HomeWork Acer: July 2019

Wednesday, 24 July 2019

PAD 540 Week 4 Discussion Question

"Political Systems" Please respond to the following:

Watch the video titled “World Bank President Outlines Strategy to End Poverty, Welcomes New Development Partners” (5 minutes 42 seconds), located in Week 4 in Blackboard. You may also view the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ylu-KtOm3A. Agree or disagree with the strategy that the World Bank president outlines in the video, citing specific reasons for your position. Provide a rationale for your response.

https://hwacer.com/Tutorial/pad-540-week-4-discussion-question/

"Political Systems" Please respond to the following:

Watch the video titled “World Bank President Outlines Strategy to End Poverty, Welcomes New Development Partners” (5 minutes 42 seconds), located in Week 4 in Blackboard. You may also view the video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ylu-KtOm3A. Agree or disagree with the strategy that the World Bank president outlines in the video, citing specific reasons for your position. Provide a rationale for your response.

Friday, 12 July 2019

ACC 565 Week 2 Discussion

Transfers to Controlled Corporations"
Create a scenario where the transfer of property to a controlled corporation under Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) results in the taxation to the transferor. Speculate as to the reasons that gain treatment in the current year may be preferred to the deferral of gain. Provide a tax-planning strategy to prevent taxation of similar transfers.

https://hwacer.com/Tutorial/acc-565-week-2-discussion/

Transfers to Controlled Corporations"
Create a scenario where the transfer of property to a controlled corporation under Section 351 of the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) results in the taxation to the transferor. Speculate as to the reasons that gain treatment in the current year may be preferred to the deferral of gain. Provide a tax-planning strategy to prevent taxation of similar transfers.

PAD 540 Week 3 Discussion Question

"IGOs and Civil Society"

One key criticism of global civil society is that it is not representative. What do critics mean when they suggest this? Do you agree or disagree with this claim? Why?

"IGOs and Civil Society"

One key criticism of global civil society is that it is not representative. What do critics mean when they suggest this? Do you agree or disagree with this claim? Why?

https://hwacer.com/Tutorial/pad-540-week-3-discussion-question/

PAD 540 Week 3 Discussion Question

"IGOs and Civil Society"

One key criticism of global civil society is that it is not representative. What do critics mean when they suggest this? Do you agree or disagree with this claim? Why?

"IGOs and Civil Society"

One key criticism of global civil society is that it is not representative. What do critics mean when they suggest this? Do you agree or disagree with this claim? Why?

PAD 540 Week 2 Discussion Question

The Role of IGOs in a Globalized World"
•Name two examples of regional IGOs. Why might regional IGOs be more effective channels of interaction between states than global IGOs? Provide a rationale for your response
The Role of IGOs in a Globalized World"
•Name two examples of regional IGOs. Why might regional IGOs be more effective channels of interaction between states than global IGOs? Provide a rationale for your response

https://hwacer.com/Tutorial/pad-540-week-2-discussion-question/

PAD 540 Week 2 Discussion Question

Thursday, 11 July 2019

PSY 105 Week 2 Discussion

Do you have free will? Or does your brain chemistry make decisions for you?

This week you’re learning about the electrochemical reactions that happen every time you think, feel, sense, or act. So does that mean you are not in charge? Does body chemistry direct your choices and eliminate your control?

https://hwacer.com/Tutorial/psy-105-week-2-discussion/

This TED video explains the specific ways caffeine affects your mood, alertness, and performance, all through your nervous system. Watch it and then write a post offering your opinion: Free will, or brain chemistry? Or is there some way to reconcile the two?

Support your post with information from the video or the weekly webtext. To receive full credit, remember also to write 2 posts in the discussion: one original and a response to another student. Your original should be at least 7 sentences and your reply should be 4 sentences.

Saturday, 6 July 2019

HomeWork Acer: ACC 565 WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT 1

HomeWork Acer: ACC 565 WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT 1: ACC 565 WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT 1 Assignment 1: Client Letter Due Week 2 and worth 150 points Imagine that you are a Certified Public Accoun...

ACC 565 WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENT 1

Assignment 1: Client Letter
Due Week 2 and worth 150 points

Imagine that you are a Certified Public Accountant (CPA) with a new client who needs an opinion on the most advantageous capital structure of a new corporation. Your client formed the corporation in question to provide technology to the medical profession to facilitate compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Your client is very excited because of the ability to secure several significant contracts with sufficient capital.

