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Environmental pollution

Environmental pollution

State of Texas
There is a concern in your community regarding the environment.  You’ve been tasked to research and present the concerns to your local or state government.
Perform an internet search to identify an instance of environmental pollution in your state.
Create a 5-to 8-slide PowerPoint® presentation or a 350-to 525-word proposal.
· Identify the effects of this pollution on human health and the environment.
· Explain the causes of this pollution.
· Recommend ways to prevent/clean up this type of environmental pollution.
· Include appropriate images.
Use at least 2 outside references.
Format your presentation and references consistent with APA guidelines.
· For Local Campus students, these are oral presentations accompanied by Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations.
· For Online and Directed Study students, these are Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentations with notes similar to what you would present orally.
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The Mexican ceramics folk-art firm

The Mexican ceramics folk-art firm signs a contract for the Mexican firm to deliver 1500 pieces of artwork to an Italian firm within the next 120 days. The contract is denominated in pesos. During this time the Mexican peso strengthens against the euro. What is the net profitability effect on the Mexican firm? What international market concept is demonstrated in this example? Discuss the risks associated with changing exchange rates and international commerce and provide a scenario demonstrating these risks.
Apply APA and References

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what societal role do NGOs fulfill

Hey there I want your help with assignment please
you have to answer this three questions and the the two sources I’m going to give no outside sources at all just use the sources I gave you and you have to cite the two sources as well.
Here is the questions:
1. In your opinion, what societal role do NGOs fulfill? Do you see their activities as beneficial for society or detrimental? Why?
2. What is your view on the activities of IRN against the Bujagali Dam project? Do you think IRN’s opposition to the project is legitimate and justified? Please explain your answer in detail.
3. Do you think that the Bujagali Dam project would be good for Uganda? Why? Should the project be implemented? Is it a good investment for AES?
Here is the two sources you going to use to answer the questions:
Source 1
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_rnJUgAJE0LJRX76bzVgg_-x5NvNaLWp
Source 2
https://drive.google.com/open?id=14ESNOGbboiLmhoGt9nEfrmB9bVx3_glM
I need two pages single space
Due within 24 hours from now

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current fundraising efforts of a nonprofit organization

This project will require you to analyze the past and current fundraising efforts of a nonprofit organization and then develop a fundraising plan for the selected nonprofit. Given a comprehensive analysis is to be conducted and a fundraising plan developed in the time frame of this class, the selected nonprofit organization should be small to medium in size and ideally one you are familiar with through your volunteer experiences or work. At minimum you should have access to the necessary organizational information to complete the project assignments.
For this assignment:

  • Provide the history and mission statement and describe the main 
    program/activities of the nonprofit organization.
  • Identify the five major fundraising principles and discuss each principle’s 
    effect on the nonprofit. Use examples and data from the nonprofit in your 
    discussion.
  • Identify the nonprofit’s funding priorities and include a specific dollar 
    amount the nonprofit intends to raise for the year to achieve the stated 
    priorities.
  • Include a case statement for the nonprofit’s fundraising efforts in an 
    appendix to the assignment.
  • Select an appropriate assessment tool, such as a SWOT analysis, to perform 
    an analysis of the nonprofit’s fundraising efforts. Discuss the components of 
    the tool and provide your rationale for selecting the specific tool.
  • Use the selected analysis tool to analyze the nonprofit’s current fundraising 
    activities. There should be a minimum of three types of fundraising activities 
    analyzed such as individual contributions, grants, special events, and 
    corporate sponsorships.
  • Based on the analysis, discuss the nonprofit’s organizational capacity to 
    achieve its funding priorities and the potential benefits and pitfalls of raising 
    or not raising the specified funds.
  • Must be in APA format and cite all sources
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Marketing Plan

