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Scenario for Assignments 1-5
For Assignments 1-5, you are the new budgeting and finance administrator for your local government agency. Your first responsibility is to become familiar with the agency, the budget, programs, and capital projects. As the administrator, you will be responsible for analyzing, examining, proposing, and preparing the agency’s budget for the next five (5) years.

Note: Students cannot use New York City as a selected local government

Assignment 1: The Operating Budget
Due Week 4 and worth 150 points

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper, titled Part I: The Operating Budget for the (Selected Agency) in which you separate the content into sections:
1. Provide background information about the agency, mission, goals, objectives, departments, and strategic plan. (Title this section Introduction.)
2. Describe the budget of the agency by addressing the following items: (Title this section Budget Overview.)
1. Financial Summary, including Revenue and Expenditures
2. Department Budgets
3. Funding
4. Capital Projects
5. Debt Administration
3. Perform a Cost Analysis. (Title this section Cost Analysis.) The costs should include the following:
1. Fixed Costs
2. Step-fixed Costs
3. Variable Costs
4. Identify and explain one to two (1-2) challenges you will have in managing the budget. (Title this section Budget Challenges.)
5. Recommend two to three (2-3) strategies the agency should review regarding new initiatives and budget cuts over the next five (5) years. (Title this section Budget Recommendations.)
6. Include the agency’s most recent budget or financial plan.
7. Provide the agency’s Website name, URL, and any other sources used to support the assignment’s criteria.

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. 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 basic skills and tools needed for budgeting for public sector agencies and / or departments.
• Recommend appropriate policy actions based on the evaluation.
• Evaluate a budgeting system at any governmental level.
• Analyze the scope and sequence of budgeting in terms of sources of revenues, purpose of government expenditures, budget cycles, budget preparation, and debt administration.
• Examine the process and components of preparing a viable operating budget.
• Prepare a preliminary budgeting system for presentation before Congress, state / local government, or other organization.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in public budgeting and finance.
• Write clearly and concisely about public budgeting and finance using proper writing mechanics.
Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.
Grading for this assignment will be based on answer quality, logic/organization of the paper, and language and writing skills, using the following rubric.
Points: 150 Assignment 1: The Operating Budget
Criteria Unacceptable
Below 70% F Fair
70-79% C Proficient
80-89% B Exemplary
90-100% A
1. Provide background information about the agency, mission, goals, objectives, departments, and strategic plan. (Title this section Introduction.)
Weight: 15% Did not submit or incompletely provided background information about the agency, mission, goals, objectives, departments, and strategic plan. Partially provided background information about the agency, mission, goals, objectives, departments, and strategic plan. Satisfactorily provided background information about the agency, mission, goals, objectives, departments, and strategic plan. Thoroughly provided background information about the agency, mission, goals, objectives, departments, and strategic plan.
2. Describe the budget of the agency by addressing the following items: (a) Financial Summary, including Revenue and Expenditures, (b) Department Budgets, (c) Funding, (d) Capital Projects, and (e) Debt Administration. (Title this section Budget Overview.)
Weight: 15% Did not submit or incompletely described the budget of the agency by addressing the following items: (a) Financial Summary, including Revenue and Expenditures, (b) Department Budgets, (c) Funding, (d) Capital Projects, and (e) Debt Administration. Partially described the budget of the agency by addressing the following items: (a) Financial Summary, including Revenue and Expenditures, (b) Department Budgets, (c) Funding, (d) Capital Projects, and (e) Debt Administration. Satisfactorily described the budget of the agency by addressing the following items: (a) Financial Summary, including Revenue and Expenditures, (b) Department Budgets, (c) Funding, (d) Capital Projects, and (e) Debt Administration. Thoroughly described the budget of the agency by addressing the following items: (a) Financial Summary, including Revenue and Expenditures, (b) Department Budgets, (c) Funding, (d) Capital Projects, and (e) Debt Administration.
3. Perform a Cost Analysis. The costs should include the following: (a) Fixed Costs, (b) Step-fixed Costs, and (c) Variable Costs. (Title this section Cost Analysis.)
Weight: 15% Did not submit or incompletely performed a Cost Analysis. The costs should include the following: (a) Fixed Costs, (b) Step-fixed Costs, and (c) Variable Costs. Partially performed a Cost Analysis. The costs should include the following: (a) Fixed Costs, (b) Step-fixed Costs, and (c) Variable Costs. Satisfactorily performed a Cost Analysis. The costs should include the following: (a) Fixed Costs, (b) Step-fixed Costs, and (c) Variable Costs. Thoroughly performed a Cost Analysis. The costs should include the following: (a) Fixed Costs, (b) Step-fixed Costs, and (c) Variable Costs.
4. Identify and explain one to two (1-2) challenges you will have in managing the budget. (Title this section Budget Challenges).
Weight: 15% Did not submit or incompletely identified and explained one to two (1-2) challenges you will have in managing the budget. Partially identified and explained one to two (1-2) challenges you will have in managing the budget. Satisfactorily identified and explained one to two (1-2) challenges you will have in managing the budget. Thoroughly identified and explained one to two (1-2) challenges you will have in managing the budget.
5. Recommend two to three (2-3) strategies the agency should review regarding new initiatives and budget cuts over the next five (5) years. (Title this section Budget Recommendations.)
Weight: 15% Did not submit or incompletely recommended two to three (2-3) strategies the agency should review regarding new initiatives and budget cuts over the next five (5) years. Partially recommended two to three (2-3) strategies the agency should review regarding new initiatives and budget cuts over the next five (5) years. Satisfactorily recommended two to three (2-3) strategies the agency should review regarding new initiatives and budget cuts over the next five (5) years. Thoroughly recommended two to three (2-3) strategies the agency should review regarding new initiatives and budget cuts over the next five (5) years.
6. Include the agency’s most recent budget or financial plan.
Weight: 10% Did not submit or incompletely included the agency’s most recent budget or financial plan.
Partially included the agency’s most recent budget or financial plan. Satisfactorily included the agency’s most recent budget or financial plan. Thoroughly included the agency’s most recent budget or financial plan.
7. Provide the agency’s Website name, URL, and any other sources used to support the assignment’s criteria.
Weight: 5% No references provided Does not meet the required number of references; some or all references poor quality choices. Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices. Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.
8. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements
Weight: 10% More than 6 errors present 5-6 errors present 3-4 errors present 0-2 errors present

