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  Many organizations collect data on just about anything that you can imagine. Private companies often sell data sets (raw data) for a profit while the US government offers a wide range of data for free.Census data  is quite rich and diverse with information on: People & Households as well as Business & Industry.The Bureau of Labor and Statistics  is filled with research on labor, including employment data, wages, industrial injuries, & career Outlook, to name a few.Some of the data is available in excel spreadsheets and can be easily manipulated to create great visuals for reports. Other information is set up in ready-to use tables. Most of the time, the tables contain a large amount of information and need to be pared down to create an excellent visual. Typically, you should not use an entire table. It is important to pick the best pieces of data to illustrate your point.Clients hire professionals to research market behavior and industry trends which are paramount to assessing the viability of establishing a new business, expanding one, or closing one in a specific geographic area.Since a business plan requires a significant investment of time and capital, a business often undertakes an initial study to determine if the market is ripe for a new idea. You will create a feasibility study for a client that provides research which will either support or question the viability of a business start-up. Usually a feasibility study includes a financial analysis, but the client already completed that assessment and finds the project viable from a monetary perspective. You are not permitted to use a business concept or any research completed in a prior course or done in real life. The goal of the project is to create an entirely original report.The final report will include the following:The assignment requires the use of ARTICLES from the library’s full-text databases. Articles are found in periodicals. These are not to be confused with eBooks or Reference Books.Your report  include a reference list. All research should be cited in the body of the paper. In-text citations and corresponding references should be included in your paper. The paper should be written in third person; this means words like “I”, “we”, and “you” are not appropriate.Your assignment should contain a cover page, an abstract page and a reference page in addition to the body. The body of the paper should be 6-7 pages in length (excluding graphics) – starting with a brief one paragraph introduction and ending with a short conclusion. The entire submission will vary in length based on the number and size of tables and charts included  

 The first step in understanding the behaviors that are associated with mental disorders is to be able to differentiate the potential symptoms of a mental disorder from the everyday fluctuations or behaviors that we observe. Read the following brief case histories.Bob is a very intelligent, 25-year-old member of a religious organization based on Buddhism. Bob’s working for this organization has caused considerable conflict between him and his parents, who are devout Baptists. Recently, Bob has experienced acute spells of nausea and fatigue that have prevented him from working and have forced him to return home to live with his parents. Various medical tests are being conducted, but as yet, no physical causes for his problems have been found.Mary is a 30-year-old musician who is very dedicated and successful in her work as a teacher in a local high school and as a part-time member of local musical groups. Since her marriage five years ago, which ended in divorce after six months, she has dated very few men. She often worries about her time running out for establishing a good relationship with a man, getting married, and raising a family. Her friends tell her she gets way too anxious around men, and, in general, she needs to relax a little.Jim was vice-president of the freshmen class at a local college and played on the school’s football team. Later that year, he dropped out of these activities and gradually became more and more withdrawn from friends and family. Neglecting to shave and shower, he began to look dirty and unhealthy. He spent most of his time alone in his room and sometimes complained to his parents that he heard voices in the curtains and in the closet. In his sophomore year, he dropped out of school entirely. With increasing anxiety and agitation, he began to worry that the Nazis were plotting to kill his family and kidnap him.Larry, a 37-year-old gay man, has lived for three years with his partner, whom he met in graduate school. Larry works as a psychologist in a large hospital. Although competent in his work, he often feels strained by the pressures of his demanding position. An added source of tension on the job is his not being out with his co-workers, and, thus, he is not able to confide in anyone or talk about his private life. Most of his leisure activities are with good friends who are also part of the local gay community.Do not attempt to label or diagnose the mental disorder; there is not enough information in the case study. Just look at the behaviors presented.Submit your rating in a Microsoft Word document to the  by . Name the file PSY2010_W1_A3_lastname_firstname.doc.Follow the correct APA standards for writing the document and citing sources.

Do a review on each post minimum of 100 words for each. please if you can do each one in a seperate word document, thank you1..For drivers, we drive on congested traffic filled roads every day. Some commutes on major highways can sometimes feel like riding into hell. Privatizing our roads seems like a preposterous idea, it may be a beneficial solution however. On a free road the “The Federal Highway Administration provides stewardship over the construction, maintenance, and preservation of the nation’s highways, bridges and tunnels” (fwha 2012). Local and state governments are contracted by the federal government to complete these projects. The men and women who complete these contracts have very little incentive to complete their tasks efficiently. Most are overworked and under payed for their jobs as government employees. This leaves free roads with many problems like potholes, unfinished construction, and damage leading to congestion.A private contractor pays the government to lease part of a major highway, then installs tolls that vary the price during peak traffic hours. Each driver can choose to travel on this portion of the road or not. By choosing to take the toll portion, they can travel up to the speed limit comfortably, drive on a maintained road, and get to their destination with less congestion. A private contractor has the incentive to take care of, and maintain their property, because they are paying for it. The use of the tolls internalizes the congestion externality and reduces the number of trips drivers take down the congested road. This leads to less congestion as a whole.There is a benefit to privatization of roads, which leads to drivers being happy about their commute to work. With the simple use of varying tolls, private companies have found a way to maintain congestion better than the governments have. They have even managed to make a profit doing it. A profit that returns to the state and benefits it, helping common resources like parks and recreational areas. It would seem that privatizing, at the very least, large highways would be a gain for this market.Mankiw, N. G. (2015) Principles of economics. Stamford, CT Cengage LearningU.S. Department of Transportation. (2012) Federal highway administration. Washington, DC. Retrieved from  2.  

