Monday 28 May 2018

FIN 550 Week 9 Assignment 2

FIN 550 Week 9 Assignment 2


 High-risk Investments
Due Week 9 and worth 300 points

For this assignment, use the Internet to research high-risk investment brokerage firms that have been indicted or convicted of ethical violations to provide insight and understanding of this market segment.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
  1. Explain why investors may be attracted to high-risk investments such as exchange-traded derivatives, global funds, and other complex investment vehicles.
  2. Analyze the risk associated with exchange-traded derivatives, such as futures and options, and what brokers might do to minimize the risk to investors.
  3. Discuss the challenges related to regulating a complex global financial firm and make suggestions for regulatory improvements.
  4. Analyze the ethical violations of the company you researched.
  5. Discuss the consequences that you believe to be appropriate for the senior management of the firm you researched and the implications for brokers trading in high-risk investments.













  1. Create a scenario where you believe the use of high-risk investments would be beneficial for the investor. Provide support for your rationale.
  2. Use four (4) external resources to support your work. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
  • Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

preview:FIN 550 Week 9 Assignment 2 High-risk Investments Due Week 9 and worth 300 points For this assignment, use the Internet to research high-risk investment bro
 

preview:FIN 550 Week 9 Assignment 2 High-risk Investments Due Week 9 and worth 300 points For this assignment, use the Internet to research high-risk investment bro
 

Sunday 27 May 2018

ENG 215 Week 8 Discussion

ENG 215 Week 8 Discussion



ENG 215 Week 8 Discussion

"Your Role in Peer Review" Please respond to the following:
  • Think about a time when someone gave you good advice that you did not take. For this discussion post, provide the situation and explain why the “good” advice was not taken.
  • Next, discuss whether or not it makes sense to ignore “good” advice. When is it appropriate to do so? When is it not? From a writing perspective, think about how you can separate someone’s good intentions from good advice in writing. Explain what this process looks like.
  • Finally, determine what you believe is the best strength you offer your classmates in a peer review? Justify your response.





















ENG 215 Week 8 Discussion

"Your Role in Peer Review" Please respond to the following:
  • Think about a time when someone gave you good advice that you did not take. For this discussion post, provide the situation and explain why the “good” advice was not taken.
  • Next, discuss whether or not it makes sense to ignore “good” advice. When is it appropriate to do so? When is it not? From a writing perspective, think about how you can separate someone’s good intentions from good advice in writing. Explain what this process looks like.
  • Finally, determine what you believe is the best strength you offer your classmates in a peer review? Justify your response.

ENG 215 Week 8 Discussion

"Your Role in Peer Review" Please respond to the following:
  • Think about a time when someone gave you good advice that you did not take. For this discussion post, provide the situation and explain why the “good” advice was not taken.
  • Next, discuss whether or not it makes sense to ignore “good” advice. When is it appropriate to do so? When is it not? From a writing perspective, think about how you can separate someone’s good intentions from good advice in writing. Explain what this process looks like.
  • Finally, determine what you believe is the best strength you offer your classmates in a peer review? Justify your response.

LEG 100 Week 8 Discussion Question

LEG 100 Week 8 Discussion Question


The responsibility of the directors of a corporation is to provide a return to shareholders on their financial investment in the corporation . . . in other words, shareholders expect to make money on their investment.  Corporations such as Facebook, Google, and Apple are financed through the sale of billions and billions of dollars in shares purchased by investors.  Sometimes, however, the duty to maximize profits runs contrary to legal, but still questionable, business opportunities.
Assume that you’re the director of one of the corporations listed below and have been presented with the business opportunity described in the scenario.  Would you advise the corporation to accept the opportunity?  Make sure to fully explain your answer, considering both the financial return expected and any related ethical concerns.
  • ToyCo has just been informed that it’s wooden trains produced in China contain lead paint and can no longer be sold in the United States.  However, a distributor offers to negotiate a deal with a foreign company to sell the trains in a South American country that has no laws addressing the presence of lead paint in children’s toys.
  • BabyHealth is seeing decreasing sales of its powdered infant formula in the United States due to more and more mothers choosing to breastfeed their babies.  In an effort to offset these losses, BabyHealth chooses to sell their formula in third world countries.  However, it is widely known that the water sources in these countries is often contaminated and not boiled prior to use.





















