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You are an economist for the Vanda-Laye Corporation, which produces and distributes outdoor cooking supplies. The company has come under new ownership and management and will be undergoing changes in its product lines and operating structure. As an economist, your responsibilities include examining the market factors that affect success or failure of a product, including the supply and demand for the product, market conditions, and the behavior of competitors with similar products.

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  The new owners are evaluating the operating structure, and you have two possible alternatives. One alternative requires a high level of investment in fixed costs compared to the other alternative. Jorge, your supervisor, has assigned you the task of evaluating the two alternatives. Assume that the company has no debt. Regardless of the alternative selected, market conditions will require the selling price of the product to be $3.45 per unit. The details for each alternative are given in the table. Alternative 1 Alternative 2 Variable costs $2.20 $2.70 Fixed costs $80,000 $30,000 Total assets $350,000 $350,000 Jorge has asked you to provide detailed responses to the following questions: •How does CVP analysis help management in the planning stage of a new business? How does CVP analysis assist the decision makers of an existing business? •What is the break-even quantity for each of the investment alternatives, calculated using an algebraic approach? Complete the tables for each al...

Graphical displays are used to provide the viewer information that illustrates qualitative or quantitative information about the data set under review. After reading the assigned sections in Chapter 2 (2.1, 2.2, 2.4), please provide an example of where you think a graphical display could be used incorrectly. What ramification(s) do you think could result from the graphical display in your example being used incorrectly?

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Please use your own words when answering the discussion question and cite any references you may be using, especially if you are using a picture or data from an outside source. Also, make sure to contribute with the class discussion by responding to at least two classmates. REQUIREMENTS Response is clear, consistent and appropriate (at least 100 words): 2 need a response to this student who wrote the following Often times graphs can be misleading because the creator or publisher wants to sway people to believe what they want them to believe. In the photo I have attatched (Schiavo, 2014) it may seem that far more Democrats agreed with the issue at hand than both Republicas and Independents. That is where this graph becomes misleading, because with closer look you can see that only four more Democrats agreed than Republicans or Independents. If the graph had started 0 and had proper spaces between the intervals it would have been much less misleading. This type of graph can have many ram...

Outline a plan that managers in the low-calorie, frozen microwaveable food company could follow in anticipation of raising prices when selecting pricing strategies for making their products response to a change in price less elastic. Provide a rationale for your response.

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Assume that the low-calorie frozen, microwavable food company from Assignments 1 and 2 wants to expand and has to make some long-term capital budgeting decisions. The company is currently facing increases in the costs of major ingredients. ** Original work needed ** Please use the following as one of the refrerences: McGuigan, J. R. (2014). Managerial Economics: Applications, Strategies and Tactics, 13th Edition. [VitalSource Bookshelf Online]. Retrieved fromhttps://strayer.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781305562066/   Assignment 3: Long-Term Investment Decisions Due Week 9 and worth 300 points Assume that the low-calorie frozen, microwavable food company from Assignments 1 and 2 wants to expand and has to make some long-term capital budgeting decisions. The company is currently facing increases in the costs of major ingredients. Use the Internet and Strayer databases to research government policies and regulation. Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you: Outline a plan th...

Write a seven to eight (7-8) page paper in which you: Determine the key factors contributing to the failure in question. Next, analyze how the failure impacted both the organization’s operations and patient information protection and privacy. Analyze the leadership team’s reaction to the failure, and indicate whether the leadership took sufficient measures to deal with various stakeholder groups impacted by the failure. Provide support for the rationale. Take a position on whether the health care provider that you identified should either develop a custom application or select a proprietary system. Provide support for the rationale. Recommend at least three (3) best practices that any organization could adopt in order to avoid such a failure in the future

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Write a seven to eight (7-8) page paper in which you: Determine the key factors contributing to the failure in question. Next, analyze how the failure impacted both the organization’s operations and patient information protection and privacy. Analyze the leadership team’s reaction to the failure, and indicate whether the leadership took sufficient measures to deal with various stakeholder groups impacted by the failure. Provide support for the rationale. Take a position on whether the health care provider that you identified should either develop a custom application or select a proprietary system. Provide support for the rationale. Recommend at least three (3) best practices that any organization could adopt in order to avoid such a failure in the future. Provide support for the recommendation. Suggest how health care leaders can use project metrics and portfolio management to ensure operational efficiency and effectiveness. Provide specific examples to support the response. Analyze a...

describing an actual problem in your office, school, church, or volunteer organization that you do not have the authority to correct, (2) identifying the specific decision maker (by name and position) who can act on a researched report you propose to write.

