Day: April 26, 2018

rry is the computer systems director for a medium-sized consulting firm. One night Barry is at happy hour at a local bar talking about his job with some people he has just met. Barry mentions that he needs to buy computers for the three new persons the firm has recently hired. One of the persons he has just met, Tom, asks Barry what kind of computers he plans to purchase. Barry says, “I am not sure. I’m still checking out what’s available.” Tom says, “Well, I can get you anything you want for much less than the stores.” A week later Barry calls Tom and says he is interested in the Cybermega 4000 model, and would order three if the price was right. Tom quotes a price, which is about half the normal price. Three days later Tom comes to Barry’s office with the three computers. Barry is curious why only one is in a box and Tom replies. “Oh, I thought you wouldn’t want the trash in your office. I also already sent in the warranty cards for you to save you the trouble.” Later it is learned that the computers were stolen a few days before Tom took them to Barry. Is Barry or the consulting firm guilty of receiving stolen property? What actions should Barry take? Please present your reasons.

In 1983 the Reagan Administration introduced a new agricultural program called the Payment-in-Kind (PIK) program. Keeping this program in mind assume that the free market price of wheat is $4 per bushel and the free market supply is 20 million bushels. In the past, payment for extra wheat had been made in dollars and the wheat stored.

Suppose the government wishes to lower the wheat grown by 25% by paying farmers to withdraw land from production. However, in the new program payment is made in wheat TO THE FARMERS rather than in dollars. The wheat comes from the government reserves. The amount of wheat paid is equal to the amount that could have been harvested on the land withdrawn from production. Farmers are free to sell the wheat on the market.

1. How much wheat is now produced by the farmers?
2. How much wheat is indirectly supplied to the market by the government?
3. Will the market price change from free market price of $4? Why or why not?
4. Do farmers gain or lose from the program? How?
5. Does the government save money in PIK versus the old cash program? How?
6. Why was the program very short lived?

Assignment 1: Assess Organizational Readiness

 

Due Week 3 and worth 200 points

Note: The assignments are a series of papers that are based on the same case, which is located in the Student Center of the course shell. The assignments are dependent upon one another.Â

Review the assigned case study and complete this assignment.

Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:

1. Analyze how the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) apply to the facts of the case study. Provide examples to support your analysis.
2. Determine the project benefits, organizational readiness, and risk culture of the company in the case study. Provide justification for your response.
3. Develop at least three (3) project risk recommendations based on the analysis from criteria number 1 and 2 of this assignment.
4. Identify the initial categories of risk (RBS Level 1 and 2) that you see as being present in the case study using the Example Risk Checklist (Figure A-2, Hillson & Simon text).
5. Use at least four (4) quality resources in this assignment.Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

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.
• 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 the critical success factors (CSFs), project benefits, and organizational readiness and risk culture of the company.
• Apply the results of this analysis to the development of project risk recommendations.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in project risk management
• Write clearly and concisely about project risk management using proper writing mechanics.

