Discuss the purpose and importance of financial ratios and financial analysis.
Foundations of Financial Management
Assignment information:
Topic: Discuss the purpose and importance of financial ratios and financial analysis. What are the limitations of financial ratio analysis? If we divided the users of financial ratios, such as short-term lenders, long-term lenders, and stockholders, which ratios would each prefer and why? Provide examples.
The writing assignment will demonstrate writing across the curriculum by responding to the following topic in a (4 page of content/body) paper.
Paper must include: Cover page, Body (Introduction, Body: 4 pages full content, and Conclusion) and Reference page.
Include at least three external references. Formatted according to APA 7th edition.
What has been the impact of the European Union of the business environment?
Deliverable Length: 1,300 – 1,500 words
You have been placed in charge of the Business Development and Expansion committee for your company. You are charged with the task of researching and identifying a country to expand your company’s operations. Take the feedback from the Phase 4 DB into consideration, and make any additions or deletions as you deem necessary.
Your international business expansion plan should include the concepts and ideas that were covered over the past several weeks. You are to select a country that does not recognize all of the established legal guidelines reviewed previously, but the potential profit that could be realized warrants the risk. The following points need to be addressed in your international business expansion plan:
- The issue of common and civil law systems internationally
- Intellectual property, copyright infringements, and legal ramifications
- Violation of human rights of employees and child labor law violations
- Public perception of companies doing business with companies that engage in that kind of activity
- What has been the impact of the European Union of the business environment?
- Anything else that you deem important to support your international business expansion plan
The deliverable length is 1,300-1,500 words. Do not forget to include a cover page and reference page with all of your resources.
Assignment Guidelines:
Your international business expansion plan should demonstrate your understanding of the concepts and ideas covered throughout the course.
Ensure that the assignment adheres to APA formatting and it meets the required deliverable length.
Don’t forget to cite your resources.
How are “Person-focused pay plans” different from “Individual incentive pay program”?
How are “Person-focused pay plans” different from “Individual incentive pay program”? “Person-focused pay plans are least preferable compared with individual incentive pay programs.” Indicate whether you agree or disagree with this statement. Detail your arguments to support your position.
As a college student , what type of demands/stressors require you to adjust or adapt?
Stressor refers to any environmental demand that creates a state of tension or threat (stress) and requires change adaptation ( adjustment).
As a college student , what type of demands/stressors require you to adjust or adapt? What coping methods do you use?
Describe the business drivers that impact existing corporate telecommunications and computer networks environment.
Worksheet Business and Technology Drivers
In a paper of at least three pages (excluding the title and reference pages), address the following:
- Describe the business drivers that impact existing corporate telecommunications and computer networks environment.
- Describe the technology drivers that support the corporate telecommunications and computer networks environment.
- Explain why it is important for a company to have up-to-date communication networks.
The Business and Technology Drivers paper
Major stakeholder roles of social media—patients, physicians (and other outpatient care), hospitals, payers (employers, health plans), and health information technology (IT)
According to Davenport (2014) social media and health care are collaborating in meeting the needs of health care providers and patients. Social media is taking a step towards focusing on an analytic model to evaluate the value of social media in healthcare. Research and investigate the areas of social media that might embrace and benefit from an analytic model combining acquired data and value-based analytics. You will then evaluate the resource addressing the following points:
- Five major stakeholder roles of social media—patients, physicians (and other outpatient care), hospitals, payers (employers, health plans), and health information technology (IT)
- Will social media improve a practice? How so? Provide a thorough rationale.
- Provide a conclusion with the main points of the paper.
Must be two to four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style.
Must use at least three scholarly sources in APA style.
Differentiate between randomized and nonrandomized approaches to sampling populations.
1. This discussion supports your understanding of the quantitative method of research and the varied elements involved in the management, interpretation and reporting of a quantitative study. In your initial post, address the following:
- Differentiate between randomized and nonrandomized approaches to sampling populations. Discuss the importance of the role of sampling when conducting research.
- Discuss the usefulness of pretesting, pilot testing, or field-testing a survey.
- Explain how response bias can influence the outcomes of a study.
- Explain why measures of dispersion and measures of central tendencies are important when doing data analysis and interpretation in an experimental study.
- Discuss the implications of using previously used instruments on the outcomes of a study.
Answers to all components of this discussion question can be found in the textbook — Chapter 8 in particular. Don’t forget to address each of the various components, including:
• Why does sampling play an important role when conducting quantitative research? What is the difference between randomized and non-randomized approaches to sampling populations?
• Discuss why pretesting, pilot testing, or field-testing is important when a quantitative researcher wants to administer a survey.
