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Long-Term Investment Decisions
Assume that the low-calorie frozen, microwavable food company from Assignments 1 and 2 wants to expand and has to make some long-term capital budgeting decisions. The company is currently facing increases in the costs of major ingredients.

Use the Internet and Strayer databases to research government policies and regulation.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
1.Outline a plan that managers in the low-calorie, frozen microwaveable food company could follow in anticipation of raising prices when selecting pricing strategies for making their products response to a change in price less elastic. Provide a rationale for your response..
2.Examine the major effects that government policies have on production and employment. Predict the potential effects that government policies could have on your company..
3.Determine whether or not government regulation to ensure fairness in the low-calorie, frozen microwavable food industry is needed. Cite the major reasons for government involvement in a market economy. Provide two (2) examples of government involvement in a similar market economy to support your response..
4.Examine the major complexities that would arise under expansion via capital projects. Propose key actions that the company could take in order to prevent or address these complexities..
5.Suggest the substantive manner in which the company could create a convergence between the interests of stockholders and managers. Indicate the most likely impact to profitability of such a convergence. Provide two (2) examples of instances that support your response.

 

 

Identify the major influences on Wesley that fed into his insistence throughout his life that he was a “Reformed Anglican.”
The phrase “the middle way” (or via media) is found often in a discussion of Wesley’s theology. He deeply loved what the Reformation had done to correct many of the excesses of late medieval Catholicism. But he was also equally convinced that the Early Church had not been totally devoid of spiritual truth. With the advantage of theological hindsight, Wesley became an expert in joining the best theologies of the past while meeting the present day needs of his culture. Every student of Wesley ought to follow his example. This assignment will not only hone your skills as a theologian, but will help you re-think how we might do theology in our day without getting caught up in either narrow perspectives or meaningless ecumenism.

Learning Activity: Summarization Chart
Read the following:
Oden, p. 277-295.

Locate the following readings by searching the site: http://wesley.nnu.edu/
Sermon VII, “The Way to the Kingdom.”
Sermon XXXIX, “Catholic Spirit.”
Sermon VI, “The Righteousness of Faith.”

Produce a 1 page chart that summarizes the main theological emphases of Reformation theology and Catholic theology that you discern from your reading. Then in the middle of the chart show where you have found in Wesley a way of joining the two positions together. Look for 3-5 major issues. How one is conceived as being “made righteous” would possibly be a starting point. Why would a “catholic” (or more universally Christian) spirit be something that Wesley would need to spend time dealing with?

Book:
Oden, T. (1994). John Wesley’s scriptural Christianity. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan.

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this week’s assignment you will select an organization and present a plan on how the organization can enhance its public image through the use of media. Your presentation should consist of the following components

•A brief overview of the organization
•The current usage of public relations and media within the organization
•Two areas of strengths and two areas of improvements relations to public relations and media within the organization
•How the orgianization will use each of the following to develop their public image:
◦Public service announcements
◦Institutional advertising
◦Image ads
◦Specialty advertising
•Identify ways that your plan will be assessed and improved after it has been implemented

Your final presentation should consist of at least 10 slides, not including title or reference slides, and be at least 5 minutes in length. You should site at least three professional, scholarly sources and use proper APA format.

Smith is clearly at great pains to play down the supernatural and mythic elements of Christianity. Why?
Book: The End of Faith
Author: Sam Harris
ISBN: 0393327655
Publisher: W. W. Norton (2005)

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Evolution of the Master’s Prepared Nurse Roles   ·         Factors contributing to advanced practice nursing ·         The Essentials of Master’s Education ·         Library introduction

Readings: ·         DeNisco and Barker: Chapters 1 and 2 (FNP Students)   Blackboard Weekly Guide: Week 2 Content   Journal Articles: Gerard, S. O., Kazer, M. W., Babington, L., & Quell, T. T. (2014). Past, present, & future trends of master’s education in nursing. Journal of Professional Nursing, 30(4), 326-332. Gray, A. (2016). Advanced or advancing nursing practice: What is the future direction for nursing? British Journal of Nursing, 25(1), 8-13.   Online Class Activity 1 (5 points): ·         Locate two (2) articles related to the chosen specialty track or a current trend in advanced practice nursing ·         Develop an annotated bibliography for each article and post to the discussion board o   Articles should be less than five years old and peer-reviewed as verified in Ulrich Periodical Directory ·         Critique two classmate’s posts ·         Initial post due by Thursday and two critiques by Sunday ·         See instructions following the grid      

