This topic concentrates on audits.
Why is it important to document all things for safety and risk management? How do we build a culture of documentation in an organization?
Be sure to: 1) identify the legal source of the issue, 2) define the legal terms/phrases that apply to the facts, 3) include a minimum of two Internet references, and 4) properly cite and reference all sources using APA format.
After reading Eric Carter’s “Boys Gone Wild” answer the following questions in a short essay (2-3 pages double spaced, 12pt font, approx. 1000-1500 words).
1. What are the three key questions addressed in this book? What answer does he provide for these questions?
2. What sociological concept does the author use to understand deviance by players in his study? Why is this choice the best explanation, instead of one of the other theories he considers? What evidence does he use to make this case? Do you agree?
3. What types of methodologies does the author use to gather data about the types of deviance engaged in by NFL players? What are the strengths/weaknesses of each approach? Is one approach other approach more important or useful than another? Explain.
1. Introduction of company. What business is the company in? When was the company established? When did the company go public? Why did the company decide to go public?
2. What exchange lists the stock? Why did the company decide to list on that exchange. What is stock symbol?
3. Who was the investment banker? Why did the company choose that investment banker? Was IPO done on an underwritten or best efforts basis? How much was paid to the investment banker?
4. How many shares were issued? What portion of the company did insiders retain?
5. What was the offer price per share? How was the offer price decided? How much money was raised?
6. Has stock price changed since IPO? What was the price at end of first day? Estimate the amount of money left on the table? What is current price?
7. What did the company use the money for?
8. Anything else that you think is interesting about the IPO
Focus of the Final Paper
Think of an organization you have worked for or one with which you are very familiar. Diagnose the need for change and present a plan to transform the organization, utilizing Kotter’s 8-Step Approach.
Include the following sections headings and additional sections as needed:
Introduction
Company Overview
Diagnosis
Kotter’s 8-Step Approach
Conclusion
The Final Paper for the course must be submitted to the instructor by 11:59 p.m. of the time zone in which you reside on the last day of the class.
Writing the Final Paper
The Final Paper: Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
Must be ten double-spaced pages in length (not counting the title page and references) and formatted according to APA style.
Must include a title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
Must use at least five scholarly resources.
Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Change Model Assignment. Imagine that you are an executive for XYZ, Inc., a high-end retail chain that sells luxury watches, jewelry, and hand bags. You’ve just been put in charge of the company’s first international expansion, opening a store in Shanghai, China. This will be a short-term, small-scale change for the organization. After one year, you will be expected to begin opening additional stores in Brazil, Russia, India, and China (also known as the BRIC countries). This will be a long-term, large-scale change.
In five pages, explain which change model you would follow for the short-term change and which you would follow for the long-term change. Provide rationale for your decision and discuss the effects that these changes would have on the employees, managers, and executives within the organization. Include at least three references and follow standard APA formatting for your paper.
Weiss, J.W. (2012). Organizational Change. San Diego, CA: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.
Two companies of choice the FedEx and EMS
Discussion 1: The Basics of Capital Budgeting: Evaluating Cash Flows
A. What company are you examining for Assignment 1 and what major capital budgeting projects are planned? Are these appropriate projects for this company?
How will the capital budgeting projects help the company?
Did you learn anything about how the company makes decisions about capital budgeting projects?
Note: The company’s Form 10K report and Annual Report would be good sources of information.
B. * From the e-Activity, analyze the reasons why the short-term project that you have chosen might be ranked higher under the NPV criterion if the cost of capital is high, while the long-term project might be deemed better if the cost of capital is low. Determine whether or not changes in the cost of capital could ever cause a change in the internal rate of return (IRR) ranking of two (2) such projects. Provide an example of such a change—or the lack of one—to support your position.
Week 6 e-Activity
• Use the Internet to research two (2) mutually exclusive investment projects to compare. The projects may involve any kind of investment, as long as the time frame for one (1) of the investments is a maximum of one (1) year (short term) and the time frame for the other investment is five (5) years minimum (long term). Be prepared to discuss.
Discussion 2: Cash Flow Estimation and Risk Analysis
A. If a firm decides to structure a project so that expenditures may be made in stages rather than all at the beginning, how would this affect the project’s risk and expected NPV? Support your position with one (1) real-world example of such an effect.
B. * From the scenario (SEE ATTACHMENT) , suggest whether TFC should undertake its expansion project. Provide a rationale for your response in which you cite at least two (2) capital budgeting techniques (e.g., NPV, MIRR, IRR, Payback Period, etc.) that you used to arrive at your decision.
Today, you have finally decided to turn that hobby into a business but have realized that you need startup capital from a lender or investor. To obtain funding, you need to convince a lender / investor that your business is more than a hobby. You need to demonstrate that you have a firm grasp of your business, the accounting practices that impact your business, the controls needed to safeguard assets, and which accounting system will produce accurate and relevant financial information.
