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Companies that run onsite child care centers for employees
Companies that run child care centers for employees help reduce Role Juggling…..many employees who are parents, who otherwise would have difficulties managing their time – contributing to stress from the demands of having to juggle their roles and parents and employees. You can apply the material to media (such as a book, film, TV show, etc.) or you can use a journal article, survey, or website. Write a short paper (1 full page–double spaced) on the topic

Disney case
Ghemawat, Pankjaj and Jan Rivkin. 2010. “Choosing Corporate Scope,” Strategy and the Business Landscape (3rd ed.), Ch. 6, pp. 123 – 147.
Case: The Walt Disney Company: The Entertainment King, 9-701-035
Please read the book chapter by Ghemawat and Rivkin. Make sure you understand the “two tests” they are describing.

When reading the Disney case, please have the following questions in mind:

Why has Disney been successful for so long?

What did Michael Eisner do to rejuvenate Disney? Specifically, how did he increase net income in his first four years?

Has Disney diversified too far in recent years?

 

Journal Entry #3 Queen/King for a Day:

If you could be “queen or king for a day” and change one thing at work place, based on what you learned in the class, what would you change and why? What outcome would change based on what you incorporated as new and different? Why can this not be changed now? And finally what resources would you need to change this?

Let’s make certain that this post encompasses some of the many new skills you have learned regarding quality and patient safety. Remember you are the queen or king and have the wand to go forward and swish!

Please use at least a few of the topics covered in the course, which include: patient safety and quality, mobile health, role of informatics in safety and standardized languages, human technology interface and workflow processes, leadership and cultures affecting quality and safety, consumer engagement, creating a just culture, measurement, evidence-based practice and research, and improving public education and health literacy.

write a paper that presents a comparison and analysis of cognitive psychology and the positive psychology movement. Be sure your paper addresses the

following elements:
1-What are the key ideas in each theory?
2-How do these theories relate to each other historically?
3-How were each of these theories influenced by, and influential upon, the zeitgeist in late twentieth century and early twenty-first century

America?
4-How has research supported these theories?

Support your paper with reference to three articles published in peer-reviewed journals. At least one should be original work of one representatives

of these movements. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included.

A manager or leader must be able to communicate in various modalities to numerous
stakeholders for multiple purposes. The increasingly competitive and dynamic business
environment is resulting in an increase of mergers and acquisitions. These types of change
management events that occur in the development of any organization have an impact to
both internal and external stakeholders.
You are a consultant that has just been hired by the executive leadership team at AT&T
to advise them of the communication challenges that they can anticipate in the wake of
their upcoming acquisition of Time Warner Inc. (the film, TV entertainment, and media
company). As a trusted consultant and advisor, you must leverage your organizational
leadership knowledge, along with your expertise in business communications to make sound
recommendations for the new board as they embark on this $85.4 billion endeavor to create
a media giant.

 

Financial Analysis of Target Corporation
Capstone Project
In this project, you will use your understanding of financial accounting to analyze a company’s financial statements. To prepare this analysis, you will use data from the Internet and organize it using excel worksheets. You need to complete the worksheets first to compile the data utilized in writing the paper.Then, you will communicate the results of your analysis in a detailed written report (see rubric) and highlight the results in a power point presentation that you will present in Canvas to the class. Accordingly, this project will help you build your critical thinking, technology and communication skills. Please organize your paper as listed below. Do not follow the outline in the text. There are differences between this project and the text project. Points will be deducted if you do not follow the outline below.