Assignment 2: Marketing Plan
Due Week 6 and worth 100 points
This assignment consists of two (2) sections: a marketing plan and sales strategy, and a marketing budget. Note: You must submit both sections as separate files for the completion of this assignment.
For the first six (6) months your company is in business-to give you time to perfect your product and to learn from actual customers-you will start marketing and selling in your own community, a radius of twenty-five (25) miles from where you live.
For most non-alcoholic beverages, marketing (as opposed to the actual product itself) is key to success. Cola drinks, for example, are fairly undifferentiated, as are many energy drinks, juices, bottled water, and the like. Companies producing these types of beverages differentiate themselves and attract market share through marketing and brand awareness-both of which are critical to success.
Section 1: Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy (MS Word or equivalent)
Write the three to five (3-5) page Marketing Plan & Sales Strategy section of your business plan, in which you:
1. Define your company’s target market.
-Analyze the types of consumers who will be drinking your beverage in demographic terms (i.e., age, education level, income, gender, ethnic group, etc.). Support your analysis with actual data on the size of the demographic groups in your local community (nearby zip codes).
-Outline the demographic information for your company specified on the worksheet in the course text (p. 107 | Demographic Description).Click here for help accessing a specific page number in your eBook.
           -Hints: At American FactFinder (http://census.gov), you will find demographic information on potential consumers in your area. If you are selling through other businesses (such as grocery stores), indicate the number of those businesses in your local area. You will find information about such businesses in your local area at County Business Patterns (https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/cbp.html). Check Chapter 2 of Successful Business Plan for more research sources.
Assess your company’s market competition.
-Use the factors listed in the course text graphic (p. 123 | Assess the Competition) to assess your company’s market competition.
-Defend your strategy to successfully compete against market leaders in your segment.Hints: For example, in the soft drink market, it is intimidating to try to compete against Coke and Pepsi. Newcomers in mature markets typically must pursue niche markets or even create new market categories, as Red Bull did with energy drinks.
-Defend your plan to differentiate yourself from the competition using the information detailed on the worksheet in the text (p. 131 | Market Share Distribution).Hints: Every business faces competition and the non-alcoholic beverage market is an especially crowded market.
3. Clarify your company’s message using the information provided on the worksheet in the text (p. 160 | The Five Facts).Hints: Before you choose your marketing vehicles, you must determine the message you want to convey through those vehicles.
4. Identify the marketing vehicles you plan to use to build your company’s brand. Justify the key reasons why they will be effective. Provide examples of other non-alcoholic beverage companies that use these tactics effectively.Hints: If you plan to use online marketing tactics, refer to the worksheet in the text (p.171 | Online Marketing Tactics) to aid your response. Remember that even if you’re selling through grocery stores you need to build your brand and social media is a major part of that in regard to beverages. Some of the marketing tactics that beverage companies use include: sampling in grocery stores, building a following on social media, sponsoring events, exhibiting at trade shows attended by retailers, and so on. You will use a combination of these tactics. For example, if you decide to give out samples in grocery stores, promote your sampling on your social media networks and those of the grocery store.Hints: If you are planning to distribute through resellers, describe how you plan to reach them, for example, through industry trade shows or by establishing your own sales force. For information on trade shows, visit the Trade Show News Network (http://www.tsnn.com). You can exhibit or network at these shows.
5. Format your assignment according to these formatting requirements:
a. Cite the resources you have used to complete the exercise. Note: There is no minimum requirement for the number of resources used in the exercise.
b.Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
c.Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.
Section 2: Marketing Budget (MS Excel worksheets template)
Section 2 uses the “Business Plan Financials” MS Excel template (see: Course Required Files in Week 1). Use the “Business Plan Financials Guide” (see: Course Required Files in Week 1) to support your development of the Marketing Budget.
6. Complete the Marketing Budget worksheet for your company.Hints: The goal of the marketing budget is to help you determine how much it will cost you to reach your market and achieve your sales goals.Hints: When filling out the “Marketing Budget” worksheet in the Excel spreadsheet:
Begin in the current year and complete a marketing budget for the first year of your business. The information you enter in the marketing budget spreadsheet will flow through to your “Income Statement” in the Business Plan Financials.
Leave the number at zero (0) for any marketing vehicles you do not intend to use.
Remember that all marketing activities involve costs. If social media represents a significant portion of your marketing, assume you will have cost of advertising and that should be reflected on your budget. Even if a social media site charges nothing to use it, you will need to use company resources to manage the site, pay someone to execute your social media marketing campaigns, and will most likely pay for ads on that site.
Do NOT leave the “Marketing Budget” blank, assuming you will not have any marketing costs.

