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International Trade: Economic Analysis 4-Analyze the concept of exchange rate

International Trade: Economic Analysis 4
Requirements
This assignment has two parts. Please be sure you complete both parts before submitting.
Part I

  • Analyze the concept of exchange rate:
    • Explain how the dollar price of euros is determined.
    • Identify a factor that can increase the dollar price of euros.
    • Identify a factor that can decrease the dollar price of euros.
    • Explain why a rise in the dollar price of euros means a fall in the euro price of dollars.
  • Explain the purchasing-power-parity theory of exchange rates, using the euro-dollar exchange rate as an example.

Part II

  • Explain why a quota is more detrimental to an economy than a tariff that results in the same level of imports as the quota.
    • What is the net outcome of either tariffs or quota for the world economy?

Organize your assignment logically with appropriate headings and subheadings.
 
Additional Requirements

  • Include      a title page and reference page.
  • Include      3-4 pages, not counting title page and reference page.
  • Use      at least three scholarly or professional resources.
  • Use      APA format for citations and references.
  • Set      your assignment in Times New Roman, 12 pt., double spaced.

Resources
International Trade: Economic Analysis 4 Scoring Guide

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Module C: Project Plan – Creating a Public Health Infographic

Overview
 
For this module on mass media and media advocacy, each group will be creating a public health infographic.  An infographic is a form of communication that consists of a visual presentation of data and information arranged in a “user-friendly” way.  Infographics are one of the more recent forms of public health communication.  For example, the American Public Health Association (APHA) is using them to support the mission of public health as well as provide info on health topics (http://action.apha.org/site/PageNavigator/Infographic_Page_2012_10_04_Round_2.html).  For your project, you will be creating one large/long infographic with several sections (blocks).  Each group member will create a block, and the group leader will assemble them into the final product.  Luckily, there are excellent, free, web-based tools for creating infographics, so please don’t be concerned if you feel that artistic expression is not one of your strengths.  The lecture and posted resources will also provide tips for using mass media in public health.
 
The group leader is to complete page 2-3 of the leadership plan before submitting to the instructor for review. All group members, including group leaders, will follow the instruction on pages 4 of the plan to complete the individual assignments.
 
The group leaders only will follow the instructions on page 5 to complete the final group assignment.
 
Please feel free to contact the instructor with questions.
 

 

Project Learning Objectives
·         Describe best practices for communicating prevention-focused public health messages through various mass media and electronic technology formats
·         Describe the potential influence of mass media and electronic technology prevention-focused approaches on cultural norms, individual attitudes, and health behaviors
·         Identify the strengths and weaknesses in existing mass media and electronic technology approaches to prevention-focused health communication

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Group Leader Information
Name:
Major/Concentration:
Personal Interests in Public Health:
Email:

 

Topic/Audience for Infographic
Topic Choices
Reducing the Effect of Stigma Regarding Mental Health Disorders  (Audience: Employers)
Preventing Healthcare-Associated Infections (Audience: Non-Physician, Hospital-Based Health Care Professionals)
 
The group leader has selected the topic:

 

Plan for Achieving Final Project Goals (Leader should replace the below questions with responses to the questions)
–          How will the individual projects be assigned/determined?
–          How will the group discussion be facilitated?  (e.g. the group leader will propose specific questions, each group member will be assigned to review another member’s individual project, etc.)
–          If more information is needed on the topic, how will the work be divided? (e.g. each group member reads one of the additional posted resources, each member is responsible for answering a specific question, etc)
–          Are there any general guidelines or ground rules for discussion or participation?
–          And so on…

 

Creating Our Group Infographic
For this module, we will be using the Piktochart website to create an infographic!  To use the site, you need to create an account, but it’s free and only asks for your email address, a username, and a password.
 
As group leader, I will be assembling the actual final infographic, but you will each be creating one individual portion (block) of it.
 
Website: http://magic.piktochart.com/
The free theme that we will be using is:  select any free theme

 

Individual Assignments
Group leader should assign or make suggestions for which group member will focus on which section of the infographic.  (LEADERS: If there are only 3 members in your group, you only need to do #2 OR #3 from the list below.  All groups need to include sections #1 and #4 in their final infographic.)
 
