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Create a management performance plan

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Deliverable Length: 2 – 3 pages plus References, No abstract, Conclusion, Three References

This is based on the: Strategic Plan of Albany Health Care Center
Complete the following portions of your strategic plan:
Create a management performance plan that includes the following information:
• Define a management performance plan that links action plans to the following issues: 
o Motivation
o Empowerment
o Training
o Coproduction with patients and families 
Create and employee hiring/training/retention plan that includes the following information:
• Define an employee hiring/training/retention plan that links action plans to the following issues: 
o Motivation
o Empowerment
o Training
o Coproduction with patients and families 
Identify how your action plans are linked to the following within your organization:
• Vision statement
• Mission statement
• Service strategy
	

general business data bank

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 1. Define the organizational task environment.
List the four things this environment includes that could influence an
organization.



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 2. Name the six dimensions of the general
environment and describe each dimension.



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 3. Briefly describe the task environment and its
four primary sectors.



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 4. What are the three basic strategies for
dealing with increased uncertainty with respect to customers, competitors,
suppliers, or government regulations?



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 5. Based on the model in the text, discuss the
relationship between external environmental characteristics and uncertainty.



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 6. Discuss the different levels of culture.



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 7. List the four categories of culture and
describe what kind of environments each fit best in.



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 8. Briefly discuss the two key areas that
cultural leaders influence culture.

	

Paper – Factors Influencing Middle Class Delinquency

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Discuss your position on which factors you feel play a greater role pertaining to middle-class delinquency and its relation to gangs.
Instructions:
A minimum of two references need to be used in the development of your answer. APA in text citations and format
	

Network Case Questions

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Take a look at Case Project 8-1: XelPharm Healthcare. Read through the
scenario and answer the questions posed. Keep below two pages. 

Case 8-1 Your employer, XelPharm, is a large manufacturer and distributor of generic, over- the-counter healthcare products. Its main campus consists of three buildings within two blocks of each other. Each building houses approximately 200 employees, including those in the following departments: Administration, Accounting, Research, Legal, Quality Control, Order Fulfillment, and Production. In addition, XelPharm owns a large distribution warehouse approximately 4 miles away from the headquarters. Until now, its networks have relied entirely on wired connections. The company’s CIO (chief information officer) decided long ago that he would wait until wireless technology “settled down” before investing in it. What can you tell him about the wireless standards that might convince him that now is the time to adopt wireless technology? Also, what can you tell him to convince him that wireless networking could improve the company’s productivity? Which employees could make best use of wireless connections and how? In what type of situations would all employees benefit from wireless networking?
	

The key ingredient-the crucial element-to avoiding the failure of a new business is

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1. The key ingredient-the crucial element-to avoiding the failure of a new business is: (Points : 1) 
the business plan.
knowing the business.
technical expertise regarding the product.
differentiating the business and product from the competition.

2. More businesses fail because of ________________ than for any other reason. (Points : 1) 
incompetent management
theft by employees
insufficient capital
poor choice of location

3. One key to success with a business startup is to begin with enough ________________: (Points : 1) 
capital
sales
accounts payable
suppliers

4. An effective strategic plan does which of the following? (Points : 1) 
Identifies a complete set of success factors-financial, operating, and marketing, that yield a competitive advantage for the company.
Focuses on one generic strategy to the exclusion of all other strategies.
Always seeks a high profile in the specific markets chosen.
Is always cost based.

5. The strategic planning process for small businesses is: (Points : 1) 
market-focused.
the same as it is for a large company.
generally done by top management with little or no participation by employees.
product-focused and similar to that for large companies.

6. The primary output of the strategic management process should be a(n): (Points : 1) 
matching of its strengths and weaknesses to the opportunities and threats in the environment.
enticement to outside investors and lenders to put money into the business.
complete explanation of the company's product or service.
description of the company's competitive situation.

7. The strategic management process: (Points : 1) 
is especially difficult for the small business because of its limited resources.
divides mass markets into smaller, less homogeneous units.
provides the small business owner with the tools for managing the uncontrollable elements in the external business environment.
helps a small business develop the game plan that guides it in creating its mission, vision, goals, and objectives.

