Author: chris

Compare six century sculpture with contemporary sculpture from the perspective from art appreciation.

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

1. Suggest the financial ratio that most financial analysts would use to evaluate the financial condition of the company of your choice. Provide support for your rationale.
2. Speculate on the organization’s ability to meet its financial obligations as they come due. Provide support for your rationale.
3. Based on your ratio analysis, determine whether the profitability trends are favorable or unfavorable and explain your rationale.
4. Using financial ratio analysis, predict whether or not the company will be viable in five (5) years based on its performance over the past three (3) years. Provide support for your prediction.
5. Use at least two (2) 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 leng

Kant famously–and controversially–argued that some knowledge is synthetic a priori. Can you explain in your own words what Kant might have meant by this, and can you give an example of the sort of knowledge that Kant believed possessed this strange status?

HINT: To answer this question in a clear and well-organized manner, you might want to first explain and illustrate Kant’s distinction between apriori and aposteori knowledge and also his distinction between empirical and synthetic judgments.

Please ensure that your essay addresses each component of the assigned questions and that your answer is well-organized, uses excellent, college-level prose, and makes judicious use of textual evidence. Your essay should be 600-900 words long.

 

Robert’s New Way Vacuum Cleaner Company is a newly started small business that produces vacuum cleaners and belongs to a monopolistically competitive market. Its demand curve for the product is expressed as Q = 5000 – 25P where Q is the number of vacuum cleaners per year and P is in dollars. Cost estimation processes have determined that the firm’s cost function is represented by TC = 1500 + 20Q + 0.02Q2.

 

Show all of your calculations and processes. Describe your answer for each question in complete sentences, whenever it is necessary.

 

1. What are the profit-maximizing price and output levels? Explain them and calculate algebraically for equilibrium P (price) and Q (output). Then, plot the MC (marginal cost), D (demand), and MR (marginal revenue) curves graphically and illustrate the equilibrium point.
2. How much economic profit do you expect that Robert’s company will make in the first year?
3. Do you expect this economic profit level to continue in subsequent years? Why or why not?

   Problem 2:

   Greener Grass Company (GGC) competes with its main rival, Better Lawns and Gardens (BLG), in the supply and installation of in-ground lawn watering systems in the wealthy western suburbs of a major east-coast city. Last year, GGC’s price for the typical lawn system was $1,900 compared with BLG’s price of $2,100. GGC installed 9,960 systems, or about 60% of total sales and BLG installed the rest. (No doubt many additional systems were installed by do-it-yourself homeowners because the parts are readily available at hardware stores.)

   GGC has substantial excess capacity–it could easily install 25,000 systems annually, as it has all the necessary equipment and can easily hire and train installers. Accordingly, GGC is considering expansion into the eastern suburbs, where the homeowners are less wealthy. In past years, both GGC and BLG have installed several hundred systems in the eastern suburbs but generally their sales efforts are met with the response that the systems are too expensive. GGC has hired you to recommend a pricing strategy for both the western and eastern suburb markets for this coming season. You have estimated two distinct demand functions, as follows:

   Qw =2100 – 6.25Pgw + 3Pbw + 2100Ag – 1500Ab + 0.2Yw

   for the western market and

   Qe = 36620 – 25Pge + 7Pbe + 1180Ag – 950Ab + 0.085Ye

   for the eastern market, where Q refers to the number of units sold; P refers to price level; A refers to advertising budgets of the firms (in millions); Y refers to average disposable income levels of the potential customers; the subscripts w and e refer to the western and eastern markets, respectively; and the subscripts g and b refer to GGC and BLG, respectively. GGC expects to spend $1.5 million (use Ag = 1.5) on advertising this coming year and expects BLG to spend $1.2 million (use Ab = 1.2) on advertising. The average household disposable income is $60,000 in the western suburbs and $30,000 in the eastern suburbs. GGC does not expect BLG to change its price from last year because it has already distributed its glossy brochures (with the $2,100 price stated) in both suburbs, and its TV commercial has already been produced. GGC’s cost structure has been estimated as TVC = 750Q + 0.005Q2, where Q represents single lawn watering systems.

   Show all of your calculations and processes. Describe your answer for each item below in complete sentences, whenever it is necessary.

 

1. Derive the demand curves for GGC’s product in each market.
2. Derive GGC’s marginal revenue (MR) and marginal cost (MC) curves in each market. Show graphically GGC’s demand, MR, and MC curves for each market.
3. Derive algebraically the quantities that should be produced and sold, and the prices that should be charged, in each market.
4. Calculate the price elasticities of demand in each market and discuss these in relation to the prices to be charged in each market.
5. Add a short note to GGC management outlining any reservations and qualifications you may have concerning your price recommendations.

