Which side of the preservationist argument are you on and why?

Which side of the preservationist argument are you on and why? Post 2-3 sentences on this threaded discussion by Thursday at midnight if you are more on the side of the timber industry or the preservationists giving a specific reason that supports your answer.After everyone has posted by Thursday midnight, you respond to one of your classmates if you respectfully agree or not with them and you kindly give the reasons why in 2-3 sentences.

What differences and similarities did you observe between the two leaders’ visions?

Leadership and Team BuildingSetting the Tone through Leadership Vision (60 marks, 15% of overall course grade)Purpose1. To understand the way visions are constructed by leaders in ongoing groups and organizations2. To identify strategies that leaders employ to articulate and implement their visionsDirections1. For this exercise, select two people in leadership positions to interview. They can be leaders in formal or infor­mal positions at work, at school, or in society. The only criterion is that the leader influences others toward a goal.2. Conduct a 30-minute interview with each leader, by phone or in person. Ask the leaders to describe the visions they have for their organizations. In addition, ask, “How do you articulate and implement your visions?”Leader #1 (name) __________________________________________________________________________Vision content Vision articulation Vision implementationLeader #2 (name) __________________________________________________________________________Vision content Vision articulation Vision implementationQuestions to answer:What differences and similarities did you observe between the two leaders’ visions?Did the leaders advocate specific values? If yes, what values?Did the leaders use any unique symbols to promote their visions? If yes, what symbols?In what ways did the leaders’ behaviours model their visions to others?Submission:Please Submit the following in a Word or PDF format as follows:Cover page with your name, student #, course name, assignment name, date of submissionWritten answers to each of the 4 questions above, no point form. (10 points each = 40 points)Summary of results from each Leader, that is, summaries of their:Vision contentVision articulationVision implementation(20 marks)Overall length: minimum 3 pages (including cover), 12 point font, double spaced

Discuss who Iris Marion Young was and her key themes as an author. How did she develop those themes?

Discuss who Iris Marion Young was and her key themes as an author. How did she develop those themes? How does her writing interact with John Rawls, Simone De Beauvoir, and Martha Nussbaum? How is Young’s writing important to modern political theory?Use these sources:Bailey, A., Brennan, S., Kymlicka, W., Levy, J. T., Sager, A., & Wolf, C. (2008). The Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought. Broadview Press.Young, I. M. (1990). Justice and the Politics of Difference. Princeton University Press.Young, I. M. (1997). Intersecting voices: Dilemmas of gender, Political Philosophy, and policy. Princeton University Press.Young, I. M. (2005). On female body experience: “Throwing like a girl” and other essays. Oxford University Press.Young, I. M. (2010). Global challenges: War, self determination and responsibility for Justice. Polity.Young, I. M. (2010). Inclusion and democracy. Oxford University Press.

What are John’s assumptions in making this decision?

The Case of the Poorly Written ManualJohn Howard was shaking his head as he left the meeting with his boss, Joe French. Joe was right; the new technical manual wassimply not up to the company’s standards. Yes, he had told Joe that there were threenew people in the test group, but that was no excuse. The three apparently weresimply not capable writers; they might be capable product engineers, but their writing was terrible. John called the training department and asked for Susan Harris. CouldSusan schedule his three new employees in her next technical writing course?1. What are John’s assumptions in making this decision?2. Is this an appropriate approach to solving his problem?

Use a Monte Carlo simulation to perform a sensitivity analysis of the probabilities of the payoff.

 

Congressman Ned Froemer has approached you with an offer. He would like for you to create a compelling script and produce a YouTube video featuring a doctor (or at least an actor that can play one convincingly), supporting his claim that having health insurance shortens one’s life expectancy by up to 10 years. The premise being, going to the doctor is a sure way to get misdiagnosed, sent to a hospital and contracting an antibiotic resistant strain of pneumonia. He is hoping this video will go viral (so to speak) and torpedo the opposition who thinks health insurance for everyone is a good idea. Your cost to hire the actor and rent a chair, desk and books to create a medical-office looking set is $1,000. Congressman Froemer tells you that if you get this done in one week, he’ll pay you $6,000. If you get it done in three days, even better; he’ll pay $11,000, but if it takes longer than a week it’s no good because, by then, the opposition will have mobilized a team of real doctors (or better actors) to refute his claim, and he won’t pay you one red cent. You’ve never undertaken a project like this before but your guess is that the chances of each outcome (profit of $5,000, $10,000 or -$1,000) are the same (1/3). Before you decide to take on this project you would like would like to conduct a sensitivity analysis looking at what happens if each probability could range from 0 to ½.