Use the Internet and Strayer databases to research the advantages and disadvantages of debt for capital formation versus equity for capital formation of a corporation. Prepare a formal letter to the client using the six (6) step tax research process in Chapter 1 and demonstrated in Appendix A of your textbook as a guide.

https://hwacer.com/Tutorial/acc-565-week-2-assignment-1/

Write a one to two (1-2) page letter in which you:

Compare the tax advantages of debt versus equity capital formation of the corporation for
the client.
Recommend to the client whether he / she should use debt or equity for capital formation of the new corporation, based on your research. Provide a rationale for the response.

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; citations and 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 assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Analyze tax issues regarding corporate formations, capital structures, income tax, non-liquidating distributions, or other corporate levies.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in organizational tax research and planning.
Write clearly and concisely about organizational tax research and planning using proper writing mechanics.

Friday, 5 July 2019

PAD 540 Week 1 Discussion Question

Comparing the Global Age and Changing Power Alliances

What was the Pax Britannica? Why did it generate greater economic cooperation, and in what ways did it mark a significant change from the previous global economic order?

https://hwacer.com/Tutorial/pad-540-week-1-discussion-question/

Comparing the Global Age and Changing Power Alliances

What was the Pax Britannica? Why did it generate greater economic cooperation, and in what ways did it mark a significant change from the previous global economic order?

FIN 534 Week 1 Discussion Question

An Overview of Financial Management
Please respond to the following:

Examine ethical behavior within firms in relation to financial management. Provide two (2) examples of companies that have been guilty of ethics-based action related to financial management.

https://hwacer.com/Tutorial/fin-534-week-1-discussion-question/

An Overview of Financial Management
Please respond to the following:

Examine ethical behavior within firms in relation to financial management. Provide two (2) examples of companies that have been guilty of ethics-based action related to financial management.

ACC 565 Week 1 Discussion

Interpreting Tax Research and Tax Representation Guidelines"
Compare the American Institute of CPAs’ (AICPA) Statements on Tax Standards (SSTS) and the Treasury Department Circular 230 rules to practice before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Suggest which document creates better guidance in the preparation of tax returns and written advice provided to taxpayers. Suggest measures the AICPA could take to ensure that CPAs are compliant with either set of standards. Defend your position.

https://hwacer.com/Tutorial/acc-565-week-1-discussion/

Interpreting Tax Research and Tax Representation Guidelines"
Compare the American Institute of CPAs’ (AICPA) Statements on Tax Standards (SSTS) and the Treasury Department Circular 230 rules to practice before the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Suggest which document creates better guidance in the preparation of tax returns and written advice provided to taxpayers. Suggest measures the AICPA could take to ensure that CPAs are compliant with either set of standards. Defend your position.

Monday, 1 July 2019

HSA 599 Week 11 Discussion

"Sum It Up" Please respond to the following:

Create a list of three best practices to follow in the field of health services administration. Rank the best practices in order of importance (one being the most important) and provide a rationale for your ranking.
Rate the three most important concepts that you learned in this course in order of importance (one being the most important). Provide a rationale for your ratings.

https://hwacer.com/Tutorial/hsa-599-week-11-discussion/

"Sum It Up" Please respond to the following:

Create a list of three best practices to follow in the field of health services administration. Rank the best practices in order of importance (one being the most important) and provide a rationale for your ranking.
Rate the three most important concepts that you learned in this course in order of importance (one being the most important). Provide a rationale for your ratings.

HSA 599 Week 10 Discussion

"Developing an Action Plan" Please respond to the following:

Imagine that you are the Director of the Admitting Department of a hospital, and your strategy to increase patient satisfaction is to hire additional staff to register patients.
Outline the action plan (who, what, and when) that you would use in order to effectively implement your strategy. (Consider a time where you or someone you know visited the admitting department of a hospital.)

https://hwacer.com/Tutorial/hsa-599-week-10-discussion/

"Developing an Action Plan" Please respond to the following:

Imagine that you are the Director of the Admitting Department of a hospital, and your strategy to increase patient satisfaction is to hire additional staff to register patients.
Outline the action plan (who, what, and when) that you would use in order to effectively implement your strategy. (Consider a time where you or someone you know visited the admitting department of a hospital.)

