Author: chris

n Project 2, we worked more fully with analysis in writing. In Project 3 we continue that, and add formal research writing. What differences do you see between description/narrative/personal writing (Project 1) and the informal style of writing and formal research style (Project 3) writing? How is your approach to the two different for you/How has it been different? How are they/have they been the same or similar?

You must be walking alone. No combining your walk with someone else from the class. If someone approaches you, please tell them you are doing a class activity and will talk to them later.
No technology during your walk – shut off your phone, don’t check it, no music, etc.
Try to walk somewhere you’ve never been before or don’t go often.
Write your Application Reflection
IDENTIFY and DEFINE a concept/idea from the chapter that connected or contrasted with what you experienced on your walk.
Parenthetically cite the concept/idea you’re addressing. In other words, at the end of your description, put the page number of where that concept/idea is referenced in the text within parenthesis (172).
APPLY that concept to what you experienced on your walk. Describe what you experienced specifically.
EXTEND (optional) your concept/example to other concepts we’ve studied to date, appropriate outside source material, etc.
Please provide a link to that material within your application reflection.
Connected to additional interpersonal concepts other than those assigned for this app reflect.
Connected to credible outside source material, extra topic resources (from JSB on Moodle), etc.
Provided parenthetical citation for text material and links/bib citation for outside material.

Resources: All previous parts of the Business Plan Practice, Appendix 2—Sample Student Business Plan—and Appendix 3—Advanced Business Plan—in Entrepreneurship: Starting and Operating a Small Business

Combine all previous parts of the Business Plan Practice and submit it as your Final Business Plan project.

Locate Appendix 2 and Appendix 3 of Entrepreneurship: Starting and Operating a Small Business:

• Access the text within the eBook collection through the link provided
• Click theDownload eBooklink
• Click theEntrepreneurship_Entire_eBook.pdflink
• Click Open or Save when prompted
• Use the Adobe down-arrow or scrollbar to navigate to Appendix 2 and Appendix 3

Refer to Appendix 2 as a sample and Appendix 3 as a format guide. The business should reflect the merits of a plan that represents a business venture in a real business environment. As you prepare your business plan, ask these questions:

• Does this business plan do justice to my dreams and goals of owning a business?
• If I saw this business plan presented by someone else, would I be interested and eager to participate and invest in the project?

Description of Assessment Requirements 

As a Human Resource Management Consultant, you have been invited by a company of your choice to advise them on the possibility of restructuring their HR practices in order to compete more effectively in the global marketplace. In particular the Board of Directors would like you to address the following:

Task 1

Drawing on HR models, critically explain the company’s approach to the management of its human capital and whether it is appropriate to current market requirements.

(10 marks)

Task 2

Critically discuss its recruitment and selection in relation to strategic human resource initiatives. Make relevant recommendations as to how it could improve this process.

(20 marks)

Task 3

Discuss its approach to HRD and explain how this could be improved.

(20 marks)

Task 4

Critically evaluate the classical theories of motivation and from your discussion of these theories propose a hybrid theory which may combine the most meaningful characteristics from a range of these theories and which you believe will have practical value in this organisation.                                                                                 (20 marks)

Task 5

Discuss the challenges of managing change in the context of restructuring the company’s approach to managing its human capital.                                      (20 marks)

Presentation                                                                                                     (10 marks)

(Each task should be approximately 800 words in length)

General guidelines:

Assessment Critieria

You will be assessed on the following criteria:

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Further Guidelines: 

Report Structure (if used)

Table of Contents

Abstract

Introduction

Discussion/Literature Review

Conclusions

References 

Appendix

An international team was gathered to discuss how funding should be spent to eliminate human infections. There is only enough funding to eliminate one disease. How would the scientists go about choosing the next disease to be eliminated from the planet? Which one should it be?

