Humanity paper!!

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Drawing from at least 3 of the readings from the course (which I will include in the attachment). write a 1,000-1,250 max word self reflexive, critical essay that examines how you previous educational experience have influenced your perceptions, actions, and roles in the world. You should consider not only formal educational experiences, but also family expectations; uncomfortable or exhilarating encounters with new people or cultures; and salient aspects of their social position and identity. In other words, this essay should serve as an opportunity for you to reflect on how your educational background has shaped your positionality. In writing this essay, you should seek to achieve a balance between autobiographical storytelling and self-reflexive analysis, with the help of different theories from the readings.

Below in the attachment will be the full prompt and the 3 articles that you need to INCLUDE and relate to when writing this paper.

Week 04 Media Analysis Project – Thesis and Outline help

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Read attachments and make sure you understand the assignment before bidding

Last week you selected a topic on Mel Gibson and his films and began conducting research for your Media Analysis Project. Now it is time to use that research to formalize your thesis and create an outline for you paper. If you put in a good effort here, the act of actually writing the paper will be much easier.

Even though this paper is an analysis using a specific approach, it needs to have a thesis. This thesis should frame the way you choose to approach the six perspectives. Click the link below for an example.

Example Thesis

Your outline should show the key points you will bring up in the paper. You will want to start to integrate your research in support for your key points. You can use the example outline linked below as a guide.

Example Outline

week 3 Assignment Student Success

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Victim, Creator, and Growth

This week, you took the victim vs. creator assessment. For this assignment, you will make some important connections between information from this week and last week.

Address each of the following items in your paper:

1.Interpretation of victim/creator quiz results

a.In a paragraph of at least 250 words, share your results from the victim vs. creator assessment. Given these results, explain what that means about you and how you are likely to react in the face of a challenging situation. Why is your reaction important in a university setting?

2.Summary of Growth Mindset article

a.First, access our online library (EBSCOhost). In the search box, type Dweck growth mindset. Select one of the articles to read, and be sure to record the title of the article, author(s) and source. Second, summarize the main points of the article. Here is how you write a summary: after you read one paragraph, stop and jot down the “take away” point from that passage. Then go on to the next paragraph. You must use your own words, you cannot copy the author’s wording. If your article is composed of 32 paragraphs, your summary will consists of 32 sentences.

3.Compare victim/creator with growth/fixed mindsets

a.In another paragraph of at least 250 words, compare the victim, creator and growth mindsets, using your own words and examples. How are they similar, and how do they differ?

4.Compare searches for sources

a.Last week, you searched the internet for an article about Dweck’s growth mindset. Describe how many sources you found, and what kinds of sources they were (videos, books, articles, advertisements, etc.). This week, you only searched EBSCOhost for an article on Dweck’s growth mindset. Discuss the results of this search – how did you limit the search, how many sources did you find, and what kinds of sources were they?

Use Microsoft Word to prepare your assignment. You will attach the Word document to the assignment dropbox (do not type directly into the dropbox).

Refer to the Pocket Keys for Writers to cite and list your sources for this paper.

Remember to include the following information on the top left margin of your paper:

Your Name

GID Number

GU101

Today’s Date

Problem 1. Family and Medical Leave Act

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Darla has been working for Defense Plants, Inc. for over
15 years as a receptionist and customer service person. She wrote to
the new CEO of Defense Plants, Inc. asking for leave to take care of her
new child. She has adopted a girl, age 8. Unfortunately for her, the
new CEO is unwilling to allow her leave without penalizing her. He has
acknowledged that there is a Family and Medical Leave Act, but he says
she will be demoted when she returns to a lesser job, which is also
lower paying, if the company is required to give her leave.

Question

Summarize Darla’s rights in a Word document (1-2 pages) basing your
arguments on actual statements from the Family and Medical Leave Act.
In your paper, document where you found the rights stated.

Reasoning behind industrialization and its effects on civics and ethics

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  • PROMPT: The context that had created and supported the Jeffersonian world view (that of the yeoman farmer as the bedrock of American democracy and the American economy) disappeared by the mid-nineteenth century, prompted by a shift toward an economy based on commerce, manufacturing, and larger scale agricultural endeavors. What is your best explanation for why this change took place? What impact did this change have upon the ethics and civics of what it meant to be an American? Be sure to consider change over time and geographical differences in your analysis.

