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Knowing how to thoroughly research a topic is extremely important while achieving your education. You may be asked to support your information with peer-reviewed scholarly resources, but how can you find this type of resource? The Ashford University Library allows you to search through different avenues to find the requested types of resources. You can narrow your search by the author, year published, title, subject, and also by indicating what type of resource you are looking for. You even have access to a librarian if you need some guidance in finding more resources on your topic.

This week, you will take the Standardized Assessment of Information Literacy Skills (SAILS) Exam. This exam is not graded, and your results are anonymous. The exam will exit from your screen immediately after completion, and you will not receive feedback or results. This is a nationally-normalized, standardized exam for students in universities all over the United States. The results of this assessment will guide Ashford University in developing the best possible library resources and research methodologies training. Results will be published (in aggregate) on Ashford’s assessment website. Your participation is voluntary, so thank you for your participation. Click on the link to access the SAILS Exam.

After completing the SAILS Exam, in a two- to three-paragraph response:

• Describe your experiences using resources, including concerns encountered when conducting academic research through the Ashford University Library. Areas of concern may include developing a research strategy, using the search function within a database, or evaluating sources.
• Explain how using the Ashford University Library has improved your experience in conducting research.

The response must be formatted according to APA style. Each paragraph should be at least five sentences. For information regarding APA, including samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center.

Knowing how to thoroughly research a topic is extremely important while achieving your education. You may be asked to support your information with peer-reviewed scholarly resources, but how can you find this type of resource? The Ashford University Library allows you to search through different avenues to find the requested

Gap Inc. closing Stores Write a 350- to 700-word paper using the scenario and two variables your learning team developed for the Week 2 Business Research Project Part 1 assignment, in which the goal is to submit a random sampling plan in such detail that another researcher could replicate the method.

Discuss the following:

• Population and size
• The target population and brief reasoning
• Sampling element which may be conducted through any of the following:
  • Data mining
  • Survey (If a survey is chosen, create a 5-10 question document), or
  • Observation
• The sample size
• Method of random sampling which may include:
  • Simple
  • Stratified
  • Systematic
  • Cluster

Calculate the sample size for the mean or sample or sample size for the proportion, using a 95% confidence level, estimated population standard deviation or estimate of the true population proportion, and a 5% margin of error. Place the calculation in the Appendix.

Discuss how validity and reliability will be achieved.

If applicable, explain how human subjects will be protected.

 

Part 2: Data Collection

Explain how the data will be physically collected.

Explain where data will be stored and how it will be protected.

Write a 1,250- to 1,500-word paper on the innovation planning and design process addressed in Week Two. Include the following in your paper:

• Analyze the internal and external factors related to designing innovation strategies. Describe how they relate to one another and to the overall innovation process.
• Describe the factors involved in innovation systems design. Explain the importance of innovation systems.
• Describe the steps involved in the innovation planning process.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines and incorporate at least four scholarly references in addition to your texts.

Part one: Answer question, roughly 100-150 words. If a reference is used please site in APA.
Describe the formation process of cross-border mergers, acquisitions, and international joint ventures. What are the major differences?

Part two: Answer the following questions
Why would a company enter into an international joint venture?
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
What are the four phases of M&A, and what happens at each phase?
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
There are three conceptual tools used between business strategy and HR strategy. What are these tools and how can they be used?
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.
What is the difference between merger and acquisition?
Your response should be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying

Details:

Please complete the following exercises and/or problems from the textbook:
E18-14
E18-22
E18-23
CP18-42
Prepare your answers in an Excel workbook, using one worksheet per exercise or problem.
*****Save your workbook using the filename LastnameFirstinitial.ACC350.T# where the # represents the topic number. For example, John Doe would submit assignment #5 using the following name: DoeJ.ACC350.T5.
E18-14 Comparing managerial accounting and financial accounting
Match the following terms to the appropriate statement. Some terms may be used
more than once and some terms may not be used at all.
Budget Managerial
Creditors Managers
Controlling Planning
Financial Stockholders
a. Accounting systems that must follow GAAP.
b. External parties for whom financial accounting reports are prepared.
c. The role managers play when they are comparing the company’s actual results
with the planned results.
d. Internal decision makers.
e. Accounting system that provides information on a company’s past performance.
f. Accounting system not restricted by GAAP but chosen by comparing the costs
versus the benefits of the system.
g. The management function that involves choosing goals and the means to
achieve them.

Assignment 1: Wireless Applications, Advances, Advantages, and Disadvantages

Due Week 2 and worth 100 points

The adoption of wireless technologies varies from one industry to another, and is often based on the benefits provided versus the challenges, implementation issues, and security issues associated with wireless technologies. Consider the wireless challenges, opportunities, and advancements in government versus the financial industry.

