Examine the potential problems related to each of the components described and explain the approaches of the organization for solving the problems.

  • Choose an organization delivering goods and/or services globally.
  • Provide a background of the organization and fully describe six components of the organization’s supply chain These six components include:

 

  1. Production
  2. Supply
  3. Inventory
  4. Location
  5. Transportation
  6. Information

 

  • Examine the potential problems related to each of the components described and explain the approaches of the organization for solving the problems.
  • Write a 4 – 5 page report that: addresses the concerns the following functions might have about this proposed change:

 

  • Address the importance of quality management and measurement within the global context.

 

  • Would implementing an enterprise resource planning system help streamline operations and achieve efficiencies between operating departments?
  • What major concerns need to be addressed?
  • Present your findings as a 4-5 pages Word document formatted in APA style.

Describe the kind of entity you plan to establish by stating the service or services you propose to deliver and the kinds of clients or customers you would be serving.

#1

Imagine you are considering the possibility of operating a small business or practice related to health care, either as a provider of some sort of care or as a service intended to support various provider organizations in their care-delivery activities.

  1. Describe the kind of entity you plan to establish by stating the service or services you propose to deliver and the kinds of clients or customers you would be serving.
  2. Write a few sentences offering compelling reasons for your proposed venture, explaining why you believe it is needed and by whom it is needed.  Also discuss any competition you foresee.
  3. Develop an estimate of how much money you will require to become established in business, and state how you would finance your venture. Also discuss your plans for maintaining your budget.
  4. Create a mission or vision statement for your organization.

 

 

 

 

#2

Identify what you believe are the top three challenges in setting up a hospital-based committee from a managerial perspective.  In a 250- to 300-word post, discuss your rationale and address the following questions:

  1. Why are committees advantageous for health care organizations?
  2. What are some of the steps that you as a manager, could take to overcome these challenges?
  3. How would you address conflict and/or divisiveness within the committee or team?

 

Describe the physical processes influencing climate and weather.

Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” in the Student Center.

Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.

Assignment 2: Global Warming: Cause and Mitigation

Due Week 9 and worth 160 points

Among the most controversial topics in physical science, global warming has received a great deal of attention during the past decade. Given its great impact on both humans and the environment, lawmakers and scientists must heavily weigh the information that they are presented. Explore this debate in more detail by evaluating both the scientific basis of this phenomenon and the human role in global warming.

Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

  1. Compare and contrast natural versus anthropogenic climate changes. Include at least two (2) specific examples of each.
  2. Take a position as to whether or not global warming is taking place. Provide three (3) lines of evidence to support your position.
  3. Assess two (2) current mitigation strategies for global warming, such as carbon sequestration, carbon taxing, clean coal technology, higher fuel efficiency standards, and so on. Analyze the effectiveness of this mitigation strategy, as well as its potential costs and policy implications.
  4. Speculate on the policy changes that you would propose to help stabilize global climate and determine the business sectors or nations that would be held to more strict standards if you were to implement your proposed policies.
  5. Use at least four (4) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your report must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific 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 reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Apply concepts in physical sciences to evaluate current trends and issues in the modern world.
  • Describe the physical processes influencing climate and weather.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in physical sciences.
  • Write clearly and concisely about physical sciences using proper writing mechanics.

Compare and contrast natural versus anthropogenic climate changes.

Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” in the Student Center.

Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.

Assignment 2: Global Warming: Cause and Mitigation

Due Week 9 and worth 160 points

Among the most controversial topics in physical science, global warming has received a great deal of attention during the past decade. Given its great impact on both humans and the environment, lawmakers and scientists must heavily weigh the information that they are presented. Explore this debate in more detail by evaluating both the scientific basis of this phenomenon and the human role in global warming.