 Click here to view the grading rubric.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Points: 200	Assignment 1: Assess Organizational Readiness
Criteria	Unacceptable Below 70% F	Fair 70-79% C	Proficient 80-89% B	Exemplary 90-100% A
Analyze how the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) apply to the facts of the case study. Provide examples to support your analysis. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely analyzed how the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) apply to the facts of the case study. Did not submit or incompletely provided examples to support your analysis.	Partially analyzed how the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) apply to the facts of the case study. Partially provided examples to support your analysis.	Satisfactorily analyzed how the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) apply to the facts of the case study. Satisfactorily provided examples to support your analysis.	Thoroughly analyzed how the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) apply to the facts of the case study. Thoroughly provided examples to support your analysis.
Determinetheproject benefits, organizational readiness, and risk culture of the company in the case study. Provide justification for your response. Weight: 25%	Did not submit or incompletely determined the project benefits, organizational readiness, and risk culture of the company in the case study. Did not submit or incompletely provided justification for your response.	Partially determinedthe project benefits, organizational readiness, and risk culture of the company in the case study. Partially provided justification for your response.	Satisfactorily determined the project benefits, organizational readiness, and risk culture of the company in the case study. Satisfactorily provided justification for your response.	Thoroughly determinedthe project benefits, organizational readiness, and risk culture of the company in the case study. Thoroughly provided justification for your response.
Developat least three (3)project risk recommendations based on the analysis from criteria number 1 and 2 of this assignment. Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely developedat least three (3)project risk recommendations based on the analysis from criteria number 1 and 2 of this assignment.	Partially developedat least three (3)project risk recommendations based on the analysis from criteria number 1 and 2 of this assignment.	Satisfactorily developedat least three (3)project risk recommendations based on the analysis from criteria number 1 and 2 of this assignment.	Thoroughly developedat least three (3)project risk recommendations based on the analysis from criteria number 1 and 2 of this assignment.
Identify the initial categories of risk (RBS Level 1 and 2) that you see as being present in the case study using the Example Risk Checklist (Figure A-2, Hillson & Simon text). Weight: 20%	Did not submit or incompletely identified the initial categories of risk (RBS Level 1 and 2) that you see as being present in the case study using the Example Risk Checklist (Figure A-2, Hillson & Simon text).	Partially identified the initial categories of risk (RBS Level 1 and 2) that you see as being present in the case study using the Example Risk Checklist (Figure A-2, Hillson & Simon text).	Satisfactorily identified the initial categories of risk (RBS Level 1 and 2) that you see as being present in the case study using the Example Risk Checklist (Figure A-2, Hillson & Simon text).	Thoroughly identified the initial categories of risk (RBS Level 1 and 2) that you see as being present in the case study using the Example Risk Checklist (Figure A-2, Hillson & Simon text).
4 references Weight: 5%	No references provided	Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices.	Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.	Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements Weight: 10%	More than 6 errors present	5-6 errors present	3-4 errors present	0-2 errors present

 

Details:
On May 10, 1871, the third and final phase of what are known as the German Wars of Unification came to an abrupt end. Paris had fallen in January; and the German states had proclaimed their union under the Prussian Kaiser, taken from the ancient Roman Caesar, thus creating a new nation-state, or Deutsches Reich, the German Empire. The initial peace treaty was called the Preliminary Treaty of Versailles of 1871, and the final peace treaty, the Treaty of Frankfurt, was signed on May 10th and had been crafted by the Prussian Chancellor Otto von Bismarck, arguably the most coldly efficient statesman of his time-his mantra was Blut und Eisen, “blood and iron.” The consequences of this treaty have caused historians to argue that it was an extraordinary example of Bismarck miscalculating the opposition and lighting a fuse that would explode a mere 48 years later in the same place it began, the Hall of Mirrors at the Palace of Versailles, in 1919.

Remember to cite your sources (using APA style) and be specific in your responses.

Individually, do some historical fact finding and compose a one- to two-page summary that includes the following:

– What were the Wars of German Unification, and why were they fought?
– Where do you think Bismarck grossly miscalculated the French in the Treaty of Frankfurt?
– Make the historical link between the treaty drawn up in 1871 and the 1919 Treaty of Versailles and demonstrate why the French were so revengeful.

Objective:
Discuss major topics linking certain historical events, the consequences of which have influences our past, present, and future.

Explain how social, religious, military-political, and cultural differences of specific societies as well as individuals have created challenges, conflicts and opportunities all of which have made up, and continued to make up, the course of world history.

