Final Project You work for a HR consulting company and an organization has hired your firm to conduct an HRM analysis and make recommendations to better align HR practices to the key business initiatives of the company. In order to accomplish the goal: Analyze the organization and develop a set of HRM practices that help align HR practices to the firm’s strategy. (Keep in mind the firm’s overall strategy in regards to Porter and Snow and White’s theories) Develop a 3200-3500 word research paper (not including the title and reference pages). Your paper should also: Identify the firm’s history, strategy, market position, and specific area of alignment. Provide job pricing and compensation package for 3-4 key positions in the organization. Describe and analyze the current and targeted HR work processes as well as the respective knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) required to achieve the organization’s objectives. Incorporate a discussion of relevant technology considerations to achieve work output in the context of the organization’s goals. Provide a discussion of the labor market and the appropriate labor law context. Identification of companies that are preparing to address any legal or regulatory changes.. Prescribe a set of HRM recommendations, specifically tailored for the selected firm. Insert a table with deliverables, accountable people and a timeline for the recommendations. Describe other HRM issues as applicable. In addition to the requirements above, your paper: Must be double-spaced and 12 point font Must be formatted according to APA style Must include a cover page that includes: Title of paper Student’s name Course name and number Instructor’s name Date submitted Must include an introductory paragraph with a thesis statement Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph Must reference at least eight scholarly resources Must include a reference page written in APA format
finance
Once again, your team is the key financial management team for your company. The company’s CEO is now looking to expand its operations by investing in new property, plant, and equipment. In order to effectively evaluate the project’s effectiveness, you have been asked to determine the firm’s weighted average cost of capital. To determine the cost of capital, here is what you have been asked to do.
1. Go to Yahoo Finance (http://finance.yahoo.com) and capture the income statement information for the company you selected. (Be sure that your company has debt on their balance sheet. This will be required in your project.) a. Enter your company’s name or ticker symbol. Your company’s information should appear. b. Click on the Financials tab, and select the income statement option. Three years’ worth of income statements should appear. Copy and paste this data into a spreadsheet. c. Repeat step b. above for the balance sheets of the company. d. Click on “Historical Prices.” Capture the closing price of the stock as of the balance sheet date for the three fiscal years used in steps b and c above. 2. Calculate the Weighted Average Cost of Capital (WACC) for the company:
a. Cost of Debt i. Determine the market value of the firm’s debt issues. Be sure to review the firm’s 10-K. Also, the website http://finra-markets.morningstar.com/BondCenter may be of assistance. ii. You will need to calculate the firm’s composite YTM on its bonds. This can be achieved by calculating a weighted-average YTM for its bond issues. iii. After calculating the YTM for the bond issues, calculate the firm’s after-tax cost of debt. If the firm’s marginal tax rate cannot be identified in its 10-K, assume that the tax rate will be 35%.
b. Cost of Equity i. Calculate the firm’s cost of equity using the capital asset pricing model (CAPM). The formula for the CAPM is ri = rf + βi × (RMkt – rf). ii. Assume the risk-free rate (rf) is the current rate of 10-year U.S. Treasury Bonds. iii. Calculate the market rate (RMkt) by calculating the market return on the Standard & Poor’s 500 for the past 2 calendar years. iv. The beta for the firm can be obtained from Yahoo! Finance.
c. Calculate the WACC i. Determine the market capitalization of the firm’s common equity and preferred equity, if any. ii. Determine the firm’s capital structure based on the market value of the firm’s equity and debt. The market value of the firm’s debt can be obtained from the Morningstar website, listed in the Cost of Debt section above. iii. Calculate the WACC. As you recall, the formula for WACC is rWACC = E ÷ (E + D) rE + D ÷ (E + D) rD (1 – TC). Deliverable
Prepare a narrated PowerPoint presentation using VoiceThread or WebEx that shows the steps you performed to calculate the WACC for your firm. Feel free to embed your Excel spreadsheets in the presentation to demonstrate your calculations. Be sure to discuss how the values were obtained or derived to arrive at your WACC result. Finally, be sure to discuss any strengths or limitations in the calculations you performed, and discuss your analysis about the overall validity of your results. Both members of the team must be part of the narration in the presentation.
