Consider the organization you are currently working for or the one you have worked for in the past. Describe this organization as a system. What is the input to this system? What is the output? What is the boundary of the system?

Consider the organization you are currently working for(I WORK FOR A HOSPITAL SYSTEM) or the one you have worked for in the past. Describe this organization as a system in a three page APA style paper (excluding title and reference pages). Discuss each of these concerning this system (Please see Definition of a System and its Parts in Chapter 1 of the text):

What is the input to this system?
What is the output?
What is the boundary of the system?
What are the components? And their interrelationships?
What are the constraints?
What is the purpose?
What are the interfaces?
And what is the environment?
Draw a diagram of this system (you can use Word or PowerPoint to draw a diagram).

In addition to the requirements above, your paper:

Must be 900 word double-spaced (three pages) and use 12 point font.
Must be formatted according to APA style.
Must reference two scholarly resources in addition to the textbook.
Must include a list of references written in APA format.

Evaluate capital projects and make appropriate decision recommendations.

Use capital budgeting tools to determine the quality of three proposed investment projects, and prepare a 6-8 page report that analyzes your computations and recommends the project that will bring the most value to the company.

Introduction
This assessment is about one of the basic functions of the finance manager, which is allocating capital to areas that will increase shareholder value and add the most value to the company. This means forecasting the projected cash flows of the projects and employing capital budgeting metrics to determine which project, given the forecast cash flows, gives the firm the best chance to maximize shareholder value. As a finance professional, you are expected to:

Use capital budgeting tools to compute future project cash flows and compare them to upfront costs.
Evaluate capital projects and make appropriate decision recommendations.
Prepare reports and present the evaluation in a way that finance and non-finance stakeholders can understand.
Scenario
Senior leadership has now called upon you to analyze three capital project requests based on forecasted cash flow as they relate to maximizing shareholder value.

Your Role
You are one of Maria’s high-performing financial analyst managers at ABC Healthcare Corporation and she trusts your work and leadership. Senior leadership was impressed with your presentation in Assessment 1 and they are tasking you with the analysis of these three proposed capital projects based on forecasted cash flow. You have completed forecasting the projected cash flows of the projects as reflected in the attached spreadsheets, Projected Cash Flows [XLSX]. You now need to conduct your analysis recommending which will provide the most shareholder value to the organization.

Requirements
Use capital budgeting tools to compute future project cash flows and compare them to upfront costs. Remember to only evaluate the incremental changes to cash flows.
Employing capital budgeting metrics, determine which project, given the forecast cash flows, gives the organization the best chance to maximize shareholder value.
Demonstrate knowledge of a variety of capital budgeting tools including net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), payback period, and profitability index (PI). The analysis of the capital projects will need to be correctly computed and the resulting decisions rational.
Evaluate capital projects and make appropriate decision recommendations. Accurately compare the indicated projects with correct computations of capital budgeting tools and then make rational decisions based on the findings.
Select the best capital project, based on data analysis and evaluation, that will add the most value for the company. Provide a rationale for your recommendations based on your financial analysis.
Prepare reports and present the evaluation in a way that finance and non-finance stakeholders can understand.
Project A: Major Equipment Purchase
A new major equipment purchase, which will cost $10 million; however, it is projected to reduce cost of sales by 5% per year for 8 years.
The equipment is projected to be sold for salvage value estimated to be $500,000 at the end of year 8.
Being a relatively safe investment, the required rate of return of the project is 8%.
The equipment will be depreciated at a MACRS 7-year schedule.
Annual sales for year 1 are projected at $20 million and should stay the same per year for 8 years.
Before this project, cost of sales has been 60%.
The marginal corporate tax rate is presumed to be 25%.
Project B: Expansion Into Three Additional States
Expansion into three additional states has a forecast to increase sales/revenues and cost of sales by 10% per year for 5 years.
Annual sales for the previous year were $20 million.
Start-up costs are projected to be $7 million and an upfront needed investment in net working capital of $1 million. The working capital amount will be recouped at the end of year 5.
The marginal corporate tax rate is presumed to be 25%.
Being a risky investment, the required rate of return of the project is 12%.
Project C: Marketing/Advertising Campaign
A major new marketing/advertising campaign, which will cost $2 million per year and last 6 years.
It is forecast that the campaign will increase sales/revenues and costs of sales by 15% per year.
Annual sales for the previous year were $20 million.
The marginal corporate tax rate is presumed to be 25%.
Being a moderate risk investment, the required rate of return of the project is 10%.
Deliverable Format
In this assessment, you will prepare an appropriate evaluation report to senior leadership using sound research and data to defend your decision.