HSA 599 Capstone Project Implementing a Strategic Plan

Capstone Project: Implementing a Strategic Plan
Due Week 9 and worth 500 points
Building on the PESTLE Analysis, Case Study 1: Are Our Customer Liaisons Helping or Hurting?, Case Study 2: Health Care Needs Real Competition, and your outline that you completed in Week 5, continue to develop a strategic plan for the same organization.
Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:

Select one (1) specific analytical tool that you can use to determine whether the adaptive strategy or strategies selected for your organization will be the most effective in helping the organization achieve its goals. Propose the manner in which you would use this analytical tool, and support your proposal with an example of its proposed use.
Determine one (1) internal and one (1) external factor that you discovered during the environmental analysis that could be a barrier to the success of your proposed strategy or strategies. Recommend one (1) solution to each of the barriers in question.

https://hwacer.com/Tutorial/hsa-599-capstone-project-implementing-a-strategic-plan/

Determine the specific segment of the market that your organization’s strategy or strategies will target.
Recommend whether pre-service, point-of-service, or after-service activities would be the most effective approach in marketing your strategy or strategies to the organization’s target customers. Support your recommendation with examples of such effectiveness.
Propose the most effective manner in which the organization can support its strategic direction within its culture and structure.
Determine the most effective manner in which each of the following strategic resources can be instrumental in helping the organization to achieve its strategic goals: finance, human resources, facilities, and IT. Provide a specific example relevant to each resource to support your response.
Evaluate how well the strategic plan you have developed aligns with the organization’s mission and vision. Recommend three (3) specific strategies to track the effectiveness of your strategic plan.
Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note:Wikipedia and similar websites to 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; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of your paper, your name, the course number and course title, your professor’s name, the university’s name, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

HSA 599 Week 9 Discussion

"Strategy and Culture" Please respond to the following:

Select the three factors of an organization's culture that you feel are important to successfully implement a new strategy.
Assess the importance of the link between a health care organization's culture and its structure, relative to the successful implementation of its chosen strategy. Provide one example of such importance--or lack thereof--to support your position.
Provide specific examples to support your rationale from the weekly reading in the textbook or from peer-reviewed journal articles

HSA 599 Week 9 Discussion

"Strategy and Culture" Please respond to the following:

Select the three factors of an organization's culture that you feel are important to successfully implement a new strategy.
Assess the importance of the link between a health care organization's culture and its structure, relative to the successful implementation of its chosen strategy. Provide one example of such importance--or lack thereof--to support your position.
Provide specific examples to support your rationale from the weekly reading in the textbook or from peer-reviewed journal articles

https://hwacer.com/Tutorial/hsa-599-week-9-discussion/

HSA 599 Week 9 Discussion

"Strategy and Culture" Please respond to the following:

Select the three factors of an organization's culture that you feel are important to successfully implement a new strategy.
Assess the importance of the link between a health care organization's culture and its structure, relative to the successful implementation of its chosen strategy. Provide one example of such importance--or lack thereof--to support your position.
Provide specific examples to support your rationale from the weekly reading in the textbook or from peer-reviewed journal articles

HSA 599 Week 6 Discussion

"Strategic Alternatives" Please respond to the following:

Analyze the concept of a cost leadership strategy. Determine two specific challenges of using a cost leadership strategy successfully in health care.
Suggest two actions that management could take in order to mitigate these challenges. Provide specific examples to support your rationale from the weekly reading in the textbook or from peer-reviewed journal articles.

https://hwacer.com/Tutorial/hsa-599-week-6-discussion/

"Strategic Alternatives" Please respond to the following:

Analyze the concept of a cost leadership strategy. Determine two specific challenges of using a cost leadership strategy successfully in health care.
Suggest two actions that management could take in order to mitigate these challenges. Provide specific examples to support your rationale from the weekly reading in the textbook or from peer-reviewed journal articles.