Write a three to five (3-5) page paper in which you:

  1. Compare and contrast natural versus anthropogenic climate changes. Include at least two (2) specific examples of each.
  2. Take a position as to whether or not global warming is taking place. Provide three (3) lines of evidence to support your position.
  3. Assess two (2) current mitigation strategies for global warming, such as carbon sequestration, carbon taxing, clean coal technology, higher fuel efficiency standards, and so on. Analyze the effectiveness of this mitigation strategy, as well as its potential costs and policy implications.
  4. Speculate on the policy changes that you would propose to help stabilize global climate and determine the business sectors or nations that would be held to more strict standards if you were to implement your proposed policies.
  5. Use at least four (4) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your report must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific 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 reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Apply concepts in physical sciences to evaluate current trends and issues in the modern world.
  • Describe the physical processes influencing climate and weather.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in physical sciences.
  • Write clearly and concisely about physical sciences using proper writing mechanics.

Evaluate the social studies standards on the Arizona Department of Education’s website for that grade level for such things as thoroughness, clarity, and two other criteria of your own choosing.

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Interview a teacher in the elementary grades regarding the teacher’s social studies instruction. Include at least eight questions.

Create your own questions such as:

  1. Do you use a textbook?
  2. What do you think of the standards for social studies?
  3. How much time is spent per day in this subject area?

Document the interview questions and answers and submit with the Standards Essay.

Standards Essay

Choose one grade level in the elementary grades. Evaluate the social studies standards on the Arizona Department of Education’s website for that grade level for such things as thoroughness, clarity, and two other criteria of your own choosing.

Write an essay of 750-1,000-words as a well-supported, objective, academic response to the interview and standards investigation, analyzing how social studies is currently taught today.

Use the GCU Library to research a minimum of six peer-reviewed articles that support your rationale.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Please refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

Submit both the interview and the essay as one deliverable to your instructor in LoudCloud by the end of this topic.

Document the hours and locations that you spend in the field on your Practicum/Field Experience Observation and Activity Log. This document must be signed by the appropriate classroom teacher or interviewee at each location that you visit. This log is located in the Teacher Preparation Programs Practicum/Field Experience Manual, located on the College of Education page in the Student Success Center.

Submit the completed Practicum/Field Experience Observation and Activity Log to Taskstream after y

Analyze at least one (1) real-world example of an employee or employer utilizing your state’s employment-at-will doctrine in the last five (5) years.

Imagine you are a recently-hired Chief Operating Officer (COO) in a midsize company preparing for an Initial Public Offering (IPO). You quickly discover multiple personnel problems that require your immediate attention.

  1. John posted a rant on his Facebook page in which he criticized the company’s most important customer.
  2. Ellen started a blog to protest the CEO’s bonus, noting that no one below director has gotten a raise in two (2) years and portraying her bosses as “know-nothings” and “out-of-touch”
  3. Bill has been using his company-issued BlackBerry to run his own business on the side.
  4. After being disciplined for criticizing a customer in an email (sent from his personal email account on a company computer), Joe threatens to sue the company for invasion of privacy.
  5. One of the department supervisors requests your approval to fire his secretary for insubordination. Since the secretary has always received glowing reviews, you call her into your office and determine that she has refused to prepare false expense reports for her boss.
  6. Anna’s boss refused to sign her leave request for jury duty and now wants to fire her for being absent without permission.

As an astute manager, you will need to analyze the employment-at-will doctrine and determine what, if any, exceptions and liabilities exist before taking any action. As you proceed with your investigation, you discover the company has no whistleblower policy.

In preparation for this assignment, use the Internet or Strayer Library to research your state’s employment-at-will policy.

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

  1. Summarize the employment-at-will doctrine discussed in the text and then evaluate three (3) of the six (6) scenarios described by determining:
  2. Whether you can legally fire the employee; include an assessment of any pertinent exceptions to the employment-at-will doctrine.
  3. The primary action(s) that you should take to limit liability and impact on operations; specify the ethical theory that best supports your decision.
  4. Examine your state’s policy on employment-at-will. Analyze at least one (1) real-world example of an employee or employer utilizing your state’s employment-at-will doctrine in the last five (5) years. Include a summary of the main issue and the outcome in the identified real-world example.
  5. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia is not an acceptable reference and proprietary Websites do not qualify as academic

Describe the kind of entity you plan to establish by stating the service or services you propose to deliver and the kinds of clients or customers you would be serving.