    Hint: Think broadly here as you scattershoot/concept map your essay before writing. What were the economic causes of this change (think about markets, productivity, trade policies, etc.)? What role did technological change play? Consider social causes (conflicts between groups, classes, races, genders), political causes (new voters, political parties, institutional leadership, etc.), government (state, federal, various branches), and expansion of the nation. Think also about intellectual changes (new ways of thinking, religion, and conceptions what it means to be an American and questions of ethics and civics) and changes in environment. You need not answer all of these questions in your essay, they are here to guide your thinking on the prompt. Hint 2: Make sure that you integrate your discussion of Change over Time and Ethics/Civics throughout your analysis, not just in one paragraph. This means that Change over Time and Ethics/Civics WILL NOT be key points in your rule of three thesis statement.


  • Requirements for the Final Essay

    • Must be in Rule of Three format with a introduction and strong thesis statement, 3 paragraphs of the body (each with their own thesis statement – one for each of the three key points of your overall thesis), and conclusion. So a minimum of 5 paragraphs.
    • This is a fact based essay, you must provide specific and detailed evidence for your hypotheses.
    • You must utilize a minimum of three primary sources from the assigned materials as evidence in your essay
    • You must utilize a minimum of three secondary sources from the assigned materials as evidence in your essay
    • You may only use materials assigned in this course for your essay (we have vetted all the materials utilized in this course, other materials may not be appropriate or accurate)
    • DO NOT quote secondary sources
    • You may briefly quote a primary source (a phrase or a sentence) before immediately analyzing the relevance of the quote – a quote cannot stand alone as explanation or evidence
    • You must consider change over time in this essay
    • You must consider ethics/ethical decision making in this essay
    • You must consider change over time in this essay
    • Don’t forget about geography, where something takes place matters and it may be important to your argument.
    • You must use Turabian citation style in this essay; all citations must be footnote style citations (no parenthetical cites allowed, no endnotes/works cited at the end, you need footnotes). Be sure to review how to properly cite a primary source that may be contained in another work and be sure to use page numbers where possible.
    • 12 pt type, 1 inch margins, double-spaced

Case study Orchid Ltd is a furniture manufacturer, accounting homework help

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Orchid Ltd is a furniture manufacturer. One of its products, a table, has the following standard costs:

£

Direct materials (8m @ £3/m) 24.00

Direct labour (1 hour @ £25/hr)25.00

Fixed overheads 16.00

65.00

Selling price 95.00

Standard profit margin 30.00

The table is made from solid oak and the above materials reflect the size of the table in square metres.

The monthly production and sales are planned to be 800 units. The actual results for March were as follows:

£

Sales revenue 75,330

Less Direct materials(19,250)(7,000m)

Direct labour(22,100)(850 hours)

Fixed overheads (13,000)

Operating profit 20,980

There was no opening or closing stocks. The company manufactured and sold 810 tables.

Required:

a) Calculate the flexed and actual budget

b) Calculate the following variances:

Sales variances; volume and price

Direct material variances; usage and price

Direct labour variances; efficiency and rate

Fixed overhead variance; spending

c) Present the above information as a part of a Business Report, providing possible explanations for the variances that you have calculated and suggestions as to how the company might try to improve its cost control.


TAF (Triage Assessment Form) Assessment

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For this Discussion, you will examine a case study of a mock client and determine the client care needs for this client.

To Prepare:

  • Review the case study of a mock client and The TAF Form
  • Complete The TAF Form for the mock client in the case study and select one scale for this Discussion

Post your scoring of the mock client in the case study and explain the rationale of what information you assessed to that scoring in order to defend your position.

