Evaluate core business functions and methodologies that support business growth.
Competency
Evaluate core business functions and methodologies that support business growth.
Scenario
Today you will begin a new role as the COO of a well-known U.S. Fortune 500 company. You will select the following organizationNetflix
Your first major project role in this position is to analyze the organizations core business functions and provide a strategic overview at the companys next board of directors meeting.
Instructions
Create a white paper giving a strategic overview of the organization. In the white paper, you will:
Create a SWOT analysis that includes a review of the organizations core business functions.
Discuss how you will take advantage of the strengths and opportunities, improve on the weaknesses and tackle the threats.
Create a new vision statement that incorporates your SWOT findings.
Provide an explanation of how the understanding of the companys core business function is beneficial.
Explain how understanding the companys business functions impacts business growth.
In your assignment, you will incorporate information from the readings, your research, and personal experience (using APA citations where appropriate).
Why wouldnt the tax researcher just consult the Internal Revenue Code since it is the highest authority?
The Internal Revenue Code is the most authoritative source of income tax law. In trying to resolve an income tax question, however, a tax researcher also consults administrative rulings (Income Tax Regulations, Revenue Rulings, etc.) and court decisions. Why wouldnt the tax researcher just consult the Internal Revenue Code since it is the highest authority? Similarly, why is there a need for administrative rulings and court decisions? Explain your answer.
Identify a changing cultural dynamic in your community and discuss how this dynamic is influencing the way healthcare is and will be delivered
Identify a changing cultural dynamic in your community and discuss how this dynamic is influencing the way healthcare is and will be delivered:
A changing cultural dynamic that has emerged is healthcare for transgender patients. As acceptance and understanding expand, transgender people are becoming more prevalent in all communities in the United States.
150 to 250 words
What is the role of the accounting equation in the analysis of business transactions?
Accounting Equation, Accounting Cycle, and Accrual Accounting
In this area, we will discuss the significance of the accounting equation, the rules of debit and credit, and the steps in the accounting cycle. We will talk about recording of transactions, normal balances, and the creation of the trial balance.
Lets begin by asking this question: What is the role of the accounting equation in the analysis of business transactions?
1. Include in your post that you attended the live lecture.
2. Provide a summary of your key takeaways from the lecture.
Develop a capital budgeting decision model that displays cash flows, cost of capital, and decision metrics
Define Important Stakeholders and Assess Capital Budgeting Problems Expansionary Project
Assess the relevant cash flows used to form a capital budgeting decision model. For this assignment, focus on an expansionary problem.
Evaluate the cost of capital for use in a capital budgeting decision model. Make sure to define each component of the formula. Explain how the resulting cost of capital is used within a capital budgeting model. How can the Capital Asset Pricing Model contribute to this analysis? Explain.
Weigh each of the following decision metrics that can be used within a capital budgeting decision model: net present value, internal rate of return, modified internal rate of return, payback period, and discounted payback period.
Explain how each metric is formed and discuss the critical value of each when forming conclusions within a capital budgeting decision model. Discuss which method has the strongest basis for being used and under which conditions each might be the preferred method.
Develop a capital budgeting decision model that displays cash flows, cost of capital, and decision metrics Then, form a conclusion based upon the analysis. What are some problems with the payback period? Is NPV better than IRR? Develop your analysis within an Excel spreadsheet-based on this information:
Assume for a project a companys units sold are 3,500,000 in the year 2019, and they are projected to grow each subsequent year at 5% until the end of the project in year 2023
Identify the role projects play in meeting the goals of an organization.
Competency
Identify the role projects play in meeting the goals of an organization.
Student Success Criteria
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Scenario
You have just been hired as a Project Manager for Kingston-Bryce Limited and have been assigned your first project. Kingston-Bryce Limited (KBL) is a custom furniture manufacturer that specializes in hand-crafted dining room tables. The Board of Directors has identified an opportunity to purchase a competitor that also specializes in custom furniture. The acquisition of the competitor will enable KBL to expand operations and triple their workforce and will take 18 months to complete. In order for this acquisition to be successful, you will need to use your project management skills to ensure success.
Instructions
Your first task is to create a project plan outline for the Board of Directors in Microsoft Word or Excel. You will need to create the timeline in Excel and copy that timeline into the Word Document. The project outline is essential for documenting all of the necessary tasks and milestones necessary to complete the project. The project is expected to take 18 months to complete, and the major milestones are broken up by quarters. You will need to be creative and develop the following items as if you were running the project.
What business-level strategy are you pursuing? Explain why.
Reflection #1
What business-level strategy are you pursuing? Explain why.
Provide at least three examples of how that strategy influenced decisions you made.
Reflection #2
Tell me about the most important thing that you spent money on in this round. Why is that investment so important? How do you expect it to pay off by Year 15 (three years from now)?
Did you have to give up spending on something else in order to accommodate this? If so, what? Are you concerned about the implications of that?
Final Presentation Instructions
Final Presentation: This assignment requires a minimum of 5 slides plus your script. Your presentation should be posted as a PPT or PDF. Your script should be separate either an MS Word or PDF file. You need to post both attachments at the same time using the same submission link.