HSA 599 Week 5 Discussion

"Statements and Strategy" Please respond to the following:

Propose three ways in which a health care organization's Board of Directors can influence policy.
Provide specific examples to support your rationale from the weekly reading in the textbook or from peer-reviewed journal articles.

https://hwacer.com/Tutorial/hsa-599-week-5-discussion/

"Statements and Strategy" Please respond to the following:

Propose three ways in which a health care organization's Board of Directors can influence policy.
Provide specific examples to support your rationale from the weekly reading in the textbook or from peer-reviewed journal articles.

HSA 599 Week 4 Discussion

"Internal Environmental Analysis" Please respond to the following:

Evaluate the importance of an internal environmental analysis for a health care organization. Determine three specific reasons why an internal analysis has become an important activity for health care organizations.
Imagine you are the manager of a health care clinic. Recommend three tactics to increase the value of the services offered that would boost the health care organization's competitive advantage. Include concepts from the weekly reading in the textbook or from peer-reviewed journal articles.

https://hwacer.com/Tutorial/hsa-599-week-4-discussion/

"Internal Environmental Analysis" Please respond to the following:

Evaluate the importance of an internal environmental analysis for a health care organization. Determine three specific reasons why an internal analysis has become an important activity for health care organizations.
Imagine you are the manager of a health care clinic. Recommend three tactics to increase the value of the services offered that would boost the health care organization's competitive advantage. Include concepts from the weekly reading in the textbook or from peer-reviewed journal articles.

HSA 599 Week 3 Discussion

"Conducting a Competitor Analysis" Please respond to the following:

From the e-Activity, analyze Michael Porter's technique for a competitive analysis.
Determine one factor for each of Porter's five forces of an environmental analysis that apply to a pediatric walk-in clinic. Include concepts from the weekly reading in the textbook or from peer-reviewed journal articles.

https://hwacer.com/Tutorial/hsa-599-week-3-discussion/

"Conducting a Competitor Analysis" Please respond to the following:

From the e-Activity, analyze Michael Porter's technique for a competitive analysis.
Determine one factor for each of Porter's five forces of an environmental analysis that apply to a pediatric walk-in clinic. Include concepts from the weekly reading in the textbook or from peer-reviewed journal articles.

HSA 599 Week 3 Case Study 1

Case Study 1: Are Our Customer Liaisons Helping or Hurting?
Due Week 3 and worth 350 points
Review the Case Study “Are Our Customer Liaisons Helping or Hurting,” published by Harvard Business Review at https://hbr.org/2017/10/case-study-are-our-customer-liaisons-helping-or-hurting
Use the health care organization that you selected previously. You are the administrator and you’ve established a new liaison position called the Patient Care Executive (PCE). The concept was meant to be a win-win: patients and their families would get a better, more personalized hospital experience, while doctors could spend less time managing patients and more time practicing medicine. Customer satisfaction scores, patient retention, and referrals are all up, but the doctors have been complaining that the PCEs are incompetent and intrusive. The CEO has gotten wind that the PCEs are a factor in the hospital’s high doctor turnover and is trying to decide whether to get rid of the role altogether.

https://hwacer.com/Tutorial/hsa-599-week-3-case-study-1/

Your first step in evaluating the position of your organization will be conducting an environmental analysis. The purpose of this is to determine your organization’s ability to continue to provide quality care and remain financially solvent in the face of these challenges.
Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

Determine two (2) specific forces in the external environment that will have the most impact on your organization. Provide a rationale for your decision.
Determine two (2) specific internal factors that the organization’s leaders need to consider in preparing for the future of health care and the future of the organization. Provide a rationale for your decision
Discuss the impact of both the identified internal and external forces on the organization’s ability to develop a competitive strategy.
Recommend one (1) strategy that involves the PCEs and maintaining the momentum of the strategic plan of this new concept.
Use at least three (3) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar 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; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of your paper, your name, the course number and course title, your professor’s name, the university’s name, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

HSA 599 Week 2 Discussion

"The Process of an Environmental Analysis" Please respond to the following:

Imagine that the physicians at your hospital have proposed adding a new cardiac care wing to the hospital at which you are CEO. Review the website of a cardiac center in your neighborhood.
Outline the specific steps you would take when conducting an external analysis to determine the need for this addition.
Recommend three strategies that you can use to evaluate the data gathered during the analysis in order to decide whether to add this new wing to the hospital. Include concepts from the weekly reading in the textbook or from peer-reviewed journal articles.

https://hwacer.com/Tutorial/hsa-599-week-2-discussion/

HSA 599 Week 2 Discussion

"The Process of an Environmental Analysis" Please respond to the following:

Imagine that the physicians at your hospital have proposed adding a new cardiac care wing to the hospital at which you are CEO. Review the website of a cardiac center in your neighborhood.
Outline the specific steps you would take when conducting an external analysis to determine the need for this addition.
Recommend three strategies that you can use to evaluate the data gathered during the analysis in order to decide whether to add this new wing to the hospital. Include concepts from the weekly reading in the textbook or from peer-reviewed journal articles.

