1950s-Seeds 60s and Eyes on Prize

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Using all your films, describe, with about 2-3 sentences each:

  • FIVE (5) ways that individuals in the 1950s defied the norms, conditions, or expected conformity prevalent in the 1950s. Be sure to state – in each case:
    • WHAT they did that was defiant – was was the action?
    • WHY was it defiant? How was that behavior breaking some “norm” or breaking a rule of conformity in that decade?

NOTE: Don’t confuse the 1960s with the 1950s. “Seeds of the Sixties” talks about the restricting attitudes and behaviors of the 1950s. BUT it mentions later defiance in the 1960s by various teens and African Americans. Focus on footage and information about the 1950s and take specific examples from the 1950s.

You have plenty of examples from the films; name five of them.

The Stultifying 1950s Created The 1960s

(START AT THE 1:30 MIN MARK AND VIEW TO 9 min 48 seconds)

communication124 DB 2

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Participants must create a thread in order to view other threads in this forum.

  • Check grammar and spelling before you post.
  • You cannot edit or delete your post after you submit it.
  • Do not attach your assignment to the thread.
  • Do not post a response to your original post with additional information or materials.

Chapter 3: After reading Chapter 3, return to the section titled “Identity: Individualism–Collectivism Value Pattern,” reflect on your culture’s value pattern, post a thoughtful response to the following questions:

  • Give at least one example that demonstrates the individualistic or collectivistic value pattern of your own culture.
  • Give at least one example that demonstrates the individualistic or collectivistic value pattern in the United States (not from the textbook or Google!)
  • To which section of the iceberg model (Chapter 1) does your example belong? Why?

Chapter 4: After reading Chapter 4, return to the section titled “Ethnic-Racial Identity Change Process” post a thoughtful response to the following questions:

  • What initial reaction did you have?
  • What insights did you gain by understanding the various stages of ethnic identity development?
  • How does understanding this model allow you to be a more flexible communicator?

Business Torts and Ethics Paper help

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You own University Heights Apartments, a business that rents primarily to students. One evening, your tenant Sharon is attacked by an intruder who forces the lock on the sliding glass door of her ground-floor apartment. Sharon’s screams attract the attention of Darryl, your resident manager, who comes to Sharon’s aid. Together, Darryl and Sharon drive the intruder off, but not before they both are badly cut by the intruder.

Write a paper of 700- to 1,050-words answering the questions posed by this scenario.

  • Is the intruder liable for what he has done? Why or why not?
  • Do you have legal responsibilities to Sharon and Darryl? Why or why not?
  • Do you have ethical responsibilities to Sharon and Darryl? Explain. If there are ethical responsibilities, what are they?
  • What should you do to prevent or mitigate such risks?

Cite and include on the reference page at least 3 scholarly references. Use scholarly resources from this course (text, readings), Library, or appropriate articles from the internet.

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines

do the research and the prsentation origami

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do the research
and the prsentation origami

1. 
Topic recovery from stroke mental function and Depression How to
improve mental function how origami help the patient improve their skills and
mind

2.  Do the Presentation summarize the
paper as you give lecture to high school student disability class Please I want a very perfect work and the presentation is
40 mints I want 40 slides . In the slide PowerPoint  you should
summarized the paper and add part as  Lecture for

high school student disability class because I am going to  present
The PowerPoint  to the professor and  University student and
high school  students that why I want the PowerPoint has all the
information

Add video to the presentation

Please consider the following as you complete
your project. Your total report should be 17 pages double space APA FORMAT (not
including references) with two major sections relating to the technical content
(a unique application of origami to contribute to the solution of a
engineering/biomedical engineering problem) and an educational outreach
component (developing ideas that highlight origami and how it can be used to
impact K-12 education in terms of NGSS and DCI, SEP, and CCC.)

More specifically, the technical portion should include an abstract, an
introduction that describes the challenge based on current literature and why
origami is a viable candidate for developing a solution, a design section that
highlights how you propose to use origami to develop a good solution or move us
in the direction towards a solution, and a synthesis section that highlights
the timeframe and feasibility of your approach.

