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Genesis Energy’s newly established operations management team decided to seek outside assistance in developing a long-term operating plan that also addresses the financial issues identified. A major consideration for Genesis Energy is assessing those short-term and long-term economic factors, which will greatly enhance the company’s ability to successfully transition to a viable international business. Grasping and correctly prioritizing these economic factors, supply and demand, interest rates, inflation, unemployment, and exchange rates are pivotal, thereby requiring expert guidance. Therefore, their first major decision was to hire a respected strategy-consulting firm, Sensible Essentials.

After meeting with the client team, Sensible Essentials concluded that the operations management team would significantly benefit from a more in-depth understanding of the financial environment at Genesis Energy. This understanding needed to encompass not only sales, costs, and profitability forecast under the new strategic plan, but also the way expansion would highlight the need to manage working capital and cash flow in order to try to minimize the need for external financing.

As the lead consultant for Sensible Essentials, do the following:

  • Describe and evaluate the financial environment at Genesis Energy by using ratio analysis of the company.
  • Choose one ratio from each of the five categories listed in the table on page 103 of your textbook, Brigham and Ehrhardt, and do a 3-year ratio trend analysis. Compare these results to the industry averages. What do the results tell you?
  • Name three specific options that are available to Genesis Energy for obtaining needed capital.
  • Identify and explain two ways Genesis Energy can improve its strategy.
  • Explain what specific macroeconomic factors are likely to affect genesis, i.e., inflation, interest rates, exchange rates etc. Please do a brief country risk assessment and discuss the most likely problems a company like Genesis Energy is likely going to confront when contemplating an international expansion. What would be the least risky avenue for them to get their product/service to the country you have chosen? Which entry mode is the riskiest? Explain.

Write a 2-3-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Then, create a 6–8-slide PowerPoint with Speaker’s notes and references (including research) presenting your findings to the Genesis Energy operations management team.

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Read Case Study V: Retrospective Cohort Study of The Association of Congential Malformations and Hazardous Waste on pages 374-378 of your text and discuss the following:

1. What are controls in a research study and how are they used? How are controls used in this study?
2. What are confounding variables and how do they affect a research study? What are the problems and limitations of confounding variables in this study?

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1)  You have been charged by your CEO to outline the key guidelines of what you believe an appropriate incentive system and rewards program, tied to your Company’s strategy, should look like?  Discuss the importance of each attribute you suggest, and also how your recommendation does directly relate to key aspects of your Company’s strategy….or needed strategy as you see it.  Yes, relate this question to your actual Company / Organization, as you believe things to be.  And also discuss how deep it should go in the organization, and why?

2)  The text devotes an entire Chapter to Corporate Culture.  Using your Company as the basis for your answer, identify the Key Features of your Company’s culture, and what additional Features do you believe should be incorporated or developed, and what outcome would you expect for the Company, if they were added.

3)  You have been asked by your CEO to make a recommendation for a strategy for RELATED DIVERSIFICATION for your current actual Company.  You agree that this is the best route.  But your CEO is also tempted to go the route of UNRELATED DIVERSIFICATION.  You believe that the latter route, UNRELATED DIVERSIFICATION, is not the best route for your actual Company.  What positions do you advance to convince the CEO to stay with the path of RELATED DIVERSIFICATION?  And assure that he understands why your recommendation fits best with your Company?

4)  Sustainability deals essentially in three distinct realms, or platforms if you wish.  Discuss your own Company’s business practices in these three areas, and where you believe your Company can accelerate its efforts.  Why should the Company do this, and what business upsides and /or other upsides would you envision if this thrust is executed well in your Company.  If your Company is not underway with a Sustainability initiative, state the case why the Company should be, where it should focus and why, and also what business upsides and / or other upsides would you envision, if you were to embark and successfully execute?

SPECIAL NOTE as pertaining to questions 1, 2, 3 and 4:

 If you work in an organization far afield from a business / Company, then please identify and choose a real company of your liking, and answer from the perspective of what you would EXPECT to see in that company as it relates to the questions above.  Make sure you touch on all the points noted in the question.  I am aware this may apply to one or two of you in this situation.  Be specific and tell me what Company you have chosen.  Stay with that same Company for questions 1,2, 3, and 4 if you are in this situation. 

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Should they expand the health insurance policy coverage to include same-sex partners as dependents? Are there any laws that require them to expand the coverage or that prohibit them from expanding the coverage?

Sexuality and the Media — Sociology

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“Sexuality and the Media”  Please respond to the following:

  • From the first e-Activity article, discuss whether you agree or disagree with the article’s premise that the media portrays women as sexual objects. 
  • Describe the boundaries you think that the media should adhere to when it comes to issues of sexuality. 

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Suppose that the Fabulous Hotel hires you as head chef under a two-year employment contract. After two years, another hotel wants to hire you. However, in the original employment contract you signed with the Fabulous Hotel, the following paragraph appears:

“The below-signed agrees not to work as a chef for another hotel in the same metropolitan area for a period of two years after leaving our employ.”

