Based on your research, do you agree, disagree, or both agree and disagree with arguments Hipps makes in his article?

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Essay 1: Summary/Response (Closely Modeled on Dr. Karen Cox’s assignment) Summary: Learning to summarize the ideas of others is an essential skill for college students. In brief (we will go more in-depth during the summary writing mini-unit), a summary is a condensed version of an article, essay, or story. This condensed version is written in your own words (also called paraphrasing). An effective summary should:

● Present the author’s thesis and key ideas (supporting points), omitting supporting details

● Be concise but still thorough (a reader should understand all key ideas of the text from beginning to end)

● Be accurate and objective

● Be paraphrased (though you may include limited direct quotations)

Response: Through the semester, we will spend time reflecting on the impact a piece of writing has on its readers. The impact may be a personal one (text-self); it may have broader social impact or global impact (text-world). Spending some time absorbing the various ways a text “matters” also helps readers draw connections between that text and others (text-text), between ideas presented there and elsewhere.

Writing Assignment: You will be writing a minimum 4 page evaluation essay for Shane Hipps’ “Is Facebook Killing Our Souls?” For this essay assignment you will both summarize and then evaluate through agreement or disagreement two points presented in his article.

Essay Question: Based on your research, do you agree, disagree, or both agree and disagree with arguments Hipps makes in his article?

Research Requirement: You must use at least one (independently found) scholarly outside sources (sources from peer reviewed academic journals). *If you use one from the pdf files I emailed to you, it will not count toward the independently found scholarly source. Personal evidence is limited to one response paragraph and will not count towards a researched scholarly source.

Please use the following five paragraph organization:

❖ In the introductory paragraph, open with a hook that explores the larger essay topic (individual human identity and social media). You should also provide appropriate context by introducing the article (include the author’s full name and the full title of the article) and offering a one sentence that paraphrases the author’s thesis. Finally, end your introductory paragraph by offering your readers direction through your own thesis that answers the essay question stating your response to the article.

❖ The second paragraph will be the summary paragraph. In this paragraph, you will summarize the article clearly and concisely. We will be working on this summary during our summary mini-unit, but do review the instructions above about summary writing.

❖ In the third paragraph, you will draft your 1st response. Here you will have a chance to state which of his points you agree with/disagree with and then develop your agreement/disagreement. *Yes, you will use a TEEAS frame for this response paragraph.

❖ In the fourth paragraph, you will draft your 2nd response. Here you will have a chance to state which of his other points you agree/disagree with and then develop your agreement/disagreement. *Yes, you will use a TEEAS frame for this response paragraph

❖ The final concluding paragraph should be thoughtful. Here you will need to give your audience a closing thought to ponder.

OMM 615 Concept of Branding, management homework help

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Concept of Branding

Assess how branding has increased in the last few decades. Think of a brand; analyze how the organization developed its brand equity. Assess the influence of branding on an organization’s IMC.
The paper

  • Must be two to four double-spaced pages in length (excluding the title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate title page with the following:
    • Title of paper
    • Student’s name
    • Course name and number
    • Instructor’s name
    • Date submitted
  • Must use at least two scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
  • Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
  • Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

I need help with the following discussion questions please

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Attached is chapter 3 for Discussion question reference. Also attached is the resume and sample letter being used for the new hire acceptance letter. The only part of that assignment I need is 100 words on the time off portion the rest does not pertain to me.

Week 3 Discussion questions HRM/300

  • In your opinion, what are some of the traits and behaviors an employee should possess if employee engagement is important for high performance? Which of the recruiting methods discussed in Chapter 3 of the text do you think would work best for this type of position?
  • What are some of the reasons organizations utilize employment agencies to help them recruit qualified job candidates?
  • Why do the five steps of the recruitment process require input from other parts of the organization?
  • (A) Testing and selecting employees: Why is criteria development an important part of the selection process?
  • (B) What are some of the ethical and legal considerations in testing?
  • What is a job analysis? How does job analysis provide information useful in recruitment and selection?
  • Create a 525- to 700-word new hire acceptance letter to send to the candidate.1.
    Please find attached the resume being used to
    create this letter. The only part I need for this assignment is the 100-150
    words created for the time off portion of the letter. Also attached is a sample
    letter template we are using. Again I am only to discuss time off you can
    disregard the rest of the assignment.

