What makes identifying customers difficult in this industry? How would the industry approach identifying its end users? 

Refer to Chapter 4: Think about 3 types of companies or industriesy you have patronized or know (use different examples from the textbook).   How can a company identify customers when those customers don’t talk to its representatives very often, if at all—at least not individually?

 

  • Industry 1: What makes identifying customers difficult in this industry? How would the industry approach identifying its end users?
  • Industry 2: What makes identifying customers difficult in this industry? How would the industry approach identifying its end users?
  • Industry 3: What makes identifying customers difficult in this industry? How would the industry approach identifying its end use.
Describe the purpose and function of financial management in an organization

Competency

In this project, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following competency:

  • Describe the purpose and function of financial management in an organization

Scenario

You’ve been an entry-level financial analyst for six months. Your supervisor plans to fill another entry-level financial analyst position on your team. Your supervisor has asked you to create a job aid about the financial analyst role. The purpose of the job aid is to help the new hire move smoothly into the role. The job aid must describe the responsibilities of a financial analyst. It must also describe the impact the role has on a business.

Directions

Create a job aid for a new hire to an entry-level financial analyst position. Your job aid should be thorough. But it should also be easy to understand for someone new to the field of finance. You’ll use the Project One Financial Analyst Job Aid template (linked in the What to Submit section) to complete this assignment.

In your job aid, you’ll give a general overview of financial management and its importance to a business. Specifically, you must address the following:

  1. Financial Responsibilities: Describe the responsibilities of a financial analyst.
    1. Write five to seven bullet points outlining the responsibilities a financial analyst has. Use complete sentences.
  2. Financial Management Decisions: Discuss the importance of analyzing and managing finances to help make business decisions. Give examples to support your claims.
    1. Consider the bullet points you outlined in the previous section. Then write a brief paragraph that answers the following questions. Use examples to support your claims.
      1. How do those responsibilities help inform management decisions?
      2. What would happen if management didn’t have this information?
  3. Accounting Principles: Explain how to use accounting principles to analyze a business’s financial health. Give examples to support your claims.
    1. Write a brief paragraph that explains how financial analysts use accounting principles to analyze a business’s financial health. In your paragraph, also answer the following questions:
      1. What accounting information do financial analysts use?
      2. What would happen if that information was not available or was not accurate?
  4. Financial Statements: Describe how to use financial statements to help businesses make finance-related decisions. Give examples to support your claims.
    1. Think about how financial analysts identify the information contained in financial statements. Then write a brief paragraph that answers the following questions. Use examples to support your claims.
      1. What do financial analysts need to do their job?
      2. What types of finance-related business decisions would this information help businesses to make?
  5. Financial Terminology: Explain how a financial analyst uses key financial terms every day. Make sure your response is clear and easy to understand.
    1. Define each term listed below. Then, for each term, write one or two sentences showing how a financial analyst might use the term. In your response, imagine the analyst is communicating with management, helping them make an important decision.
      1. Financial statement
      2. Liquidity
      3. Working capital
      4. Diversification
      5. Time value of money
Is the human mind only physical?  
 
Mind-Body Essay Assignment 

Now that you have successfully read and analyzed the arguments surrounding the mind/body problem,  you are now ready to bring everything you have learned together in a short essay. The purpose of the Week 6 Essay Assignment is to give you an opportunity to demonstrate your analytical abilities using the knowledge you have gained over the last four weeks:. For this essay, you don’t need to conduct any “research” in the library or on the Internet . Everything you need to know to complete this essay is already in this course.

Technical requirements of the Mind-Body Essay Assignment:

· 4-5 pages 1000-1250 words  (more is ok, less is not)

· Submit a Microsoft .docx (not .pages or .pdf)

· Double Spaced, 12pt Times New Roman font, 1” right and left margins

The purpose of the Mind-Body Essay Assignment: 

· To give you experience closely analyzing a philosophical problem that we have been studying

· To give you experience synthesizing the ideas and arguments we have been studying into a cohesive argument

· To demonstrate that you can accurately summarize, describe or paraphrase the ideas and arguments we have been studying

In your essay, address the following philosophical question(s) analytically: 

 

Is the human mind only physical?
What is/are the race(s) of this population within the community?

In this module, you will complete a full assessment of your own community ( I live in Johns Creek which is in Fulton county, Georgia). You may build upon this assessment in Community Health II by planning, implementing and evaluating a project within your community designed to address primary prevention of an identified health concern.

Please log and account your activities for 14 hours. For ex: 4 hours –“I was talking with the community people” – just come up with something.

Module 8

Assignment Description:

Your submission should be a minimum of 2000 words (maximum 2500 words) in length and should completely answer the proposed questions/items as listed under. You should have a minimum of four (4) references. APA formatting is required and all responses should be combined into a single document for submission. Use the rubric as a guide for the evaluation method of the project.