Prejudice There are multiple kinds of prejudice, including racism, sexism, ageism, sexual prejudice, and weight prejudice, to name a few (Nelson, 2009). As people become aware of stereotyping, there is an increased awareness of the relationship between stereotyping and prejudice. Researchers often distinguish between implicit/subtle prejudice and explicit/blatant prejudice. This distinction refers to how prejudice is activated cognitively and manifested in the individual. Sometimes prejudice is unconscious and can be triggered by certain stimuli. This is considered a subtle prejudice. Other times, people have conscious awareness of prejudice, which results in a blatant behavioral display (Crisp & Turner, 2007). The Assignment (5–7 pages) Select a type of prejudice. Find three articles that study this type of prejudice and synthesize the information relative to the prejudice. Include the research question each author was attempting to answer. Explain whether the kind of prejudice you selected is most often blatant or subtle and explain why. Use the current literature to support your response. Describe two potential impacts of this type of prejudice on individual behavior or relationships when exhibited blatantly and exhibited subtly. Use the current literature to support your response. Explain three ways to reduce this type of prejudice (whether blatant or subtle) and justify your response using the current literature. Submit by Day 7. Support your Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.

QUESTION 1

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. Find the ending balance in the account register.

$4271.87

$4664.14

$3803.25

$5118.87

10 points QUESTION 2

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. Find the ending balance in the account register.

$1296.56

$2590.32

$1583.07

$2012.04

10 points QUESTION 3

Reconcile the bank statement with the check register balance. Find the current balance.

$601.87

$596.00

$1193.94

$590.13

10 points QUESTION 4

Reconcile the bank statement with the check register balance. Find the current balance.

$2374.39

$2375.44

$2373.34

$2394.64

10 points QUESTION 5

Solve the problem.

Find the trade discount on a bicycle that lists for $80.95 if a discount rate of 15% is offered. Round to the nearest cent.

$11.64

$12.14

$68.81

$68.31

10 points QUESTION 6

Solve the problem.

Find the net price of a bicycle that lists for $82.95 if a discount rate of 15% is offered. Round to the nearest cent.

$70.51

$12.69

$12.44

$70.76

10 points QUESTION 7

Solve the problem.

Calculate the trade discount for 3 chairs if the unit price is $39 and a single trade discount of 6.25% is allowed. Round to the nearest cent.

$73.13

$7.31

$41.44

$2.44

10 points QUESTION 8

Solve the problem. Round to the nearest cent.

The list price of a keyboard is $788. If the trade discount series offered is 10/30/20, find the net price by using the net decimal equivalent.

$315.20

$472.80

$397.15

$390.85

10 points QUESTION 9

Solve the problem. Round to the nearest cent.

The list price of a car is $8760. It is available at either a 10/20/5 or a 35/30 trade discount series. Which trade discount series gives the better deal? By how much?

10/20/5, $2006.04

10/20/5, $2628.00

35/30, $2628.00

35/30, $2006.04

10 points QUESTION 10

Solve the problem. Round to the nearest cent or tenth of a percent.

Original price $1489.00; markdown $163.79. Find the reduced price and the rate of the markdown.

Reduced (new) price = $163.79 Rate of markdown = 89%

Reduced (new) price = $1652.79 Rate of markdown = 11%

Reduced (new) price = $1325.21 Rate of markdown = 89%

Reduced (new) price = $1325.21 Rate of markdown = 11%

10 points QUESTION 11

Solve the problem. Round to the nearest cent or tenth of a percent.

Reduced price = $22.21; markdown rate = 35%. Find the original price and the markdown amount.

Original price = $14.44 Markdown amount = $7.77

Original price = $34.17 Markdown amount = $11.96

Original price = $10.25 Markdown amount = $11.96

Original price = $29.99 Markdown amount = $7.77

10 points QUESTION 12

Solve the problem. Round to the nearest cent or tenth of a percent.

An item sells for $524.00 and is reduced to sell for $440.16. Find the markdown amount and the rate of markdown.

Markdown amount = $83.84 Rate of markdown = 16%

Markdown amount = $83.84 Rate of markdown = 84%

Markdown amount = $70.43 Rate of markdown = 16%

Markdown amount = $369.73 Rate of markdown = 84%

10 points QUESTION 13

Solve the problem.

