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ACC 291 WEEK 6(Exercises E11-15, E12-1, & E12-2 Problem P11-6A)
$7.00Resources: Ch. 11 & 12 of Financial Accounting
Complete Exercises E11-15, E12-1, & E12-2.
Complete Problem 11-6A.
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XACC/291 Principles of Accounting II week 7 Cash Flow
$3.00Write a 350-word response to the following:
Why are companies required to prepare a statement of cash flows? Why is the statement of cash flows divided into three sections? What does each section tell you about the operations of a company?
Format your response consistent with APA guidelines.
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MGT 521 Week 5 Individual Team Leadership
$7.00Your manager tells you about a new department the company will be adding that is part of the company’s strategic plan to enter a particular market segment. Your manager would like you to manage one of the teams in this new department. Your manager has put together the team you will be managing. Your new team consists of the members of your current Learning Team.
To be successful in the new market segment, your team must efficiently accomplish the goals set by the company. Your manager, therefore, would like you to develop a leadership approach for each team member on your team based on the theories of leadership and each member’s individual personalities.
Write a memo to your manager of no more than 1,400 words in which you explain how you plan to successfully lead your team. Include the following:
- Evaluate the individuals, including yourself, based on the personality assessment.
- Evaluate the situation in terms of urgency, culture, and so forth.
- Determine leadership approaches, based on individuals and the situation. Highlight the principles you have applied from various leadership theories.
Format your memo consistent with APA guidelines.
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Wisdom and Action Week 4 Homework
$15.00Wisdom and Action
A local nonprofit organization that networks with other service agencies in the area was designed to fill gaps in needed services for families. This agency has been in existence for several years and has gained the respect of the community. The staff of this agency can serve families who have a need that cannot be served in any other way through connecting these families with community volunteers who adopt them.
The volunteer director of the agency works on a volunteer basis and contributes numerous hours each week to fulfill responsibilities associated with this position. To reduce her workload, the director of the agency applied to seven different foundations to request money for a part-time administrative assistant. The agency requested $10,000 from each of the foundations, with the hope that they would receive assistance from one of them. To the surprise of the director, three of the foundations accepted their proposal and awarded the agency with $10,000 for the salary of the part-time employee. The agency ended up with $30,000, which was three times as much as was needed for the salary. The granting foundations had different requirements for reporting on the use of the money. However, at least two of the foundations asked that the money be used in the manner for which it was requested
1. What are the known facts?
2. What facts are missing that need to be obtained?
3. Who are the potential stakeholders?
4. What are the potential outcomes, both good and harm, for all stakeholders?
5. Who would you seek out for input, advice, and consultation?
6. What does your conscience say to you about this dilemma?
7. What does your conscience say to you about this dilemma?
8. What does your conscience say to you about this dilemma?
9. What are the values and perspectives of those who could be affected by your decision?
10. What ethical principles apply? What do they require in this situation?
11. How do the ethical theories—the means or duty versus the ends or greatest good, apply to this situation? How would you link the two? What would be your decision?
12. In order to take action, what political, natural, and social forces need to be considered?
3. What is your civic obligation for the good of the organization and the good of the Community?
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Disaster Securing and Protecting Information
$7.00CMGT 400 Week 3 Individual Assignment Disaster Securing and Protecting Information
Submit a formal academic paper that describes the security authentication process.
- Discuss how this and other information security considerations will affect the design and development process for new information systems. Include a brief discussion of how to include preventative measures for securing data, such as backups and remote or redundant storage.
- Note what role this will play in the other areas covered in the paper.
- Provide an overview of several systems and devices that can provide security services to meet the needs raised by the other areas covered in the paper.
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Common Information Security Threats involving Ethical and Legal
$7.00CMGT 400 Week 2 Individual Assignment Common Information Security Threats
Submit a formal academic paper that addresses at least three major information security threats that a specific organization you choose faces today.
- Describe potential risks to the information and the related vulnerabilities within the organization. Identify the forces that drive each threat and the related vulnerabilities.
- Discuss how the values for threat and vulnerability combine to indicate the overall risk the organization faces.
- Describe how an organization can properly manage its information security efforts using proper risk management techniques and cost-benefit analyses for these information security efforts.
- Explain the legal, ethical, and regulatory requirements for protecting data.
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The Role of Information Security Policy
$7.00CMGT 400 Week 4 Individual Assignment The Role of Information Security Policy
Write a 1,000- to 1,500-word paper describing the importance of policies and standards for maintaining information systems security.
Include a discussion of the role employees—and others working for the organization—play in this effort.
