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Applying Decision-Making Skills

As a manager, part of your role is to develop strategy, and share this strategy with various stakeholders within the organization. This assignment will allow you to take your findings as a manager and communicate these findings to those who are affected.

Your company has been presented with a decision on replacing a piece of equipment for a new computerized version that promotes efficiency for the upcoming year. As manager you will need to decide whether or not the purchase of the new equipment is a worthwhile investment and to communicate your recommendations to Executive Management for a final decision. To be convincing, sufficient support for your recommendations must be provided in order to be considered valid and accepted.

In this assignment, use the information above to develop a comprehensive analysis using NPV, Payback Method, and IRR to develop a recommendation on replacing the existing equipment with a new computerized version. Develop an executive summary of your findings in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation format to present to Executive Management.

Do the following in your presentation:

• Include a statement of the problem or topic, a concise analysis of the findings, and a recapitulation of any main conclusions or recommendations.
• Be sure to incorporate specific details to highlight or support the summary including calculations.
• Using your knowledge of capital budgeting techniques, explain how principles of capital budgeting, such as the payback method, IRR, and NPV, can be used to assess the potential projects and assist in the decision-making process.

Develop a 5-7 slide presentation in PowerPoint format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M4_A2.ppt.

For this assignment, you will research the potential international markets and possible competitors of your chosen project. The combination of those two items enables you to create a powerful framework to perform a relevant organizational analysis.

In a 7–8-page report, include the following:

Part I: Key Market 

In this part of this assignment, you are to:

1. Decide if all operations will be internationalized (or only some of them) and identify which ones.
2. Identify and assess different potential regions and/or countries to globalize operations.
3. Choose two or three that are the most relevant to your operations.
4. Justify choices made.

Specific evidence from scholarly sources should be used to support your choices. Generate separate analyses for each country and/or region chosen, addressing the following main points:

• Size and characteristics of the market
• Number and size of global, regional, and local competitors currently acting in the market
• Balance of trade
• Currency exchange rates (current and historical)
• Percentage of domestic production exported
• Percentage of domestic consumption imported
• Cost of labor
• Tax level for domestic and foreign companies
• Presence of government in the economy
• Percentage of ownership allowed to foreign companies and/or investors
• Local laws and regulations related to industry/product

Part II: Define Competitors

1. Identify and describe 3-5 major potential global and domestic competitors that will be considered for this project.

Utilize the dynamic aggregate demand and aggregate supply model animations to analyze the macroeconomic factors that led to the 2007–2009 recession.

Question 1

Discuss the role of management in creating a diverse workforce. What is needed for success other than activities such as diversity initiatives and training programs?

Your response must be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Question 2

Discrimination has persisted in countries all over the world, despite legislation prohibiting it. Briefly describe changes other than legislation that are necessary at the societal level in order to foster a culture of diversity.

Your response must be at least 200 words in length. You are required to use at least your textbook as source material for your response. All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations.

Course Textbook

Bell, M. P. (2012). Diversity in organizations (2nd ed.). Mason, OH: South-Western.

The twoarticles are from the work shown below. The above are just the title of the two articles. Kindly give me two separate work with 1.5 page each – 3 pages in total.

write a brief paper (2 total) for two of the articles.

Each paper should be double spaced with 12 pt. font and no longer than 1.5 pages.

write two summary articles for chapter 8 that gives a brief summary, states a problem the business (or individual) is facing, Make sure to point out any concept in chapter 7 that can be applied.

You will want to keep in mind that some articles may not have a problem or the problem may not be obvious. If there doesn’t appear to be a problem, put yourself in that person’s shoes and ask yourself what potential problem could arise and how would you attempt to answer it.

This is my textbook, Managerial Economics 4e- Luke M. Froeb .pdf

Articles: 1.

http://www.ibtimes.com/why-do-roses-cost-more-valentines-day-how-buy-cheap-flowers-amid-spike-prices-because-1815850

Articles: 2.

It is important that the approaches used by counselors and the counseling programs implemented in schools and agencies are effective for the clients and students who will be receiving these services. Counselors in the field often conduct research to test the effectiveness of their services. Consider one of the following questions that a counselor working in a school or agency may want to explore:

• Does completion of eight group counseling sessions help to decrease levels of social anxiety (or other symptoms or issues)?
• How do students or clients describe the experience of the counseling they have received and its impact on them?
• What is the effect of short-term counseling (6–8 sessions) for couples who report significant levels of relationship discord?
• What is the effect of counseling for adolescents who report serious issues with substance abuse?
• What impact does attending a 2-hour information workshop have on clients or students who are engaged in career counseling?