Impact mental function

The educational outreach portion should highlight the following based on your technical
origami based project- special education class and young people aware of this
1)specific grade level or grade band that you would like to work with-( high
school )
2) specific NGSS topic areas that your origami project can adequately address
(Science and Engineering Practices (SEP), Cross Cutting Concepts (CCC), and
Disciplinary Core Ideas (DCI).
3) Specific learning objectives,
4) the actual lesson plan/learning outline that highlights what is needed, the
learning content/concepts, and suggested flow
5) describe how the lesson will be assessed (how do you measure what the
students have learned)

1. 
In the presentation you should have the paper as you give
lecture to high school student disability class

1. 
Learning objectives

2. 
Play next generation

3. 
Activity

4. 
Assess

Depression
How to improve mental function

Smoker and anti-smoking

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Project 1 asks you to explore a controversial issue by analyzing the positions of two stakeholders who, though equally engaged with the issue, have conflicting points of view ,Such as Smoker and anti-smoker. Project 1 asks that you find common ground between the stakeholders’ positions and that you bring these stakeholders together in a compromise that can move the issue toward some degree of resolution. For Part 1, you will complete the guiding questions and paragraph response noted below. These questions will help you focus your research, organize your thinking, brainstorm compromise possibilities, and refine your analysis. The paragraph response will help you begin to put your ideas together and generate essay content to take into the next Project component.

You should answer these questions

  1. List at least ten stakeholder groups that have a voice or viewpoint on smoking.
  2. Choose four specific stakeholder organizations and write their slogans or mission statements. You can find slogans or mission statements on the organization’s website. Be sure to cite your sources.
  3. Analyze two stakeholder organizations that seem to have conflicting viewpoints on your topic. What are their viewpoints, and how are they different?
  4. Stay with your two stakeholder organizations from question 3. What do they have in common? Describe the goals or values that the organizations share.
  5. Given the shared goals and values that your two organizations share, describe a part of your topic that they could both agree on—that’s your common ground.
  6. Explain how your two stakeholder organizations could achieve a compromise. What would each stakeholder organization have to contribute to reach this compromise? What would each stakeholder organization have to give up?
  7. What needs to happen to accomplish your compromise? Prove that your compromise will actually work using research, such as articles that support your logic, that report on a similar situation in which your idea has previously been successful, or that prove the viability of your compromise.

In addition, write a “working” thesis statement and 250 words about your stakeholder organizations, their common ground, and your proposed compromise.

ISSC421 VPN Best Practices discussion

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All posts must be a minimum of 250-300 words.

Scenario:

Two more weeks have passed and your CISO is excited about implementing the new controls and solutions that you’ve recommended. Your detailed analysis of the operational environment and alignment of security solutions to the business mission and goals was spot on!

You have gained confidence in the CISO and board of directors, and they’ve identified additional funding that may be applied towards security. You have asked to implement VPNs year over year, and the CISO proudly tells you that it is now possible with the additional funding. He asks you to describe the best practices that you will use to implement the VPN solution, threats and exploits, and the technology that you recommend implementing.

You will:

  1. Briefly list and explain the technology you will recommend using to setup the VPN.
  2. List the best practices you intend to use.
  3. Explain any potential threats and exploits, and what precautions will be taken to prevent them.

Forum Grading Rubric (100 Points)

Synthesis of Concepts

55

Clear Citations using APA format

10

Writing Standards

10

Timeliness

10

Peer Reviews (minimum of 2)

15

This assignment is a formative assessment for Course Objective 7.

How did you think the woman with cancer, Tracey Miller, perceived herself?, english homework help

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Watch this video first: Tracey Miller

You can use any video search engine you prefer. Just search Tracey Miller on Greta Van Susteren.

Now watch this video: Sheila Jackson

You can use any video search engine you prefer. Search Greta with Sheila Jackson-Lee: “You’re not listening – Again!”

Answer the following questions:

  1. How did you think the woman with cancer, Tracey Miller, perceived herself?
  2. How do you think the representative, Sheila Jackson-Lee, perceived herself?
  3. Did self-perception have an effect on each person’s listening skills?
  4. Critique the interpersonal communication from one of the clips based on self-concept and recommend appropriate communication behavior for one of the participants.
  5. Create a plan, which you would use to talk to either Tracey Miller, or Sheila Jackson-Lee that will help them with their listening skills.
  6. Examine and evaluate at least 1 other students plan for Tracey Miller or Sheila Jackson-Lee and provide feedback.

External and Internal Environments

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Choose an industry
you have not yet written about in this course, and one publicly traded
corporation within that industry. Research the company on its own Website, the
public filings on the Securities and Exchange Commission EDGAR database (http://www.sec.gov/edgar.shtml), in the University’s online
databases, and any other sources you can find. The annual report will often
provide insights that can help address some of these questions.