 During early adulthood, people begin make important life decisions in three areas: career, family, and health. Young adults establish patterns of nutrition and physical activity that can have either positive or negative effects on their physical development in later stages of adulthood. They also begin to make decisions about what career path to follow. At some point during early adulthood, individuals also choose either to marry or remain single, and decide whether or not to start a family. Consider the following example:Based on your reading, prepare a PowerPoint presentation that would help individuals like Jeff set goals related to career, health, and family. The presentations should discuss the relationship between lifestyle choices and health risks. In addition, it should address how factors like personality and attachment may influence both career- and family-related goals. Finally, address diversity in the presentation. Explain how your plan could be adapted to fit the needs of different socioeconomic or ethnic groups.Your PowerPoint presentation should include an introduction, a conclusion, and detailed speaker’s notes. Include your references on one slide.Develop a 6–8-slide presentation in PowerPoint format with speaker’s notes. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M2_A2.ppt.In order for this assignment to be compatible with TurnItIn, you will need to save your PowerPoint presentation as an Adobe PDF file. To do this, open your presentation in Microsoft PowerPoint. Choose “Save As” from the File menu, then choose “Adobe PDF”. Before saving your file, click on the Options button and check the box next to “Convert Speaker Notes.” Now choose to save your file. Your speaker notes will be included in your PDF file that you will submit for this assignment. If your version of Microsoft PowerPoint does not have the option to include speaker notes, you will need to submit a Microsoft Word document that contains all information from your presentation, including the speaker notes.By , deliver your assignment to the . 

  Case Study:       Susan J. applied for a position as a licensed practical nurse at County Memorial Hospital. She had generated an impressive record during her training, possessed good references from prior employment in two different private duty situations, and interviewed well. Susan was clearly very heavy. Helen Harding, the Director of Nursing at County Memorial, estimated her weight to exceed 300 pounds. An ideal weight for her five foot five inch body was 125 to 130 pounds. A reasonable weight range for someone of that height was 120 to 140 pounds. After the interview, Helen extended a tentative offer of employment to Susan. The offer was contingent on passing the hospital’s -employment physical examination.       The County Hospital employee health physician examined Susan but declined to approve her for employment unless she could first achieve a safer weight, in her case less than 275 pounds. Susan failed to get the job because of her overweight condition. She then filed a complaint with the State Division of Human Rights charging discrimination based on disability, citing Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. She claimed that her only responsibility was to demonstrate that she was capable of doing the job, and that in spite of her physical handicap she could still adequately perform all required duties of the job. Her obesity, she claimed, was due to a medical condition over which she had no control.       County Hospital moved for dismissal of the complaint on three grounds. First, it argued that obesity was not a true physical impairment under the law. Second, it claimed that Susan’s condition resulted from her own voluntary actions. Finally, the hospital claimed that she could reduce and control her weight if she so chose.       How might the foregoing situation be resolved? Is obesity truly a disability, or will a different argument prevail? Do you believe that the hospital will be successful in getting the complaint dismissed, or will Susan successfully persuade the Division of Human Rights to act on her complaint? Why?    