·         Internet documents including Google references, blogs, Wikipedia, .com, or other non-scholarly documents should not be used for references ·         Creditable Internet websites include .org, .edu, .gov or Health On the Net (HON) approved sites ·         Scholarly professional online journals retrieved from the library using bibliographic databases or national professional organizations are acceptable ·         All articles must be within a five-year timeframe unless otherwise stated by the instructor or a classic/historical source as defined by APA ·         Citation of an article/source/reference implies that the student has personally retrieved and read the cited work ·         Complete citations within the body of the postings and the reference list according to APA format

·         Responses over the required number can be made without references  

·         Spelling, grammar, and organization reflect scholarly writing ·         UseAPA formatto cite articles and references          

·         Versions of Microsoft Word do not always allow for formatting [font, italicizing, and indentation] to be carried over to the Blackboard forum ·         Use the Blackboard formatting button to format accordingly ·         Points will not be deducted for font, italicizing, and indentation

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Poverty in Young and Middle Adulthood
Poverty has a strong influence on the lives of adults. When an adult lives in poverty, the effects extend beyond that individual to all those who

depend on the adult. The problem of poverty in the life of an adult becomes a family or community problem, and few social problems are more impactful

than poverty.
As a social worker, you are likely to address the needs of clients whose adverse circumstances are strongly influenced by poverty. Increasing your

understanding of poverty and its influence will equip to you to better understand and assist your clients.
As you read this week’s resources, select the theory of poverty that most resonates with you to address in your Discussion post for this week.

By Day 3

Post a Discussion that includes the following:
An explanation of how poverty impacts the experience of individuals in young and middle adulthood
A statement as to whether you think poverty is the result of cultural or individual. characteristics; provide support for your position
An answer to the following questions about the theory of poverty you selected:
What aspects of this theory would be most suitable for your practice? Why?
What aspects of this theory do you find problematic in terms of your knowledge of social work practice? Explain.

 

Motivation and Behavior
We learned effective communication is essential in overcoming conflict, embracing our similarities and differences, and streamlining our work. On the basis of your learning, review the scenario given below and develop the ways to address any misunderstandings based on ineffective communication.

You have been invited to be in charge of developing a team-building activity to improve collaboration, morale, and increased communication for your team members. Your department is closing for the day so you all can spend about four hours together in a team environment. The staff members will be placed into groups of three to run a maze, and the winning team will receive an extra four hours paid time off (PTO) time to use for a half vacation day. All members are excited about getting extra time off and, even though they have not participated in a maze-running event, they are happy to be out of the office. After the race is over, the group will be treated for lunch at a very nice restaurant. Review the following details of team members:
•Rosamma and Mary are the two administrative staff members who do not get along. Rosamma keeps to herself, is quiet, wears traditional long dresses and cooks’ ethnic foods for lunch every day. Mary is outspoken, loud, hurries through assignments, and seems to be on her cell phone often talking about her personal life to friends. Mary is twenty and Rosamma is forty-six.
•Cindy, thirty-five, and Lolita, forty, are the part-time staff members. They often bring their problems to work and are stressed due to the economy. They interact at work with the full time staff, but the full time staff think they complain too much and “what for, they only work part-time.”
•Chip is a twenty-three-year-old maintenance worker who has two children and works a part-time job at night in addition to his full-time role. He is tired as he has been continuously working for many days.
•Samir is fifty-five and works full-time, and cannot wait until he retires.
•Sarah is the fifty-two-year-old negative department manager who complains about everyone else. However, she is a strong informal leader and has influence over the group.
•Jerry is twenty-four and in graduate school. In fact, he is the president of his class and majors in business. He will likely leave in about one year when he graduates. He has a positive attitude and is currently a bit demotivated because no one likes to work together and there seems to be no direction at this point. He has made fun of Sarah just because she makes negative comments to him.
•You are the manager (use your current age) and you are just promoted into this position as the leader of the group.

