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Part 1 – (minimum 4 pages) Working with the school principal, prepare a written summary identifying the components of due process and the rights and responsibilities of students and parents regarding due process hearings as described in the Florida state statutes.

 

Part 2 – (minimum 6 pages) Develop an informational presentation about bullying for your School Board. Your goal is to influence policy regarding the development of a Code of Conduct on bullying. Your presentation should be in a narrative form – do not use PowerPoint or graphics for this assignment. Your narrative should include:

1. An introduction

2. Definition of bullying

3.  Support or rationale for why a Code of Conduct specifically for bullying is needed

4.  Conclusion

 

Part 3 – (minimum 4 pages) Using the district policy manual and the state statutes, work with the principal to prepare a written summary describing the procedures and guidelines for compliance with the state statutes and federal law governing parents’ and students’ rights to privacy and access to student educational records (e.g. deny, release, or challenge content).

ou are the HR manager for an upscale retail store which sells clothing, shoes, handbags, and other accessories. Due to the economic downturn, the company has experienced a significant reduction in earnings, resulting in the layoff of a number of retail sales associates. Business seems to be rebounding, but you are concerned about the performance of the retail sales staff. The CEO has requested that you recommend ways to increase sales and customer service. You believe that implementing a performance management system may help modify employee behavior and improve results.

 

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

 

1. Create a job description for a retail sales associate, which includes the most significant components necessary to describe the job both internally and externally.
2. Create an organizational behavior modification (OBM) plan to define four (4) key behaviors that are required for successful job performance as a retail sales associate. Suggest the significant ways that your plan will benefit the organization.
3. Specify two (2) ways that you would measure whether current employees exhibit the key job performance behaviors. Propose two (2) methods that you could use to inform employees of the new performance standards.
4. Outline a plan with two (2) methods of providing feedback to employees. Include the frequency with which the feedback will be provided. Propose two (2) actions company leaders should take to reinforce positive employee behaviors.
5. Examine at least three (3) key legal and ethical issues that could potentially impact the performance management system. Support your response with specific examples of the identified issues’ possible effects on the performance management system.
6. Use at least four (4) quality academic (peer-reviewed) resources in this assignment. 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:

 

• Examine performance management issues and processes.
• Examine the influences on and various approaches to compensation.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in human resource management foundations.
• Write clearly and concisely about human resource management foundations using proper writing mechanics

Your response to the essay questions should be a minimum of 250 words and be supported by at least one reference from the readings or outside sources.

 

Essay Question 1: Recreation & Sports Equipment Corporation sells a product that is capable of seriously injuring consumers who misuse it in a foreseeable way. Explain whether the firm owe an ethical duty to take this product off the market. Describe the con­flicts that might arise if the firm stops selling this product.

 

Essay Question 2: Discount Mart, Inc., files a suit in a state court against Elements Computer Corporation, alleging that Elements breached a contract to sell 500 notebook computers to Discount. During the course of the suit, Discount files a motion for judgment on the pleadings, Elements files a motion for a directed verdict, and both parties file motions for summary judgment. Discuss when and for what pur­pose each of these motions would be made.

 

Essay Question 3: After two years of research and the investment of considerable funds, Coast-to Coast Company (CC) develops a new product that it hopes will produce substantial profits. CC learns that a competitor, National Sales, Inc., has made and begun to sell a nearly identical prod­uct. CC learns from a reliable source that National paid a CC employee to obtain the plans for CC’s product while it was in development. Describe and analyze the legal re­course CC would have against National.

 

Essay Question 4: An unknown individual launches a series of attacks against the Web sites of Prime Sales Corporation. The attacks significantly slow the sites, leading to $100 million in damage in terms of lost work time, lost revenue, site repair costs, and other expenses. The attacker does not intend to profit from the onslaught and in fact does not realize any financial benefit from the effects. Explain how this attack was most likely orchestrated.  Explain who is most likely to engage in this act, that is, whose habits and limitations are clearly suited to such conduct and why?