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Write a memorandum addressed to ME: (1) describing an actual problem in your office, school, church, or volunteer organization that you do not have the authority to correct, (2) identifying the specific decision maker (by name and position) who can act on a researched report you propose to write. (3) your proposed solution, (4) including a list in MLA Works Cited format of at least three of your required eight specific sources (not just a litany of generic excuses such as, “I plan to use articles from the newspaper and the web”), and (5) a Gantt Chart depicting the timing of YOUR expected progress on the problem-solving researched proposal you are asking permission to pursue as the final paper in this course. (Instructions for creating a Gantt Chart are included in the Week 2 Discussion area). Use the underlined words/phrases in the numbered list in this paragraph as the headings in the body of this memorandum to me. Include an introductory paragraph explaining why you are writing, and...

Reliability and Validity in Quantitative Research Using a quantitative article that you previously selected, post the following information: • Describe the variables used in the research and how they were measured. Describe any assessments that were used. • Discuss the types of reliability that were reported for the measurement instrument (test-retest, inter-rater, parallel forms, split-half) and validity (content, construct, criterion)

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Reliability and Validity in Quantitative Research Using a quantitative article that you previously selected, post the following information: • Describe the variables used in the research and how they were measured. Describe any assessments that were used. • Discuss the types of reliability that were reported for the measurement instrument (test-retest, inter-rater, parallel forms, split-half) and validity (content, construct, criterion). • Using your textbook and the quantitative validity article assigned in this unit’s studies, linked in Resources, construct an external validity checklist and an internal validity checklist, noting how your selected article did address or could have addressed each issue. • Discuss how the reliability and validity in the research contribute to the scientific merit of the research. • Post the persistent link for the article in your response. Refer to the Persistent Links and DOIs guide, linked in Resources, to learn how to locate this information in the ...

Demonstrate how the case can be examined through the lens of the ARPP model and through the characteristics of action research as described by your Action Research text.

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Analysis of the Planning Process in the HCZ Write a paper, critically analyzing the planning process of the Harlem Children’s Zone (HCZ) case study. In your paper, complete the following: Demonstrate how the case can be examined through the lens of the ARPP model and through the characteristics of action research as described by your Action Research text. Focus your analysis on questions derived from Stage 3 of the ARPP multimedia piece and from Box 6.1 on page 185 of your Action Research text. Consider any ways in which being a cooperative project between local government and education affected the planning process. CLICK HERE TO GET A PROFESSIONAL WRITER TO WORK ON THIS PAPER AND OTHER SIMILAR PAPERS, GET A NON PLAGIARIZED PAPER FROM OUR EXPERTS……

Darien Industries operates a cafeteria for its employees. The operation of the cafeteria requires fixed costs of $4,700 per month and variable costs of 40 percent of sales. Cafeteria sales are currently averaging $12,000 per month.

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Darien Industries Darien Industries operates a cafeteria for its employees. The operation of the cafeteria requires fixed costs of $4,700 per month and variable costs of 40 percent of sales. Cafeteria sales are currently averaging $12,000 per month. Darien has an opportunity to replace the cafeteria with vending machines. Gross customer spending at the vending machines is estimated to be 40 percent greater than current sales because the machines are available at all hours. By replacing the cafeteria with vending machines, Darien would receive 16 percent of the gross customer spending and avoid all cafeteria costs. How much does monthly operating income change if Darien Industries replaces the cafeteria with vending machines? Used by permission of McGraw-Hill. Silky Smooth Lotions Silky Smooth lotions come in three sizes: 4, 8, and 12 ounces. The following table summarizes the selling prices and variable costs per case of each lotion size. Silky Smooth table Fixed costs are $771,000. Cu...

Analyze student achievement data in your school and compare it with the student achievement data for your district as a whole. Note differences in the percentage of passing rates. Go back to your school data and analyze the passing rates for each subgroup. What can you see?

