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ECO 500 - Discussion Post Week 4

You are an investor. Now that you have identified the market structure for each group, select one of the groups of firms as your investment target.  Describe what kinds of challenges firms in this group face using a Porter's Five Forces analysis.  If you want to dig deeper into a firm as you think about your investment decision, you might want to look at the firm's investor page.

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The FAR and Contract Provisions for Protection

Imagine that you are a contracts officer for the Department of Energy (DOE). You have been asked to review bids from contractors who have developed a new widget for saving the American public 25 percent on their energy bills. Once an award is made, the contractors will receive the contract, which includes provisions to minimize risks and define rights and obligations, from the Department of Energy. Review Federal Acquisition Review (FAR) 52.246-1 Contractor Inspection Requirements. Note: You may create and/or make all the necessary assumptions needed for the completion of this assignment.Write...

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org 6504 *2/2

Refer to the discussion of Fiedler’s original work on contingency theory found in the Yukl (2013) text. There has been much debate over the validity of this model (and related extensions). Is a contingency approach still applicable in the workforce today? If yes, when is it appropriate? If no, why not? Please support your position

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ACC 345 Final Project- Financial Statements

Accounting professionals are often asked to provide financial statement analysis for a variety of reasons and audiences. Internally, such evaluations of a company’s health and value may be used to inform decisions regarding redeployment of assets or improved operational performance. Externally, they may be used in making credit or investment decisions. In this project, you will put course concepts into practice by preparing a financial analysis and valuation report on a company you selected from an abbreviated list of the S&P 500 and compare it to a chief competitor. In the report, you will ev...

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Organizational Analysis

As it turned out, the company was heavily criticised on social media at the launch of the campaign. Members of the public flooded the company's social media page with complaints about the company disrespect towards the charity and accused the company of being hypocritical in their intentions.  The accusations were about the use of a charity to increase their market share. The company was accused company did not have any plan to respond and this  vitriolic attack came as a surprise. The company shut down its social media page and withdrew from the campaign.

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Quick

Able, Baker and Charlie are sales people at Big Buy, Inc.  Charlie is the best sales person at the company.  Big Buy has an ethics policy that reflects zero tolerance for sexual harassment in any form. Two months ago,  Baker discovers that Able, her best friend, has been stealing items from inventory. She confronts Able who states "This company pays me minimum wage and it will never miss these items.  Besides, I am not the only one doing it.  You should take stuff too."  At or around the same time, Baker learns that several customers have complained about Charlie's behavior while they were sho...

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Week 5 - Final Project

In the Week 3 Assignment, you engaged in a case analysis of a current business problem using some of the components of an argumentative essa.  In this written assignment, you will write a complete argumentative essa as described in Sections 9.1 and 9.2 of With Good Reason: A Guide to Critical Thinking  (Foster, Hardy, & Zúñiga y Postigo, 2015). This essa will include a  revised and polished version of your Week 3 Assignment, an objection to your thesis, a rebuttal, and concluding remarks.

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digital wk 8

Congratulations! You have reached week 8, the final week of class. Reflect on your use of the Big 6 Research Model. What step was the most challenging? How did you overcome the challenge? Using the steps in the Big 6 Research Model, consider your process of locating sources, categorizing, organizing, critiquing, and presenting information for the project. What worked well for you? How will you sustain your new knowledge in order to support your education and career goals?

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Wk 4, MHA 516: DR 2

This is a little hard for me to answer, as I am on the fence. Obviously I feel as though all health care providers should do any and everything in their power to treat or save a patient. But at what price does that come? Why should and individual set aside their beliefs or traditions? One of the things about America that makes it so great is that it is free. People from all different cultures and backgrounds sometimes sacrifice a lot just to live in this country, so why should they have to sacrifice their beliefs and or traditions also? I feel as though it should be a case by case situation. I...