 

 

Essay Question 5: In 2002, Hawk Corporation begins making and selling electric motorcycles under the mark “Hawk.” Ten years later, Hawk.com, Inc., a differ­ent company selling medical equipment and supplies, begins to use “hawk” as part of its URL and registers it as a domain name. Discuss whether Hawk Corporation can stop Hawk.com’s use of “hawk”.  If so, explain what the motorcycle-maker must show.

Maple, Inc. manufactures syrup that goes through three processing stages prior to completion.  Information on work in the first department, blending, is given below for August:

 

 

The company uses the weighted-average method.

 

Instructions:

Submit an Excel document, with each tab labeled by item number, which demonstrates the following:

 

1. Compute the equivalent units of production.
2. Compute the costs per equivalent unit for the month.
3. Determine the cost of ending work in process inventory and of the units transferred out to the next department.
4. Prepare a cost reconciliation schedule for the month.

 

Provide your answers in a clearly organized Excel spreadsheet. Check spelling and formatting for readability. Document your sources.  APA citations.

c programing due date

1FunctionsIn this homework, you will design a program to perform the following task:Design and write a program, using functions, that calculates the area and perimeter of a rectangle whose dimensions (length and width) are provided by a user.There are 6 components of your submission including:Program Description- A detailed, clear description of the program you are building.Analysis- Demonstrates your thought process and steps used to analyze the problem. Be sure to include the required input and output and how you will obtain the required output from the given input? Also, include your variable names and definitions. Be sure to describe the necessary formulas and sample calculations that might be needed. Talk about how your design will allow any number of students and final grades to be possible inputs.Test plan – Prepare at least 3 sets of input data (Test data) along with their expected output for testing your program. Your test data can be presented in the form of a table as follows (note: feel free to adapt to your design)Pseudocode- Provide pseudocode of your overall design that fulfills the requirements of the projectSource Code (Cut and pasted into this section)Demonstrated Execution Results (Screen shots)All of these components should be placed in Course Documentation template as a single word document for submission. Example application test data:Test Case #InputExpected Output1Length =4.0, Width=8.0Area = 32Perimeter = 242Your input dataYour expected output3Your input dataYour expected outputSubmission requirements:Your completed assignment should be saved as Word document and submitted to your LEO assignment area no later than the due date listed in the syllabus. Your document should be neat, well-written with minimal grammatical and spelling errors. Your name should be clearly listed on the first page along with the class/section, professor and due date. Your document should contain page numbers at the bottom of each page. Single or double space line formatting is acceptable

im and Laura Buyer visit the local car dealership because they are interested in buying a new car. The car they currently have is aging and is starting to have mechanical problems. Jim and Laura would share the new car, and use it to go back and forth to work and school. Before going to the dealership, Jim and Laura decide that they can only afford $400.00 a month in car payments.

Once at the car dealership, Jim and Laura meet Stan Salesman. Stan shows them several vehicles and Jim and Laura test-drive several of the cars. Jim and Laura particularly like the blue 4-door sedan.  Therefore, they agree to give Stan Salesman a $100.00 deposit to hold the car for a day. Stan Salesman does not give them the receipt but guarantees that the $100.00 is refundable. No documents were signed.

The next day, Stan Salesman calls Jim and Laura to ask them when they would like to take delivery of the car. Jim and Laura, on the way home from the dealership, decided that they were not going to buy the car because they did not want to spend that money each month. Therefore, Jim and Laura tell Stan salesman that they have decided not to buy the car and request their $100.00 deposit back.

Stan insists that the $100.00 was a deposit on the car and was meant to be part of the contract to buy the car. Stan is very persistent and insistent that Jim and Laura have contracted to buy the car; therefore, the $100.00 will be applied to the purchase price of the car. Jim and Laura are shocked and angry as not only do they not want to spend the money, but now feel as though they are being duped by Stan Salesman.