Write an eight to ten (8-10) page paper in which you:

  1. Choose the two (2) segments of the general environment that would rank
    highest in their influence on the corporation you chose. Assess how these
    segments affect the corporation you chose and the industry in which it
    operates.
  2. Considering the five (5) forces of competition, choose the two (2) that you
    estimate are the most significant for the corporation you chose. Evaluate how
    well the company has addressed these two (2) forces in the recent past.
  3. With the same two (2) forces in mind, predict what the company might do to
    improve its ability to address these forces in the near future.
  4. Assess the external threats affecting this corporation and the opportunities
    available to the corporation. Give your opinions on how the corporation should
    deal with the most serious threat and the greatest opportunity. Justify your
    answer.
  5. Give your opinion on the corporation’s greatest strengths and most
    significant weaknesses.  Choose the strategy or tactic the corporation should
    select to take maximum advantage of its strengths, and the strategy or tactic
    the corporation should select to fix its most significant weakness. Justify your
    choices.
  6. Determine the company’s resources, capabilities, and core competencies.
  7. Analyze the company’s value chain to determine where they can create value
    using the resources, capabilities, and core competencies discussed above.
  8. Use at least three (3) quality references. Note: Wikipedia
    and other Websites do not quality 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; 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 page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment
are:

  • Identify how the six segments of the general environment affect an industry
    and its firms.
  • Identify the five forces of competition.
  • Analyze the external environment for opportunities and threats that impact
    the firm.
  • Analyze the internal environment of a company for strengths and weaknesses
    that impact the firm’s competitiveness.
  • Use technology and information resources to research issues in business
    administration.
  • Write clearly and concisely about business administration using proper
    writing mechanics.

Criteria

Unacceptable
Below 60% F

Meets Minimum Expectations
60-69% D

Fair
70-79% C

Proficient
80-89% B

Exemplary
90-100% A

1. Choose the two (2) segments of the general environment that would rank highest in their influence on the corporation you chose. Assess how these segments affect the corporation you chose and the industry in which it operates.
Weight: 10%

Did not submit or incompletely chose the two (2) segments of the general environment that would rank highest in their influence on the corporation you chose. Did not submit or incompletely assessed how these segments affect the corporation you chose and the industry in which it operates.

Insufficiently chose the two (2) segments of the general environment that would rank highest in their influence on the corporation you chose. Insufficiently assessed how these segments affect the corporation you chose and the industry in which it operates.

Partially chose the two (2) segments of the general environment that would rank highest in their influence on the corporation you chose. Partially assessed how these segments affect the corporation you chose and the industry in which it operates.

Satisfactorily chose the two (2) segments of the general environment that would rank highest in their influence on the corporation you chose. Satisfactorily assessed how these segments affect the corporation you chose and the industry in which it operates.

Thoroughly chose the two (2) segments of the general environment that would rank highest in their influence on the corporation you chose. Thoroughly assessed how these segments affect the corporation you chose and the industry in which it operates.

2. Considering the five (5) forces of competition, choose the two (2) that you estimate are the most significant for the corporation you chose. Evaluate how well the company has addressed these two (2) forces in the recent past.
Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely chose the two (2) that you estimate are the most significant for the corporation you chose. Did not submit or incompletely evaluated how well the company has addressed these two (2) forces in the recent past.

Insufficiently chose the two (2) that you estimate are the most significant for the corporation you chose. Insufficiently evaluated how well the company has addressed these two (2) forces in the recent past.

Partially chose the two (2) that you estimate are the most significant for the corporation you chose. Partially evaluated how well the company has addressed these two (2) forces in the recent past.

Satisfactorily chose the two (2) that you estimate are the most significant for the corporation you chose. Satisfactorily evaluated how well the company has addressed these two (2) forces in the recent past.

Thoroughly chose the two (2) that you estimate are the most significant for the corporation you chose. Thoroughly evaluated how well the company has addressed these two (2) forces in the recent past.

3. With the same two forces in mind, predict what the company might do to improve its ability to address these forces in the near future
Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely predicted what the company might do to improve its ability to address these forces in the near future.

Insufficiently predicted what the company might do to improve its ability to address these forces in the near future.

