This essay should be about 750 words long, double-spaced, with one-inch margins. It is worth 100 points and should address the topic below. It is often said that the New German Cinema was a profoundly “national” cinema. In your essay, you should try to support this view a) with reference to the administrative and financial structure of West Germany’s film industry and b) with reference to the thematic focus of Rainer-Werner Fassbinder’s The Marriage of Maria Braun.

A term paper (4-5 pages) that will explain the various explanations for a historical event in light of the theories covered in this course, and draw a well-researched and well-documented conclusion defending one particular theoretical explanation for your event. I.E. Realism, liberalism, constructivism, etc. 3 Book sources

Part 1:

Please read the attached article then respond to the following prompts, thank you.

According to Ferri-Reed (2012), there are four active generations in our workforce, making it challenging for current leaders in the workforce who are trying to manage a successful team. Ferri-Reed suggests that learning and taking advantage of each generation’s strengths, can help build a high-performance team instead of it being a challenge.

What can a multi-generational team do to recognize and appreciate their differences in order to create a high-performance team?

As a team leader, how would you foster/nurture collaboration, effective communication and resolve conflict within your multi-generational team?

Reference:
Ferri-Reed, J., (2012). Blending Different Generations into a High-Performance Team. Journal for Quality & Participation, 35(3), 1-3.
File Blending Different Generations into a High-Performance Team.pdf (111.731 KB)

Part 2:

Choose ONE of the following cases to respond to.

Case 1

You have just become the manager of an insurance office with five professional agents and several clerical assistants. The office is part of the larger company headquartered in another city. Your office handles both sales and the processing of insurance claims. The office has been traditionally organized, with the manager running the office and supervising each employee individually. You have heard a lot of about the advantages of shifting to teamwork. Shifting to teamwork is supposed to improve morale. However, you have also heard that it can be difficult to create and manage teams. You are comfortable and capable as a traditional manager but think maybe you should try something new, such as teamwork. Use the following questions to consider your shift to teamwork.

What are the pros and cons of reorganizing the office into a team?
Who should be on the team? Should the team include both the professional and clerical assistants?
How much authority or control should you maintain over the team?

Case 2

You are the leader of a customer service improvement team that meets weekly at the end of the workday. Early in the team’s life, the team had some communication skills training. You closely follow the analysis and decision-making structures from the earlier training. Overtime, as the team has become more comfortable with analyzing quality problems and creating solutions (norming stage), you have been using less structure in facilitating the team meetings.

However, you have begun to notice problems with the meeting lately. Not everyone is participating, and the discussions are becoming dominated by several of the older male team members. You have noticed that their critical personal remakes have tended to silence some of the women team members. An argument that took place recently has caused other team members to stop participating during the meetings. Also, discussions tend to drift off topic and seem like repeats of previous conversations.

What should the team leader do to get the team’s communications back on track?
What is the best way to handle problem team members during the meetings?
Does the team need more skills training, more communication structure, or outside facilitation? Justify and explain your answer.

Case 3

You are the leader of a virtual team that is coordinating research projects among your corporation’s five research centers, distributed around the world. Although you had a coordinators’ meeting several years ago, cost and time constraints make meeting regularly in person impossible. The research centers have videoconferencing equipment, but time differences among the sites make the use videoconferencing services difficult. Consequently, most of your team’s communication is done via-email.

The virtual team has worked well at exchanging information and keeping everyone up to date on the progress of research. However, there is a growing conflict between one of the US research centers and the Asian center; they seem to be unable to coordinate activities and negotiate project roles. Their emails are getting more critical and disrespectful, and the rest of the team is tired of reading their back-and-forth bickering.

How can you (the team leader) deal with this communication problem?
Does the solution require either face-to-face or videoconferencing meetings?
What could be done to prevent such problems in the future?

