Ashford University In Depth Interview Reflection Paper

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read the attached file for the interview and our theory

Briefly summarize the responses
? What are the major “takeaways” from your interview?
? Anything particularly surprising or interesting?
o What did you learn from the interview and the interview
process?
? What would you do differently next time?
o Are the responses from your interview consistent with your
theory from write-up 2?
? What needs to be done to update your theory? (Update
in next section accordingly)
o Each person should write an individual reflection about
the interview.
? What did you learn from the interview and the
interview process? [What did you learn about Qual.
Research?]
? What did you learn about the target population?]
? What did you learn about yourself? About the nonprofit
community?
? How do you feel after your interview (or
listening to the interview)?
? What do you think is the purpose of this
project?
? What do you think is the benefit of working
with this particular client?

Act 555 UAGC Dolphin Village Discussion

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Between restrictions on travel associated with a recent virus, and several weeks of inclement weather, tourism has been down severely at the beachside town of Dolphin Village.  With reduced sales tax collections, parking fees and hotel resort tax collections, the town’s revenue is down 50% while expenditures have not been significantly reduced.  City Council members are anticipating a budget deficit.  A group of investors has approached the town council with a proposal to take over operations of the metered parking areas and receive all revenues from the meters for a period of 20 years.  In exchange, the group will give the city $1.5 million up-front.  The town will retain full ownership of the meters, will continue to make debt payments related to the parking garage construction, and will collect any parking fines assessed.  Research into similar situations in nearby towns has revealed some complaints about higher parking fees and frequent meter and parking garage malfunctions.

What questions would you have about the proposal if you were a City Council member?  What impact do you think the proposal will have on the short-term and long-term financial status of the city and the city’s bond ratings?

Management Enron & the Dabhol Power Project Negotiations Questions

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I need you to answer these questions based on the document attached.

1. Why do you think the results of the first negotiationwere so skewed in favor of Enron?

2. In the second round, Enron appears to have traded offequity ownership for increased capacity. Its reductionin tariff of 1 cent per KwH appears to have beenabsorbed by the larger production quotas and the useof lower-priced naphtha fuel. Why was Enron willing tomake this trade-off? Why did the state of Maharashtraget more for its willingness to allow Enron to restartthe project?

3. What can be learned from the first two rounds of theDabhol power project negotiations about engaging inbig foreign direct investment projects that are highlyvisible on the world economic scene?

4. How did GE and Bechtel’s filing for arbitration move thedispute along?

5. What is the difference between GE’s deal versusBechtel’s deal? Both had the same amount of equity inthe DPP, so why was Bechtel able to get $15 millionmore?

6. What general principles can you come up with for foreigndirect investors using interests, rights, and power toprotect their investments in developing countries?

7. What general principles can you come up with forgovernments negotiating with foreign direct investors?

TU Colgate-Palmolive Essay

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Access the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (Links to an external site.) website and complete the steps below:

  • Go to the “Filings” tab and click on “Company Filings Search.”
  • On the EDGAR| Company Filings page, you can search for Colgate-Palmolive (CL) conducting a Company Name Search or a Fast Search by using ticker symbol “CL.”
  • On the EDGAR Search Results page for COLGATE PALMOLIVE CO CIK#: 0000021665, click on the latest 10-K Filing.
  • From the latest 10-K filing, click on Format|Documents.
  • On the next page, click on the first Document’s link: COLGATE-PALMOLIVE 10K LATEST DATE |LATEST DATEx10k.htm
  • Retrieve Item 6—Selected Financial Data and Item 15-Historical Financial Summary

Using CL’s financial data, answer the following questions regarding Colgate-Palmolive’s growth dividends, share buybacks (treasury stock), free cash flow, and ROE:

  • Do you think one of the reasons to like Colgate’s stock is due to the fact the company is a dividend machine? Do you think dividend increases are a sign of confidence? Would you consider becoming a dividend growth investor for Colgate?
  • How does CL’s treasury stock share buybacks inflate the company’s ROE?
  • Do you think that the way Colgate-Palmolive Co. spends its free cash flow affects its high ROE?

Georgia Institute of Technology Global Entrepreneurship Discussion Response

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I need 3 paragraphs ( 5-6 sentences each paragraph) answer to the following discussion board question:

What are the organizational and operational challenges global entrepreneurs face beyond the basics of managing multiple locations?

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I also need a 1 paragraph (5-6 sentences) response to the following post:

Kennady Post

Organizations and entrepreneurs both face substantial challenges when operating at the global level. One of the primary challenges faced is properly staffing and managing employees from all backgrounds across the world. Concepts such as language fluidity and translation can dramatically affect sales as well as brand image. Training protocols along with best practices for HR should be unique to the specific geographic region but also follow the broader scope of the company’s vision.

Another aspect of a global business that must be considered is the logistical transportation of physical goods or services. The decision to outsource or not and how products will reach the end consumer has a direct impact on whether or not the business will be sustainable in the long run. Some of the largest expenses when considering global business lie in transportation costs and managing these costs should be paramount to the entrepreneur.