Partially predicted what the company might do to improve its ability to address these forces in the near future.

Satisfactorily predicted what the company might do to improve its ability to address these forces in the near future.

Thoroughly predicted what the company might do to improve its ability to address these forces in the near future.

4. Assess the external threats affecting this corporation and the opportunities available to the corporation. Give your opinions on how the corporation should deal with the most serious threat and the greatest opportunity. Justify your answer.
Weight: 10%

Did not submit or incompletely assessed the external threats affecting this corporation and the opportunities available to the corporation. Did not submit or incompletely gave your opinions on how the corporation should deal with the most serious threat and the greatest opportunity. Did not justify your answer.

Insufficiently assessed the external threats affecting this corporation and the opportunities available to the corporation. Insufficiently gave your opinions on how the corporation should deal with the most serious threat and the greatest opportunity. Insufficiently justified your answer.

Partially assessed the external threats affecting this corporation and the opportunities available to the corporation. Partially gave your opinions on how the corporation should deal with the most serious threat and the greatest opportunity. Partially justified your answer.

Satisfactorily assessed the external threats affecting this corporation and the opportunities available to the corporation. Satisfactorily gave your opinions on how the corporation should deal with the most serious threat and the greatest opportunity. Satisfactorily justified your answer.

Thoroughly assessed the external threats affecting this corporation and the opportunities available to the corporation. Thoroughly gave your opinions on how the corporation should deal with the most serious threat and the greatest opportunity. Thoroughly justified your answer.

5. Give your opinion on the corporation’s greatest strengths and most significant weaknesses. Choose the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to take maximum advantage of its strengths, and the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to fix its most significant weakness. Justify your choices.
Weight: 15%

Did not submit or incompletely gave your opinion on the corporation’s greatest strengths and most significant weaknesses. Did not submit or incompletely chose the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to take maximum advantage of its strengths, and the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to fix its most significant weakness. Did not  submit or incompletely justified your choices.

Insufficiently gave your opinion on the corporation’s greatest strengths and most significant weaknesses.  Insufficiently chose the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to take maximum advantage of its strengths, and the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to fix its most significant weakness. Insufficiently justified your choices.

Partially gave your opinion on the corporation’s greatest strengths and most significant weaknesses.  Partially chose the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to take maximum advantage of its strengths, and the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to fix its most significant weakness. Partially justified your choices.

Satisfactorily gave your opinion on the corporation’s greatest strengths and most significant weaknesses.  Satisfactorily chose the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to take maximum advantage of its strengths, and the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to fix its most significant weakness. Satisfactorily justified your choices.

Thoroughly gave your opinion on the corporation’s greatest strengths and most significant weaknesses.  Thoroughly chose the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to take maximum advantage of its strengths, and the strategy or tactic the corporation should select to fix its most significant weakness. Thoroughly justified your choices.

6. Determine the company’s resources, capabilities, and core competencies.
Weight: 10%

Did not submit or incompletely determined the company’s resources, capabilities, and core competencies.

Insufficiently determined the company’s resources, capabilities, and core competencies.

Partially determined the company’s resources, capabilities, and core competencies.

Satisfactorily determined the company’s resources, capabilities, and core competencies.

Thoroughly determined the company’s resources, capabilities, and core competencies.

7. Analyze the company’s value chain to determine where they can create value using the resources, capabilities, and core competencies discussed above.
Weight: 10%

Did not submit or incompletely analyzed the company’s value chain to determine where they can create using the resources, capabilities, and core competencies discussed above.

Insufficiently analyzed the company’s value chain to determine where they can create using the resources, capabilities, and core competencies discussed above.

Partially analyzed the company’s value chain to determine where they can create using the resources, capabilities, and core competencies discussed above.

Satisfactorily analyzed the company’s value chain to determine where they can create using the resources, capabilities, and core competencies discussed above.

Thoroughly analyzed the company’s value chain to determine where they can create using the resources, capabilities, and core competencies discussed above.

8. 3 references
Weight: 5%

No references provided

Does not meet the required number of references; all references poor quality choices.

Does not meet the required number of references; some references poor quality choices.

Meets number of required references; all references high quality choices.

Exceeds number of required references; all references high quality choices.

