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Today, many companies face budgetary challenges on a continual basis. Two critical aspects that businesses lack are effective control practices and monitoring. You have been asked by your manager of the Money Cares Investment Corporation, to outline problematic or risk areas in the company’s financial procedures. Upon reviewing the budget, you notice that there is overspending in marketing supplies, transportation, and workshop items that include hospitality items such as food and drink for the customers. Each investment specialist is given a company credit card for the above expenses but there are no policies established for monitoring. Money Cares is a small business of 8 employees: CEO, Financier, a manager, 3 investment specialists, and 2 clerical assistants.

For this assignment you must identify possible risks for the Money Cares Investment Corporation.   In establishing an investment company, you must answer the following

• What could go wrong?

o   Identify at least 3 possible risks.

• What must happen in order for the company to succeed?
• What are the company’s most vulnerable areas?
• Identify the company’s assets
• Where is the most money spent?

• How should the budget activities be regulated?

Competitive Strategy Over the Web Assignment In this case study, you will research an organization and determine how their business strategy differentiates them from other organizations in the same industry using Porter’s four competitive strategies model (p. 85). Write a one- to two-page (250-500-word) paper to include the following:  A brief explanation of Porter’s four competitive strategies. o A brief explanation of how competitive strategy determines value chain structure.  Identify and discuss the competitive strategy that the organization you researched utilizes in order to differentiate them from other organizations in the same industry. APA rules for formatting, quoting, paraphrasing, citing, and listing of sources are to be followed. Information about accessing the Blackboard Grading Rubric for this assignment is provided below.

The Forum assignment this week is to discuss how the Supreme Court determines which cases to hear, which cases not to take, and why.

Review the information presented on Robust Process Improvement (RPI) in the Chassin (2011) article. Address the following questions:

• What is RPI and what does it include?
• What are some examples of how RPI has been successfully utilized (provide examples from either your own professional experience or from academic articles)?
• How does RPI translate to improvement in service quality and return on investment?

Write a 2- to 3-page paper that provides a rationale for your selections. Reference examples from your work experience and include at least two sources beyond the textbook. Note that the CSU-Global Library is a good resource. Format all references according to the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements.

There are anti-stigma efforts taking place across many states in the U.S. and several countries.  Identify a state or country with an active campaign that has been researched for its effectiveness. Outline the initiatives that are part of that campaign with specifics about its approaches to combatting stigma. Discuss the possible effectiveness and possible unintended negative consequences of the campaign and/or its components in reducing stigma.  Include the website(s) for the campaigns.

Again, please try to have your initial answers to the question on the Discussion Board

For this Assignment, you evaluate an issue and consider how you could act as a moral agent or advocate, facilitating the resolution of the issue for a positive outcome.

To prepare:

•Consider the examples of leadership demonstrated in this week’s media presentation and the other Learning Resources.

•To further your self-knowledge, you are required to complete the Kiersey Temperament as indicated in this week’s Learning Resources. Consider your leadership style, including your strengths for leading others and include your results from Kiersey Temperament Sorter to describe potential challenges related to your leadership style.

•Mentally survey your work environment, or one with which you are familiar, and identify a timely issue/dilemma that requires you to perform the leadership role of moral agent or advocate to improve a situation (e.g., speaking or acting on behalf of a vulnerable patient, the need for appropriate staffing, a colleague being treated unfairly).

•What ethical, moral, or legal skills, dispositions, and/or strategies would help you resolve this dilemma? Define the differences between ethical, moral, and legal leadership.

•Finally, consider the values and principles that guide the nursing profession; the organization’s mission, vision, and values; the leadership and management competencies addressed in this course; and your own values and reasons for entering the profession. What motivation do you see for taking a stand on an important issue even when it is difficult to do so?

To complete: USE ALL THE 4 RESOURCES INCLUDING THE MEDIA AS REFERENCES FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT

Write a 4 page paper (page count does not include title and reference page, The School of Nursing requires that all papers submitted include a title page, introduction, summary, and references.) that addresses the following:

•Introduce the conceptual frameworks of the ethical constructs of ethics, moral, or legal standards and the purpose of the paper.

•Consider  an ethical, moral, or legal dilemma that you have encountered in your work environment and describe it.

•Analyze the moral, ethical, and legal implications utilized in this situation. Describe your role as a moral agent or advocate for this specific issue.

