Author: chris

Question 1

Bob and Lisa are both married, working adults. They both plan for retirement and consider the $2,000 annual contribution a must.

First, consider Lisa’s savings. She began working at age 20 and began making an annual contribution of $2,000 at the first of the year beginning with her first year. She makes 13 contributions. She worked until she was 32 and then left full time work to have children and be a stay at home mom. She left her IRA invested and plans to begin drawing from her IRA when she is 65.

Bob started his IRA at age 32. The first 12 years of his working career, he used his discretionary income to buy a home, upgrade the family cars, take vacations, and pursue his golfing hobby. At age 32, he made his first $2,000 contribution to an IRA, and contributed $2,000 every year up until age 65, a total of 33 years / contributions. He plans to retire at age 65 and make withdrawals from his IRA.

Both IRA accounts grow at a 7% annual rate. Do not consider any tax effects.

• Write a two to three (2-3) paragraph summary in which you:

  Create a chart summarizing the details of the investment for both Bob and Lisa.

• Explain the results in terms of time value of money.

“Business, Interpersonal, and Group Communication and Interference” Please respond to the following:

• Communicating in the workplace provides us with opportunities to both listen and express ourselves effectively or ineffectively. As the the video titled “A Failure to Communicate” (2 min 28 s) located athttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ox5LhIJSBE demonstrates, it only takes a few seconds to initiate a communication breakdown. From the e-Activity, discuss the major interferences that can cause workplace miscommunications. Consider topics from your readings this week, including ethnocentrism, kinesic messages, and role perceptions.
• Describe a situation where you personally experienced (or became aware of) communication interferences that had a negative consequence.

 

“Audience, Context, and Email” Please respond to the following:

• Being able to send appropriate, professional emails is a vital skill in today’s workplace. When considering audience and context, determine why it is so important to know to whom you are writing and for what specific purpose you are sending the email communication.
• Describe an example of a workplace or personal email communication in which the sender (you or someone else) did not pay close attention to audience and context. Ascertain the consequences. Determine how the miscommunication might have been avoided.

ASSIGNMENT

Assignment 1: Procedural Email Message

Due Week 1 and worth 140 points

Write a procedural email message to employees reminding them of standard operating procedures or organizational changes that take the form of step-by-step instructions. Be creative, or use an issue applicable to your work environment. (Example can be found on page 76, Figure 5.1, of the course text.)

The message should take the form of an email; however, you will submit your assignment to the online course shell.

The procedural message must adhere to the following requirements:

1. Content:
2. Introduce the main idea of the message in a concise, informative manner.
3. Itemize three to five (3-5) key points with detail.
4. Provide information about where and to whom questions should be directed.
5. Format:
6. Use a descriptive subject line or heading.
7. Use bullets to separate ideas and simplify reading.
8. Style:
9. Include an appropriate and professional greeting / salutation.
10. Use email form including: To:, From:, Subject:, and Signature.
11. Clarity / Mechanics:
12. Ensure that there are no grammar or spelling errors.
13. Ensure that there are no clarity, writing, and mechanical errors.

Your assignment must:

• Be typed, single-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

fter reading the case studies (make sure you read both!), you will write a two-page double-spaced minimum (12-point font, Times New Roman, 1-inch margins) paper.

Please include the following in your case study summary.

1. Briefly summarize the cases (approximately half a page).
2. Answer the following questions in the remainder of your paper:
3. Compare and contrast Coach K and Coach Knight. How are they different? How are they similar?

–          Describe Coach K’s leadership style. What are his basic assumptions about motivation and leading?

–          Describe Coach Knight’s leadership style. What are his basic assumptions about motivation and leading?

1. Who is more effective? Why?

Each state within the United States has its own unique judicial selection process within its own court system.

Using the Internet or Strayer databases, research the judicial selection process for different court systems from different states within the U.S. Court System.