  • After producing 10 million versions of its new smartphone, PhoneLand discovers that due to a manufacturing oversight, 5 of the phones may catch fire if left in a car on a hot day.  While the worst case financial impact from the phones catching fire is 10 million dollars in damages, recalling and repairing the phones will bankrupt the company. 

LEG 100 Week 8 Discussion Question


The responsibility of the directors of a corporation is to provide a return to shareholders on their financial investment in the corporation . . . in other words, shareholders expect to make money on their investment.  Corporations such as Facebook, Google, and Apple are financed through the sale of billions and billions of dollars in shares purchased by investors.  Sometimes, however, the duty to maximize profits runs contrary to legal, but still questionable, business opportunities.
Assume that you’re the director of one of the corporations listed below and have been presented with the business opportunity described in the scenario.  Would you advise the corporation to accept the opportunity?  Make sure to fully explain your answer, considering both the financial return expected and any related ethical concerns.
  • ToyCo has just been informed that it’s wooden trains produced in China contain lead paint and can no longer be sold in the United States.  However, a distributor offers to negotiate a deal with a foreign company to sell the trains in a South American country that has no laws addressing the presence of lead paint in children’s toys.
  • BabyHealth is seeing decreasing sales of its powdered infant formula in the United States due to more and more mothers choosing to breastfeed their babies.  In an effort to offset these losses, BabyHealth chooses to sell their formula in third world countries.  However, it is widely known that the water sources in these countries is often contaminated and not boiled prior to use.
  • After producing 10 million versions of its new smartphone, PhoneLand discovers that due to a manufacturing oversight, 5 of the phones may catch fire if left in a car on a hot day.  While the worst case financial impact from the phones catching fire is 10 million dollars in damages, recalling and repairing the phones will bankrupt the company. 

LEG 100 Week 8 Quiz

LEG 100 Week 8 Quiz


LEG 100 Week 8 Quiz

LEG 100 Week 8 Quiz












LEG 100 Week 8 Quiz

LEG 100 Week 8 Quiz

Friday 25 May 2018

CIS 539 Week 8 Discussion

CIS 539 Week 8 Discussion

 

Week 8 Discussion 1

"Governing the Cloud" Please respond to the following:
From the first e-Activity, discuss the key governance factors that organizations must instill before, during, and after a cloud migration. 
From the second e-Activity, select a company that was found to have its security compromised. Provide one example where the cloud provider was or could have been found liable based on the laws and requirements that you researched. 

CIS 539 Week 8 Discussion 2

"Evaluating the Cloud" Please respond to the following:

Imagine that you are the CIO of an organization that has 50 servers across three campuses and a distributed mobile sales workforce of 200 employees and 500 contractors. Determine the economic benefits, in financial terms, of migrating to a cloud-based solution. 















With consideration of Moore’s Law, predict how economic factors will position cloud computing in the next 10 years. Determine if the cloud will move to the “stars” or if the cloud will be brought back to organizations’ data centers. 


CIS 539 Week 8 Discussion

 

Week 8 Discussion 1

"Governing the Cloud" Please respond to the following:
From the first e-Activity, discuss the key governance factors that organizations must instill before, during, and after a cloud migration. 
From the second e-Activity, select a company that was found to have its security compromised. Provide one example where the cloud provider was or could have been found liable based on the laws and requirements that you researched. 

CIS 539 Week 8 Discussion 2

"Evaluating the Cloud" Please respond to the following:

Imagine that you are the CIO of an organization that has 50 servers across three campuses and a distributed mobile sales workforce of 200 employees and 500 contractors. Determine the economic benefits, in financial terms, of migrating to a cloud-based solution. 

With consideration of Moore’s Law, predict how economic factors will position cloud computing in the next 10 years. Determine if the cloud will move to the “stars” or if the cloud will be brought back to organizations’ data centers. 