2

Infections with hepatitis B and hepatitis C viruses usually take years, even decades, before visible signs of hepatitis manifest themselves. Epidemiological, how does it influenza our ability to track such diseases in a population and prevent transmissions

3

How are computer viruses similar to biological viruses? Are computer viruses alive? Why or why not?

by Peter Baker – March 31, 2015

3)  Go to the internet and find an article that discusses labor union formation and activity, summarize key points and post in Discussions area.

You are expected to make your own contribution in a main topic as well as respond with value-added comments to at least two of your classmates. You are encouraged to respond to other students as well as to your instructor.

Choose one question to answer:

1. Do unions engage in ethical behavior? Please explain.
2. Historically, what factors precipitated the formation of unions? Please explain.
3. Do you expect union activity to increase or decrease globally? Please explain.

1)             Each of the following situations involves a possible violation by a CPA and member of the AICPA of the AICPA’s Code of Professional Conduct.  For each situation, indicate whether it violates the Code.  If it violates the Code, indicate which rule is violated and explain why.

1. a) You are the controller of ABC, Inc. ABC’s’ external auditors have asked you to sign the management representation letter.  You signed the management representation letter, even though you know that full disclosures have not been made to ABC’s external auditors.

1. b) You were hired by XYZ, Inc. to supervise its accounting department in preparing financial statements and presenting them to senior management. Due to considerable time incurred on other financial activities, you were unable to supervise the accounting staff adequately.  It is later discovered that XYZ’s financial statements contain false and misleading information.

1. c) You are a sole CPA practitioner in private practice and you have provided extensive advisory services for you audit client, HIJ, Inc. You have helped management interpret their financial statements, provided forecasts and other analyses, counseled on potential expansion plans, and counseled on banking relationships.  HIJ is a publicly traded firm subject to SEC regulation.

2)             Assume that you encountered the following issues during several different auditing engagements during 2014.  Discuss how each situation would affect your audit report on financial statements.  Be thorough in covering all sections of the audit report that would be affected.  Also, include an explanation as to why the report would be changed, or not if change isn’t required.  Each item is from a different audit and is independent of the other items.  However, all the firms are not publicly traded and not subject to SEC and PCAOB regulation.

1. a) One of your clients is a real estate investment firm. It experienced a significant decline in the value of its investment properties during the past year because of a downturn in the economy and has appropriately recognized that decline in market value under GAAP.  You wish to emphasize the decline in the economy and its impact on its financial position and results of operations for 2014 in your audit report.

1. b) For the past five years, you have conducted the audits of OPQ, a company that provides technology consulting services, and you have always issued unqualified opinions on its financial statements. Based on its 2014 audit, you believe that an unqualified opinion is appropriate; however, you did note that OPQ reported its third consecutive operating loss and has experienced negative cash flows because of the inability of some of its customers to promptly pay for services received.

1. c) In your audit of ABC, Inc. you found that their supplies inventory had been materially misstated. The firm’s management has refused to restate the inventory because the supplies inventory is a relatively small percentage of their total assets.  You agree that the supplies inventory isn’t a very large percentage of their total, but you still believe that it is materially misstated.

1. d) DEF, Inc. is a manufacturing firm with substantial raw materials, work in progress, and finished goods inventories. Inventories make up 75% of their current assets and 25% of their total assets.  DEF’s management refused to let you audit these inventories in any way because they felt their internal audit department did an adequate job of staying on top if inventory valuations and counts.  They wanted to reduce the audit fees.  You have been unable to perform any alternative procedures that you believe would provide sufficient evidence for you to confirm the ending inventory balances.

1. e) You have completed your audit field work for you audit of GHI, Inc. and are in the process of drafting your audit report. However, the audit manager in charge of the GHI audit just informed you that his wife was GHI’s chief financial officer.

3)             Changes in an auditee’s financial reporting that create differences from the prior year are classified into two categories – those that effect consistency and those that affect comparability.  Describe these two categories and differentiate between them.  Provide an example of each.  Discuss the effect on the audit report of each.