What can you do now to integrate the experiences and insights you had in this course with your personal and professional development goals?

Blueprint for Professional and Personal Growth—Your Future as a Manager, with Executive Summary of Class and Management Accounting Skills

Application: Individual Reflection: Blueprint for Professional and Personal Growth—Your Future as a Manager, with Executive Summary of Class and Management Accounting Skills

As you begin this Assignment, review the broad range of topics presented throughout the course related to using accounting information for decision making. Clearly, 8 weeks does not provide enough time to explore all the topics of this course as deeply as you might have liked.

For this final Individual Reflection, select concepts or topics that resonated with you during this course and commit to learning more about them. To bring this commitment to life, identify concrete action items that will support your goal to deepen your personal learning experience in the coming year. Then, consider the following:

  • What can you do now to integrate the experiences and insights you had in this course with your personal and professional development goals?
  • What are the most important things you are taking from this course that will shape your future and enable you to make a positive difference?

The Assignment:

All components of the Assignment must be turned in as one document:

  1. The executive summary: Write an Executive Summary of the course (2–3 paragraphs) that addresses the following questions:
    • Which content and Assignments in this course improved your understanding of using accounting information to make decisions for your organization (or one with which you are familiar)?
    • What impact has your improved understanding had (or you anticipate it will have) on the value you will bring to your role within an organization?
    • In what ways does the content from this course affect a manager’s ability to create positive change within an organization?
    • To what extent can the content from this course help you contribute to social responsibility and positive social change?
    • How have the content and Assignments changed the way you will use accounting information to make management decisions?
    • How have the content and Assignments shaped your goals now and how do you anticipate they will shape your goals in the future?
  1. After considering what you have learned in the course, create a focused and succinct strategy for your professional or personal life that will enable you to improve profitability for an organization or improve your personal financial resources while demonstrating social responsibility. This strategy could take the form of increasing revenue or reducing expenses. As part of your strategy, be sure to include responses to the following:
    • List three areas you could focus on for your strategy relative to your own organization, an organization for which you would aspire to work, or your personal life. Describe the importance of each of the focus areas chosen, including how they will enable you to demonstrate social responsibility and positive social change. Provide examples with support from the resources.
    • Describe how you will measure progress toward your success.
  1. Your action plan: Write a detailed action plan for one new goal for professional and personal development. (You will continue to build on the list of goals you selected in your previous course.) Include the following in your action plan:
    • Describe your specific goal for professional and personal development with an explanation as to why you selected this goal. Be sure to provide concrete and specific examples of why the goal is important, the extent to which this goal enables you to be an agent for positive social change, and the personal or professional value you expect from achieving each goal, and how the goal relates to the resources reviewed in the course.
    • Provide at least two objectives for the goal you have identified. Also, provide a rationale that explains how your objectives support the goal.

General Guidance on Assignment Length:

Your BPPG, including the Executive Summary (which will typically be 2–3 paragraphs in length and no more than one page if single spaced), your Strategy and your Action Plan will typically be 3–6 pages (1.5–3 pages if single spaced).

What are the advantages of working in this career specialization?

Hi my name is Luke here is my assignment. 5-8 pages double spaced and have to use a minimum of 8 sources (6 websites and 2 book). A bibliography has to be included but will not count for one of the pages. My topic is PR but more focusing on Corporate Public Relations, specifically Community Relations and Social Responsibility Programs (“doing good—and getting credit for it”). I will pay $50 for this to be done in one week from today. Please get back to me as soon as possible.

 

Below are some of the instructions for the assignment:

 

Here are 8 points you must include in your paper; you might find this a convenient outline to follow:

  • Give an overview of this specialization, describing the full scope of activities and where the specialization can be found. Important:  Describe each of the specializations if more than one assigned.
  • How did this particular PR specialization develop historicallyWho are key historical figures?
  • What are the advantages of working in this career specialization? What are the disadvantages?
  • What communications activities are the same when compared with other types of PR?  What activities make this type of PR different or special?
  • Are there special skills or advanced training needed to gain employment in this career area?
  • What kind of salary might one earn in this specialization?
  • What are the prospects for the future?  Is this a growth area?  What evidence can you give for your prediction?
  • Based on your research:  Is this career path of interest to you personally?  Why or why not?

(Here give your personal opinion and it can be expressed in the first person: “I”.)

 

Note: As you conduct your literature and online research for this paper, collect or keep track of interesting case studies about this specialization that might be used later by your group in the oral presentation. This will save some time in the next assignment. (A good source for this is the list of “Silver Anvil” winners on the PRSA website.)

Attachments:

Evaluate the profit-maximizing price and output level for given operating costs for monopolies and firms in competitive industries.

Assignment 2: Operations Decision

Using the regression results and the other computations from Assignment 1, determine the market structure in which the low-calorie frozen, microwavable food company operates.

Use the Internet to research two (2) of the leading competitors in the low-calorie frozen, microwavable food industry, and take note of their pricing strategies, profitability, and their relationships within the industry (worldwide).