HRM 500 WEEK 8 Discussion

HRM 500 WEEK 8 Discussion




"Unions and Collective Bargaining" Please respond to the following:

  • * From the scenario and the eActivity, examine two (2) reasons why employees join labor unions. Examine two (2) reasons why organizations prefer that unions do not represent their employees. Suggest two (2) benefits that unions can provide for an employer.  Justify your response.
  • Examine two (2) legal responsibilities that employers have when dealing with labor unions. Suggest two (2) ways in which management and unions might work together to craft mutually beneficial contracts. Provide a rationale for your response.















HRM 500 WEEK 8 Discussion

"Unions and Collective Bargaining" Please respond to the following:
  • * From the scenario and the eActivity, examine two (2) reasons why employees join labor unions. Examine two (2) reasons why organizations prefer that unions do not represent their employees. Suggest two (2) benefits that unions can provide for an employer.  Justify your response.
  • Examine two (2) legal responsibilities that employers have when dealing with labor unions. Suggest two (2) ways in which management and unions might work together to craft mutually beneficial contracts. Provide a rationale for your response.

HRM 500 WEEK 8 Discussion

"Unions and Collective Bargaining" Please respond to the following:
  • * From the scenario and the eActivity, examine two (2) reasons why employees join labor unions. Examine two (2) reasons why organizations prefer that unions do not represent their employees. Suggest two (2) benefits that unions can provide for an employer.  Justify your response.
  • Examine two (2) legal responsibilities that employers have when dealing with labor unions. Suggest two (2) ways in which management and unions might work together to craft mutually beneficial contracts. Provide a rationale for your response.

HRM 500 WEEK 8 Discussion
"Unions and Collective Bargaining" Please respond to the following:
  • * From the scenario and the eActivity, examine two (2) reasons why employees join labor unions. Examine two (2) reasons why organizations prefer that unions do not represent their employees. Suggest two (2) benefits that unions can provide for an employer.  Justify your response.
  • Examine two (2) legal responsibilities that employers have when dealing with labor unions. Suggest two (2) ways in which management and unions might work together to craft mutually beneficial contracts. Provide a rationale for your response.

HRM 500 Week 8 Assignment 3




Assignment 3: Performance Management
Due Week 8 and worth 300 points
You are the HR manager for an upscale retail store which sells clothing, shoes, handbags, and other accessories. Due to the economic downturn, the company has experienced a significant reduction in earnings, resulting in the layoff of a number of retail sales associates. Business seems to be rebounding, but you are concerned about the performance of the retail sales staff. The CEO has requested that you recommend ways to increase sales and customer service. You believe that implementing a performance management system may help modify employee behavior and improve results.














Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
  1. Create a job description for a retail sales associate, which includes the most significant components necessary to describe the job both internally and externally.
  2. Create an organizational behavior modification (OBM) plan to define four (4) key behaviors that are required for successful job performance as a retail sales associate. Suggest the significant ways that your plan will benefit the organization.
  3. Specify two (2) ways that you would measure whether current employees exhibit the key job performance behaviors. Propose two (2) methods that you could use to inform employees of the new performance standards.
  4. Outline a plan with two (2) methods of providing feedback to employees. Include the frequency with which the feedback will be provided. Propose two (2) actions company leaders should take to reinforce positive employee behaviors.
  5. Examine at least three (3) key legal and ethical issues that could potentially impact the performance management system. Support your response with specific examples of the identified issues’ possible effects on the performance management system.
  6. Use at least four (4) quality academic (peer-reviewed) resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. 
HRM 500 Week 8 Assignment 3 Assignment 3: Performance Management Due Week 8 and worth 300 points You are the HR manager for an upscale retail store which se


HRM 500 Week 8 Assignment 3 Assignment 3: Performance Management Due Week 8 and worth 300 points You are the HR manager for an upscale retail store which se

Tuesday 22 May 2018

HSA 510 Week 8 Discussion



"Financing Healthcare and Public Health Insurance"  Please respond to the following:
  • Defend or critique the primary alternative sources of healthcare funding in the United States. Analyze the main effect on the resource owner of one (1) of the following means of financing healthcare: insurance premiums, tax subsidies, and mandated benefits. Provide at least one (1) example which illustrates the selected effect to support your response.
  • Analyze the key types of policies required for the delivery of a public health insurance program, and hypothesize their main effects on the achievement of social goals overall. Provide at least one (1) example of such effects to support your response.