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Analyze student achievement data in your school and compare it with the student achievement data for your district as a whole. Note differences in the percentage of passing rates. Go back to your school data and analyze the passing rates for each subgroup. What can you see? Identify a mayor area of concern. Use the data to state two hypotheses of the causes that give origin to the problem. Using and citing all the data that you analyzed, write a letter to your superintendent describing a mayor area of concern and describing three strategies you propose to implement in order to address the area of concern. Cite theory to support your ideas. Use the rubric to self-asses your assignment: compare what you wrote to the description of each item in the rubric. Make the changes needed. Write some reflections on this process of self-assessment. CLICK HERE TO GET A PROFESSIONAL WRITER TO WORK ON THIS PAPER AND OTHER SIMILAR PAPERS, GET A NON PLAGIARIZED PAPER FROM OUR EXPERTS……

Rationale for identified target population •Method for determining appropriate sample size •Describe rationale for selecting the data collection methodology. •Describe descriptive or comparative statistics appropriate for your health care problem •Describe statistical tests that could be used to analyze the data

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Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper describing how you will select your target population; your sample size; and your data collection methods. Include the following information in your paper: (Note: what you are doing here is putting more meat on the bones of your presentation in the previous week, but just in narrative form). •Rationale for identified target population •Method for determining appropriate sample size •Describe rationale for selecting the data collection methodology. •Describe descriptive or comparative statistics appropriate for your health care problem •Describe statistical tests that could be used to analyze the data (The past work assignments have been on Medicare budget and the elderlies that have limited health literacy and this creates a problem in attempting to provide high quality care). CLICK HERE TO GET A PROFESSIONAL WRITER TO WORK ON THIS PAPER AND OTHER SIMILAR PAPERS, GET A NON PLAGIARIZED PAPER FROM OUR EXPERTS……

JK Saddlery’s Cashiering Function

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Introduction This is a very short description of some of the duties performed by the cashier at JK Saddlery. Please read the description below and undertake the required activities at the end. JK Saddlery JK Saddlery makes and sells saddlery and other rural supplies to local farmers and producers, as well as to tourists. Because their products are well known, they also sell in bulk to other retailers and also by mail order to the public. The founder and owner of the business, JK, is very -old school- and does not like selling over the internet. Instead he uses the tried and proven method of selling only to trusted clients on credit, and accepting payment by cash and cheques either at the cashier window or via the mail. Everyone else pays cash or credit card at the cashier’s counter in the shop. JK Retail is a small family business, but it nevertheless has a very healthy cash flow. However, JK does not like to spend money if he does not feel that he needs to. Therefore he employs only o...

Describe how you would prepare for the intake interview – including the room in which you will meet with Jacky. 2. Describe the sources of information you may have to access to support the assessment process before the interview.

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Assessment 2: Case Scenario – Assessment Interview Preparation and Role Play Student Instructions This assessment task has been designed to allow you to demonstrate your approach to planning and conducting a client intake assessment interview. Part A You are required to read through the scenario and in a separate word document detail how you will plan and prepare for the intake interview by responding to each of the questions provided below the scenario. You will be assessed on your ability to: • Demonstrate your knowledge of assessment and referral practices • Demonstrate your literacy skills to communicate complex ideas. Submit your completed document to your tutor for marking. Please include: CHCCS500B A2 – Part A – Your Name, in the document header. Scenario Jacky is a young woman who left school two years ago. She is 17 years old and has been struggling with school work most of her school life. She lived with her mother and stepfather up to a month ago when she ran away from the f...

This is a business analytics project aimed at generating innovative analytics solutions. It will allow students to show innovation and creativity in applying Watson Analytics/SAP Business Object/Predictive Analytics/HANA and designing useful visualization solutions and predictive models for different types of analytics problems.

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The topic will be on environmental issues. Your main task is to apply any of the analytical tools to develop innovative analytics visualization solutions and predictive models with regards to environment, e.g. climate change, energy consumption, carbon footprint, greenhouse gas emission, pollution dashboard, etc. Besides the suggested datasets/sources, you may apply any other real-world dataset to illustrate your approach (the different datasets can be combined too). Please find the attached sample reports Some possible datasets/sources: http://data.un.org/Explorer.aspx http://data.worldbank.org/topic/environment https://data.oecd.org/ http://geodata.grid.unep.ch/ http://open-data.europa.eu/en/data/publisher/eea https://www.data.gov/ Watson Analytics Tutorials: http://bigdatauniversity.com/courses/watson-analytics-fundamentals/ Watson Analytics -IBM TV How-To Videos: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6D7Ekh27J6Axp9BNKyLQ3w Report Submission: Hard-copy to tutors/lecturers assignment box...