1.       Definition/Description/Burden of Problem  – Group Member Name
2.       Important Lesser-Known Facts about Problem  – Group Member Name
3.       Common Misperceptions/Myths about Problem  – Group Member Name
4.       Public Health Recommendation for Action  – Group Member Name

 

Initial Brainstorming for Final Project Components (to be completed by group leaders before posting plan)
1.       What is the overall purpose of our infographic? What specifically are we trying to accomplish?
–          Include some bullet points here of the content you are thinking about including in this section
–
2.       What are some key characteristics of our selected audience?  Who are they and what do they care about?
–          Include some bullet points here of the content you are thinking about including in this section
–
3.       What would be our plan for disseminating the infographic to our intended audience?  How would we evaluate its success?
–          Include some bullet points here of the content you are thinking about including in this section
–
4.       In addition to disseminating your infographic, what other public health interventions would you include to meet the requirements for “Education for Behavior Change” as described in lecture C3?
–          Include some bullet points here of the content you are thinking about including in this section
–

 
 
 
 
 
 

Individual Assignment: Stakeholder Analysis – Required Components
The group leader will determine which group member will focus on which section of the infographic.  Each group member will respond to the prompts below AND their assigned content area questions in 2-4 pages, and create a DRAFT infographic block.  All the individual blocks will be combined into a final infographic by the group leader.
 
For Individual Assignments:
i.   Submit a 2-4 page Word document
a.        Answer the questions for your assigned content area (below).  Include specific data and sources!
b.       Indicate which pieces of information you collected are most important to include in the infographic given this audience and justify your decision.
ii.   Create a DRAFT of your individual infographic block (instructions below)
 
Content Areas
1.       Definition/Description/Burden of Problem
è  What is the problem?  Who and how many are affected?  What are some of the concerning consequences and outcomes from this problem? How does this problem affect the general public?
2.       Important Lesser-Known Facts about Problem
è  What are some important facts about this issue and its consequences that the general public doesn’t know, but should?  Why will providing these facts help them understand the problem?
3.       Common Misperceptions/Myths about Problem
è  What is a common misperception that the general public has about this topic?  What do the facts say?  Why is it important to correct this misperception?
4.       Public Health Recommendation for Action
è  What are some public health actions (think of the ecological approach) that can help with this problem?  What can public health practitioners do?  What can individuals in the target audience do?

 

Individual Assignment Guidelines
1.       Students are expected to use professional tone/language, as well as proper spelling, grammar, and mechanics
2.       Word document should be 2-4 pg (excluding reference list), double-spaced, 1” margins, Times New Roman font
3.       Submit as a Microsoft Word attachment on a new thread on the Group Discussion Board
4.       Include your name and your group number (e.g. C.1) at the top of the first page of your assignment and page numbers at the bottom, right-hand side of each page
5.       Paste the .jpg image of your infographic block into your discussion thread.  See instructions below for how to save your infographic block as a .jpg
6.       All major assertions must be supported with citations in APA format and an APA-formatted reference list should accompany the assignment.
7.       Include your last name and individual project content area in the subject of your discussion thread
8.       Please ensure that you turn your project and infographic in to the Module C Individual Assignment Dropbox.
9.       Non-leader group members will be graded on: individual assignment, participation in discussion boards, contributions to group process (NOT graded on final project).

 
 
 
 

Final Project – Required Components (to be addressed by the group leader ONLY in the final project)
Executive Summary
·         Summarize your final project in 1 page, focusing on the most important things you would want a reader to pay attention to.
Introduction
·         What is the overall purpose of your infographic?  What specifically are you trying to accomplish?
·         What are some key characteristics of your selected audience?  Who are they and what do they value/care about?
Infographic Dissemination
·         What would be your plan for disseminating the infographic and how would you evaluate its success?
·         What are some specific steps you would take to move forward with implementing your plan?
Education for Behavior Change
·         In addition to disseminating your infographic, what other public health interventions would you want to include to meet the requirements for “Education for Behavior Change” as described in lecture C3?
·         Why do you think these methods would be effective?
Your group infographic! [See the “Assembling Your Infographic handout for details]
·         Please include your infographic as an appendix, after your reference page
Note: For this final project, you do NOT combine all of your group member’s papers and submit them