HSA 599 Week 2 – PESTLE Analysis PowerPoint

A PESTLE Analysis identifies political, economic, social, technological, legal, and environmental factors. Review PESTLE Analysis at the following https://www.groupmap.com/map-templates/pestle-analysis
The U.S. health care system costs $3.3 trillion last year and delivered too little value (Blumenthal, 2017). For most Americans, health care is not only expensive but also fragmented, inconvenient, and physically inaccessible. Aetna, CVS, UnitedHealth Group and DaVita are health care stakeholders who are engaging in mergers and acquisitions to produce a higher quality product. Review the article “Is M&A the Cure for a Failing Health Care System?” at https://hbr.org/2017/12/is-ma-the-cure-for-a-failing-health-care-system in Harvard Business Review.
Congratulations; you have been selected as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of a local hospital. Within six months of taking the job, you learn your health care organization is considering a merger. Your first task is to conduct a PESTLE Analysis. Use critical thinking skills and metacognition to research current events in the macro environment of the local hospital in your area. Your hospital selection will be the same hospital used throughout this course. Review the website information on your hospital selection and prepare a 10-slide Microsoft PowerPoint narrative using a PESTLE Analysis

https://hwacer.com/Tutorial/hsa-599-week-2-pestle-analysis-powerpoint/

Your 10-slide PESTLE PowerPoint should follow this format:

Slide 1: Cover Page a. Include the title of your paper, your name, the course number and course title, your professor’s name, the university’s name, and the date.
Slide 2: Background / Executive Summary a. Describe the details of the situation. Use bullets with short sentences. The title of these slides should be Executive Summary.
Slide 3: Thesis Statement a. Identify the focus of your research. The title of this slide should be Thesis Statement.
Slides 4-9: Supporta. Support your Thesis Statement following the SESC formula: State, Explain, Support, and Conclude. (Use Sublevel 1 and 2 Headings to provide coherence and organization. An overview of using the Sublevel 1 and Sublevel 2 headings is provided in the following video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yr185y-fAks. Provide in-text citations using the format in the American Psychological Association (APA) Manual 2010, 6th Edition.)
Slide 10: References
1. Locate peer reviewed journal articles to support your responses. For example, identify clinical quality that does not compare to other hospitals, see https://www.medicare.gov/hospitalcompare/search.html. Use APA format for your references. (To help you with APA in-text citations and your Reference list, some students use Citation Machine at http://www.citationmachine.net.)

Writing Resources are available from Strayer University’s Writing Center, Tutor.com, and https://www.grammarly.com. Your SafeAssign score should be ≤25%, as stated in Blackboard.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

HSA 599 Week 1 Discussion

Developing a Strategic Plan" Please respond to the following:

Examine the strategic planning process. Imagine that your organization is planning to build a pediatric clinic in your local community. Review the pediatric clinics in your neighborhood.
Determine one external factor and one internal factor that you should consider in the strategic planning of your clinic.
Determine three reasons why strategic plans fail. Recommend a strategy to overcome each of the reasons you identified and include concepts from the weekly reading in the textbook or from peer-reviewed journal articles.

https://hwacer.com/Tutorial/hsa-599-week-1-discussion/

HSA 599 Week 1 Discussion

Developing a Strategic Plan" Please respond to the following:

Examine the strategic planning process. Imagine that your organization is planning to build a pediatric clinic in your local community. Review the pediatric clinics in your neighborhood.
Determine one external factor and one internal factor that you should consider in the strategic planning of your clinic.
Determine three reasons why strategic plans fail. Recommend a strategy to overcome each of the reasons you identified and include concepts from the weekly reading in the textbook or from peer-reviewed journal articles.