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Diversity in Bank industries / Psychology

 

Diversity/ Psychology
BANKS Industries continues to work on bridging cultural gaps as it embraces the diversity that resulted from its merger. You have been asked to develop a new diversity policy and training series for your team to help employees recognize the impact of diversity in the workplace. Using the module readings, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, respond to the following: •Design a presentation that you will use to present your training plans to your supervisor and the HR department. •Include a definition of diversity, a description of the cultural issues you intend to cover, strategies you will use to convey the message, and the outcomes you expect. Be sure to include the following in your presentation: •A title slide •A reference slide •Headings for every slide •Notes to support the content on each slide Develop a 7–10-slide presentation in PowerPoint format, not including the title and reference slides. You may reference the reading by Hofstede (2009) as a catalyst for your presentation; however, required readings serve only as a foundation for your presentation. Support the presentation with original research and citations. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M2_A2.ppt. By Wednesday, September 13, 2017, deliver your assignment to the M2: Assignment 2 Dropbox. Hofstede, G. (2009). Geert Hofstede cultural dimensions. Retrieved from http://www.clearlycultural.com/geert-hofstede-cultural-dimensions/

Budget Preparation/Mathematics

 

Budget Preparation/Mathematics

Budget preparation

 

Budgeting

 

As indicated on the VLE

Learning Objectives for Course.

1. Develop quantitative skills necessary to read, interpret and

perform the calculations for the accounting reports involved in cost control and profit planning.

2. Evaluate and identify financial strengths and weaknesses of a business through appropriate conceptual analysis.

3. Analyse information and knowledge effectively in order to develop meaning to solve complex problems and make decisions

Guidelines for assignment This is an individual assignment

Ground your answer in relevant theory

Plagiarism and reproduction of someone else’s work as your own will be penalized

Make use of references, where appropriate – Use Harvard or APA referencing method.

Late submission are not accepted

Structural elements should include an introduction, main body, and a conclusion

Weight – 50%

Word count guidance : question 1 1000, question 2 n/a

Type of assignment: Excel Assessed Work Folder and Business Report

Start / Finish : Week 5 – 6

Learning Outcome Assessed: 3,4

Question 1 – Planning and Control

Write an essay of 1000 words demonstrating your conceptual

understanding of the following questions.

1. Is budgeting used primarily for scorekeeping, attention,

directing or problem solving?

2. How do strategic planning, long range planning and budgeting differ?

3. Why is budgeted performance better than past performance

as a basis for judging actual results?

4. What are the major benefits of budgeting?

5. Is budgeting an unnecessary burden for day to day problems?

Explain your answer.

6. Why is the sales forecast the starting point for budgeting?

7. How do Spreadsheets aid the application of sensitivity analysis?

Question 2 – Budget Preparation – Intellectual and Practical Skills

Application of learning:

Prepare the following budgets for the 6 months ending 30

September 2014. You are required to use Excel spreadsheets,

which can be copied into word once you finish, should you wish.

A template is available for you to use as a basis.

a) Sales budget

b) Cash Budget

c) Debtors Budget

d) Creditors Budget

e) Production Cost Budget

f) Raw Materials and finished goods Budget

g) Profit and Loss Account Budget

h) Balance Sheet Budget

Draw conclusions from your budgets and prepare a short

management report using the information below.

Asian Ltd

Balance Sheet as of 31st March 2014

Fixed Assets £ 200,000

Current Assets

Debtors (Feb £20,000, March £28,000) £ 48,000

Stock: Raw Materials £ 18,000

Finished Goods £ 26,000

£ 92,000

Current Liabilities

Creditors (Feb £16,000, March £20,000) -£ 36,000

Bank -£ 6,000

-£ 42,000

Net Current Asset/Working Capital £ 50,000

Net Assets £ 250,000

Finance by:

Share Captial £ 200,000

Profit and Loss £ 50,000

Total Shareholders Equity £ 250,000

Additional Information:

 Fixed Assets are depreciated at 20% straight line method per year.

 Purchases will be £5,000 in April, increasing by £1000 per month and paid 2 months after

purchase.

 Sales in April will be £20,000, increasing by £2,000 per month and paid 2 months in arrears.

 Production costs per unit will be:

 Direct materials £15

 Direct Labour £12

 Production overheads £5

 Direct Labour and production overheads are paid as they are incurred.

 Production units per month are 500 units.

 Sales units in April are 400 units, increasing by 40 units per month.

 Expenses run at £10,000 per month, paid in the month that they are incurred.

Have you ever felt that you have been racially discriminated? If so, did that experience impact your self-esteem or career choice? Please explain in detail.

Racial Discrimination

Field: English

Have you ever felt that you have been racially discriminated? If so, did that experience impact your self-esteem or career choice? Please explain in detail

Managerial Accounting | B6021-P /Business Finance – Accounting

Managerial Accounting | B6021-P /Business Finance – Accounting

Applying Decision-Making Skills

As a manager, part of your role is to develop strategy, and share this strategy with various stakeholders within the organization. This assignment will allow you to take your findings as a manager and communicate these findings to those who are affected.