The “Sombrero” was originally a 45 cover Mexican restaurant in Dubai, UAE. In the first few years of operation, business was doing well and the restaurant was featuring in the major tourist guides and newspapers as a “must visit” restaurant not only for the great cuisine but also for the fantastic dĂ©cor.

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  Assessment Description Assessment 2: Written Business Report (Group of 2 students) Weighting: 20% CASE STUDY: The “Sombrero” was originally a 45 cover Mexican restaurant in Dubai, UAE. In the first few years of operation, business was doing well and the restaurant was featuring in the major tourist guides and newspapers as a “must visit” restaurant not only for the great cuisine but also for the fantastic dĂ©cor. As the business picked up the restaurant owner decided to expand, so when the opportunity appeared to acquire the lease of the property next door he did so and expanded the restaurant to a 130 seater. Things seem to be going well and the owner was certain that he would get a good return on his investment. However, the original small team could not cope with the business and the new chefs and servers did not have the rapport that a small team had. Soon the restaurant was faced with problems of stock control especially in the back area. Stock would go amiss quite often and wast...

Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirements Topic: Topic 1 – Australian Workplace Culture

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Unit of Competency: BSBWHS401 Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative requirements Topic: Topic 1 – Australian Workplace Culture Assessment Task: Task 1.3 – WHS Hazard & Risk Identification Report Assessment Criteria: BSBWHS401: • applying organisational WHS management systems and procedures in the work team area • applying procedures for assessing and controlling risks to health and safety associated with those hazards, according to the hierarchy of control and as specified in commonwealth and state or territory WHS Acts, regulations and codes of practice • providing specific, clear and accurate information and advice on workplace hazards to work team knowledge of legal responsibilities of managers, supervisors, PCBUs or their officers and workers in the workplace. Assessment Instructions to Student: • Write your name as it appears on your enrolment form in the appropriate area on this form • Attempt all questions in the assessment. • All an...

Be able to work with the client to analyse and prioritise their needs • Describe the process to ensure the client is aware of how information is used, their rights and empowerment to make decisions.

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Student Instructions This assessment is designed to allow you to demonstrate how you would respond to the client’s individual needs when conducting an assessment. You will be assessed on your ability to: • Be able to work with the client to analyse and prioritise their needs • Describe the process to ensure the client is aware of how information is used, their rights and empowerment to make decisions. • Apply the use of appropriate assessment tools to ensure decisions are made using all relevant information. • Apply critical thinking and problem-solving skills to determine appropriate services for the client, consider risks and apply risk management strategies for the safety of the client and yourself. Read the following Case Study and clearly outline the process you would use to work with this client. A young woman, Carly, walks into your service and is in obvious distress. She has a baby in a pram and a toddler of about 2 or 3 beside her. All are crying and the mother has bruising ev...

In 1968, Ray Williams and Michael Payne formed CE Health International. As a result of a merger in 1995 between CE Heath and the Swiss based insurer Winterthur Insurance Company, the company HIH Winterthur was established.

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  HA3032 AUDITING AND ASSURANCE SERVICES TRIMESTER 2, 2016 INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT Assessment Value: 20% Instructions: 1. This assignment is to be submitted in accordance with assessment policy stated in the Subject Outline and Student Handbook. 2. It is the responsibility of the student who is submitting the work, to ensure that the work is in fact her/his own work. Incorporating another’s work or ideas into one’s own work without appropriate acknowledgement is an academic offence. Students can submit all assignments for plagiarism checking (self-check) on Blackboard before final submission in the subject. For further details, please refer to the Subject Outline and Student Handbook 3. Maximum marks available: 20 marks. 4. Due date of submission: Week 7 Friday. Requires both soft copy (SafeAssign) and hard copy to be submitted HIH Insurance Limited: Business risk and Inherent Risk Assessment, Legal Liability, Ethics This Case is based on Chapters 1, 3-7 Company History In 1968, Ray Will...

