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To what extent is prejudice a problem in your current environment? If you think it is a problem, what are some of the subtle—or even blatant—ways that prejudice is expressed? What are the most common form of prejudice in your social or work environment (e.g., racism, sexism, ageism, basic intolerance for different points of view, etc.)? If you feel you are living or working in an environment without blatant or subtle prejudice to what do you attribute this bias-free environment? Have you ever suddenly realized that you were acting or feeling prejudiced toward another person or group? Were you surprised to discover this about yourself? Form some comments or opinions and share them with your classmates. As always, you are encouraged to be honest but respectful in sharing your thoughts and experiences.

Role of Financial Accounting Versus Managerial Accounting Matrix

Considering your chosen topic (prison overcrowding), prepare a one (1) page paper in which you:

Discuss what data you have collected or researched to indicate there is a problem (prison overcrowding)
Include at least two (2) sources of data (charts, data, statistics, etc.)
Discuss how each data source is relevant to the problem.
Use at least two (2) quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources

BUS 439 International Human Resource Management Final Paper

Develop an eight- to ten-page detailed exploratory analysis of the human resource management processes and practices in a particular country of your choice. Develop this analysis as if you were preparing a plan for a new expatriate manager taking a position within the selected country. The report should be seen as a resource to which organizations can refer to when expanding a business venture in the country of choice and sending an expatriate to work there.

Focus of the Final Paper

Your analysis should cover the following topics:

Discuss the culture and socio-political background of the country you selected. Be sure to include a description of the legal and governmental systems.
Appraise the business environment of the selected country and discuss the organizational structure, industrial relations, HRM practices, and common management styles.
Identify and discuss at least three examples of practices that could be in conflict between cultures (acceptable in one culture but illegal or unethical in the other) and how you would suggest dealing with these issues.
Discuss repatriation and why it is important to consider both entry and exit for an expatriate manger.
Analyze the role of training and development of an expatriate manager and provide suggestions for supporting the successful repatriation of an expatriate manager.

Health Care Industry Paper

The health care industry has evolved over the last decade. The health care market has been impacted by changes in technology as well as the financial and economic evolution of the industry. Imagine you have been given the opportunity to participate in a health care seminar as a guest speaker. You have been asked to discuss the evolution of the health care industry from a technology, finance, and economic perspective.

Write a 1050- to 1400-word paper discussing the past, present, and future of the health care industry in relation to technology, finance, and economics. Your paper should address each of the following:

Past

Analyze how the health care industry has changed in the last 10 years.
Analyze how the use of technology has changed within the health care industry in the last 10 years.
Analyze how finance and economics has impacted the healthcare industry in the last 10 years.
Analyze financial and economic tools and methods used to address issues in the health care industry in the last 10 years.
Analyze how payment sources and mechanisms used in the health care industry have changed in the last 10 years.

Assignment 1: Discussion—Key Performance Measures and the Business Culture
Business culture is the context in which the measures exist. They are bound to each other in terms of context and environment. Understanding business metrics as key performance measures is an important part of business strategy and management. In this assignment, you will look at financial performance measures.
Financial performance measures are vitally important to assessing corporate performance. However, financial measures are primarily backward looking in that they measure the results of past actions, and do not always give a reliable indication of future direction.
Using the module readings, Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, respond to the following for your own organization:
• Give three examples of key performance measures that are forward looking and more predictive.
• What aspect of the value chain are they measuring?
• How do these measures tie to specific strategies in your business unit?
• Does the business’ culture enable or block its business strategy and/or does it have an effect on financial performance in the value chain? Provide a rationale in support of your answer.
• What are cultural norms that govern the organization, and what types of behaviors does the culture promote or punish?
Write your initial response in approximately 300 words. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.
By Saturday, August 1, 2015, post your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Through Wednesday, August 5, 2015, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses.
Consider the following when you respond to your peers’ posts:
• Comment on which you found most helpful and the reasons you found them helpful. Provide a citation or resource to each response based on your learning or research.
• Comment on one of the measures described in your peers’ posts about how their organizations are alike or different from your own organization.
• Explain how your organization might benefit from considering the measures stated by your peers.

Assignment 1 Grading Criteria Maximum Points
Initial response:
• Was insightful, original, accurate, and timely.
• Was substantive and demonstrated advanced understanding of concepts.
• Compiled/synthesized theories and concepts drawn from a variety of sources to support statements and conclusions. 16
Discussion response and participation:
• Responded to a minimum of two peers in a timely manner.
• Offered points of view supported by research.
• Asked challenging questions that promoted the discussion.
• Drew relationships between one or more points in the discussion. 16
Writing:
• Wrote in a clear, concise, formal, and organized manner.
• Responses were error free.
• Information from sources, where applicable, was paraphrased appropriately and accurately cited. 8
Total: 40

On an automated teller machine (ATM), the customer is identified by inserting a plastic ATM card with a magnetic stripe or a plastic smart card with a chip that contains a unique card number and some security information such as an expiration date or card verification value code (CVVC). When using an ATM on networked banks, customers can access their personal or business bank accounts in order to make cash withdrawals and check their account balances. For this assignment, consider cash withdrawal transactions from your favorite ATM machine.

