Author: chris

In this assignment, you will develop a case study for a well-known criminal offender. Begin by selecting one criminal offender from the following high-profile individuals:

Susan Smith
Jeffrey Dahmer
Aileen Wournos
Kip Kinkel
Bernie Madoff
Charles Manson

Research your selected case and complete the following:

Describe the charges against the individual.
Discuss the biological, developmental, and environmental factors that relate to the criminal behavior.
Discuss the theories that could be applied to explain their actions.
Analyze whether mental illness, substance abuse/dependence, or psychopathy factors contributed to the criminal action(s).
Describe your reaction to the court verdict and if you agree or disagree with the final disposition. If you agree, make sure that you thoroughly defend that position. If you do not agree, include what you believe would be the appropriate verdict and use appropriate reasoning.

Assignment 2: Rape and Pornography

A long-standing question in the field of psychology concerns the relationship between exposure to sexually explicit material, pornography, and criminal behavior. One of the most significant issues focuses on the impact that pornography has on an individual’s propensity to commit rape.

Select two peer-reviewed journal articles to examine the correlation between rape and pornography.

Write a paper that includes the following:

Analyze the selected journal articles and identify any correlation between rape and pornography. Provide statistical information in support.
Synthesize your research and conclude, with reasons, whether pornography leads to sexual violence. If not, state the factors that contribute to sexual violence.
Analyze whether the regulation of pornography is warranted based on the evidence so far.

Research your chosen company. Find a minimum of three library sources, which will support your thesis in this assignment. Review your assigned weekly lecture and text reading. Select from this reading 8-10 key concepts, which will also support your thesis. In a five- to six-page paper, address the questions below. Your paper should follow APA format including a title and reference page. The five- to six-page paper length requirement does NOT include the title page and reference page. Refer to your classroom area titled South University Policies and Guideline. Using APA Standards in Your Coursework to ensure you are following the correct format.

Imagine you are a management consultant. You have been hired by the company you chose at the beginning of the session to analyze their communications and leadership. You have been asked to submit a final report to the executive team with your findings including the following:

A description of the company’s communication structure and identify ways that culture has influenced the structure.
A discussion of the barriers to communication that may arise when leading diverse teams. Identify specific methods for overcoming those barriers and develop a high performing team.
An analysis of the various leadership styles and different types of leaders.
An assessment of the level of trust in the organization and make recommendations for improvement.
Recommendations for motivating the workforce that are clearly based on motivational theory.

Your grandparents have been left a substantial amount of money and want to invest in a company. Your grandfather trusts you to make a recommendation, but he also wants to see the reasoning behind your choice.
You have an idea of which company to choose, and you decide to prepare 3 sets of documents for your grandparents to consider: business analysis, combined income and cash flow statement, and trend analysis.
Business Analysis
Select a public company that trades on either the NYSE or the NASDAQ. Perform a business analysis (both external and internal) for your company using the most recent information from various sources. Possible sources include the following:
• Annual report or form 10-K
• Magazine or newspaper articles
• Company Web sites
• Government information
• Industry information
• Rating agencies
• Analyst reports
• Internet articles
Your analysis should be approximately 5 pages long. Be sure to cite your sources using APA guidelines.
Combined Income and Cash Flow Statement
Download the company’s most recent annual report from its Web site or the company’s form 10-K from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) Web site (www.sec.gov).
• Confirm that the firm’s income, dividends, and other capital transactions explain the change in equity for the most recent year. (You may need to consult the statement of shareholders’ equity.)
• Confirm that the firm’s cash flow statement begins with the same net income amounts found in the income statement.
• Confirm that the firm’s cash flow statement shows a change in cash that is equal to the difference between cash shown on the balance sheet at the beginning and end of the year. In Excel, construct a combined income statement and cash flow statement.
• Write 1–2 paragraphs that answer the following:
o What would you do if you found there was a huge difference in the net income amounts and the reported cash flow amounts?
o How could technology limit the likelihood of this happening again?
Trend Analysis
Finally, prepare a trend analysis of operating ratios for at least 3 years’ worth of financial data. Prepare the analysis in Excel. You may wish to create a common-sized income statement first, but it isn’t required.
If you adjusted for any nonrecurring items in step 1, explain the adjustments in a separate Word document. Use any other information in your company’s annual report to explain the change in revenues, gross margin percentage, and operating margin percentage. Add this information to the Word document.