Examine the different levels of security and how an organization can provide the proper level of effort to meet each information security need and how this relates to what is in an organization’s information security policy.
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Weymouth Steel Corporation Case Study Answers
$5.00Study the case, “Weymouth Steel Corporation” on pages 46-48 of the text Management Communication: Principles and Practice (3rd Edition).
- What key audiences need to be addressed in Weymouth’s communication of good and bad news?
- Where do their interests conflict? Where do their interests overlap?
- Most business communications involve good news for some audiences, bad news for others. What does this imply about how Weymouth should send its messages?
- What is Weymouth doing – telling, selling, consulting, joining?
- What media should Weymouth be using to send its messages?
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To analyze how local telecommunications companies can gain a competitive advantage through effective education and trainin
$30.00Aims
The dissertation is an essential part of the process of achieving masters’ level. It provides you with the opportunity to work independently to develop your ability to make critical and evaluative judgements. It is expected that this will
provide an opportunity to integrate the course with practice, developing the ability to be an effective reflective practitioner. By completing the dissertation you should demonstrate that you are able to produce work that is relevant in practice and has an academic standing at masters’ level.
To achieve this you are required to produce an individual dissertation of approximately 20,000 words, with an emphasis on making clear and valid recommendations, which would be of value to an organisation. The
dissertation must be undertaken after the successful completion of the
Research Methods module.
Please note that if you are registered on to a specialist pathway programme, your Dissertation should be substantially in the area of the specialism. You must also refer to the Policy which details the process you
must undertake before engaging in any research project.
Learning Outcomes
After completing the module, you should be able to:
1 Select, evaluate and apply critical management thinking to an organisational issue or problem.
2 Critically evaluate the techniques and processes used to investigate an important organisational issue or problem.
3 Synthesise information to arrive at a coherent conclusion.
4 Critically evaluate the implications for the recommendations presented.
5 Critically reflect on his or her development of knowledge, skills and techniques used during the preparation of the dissertation.
Dissertation
The dissertation can take the form of:
1. an empirical investigation, based on primary data, of a management or organisational practice, justified and supported by detailed reference to relevant literature, theories and concepts, leading to practical recommendations.
2. the application of relevant theories/ concepts in conjunction with secondary data to the solving of a managerial or organisational problem, where practical recommendations arise from the interactions between theories/ concepts from the literature and the secondary data collected.
Historically students who are in full time employment have benefited from collecting primary data (option ONE). Where access is an issue, so for example with students not currently in full time employment, the dissertation
may be based on secondary sources (option TWO).
Examples of Titles of MBA Level Work
Starting the dissertation can be a daunting prospect. Within the Research
Methods Module you will have identified an appropriate topic, title, accompanying objectives, initial literature to be investigated and appropriate method(s) to undertake your research. Normally the assignment submitted for the Research Methods Module will be the basis of your dissertation. You do not have to use this topic but as you will have thought through the issues regarding methods etc and should have undertaken an initial literature review it makes sense to do so.
Below are some examples of titles of research. These are organised by primary and secondary approaches to the collection of the data. The title of the work gives a broad indication of the topic. This is subsequently refined within the dissertation itself by detailing the objectives of the study:
Primary Data Based Titles
1. The Perceived Fairness of the Performance Appraisal System at Vivi, and the Impact of this on Job Satisfaction.
2. An Analysis of the Mining Industry in Chile and the Proposal of a Strategy for an SME to Develop Competitive Advantage: The Case of an Engineering Consultant Firm.
3. Critical Success Factors in Preparing a High Technology SME in Vietnam for Venture Capital Investment.
4. Innovation as an ‘Irresistible Habit’: A Case Study of a Nigerian Manufacturing SME.
Secondary Data Based Titles
1. Breaking into Competitive Markets: Tesco US Market Entry Strategy.
2. Consumer Behaviour and the Marketing Strategy: A Case Study of Carrefour in and the Chinese Market.
3. A Comparison of an MNC’s HRM Policies and Practices in a Developed and a Developing Country.
4. Drivers and Barriers of FDI within the Tourism Industry into Dubai.
Dissertation Guidelines
Structure and content
There is no best way of writing a dissertation or one model for an appropriate format. However, certain aspects are conventionally found in a dissertation and should only be varied after discussion with the supervisor for good reason. These are:
1) An opening section which should contain the following separate pages: Title page, declaration and statements page (see appendix 1), acknowledgements, abstract (a summary of 300 words, which should summarise all sections of the dissertation), table of contents, and list of tables/ figures.