Write a five to eight (5-8) page paper in which you:

1. Discuss the judicial selection process of your state. Include, at a minimum, the qualifications and steps that are taken in order to select judges for the different kinds of courts within your specific state.
2. Choose a second state, and describe the qualifications and the selection process for judges within that state.
3. Compare and contrast for both states the qualifications necessary for a prospective candidate to become a judge. Next, identify the steps that the relevant persons / entities need to take in order to remove a judge from office for disciplinary reasons for each state.
4. Justify the selection process for the state that you believe has the best system in place. Justify the response.
5. Use at least three (3) quality academic resources. Note: Wikipedia and other websites do not qualify 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; 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:

• Detail the history and organization of the levels of the American court system and the issue of jurisdictional boundaries.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in the criminal court and the judicial process in America.
• Write clearly and concisely about the American court system using proper writing mechanics and APA style conventions.

Using feedback from your professor and classmates, revise Part 1 and develop the solution and identify the advantages of the solution. Note: The disadvantages or challenges with your answers will be in Part 3.

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

Provide Part I: Revision of A Problem Exists (3-4 pages)

1. Revise, using feedback from the professor and classmates, your Persuasive Paper Part I: A Problem Exists.

Develop Part 2: Solution to Problem and Advantages (3-4 pages for 6-8 pages total)

2. Include a defensible, relevant thesis statement clearly in the first paragraph. (The thesis statement may need to be modified to reflect added information and purpose of this part.)
3. Explain a detailed, viable solution that supports your thesis. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.
4. State, explain, and support the first advantage (economic, social, political, environmental, social, equitable, ethical/moral, etc.) to your solution. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.
5. State, explain, and support the second advantage (economic, social, political, environmental, social, equitable, ethical/moral, etc.) to your solution. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.
6. State, explain, and support the third (and fourth if desired) advantage (economic, social, political, environmental, social, equitable, ethical/moral, etc.) to your solution. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.
7. Use effective transitional words, phrases, and sentences.
8. Provide a concluding paragraph / transitional paragraph that summarizes the proposed solution and its advantages.
9. Develop a coherently structured paper with an introduction, body, and conclusion.
10. Use one (1) or more rhetorical strategies (ethos, logos, pathos) to explain advantages.
11. Support advantage claims with at least three (3) additional quality relevant references. Use at least six (6) total for Parts 1 and 2. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

 

Create the Value: Market Segmentation Analysis and a Value Proposition

 

Your company, a major retailer, has decided to explore the possibility of developing a new retail brand aimed at a specific target market.  Prepare a report that would form the basis of a planning discussion with your major retailer’s senior marketing team of managers.

 

The term retail brand refers to a retail store concept, as opposed to a manufacturer’s product or service brand.  The retail company is the brand – like Target, GAP, PetSmart,     or Victoria’s Secret.

 

As an example, what if Target created an off-shoot company that specialized in pet services for dogs (veterinary care, pet foods, pet training) and called it Pooches!

 

In this example, Pooches would fall under the Target corporate umbrella, but would be an entirely separate retail store company.

 

Please prepare a report that would form the basis of a planning discussion with your senior marketing team of managers. Your report should include a detailed analysis of a potential market segment and a description of the proposed value proposition.  Be sure to discuss the financial opportunities that support your rationale for the kind of retail store chain that you would propose.  Research will be paramount here.

 

Your report should be about 1,000–1,250 words and include a minimum of three (3) scholarly references. Please use the APA format for your paper and references.  Information on APA format, including the APA running HEADER atop each pagem may be found at http://owl.english.purdue.edu.

 

Please include the following sections.

 

1. Brief Description of the proposed retail brand concept

 

2. Potential Market Segment

 

Identify the characteristics of your potential target market in the United States. The figure from the Week 2 Lecture is helpful—you may also include other variables that you consider relevant. You also need to estimate the size of your target market and the revenue potential. The list below contains information from which you might draw your target market description that should include demographics characteristics, geography, and any other appropriate segmentation variables.

 

 

3. The Value Proposition

 

Describe the bundle of benefits and features that are offered to the target customer. Features are what the company offers and benefits are what the customer derives from these features.