I’ve uploaded the TAF Form and the case study of the mock client

Reading for this week, is optional you don’t necessarily need the book to complete the assignment

James, R. K., & Gilliland, B. E. (2017). Crisis intervention strategies (8th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

  • Chapter 2, “Culturally Effective Helping in Crisis”
  • Chapter 3, “The Intervention and Assessment Models”
  • Chapter 7, “Posttraumatic Stress Disorder”

peer review critique

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To prepare:

  • Read the Jonathan Jones article from this week’s Learning Resources.
  • Review the websites in this week’s Learning Resources for more inspiration and examples of photographs.
  • Review your partner’s Final Project photographic series, which was submitted to this week’s Discussion as part of last week’s Final Project Assignment.
  • Consider the following questions regarding process in your partner’s photographic series:
    • To what extent is the work subjective or objective?
    • Would you consider the series conventional or challenging? Why?
    • What is the purpose of the elements used and the order in which the photographs appear in the series?
    • Are the photographs in the series clearly planned, or do they appear in a random presentation in order to gain more of an emotional reaction?
    • Was the series more of a documentary to report a situation to the viewer, or was the intent of the series to express or persuade the viewer to have or express a particular attitude?
    • Are the photographs in the series simple or complex compositions? How does this affect the intended viewpoint and understanding of the viewer?
    • Have delay tactics been used to create interest or ambiguity in the composition of the photographs in the series?
    • What is the style of the photographs in this series?

With these thoughts in mind:

Post a critique of your partner’s Final Project photographic series (Approximately 4-5 paragraphs). Consider each of the following:

  • Evaluate how the content and composition of the photographic series is presented either clearly or ambiguously to the viewer. Explain to what extent these choices may influence the viewer’s perception of the series.
  • Analyze how the subjects in the photographic series relate to each other.
  • Describe to what extent you believe the intent of the photographic series contributes to the telling of a subjective or objective story.

Cite at least one example from the course readings to support your answer.

Be sure to support your ideas by connecting them to the week’s Learning Resources, or something you have read, heard, seen, or experienced.

Jones, J. (2013, January 10). Photography is the art of our time. The Guardian. Retrieved from http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/jonathanjonesblog/2013/jan/10/photography-art-of-our-time
In this article, Jones asserts that photography is an art form that allows us to capture the essence of our daily lives and give it meaning.

The following websites comprise galleries that allow you to experience the fundamental elements of photographic art.

Faded & Blurred. (2015). Retrieved from http://fadedandblurred.com

No caption needed: Iconic photographs, public culture, and liberal democracy [Blog]. (2015). Retrieved from http://www.nocaptionneeded.com/

Time. (2015). Lightbox. Retrieved from http://time.com/photography/lightbox/

USE OF TEXTBOOK IS VITAL. PLEASE REFER TO TEXTBOOK WHEN DOING THE CRITIQUE.

TEXTBOOK LINK: https://mbsdirect.vitalsource.com/#/books/97811361…

Required Assignment—Applying Organizational Behavior Theory

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In this assignment, you will apply organizational behavior theory to an organization with which you have past or present experience.

You are an organizational change consultant who has been hired to address a current problem within an organization. In addition to defining and justifying the problem, you must also apply organizational behavior theory to bring about positive change regarding the problem.

Complete the following:

  • Consider an organization with which you have past or present experience and for which you can make a case. Define a problem, past or present for that organization.
  • Using a combination of trade industry materials and/or personal communication with industry leaders/managers, justify the problem (i.e., provide enough detail to prove the existence and significance of the problem). Use appropriate academic peer-reviewed literature to support your argument.
  • Using organizational behavior theory, discuss how the theory might be applied practically to manage employee behavior to bring about positive, constructive change to the noted problem.
  • Explicitly include in your case a discussion of the following aspects of systems theory:
    • The climate and types of cultures likely to be encountered, and the types of systems to be considered based on the organization’s cultural climate
    • Employee motivation, including factors of motivation (such as planning and communication) and the types of motivation present within the organization
    • Possible employee satisfaction issues regarding development and implementation of a change plan to address the noted problem

Write a well-argued, 3–4-page paper in Word format. Note: The title page, references, and appendices are not included in the page count.

Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Click here to download the APA Guide. Use this guide to format your assignment. The course text, the trade journal(s) noting the problem, and peer-reviewed journal articles are to be used to support your position and theoretical constructs. General Internet sources will not be accepted as references.

Write your responses in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Leverage, Capital Structure, and Dividend Policy

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Module 4 – Case

Leverage, Capital Structure, and Dividend Policy

Before starting on this assignment, make sure to carefully review the
background readings. Part A requires you to make some computations, and
Part B requires you to analyze some scenarios using your knowledge of
the concepts. So make sure to go through the computational examples in
the required readings and also thoroughly review the key concepts before
starting on this assignment.