Ann Preston is married, has a gross weekly salary of $543.74 (all of which is taxable), and the number of withholding allowances she claims is 1. Use the tax tables to find the federal tax withholding to be deducted from her weekly salary.

$32

$33

$31

$30

10 points QUESTION 14

Solve the problem.

Mai earns a gross weekly income of $464.00. How much Social Security tax should be withheld the first week of the year? How much Medicare tax should be withheld? Assume a 4.2% FICA rate and a 1.45% Medicare rate. Round to the nearest cent.

Social Security tax = $1.95 Medicare tax = $0.67

Social Security tax = $20.49 Medicare tax = $7.73

Social Security tax = $194.90 Medicare tax = $67.28

Social Security tax = $19.49 Medicare tax = $6.73

10 points QUESTION 15

Solve the problem.

Find the interest paid on a loan of $2000 for 1 year at a simple interest rate of 7% per year.

$2140.00

$160.00

$140.00

$14.00

10 points QUESTION 16

Solve the problem.

Find the interest paid on a loan of $3946 for 5 months at a simple interest rate of 12% per year.

$198.96

$157.84

$236.76

$197.30

10 points QUESTION 17

Solve the problem.

How much interest will have to be paid on a loan of $10,138 for 7 months at a simple interest rate of 13.3% per year?

$793.15

$898.90

$674.18

$786.54

10 points QUESTION 18

Solve the problem.

Find the installment price of a table bought on the installment plan with a down payment of $30 and 6 payments of $51.12.

$336.72

$30

$306.72

$366.72

10 points QUESTION 19

Solve the problem.

Find the amount financed on a TV with a cash price $430.00 and a down payment of $86.00.

$86.00

$429.80

$344.00

$430.00

10 points QUESTION 20

Solve the problem.

Find the amount financed if a $25 down payment is made on a camera with a cash price of $260.

$260

$235

$315.86

$25

10 points QUESTION 21

Use the table to find the future value. Round to the nearest cent.

$15,000 at 1% compounded annually for 3 years

$15,301.50

$15,454.50

$15,450.00

$15,300.00

10 points QUESTION 22

Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. Solve the problem.

For the month ending June 30, TriCounty Nursery has net sales of $251,000, cost of goods sold of $99,000, and operating expenses of $70,000. Find the gross profit and net income.

gross profit: $82,000; net income: $152,000

gross profit: $152,000; net income: $82,000

gross profit: $152,000; net income: $29,000

gross profit: $72,100; net income: $29,000

10 points QUESTION 23

Find the sales tax and total sale. Round to the nearest cent.

Item Marked Price Sales Tax Rate $28.83 6%

$1.44; $30.27

$1.73; $30.56

$17.30; $46.13

$2.02; $30.85

10 points QUESTION 24

Find the sales tax and total sale. Round to the nearest cent.

Item Marked Price Sales Tax Rate $978.08 6%

$48.90; $1026.98

$68.47; $1046.55

$586.80; $1564.88

$58.68; $1036.76

10 points QUESTION 25

Write the word or phrase that best completes each statement or answers the question. Solve the problem. Round dollar amounts to the nearest dollar.

Use the straight-line method to complete the depreciation table for a combine harvester that costs $4300, has a salvage value of $300, and has an estimated life of 5 years.

The purpose of this assignment is to paraphrase O’Conner’s passages using no more than 75-100 words. Begin the assignment with the words: O’Conner (2003) argued that . . .

1) Read the following paragraphs, which were written by Patricia O’Conner.
A good writer is one you can read without breaking a sweat. If you want a workout, you don’t lift a book?you lift weights. Yet we’re brainwashed to believe that the more brilliant the writer, the tougher the going.

The truth is that the reader is always right. Chances are, if something you’re reading doesn’t make sense, it’s not your fault?it’s the writer’s. And if something you write doesn’t get your point across, it’s probably not the reader’s fault?it’s yours. Too many readers are intimidated and humbled by what they can’t understand, and in some cases that’s precisely the effect the writer is after. But confusion is not complexity; it’s just confusion. A venerable tradition, dating back to the ancient Greek orators, teaches that if you don’t know what you’re talking about, just ratchet up the level of difficulty and no one will ever know.

