Author: chris

You are the auditor for a company and need to review the company’s accounts receivable using probability proportional to size (PPS) sampling. In addition, the board of directors has requested that you and your team present an explanation of your PPS process at its next monthly meeting.

Individual Portion:

Use the following company data and the PPS Sampling Tables 1 & 2:

• The recorded book value of these accounts is $3,460,000.
• The company has a tolerable error of $63,460.
• The anticipated error is $13,000.
• The risk of incorrect acceptance is 5%.
• The acceptable number of overstatements of misstatements is 2.

Use probability proportional to size (PPS) sampling to do the following:

1. Determine the reliability factor.
2. Determine the correct expansion factor.
3. Determine the sample size you should use.
4. Determine the sampling interval you should use.

This is a separate portion of the project. It needs to be on a separate sheet then the top portion.

1. The objective of using probability proportional to size sampling (PPS) to test account balances
2. Specifically, how you used PPS to test this company’s account balances
3. The purpose of the sample size and the sampling interval

new due saturday by 4pm pst minimum 350 words

 

Decide upon an initiative you want to implement that would increase sales over the next five years, (for example, market another product, corporate expansion, and so on).

Using the sample financial statements, create pro forma statements of five year projections that are clear, concise, and easy to read. Be sure to double check the calculations in your pro forma statements. Make assumptions that support each line item increase or decrease for your forecasted statements.

Discuss and interpret the financials in relation to the initiative. Make recommendations on potential discretionary financing needs.

Write a 350 – 700 word analysis of the company’s short term and long term financing needs and determine

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper in which you explain the importance of innovation in your selected business’s vision, mission, and values, and determine your business model for this new division. Include the following:

 

• Propose a new product or service for the new company division. The division should be customer-focused with an innovative mission statement. Ensure that you are differentiating your product or service.

 

• Describe how the division addresses customer needs and achieves competitive advantage.

 

• Create a vision and a business model for this new division that clearly demonstrates your decision on what you want your business to become in the future.

 

• Explain how the vision, mission, and value of the new division align with the company’s mission and vision.

 

• Summarize how the vision, mission, and values guide the division’s strategic direction.

 

• Define your guiding principles and values for your division in the context of culture, social responsibility, and ethics.

ach assignment should be atleast 300+ words and follow the instructions correctly. I can provide the chapters for the 2nd assignment (10 and 11) on request.

 

ONLY QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS BID! MUST KNOW SUBJECT AND WRITE/UNDERSTAND FLUENT ENGLISH!

 

1^st Discussion Assignment

You are an IT support person who needs to have a good set of tools for making operating system decisions rather quickly. In this hypothetical, pick the desktop operating system you are charged with supporting (Windows XP, WIndows NT, Windows 2000, Linux, Mac OSX, or another of your choice.). In addition to the vendor site, locate three other web-based resources that you will use to support your chosen operating.

In your posting

• identify and describe the Operating System and version that you are supporting
• identify and describe the main vendor site that provides you with useful information
• identify , describe and rate three other web-based resources

 

2^nd Discussion Assignment

Summarize two things you learned about Unix/Linux and Windows 2000 from reading sections from Chapters 10 & 11. Disclose any bias and state your opinion about the issues addressed in these chapters.

 

Your submission should be substantial (250 words or more), properly formatted, grammatically correct, an

1. Discuss three benefits of using metrics in Process Safety Management. Provide examples in your discussion.

Your essay response must be a minimum of 200 words in length, not counting references listed at the end or repeating of the question. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations, and cited per APA guidelines.

 

 

 

2. Describe four characteristics of effective metrics. Provide an example of a leading metric and an example of a lagging metric that meet these criteria.

Your essay response must be a minimum of 200 words in length, not counting references listed at the end or repeating of the question. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations, and cited per APA guidelines.

 

 

 

3. Explain the difference between audits and metrics. How can the two be used together?

Your essay response must be a minimum of 200 words in length, not counting references listed at the end or repeating of the question. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations, and cited per APA guidelines.

 

 

 

4. What are the four components of the auditing process? Which component do you feel is the most important? Explain your choice.

 

Your essay response must be a minimum of 200 words in length, not counting references listed at the end or repeating of the question. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have

elect a specific time period from this week’s readings: colonial Latin America, 19th-century postcolonial Latin America, or present-day Latin America.Consider specific events of the selected time period with respect to the following:

• Gender and ethnicity
• Access to power
• Economic stratification
• The ability of groups to be a part of the social structure and effect change

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that addresses Latin American social structure in your selected time period.

• Contrast the types of hierarchical social structures found in Latin American in the time period selected.
• Explain the relationship between at least one economic and gender or ethnicity indicator in Latin America.
• Explain how socioeconomic conditions prompted the changes in social structures.
• Describe the differences between peaceful and violent changes in Latin American social structures.
• Compare Latin American attitudes to similar social systems elsewhere at the time.
• Describethe interplay of gender, ethnicity, and economic standing as a force in social change.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

By Wednesday, February 3, 2016 respond to the assignment presented below.

As we have discussed, interviewing skills can be used in a wide variety of settings. Let us now turn our focus to how those skills may be applied.  Think of a career you are interested in pursuing after you complete your degree. If you are not certain about what type of career you may pursue, think about a career you would like to learn more about such as marriage and family therapist, school counselor, or human resource manager. You can also visit: http://www.bls.gov/oco/, where you can view the Occupational Handbook in order to get information about different career choices.

