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April 7, 2024

Investment Analysis and Recommendation

Investment Analysis and Recommendation

You are invited by a local investment services firm, Edge Equity Investments, to interview for the position of investment manager in their local office. The position requires you to identify and promote investment opportunities offering superior returns to clients. Returns are a combination of dividends and increases in share value over time. This position will expand your skills in financial analysis and move your career forward in an exciting direction, and the firm is offering you an attractive benefits package in addition to a comfortable salary. Prior to the interview, you must produce a report determining whether to recommend investment in a Small to Mid-cap company of your choice listed on the New York Stock Exchange. Given the research you prepared as you invested funds received from a recent inheritance (in M2.3 The Big Picture), you have decided to research this same firm. I used McDonald’s for that previous discussion.

Investment Analysis and Recommendation

Instructions:

Your task is to produce an Investment Analysis Report (with a minimum of 2,100 words, tables/graphs not included) appraising the return on equity of the firm you selected for review over the past two years using the latest 10-Q and the corresponding 10-Q from the previous year (so if you are using the 3rd quarter 10-Q, the comparison should be the 3rd quarter 10-Q from the previous year). You are required to employ financial statement analysis to break down the return on equity into its key parts using the basic Du Pont formula (See the reference section 3.6 of Chapter Three: Analyzing Financial Statements and point values below). Please consider that the panelists are all busy professionals not interested in reviewing a long report; therefore, you will need to keep to the word limit. The panel has also asked that you focus on analyzing the issues rather than on purely describing information. Analysis requires you to focus on explaining and predicting implications of trends rather than merely describing trends. APA.

April 7, 2024

Teaching Bilinguals – Case Analysis

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Teaching Bilinguals – Case Analysis

Case Study Instructions: You will watch the videos from the CUNY Teaching Bilinguals Web Series, found at: https://www.cuny-nysieb.org/teaching-bilinguals-webseries/ (Links to an external site.) Create a document in which you answer the questions related to each video. Please respond thoughtfully and robustly, with details and examples. Use APA format and follow the sample on Canvas.

Video 1: Getting Acquainted

New York and Florida are states with a large population of students whose first language is not English. According to Sara Vogel, in New York, these students were often forced to speak English or remain silent. What language practices did you experience when you were in school in Florida (or elsewhere). What practices have you seen in your previous field experiences?
Puerto Rican and other activists in New York in the 1960s and 1970s, with some degree of success, advocated for bilingual education. Which groups advocated for English language learners in Florida in the 1980s, resulting in the 1990 Florida Consent Decree? What did the Consent Decree accomplish?
Define “translanguaging”. What is your opinion of this practice?
How can translanguaging practices create scaffolding structures for the language development of multilingual students?

Teaching Bilinguals – Case Analysis

Video 2: Being an Advocate for Bilingual Students

How does Ms. Conte use students’ backgrounds as resources in their learning? Give two additional ideas to implement.
How does reading books featuring multicultural/multilingual characters create a culture of inclusion? Have you participated in this practice in the classroom, as a student, a teacher, or an observer? Describe your experience.
How can English speakers profit from exposure to bilingual books?
Conte, being monolingual, was uncomfortable about her students speaking in languages she didn’t understand. She felt that she would lose control of the classroom. What did she find out? What are your thoughts about not controlling everything that goes on in the classroom?

Video 3: Bilingual Superpowers

What are benefits of graphic novels?
Describe the process Ms. Ballantyne-Berry uses with her graphic novel assignment.
How does Ms. Ballantyne-Berry use students’ language repertoire as a resource?

Teaching Bilinguals – Case Analysis

Video 4: Knowing your Students

Chapman-Santiago reads a quote from Harper Lee’s novel To Kill a Mockingbird. How does this quote apply to a teacher’s work?
What might you learn by carefully watching the cues students send through body language and facial expressions? Describe an example from when you were a student, or when you taught or observed a class.
What information can a teacher gain by encouraging students to use their home language? 4. What are some practical ways to incorporate home language as a scaffold?
What is the role of L1 in second language acquisition? How is second language acquisition theory tied to techniques used in second language development?

Video 5: The Benefits of Bilingual Education

What does Sara Vogel mean when she states in her introduction to the video that teachers can “push for more” in promoting their students’ learning?
Aponte says that reading the book My name is Jorge on Both Sides of the River has changed her students’ lives. Describe what you think is the impact of the book on students.
What is the goal of bilingual education programs? How does a bilingual program impact English speakers?

Follow directions carefully. I expect you to answer ALL questions using a well-developed paragraph for EACH question. Respond to all questions thoughtfully and robustly, with details and examples. This Case Study Guideline Actions will help ensure you respond to all questions. You will also be graded based on this guideline. Suggestion: Print this guideline and have it next to you at all times. Use the readings to reply to the questions related to the class content: Consent Decree, translanguaging, L2 acquisition theories, linguistics, and bilingualism (these questions are highlighted in yellow in the guideline). d) TSL courses are part of the Education Department. APA style must be used.