Report requirements:
Your report should follow the corresponding MBA Academic and Professional Document Guidelines, including single-spaced paragraphs.
Ensure written communication is free of errors that detract from the overall message and quality.
Format your paper according to APA style and formatting.
Use at least three scholarly resources.
Length: Between 6-8 pages of content beyond the title page, references, and any appendices.
Use 12 point, Times New Roman.
Evaluation
By successfully completing this assessment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies through corresponding scoring guide criteria:

Competency 1: Apply the theories, models, and practices of finance to the financial management of an organization.
Use capital budgeting tools to compute future project cash flows and compare them to upfront costs. Demonstrate knowledge of a variety of capital budgeting tools, including net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), payback period, and profitability index (PI).
Competency 2: Analyze financing strategies to maximize stakeholder value.
Evaluate the capital projects using data analysis and applicable metrics that align to the business goals of maximizing shareholder value. Accurately compare the indicated projects with correct computations of capital budgeting tools and then make rational decisions based on the findings.
Competency 3: Apply financial analyses to business planning and decision making.
Select the best capital project, based on data analysis and evaluation, that will add the most value for the company. Provide a rationale for your recommendations based on your financial analysis.
Competency 5: Communicate financial information with multiple stakeholders.
Prepare an appropriate evaluation report for senior leadership, using sound research and data to defend the decision. Present the evaluation in a way that finance and non-finance stakeholders can understand.

What new insights do these descriptive statistics provide concerning Asia-Pacific business schools?

Anderson, D. R., Sweeney, D. J., Williams, T. A., Camm, J. D., Cochran, J. J., Fry, M. J., & Ohlmann. J. W. (2021). Essentials of modern business statistics with Microsoft® Excel® (8th ed.). Cengage Learning

Chapter 1: Data and Statistics
Chapter 2: Descriptive Statistics: Tabular and Graphical Displays
Chapter 3: Descriptive Statistics: Numerical Measures
The full-text version of this ebook is available in your online classroom through Cengage’s MindTap platform. In MindTap, click on the Getting Ready link to access the assigned chapters for the week. This book is a comprehensive text on statistics and how to collect, analyze, and interpret data. Chapter 1 discusses types of data used in statistical analysis, including how the data is obtained and converted into meaningful information. Chapter 2 discusses tabular and graphical displays, and how they are constructed and interpreted. Chapter 3 discusses numerical measures to summarize data in terms of numerical values. These chapters will assist you in your Descriptive Statistics: Case Problem Business Schools of Asia-Pacific discussion forum and Week 1: MindTap Descriptive Statistics assignment this week.
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, watch the Week 1 Introduction (Links to an external site.) video, and read Chapters 1, 2, and 3 in the MindTap ebook by clicking on the Getting Ready link for each chapter. You can access the MindTap ebook, Essentials of Modern Business Statistics with Microsoft® Excel®, in your online classroom.