With your career choice in mind, think of a social service agency, healthcare agency, business, educational institution, or government agency that you would potentially be employed at that could make use of a counseling /clinical interview. In a 2-3 page paper, describe the organization you selected and then discuss the value and advantages of an intake interview for the organization. What situation would it be used in? Why would an intake or counseling interview be a good choice for this organization? What ethical issues may arise in this specific situation and how could they be addressed? Be sure to use APA formatting, and address each topic listed above and, as appropriate, cite the online course, the textbook, and other credible, scholarly sources to substantiate the points you are making.

Submit your assignment to the M4: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Described the organization selected.	10
Discussed the value and advantages of an intake interview for the organization.	30
Described at least one situation in which it could be used, and how it would be a good choice for the organization and the situation.	10
Discussed the ethical issues that may arise in this specific situation and how they could be addressed.	30
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources, displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.	20

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

Assignment 1: Financial Statement Analysis

Due Week 4 and worth 200 points

Select one (1) of the following publically traded health care organizations: Universal Health Services (NYSE: UHS) or Health Management Associates (NYSE: HMA).

Suppose you are a newly appointed CFO of your chosen health care organization. One of your first tasks is to conduct an internal financial analysis of the organization. Conduct a brief financial analysis and review of the chosen company’s financial statements for at least three (3) consecutive years. After conducting the analysis, interpret the data contained within the statements.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

1. Based on your review of the financial statements, suggest a key insight about the financial health of the company. Speculate on the likely reaction to the financial statements from various stakeholder groups (employee, investors, shareholders). Provide support for your rationale.
2. Identify the current industry trend that has the most significant impact on your chosen organization’s financial performance. Indicate the trend’s impact on the financial performance of the organization. As the CFO, suggest at least one (1) way that you might minimize the impact of the trend on the organization.
3. As the CFO, suggest one (1) key strategy that you might use in order to improve the financial performance of the organization. Recommend an approach to implement the suggested strategy. Provide support for your recommendation.
4. Use at least four (4) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment 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:

is project requires you to create a quality management plan. To do this, you will:

• Identify various aspects of a quality management plan in a healthcare organization.
• Apply various processes and tools to enhance quality in a healthcare setting. Seek additional resources from http://www.leanproduction.com/index.html.
• Identify workflow processes in a healthcare setting.
• Identify quality parameters in a healthcare setting.
• Examine the effectiveness of a quality management plan in a given healthcare setting.

The project is modeled on the Shewhart Cycle (Plan, Do, Check, Act). You will modify the Shewhart Cycle to make it applicable to your selected healthcare service or program.

Seek additional resources that will help you understand the process being studied as well as planning and quality improvement in general. You can visit the following link for more details on a quality process improvement plan:

www.goleansixsigma.com

Click Resources and then select Lean Six Sigma Tools. Review the steps in sequence; they provide direction to a quality process improvement plan. While you do not need to use the steps in sequence, they provide direction, as given below:

• Define: This step describes the importance of the problem within the organization.
• Measure: This step relates to the impact of the current condition and target goals for improvement.
• Analyze: This step relates to understanding work flow mapping and the value stream as well as understanding root cause analysis (RCA).
• Improve: This step identifies improvements to consider in the implementation of change.
• Control: This step is about sustainability of change.

Tasks:

• Complete a part of the Plan step of the cycle.
  • Describe the environment, the organization, and the department or program within the organization that is the basis for your project. Describe the selected healthcare setting, specifically its service, staff, equipment, and patients. Identify and describe the scope and nature of the problem.
  • Assess the environment using strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis. Interview some stakeholders, such as managers, staff, or customers. Use the interview information to conduct the SWOT analysis. You may also summarize or quote any important or interesting information gathered during the interview.
  • Select one of the weaknesses determined by the SWOT analysis to create a plan for improvement.

 

• Present the description of the organization, the SWOT analysis, and any interview summaries in a 5-page Microsoft Word document formatted as a report in APA style.
• On a separate page, cite all sources using APA format.

The Final Paper should demonstrate an understanding of the materials (texts, assignments, and discussions) covered in this course.

Assume the role of Marketing Manager. Select a product (good or service) that is sold in the United States and has sales opportunities in a foreign market. Apply your critical thinking skills and the knowledge you have acquired throughout this course and address the following in your Final Paper:

1. Describe the product you selected in terms of the four utilities of customer value.
2. Identify the product’s target market at home and in your stated foreign market.
3. Indicate the competition of the product category in both home and foreign markets.
4. Explain how you would apply the segmentation, targeting, and positioning (STP) approach to market the product in the foreign market.
5. Discuss the major environmental facts and trends in the foreign markets that might affect sales of the product.
6. Explain how you would develop, execute and measure a campaign for this product considering the four p’s (product, price, promotion, and place).
7. Discuss the U.S. and international ethical marketing considerations.

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

1. Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
2. Must include a title page with the following:
   1. Title of paper
   2. Student’s name
   3. Course name and number
   4. Instructor’s name
   5. Date submitted
3. Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
4. Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
5. Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
6. Must use at least five scholarly references beyond the course text.
7. Must document all sources in APA style.

Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style