Jim and Laura have an appointment to see a lawyer in a few days, but know you are a student taking a business law class and come to you for advice. They are very frazzled, and understandably upset that they may have just purchased a car. Since you have been taking business law, you have read and understand the elements of a contract and the defenses to a contract. Therefore, although you are not a lawyer, you provide some basic advice from what you’ve learned in your business law class.

In three to five (3-5) pages, advise Jim and Laura based on the above facts as presented, the material provided in the text, and material covered in the lecture. In your paper, be sure to address the following:

1. Define the elements of a legal contract using examples from the scenario where applicable.
2. Decide whether or not there was a contract for the purchase of the automobile.
3. Identify the facts from the scenario which support your decision on whether or not a contract exists for the purchase of the automobile.
4. Use at least two (2) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as quality academic resources.
5. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
   • Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
   • 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 is not included in the required page length.
   • Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric

Assignment 2: Dropbox Assignment

The Course Project

In this week, you will complete the tasks of the project topic you selected in Week 1.

Topic 1: Disease Process

• Select a disease process to be studied.
• Research the disease and compile a bulleted list of symptoms, diagnostic procedures, progression, treatments, etc.
• Identify all of the healthcare providers in the healthcare system that can treat this illness and the potential complications of this illness.
• Create a list of providers who treat this disease in your area.

Topic 2: Healthcare Profession

• Select a healthcare profession.
• Identify the level of the profession: primary care, specialty, subspecialty, combined specialty, assistant, paraprofessional, etc.
• Explain the place of this profession in the healthcare system. Is it in diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, etc.? Some professions will embrace all of these areas. Note these.

Submit your answers in a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document. Support your answers with appropriate examples and research.

Cite all references in APA format.

Submission Details

Name your document SU_HCM2005_W2_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.

Submit your document to the W2 Assignment 2 Dropbox .

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Selected the disease process or the healthcare profession and met the listed criteria for the assignment.	45
Used correct spelling, grammar, and professional vocabulary. Cited all sources using APA format.	5

Contemporary Issue in Individual Counseling Paper
Due Monday Nov 23
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on a contemporary issue in individual counseling.
Complete the assignment using the instructions in the University of Phoenix Material: A Contemporary Issue in Individual Counseling Learning Team Instructions.
Submit your assignment via the Assignment Files tab

Teachers Instructions for Paper:
A Contemporary Issue in Individual Counseling Learning Team Paper Instructions

Write as a Learning Team a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper on a contemporary issue in individual counseling.

Include a reference section with at least five professional references. Most of these should be research articles from peer-reviewed journals.

Each Learning Team must choose a contemporary issue and obtain the instructor’s approval on the topic to ensure that each team researches a different issue.
Meeting the needs of and special considerations for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered clients in individual counseling: Present evidence from research studies on this topic.

Examples of contemporary issues and related topics to consider include the following:

Internet-based counseling practices and ethics: Discuss the range of activities that counselors are currently performing via the Internet. Under what circumstances is Internet counseling most appropriate? What does your research indicate about the effectiveness of Internet counseling? What ethical considerations are most relevant?

The limits of traditional 1:1ounseling in an office setting and alternatives to this approach: Is traditional 1:1ounseling the best format for a technology-driven culture? What are the pros and cons of the traditional counseling approach? Explore new avenues for the delivery of counseling services, such as activity-based approaches. Present evidence from research studies on this topic.

Current issues and approaches to individual counseling with war veterans: Present the history of problems and disorders associated with experiences in combat. Discuss the special needs of the veteran population and current approaches to working with them in individual counseling. Present evidence from recent research studies on this topic.

Referrals: Address the topic of when and how to make appropriate referrals. Research and present a variety of situations that initiate the need for a referral. Explain techniques for presenting this information to clients, along with relevant ethical considerations. Present information from research studies on this topic.

Meeting the needs of and special considerations for gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered clients in individual counseling: Present evidence from research studies on this topic.