Grading Rubric
Possible Points Criteria and Point Range
Calculation of Cost of Debt
12 0-3 4-6 7-9 10-12 Incorrect data or no debt data provided.
Incorrect cost of debt calculations Questionable data used. Some errors in calculations presented. Data is mostly accurate. Correct calculations performed. Accurate debt data collected and correct cost of debt calculations made.
Calculation of Cost of Equity
12 0-3 4-6 7-9 10-12 Incorrect data or no equity data provided.
Incorrect cost of equity calculations Questionable data used. Some errors in calculations presented. Data is mostly accurate. Correct calculations performed. Accurate equity data collected and correct cost of debt calculations made.
WACC Calculation
8 0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 All elements of the WACC calculation are incorrect, or calculation not performed. Two errors noted in the calculation relating to either cost of debt, cost of equity, or capital structure. One error noted in the calculation relating to either cost of debt, cost of equity, or capital structure. WACC Calculation utilizes appropriate cost of debt and equity and capital structure to arrive at a solid result.
Form
8 0-2 3-4 5-6 7-8 Poor writing and presentation skills, or no presentation provided. Several problems noted in regard to writing and presentation skills. Writing and presentation done well with a few minor errors Virtually no errors in writing or presentation.
PSY 410 Personality Disorders Outline
Personality Disorders Outline
Create an Outline that lists two of the ten personality disorders: I have chosen Schizotypal personality disorder and Histrionic personality disorder, along with the diagnostic criteria (symptoms) and a possible treatment approach for each individual disorder. Include key points to explain how each treatment works to address that specific disorder.
The two personality disorders for my portion of the team assignment are Schizotypal personality disorder and Histrionic personality disorder.
Include one peer-reviewed source for the treatment of each personality disorder (2 total) in addition to the course text: Abnormal Psychology, Sixteenth Edition, by James N. Butcher, Jill M. Hooley, and Susan Mineka. Published by Pearson. Copyright © 2014 by Pearson Education, Inc.. Make sure to use in-text citations throughout the paper. I have attached an example outline for your guidance.
Format with a title page and reference page.
substantive assessment techniques
Star Enterprises has now completed the selection plan and has begun their initial assessment process to screen out the most obviously unqualified applicants from the pool. Having made their initial “cuts,” they are now ready to make more precise decisions regarding the remaining applicants. Respond to the following questions regarding substantive assessment techniques. (20 points) (A 1-page response is required.)
a. Discuss the five (5) most common types of substantive assessment techniques. b. How should Star decide which of these techniques is most appropriate for their environment? Discuss.
Planning. Use the business subject guide for your research on this assignment.
planning. Use the business subject guide for your research on this assignment. 1. You are teaching a management class at a local community college. Anne is a sophomore who is also a successful business owner. She enrolled in your class to improve her management skills. She sends you an email asking about planning. Specifically, she asks about the role of planning in managing an organization. Include in your response to her: . A discussion on strategic, operational, and business unit plans and how they relate to planning for an organization. . At least one example of a generic change model (this will be taken form scholarly journal articles) with an example or scenario to show how it works. . A discussion on organizational change and the role that planning plays in the process of change. . At least three strategies for overcoming resistance to change. APA style, Double space, 500-700 words. The book is Management 12th edition by Richard L. Daft
Human Resource Management (HRM)
• Question: The role of human resource management (HRM) has changed significantly over the years. To get a broad perspective on these changes and the role of HRM today this assignment will require you to interview three HRM professionals and ask them the question - What is HRM? You then need to compare this information to academic commentary on the role of HRM and integrate all information into your report and compare and contrast your findings between what your informants stated and how it reflects or varies from the academic literature you cite in your report. • Length: Write a 2500 word report. • Important: reference the informants in their essays but are not to use the names of persons but identify the HRM role performed and industry sector only • Minimum references: 10 are requested, including any combination of quality journal articles and text books or citations,
Health Maintenance Organization
You have been presented an outstanding opportunity to serve as a graduate student intern for the chief executive officer (CEO) of a large HCO. The HCO is an HMO model and originated approximately a century ago as a small rural hospital. Due to the rural setting, the HMO model flourished and, over the years, expanded throughout the region. Today, the HMO has a presence in over eighteen counties and has a number of competing interests from for-profit and not-for-profit HCOs in the region.
