Author: chris

Consider the role of simulation analysis and decision trees in capital budgeting risk analysis.    Describe   the advantages offered by each technique.  Describe a scenario that the technique would be appropriate to apply to and explain what you would expect to learn from application of that tool.

Write your response as a one-page memo.  Post your memo in the discussion forum and solicit feedback from your classmates.

What is your earliest memory of race and/or when did you first become aware of race? 

 

Write 3 pages  STORY that describes the scenario and include as much detail as you can recall. For example: What happened? Who was there? Where were you? When did the event occur? Why did such an event occur?

 

Please note that essay 1 will be analyzed for a future assignment, so it is important that you are as descriptive as possible and the writing quality of the assignment is strong.

 

Your paper must be well thought out with a thesis statement, organized structure, transitions, an introduction, body, and conclusion.  Do not turn in a first draft.

In Assignments 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3, you will be building up a formal, researched justification report (one part at a time) that culminates in a recommendation to implement a particular product, service, or program in your place of employment. This recommended product, service, or program should resolve a problem that you identify in your workplace and should be directed to your employer (even if you do not actually plan to share it with your employer).

Use the basic outline below to draft Assignment 2. Organize your responses to each question under the following section headings:

• Problem Statement (for Question 1)
• Overview of Alternatives (for Question 2)
• Criteria (for Question 3)
• Methods (for Question 4)

Using the provided template, write Part 1 of a single-spaced report in which you:

1. Discuss in detail a problem at work, persuading and convincing the reader that it needs fixing.
2. Provide a detailed description of two (2) possible solutions (“alternatives”) that could be implemented to resolve the problem identified in Question 1.
3. List and detail five (5) criteria that you will use to measure the worth of each alternative in Question 2. Note:The alternative that satisfies the most criteria to the highest degree will be the one you recommend later to your employer (in Assignment 2.3). Criteria are standards that the audience values and are therefore used to measure the worth of each alternative (common examples include cost, desirability, durability, efficiency, time it will take to implement, and practicality).
4. Describe in detail how you will conduct the research needed to determine the best alternative to recommend to your employer. Note: This is a one to two (1-2) paragraph description of what research needs to be completed in order to evaluate the alternatives. This is not a detailed procedure for solving the problem.

Your assignment must:

• Be typed, single spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and 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, your name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Support ideas or claims in body paragraphs with clear details, examples, and explanations.
• Organize ideas logically by using transitional words, phrases, and sentences.
• Use sentence variety and effective word choice in written communication.
• Apply writing process strategies to develop formal business reports and / or proposals.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues related to selected topics.
• Write clearly and concisely using proper writing mechanics.

For companies that have a mission of selling, a major objective is to motivate the salespeople. While that are many factors that go into motivating these people, one of the primary factors is the compensation plan that describes how they will be rewarded. Research a large organization’s sales force and its compensation plan.

Write a six to seven (6-7) page paper in which you:

1. In order to motivate the sales force to produce the highest number of clients, describe six (6) features of an effective total rewards program.

2. Describe the behaviors of the sales force that are targeted with the compensation plan.

3. Assess how a value proposition is achieved for current and future employees in the plan you have outlined.

4. Based upon the type of plan you have created, indicate how attracted you think future salespeople may be to this plan.

5. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not quality as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

· 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:

· Define total rewards and describe the advantages of a total rewards approach.

· Analyze an organization’s strategy, workforce, operating environment, and key stakeholders to identify critical factors in designing a total rewards strategy.

· Use technology and information resources to research issues in total rewards.

· Write clearly and concisely about total rewards using proper writing mechanics.

Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic / organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.

Investment projects should never be selected through purely mechanical processes. Managers should ask questions about the positive net present value (NPV). Good managers realize that the forecasts behind NPV calculations are imperfect. Therefore, they explore the consequences of a poor forecast and check whether it is worth doing more homework. They use several different tools and analysis techniques to answer their “what-if” questions.

In addition, managers should consider the types of bias, both unintentional and intentional, that may enter into the capital budgeting analysis.  As part of this assignment, you will examine the potential motivation for unethical behavior by executives that may take place in the capital budgeting process and explain how biasing cash-flow estimates can work to the advantage of the executive who intentionally inserts such bias.

Assume that you are employed by a wood milling company that is evaluating the desirability of adding a new product to their product mix.  The product would require the addition of new and different CNC (computer numerical control) milling equipment.  Your boss has asked you to analyze a project proposal and recommend whether the project should be accepted or rejected.  The most likely project estimates are:

• Unit selling price =  $50
• Unit variable cost =  $30
• Total fixed costs including depreciation =  $300,000
• Expected sales =  30,000 units per year

The projects will last for 10 years and will require an initial investment of $1 million, which will be depreciated straight-line over the project life to a final value of zero.  The firm’s tax rate is 35% and the required rate of return is 12%.

Your boss recognizes that some of these estimates are subject to error and wants to better understand the risks associated with the project and alternatives for dealing with those risks.  You have been asked to include a sensitivity analysis in your report.  You are also to explain how changing the discount rate might be helpful.