All presentations must feature:
Identification and explanation of your strategy and if/how that strategy evolved throughout the simulation.
A visual depiction of results/progress over the course of the simulation. You select the metric. Explain the decisions that contributed to this result.
Description of one or more key decisions that did NOT work out for you.
Description of one or more key decisions that DID work out for you.
Ideas for remaining slide(s):
How did your treat your employees? Explain those decisions.
Describe your image ratings and the activities that contributed to those ratings.
Describe a key element of your marketing strategy this could include product (branded v. private label, number of models, enhanced features), price, distribution (wholesale, internet, private label) or promotion (celebrity endorsements, internet marketing) decisions.
Describe your approach to international markets. How important was this to your success?
Identify an special awards achieved during the simulation. Was this a strategic target? Which decisions contributed to those awards?
What would a divine command ethicist say is the moral thing to do here? Why would they say that?
Initial Post Instructions
St. Augustine in the 5th Century held that we are free to make choices in life. This is the idea of free will. It may seem at first glance odd for a religious thinker to say that we have free will. After all, if God exists, then God created all things. God knows already what we will do. God can cause anything to occur. If we cause things to occur, that seems to be a limitation on the power of God and not make God all-powerful.
There are also religion traditions that say that we have no free will. There are some theologians in Islam who seem to suggest that is true. In order for this line of reasoning to hold true, one would need to believe free will is an illusion and that we have no control over how we live our lives, but rather that we are puppets moving and acting due to Gods will and the powers of destiny and fate. And if this then in the case, how can we possibly be responsible for our actions?
The considerations above show us to what degree our religious beliefs can shape us. For instance, someone who believes in free will may experience way more guilt than someone who believes we dont have free will and thus arent responsible for the choices (and consequences) of the actions we take.
Personal struggles with religion and ethics occur in many places, including in the healthcare arena. Consider the following: You are a nurse in a hospital. A 12 year-old was brought to the hospital by an ambulance. The parents have just arrived at the hospital. This 12 year-old has lost a large amount of blood and requires a transfusion. The parents happen to be members of a religion that believes that blood transfusions are immoral. They want to remove the child from the hospital and prevent the transfusion even if it means the death of the child. You have to decide whether or not you will participate in an action that violates the will of the parents and aid in providing blood for the child. If you choose to participate, and even if you are able to legally justify it, you have to think about the distress you are creating for the parents. If you refuse to aid here, you may be subject to retaliation from the hospital. What is the moral thing for the nurse to do here?
Initial Post Instructions
For the initial post, address the following questions:
What would a divine command ethicist say is the moral thing to do here? Why would they say that? Do you agree with the divine command ethics? Why or why not?
Evaluate what a natural law ethicist would say is right to do. Do you agree with them? Why or why not?
Given what you said are the right things to do, what would an emotivist say about your positions and judgments? What role does subjectivity play here in determining what is ethical?
When promoting and publicizing a sporting event, social media and the use of technology have become great tools for reaching an audience of consumers
When promoting and publicizing a sporting event, social media and the use of technology have become great tools for reaching an audience of consumers. Please do some research online, in the Sports Business Journal, or through other outlets to find an example of a sports organization that has made effective use of social media and technology in reaching spectators. Or, if you have experience in this area either personally or as a fan, you can share that experience. What did you like about their social media campaign and is there anything else that you would suggest to enhance their efforts?
How information is gathered for writing a statement of present levels of performance from both formal and informal assessments.
For your 20 hours of field experience in this course, you will spend time in a K-3 classroom where you can observe children with exceptionalities; interview the teacher; facilitate short, small group pre- and post-assessments; and, deliver a lesson. The classroom may be inclusive or a resource room. Directions for each field experience are provided across Topics 2, 3, 4 and 5.
For this topics field experience, you will observe the K-3 class you selected, noting students with exceptionalities and their behaviors and accommodations. Ask to review at least two IEPs and look at how the present levels of performance were reported. Observe the students with the IEPs and how they are doing on their goals. Please remember that you are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of student records.
In addition, interview your mentor teacher and discuss the following:
How information is gathered for writing a statement of present levels of performance from both formal and informal assessments.
How information is interpreted and combined from a variety of sources to inform what is included in a statement of present levels of performance.
How your mentor teacher uses the information in the present levels of performance to inform goals and instructional activities for students.
The process of identifying students for special education from a teachers perspective.
Legal responsibilities for referring, identifying, and enrolling special education students.
The importance of being committed to the ethical use of various assessments and assessment data to identify learner strengths and needs to promote learner growth.
Ask your mentor teacher for a copy of parents Procedural Safeguards as well as a blank copy of the Prior Written Notice document.
Allocate at least 5 hours in the field to support this assignment.
Write a 250-500 word reflection summarizing what you learned from your observations and interview, your conclusions from the experiences, and how you can apply what you learned toward your future practice as a teacher.
APA format is not required, but solid academic writing is expected