April 7, 2024

ESOL 200 Final Report

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ESOL 200 Final Report

Rationale:

The purpose of the Final Report is to analyze a specific complex social problem (a bias or other form of discrimination) and its connection to the workplace using a systems thinking approach. The purpose of the report is not to solve the problem.

Format:

How you design and structure your report is up to you – it depends on the topic you have chosen and the information you have. However, the report should be organized into clear, logical sections, with a clear heading for each section. The report will include a synthesis of the work you have completed in the CP tasks from Weeks 8-11 and additional research. All of the information in the report that comes from research must be fully paraphrased, cited in text and as a reference at the end of the report.

Submission Guidelines:

The Final Report must be submitted by the deadline using the Assignment Tool below. The SafeAssign tool will check your report for evidence of plagiarism, so be sure to check the SafeAssign report before you submit your final copy of the report. You will have three attempts to submit your report. Only the final attempt will be graded.

ESOL 200 Final Report

Report Instructions

The report should be approximately 1000 words in length and include the following components (much of this will come from the Coursework Portfolio tasks you have already completed). Remember, the report does not have to be organized in the order of the components listed below. Your task is to logically synthesize the information you have on the topic:

A title page and table of contents.
An introduction which outlines the rationale for the topic you have chosen for the project (to analyze a specific complex social problem and its connection to the workplace). Your rationale should include both personal anecdotal evidence and additional research which demonstrates the existence and significance of the problem. (CP Task 8.1).

ESOL 200 Final Report

An in-depth discussion on how systems thinking can help to analyze the specific problem you have chosen from an interconnected, holistic point of view. Your discussion here should address all the key components of systems thinking that you gathered in completing CP Task 9.1.

A discussion on the stakeholders involved in the problem and their roles and how they play a part in the systems that are involved in the problem you have chosen. This should also include research. (CP Task 10.1)

A discussion on how the iceberg model can help us look at all the different levels involved in the problem (events, patterns, underlying structures, mental models). This should include an iceberg model diagram and a few paragraphs explaining it. (CP Task 11.1)

An overall discussion on how the project has helped you analyze your specific problem in a way that can lead to the construction of possible solutions.

A list of APA references.

April 7, 2024

Locke and Berkeley Philosophy

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Locke and Berkeley Philosophy

Write a 5-6 page critical essay that addresses the question below. Your paper should not only exposit the relevant arguments from the text along with appropriate evidence and citations, but also you are required to provide some critical evaluation. The difficulty will be in limiting what you include to those arguments relevant to answering the question. So, think about what’s really important, structure your essay appropriately, include sufficient explanation, and be concise so that you can include everything necessary within the page limit. Question: In Book 2, Chapter 8, section 8 of the Essay concerning Human Understanding, Locke explains the difference between ideas in the mind and qualities in an object: “Whatsoever the mind perceives in itself, or is the immediate object of perception, thought, or understanding, that I call idea; and the power to produce any idea in our mind, I call quality of the subject wherein that power is. Thus a snowball having the power to produce in us the ideas of white, cold, and round, the powers to produce those ideas in us, as they are in the snowball, I call qualities; and as they are sensations, or perceptions, in our understandings, I call them ideas, if I speak of sometimes, as in the things themselves, I would be understood to mean those qualities in the objects which produce them in us” (2.8.8).

Locke and Berkeley Philosophy

In the passage above, Locke points to the difference between our ideas and the powers of objects to produce those ideas in our minds. In what follows this passage, what further distinction does Locke draw between the different kinds of qualities, and how does he argue for that distinction? (Make sure to give a specific argument in each case for the distinction.) On what basis does Locke conclude that the distinction between kinds of qualities also supports that material substance exists as the causes of our ideas even though all we perceive are our own ideas? How does Berkeley argue against this distinction between qualities? Why does Berkeley also think that we can’t infer the existence of material objects on the basis of our experience? In the end, why does Berkeley conclude that it’s a “downright contradiction” to claim that material objects exist? In light of Berkeley’s conclusions about the existence of material objects, what is his explanation for the how we have ideas of an external world and the regularity with which we have them? Given both Locke’s and Berkeley’s arguments concerning the existence of material objects, what do you think we can justifiably conclude about the existence of material objects? Make sure to fully explain why you have drawn your conclusion. APA.

April 7, 2024

Literature Review Task

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Literature Review Task

Next week you will complete a literature review of peer-reviewed articles about the community health issue you have identified for your Course Capstone Project. To prepare for next week’s assignment, begin creating an annotated bibliography of at least 7 peer-reviewed articles. Include articles providing background about the problem (3-4 articles), as well as studies evaluating interventions to address the community health issue you have chosen (3-4 articles).