COMM19999: Essential Communication SkillsFINAL RESEARCH ESSAY (25% of course grade) This project is the final stage of a research and writing process that incorporates your work on the Annotated Bibliography. The research materials you use for this paper are the same you have collected for the Annotated Bibliography assignment. Note that your Oral Presentation assignment will focus on one of the entries on the References list of the final paper.    •You are required to analyze and discuss in this research paper. The paper should not be just a presentation of facts and evidence. •The paper will be 5-6 pages long (plus the cover page; plus the References page) I. Compose a paper that contains the following elements: oAPA style title pageoAbstractoIntroduction (purpose, scope, background)oMain discussion section with appropriate headings: 5-10 paragraphs of development,     examples, evidence, expert testimony (graphs, charts, tables if applicable) oClosing section – conclusion(s), restatement of findingsoAppendices (if needed)oAPA style reference page that includes a minimum of 5 research sources. (Each source     must be cited at least once in the paper.)oYou are required to run your paper through the turnitin software. The turnitin report should be attached to your assignment. II. Nota bene1.No more than 30% of the assignment can be another’s referenced words or ideas – if a paper simply reassembles sources from elsewhere without the addition of your own thoughts, then this constitutes a breach of academic honesty/integrity and could potentially result in a mark of zero .2.When you revise and edit your paper, verify that– APA-style citations are provided as needed;– quotations are introduced or framed;– entries on the References page are consistent with APA guidelines;– every sentence is correct in terms of grammar and syntax;– every word is spelled correctly.III. Your paper should be formatted according to APA guidelines: •Times New Roman font•Double spaced•One-inch margins•First line of each paragraph indented 5 spaces•See the research paper example in your textbook, Writing Today, to have a clear idea      of the proper formatting of an APA style research paper. •See also the APA style section of OWL: Purdue Online Writing Lab at this link:  IV. The deadline for submission of the research paper is Week 13. The report  should be handed        in as a print copy stapled on the upper left hand corner. No e-mailed submission will be           accepted. V. Consult the following examples of APA-style research papers for inspiration:      1. “Is Organically Produced Food Better in Terms of Nutrition […]?” in Writing Today, 469-477     2. “A Guide for Writing APA Style Research Papers” (See attached PDF document.)     3. The APA style section of OWL: Purdue Online Online Writing Lab at this link:           

BANKS Industries is a manufacturing company located in Centervale. A U.S.-based organization, BANKS’s major product line is electronics components. BANKS has just over 200 employees at their main plant in Centervale, but has recently acquired a new subsidiary in China. This acquisition adds close to 100 employees and their expertise in a new line of personal computing devices. BANKS expects these devices to give them a competitive advantage in their market.BANKS started out as a family-owned organization that has a relatively flat organizational structure. After 15 years of being in business, BANKS continues to be family-owned and has acquired several small companies in the U.S. The acquisition of the Chinese company, which has now been renamed BANKS Components, is the first acquisition outside U.S. borders.At this point, the acquisition is official and the company is in the process of taking over the operations of the plant in China. All employees have been retained, although turnover and some expansion are anticipated in the near future. Employees in both locations are feeling uneasy regarding potential changes, and some reorganization is going to be necessary. During the acquisition, some key employees of the Chinese company left the organization out of fear that their positions would be eliminated. This has left some upper management and director-level positions vacant, adding to the challenges that BANKS is currently facing.As the HR manager, you report directly to the owner-president of BANKS Industries. You have a relatively small staff working under you, leaving you to make the majority of the HR recommendations and decisions on your own. You have been charged with identifying some of the challenges and issues in this new endeavor, making recommendations for action, working with employees, and several other tasks related to the acquisition.   Consider the challenges of posting U.S. employees to overseas locations. Be brief and professional on your slides, but use the notes feature to go into more detail regarding the topics. Consider your audience, so be sure that your text and background has enough contrast, that you limit animations and other distractions, and use graphs and tables where appropriate. Address the following in your presentation:

2. Step 1: Select a publicly-traded company that you will (or might) use for Assignment 1: Financial Research Report, which is due at the end of Week 9. Step 2: Locate financial ratio data from Mergent Online.  Financial statements, ratios, and other useful information are available from the Mergent Online database that is available through the Strayer University Learning Resource Center (online).  Please notice that financial ratios are grouped into appropriate categories (Profitability Ratios, Liquidity Ratios, Debt Management Ratios, and Asset Management Ratios), which makes it easy to set up the ratios and use them in the analysis. Accessing the Mergent Online Database – Financial Statements for companies, financial ratios, and Form 10K annual reports can be obtained from the Strayer University Learning Resource Center, which is accessible from the Online Classroom (see tab at the top of the screen). Select – Learning Resource CenterSelect – DatabasesSelect Mergent Online Then, in the block titled “Company Search – Enter Symbol or Company Name” enter the company’s name or its Stock Ticker Symbol (e.g., for McCormick & Company, enter MKC).  Next, select the company from the drop-down menu. For Financial Statements – Select “Company Financials” tabFor Financial Ratios – Select “Company Financials” tab and “Ratios” sub-tabFor Form 10K Annual Reports – Select “Filings” tab (and then select the most recent Annual Form 10K report) Step 3: Enter the financial ratio data into the Financial Ratio Analysis Model (the attached Excel spreadsheet).  The data need to be entered into the yellow-coded cells (column is titled “Oldest Year”) progressing to the most recent year on the left (column is titled “Most Recent Year”). The model presently contains financial information for McCormick & Company (Stock Ticker MKC). You will note that the Excel spreadsheet model is programmed to identify if each ratio improved or deteriorated over the time period.  And, the spreadsheet is programmed to calculate the percentage change in each of the ratios during the same period.  This information should be helpful as you prepare your analysis. (Note: This spreadsheet could be “imported” into the Assignment 1: Financial Research Report due at the end of Week 10.) Step 4:  Prepare an analysis and discussion of the financial ratio data that are examined in the Financial Ratio Analysis Model.  It is always appropriate to include the actual ratio data in the written analysis in addition to its presentation in a table, chart or graph. (Note: In addition to Mergent, another good source of financial data and company information is:    .)  B. From the scenario, determine two (2) financing strategies that TFC could utilize to accomplish its expansion goals.  You may, for example, consider your analysis of TFC’s financial statements, as well as your knowledge of TFC’s excessive cash position.  What is the rationale for your response? NOTE: THE TFC FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE PROVIDED AS AN “ANNOUNCEMENT” IN THE ONLINE CLASSROOM. 