You need to divide the teams into three groups. Remember this is a team-building activity.
• Can you put Rosamma and Mary together on a team when they clearly have communication issues and Mary feels Rosamma is “slow and too quiet . . . besides, she prays all the time.” Should the two younger males in the department be put on the same team or divided up to run with the women, even though they make comments about how old Sarah is and how she wears old-fashioned clothes? Give reasons.
•How will you make the determination which members to put together?
•Should members, who have a negative attitude, be placed with team members who are excited about this event? Why or why not?
•How will a negative manager affect the overall group dynamic as opposed to a positive leader who wants to see his or her team develop?
•How influential can an informal leader be among the team members? Can an informal leader carry more power than the formal manager?
•What barriers to effective teamwork can you anticipate and how will it be addressed?
•What specific traits will make this team-building activity a success?
•How can effective leaders demonstrate care and value the workgroup to improve collaboration, motivation, and low turnover in the workplace?
•How do you think results can improve when effective communication is practiced in the healthcare field with peers, colleagues, and leadership teams?

The 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act requires Internet providers to provide the names of people suspected of operating pirate Web sites

upon subpoena. However, the U. S. Supreme Court decided not to become involved in a dispute over illegal downloading of music files. The high

court refused to give the recording industry broad power to force Verizon Communications and other Internet service providers to identify

subscribers who share copyrighted songs online. The court said it was up to the U. S. Congress, not courts, to expand the 1998 law to cover

popular file-sharing networks. Music downloading has become a very controversial subject. The Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA)

argues that 2.6 billion music files are illegally downloaded each month and this law is needed to identify downloading culprits. On September 8,

2003, RIAA filed lawsuits against 261 people for allegedly downloading thousands of copyrighted songs via popular Internet file-sharing

networks. These people copied an average of 1,000 songs into their files for free. Many other lawsuits followed those in 2003. Lester Tune, the

founder of TuneMan, one of the more popular downloading sites, debated the issue with a corporate regulator on a recent talk show. He brought

the audience to their feet after exclaiming “ Well, people listen to music on the radio for free, so what’s the big deal?” In response, the

corporate regulator was vehement, “ We want people to stop engaging in the theft of music so that people can go on making it. We need to figure

out where customer ownership begins. We are about to destroy the long history of professional song-writers and performers in America. Who’s

going to pay the royalties?” Many music downloading providers now require customers to pay a fee while some sites provide free and legal

downloads. RealNetworks, for example, sold 3 million songs at 49 cents each during a three-week promotion and then returned to its regular rate

of 99 cents per song. iTunes, Napster, Universal Music Group, and others are all struggling to define a value chain structure that is fair to

all parties— the creators of the song, the distributors, the Web sites, and the customers.

Answer the following questions:

Your written assignment should be typed and submitted in Microsoft Word document format. Corel WordPerfect files will not be accepted. Your

write-up should be 300+ words in length. For questions one and two you may scan your diagram and submit it as a separate file or create the

diagram within your Word document. Submit your Word document using the attach file feature at the bottom of this page. All submissions should be

titled with the student’s last name accompanied by their first initial and course title (e.g., SmithJ_BSAD400).

1.
1. Draw the “bricks and mortar” process stages by which traditional CDs are created, distributed, and sold in retail stores. How does each

player make money? “Bricks and Mortar” refers to the traditional physical retail format vs. e-commerce/online retailing. This process begins

with the sourcing of raw materials all the way to delivering the CD to a physical retail location (as opposed to online retailer) and ultimately

the sale to the customer.
2. Draw the process stages for creating and downloading music today. How does each player make money?
3. Compare and contrast the approaches in the previous two questions.
4. Compare the role of operations in each of these approaches.

Purpose of Assignment

The business environment is continuously evolving with the integration of new management trends developed to create opportunity and respond to challenges. Innovation often challenges the status quo of organizations and change agents in an organization must become intrapreneurs to meet those challenges.

You have been tasked to communicate to the VP of Human Resources about the need to prepare current staff for a more diverse workforce as a result of opening a new office in Los Angeles, CA. This geographical area is known for its cultural, religious, and ethnic diversity in comparison to the company’s office in Cheyenne, WY.

Assignment Steps

Create a 2,100-word report analyzing the relationship between these concepts or topics:

Analyze the role of innovation in executing change strategies.
Assess managing diversity in the workplace.
Examine how technology facilitates the implementation of change in today’s workforce.
Explain how the workforce in the company will benefit from welcoming an inclusive and more diverse group of coworkers.
Explain the benefits and the opportunity that a more diverse workforce will create.
Include at least five peer-reviewed references.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.