In your post, specify which of the questions above you are considering, and respond to the following:

• What legal or ethical issues would you consider as you select participants, if you were granted permission to answer one of these questions through a structured study at your school or agency?
• How would you address issues of informed consent and confidentiality for participants in the study? Cite specific areas of the ACA 2014 Code of Ethics and other ethical guidelines to support your decisions.

Week 3 Discussion Questions
How does a corporation compute earnings and profits (E&P)? What income is deferred to a later year when computing taxable income but is included in E&P in the current year? What deductions are allowed for taxable income purposes but denied for E&P? DQ: 3.1

Distinguish between current and accumulated earnings and profits. Why is it important to make this distinction? DQ: 3.2

The corporation owns a building with a $160,000 adjusted basis and $120,000 fair market value. The company has earnings and profits of $200,000. Is it more advantageous for the company to sell the property and distribute the sales proceeds to its shareholders or distribute the property to its shareholders and let them sell the property? Why? If you were a shareholder, what would be most advantageous to you? DQ: 3.3
What is a stock redemption? What are some reasons for redeeming stock? Why are some redemptions treated as sales and others as dividends? DQ: 3.4
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C:3 3 Stan and Susan, two calendar year taxpayers, are starting a new business to manufacture and sell digital circuits. They intend to incorporate the business with $600,000 of their own capital and $2 million of equity capital obtained from other investors. The company expects to incur organizational and start-up expenditures of $100,000 in the first year. Inventories are a material income-producing factor. The company also expects to incur losses of $500,000 in the first two years of operations and substantial research and development expenses during the first three years. The company expects to break even in the third year and be profitable at the end of the fourth year, even though the nature of the digital circuit business will require continual research and development activities. What accounting methods and tax elections must Stan and Susan consider in their first year of operation? For each method and election, explain the possible alternatives and the advantages and disadvantages of each alternative.

Read the scenario and respond to the questions.
Support your answers with calculations, as needed.
Show your work.
Submit your completed assignment as a Microsoft
ABSOLUTELY NO PLAGARIZING

Weekly tasks or assignments (Individual or Group Projects) will be due by Monday and late submissions will be assigned a late penalty in accordance with the late penalty policy found in the syllabus. NOTE: All submission posting times are based on midnight Central Time.

The Bill of Rights extends to individuals the protection of various civil liberties.

Assignment Guidelines:

• Explain the main points of each Amendment.
• What is the purpose of the Amendment?
• Whom does the Amendment affect?
• Why is this Amendment important?
• How might this amendment impact the average citizen’s daily life, if at all?

Use a minimum of 3 references (your media foru

EHST 3701: Industrial Hygiene Laboratory

LABORATORY EXERCISE 3:
EXPOSURE TO AMORPHOUS AND CRYSTALLINE SILICA
I. OBJECTIVES

At the end of the session each student should be able:
1. To calculate the PEL for amorphous and crystalline silica
2. To interpret the acceptability of worker exposure to silica based on the obtained PEL
3. To discuss the possible health effects of silica exposure

II. LABORATORY EXERCISE

1. Given the following data for amorphous silica exposure:

Percentage of amorphous silica in air sample = 9.8%
Worker’s 8-hr TWA exposure = 7.2 mg/m3

a. Calculate the PEL. Show all computations. (1 pt)
b. Is the worker’s exposure acceptable based on the calculated PEL? (1 pt)

2. Given the following data for crystalline silica (respirable quartz) exposure:

Percentage of quartz in air sample = 4.7%
Worker’s 8-hr TWA exposure = 1.1 mg/m3

a. Calculate the PEL. Show all computations. (1 pt)
b. Is the worker’s exposure acceptable based on the calculated PEL? (1 pt)
c. Is the worker’s exposure acceptable based on the ACGIH TLV? (1 pt)

3. Given the following data for cristobalite (respirable) exposure:

Percentage of cristobalite in air sample = 2.8%
Worker’s 8-hr TWA exposure = 1.3 mg/m3

a. Calculate the PEL. Show all computations. (1 pt)
b. Is the worker’s exposure acceptable based on the calculated PEL? (1 pt)

4. Given the following data for crystalline silica exposure:

Percentage of quartz in air sample = 4.5%
Percentage of cristobalite in air sample = 2.7%
Worker’s 8-hr TWA exposure = 0.59 mg/m3

a. Calculate the PEL. Show all computations. (1 pt)
b. Is the worker’s exposure acceptable based on the calculated PEL? (1 pt)

5. What are the possible health effects of exposure to crystalline silica? (1 pt)

Discuss what you believe is the most strategic competency, resource or capability exhibited by your Strategic Audit firm. Explain why you think it gives your firm a competitive advantage over its competitors.

Minimun 250 words, APA 6th ed. references, 100% original work.