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the core of online learnin

Discussion Board

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Unit 2 – Discussion Board

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The Discussion Board (DB) is part of the core of online learning. Classroom discussion in an online environment requires the active participation of students and the instructor to create robust interaction and dialogue. Every student is expected to create an original response to the open-ended DB question as well as engage in dialogue by responding to posts created by others throughout the week. At the end of each unit, DB participation will be assessed based on both level of engagement and the quality of the contribution to the discussion.
At a minimum, each student will be expected to post an original and thoughtful response to the DB question and contribute to the weekly dialogue by responding to at least two other posts from students. The first contribution must be posted before midnight (Central Time) on Friday of each week. Two additional responses are required after Friday of each week. Students are highly encouraged to engage on the Discussion Board early and often, as that is the primary way the university tracks class attendance and participation.
The purpose of the Discussion Board is to allow students to learn through sharing ideas and experiences as they relate to course content and the DB question. Because it is not possible to engage in two–way dialogue after a conversation has ended, no posts to the DB will be accepted after the end of each unit.
Discuss the following:

In your own words, please post a response to the Discussion Board and comment on other postings. You will be graded on the quality of your postings.
Your assignment will be graded in accordance with the following criteria. Click here to view the grading rubric.
For assistance with your assignment, please use your text, Web resources, and all course materials.
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Forecasting and Preparing Financial Statements

Assignment 1: Discussion—Forecasting and Preparing Financial Statements

Tina, one of your friends, approached you and proposed a partnership in a new venture that she is planning to start—a fashion boutique that will sell women’s clothing and accessories. She told you that she leafed through several books on how to prepare forecasts and pro forma financial statements, but the books were geared toward existing firms that have several years of historical financial statements on which to base their projections.
In this assignment, you will review the accounting concepts and financial statements presented in this module to critically evaluate the challenges faced by your friend in her new business venture.
Tasks:
Respond to the following points:

  • If your friend asked you for advice on how to prepare forecasts for a new fashion boutique for women, what would you tell her?
  • As a potential partner, what would be the important financial statements to be in place for an initial assessment of the venture? Provide details and justification of each choice.

STUDENT RESPONSE

  • Provide substantive comments by
    • contributing new, relevant information from course readings, Web sites, or other sources;
    • building on the remarks or questions of others; or
    • sharing practical examples of key concepts from your professional or personal experiences
  • Respond to feedback on your posting and provide feedback to other students on their ideas.

Forecasting and Preparing Financial Statements
How to prepare forecasts for a new fashion boutique for women
According to Baker, (1999), “Sales forecasting involves predicting the amount people will purchase, given the product features and the conditions of the sale”. Sales forecasting, as one of the organizational operational tools, plays important role in helping organizations to plan, from budgeting to ordering the right products and ensuring adequate staffing depending on the season. To advice a friend on how to prepare forecasts for a new fashion boutique for women, I would recommend her to ensure proper understanding of the nature of her business. Depending on the business location, fashion boutique, may involve the purchasing of different products for different seasons for her customers. Knowing her targeted potential customers will help to make provision for the appropriate products that will satisfy their taste. Since it is a new business, it is very important to make provision for the process of creating of sales data to be used for the next sales forecast. She must research for sales information for similar businesses within the same locations’ and use the information for the initial sale forecasting.
Important financial statements to be in place for an initial assessment of the venture
Starting a new business can sometimes be challenging and confusing. Because of that some business owners may find it confusing to figure out the different business reports, the important reports and how to read some of these reports. There are three important reports that are required by small business to maintain as a way of monitoring its business activities and finances: the balance sheet, the income statement and the cash flow statement. Of all the reports the cash flow statement is one of the most important reports. Cash flow statement is important as it shows the business activities. As stated by Wicks, 2018 “A small business uses cash flow statements to report the inflow and outflow of the business. The inflow is the cash or revenues that come into the business through the sale of commodities; the outflow is the cash used in the daily operations of the business”. For a new business this report will set the pace for the initial report to be used by the business to monitor the level of progress it has made.
References
Diana Wicks, (2018). Small Business: The Most Important Financial Report for a Small Business. Retrieved from http://smallbusiness.chron.com/important-financial-report-small-business-18400.html
Michael J. Baker (Ed.), International Thompson Business Press, 1999, p. 278-290.