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

  1. Outline a plan that will assess the effectiveness of the market structure for the company’s operations. Note: In Assignment 1, the assumption was that the market structure [or selling environment] was perfectly competitive and that the equilibrium price was to be determined by setting QD equal to QS. You are now aware of recent changes in the selling environment that suggest an imperfectly competitive market where your firm now has substantial market power in setting its own “optimal” price.
  2. Given that business operations have changed from the market structure specified in the original scenario in Assignment 1, determine two (2) likely factors that might have caused the change. Predict the primary manner in which this change would likely impact business operations in the new market environment.
  3. Analyze the major short run and long cost functions for the low-calorie, frozen microwaveable food company given the cost functions below. Suggest substantive ways in which the low-calorie food company may use this information in order to make decisions in both the short-run and the long-run.

TC = 160,000,000 + 100Q + 0.0063212Q2

VC = 100Q + 0.0063212Q2

MC= 100 + 0.0126424Q

  1. Determine the possible circumstances under which the company should discontinue operations. Suggest key actions that management should take in order to confront these circumstances. Provide a rationale for your response. (Hint: Your firm’s price must cover average variable costs in the short run and average total costs in the long run to continue operations.)
  2. Suggest one (1) pricing policy that will enable your low-calorie, frozen microwavable food company to maximize profits. Provide a rationale for your suggestion.

(Hints:

  • In Assignment 1, you determined your firm’s market demand equation. Now you need to find the inverse demand equation. Having found that, find the Total Revenue function for your firm (TR is P x Q). From your firm’s Total Revenue function, then find your Marginal Revenue (MR) function.
  • Use the profit maximization rule MR = MC to determine your optimal price and optimal output level now that you have market power. Compare these values with the values you generated in Assignment 1. Determine whether your price higher is or lower.)
  1. Outline a plan, based on the information provided in the scenario, which the company could use in order to evaluate its financial performance. Consider all the key drivers of performance, such as company profit or loss for both the short term and long term, and the fundamental manner in which each factor influences managerial decisions.

(Hints:

  • Calculate profit in the short run by using the price and output levels you generated in part 5. Optional: You may want to compare this to what profit would have been in Assignment 1 using the cost function provided here.
  • Calculate profit in the long run by using the output level you generated in part 5 and cost data in part 3 and assuming that the selling environment will likely be very competitive. Determine why this would be a valid assumption.)
  1. Recommend two (2) actions that the company could take in order to improve its profitability and deliver more value to its stakeholders. Outline, in brief, a plan to implement your recommendations.
  2. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Analyze short-run and long-run production and cost functions.
  • Apply macroeconomic concepts to changes in global and national economies and how they affect economic growth, inflation, interest rates, and wage rates.
  • Evaluate the profit-maximizing price and output level for given operating costs for monopolies and firms in competitive industries.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in managerial economics and globalization.
  • Write clearly and concisely about managerial economics and globalization using proper writing mechanics.

Explain the variety of motivational theories and job design considerations.

Motivation is a complex subject, but its understanding and application is central to the success of management and the organization. Imagine that the CEO of your organization (current or past) has tasked you with recommending actions to promote employee’s involvement. This is a very important task. We recommend you start by drafting an outline of you potential ideas. Thereafter, you can explain in detail your proposal to the CEO. The outline should not be a reiteration of motivation theory, but should provide succinct points that cover the key topics of motivation and provides a road map that management can implement to improve motivation within the organization.

HINT: Review Chapter 8, page 226. Also, you might want to think about a specific job or unit you worked previously.

PREWORK:

Review the following videos about how to create an outline:

Watch the following videos as supplemental materials:

  1. Understanding what motivates and engages employees (3 min 58 s)
  1. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation (4 min 17 s)
  1. Communicate to motivate (3 min 58 s)

 

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

  1. Create a one (1) page outline in which you select topics and subtopics around your recommendations to improve the employee’s involvement.
  2. Explain three (3) of the most critical topics you have included in your outline, and propose a potential course of implementation. (3-4 pages)
  3. Use at least two (2) quality academic resources you have located using the Strayer Library resources / databases in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource, and neither do web-based blogs.
  4. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
    1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
    2. Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
    3. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Analyze the relationship between the basic organizational behavior models of individual, group, and organizational processes, and the productivity of an organization.
  • Explain the variety of motivational theories and job design considerations.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in leadership and organizational behavior.
  • Write clearly and concisely about leadership and organizational behavior using proper writing mechanics.

Has affirmative action been consistently and effectively used to create a more robust and productive workforce?”

The original intent of affirmative action was to “level the playing field” and ensure minority groups were treated fairly during the employment process.

 

Using the original goal of affirmative action as a framework, write a paper that analyzes the evolution of affirmative action over the last 40+ years.

 

You must draw conclusions based on research from outside resources and answer the following question in your paper, “Has affirmative action been consistently and effectively used to create a more robust and productive workforce?”

 

 

APA Format

 

750-1250 Words

 

Cover Page

 

Body

 

3 Ref

 

Identify the sociological perspective to the inequalities of class, race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomic, and political aspects.