Your company has been presented with a decision on replacing a piece of equipment for a new computerized version that promotes efficiency for the upcoming year. As manager you will need to decide whether or not the purchase of the new equipment is a worthwhile investment and to communicate your recommendations to Executive Management for a final decision. To be convincing, sufficient support for your recommendations must be provided in order to be considered valid and accepted.

Existing EquipmentOriginal Cost60,000Present Book Value30,000Annual Cash Operating Costs145,000Current Market Value15,000Market Value in Ten Years0Remaining useful Life10 years

Replacement EquipmentCost600,000Annual Cash Operating Costs50,000Market Value in Ten Years0Useful Life10 years

Other InformationCost of Capital10%Payback requirement6 years

In this assignment, use the information above to develop a comprehensive analysis using NPV, Payback Method, and IRR to develop a recommendation on replacing the existing equipment with a new computerized version. Develop an executive summary of your findings in a Microsoft PowerPoint presentation format to present to Executive Management.

Do the following in your presentation:

Include a statement of the problem or topic, a concise analysis of the findings, and a recapitulation of any main conclusions or recommendations.
Be sure to incorporate specific details to highlight or support the summary including calculations.
Using your knowledge of capital budgeting techniques, explain how principles of capital budgeting, such as the payback method, IRR, and NPV, can be used to assess the potential projects and assist in the decision-making process.

Need an Essay On Managerial Communication – Personal Experience

 

Need an Essay On Managerial Communication – Personal Experience

Human Resource Management
compare and contrast the verbal and nonverbal communications of two different meetings (with colleagues at work, classmates at school, family, friends, etc.). In those meetings, analyze the non-verbal communications skills of those present, including your own.

What did you notice?

What nonverbal cues reinforced verbal messages?

Which ones detracted from verbal messages?

What would have enhanced communication?

 

After observing the two meetings, write a 2-3 page- essay that includes the following:

A summary of verbal and nonverbal communication strategies

 

A summary of each of the meetings, the context of each meeting, and your observations

 

An analysis of the effectiveness of verbal and nonverbal communication that addresses the following questions:

What worked well from a communication style?
What did not work well from a communication style?
Was the effectiveness of the style based on the situation and context of the communication (did a verbal or non-verbal communication style work in one setting but not another)?

What is the purpose of the random nonces in ssl handshake

What is the purpose of the random nonces in ssl handshake

Computer Network Security

1.What is the difference between message confidentiality and message integrity? Can
you have confidentiality without integrity? Can you have integrity without
confidentiality? Please be specific and justify your answer.

2.What is the purpose of the random nonces in the SSL handshake?

3.Why must an application gateway work in conjunction with a router filter to be
effective?

4.Using the mono-alphabetic cipher in Figure 8.3 in the textbook, encode the
message “I am a student of MSc IT”. Decode the message “s vk jku uasjf ik”

Mobile technologies and commerce

Task A :

Question: For this assignment, you need to plan, research, and, use your initiative to express the knowledge you learnt in this subject as well as your own independent thinking and reasoning.

Possible topics

Your attention in this paper can be focused on any of the following topics covered in our text:

· Information Management / IT Architecture.

· Database, Data, Warehouse, and Data Mining.

· Networks, Collaboration, and Sustainability.

· CyberSecurity, Compliance, and Business Continuity.

· E-Business & E-Commerce Models and Strategies.

· Mobile Technologies and Commerce.

· Social Media.

· Enterprise Systems and Applications.

· Performance Management Using Data Visualization, Mashups, and Mobile Intelligence.

Approach

Choose a topic which you are interested in and/or which is related to your work. You should do this as early as possible. Once you have chosen a topic, read our text carefully followed by detailed research. Once this is done, you should set up a structure/a series of subtopics and decide what to write under each section (subtopic).

Here is a suggested structure (you don’t have to follow it, but your own structure must be logical):

Abstract: a condensed summary. If someone reads your abstract only, he/she should understand your main points. You may want to write this section last;

Index terms: list the key words used in your paper;

Introduction: introduce the topic you are going to write about. This section must be related to the topics you learnt during the Session. However, you should branch out by carrying out your own research to enhance this section;

Subtopics and supporting argument: write a series of body paragraphs with sub-points;

Conclusion: Many students get confused between the conclusion and the abstract. In the conclusion, you can reflect on how your topic relates to larger issues; evaluate the concepts you have presented; issue a call for action on the part of your audience; ask questions generated by your findings; make predictions, recommend a solution or give a personal statement about the topic.

With your structure in order, you have a skeleton for your paper: you can now begin by writing out your analyses of the passages you have chosen. As you write and revise, you may have the need to add to your analyses or to re-order your chosen arguments. Using a structure as the skeleton for a paper in this way can carry you more than halfway to a completed draft.

Types of papers

Academic papers can be broadly categorized into 2 types:

1. Argumentative Papers;

2. Analytical Papers.

Human Resources Management Roles

The purpose of this assignment is to ensure that you understand the difference between Human Resources Management (HRM)–a “line” manager–and the Human Resources Department (HRD)–a “staff” function. It is important to understand that these functions are different; one provides direction to an organization and the other provides support. As you work on this assignment, consider different components within the role of a human resources manager versus the role of the Human Resources department.