8. A significant advantage a franchisee has over the independent small business owner is participation in the franchiser's __________. (Points : 1) 
centralized and large-volume buying power
social gatherings
profits
policies

9. The success of franchising is largely due to: (Points : 1) 
the economic growth of the United States and other developed nations, economies.
more college students choosing to go to work for themselves rather than for corporations.
the mutual benefits it provides to the franchiser and franchisee.
All of these factors

10. __________ franchising involves providing the franchisee with a complete business system--the established name, the building layout and design, accounting systems, etc. (Points : 1) 
Product distribution
Trade name
Pure
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MCQs – The goal of the firm should be

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1) The goal of the firm should be.
A. maximization of profits 
B. maximization of shareholder wealth 
C. maximization of consumer satisfaction 
D. maximization of sales
2) An example of a primary market transaction is
A. a new issue of common stock by AT&T 
B. a sale of some outstanding common stock of AT&T 
C. AT&T repurchasing its own stock from a stockholder 
D. one stockholder selling shares of common stock to another individual
3) According to the agency problem, _________ represent the principals of a corporation.
A. shareholders 
B. managers
C. employees 
D. suppliers
4) Which of the following is a principle of basic financial management?
A. Risk/return tradeoff 
B. Derivatives 
C. Stock warrants 
D. Profit is king
5) Another name for the acid test ratio is the
A. current ratio 
B. quick ratio 
C. inventory turnover ratio 
D. average collection period
6) The accounting rate of return on stockholders’ investments is measured by
A. return on assets 
B. return on equity 
C. operating income return on investment 
D. realized rate of inflation
7) If you are an investor, which of the following would you prefer?
A. Earnings on funds invested compound annually 
B. Earnings on funds invested compound daily 
C. Earnings on funds invested would compound monthly 
D. Earnings on funds invested would compound quarterly
8) The primary purpose of a cash budget is to
A. determine the level of investment in current and fixed assets 
B. determine accounts payable 
C. provide a detailed plan of future cash flows 
D. determine the estimated income tax for the year
9) Which of the following is a non-cash expense?
A. Depreciation expenses 
B. Interest expense 
C. Packaging costs 
D. Administrative salaries
10) The break-even model enables the manager of a firm to
A. calculate the minimum price of common stock for certain situations 
B. set appropriate equilibrium thresholds 
C. determine the quantity of output that must be sold to cover all operating costs 
D. determine the optimal amount of debt financing to use
11) A zero-coupon bond
A. pays no interest 
B. pays interest at a rate less than the market rate 
C. is a junk bond 
D. is sold at a deep discount at less than the par value
12) If you have $20,000 in an account earning 8% annually, what constant amount could you withdraw each year and have nothing remaining at the end of 5 years?
A. $3,525.62 
B. $5,008.76 
C. $3,408.88 
D. $2,465.78
13) At what rate must $400 be compounded annually for it to grow to $716.40 in 10 years?
A. 6% 
B. 5% 
C. 7% 
D. 8%
14) The present value of a single future sum
A. increases as the number of discount periods increase 
B. is generally larger than the future sum 
C. depends upon the number of discount periods 
D. increases as the discount rate increases
15) Which of the following is considered to be a spontaneous source of financing?
A. Operating leases 
B. Accounts receivable 
C. Inventory 
D. Accounts payable
16) Compute the payback period for a project with the following cash flows, if the company’s discount rate is 12%.
Initial outlay = $450
Cash flows:
Year 1 = $325 
Year 2 = $65
Year 3 = $100
A. 3.43 years 