This is a team project. You will be self-assigning to teams.It is your responsibility to interact with class members and find those with an interest in a corporation you are interested in, too. Under no circumstances will I assign you to a team because you failed to do this. At the conclusion of the project you will complete an evaluation on yourself and your team members. Should your team members give you a score of less than 10 of 15 points on participation; you will lose 10% of the total grade. If they give you a score of less than 5 of 15 points participation, you will lose 20% of the total grade for the project. I must receive your evaluation before a final grade is issued.If I do not receive your evaluations, your final grade will be reduced by 20%. It is very important that no one team member take on the responsibility of preparing all the Excel worksheets. Each team member should take a worksheet and then write the corresponding paper that is the analysis of that worksheet. The other sections should be divided up among the team members.You will submit the checklist of who is completing which part of the project by the end of class the first night, August 22. Failure to submit this checklist will result in a 10% penalty on your overall score.
Please be sure to start early as this project is due Monday, October 9, MIDNIGHT in theCanvas Assignment Forum. You will present your power point to the class on TUESDAY, October 3 if you are in a hybrid class. Your worksheets are due at our second meeting, September 5. Failure to submit these worksheets in class that night will result in the complete loss of points for those worksheets. Errors in your worksheets must be corrected or your analysis will be wrong. Worksheets will be graded for accuracy.If you are in an online course you will be posting your power point to the week 8 discussion forum. Students will have the chance to review and discuss it on the discussion forum the following week.
You will be uploading two files into the canvas assignment folder. The first is your paper, which must be submitted in WORD. Do not copy the excel worksheets into your word doc paper. The second is your excel workbook. You submit this as one file only, not individual worksheets. Only one member of your group should upload the project into the assignment dropbox. DO NOT UPLOAD YOUR POWER POINT IN THE DROPBOX. Please do not use the dropbox to exchange files. You have a discussion forum set up for your group to accomplish this.
Professional Quality. Prepare your report as a professional looking document for which you were paid a great deal of money. Be careful with grammar and spelling; business leaders have a “zero tolerance” policy regarding basic spelling and grammar mistakes.
Your paper should be written in 12 pt. font, one inch margins and double spaced.All parts should be written in the same font. Do not label each part as to who prepared it. The paper should read as one cohesive paper. Use “we” not “I” when writing. It should follow the order cited below and in the rubric (which is in your excel worksheets. You should have headings for each section of the paper.
Proper Referencing. Copying or rewording another report without proper citation and quotation is considered plagiarism. In the body of the paper, include proper references to all written materials and internet sources, with a complete page of sources used. All papers are run through the plagiarism checker Turnitin and any having more than a 20% match will receive a 0.

Part 1-The paper
Written Report and Company Research
Purpose:
• Use a variety of resources to research a corporation.
• Research the current stock quote of your company and analyze past market activity.
• Prepare a financial statement analysis using condensed, trend and common-size financial statements.
• Compute financial statement ratios and analyze.
• Compare company ratios to industry averages.
• Support your investing advice with three to five significant points based on previous research, analysis and sound reasoning.
• Prepare a well-written report analyzing your corporation using appropriate business and accounting vocabulary.

Part A: Tell me about your company-its industry, its products, and its market (1-3 pages)10 points
Choose a company to research. The company must be publicly traded but not regulated. Each team will select a different company. Four students per team. The instructor must approve the company. If you are undecided about which company to select, choose one of the 30 corporations comprising the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) listed below or one of the companies used in this text, which can be found in Appendix A. (see page 301).
Research your company using a variety of resources.
1. Explore the corporate website, which usually provides updated comprehensive information including links to current news items and financial information. Note that the company provides the information posted on the website and, therefore, may be biased in favor of the company. Answer the following questions:
a) Location of the corporate headquarters
b) Industry
c) Primary products or services provided by the corporation
d) Major competitors

2. Review the Annual Report, especially the Letter to Shareholders and Management’s Discussion & Analysis, which summarizes the past year and highlights future opportunities. Links to the Annual Report are usually found on the company website under Investor Relations.

3. Consult the Form 10-K filed with the SEC. This form contains a wealth of information. Read through Part 1 Item 1. Business to find information regarding the business, product offerings, market strategy, competition, and market share. Form 10-K information is available at http://.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html.

4. Additional sources of information which can be accessed through the Library research portal are:
a) D&B Industry Norms and key business ratios
b) Standard & Poor’s Net Advantage
c) Almanac of Business & Industrial Financial ratios
d) Hoover’s

5. Sources of financial statements are:
a) Yahoo finance
b) Morningstar
c) Bloomberg Business Week
d) MSN Money

 

Part B: Company News (1-2 pages)10 points

Search for at least to significant news items or events that have affected your company or its industry over the past year. Briefly describe each event. Next, discuss how this event will affect the company’s operations and the financial ratios. Make certain that the item is truly newsworthy unless it is a major surprise.

Part C: Stock Market Activity (1-2 pages)10 points

Summarize the market activity of your company’s stock, including the current stock quote and market activity over the most recent ten years. In addition, explain trends and events influencing the stock chart. Include your company’s ten-year stock chart.
Find stock market activity information and charts at:

http://money.msn.com
http://finance.yahoo.com
http://.google.com/finance

 

Part D: Financial Statement Analysis (4 pages, one for the Balance sheet, one for the
Income Statement, one for the Cash Flow Statement and a summary page)

Collect three years of financial statement information to prepare the condensed balance sheet, the condensed income statement, and the condensed statement of cash flows. Use the three most recent years available. Copy the information into your Excel worksheets. Your worksheets are condensed versions so you may need to clump together certain categories to make the information fit into our format. There is a worksheet for the Balance Sheet (1), a worksheet for the Income Statement (2) and a worksheet for the Cash Flow Statement (3).Do not change the formatting of the excel worksheets. I have created them to convey the information in the best form. Do not alter them in any way. You are to use formulas in your excel worksheets1, 2, 3 to calculate the trend and vertical analysis on each statement. When I click on the cell, I need to see the formula. Points are deducted if you do not input formulas.The purpose of the worksheet is to help you organize your information so that you can write about the results in your paper.

