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Provide a two to three single-spaced written memo evaluating options and providing recommendations.

In this case, management is presented with several decision options.  For this assignment, you are required to provide a two to three single-spaced written memo evaluating options and providing recommendations.  The written memo should be properly formatted according to APA guidelines and demonstrate research and critical thinking skills. Evaluations and recommendations should be supported by at least four scholarly sources from the Ashford University Library or other external sources, excluding the textbook.

In Question 1, evaluate each decision separately in full detail including calculations, as necessary.  The evaluation should be included as part of the memo discussion, not a separate component.  Evaluations can be included as appendices, exhibits or figures; however must be properly referenced within the written content.

In Question 2, prepare a comprehensive business memo addressing each decision and your recommendation.  The memo should be properly formatted as a business memo and formatted according to APA guidelines.

An example of a properly formatted business memo can be found at this link http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/590/04/.

Week 5 Written Assignment should:

  • Demonstrate graduate level work including appropriate research and critical thinking skills.
  • Be presented as a business memo (not a question/answer format).
  • Incorporate case questions into the overall analysis.
  • Follow APA formatting guidelines including title page, reference page and in-text citations.
  • Consists of two to three single-spaced pages of content.

Provide at least four scholarly sources, excluding the textbook.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Discuss security measures that are available to protect customers shopping on the Internet.

Electronic Commerce and the Social Enterprise

SLP 4 consists of two parts. In Part I, you will create an Excel Pivot tables, and in Part II you will   and evaluating security measures to protect Internet consumers.

Refer to tutorials at http://www.gcflearnfree.org/excel2013 and watch the videos.

  1. Track Change and Comments [Video 24]
  2. Finalizing and Protecting Workbooks [Video 25]
  3. Conditional Formatting [Video 26]
  4. Pivot Tables [Video 27]
  5. What-If Analysis [Video 28]

For this assignment, first watch the below videos by clicking the links:

Pivot Tables:

https://support.office.com/en-in/article/Create-a-PivotTable-and-analyze-your-data-7810597d-0837-41f7-9699-5911aa282760?ui=en-US&rs=en-IN&ad=IN

 IF functions

https://support.office.com/en-in/article/Advanced-IF-functions-17341cef-510d-4d60-a657-913f878fdacf?ui=en-US&rs=en-IN&ad=IN

Using PivotTables to answer questions

Suppose we wanted to answer the question: “What is the amount sold by each salesperson?” for the sales data in the example below. Answering this question could be very time-consuming and difficult—each salesperson appears on multiple rows, and we would need to total all of their different orders individually. We could use the Subtotal command to help find the total for each salesperson, but we would still have a lot of data to work with.

Fortunately, a PivotTable can instantly calculate and summarize the data in a way that is both easy to read and manipulate. Perform the following.

  1. Use the PivotTable to calculate and summarize the data.
  2. Once you have created a PivotTable, change the order amount to currency.
  3. What is the amount sold by each salesperson?
  4. What is the total amount sold in each month?
  5. Take a screenshot or use the Snipping tool to copy the worksheet where the new pivot table and pivot table fields appear to show your work. Paste the screen images into a Word doc.

 

Submit your answers for this assignment by pasting the worksheet screenshots in 1- to 3-page Word document.

SLP Part II

For Part II, prepare a 1- to 2-page Word document paper addressing the following question.

Research 2-3 security measures that are available to protect customers shopping on the Internet. Define the measure and find the benefits and limitations of each approach.

SLP Assignment Expectations

Your assignment will be graded following these expectations:

  • SLP Part I and II must be submitted in one combined Word document containing 2-5 pages properly labeling each section.
  • Submit a Word document with screen copies of the Excel worksheet by pasting them in 1-3 pages. Answer the security question in 1-2 pages.
  •  Precision: the questions asked are answered.
  • Clarity: Your answers are clear and show your good understanding of the topic.
  • Breadth and depth: The scope covered in your paper is directly related to the questions of the assignment and the learning objectives of the module.
  • Your paper meets the page requirements not counting the cover page or the references pages.