Step 1: Read:

Review Case Problem 3: Business Schools of Asia-Pacific Download Case Problem 3: Business Schools of Asia-Pacificfrom Chapter 3 in the ebook.
Step 2: Do:

Run descriptive statistics for the Data File AsiaMBA (Chapter 3) using the video How to Add Excel’s Data Analysis ToolPak(Links to an external site.) for assistance.
In a managerial report, use the methods of descriptive statistics to

Summarize the data in Data File AsiaMBA.
Summarize each variable in the data set.
Step 3: Discuss:

What new insights do these descriptive statistics provide concerning Asia-Pacific business schools? You should also analyze differences between local and foreign tuition costs, between mean starting salaries for schools requiring and not requiring work experience, and between starting salaries for schools requiring and not requiring English tests.

What are some nursing diagnoses that apply to this situation?

A mother has come to the clinic with her 14-year-old daughter. The mother is concerned her daughter is pregnant because she isn’t having normal menses, even though a home pregnancy test is negative. The girl mentions she is training for a gymnastics meet and hopes to go to college on a sports scholarship.

What should the nurse do?
The mother is concerned and is voicing her desire for her daughter to quit gymnastics because it will harm the baby. How can the nurse help both?
What are some nursing diagnoses that apply to this situation?

What are the differences in your variable between countries? Compare the distribution of your chosen variable across your two selected countries carrying out

Researching Social Life II SC203/SC208

Your end of term assignment is a data analysis paper. The aim is to show that you have a good grasp of the basic
statistical methods we have covered in the module and that you can write up statistical findings in a clear and
competent way.
The dataset you will analyse is from the European Social Survey (Round 8, 2016). The European Social Survey
(ESS) is an academically driven cross-national survey that has been conducted across Europe since 2001. Every two
years, face-to-face interviews are conducted with newly selected, cross-sectional samples. You can download the
dataset and find out about the survey design, the questionnaires and the data here and there is a copy on Moodle too:
www.europeansocialsurvey.org/about/
The task
Select a variable and two countries to compare; carry out some statistical analyses and write the results up in a short
report in sections as described below. Your report should be no more than 750-1000 words not including tables and
figures and references.
What you should do
First: select two countries that you want to compare. They need not include the UK. In SPSS, you can select those
two countries and either filter out the other countries or save a new version of your datafile, discarding the other
countries. (You will see how to do this in the lab, and here is a video tutorial on how to do it:
https://www.linkedin.com/learning/spss-statistics-essential-training/selecting-cases?u=51088249
Topics
There are lots of interesting subjective and attitudinal variables on topics such as personal values, welfare attitudes,
sexual identity as well as several demographic variables. Some of these are measured on 11 point scales, some on
four or five point scales. You can use any of them as if they are interval variables for the purposes of this assignment.
You can also treat those that have four or five points as categorical variables if you wish. The demographic variables
are a mixture of interval/ordinal variables. You will need to look at the 2016 questionnaire in order to see the full
wordings of the survey items:
https://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/round8/fieldwork/source/ESS8_source_questionnaires.pdf
Some background on each of the question topics covered in the dataset can be found in the following references:
Basic Values
https://www.europeansocialsurvey.org/docs/methodology/core_ess_questionnaire/ESS_core_questionnaire_human_
values.pdf
Welfare attitudes
http://www.bsa.natcen.ac.uk/latest-report/british-social-attitudes-32/welfare.aspx
Fear of Crime
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fear_of_crime
Happiness and life satisfaction
http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/behaviouralscience/2016/01/04/happiness-research-draws-our-attention-to-both-structure-andagency/
Health
http://esr.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2016/05/16/esr.jcw019.full
Data analysis tasks
1. Select one subjective (that is to say, attitudes, values, beliefs) variable as your variable of interest. This is the
focus of your report. Write a paragraph explaining what your variable measures and what
sociological/psychological construct it taps into. You can include one or two references to literature on the
topic if you wish. (300 words max)
2. Using data from both of your chosen countries combined (what we call the pooled sample), do the following.
If your variable is quantitative then present in a table some summary statistics (mean, standard deviation,
range and confidence interval) and a histogram. If you are treating your variable as categorical (ie not more
than 5 possible values) then present a frequency table and a bar chart or histogram. Describe what you see
(250 words max)
3. What are the differences in your variable between countries? Compare the distribution of your chosen
variable across your two selected countries carrying out
a) a crosstabulation with chi2 test if your variable is categorical (up to five categories)
b) comparing means using an independent samples t-test if your variable is quantitative (five or more scale
points)
Write up what you see in terms of the differences in your variable between countries:
c) Are the distributions similar or different? If different (they almost certainly will be at least a bit different)
then say in what way (differences in mean, standard deviation, percentages in which categories and so on).
(250 words max)
d) Are the differences statistically significant? Interpret the results of either the t-test or the chi-square test,
depending on which you have carried out, to answer this question. You will need to mention what is the null
hypothesis and alternate hypothesis and to say what the p-value (sometimes shown as sig. in SPSS).
(200 words max)
General tips
Make sure that you label all of your tables and figures and include them in the main text, not in an appendix. Only
include SPSS output that you actually comment on in the text. You will not get marks for output that you do not
discuss. Format the report so that it looks neat and presentable. The easiest way to produce good tables and graphs is
by using Excel. You will get marks for presentation as well as what you write.
Some examples of the analyses and how to write up results:
Mean and standard deviation
https://0-methods-sagepub-com.serlib0.essex.ac.uk/dataset/disp-continuous-in-edfacts-cspr-2013
Frequency distribution tables
https://0-methods-sagepub-com.serlib0.essex.ac.uk/dataset/frequency-in-gss-2012
Crosstabulation
https://0-methods-sagepub-com.serlib0.essex.ac.uk/dataset/crosstab-education-in-gss-2012
Chi-Sq test
https://0-methods-sagepub-com.serlib0.essex.ac.uk/dataset/chi2-in-gss-2012
T-test
https://0-dx-doi-org.serlib0.essex.ac.uk/10.4135/9781473937789

