Considering your chosen topic answer the following questions related to stakeholders:

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you address the following:

1. Identify the Internal and External Stakeholders.
2. Discuss how internal or external stakeholders have influenced the situation in a positive or negative way?
3. How will you consider stakeholders in your solution to the problem?
4. How will you motivate individuals to buy into your solution?
5. Use at least three (3) quality references. 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; 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:

• Consider personnel and stakeholders and how they influence decision making.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in criminal justice.
• Write clearly and concisely about criminal justice using proper writing mechanics.

• Write a paper of approximately 750 words that addresses the following components:
  • Consider your current or previous place of employment. Select one of the flexible work options (e.g., flextime, compressed workweek, job sharing, telecommuting, or part-time work) that would be most appropriate for your workplace.
  • Select one flexible option that would not be appropriate for your workplace
  • For the flexible work option that you identified as appropriate for your company, write an employee policy that details the guidelines an employee must adhere to when working on a flexible schedule Include in your policy how an employee may qualify for a flexible schedule, what effect the flexible schedule will have on employee compensation and other benefits, and the potential consequences for poor or under-performance while working on a flexible schedule.

• Include a minimum of one source.

Imagine that you are a financial manager researching investments for your client. Use the Strayer Learning Resource Center to research the stock of any U.S. publicly traded company that you may consider as an investment opportunity for your client. Your investment should align with your client’s investment goals. (Note: Please ensure that you are able to find enough information about this company in order to complete this assignment. You will create an appendix, in which you will insert related information.)

The assignment covers the following topics:

• Rationale for choosing the company in which to invest
• Ratio analysis
• Stock price analysis
• Recommendations

Refer to the following resources to assist with completing your assignment: Stock Selection Forbes – “Six Rules to Follow When Picking Stocks” CNN Money – “Stocks: Investing in stocks” The Motley Fool – “13 Steps to Investing Foolishly” Seeking Alpha – “The Graham And Dodd Method For Valuing Stocks” Investopedia – “Guide to Stock-Picking Strategies” Seeking Alpha – “Get Your Smart Beta Here! Dividend Growth Stocks As ‘Strategic Beta’ Investments” Market and Company Information U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission – “Market Structure” Yahoo! Finance Mergent Online (Note: This resource is also available through the Strayer Learning Resource Center.) Seeking Alpha (Note: Also available through the Android or iTunes App store.) Morningstar (Note: You can create a no-cost Basic Access account.) Research Hub, located in the left menu of your course in Blackboard.

Write a ten to fifteen (10-15) page paper in which you:

1. Provide a rationale for the stock that you selected, indicating the significant economic, financial, and other factors that led you to consider this stock.
2. Suggest the primary reasons why the selected stock is a suitable investment for your client. Include a description of your client’s profile.
3. Select any five (5) financial ratios that you have learned about in the text. Analyze the past three (3) years of the selected financial ratios for the company; you may obtain this information from the company’s financial statements. Determine the company’s financial health. (Note: Suggested ratios include, but are not limited to, current ratio, quick ratio, earnings per share, and price earnings ratio.)
4. Based on your financial review, determine the risk level of the stock from your investor’s point of view. Indicate key strategies that you may use in order to minimize these perceived risks.
5. Provide your recommendations of this stock as an investment opportunity. Support your rationale with resources, such as peer-reviewed articles, material from the Strayer Learning Resource Center, and reviews by market analysts.
6. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other 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 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:

• Critique financial management strategies that support business operations in various market environments.
• Analyze financial statements for key ratios, cash flow positions, and taxation effects.
• Review fixed income strategies using time value of money concept, bond valuation methods, and interest rate calculations.
• Estimate the risk and return on financial investments.
• Apply financial management options to corporate finance.
• Determine the cost of capital and how to maximize returns.
• Formulate cash flow analysis for capital projects including project risks and returns.
• Evaluate how corporate valuation and forecasting affect financial management.
• Analyze how capital structure decision-making practices impact financial management.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in financial management.
• Write clearly and concisely about financial management using proper writing mechanics.

