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Week 3 Assignment – Conflicting Viewpoints Essay: Part 1

January 25, 2021 Leave a comment Philosophy, SWS

The assignment is divided into two parts: the prewriting paper (Part 1) due this week, and the essay (Part 2) due in Week 5.

Overview
When looking for information about a particular issue, how often do you try to resist biases toward your own point of view?

This assignment asks you to engage in this aspect of critical thinking by playing the “Believing Game.” The Believing Game is about making the effort to “believe,” or at least consider, the reasons for an opposing view on an issue.

Instructions
In the Week 2 Discussion, you examined the biases discussed in Chapter 2 of the webtext and reviewed one of the topics from Pros & Cons of Controversial Issues. You may use the same topic from this discussion or find another:
Select one of the topics from Pros & Cons of Controversial Issues, state your position on the issue, and identify three premises (reasons) listed under either the Pro or Con sectionwhichever section opposes your position.
For the three premises (reasons) that oppose your position on the issue, answer these believing questions suggested by Elbow:
What’s interesting or helpful in this view?
What would I notice if I believed this view?
In what sense or under what conditions might this idea be true?
Read the excerpt about critical thinking processes: The Believing Game and How to Make Conflicting Opinions More Fruitful [PDF].
Engage in prewriting to examine your thoughts.

Any topic (writer’s choice)

November 25, 2020 Leave a comment Law, SWS

Watch the two (2) videos and reflect on how the Sixth and Eighth Amendment protections were or can be preserved in each of the videos.
Video 1:CJ in Practice: Judge Sentencing Guidelines
Video 2: Criminal Justice in Practice (scenario) Jury Selection
Then assess the impact that understanding and complying with the Sixth and Eighth Amendments will have on your future career and your ability to do your job effectively.

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Juvenile VS Adult

November 25, 2020 Leave a comment Law, SWS

There are differences between the juvenile and adult court systems. In this assignment, you will choose a criminal case study of your choice or you may use one from the Chronline Website. You will read and summarize the case involving the adult. Then you will examine the case from a different perspective considering how this case would unfold differently if a juvenile had committed the crime.

Read the case information and write a two to three (2-3) page paper in which you:
Summarize the facts of the case.
Examine how the procedure would be different if the defendant(s) were a juvenile at the time that the offense was committed.
Identify and discuss how juvenile proceedings differ from adult criminal proceedings, and discuss the differences between an adult and a minor being charged with the same crime.
Define the waiver process of transferring a juvenile into the adult court system.
Assuming that the defendant in your selected case was a minor being tried as a juvenile, make recommendations for disposition and support your recommendation.
Use at least three (3) quality references.
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow SWS or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the students name, the professors name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
Determine the appropriate legal procedures for both the adult and juvenile court systems to make sound decisions informed by criminal justice policy. 
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric

Business-Level and Corporate-Level Strategies

November 23, 2020 Leave a comment Business and Management, SWS

Overview

In this assignment, you are to use the same corporation you selected and focused on for the assignments, Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness and External and Internal Environments.

Research the company on its own website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Filing & Forms page, the Strayer University’s online databases, the Lexis Advance database, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Use the Business-Level and Corporate-Level Strategies Template [DOCX] to ensure that your assignment meets the requirements.

Requirements
Write a 68 page paper in which you do the following:

Analyze the business-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the business-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion.

Analyze the corporate-level strategies for the corporation you chose to determine the corporate-level strategy you think is most important to the long-term success of the firm and whether or not you judge this to be a good choice. Justify your opinion.

Analyze the competitive environment to determine the corporation’s most significant competitor. Compare their strategies at each level and evaluate which company you think is most likely to be successful in the long term. Justify your choice.

Determine whether your choice from Question 3 in the Business-Level and Corporate-Level Strategies Template [DOCX] would differ in slow-cycle and fast-cycle markets.

Use at least three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Amazon

November 5, 2020 Leave a comment Business and Management, SWS

Analyze the effects of the general environment, competition, threats, opportunities, strengths, and weaknesses relative to a corporation.

Write a 46 page paper in which you do the following: USE THE TEMPLATE TO COMPELTE ASSIGNMENT.

Choose the two segments of the general environment that would rank highest in their influence on the corporation you chose.

Assess how these segments affect the corporation you chose and the industry in which it operates.

Considering the five forces of competition, choose the two that you estimate are the most significant for the corporation you chose.

Evaluate how well the company has addressed these two forces in the recent past.

With the same two forces in mind, predict what the company might do to improve its ability to address these forces in the near future.

Assess the external threats affecting this corporation and the opportunities available to the corporation.

Give your opinions on how the corporation should deal with the most serious threat and the greatest opportunity. Justify your answer.

Give your opinion on the corporation’s greatest strengths and most significant weaknesses.

Choose the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to take maximum advantage of its strengths, and the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to fix its most significant weakness. Justify your choices.

Determine the companys resources, capabilities, and core competencies.

Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness

October 26, 2020 Leave a comment Business and Management, SWS

Choose one public corporation in an industry with which you are familiar. Research the company on its own website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Filings & Forms page, the Strayer University’s online databases, the Lexis Advance database, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions. Use the Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness Template [DOCX] to ensure that your assignment meets the requirements.

Requirements
Write a 46 page paper in which you address the following:

    Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched.

    Apply the industrial organization model and the resource-based model to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns.

    Assess how the vision statement and mission statement of the corporation influence its overall success.

    Evaluate how each category of stakeholder impacts the overall success of this corporation.

    Use the Strayer University Online Library and to locate and include at least three quality references.

Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not quality as academic resources.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is the following:
    Determine the impact of globalization and technology changes, strategic models, vision and mission statements, and stakeholders on a corporation’s success.

Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness

October 13, 2020 Leave a comment Business and Management, SWS

Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness
***Overview****
Choose one public corporation in an industry with which you are familiar. Research the company on its own website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Filings & Forms page, the Strayer University’s online databases, the Lexis Advance database, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

***MUST USE the Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness Template [DOCX] to ensure that your assignment meets the requirements OR IT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Requirements
Write a 46 page paper in which you address the following:

#1- Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched.

#2- Apply the industrial organization model and the resource-based model to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns.

#3- Assess how the vision statement and mission statement of the corporation influence its overall success.

#4- Evaluate how each category of stakeholder impacts the overall success of this corporation.

Use the Strayer University Online Library and to locate and include at least three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not quality as academic resources.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is the following:

Determine the impact of globalization and technology changes, strategic models, vision and mission statements, and stakeholders on a corporation’s success.

Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness

October 13, 2020 Leave a comment Business and Management, SWS

Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness
***Overview****
Choose one public corporation in an industry with which you are familiar. Research the company on its own website, the public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s Filings & Forms page, the Strayer University’s online databases, the Lexis Advance database, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

***MUST USE the Strategic Management and Strategic Competitiveness Template [DOCX] to ensure that your assignment meets the requirements OR IT WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED.

Requirements
Write a 46 page paper in which you address the following:

#1- Assess how globalization and technology changes have impacted the corporation you researched.

#2- Apply the industrial organization model and the resource-based model to determine how your corporation could earn above-average returns.

#3- Assess how the vision statement and mission statement of the corporation influence its overall success.

#4- Evaluate how each category of stakeholder impacts the overall success of this corporation.

Use the Strayer University Online Library and to locate and include at least three quality references. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not quality as academic resources.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is the following:

Determine the impact of globalization and technology changes, strategic models, vision and mission statements, and stakeholders on a corporation’s success.

Ethics in Accounting

September 22, 2020 Leave a comment Business and Management, SWS

Effective financial reporting depends on sound ethical behavior. Financial scandals in accounting and the businesses world have resulted in legislation to ensure adequate disclosures and honesty and integrity in financial reporting. A sound economy is contingent on truthful and reliable financial reporting.

Instructions:

    Read the following scenario.
    Answer the questions that follow. This will be a 2-3 page submission in a question and answer format (also in paragraph form). An introduction and conclusion is not required.
    Refer back to your textbook for guidance on how to think through the scenario.

You have been recently hired as an assistant controller for XYZ Industries, a large, publically held manufacturing company. Your immediate supervisor is the controller who also reports directly to the VP of Finance. The controller has assigned you the task of preparing the year-end adjusting entries.  In the receivables area, you have prepared an aging accounts receivable and have applied historical percentages to the balances of each of the age categories.  The analysis indicates that an appropriate estimated balance for the allowance for uncollectible accounts is $180,000.  The existing balance in the allowance account prior to any adjusting entry is a $20,000 credit balance.

After showing your analysis to the controller, he tells you to change the aging category of a large account from over 120 days to current status and to prepare a new invoice to the customer with a revised date that agrees with the new category.  This will change the required allowance for uncollectible accounts from $180,000 to $135,000. Tactfully, you ask the controller for an explanation for the change and he tells you We need the extra income, the bottom line is too low.

Required:

In a 2-3 page paper, discuss the following:

    Consider what you have learned relative to ethics and financial reporting. What is the rationale for the calculations/process used to estimate the $180,000 uncollectible allowance?
    How do you think the misstatement of funds will impact the income statement and balance sheet?
    What is the ethical dilemma you face? What are the ethical considerations? Consider your options and responsibilities as assistant controller.
    Identify the key internal and external stakeholders. What are the negative impacts that can happen if you do not follow the instructions of your supervisor?
    What are the potential consequences if you do comply with your supervisors instructions? Who will be negatively impacted?

Additional Requirements:

    Use at least one (1) quality academic resource (in addition to your textbook) for this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as academic resources. You have access to Strayer Universitys Online Library at https://research.strayer.edu and the iCampus University Library Research page at https://icampus.strayer.edu/library/research.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

    Your paper should be double spaced (Arial or Times Roman 12 pt font) and follow general Strayer Writing Standards (SWS) as they relate to references and citations. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details (more information and an example is included in the Strayer Writing Standards menu link located in your Blackboard).
    Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the students name, the professors name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Part 2 Stock Assignment

August 28, 2020 Leave a comment Business and Management, SWS

you did part 1 of the stock assignment already and now what we have to do is part 2.  I have attached part 1 that you did already so please add part 2 to it which is an additional 4 pages.  please use the same company as part 1.

instructions for part 2:

1.  Select any five financial ratios that you have learned about in the text. Analyze the past 3 years of the selected financial ratios for the company; you may obtain this information from the company’s financial statements. Determine the company’s financial health. (Note: Suggested ratios include current ratio, quick ratio, earnings per share, price earnings ratio, gross margin, return on assets, total asset turnover, cash ratio)

2.  Based on your financial review, determine the risk level of the stock from your investor’s point of view. Indicate key strategies that you may use in order to minimize these perceived risks.

3.  Provide your recommendations of this stock as an investment opportunity. Support your rationale with resources, such as peer-reviewed articles and reviews by market analysts.

4.  Conduct a literature review and list at least five quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.

i have also attached an explanation of sws citation style so you can do the reference list with the literature review correctly as well as the citations for question 3.