critically examine the issues around tackling inequalities when organising provision to meet the needs of children, young people and families across a range of agencies

Learning Outcomes
• LO1 To critically examine the issues around tackling inequalities when organising provision to meet
the needs of children, young people and families across a range of agencies.
• LO2 To demonstrate an ability to apply and synthesise knowledge and understanding of tackling
inequality in relation to diversity, equity and inclusion in relation to supporting children, young people
and families across a range of agencies.
• LO3 To be able to reflect critically on your own value system and justify future learning and
professional goals in relation to working with children and families in partnership with other
professionals across a range of agencies.
needs to include:
Equality is ‘equal fairness’

Ensuring individuals or groups are not
systematically treated unfairly, and can
gain full benefits of belonging to society
including contributing

Is closely linked to the notion of social
justice

Equality is both a value and a principle
(Thompson, 2011 3rd ed)
Social inequalities are differences in income, resources, power and status within and between
societies. Such inequalities are maintained by
those in powerful positions via institutions and social processes.
(Naidoo and Wills, 2008)
Do you agree with this definition?
How would you define social inequality?
what conclusions did the author reach? Gaining an overview will help
Remember to carry out further reading, expanding your knowledge on the issues discussed in the
book. Is there supporting evidence for the points raised in the book? Are there alternative viewpoints
out there? How was the book received by other academics in the field?
Structuring your review
• Introduction
Be sure to introduce the book that you are reviewing, noting such details as the title, author, edition,
publisher and any other pertinent points that may be of interest to the reader. Highlight the issues
that you will be discussing, perhaps emphasising their importance/relevance to the subject area that
you are studying.
• Summary of contents/arguments/themes
Concisely summarise the contents of the book drawing out and highlighting the themes that you will
be discussing. Remember that this summary shouldn’t take up the majority of the book review; it is
the critical discussion and analysis of the text that is most important.
• Critical discussion
It is very important that your discussion of the issues raised in the book is more analysis than
description. This discussion will be directed by your assignment brief but potential topics could
include; areas of disagreement or controversy, conclusions and findings, potential gaps or
weaknesses in the text and possibilities for further research. Remember that although it is perfectly
valid for you to criticise the book and the author’s arguments you must then provide evidence and
reasoning to back up your criticisms.
• Conclusion
Based on the earlier critical discussion you must now summarise the strengths and weaknesses of
the book under review and perhaps evaluate the impact this book had on your understanding of the
subject and its importance to the area of study as a whole.