  1. Describe and analyze the five elements of a contract that must exist for this agreement to be enforceable.
  2. Explain why this contract is governed by common law or the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC).
  3. Examine at least two circumstances in which this non-compete agreement would be unenforceable. 

Submit a four- to five-page paper (not including title and reference pages). Your paper must be formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide and must cite three scholarly sources in addition to the textbook. 

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W8 Assignment “Interview”

Interview

Conduct
an interview and document it.

During
this course we have learned about organizational culture and structure, we have
spoken of feedback and job types. As project that pulls together all concepts
from this course you will conduct an interview. Document the interview and draw
a conclusion in a short four to five sentence summary of the experience.

1. 
create 8 to 10 professional and quality interview questions

2. 
decide how you are going to document the interview (audio, video
or type)

3. 
conduct the interview

4. 
confirm that the interview was documented

5. 
write the summary paragraph

6. 
submit your assignment

The
topic and interviewee are to be of your choice and should allow you to learn
something that will help in pursuit of your career.

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Submit HereStudents, please view the "Submit a Clickable Rubric Assignment" in the Student Center. Instructors, training on how to grade is within the Instructor Center. Assignment 5: Persuasive Paper Part 3: Possible Disadvantages, Answers, with Visuals Due Week 10 and worth 250 pointsUsing feedback from your professor and classmates, revise Parts 1 and 2, and add Part 3. Plan to include visuals to illustrate the advantages of your proposed solution.Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:Provide Part I: Revision of A Problem Exists (3-4 pages)1. Revise your Persuasive Paper Part 1: A Problem Exists, using feedback from the professor and classmates. Provide Part 2: Revision of Part 2: Solution to Problem and Advantages (3-4 pages)2. Revise your Persuasive Paper Part 2: Solution to Problem and Advantages, using feedback from the professor and classmates.Develop Part 3: Possible Disadvantages, Answers, with Visuals (1-2 pages, for 7-9 total pages)3. Included a defensible, relevant thesis statement in the first paragraph. 4. State, explain, and support the first disadvantage (economic, social, political, environmental, social, equitable, ethical/moral, etc.) to your solution and provide a logical answer. This should be one (1) paragraph. 5. State, explain, and support the second (and third if desired) disadvantage (economic, social, political, environmental, social, equitable, ethical/moral, etc.) to your solution and provide a logical answer. This should be one or two (1-2) paragraphs.6. Include one or two (1-2) relevant visuals that help illustrate an advantage. 7. Use effective transitional words, phrases, and sentences.8. Provide a concluding paragraph to summarize the proposed solution, its advantages, possible disadvantages, and answers to the disadvantages. Repeat or paraphrase your thesis statement. 9. Develop a coherently structured paper with an introduction, body, and conclusion.10. Use one (1) or more rhetorical strategy (ethos, logos, pathos) to explain claims. 11. Support disadvantages and answers with at least two (2) additional quality relevant references. Use at least eight (8) total for Parts 1, 2, and 3. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources.Your assignment must follow these formatting guidelines: 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. Note: Submit your assignment to the designated plagiarism program so that you can make revisions before submitting your paper to your professor. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are: Recognize the elements and correct use of a thesis statement. Associate the features of audience, purpose, and text with various genres. Analyze the rhetorical strategies of ethos, pathos, logos in writing samples and for incorporation into essays or presentations. Correct grammatical and stylistic errors consistent with Standard Written English. Prepare a research project that supports an argument with structure and format appropriate to the genre. Revise drafts to improve clarity, support, and organization. Recognize how to organize ideas with transitional words, phrases, and sentences. Incorporate relevant, properly documented sources to substantiate ideas. Use technology and information resources to research selected issues for this course. Write clearly and concisely about selected topics using proper writing mechanics. Click here to view the grading rubric for this assignment.

Discuss the Characteristic of Drama and Poetry

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All literature involves some kind of performance which is intended for an audience. Sometimes, however, the performative quality of a work (i.e., the fact that it is being presented to an audience) is more obvious than at others. Drama and poetry, for example, tend to emphasize overt performance more than do short stories, which more often are read silently and in solitude.
How is the more direct performative aspect of drama and/or poetry reflected in these forms? (Consider for example, each genre’s uses of literary structure, language, technique, and style.) How do these literary elements affect your reading experience?
In your post, identify key qualities of drama and poetry which emphasize their performative qualities. Discuss how these characteristics shape your reading response. Support your views with at least one example of a dramatic text and one example of a poem.

Initial posts must be 50-100 words in length 

Clugston, R. W. (2014). 
Journey into literature (2nd ed.). San Diego, California: Bridgepoint Education, Inc.

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Ronald Reagan was the 40th President of the United States. He was both beloved and despised. Consider the following question: Is Reagan overrated or underrated as a president? Choose three topics from the list below to make your case whether Reagan is overrated or underrated: Economic policies Principles of the New Right Iran Contra affair Ending the Cold War Cutting the size of the government Attempted assassination Hostages coming home Supply-side economics