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LASA: Business Plan

ATTACHED YOU WILL FIND ASSIGNMENTS 1, 2 & 3:
Assignment 3 needs to be redone to include the Consulting Company’s Name (this is the business venture – Call/Name It MSOL Consoluting)

Assignment 2: LASA: Business Plan

As discussed in the LASA: Working Ahead section, you will prepare a business plan on a specific project or an initiative to be implemented in the business areas covered by your respective MS program of study.
In Modules 1, 2, 3, and 4, you submitted individual assignments that will be part of the final document. The final document needs to be submitted as the course LASA. In this module, you will consolidate all the information collected throughout the course, organize the information, and prepare your business plan.
Tasks:
Prepare a business plan in a Microsoft Word document with an accompanying Microsoft PowerPoint presentation containing the key points of your plan to serve as a presentation to a group of potential investors. The business plan should focus on a specific project or initiative to be implemented in the business areas covered by your respective MS program of study.
The Microsoft Word document (official plan) should have a minimum of 12 pages, and the presentation should be of 12–15 slides.
The business plan for this initiative should include the following:

  • Cover page
  • Table of contents
  • Executive summary: The executive summary should not be more than two pages and should include the following information:
    • Name of the venture
    • Business idea
    • Target market
    • Type of organization
    • Marketing and sales strategy
    • Key success factors
    • Short-and long-term business goals
    • Management skills and resources
    • Ownership
    • Sources and uses of funds
    • Summary of the financial projections
  • Mission, vision, and culture
  • Company description
  • Opportunity or feasibility analysis
  • Marketing strategy and plan
  • Simplified financial analysis and projections
  • Management and operations (including legal, risk, human resource management [HRM], ethics, etc.)

Note that you can use any business plan template as an aid for preparing the final document. At a minimum, the plan/presentation must include:

  • Executive summary
  • Mission, vision, and culture
  • Company description
  • Opportunity or feasibility analysis
  • Marketing strategy and plan
  • Simplified financial analysis and projections
  • Management and operations (including legal, risk, human resource management [HRM], ethics, etc.)

Make sure to expand as necessary to ensure your audience can have a full understanding of your proposed plan.
Submission Details:

  • By the due date assigned,  save your business plan as M5_A1_lastname_firstinitial.doc and your presentation as M5_A1_lastname_firstinitial.ppt and submit these to the Submissions Area.
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Organizational Assessment

Instructions
M1 Assignment 3: Organizational Assessment
Scenario
As the human resources (HR) manager for a public organization, you are conducting a New Hire Orientation session for all new employees. As research for your orientation, you are writing a report about the functions of the organization, its strengths and weaknesses, and its mission, vision, goals, and objectives.
Instructions
1. Choose a public organization, such as Target, McDonalds, Apple, etc., as the basis for this assignment. Be sure to choose an organization where the information needed to complete this assignment is publicly available and is easily accessible.
2. Using research from at least three sources, develop a report that accomplishes the following tasks:
· Identify the company’s mission statement, vision statement, goals, objectives, and tactical plans.
· Explain how each of the four functions of management impacts the organization’s goals and objectives.
· Discuss the ethical implications of the organization’s policies and strategies with respect to market expansion, human capital management, and the environment.
· Conduct an internal and external assessment of the organization:
· Identify the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats using SWOT analysis.
· Illustrate the organization’s product portfolio using a BCG Matrix.
· Analyze the internal and external environments using environmental scanning. Assess the organizational structure; the relationships and interactions among employees, management, and shareholders; market competitors; as well as the industry, national, and macro environments.
Support your responses using scholarly research from the Argosy University online library resources.
Write in a clear, concise, and organized manner. Your response should demonstrate ethical scholarship in appropriate and accurate representation and attribution of sources (i.e., APA); and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.
Write a 7-page report in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.
By 2/14/18 8PM PST, deliver your assignment to the Submissions Area.
Grading Criteria

Assignment Components Maximum Points
Identify the company’s mission statement, vision statement, goals, objectives, and tactical plans. 8
Explain how each of the four functions of management impacts the organization’s goals and objectives. 8
Discuss the ethical implications of the organization’s policies and strategies   with respect to market expansion, human capital management, and the environment. 16
Identify the organization’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats using SWOT analysis. 16
Illustrate the organization’s product portfolio using a BCG Matrix. 12
Analyze the internal and external environments using environmental scanning. 20
Academic Writing  
Write in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrate ethical   cholarship in appropriate and accurate representation and attribution of sources (i.e., APA); and display accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Use of scholarly sources aligns with specified assignment requirements. 20
Total: 100

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