 

In at least 1000 words typed in proper APA format (including a 12-point font, double spacing, a title page, a reference page, in-text citations, a running header, page numbers, and an abstract page), you will write a review on any psychological disorder (can be an anxiety disorder, a mood disorder, a personality disorder, a somatoform disorder, a dissociative disorder, or even schizophrenia) of your choice.

One friendly piece of advice here is to choose a specific disorder versus a category of disorders. For example, instead of trying to do your essay on all personality disorders, you might choose just one personality disorder, such as avoidant personality disorder. That should make the paper more manageable.

First, you should discuss what the disorder is (general description, types if different types exist, symptoms), and how one gets the disorder (possible causes, risk factors).

Second, you should choose four of the perspectives listed in the textbook–psychodynamic, humanistic, behavioral, cognitive, group, biological–and discuss how a psychologist/doctor from each perspective would treat a patient with your disorder.

Part of this assignment will require you to enter the Grantham library. You should consider contacting the librarian (well before the due date) for help if you do not understand what peer-reviewed sources are or if you do not understand how to use the library functionally at Grantham.

You must include two peer-reviewed sources from an electronic journal within your essay, using at least some information from each of these sources within your writing. These sources should come from the Grantham library. You may use other resources, but at least two of your sources must come from the library and be peer-reviewed sources.

Your assignment should be at least 1000 words in length and should be presented in APA format, including a title page, in-text citations, a running header, page numbers, double spacing, and a reference page. Your assignment should use terms/references directly from the chapter, and all extra outside research must be properly cited.

In the Comparison Assignment, address the following questions below using your textbook as your primary reference source.  You may use outside sources, but all outside the textbook must be cited using APA format.  You need not cite the textbook. When addressing the questions, please make sure responses are numbered and answers are written in complete sentences.  A simple “yes” or “no” answer is not acceptable. Please answer the question “WHY” by writing an explanation for your answers. An appropriate response for each question should be a minimum of 2-3 sentences.

1.      Are Bacteria prokaryotic or eukaryotic?

2.      Describe the three common shapes of bacteria.

3.      Are Bacteria heterotrophic or autotrophic?

4.      Do Bacteria cells have a cell wall?

5.      How do bacteria reproduce?

6.      Are Archaea prokaryotic or eukaryotic?

7.      Do Archaea cells have a cell wall?

8.      Describe the three major types of Archaea.

9.      Are Protists prokaryotic or eukaryotic?

10.  Compare and contrast algae and protozoans.

need replies/feedback to the 4 posts below. DUE tonight. .Asap if possible. Thanks. about 4-5 sentences for each feedback would be great.

post1:

Describe the relationship between an organization’s business strategy and its pay systems. Demonstrate an understanding of a pay model.

I think the relationship between an organization business strategy and its pay period system are based on the position and the performance. Compensation and benefits are designed to attract, as well as motivate, and retain employees. This is one reason organization set the pay hoping it will attract the employee to perform a good job and when that good job is done they will earn bonuses and this is what keeps the employee motivated and long term.

Discuss a goal or objective of your current organization. What aspect of the company’s compensation system aligns with this goal/objective?

I am going to use my previous employer since I am still in training with my current employer. They provided us bonuses at the end of the year, but throughout the year we were able to learn extra money on our checks as well as monthly gifts in drawing. OnStar gives Flat screen TVs, laptops, iPhones, kindles, Dre Beats, Xbox, PS4, cash, vacation, gift cards etc… Maintaining the goal is the only thing you had to do to be enter in the drawing. I have won 2 flat screen TV’s in the same and lots of cash and gift cards.

Discuss specific outcomes in the pay model an organization could impact through the use of quality of work-life (QWL) programs. What do you think is the most important outcome resulting from these programs? How can an organization formally evaluate whether a QWL program has been effective?

Benefits such as PTO, UTO, FMLA, sick leave, insurance protection, and retirement programs are all things that help protect employees with their job. These benefits allow them to concentrate on their self or their love ones without their job being in jeopardy.

post2:

“In classifying or differentiating jobs for pay purposes, no on single factor carries greater significance than the knowledge and skills required of the jobholder” (Martocchio, 2011). In most organizations employers will pay the new coming employees on their credentials and experience. Other forms of compensations or rewards for hard work, further education and other self-improvement can include bonuses or raises.