HSA 510 Week 8 Discussion


"Financing Healthcare and Public Health Insurance"  Please respond to the following:
  • Defend or critique the primary alternative sources of healthcare funding in the United States. Analyze the main effect on the resource owner of one (1) of the following means of financing healthcare: insurance premiums, tax subsidies, and mandated benefits. Provide at least one (1) example which illustrates the selected effect to support your response.
  • Analyze the key types of policies required for the delivery of a public health insurance program, and hypothesize their main effects on the achievement of social goals overall. Provide at least one (1) example of such effects to support your response.

HSA 510 Week 8 Discussion


"Financing Healthcare and Public Health Insurance"  Please respond to the following:
  • Defend or critique the primary alternative sources of healthcare funding in the United States. Analyze the main effect on the resource owner of one (1) of the following means of financing healthcare: insurance premiums, tax subsidies, and mandated benefits. Provide at least one (1) example which illustrates the selected effect to support your response.
  • Analyze the key types of policies required for the delivery of a public health insurance program, and hypothesize their main effects on the achievement of social goals overall. Provide at least one (1) example of such effects to support your response.

Sunday 20 May 2018

BUS 526 Week 8 Discussion

BUS 526 Week 8 Discussion

  • Review the following Washington Post article “Phone taps, power plays and sarcasm: What it’s like to negotiate with Vladimir Putin."
    • If you can't get to the article, there is a pdf copy in the student files section.
  • Imagine you are negotiating with Vladimir Putin. How would your personal skills, ability, gender, and personality affect the negotiations? What would be an asset? What would be a hindrance? Provide references in addition to this article to support your position.
  • Respond to at least one of your classmates. How would you counter Putin’s negotiation tactics?

BUS 526 Week 8 Discussion

  • Review the following Washington Post article “Phone taps, power plays and sarcasm: What it’s like to negotiate with Vladimir Putin."
    • If you can't get to the article, there is a pdf copy in the student files section.
  • Imagine you are negotiating with Vladimir Putin. How would your personal skills, ability, gender, and personality affect the negotiations? What would be an asset? What would be a hindrance? Provide references in addition to this article to support your position.
  • Respond to at least one of your classmates. How would you counter Putin’s negotiation tactics?

















BUS 526 Week 8 Discussion

  • Review the following Washington Post article “Phone taps, power plays and sarcasm: What it’s like to negotiate with Vladimir Putin."
    • If you can't get to the article, there is a pdf copy in the student files section.
  • Imagine you are negotiating with Vladimir Putin. How would your personal skills, ability, gender, and personality affect the negotiations? What would be an asset? What would be a hindrance? Provide references in addition to this article to support your position.
  • Respond to at least one of your classmates. How would you counter Putin’s negotiation tactics?

BUS 526 Week 8 Discussion

  • Review the following Washington Post article “Phone taps, power plays and sarcasm: What it’s like to negotiate with Vladimir Putin."
    • If you can't get to the article, there is a pdf copy in the student files section.
  • Imagine you are negotiating with Vladimir Putin. How would your personal skills, ability, gender, and personality affect the negotiations? What would be an asset? What would be a hindrance? Provide references in addition to this article to support your position.
  • Respond to at least one of your classmates. How would you counter Putin’s negotiation tactics?

