Author: chris

• Case Study #1: “Going Green” University Project – This case focuses on a university converting their present facilities to being “green” and is best suited to learners interested in project management within this capacity.

To achieve a successful project experience and outcome, you are expected to meet the following requirements.

1. Choose and provide a summary description of a project that requires procurement management.

2.Annotated Outline and Bibliography: You will need to clearly lay out the structure of your plan and provide an initial set of annotated references for support.

3.

About Your In-Depth Analysis

Concentrating on managing procurement processes, you will need to describe how each of the following work within your organization:

1. Plan procurements.
2. Conduct procurements.
3. Administer procurements.
4. Close procurements.

Your in-depth analysis should include the following:

• Evaluate the effectiveness of each process.
• List the roles and responsibilities of the project manager in each process.
• Propose best practices to improve three (or more) processes. Explain why your proposed improvements would make procurement more effective.
• Must be 8 pg. and follow APA format

 Conducting a z-Test

A researcher predicts that watching a film on institutionalization will change students’ attitudes about chronically mentally ill patients. The researcher randomly selects a class of 36 students, shows them the film, and gives them a questionnaire about their attitudes. The mean score on the questionnaire for these 36 students is 70. The score for people in general on this questionnaire is 75, with a standard deviation of 12. Using the five steps of hypothesis testing and the 5% significance level (i.e. alpha = .05), does showing the film change students’ attitudes towards the chronically mentally ill?

1. What does it mean to set alpha at .05?
2. What is your null hypothesis? Alternate hypothesis?
3. Is this a one-tailed or two-tailed hypothesis?
4. What is the critical z?
5. Calculate the obtained z. Do you reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis?
6. State in words what you have found.

 

Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Explained what it means to set alpha at .05.	11
Correctly identified the null and alternative hypotheses.	11
Correctly identified and explained whether theirs is a one-tailed or two-tailed hypothesis.	11
Correctly identified the critical z.	11
Used obtained z and explained whether one would reject or fail to reject the null hypothesis, and state in words what the findings were.	20
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.	16
Total:

Part I. – Introduction (2 slides)

1. – Overview of your presentation
2. Provide a detailed outline which identifies your agenda and learning outcomes.

 

Part II. – Subject Overview (4 slides)

1. Provide an overview of your cost accounting topic
2. What functions within an organization would your topic be relevant
3. Provide an example of an organization which implements your subject-matter as part of their operations.

 

Part III. – Conclusion (2 slides)

1. Provide a wrap up.
2. Any final analysis you want to leave your audience with (you can get creative here!)
3. Are there any addition readings, articles, literature you would recommend to the audience if they wanted to research your topic further?

 

Part IV. – Problem (2 slides)

1. Take the class through your problem and provide an eloquent solution and analysis.

 

 

 

Weinrich Manufacturing uses a job order cost system and applies overhead to production on the basis of direct labor hours. On January 1, 2011, Job No. 25 was the only job in process. The costs incurred prior to January 1 on this job were as follows: direct materials $10,000; direct labor $6,000; and manufacturing overhead $9,000. Job No. 23 had been completed at a cost of $42,000 and was part of finished goods inventory. There was a $5,000 balance in the Raw Materials Inventory account.   During the month of January, the company began production on Jobs 26 and 27, and completed Jobs 25 and 26. Jobs 23 and 25 were sold on account during the month for $63,000 and $74,000, respectively. The following additional events occurred during the month. 1.   Purchased additional raw materials of $40,000 on account. 2.   Incurred factory labor costs of $31,500. Of this amount $7,500 related to employer payroll taxes. 3.   Incurred manufacturing overhead costs as follows: indirect materials $10,000; indirect labor $7,500; depreciation expense $12,000; and various other manufacturing overhead costs on account $11,000. 4.   Assigned direct materials and direct labor to jobs as follows.   Job No. Direct Materials Direct Labor 25 $ 5,000 $ 3,000 26  17,000  12,000 27  13,000   9,000 5.   The company uses direct labor hours as the activity base to assign overhead. Direct labor hours incurred on each job were as follows: Job No. 25, 200; Job No. 26, 800; and Job No. 27, 600. Prepare entries in a job order cost system and job cost sheets. (SO 2, 3, 4, 5, 6)