Case Assignment

Part A: Quantitative Problems

  1. Suppose QuickCharge Corporation manufactures phone chargers. They
    sell their chargers for $20. Their fixed operating costs are $100,000
    and their variable operating costs are $10 per charger. Currently they
    are selling 30,000 chargers per year.

    1. What is QuickCharge’s EBIT (earnings before interest and taxes) at current sales of 30,000?
    2. What is QuickCharge’s breakeven point?
    3. Calculate the EBIT if QuickCharge’s sales increase 50% to 45,000
      chargers. What is the percent of change in EBIT under this increase in
      sales? Also, calculate the EBIT if the company’s sales decrease 50% to
      15,000 chargers. What is the percent of change in EBIT under this
      decrease in sales?
    4. What is QuickCharge’s degree of operating leverage? Based on your
      computation, what does its operating leverage say about QuickCharge’s
      business risk?
  2. The StayDry Umbrella Corporation will have an EBIT of $100,000 if
    there is a normal amount of rain this year. But if there is a drought,
    they will have an EBIT of only $50,000. The interest rate on debt is
    10%, and the tax rate is 35%. The company does not pay any preferred
    dividends.

    1. If StayDry has zero debt and 50,000 outstanding shares, what will
      its EPS (earnings per share) be if there is normal rain? What will its
      EPS be if there is a drought? What is its DFL (degree of financial
      leverage)?
    2. Now suppose StayDry has decided to take on $300,000 in debt and has
      used these funds to buy back half of the outstanding shares so now there
      are only 25,000 outstanding shares. What is the new EPS and DFL for
      both normal rain and drought?
    3. Based on your answers to a) and b) above, what are the trade-offs
      management has to make between zero debt or $300,000 in debt? What are
      the benefits and disadvantages of taking on this debt?

Part B: Conceptual Questions

  1. For each of the following scenarios, explain whether the situation describes financial risk or business risk. Explain your answers to each scenario using at least one of the references from the background readings:
    1. A pharmaceutical company has developed a new cancer treatment drug
      that has a much higher success rate than other drugs currently in the
      market. It has the potential to triple the company’s profits. However,
      the FDA has expressed concern about some side effects, and it is not
      clear if the FDA will approve the drug.
    2. An airline has an EBIT of $100 million per year. However, it also
      has a huge amount of debt and pays $97 million per year in interest. Its
      EBIT is relatively stable but tends to go up or down by $5 million or
      so each year depending on the economy.
    3. A basketball franchise earns an EBIT of $50 million a year when its
      team has a winning year. However, it earns only $10 million when its
      team has a losing year.
  2. Explain what capital structure theory (or theories) best describes
    the following situations. Make sure to cite at least one of the required
    textbook chapters for each answer, and to cite at least two references
    for this section:

    1. A CEO decides to borrow $50,000 in new debt, and the share prices
      rise dramatically. He then decides to sell half of his own personal
      shares, and when this is reported in the Wall Street Journal, the share
      prices drop dramatically in value.
    2. The corporate tax rate rises from 35% to 45%, and the XYZ
      Corporation decides to issue more debt. A year later, bankruptcy laws
      are changed to become much stricter and costlier. XYZ then decides to
      pay back half of its debt.
    3. A CEO named Joe Bigwig is known for living large with very expensive
      cars and a huge mansion. Joe is seeking a large loan from a bank to
      finance some new projects for his corporation. However, the bank becomes
      concerned when they find out that he recently used company funds to buy
      a brand-new company jet and also schedules numerous business trips to
      Hawaii and stays in five-star hotels. The bank tells Joe he will receive
      the loan only if he agrees to scale back on his personal expenses and
      not give himself or any other executives a raise until the loan is paid
      back.

Assignment Expectations

  • Answer the assignment questions directly.
  • Stay focused on the precise assignment questions. Do not go off on
    tangents or devote a lot of space to summarizing general background
    materials.
  • For computational problems, make sure to show your work and explain your steps.
  • For short answer/short essay questions, make sure to reference your
    sources of information with both a bibliography and in-text citations.
    See the Student Guide to Writing a High-Quality Academic Paper,
    including pages 11-14 on in-text citations. Another resource is the
    “Writing Style Guide,” which is found under “My Resources” in the TLC
    Portal.