Write a 350- to 700-word paper that includes the following:

• Identify HRM’s role and the human resources department’s role in the health care industry.
  • Consider the major differences between these two functions.
• Describe two of the functional roles of the human resources department in detail.

Cite at least 2 peer-reviewed, scholarly, or similar references.

Country Recommendation/ United Arab Emirates

UNITED ARAB EMIRATES (UAE)

Starting in Module 1, Activity 1.4 when you selected two countries from two different lists you have had to spend some time throughout the course investigating those countries. For this activity, you are to write a brief memo about your A-list country.

You have been asked to provide a preliminary analysis of a potential expansion project in a given country (the country you selected from the A list of countries). At this point, the project is so preliminary the quantitative analysis has yet to begin. Upper management has asked you to provide more of a qualitative document at this time addressing items you have studied in MBAA 653 that could affect the decision. Items to consider are political stability, corruption, transparency, other risks, the growth of the country’s economy, etc. You need to provide a concise case for (or against) a potential project in this country.

This will be presented to very busy people so use a memo format. The total memo length should be two pages maximum. You will lose points if you exceed this limitation. You do not need to a title page. An appendix simpling listing resources and links to those resources is fine (APA IS NOT REQUIRED).

Again be concise, present the information/data, summarize and draw your conclusions/recommendations about whether the project should move forward to a more detailed analysis.

Use the following formatting in your memo:

Margins: one inch all around
Font: Calibri 12 point
Line Spacing: 1.1
Before and After Spacing: 0 point
Double space between paragraphs

Initiatives in Strategic Health Care Organizations

The old adage, “form follows function” describes considering the importance of what you are trying to accomplish before you decide how to get there. It is important to remember that you have to have the will to improve, ideas about alternatives to the status quo, and make it real—execute (Nolan, 2007).

In this Discussion, you will describe strategic health care quality initiatives in two organizations attempting to accomplish their goals and objectives in quality improvement. You will also examine the purpose of the initiatives(s) and share the issues and opportunities for improvement, as well as address any elements crucial to improving quality in your health care organization or one you are familiar with.

To prepare:

Read and review the resources in the Learning Resources section as they relate to initiatives in strategic health care organizations.

Select ONE organization from each of the TWO groups listed:

Group I:

• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ)
• Institute for Healthcare Improvement (IHI)
• Institute for Safe Medication Practices (ISMP)

Group II:

• ANCC Magnet Recognition Program
• Baldrige Performance Excellence Program
• The Leapfrog Group

The Assignment:

In a 3 page paper (excluding title page and references):

• Describe strategic health care quality initiatives in two of the organizations. Compareand contrast the purposes of the initiatives.

• Analyze strategic quality issues and opportunities for improvement within the two organizations.
• Evaluatewhich elements of the initiatives are crucial to the quality-improvement opportunities of your health care organization or an organization with which you are familiar.

Note: Your Assignment must be written in standard edited English. Be sure to support your work with at least five high-quality references, including two from peer-reviewed journals. Refer to the Essential Guide to APA Style for Walden Students to ensure that your in-text citations and reference list are correct. This Assignment will be graded using this rubric: Week 4 Assignment Rubric (PDF). Your Assignment should show effective application of triangulation of content and resources in your conclusion and recommendations.

Learning Resources

Required Readings

Joshi, M. S., Ransom, E. R., Nash, D. B., & Ransom, S. B. (Eds.). (2014). The healthcare quality book: Vision, strategy, and tools (3rd ed.). Chicago, IL: Health Administration Press.

• Chapter 4, “Quality Improvement: The Foundation, Process, Tools, and Knowledge Transfer Techniques” (pp. 83–107)

Griffith, J. R. (2015). Understanding high-reliability organizations: Are Baldrige recipients models? Journal of Healthcare Management, 60(1), 44–61.

 

Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

May, E. L. (2013). The power of zero: Steps toward high reliability healthcare. Healthcare Executive, 28(2), 16–18, 20, 22.

 

Note: Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

American Nurses Credentialing Center. (2008). A new model for ANCC’s Magnet Recognition Program. Retrieved from http://www1.va.gov/nursing/docs/ANCC_NewMagnetModel.pdf

NIST. (2016). Baldridge: (Im)Prove your performance: The 28th Annual Quest for Excellence Conference. Retrieved from http://www.nist.gov/baldrige/

Swensen, S., Pugh, M., McMullan, C., & Kabcenell, A. (2013). High-impact leadership: Improve care, improve the health of populations, and reduce costs. IHI White Paper. Cambridge, MA: Institute for Healthcare Improvement. Retrieved from http://www.ihi.org/resources/pages/ihiwhitepapers/highimpactleadership.aspx

The Leapfrog Group. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.leapfroggroup.org/

Institute for Safe Medication Practices. (n.d.). Retrieved from http://www.ismp.org/

Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality. (n.d.). Retrieved from www.ahrq.gov

 

Institute for Healthcare Improvement. (n.d.). Retrieved from www.IHI.org