Author: chris

Question 1

Describe the importance of a project charter to the project manager. How does a strong project sponsor and clear project scope apply to the overall success of a project?

 

Question 2

List three important items that belong within a project management plan, and the importance of breaking the project into phases. Additionally, please comment on the importance of obtaining sponsorship approval when concluding each phase of the project.

 

200 to 250 words per question

The chief of police of the local police department has approached your team to develop an Interagency Mental Health and Crisis Intervention Response Plan that includes local, state, and federal crisis intervention agencies and other emergency and private resources for the purpose of responding to a terrorist event or natural disaster. The chief has informed you that he is concerned that many cities, including his own, do not have a written mental health response plan for critical incidents.

Create a 10- to 15-slideMicrosoft^® PowerPoint^® presentation to present to the chief of police that details your interagency Mental Health and Crisis Intervention Response Plan. Consider demographics, resources, and needs of the department and community while creating the plan.

Include the following in your presentation:

• Introductory section on the various types of critical incidents and their physical, financial, and societal effect on victims, first responders and communities and how this plan can address that impact.

• What local, state, and federal Human Service Delivery organizations you would choose to be a part of this plan and why you specifically chose these organizations.

• Outline of the specific mental health and crisis response for a critical incident discussing the various types of possible critical incidents that this plan would apply to.

• What the specific crisis response duties of those individual organizations will be in the event of a terrorist attack or major catastrophic event and how they will work with your department in responding to a critical incident.

If one organization should be the lead in the event, and how that responsibility would be decided

I have responsibility for the Fourth Bullet, as this is a tean assignment

Analysis of Mission and Vision Statements and the Company’s Strategic Direction (20%)

The Analysis of Mission and Vision Statements and the Company’s Strategic Direction paper is an individual assignment that focuses on the analysis of the mission and vision statement and strategic direction of a fairly well known company. Students should select from the list of companies below.

List of Company Selection:

Arena Pharmaceuticals

Office Depot

Monster Worldwide

The Washington Post

Blackberry

Education Management (EDMC)

Eastman Kodak

Sears

JCPenney

Best Buy

Netflix

Hewlett Packard

 

There are two parts to this assignment.  Part 1 focuses on the mission statement of the selected organization.  Part 2 focuses on the strategic direction of the selected organization.

Part 1:

• Select an organization from the list above;
• Research the organization’s website and identify the mission statement and vision statement;
• Research the challenges the organization is facing consider the objectives the organization has established for revitalization;
• Evaluate the mission and vision statements to determine whether these statements align with the objectives of the organization (this requires research to identify new objectives);
• Using the Characteristics of the Mission Statement website http://www.zainbooks.com/books/management/strategic-management_6_characteristics-of-a-mission-statement.html

• o   Create a three-column table in which you (1) list the salient characteristics of the mission statement; (2) identify those elements of the mission statement that comport with the characteristic from the article, and (3) provide any comments, recommendations, or criticism of the company’s mission statement.
• o   The table should be no more than one page.

Part 2:

Students will identify strategies presented in this course that are currently being used by the company. The strategies should be identified and discussed at the corporate, business, and functional levels.

Required Elements to include in Strategic Analysis:

• Identify strategies
• Discuss strategies used in assessing the internal and external environments using the concepts learned in the course.

Required Formatting of Paper:

• This report should be double spaced, 12-point font, and four to five pages in length excluding the title page and reference page;
• Title page with your name, the course name, the date, and instructor’s name;
• Use headings;
• Write in the third person.
• Include references with at least one reference other than the course material;
• Use APA formatting for in-text citations and reference page. You are expected to paraphrase and not use quotes. Deductions will be taken when quotes are used and found to be unnecessary;

Sites and attachements below:

The National Labor Relations Board consists of five members, who serve staggered terms and who are appointed by the president of the United States. How do you think the president’s political outlook plays into who is appointed to sit on the board? How might this impact the decisions made by the board from presidential term to term?

Present your views in approximately 250 words in your initial discussion post.  Respond to at least two of your peers’ posts.  Utilize the course text, weekly lecture, and at least one other scholarly source. Remember to properly cite your sources.

Discussion 2

 

After reading the Dorfman  article, “Public Pensions are Still Marching to Their Death”, respond to the following questions:

• What are the political reasons public pensions are underfunded?
• If the pension problem is political, what steps would have to occur to remedy the problem? Do you think such a remedy will ever take place?
• If you do not see a remedy for the situation, what do you predict will happen to public pensions in the future?

Present your views in approximately 250 words in your initial discussion post.  Respond to at least two of your peers’ posts.  Utilize the course text, weekly lecture, and at least one other scholarly source. Remember to properly cite your sources.

The chief of police of the local police department has approached your team to develop an Interagency Mental Health and Crisis Intervention Response Plan that includes local, state, and federal crisis intervention agencies and other emergency and private resources for the purpose of responding to a terrorist event or natural disaster. The chief has informed you that he is concerned that many cities, including his own, do not have a written mental health response plan for critical incidents.