  • Outline the following in your letter:
  • Introduction/welcome
  • Title, annualized pay, start date, and time
  • Working hours
  • Benefits summary and start dates of benefits
  • Time off
  • At will statement
  • Closing
  • Signature of new hire

​The link here is a link to a speech that was made by Barak Obama at the Democratic National Convention in Boston in 2004. Please view the speech and create a BLOG POST (your #3) that will describe techniques that he uses that help make this one of the m

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The link here is a link to a speech that was made by Barak Obama at the Democratic National Convention in Boston in 2004. Please view the speech and create a BLOG POST (your #3) that will describe techniques that he uses that help make this one of the memorable speeches of the last 20 years.

This is a personal reflection, there are no wrong answers, your work should be concise, aim for about 500 words or less.

Ask yourself these questions before you blog:

Do you agree or disagree with some part of the topic of presented?

Do you feel that it was communicated effectively, or appropriately?

Your post must demonstrate that you have:

1. Studied the material presented or question asked using active listening skills

2. Reflected on it, and asked yourself: what does this mean and how does this impact me, what did I learn from this?

3. Thought critically about it: was this message communicated as effectively as it could have been? Do I agree or disagree with this? How do I feel about the assumptions upon which the information is based?

MKTG320- Creating a Marketing Mix Strategy for Your New Target Market

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Length- 10 to 12 slides

APA CITATION- One of my banking target markets i chose was online banking and online bankers

Components of the marketing plan include the following:

  • Introduction: (Week 1 IP)
    • Include an introduction with a discussion of advertising and public relations and their relevance regarding achieving the bank’s strategic goals.
  • Marketing Objectives: (Week 1 IP)
    • Align specific advertising and public relations objectives to the bank’s strategic objectives using the specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, time-based (SMART) methodology.
  • Target Segment Identification: (Week 2 DB)
    • Discuss why this is the best segment to select based on demographics and a detailed discussion of needs, wants, and psychographics of that segment.
  • Target Segment Comparison with Current Target Segment: (Week 2 IP)
    • Compare and contrast the similarities and differences regarding the needs, wants, and psychographics of your current and new market segment.
  • Channel Comparison and Selection: (Week 2 IP)
    • Discuss whether digital or traditional approaches will provide the best promotional channels for your new target market, and explain why.
  • Situation Analysis: (Week 3 DB)
    • Prepare a situation analysis that is comprised of a strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats (SWOT) analysis that includes relevant banking industry and scenario-specific strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities while focusing on your previously established goals and your new target segment.
  • Position Statement and Branding Strategy: (Week 3 IP)
    • Create your branding strategy (position statement) for your new target market based on your situation analysis. Discuss what key messages from a branding perspective you wish to deliver to the new market segment that will provide the greatest impact. Discuss why this message will appeal directly to that market segment.
  • Advertising and Public Relations Strategies: (Week 3 IP)
    • Incorporate specifics regarding what specific channels will be used to deliver your message to your target market to increase both reach and frequency. This includes magazine titles, specific newspapers, or actual social media sites as examples. Both traditional and digital must be used.
    • Discuss why the selected advertising and public relations strategies are appropriate regarding specific target segment penetration.
  • Public Relations Piece: (Week 4 DB ) New Content
    • Create 1 public relations piece (e-mail, blog, or a newspaper piece) that you will use as part of your public relations program.
  • Public Relations Piece Metrics: (Week 4 IP) New Content
    • Include specific metrics to gauge if your public relations piece from the phase 4 Discussion Board is effective and how it will be tracked from a return on investment perspective.
    • The board needs to know that they are spending money effectively. For example, if you are doing a direct mailing, how will you validate if the mailing was successful at achieving its goal? If you are using banner ads on a partner site, how do you know that your investment in that channel is worth the money or that it is achieving your goal for that promotion?

Part 2 Tasks: (Week 5)

  • Integrated Marketing: (Week 5 IP)
  • Conclusion: (Week 5 IP)

bUSN 379 Calculating Cost of Equity, business and finance homework help

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3. Calculating Cost of Equity. Stock in CDB Industries has a beta of .90. The market risk premium is 7 percent, and T-bills are currently yielding 3.5 percent. CDB’s most recent dividend was $1.80 per share, and dividends are expected to grow at a 5 percent annual rate indefinitely. If the stock sells for $47 per share, what is your best estimate of CDB’s cost of equity?

5. Calculating Cost of Preferred Stock. Sixth Fourth Bank has an issue of preferred stock with a $6.25 stated dividend that just sold for $108 per share. What is the bank’s cost of preferred stock?

