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Assignment 2: Case Study—The Case of the Misguided Supervisors

Writing Assignment

Read The Case of the Misguided Supervisors in Chapter 14 of your text book. Use the Argosy University online library for additional research, and do the following in a Word document:

In 1–2 paragraphs, summarize the case and your research that relates to the case.

In 2–3 pages, answer the following:

Why would an organization care whether its supervisors speak in favor of or against union representation? Explain and justify your answer.

How could the hospital in this example have prepared its supervisors to understand their proper role during an organizing campaign? Explain and justify your answer.

With your answers demonstrate that your understanding of the concepts is thorough and complete. Support your assertions with evidence, citing the appropriate sources.

Apply the APA current guidelines to your work and use at least three resources in your response.

2. The Fed faces a recessionary gap. How would you expect it to respond? Explain step by step how its policy change is likely to affect the economy.

3. The Fed decides to take a contractionary policy action. Under what circumstances would this type of policy action be most appropriate? What would you expect to happen to the nominal interest rate, The real interest rate, and the money supply?

5. What effect does an open-market purchase of bonds by the Fed have on nominal interest rates? Discuss in terms of
(a) The effect of the purchase on bond prices.
(b) The effect of the purchase on the supply of money.
Problem 1.
1. The Federal Reserve System was created by the Fed Reserve Act, Passed by Congress in 1913, and began operations in 1914. Like all central banks, the Fed is a government agency. Which of the following statements about the Fed is false?
A. The Fed has the power to supervise and regulate banks.
B. the Fed’s goals are to promote economic growth, maintain low inflation, and watch over a smooth operation of financial markets.
C. the Fed is the “Lender of last resort.”
D. the Fed is allowed to make a profit like commercial banks.
Chapter 24 Review Questions 1,2,3, and Problems 1,2, and 5
1. What two variables are related by the aggregate demand (AD) curve? Explain why changes in the inflation rate affect the components of planned spending and cause the AD curve to slope downward.
2. State how and why each of the following affects and AD curve:
a. An increase in government purchases.
b. A tax increase.
c. An increase in planned investment spending by firms caused by optimism about the future.
d. A decrease in the Fed’s inflation target.
3. Discus the relationship between output gaps and inflation. How is this relationship captured in the AS curve?

Conflict resolution is a necessary skill for any manager or leader. In this assignment, you will examine the difference between conflict and competition. You will also explore ways of determining when conflict resolution is necessary and explain ways to resolve conflict.

Research the role of conflict and competition using your textbook, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet. Select two resources for use in this assignment. Reflect on your experiences with conflict. If you have no business related experiences with conflict, apply your personal experiences to a common workplace situation.

Review the following video:

Ury W. (2010, October). The walk from “no” to “yes” [Video File]. TED Conferences, LLC. Retrieved from

Using the selected resources and examples from your experiences respond to the following:

Explain the difference between conflict and competition.
Describe a situation where competition is healthy. How does that relate to a business environment?
Describe a situation where competition could lead to conflict and might not be healthy.
What methods could you use to resolve the conflict?
What leadership techniques would you use to resolve a conflict?
In resolving conflict, use an example to describe a “best case” scenario.

Assignment 2: LASA 1: Hybrid Car Research Paper

A hybrid car is a motor vehicle that uses two or more different sources of power. In most hybrids, you will find an internal combustion engine in addition to an electrical motor. Depending on how the vehicle is driven and the availability of power, the car uses gasoline and battery power alternately.

In this assignment, you will research five different hybrid cars and evaluate their impact on the environment.

Using the readings for this module, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, do the following:

Identify the top five most popular choices of hybrid cars. Analyze the advantages and disadvantages of each car’s technology, price, manufacturing, and impact on environment. Include the scientific principles involved in the technology.
Determine which type of car would work best for you and your family. Justify your decision based on your analysis of the five hybrid cars.
Explain the impact these cars will have on the United States’ economy. Consider the following issues in your analysis: consumer buying, sustainability, recycling, and fuel economy.
Evaluate the impact that hybrid-car technology has had or could have on the United States’ political relationships with oil-producing countries. Be sure to include an analysis of economic issues such as production, supply, and trade.
Describe how this technology will influence world politics. Include an analysis of economic issues such as production, supply, and trade.