Assignment 1: LASA 2—Causes of Crime

Begin this assignment by selecting one type of criminal behavior that you have learned about in this course.

Thoroughly analyze the possible psychological causes of the crime. Include at least four sources of literature, including at least one peer-reviewed journal article as well as lecture notes and text to support your position. Research the Argosy University online library resources to identify peer-reviewed journal articles for this assignment.

Write a paper that includes the following:

Introduce the chosen crime:
Identify the statistics for incidence and rate of your selected crime in the U.S. Evaluate any issues you find with the statistics and state if these statistics are accurate. Why or why not?
Analyze the crime in terms of the differences in offenders and victims based on race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, religion, etc.
Apply three psychological theories that address the selected crime and explain the behavior of the criminal. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the chosen crime within the context of each of these theories. Take into account all of the statistics that you selected and ensure that the psychological theories chosen address these statistics and if they do not, explain why.
Synthesize the information and choose one theory that best describes and accounts for the criminal behavior that you have chosen. Explain how this theory can assist in predicting and even preventing crime. What are the concerns about applying this theory?

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

Develop a branding strategy for your product that covers the brand name, logo, slogan, and at least one (1) brand extension.
Assemble a marketing strategy for your product, and determine an appropriate time table to implement your plan). Provide a rationale for your response.
Prepare a positioning statement. Include a perceptual map that shows your company’s position against its competitors. From this map, create a statement that depicts your position. For example, “Our product is the fastest in its class for half the price.” Note: See pp. 54 – 55 in the textbook for examples of perceptual maps. You may use Microsoft Word, PowerPoint, or other equivalent software to create your perceptual map.
Examine the relevant consumer behavior for your target market. Explain the main reasons why the brand name, logo, slogan, brand extension, as well as the positioning statement and marketing strategy are right for the identified target market.
Develop your company’s mission statement and company introduction.
Use at least three (3) academic resources as quantitative marketing research to determine the feasibility of your product / service. These resources should be industry specific and relate to your chosen product / service. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

subject; INTERNATIONAL POLTICAL RELATION,

What are the basic assumptions that Kenneth Waltz makes about the nature of the international system, the primary actors in the international system, and the prospects for enduring peace and cooperation? Does the international system today look significantly different from what he predicted in 1993? If so, in what way?

Objective: The purpose of this assignment is to encourage and allow each student to analyze the financial, market and organization dynamics of a company. Some case studies are intended to evaluate what went wrong with the target firm. Others are assigned to let students learn how the firmmanaged to succeed, such as properly balancing business opportunities against financial, regulatory or human resource constraints. In all cases, the assignments are intended to let students learn from examples and to demonstrate their abilities to assess and articulate the core business issues of success and failure in a strategic management context.

Regardless of your content area or grade level, you will likely ask your students to do Web-based information gathering or research. As such, you must instruct students on how to conduct meaningful and safe Web-searches, how to evaluate sources for credibility, and how to ethically and legally use those sources in their work. Remember that the concepts of source credibility, fair use, and copyright compliance are complex subjects. Adults struggle with them. Assume you will need to provide ongoing instruction about these things with your students. To get started, however, prepare a mini social/ethical lesson that will provide your target audience with “just-in-time” instruction around the big ideas — how they will be expected to be safe when looking for information online or how to evaluate online resources for credibility. Select and present these big ideas based on your content area, your audience’s grade-level, and based on your typical lesson activities (the types of online activities/information-gathering your students typically engage in). Must have three references and be formatted APA style.

Would like for the company to be Lowe’s or similar please.

Write a five-to seven-page financial statement analysis of a public company, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. In this analysis you will discuss the financial health of this company with the ultimate goal of making a recommendation to other investors. Your paper should consist of the following sections: introduction, company overview, horizontal analysis, ratio analysis, final recommendation, and conclusions. Your paper needs to include a minimum of two scholarly resources in addition to the textbook as references.