Review the following:

How to Prepare an Annotated Bibliography: The Annotated Bibliography
Annotated Bibliography from the Center for Writing Excellence
How to Write a Literature Review Paper in the University Library

Review the Annotated Bibliography sample in the Center for Writing Excellence and APA Style website for formatting guidelines.

The overall structure of your annotated bibliography should follow paper formatting guidelines.
The references structure should follow reference list formatting guidelines.

Literature Review Task

For your background research, reflect on these questions in your annotations:

What is the extent of the problem?
Overall, how are various determinants of health related to this community health issue (gender, race/ethnicity, geographic area, economic status, etc.)? What inequities exist? Cite common indices of health (see Table 1-1 on p. 8 of the textbook).
What are known risk and protective factors related to this community health issue?

For articles evaluating interventions, describe:

Who is the target population and in what setting?
What is the intervention?
What theories or models are used to support the intervention choice?
Does the theory or model seem like a valid choice? Why?
Was the intervention effective? Why?

Literature Review Task

Connect each article to your chosen community health issue.

How does the article inform your understanding of the community health issue?
What does the article suggest about the best interventions for your community health issue and setting?

Consider any further information needed to better understand the public health issue you selected and continue to expand on your annotated bibliography.

Format your annotated bibliography according to APA guidelines.

Submit your annotated bibliography with next week’s assignment.

April 7, 2024

Strategy Analysis

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Strategy Analysis

Questions 1. Key Issues – Drawing upon your review of the industry and the firm (see Questions 2 – 4), synthesize three or more strategic issues facing Getaway and thoroughly explain their importance. 2. Industry Analysis – Perform a five forces analysis, rating each force as strong, moderate or weak, and justify your assessment. Divide a force intro sub-forces and assess each individually, where warranted. 3. Value Chain Analysis – Identify the core and/or distinctive competencies of the Getaway organization. Explain how the firm leverages these for strategic benefit. 4. Quantitative Analysis – Using a Microsoft Excel workbook, conduct a quantitative analysis of both the financial and non-financial data. Show all calculations. 5. Interpretation of your Quantitative Analysis – Within your Word document, synthesize and explain the significant findings from your quantitative financial and non-financial analysis.

Strategy Analysis

Strategic Alternatives – Design three business-level strategic alternatives to grow the firm to the next level of financial, environmental, and social sustainability. For each alternative, provide a meaningfully descriptive name, ascribe one of Porter’s 16 archetypes, outline the key features, and explain how the alternative addresses the key issues identified previously. 7 Evaluation of Alternatives– Identify two strategic, two financial, and two ‘ESG’ evaluation criteria relevant to Getaway and their industry. Explain your choice of criteria and clearly indicate how you would measure each one. Assess the strategic alternatives and identify a preferred alternative using a weighted average decision matrix and a three-point relative scale consisting of whole numbers only. 8 Recommendation – Justify your preferred strategy and explain why you are the rejecting the other two alternatives.

Strategy Analysis

April 7, 2024

Data Privacy

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Data Privacy

Topic/Focus of Paper: Data Privacy, such as employers monitoring internet connections, tracking content, keystrokes, and time on keyboards, saving and reviewing files on employee’s computer, and monitoring social media.

Instructions:

The issue should be clearly addressed from both points of view and in an unbiased manner, after which the student should critically assess the theoretical and practical applications that might be applied. At least one ethical and/or leadership theory must be addressed as part of this paper, and at least one solution must be provided to the issue. Students must apply information from the text at least five outside (academic) sources in completing the paper. The paper should be between eight pages in length (double-spaced) excluding the title page, abstract, and reference pages. The paper must follow APA formatting guidelines. The paper should exhibit Master’s level research and writing skills. Grades will be a direct reflection of the quality of the subject matter, critical analysis, spelling, grammar, clarity, the quality and supportive effectiveness of the outside resources used.

Data Privacy

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April 6, 2024

Protest Assignment

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Protest Assignment

Purpose:

The third assignment is designed to foster your critical thinking ability as you expand your research skills. We will look at the difference between popular and peer-reviewed sources, as well as first person accounts and visual representations. For this assignment cycle, we will be joined by a research librarian. Required Texts: Los Angeles Times, “The Chicano Moratorium” (readings available on Blackboard—use at least one of one in your paper) Walkout (film available from USC Libraries) Two or more popular sources found on your own. Three or more peer-reviewed articles found on your own.

