Author: chris

Address the following in 750–1,000 words:

• Identify the type of public organization for which you work, as well as what types of services, goods, or activities the organization provides to the public. Identify the size and scope of the organization.
• Construct a budget using Excel that will provide a breakdown of the various organizational budget items.
  • Copy and paste the Excel spreadsheet of your budget into a Word document.
• Is the budget made available to the public for review?
  • If yes, explain how in detail.
  • If no, explain in detail why it is not.
• Are there any types of provisions in place regarding the budget being made available for public view? Identify and explain.

This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a narrative and a PowerPoint presentation. You must submit two (2) sections for the completion of this assignment. Label each file name according to the section of the assignment it is written for.

Note: For additional information on how to submit more than one file for an assignment, follow the instructions in the document “How to Submit Multiple Files for an Assignment”, located here.

Imagine that you have just been hired by a new company as the director of the HR department. You have been tasked to hire a new secretary for the department and to develop an employee compensation and benefits package that will be used for that position upon hire. Develop a PowerPoint presentation to present this information to your Vice President. Go to the Bureau of Labor Statistics’ (BLS) Website, located at www.bls.gov, for information regarding organizations and pay in your geographical area.

4. Provide an overview of the employee compensation and benefits package that you developed in the narrative portion of this assignment.

5. Determine if the employee will be exempt or nonexempt and discuss how overtime will be handled.

6. Suggest other benefits that might be considered within the next few months to enhance employee performance and provide job motivation.

7. Provide information on how government regulations will influence the compensation.

8. Examine data from two (2) organizations listed in the BLS Website with packages similar to yours, focusing on salary, compensation, and benefits in order to convince upper management that your package should be accepted and implemented.

9. Describe how the competitive compensation and benefits package will align with the HRM strategy.

Origins/Foundations of the World Economy.

Describe the key institutions of the Bretton Woods system.  How did they evolve over time?  Are these institutions still necessary or relevant in today’s globalized economy?

Note: All three required posts should be supported by course readings using parenthetical references.

Note:(Please always use the reading reference I w posted to you, there is big issues in the last class

Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft^® PowerPoint^® comparing two of the following branches of Christianity:

• Catholic
• Orthodox
• Protestant
• Pentecostal
• Nontraditional/Alternative

Include a brief history of the two traditions and a comparison of their approach to the Bible, art, specific symbols, and rituals as well as core beliefs. You might consider visiting in person or exploring one of these churches online to add your own experiences.

Format your references consistent with APA guidelines

In this final assignment, you will design a total rewards program on USAA (United Services Automobile Association)

Before creating the final projected total rewards program, you will have conducted a research project in which you have obtained thorough and detailed information about organizational goals, objectives, and challenges. In addition, you will have obtained information about the current monetary and non-monetary rewards and work environment of the organization and the challenges or changes (such as expansions, downsizing, changes of services or products) the organization anticipates. You will have also designed metrics to evaluate the total rewards program.

In the final paper, you will provide the research findings in a report of at least 10 pages plus a title page, reference page, and appendix documents including implementation timeline and metrics. Provide at least eight sources (in APA format) in a reference list and respective in-text citations. Please be sure to use topic headings and include the following:

1. Provide a Title Pagein Academic Format
2. Give theIntroduction and Purpose for the Paper
3. Summarize and describethe organization, including its capabilities, key goals, objectives, challenges, values, and core competencies required for success.
4.  Demonstrate your knowledge of the total rewards model by describingthe current total rewards philosophy of the organization and its three categories of offerings.
5. Identify and describethe segmentation of the workforce (drawing up our study of how to differentiate employee groups depending on their drivers, such as flexible schedules, growth potential, desire for demonstrating individual expertise or team success, low obligation and easy income, or high obligation and high income).
6. Describefurther the current requisite capabilities of the organization and the competencies (knowledge, skills, and abilities) of the employees and, in your opinion, an analysis of whether the current needs will change given the issues faced by the organization.
7. Recommend changes to the total rewards program, along with specific plans, including plans for communicating the changes and metrics that should be used by the organization to evaluate the success of the new program.
8. Present the justification for your recommendations.
9. Assess and discussthe risks of not implementing the program and the opportunities the program will give the organization.
10. Provideyour metrics for evaluating the total rewards program and share why you chose the ones you did.
11. Present a general explanation for the timeline for implementation in the paper AND as an appendix to the paper (submitted as a separate assignment). You may refer to the implementation task list and timeline in the paper and share that it is in the appendix but submitted as a separate assignment.
12. Describe your conclusions and a summary of knowledge gainedabout total rewards through the activity.
13. Reference Page (with at least eight scholarly sources)