Practice hours relate to time spent on activities for your Community Assessment. You should have 12 hours logged and accounted for. Ensure all hours are accounted for correctly in order to meet these requirements.

I live in Johns Creek which is in Fulton county, Georgia.

Include an introduction and conclusion

Defining the Community

Your community can be any geographically defined county, city, or town. Clearly delineate the following dimensions before starting the process of community assessment:

· Describe the population that is being assessed?

· What is/are the race(s) of this population within the community? – Predominantly African American.

· Are there boundaries of this group? If so, what are they?

· Does this community exist within a certain city or county?

· Are there general characteristics that separate this group from others?

· Education levels, birth/death rates, age of deaths, insured/uninsured?

· Where is this group located geographically…? Urban/rural?

· Why is a community assessment being performed? What purpose will it serve?

· How will information for the community assessment be collected?

Is Panpsychism plausible? If you think panpsychism is plausible, which arguments of Chalmers and Nagel seem most effective to you.

One (1) “Original Post” addressing one of the three question choices. Minimum of 250 words.. Your Original Post must answer the question fully in all its parts and address possible objections to your reasoning. You must also connect your Original Post to the course by having at least one full sentence quote and citation from one of the Required Readings of the week. The quote should be word for word and contained inside quotation marks and then followed by an inline citation. Once you quote something or even reword something you did not originally write then you need to have it in a reference section at the end of the post (again in MLA format). Please refer to the following resources for help on MLA citation.

· MLA Citation:  http://sites.umgc.edu/library/libhow/mla_tutorial.cfm 

· MLA Citation Examples:  http://sites.umgc.edu/library/libhow/mla_examples.cfm 

 

DISCUSSION QUESTION CHOICE #1: Nagel on panpsychism. Pick one particular argument by Thomas Nagel for panpsychism in Reading 6.1. and argue whether you agree or disagree with it. Use your own knowledge, experiences and judgments to make your argument. Make sure to address possible objections to your reasoning.

DISCUSSION QUESTION CHOICE #2:  Chalmers on panpsychism. Pick one particular argument by David Chalmers for panpsychism in Reading 6.2. and argue whether you agree or disagree with it.  Use your own knowledge, experiences and judgments to make your argument. Make sure to address possible objections to your reasoning.

DISCUSSION QUESTION CHOICE #3:  Is Panpsychism plausible? If you think panpsychism is plausible, which arguments of Chalmers and Nagel seem most effective to you. If you don’t think panpsychism is plausible, what are some counterarguments to Chalmer’s and Nagel’s arguments? Use your own knowledge, experiences and judgments to make your argument. Make sure to address possible objections to your reasoning.

 

Supplemental Online Readings

(1)  Goff, Philip, et al. “Panpsychism.”  Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. plato.stanford.edu (2017) 

This article contains the most up to date views on panpsychism after Chalmer’s 2015 article.

(2)  Moore, Thomas. “Panpsychism.” The Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 11. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1911. 2 Dec. 2021

An early 20th century view of panpsychism.

(3) Skrbina, David, “Panpsychism.” Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy. iep.utm.edu (2021)

Another introduction to panpsychism that clarifies some issues that the Goff article above doesn’t

Explain the differences between systematic and unsystematic risk.

People should understand the impact of different types of risk on financial health, whether they’re dealing with personal or corporate finances. The risks for personal finance often only affect individuals and families. These risks come up, for example, when deciding whether you can afford to buy a house or invest in stocks. Financial risks for businesses often affect multiple people throughout the entire company. This includes individuals who do not work in the finance department. When businesses make finance-related decisions, it’s important that they know how their decisions affect all parts of their company.

Prompt

Read the Assessing a Company’s Future Financial Health case study. Then write a response.

Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:

  • Systematic and Unsystematic Risk: Explain the differences between systematic and unsystematic risk.
  • Financial Risks: Describe the potential impacts of the following types of financial risk on the company featured in the case study:
    • Interest rate risk
    • Economic risk
    • Credit risk
    • Operational risk
  • Lower Growth Impact: Explain the impact that a lower growth in sales could have on the dividend policy and retained earnings for the company described in the case study.
  • Higher Growth Impact: Explain the impact that a higher growth in sales could have on the dividend policy and retained earnings for the company described in the case study.

What to Submit

Your submission should be a 2- to 3-page Word document with 12-point Times New Roman font, double spacing, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style.

Compare and contrast PPP and the Fisher effect.

Purchasing power parity (PPP) and the Fisher effect are two different theories used in calculating exchange rates. As you have learned this week, these are used internationally to evaluate and compare different countries’ financial status. Consider how these two theories influence international finance.

With these thoughts in mind, address the following:

  • Compare and contrast PPP and the Fisher effect.
  • Explain whether you think that the PPP or the Fisher effect has the greatest impact on international finance. Support your response using this week’s Learning Resources.

By Day 4

Post a brief statement.