Identify the company you selected and provide a brief overview of its business.

Companies choose their costing method based on their business activities and processes, as well as the products and services they offer. A company can be a manufacturing, merchandising, or service organization; this also impacts which costing method will be most useful for its purposes. As a part of costing, the company also needs to decide how to classify overhead costs using either traditional or activity-based costing (ABC).In this written assignment, you will choose a company, consider its business and costing requirements, and recommend a costing system that will work best for the business.PromptThink about a company you know. This could be a current or past employer or a company you admire. Consider its business activities and the type of products and services offered. Based on what you have learned so far, write a short paper that reflects on the different costing methods and speculates on how they might apply to your selected company.Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:Company Overview: Identify the company you selected and provide a brief overview of its business.Is it a manufacturing, merchandising, or service organization?Costing Methods: Compare the job order and process costing methods, and explain how each of these can be applied to the company.How could the costs differ if one method is chosen over the other?Factory Overhead: Outline possible indirect or overhead costs the company may need to account for, and identify the type of costing the company might use for these costs.If the company decides to use activity-based costing (ABC), what are some activity bases (cost drivers) it might use to allocate these costs?Recommendation: Based on your analysis, recommend a costing method for the company, and explain why you think this method will work best for the business.Guidelines for SubmissionSubmit your assignment as a 2- to 4-page Word document. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

Demonstrate critical thinking skills by accurately interpreting evidence used to support various positions of the topic.

Introductory paragraph to topic (refer to the Final Paper guidelines for your topic selection).Write an introductory paragraph that clearly explains the topic, the importance of further research, and ethical implications.Thesis statement.Write a direct and concise thesis statement, which will become the solution to the problem that you will argue or prove in the Week 5 Final Paper. (A thesis statement should be a concise, declarative statement. The thesis statement must appear at the end of the introductory paragraph.)Annotated bibliography.Develop an annotated bibliography to indicate the quality of the sources you have read.Summarize in your own words how the source contributes to the solution of the global societal issue for each annotation.Address fully the purpose, content, evidence, and relation to other sources you found on this topic (your annotation should be one to two paragraphs long.Include no less than five scholarly sources in the annotated bibliography that will be used to support the major points of the Final Paper.Demonstrate critical thinking skills by accurately interpreting evidence used to support various positions of the topic.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of arbitration as compared with the status quo of litigation? Are there any other alternatives worth considering?

InstructionsSuppose that you are the HR manager for a company. Following a string of expensive law suits with former employees, your boss asks you to prepare a memo articulating whether or not your company should add a new policy in all employment agreements and employee handbooks which makes arbitration mandatory for any disputes arising out of employment with your company. Your boss is interested in reducing both the cost and public visibility of employment disputes, but she is also concerned about any legal problems with executory arbitration, including precedents, as well as any negative PR that might come out of such a move. Draft said memo thoroughly discussing the options and their implications. Be sure to address, at minimum, the following:What are the advantages and disadvantages of arbitration as compared with the status quo of litigation? Are there any other alternatives worth considering?Is executory arbitration legal? Are there any circumstances under which such an agreement might not be enforceable?Even if it is legal, how are such agreements viewed generally? Are they perceived as fair among the general public? Are there any potential repercussions in that respect worth considering?What are the implications concerning arbitration in terms of precedent and privacy? Do arbitration decisions create legal precedent? If so, can employees disclose information discussed in arbitration hearings to other parties without the company’s consent, such that it may be used in subsequent disputes?Although this assignment is completed in Week 7, students should refer to information in Lessons 5 and 7 for relevant information.Submission Instructions:This assignment should at a minimum contain 1,000 words of content (there are four parts, so this is ~250 words each). Word count does not include headings, cover pages, references, or question text (if you choose to include it in your paper); I am looking for 1,000 words of substance. Your paper should be in APA format including a properly formatted cover page (abstracts are optional) and a reference page with at least three (3) NEW references (“new” here means references that you have not already used in previous assignments in this course). Providing additional references to your assignments demonstrates your desire to conduct additional research on the topic area, and can improve your research skills.With all assignments, include properly formatted in-text citations within the body of your work for each of your listed references so the reader can ascertain your original thoughts or ideas as well as the portion of your work that is credited to credible sources. It is very important to identify work from other sources to ensure that proper credit is provided to researchers in the field. This assignment uses Turn It In for originality verification.

List various steps needed to purchase or develop a system in-house

Determining when to develop a system in-house or to purchase a COTS system is not always clear. A SWOT (strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats) analysis brings the strengths and opportunities to a focus point and highlights the threats and weaknesses so an informed decision can be made. This analysis is often completed by the stakeholders, including the business analyst.Perform a SWOT analysis of buy versus build for your chosen system using the knowledge gained from the Wk 5 discussion, Purchasing Software Applications. You may use any Microsoft® program to create the SWOT analysis similar to the one featured in Ch. 12 of Information Technology for Management.Use your SWOT analysis to create a guide for managers at Phoenix Fine Electronics to help determine if the business should build or buy a system. Incorporate feedback from the sourcing plan you created last week. As a guideline, this type of guide should be 4 to 5 pages in length with written descriptions, charts, and outlines.Your guide should do the following:List various steps needed to purchase or develop a system in-houseDiscuss budget considerationsDiscuss staffing considerationsDiscuss time considerationsIdentify risksContain a maintenance planContain at least 2 referencesContain charts or outlines

Generally speaking, how is preschool education viewed in this country? What percentage of children attend preschool programs?