 

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper on the wireless technology of the  government versus the financial industry in which you:

1. Analyze wireless applications and the degree of support and adoption of wireless devices for each industry.
2. Discuss current advancements in wireless technologies in these industries. Analyze the potential areas for advancements in wireless technologies for these industries and determine the driving forces behind those advancements.
3. Analyze the primary strategic business advantages and disadvantages of wireless technologies in each industry.
4. Analyze the primary technical advantages and disadvantages of wireless technologies in each industry.
5. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality 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:

• Compare and contrast wireless systems and their recent advances.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in wireless networks.
• Write clearly and concisely about wireless computing topics using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.
• NO PLAGARISM

Prompt 1: Childhood obesity is growing at an increasing rate.  Should fatty foods, such as potato chips, cookies, and soft drinks, be banned from elementary school?  Develop a persuasive speech that argues for or against banning fatty foods from elementary school.  You will construct a traditional, five-paragraph speech (introductory paragraph, 3 body paragraphs, concluding paragraph) that answers this prompt.  The total length of pages should not exceed 3 typed pages.

 

1. First step in developing a speech is prewriting.  Decide whether you agree or disagree to ban fatty foods from elementary school.

 

2. Next, make a list of as many reasons why you agree or disagree to ban fatty foods from elementary school.

 

3. Then try to see if any of those reasons can be grouped together.  Using the numbers (1), (2), and (3), number those reasons according to where they should appear in the body paragraphs.  For example, group (1) would appear in the first body paragraph, group (2) would appear in the second body paragraph, and group (3) would appear in the third body paragraph.

 

4. Create an outline using the model below.  You will skip the introduction and conclusion sections and will return to them in later modules.  Focus on the body section for now.

 

1. Introduction
2. Body
3. Reason #1
4. Supportive example #1
5. Supportive example #2
6. Reason #2
7. Supportive example #1
8. Supportive example #2
9. Reason #3
10. Supportive example #1
11. Supportive example #2

III. Conclusion

You will turn in the outline

Prompt 2: Childhood obesity is growing at an increasing rate.  Should fatty foods, such as potato chips, cookies, and soft drinks, be banned from elementary school?  Develop a persuasive speech that argues for or against banning fatty foods from elementary school.  You will construct a traditional, five-paragraph speech (introductory paragraph, 3 body paragraphs, concluding paragraph) that answers this prompt.  The total length of pages should not exceed 3 typed pages.

 

1. Continuing from Module 1 Homework Assignment, take out your outline and reread your position and reasons.

 

2. Based on your outline, write a thesis statement.  Your thesis statement should state the reason why you ultimately chose your position.

 

3. You will now construct an introductory paragraph by using the model below:
4. Introduction
5. Attention Getting: opening line that attracts the audience’s attention
6. Supply any interesting background information that will make the audience better understand the issue and why it is important
7. Thesis statement: State your position and why you chose your position

 

4. You will turn in the introductory paragraph (in paragraph form, not outline form).

 

Prompt3: Childhood obesity is growing at an increasing rate.  Should fatty foods, such as potato chips, cookies, and soft drinks, be banned from elementary school?  Develop a persuasive speech that argues for or against banning fatty foods from elementary school.  You will construct a traditional, five-paragraph speech (introductory paragraph, 3 body paragraphs, concluding paragraph) that answers this prompt.  The total length of pages should not exceed 3 typed pages.

1. Continuing from Modules 1 and 2 Homework Assignments, take out your outline and introductory paragraph and reread them.
2. Using your outline, write the 3 body paragraphs of your speech and the conclusion.  Include as much reasoning behind your position as possible.  Make sure that you transition between sentences and paragraphs.
3. You will turn in your complete speech (introduction, 3 body paragraphs, and conclusion).  Make sure that it is in one document (one attachment).

 

 

Prompt 4 The Internet is home to worldwide content, which can be informational and sometimes controversial.  Should the Internet be censored by the government?  Develop a persuasive speech that argues for or against having the government censor the Internet.  You will construct a traditional, five-paragraph speech (introductory paragraph, 3 body paragraphs, concluding paragraph) that answers this prompt.  The total length of pages should not exceed 3 typed pages.

1. First step in developing a speech is prewriting.  Decide whether you agree or disagree to have the government censor the Internet.
2. Next, make a list of as many reasons why you agree or disagree to have the government censor the Internet.
3. Then try to see if any of those reasons can be grouped together.  Using the numbers (1), (2), and (3), number those reasons according to where they should appear in the body paragraphs.  For example, group (1) would appear in the first body paragraph, group (2) would appear in the second body paragraph, and group (3) would appear in the third body paragraph.
4. Create an outline using the model below.  You will skip the introduction and conclusion sections and will return to them in later modules.  Focus on the body section for now.

 

1. Introduction
2. Body
3. Reason #1
4. Supportive example #1
5. Supportive example #2
6. Reason #2
7. Supportive example #1
8. Supportive example #2
9. Reason #3
10. Supportive example #1
11. Supportive example #2

III. Conclusion

5. You will turn in the outline.

Prompt 5 The Internet is home to worldwide content, which can be informational and sometimes controversial.  Should the Internet be censored by the government?  Develop a persuasive speech that argues for or against having the government censor the Internet.  You will construct a traditional, five-paragraph speech (introductory paragraph, 3 body paragraphs, concluding paragraph) that answers this prompt.  The total length of pages should not exceed 3 typed pages.