Identify discriminatory acts in a company.

This Case Study is based on
a work scenario. For this scenario, pretend that you are an HR representative and
you are preparing a memorandum for the VP of HR.
The memo will analyze a set of facts that occurred in your company and conclude with an assessment as to whether your company is liable. This is a role
-play assignment, and your objective is to develop a unique scenario
and then play the role of the HR representative all the way through your memo, just as if you were the HR representative and this really happened!
For this memo, you may develop any scenario you desire, and the legal issue can be based upon any of the topics that you have reviewed during this course. However, the scenario must include that the supervisor of the employee(s) in question is advocating for the termination of one or more employees. You may or may not agree with the supervisor’s sentiment and will address this in your memo to your boss. You will break your memo into at least five paragraphs (make sure to assess whether termination will lead to any liability in paragraph four, and
include in your recommendation paragraph five whether termination is warranted), as follows:
Paragraph 1: Identify the issue that you are dealing with; present the problem to your boss. Is it a concern about discriminatory
treatment? Are the employees engaging in concerted activity? Is an employee being
sexually harassed? You decide.
Paragraph 2: Outline the facts of the case. Tell the story. What did the employee(s) do that is of concern to you and prompted the drafting of
this memo? In your scenario, advise your boss that you believe the
employee (or ex-employee if the person has quit or has been fired) is preparing to sue the company.
Paragraph 3: Identify the statute that is in question (is this a potential FMLA, FLSA,
ADA, or some other issue?) and a legal case from the textbook that seems similar to your scenario. Look up the case on the Internet and read about it. Be sure you understand the important facts of the case and why (or why not)
the court ruled in favor of the employee/employer. Analyze the case in this paragraph of your memo. Explain its relevance and how the facts are similar to the facts involving your scenario. You are not limited to discussing only one relevant case, but do not discuss more than two so that your memo is not too long.
Paragraph 4: Determine
if the company has any legal liability or exposure based upon your comparison of
the facts in your scenario with the facts and decision of the court case(s) you analyzed.
Paragraph 5: Give your boss arecommendation. Whether you think the company might be liable or not,you should have recommendations to your boss relative to how to deal with the situation (defuse it) and how to guard against future situations like this arising.
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Lastly,be sure to include a reference list at the end. You should have at least three sources/citations for your memorandum. It is likely that one will be the textbook, one will be the court case you reference, and a third might be a statute, article, a second case, or some other relevant case.
The memo should be at least two double spaced pages in length, excluding the references. You will have to be concise in what you say!

What is a business plan?

I would prefer a business plan based on something outdoors. I’m thinking a business that allows me and other guides to lead overnight hunting trips for groups. It could be something different if need be. I am ex military and would like to  use those types of skills in some way for this mock business plan.

 

Each of the following must be covered:

 

Your Business Idea

Economics of One Unit

Evaluating Your Business Idea

Your Goals

Technology

Core Beliefs

Competitive Advantage

International Opportunities

 

APA Format needed

What is “project crashing”?

Assignment is due tomorrow Sunday Jan 10th at $ pm Eastern time

 

APA format 

 

Extra link for homework

http://www.pmhut.com/crashing-in-project-management-a-comprehensive-guide

 

The following online article on crashing in project management ( link listed above)

After reviewing the material and reflecting on the content, write a 2- to 3-page paper that addresses the following questions:

  • What is “project crashing”?
  • When might it be appropriate to utilize project crashing?
  • What are the potential downfalls of project crashing?
  • Have you seen it used at your place of employment? If so, to what extent was it successful?
  • What would you recommend as the first/best alternative to project crashing?

Include at least two sources beyond the textbook

APA format

Write a formal, 5-paragraph essay in APA format, including a cover page, in response to this question. Base your answer on your own observations and support your assertions quoting from your assigned readings.

Choose two writers and compare their narrative tone, style, and theme; please respond in a five-paragraph APA essay format with quotes, proper in-text citations, and references.