Imagine you are considering the possibility of operating a small business or practice related to health care, either as a provider of some sort of care or as a service intended to support various provider organizations in their care-delivery activities.

  1. Describe the kind of entity you plan to establish by stating the service or services you propose to deliver and the kinds of clients or customers you would be serving.
  2. Write a few sentences offering compelling reasons for your proposed venture, explaining why you believe it is needed and by whom it is needed.  Also discuss any competition you foresee.
  3. Develop an estimate of how much money you will require to become established in business, and state how you would finance your venture. Also discuss your plans for maintaining your budget.
  4. Create a mission or vision statement for your organization.

 

 

 

 

#2

Identify what you believe are the top three challenges in setting up a hospital-based committee from a managerial perspective.  In a 250- to 300-word post, discuss your rationale and address the following questions:

  1. Why are committees advantageous for health care organizations?
  2. What are some of the steps that you as a manager, could take to overcome these challenges?
  3. How would you address conflict and/or divisiveness within the committee or team?

Explain some of the realities that dispel these myths and identify how older adults are engaged in their lives both in leisure and in work activities.

The US population is aging, and the life expectancy of the average adult is increasing. According to the US Census Bureau (2009), by 2050, 20 percent of the total population will consist of people who are sixty-five years or older. There are several issues that challenge older adults from myths regarding aging to the significant life changes such as retirement.

 

 

 

•Explain some of the things that may change because of the increasing life expectancy and a growing older adult population.

 

 

 

 

 

•Describe some of the myths that deal with both physical and psychological aging. Explain some of the realities that dispel these myths and identify how older adults are engaged in their lives both in leisure and in work activities.

 

 

 

•Explain some of the reasons individuals who are sixty-five years or older are still part of the workforce, both from a psychological and a social perspective? Identify ways in which older adults are looking for other career options than simply retiring.

 

 

 

 

 

Part 2:

 

 

 

Grieving occurs due to the loss of a loved one or someone they had a close relationship with. The process of grieving differs depending on cultural (social) norms. One way in which end-of-life has been described is through Kübler-Ross five stages of dying.

 

 

 

 

 

•Describe the dual-processing model regarding grief. Explain how this model may explain how some variations may differ across cultures.

 

 

 

 

 

•Describe the Kübler-Ross five stages of dying. Explain the differences if any in how the different age groups may deal with end-of-life such as adolescence and older adults

Explain how you reached the answer or show your work if a mathematical calculation is needed, or both.

Due Week 6 and worth 70 points

Directions: Answer the following questions on a separate Microsoft Word or Excel document. Explain how you reached the answer or show your work if a mathematical calculation is needed, or both. Submit your assignment using the assignment link in Blackboard.

Exercises

E9–9. Presented below are selected transactions at Ridge Company for 2015.

Jan.  1  Retired a piece of machinery that was purchased on January 1, 2005. The machine cost $62,000 on that date. It had a useful life of 10 years with no salvage value.

June 30  Sold a computer that was purchased on January 1, 2012. The computer cost $45,000. It had a useful life of 5 years with no salvage value. The computer was sold for $14,000.

Dec. 31  Discarded a delivery truck that was purchased on January 1, 2011. The truck cost $33,000. It was depreciated based on a 6-year useful life with a $3,000 salvage value.

Instructions

Journalize all entries required on the above dates, including entries to update depreciation, where applicable, on assets disposed of. Ridge Company uses straight-line depreciation. (Assume depreciation is up to date as of December 31, 2014.)

E9–11. On July 1, 2015, Friedman Inc. invested $720,000 in a mine estimated to have 900,000 tons of ore of uniform grade. During the last 6 months of 2015, 100,000 tons of ore were mined and sold.

Instructions

a) Prepare the journal entry to record depletion expense.
b) Assume that the 100,000 tons of ore were mined, but only 80,000 units were sold. How are the costs applicable to the 20,000 unsold units reported?