 

 

Instructions (a)   Calculate the predetermined overhead rate for the year 2011, assuming Weinrich Manufacturing estimates total manufacturing overhead costs of $480,000, direct labor costs of $300,000, and direct labor hours of 20,000 for the year. (b)   Open job cost sheets for Jobs 25, 26, and 27. Enter the January 1 balances on the job cost sheet for Job No. 25. (c)   Prepare the journal entries to record the purchase of raw materials, the factory labor costs incurred, and the manufacturing overhead costs incurred during the month of January. (d)   Prepare the journal entries to record the assignment of direct materials, direct labor, and manufacturing overhead costs to production. In assigning manufacturing overhead costs, use the overhead rate calculated in (a). Post all costs to the job cost sheets as necessary. (e)   Total the job cost sheets for any job(s) completed during the month. Prepare the journal entry (or entries) to record the completion of any job(s) during the month. Job 25, $37,800 Job 26, $48,200 (f)   Prepare the journal entry (or entries) to record the sale of any job(s) during the month. (g)   What is the balance in the Work in Process Inventory account at the end of the month? What does this balance consist of? (h)   What is the amount of over- or underapplied overhead?

Assignment 2: (RA 1): Self-Analysis

In this assignment, you will pick two of your many identities to research and analyze in terms of how each identity may affect your provision of services.

Tasks:

Identify one ethnic (e.g., Mexican, Asian, etc.) and one cultural (i.e., this could be religion, sexual orientation, etc.) important identities about yourself. For example, African American or white.

Conduct scholarly research to learn about the values and assumptions that accompany each identity and to learn about how each identity can influence human services in a multicultural and diverse setting.

In a 5- to 6-page paper, analyze and present your findings. Make sure that you address the following in your analysis:

• Describe each identity and the values and assumptions therein.
• Compare and contrast the two identities. What are the similarities between the two? What are the differences?
• Explain how you might reconcile the differences between the two identities.
• Identify the strengths and weaknesses each identity provides in a professional human service setting.
• Explain how you can utilize both identities to positively influence a professional human service setting.

Submission Details:

• By Wednesday, October 21, 2015, save your report as M3_A2_lastname_firstinitial.doc and submit it to the M3 Assignment 2 Dropbox.

Due to a growing number of social problems and an increase in the at-risk population over the past two years, as displayed on the Timeline of worldwide school and mass shootings acts of violence in schools have increased significantly with physical violence, cyber-bullying, and destruction of property.  Many principals have now initiated Preventing School Violence programs at their schools.

For this assignment, imagine that you have been given the task of constructing an intervention/prevention program aimed at either the high school or middle school level to reduce acts of violence. Write a paper or create a PowerPoint or Prezi presentation in which you:

• Explain why a school violence prevention program is important for today’s school environment. Be sure to include whether you are focusing on high school or middle school students.
• Describe features you would most want the program to have, citing at least four specific examples of programs or intervention strategies that apply to the level you have chosen.  Be sure to include the aspects to avoid in designing your program.
• Outline at least five warning signs that a student might display prior to committing an act of violence.
• Describe strategies to prevent school bullying.

OBJECTIVE: To critically analyze and interpret visual and textual aspects of media.

 

DESCRIPTION:  Choose a form of media that incorporates both visual and textual aspects (i.e. movies, music videos, CD artwork and song, children´s books with illustrations, cultural icons, or movie/book comparisons). You should write from an objective point of view as in most news and magazine articles. You should not just state the visual and textual elements, but you should also analyze them together with a new way of seeing the relationship between the visual and the textual. You will build on the observation and analytical skills employed in Paper One with the objective of exploring connections between written and visual texts.