Financial Statement information can be found at:

http://money.msn.com
http://finance.yahoo.com
http://.google.com/finance

Balance Sheet: Prepare a trend analysis and common size balance sheet using the amounts from the condensed balance sheet. Enter the results on worksheet 1.
Income Statement: Prepare the trend analysis and common-size income statement using the amounts from the condensed income statement. Enter the results in worksheet 2.
Statement of Cash Flows: Prepare the trend analysis and common size cash flow sheet using the amounts from the Statement of cash flows. Enter the results on worksheet 3.

Use the data on worksheets 1, 2, 3 to analyze each Financial Statement (1 page each)

Balance Sheet: Review the condensed, trend, and common-size balance sheet. Summarize your analysis in a one-page written report. Comment on trends in the growth of assets, liabilities, and stockholders’ equity, and overall financial risk.After you perform the horizontal and vertical analysis, answer the following questions for analysis:
1) What was the increase or decrease in assets from year to year? Which assets were the primary reasons for the increase or decrease?
2) Did liabilities increase or decrease from year to year? Which liabilities had the most impact?
3) Was there an increase or decrease in stockholders’ equity? Why?
4) Which balance sheet accounts experienced the most significant changes from year to year? What events may have caused these changes?
5) Were there any other significant observations from your review of the balance sheet?

20 points

Income Statement: Review the condensed, trend, and common-size income statement. Summarize your analysis in a one page written report. Comment on trends in the growth of revenues, expenses and net income and overall profitability.After you perform the horizontal and vertical analysis, answer the following questions for the analysis:
1) Did the company have foreign currency translation adjustments? If yes, were there significant changes from year to year? What were the reasons for these changes?
2) Did the company have unrealized gains or losses on securities? If yes, were there significant changes from year to year? What were the reasons for these changes?
3) Did the company have unrealized gains or losses on pension obligations? If yes, were there significant changes from year to year? What were the reasons for these changes?
4) Were there any other significant observations from your review of the statement of comprehensive income? If yes, please discuss.
20 points

Statement of Cash Flows: Review the condensed, trend, and Cash Flow statement. Summarize your analysis in a one page written report. Comment on trends in the growth of operating, investing, and financing activities, and the overall cash position.
After you perform the horizontal and vertical analysis, answer the following questions:
1) Were there significant changes in the company’s operating cash flows? What were the reasons for these changes?
2) Were there significant changes in the company’s investing cash flows? What were the reasons for these changes?
3) Were there significant changes in the company’s financing cash flows? What were the reasons for these changes?
4) What were the most significant sources of cash?
5) What were the most significant uses of cash?
6) What were the most significant reasons for the differences between net income and cash flows from operating activities?
7) Were there any other significant observations from your review of the statements of cash flows?

20 points

Summarize your results in a 1-page Written report.10 points

 

Part E: Ratio Analysis

Collect the additional data needed for ratio computations listed below:
• Accounts receivable
• Inventory
• Interest Expense
• Capital Expenditures
• Dividends paid

Report this information on worksheet D-Ratio Analysis.

Compute two years of ratios for each ratio listed below:

a. Return on Sales (Income)5 points
b. Return on Assets5 points
c. Return on Equity5 points
d. Gross Profit Margin5 points
e. Accounts Receivable Turnover5 points
f. Inventory Turnover5 points
g. Asset Turnover5 points
h. Current Ratio5 points
i. Debt Ratio5 points
j. Financial Leverage5 points
k. Times Interest Earned5 points
l. Free Cash Flow5 points
m. Capital Expenditures 5 points
n. Dividends 5 points
o. Overall Presentation 5 points

 

Your ratios must be presented in table form.Ratio formulas can be found in Appendix B. Record your results on worksheet 4-Ratio Analysis. Note that all ratios may not apply to your company.