 

Final Project Guidelines (for group leaders)
1.    Students are expected to use professional tone/language, as well as proper spelling, grammar, and mechanics
2.    All major assertions must be supported with citations in APA format.  ALL references from the individual and final project components should be combined into one list in the final project
3.    Submit as a Microsoft Word or PDF attachment to a new thread on the Overall Discussion Board
4.    Include a cover page with:
a.     Title of project
b.    Selected topic
c.     Module and group number (e.g. Group C.1)
d.    Group leader name
e.    Group member names
5.    The first page of your assignment (after the cover page), should be an Executive Summary of the project.  Please see the resources in the Group Projects folder on the main course content page of Blackboard for more information about writing Executive Summaries.  You should copy and paste your Executive Summary in your discussion thread when you post your completed project on the Overall Discussion Board.
6.    Include your group number at the top, right-hand side of each page (after the cover page)
7.    Include page numbers at the bottom, right-hand side of each page (after the cover page)
8.    Should be 5-10 pages (excluding references), double-spaced, 1” margins, Times New Roman font, with the final infographic as an appendix after your reference list.  Please see sample final project in the Group Projects folder on Blackboard.

 

Grading
Group leaders will be graded on: leadership plan, facilitation of discussion and group process, final project  (the group leader will also receive separate scores for the individual components)
 
If you have additional questions, please see the “Group Work Trouble-Shooting” document on Blackboard or contact the instructor.

 

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 Geert Hofstede is one of the leading experts on intercultural communications. Use the website, http://www.geert-hofstede.com/hofstede_dimensions.php, to compare your home culture with another culture that interests you. Write a 4-6 paragraph essay describing the key differences between the two cultures and how those differences might impact your communications

 Geert Hofstede is one of the leading experts on intercultural communications. Use the website, http://www.geert-hofstede.com/hofstede_dimensions.php, to compare your home culture with another culture that interests you. Write a 4-6 paragraph essay describing the key differences between the two cultures and how those differences might impact your communications. Consider as many of the components of the communication process and concepts as possible. Rely on your college-level writing and critical thinking skills to clearly communicate your ideas.

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Fractional Reserve Banking

1. Assume Bank A receives $181 in loans from the Fed and the reserve requirement is 7.00%. In the following table write out the money multiplication process. Only write out the money multiplication process until Bank E but calculate the Total as if you continued the multiplication process until reserves hit zero and there is nothing left to lend.

Table 1

 
Bank
Deposits
Loans
Reserves
 
A
 
B
 
C
 
D
 
E
 
 
Total
2. How much actual money is there in the banking system, M0, and how much demand deposits are there in the banking system, M1? How much money was created through lending?
1. If a bank is falling short of meeting its capital requirements by $1 million, what three things can it do to rectify the situation?
2. X-Bank reported an ROE of 13.00% and an ROA of 1.00%. How well capitalized is this bank?
3. Below is the balance sheet for Tribank. The required reserve ratio is 11.00%. Deposits fall by $5. What does the new balance sheet look like? How much money does the bank need to meet required reserves if any?

Table 2

Assets Liabilities
 
Required Reserves
 
$11 Checkable Deposits
 
$100
 
Excess Reserves
 
$3 Bank Capital $6
 
T-bills $45
Loans $50
 
4. To meet any shortfall in the previous question, TriBank will borrow the cash in the fed funds market. What does the balance sheet look like after this transaction?

Chapter 18

1. Consider a failing bank and assume the FDIC insures up to $250,000. A deposit of $642,803 is worth how much if the FDIC uses the payoff method? The purchase and assumption method?
2.
a. Based on the balance sheet below, how well capitalized is the bank?
b. How well capitalized is the bank based on the risk-weighted capital ratio?

Table 3

Assets Liabilities
 
Required Reserves
 
$3 Checkable Deposits
 
$124
 
Treasury Securities
 
$50 Bank Capital $12
 

Loans $83

Shadow Banking

1. Discuss ways that private equity funds can create value?
 
Use Table 2 below for number 8. Assume the management fee is 2.00%, committed capital is $100, and the carried interest is 11%.
2. Fill in the rest of the table.