Students, please view the “Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment” in the Student Center.

Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center.

Assignment 2: Social Control and Criminal Deviance: Bullying

Due Week 6 and worth 65 points

Bullying is a difficult concept to understand and reconcile the consequences. This assignment focuses on the critical thinking skills that are needed to analyze an emotionally charged topic.

Student Success Tips

  • Review the Student’s Guide to Research section of the textbook (Chapter 2)
  • Take notes as you watch the video below.

Watch the video titled, “From school yard bullying to genocide: Barbara Coloroso at TEDxCalgary” (19 min 5 s) located below. You may also view the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkG0nssouFg.

Write a one to two (1-2) page essay in which you:

  1. Identify the most important step in the student’s guide to research that you would need in order to analyze bullying.
  2. Define the identified critical step of research in your words.
  3. Explain how bullying relates to one (1) of the following topics:
    1. the agents of socialization (i.e., family, teachers and school, peers),
    2. formal organizations (i.e., conformity to groups),
    3. different types of deviance (i.e., everyday deviance, sexual deviance, or criminal deviance).

Provide a rationale for your response.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • To keep this essay short and manageable, your only sources for the essay should be the TED video and the sections noted in your text. For this reason, APA citations or references are not required for this assignment.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Define the basic concepts used in the discipline of sociology.
  • Define the various methodologies for sociological research.
  • Identify the sociological perspective to the inequalities of class, race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, socioeconomics, and political aspects.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in sociology.
  • Write clearly and concisely about sociology using proper writing mechanics.

 

Describe the image as a whole, using enough objective details so that your audience will have a good visual impression of the image in question.

I will upload a picture then follow the instrctor below .. please make it good and if u have any question u can ask me ..

1. Describe the image as a whole, using enough objective details so that your audience will have a good visual impression of the image in question. Again, remember that this is an objective description, using only those items that you can actually see in the image.

2. Make sure that you include a paragraph that identifies the images’ relationship to sustainability.

3. Identify the “Gaze,” familial, consumer, national, etc., that the image would be classified a part of and the Dominant Impression of the image as it pertains to the “Gaze” in question.

4. Identify the elements of Classical Rhetoric that you find in the image; Pathos, Ethos, Logos. Explain your reasoning for each.

5. Include a header and page numbering in their proper places.

Length: two plus pages double spaced.

 

 

If not, what suggestions might you make to your colleague that could improve his or her representation of the data?

Prior to beginning this discussion, please make sure to watch Screencast Part 1 and Screencast Part 2. The MHA610_Week 1_Discussion_Hospital data (Excel) and MHA610_Week 1_Discussion_Hospital Data (Statdisk) contains basic demographic information on 250 patients admitted to a community hospital over a two week period. The first row of the worksheet indicates the variable names:

Gender Male (M) or female (F)
Ethnicity
SevIllnessCode These are All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Groups (APR-DRG)

categories of severity of illness, ranging from:

SevIllnessDescr Mild (Category 1) to extreme (Category 4)
Age In years
Wt Patient weight, in kilograms
Ht Patient height, in centimeters
BMI Patient body mass index (BMI), where BMI = wt/ht*2, with weight in kilograms

and ht height in meters

APR-DRG Denotes All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Group, a widely used inpatient

classification system.

 

For this discussion, describe and summarize the demographic information on these patients. You may use tables or graphs (or both) for this purpose. Your goal is to convey to the reader an accurate snapshot of these patients. Support your response with correct scholarly sources. You initial post must be at least 250-500 words.

Guided Response: Respond to at least two of your peers by Day 7, 11:59PM. Review your colleague’s summary of the data. Did the method of presentation provide you with any new insights? If so, what are they? If not, what suggestions might you make to your colleague that could improve his or her representation of the data? All initial and peer postings should be at least 250-500 words in APA format supported by scholarly sources.

What roles were played by new economic tools in financial planning to tackle uncertain world which emerged over the years?

This gives details regarding the history and development of their planning process through use of this technique. Shell  is recognized as pioneer organization to use this scenario planning technique in a big way for developing their strategy which has guided their business over few decades.

Please study the document and give your response to the following :-

  1. Please find out  the major milestones in the development stages of scenario planning
  2. Analyze the background, factors considered,  impacts expected to find out the underlying reasons for adopting scenario planning in place of single forecast used earlier by Shell managers
  3. What roles were played by new economic tools in financial planning to tackle uncertain world which emerged over the years? Also give an account of the uncertainties which required different ways to manage and triggered the concept of scenario planning.
  4. How future scenario of unpredictability was built into Shell planning for business investment with real options in financial evaluation while considering various  factors beyond company’s control demand
  5. Give an account of changes enumerated in the study regarding oil and gas prices, demand-supply situation, major shift to clean energy source impacting oil business
  6. “An important risk companies face is that major shifts in the business environment (e.g., due to changes in the geopolitical landscape, government policies, and industry structure) can make whole investment strategies obsolete.” Can you give  3 important examples which are making decision making in Canadian business more unpredictable in recent years.