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

Delimit the ATM problem by creating a problem diagram using Visio or an equivalent such as Dia. The diagram must show system components that are relevant to the problem of withdrawing cash. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
Write one (1) paragraph that describes the use and meaning of the problem diagram components.
Create two (2) Structured Analysis and Design Technique (SADT) diagrams to document the activities and data involved in the transactions stated above using Visio or an equivalent such as Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
Write one (1) paragraph that describes the use and meaning of the SADT diagram components.
Provide three (3) possible scenarios of interaction between you and the ATM through a few message sequence charts.
Create one (1) UML diagram for each scenario, from Question 5, to show the interactions. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
Create one (1) state machine diagram for the ATM that covers the scenarios you have identified in Question 5 using Visio or an equivalent such as Dia. Note: The graphically depicted solution is not included in the required page length.
Write one (1) paragraph that describes the use and meaning of the state machine diagram components.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Give two examples of each of the following elements of poetry from the poems you have read in units 4,5, and 6.

Metaphor:

simile:

personification:

onomatopoeia:

Imagery:

sensory language:

rhyme:

alliteration:

assonance:

consonance:

repetition:

2.cite examples from the texts you’ve read in units 4,5, and 6 to briefly explain the answers to the big question.

a. Unit 4:how does communication change us?

b unit 5:do our difference define us?

c unit 6: do heroes have responsibilities?

3. discuss the role of conflict in three of the texts you read in units 4,5, and 6.

4. discuss the role of allusion in three of the texts you read in units 4,5, and 6.

5. In satire an effective method of conveying a message? Explain your opinion using examples from the satirical texts you read during unit 5.

The purpose of the Final Paper is for you to culminate the learning achieved in the course by describing your understanding and application of knowledge in the field of employee training through the analysis of a scenario related to the creation of a training course.

Focus of the Final Paper

In the course, you have examined several areas of employee training. For this paper, you will be applying this knowledge by examining the creation of a cultural diversity training course.

Imagine that you are in training and development for a global organization. You have been tasked with the creation of a cultural diversity training course that all employees will be required to take. Before designing the course, you must consider the ethical and cultural issues of the task.

In an eight- to ten-page paper (excluding the title and reference pages), you must address the following:

Examine any legal implications in creating a training course that discusses culture. Identify what laws and regulations should be considered.
Explain how the demographic diversity of your employees affects discussions of cultural diversity.
Examine which ethical implications should be considered.
Examine if training can be standardized for all locations in a global organization. Analyze what media is best suited for training in a global setting.
Provide recommendations for implementing the training course.

You are the new HR Business Partner at a medium-size organization and it is your job to create an original (not copied from the text or other sources) handbook with many of the tools needed in the strategic staffing process. The body of the project should develop the following staffing tools. Organize your paper through use of headings, which correspond to the following topics and tools:

Provide the brief background of your organization (you can use a real one or fictitious one.) Introduce the company to which the strategic staffing handbook applies. Talk about things such as the number of employees, years in business, strategic focus, mission, the types of positions this company has, and it’s purpose in the industry. End with a strong thesis statement that sets the stage for the rest of the handbook. In other words the last one or two sentences of this section should summarize what you plan to talk about in this document.
Define strategic staffing, as it pertains to your organization. (TCOs 1 and 2).

Transition from the introduction where you talked about the company to talking about what the definition of strategic staffing is, why it’s important to staff strategically and how you will go about making sure that strategic staffing happens in your company. You will cite things you use to help you develop the definition of strategic staffing. Explain how staffing structure, policies, practices, procedures, information systems, budgets and legal reporting requirements can be implemented as an integrated staffing management system to help organizations meet their strategic goals. At the end of the section, you need to transition into the job analysis section, where you discuss the importance of having job analysis in place in order to effectively staff the organization.
Job Analysis (TCO 4). Identify the components of a complete job analysis (job content, requirements, competencies, compensation) and explain how the different parts of an integrated staffing management system contributes to each component. Explain how your organization will perform job analysis (i.e. method, timing, and who). If JA will be done differently at different levels of the organization, be sure to explain that difference.
Legal Aspects of Staffing. (TCO 3) Given the possible vulnerabilities in today’s litigious environment, identify and describe the laws and regulations that affect the recruiting and selection process. (Include at least 3 laws/regulations that pertain to recruiting or selection, and explain their pertinence to your company’s strategy on staffing, in plain language geared to your middle managers and hiring managers).