CRJ 200: Criminal Procedure and Criminal Evidence
Directions: Provide Short Essay Answers and Cite Your Work Using APA Style.

1. What is a privileged communication and what is the rationale for the existence of confidential relationships?
2. What are four fundamental conditions that must be established before a person is exempted from testifying in a judicial proceeding based on a claim of privilege?
3. If there are questions as to whether a privilege should be recognized, how will the court proceed?
4. Explain what the spousal incapacity privilege is and the rationale behind the rule.
5. What is the marital communications privilege and what is required for the privilege to apply?
6. What are two possible justifications for the attorney-client privilege?
7. Explain why the psychotherapist-patient privilege is supported by stronger policy justifications than the doctor-patient privilege.

References

http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/privileged+communication

Using a search engine of your choice from the Internet, your texts, or the University Library, research several different HR risk management issues.

Cite at least five different HR risk management issues you have identified in your organization or past organization.

Identify the HR risk issues; assess if the risk factor is high, medium, or low; and give an explanation of your risk factor rating.

Present two socially responsible corrective measures you would recommend to eradicate or diffuse the risk.

Write your responses so that each risk management issue identified and addressed does not exceed 300 words. The entire worksheet should not exceed 1,400 words.

Format your worksheet using complete sentences, not phrases.

Since you will evaluate your employees in about three months, you have some time to plan and strategize. As a preliminary step to making a recommendation to human resources regarding your plans for the upcoming evaluations, discuss your goals for employee performance appraisals. Compare at least two existing approaches to employee evaluations, including actual appraisal systems, and make a recommendation based on scholarly references.

Using the module readings,online library resources, and the Internet, research employee evaluations and performance management systems.

