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Identify and recommend at least 1 credible Web site that discusses the process of calculating the models most commonly used to support capital budgeting decisions, and address at least 3 of the following topics:

What is the capital budgeting, and what role does it play in long-term investment decisions?
What are the basic capital budgeting models, and which ones are considered the most reliable and why?
What is net present value (NPV), how is it calculated, and what is the basic premise of its decision rule?
What is the internal rate of return (IRR), how is it calculated, and what is the basic premise of its decision rule?
What is the modified internal rate of return (MIRR), how is it calculated, and what is the basic premise of its decision rule?
How is the weighted average cost of capital (WACC) employed in capital budgeting decisions, and should it be used for all project regardless of the riskiness of a project?

Write a 500-600 word summary of your team’s discussion regarding IFRS versus. GAAP. The summary should be structured in a subject-by-subject format. Include an introduction and a conclusion. Your discussion should include the answers to the following:

IFRS 2-1: In what ways does the format of a statement of financial or position under IFRS often differ from a balance sheet presented under GAAP?
IFRS 2-2: Do the IFRS and GAAP conceptual frameworks differ in terms of the objective of financial reporting? Explain.
IFRS 2-3: What terms commonly used under IFRS are synonymous with common stock and balance sheet?
IFRS 3-1: Describe some of the issues the SEC must consider in deciding whether the United States should adopt IFRS.
IFRS 4-1: Compare and contrast the rules regarding revenue recognition under IFRS versus GAAP.
IFRS 4-2: Under IFRS, do the definitions of revenues and expenses include gains and losses? Explain.
IFRS 7-1: Some people argue that the internal control requirements of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act (SOX) of 2002 put U.S. companies at a competitive disadvantage to companies outside the United States. Discuss the competitive implications (both pros and cons) of SOX.

You have been hired as a consultant by your local mayor to look at the various market structures. Your role is to provide analysis and answers to these important questions that will help the mayor understand the structures of many of the businesses in his city:

Describe each market structure discussed in the course (perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly) and discuss two of the market characteristics of each market structure.
Identify one real-life example of a market structure in your local city and relate your example to each of the characteristics of the market.
Describe how high entry barriers into a market will influence long-run profitability of the firms.
Explain the competitive pressures that are present in markets with high barriers to entry.
Explain the price elasticity of demand in each market structure and its effect on pricing of its products in each market.
Describe how the role of the government affects each market structure’s ability to price its products.
Discuss the effect of international trade on each market structure.

“No Man is an Island” Please respond to the following:

Suggest at least one (1) scenario in which understanding the Five Stages of Group Development could help you to work more effectively in groups in the future. Provide a rationale for your response.
Reflect on at least one (1) experience that you have had being a member of a group and at least one (1) different experience that you have had being a member of a team. Classify the characteristics of being a member of the group that made the experience different from being a member of the team.

Pricing and Globalization Strategies

Please respond to the following:

From the e-Activity, discuss the best possible pricing strategy based on whether the company you selected is a retailer, manufacturer, or service firm. Explain your rationale.
Discuss the best possible way the company you selected could expand its market globally.

Globalization and Sources of Equity Financing

Please respond to the following:

From the e-Activity, discuss how the company you selected might benefit from selling new customers on e-Bay (as opposed to building and maintaining its own Website).
Referring to the same company, determine the best source of equity capital available to the company you selected. Explain your rationale.

You will choose one to write an essay, in a minimum of 2 pages, in which you will take a first-person perspective of the situation, describe the debate in your own words, and provide a justified and academically defended argument for one side or the other. The essay will need to reflect your understanding of the time to avoid being anachronistic, and your argument must relate to one of the viable outcomes from that time.

 As a multi-generational American citizen, in the wake of Pearl Harbor, do you support the internment of your Japanese neighbors?

 As an 18 year old, male high school senior, are you eager or fearful of going to war?

 As an 18 year old, female high school senior, are you eager or fearful of going into the wartime factories?

 Is the crisis in Europe something that the U.S. should join in; or should the U.S. remain isolated? (Use a perspective from no later than November 1941.)

 Is the possibility of ending the Depression reason enough to join the war?

Whichever first-person topic above you select, you must consider the influence of the below factors and conditions which are relevant to all the topics and provide historical detail relevant to your topics:

 perceptions or impacts of limitations on and advocacy for civil rights,

 influence by propaganda or stereotypes,

 impacts of international events or crises, and

 impacts of economic conditions.

Using this lesson plan template (or all the elements included in the template), the following components are required in your vocabulary or content area lesson plan:

Introductory information: Provide the lesson title, grade level, and subject area for the lesson. Describe the classroom for which you are planning the lesson, such as classroom setting, number of students, and any other pertinent information about the classroom.
Students with mild/moderate disabilities in the classroom: Describe at least one learner with a mild/moderate disability who will participate in the lesson. Include the type of disability, the student’s individualized needs, and any pertinent information about the student(s).
Common core state standards and lesson objective: Explain how the specific learning objective for the lesson aligns with the Common Core State Standard that the lesson plan will address.
Assessment: Describe how you will assess student learning of the lesson objective based on the age/grade/ and needs documented.
Accommodations or modifications to be provided: Describe the accommodations you will use throughout the lesson to address the individualized needs of each student with a disability.
Teaching procedures: Describe the teaching procedures, including teacher input and modeling, guided practice, independent practice, and closure. This section must include strategies from the text and peer-reviewed articles related to effective strategies for teaching students with disabilities. You must cite your sources to demonstrate your knowledge of effective strategies.
Checks for understanding: Discuss a minimum of three ways that you will check for understanding throughout the lesson to ensure students are grasping pertinent and central concepts in your lesson.
Reflection/self-determination: Reflect on how the assessment will help inform you of your students’ achievement of the learning objective, as well as how it will inform your future instructional actions. Also, include what plan you will take if the students do not meet the assessment objectives. Finally, your reflection should discuss how you will promote self-determination in this lesson plan to support your students with disabilities.

Review the job listings at a multinational organization. You may choose from the organizations from Week Two. Write a 1,050- to 1,200-word paper in which you address the following:

Outline the recruitment strategies the organization uses.
Explain how the organization classifies their job opportunities and what assumptions may be made about the classifications.
Using the information from your text and the organization’s website, determine how the following factors assist in deciding the optimal mix of home and host country employees:
The type of international assignment
The culture and language preparedness of the employee
The length of the assignment
The host and home country recruitment and selection practices
Staff availability and skill set
Compare the benefits offered with your personal expectations. Discuss compensation, relocation, repatriation, living standards, family considerations, and safety.
Identify information on expatriate programs from the listing and organization website. Based on the information, recommend additional components to include. Determine how each component strategically benefits the organization and its employees.

Healing Hands Hospital is preparing financially for the many different reimbursement changes associated with Medicare Advantage Plans. You and your financial team have been asked to evaluate your current billing and operations workflow processes to incorporate the current trends.

Submit a 700-word paper outlining the financial trends for Healing Hands Hospital’s chief financial officer and team, and include the following:

Average length of stay and its impact on the organization’s budget
Patient satisfaction and reimbursement opportunities
Re-admission rates and their effect on reimbursements

Read Case #18- Chipolte: Mexican Grill, Inc.: Food With Integrity and answer the following questions (each question a subsection):

Do you think CMG is a successful company? Defend your stance with research application.
How do CMG’s resources support the company’s competitive position?
What challenges, within the case, did CMG face in 2012? In 2015 have they overcome such challenges? How?
What would you recommend the company do moving forward to remain competitive?
How does the topics in Chapter 4 apply to this case study?
submit your responses to the Weekly Assignment Folder.