•Consider your leadership styles identified by your self-assessment and determine if they act as a barrier or facilitation during this dilemma

REFERENCES/MEDIA

Readings

•Marquis, B. L., & Huston, C. J. (2015). Leadership roles and management functions in nursing: Theory and application (8th ed.). Philadelphia, PA: Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins. ◦Chapter 4, “Ethical Issues

•Cianci, A. M., Hannah, S. T., Roberts, R. P., & Tsakumis, G. T. (2014). The effects of authentic leadership on followers’ ethical decision-making in the face of temptation: An experimental study. The Leadership Quarterly, 25(3), 581-594. doi:10.1016/j.leaqua.2013.12.001

•Disch, J. (2014). Using Evidence-Based Advocacy to Improve the Nation’s Health. Nurse Leader, 12(4), 28-31. doi:10.1016/j.mnl.2014.05.003

•Martin, M. B. (2014). Transcultural Advocacy and Policy in the Workplace: Implications for Nurses in Professional Development. Journal for nurses in professional development, 30(1), 29-33.  doi: 10.1097/NND.0000000000000027

Media

Final Paper

The purpose of the COM425 Final Paper is to provide you with an opportunity to demonstrate your knowledge of the organizational communication concepts and skills that you have learned throughout this course.

Imagine that you are proposing a new communication structure for an organization. Write a formal proposal in which you discuss at least five concepts that you feel are most important for successful communication within an organizational setting. Explain why these concepts are necessary for successful communication and how best to implement them within an organization.

Examples of concepts that you may choose to use are active listening, organizational culture, conflict resolution, key principles of human communication, leadership strategies, formal and informal communication, etc.

Your information for this paper should not be based on your own opinions; you must back up your information with research. The research may include readings from this course or from outside sources. In total, your paper must include at least five sources with at least two from the Ashford University Library. This is a formal paper and should include proper grammar, complete sentences, appropriate paragraphs, and correct citations/references in proper APA style. Along with explaining the communication concepts and including the research, you can also use your personal experiences to explain the research that you are presenting in your paper.

NOTE: A full sentence outline of this assignment will be submitted during Week Three. You will receive feedback on your outline so that you can make improvements before you submit your final paper in Week Five.

The paper must be eight to ten pages in length (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style. You must use at least five scholarly sources (two of which must be found in the Ashford University Library) other than the textbook to support your claims. Cite your sources in text and on the reference page. For information regarding APA samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center, within the Learning Resources tab on you’re the left navigation toolbar.

Writing the Final Paper

The Final Paper:

• Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
• Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
• Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
• Must use at least five scholarly sources, including a minimum of two from the Ashford University Library.
• Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style

You have been appointed the vice president of the human resources department at a fictional multinational organization. It is your job to design the framework for a communications manual for this organization.  The communications manual should contain best practices, company recommendations and scenarios all targeted at organizational communication.

The board of directors wants to have an overview of what you plan.  Your job, in this assignment, is to prepare that overview in the form of a table of contents for the manual with a brief description of each section.

Please begin by naming your organization and defining your organization’s primary business.

Prepare a table of contents as an outline for your communications manual.  Include at least five sections (communications topics) in the manual.   Each section should have a heading and subheading. The heading should include a description of the topic.  The subheading should include a) an example scenario of how this topic should be handled in your company b) a description of why this section is important to organizational communication and c) an explanation of how this communication policy will benefit both the employee and the organization.

Follow the table of contents with a one page action plan on how you will ensure that this communications manual is effectively implemented at your organization.

Your table of contents and action plan combined should be four to five pages in length with descriptions in Word format. Apply APA standards for writing style and references to the descriptions

Answer the following questions

1-The text does not present a discussion about the typical fraudster and what types of people tend to perpetrate fraud. Other than interviewing issues, it doesn’t discuss signs that an individual fraudster might exhibit when they are perpetrating fraud. I would like you to discuss the types of people you think might perpetrate a fraud and some behavioral indicators that they might exhibit. Since this material isn’t covered in the text, feel free to do some outside research. However, since you are working on your midterms, I don’t want to turn this into a major research project either. Just discuss a few issues and let’s see if we can build a more complete picture with discussion posts.

2- Look at the CAFR of your city or town and note the total debts. What is the city’s debt ceiling? What is the city’s credit rating? Would you consider purchasing municipal bonds from your city? Why or why not?

2. Banks determine lending limits for various companies that work to generate profits. What are some of the methods used to make the decisions about lending money to these firms? What are the determinants of how much cities, towns, and states can borrow?

4- This week we look at the business-type activities of governmental entities. What are some of the different types of business-type activities in which governmental entities are involved? How is accounting similar to or different from for-profit accounting for these types of entities?

2. Look at the City of Dallas CAFR provided or your own city or town’s CAFR. What types of business-type activities do you find?

6- Discuss three examples of how evaluating control risk in an electronic environment differs from evaluating control risk in a manual environment. Also, give three examples of how the two environments are the same.

7- Describe the main differences between general controls and application controls in an electronic environment and provide two examples of each to illustrate your answer.

8- Auditing around the computer and auditing through the computer and the two main strategies for testing electronic environments. Which of these methods do you prefer? Why? What are the potential advantages and disadvantages of each method.