Critically analyse and discuss the main theoretical models and key research findings to inform approaches to, and policies on language education

Discursive essay reflecting contemporary society
Critically analyse and discuss the main theoretical models and key research findings to inform
approaches to, and policies on language education
Introduction 300 words comments + intro contemporary society
Background or definitions on context, history
Main Body 8 x 300 words or 6×400 Theories, BICS, CALP, approaches
2/3 challenges, 2/3 strategies – idea, references,
Conclusion 300 words – concluded remarks, summary – biggest picture, so what?
Explore the reciprocal relationship between language and society from contemporary sociolinguistic
perspectives
Demonstrate a detailed knowledge and understanding of specific language system and key language
skills, including the skills and knowledge needed to make use of appropriate tools for analysing
language (language corpora, pedagogic grammars etc)
Critically analyse and discuss the main theoretical models and key research findings to inform
approaches to, and policies on language education

Critically evaluate how far the Occupiers’ Liability Acts 1957 and 1984 provide for liability in a fair and appropriate manner.

Instructions to Students:
There are 6 questions on the paper. You must answer 2 questions in total, ONE
from PART A and ONE from PART B. All questions carry equal marks.
PLEASE NOTE: Your answers MUST be properly referenced and each answer
MUST include a bibliography. Adequacy of referencing will form part of the
marking criteria.
PART A – You MUST answer this question
1. Erin runs a pleasure boat, The Southern Belle, taking holidaymakers along
the south coast. She wishes to make as many trips as possible each day to
maximise her profit. Erin generally checks the boat for damage after each trip
but one day she has no time to make the customary checks before the boat
sets off. She does not notice that there is a hole in the hull of the boat, which
was made when the boat hit a rock on a previous trip. The boat begins to take
on water at a fast rate.
The holidaymakers are forced to abandon ship and they are swimming in the
sea. Some of them do not have time to put on life belts and two people, Rio
and Anya, drown before help can arrive. Wayne, a passenger on the boat had
tried to rescue Rio but failed.
Rio’s fiancée, Sneha, watches from the shore as Rio’s body is lifted from the
water. Anya’s husband, Zak, receives a call from their daughter, Pippa and
rushes to the hospital mortuary, where Anya’s body has been taken. She has
been cleaned up a little, but there is still oil and seaweed attached to her
body.
Sneha, Wayne and Zak suffer mental breakdowns.
Advise Erin of her liability for the events.
PART B – You must answer ONE question from this section
2. Critically evaluate how far the Occupiers’ Liability Acts 1957 and 1984 provide
for liability in a fair and appropriate manner.
3. ‘The aims of tort law are to reimburse the victims of misconduct or wrongs and
discourage that misconduct.’
Critically discuss if, and how, the tort of trespass achieves the above aims.
Ensure you use case law to illustrate your points.
4. Critically discuss by use of case law how, with regard to the principle of
vicarious liability, the law interprets the requirement that the tort must be
committed in the course of employment.
5. ‘The requirement of a proprietary interest in land is no longer sustainable in an
era of greater human rights consideration.’
In light of the above statement, critically evaluate the functions of the tort of
nuisance and assess, with regard to human rights considerations, the merits
of this restriction as to who may bring a claim for nuisance.
6. Critically discuss, by use of case law, the nature of the duty owed by
employers to employees. What difficulties confront an employee who is trying
to bring a claim against an employer for a stress related injury?