Analyze Ratio Trends:

Compare the two years of ratio information. Indicate whether each ratio is stronger/weaker, quicker/slower, more/less liquid, or more/less risk on worksheet D-Ratio Analysis.The 5 points per ratio includes the analysis, not just the ratio itself.
Liquidity ratios measure a company’s ability to meet current obligations such as paying accounts payable or short-term debts. Liquidity ratios may be the most important ratios when evaluating the financial health of a corporation. This is because they reveal a company’s ability to pay short-term obligations as they become due. The liquidity ratios are current ratio and the quick (acid test) ratio.
Profitability ratios measure how well management is using the resources of the company to earn a profit. This includes the ability of management to control expenses while increasing revenues. Below are some of the common profitability ratios used by those interested in an organization. Profitability ratios include return on sales, return on assets, return on equity, earnings per share, and gross profit margin.
Efficiency ratios reveal how well management is using the resources of the company to earn a return. These ratios are generally used to compare the management of companies within the same industry. The efficiency ratios are
accounts receivable turnover, inventory turnover and asset turnover.
Solvency ratios measure the degree of protection afforded to creditors who lend the company funds on a long-term basis. It also helps in determining the ability of the company to take on more debt. The Solvency ratios are debt ratio, times interest earned, financial leverage and free cash flow.

Obtain Industry Averages:

Industry average information can be found at money.msn.com and finance.yahoo.com. Note the industry and record at the top of worksheet D-Ratio Analysis. Record the industry averages in the first column of worksheet D-Ratio Analysis. Note: Because free cash flow is not comparable among companies, no industry average is available.
At money.msn.com to find industry average ratios: (1) Type I the Ticket Symbol or Company Name in the GET QUOTE box, then (2) in the left-hand column menu under Fundamentals click on Key Ratios.
At finance.yahoo.com to find industry average ratios: (1) Type I the Ticket Symbol or Company Name in the GET QUOTE box, then (2) in the left-hand column menu under COMPANY click on Competitors.

You can also ask me and I will help you locate those you have not been able to find.

Summarize your results in a 1-3 page written report:15 points

 What information each ratio reveals about your company,
 Your company’s profitability, efficiency, liquidity, and solvency, and noting whether they are improving or deteriorating.
 Your company’s profitability, efficiency, liquidity, and solvency, and noting whether they are better or worse than its peers.

Part F: Research Summary (2 pages)25 points

Use the format shown in worksheet 5-Research Summary to prepare a two-page summary of your analysis. This conclusion should summarize your research in a clear and concise manner. As part of this analysis:

1. Indicate whether the overall profitability, efficiency, liquidity, and solvency of the company are strong, average or weak when compared to its competitors. Briefly explain why you came to this conclusion.
2. Prepare the DuPont Analysis of ROE for your company and its industry. Indicate
3. Summarize current events and other items of importance. What do financial analysts have to say about this company? About the industry?
4. Indicate whether you would invest in your company, identifying three to five significant points that justify your conclusion.

Reports will be graded on comprehensive coverage, accuracy of the analysis, use of a clear and concise writing style that is easy to understand and professional appearance.

Part G: References, layout, organization, punctuation, spelling, grammar 10 points

Part 2: The Power Point presentation25 points

Purpose: Prepare and deliver a presentation titled, “Would you advise a friend to invest in this company” that is based upon research, analysis and sound reasoning.

Prepare power point slides as a visual aid using at least two graphs. The purpose of the power point is to present data in a way that the viewer can see trends of the company. Copying the financial statements onto the slide is not acceptable. The data is too small and means the viewer then has to perform the analysis. That is your job! Copying the worksheets onto the slides is unacceptable. This does not give the viewer concise information. A slide with meaningful data would have short bullets of information, not paragraphs. You should pick out several strong ratios or trends and make a slide on each of those.

Use the research summary to help you organize your presentation.
Convince your peers to invest or not to invest in the company.
Present the highlights of your research not a broad summary.
Focus on the financial information and key ratios.
The presentation should have a strong opening and closing.
Make your presentation interesting.
Slides should contain bullets not sentences or paragraphs.
If you are presenting in class, all group members should speak
Be creative-have fun!

Part 3: Group Evaluations

You must submit a group evaluations excel file. This is due October 9,
midnight in the canvas dropbox. Failure to submit this file will result in a 20%
point reduction of your final grade.