6. Calculating Cost of Debt. ICU Window, Inc., is trying to determine its cost of debt. The firm has a debt issue outstanding with seven years to maturity that is quoted at 108 percent of face value. The issue makes semiannual payments and has an embedded cost of 6.1 percent annually. What is ICU’s pretax cost of debt? If the tax rate is 38 percent, what is the aftertax cost of debt?

15. Finding the WACC. Given the following information for Janicek Power Co., find the WACC. Assume the company’s tax rate is 35 percent.
Debt: 8,500 7.2 percent coupon bonds outstanding, $1,000 par value, 25 years to maturity, selling for 118 percent of par; the bonds make semiannual payments.
Common stock: 225,000 shares outstanding, selling for $87 per share; beta is 1.15.
Preferred stock: 15,000 shares of 4.8 percent preferred stock outstanding, currently selling for $98 per share.
Market: 7 percent market risk premium and 3.1 percent risk-free rate.

Ch. 13 (1.)

EBIT and Leverage. Kaelea, Inc., has no debt outstanding and a total market value of $125,000. Earnings before interest and taxes, EBIT, are projected to be $10,400 if economic conditions are normal. If there is strong expansion in the economy, then EBIT will be 20 percent higher. If there is a recession, then EBIT will be 35 percent lower. Kaelea is considering a $42,000 debt issue with a 6 percent interest rate. The proceeds will be used to repurchase shares of stock. There are currently 6,250 shares outstanding. Ignore taxes for this problem.
a. Calculate earnings per share, EPS, under each of the three economic scenarios before any debt is issued. Also, calculate the percentage changes in EPS when the economy expands or enters a recession.
b. Repeat part (a) assuming that Kaelea goes through with recapitalization. What do you observe?

Draft a short response and a contract from a template

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In this assignment you will be drafting a contract based on the following. You are an associate in a law firm and you have a client, Sally Smith, who has four children (Joey, age 12, Tyler age 8, Sean age 6 and Martha age 5). Sally is a single mother who travels extensively for work. She would like to hire a tutor for her children.

The tutor will receive room and board, a salary of $40,000 a year, and insurance benefits. This is full-time employment and the tutor is expected to work 8 hours a day. The tutor will also have a three month probationary period, after which will begin a one year term of employment. Sally would like an option to renew the contract with the tutor for an additional year. After the renewal year, the parties will be free to renegotiate the contract. The household staff at the Smith family includes a housekeeper, and nanny, a cook, and a gardener. Once an offer has been acccepted, Sally would like you to draft a contract for this arrangement. Sally will conduct interviews and make the selection.

In this assignment, you are to assume that this position has already been advertised, and that Sally has interviewed and selected the tutor for this position. The person that she has selected is James Jones. You are to assume that Sally sent Mr. Jones an offer and he has responded with the following letter.

Dear Ms. Smith,

Thank you for your offer of employment. I find the position in terms of the employment very enticing. However, I would like to request the following be included in the contract.

1. In the event of a dispute, I would like us to attempt to resolve the dispute by negotiation. If that fails, I would like us to try mediation and only after negotiation and mediation fails, would we resort to arbitration. Dispute would not be resolved by litigation.

2. Although this contract is for a stated term, I would like the opportunity to terminate the contract upon four weeks notice. For the sake of fairness, I would be fine with you having the same right to terminate me with four weeks notice.

3. I would like the option portion of the contract to include an automatic increase in compensation of 10%

4. Finally, I would like to have a two week paid vacation provided in each year of my employment.

Please let me know your thoughts on these requests.

Thank you, James

Assume that Sally is fine with all of James’ requests.

Draft a short response to Mr. Jones from Sally and include on a separate page , a short contract for both parties to sign. This contract should be no longer than two pages.

Please submit this assignment as a word document. The total assignment should be no more than 3 pages as you are to draft a short letter responding to James and a contract incorporating all the terms which should not exceed 2 pages in length. The contract should be double spaced.

Conduct research to find a template that you think it best to use. Here are some links that you may find useful:

https://www.free-legal-document.com/tutoring-contract.html

https://www.cgc.edu/Academics/LearningCenter/Training/Documents/Tutor_Contract.pdf

https://www.parentsinapinch.com/resources/sample-nanny-agreement/

the area of professional practice

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Please complete the following sections using the working title

Working Title: Instructional strategies to help English Language Learners in an elementary classroom setting

Problem Statement

Provide a one- to two-paragraph statement that is the result of a review of research findings and current practice and that contains (a) a logical argument for the need to address a gap in practice that has relevance to the discipline and (b) preliminary evidence that provides justification that this problem is meaningful to the area of professional practice. Provide three to five key citations that highlight the relevance and currency of the problem. Ensure the topic fits your specialization.