1. Use a Monte Carlo simulation to perform a sensitivity analysis of the probabilities of the payoff.

2. Suppose you would like to choose each of the three probabilities from a uniform distribution between 0 and 1. Can you incorporate this information into your simulation? If so, how? If not, explain why not, or what additional information you would need.

write a two-page paper focusing on one of the topics below: · Chapter 5: At the Bargaining Table · Chapter 7: Wage Issues Under Collective Bargaining

 

Q unit VII

For this assignment, you will write a two-page paper focusing on one of the topics below:

· Chapter 5: At the Bargaining Table

· Chapter 7: Wage Issues Under Collective Bargaining

· Chapter 9: Institutional Issues Under Collective Bargaining

Your paper will need a set of hypotheses (your assumptions on these topics and questions you have) that will be stated in the introduction and opening section. You will need to address those questions in your research. The final section of your paper will be a conclusion section with your thoughts and whether your assumptions and questions stated in the hypotheses were correct or changed, and why. Be sure these papers are in APA format and have at least four references listed that are current

 

 

 

 

 

What is more relevant in decision making: book value or market value? Why?

 

This extra credit assignment looks at a real world example of financial statements filed by companies with SEC.

 

For students with first names starting from A-H => use KO

For students with first names starting from I-R => use AAPL

For students with first names starting from S-Z => use NKE

 

Based on your first name, find the balance sheet and notes to the financial statements in the most recent FORM 10-K for your publicly traded company. The Form 10-K can be located by going to the home page of the Securities and Exchange Commission (www.sec.gov). Then under ‘Filings”, select “Company Filings Search” and then under “Fast Search”, enter the Ticker Symbol of your company. Get the most recent Form 10-K filed by clicking on “Interactive Data”.

 

Answer the following questions (you must also post the link to your company files along with your answers in the Assignment Dropbox):

 

1.      Balance Sheet:

 

a.       What current assets are included in the balance sheet?

 

b.      What current liabilities are included in the balance sheet?

 

c.       Does the company have long-term debt? How much?

 

d.      What is the book value of equity?

 

2.      Accounting Policies:

 

a.       What method does the company use to value inventory?

 

b.      What depreciation method does the company use?

 

3.      Market Value of Equity:

 

a.       What is the market value of equity? Market Value of Equity = shares outstanding times share price. You can get this information from finance.yahoo.com website.

Enter your company ticker symbol in the Quote Lookup Box. For share price, use the “Prev Close” number and also state the date on which you obtained this data.

 

What is more relevant in decision making: book value or market value? Why?

Compare and contrast the reasons for increasing demands on the healthcare systems in Japan and the United States.

 

Japan national health insurance provides universal access for the country’s citizens. Henke, Kadonga, and Kanzler (2009) reported that the citizens of Japan “are historically among the world’s healthiest, living longer than those of any other country. Infant mortality rates are low, and Japan scores well on public-health metrics while consistently spending less on health care than most other developed countries do” (para.1). Research indicates, however, that the health system is straining to provide services to everyone who needs care.

Henke, N., Kadonaga, S., & Kanzler, L. (2009). Improving Japan’s health care system. The McKinsey Quarterly,2, 54–63.

Read the information provided in “Health Care in Four Nations” in the textbook, the article by Henke, Kadonga, and Kanzler (2009), and additional research that you find about Japan’s healthcare system. Then answer the questions below.

  1. Compare and contrast the reasons for increasing demands on the healthcare systems in Japan and the United States.
  2. Compare and contrast the factors contributing to Japan’s projected rise in health care spending with to the reasons health care costs are rising in the United States.
  3. Compare the availability of hospital beds in Japan with the availability of hospital beds in the United States.
  4. Compare and contrast the quality of care standards found in the United States with the quality of care standards utilized in Japan.

Write your report in a 3–4-page Word document formatted in APA style.

Name your document as: LastnameFirstInitial_W5_A2.doc.
For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SmithJ_W5_A2.doc.