B. 3.17 years 
C. 2.88 years 
D. 2.6 years
17) For the NPV criteria, a project is acceptable if the NPV is __________, while for the profitability index, a project is acceptable if the profitability index is __________.
A. less than zero, greater than the required return 
B. greater than zero, greater than one 
C. greater than one, greater than zero 
D. greater than zero, less than one
18) Which of the following is considered to be a deficiency of the IRR?
A. It fails to properly rank capital projects. 
B. It could produce more than one rate of return. 
C. It fails to utilize the time value of money. 
D. It is not useful in accounting for risk in capital budgeting.
19) The firm should accept independent projects if
A. the payback is less than the IRR 
B. the profitability index is greater than 1.0 
C. the IRR is positive 
D. the NPV is greater than the discounted payback
20) The most expensive source of capital is
A. preferred stock 
B. new common stock 
C. debt 
D. retained earnings
21) The cost associated with each additional dollar of financing for investment projects is
A. the incremental return 
B. the marginal cost of capital 
C. risk-free rate 
D. beta
22) The XYZ Company is planning a $50 million expansion. The expansion is to be financed by selling $20 million in new debt and $30 million in new common stock. The before-tax required rate of return on debt is 9%, and the required rate of return on equity is 14%. If the company is in the 40% tax bracket, what is the marginal cost of capital? 
A. 14.0% 
B. 9.0% 
C. 10.6% 
D. 11.5%
23) Shawhan Supply plans to maintain its optimal capital structure of 30% debt, 20% preferred stock, and 50% common stock far into the future. The required return on each component is: debt–10%; preferred stock–11%; and common stock–18%. Assuming a 40% marginal tax rate, what after-tax rate of return must Shawhan Supply earn on its investments if the value of the firm is to remain unchanged? 
A. 18.0% 
B. 13.0% 
C. 10.0% 
D. 14.2%
24) Lever Brothers has a debt ratio (debt to assets) of 40%. Management is wondering if its current capital structure is too conservative. Lever Brothers’ present EBIT is $3 million, and profits available to common shareholders are $1,560,000, with 342,857 shares of common stock outstanding. If the firm were to instead have a debt ratio of 60%, additional interest expense would cause profits available to stockholders to decline to $1,440,000, but only 228,571 common shares would be outstanding. What is the difference in EPS at a debt ratio of 60% versus 40%?
A. $1.75 
B. $2.00 
C. $3.25 
D. $4.50
25) Zybeck Corp. projects operating income of $4 million next year. The firm’s income tax rate is 40%. Zybeck presently has 750,000 shares of common stock which have a market value of $10 per share, no preferred stock, and no debt. The firm is considering two alternatives to finance a new product: (a) the issuance of $6 million of 10% bonds, or (b) the issuance of 60,000 new shares of common stock. If Zybeck issues common stock this year, what will be the projected EPS next year?
A. $4.94 
B. $2.96 
C. $5.33 
D. $3.20
26) _________ risk is generally considered only a paper gain or loss.
A. Transaction 
B. Translation 
C. Economic 
D. Financial
27) Capital markets in foreign countries
A. offer lower returns than those obtainable in the domestic capital markets 
B. provide international diversification 
C. in general are becoming less integrated due to the widespread availability of interest rate and currency swaps 
D. have been getting smaller in the past decade
28) Buying and selling in more than one market to make a riskless profit is called
A. profit maximization 
B. arbitrage 
C. international trading 
D. an efficient market
29) What keeps foreign exchange quotes in two different countries in line with each other?
A. Cross rates 
B. Forward rates 
C. Arbitrage 
D. Spot rates
30) One reason for international investment is to reduce
A. portfolio risk 
B. price-earnings (P/E) ratios 
C. advantages in a foreign country 
D. exchange rate risk..
	