I believe that every business should adjust pay according to the experience and education one has. Some workers will go above and beyond to educate themselves to be the best they can be at their job and others will do the bare minimum to keep their job. There should be a pay difference in these people. Rewarding these people with higher pay shows them their hard work is appreciated and will result in higher production in the work environment.

post3:
The whole debate over job descriptions can be very tricky. On the one hand, I can see why a highly detailed and specific description could keep an employee from doing any extra work. They would feel confined by their list of specific tasks and would feel it unnecessary to perform any job duties that were not included in that list. In my opinion this would create tension between employees or divisions any time a new problem arises and no one is sure who is the responsible party. On the other hand, an unspecified job description could leave some confusion as well. If an entire organization is made up of employees with completely generic descriptions of their roles and responsibilities, it leaves a lot of room for people to say, “well it is not my job.” There has to be a middle ground where people understand exactly what is expected of them, but also realize that that job description can be altered over time with new responsibilities added as needed. Personally, I favor a more detailed description over a broader one, but that is because I prefer to know exactly what I am doing and when it needs to be done. A broad job description leaves a lot of room for interpretation and that is how people tend to have problems communicating their vision.

post4:

According to Henderson (2006), an advantage of generic job descriptions is that they define the work of a large number of employees into what could be called class descriptions. These descriptions identify the major tasks to be performed by the majority of the employees. This allows managers to be flexible when assigning tasks. This helps avoid the “that’s not in my job description” excuse given when employees only want to do tasks listed in their job description. A disadvantage of the broad or generic job description is that a detailed job analysis for what each worker is not accomplished leading to misunderstandings and distrust.

On the other hand, a specific and narrow job description clearly lets employees know what they are expected to perform. This helps them “buy into” their jobs like a contract because their duties and responsibilities are clearly defined. This definitive document of expectations creates a mutually trustworthy relationship between the employee and the supervisor. A disadvantage of a narrow job description is that it must be rewritten or revised if new duties are assigned or if the job changes. This can include having to increase the employee’s pay or classification.

Complete the “Evaluate Team Member Effectiveness” self-assessment.

Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you address the following:

Do you agree with your results?
Based on your self-assessment, what do you see as your strengths and weaknesses regarding working on a team?
Have you ever engaged in social loafing while on a team? Why or why not?
How does working effectively on a team give you an advantage in the workplace?
How do groups normally develop?
How does the effectiveness of the team members influence the group’s development process?

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

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Assignment 2: RA 2: Training Needs Analysis and Design Document Report

Throughout this course, you learned about the importance of training to improve organizational effectiveness. However, it is even more critical to determine whether training is the best option. Identifying the training need is a critical first step in the training and development process. One needs to tie the deficiency to a business need and ensure that the benefits of conducting the training are likely to resolve the identified problem. For this assignment, you will be tasked with doing just that.

For an organization of your choice, you will create a needs analysis and evaluation report of approximately 10- to 12-pages, which will outline your training recommendations for management. Refer to the discussed theories (i.e., expectancy theory or social learning theory) and prior articles for guidance in completing this assignment.

Directions:

For your report of 10- to 12-pages:

1. 1. Choose an Organization

Select an organization. It can be either a recent employer or a business where you may have volunteered. Identify a particular department in which you have experience.

• If you cannot identify an organization, consider a fictitious organization well known for a popular product. Reviewing the literature may help in giving you ideas in creating your organization. Identify an issue that is impacting efficiency and productivity (for instance, it could be a well-known telecom company where sales have been down due to poor customer service). The company has hired you as a consultant to do a needs assessment. Improvise where appropriate and provide complete details of the organization and the identified issue for which you have been brought in.

Create a Training Needs Analysis Report

Create a set of ten to fifteen interview questions to ask managers and employees. The questions should address all of the necessary sections to complete the training needs analysis report.

If possible, schedule time to conduct observations.

Required Information for the Training Needs Analysis Report:

• Background Information: Include information about the organization and the issue you have identified or for which you were consulted.
• Number of Employees: Identify the number of employees to be trained and their current skill levels.
• Locations of Employees: Identify where the employees to be trained are located.
• Interview Data: Interview at least one manager and one employee and summarize managerial and employee feedback on current performance and identified skill gaps. Include your list of questions and answers.
• Observational Data: Observe at least one or two employees performing the job for which training will be created and include a log of your personal observations.
• Training Sponsor: Identify the requestor and the approver of the training (may be a single person or two separate individuals).

Identification of Training Needs: Include the following in your conclusion:

• Perform Performance Analysis: If training has been identified due to a performance problem (errors at work, etc.), conduct an analysis to confirm whether a training remedy can resolve the skill deficiency. If not, suggest other strategies that management can use to solve the problem without training (i.e., improving communication on what is expected of employees).
• Identify Insufficient Knowledge or Skills: List specific knowledge or skills that are deficient (lack of knowledge of products, lack of skills in operating specific software, etc.).
• Identify the Business Need: Summarize the business need impacted by the identified knowledge or skill deficiency.
• Identify Cultural or Ethical Considerations: Discuss considerations to be kept in mind when designing the training course.