2) The first chapter should be an introduction to the dissertation which should state very clearly the purpose and justification (rationale) of the project on which the dissertation reports. The objectives of the research should be clearly stated and explained where appropriate. A brief outline of the subsequent chapters of the dissertation should also be included. (Note: it is usual, somewhat paradoxically, to write the introduction after most of the dissertation is complete in order that a student has a clear idea of what is being introduced).
3) Chapter two should be a critical review of the relevant academic literature on which the dissertation builds, identifying the relevant theoretical ideas, concepts, debates and issues. In doing so you should:
• provide an evaluation and interpretation of relevant earlier work
• where appropriate develop a conceptual framework that draws together the key literature(s) / ideas
• ensure work of others is attributed (referenced) using the Harvard style
4) A chapter on Research Methods should state what methodologies are considered, what was selected and why. In doing so you should:
• justify the approach adopted including decisions surrounding the collection of primary/secondary data (where appropriate)
• consider the appropriateness of the approach within constraints present
• Detail with justification the sampling strategy adopted
• Detail how the data was analysed
• Address issues of validity, reliability and generalisability
5) Report on the research findings. Primary and/ or secondary data, clearly described, using as themes, what you have discovered and proposing reasons why this may be (interpreting the data). In doing so you should:
• if presenting quantitative data (primary or secondary) consider what charts are most appropriate to use. The commentary that accompanies these charts should explore key patterns and trends that you have identified. Specific decisions regarding data analysis will be contingent on whether you are using ‘descriptive’ or ‘inferential’ statistical techniques.
• if presenting qualitative data (primary or secondary) consider how best to structure and organize this data. You should make use of direct quotes where applicable when exploring the key themes that emerge from the data.
6) Clear concluding chapter setting out the main findings of the dissertation linking your literature review with the research findings so that a clear theme can be identified through the whole work. In doing so you need to address ‘how your findings agree, disagree and extend the research discussed within the literature review’. Make recommendations for future action and future research. These recommendations should include detailed implementation issues and costings (financial and other types of relevant costs). Detailed consideration of the limitations of the study and a future research agenda including the application of alternative research designs. Finally, throughout this chapter make sure that you address all the objectives of the study.
7) References: There should be a complete reference list of all works used. This should be completed in a standard Harvard format listing works alphabetically by author. It should be noted that one of the routine sources of presentational problems comes in mistakes in the referencing bibliography and therefore students should take
considerable care in the compilation of the reference list and ensure that every work referred to in the texts is in fact listed in the references.
8) Appendices to the dissertation should include all relevant supplementary information.
It is important that the dissertation should be your own independent work as a formal examination script. A dissertation should not merely consist of a patchwork of other people’s thoughts and interpretations stitched together with a few threads of the student’s own devising.The OVERALL LENGTH of the dissertation (excluding appendices) must not exceed 20,000 words and in practice the length of a dissertation would normally be expected to be within a range of 15,000 to 20,000 words. State the number of words at the end of your work.
Note as a Guide only
The word count for each chapter should normally be:-
Introduction 1500 – 2000 words
Literature Review 4000 – 6000 words
Methodology 2000 – 3000 words
Data and Analysis 3000 – 4000 words
Conclusions and Recommendations 4000 – 5000 words
ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
A clear statement of the purpose of the dissertation: The objectives of the research should be clearly stated and explained where appropriate. The rationale for the investigation is justified in terms of academic/ organisational importance
15% Critical review of the literature: Provide an evaluation and interpretation of relevant earlier work and where appropriate develop a conceptual framework that draws together the key literature(s) / ideas
20% State what methodologies were considered, what was selected and why. In doing so you should:
• justify the approach adopted including decisions surrounding the collection of primary/secondary data (where appropriate)
• consider the appropriateness of the approach within constraints present
• Detail with justification the overall sampling strategy adopted
• Detail how the data was analysed
• Address issues of validity, reliability and generalisabilityContents Page.
Structure your report using the following convention, unless otherwise
stated:
– Abstract
– Contents Page
– Introduction
– Literature review
– Method
– Findings
– Conclusions
– References
– Bibliography
– AppendicesBibliography and References
Refer to the online learning material and Resource Centre contained in the Research Methods Module for further guidance.
Recommended Reading
Hart, C. (2004). Doing your Masters Dissertation: Essential Study Skills. Sage
Publications.
Saunders, M., Lewis, P., and Thornhill, A. (2009). Research Methods for
Business Students. FT Prentice Hall .
Swetnam, D. (2000). Writing Your Dissertation: The Bestselling Guide to planning Preparing and Presenting First Class Work. How to Books.