The board of directors recently approved the acquisition of two regional hospitals. First, the HCO decided to acquire a small rural critical-care-access hospital in a relatively remote county. The interest in acquiring the hospital is to service the existing population and expand the reach of the HMO. Second, the HCO decided to acquire a private full-service hospital in a moderate-size city (population forty-two thousand). The HCO’s move is strategic in nature, preventing the sale of the hospital to its for-profit competitor, and will gain the region its sole emergency department level 2 (two) trauma center with helicopter transport while giving the HCO the ability to service its growing HMO membership in the area.
Based on the above information:
- Evaluate the various HMO models (staff, group, and network) and identify the model that would probably be best suited for the region. Justify your answer.
- Research and comment on the importance and applicability of the various levels of emergency department trauma care. Investigate the exemptions afforded to a critical care rural hospital with respect to Medicare reimbursement and accreditation.
- Elaborate on the difference between an HMO and an accountable care organization (ACO).
- Explain the concept of capitation, its importance to the HMO and participating providers, and how the concept of capitation varies with the ACO model.
- Explain patient-centered care and its importance in healthcare delivery.
Submission Details:
- Submit your answers in a 2- to 3-page Microsoft Word document.
- Cite any sources you use in APA format on a separate page.
Discussion: Addressing Ethical and Cultural Competency Issues
As with any professional field, ethical and cultural competency issues can arise in human services. Sometimes ethical and cultural competence issues are not obvious and can be difficult to identify. Once human services administrators are aware of an issue, they must confront it immediately. Addressing these issues takes strategy, skill, and leadership. It is important for human services administrators to use the tools at their disposal, such as codes of ethics or supervision, to identify and address ethical and cultural competency issues. How a human services administrator addresses these issues might be influenced by his or her leadership style.
Post at least two examples of ethical or cultural issues that may occur in your area of human services. Then explain the tools you might use to identify and address ethical issues and issues related to cultural competence. Finally, explain how your leadership style might influence the tools you select to use.
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Cooner, T. S. (2014). Using Facebook to explore boundary issues for social workers in a networked society: Students’ perceptions of learning. British Journal of Social Work, 44(4), 1063–1080.
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Lee, O. E.-K., & Priester, M. A. (2015). Increasing awareness of diversity through community engagement and films. Journal of Social Work Education, 51(1), 35–46.
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Pullen-Sansfaçon, A. (2011). Ethics and conduct in self-directed groupwork: Some lessons for the development of a more ethical social work practice. Ethics & Social Welfare, 5(4), 361–-379.
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Warren, J., Ahls, C., Asfaw, A. H., Núñez, J. C., Weatherford, J., & Zakaria, N. S. (2014). Ethics issues and training needs of mental health practitioners in a rural setting. Journal of Social Work Values & Ethics, 11(2), 61–75.
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The Agrarian Solution
https://precisionessays.com/in/project/createWrite a paper evaluating agrarianism as a spiritual response to the environmental crisis.
First, analyze agrarianism’s diagnosis of the root cause of human alienation from nature and its proposed solution. Examine how the agrarian solution differs from the solutions to the environmental crisis proposed by other environmental movements such as deep ecology.
Finally, evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of these movements, determining which movement you find to be the most adequate in response to the current environmental situation. (If you find none of the responses we studied adequate, defend your own ideas of the best response while also critiquing the movements we studied.)
At each step, support all your interpretations with evidence from the assigned texts and media. (Remember, there is more than one good way to answer these questions.)
Your paper must be four to five pages in length (excluding title and reference pages), double spaced, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Defend your claims with references to specific passages from at least three of the required and recommended readings. For information regarding APA samples and tutorials, visit the Ashford Writing Center, located within the Learning Resources tab on the left navigation menu.
statistics problems
I need these within one hour (1hr)
5. A claim is made that the mean height of adult males is greater than 69 inches. A random sample of 68 adult males had a mean of 70.1 inches with a standard deviation of 2.63 inches. Do a hypothesis test and test this claim at the 0.01 level of significance.
6. A farmer claims that the mean cotton yield per acre is less than or equal to 850 pounds. The farmer randomly selects 19 acres in different fields and finds they have a mean of 937.6 pounds with a standard deviation of 191.3 pounds. Do a hypothesis test and test the claim at the 0.01 level of significance.