Table 4

 
Year
Called-down
Paid in capital
Mgmt   Fees
Operating
Results
NAV before
Distributions
Carried
Interest
Distributions
NAV after
Distributions
 
2010
$21
-$10
 
2011
$26
$10
 
2012
$16
$20
 
2013
$10
$50
$5
 
2014
$27
$55
$10
3. What are the ways the fund of funds create value. In addition, what kind of performance does the fund of funds usually obtain?
 
Answer the next question(s) on the basis of the following table for a commercial bank or thrift:

Table 5

 
Reserve   Requirement
Deposits
Total   Reserves
Excess   Reserves
 
1
W
$95,861
$8,035
$1,000
 
2
10%
X
$20,000
$3,966
1. Refer to row 1 in the above table. The number appropriate for space W is:
2. A. 8.38%
B. 7.34%
C. 12.45%
D. 57.34%
3. Refer to row 2 in the above table. The number appropriate for space X is:
4. A. $161,590
B. $239,660
C. $200,000
D. $160,340

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Using all the research you have done and the parts of the paper you  have written, develop a draft of your course project paper. Apart from  the areas of research specified, you can include topics such as trade  blocs relevant for your selected country and government incentives to  global companies to do business in the country.

Course Project Check-in

Your facilitator has confirmed one of your choices of country for  your course project. Using the textbook, the Argosy University online  library resources, and the Internet, research your selected country. In  this course project task, research the following:

  • Operations, marketing, and human resource considerations in your selected country

In order to prepare your 15- to 20-page research paper due in M5:  Assignment 1, you are not required to but should consider preparing a  draft of these portions of your paper that will be due Week 5 Assignment  1.

Draft Paper

Using all the research you have done and the parts of the paper you  have written, develop a draft of your course project paper. Apart from  the areas of research specified, you can include topics such as trade  blocs relevant for your selected country and government incentives to  global companies to do business in the country. These are just two  examples, and it is likely you will find a number of such issues that  represent important and insightful information.
The project paper should have the following structure:

  • Executive summary
  • Macroeconomic condition
  • Political and cultural environment
  • Operations, Marketing, and Human Resource considerations
  • Overall recommendation and risk assessment for making business investments into this country
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In Book One of his Confessions, Rousseau claims, “I felt before I thought.” Other Romantic poets, like Wordsworth, Shelley, and Keats, stress feeling over thinking too. Using textual evidence from the poems, discuss how the Romantic poets privileged emotion over reason.

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Define “sublime” as the romantics used the term. Google paintings by the British artists J. M. W. Turner and John Constable. Using these images, discuss how the paintings reflect the sublime sensibility central to the aesthetics of Romanticism.

Define “sublime” as the romantics used the term. Google paintings by the British artists J. M. W. Turner and John Constable. Using these images, discuss how the paintings reflect the sublime sensibility central to the aesthetics of Romanticism.

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Choose three different cities within the KSA. Choose a city of large, medium and small population. Research the population census (age, gender, etc.) and income statistics of each city. Next investigate the health status statistics of the city's population (% of chronic disease) and provide data on the available healthcare services/settings in each city. Analyze and interpret your findings on the impact of income, health outcomes and distribution of healthcare services.

you will create a PowerPoint presentation. Choose three different cities within the KSA. Choose a city of large, medium and small population. Research the population census (age, gender, etc.) and income statistics of each city. Next investigate the health status statistics of the city’s population (% of chronic disease) and provide data on the available healthcare services/settings in each city. Analyze and interpret your findings on the impact of income, health outcomes and distribution of healthcare services.
Your submission should meet the following structural requirements:

  • Develop a PowerPoint presentation that include all elements detailed above (professional design).
  • Include 2 presentation slides per city, for 6 slides and a total of 8 minimum slides (with title and reference slides).
  • Include title and reference slides with your presentation.
  • Include 4 – 5 academic or government sources to support your analysis and discussion.
  • Include detailed presentation notes for each slide.
  • Use available tables or figures to support and present your data findings.
  • Conform to  APA writing standards; be sure to cite any statistics or other information, as appropriate.