Timeline for Implementation (6%)

To supplement the final paper, you will develop an action plan for implementing the recommendations for the total rewards program. You are encouraged to use a Gantt chart or Pert or similar graphic to display a timeline and the interdependence or sequence of the activities.

Be sure to include how you will collect the data for each metric and how you will set the targeted goal for each metric.

A good action plan contains

• specific and quantifiable steps
• the order in which those steps are to be taken
• the individuals responsible for each step
• the individuals responsible for overall segments as applicable
• the required resources for each step; and
• the funding sources as applicable

The timeline adds to the presentation/paper and aids in the identification of success measures and issues/problems encountered and overcome.

As a financial consultant, you have contracted with Wheel Industries to evaluate their procedures involving the evaluation of long term investment opportunities.  You have agreed to provide a detailed report illustrating the use of several techniques for evaluating capital projects including the weighted average cost of capital to the firm, the anticipated cash flows for the projects, and the methods used for project selection.  In addition, you have been asked to evaluate two projects, incorporating risk into the calculations.

You have also agreed to provide an 8-10 page report, in good form, with detailed explanation of your methodology, findings, and recommendations.

Company Information

Wheel Industries is considering a three-year expansion project, Project A.  The project requires an initial investment of $1.5 million. The project will use the straight-line depreciation method. The project has no salvage value. It is estimated that the project will generate additional revenues of $1.2 million per year before tax and has additional annual costs of $600,000.  The Marginal Tax rate is 35%.

Required:

1. Wheel has just paid a dividend of $2.50 per share. The dividends are expected to grow at a constant rate of six percent per year forever. If the stock is currently selling for $50 per share with a 10% flotation cost, what is the cost of new equity for the firm? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using this type of financing for the firm?
2. The firm is considering using debt in its capital structure. If the market rate of 5% is appropriate for debt of this kind, what is the after tax cost of debt for the company? What are the advantages and disadvantages of using this type of financing for the firm?
3. The firm has decided on a capital structure consisting of 30% debt and 70% new common stock. Calculate the WACC and explain how it is used in the capital budgeting process.
4. Calculate the after tax cash flows for the project for each year. Explain the methods used in your calculations.
5. If the discount rate were 6 percent calculate the NPV of the project. Is this an economically acceptable project to undertake? Why or why not?
6. Now calculate the IRR for the project. Is this an acceptable project? Why or why not? Is there a conflict between your answer to part C? Explain why or why not?

Wheel has two other possible investment opportunities, which are mutually exclusive, and independent of Investment A above.  Both investments will cost $120,000 and have a life of 6 years. The after tax cash flows are expected to be the same over the six year life for both projects, and the probabilities for each year’s after tax cash flow is given in the table below.

7. What is the expected value of each project’s annual after tax cash flow? Justify your answers and identify any conflicts between the IRR and the NPV and explain why these conflicts may occur.
8. Assuming that the appropriate discount rate for projects of this risk level is 8%, what is the risk-adjusted NPV for each project? Which project, if either, should be selected? Justify your conclusions.

Select an assessment from Chemical Dependency: A Systems Approach with faculty approval and administer the instrument to someone you know who drinks, uses drugs, or both.

Provide an analysis regarding the following:

• Did you find the assessment useful?
• What additional questions might need to be asked to accommodate particular special populations?
• Include a summary of findings and a recommendation for treatment options.
• Do not disclose the interviewee’s identity in your analysis.
• Include peer-reviewed research as support for your answer.