Then, respond to the following:

• How does the organization address cultural differences? Alternatively, how would you recommend these approaches be modified?
• What cultural challenges do you foresee in the use of performance management systems and subsequent communication with employees?
• Make a recommendation regarding which performance management system would be most appropriate in the context of organizational needs.

By Wednesday January 20, 2016, post your response to the appropriate the APA Style.

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

• Provide substantive comments by
  • contributing new, relevant information from course readings, Web sites, or other sources;
  • building on the remarks or questions of others; or
  • sharing practical examples of key concepts from your professional or personal experiences
• Respond to feedback on your posting and provide feedback to other students on their ideas.
• Make sure your writing
  • is clear, concise, and organized;
  • demonstrates ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and
  • displays accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

You are the manager of a new primary care clinic located about twenty five (25) miles outside of a small city (population of 50,000). With five (5) family physicians, two (2) nurse practitioners, two (2) physicians’ assistants (PAs), and twenty (20) clinical support staff consisting of RNs, LPNs, and CMAs, the clinic provides primary care services to a diverse community of people living and working outside the city limits. Originally a rural area, the community has been growing and now includes promising opportunities in employment, education, and comfortable living spaces for young families. However, there are still many residents who struggle to make ends meet with older farms that have belonged to families for generations.

The central city includes two (2) large acute care facilities, and one (1) tertiary care facility that is known for its excellent pulmonary care. Both acute care hospitals provide the usual services such as labor and delivery, outpatient surgery, chronic diseases care, etc. and have fully equipped ancillary departments, such as lab and radiology. Up until this point, the residents have used the facilities’ emergency departments for routine illnesses and conditions when their private physicians were not readily available.

Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:

1. Analyze some of the key social, political, and economic factors that have led to the proliferation of urgent care facilities and primary care practices over the last 20-30 years.
2. Create a comprehensive mission statement for the clinic, and discuss how it will facilitate the provision of quality services.
3. Analyze and discuss one (1) or more directions the clinic might take to grow its business. Determine what factors you would consider when deciding what services to provide in-house and which ones to affiliate with other institutions.
4. Decide how you will determine if the clinic is meeting its goals. Identify three (3) performance measurements you could use to evaluate the success of the clinic’s services. Begin by naming a goal, and then identify a quantifiable measurement you could use for each to determine if you are coming close or falling short of the goal.
5. Determine how you would then address whatever opportunities for improvement seem to exist and what processes you would put in place.
6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
7. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
   1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
   2. 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 is not included in the required page length.
   3. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze the critical management issues, purpose, functions, and performance measures of different departments within healthcare organizations.
• Examine the political, economic, and social forces that have influenced the organizational foundations of the United States healthcare system.
• Explain how public policy has shaped the development of the U.S. healthcare system.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services organization management.
• Write clearly and concisely about health services organization management using proper writing mechanics.

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Discuss the Japanese work ethic.  Is this comparable to the American work ethic?   Japanese corporations typically involve many more organizational levels and people in the development of implementation plans than do U.S. corporations.  Is this appropriate?  Why or why not?

For each forum assignment, you are responsible for the following:

1. Submit a well researched and documented reply to the topic question (at least 250 words) – posting it inside the forum for feedback and comments by your classmates. You do not need a title page.

As the director of the internal auditing and fraud investigation departments for a large retail company that buys and sells large volumes of products, you have received an anonymous tip from a confidential employee in one of the high-tech warehouses. The confidential employee noted that there was a major embezzlement taking place in one of the divisions. Members of the internal audit department had completed a routine review of the internal control of that division the previous year, and they found that the control system was properly designed and operating effectively. Only minor recommendations were made, and the next review is due 3 years later.

The confidential employee noted the erratic behavior and lavish lifestyle of the warehouse controller and stated that the controller has been overriding existing controls, which would prevent any audit from being able to detect the embezzlement. The warehouse controller is well-respected and highly trusted by the chief executive officer (CEO) and the chief financial officer (CFO), and their families are involved in the same civic organizations. Investigating the plant controller could cause considerable disruption in the company and the personal lives of the employees.