Justification for the Training: Provide your justification for training as the solution to the identified performance problem or skill deficiency:

• What were the indicators or facts that identify the existence of the issue?
• What are the possible causes for the existence of the issue?

Delivery Dates: Identify when the organization wants to implement the training. Do you think it can be offered in a timely manner? Explain why or why not:

• Training and Development Department: Assess the company’s training and development department’s role. How will the department be involved?

Construct a Design Document Report

Next, construct a design document making your training recommendations for management. A design document should outline your training program at a high level. It should include all the below-listed components. You are to utilize the Design Document Report Template as a guide for organizing your content.

Click here to download the Design Document Report Template.

Required Information for a Design Document Report:

• Course Title: Suggest a course title.
• Course Description: Explain in three to four sentences the goals of the whole course.
• Course Objectives: Write four to six objectives using measureable Bloom’s Taxonomy verbs.
• Course Topics: Include three to five main topics with three to five subtopics for at least three modules.
• Activities: Include one suggested activity for each module (simulation, case study, etc.) that directly links to all objectives (three in total). Explain how you incorporated ethical or diversity-related considerations.
• Module Time Frame: Provide an approximate time frame within which the participant has to complete each module (e.g., in class or online).
• Course Time Frame: Provide an approximate time frame within which the participant has to complete the full course (e.g., the number of hours or days).
• Delivery Approach: Recommend a suggested delivery method for the whole course (instructor-led, online, blended, etc.).
• Delivery Approach Justification: Justify your training delivery approach recommendation, along with a comparison of two to three different delivery options based on learning theories, training research, organizational requirements, and individual needs.
• Risks: Identify any project risks or concerns that could affect the success of this training (budget, timelines, buy-in, etc.).
• Follow-Up: Analyze the different methods available for follow-up to ensure transfer of training. Determine the preferred method and justify your decision referencing scholarly resources.
• Evaluation: Construct an evaluation for the training using Kirkpatrick’s model and discuss it.

Your final product will be a Microsoft Word document of approximately 10- to 12-pages in length and utilize four scholarly sources in your research (beyond your textbook). Your paper should be written in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship i

In the first two written assignments, you selected one vulnerable population in need of a new program or service in your community.  In this project, you will finalize the research that allows you to understand elements that go into designing and launching a community service.  The Final Project will be written using a persuasive tone, such that you would be able to present it in order to gain community and organizational support for your program.  The Final Project must demonstrate an understanding of the reading assignments, class discussions, as well as your research and application of new knowledge.  Your project must contain the following elements:

• A description of the vulnerable population and why they need assistance in your community.
• A description of the health service needs of the vulnerable population you have chosen to serve with your program.
• In order to support the need for the service you propose, cite statistical data obtained from your county health department, state health department, and organizations or agencies who serve the vulnerable population.
• A description of your proposed community service or program; include the specific service(s) provided and one continuum of care level (prevention, treatment, or long-term care). Explain how the selected service(s) and the continuum of care will impact the chosen population.
• Discuss the social and cultural norms of your vulnerable population and how these play a role in the need for the services offered by your program. Describe how the vulnerable population experiences the health care system.  Analyze methods your program can use to overcome social and cultural differences.
• Identify two or more community organizations or agencies with which you can partner in order to implement your program. Explain how these organizations can help you implement the services you offer and the continuum of care offered by the potential partnering agencies. Explain which services these organizations will provide to your clientele that are not covered by your program.
• Analyze at least four potential funding sources for your program, one of which must be from a state funded agency, one of which must be from a federally funded agency and the remaining two can be not-for-profit or for-profit business sources. Explain what factors must be met in order to receive funding from your sources.

Your final project will demonstrate quantitative literacy, which shows your ability to identify and solve problems.  Additionally, you must demonstrate integrative learning, which means you combine your earlier learning from this and other courses, analyze data from multiple perspectives, explore issues to their full extent as is required in the assignment, as well as incorporate your own personal and professional experiences.

Be detailed and convincing in describing the above elements.  For your presentation, you may choose between the following formats:

• An APA formatted Final Paper
• A PowerPoint Presentation

The Final Paper:

• Must be eight to ten double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must begin with an introductory paragraph that has a succinct thesis statement.
• Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
• Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.
• Must use at least six scholarly sources, not including the textbook.
• Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate reference page, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

The PowerPoint Presentation:

• Must be at least 18 slides in length (not including title and reference slides).
• Must include a title slide with the following:
  • Title of presentation
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
• Must use at least six scholarly sources, not including the textbook.
• Must document all sources in APA style, as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate reference slide, formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include detailed speaker notes for each slide.
• Must be creative, using images and charts. Remember to cite all images taken from an online resource. Creative Commons and Flickr are great websites for open source images.

For tips on creating an excellent presentation, read the following overview.