Don’t confuse simplicity, though, with simplemindedness. A good writer can express an extremely complicated idea clearly and make the job look effortless. But such simplicity is a difficult thing to achieve because to be clear in your writing you have to be clear in your thinking. This is why the simplest and clearest writing has the greatest power to delight, surprise, inform, and move the reader. You can’t have this kind of shared understanding if writer and reader are in an adversary relationship. (pp. 195-196)

Source: O’Conner, P. (2003). Woe is I: The grammarphobe’s guide to better English in plain English. New York: Riverhead Books.

Read and respond to the following writing prompts When you’re done, please submit your work as a single document. Looking on From a Distance

Sometimes is it easy to forget about the importance of revision, especially when you’re writing to the deadline. For our discussion this week, we read Rachel Toor’s essay, “Not My Type.” Toor doesn’t really get into the idea of allowing for time and space between drafts, but she does discuss how much better her work is when she can approach it as an outsider (Toor, 2012). Take a look at the Narrative essay you submitted in week four. Read through it and find a few things you could have done better. In at least 150 words, discuss those changes. While you can mention it, try to look deeper than any formatting or grammar issues you may have had. Look at the way you organized your essay, how you tied everything together, even at your word choice. Could you have benefitted from writing your essay in multiple drafts?

Revision Plan

Now that you’ve had the chance to reexamine your Narrative essay, take a deeper look at your Persuasive rough draft in the same way. Think about how you could have made your argument stronger, more relatable to your audience, and so on. Read through the comments from your instructor and think about how you will address those issues, but try to go even deeper. Write down your plans for revising your Persuasive essay for next week. What will you change, and how will those changes benefit the reception of your work? You should write a minimum of 150 words about how you plan to revise.

INSTRUCTION: As healthcare undergraduate students many of you may decide to further your education and even obtain Doctoral degrees. This assignment is to give an idea and to envision you applying for a doctoral program. Please write a letter of intent, put together a document detailing how and why you will be a successful doctoral learner. Be sure to address the following aspects

1. Why would you pursue a Practitioner Scholar Terminal Degree as opposed to a Research Terminal Degree?
2. What ideas can you have to put together for your healthcare dissertation?
3. What is your plan of action and/or strategies for success in both the classes and the on-site residency classes? (Previous class, experiences, time management skills, emotional, personal and professional support systems, financial support including a plan for out of pocket expenses, etc.)
4. What are your strategies for working well independently and within the team environment that is part of the doctoral learning model?
5. What are your abilities/strategies for adapting to change, new perspectives and new concepts?
6. How receptive are you to constructive criticism?

Persuasive Essay Final Draft This essay explores the persuasive mode, one of the more common kinds of writing you’ll experience throughout your college and professional career. Your goal is to persuade your audience to consider your position on a controversial subject. Understand, there is seldom a definitive right or wrong answer in anything. You should anticipate the real possibility that some of your readers will not initially agree with you on your stance. Part of this essay requires that you take opposing viewpoints into consideration when making your argument. By truthfully representing the strengths of your opponent’s point of view, you show that you have considered more than one option when making your decision. This gives you more clout with your audience. Criteria The final draft of your essay should contain the following basic features: A well-defined issue that is controversial by nature A clear thesis statement that demonstrates the position you will be taking throughout this essay A treatment of at least three reputable sources, at least one drawn from the EBSCO database, and at least one of them supporting your claim A counter argument with at least one credible source defending the opposing viewpoint A refutation to or compromise with the counter argument In addition to the above, the final draft of your essay should be: From 900 to 1200 words in length, typed in Times New Roman, 12pt. font, double-spaced, with one inch margins Written primarily in third person Edited for spelling, mechanical, grammatical, and typing errors