Create a 10- to 15-slideMicrosoft^® PowerPoint^® presentation to present to the chief of police that details your interagency Mental Health and Crisis Intervention Response Plan. Consider demographics, resources, and needs of the department and community while creating the plan.

Include the following in your presentation:

• Introductory section on the various types of critical incidents and their physical, financial, and societal effect on victims, first responders and communities and how this plan can address that impact.

• What local, state, and federal Human Service Delivery organizations you would choose to be a part of this plan and why you specifically chose these organizations.

• Outline of the specific mental health and crisis response for a critical incident discussing the various types of possible critical incidents that this plan would apply to.

• What the specific crisis response duties of those individual organizations will be in the event of a terrorist attack or major catastrophic event and how they will work with your department in responding to a critical incident.

If one organization should be the lead in the event, and how that responsibility would be decided

I have responsibility for the Fourth Bullet, as this is a tean assignment

IFO vs. FIFO

The controller of Sagehen Enterprises believes that the company should switch from the LIFO method to the FIFO method.  The controller’s bonus is based on the net income.  It is the controller’s belief that the switch in inventory methods would increase the net income of the company.  What are the differences between the LIFO and FIFO methods?

Question 2

Depreciation

A variety of depreciation methods are used to allocate the cost of an asset to all of the accounting periods benefited by the use of the asset.  Your client has just purchased a piece of equipment for $100,000.   Explain the concept of depreciation.  Which of the following depreciation methods would you recommend: straight-line depreciation, double declining balance method, or an alternative method?

Each question needs to be 250 words long. Thank you.

graduation, you have been rising up through the ranks at the local police department. You were a police officer when you attended college, but you had not advanced too quickly within the police department. Your upward career progression was launched with your graduation from college, and you have now reached the rank of Captain, where many people think that one day you will be the chief of police.

As for now, you are trying your best to do everything right as a captain. The chief calls you into a meeting with the six other captains in the police department and explains to you that he is starting a new community policing unit in the police department. He explains that he will be selecting one of his six captains to be in charge of this new division, and it will be a promotion and a raise of $20,000 per year if selected. The police chief will select the new captain over the community unit based on a report they each submit to the chief. The report must answer all of the following questions:

 

• What is the purpose of your community policing unit? Outline the goals of this new unit.
• What will be the specific responsibilities of your unit? Explain.
• What type of officers would you want working in your unit? Explain. Specifically, for which qualifications and experience would you be looking?
• Where would you assign your officers to work? Why? Outline the areas that you would concentrate on to begin with, and explain why.
• How would you gauge the success of your unit? Explain. What are the metrics and time line that you would use to measure success?

Your assignment is to prepare this report for the police chief. Make sure to answer all questions asked, and provide sufficient support for each of your responses.

 

3-4 pages APA STYLE

 

Format:

 

Abstract

This is a brief summary that explains what this paper will examine.

NOTE: Do not re-write any of the informational sentences or questions – they are just for your information only and not to be re-written in the paper. 

Purpose of the Unit

What is the purpose of your community policing unit? NOTE: Do not re-write any of the informational sentences or questions – they are just for your information only and not to be re-written in the paper. 

Responsibilities of the Unit

What will be the specific responsibilities of your unit? Explain. NOTE: Do not re-write any of the informational sentences or questions – they are just for your information only and not to be re-written in the paper. 

Types of Officers Needed

·         What type of officers would you want working in your unit? Explain. NOTE: Do not re-write any of the informational sentences or questions – they are just for your information only and not to be re-written in the paper. 

Assignment Deployment

·         Where would you assign your officers to work? Why? NOTE: Do not re-write any of the informational sentences or questions – they are just for your information only and not to be re-written in the paper. 

Assessing the Unit’s Success

·         How would you gauge the success of your unit? Explain.   NOTE: Do not re-write any of the informational sentences or questions – they are just for your information only and not to be re-written in the paper. 

Conclusion

Following the collapse of the Twin Towers on 9/11, the fire service has undergone a transformation in its response in order to avoid another disaster of this magnitude. For this case study assignment, you will need to describe the changes that the fire service has undergone in relation to building design and construction, and to the application of building and fire codes.

In your Case Study, please identify the following:
• Major changes: Identify the major changes, including the main reason for the transformation in this section.
• Additional solutions: This section evaluates additional potential solutions that have not yet occurred as a result of 9/11. Often there is more than one solution, so it is useful to evaluate each potential solution in terms of its advantages and disadvantages.

This will also assist in determining your recommendations.
• Recommendations: This section should outline your recommendations, based upon each of the potential solutions in comparison to the changes that have already occurred.

Include a reference page in APA format and be sure to use at least two resources.

Your assignment should meet the following guidelines:
• be a minimum of two pages (not including your reference page),
• be formatted using APA style, and
• include citations for other articles, as needed to avoid plagiarism.