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What major concerns are addressed in the budget document?

Part 1 – Budget analysis
1. In your paper, provide answers to the following questions using visual as well as text. Provide the discussion and analysis as if you were presenting a report to Council:
a. What major concerns are addressed in the budget document?
b. What is the total County budget? Breakout the budget for the enterprise funds versus the general fund.
c. What sources of revenue are received by the County overall?

2. Look at the General fund budget overall. Compare revenues and expenditures budgeted.
a. Determine which Department consumes the most general government resources (support your selection). For that department, answer these questions:
i. What are the department’s goals and purpose? How do those match with what you would think the citizens expect?
ii. Are there revenues specific to the department?
iii. What are the budgeted expenditures? Provide examples from the budget.
iv. If a 15% decrease is to be made for this department you have chosen where would you cut the budget? Explain why and what you think the overall effect of this decrease would be on the department.
v. Anything else you think is significant about this department’s budget?

Part 2 – CAFR analysis
1. Read the Transmittal Letter, MD&A and notes. For additional reference, look for official reports or financial information such as reports to Council about the CAFR.
2. Provide an analysis of the CAFR using text and graphics as if you were presenting your analysis to someone in order to inform them about CAFRs in general and this city in particular.
3. Include in your analysis the answers to the following questions. Be sure to also conform to the guidelines for the paper overall presented in the first section of these instructions and support your opinions with references or examples.
a. Has the County received an award for the CAFR? If so, you don’t need to spend time analyzing conformity with GASB 34 requirements.
b. What detail is available in the notes to the statements that would be useful to a particular type of reader (citizen, potential commercial operation, etc.).
c. What is the financial situation for this government? Support your comments with examples from the CAFR. Is there sufficient information to determine the financial health of the government?
d. Compare the information provided in the CAFR and the budget for this city including a review of the budget vs. actual statements in the CAFR.
e. What do you think was especially helpful or not in the CAFR overall including the MD&A and statistical sections? Support your responses with examples.
Tell the reader what you will cover and why it is interesting; give the reader context (for instance, say something about the city such as its location, weather, what it’s known for, etc..
Body – Organization

Discuss the importance of having a website.

Website Development

Consumers will expect your business to have a website. Having a website indicates that you are serious about your business. To consumers, having a website makes you appear as businesslike as a large competitor.

Write a 3 page paper.

Address the following in your paper:
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•Discuss who will host the website
•Discuss who will build the website
•Discuss the cost of maintaining your website

Include:
•Photos of your product or service provided
•Your completed logo
•Your Pricing Logo
•Pricing Structure
•Packaging Design (if applicable)
Note: You may take screen shots of your website to meet the requirement of this assignment.

Include a title page and 5 references. Write in 3rd person. Only one reference may be from the internet (not Wikipedia). The other references must be from the Grantham University online library.

What is your recall plan and how do you intend to turn your recalled products into profit?

Reverse Logistics/Recall Plan

Each week you will be asked to make an honest evaluation of your skills and knowledge necessary to open and operate your business.

This week we ask you to discuss with your classmates your product recall plan:
•What is your recall plan and how do you intend to turn your recalled products into profit? If your business is providing a service, how will you deal with the dissatisfied customer?

Explain what this method is, then evaluate the method from the perspective of a Cartesian skeptic about the external world.

Task:
Watch the movie Inception. Towards the end of the movie, Leonardo Di Caprio’s character,
Cobb, demonstrates his way of knowing whether he is dreaming or not. Explain what this
method is, then evaluate the method from the perspective of a Cartesian skeptic about the
external world. Would Descartes buy Cobb’s method? Why, or why not?
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Please write it with rabbit rule and i will upload example of rabbit rule and micro essay. Also, i will upload the reading and the powerpoint.
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Examine the value and limitations of concepts, models and frameworks.

The Complexity of Management – Individual Assignment
Learning outcomes and pass attainment level expectations:
Module Learning Outcomes
1. Demonstrate a clear understanding of the integrated nature of management functions and processes, theories and concepts.
2. Appraise the practice and theory of management to appreciate the complexity inherent in managerial action.
3. Analyse and evaluate management and organisation concepts and discuss their application to a range of contexts.
4. Examine the value and limitations of concepts, models and frameworks.
You will be assessed according to the following criteria:
Evidence of setting out the context of the current situation of the case study organisation
Evidence of observation of issues facing the case study organisation to map out the range of contributory factors
Effective use of appropriate tools including models, theories, literature etc. to
identify the most significant factors and
evaluate how their relationship contributes to the emerging complexity for the organisation
Effective communication, presentation and use of structure
Evidence of research and reading to select appropriate theories, concepts and frameworks (with appropriate referencing of sources – Harvard format)