Your boss has heard about cash flow estimates being biased for personal gain at the company’s expense in another firm and would like to better understand that potential problem.  You have been asked to address that in your report.

The team developing the proposal estimated that variable cost and sales volume may each turn out to be as much as 10% higher or 10% lower than the initial estimate. To complete this assignment, you are to  submit  a four to five page paper  that includes the following:

Using MS Excel:

• Calculate the project’s NPV for the most likely results.
• Calculate the project’s NPV for the best-case scenario.
• Calculate the project’s NPV for the worst-case scenario.
• Calculate the project IRR for the most likely results.

You will transfer your calculations into your final report. In a 4-5 page paper in MS Word:

• Exhibit your Excel function entries and results, or your calculations using present value tables, for each of your NPV and IRR calculations (A-D) and provide an explanation  of all calculations
• Explain your recommendation regarding whether the project should be accepted and a justification of your response.
• Provide an explanation of how adjusting the discount rate in the basic NPV model of capital budgeting deals with the problem of project risk.
• Examine the potential motivation for unethical behavior by executives that may take place in the capital budgeting process and explain how biasing cash-flow estimates can work to the advantage of the executive who intentionally inserts such bias.

The paper must be submitted as a Word document and it must follow APA style guidelines.

Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, research about physical effects that result because of aging. Based on your research and understanding, answer the following questions:

• Analyze, identify, and explain at least four different physical effects on the body that occur during the aging process.
• Analyze, identify, and explain the systems of the body that are affected by these changes.
• Provide at least three specific examples of how these physical conditions can affect daily living.
• Explain how a person’s day to day life could be affected by these changes. Explain the modifications that a person may need to make as a result of these changes.
• Describe the eights stages of Erikson’s model.
• Relate the physical impairments that occur on the body to Erik Erikson’s model of human development. Explain the strengths and weaknesses of Erik Erikson’s model. Compare Erik Erikson’s model with another model of aging

Corona beer is the number one imported beer into the United States, and has developed into a global brand (General Distributors, Inc., n.d.). Corona created its competitive advantage through an innovative marketing strategy.

Like Corona beer, identify a recent example of a firm that was cited as having a competitive advantage due to its innovative marketing plan. Respond to the following:

 

• Discuss implementation activities that positively impacted customer satisfaction.
• Describe three advantages and three disadvantages of standardizing the marketing mix worldwide.

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Write your initial response in 300–500 words. Your response should be thorough and address all components of the discussion question in detail, include citations of all sources, where needed, according to the APA Style, and demonstrate accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation

 

1. Visit the website of the Ex-Im bank.List any 3 programs Ex-Im provides.  Explain how each works in 2-3 sentences each.
2. List three issues that countertraders were grappling with during 2014 with a 2-3 sentence explanation of each issue.
3. Choose a major international bank and visit its website.List  3 international trade financing services that the bank provides and explain each in 1-2 sentences?

Answer

For this assignment, go to the “Description and Status of Current Issues” page of the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s (FASB) Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) Website, located at http://www.fasb.org/jsp/FASB/Page/SectionPage&cid=1218220137528. Select a current issue that interests you, and identify it for the assignment.

 

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

 

1. Research the most important impact that the mission of the Emerging Issues Task Force (EITF) exerts upon the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB). Analyze the EITF’s effectiveness with finding resolutions to emerging accounting issues, and make at least two (2) recommendations as to how they could improve their effectiveness. Justify your recommendations.
2. Research the issue you selected from the EITF’s “Description and Status of Current Issues” page, and analyze at least two (2) key areas being addressed by the EITF.
3. Analyze the primary manner in which a company’s accounting and financial reporting is likely to be impacted by the work being done by the EITF on the chosen issue, and make at least two (2) recommendations as to the manner in which the EITF could improve a company’s accounting and financial reporting.
4. Create an argument either in favor or against the EITF recommendation(s) on the issue that you have selected. Provide support for your argument.
5. Analyze the different accounting treatments between GAAP and IFRS for the issue that you have selected, and make at least two (2) recommendations that would have a positive impact on the differences between treatments.
6. Predict the roles that the EITF and FASB would play, should the accounting profession adopt one (1) global set of accounting standards.
7. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

   Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements

 

• Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and 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 assignment page length.

    The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

  • Analyze the development process of accounting in the United States including the role of ethics in the profession and the movement toward international accounting standards.
  • Examine the conceptual framework for accounting including principle and rule-based accounting standards and the convergence process for the two different methods.
  • Examine research methodology and theories on the uses of accounting information including the relationship among research, education, and practice.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in advanced accounting theory.
  • Write clearly and concisely about advanced accounting theory using proper writing mechanics.

 

 

Decide upon an initiative you want to implement that would increase sales over the next five years, (for example, market another product, corporate expansion, and so on).

Using the sample financial statements, create pro forma statements of five year projections that are clear, concise, and easy to read. Be sure to double check the calculations in your pro forma statements. Make assumptions that support each line item increase or decrease for your forecasted statements.
Discuss and interpret the financials in relation to the initiative. Make recommendations on potential discretionary financing needs.

Write a 350 – 700 word analysis of the company’s short term and long term financing needs and determine strategies for the company to manage working capital.