Authors to compare (choose 2)

 

Please be sure to include the following in your assignment submission:

 

  1. Write a formal, 5-paragraph essay in APA format, including a cover page, in response to this question. Base your answer on your own observations and support your assertions quoting from your assigned readings.

 

  1. Read the assigned readings. Highlight quotes, summarize, or paraphrase from this week’s readings and be sure to include an in-text citation in proper APA format (Author, year, p. X).

 

  1. Include three quotes from our readings. When you discuss literature, it is all about the words before you. They are yours to consider and reflect on. You will want to make a strong assertion and prove it, or support it, by quoting from the readings. Include three quotes in our essay.

 

  1. Create a strong thesis for your essay. A thesis states your main idea in a sentence. A sample thesis (which you are free to use) might be: Toni Morrison and Alice Walker are both award-winning authors that share a similar theme, yet they differ greatly in voice, dialogue, and characterization.

Be sure to include an APA reference page

Examine Ethics.

Question 1:

Examine Ethics: Ethics of War for a full overview of Just War theory and its tenets to include in your analysis. Identify at least one strength and at least one weakness of Just War theory. Do you think Just War theory is a morally acceptable justification for war? Explain your answer.

 

 

Question 2:

Watch Michael Walzer on Just War Theory. In addition to the overview of Just War theory, Walzer discusses a new concept called jus post bellum, justice post conflict.

Describe what you believe are the moral obligations of countries and militaries after the end of conflict. Are nations and militaries responsible for rebuilding the countries they invade or liberate?

Compare and contrast the motives and goals of China, Portugal and Spain in expansion in the fifteenth century

  1. Compare and contrast the motives and goals of China, Portugal and Spain in expansion in the fifteenth century.
  1. Identify and explain the effects of European expansion on Asia, Europe, the Americas, Africa and the world.How do these compare to the consequences of Chinese expansion?

 

  1. How did various societies in the early modern era view the relationship between 1) politics and religion and 2) science and religion?Be sure to use specific examples from both within AND outside Europe.

 

  1. Identify and discuss the new ideas and values introduced in the Scientific Revolution and the Enlightenment in Europe. Be sure to explain the specific ways these ideas and values were different from those that had existed before the sixteenth century.

 

  1. How did different groups of people around the world apply Enlightenment ideas to their situation?Be sure to discuss the role of race and gender in shaping different interpretations.

 

  1. Identify and discuss the specific ways in which the early modern world was interconnected from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.Be sure to provide relevant examples that show what parts of the world were linked with one another and explain what linked them together.

What is an important part of being an historian?

An important part of being an historian is acting as a detective and investigating your sources before using them in a paper. In this activity, you are the detective! To use a source effectively, you will need to understand everything you can about it, including author, the relation of the author to tWhe subject he or she is writing about, what the source says, and so on.

 

Answering these questions below is an important first step in writing your final paper!

 

Part I: Primary Source Investigation!

 

Instructions: Choose one of your primary sources and answer the questions below in your own words. With the exception of Question 1, all answers should be at least 100 words.

 

  1. What is the name of your source and when was it produced?

 

 

  1. Who was the author/creator of this document and how is the author related to the event he/she is writing about?

 

 

  1. How credible is the author on his/her subject and what are some potential biases the author may have had?

 

 

  1. List three things in the document that are important to your topic’s focus.

 

 

  1. Why do you think the document was written?

 

 

  1. How will this source contribute to your paper’s focus?

 

 

Part II: Secondary Source Investigation!

 

Instructions: Choose one of your secondary sources and answer the questions below in your own words. All answers should be at least 100 words.

 

  1. What is the name of your chosen document?

 

 

  1. Who was the author of this document and why is the author qualified to write about this topic?

 

 

  1. What historical event/topic is the author writing about and what is his/her main argument?

 

 

  1. List three things in the document that are important to your topic’s focus.

 

 

  1. How will this source contribute to your paper?