E10–12. Whitmore Company issued $500,000 of 5-year, 8% bonds at 97 on January 1, 2015. The bonds pay interest twice a year.

Instructions

a) (1) Prepare the journal entry to record the issuance of the bonds.

(2) Compute the total cost of borrowing for these bonds.

b) Repeat the requirements from part (a), assuming the bonds were issued at 105.

E10–15. Jernigan Co. receives $300,000 when it issues a $300,000, 10%, mortgage note payable to nance the construction of a building at December 31, 2015. The terms provide for semiannual installment payments of $25,000 on June 30 and December 31.

Instructions

Prepare the journal entries to record the mortgage loan and the rst two installment payments.

Problems

P9–7A. The intangible assets section of SappeltCompany at December 31, 2015, is presented below.

The patent was acquired in January 2015 and has a useful life of 10 years. The franchise was acquired in January 2012 and also has a useful life of 10 years. The following cash transactions may have affected intangible assets during 2016.

Jan. 2  Paid $27,000 legal costs to successfully defend the patent against infringement by another company.

Jan.–June  Developed a new product, incurring $140,000 in research and development costs. A patent was granted for the product on July 1. Its useful life is equal to its legal life.

Sept. 1  Paid $50,000 to an extremely large defensive lineman to appear in commercials advertising the company’s products. The commercials will air in September and October.

Oct. 1  Acquired a franchise for $140,000. The franchise has a useful life of 50 years.

Instructions

a) Prepare journal entries to record the transactions above.
b) Prepare journal entries to record the 2016 amortization expense.
c) Prepare the intangible assets section of the balance sheet at December 31, 2016.

P10-1A. On January 1, 2015, the ledger of AccardoCompany contains the following liability accounts.

Accounts Payable $52,000

Sales Taxes Payable     7,700

Unearned Service Revenue  16,000

During January, the following selected transactions occurred.

Jan.        5  Sold merchandise for cash totaling $20,520, which includes 8% sales taxes.

12   Performed services for customers who had made advance payments of $10,000. (Credit Service Revenue.)

14   Paid state revenue department for sales taxes collected in December 2014 ($7,700).

20   Sold 900 units of a new product on credit at $50 per unit, plus 8% sales tax.

21   Borrowed $27,000 from Girard Bank on a 3-month, 8%, $27,000 note.

25  Sold merchandise for cash totaling $12,420, which includes 8% sales taxes.

Instructions

a) Journalize the January transactions.
b) Journalize the adjusting entry at January 31 for the outstanding note payable. (Hint: Use one-third of a month for the Girard Bank note.)
c) Prepare the current liabilities section of the balance sheet at January 31, 2015.  Assume no change in accounts payable.

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Describe how the emerging field of epigenetics is impacting the longstanding nature vs nurture paradigm.

Prior to beginning work on this discussion please read the Hurley (2013) Trait vs. Fate and Weaver, et al. (2004) Epigenetic Programming by Maternal Behavior articles and review the Webster “The Great Rat Mother Switcheroo” online article. The recommended resources for this week also provide more information on these topics.

In this week’s required resources, we have learned that while our genes have a lot to say about who we are, environmental factors, particularly parental behavior, can shape the behavior of offspring on a biochemical level.  Using the assigned Hurley and Weaver et al. articles, briefly describe the research that has been done with rat mothers to illustrate this phenomenon. In your initial post of a minimum of 350 words, explain the implications of the research on parental behavior and environmental factors as they relate to human personality development. Describe how this research data might be used to explain unhealthy personality traits. Describe how the emerging field of epigenetics is impacting the longstanding nature vs nurture paradigm. Be sure to cite the Hurley and Weaver, et al. articles in your initial post.

Guided Response: Respond in a substantive way to at least two of your peers. Choose at least one point from your peer’s response that impacted your thinking on this subject, and explain why and how that particular comment either resonated with you or caused you to think in a different way. Compare the implications for human personality development identified by your peers to those you identified, and suggest alternative conclusions where appropriate. Challenge ideas with which you disagree and support your arguments.