The following are indicative of the threshold pass requirements for the assignment.
The paper sets out some context of the current situation of the case study organisation
Some evidence of the observation of issues facing the case study organisation to map out the range of contributory factors
Some use of appropriate tools including models, theories, literature etc. to
identify the most significant factors and
evaluate how their relationship contributes to the emerging complexity for the organisation
Some evidence of research and reading to select appropriate theories, concepts and frameworks (with appropriate referencing of sources – Harvard format)

The level of communication and structure enables evidence of some understanding and discussion
The stronger assignments will clearly build on these threshold requirements to demonstrate increasing levels of originality, depth of research, criticality in terms of analysis, evaluation and depth of argument, and clarity of writing and structure. Discussion relating to the levels of assessment will be an integral part of class sessions and seminars.Management Pathway – Year 2 (Level 5)

The Complexity of Management

Individual Assignment (100% of the module assessment)

Introduction to the assignment

Traditionally the management of organisations has been presented as a logical and rational process based primarily on the activities of Planning, Leading, Organising, and Controlling. However, although the effective implementation of these activities is crucial, the real world in which managers and organisations operate tends to be far more irrational and complex.

Every day the media brings to our attention organisational successes and failures. This in many cases is a vivid illustration of their ability or inability to work effectively with complex situations.

As preparation for your future roles as managers and leaders the purpose of this Module is to equip you with the academic and professional skills and techniques to investigate and diagnose the nature, source and significance of complexity within organisations.
The Assignment

The purpose of this assignment is to assess your ability to investigate and diagnose the nature, source and significance of complexity within organisations through applying appropriate academic theory and literature to real world situations.

Therefore you are required to prepare and produce a 2500 word written case study evaluation in which you;

Broadly set out the context of the current situation of the case study organisation
From your observations of issues facing the case study organisation map out the range of contributory factors
From your mapping exercise use appropriate tools including models, theories, literature etc. to
identify the most significant factors and
evaluate how their relationship contributes to the emerging complexity for the organisation
Planning the assignment

This assignment must be seen as a distinct piece assessment, and should not be based on any assignments currently or previously submitted for assessment.

Discussions within the class sessions will offer opportunities to discuss approaches to the assignment.

To help to shape, support and develop the assignment you should consider utilising the following indicative resources:
Module reading list
Business and Management Library guide – http://libguides.bcu.ac.uk/management
Electronic resources available through Kenrick Library e.g. Summon, ABI, Emerald, MyiLibrary for access to a wide range of e-books
Google Scholar
Guidance and support from the Centre for Academic Success – http://library.bcu.ac.uk/learner/
There is a wealth of information available via the internet-however, in the spirit of the module you should consider how do you use this material in a more critical manner.
The assignment requirements and assessment guidelines will be introduced and discussed within class sessions, and posted on Moodle. These should be used to help prepare and plan the assignment, and to assist in the self-evaluation of your work prior to submission.

Please note this is an individual piece of assessment and you should ensure you have read and understood the University’s guidance on avoiding issues of alleged plagiarism and collusion. Advice is introduced within the Regulations pages – http://www.bcu.ac.uk/student-info/academic-regs) – and on the Centre for Academic Success Moodle page. If you have any additional questions on these issues it is essential to discuss them with a Module tutor. We reserve the right to put any assignments through our plagiarism software to detect inappropriate use of secondary sources, including books, other sources, Journals and internet sources. Where appropriate we may use a viva (‘an oral examination’) as part of the assessment process to help clarify and establish student understanding, and to examine the research undertaken for the assignment.

Describe your e-commerce strategy, with respect to linking up your suppliers, web marketing strategy and concepts such as SEO, Social media strategy, etc.

Question 1:

Consider that you are the owner of a store that sells electronics such as Televisions, VCRs, DVDs, mobile phones, etc. You are considering expanding to three different locations, including opening two stores in the cities of Sao Paulo, Brazil and Chile, Argentina from your current headquarters based out of Miami, Florida. You are also considering to implement an additional channel for trade i.e. e-commerce which will be global in nature, and serves your customers in both US locations and South American locations.

By the end of 2016, you will have 4 stores and 1 e-commerce web portal from which you sell the same electronic goods.

Answer the following questions. Your answers should all be double spaced, Arial 11 font, and should be between 1 and 3 pages.

1. Describe your e-commerce strategy, with respect to linking up your suppliers, web marketing strategy and concepts such as SEO, Social media strategy, etc. (Refer Chapter 8) – 300 points

2. Describe your organizational structure and the Global Information Systems you will roll out in 2016 for your organization. Describe some of the key challenges to implementing the GIS system. (Ref Chapter 9, 10)