UP The Testing of The E Commerce Website and Mobile Usability Email

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Part 1:

Draft an e-mail to one of the stakeholders from the Wk 4 Communication Plan Matrix assignment in order to deliver “bad” news. For example, maybe their requested communication is not something you can provide, the project has gone over schedule, or something else that fits their needs.

Include highlights of the project, as well as the areas of concern, and propose your solutions to the stakeholder for correcting the issues found.

Format a professional e-mail of approximately 700 words to a stakeholder that lets them know the issues at hand

Part 2:

Indicate the frequency and type of communication appropriate for each stakeholder (project sponsor, head of technology, and head of finance).

E-mail each stakeholder to determine their specific reporting needs.

Provide options and examples for the stakeholders in order to provide context.

Give at least two specific suggestions and examples of the type of information a stakeholder might find on a report that would be of interest to them (e.g., WBS, weekly status report, etc. Provide a template copy of a status report as an example).

Research the types of information in which these stakeholders might be interested (other than the examples given above).

Draft one e-mail to each stakeholder.

ENGL How to Manage Problematic Employees Ethically PPT

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How to Manage Problematic Employees Ethically

Thesis: Problematic employees are employees who do not follow instructions or who knowingly break the rules, and managers will use historical as well as contemporary management styles to help deal with them. Managers will also take ethical considerations into the equation and attempt to create an ethical work environment and follow through with rules established by the company.

Body Paragraphs

Part 1

  • What defines an unethical employee decision?
  • The scientific method of management
  • The administrative management
  • The behavioral management viewpoint
  • The quantitative management viewpoint
  • The systems viewpoint
  • The contingency viewpoint
  • The quality management viewpoint

In this part of the essay, we will go over management theory and how the knowledge of ways to manage can help deal with problematic employees or problematic employee decisions

Part 2

  • Who would the unethical decision hurt and how can it be fixed?
  • The task environment
  • Internal stakeholders
  • External stakeholders
  • Ethics and values of a manager and the approaches to a situation
  • How to promote ethics to stop more unethical situations
  • Possible International issues
  • Setting standard from top managers to non-managerial employees

In this part of the essay, we will delve deeper into what made the unethical decision occur and how to deal with the repercussions. Then we will expl 

CSUN Global Insight Business Essay

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ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS

For all global insight entries, aim to connect concepts from the module material for that week to an article from the news (e.g. something you saw on CNN, BBC, and other credible sources–do not use blog sites or training sites or systems related sites).

Global insights entry will be for articles from Wednesday, April 12 to Wednesday, April 20.

Remember to provide the website link to the article you selected for the global insights entry at the top of your submitted assignment (if the professor cannot fully access the article to read it, the global insight entry cannot be graded and will receive zero points). Don’t forget to cite your work in APA 6 edition format as needed–at a minimum you would cite the in-text concepts that you are applying and also the article itself.

Write with intention—as you write, use reflective questions such as (but not limited to) these to guide your thinking/writing: “How does this article relate to systems or the concepts that I learned in this week’s module?”; “What is the larger (holistic) picture?”; “How does the article information relate to systems thinking?”- this week related studies attached

Troy University Consistency of Financial Statements Discussion

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Part 1

The mission of the PCAOB is to restore the confidence of investors, and society generally, in the independent auditors of companies. There is no doubt that repeated revelations of accounting scandals and audit failures have seriously damaged public confidence. Users of financial statements expect auditors to assume a greater responsibility for detecting fraud and providing assurance that the financial statements are free of material fraud.

Summarize one of the Auditing Standards (Links to an external site.) (AS No. 1 – AS No. 16) and explain how the PCAOB auditing standards will help auditors to plan and perform an audit that will detect material misstatements resulting from fraud.

Part 2

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (SOX) fundamentally changed the financial reporting process for public company auditors, company management and independent audit committees.

Watch the Sarbanes-Oxley, Ten Years Later discussion, presented by the Center for Audit Quality (CAQ), to mark the 10th anniversary of the law’s passage at New York Ideas. Discuss how the Sarbanes-Oxley Act improved the audit quality and enhanced investor’s confidence in the auditing profession and the capital markets.

Pierce College Yellowstone Supervolcano Reading Discussion

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Yellowstone National Park in the United States sits on top of a supervolcano—a volcano so powerful that if it erupts, it would change the planet’s landscape dramatically and cause entire species to go extinct. In the 2.1 million years since this supervolcano formed, scientists believe that it has erupted three times. The giant caldera crater in Yellowstone is evidence of the last eruption 640,000 years ago. This eruption carried ash as far south as the Gulf of Mexico. The land above the caldera has been experiencing periods of rising and falling for the last 15,000 years, which means an eruption is likely at some point, but scientists are unable to predict exactly when that will happen. The passage is based on content in the National Geographic article When Yellowstone Explodes by Joel Achenbach.

Online search terms: Yellowstone supervolcano, When Yellowstone Explodes

After completing the Pre-Reading exercise on page 85 read and comprehend the article titled, “Yellowstone’s Smoking Bomb” on pages 86-90. You can follow along by listening to the audio of Yellowstone’s Smoking Bomb, by clicking here (Links to an external site.) and choosing the appropriate reading passage.