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Debates On Organizational Power And Politics Week 3 – Discussion 2

On Day 1 of this week, your instructor will post an Announcement assigning you to one of the following two groups: Positive Group or Negative Group.
Positive Group Initial Post:

Guided Response:  In your responses to classmates, select two classmates who were assigned the negative group.  Respond to their posts using at least 100 words by Day 7.  No video is required for your responses.

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Effective resource development and extensive organizational analysis

The Steppingstone Foundation, a nonprofit organization that had challenges moving their current model to another city because of the inability to raise additional funds, poor leadership, and other issues; please use this case study as the foundation of your response to the week’s discussion topics
Effective resource development begins with an extensive organizational analysis. In the chapter “Managing the Resource Development Function” in your textbook there is a list of preliminary questions used to conduct an early analysis; please review the list of preliminary questions and consider what The Steppingstone Foundation might have done differently. After performing an extensive organizational analysis, the next task is to engage in the planning phase of resource development. Successful planning involves two critical elements, efficiency and effectiveness. In addition, nonprofit organizations face a more strained economy; therefore, they rely heavily on marketing their case.

  1. How would you define efficiency and effectiveness in a nonprofit context?
  2. Evaluate and explain how efficiency and effectiveness impact the performance of a nonprofit organization.
  3. Analyze and explain how a nonprofit organization can improve its organizational performance in the absence of these elements.
  4. Discuss how small/new nonprofit organizations can market their case statement while operating with budget constraints

Cite all sources using APA format must be at least 1000 words

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Project Management paper

1. A medical research firm is planning to re-locate to one of four cities within the United States. Review the table below and develop a weighted project selection model with a minimum of 5 criteria (one criteria has been provided to get you started) to aid in the selection of the correct city.  Assign fictional scores to each criterion for each of the 4 cities, provide a legend, and total the score. Make a recommendation based upon the score. Complete the assignment using Microsoft Excel.
 
2. Two new Internet site projects are proposed to a young start-up company. Project A will cost $100,000 to implement and is expected to have an annual net cash flow of $20,000. Project B will cost $400,000 to implement and should generate annual net cash flows of $90,000.  The company is very concerned about their cash flow. Using the payback period, which project will return their money the soonest?
3. A four-year financial project has net cash flows of $50,000, $40,000, $30,000, and $10,000 in the next four years. It will cost $175,000 to implement the project. If the required rate of return is 20%, conduct a discounted cash flow calculation to determine the NPV.
4. List the 8 steps of the Project Portfolio Process. Which step do you believe is the most difficult to complete and why?

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Australian Accounting Standards Board

Assume that you have been contracted by the Australian Accounting Standards Board to develop a proposal regarding whether to issue an accounting standard on accounting for the costs of environmental damage. Draft a proposal of 1500 words or less outlining why you think it is appropriate, or inappropriate, to develop an accounting standard on this issue. Also outline the key issues that would need to be covered by the standard and how the conceptual framework can contribute to resolution of those issues.
Number of Pages: 5 Pages
Deadline: 10 hours
Academic Level: Undergraduate
Paper Format: Harvard

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Event Management

 
Task description:
For this assignment you are to attend the event that you nominated and described in Assignment 2.
Your assignment should identify and critically analyse the positive and negative impacts of the event and evaluate aspects of its operational management to determine whether it has successfully realised its goals and resulted in stakeholder satisfaction.
The information for this assignment can be obtained from your own personal observations whilst attending the event, from discussions with event stakeholders (attendees, event organisers, staff and volunteers, stallholders, local government etc.) and from secondary information such as newspaper reports, social media commentary etc)
The event should be evaluated using the principles of sustainability and the triple bottom line approach (refer to and cite the academic literature when defining and explaining these concepts).  
A reference list should be provided for any academic literature cited. At least 3 academic references should be cited.
This assignment can be presented as either a 1500 word essay or as a report.  It is recommended that students include photos of the event that demonstrate the impacts they observe whilst attending the event.
Please note: This is an independent, self-directed assessment task and therefore students will be responsible for attending, negotiating any permissions if appropriate, their own transportation and any expenses incurred attending the event.

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What is your experience with documentation formats and styling-English Week 4 Discussion 2

MLA formatting is required in this course because we use literature as our content.
What is your experience with documentation formats and styling? What is your strategy for being sure that you are using the correct style?
Do you document as you write–or do you wait? Does this method work for you? Why or why not?
Will you be changing any part of your documentation style as a result of the writing you have done in this class? Why or why not?
If you have any questions on MLA formatting for your paper (which includes the formatting of the paper, the in-text citations, and the Works Cited page), please post them here.

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Best Cloud-Based Solution

 
Your company’s CIO interested in hosting several existing and new applications on a cloud. The CIO requests that you conduct some research to determine the most appropriate cloud computing solution for the needs of the application. The goal of your research is to create a comprehensive assessment document to assist IT in determining the best cloud-based solution for a given application. 
The assessment document should detail what factors should your organization consider when making a cloud computing decision. The assessment document should cover the following topics:

  • Cloud deployment model(s)
  • Cloud service model(s)
  • Cloud storage
  • Cloud security
  • Cloud management
  • Cloud solution design – functional and non-functional requirements

For example, under Cloud deployment models, what questions must be answered in order to determine if a public, private, hybrid, or community cloud is the correct solution?
Final Project Deliverable:

  • Paper should be 10 to 12 pages in length.
  • The page count should not include the title page and references page.
  • Cite at least 1 credible source other than the textbook.
  • Follow the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements and review the library material concerning APA style before turning in this assignment.
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tribes fighting for clean water

Hi all,
The below links are regarding tribes fighting for clean water:
http://www.takepart.com/feature/2016/08/26/native-american-waters/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
https://www.azcentral.com/story/news/local/arizona-environment/2017/09/03/native-american-tribes-fight-clean-water-and-more-money/617172001/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Questions: 
1) How are these two articles similar and how are they different?
2) What are your thoughts regarding these tribes fighting for clean water? Do you think they make a valid point or do you disagree?
3) Which of the two articles do you believe is a more of a credible source and why?
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Research And Statistical Methods – Psychology

Initial Post Part 1 (minimum of 250 words)
You read in a health magazine about a study in which a new therapy technique for depression was examined. A group of depressed individuals volunteered to participate in the study, which lasted 9 months. There were 50 subjects at the beginning of the study and 29 at the end of the 9 months. The researchers claimed that of those who completed the program, 85% improved. What possible confounds can you identify in this study and how can they be corrected? Or can they?
Initial Post Part 2 (minimum of 250 words)
Review the internal and external threats to validity in the example from Part 1 of this Forum. Identify and define those threats that are related to measurement, and the threats that are related to sampling issues.