When

faced with a problem, what do you do to solve it? In this SLP

assignment you will apply a systematic approach to problem solving. SLP

1 is divided into two (2) parts. In Part I, of the

assignment, you will read three (3) articles that present variations on

step-by-step problem solving strategies and then select one (1) of these

strategies; you will engage in pre-writing to develop a solution to a

problem scenario. In Part II of the assignment, you will present a synthesis of your ideas about solving the problem. As Voltaire said, “No problem can withstand the assault of sustained thinking.”

There are multiple elements to this SLP. Please make sure that
you follow the requirements very carefully and double-check your work
against the requirements before uploading.

Part I

Preparation and Pre-writing: Follow the steps below to explore a problem through reading and writing –

1. Choose one (1) of the problem scenarios as a topic choice for your paper

Scenario 1: You have worked at your company for
eleven (11) years. You have returned to college to earn a Bachelor’s
degree in order to increase your chances for a promotion. You are nearly
finished with your degree; a supervisor’s position in a competing
company becomes available in another state. The start date is in two (2)
weeks, during your final exam period for your courses. The position
offers a $15,000 per year salary increase, a car allowance, and
relocation expenses. Your former supervisor works for the company and is
recommending you for the position based on your outstanding job
performance; if you want the job, it’s yours. All of the other
supervisors at this level in the company have Master’s degrees. You know
that you would be expected to earn your Bachelor’s degree and continue
on to a Master’s degree. Your present company offers tuition
reimbursement, but the new company does not.

Scenario 2: Your child comes home from school with
an assignment sheet for a school project. He / she is very excited about
the project and begins work immediately, doing research on the Internet
and gathering materials. You read over the assignment sheet and notice
that your child is not including all of the required items in the
project, and you have some ideas for how to improve the quality of the
presentation. You recently read an article in a parenting magazine about
the importance of a child developing responsibility for his / her own
learning. You recall the many ways in which your parents took over your
school projects. You, on the other hand, want to encourage your child’s
confidence in his / her ability to complete a project independently. The
next day, you are at the grocery store when you see a parent of a
student in your child’s class. That parent has spent over $30 in
supplies for the science project and is taking a day off of work to put
the pieces of the project together.

Scenario 3: You have two jobs—one during the week
from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm, and one on Saturday from 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm.
You are taking two classes—one that meets from 6:00 to 10:00 pm, and one
class online. You have two kids—one who plays soccer, and one who is in
band. You have two elderly parents who no longer drive. You have two
siblings—one who lives two (2) miles away, and one who lives in another
state. You have two (2) papers due in your classes the same week that
one (1) of your children has a soccer tournament, and the other child
has a band concert. You are coaching the soccer team, and you are in
charge of fundraising for the band. You have a goal to complete your
degree in two (2) years. Your doctor tells you that your blood pressure,
your cholesterol, and your weight are too high and recommends several
medications that cost you nearly $200 per month after your insurance
co-pay.

Scenario 4: You are a sales representative for a
company that encourages staff to log time in the field and away from the
office. You are expected to begin and end your day at the office. You
notice that each day when you arrive and return another co-worker is
already there, and you wonder whether this person spends most of his /
her time at the office. At your weekly sales meeting, you are informed
of your co-workers’ outstanding sales performance. You suspect that this
co-worker is spending more time flattering the boss instead of working
leads in the field, and as a result is getting the best client
referrals. Your own sales numbers have steadily decreased since this
other sales representative was hired.

2. Read the following articles:

• “Einstein’s Secret to Amazing Problem Solving (and 10 Specific Ways You Can Use It),” located at https://tinyurl.com/5ft7lm
• “The Problem Solving Process,” located at https://tinyurl.com/yjngchc
• “Interpersonal Conflict and Effective Communication,” located at https://tinyurl.com/5nvvlj

3. Select one (1) of the step-by-step problem solving strategies
outlined in one (1) of the articles. Using the chosen problem solving
strategy as a model, brainstorm ideas for each of the steps to develop a
solution to the problem scenario you chose.

