A poetry explication is an explanation of what you believe the message of the poem is. The goal of an explication is to illuminate the meaning of the poem for other readers.

• What does the title contribute to the reader’s understanding?
• Who is speaking?
• What is the situation?
• What is the setting?
• What difficult, special, unusual words does the poem contain?
• What is the mood of the poem?
• What is the meaning of the poem? Look beyond the surface meaning to the actual message the poet is trying to relay.

• To begin, the essay should have an introductory paragraph that states the poem’s title, the author and provides a brief background on the poem. The last sentence in the introduction is your thesis statement. The thesis statement is the cornerstone of the essay. It is the one sentence which can be read in isolation and the reader will know exactly what the essay is going to be about. The easiest way to compose a thesis statement is to combine all of the main ideas from your body paragraph topics into just one sentence. The thesis statement takes your audience and purpose into account, is neither too broad nor too narrow, and is written in firm, confident language.
• The body of your paper should focus on the seven questions listed above. As you craft your body paragraphs, be sure to use direct quotes from the text to explain your examples. Recall the honesty statement though and do not exceed 20% of quoted, paraphrased, or summarized content. The majority of the explication should reflect your own original thinking and writing.
• Your last paragraph should conclude by memorably wrapping up your entire piece and restating the main ideas of the explication.
• Minimum: 3 pages

WACC and Corporate Investment Decisions

Purpose of Assignment

Students should understand corporate risk and be able to use the financial models learned in the class to evaluate and calculate a company’s weighted average cost of capital and use the analysis to make company investment decisions.

About Your Signature Assignment

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Assignment Steps

Resources: Tutorial help on Excel^® and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft^® Office website. There are also additional tutorials via the web that offer support for office products.

Scenario: Wilson Corporation (not real) has a targeted capital structure of 40% long-term debt and 60% common stock. The debt is yielding 6% and the corporate tax rate is 35%. The common stock is trading at $50 per share and next year’s dividend is $2.50 per share that is growing by 4% per year.

Prepare a minimum 700-word analysis including the following:

• Calculate the company’s weighted average cost of capital. Use the dividend discount model. Show calculations in Microsoft^® Word.
• The company’s CEO has stated if the company increases the amount of long-term debt so the capital structure will be 60% debt and 40% equity, this will lower its WACC. Explain and defend why you agree or disagree. Report how would you advise the CEO.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

You will synthesize your understanding of why Clinton’s Health Plan was unsuccessful. Discuss the features of the Clinton health care reform plan and provide reasons why it failed and describe the influence of the various interest groups and governmental entities during this process. Make sure to discuss both the policy process and the policy environment—that is, the key players involved and other circumstances that shaped this policy-making effort. Consider and discuss the following:

1. Take a position in support or opposition

2. Discuss the context of this legislation – name the expected demanders and suppliers as outlined in our textbook, Chapter 3.

3. Describe the expected interest groups and there specific arguments.

4. Describe the expected interplay between demanders and suppliers, interest groups and analyze the public policy environment.

Write a 5 page paper with a References List. Your written assignment must follow APA guidelines. Be sure to support your work with specific citations from this week’s Learning Resources and additional scholarly sources as appropriate. Refer to the Pocket Guide to APA Style to ensure in-text citations and reference list are correct.

PART 1 – Introduction to Negotiations

write 400–600 words

As a regional manager for ABC Manufacturing, your duties will include negotiating contracts with vendors to maintain production and transportation schedules. Because you just came on board, the chief operating officer (COO) has asked you to address the senior team leaders on the importance of contract negotiations in vendor selection. You begin the meeting by asking each leader to provide his or her understanding of what negotiating means, and the importance of negotiating in supply chain management. In addition, you ask the leaders to identify 3 key members of the contract negotiating team.

Describe the following:

• Part 1: What does negotiation mean in today’s business environment?
• Part 2: What role does contract negotiations play in the vendor selection process?
• Part 3: Identify the roles and responsibility of at least 3 key members of the contract negotiation team.

PART 2 – Key Negotiation Strategies

write 400–600 words

The chief operating officer (COO) was very impressed with your presentation to the senior leadership last week. The chief executive officer (CEO) expressed concern that XYZ Plastics has hired a consultant to assist it in preparing for the upcoming negotiations. As a reward for your hard work, he has asked that you share your understanding of negotiation strategy and tactics.

Consider your current or past job or an organization that was recently in the news, and describe a negotiation scenario and the outcome.

Discuss the following:

• What is the purpose or goal of the negotiation?
• What strategy or tactics can be employed by both sides?
• Discuss the outcome of the negotiation.
• Give your assessment of the strategy.

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PART 3 – Cost Analysis and Ethical Considerations

write 400–600 words

The Southwest regional manager is having trouble preparing a bid for a lucrative government contract to supply blenders to the military dining facilities in Fort Hood, Texas. Specifically, he has asked for your assistance as he determines his approach to pricing.

Complete the following:

• Define and describe cost-based pricing.
• Define and describe market-based pricing.

In addition, the government contract officer mentioned the requirement to present a fair and reasonable price to be considered for the contract. Identify the guideline or regulation that governs acquisition and contracting, and describe the concept of fair and reasonable price in government contracts.

Select either Option A or Option B to respond to and indicate within your post which option you chose.
Option A: Identify what you believe are the top three challenges in setting up a hospital-based committee from a managerial perspective. In a 250- to 300-word post, discuss your rationale and address the following questions:
1. Why are committees advantageous for health care organizations?
2. What are some of the steps that you as a manager, could take to overcome these challenges?
3.How would you address conflict and/or divisiveness within the committee or team?
Option B : Committees have been determined as a necessary component to health care organizations. As a manager, you have been tasked to set up a committee with one of the hospital departments. In doing so, consider the following questions:
1. How much influence should the committee have in the overall management structure?
2. How would you maintain authority without adopting an autocratic leadership style?

3.How would you set up an employee team without violating union and labors laws?
Guided Response for Option A and Option B : Review several of your classmates’ posts. Provide a substantive response to at least two of your peers. Do you agree or disagree with their analyses? Would you suggest any changes to the management styles they discussed? Consider a situation from your own life where you were part of an ineffective team, what specific issues did you face? Would their suggestions have worked in that situation?