Eclecticism: Investigate the pros and cons of an eclectic approach to counseling. What does the research say about the effectiveness of eclectic practitioners versus those who subscribe to one particular theory or approach? Are there benefits to being a purist? When and under what circumstances would each approach be the most effective?

Other topics as approved by the course instructor

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

You are an economist for the Vanda-Laye Corporation, which produces and distributes outdoor cooking supplies. The company has come under new ownership and management and will be undergoing changes in its product lines and operating structure. As an economist, your responsibilities include examining the market factors that affect success or failure of a product, including the supply and demand for the product, market conditions, and the behavior of competitors with similar products.

 

 

 

The new management has identified several possible investments for the coming year. It has asked you and your team to evaluate the possibilities and make a recommendation to the board of directors. Jorge has identified two mutually exclusive opportunities (Investment A) and two independent opportunities (Investment B) and assigned you the task of making a recommendation on the investments.

 

 

 

Investment A

 

 

 

Your company would like to increase its product lines. Two alternatives are available, a new line of outdoor smokers and a new line of outdoor grills. The two lines are mutually exclusive, meaning that only one of these investment alternatives can be selected. The projected cash flows and their respective probabilities for each alternative are given in the table. There are three possible levels of demand and their corresponding probabilities, which depend on the state of the economy.

 

 

 

Click here to download the table for Investment A.

 

 

 

The two alternatives carry equal risk and should be evaluated at the company’s cost of capital. The cost for the new smoker line will be $7,000,000. Also, the company has been guaranteed a buyer for the new line at the end of the fifth year. The buyer has agreed to purchase the new line for $7,900,000. The outdoor grill alternative will cost $3,987,000 and also has a guaranteed buyer, who has agreed to pay $4,000,000 at the end of the fifth year.

 

 

 

Investment B

 

 

 

Investment B involves two independent investment opportunities. The decisions on these two investment alternatives are also independent of Investment A. Investment B-1 involves a new packaging machine, which will eliminate the need for a local firm for packaging Vanda-Laye’s products. The cost of this machine will be $24,000, and the expected revenues from this opportunity are given in the table and are considered to be of average risk. Investment B-2 is the purchase of a new computer system that will allow the company to sell its products on the Internet worldwide. The cost of this new system will be $29,000, with the expected cash flows after taxes given in the table.

 

 

 

Click here to download the table for Investment B.

 

 

 

Jorge has asked you to provide detailed responses to the following:

 

•Management of Vanda-Laye has determined that the capital structure of the company will involve 30% debt and 70% common equity. This structure will be used to finance all investments by the company. Currently, the company can sell new bonds at par, with a coupon rate of 7%. Any new common stock can be sold for $45, with a required return (or cost) of 15.57%. Using Microsoft Excel, calculate the company’s cost of capital to be used in the evaluation of possible investment projects.

Assignment 2: Dropbox Assignment

The Course Project

In this week, you will complete the tasks of the project topic you selected in Week 1.

Topic 1: Disease Process

• Select a disease process to be studied.
• Research the disease and compile a bulleted list of symptoms, diagnostic procedures, progression, treatments, etc.
• Identify all of the healthcare providers in the healthcare system that can treat this illness and the potential complications of this illness.
• Create a list of providers who treat this disease in your area.

Topic 2: Healthcare Profession

• Select a healthcare profession.
• Identify the level of the profession: primary care, specialty, subspecialty, combined specialty, assistant, paraprofessional, etc.
• Explain the place of this profession in the healthcare system. Is it in diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, etc.? Some professions will embrace all of these areas. Note these.

Submit your answers in a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document. Support your answers with appropriate examples and research.

Cite all references in APA format.

Submission Details

Name your document SU_HCM2005_W2_A2_LastName_FirstInitial.doc.

Submit your document to the W2 Assignment 2 Dropbox .

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Selected the disease process or the healthcare profession and met the listed criteria for the assignment.	45
Used correct spelling, grammar, and professional vocabulary. Cited all sources using APA format.	5
Total:	50