BUS3101-W6 DB qs-1

Question 1: The Enron scandal illustrates the extent to which the decision-making process can fail. TIME magazine has done an extensive look at the demise of this company and the collateral damage inflicted on stockholders, suppliers, customers, and employees.
Navigate to http://www.time.com/time/2002/enron/. There you will find two interesting articles entitled "California Scheming" and "How Fastow Helped Enron Fail." Relate this article to the failure to "Escalation of Commitment and Ethics in Decision Making" that you read about in your text.

BUS3101-W6 Assignment 2 Final Project

Assignment 2: Final Project

 

You have a novel product idea and a working prototype for floating fishing pliers. You use an extrusion process to manufacture the pliers, and your family assembles them out of your basement. Your plan is to distribute them through sporting goods stores that cater to anglers. Applying all that you have learned in this course, create a detailed strategic plan for the next five years. You should include the following elements of comprehensive strategic plan:

• A mission statement that describes the overall purpose of the organization
• A resource needs assessment
• A statement and some detail on the technology requirements, goal statement, and rationale
• A set of objectives (measurable and observable)
• A statement on the hardware, software, and facility resource requirements
• A statement on training resource requirement and staff development plan
• A marketing plan
• An itemized budget, evaluation method, and funding sources

 

Submit your assignment to the W6: Assignment 2 Dropbox.

 

 

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Provided a complete strategy for manufacturing and distributing the product.	20
Created a detailed strategic plan for the next five years.	15
Strategic plan was comprehensive and included all of the elements listed in the final project description.	20
Presented a structured report free of spelling and grammatical errors and cited sources in APA format when necessary.	5
Total:	60

 

 

 

BUS3101-W5 A2 Case Study

Control theory originated with the goal of managing small, mechanical operations (such as the thermostat example in your lecture) but it has since been applied in broader contexts. For this assignment, select a service operation (a bank, hospital, auditing company, financial consulting, etc.) and apply control theory to a particular process within the business. Explain how the concepts found in control theory can be used to ensure the smooth operation of the process. In a bank, a process to which we could apply control theory could be managing the length of the lines. In financial consulting, control theory could be applied to maintaining the balance between risk and return.

For this assignment, begin by choosing and describing a specific process within a service operation. Describe what the goals would be (maintain risk levels, manage queue lengths, maintain medicine inventory, etc.) and then explain, using relevant vocabulary, how control theory can be used to keep the goals on target. Use research to both find details about your selected type of business and also to learn more about control theory concepts. Be specific in your description and give concrete examples of what must be done. To support your arguments, create two graphs: the first should depict the feedback loop in the operation and the second should show the stability of the operation (how the value of the objective will behave over time). The online lecture has examples for both of these graphs.

 

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria	Maximum Points
Described the service operation.	10
Applied control theory concepts to explain how the operation can be managed.	10
Provided two graphs to show the control loop and stability of the operation.	10
Presented a structured report free of spelling and grammatical errors and cited sources in APA format when necessary.	5
Total:	35

BUS 401 Week-4

BUS 401 Week 4

1. JP Corp. has a retained earnings balance of $1,000,000. The company reported net income of $300,000, sales of $2,000,000, and had 100,000 shares of common stock outstanding. The company announced a dividend of $1 per share. Therefore, the company's dividend payout ration is ___.
a. 10%        b. 33.3%        c. 50%        d. 100%


2. Financial leverage could mean financing some of a firm's assets with ___.
a. Common stock        b. Retained earnings        c. Corporate bonds    d. Sales revenue

3. Dividend policy is influenced by ___.
a. A company's investment opportunities.
b. A firm's capital structure mix.
c. A company's availability of internally generated funds.
d. All of the above.

4. The break even point in sales dollars is convenient if ___.
a. The firm sells a large amount of one product
b. The firm deals with more than one product
c. The price per unit is very low
d. Depreciation expense is high

5. Which of the following will result from a stock repurchase?
a. Earnings per share will rise
b. Number of shares will increase
c. Corporate cash is conserved
d. Ownership is diluted

6. Stock dividends ___.
a. Decrease stock prices because no cash goes to shareholders but companies pay transaction costs
b. May increase stock prices if the dividend is used to maintain an optimal trading range for common stock.
c. May increase stock prices if investors perceive the dividend as containing favorable information about the firm's future prospects.
d. Both b and c are true.

7. Break even analysis is used to study the effect on EFT of changes in all of the following except:
a. Corporate taxes
b. Prices
c. Cost structure
d. Volume

8. The final approval of a dividend payment comes from ___.
a. The controller
b. The president of the company
c. The board of directors
d. It is a joint decision requiring approval from all of the above.

9. Dividends generally ___.
a. Are paid as a fixed percentage of earnings
b. Fluctuate more than earnings
c. Are guaranteed by the SEC
d. Are more stable than earnings

10. A justification for no dividend payments that would be pleasing to shareholders could be ___.
a. Insufficient cash available for dividend payments
b. Positive NPQ investment projects that require the firm to retain cash for investment purposes
c. An investor clientele that prefers current liquidity
d. Cash will be used for a stock dividend

An310 Cultural Anthropology Assignment 4

Directions: Be sure to save an electronic copy of your answer before submitting it to Ashworth College for grading. Unless otherwise stated, answer in complete sentences, and be sure to use correct English, spelling, and grammar. Relying solely on your text, respond to the topics for this writing assignment using your own words and examples. Design your responses as if you are explaining facts, concepts, and ideas to someone who is not familiar with the subject matter. Be sure to include creative examples wherever they may be appropriate. Also, be sure to provide a title for each of your essay responses.

This assignment requires you to write essays in response to all of the following:

Part 1 In your own words, differentiate two distinctive features of cultural anthropology, ethnocentrism and cultural relativism. Give examples.

Part 2 Provide a cross-cultural overview of balanced and unbalanced modes of exchange. Give examples.

Part 3 How have anthropologists attempted to explain the universality of the incest taboo, including rare instances where brother-sister marriage is broadly favored? Give examples.

 

ACCT105 Week 8 Assignment

Compare and contrast financial and managerial accounting. Provide one specific, real-life example of how either financial accounting helps external stakeholders make informed decisions or how managerial accounting helps managers to improve operational and financial performance.

Use minimum three external references.

 

ACCT105 Week 7 Assignment

Write a 500 - 750 word paper on the following topic:

Compare and contrast the views of management and accountants regarding the changes required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act on internal controls and how these changes have affected corporations, accounting firms, and investors.