Please answer 3 of the following questions. As you answer the questions, you must provide support or evidence that will enhance and empirically prove your answers. Academic criminal justice articles or real life criminal justice findings that are not found in journals or other academic sources must be used in supporting your answers. Please use APA style for all cited sources, including your resource page.

Given the situation, discuss some of the options that the company has for handling this situation.
Assuming you decide to investigate these allegations, describe the investigation steps.
In preparation for the interviews, note the order of the witnesses who would be interviewed and how you would plan, conduct, and document your interviews.
Discuss how you would conduct an admission-seeking interview of the plant controller.

One of the top issues in special education is the ongoing debate of “inclusion versus segregation.” The idea of inclusion in education is that all students, no matter what disability they may have, should learn together in the same environment. Fully inclusive schools do not differentiate between special education courses and general education courses, but rather include students with learning, emotional, behavioral, or physical disabilities in classes with all of the other students.

The idea of segregation in education suggests that there are benefits to providing classes separate from general education classes that meet the needs of students with special needs. For some students, this may be for just one or two subjects, while for other students, this encompasses all of their courses.

In this assignment, you will consider those students who suffer from behavioral disorders or social skill deficits.

Using the module readings, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, research observational learning. Then, address the following:

• Based on your learning about observational learning in this module, what are the benefits that these students could gain through their inclusion into a regular classroom?
• How could the principles of observational learning help to improve the classroom behavior of students with behavioral disorders or social skill deficits?
• What are some of the classroom disadvantages for employing inclusion for other typically developing students?
• Do you support the move toward inclusion? Why or why not?

Write an 8–10-page report in MS Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: By Wednesday, January 13, 2016, deliver your assignment to the

Assignment 3 Grading Criteria
Identified the basis of the HR department’s goals regarding their responsibilities to support management during the screening, hiring, and retention stages of employee management.
Explained how these goals are strategically aligned with the success of BANKS.
Described how the HR department should interact with and implement these goals for management and employees.
Elaborated on ways to measure whether the HR department has been successful in achieving its goals, including assessments used to determine success.
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

 

 

MEMORANDUM BANKS Industries TO: BANKS Senior Management FROM: HR Department SUBJECT: General Issues

BANKS would like to thank everyone for an excellent quarter following the completion of our merger with our partners in China. While there is still a lot to do, things are starting to fall into place and our new, bigger team is moving forward with some great product innovations and promising endeavors. As you are aware, while we have a substantially diverse employee population in our home office, the addition of an international team has greatly increased the representation among employees. As we continue to operate, it is important to consider that our cultural values play a strong role in how we each function, and we are likely to encounter differences in how we communicate, interpret information, approach our workday, and many other aspects of work. We value human differences and believe they make us stronger as an organization. However, they can cause significant challenges in how we function on a daily basis. While this will create challenges, it will also bring opportunities. We are a people-based organization. Without our employees, we have no product or service. This is true for virtually any organization in existence today. Remember that we are here to work with you and support your efforts to make BANKS successful. The strategic partnership between the human resources (HR) department and management is critical in ensuring that we are well equipped to face current and future challenges, embracing our diversity as we move forward.

MEMORANDUM BANKS Industries TO: BANKS Senior Management FROM: HR Department SUBJECT: Strategic Partnerships As we continue to collaborate with you, you may be wondering how human resource management (HRM) can add value to an organization. The answer lies in the ability of the HRM function to contribute to the achievement of the organization’s strategic goals. If HRM or any other function does not meet this standard, it harms the organization and reduces its chances of being successful. Therefore, HRM must identify organizational goals. It should also build and maintain processes to support and help other operations to be successful. It must link its goals and activities with other organizational units or departments to balance the conflicting interests of the other groups. Our goal is to accomplish these things while maintaining open lines of communication with management. Over the next several weeks, we will internally analyze our current policies and procedures in an effort to ensure they are consistent with our new goals and vision. We will be communicating these to you in a timely manner. As a member of the management team, you will be instrumental in communicating this vision to your team. We will work together on this, frequently asking for your feedback or action

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