1.How do you factor the difference of two squares?

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How do you factor the difference of two squares?
How do you factor the perfect square trinomial?
How do you factor the sum and difference of two cubes?
Which of these three makes the most sense to you? Explain why.
What one area from the readings in Week Three are you most comfortable with? Why do you think that is? Using what you know about this area, create a discussion question that would trigger a discussion—that is, so there is no single correct answer to the question.
	

Business MCQs Test Bank

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24) Which of the following statements about leadership is true?
A. leaders are managers.
B. leaders are hierarchically superior to followers.
C. managers are leaders.
D. Nonsanctioned leadership is as important as or more important than formal influence.
E. Formal rights enable managers to lead effectively.
25) Danielle wants to become a surgeon, not only because achieving this goal will give her self-respect and autonomy, but also because she wants a job with high status and recognition from others. Which of Maslow’s needs is Danielle trying to fill?
A. self-actualization
B. psychological
C. esteem
D. safety
E. social
26) Which level of Maslow’s hierarchy of needs deals with satisfying one’s hunger, thirst, and need for sex?
A. safety
B. esteem
C. social
D. psychological
E. physiological
27) Which of the following statements best defines a work group?
A. The performance of a work group is generally greater than the sum of its inputs from individual members.
B. A work group consists of 3 or more people from across departmental or functional lines.
C. A work group consists of 3 or more people who take on self-supervising responsibilities.
D. A work group is a group comprised of 10 or more people
E. A work group interacts primarily to share information, rather than to engage in work that requires joint effort.
28) Negotiation can be defined as a process in which two or more parties exchange goods or services and attempt to agree upon _____.
A. the exchange rate for those goods and services
B. effective arbitrators for disputes
C. a model of the negotiation process for resolving differences
D. the monetary value of the exchanged items
E. acceptable bargaining strategies for obtaining the goods and services
29) The traditional view of conflict is the belief that conflict is _____.
A. harmful
B. situationally-dependent
C. necessary
D. neutral
E. natural
30) John Kotter’s view argues that management focuses on coping with complexity, whereas leadership focuses on coping with _____.
A. conflict
B. morale
C. defeat
D. change
E. success
31) Examples of on-the-job training include all of the following except _____.
A. job rotation
B. understudy assignments
C. simulation centers
D. formal mentoring programs
E. apprenticeship
32) Training employees how to be better listeners falls under which of the following training categories?
A. ethical skills
B. interpersonal skills
C. problem-solving skills
D. cultural skills
E. technical skills
33) _____ can be used to increase the perception that employees are treated fairly.
A. Selective evaluation
B. Documenting with a journal
C. Multiple raters
D. Focusing on subjective evaluations
E. Due process
34) Which of the following has proven to be a particularly good predictor for jobs that require cognitive complexity?
A. intelligence tests
B. work sampling
C. integrity evaluations
D. aptitude tests
E. behavioral assessment
35) Which type of skill training has become increasingly important in organizations?
A. financial
B. problem solving
C. technical
D. interpersonal
E. social
36) Investors bragged about their investing expertise during the stock market rally between 1996 and early 2000, then blamed analysts, brokers, and the Federal Reserve when the market imploded in 2000. These investors were most probably guilty of what?
A. fundamental attribution error
B. the halo effect
C. self-serving bias
D. distinctiveness
E. selective perception
37) The “realistic” personality from Holland’s typology of personality and congruent occupations would be well suited for which of the following jobs?
A. painter
B. mechanic
C. accountant
D. lawyer
E. biologist
38) An example of change in the nature of the work force is an increase in_____.
A. college attendance
B. capital equipment
C. mergers and consolidations
D. divorce rates
E. more cultural diversity
39) Whenever Jane is successful she takes full credit for what has happened, but whenever she is unsuccessful she attributes her failure to bad luck or blames one of her fellow employees. She is guilty of _____.
A. fundamental attribution error
B. the halo effect
C. attribution bias
D. distinctiveness
E. self-serving bias

40) A task that is subdivided into many separate jobs is considered to have _____.
A. a high degree of departmentalization
B. a high degree of work specialization
C. a low degree of decentralization
D. a low degree of structure
E. a high degree of matrix structuring
41) Which of the following would NOT be classified as a time-series technique?
A. simple moving average
B. box Jenkins technique
C. exponential smoothing
D. regression model
E. trend projections
42) According to David Maister, the most complex projects requiring innovation and creativity are called _________.
A. “procedures” projects
B. “gray hair” projects
C. “brain surgery” projects
D. “grinding” projects
43) Which of the following statements are true about time-series forecasting?
A. Time series analysis is based on the idea that the history of occurrences over time can be used to predict the future.
B. Time series analysis tries to understand the system underlying and surrounding the item being forecast.
C. Under time-series methods, demand is divided into the time-based components such as daily, weekly, etc.
D. Time series methods are useful for long-range forecasts when the demand pattern is erratic