 

You will be required to analyze elements of the visual text like image, layout, color, design, and lighting. You will also consider qualities of the written text, such as voice, tone, audience, and style. Then compare the two texts and how they work with and /or against each other. You will make a specific claim about the media´s ideas, values, and overall message and support this argument with details obtained through close observation and analysis.

 

Read the Chapter Case, “Harley-Davidson, Inc.: Troubled Times Increase H-D’s Reliance on International Sales,” on

 

pages 204-214, and answer the questions on page 214 in detail.

1. Which of Porter’s generic strategies is H-D using? Will this strategy work for all of the countries described in the case? Why or why not?

2. What does a Porter’s five forces analysis reveal about the strategies H-D has employed in recent years?

3. How H-D compare to its competitors.

Instructions

 

Write a paper that defines each of the processes. Each process should be outlined in 2–4 paragraphs. Include detailed speaker’s notes that describe your program, which should include your answers to the questions below. Be sure to include references and citations from at least five sources.

 

1. Outline the current customer experience efforts and how these efforts could be improved with an organized effort.

 

2. Explain how Affordable Care Act provides financial incentives in the form of performance-based bonuses or penalties based on the efficiency, effectiveness, and satisfaction with hospital services.

 

3. Thoroughly analyze how your new systems approach for the hospital will satisfy all stakeholders and how we will improve results, measure success, and communicate the results to the world? Provide a step-by-step plan for implementation of your proposal.

 

4. Describe how the new systems approach for the hospital will meet the patient’s needs, priorities and expectations in a manner that exemplifies the values of respect, compassion, justice, and community pride in the hospital.

 

Requirements

 

Writer outlines the current customer experience efforts and how these efforts could be improved with an organized effort.

 

Writer explains how the Affordable Care Act provides financial incentives in the form of performance-based bonuses or penalties based on the efficiency, effectiveness, and satisfaction with hospital services.

 

Writer thoroughly analyzes how the new systems approach for the hospital will satisfy all stakeholders; improve results, and how success will be measured. A step-by-step plan for implementation of your proposal and communication of the results is provided.

 

Writer describes how the new systems approach for the hospital will meet the patient’s needs, priorities and expectations in a manner that exemplifies the values of respect, compassion, justice, and community pride in the hospital.

In a paper, identify and analyze the necessary steps in preparing for and engaging in the collective bargaining process. Evaluate an example of a collective bargaining process in an industry of your choice that you have found through an Internet search.

Compare the different strategies implemented by both the union and management. Based on your analysis, address the following:

1. Determine the most important bargaining challenges in the modern workplace.
2. Explain whether or not different industries have different factors to consider and provide examples.
3. How would you address these if you were a member of the management team within the industry you selected for conducting your research?
4. Explain how the union employees may address the situation.
5. Explain how these issues have changed in the last decade and discuss possible reasons for these changes, which could also serve as helpful recommendations for your target audience.
6. Identify your target audience and provide a summary statement of your findings and recommendation.

Document Analysis will be in essay form and you must answer all

 

of the prompts and edit your essay before submission to receive full points.

 

Your analysis must be in Chicago style:

Font – Times

 

New Roman 12pt, double spaced, 1” margins all around, and

properly formatted citations, footnotes and work cited page.

 

Your analysis must be a minimum of two pages of typed text not

 

including work cited page. (points will be deducted if format requirements are not met)

1. What type of document did you read? (or was this a primary or secondary source)
2. When was the document written?
3. Who is the author(s) of the article and what is their title? (provide some background information on author and cite your source)
4. For what audience was the document written? (place article in its proper context, if you say the article was written for students – more than likely you are wrong. Think critically about who the audience is)
5. Document information:
6. List three things the author said that you think are important (footnote and cite the source)
7. Why do you think this document was written?

iii. What evidence in the document helps you know why it was written? (Quote from the document, then footnote and cite the source)

1. Discuss two things the document tells you about life in the United States at the time it was written. (do not just provide a list of things, you must explain them – points will be deducted if you simply provide a list)
2. Write a question to the author that is left unanswered by the