BUS 526 Week 7 Discussion

BUS 526 Week 7 Discussion

Farm workers had been in dispute with Sakuma Brother’s Berry Farm for the past several years before reaching a contract in June of 2017. While the workers won a settlement in court in 2014, the workers claim Sakuma Brothers did not made good on those promises and continue to violate work contracts. Their demands included: a fair wage, better working conditions, and better living conditions for migrant workers. Sakuma Brothers insisted that their wages are fair and in line or higher than industry standards. Many of the workers organized under a new union called FamiliasUnidaspor la Justicia (FUJ) to increase their collective bargaining power and negotiate the current collective bargaining agreement.
  • http://familiasunidasjusticia.org/en/home/ 
  • http://sakumabros.com/sakumabroswp/ 
  • Research the negotiations between FamiliasUnidaspor la Justicia (FUJ) farm workers’ union and the Sakuma Brothers Berry Farm. How do you think the cultural backgrounds of the two parties affect negotiations? When the farm workers voted to form a union, how do you think that affected their negotiations with Sakuma Brothers? How would things change if this was occurring right now?









  • Respond to at least one of your classmates. Do you agree with their assessment of unions and their tactics, especially with FUJ? Again, back up your statement with sources.

BUS 526 Week 6 Discussion

BUS 526 Week 6 Discussion


  • Partnerships are one form of business that often involves close friends or family. Imagine that you are in a partnership with a person close in relationship to you and determine the possible substantive and relationship issues of a partnership that can present themselves. Explain how this close relationship will hurt or enhance business negotiations.
  • Respond to at least one of your classmates. Present strategies of how to mitigate these issues.

BUS 526 Week 6 Discussion


  • Partnerships are one form of business that often involves close friends or family. Imagine that you are in a partnership with a person close in relationship to you and determine the possible substantive and relationship issues of a partnership that can present themselves. Explain how this close relationship will hurt or enhance business negotiations.
  • Respond to at least one of your classmates. Present strategies of how to mitigate these issues.
















BUS 526 Week 6 Discussion


  • Partnerships are one form of business that often involves close friends or family. Imagine that you are in a partnership with a person close in relationship to you and determine the possible substantive and relationship issues of a partnership that can present themselves. Explain how this close relationship will hurt or enhance business negotiations.
  • Respond to at least one of your classmates. Present strategies of how to mitigate these issues.


BUS 526 Week 6 Discussion


  • Partnerships are one form of business that often involves close friends or family. Imagine that you are in a partnership with a person close in relationship to you and determine the possible substantive and relationship issues of a partnership that can present themselves. Explain how this close relationship will hurt or enhance business negotiations.
  • Respond to at least one of your classmates. Present strategies of how to mitigate these issues.

BUS 526 Week 5 Discussion

BUS 526 Week 5 Discussion


  • Every professional sports league (e.g., National Football League, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, etc.) re-negotiates their contracts between the owners and the players union. Each party has their own unique power base. Take a side (owners or players union) and describe how you will use your power base to get the other side to give in to the demand regarding salaries & retirement or an issue of working conditions. Use references to support your position.
  • Respond to at least one of your classmates. Comment on their approach.


BUS 526 Week 5 Discussion














  • Every professional sports league (e.g., National Football League, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, etc.) re-negotiates their contracts between the owners and the players union. Each party has their own unique power base. Take a side (owners or players union) and describe how you will use your power base to get the other side to give in to the demand regarding salaries & retirement or an issue of working conditions. Use references to support your position.
  • Respond to at least one of your classmates. Comment on their approach.

BUS 526 Week 5 Discussion


  • Every professional sports league (e.g., National Football League, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, etc.) re-negotiates their contracts between the owners and the players union. Each party has their own unique power base. Take a side (owners or players union) and describe how you will use your power base to get the other side to give in to the demand regarding salaries & retirement or an issue of working conditions. Use references to support your position.
  • Respond to at least one of your classmates. Comment on their approach.

BUS 526 Week 5 Discussion


  • Every professional sports league (e.g., National Football League, National Basketball Association, National Hockey League, Major League Soccer, etc.) re-negotiates their contracts between the owners and the players union. Each party has their own unique power base. Take a side (owners or players union) and describe how you will use your power base to get the other side to give in to the demand regarding salaries & retirement or an issue of working conditions. Use references to support your position.
  • Respond to at least one of your classmates. Comment on their approach.

BUS 526 Week 4 Discussion

BUS 526 Week 4 Discussion


Week 4
A common conflict that occurs in the workplace happens with employee evaluations when employees think they have not been evaluated fairly. Determine what, if any, benefits there are to going through this conflict and why this happens.