 

WORKSHEET 4: RATIO ANALYSIS

Industry Company Ratios
Ratios
Title of Ratio Average Change Current Year Prior Year
Profitability Ratios 2017 2016
Return on Sales (ROS) Stronger/Weaker 3.94 4.56
Return on Assets (ROA) 6.87 Stronger/Weaker 7.05 8.24
Return on Equity (ROE) 18.63 Stronger/Weaker 22.89 24.95
Gross profit margin 24.90 Stronger/Weaker 29.68 29.53
Efficiency Ratios
Accounts receivable turnover Slower/Quicker 171.17 160.46
Inventory turnover 8.35 Slower/Quicker 5.78 5.98
Asset turnover Slower/Quicker 1.78 1.80
Liquidity Ratios
Current Ratio 0.78 More/Less Liquid 0.94 1.12
Solvency Ratios
Debt Ratio 0.54 More/Less Risk 1.01 0.92
Financial Leverage 2.75 More/Less Risk 3.42 3.11
Times interest earned More/Less Risk
Free cash flow ($ in millions) More/Less Risk 3889.00 4406.00
Additional Data Needed for part E of paper
Capital expenditures -1547 -1438 -1786
Dividends paid 2.32 2.16 1.9

 

Spanking
The following article compares evidence on spanking prohibition and conditional spanking within the context of parenting dynamics ( Authoritarian, Authoritative and Permissive parenting styles).
Download and read this article
.Submission Directions:
1. Create a word document and Title it “Lab Activity Assignment 3”.
2. Copy each question then provide your answers, in essay format, after the copied question.
3. Submit your document in the drop box below.
Activity 3 Questions:
1. What does the article conclude about spanking prohibition and what evidence did they use to support their findings
2. What does the article conclude about conditional spanking and what evidence did they use to support their findings
3. What impact did parenting dynamics have on the impact of spanking on children.

Essay:
2500 – 3000 words (excluding references)
The transition from novice to professional nurse is rarely linear and its progression is influenced by internal and external factors. There are a number of theories about the process of transition which can assist in understanding the sometimes confusing and stressful experience of being a newly graduated registered nurse. Using contemporary research findings about new graduates’ transition to practice, this essay will address the following questions:
1. What are considered the top three issues for new graduate nurses in transitioning to employment?
2. What factors affect how new graduate nurses manage these issues in their transition to employment?
3. What strategies can new graduate nurses use to ensure their first year of employment is a positive experience?

Preparation for Practice & Leadership Marking Rubric
Excellent Very good Good Barely adequate Inadequate Did not meet criteria Comments
Content is accurate and demonstrates understanding/ comprehension of the topic (15 marks) 15 12 9 7.5 3 0
The paper is insightful, complex and demonstrates engagement with the Course (15 marks) 15 12 9 7.5 3 0
The student identifies and describes relevant theories and stages of transition (15 marks) 15 12 9 7.5 3 0
Demonstration of critical analysis; the student critically compares relevant theories (10 marks) 10 8 6 5 2 0
Refers to, interprets and uses appropriate literature; expands on the Course readings with further relevant literature,including a minimum of ten recent journal articles (10 marks) 10 8 6 5 2 0
Organisation is clear; good framework; information is presented logically (10 marks) 10 8 6 5 2 0
Writing style is clear and easy to understand; ideas and information are clearly articulated (7.5 marks) 8 6 5 4 1.5 0
The work is free of spelling, grammar, syntax, formatting and punctuation errors (7.5 marks) 7 6 4 3.5 1.5 0
All APA rules are followed for ‘in-text’ referencing and reference list is accurate(5 marks) 5 4 3 2.5 1 0
Demonstrates word processing skills; work is aesthetically pleasing, appropriate front choice (12 point font), neat and carefully thought out (double spaced) presentation (5 marks) 5 4 3 2.5 1 0

This is our group the mean Topic question: How should the involved actors negotiate the territory of the South China Sea?
)Identify your own specific question of foreign policy and tell me why your actor is an important player.
This is the question from me: How will the South China Sea dispute disrupt/help Indonesia and it’s economic development?
According to my question and my actor above I want you to answer the below question. Thank you.
A paragraph or two that identifies
a- Your actor’s main goal. (Actor: Indonesia )
b- The policy that you believe is most likely to achieve your actor’s goal.
c- The role that perception/misperception plays in this foreign policy problem.

Cost/Benifit analysis

Over the last couple of weeks, we have read about accounting and decision making. We are going to apply these concepts to your idea from week 2.

Provide a cost/benefit analysis for your idea. Make sure to mention any sunk or opportunity costs involved in the implementation of this policy as

well as the long-term increase in projected profitability. You are permitted to use fictional numbers as far as costs go, but you should provide

research to support any opportunity costs or projected profitability. You can find industry averages for various program costs and projected

benefits.
This does not need to be written as a formal research paper, but all research provided does need to be cited in APA format. You may write in the

first person because you are presenting your own ideas. You do not need to provide an abstract, but you do need an APA formatted title page and

reference page. Your paper should be a minimum of 2 pages (approx. 700 words) not including the title and reference.