Author: chris

Here is some HW for this week. Please take a quick view and tell me if you are fine with it.

Due date : Thursday 01/21/2016 at 8:30pm.

 

Discussion: Lean Accounting and Waste

 

Lean manufacturing processes, such as Six Sigma or Kaizen, are popular because they reduce waste, thereby increasing profits. Still, accountants face several issues when switching to a lean manufacturing system. To begin, read the article The Lowdown on Lean Accounting and describe some of the issues accountants face when switching to a lean manufacturing system. Also identify some of the ways lean manufacturing reduces scrap, waste, and spoilage and how the accounting in these companies reflects the increased vigilance in preventing scrap, waste, and spoilage. Are there any downsides to enacting lean manufacturing from an

Borealis Manufacturing has just completed a major change in its quality control (QC) process. Previously, products had been reviewed by QC inspectors at the end of each major process, and the company’s 10 QC inspectors were charged to the operation or job as direct labor. In an effort to improve efficiency and quality, a computerized video QC system was purchased for $250,000. The system consists of a minicomputer, fifteen video cameras, and other peripheral hardware and software. The new system uses cameras stationed by QC engineers at key points in the production process. Each time an operation changes or there is a new operation, the cameras are moved, and a new master picture is loaded into the computer by a QC engineer. The camera takes pictures of the units in process, and the computer compares them to the picture of a “good” unit. Any differences are sent to a QC engineer, who removes the bad units and discusses the flaws with the production supervisors. The new system has replaced the 10 QC inspectors with two QC engineers.

The operating costs of the new QC system, including the salaries of the QC engineers, have been included as factory overhead in calculating the company’s plant-wide manufacturing-overhead rate, which is based on direct-labor dollars. The company’s president is confused. His vice president of production has told him how efficient the new system is. Yet there is a large increase in the overhead rate. The computation of the rate before and after automation is as follows:

	Before	After
Budgeted Manufacturing Overhead	1,900,000	2,100,000
Budgeted Direct Labor Cost	1,000,000	700,000
Budgeted Overhead Rate	190%	300%

“Three hundred percent,” lamented the president. “How can we compete with such a high overhead rate?”

Using the module readings and the Argosy University online library resources, research manufacturing overhead.

Review the situation. Complete the following:

• Define “manufacturing overhead,” and:
  • Cite three examples of typical costs that would be included in manufacturing overhead.
  • Explain why companies develop predetermined overhead rates.
• Explain why the increase in the overhead rate should not have a negative financial impact on Borealis Manufacturing.
• Explain how Borealis Manufacturing could change its overhead application system to eliminate confusion over product costs.
• Describe how an activity-based costing system might benefit Borealis Manufacturing.

 

Write a 3–4-pages paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Assignment 2: Utility, Elasticity, and Demand

For this assignment, suppose that you are in charge of designing a product campaign for a new shampoo.

Assignment Guidelines, Part 1

Prepare a 2-3 page paper in Microsoft Word to address the following:

• Describe the ultimate goal of the product campaign for the new shampoo.
• Discuss your methods for achieving this goal.
• Identify the components of marketing, pricing, and distribution for the campaign.
• Include in your response a discussion and analysis of the concepts of utility, price elasticity, and demand.

Assignment Guidelines, Part 2

Using Microsoft Excel:

 

• Prepare a graph which illustrates the desired effect of the marketing campaign as a shift in market equilibrium with reference to price and quantity adjustments.
• Prepare another graph to illustrate how a change in consumer utility affects the price elasticity of demand.
• Copy and paste or import these graphs into the MS Word document you prepared in Part 1 of this assignment.

(Tutorials for working with MS Excel and MS Word can be found through the Tutoring Services and Tutorials link at the top of the page.)

Remember, quotations, paraphrases, and ideas you get from books, articles, or other sources of information should be cited using APA style. Help with citing sources can be found through the Academic Resources page under Course Home.

Save your MS Word file including your graphs using the filename LastnameFirstInitial_M2A2 and submit it to the M2: Assignment 2 Dropbox by Wednesday, January 20, 2016.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Discussed the components of marketing, pricing, and distribution as elements of the campaign.	8
Discussed and analyzed the concepts of utility, price elasticity, and demand in relation to the chosen marketing strategy.	32
Illustrated the desired effect of the marketing campaign as a shift in market equilibrium with reference to price and quantity adjustments.	20
Illustrated how a change in consumer utility affected the price elasticity of demand.	20
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

Assignment 2: Utility, Elasticity, and Demand

For this assignment, suppose that you are in charge of designing a product campaign for a new shampoo.

Assignment Guidelines, Part 1

Prepare a 2-3 page paper in Microsoft Word to address the following:

• Describe the ultimate goal of the product campaign for the new shampoo.
• Discuss your methods for achieving this goal.
• Identify the components of marketing, pricing, and distribution for the campaign.
• Include in your response a discussion and analysis of the concepts of utility, price elasticity, and demand.

Assignment Guidelines, Part 2

Using Microsoft Excel:

 

• Prepare a graph which illustrates the desired effect of the marketing campaign as a shift in market equilibrium with reference to price and quantity adjustments.
• Prepare another graph to illustrate how a change in consumer utility affects the price elasticity of demand.
• Copy and paste or import these graphs into the MS Word document you prepared in Part 1 of this assignment.