Richard, an impoverished university student, and his millionaire father enter into an arrangement where Richard agrees that he will keep the front- and backyards

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Richard, an impoverished university student, and his millionaire father enter into an arrangement where Richard agrees that he will keep the front- and backyards QUESTION 1 – 10 MARKS Richard, an impoverished university student, and his millionaire father enter into an arrangement where Richard agrees that he will keep the front- and backyards of the family property mowed, and he will ‘do a bit’ to keep the gardens looking tidy. In return, his father agrees to pay him a weekly allowance of $200. His father had previously used a garden contractor to do the job and paid him $350. They live on a one-hectare property, and the mowing alone takes half a day a week. After four weeks, Richard’s father tells him that he can’t afford to pay $200 a week. He says that Richard should be doing the work for nothing, as it is the responsibility of the whole family to look after the property: besides. he says, Richard is getting free board and lodging. Advise Richard. QUESTION 2 – 10 MARKS Joe, a well-...

This assignment is to be submitted in accordance with assessment policy stated in the Subject Outline and Student Handbook

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Bio-sustainable Feeds (BSF) Ltd., an Australian bio-research firm listed on the Australian Stock Exchange (ASX), has engaged research on sustainable aqua-culture feeds for two decades. Its research on a plant HI6026 ACCOUNTING THEORY & CURRENT ISSUES TRIMESTER 2, 2016 GROUP ASSIGNMENT Assessment Value: 20% Instructions: 1. This assignment is to be submitted in accordance with assessment policy stated in the Subject Outline and Student Handbook. 2. It is the responsibility of all students who have their name on the submitted work, to ensure that the work is in fact done by the group. NB: Incorporating another’s work or ideas into one’s own work without giving appropriate acknowledgement is academic malfeasance. Students should review all assignments for plagiarism checking (self-check) on Blackboard before final submission of hardcopy in the subject. For further details, please refer to the Subject Outline and Student Handbook. 3. Maximum marks available: 20 marks (e.g. 200/10 = 20)...

What do you know about anti-discrimination legislation? 2. In what ways do you think employing people of different ages, with different abilities and from a range of backgrounds and cultures could benefit your organisation and other organisations? Can you see any disadvantages?

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Questions Directions: The following questions are regarding the topic of diversity in the workplace. Conduct research and using Microsoft Word, answer each question below. Once you have completed the report, upload it into Moodle for marking. Please use complete sentences; checking grammar, punctuation and spelling. 1. What do you know about anti-discrimination legislation? 2. In what ways do you think employing people of different ages, with different abilities and from a range of backgrounds and cultures could benefit your organisation and other organisations? Can you see any disadvantages? 3. What types of discrimination have you experienced or are you aware of? 4. What communication skills do you need to promote and make the most of diversity in your work team? CLICK HERE TO GET A PROFESSIONAL WRITER TO WORK ON THIS PAPER AND OTHER SIMILAR PAPERS, GET A NON PLAGIARIZED PAPER FROM OUR EXPERTS……

Mr Jeffrey Lucy, Chairman of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC), today announced that Mr Ray Williams, the former Chief Executive Officer of HIH Insurance Limited (HIH), has been sentenced to four-and-a-half years’ jail with a non-parole period of two years and nine months.

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  Assessment Value: 20% Instructions: 1. This assignment is to be submitted in accordance with assessment policy stated in the Subject Outline and Student Handbook. 2. It is the responsibility of the student who is submitting the work, to ensure that the work is in fact her/his own work. Incorporating another’s work or ideas into one’s own work without appropriate acknowledgement is an academic offence. Students can submit all assignments for plagiarism checking (self-check) on Blackboard before final submission in the subject. For further details, please refer to the Subject Outline and Student Handbook 3. Maximum marks available: 20 marks. 4. Due date of submission: Week 7 Friday. Requires both soft copy (SafeAssign) and hard copy to be submitted HIH Insurance Limited: Business risk and Inherent Risk Assessment, Legal Liability, Ethics This Case is based on Chapters 1, 3-7 Company History In 1968, Ray Williams and Michael Payne formed CE Health International. As a result of a merger ...