Day: October 7, 2020

Budgeting and Finance

October 7, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Economics

https://www.coj.net/departments/finance/docs/budget/fy21-proposed-budget.aspx

https://www.coj.net/departments/finance/docs/budget/city-of-jacksonville-2018-cafr-sec.aspx

Review the links above:

Revenue and Expenditure Forecasting Are particular processes identified in the Budget or CAFR documents?  Do they use historical data or future economic indicators or both?  Do they reference any particular City policies or governing body guidance?  What is the role of reserve funds and how does your city budget for reserves?  Post 2-3 paragraphs on the citys forecasting methods, citing evidence to support your observations.

What are the major sources of revenue for the city and why? Identify the top 5 sources, citing your evidence.  Discuss how city revenues are diversified or constrained. Does the city rely on one major tax or does it rely on multiple sources of revenue? What advantages or disadvantages do you see on this citys dependence on those revenues?

Setting paper on And The Earth Did Not Devour Him

October 7, 2020 Leave a comment English and Literature, MLA

800 Words long, six paragraphs. First paragraph will include the authors name, name of the story, and a brief synopsis of the story in which only the main points are covered. Briefly identify the three different aspects of setting that the author uses in the story. The last sentence of the first paragraph will be your essays central idea. Your central idea will focus on how the three aspects of setting impact the main characters actions, feelings, and beliefs. Paragraphs three, four, and five will each present a different aspect of setting. Paragraph six will provide a conclusion, emphasizing how the aspects of setting affect the central idea.

Choose one of the two documentaries to summarise

October 7, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), History

Answer either of the following 2 questions by writing an essay of approximately 500-600 words:

1. Regarding the documentary about bride kidnapping in Kyrgyzstan (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKAusMNTNnk):

Summarise it, and discuss it in relation to the concept of cultural relativism. In your discussion it will also be good to refer to examples that are not mentioned in the documentary.

2. Regarding the documentary Chinas Unmarried Leftover Women (up until 24 minutes and 39 seconds) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WBMcoJWo92Y ):

Summarise it, and discuss it focusing upon the notion of gender roles. In your discussion it will also be good to refer to examples that are not mentioned in the documentary.

AMAZON BUSSINESS PLAN

October 7, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Business and Management

During this course, you have learned to develop all the essential elements of a Business Plan, it was either an existing company on the NASDAQ exchange which is the “American stock exchange, which is located at One Liberty Plaza in New York City known as the New York Stock Exchange” or “a company that you would like to start one day”. Some of your plans will be hypothetical, as access to certain information in the company is restricted, but you can focus on the actual existing customers and products or services the company offers to the public. If you are developing your own company it will be made up so just answer the questions that are being asked.

Attached is a Business Plan Template, fill in the information it is asking for it is under the Home Tab, under e-text.

This week is the final step to completing the Business Plan. The Executive Summary. It comes first in the Business Plan but is wrote last. It is a summary of everything you wrote. The sections you should include in the Executive Summary is:

Executive Summary
This section is a summary of the information from the pages that follow. Prepare it last, after the business plan has been written. It should not exceed two pages. Headings to use in the Executive Summary:

A. Vision/Mission Statement
B. Company Summary
C. Products/Services
D. Market Assessment
E. Strategic Implementation
F. Expected Outcomes

The Executive Summary is a brief description of A-F that that is above. It is part of a Business Plan. Your Business Plan is mostly steps 1-2-3. The executive summary completes it.

Your final project should include in one document:

Title Page
Index of all your pages so number your pages.
Executive Summary
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
Reference Page

Any topic (writer’s choice)

October 7, 2020 Leave a comment APA (edition "APA 6"), Business and Management

Watch this interview by Inc. magazine of Daniel Kahneman about his book “Thinking Fast, Thinking Slow”. The interviewer asks Kahneman why it is important for business decision makers to understand the difference between these two forms of thinking. Comment on why it would be important for individuals to also be aware of these differences when making personal financial decisions. Be sure to define both types of thinking: 1) Thinking Fast, and 2) Thinking Slow.  Also include examples of benefits and/or risks of both forms of thinking for an individual.

https://youtu.be/PirFrDVRBo4

no topic

October 7, 2020 Leave a comment Business and Management, no format

Terrence Robinson is a newly hired associate engineer at Cascade Engineering.  His role is to provide estimates for new products and programs as well as for customer-specific orders or modifications to current projects. In his position, Terrence played a key liaison role among the sales, engineering, and manufacturing teams.  During the first town hall meeting since being hired, Terrence heard Cascade Engineerings president, Mark Miller, discuss the companys financial results, and executive vice president Kenyatta Brame discuss its social programs and B Corporation certification. Almost every slide, regardless of topic, displayed the triple bottom line of people, profit, and planet.  Terrence was inspired and recalled a TedX talk that discussed the WaterWheel, a device that could provide access to clean water in the developing world.

Instruction
Purchase the HBSP case study on Cascade Engineering, which can be found here: https://hbsp.harvard.edu/import/742741 (Links to an external site.).  Carefully read the case and answer the following questions:

Describe the vision, mission, and culture of Cascade Engineering (5 Points)

How does WaterWheel align with the mission, vision, and culture of Cascade Engineering? (10 points)

How does WaterWheel align with the strategy of Cascade Engineering? (10 points)

Who are the key stakeholders in Cascade and what were their roles? (10 points)

Who are the two most important stakeholders who might support Terrence Robinson the strongest, and what is motivating their support?  (10 points)

Who might require more persuasion so they do not create roadblocks? (10 points)

What are the rational, i.e. fact-based, and emotional arguments for the WaterWheel that Terrence can use with his stakeholders? (15 points)

If you were Terrence, who would you look to first to discuss your idea? Why?  What messages would you communicate to persuade this key stakeholder?  (15 points)

How will you measure the impact of the WaterWheel program if it is approved? Define the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for measuring the efficacy of that program, how you would collect and verify the data needed for each KPI, and how you will report the performance of the program to internal and external stakeholders.  (15 points)

Assessment

This activity was created to help you understand that organizational change can be driven from the bottom up, as well as the top down. You are assessed based on your ability to:

Describe the change situation in the context of the existing organization.
Comprehensively analyze and manage the stakeholders who are important to the change situation.
Describe how analytics can be used in the change process.
Timely, complete, and clear responses to all questions