 

• Functional benefits: What basic product features are offered?
• Emotional benefits: What features are offered that make the customer feel good?
• Self-expressive benefits: What features are offered that help reflect and communicate the customer’s values to everyone in the social environment?

 

4. Conclusions  This will be your wrap-up that includes the key “takeaways” that you wish the senior marketing management team to ‘take away’ from your proposal to create the retail store chain under the parent company’s corporate umbrella.  It should include important facts or concepts on which you want these executives to reflect after they leave their meeting with you.

 

After reviewing the required resources, identify and discuss three challenges involved with ensuring that teaching strategies are appropriate for culturally diverse children. Then, discuss these cultural challenges in the classroom using one sociological perspective (i.e., functionalism, conflict theory, symbolic interactionism, etc.) and another relevant perspective, such as Piaget’s preoperational stage of development. Finally, identify and discuss how the challenges related to differences in culture may be addressed by a teacher in a way that increases the child’s cognitive advancement and academic success.

You must use at least three scholarly sources other than the textbook and required resources for this assignment. The paper must include a summary of each of the challenges identified and each of the remedies to those challenges. In addition, you must include an explanation of the cultural challenges in the classroom using one of the sociological perspectives and Piaget’s theory of the preoperational stage of cognitive development.

Criteria:

Must be three to four double-spaced pages in length, not including title and reference pages, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must include at least three scholarly sources, in addition to the textbook and required resources.
Must include, on the final page, a reference list that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
Must be well organized and reflect college-level writing.

The foreign exchange market has two tiers: the interbank market and the client market. Explain how each market functions, how they differ, and the interrelationship of the two markets. Present one practical example for each case. Select any country and explain how the interbank market or the client market functions in that country.

Answer these questions in a short essay, 3–4 paragraphs in length,

 

To conclude your marketing plan, in Assignment 3, you will describe the company’s, marketing strategy, implementation strategy, expansion plan, social media strategy, monitoring methods, and integrated marketing communication strategy.

Note: You may create and / or make all necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.

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

1. Develop the company’s branding, pricing, and distribution strategy.
2. Classify the company’s major competitors as inter- or intra-competitors. Categorize the competitors’ major strengths and weaknesses.
3. Develop the differentiation strategy in relation to the closest competitor.
4. Establish whether the company’s intention is to be a leader or follower within the industry.
5. Specify two (2) social media and / or media tools that you would use as you develop your plan. Justify each of your chosen tools.
6. Suggest the integrated marketing communications that are most relevant for your marketing plan. Relate each marketing communication to your company’s advertising strategy.
7. Use at least five (5) academic resources that address sustainability and monitoring of effective marketing plans and determine the applicability for your hypothetical company. These resources should be industry specific and relate to your chosen product / service. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify 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; 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:

• Develop strategies to assess performance and achieve marketing goals.
• Develop pricing strategies and distribution channels for products.
• Analyze integrated marketing communications and its relationship to advertising strategy.
• Evaluate marketing research tools involved in the marketing process.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in marketing management.
• Write clearly and concisely about marketing management using proper writing mechanics.

You have been hired as a financial consultant to the team of managers considering the buyout of IAL.  You have been asked to analyze the company’s current financial and strategic position and estimate the value of the firm using the free cash flow method.  You are not expected to make a recommendation on how to finance the buyout if it goes forward.  Detail your analysis and recommendation in a one-page memo complete with detailed numerical exhibits.

Imagine that you are a supervisor in an organization. The human resources manager has been talking to the management team about developing staff through coaching. You are eager to use coaching methods as a tool to further develop your team.

Review performance coaching and conduct academic researchon new methods. In a 2-3 page report, prepared in APA style with at least two references, do the following:

Describe what is meant by “coaching employees.”
Create a coaching plan for your team. Be sure to discuss what type of organization you chose and what your team does in that organization.
Finish your report with an explanation of how you will evaluate whether or not the coaching plan was successful.