Part II Synthesizing and Writing: Now that you have developed a solution to the problem by pre-writing about your ideas –

Write a paper in which you:

1. Analyze the problem scenario that you have chosen, and organize your
   analysis into sections that correlate to each step in the selected
   problem solving strategy.
2. Apply each step within the selected problem solving strategy to related elements of the scenario that you have chosen.
3. Suggest alternative actions to the situation(s) within the scenario
   that correspond to each of the steps within the selected problem solving
   strategy.
4. Speculate on whether or not the same problem-solving strategy would be effective if used with different scenarios.

The paper should follow guidelines for clear and organized writing:

• Write at least one paragraph for each of 1-4 above using complete sentences.
• Address main ideas in body paragraphs with a topic sentence and supporting sentences.
• Adhere to standard rules of English grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and spelling.
• After you have reread and edited your paragraphs, add an introductory paragraph and concluding paragraph.
• Your introductory paragraph should begin with a broad sentence such as “There are many approaches to solving any problems…” or “When faced with a problem I find…” Then continue with more specific information about what you will discuss in your paper.
• Your concluding paragraph should summarize your problem solving
  approach and reflect on the things you have learned from the assignment.

SLP Assignment Expectations

In addition to the above writing guidelines, your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

1. Center the title, your name, and date on a separate page. Use Times New Roman, 14 point
   1. Bold the title only
2. Set Left and Right margins at 1 inch
3. Number the pages
4. Include a References section using the guidelines from the Trident University Writing Style Guide (Mullen, Timothy. 2014. Trident University Writing Guide. Accessed on June 20, 2016 at https://mytlc.trident.edu/index.php). Include this site as a reference in addition to the three articles that you read on problem solving.
5. Upload your document as a Word .doc or .pdf into the SLP 1 dropbox by the module due date.

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Respond by to your colleagues’ responses to the group discussion. In your response, reflect on how a social worker can use a strengths-based perspective to overcome group difficulties.(Please us at least 1 APA reference and be detailed in response)

Response to Mary Kate,

Describe your experience working in groups or as a team:

I attended a four-year university that required group work in almost every single class. At times, I found this group work to be quite frustrating because often my group members and I saw things differently so it took a lot of hard work to get on the same page about assignments. I found that once you start a group project it is important to start a group text if available. Often we would try to work through emails, but students tend to overlook emails, so I have found that using a group text is the most effective form of communication for group work.

Explain the importance of collaborating with different groups and building coalitions in order to advocate for community and policy change:

In order to be an effective advocate, it is important that you are able to work together in a group. It is unlikely that you will be able to advocate for change entirely on your own. Jannsson (2018) explains that policy advocates rarely work alone and that they often come together with other groups in order to advocate for policy change (p. 25). Not only is there strength in numbers, but it is beneficial to work in groups because multiple minds can come up with many great ideas.

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List one strength you will bring to your group:

One strength that I have and can utilize in group work is that I am good an being a leader. In previous group work, I was good at coordinating who would do what and ensuring that the group work was divided evenly and fairly. I believe that it is important that group members feel that the work is being divided fairly and that no one is completing the majority of the work.

Describe a potential difficulty that may occur within the group and explain a strategy you will recommend to your group to address that difficulty:

A potential difficulty that could occur within the group is a lack of time management and the possibility that group members do not complete their group work on time. The only way that a group can be effective is if we all work together to complete the task at hand. I would recommend that my group members could work on time management in order to ensure tasks are being completed.

References

Jansson, B. S. (2018). Becoming an effective policy advocate: From policy practice to social justice. (8th ed.). Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole Cengage Learning Series.