Individual Assignment: Elements of Religious Traditions Paper · Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that does the following: o Describes these basic components of religious traditions and their relationship to the sacred: · What a religious tradition says—its teachings, texts, doctrine, stories, myths, and others · What a religious tradition does—worship, prayer, pilgrimage, ritual, and so forth · How a religious tradition organizes—leadership, relationships among members, and so forth o Identifies key critical issues in the study of religion. o Includes specific examples from the various religious traditions described in the Week One readings that honor the sacred—such as rituals of the Igbo to mark life events, the vision quest as a common ritual in many Native American societies, or the influence of the shaman as a leader. You may also include examples from your own religious tradition or another religious tradition with which you are familiar. o You should use 3 references from the weekly reading. · Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Day: April 26, 2018
The origins of Judaism and Hinduism are almost 4,000 years old. Buddhism arose from the teachings of a single Hindu teacher more than two thousand years ago. All three have changed and developed over the centuries. All three are very much alive today. Concentrating on their current forms, compare the approaches of the three religions to the basic religious questions: How should I think about ultimate reality (Hinduism)? Is there a Supreme Being (Judaism)? Should I even think of god, letting myself be my supreme authority (Buddhism)? What is the relationship of human beings to this reality (God)? What exactly is the concept of faith to each of these three religions? Is it the same as belief, or not? Consider all three religions and compare. How do these concepts of the Ultimate Reality, Supreme Being or self help address the following questions: What is wrong with the world, and how can I help to fix it? What am I supposed to do with my life? Consider the three religions, Buddhism, Hinduism, and Judaism. In an essay of approximately 700 to 800 words in length, answer the questions listed above. Be sure to use appropriate APA format for citations and to include at least one reference for each religion. Assignment 2 Grading Criteria Maximum Points Compares, contrasts, and applies concepts of Ultimate Reality, Supreme Being, and the authority of self to personal philosophical position on religion. 24 Uses critical thinking to describe and explain the relationship of humans and God. 16 Considers and measures the relationship between faith and belief from the three perspectives. 16 Considers and analyzes the application of concept of Ultimate Reality, Supreme Being (monotheism) and Self-actualization in addressing world problems. 20 Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. 20 Justified ideas and responses by using appropriate examples and references from texts, Web sites, and other references, including correct APA format. 4 Total: 100
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper answering the following question:
How do poetry and fiction written in the decades between World War I and World War II relate? As you work on this primary question, you may find it useful to consider the following related questions:
o Did poetry and fiction address the same concerns in the decades between the wars?
o Do they reflect the same issues?
o Are they influenced by the same trends and outside forces?
o Does environment influence one set of writers more than another?
o Is poetry more heavily influenced by other art forms, such as jazz? What is your evidence? o Is fiction more heavily influenced by other forms of prose, like the essay? What is your evidence? Support your claims with evidence from the works assigned. No sources beyond the textbook are required, but you may use such sources if you choose.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
Organizational Control Process
Analyze the four steps of the control process and explain how each step contributes to the control function. Describe the three types of controls. How can the effectiveness of controls be assessed in an organization?
Guided Response:
Respond to two of your classmates’ posts. In your response, please include detailed information on the four steps of the control process. Also, review the content on budgets and properly incorporate it in to your response. Analyze their discussions by agreeing, disagreeing, or adding other ideas to strengthen or enhance the perspective presented in their initial posts.
Financial Controls
What is the primary financial control tool used to manage the operations of an organization and how can it equip managers with the information they need to make decisions? Provide three examples.
Guided Response:
Respond to two of your classmates’ posts. Evaluate their discussions by agreeing, disagreeing, or adding other ideas to strengthen or enhance the perspective presented in their initial posts.
Situational Leadership Theory and Organizational Leadership
As the new top-level executive of a medium-sized corporation, you have noticed that the leadership culture in the organization has been ineffective, which has lowered employee morale. To change the leadership culture you have decided to discuss this issue with all the managers and supervisors in the organization. Prior to meeting with all the managers and supervisors, you have decided that you need to develop a how-to guide on effective leadership.
In a four- to five-page paper (excluding the title and references pages), explain why situational leadership theory is useful and relevant in developing an effective leadership culture. Describe the three theories of situational leadership and what you consider to be the strengths and weaknesses of each theory when leading staff in the organizational environment.
The written assignment should include at least three scholarly sources, in addition to the text, and be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
The stock of company XYZ is currently price at $80 per share. Its earnings this year (T=0) are $4.00 per share. It has paid out a dividend equal to 40% of its earnings for the past several years. It’s Return on Equity (ROE) has been 15%.
