Compute depreciation expense on the machine for the year ending December 31, 2010, and the year ending December 31, 2011, using the following methods.

The cost of equipment purchased by Charleston, Inc., on June 1, 2010 is $89,000. It is estimated that the machine will have a $5,000 salvage value at the end of its service life. Its service life is estimated at 7 years; its total working hours are estimated at 42,000 and its total production is estimated at 525,000 units. During 2010 the machine was operated 6,000 hours and produced 55,000 units. During 2011 the machine was operated 5,500 hours and produced 48,000 units.

Compute depreciation expense on the machine for the year ending December 31, 2010, and the year ending December 31, 2011, using the following methods.

a) Straight-line.
b) Units of output.
c) Working hours.
d) Sum of the years’ digits
e) Declining balance (twice the straight-line rate)

Explain some human rights that you think should be protected by the government

The purpose of this assignment is to reflect upon the role of the state. In a 2–3-page paper, address the following:

Explain a political philosophy with supporting citations to the textbook and online lectures in correct APA format. For example, you might discuss social contract theory or feminism. Use this APA Citation Helper as a convenient reference for properly citing resources.
Explain some human rights that you think should be protected by the government. Discuss whether the particular rights you discuss are better understood as “positive” or “negative” rights.
Explain how the ideas associated with the theory you explained might be related to the rights you identified. For example, if your essay primarily focuses on negative rights, you might discuss natural law and the social contract. If you included positive rights, one of the critiques of natural law might be relevant.
Discussions of political beliefs can often generate a great deal of emotion. Your participation grade for all discussion assignments is based in part on your ability to respond to your peers in a respectful and mature fashion, and this assignment is no exception. You are encouraged to present the arguments in favor of your own views and to challenge the arguments made by your peers (in fact, the critical thinking method we discussed last week is an excellent guide for how to present an argument about the role of the government), but please do not engage in personal attacks or other inappropriate communication.

Create a table or brief outline identifying the internal and external publics involved in the case study.

Select one of the following case studies located in The Practice of Public Relations.

Walmart’s Bribery Shutdown, Chapter 3
Answer and prepare an analysis for the following questions in which you evaluate the effectiveness of communication between an organization and its publics.

Create a table or brief outline identifying the internal and external publics involved in the case study.
Expand on the table/outline created in #1 and add: What public relations communications tools and techniques were used to inform, influence and motivate the public(s)?
What impact did the communications used by the organization have on the intended publics? Provide at least three specific examples.
How could the message have been communicated more effectively? Discuss at least two tools that could have been used to improve the effectiveness of the public relations communications. 

Use graphical tools to design the logical and physical layout of the planned e-commerce company’s information systems

Part 1: System Implementation Document

You are to write an 8–10-page system implementation document in which you:

Use graphical tools to design the logical and physical layout of the planned e-commerce company’s information systems.
Use graphical tools to illustrate the possible placement of key infrastructure elements with external connectivity (Internet) and internal connectivity (firewalls, LAN).
Develop the bill of materials and tabulate it in a spreadsheet to include item, description, model number, and approximate cost.
Document the methodology and process to include the engineering, furnishing, and installation of the identified inventory.
Use three sources to support your writing.
Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate.
Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment.
Access the library or review library guides for help with research, writing, and citation.
Part 2: Updated Gantt Chart
Use Microsoft Project to update the previously created Gantt chart (see attached) with the major and minor tasks identified in the system implementation document.

What legislation introduced Medicaid, and what are the funding sources for the program?

The United States created Medicaid—a publicly funded health care program—to assist people in obtaining health care services. Write a paper of 4-6 pages that explores Medicaid and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP) and that addresses the following:

What legislation introduced Medicaid, and what are the funding sources for the program?
What are some of the changes, including CHIP, that have occurred to the Medicaid program since its inception?
What are the demographics of the majority of people covered by Medicaid, and how many people in the United States are covered by Medicaid?
Evaluate the changes that have occurred to Medicaid with the inception of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. What are the current changes in Medicaid based on current legislation?
Assess social and cultural changes and their impact on developing new health policies to make Medicaid and CHIP more effective.
Note: Your paper should be formatted in APA style, and it should include 6 references, 4 of which are peer-reviewed sources from health care journals and published within the last 5 years.