(Tutorials for working with MS Excel and MS Word can be found through the Tutoring Services and Tutorials link at the top of the page.)

Remember, quotations, paraphrases, and ideas you get from books, articles, or other sources of information should be cited using APA style. Help with citing sources can be found through the Academic Resources page under Course Home.

Save your MS Word file including your graphs using the filename LastnameFirstInitial_M2A2 and submit it to the M2: Assignment 2 Dropbox by Wednesday, January 20, 2016.

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Discussed the components of marketing, pricing, and distribution as elements of the campaign.	8
Discussed and analyzed the concepts of utility, price elasticity, and demand in relation to the chosen marketing strategy.	32
Illustrated the desired effect of the marketing campaign as a shift in market equilibrium with reference to price and quantity adjustments.	20
Illustrated how a change in consumer utility affected the price elasticity of demand.	20
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources, displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.	2

In the void left by the collapse of the Roman Empire, the bishop of Rome grew even more in both power and prestige. There were both positive and negative ramifications of this reality.

Write a 5-7 page research paper discussing how and why the papacy in Rome became the center of power as it did. What factors contributed to its dominance of Western Europe until the Reformation? What were the positive and negative ramifications of this reality? Beware! While you must include a solid appraisal of the positive and negative ramifications of the growth in power and prestige of this institution, your paper must not be a sustained polemic or attack against the papacy or Roman Catholicism. Instead, the intent of this assignment is for you to demonstrate that you have an understanding of the key factors that contributed to changes in the papacy.

 

 

 

Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:

1. Propose two (2) ways that you can use a failure in your life or career to improve your vision as a leader.
2. Examine the key traits and characteristics that transformational leaders possess. Predict the impact that a transformational leader’s response to a failure would have on performance and behavior in his or her employees. Provide a rationale for your response.
3. Determine whether or not you believe that failure is an integral part of life that contributes to leadership effectiveness. Provide two (2) examples to support your response.
4. Create a list of five (5) best practices for leaders to follow in order to be effective after a failure in the workplace. Support each practice with examples from your interview.
5. Determine the manner in which experiences with failure and leadership affect the risk taking and decision making behaviors of an individual on a leadership track. Provide a rationale for your response.
6. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.

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.

Graduate level 2 essays ..

 

Instructions (ANSWER ANY TWO OF THREE QUESTIONS)

You will be presented with three essay questions to be answered in your own words. You may use any legitimate resource from the web, textbook, lecture, etc., but use your own analytical thought process to ensure evidence of understanding of the material. Your response to each question must be at least one page in length.

Respond using standard APA format.  NOTE: There is no requirement for an abstract, table of contents, etc., but remember to properly cite external sources. Use appropriate formatting with standard fonts and size.

QUESTIONS TO ANSWER: DO NOT ANSWER ALL THREE.

Questions

1. Explain the concept of Critical Infrastructure and the evolution and implementation of the Critical Infrastructure Protection (CIP) programs. Define the linkage and differences of Critical Information Infrastructures and their respective protection programs to CIP.
2. Discuss the malevolent threat state and non-state actors and the types of cyber threats they pose to our nation. Include in your discussion the potential ‘impact’ (life, costs, governmental, etc.) of each set of actors against our nation.
3. Discuss Clarke’s assessment that there are five “take aways” from the genesis of the Cyberattacks he outlines in chapter one of Cyber War. Why is it important to understand these take aways and their role

Quantitative Research: Article Summary (20% of the grade)

This assignment is aimed at giving students an opportunity to select and analyze a real quantitative (qualitative is written in the classroom) research study and explain how it may or may not be able to help improve an aspect of health care delivery. This will be a 4 page paper that meets the general writing guidelines which are outlined in the syllabus.

This assignment should be carried out as follows:

 

Write a 4 page summary and analysis of the key aspects of the article you selected. In this summary you should cover the following items in the article:

• Describe the research hypothesis in the article
• Describe the type of quantitative research design selected and why this design was chosen by the author(s), i.e. Descriptive, Correlational, Causal-comparative/quasi-experimental research or Experimental research. The following link provides a quick review of the differences http://www.bcps.org/offices/lis/researchcourse/develop_quantitative.html
• Variables tested
• Research design
• Data Analysis
• Results
• Conclusions

Risk is perceived differently by each individual. Some workers may consider a certain level of risk to be acceptable, while other workers would consider that level of risk to be unacceptable. OSHA evaluates residual risk during the rulemaking process and uses what they define as an acceptable risk level in developing a standard. Discuss to what extent you believe individual risk perception should be used in establishing controls at individual workplaces. Do you believe OSHA’s definition of an acceptable risk is adequate, or should each location develop its own acceptable level of risk? Explain your answer.

 

Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:

1. Propose two (2) ways that you can use a failure in your life or career to improve your vision as a leader.
2. Examine the key traits and characteristics that transformational leaders possess. Predict the impact that a transformational leader’s response to a failure would have on performance and behavior in his or her employees. Provide a rationale for your response.
3. Determine whether or not you believe that failure is an integral part of life that contributes to leadership effectiveness. Provide two (2) examples to support your response.
4. Create a list of five (5) best practices for leaders to follow in order to be effective after a failure in the workplace. Support each practice with examples from your interview.
5. Determine the manner in which experiences with failure and leadership affect the risk taking and decision making behaviors of an individual on a leadership track. Provide a rationale for your response.
6. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.

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.