1. What is the company’s current Dividend Yield?
Dividend Discount Model
The market expects that companies similar to XYZ will display a rate of return of 13% per year
2. What is the company’s expected Growth Rate for Earnings & Dividends?
3. What dividends will the company pay this year (D0) and be expected to pay next year (D1)?
4. What is the estimated value of the stock today (T=0) using the Dividend Discount Model?
5. What is the estimated value of the stock 1 year from today (T=1)?
Capital Asset Pricing Model (CAPM)
The current risk free interest rate is 2%
The market as a whole is expected to realize a return of 12% this year
XYZ’s stock has historically displayed a Beta of 0.9
6. Using the CAPM, what is the required rate of return that investors would demand of XYZ this year?
7. If the required rate of return as calculated in (6) were used in the dividend discount model, what would be an appropriate value for XYZ’s stock today (T=0)?
Market Multiples
8. If the forward Price / Earnings ratio for XYZ during similar stages of the business cycle had ranged from 11x to 18x, what would be the range of values for its stock?
Write a 700 to 1,050 word paper in the first person perspective of a U.S. Senator during the Reconstruction period. Include the following in your paper: Assume the role of a Radical Republican Senator and argue the Radical Republican position of Reconstruction. For the Radical Republicans: What were the challenges of Reconstruction? What caused the failure of Reconstruction? Assume the role of a moderate Republican and argue the moderate Republican position of Reconstruction. For the moderate Republicans: What were the challenges of Reconstruction? What caused the failure of Reconstruction? Conclude your paper by explaining what positive changes occurred during the Reconstruction period, even though Reconstruction was considered a failure. Format your paper according to APA standards.of a U.S. Senator during the Reconstruction period. Include the following in your paper: Assume the role of a Radical Republican Senator and argue the Radical Republican position of Reconstruction. For the Radical Republicans: What were the challenges of Reconstruction? What caused the failure of Reconstruction? Assume the role of a moderate Republican and argue the moderate Republican position of Reconstruction. For the moderate Republicans: What were the challenges of Reconstruction? What caused the failure of Reconstruction? Conclude your paper by explaining what positive changes occurred during the Reconstruction period, even though Reconstruction was considered a failure. Format your paper according to APA standards.
The case is designed to determine and evaluate the payment amount of a car loan and a mortgage, based on your income. If you prefer, you may assume that your household income is $48,000 per year or $4,000 per month. Based on your income, you may spend 28 percent of your monthly income on housing and 10 percent on a car loan. You are to put a 3 percent down payment on the house and a 10 percent down payment on the car. These will make the loan to value of your loans to less than one: 97 percent on the house and 90 percent on the car.
Determine the car payment and mortgage payment with the following conditions: your monthly household income, 10 percent for the car payment, and 28 percent for the mortgage payment. Also, assume a 10 percent down payment on the car and a 3 percent down payment on the house.
Create an amortization schedule, and graph the components over time: interest, principal, and balance.
Discuss the distributions of principal, interest, and the balance over the life of the loan.
The controller of Chittenango Chain Company believes that the identification of the variable and fixed components of the firm’s costs will enable the firm to make better planning and control decisions. Among the costs the controller is concerned about is the behavior of indirect-materials cost. She believes there is a correlation between machine hours and the amount of indirect materials used.
A member of the controller’s staff has suggested that least-squares regression be used to determine the cost behavior of indirect materials. The regression equation shown below was developed from 40 pairs of observations.
S = $200 + $4H
Where S = Total monthly cost of indirect materials
H = Machine hours per month
2. Calculate the estimated cost of indirect materials if 900 machine hours are to be used during a month. (Omit the “$” sign in your response.)
4. The high and low activity levels during the past four years, as measured by machine hours, occurred during April and August, respectively. Data concerning machine hours and indirect-material usage follow.
April ; August
Machine hours 1,100 ; 800
Indirect supplies:
Beginning inventory $ 1,200 ; $ 950
Ending inventory 1,550 ; 2,900
Purchases 6,000 ; 6,100
Determine the cost of indirect materials used during April and August.
5. Use the high-low method to estimate the behavior of the company’s indirect-material cost.
The case is designed to determine and evaluate the payment amount of a car loan and a mortgage, based on your income. If you prefer, you may assume that your household income is $48,000 per year or $4,000 per month. Based on your income, you may spend 28 percent of your monthly income on housing and 10 percent on a car loan. You are to put a 3 percent down payment on the house and a 10 percent down payment on the car. These will make the loan to value of your loans to less than one: 97 percent on the house and 90 percent on the car.
Determine the car payment and mortgage payment with the following conditions: your monthly household income, 10 percent for the car payment, and 28 percent for the mortgage payment. Also, assume a 10 percent down payment on the car and a 3 percent down payment on the house.
Create an amortization schedule, and graph the components over time: interest, principal, and balance.
Discuss the distributions of principal, interest, and the balance over the life of the loan.