You may use the following references:
Levi, D. (2013), Group Dynamics for Teams (4th edition). Sage Publications, Los
Angeles. ISBN 978-1412999533

Thomas, K.W. (2002). Introduction to conflict management: Improving
performance using the TKI. Mountain View, CA: CPP, Inc. Item #4816
(No ISBN available)

Straw, J. (2002) The 4-Dimensional Manager (Paperback). Inscape Publishing,
San Francisco CA. (ISBN# 9781576751350)

Confucius and Aristotle on Virtue. Write an essay comparing these two (2) ancient thinkers on the concept of virtue or good ethical character and conduct. Stay focused on the issue; keep any biographical or other information short or limited. As much as possible, analyze their writings (in translation, of course), using Confucius’ Analects (at https://classics.mit.edu/Confucius/analects.html ) and Aristotle’s Nicomachean Ethics (at https://classics.mit.edu/Aristotle/nicomachaen.html ). Your paper should:

a) Compare the teachings of Confucius and Aristotle on what constitutes virtue or good ethical character and conduct, noting similarities and differences in specific ideas or emphasis.

b) Consider what your findings suggest about differences between ancient Chinese and ancient Greek culture.

c) From this comparison, suggest ideas of virtue that can apply to ethics in a modern setting, such as a diverse workplace.

Establish a clear thesis about your topic as part of the introductory paragraph (often the thesis is the last thing one determines after doing the basic research and outline; however it will be placed in the first paragraph of your paper).
This is a comparative essay. Comparison approached properly will require some critical thinking on your part. Use a point-by-point approach for the essay. That means, if comparing subject A with subject B, don’t do the first half of the essay on subject A and then the second half on subject B–that will seem like two (2) separate essays and comparisons will tend to get lost. Instead, you should be mentioning both subjects in most of your paragraphs as you compare them throughout the essay. Comparisons will identify similarities as well as contrasts.
Do not try to do everything on your two (2) subjects. You should end up narrowing your focus to a few insights and issues about the subjects being compared. And, from those fairly specific points of comparison, you will develop a thesis and glean some lessons.
Follow closely the instructions below for your specific topic.
Include a concluding paragraph at the end. This paragraph will, in some way, refer back to the thesis established in your first paragraph, since now you have demonstrated and supported it. It may be here that you also include your observations relating your study to the modern workplace or society (see your topic). Try to finish with flair!

You will be presented with summarised financial statements of two companies. You will have a unique assessment due to its mix of company financial statements.

The first company details
https://docs.investornetwork.com/content/3413/537d9b6c927223c796cac288cced29df.pdf

The second company details
https://docs.investornetwork.com/content/3422/9de6d14fff9806d4bcd1ef555be766cd.pdf

Required:
Answer all parts of this assessment. Assuming you are employed as an accountant for a company, you are to provide advice to your Board of Directors.
You are to prepare a report to analyse the results of the companies that you have been given, calculating as many ratios as you consider appropriate.
This report should look at all aspects of the companies, including:

Part A (40 marks)
Should your company accept each of these companies as your customer? If so, discuss any sales policies that must be introduced.

Part B (40 marks)
Calculate and provide advice on the following:
1) What value would you give to a 10% shareholding in these companies? Should your company buy shares in these companies?
2) Prepare the 2015 Cash Flow Statement for each company.
3) Calculate the Z score of each company based on the most recent financial results.

Part C (10 marks)
If your company were to acquire one or more of the companies, recommend areas of each business that can be improved using budgets.

The remaining 10 marks will be awarded for the presentation and layout of your report.

You are permitted to use any resources that you deem appropriate � much as a professional accountant or financial advisor would do. Therefore, you can use materials that you have prepared before 4th December such as pro-forma spreadsheet to calculate any appropriate ratios or the Cash Flow Statement (for 2015 only; 2014 is not required).

There is no specified word limit. The limited time available will constrain the length of the report that you present. Remember that the directors will be seeking financial advice and that your advice should be presented in a report format.

Note – for consistency when calculating ratios, please consider net profits and earnings after taxation.

Note to my dear writer

This coursework is very important to deal with qualified and efficient writer and it�s the first coursework. I am eager to deal with the same writer in the second coursework will be made available at 09.00 hours on 16th December 2015 and we are to submit it by 15.00 hours on the same day. All times are UK times. Also, the second coursework will be the same questions but different companies and limit time. So I need the writer ID to contact during this coursework and to arrange with him before the 16 Dec to do the second coursework.

Best regard.
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Imagine that you are a college senior, and the number draft choice for the national tennis team.

You are a good student, and you have worked hard to be the top tennis player in the region, while maintaining honor roll grades as a chemistry major.

You tutor your Tennis Coach’s son in chemistry, and it is not going well. Although Adam, is a wonderful high school freshman, he has a passion and aptitude for music, not science.

The Coach has planned that his son Adam is to be a medical doctor,

The Coach determines, under the athletic rules, whether your college will submit your name as a prospect for the national team. It is very competitive and this is your big chance.