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Purpose Statement

Present a concise, one-paragraph statement on the overall purpose or intention of the study, which serves as the connection between the problem being addressed and the focus of the study.

• In quantitative studies, state what needs be studied by describing two or more factors (variables) and a conjectured relationship among them related to the identified gap in practice or problem.

• In qualitative studies, describe the need for increased understanding about the issue to be studied, based on the identified gap or problem.

• In mixed-methods studies, with both quantitative and qualitative aspects, clarify how the two approaches will be used together to inform the study.

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Possible Research Question(s)

List possible research questions that show potential to address your stated problem, which will lead to the development of what needs to be done in this study and how it will be accomplished. Recall that

•The research question should not be too broad or too narrow.

•The research question must be researchable.

•The research question should be neutral and not leading.

•The research question must be directly investigable using the research tools at hand.

•The research question avoids yes/no questions no matter what the approach.

•Research questions often begin with “How” or “What.”

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Approach for the Study

Select a possible research approach that is appropriate for the draft research question, purpose, and

problem statement. Check ONE box in the second column and one under MM, if needed.

Qualitative Methods

Quantitative Methods

Mixed Methods

Primary method is

Qualitative

Quantitative

References

Include APA-formatted references for key research reviewed for the problem statement.

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Directions

Save your completed form with the following title format: Lastname_Firstname_specialization.doc (Example: Jones_Marie_TL.doc)

If this form is part of a course requirement, please submit your completed form to the course Dropbox by the date indicated in the course. Failure to do so will result in your not receiving a committee chair assignment and not being enrolled in EDUC8081/EDDD 8900, which is critical to your progress in the program.

Position Paper on Linking the “Hong Kong Dollar to the SDR”

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Position papers should be from 4-5 pages in length with an 11-size font, 1.5-line spacing, and 1″ margins.

They should be prepared in the following format with the following subheadings.

Summary: Prepare a concise summary of the topic and recent reference articles, including a citation

from an article from a peer reviewed journal. (Recent articles are no more than four years old). Briefly

discuss why you selected this issue.

Position of the Author(s): State the position of the author(s) of the article you selected that relate to

your issue.

Analysis of the Issue: Using critical thinking skills, analyze the articles, including a discussion of the

areas in which you agree and disagree. Discuss what you agree AND disagree with keeping in mind

that it should be applicable to international business. You may address specific issues or apply the

principles involved in the issue.

Relation to Class Material: Discuss the relation of the articles to applicable topics of interest from our

textbook, including the text content and mini lectures located in Course Documents.

Key Contribution to International Business: Identify and discuss the contribution this topic/issue and

articles make to the field of international business. Implications for international managers and /or

entrepreneurs should be thoroughly discussed.

Literature review minimum 3-4 pages and please include references in APA format

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Unit 3: Topic Selection and Position Evaluation; Research and evaluate the solution to the second issue, problem area, or policy, identified in Unit 1. Use the other issue for which you created an Annotated Bibliography, in unit 1 and effectively defend your solution using research-based information

Assignment:

In last week’s Individual Project you selected 1 of the 2 topics that you surmised were critical issues in the modern criminal justice system. The topics were to come from issues, problems, and policies in law enforcement, corrections, or the court system. Consider that you are working toward a final capstone project position paper, and research and analyze your second topic.

Tip: If your second topic is somehow related to your first topic, then you will be ahead of the game. By selecting integrated topics, you may ultimately combine your position papers into a document that will be part of your capstone final project.

Assignment Guidelines

  • Address the following in a literature review of 2 pages:
    • What second topic have you selected for this assignment? Explain.
    • How did you select the topic that you are researching? Explain.
    • Now, select 8–10 scholarly sources, and conduct a literature review for this second topic.
  • Address the following in 1–2 pages:
    • Why is this topic important to the criminal justice system and the citizens of the United States? Explain.
    • What are the various topic issues, problems, or policies associated with your selected topic? Explain in detail.
      • What do you propose as the changes to these topic issues, problems, and policies? Explain in detail.
      • Defend your changes with articulated support from legitimate peer-reviewed reference sources. This is absolutely critical for your paper to be taken seriously.
  • Tip: The defense of your paper cannot be stressed enough. You must take care to support factual statements with valid reference material.
    • Use the criticism of the instructor in this course for this paper as a guide toward a rewrite if necessary to make your final capstone project a major success.
    • Remember not to take it personally when you are criticized in terms of modifications to the paper.
  • Be sure to reference all sources using APA style.