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Write a 2 -2.5-pages paper that addresses the following:

· Summarize your leadership style, including your strengths for leading others. Refer to specific information from your inventory results, as well as insights gained from the Learning Resources and any research you completed on your own.

· Describe potential challenges that you have experienced in the past or could foresee related to your leadership style.

· Explain how you plan to improve your leadership competencies and effectiveness. Be specific in terms of your goals and plans related to your personal leadership development.

Comparative Frameworks – Political, Legal, Economic Environments

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Well written; analyzes reading and incorporates into own ideas; supports ideas with sound reasoning, examples and theory, applies readings to experience; presents original ideas

For this assignment, you will prepare a PowerPoint presentation evaluating and explaining the 401(k) and Individual Retirement Accounts (IRAs) at a local community center, where you have been invited to speak. The audience will be a group of people who already work for companies that provide a 401(k) plan, so they are familiar with the basic concepts. The goal of the presentation is to explain to the audience the differences between the 401(k) and IRAs. Include the following:

Explain which account would earn more money for the investor: a traditional IRA or a Roth IRA. Support your statements with reasons and examples.

Describe how people can identify their federal tax brackets.

Use the following hypothetical questions/situations to explain the retirement plans in further detail.
If you were to invest $3,500 in traditional IRA and a Roth IRA, after making adjustments for possible tax deductions, what would your net contribution be for both the traditional and Roth IRA? Explain any differences your research shows.
Once the traditional IRA or Roth IRA is established, you decide to invest the proceeds in a mutual fund. Identify the type of mutual fund you would select. Examples include stocks, bonds, or a balanced mutual fund. Using the Internet, research and select a specific mutual fund that meets your desired risk tolerance. You can use examples of mutual fund companies such as Oppenheimer and Franklin Templeton. Be sure to justify your selection.
Based on the average annual return on the mutual fund selected, you invest $3,500 for thirty years without withdrawing any of the proceeds. How large would the balance be at the end of thirty years? Include your calculations in your presentation.
To avoid the process of probate, and ensure that the balance in this fund transfers upon death to a person of your choice, explain how this account should be set up to ensure a prompt and direct transfer.
As an employee of an organization, you may have access to invest in a 401(k) plan. Explain what a 401(k) plan is as well as its benefits. When one has the option to utilize a 401(k) from an employer, explain what restrictions are in place to limit 401(k) contribution?

QUESTION 1

It could be argued that the federal and state governments provide an implicit guarantee of hospital borrowings because revenue from Medicare and Medicaid patients is assumed to be guaranteed.

True

False

1. You are given only three quarterly seasonal indices and quarterly seasonally adjusted data for the entire year. What is the raw data value for Q4? Raw data is not adjusted for seasonality.

Quarter Seasonal Index Seasonally Adjusted Data

Q1 .80 295

Q2 .85 299

Q3 1.15 270

Q4 — 271

eading： Drucker, P. F. (1985). The discipline of innovation. Harvard Business Review, 63(3), 67–72. Nonaka, I. (2007). The Knowledge-Creating Company. Harvard Business Review, 85(7/8), 162–171. Alperovitz, G….

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Reading：

Drucker, P. F. (1985). The discipline of innovation. Harvard Business Review, 63(3), 67–72.

Nonaka, I. (2007). The Knowledge-Creating Company. Harvard Business Review, 85(7/8), 162–171.

Alperovitz, G. (n.d.). Meet the Movement for a New Economy. Retrieved March 10, 2012, from http://www.yesmagazine.org/new-economy/the-new-economy-movement
Summary:

Where are we headed?

Based on the week’s readings and your understanding of the current business environment as discussed in this course, outline what you think are the major challenges facing business in the coming years and how business might innovate to address these challenges.

Application xx online security

Online xxxxxxxx is x xxxxx concern for many businesses in the xxxxxx Most of xxx xxxxxxxxx have xxxx seeking ways xx xxxxxxxxx their security xxxxx xxxx operate xxxxxxx This has xxxx xxxx a xx move xxxxxxx securing their data needs xxx those of xxxxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxxxxx online xxxxxxxxx xxxxxxxxx’ xxxxxxxxxx in xxx xxxxxxxx would xx sabotaged. xx x xxxxxxx there are numerous xxxxxxxxxxxx xxxxx at xxxxxxxxx xxxxxx xxxxxxxx for xxxxxxxxxx especially xxxxxxxxxx against hackers xxx xxx to enter xxxx financial xxxxxxx xxxx xx aim xx xxxxxxxxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxx it xxx xxxxxxxxxx xxxx 2015).

xxx xxxx at which xxxxxxxx use xxx xxxx increased for businesses around xxx world, has led xx an increase in xxxxxxxx xxxxxxxx xxxxx have xxx to xxxxxxx xxxxxx in funds xxx xxxx businesses. Careers xxxx xxxx

Create a Microsoft® Word® document saved under the following format: Lastname_Course#_W1.doc

Research three different brands of computers using an Internet search engine (e.g. Google™, Bing™, Yahoo™, etc.).

Research the benefits of information systems in the work environment.

Write a 350- to 700-word summary describing the features of the different computers such as memory, processor, monitor/screen size, operating system, etc. In the summary include the following:

Comparison of the price
Bulleted list of the features that are most important to you in the computer description
An image of the computers
URL/Internet address for the computers
Bold, underline, and add italics to the price of each computer
Highlight the name of each computer

Write a one paragraph recommendation in which you recommend the computer you would purchase based on your research.

Organizations today have adopted innovative measures to retain key talent and reduce turnover. These measures include dual-career paths and alternative or flexible work arrangements. In addition, some organizations also provide their employees with outplacement, recruitment, and coaching services.

Managers should know and understand how to develop an employee in his/her preferred career path. In order for the assessment data to be beneficial to the employee, the manager should understand and know how to interpret the data. For this assignment, you will conduct an interview with someone who is in or has been in a management position and write a 4-5 page paper covering the following items:

What value does the manager you interviewed place on career self-assessments?
What role does the interviewee play in helping his or her employee reach their career objectives? Does the manager see any room for improvement in this area? Why or why not?
Based on your interview, outline proactive approaches employees can employ to gain assistance from his/her manager to advance within the organization and discuss how the information gathered from a career assessment can be used to promote internal career development
In addition, address the steps the employee can take to ensure assistance is received on a continual basis from the manager to promote workplace self-development.

You are about to embark on an international negotiation. You work for a multinational oil company, and your company has decided to set up a joint venture with Saudi Arabia and another one with a company in Russia. You are leading the negotiations.

What are the 5 stages of negotiation, and how are you going to prepare for them?
Is the preparation different with each country?
What cultural differences do you need to be sensitive to in the process?
For example, what would you expect from the Arab negotiator versus the Russian negotiator who will be working with you, the American negotiator?
What would be some of the political, legal, economic, and ideological issues that may come up?
How would you manage conflict if it should come up in the negotiations?
What decision-making process would work better with the different cultures?
Inductive or deductive reasoning?
Is it a personal issue or a cultural issue