Background:

Protests have long been a part of American culture. Examples include the Boston Tea Party, the American Revolution, the Civil War, the Women’s Suffrage Movement, Prohibition, and labor strikes. Civil Rights-era protests included marches, boycotts, and sit-ins, and some of these protest techniques were later used by anti-war activists, the Women’s Liberation Movement, the Grey Panthers, and LGBTQ+ rights groups. More recently, we have seen #MeToo, BLM, and anti-vaxxer demonstrations. Because 2020 was the 50th anniversary of The Chicano Moratorium, we will be looking at protests in the Los Angeles’ Hispanic / Latino / Chicano / Latinx community as a jumping off spot for this assignment.

Protest Assignment

The original Spanish name for Los Angles is “El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles,” indicating the influence of colonialism, Spain and Mexico. Ingenious people were put to work under harsh conditions at the Missions. Some of the early Mexican residents were wealthy landowners, and their landholdings were reduced or seized when California became part of the United States. During WW II, the U.S. government encouraged Mexican citizens to come to the California through the Bracero Program to harvest crops since many American workers were on the battlefields. Unscrupulous employers who had exploited the workers refused to pay them, and then arranged for their deportation by law enforcement. There were no protests at the time, but the seeds of resentment were planted in the Mexican and Mexican-American communities in and around Los Angeles. The Zoot Suit Riots were an outgrowth of this resentment. One infamous protest occurred when City Planners seized Chavez Ravine to build Dodger Stadium, displacing many Mexican-American families who had lived there for generations. While the residents were promised new housing, the city never delivered.

Protest Assignment

The Vietnam War galvanized protests around the nation, and Los Angeles was no exception. East Los Angeles high school students were angered by the lack of educational resources and access to higher learning. The draft allowed college students to defer fighting in the Vietnam War, but the vast majority of Chicanos were unable to attend college because of the inadequate education and preparation they received from the Los Angeles Unified School District. The students protested by walking out of their classes. After the murder of Los Angeles Times journalist Ruben Salazar, the violent police response to the Chicano students’ marches ignited riots—and so began The Chicano Moratorium. Writing Task: Respond to the following prompt in a 5-6 page, thesis-driven essay:

In what ways, if any, can we build on the successes of previous protests and avoid failures as we move toward an anti-racist society? Suggestions: Your thesis should be specific and disputable. Take a focused approach, addressing one issue in an original and insightful way, rather than simply making a list of issues or stating the obvious. If you are stuck, take your point and make it more complicated by asking yourself more challenging questions, and developing your focus in your assignment. Incorporate your sources carefully, thoughtfully, and correctly, using MLA guidelines to reference sources appropriately within your paper and to create a Works Cited page.

April 6, 2024

Change Agent Summative Assignment

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Change Agent Summative Assignment

Assignment overview

Construct a written Project Proposal relating to the implementation and evaluation of an innovative change activity (or activities) in your nursing practice that you have identified as being necessary. In the Project Proposal you will demonstrate your understanding of leadership theory, the application of change management strategies and innovative approaches.

For the Summative assignment:

You have been asked by your line manager/clinical leader to lead on the introduction of a new practice into your clinical area. The change has been successfully piloted in a number of other clinical settings, both within and external to, your organisation.

Change Agent Summative Assignment

You are to be the designated ‘change agent’ – and will be working full-time on the project. You will lead a small team of two nursing colleagues, who are junior to you, and will each have 25% of their time allocated to the project. You have a small budget to allow for printing and other incidental costs. The time-frame allocated to introduction of the change is eight to ten weeks.

Discuss the role of leadership when enacting change,

Two theories of leadership are discussed, including traits and behaviours of effective leaders.

Explore how leadership works in your own organisation, and discuss the concept that clinical leadership behaviours can be demonstrated at all levels of nursing

The importance of the nurse as a leader in delivering a change innovation is explored.

Change Agent Summative Assignment

Assignment overview

For the Summative assignment:

April 6, 2024

Microeconomic Analysis and Recommendation

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Microeconomic Analysis and Recommendation

Description

Using the latest 10-Q and the corresponding 10-Q from the previous year, your task is to produce a Microeconomic Analysis and Recommendation with a recommended between 2000-2,200 words (tables/graphs not included) appraising the economic viability of the firm you selected for review. Employ the following microeconomic tools to explain and predict the implications of trends:

Section A:

Microeconomic Analysis of Firm Company overview and firm-specific risks (max 200 words) [10 points] Price elasticity of demand (max 500 words) [20 points] Production (max 500 words) [20 points] Market structure (max 500 words) [20 points] Define what needs to be improved, given your determinations in other areas (max 200 words) [20 points]

Section B:

Limitations In concluding this section, elaborate on the limitations of the above analysis, including what further sources of information you would like to use to make a more informed decision (200 words max). [10 points]

Microeconomic Analysis and Recommendation

Description

Section A:

Section B:

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