9. Clarity, writing mechanics, and formatting requirements
Weight: 10%

More than 8 errors present

7-8 errors present

5-6 errors present

3-4 errors present

0-2 errors present

Argument Analysis (inductive or deductive) 2 Argument only (providing examples too)

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Requirement:

textbook resource: Jackson, D., & Newberry, P. (2016). Critical thinking: A user’s manual (2nd ed.). Boston, MA: Wadsworth Cengage Learning.

  • Briefly analyze each argument as follows:
    • State the issue and the conclusion.
    • For each argument, analyze the argument:
      • State if it is deductive or inductive.
      • Explain how the argument follows the form of an inductive or deductive argument.
    • Reference words, phrases, the structure of the argument, or any other facts or observations you believe support your claim.
    • 1-2 pages without title and reference pages (need references 1 from book and 1 from scholar source)
  • Diagram the argument.

Argument 1
Dick and Jane have insured their house and cars with Farmer’s Mutual for 10 years. During this time, they filed only one claim for $500, and the premiums have risen 100%. Two weeks ago, while backing out of the garage, Jane damaged the right fender. They didn’t fix it, and yesterday, while Jane was parked at the supermarket, someone hit the right side of the car, damaging everything but the right fender. When Jane checks the insurance policy, she discovers that while the supermarket accident is covered, the damaged right fender is not.

Jane says, “Let’s claim that all the damage happened at the supermarket. It’s only fair. The insurance company has made thousands of dollars from our premiums alone, not to mention all the other people they insure, so they’ll hardly miss the few thousands that their repairs will cost. Many of their friends have done the same – included items that were not part of actual collision damage. It’s unlikely that they we will be discovered, because the fender could easily have been damaged in the collision.”

Argument 2
In a world where medical resources are in ever-shorter supply, allocation of those resources is becoming an issue. Critical care units (ICU) put heavy demand on hospital resources. Adult medical intensive care units (MICU’s) are often occupied by elderly patients in the final stages of chronic illnesses. Neonatal ICU’s, however, are reserved for premature infants that need critical care in the first few days of life. Surveys of mortality rates in relation to amount of care for both units show that on a cost/benefit basis, outcomes for NICU patients are statistically better than those for MICU patients. Since hospitals should prioritize outcomes, it is clear that resources should be allocated more heavily to the NICU.

Examples:

1) Claim: It is wrong for parents to allow children to watch violent movies

Analysis: My argument is deductive. My first premise is the broad general principle that children daily face examples of violence in the real world. My next premise is that watching violent movies helps children to think about how to deal with violent behavior. My conclusion is that watching violent movies is okay for kids. This argument has indicator words “if” and “then” so it is truth-functional. It would be stated this way: If children face violence daily then they need to think about how to deal with it. Violent movies help them to think about violence and how to deal with it. Therefore, it is okay for children to watch violent movies.

2) Claim: It is wrong for parents to allow children to watch violent movies

Analysis: This is an inductive argument. While the very first premise of the argument uses deductive reasoning, it is not part of a chain, so it is treated as Premise 1. Premise 2 is about the unreality of violent movies, and Premise 3 is about violence as a solution to conflict. Premise 4 compares the world of movie violence to real-world violence. These are four independent reasons, any one of which offers support that the conclusion, violent movies are not okay for children, is probably true.

Rubric:

Please follow all rubric requirements.

Timeliness of Submission

7.0 pts

Assignment submitted by due date.

0.0 pts

Assignment not submitted by due date.

7.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePassage 1 Identification

10.0 pts

Premise and conclusion correctly stated.

8.5 pts

Conclusion and most premises correctly stated.

7.5 pts

Conclusion correctly stated OR premises correctly stated.

6.0 pts

Student confuses premises with conclusions or vice-versa.

0.0 pts

Premise and conclusion not stated.

10.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePassage 2 Identification

10.0 pts

Premise and conclusion correctly stated.

8.5 pts

Conclusion and most premises correctly stated.

7.5 pts

Conclusion correctly stated OR premises correctly stated.

6.0 pts

Student confuses premises with conclusions or vice-versa.

0.0 pts

Premise and conclusion not stated.

10.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePassage 1 Diagram

10.0 pts

Passage diagrammed correctly.

0.0 pts

Passage diagrammed incorrectly.

10.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePassage 2 Diagram

10.0 pts

Passage diagrammed correctly.

0.0 pts

Passage diagrammed incorrectly.

