should use a minimum of three sources from the list below.TOPIC CHOICE ONE: Empowering African Americans—Two StrategiesHere you will focus on the approaches of Booker T. Washington and W. E. B. Du Bois. Other noted names and certainly different organizations will become part of your inquiry. Washington’s famous 1895 “Atlanta Compromise” speech (labeled such later by critics) sets the tone. One might find virtues, problems and successes associated with both strategies. You might see elements of each in strategies of later leaders and related issues even today.Sources: Schultz, p. 340–2, 400–1, 404–5. See http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/39/; and see http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/40TOPIC CHOICE TWO: Getting Women the Vote—Two StrategiesHere you will focus on the approaches of two organizations and some names associated with each. These are the NAWSA (National American Woman Suffrage Association; later the League of Women Voters) and the NWP (National Women’s Party). You will identify the strategic approach and key players in each as they pursued the common goal of getting women the right to vote. One might find virtues, problems and successes associated with both strategies. You might see elements of each in strategies of later leaders and related issues even today.Sources: Schultz, p. 364–366. Also see https://www.womenshistory.org/education-resources/biographies/carrie-chapman-catt on one of the leaders of the NAWSA; on the NWP’s Alice Paul, see https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5GDe4DkZN2A ; and https://americanhistory.si.edu/blog/2012/05/alice-paul-champion-of-woman-suffrage.html.TOPIC CHOICE THREE: Immigration—Two Opposing Approaches and ViewsHere you will focus on two opposing views of immigration and its impact on American culture and life. These are visible in the late 1800s and early 1900s, in a time where immigration was skyrocketing for a long period—but significant restrictions would come into play. One view is represented by lines of a famous poem on the base of the Statue of Liberty. The other finds its place in laws restricting immigration. One might find virtues, problems and successes associated with one or both strategies. You might see elements of each in strategies of later leaders and related issues even today.Sources: Schultz, p. 334–5, 348–9, 358–9, 408–9. Look for events and issues like the opening of Ellis Island, the melting pot idea, the Chinese Exclusion Act, and the National Origins Act. Also see the poem on the Statue of Liberty base: https://www.nps.gov/stli/learn/historyculture/colossus.htm . And see http://college.cengage.com/history/wadsworth_9781133309888/unprotected/ps/chinese_exclusion_act.htm .Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:Use the Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other formats like APA. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.Be typed, double spaced between lines, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and sources must follow SWS format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.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 and the Sources page are not included in the required assignment page length.The paper must be submitted (uploaded and attached) in the course shell provided online.The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:Discuss the developments, racial and political policies, and laws from 1865 to the 1920s following the end of slavery.

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