• Explain how response bias influences the outcomes of a study. When thinking about this component, consider whether the race, gender, nationality, etc. of the interviewer may impact the answers that a respondent gives. Or perhaps, think about the type of question asked. For example, if a survey asks a respondent whether or not they are racist… do you think all people will answer honestly?
• Explain why measures of dispersion and measures of central tendencies are important when doing data analysis and interpretation in an experimental study.
• Discuss the implications of using previously used instruments on the outcomes of a study.
Your initial post should be at least 250 words in length. Support your claims with examples from the required material(s) and/or other scholarly resources, and properly cite any references.
2. This discussion supports your understanding of the qualitative method of research and the varied elements involved in the management, interpretation, and reporting of a qualitative study. In your initial post, address the following:
- Examine the list of characteristics of qualitative research provided on pages 185-186. Which three characteristics do you think will be most important in your research? Justify your choices.
- Why do you think the researcher is important when conducting qualitative research?
- What do you perceive is the most important role of gatekeepers in qualitative research? Explain.
- Discuss the relative merits of using manual as opposed to computer-based coding when completing qualitative data analysis.
- After reading about Alice Goffman’s work and when working on Week Three’s assignment, “Understanding the Value of Qualitative Research” consider the ”world” of a social issue or social group that you would like to research as an immersive ethnographer. What world would you choose to immerse yourself in? What specific issue would you research? And what would you hope to gain from the experience? Do you feel you would have challenges maintaining researcher separation with becoming too immersed in that world?
What months and/or seasons do we typically experience the effects of El Nino and La Nina?
1) What months and/or seasons do we typically experience the effects of El Nino and La Nina? (0.75 pt)
2) What are the predicted chances (according to scientists) that we will experience the effects of El Nino and/or La Nina from this point forward and for the next several months? Have we experienced El Nino and/or La Nina effects in the recent past (within one year)? (0.75 pt)
3) Describe and contrast the basic conditions of the Pacific Ocean, and what basically causes these conditions, that lead to El Nino and La Nina events. (2 pts)
4) What are the basic weather/climatic effects both El Nino and La Nina may cause across the United States? Address each basic region of the U.S. (the NW, SW, MW, NE, and SE). (2 pts)
5) List at least two sources of information/references you used to research your answers. Be sure to properly cite the references as per MLA or APA guidelines for purposes of clarity. (0.5 pts)
Write 1-2 paragraphs arguing either (1) that it is fine for employers to do such searches and consider the information that is available on social media,
Writing Assignment #1
Part One (50 points):
In the past, to learn about a prospective employee, an employer would often ask the candidate’s former employers for references. Today, employers may also conduct Internet searches to discover what job candidates have posted on their Facebook pages, blogs, and tweets. Many people, however, believe that judging a job candidate based on what she or he does outside the work environment is unethical. Among other things, these critics say that researching candidates’ social media posts invades their privacy.
Write 1-2 paragraphs arguing either (1) that it is fine for employers to do such searches and consider the information that is available on social media, OR (2) that it is unethical for employers to make hiring decisions based on what comes up in a social media search. Be sure to give at least 2 reasons for why you think #1 or #2.
We are going to begin discussing persuasive writing as well. To that end, I encourage you to write confidently and avoid language like ‘I think’ or ‘I believe’. If you say ‘I think the sky is blue’ you leave room for doubt, if you simply say ‘the sky is blue’ you sound confident of that fact.
Part Two (50 points):
Assume that you are a high-level manager for a shoe manufacturer. You know that your firm could increase its profit margin by producing shoes in Indonesia, where you could hire women for $100 a month to assemble them. You also know that human rights advocates recently accused a competing shoe manufacturer of engaging in exploitative labor practices because the manufacturer sold shoes made by Indonesian women for similarly low wages. You personally do not believe that paying $100 a month to Indonesian women is unethical because you know that in their country, $100 a month is a better-than-average wage rate.
Write 1-2 paragraphs explaining whether you would have the shoes manufactured in Indonesia and make higher profits for the company or avoid the risk of negative publicity and its potential adverse consequences for the firm’s reputation. Are there other alternatives? Consider the impact of the route you choose and short-term vs. long-term profits, as well as the ethical decision making guide
Describe how the systems theory works.
Chapter Eight Part one:
1. Describe how the systems theory works.
2. Describe how the Steiner GPM Model works.
3. Summarize the three suggestions of Mannix and Neale regarding managing diversity within teams.
4. How can groupthink hurt diverse work teams—be specific? 5. Name three skills needed for diversity leadership in teams as stated in the text.
Part two: After reading pages 166-167, “A musical model for diversity management” summarize in two paragraphs what suggestions you would utilize in leading diverse teams.