Use three sources to locate five (peer-reviewed) scholarly articles that relate to the research question that you chose for your project. Look at the title, abstract, and discussion sections of these articles to gain an understanding of which articles relate to your research.

Briefly summarize the articles that you have located and describe how each of them relates to your research question.

Submit your responses in a Microsoft Word document of the following specifications:
Font: Arial; 12-Point
Line Spacing: Double
Length: 2–3 pages
Include an APA title page.
Cite all the sources in APA format in-text and on the References List page
the question is How unemployment influence understudy has graduates in the previous five years

Write a 1,050- to 1400-word paper in which you analyze the diverse nature of psychology as a discipline.

Address the following items as a part of your analysis:

Evaluate the influence of diversity on psychology’s major concepts.
Identify two examples of subdisciplines and two examples of subtopics within psychology. Examples of major concepts and their subtopics include the following:
Motivation: theory of emotion, and approach and avoidance
Behaviorism: aggression, cheating, and binge drinking
Cognition: cognitive dissonance and false memories
How can the subdisciplines and subtopics you identified be applied to other disciplines and venues in contemporary society?
Relate the subdisciplines and subtopics to your theoretical perspective.
Conclude with your psychological contribution to society in the areas of work, education, health, and leisure.

Health Care System in Turmoil

Discuss why the current health care system is in turmoil. Identify two major problems of health care and analyze the impact of each of the chosen problems on consumers and the community. Describe the benefits and risks of national health insurance.

The Constitution

The weekly worksheets will help you build all the necessary parts for your Final Paper. This week, you will evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of the most important document for America’s national government, the U.S. Constitution. In your worksheet, you will describe one strength and one weakness of the Constitution. In addition, you will need to recommend a way to maintain the strength of this amazing document and a way to correct a weakness. This effort begins the process of critically analyzing key features of our national government.

To complete the assignment, save the Week One Learning Activity Worksheet to your computer, fill it out, and submit it.

Develop a detailed outline of your first main point using the Week One Learning Activity Worksheet.

The Constitution:
Provide a topic sentence that briefly describes one strength and one weakness of the U.S. Constitution.
Provide a topic sentence that recommends one option to maintain the strength and one to correct the weakness.
Scholarly Support: (Please access the Ashford Writing Center’s Sample Annotated Bibliography)
Provide two credible sources in APA format to support your main points.
Briefly discuss how these sources support your main point.
Briefly evaluate your sources for bias, validity, and reliability.

Assignment Objectives

Rank operations management and supply chain management

Analyze inventory management concepts, and determine inventory quantities and ordering policies

Rank applications of information technology: MRP and ERP systems

Deliverable Length: 4-5 body pages

Choose an organization delivering goods and/or services globally. Provide a background of the organization and fully describe six components of the organization’s supply chain. Examine the potential problems related to each of the components described and explain the approaches of the organization for solving the problems.

Write a 4 – 5 page report that: addresses the concerns the following functions might have about this proposed change:

· Addresses the importance of quality management and measurement within the global context

· Construct control charts to compare global operational processes of the chosen organizations

Would implementing an enterprise resource planning system help streamline operations and achieve efficiencies between operating departments? What major concerns need to be addressed?

Present your findings as a 4-5 body pages Word document formatted in APA style.

The 1920s introduced many modern conveniences, such as washing machines, and many modern ideas, like buying on credit.

Part 1:

Imagine you are a newspaper reporter, magazine writer, or radio news person assigned to write a topical news story. The role you choose will determine the form of your assignment.

Choose one of the following topics:

Red Scare
Sacco and Vanzetti
Volstead Act
Al Capone
19th Amendment to the Constitution
Scopes Monkey Trial
Ku Klux Klan
Buying on credit
Birth control clinics
Films and celebrities
Professional sports: baseball and boxing
Immigration Act of 1924

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word news story on your chosen topic.

If you choose the role of newspaper reporter or magazine writer, you must write a news article in the appropriate tone.
If you choose the role of radio news person, you must write a broadcast script, which you may also choose to record using AudioAce™.
Go to http://host7721.mytruvirtual.com/AudioAceHHS/?v=2.
Refer to the University of Phoenix Material: AudioAce Directions for help.