10.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePassage 1 Analysis

14.0 pts

Student shows good comprehension of difference between inductive and deductive argument; discusses premises and how their evidence either necessarily or only probably leads to the conclusion; shows comprehension of how categorical arguments are distinguished from truth-functional arguments. Explanations are clear, use proper terminology and show understanding of terms and concepts.

11.75 pts

Student shows comprehension of difference between inductive and deductive argument; discusses premises and how their evidence either necessarily or only probably leads to the conclusion; recognizes that deductive arguments can be categorical or truth functional. Some explanation, but sometimes vague or lacks clarity.

10.5 pts

Student shows some comprehension of difference between inductive and deductive argument; some discussion of premises and how their evidence either necessarily or only probably leads to the conclusion; shows little comprehension of how categorical arguments are distinguished from truth-functional arguments. Explanation lacking altogether or vague, unclear.

8.5 pts

Student shows little comprehension of difference between inductive and deductive argument, little or no discussion of premises and how their evidence either necessarily or only probably leads to the conclusion; shows little or no comprehension of how categorical arguments are distinguished from truth-functional arguments. Explanations absent or unclear.

0.0 pts

Student shows little or no comprehension of difference between inductive and deductive argument; no discussion of premises and how their evidence either necessarily or only probably leads to the conclusion; no comprehension or no mention of how categorical arguments are distinguished from truth-functional arguments.

14.0 pts

This criterion is linked to a Learning OutcomePassage 2 Analysis

14.0 pts

Student shows good comprehension of difference between inductive and deductive argument; discusses premises and how their evidence either necessarily or only probably leads to the conclusion; shows comprehension of how categorical arguments are distinguished from truth-functional arguments. Explanations are clear, use proper terminology and show understanding of terms and concepts.

11.75 pts

Student shows comprehension of difference between inductive and deductive argument; discusses premises and how their evidence either necessarily or only probably leads to the conclusion; recognizes that deductive arguments can be categorical or truth functional. Some explanation, but sometimes vague or lacks clarity.

10.5 pts

Student shows some comprehension of difference between inductive and deductive argument; some discussion of premises and how their evidence either necessarily or only probably leads to the conclusion; shows little comprehension of how categorical arguments are distinguished from truth-functional arguments. Explanation lacking altogether or vague, unclear.

8.5 pts

Student shows little comprehension of difference between inductive and deductive argument, little or no discussion of premises and how their evidence either necessarily or only probably leads to the conclusion; shows little or no comprehension of how categorical arguments are distinguished from truth-functional arguments. Explanations absent or unclear.

0.0 pts

Student shows little or no comprehension of difference between inductive and deductive argument; no discussion of premises and how their evidence either necessarily or only probably leads to the conclusion; no comprehension or no mention of how categorical arguments are distinguished from truth-functional arguments.

14.0 pts

Total Point 75

Hampton Company, Course Project 2 Accounting help

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Here is Project 2:

Hampton Company: The production
department has been investigating possible ways to trim total production costs.
One possibility currently being examined is to make the cans instead of
purchasing them. The equipment needed would cost $1,000,000, with a disposal
value of $200,000, and would be able to produce 27,500,000 cans over the life
of the machinery. The production department estimates that approximately 5,500,000
cans would be needed for each of the next 5 years.

The company would hire six new
employees. These six individuals would be full-time employees working 2,000
hours per year and earning $15.00 per hour. They would also receive the same
benefits as other production employees, 15% of wages in addition to $2,000 of
health benefits.

It is estimated that the raw materials
will cost 30¢ per can and that other variable costs would be 10¢ per can. Because
there is currently unused space in the factory, no additional fixed costs would
be incurred if this proposal is accepted.

It is expected that cans would cost 50¢
each if purchased from the current supplier. The company’s minimum rate of
return (hurdle rate) has been determined to be 11% for all new projects, and
the current tax rate of 35% is anticipated to remain unchanged. The pricing for
the company’s products as well as number of units sold will not be affected by
this decision. The unit-of-production depreciation method would be used if the
new equipment is purchased.

Required: 

1. Based on the above information and
using Excel, calculate the
following items for this proposed equipment purchase.

    • Annual cash flows over the
      expected life of the equipment
    • Payback period
    • Simple rate of return
    • Net present value
    • Internal rate of return

The check figure for the total annual
after-tax cash flows is $271,150.

2. Would you recommend the acceptance
of this proposal? Why or why not? Prepare a short, double-spaced paper in MS Word elaborating on and supporting
your answer.