44) According to Goldratt and Fox, a useful performance measure to treat inventory is ______.
A. inventory turnover
B. current ratio
C. quick ratio
D. dollar days
45) The ______ the percentage of contact time between the service system and the customer, the ________ the degree of interaction between the two during the production process.
A. greater, lesser
B. none of these answers
C. lesser, greater
D. greater, greater
46) __________ says to look for opportunities to invest in positive-NPV projects in foreign markets or to develop derivatives or design arrangements that enable firms to cope better with the risks they face in their foreign operations.
A. The Principle of Risk-Return Trade-off
B. The Principle of Valuable Ideas
C. The Principle of Diversification
D. The Principle of Capital Market Efficiency
47) A checking account is __________.
A. a place to “collect” money between inflows and outflows
B. an account that acts like a reservoir
C. useful because you can add money in any amount
D. all of these
48) __________ says to recognize the value of hidden options in a situation, such as the foreign exchange options in some derivative instruments.
A. The Options Principle
B. The Time Value of Money Principle
C. The Principle of Comparative Advantage
D. The Principle of Two-Sided Transactions
49) Which of the following statements is true?
A. The Principle of Incremental Benefits says to consider the possible ways to minimize the value lost to capital market imperfections, such as asymmetric taxes, asymmetric information, and transaction costs.
B. The Principle of Valuable Ideas suggests to look for opportunities to create value by issuing securities that are in short supply, perhaps resulting from changes in tax law.
C. The Time Value of Money Principle advises to include any time-value-of-money tax benefits from capital structure choices.
D. all of these

50) Due to asymmetric information, the market fears that a firm issuing securities will do so when the stock is _________.
A. undervalued
B. being sold by insiders
C. overvalued
D. caught up in a bear market
51) __________ says to seek out investments that offer the greatest expected risk-adjusted real return.
A. The Principle of Incremental Benefits
B. The Principle of Valuable Ideas
C. The Signaling Principle
D. The Principle of Self-Interested Behavior
52) An all-equity-financed firm would __________.
A. not pay any income taxes because interest would exactly offset its taxable income.
B. pay corporate income taxes if its taxable income is positive
C. pay corporate income taxes because it would have interest expense.
D. not pay corporate income taxes because it would have no interest expense.
53) “Hard” capital rationing refers to the rationing __________.
A. imposed by external factors
B. always imposed by debt holders
C. imposed internally by the shareholders
D. always imposed by competitors
54) An investor's risky portfolio is made up of individual stocks. Which of the following statements about this portfolio is true?
A. Each stock in the portfolio has its own beta.
B. Each stock in the portfolio will have a beta greater than one.
C. Selling any stock in this portfolio will lower the beta of the portfolio.
D. An investor cannot change the risk of this portfolio by her choice about personal leverage (lending or borrowing).
55) Under capital rationing, given the choice among several equally attractive investments, the best tool to use is the __________.
A. Internal Rate of Return method
B. Net Present Value method
C. Payback method
D. Profitability Index method
	

Assignment 1- Crime Scene Investigation – Week 3

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Assignment 1: Crime Scene Investigation

Due Week 3 and worth 160 points

Preliminary investigations do not necessarily yield enough information to prosecute a criminal case. Despite a thorough preliminary investigation, many cases require a follow - up investigation. Use your textbook, the Internet, and / or Strayer Library to research articles on crime scene investigation.

Write a three to four (3-4) page paper in which you:

1. Assemble a set of guidelines on conducting preliminary investigation for a criminal case.

2. Propose one (1) strategy that criminal investigators should take in order to conduct an efficient follow-up investigation. Provide a rationale to support your response.

3. Select two major crimes (e.g. sudden deaths, sex related crimes) and compare and contrast the key differences in reporting the two major crimes that you selected.

4. Determine the three (3) most important characteristics of an effective criminal investigator and discuss the importance of each characteristic you determined.

5. Support or critique the argument that the criminal investigation process should maintain the balance regarding freedom of information through media outlets and privacy rights of alleged perpetrators of crime. Provide a rationale to support your response.

6. Use at least two (2) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar type Websites do not qualify as academic resources.	

HRM593 WK6 assignment

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After viewing the FLSA tutorial located in this week's lecture, complete the reading and review the lecture notes in conjunction with the TCO. Address the following statements relating to FLSA.
Determine whether or not the employee has a potential FLSA claim.
Explain the legal basis for your conclusion.
From an HR perspective, list, explain, and analyze five things that an employer can do to ensure compliance with FLSA and avoid claims.
Your assignment should be between 500-750 words. You must also properly cite your sources using APA format.