Write a business plan in which you:
1. Describe the type of business you have created including:
a. The product or service, and general staffing plan. Provide a rationale for your plan.
b. The form of your business and the benefits it offers your particular business
c. A chart of accounts specific to your business, including a rationale as to the selection of each account.
2. Based on the form of your business:
a. Analyze whether or not you will be required to use Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) or International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) accounting methods
b. How the IFRS / GAAP convergence will impact your business.
c. Suggest how you will incorporate any changes into your books and records. (Note: You need to demonstrate to the lender/investor that you have recognized possible changes to GAAP that may impact the accounting and reporting of your accounting events.)
3. Prepare a pro forma balance sheet and income statement providing the assumptions made and support the valuations assigned.
4. Considering the value of assets (assigned per your balance sheet) used within your business,recommend two (2) specific internal controls that you will implement to protect your company’s assets and resources, justifying how each will provide assurances to management.
5. Based on the internal control recommendations that you made, suggest how you will implement each within your business environment, indicating how challenges or resistances will be overcome.
6. Evaluate the impact of the regulatory environment, including the Sarbanes-Oxley Act and other regulatory requirements, on your business venture, giving considering to how you intend to comply with the requirements and the general impact to decision making within your business.
For Essay 2, please write a literary analysis that examines a single poem or short story that you read in Weeks 4-5 (from authors Susan Glaspell, Eugene O’Neill, Langston Hughes, F. Scott Fitzgerald, and Ernest Hemingway). Support your claim(s) about the text with examples and details from the poem or story.
There are several ways to analyze a work of literature. Two of the most common are below:
1. A formal approach–which examines one (or more) of the literary elements in a work and explains how it relates to the whole, thus contributing to a text’s overall meaning or significance. Possible elements to consider include plot, character, theme, setting, conflict, structure, point of view, genre, style, tone, imagery, symbolism, irony, narrator, foreshadowing, paradox, allusion, metaphor, rhythm, rhyme, etc.
2. A critical approach–which examines a work by relating it to the historical, social, cultural, or political situations in which it was written to show how the author was influenced by personal experiences, events, prevailing attitudes, or contemporary values.
Each of these approaches requires careful reading of the primary text, as well as a debatable claim that will need to be supported or “proved” with evidence (direct references, quotations) from the text. Remember, writing about literature is a way to broaden your own understanding and to share your own reading experience. While the second option (a critical approach) will obviously involve some background reading, you should not be going to outside sources with the idea of creating a “cut and pasted” paper of others’ ideas. Your primary concern for either approach should be an examination of the work of literature you selected.
Example of a poor thesis: “Trifles is a play about a woman who murders her husband.” (not debatable)
Example of a good thesis with a formal approach: “Mrs. Wright’s bird is the symbolic key to “unlock” the reason why she killed her husband. (debatable! Requires textual support to “prove.”)
Example of a good thesis with a critical approach: “Mrs. Peters and Mrs. Hale share experiences from their own lives as country wives that make clear why they are empathetic to Mrs. Wright’s situation and right to withhold their discovery from their investigators.” (debatable! Requires feminist analysis of story to “prove.”)
Because you are essentially arguing that your perspective is a valid one, you have to support it effectively with evidence from the primary source that you select (direct references to specific quotations, lines, passages, scenes, etc.). Remember that an analysis is not driven by plot. It’s driven by the “idea” that you want to communicate about the story or poem. If you consult secondary sources, be sure that quotations from them do not dominate your essay. You are not writing an informational report but rather a literary analysis that requires a close reading of the text.
ESSAY INSTRUCTIONS:
Your essays should be in MLA Style and approximately 3-4 pages (not including the Works Cited page). In the upper left-hand corner of the paper, place your name, the professor’s name, the course name, and the due date for the assignment on consecutive lines. Double space your information from your name onward, and don’t forget a title. All papers should be in Times New Roman font with 12-point type with one-inch margins all the way around your paper. All paragraph indentations should be indented five spaces (use the tab key) from the left margin. All work is to be left justified. When quoting lines in literature, please research the proper way to cite short stories, plays, or poems.
This is all the information you need for paper. Please follow the information on this page. Here are two website you can use.
Read:
The NASW Code of Ethics (can be found at http://www.sp2.upenn.edu/docs/resources/nasw_code_of_ethics.pdf)
NASW and Mental Health. https://www.socialworkers.org/pressroom/features/issue/mental.asp
Written assignment:
Write a value paper on the NASW Code of Ethics and NASW and mental health: Write a 5 to 6 page paper reflecting on your feelings about the Code of Ethics. Why do Social Workers need a code of ethics? Do you disagree with any part of it and on a personal level what do you think about it? Use the code and give examples of how it might help or hinder you in your practice as a Social Worker. After reading the NASW and Mental Health sheet reflects on how many Social Workers are providers of mental health services. It would seem that Social Workers are primary players in the provision of Mental Health Services. Why do you think this is so and do you see yourself being a mental health provider? Check Guidelines for Written Assignments prior to writing the paper. Please include a reference sheet for both websites and any other references you utilize.