Discussion 1 As you read in Chapter 1 of your course text, the assessment-learning process consists of a continuous cycle of assessment, planning, and teaching. It is important to consider that the cycle both begins and ends with assessment. “In between assessment there is continuous planning, teaching, and learning” (Howard, V. F., & Aiken, E., 2015, p. 16). In order to be effective caregivers and educators, we must first understand the purpose of assessment. Once we understand the “why,” we can then focus on the “how.” For this discussion you will reflect on the why, and begin to plan how to move forward in the assessment-learning process. To prepare for your first discussion, view the video. For a transcript of the video, please click . Include the following in your discussion post: Review several of your peers’ responses. Respond to at least two of your peers who chose a different assessment purpose than you did for the first bullet point. Respectfully comment on their points regarding this purpose, stating what you agree with and why, or by adding further relevant information or examples to support their point. Though two replies is the basic expectation, for deeper engagement and learning you are encouraged to provide responses to any comments or questions others have given to you. Remember, continuing to engage with peers and the instructor will further the conversation and provide you with opportunities to demonstrate your content expertise, critical thinking, and real-world experiences with this topic.discussion 2  When using assessments with young children, it is important to make sure that they are being used appropriately and with a specific purpose in mind.  The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) is an important resource to use as you are making decisions about assessment in early childhood. According to Howard, V. F., & Aiken, E. ( 2015), “NAEYC takes the position that assessment in ECE is not only unique and valuable but also vital to implementing  developmentally appropriate practices and the success of individual children, their families, ECE professionals, and ECE programs” (p. 60). Developmentally, young children have distinct needs when it comes to assessment, as the traditional paper/pencil assessment is not appropriate. Therefore, it is important that assessment in early childhood is approached in a developmentally responsive manner, always considering the individual needs of this age group. For this discussion you will reflect on the similarities and differences between assessment with older children and assessment in early childhood, and explore the unique ways in which assessment in early childhood is conducted. Include the following in your discussion post: Review several of your peers’ responses. Respond to at least two of your peers by further enhancing their discussion regarding family involvement. Explain why family involvement in early intervention is important. In addition, visit the website , and recommend at least one of the resources from the Resources for Parents section of the site. Explain the benefits of the resource and how it supports families being included in the assessment and early intervention processes. Though two replies is the basic expectation, for deeper engagement and learning you are encouraged to provide responses to any comments or questions others have given to you. Remember, continuing to engage with peers and the instructor will further the conversation and provide you with opportunities to demonstrate your content expertise, critical thinking, and real-world experiences with this topic. 

Management and Marketing Department MIS 300 Management Information Systems: Concepts and Applications     Text: 1) H. Bidgoli, MIS 6 (Management Information Systems), SIXTH EDITION Course     ISBN-10: 1305632001 ISBN-13: 9781305632004Important Notes   Note 1: Overdue assignments are not accepted without the instructor’s consent! They are all due the first session of each week. Note 2: Try not to miss any class. It will be very difficult to catch up! Note 3: All projects will be explained by the instructor in class. Note 4: This course assumes a general familiarity with the Internet and Microsoft Office (MIS 200A). Basic Excel knowledge is particularly very important. Note 5: Electronic copies must be saved in Word as one file with the following format before you send them to my e-mail address at      Your first name-Your last name-Your brief title   _______________________________________________________________________  Guidelines for Assignments (these two assignments are not related to one another. They must be researched independently) Companies        and your name as it appears on the class roster and your student ID.     that are covered in your paper. These subtitles must also appear in the paper itself. Make sure that the subtitles match with what you have in the table of contents.        brief history, 4-6 products and or services, and specific competitions for each product or       company.      how a particular business (private or public) has utilized the products and or services of a particular technology company in order to gain a competitive advantage.  8  Research       can be web sources. Traditional publications such as Business week can be counted in either group.     300), and your name as it appears on the class roster and your student ID.     that are covered in your paper. These subtitles must also appear in the paper itself. Make sure that the subtitles match with what you have in the table of contents.         identity theft.  Oral Presentation      2) 10-12 Minutes, 10-12 PowerPoint slides