What are the differences and similarities and the advantages and disadvantages of managing at the project, portfolio, and program levels?

read the case study Value-Driven Project and Portfolio Management in the Pharmaceutical Industry(Link http://search.proquest.com.ezproxy.snhu.edu/docview/232912662?pq-origsite=summon&accountid=3783). You will be working with this case study throughout the course, so take the time to familiarize yourself with it. Focus on the important facts and key issues. Use the following guiding questions to focus your reading and assist in writing your overview:

What is/are the defining objective(s) identified in the case study?
What are the differences and similarities and the advantages and disadvantages of managing at the project, portfolio, and program levels?
Who is the target stakeholder group that would benefit from understanding the portfolio management process?
How does corporate strategy align with the project portfolio in the case study?
What role does the project manager play in this case study?
Write a concise three- to five-paragraph overview of the case study addressing the previous questions and summarizing your final thoughts on the case study presented.

Identify the company’s “market type”, such as Competitive, Monopoly, Oligopoly or Monopolistic Competition

Topics:
Microeconomics students must present a real-world company or other entity to analyze from a Microeconomics perspective. Convey the following information:

Identify
the company’s “market type”, such as Competitive, Monopoly, Oligopoly or Monopolistic Competition, plus whether it is a Private Enterprise, Government entity or Non-Governmental Organization, and whether the product it purveys is a good or a service, and whether that product is a private good, a public good, a Common Resource or a Club Good/Natural Monopoly.
Present information about the Industry in which that company or other entity fits, the approx number of enterprises in it, in the US only or globally, and
the dollar value and percent of overall output represented by that industry, and
the approx. percent of output in that industry represented by your selected entity.
Describe ownership, the overall operations, production (how it produces its product), marketing strategy (how it spreads awareness of its product),
sales strategy (how it distributes its product), and customer service (how it responds to product issues) Explain how the company’s strategy does (or perhaps does not) fit within the structure of “market type” mentioned at the beginning.

What does the term healthy boundary mean to you?

Discussion Topic

Many people who seek case management services are survivors of serious trauma. Some have survived emotional, physical, or sexual abuse, and others have been mistreated or abused by insensitive caregivers or previous interactions with misguided health care professionals. Many have been subjected to stigma, shame, or harmful stereotypes. In addition, people who are members of minority cultures or minority groups are often subjected to prejudice and discrimination just for being a member of a certain race, ethnicity, or other group.

As a result, the people who need services are often mistrustful of human service workers and protective of themselves and their families. Case managers have an ethical responsibility to create warm, welcoming, and culturally sensitive environments for clients. It is your job to help reduce the effects of previous trauma and to begin to re-build the trust that is essential for client recovery and goal achievement.

With this in mind, and considering the information covered in Chapters 4 and 5, please respond to the following topics:

1. What does the term healthy boundary mean to you? Why is it so important for case managers to create and maintain healthy and safe boundaries for clients? Please provide an example of a case management boundary that exists primarily to protect the client. Be specific and describe the boundary and how it protects the client from physical or emotional harm. You may find the Code of Ethics helpful as you are preparing your response to this question. The link for Code of Ethics is located below.

2. Describe an example of transference or countertransference between a case manager and a client. Please be specific and describe what your reaction would be as a case manager if you sensed this transference or countertransference was occurring. What can you do as a case manager to discover your potential trigger areas and better prepare yourself for potential countertransference experiences with clients?

National Organization for Human Services. (2015). Ethical Standards for Human Service Professionals. Retrieved from

http://www.nationalhumanservices.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=43

Define and describe the organization you have chosen and explain why you have chosen it for your research project

“Going Deeper”: Researching How Organizations Use Stories Introduction & Assignment Overview: Throughout this class, we have discussed a number of salient facts about stories. They can be summarized as follows:
1. Stories are incredibly important to human beings – we naturally gravitate towards them.
2. Stories have a profound effect on human emotion and behavior.
3. Stories can be deployed to “get results” – to make change in the world.
For the final research assignment, you are going to choose an organization of some kind (a charity, a church, an athletic team, a corporation – anything you want), and analyze how it uses storytelling. Requirements: 8-10 pages, double-spaced (2000 – 2,500 words) APA style, including appropriate works cited page and in-text citations 5-7 secondary sources (not produced by the organization itself.) 3-5 primary sources (produced by the organization itself – can include interviews with organization personnel/clients/customers, in-person observations of the organization, or products such as web pages, videos, marketing materials, etc.)Parts of the Paper Your research paper should include the following sections. Use headings to divide these parts in your paper. Part 1: Organization Overview & The Personal Connection What this section should include: Define and describe the organization you have chosen and explain why you have chosen it for your research project. Feel free to use first person (“I”, “me,” “my,” in this description). In fact, the more personally relevant the organization is to you – the more you care about it –the better! Tips for researching/writing this section: I will leave the details of the description up to you, but you might consider discussing: The organization’s mission and goals It’s size and location A little bit about who or what the organization impacts (what does it sell or do or create or facilitate? Who benefits or profits or purchases?) A little bit about its history A little bit about the employees (or volunteers or whoever it is that makes up this organization) A little bit about how the organization runs (Who’s in charge? Who makes decisions? What’s the management structure?) Anything else that seems relevant. NOTE: This is not an exhaustive list, nor is it a checklist you have to go down. If one of the items doesn’t make sense, omit it. If there are other things that DO make sense, add them. Part 2: Storytelling in the Industry What this section should include: Describe (in detail) the different ways that other organizations in this industry or field have used storytelling. Tips for researching/writing this section: Your research for this section is likely to begin very broadly and then narrow. Industries and fields use storytelling for all kinds of things. For example, nursing, counseling, and other therapeutic fields might use them in education. Non-profits often use them to generate interest or awareness in their cause. Corporations almost definitely use them in advertising, but a security company’s advertising stories are likely to be very different from Verizon’s. Below is a description of the steps you might take for conducting this research. You can also watch the video walk-through, posted to our course page, for additional tips on how to complete this process.1. You might start with a simple Google search. Here are some terms to get you started: Storytelling and [industry/field]. Examples: Storytelling AND Nursing, Storytelling AND youth organizations, storytelling and churches Narrative and [industry/field] Stories in [industry/field]2. Once you have a general idea of how stories are used, go to Trine’s library website and use the Research Hub to seek books, articles, and peer-reviewed sources on some of the specific ways storytelling is used in the industry. For example: When I searched “storytelling” and “youth organizations” I found:

i. Organizations that helped you tell stories in order to empower them and/or improve their mental health

ii. Storytelling guides for nonprofit organizations to help them make better connections with their communities, fundraise etc.

iii. Lots of websites talking about “ethical” storytelling – that is, how to raise money and make connections through stories, but to do it honestly. This provides me with some starting terms for my Research Hub search

i. Youth story telling

ii. “ethical storytelling” and non profits iii. Youth nonprofits and fundraising, etc.3. Depending on how that search goes, I may need to revise my search terms, and I may find that some things, like “ethical storytelling” have more information available on the “regular internet” than in library databases. That’s OK! My goal is simply to summarize/describe what I’ve learned about storytelling in this industry.4. Once I have all the sources I think are useful, I can begin to write. For the example I’m using here, I might have two sub-sections: “How Youth Organizations Use Stories to Raise Money,” and “Storytelling to Improve Adolescents’ Mental Health.” Part 3: Storytelling within Your Organization What this section should include: Provide a detailed description of the various ways that your chosen organization is using storytelling. This should include not only a description of the types of stories that are being told, the media that is being used (text, video, etc.), but also the intended audience for and purpose of those stories (as best as you can determine).Tips for researching/writing this section Review your organization’s online and (if possible) physical presence. Depending on the organization you choose, one of these options will yield more information than the other. For example, if you choose your local church, it might make sense to tour the building and talk to the pastor; if you’re doing CVS, you might go to your local CVS, but also explore their website, Facebook page, Twitter feed, and so on. Note: calling, emailing, or otherwise contacting are presentative from the organization is strongly encouraged. Part 4: Evaluation, Analysis, and Recommendations What this section should include:1. An evaluation/analysis of how effectively this organization is using stories. This analysis can be based on what you’ve learned makes an effective story, and second, what you’ve learned from your research about storytelling in the industry/field.2. Specific recommendations about how the organization can improve its storytelling practices. Tips for writing this section: This is where you pull together everything you’ve learned about an effective story from The Storytelling Animal and our discussions in class AND everything you’ve learned about how storytelling is being used in this particular field.

identify the five principles that you believe are most vital to restore the community’s faith in its police department.

Planning for Conflict Scenario
Your department has been involved in several high-profile use of force incidents that have resulted in community unrest. You have been tasked with improving your department’s use of force policy. Preparation The Police Executive Research Forum (PERF) has researched and recommended 30 Guiding Principles for use of force policies. From this list, identify the five principles that you believe are most vital to restore the community’s faith in its police department. Review Chapters 10 and 14 from your Community Policing Today: Issues, Controversies, and Innovations text for additional information. Complete a 5–7 page report in which you: Identify five guiding principles that will most effectively update your use of force policy. Detail the steps necessary to incorporate each selected principle into current organizational operations. Include details of what would be needed for each principle, such as training, equipment, or policy oversight. Explain how you will communicate these changes to the community. Suggest 2–3 specific methods to communicate results of these changes to the community Use five credible, relevant, and appropriate sources to support your writing. Cite each source listed on your source page at least once within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides. You may use 30 Guiding Principles and your Community Policing Today text for two of your sources, but you must provide at least three additional sources to support your selected initiatives. This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Review strategies to address contemporary challenges in police operations.