You are required to submit a student assessment of Adam’s academic work, to his academic advisor. This is one week before the Coach submits his list to the National Tennis Team.

What is the ethical dilemma and how do your proceed?

Please use Managing Business Ethics: Straight Talk About How To Do It Right, Sixth Edition, Trevino; Linda, Nelson; Katherine; (Wiley, John & Sons, Inc., 2013, (ISBN: 978-111-858-267-1) as the only one reference and cite the specific page

Final Deliverable: Cisco Networking—WAN Implementation with SOHO Configuration

 

Materials and process selection for a bicycle frame
Background
The principle components of the bike are familiar and their function needs no explanation. The largest of these is the frame. Frames can be made from a remarkable diversity of materials: CFRP, carbon steel, GFRP, nylon, wood, aluminium, titanium etc… How is it that such a diversity of materials can co-exist in a free market in which competition favours the fittest – sure there must be a single “best” material for the job?
The mistake here is to assume that all bikes have the same purpose. The specification of a “shopping” or “uni” bike is very different from that of one for speed or for the mountain, as are the objectives of the purchaser.
The Project
Explore materials and process selection for bike frames (illustrated below) or for any other component of the bike: forks, handle bars, cranks, wheels, brake or gear cables….
1) Analyse your chosen component, listing its function, the constraints it must meet and the objectives for the bike – This will require a decision about the type of bike you are designing (shopping (booze cruiser), speed / road / track bike, mountain bike, folding, children’s etc). Remember to include a lower cut-off constraint on fracture toughness (K1C > 15MPa √m is a good approximation to start at) – a brittle bike would be a bad idea!
2) List the requirements as Functions, Constraints, Objectives and Free V ariables.
3) Identify the materials indices you will use to rank / select your materials.
4) Identify a promising material for the component.
5) Make a choice of material and then use CES EduPack Joining database to
select ways of joining the frame.
6) Present the case study for your choice of material and process as a report. Use
the charts from CES EduPack and other sources to explain your reasoning.
For the purposes of simplicity it is suggested that you avoid accounting for shape in your selection criteria / indices identification. However, you should still consider the form of your component when considering an appropriate manufacturing process.
To make the right choices you will need to source some information on typical service conditions for you selected bike type, these might be mechanical, physical or environmental focussed properties. You will also need to consider the type of conditions experienced by the component e.g. bending, tension, torsion, abrasion etc.

Assignments will be assessed on the basis of the quality and clarity of the problem construction, the selection of indices, appropriate use of charts / figures and crucially the analysis and interpretation of the results presented.

MAKE SURE THAT THE PAPER IS ABOUT THE CASE STUDY LINK This is the link which this assignment should be about:

1. https://earthjustice.org/news/press/2013/whales-dolphins-lawsuit-seeks-to-reduce-harm-from-navy-sonar-in-pacific

I will also upload a file of the rubric, which will also contain the instructions. The instruction clearly states: “An excellent paper does more than just state your opinion. Consider multiple perspectives, or synthesize material across weeks. (For example, perhaps you see an opportunity to connect Karl Marx’s theories to your analysis of non-human animals.) Perhaps you can propose a solution to a social problem.” please make sure you conform to these instructions, and read the rubric very clearly. It also says the paper has to reference two readings or lectures. In this case I will attach all of the readings on this topic, and please make sure you use it, and cite it in the paper! since the paper is only 2 pages, it has to be very full of information and condensed. Obviously do not plagiarise, but make sure to reference at least 2 readings that I have attached! Please let me know if you have any questions

Using An Essay Format answer questions in complete detail. Answers should reflect a working knowledge of concepts of and demonstration of critical thinking skills. All material used in completion must be cited using the MLAFormat. Please type all answers in Microsoft Word, in a font #12 {Times New Roman} Do not retype the questions in you answer.
1. Discuss in Detail 4 ways in which drug use might theoretically cause crime. Provide at lease one example for each.

2. Discuss in Detail What four kinds of Habits-Forming drug at the start of the 20th century, caused social reactions leading to the passage of federal drug law, Discuss in Detail What those reactions were.

3. Explain in Detail The concept of the Medical Model. Discuss in Detail The Classification of Mental Disorders. Discuss in Detail The Role that the drug Prozac plays in Mental Health Treatment.

4. Explain in Detail. The differences among the definitions of Drug Misuse, Drug Abuse, and Deviant Drug use. In addition , provide at lease one scenario for each definition.

Bonus. Discuss one way to impact the world in 2016.