1. Continuing from Module 5 Homework Assignment, take out your outline and reread your position and reasons.
2. Based on your outline, write a thesis statement.  Your thesis statement should state the reason why you ultimately chose your position.
3. You will now construct an introductory paragraph by using the model below:
4. Introduction
5. Attention Getting: opening line that attracts the audience’s attention
6. Supply any interesting background information that will make the audience better understand the issue and why it is important
7. Thesis statement: State your position and why you chose your position
8. You will turn in the introductory paragraph (in paragraph form, not outline form).

Prompt 6: The Internet is home to worldwide content, which can be informational and sometimes controversial.  Should the Internet be censored by the government?  Develop a persuasive speech that argues for or against having the government censor the Internet.  You will construct a traditional, five-paragraph speech (introductory paragraph, 3 body paragraphs, concluding paragraph) that answers this prompt.  The total length of pages should not exceed 3 typed pages.

1. Continuing from Modules 5 and 6 Homework Assignments, take out your outline and introductory paragraph and reread them.
2. Using your outline, write the 3 body paragraphs of your speech and the conclusion.  Include as much reasoning behind your position as possible.  Make sure that you transition between sentences and paragraphs.
3. You will turn in your complete speech (introduction, 3 body paragraphs, and conclusion).  Make sure that it is in one document (one attachment).

 

Prompt 7: The Internet is home to worldwide content, which can be informational and sometimes controversial.  Should the Internet be censored by the government?  Develop a persuasive speech that argues for or against having the government censor the Internet.  You will construct a traditional, five-paragraph speech (introductory paragraph, 3 body paragraphs, concluding paragraph) that answers this prompt.  The total length of pages should not exceed 3 typed pages.

The major assumptions of Piaget’s theory of cognitive development are that infants are active agents in constructing knowledge and that the interaction of experience and biology leads to growth and development. The cultural-contextual view agrees with these assumptions but adds two more: (1) other people make active contributions to infant development, and (2) cultural practices, which reflect the dominant beliefs and values of a culture, shape infant interaction with others and, ultimately, shape cognitive development. Variations in sleeping and feeding behaviors reflect the role of infants in a culture. Beliefs about babies in different cultures determine how they are treated, who interacts with them, and, consequently, how babies experience their world.

 

Choose a culture other than your own, and fill in the chart with details contrasting how the 2 cultures care for infants.  Use at least 2 resources, cited using APA style, to support your assertions about the different culture’s ways of caring for infants. fully complete the chart with a least 2 citation

 

	My own culture (give it a name):	A different culture:
Sleeping
Feeding
Who are primary caretakers
Games and toys
Role of father

Scenario Marketing

Congratulations. You have just been named marketing manager of a major franchise. Your job will be to perform the daily tasks of a marketing manager.

So what does a marketing manager do? As you know, marketing plays an essential role in almost every industry segment. In its simplest form, marketing management is about making certain that customers’ needs and wants are met while increasing the profits of a company. A marketing manager’s responsibilities can vary a great deal, but will always have this as a central purpose.

Click here to learn more about being a marketing manager.

Select one of the company’s below for which you would like to be marketing manager.

Edible Arrangements® – Edible fruit baskets – Creates fresh fruit arrangements and gourmet chocolate dipped fruit to order.

Cartridge World® – Cartridge Company – carries a complete line of both inkjet and toner printer cartridges. Offers both remanufactured and Original Brand (OEM) ink and toner cartridges for nearly all brands of printers, copiers, fax and postage machines.

Liberty Tax Service® – Taxes – provides tax service to both consumers and businesses.

Assumptions

The CEO of your company wants you to create a strong current customer relationship management plan. You will present the plan as a PowerPoint presentation with audio to all of the franchisees at the next annual franchise meeting.

You may use these simple instructions to add audio to your presentation

800 to 1000  MEMO with visual representation of an example supply chain network using the “Shape” or SmartArt” option in MS Word.

 

The warehouse manager thought a recent presentation on operations management was extremely valuable to the company. He now wants to shift the conversation to focus on his warehouse department. You told him a little about supply chain design and how it could improve inventory management. He is interested in hearing more about supply chain design and wants his department staff to also be aware of this valuable resource. He has asked you to create a memo that will be sent out to everyone in his department.

Draft a memo explaining to your warehouse managers how effective supply chain design could help to enhance profitability and stakeholder value for the company, including the following:

• Provide an analysis of the behaviors of supply chain networks and supply chain drivers in your memo.
• Explain how supply chain impacts distribution of assets and resources.
• The memo should include a visual representation of an example supply chain network using the “Shape” or SmartArt” option in MS Word.