Part 1: Continue your analysis of the organizational problem and the process you will propose in your OIP by researching, collecting, and verifying further data. Complete the following:

1. Address the following questions, as well as any other new questions you encounter in your research:
   • Does any information from the cause-and-effect diagram or the flowcharts you created in Unit 3 seem to point to a particular cause?
   • Does your cause-and-effect diagram conflict with your flowchart? If so, how?
   • Does the cause-and-effect diagram reveal any process steps that were not previously documented?
   • Do you need to do further research on any causes identified in the cause-and-effect diagram?
   • Is there a key stakeholder who might have additional or updated feedback for the process flowchart? If so, identify the position (or role) of the stakeholder and describe what he or she might say.
   • Does any of this information change or impact your problem statement?
2. Update the before-and-after flowchart you initially created in Unit 3, changing the information based on your new findings, focused on the causes of the organizational problem. Write a summary describing your revisions to the flowchart. Describe how (if at all) your problem statement is impacted by the revisions. Include copies of both the original flowchart and the revised version within the text of your paper.

Part 2: The tool that you use to measure the effectiveness of your new process will make a difference in defining and quantifying your outcomes. For this part of your assignment, complete the following:

1. Research various measurement strategies that you might use for your OIP.
2. Develop a measurement strategy that enables you to measure the improvements your proposed process will offer. Your measurement strategy should help you determine whether the results are actually positive and ensure that your process does not have an unanticipated negative impact elsewhere. Note that you may need to revise your measurement strategy as more historical data is gathered.
3. Identify what types of quantitative or qualitative measures you will employ in your measurement strategy, including the following:
   1. An analysis of potential quantitative and qualitative measurement strategies that would apply to your OIP.
   2. A description of the qualitative or quantitative measure (or measures) you have chosen.
   3. A description of how often the improvement results are measured when using this strategy.

In this last assignment,you will present on the issue you identified in Assignment 1 and provide your recommendations to improve or resolve the issue.

Create a ten to twelve (10-12) slide presentation in which you:

1. Create a title slide and references section (as indicated in the format requirements below).
2. Narrate each slide, using a microphone, indicating what you would say if you were actually presenting in front of an audience. Note: If you do not have access to a microphone, then you should provide detailed speaker notes with your presentation.
3. Summarize the issue you selected in Assignment 1..
4. Summarize the primary ways that organizational, human, and budget resources impact the issue.
5. Summarize the primary ways that policy and politics impacts the issue.
6. Summarize the ethical concerns surrounding the issue.
7. Summarize the relationship of constitutional law to the issue.
8. Provide two (2) recommendations to resolve or improve the issue.
9. Include at least four (4) peer-reviewed references (no more than five [5] years old) from material outside the textbook. Note: Appropriate peer-reviewed references include scholarly articles and governmental Websites. Wikipedia, other wikis, and any other websites ending in anything other than “.gov” do not qualify as academic resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title slide is not included in the required slide length.
• Include a reference slide containing the sources that were consulted while completing research on the selected topic, listed in APA format. The reference slide is not included in the required slide length.
• Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide, two to three (2-3) colors, two to three (2-3) fonts, and two to three (2-3) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Slides should abbreviate the information in no more than five or six (5 or 6) bullet points each.
• Slide titles should be based on the criteria being summarized.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

• Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide and three to four (3-4) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
• Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title slide is not included in the required slide length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Reconstruct the historical development of the field of public administration.
• Rearrange public administration, both the traditional and the new approaches, from structural, functional, and process perspectives, as well as the key goals of the public and private sector.
• Evaluate the role and functions of public administration as it relates to executive branches of government and public policies at federal, state, and local levels.
• Organize the concepts of public budgeting and policy formation essential to the study of public administration as it relates to political choice.
• Organize the concepts of planning and human resource management essential to the study of public administration as it relates to political choice.
• Compose the concepts of public leadership and management essential to the study of public administration.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in public administration.
• Write clearly and concisely about public administration using proper writing mechanics.

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