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Select a topic on which your persuasive writing paper will be focused.

Write a one to two (1-2) page research proposal in which you:

1. Identify the topic you selected and explain two (2) reasons for using it.
2. Include a defensible, relevant thesis statement in the first paragraph.
3. Describe three (3) major characteristics of your audience (official position, decision-making power, current view on topic, other important characteristic).
4. Describe the paper’s scope and outline the major sections.
5. Identify and explain the questions to be answered.
6. Explain your research plan, including the methods of researching and organizing research.
7. Document at least three (3) primary sources and three (3) secondary sources. Use credible, academic sources available through Strayer University’s Resource Center. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting guidelines:

• Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• 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 page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Recognize the elements and correct use of a thesis statement.
• Write a research proposal that states the claim and scope of the research project.
• Outline the main sections of the research project.
• Devise an ordered research plan to obtain appropriate resources.
• Write clearly and concisely about selected topics using proper writing mechanics.
• Use technology and information resources to research selected issues for this cour

Collage of Family Life

 

Create a collage in which you distinguish between images of popular views of family life and the reality of life for most contemporary families.

 

To complete this assignment:

1. Find at least 6 appropriate image pairs (12 images total) through web searches.
2. Copy images to a word processing document.
3. Describe each pair, noting how the popular image differs from a more realistic view, and why.

Attach your document to the corresponding Collage of Family Life assignment under the Assignments tab.

You have been hired as a consultant by your local mayor to look at the various market structures. Your role is to provide analysis and answers to these important questions that will help the mayor understand the structures of many of the businesses in his city:

Describe each market structure discussed in the course (perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly, and monopoly) and discuss two of the market characteristics of each market structure.
Identify one real-life example of a market structure in your local city and relate your example to each of the characteristics of the market.
Describe how high entry barriers into a market will influence long-run profitability of the firms.
Explain the competitive pressures that are present in markets with high barriers to entry.
Explain the price elasticity of demand in each market structure and its effect on pricing of its products in each market.
Describe how the role of the government affects each market structure’s ability to price its products.
Discuss the effect of international trade on each market structure.

Your paper will need to include a title page, a reference page, and in-text citations properly formatted according to the APA style guide. Also, your content should be eight to ten pages, which does not include your reference or title page. You will need to include at least five scholarly sources from the Ashford Library in your paper as part of your research to support your analysis.

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 approved APA style guide.
Must include a cover page that includes:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must include an introductory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.
Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph.
Must use at least five scholarly resources from the Ashford University Library.
Must use APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide to document all sources.
Must include, on the final page, a Reference Page that is completed according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide.

Write a 1,250- to 1,400-word paper on the innovation planning and design process addressed in Week Two. Include the following in your paper:

Analyze the internal and external factors related to designing innovation strategies. Describe how they relate to one another and to the overall innovation process.
Describe the factors involved in innovation systems design. Explain the importance of innovation systems.
Describe the steps involved in the innovation planning process.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines and incorporate at least four scholarly references in addition to your texts.

1.  examine the greatest threats to a computerized accounting system. Suggest two (2) preventative measures or remedies to protect the system and/or mitigate negative impact to the system. Provide a rationale for your response.
2. Pretend that you are a criminal and want to commit fraud by altering your company’s accruals. Create a plan for committing the fraud. Predict the major potential resulting damage to the company’s financial statements from the fraud.
3. Describe the basic elements of a financial accounting information system.
4. Describe basic accrual accounting concepts, including the matching concept.
5. How do you use accrual concepts to analyze, record, and summarize transactions?
6. Describe how the accrual basis of accounting enhances the interpretation of financial statements.
7. Why are adjusting journal entries necessary? What would be the effect if a company failed to journalize and post adjusting entries?

Write a JAVA program that would simulate a number of stopwatches (e.g. 4 stopwatches) times using the concept of Multithreading. The time of stopwatches increase on their own. Moreover, a stopwatch’s time can be increased and decreased using specified keys from the keyboard. Please note that, initially the time in each stopwatch would be zero. The time of all the stopwatches should be displayed in the screen in both text format and graphically. For each stopwatch design a GUI in circular shaped (like real stopwatch) for the graphical representation of time.

Question 1

Accounting Cycle

Financial statements are a product of the accounting cycle. Think about two different companies: a manufacturing company, and a retail company. Why would different companies have different accounting cycles? Would you expect the steps of the accounting cycle to be the same for each company? Why or why not?

Question 2

Bank Reconciliation

What is the purpose of a bank reconciliation? What are the reasons for differences between the cash reported in the accounting records and the cash balance in the bank statements?

Each questions answer needs to be 250 words. Thank you.

Global HRM

 

How does the current landscape of global HRM impact HR planning?

What are the HRM implications of Hofstede’s, Trompenaars’, and the GLOBE models’ cross-cultural dimensions? In 300 words or more

Today, social media is playing a major role in the selection process. How would the use of such tools as LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and others impact your decision in finding the right candidate and why would you select such tool(s)? What would be the impact on HR policies? In 300 words or more

 

Assignment 1: LASA 2—Causes of Crime

Begin this assignment by selecting one type of criminal behavior that you have learned about in this course.

Thoroughly analyze the possible psychological causes of the crime. Include at least four sources of literature, including at least one peer-reviewed journal article as well as lecture notes and text to support your position. Research the Argosy University online library resources to identify peer-reviewed journal articles for this assignment.

Write a paper that includes the following:

Introduce the chosen crime:
Identify the statistics for incidence and rate of your selected crime in the U.S. Evaluate any issues you find with the statistics and state if these statistics are accurate. Why or why not?
Analyze the crime in terms of the differences in offenders and victims based on race, ethnicity, socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, religion, etc.
Apply three psychological theories that address the selected crime and explain the behavior of the criminal. Thoroughly discuss and analyze the chosen crime within the context of each of these theories. Take into account all of the statistics that you selected and ensure that the psychological theories chosen address these statistics and if they do not, explain why.
Synthesize the information and choose one theory that best describes and accounts for the criminal behavior that you have chosen. Explain how this theory can assist in predicting and even preventing crime. What are the concerns about applying this theory?

Be sure to include a title page and a page for references.

Write a 5–7-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M5_A1.doc.