BUS 526 Week 4 Discussion


Week 4
A common conflict that occurs in the workplace happens with employee evaluations when employees think they have not been evaluated fairly. Determine what, if any, benefits there are to going through this conflict and why this happens.





















BUS 526 Week 4 Discussion


Week 4
A common conflict that occurs in the workplace happens with employee evaluations when employees think they have not been evaluated fairly. Determine what, if any, benefits there are to going through this conflict and why this happens.

BUS 526 Week 4 Discussion


Week 4
A common conflict that occurs in the workplace happens with employee evaluations when employees think they have not been evaluated fairly. Determine what, if any, benefits there are to going through this conflict and why this happens.

BUS 526 Week 4 Discussion


Week 4
A common conflict that occurs in the workplace happens with employee evaluations when employees think they have not been evaluated fairly. Determine what, if any, benefits there are to going through this conflict and why this happens.

BUS 526 Week 4 Discussion


Week 4
A common conflict that occurs in the workplace happens with employee evaluations when employees think they have not been evaluated fairly. Determine what, if any, benefits there are to going through this conflict and why this happens.

BUS 526 Week 3 Discussion

BUS 526 Week 3 Discussion

 

Negotiation Oops!
You are part of a team that submitted a proposal that may land your firm a lucrative contract. You are in the final stages of negotiation and you realize that your firm has made a critical mistake in their proposal. The mistake will severely limit their ability to deliver the project. What do you do?
  • Respond to at least one of your classmates. Comment on their approach to address the mistake.

BUS 526 Week 3 Discussion

 

Negotiation Oops!
You are part of a team that submitted a proposal that may land your firm a lucrative contract. You are in the final stages of negotiation and you realize that your firm has made a critical mistake in their proposal. The mistake will severely limit their ability to deliver the project. What do you do?
  • Respond to at least one of your classmates. Comment on their approach to address the mistake.






















BUS 526 Week 3 Discussion

 

Negotiation Oops!
You are part of a team that submitted a proposal that may land your firm a lucrative contract. You are in the final stages of negotiation and you realize that your firm has made a critical mistake in their proposal. The mistake will severely limit their ability to deliver the project. What do you do?
  • Respond to at least one of your classmates. Comment on their approach to address the mistake.

BUS 526 Week 2 Discussion

BUS 526 Week 2 Discussion


  • consider to be integrative in nature.
  • Examine the differences between distributive and integrative negotiation. Determine the importance of separating the people from the problem when negotiating. Support your position with examples from the negotiation you chose.
  • Respond to at least one of your classmates. Comment on how the negotiation strategy and planning could have affected the negotiation.









BUS 526 Week 2 Discussion


  • consider to be integrative in nature.
  • Examine the differences between distributive and integrative negotiation. Determine the importance of separating the people from the problem when negotiating. Support your position with examples from the negotiation you chose.
  • Respond to at least one of your classmates. Comment on how the negotiation strategy and planning could have affected the negotiation.
  • BUS 526 Week 2 Discussion


    • consider to be integrative in nature.
    • Examine the differences between distributive and integrative negotiation. Determine the importance of separating the people from the problem when negotiating. Support your position with examples from the negotiation you chose.
    • Respond to at least one of your classmates. Comment on how the negotiation strategy and planning could have affected the negotiation.
  • BUS 526 Week 2 Discussion


    • consider to be integrative in nature.
    • Examine the differences between distributive and integrative negotiation. Determine the importance of separating the people from the problem when negotiating. Support your position with examples from the negotiation you chose.
    • Respond to at least one of your classmates. Comment on how the negotiation strategy and planning could have affected the negotiation.

BUS 526 Week 2 Discussion


  • consider to be integrative in nature.
  • Examine the differences between distributive and integrative negotiation. Determine the importance of separating the people from the problem when negotiating. Support your position with examples from the negotiation you chose.
  • Respond to at least one of your classmates. Comment on how the negotiation strategy and planning could have affected the negotiation.

FIN 317 Financing an Expansion Assignment

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