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Assignment 2: Required Assignment 2—Genesis Energy Capital Plan Report

The Genesis Energy operations management team, nearing completion of its agreement with Sensible Essentials, was asked by senior management to present a capital plan for the operating expansion. The capital plan was not to be a wish list but an analysis of the necessary expenditures to successfully establish a fully equipped operating facility overseas.

In addition, senior management requested meaningful financial and operating metrics to ensure that the performance objectives for the facility were being met. The operations management team was given five days to accomplish the following:

Calculate the firm’s WACC.
Prepare and analyze each planned capital expenditure.
Evaluate, rank, and recommend the capital expenditures according to beneficial value to the organization, using the evaluation tools NPV, payback, and IRR. Evaluation, ranking, and recommendations should be by category of expenditures. For example, facility, equipment 1, 2, and 3, and inspection.
Using the selected choices in part three, calculate the full cost of establishing a fully equipped facility. This would include the facility, equipment 1, 2, and 3, and inspection. In addition, calculate the payback, NPV, and IRR for the completed facility.
Construct and recommend between three and five metrics to measure the performance of the organization. At least one metric should be dividend decision-making driven.
Prepare an executive summary along with a separate document showing the calculations.

There are a number of companies that utilize a global supply chain management strategy. Identify and research a company with a successful global supply chain management strategy and provide basic background information. Discuss the strategies this company utilizes to get their product(s) distributed internationally and how they address risks and meet business demands.

Submit to your instructor your two to three page (not including title and reference pages). Your paper should be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide, and should cite at least two scholarly sources in addition to the textbook.

Individual Project 4-6 pages

Identify a nonprofit health care organization and a for-profit health care organization of your choosing. Answer the following:

Summarize the types of services provided, clientele served, and provider groups involved.
Compare and contrast the strengths and weaknesses of each organization from patient, provider, administrator, and third-party payer perspectives.
Provide at least 2 suggestions for each organization to minimize the identified weaknesses.
Summarize which organization you would rather be part of, using rationale.

Write a 700- to 1,000-word paper identifying the specific cost accounting system an organization utilizes and how it uses the accounting information for financial management.

Assignment: Individual Reflection: Creativity, Leadership, and Innovation: A Self-Assessment

Dyer, Gregersen, and Christensen, in their essential components of “The Innovator’s DNA” make the important point that, while all successful innovators share certain characteristics, those characteristics are not literally written into an innovator’s DNA. Instead, it is essential to practice thinking creatively. What innovators achieve is the result of their actions and what they do, not simply who they are.

With this in mind, it stands to reason that it is important to periodically assess whether you are on the right track in developing the skills of a leader who successfully fosters creativity in the organization. This self-assessment is not the final verdict on the level or depth of your creativity or your potential success as an innovator, but instead is an important part of understanding the ways you currently lead others and thinking about how you will lead others in the future.

Regardless of where you are in the organization, there are leadership characteristics you have or would like to strive towards as you develop professionally. For this Individual Reflection you will identify and describe an innovation leader who has inspired you. This Individual Reflection will allow you to conduct a personal analysis of leadership qualities between you and an innovation leader to help you identify key leadership dimensions that you can develop.

Note: For the sake of clarity, be mindful during this Individual Reflection to focus on a leader that you admire who inspires innovation and not a leader who is innovative in terms of leadership style and characteristics.

For this Individual Reflection, describe a person who successfully brought together leadership, foresight, creativity, and innovation. This person should be someone with whom you have worked or who has inspired you in your professional career or personal life. (Note: You do not need to identify the individual by name, if he or she is someone you personally know). Be sure to include the following:

Part 1: Provide an opening section where you provide your assessment of the characteristics of this innovation leader that you currently do not possess or demonstrate that you would like to develop. Your own characteristics are the baseline in the analysis, and the innovation leader you identified is the model. If you are not currently in a leadership role, envision how you might develop these characteristics in a future position. Be sure to consider the following factors and questions:
Explain how this innovation leader supported a creative environment, and how they catalyzed, implemented, and promoted innovation in the organization.
Describe the leadership skills he or she used to foster creativity in successful ways.
How does the leader engage stakeholders (vendors, executives, board members, employees) in the innovative or creative process?

Write an essay, using proper APA format, on the topic of Cyclical unemployment in the U.S. must Utilize a minimum of three scholarly sources.

Answers should be written using APA style

1. Why are many governments in today’s world liberalizing cross-border movements of goods, services, and resources?

2. What are the approaches international managers seek to understand when instituting change in the international arena?

3. What is the culture shock and how does it affect the international business?

4. What are the differences between common law, civil law, customary law, and theocratic law?

5. What is the political risk and how does it affect the international business?

6. Many economies are in the process of transition. What are the key means that drive the transition from a command economy to a market economy

7. What is the effect of inflation on the international business?

8. Why do countries with high GNI and GDP are attractive for foreign investment?

9. Why does the argument that “anything that is legal is ethical” is insufficient?

10. Which stakeholders must companies satisfy? Why is this process more difficult for companies operating abroad?

Choose a fictitious emergency event to use for your project. Develop a response plan for a mock disaster involving a facility you work at or one in your community. This is a single incident of your choosing, such as a fire, active shooter, natural disaster, etc. We are looking for you to simulate an emergency response and use your paper as an opportunity to demonstrate what you have learned about the incident command process during the course.

Decide who will be the Incident Commander (IC). Or you could choose a Unified Command (UC). Develop the five ICS functional areas and specific responsibilities for each area pertaining to your specific incident. A completely developed and detailed Incident Action Plan should be included as part of your paper. You should also include maps, images as well as the completed ICS Forms (excel file) we worked on in during the Week 6 Forum. This means you will most likely submit both a Word document and an Excel document for this project. (Some students in the past have used PowerPoint for this project as well.) Sample documents are included, including the scoring rubric.

“Managing Network Security Through Policies”  Respond to the following:

Analyze the importance of having acceptable use policies, remote access policies, and network security control policies. Choose one acceptable use policy, remote access policy, or network security control policy and give three reasons why you believe this policy is an effective way to manage network security.
Assess the risks and threats that may occur if these policies are underdeveloped or unavailable. Recommend three technical appliances that may be used to implement a network security function within your assessment and justify your recommendations.

Identify a new law or regulation that affects the practice of public health or community health nursing. Discover the sponsor of the action. Using news reports, statements in the public record, personal telephone or other interview data, outline the reasons for the introduction of the change. Share the information and your thoughts about your findings in a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document.