As efforts to expand preschool education in this country have increased, so has interest in looking to other countries to see how they are educating their youngest children. Use the Internet to find information on preschool education in a country of your choosing (and try to pick one that another student has not already selected). Then answer the following questions.Which country did you choose, and why?Generally speaking, how is preschool education viewed in this country? What percentage of children attend preschool programs?What is a typical preschool program like in this country? What kind of training are preschool teachers required to complete?Does the government provide financial support for parents to send their children to preschool? Are there any other incentives provided?

Describe what impact (positive or negative) the branding elements could have on patient choice.

PART A1-2 pagesFor the first assignment in this course, you will be asked to analyze a local health organization (for example, a hospital, rehabilitation center, emergency medical center, or a nursing home)and complete a series of tasks to determine its value.One of the ways you will analyze the organization’s value is through a patient survey. Your task is to select a health care organization and create a survey that would be sent out to patients. You will also include information on how the survey will be delivered. For more information on how to create a patient survey and to see example questions, review Creating an Effective Patient Satisfaction Survey.You may also want to review some of the videos from the LinkedIn Learning course, Using Customer Surveys to Improve Service. There are specific chapters within the course on Establishing a Survey Goaland Writing Survey Questions. You should submit the following in a Word document:An outline for the survey you send out that includes each of the questions and response options.An explanation of how the survey will be distributed and to whom it will be distributedPART BIn the discussion, respond to the following. Be sure to respond to all parts of thequestions in order to earn full credit.· Use the Internet to look for a health care organization in your area such as a hospital, rehabilitation center, emergency medical center or a nursing home.Take some time to look at the organization’s logo and other elements of brand identity. Using what you learned about Schmitt and Simonson’s drivers of identify management regarding inconsistent image, determine whether the chosen facility’s logo and associated branding elements convey an image of consistency and order. Be sure to support your analysis with rationale from the textbook and any other resources you may identify on the subject.· For the discussion, provide a link that shows at least two of the health care organization’s branding elements (such as their website, social media page, or press release) and explain, with rationale, whether the branding within these elements conveys consistency and order. Describe what impact (positive or negative) the branding elements could have on patient choice.

What is your role as a Nurse Practitioner for prescribing this medication to this patient on your case study presentation?

For this assignment, you will select a drug from the list below and create a PowerPoint Presentation.MetforminLosartanAmoxicillinLisinoprilAlbuterolNamendaAtroventNitrofurantoinSynthroidDesmopressinMiconazoleMethotrexateIbandronateBusparGabapentinSumatriptanPropranololThe purpose of the presentation is for you to educate your colleagues on the drug you have selected. The presentation must include information about the:Drug pharmacology, pharmacokineticsBrand nameGeneric nameDosingIndications for useSide effectsContraindicationsPregnancy classYou must also perform a cost analysis of the drug.Provide a patient case study on a patient in which you would utilize the drug you have selected and include at least two peer-reviewed evidence-based studies related to the drug.Describe the appropriate patient education.What is your role as a Nurse Practitioner for prescribing this medication to this patient on your case study presentation?Describe the monitoring and follow-up.Submission Instructions:Presentation is original work and logically organized incurrentAPA style including citation of references.Incorporate a minimum of 4 current (published within last five years)scholarly journal articlesorprimary legal sources(statutes, court opinions) within your work.PowerPoint presentation with 12 slides, excluding the title slide and the reference slide.The presentation is clear and concise and students will lose points for improper grammar, punctuation, and misspelling.Speaker notes expanded upon and clarified content on the slides.

Explain why this idea is important to utilize in the classroom.

Ideas and Challenges When Working with Families Assignment:Often, families of children with special needs are concerned about their child, particularly if they are beginning the IFSP or IEP process. Read through two of the three resources that explain how to support and partner with families:ELL’s in Early Childhood Education: Recruiting Immigrant FamiliesInvolving Immigrant Parents of Students with Disabilities68 Involvement Ideas That Really WorkThese articles are located under the Assignments section for this week.Choose three ideas or concepts from each of the two resources (six ideas altogether) you feel are most important when partnering with families and you are most eager to try. Then do the following:State the idea (and cite which article it came from)Explain why this idea is important to utilize in the classroom.Give an example of how this could be used in your classroom (do not use the examples mentioned in the articles)Next, respond to this scenario:Four-year-old Shaniqua and her family have joined your program this year. She has just been diagnosed with autism and has exhibited sensory processing issues and social issues (she does not verbalize to other children) within the classroom during the month she has been in your room. Each member of her family is at different points in the process of reacting to the diagnosis. Some of them are interested in learning more and some want Shaniqua to be tested further. Others are asking if she will grow out of this when she enters Kindergarten. As the classroom’s head teacher, you want to be as helpful to the family as possible to ensure success during this year in your program.Using the resources you read and any others you may find online, address each of the family member’s concerns:Find a family-friendly resource or website that you can give to the family giving evidence-based information about Shaniqua’s condition. Explain why this resource is helpful and give the website. Cite two things from the resource that you might highlight for the family.Find a local family support group to recommend to the family and explain why a support group may be helpful. Consider and explain which family member may be interested in a support group and why you think this would be helpful for them.Find a local resource for the family where they can get more information about autism and explain how you give this to the family and when.Finally, find two resources explaining evidence-based practices to use in order to help address the social issues and sensory issues within the classroom that you could also give to the family to try implementing at home.Explain 3 activities you could use both in the classroom and at home. Explain what issues each would address and why these activities are helpful to Shaniqua. Be sure to cite the websites you used to find the evidence-based practice.