Category: Economics

Overview
Company mergers are very busy and challenging times for corporate leade

Overview
Company mergers are very busy and challenging times for corporate leadership. The role that HR plays during a merger is often complex and far-reaching. In this assignment, you write an executive brief that considers aspects of how an HR department might prioritize and operate to support the union of two companies.
Preparation
How to Brief an Executive
There is no single correct way to brief an executive or other stakeholder. The final deliverable is your choice, but effective briefs have common elements; they should be clear, concise, relevant, well-structured, and provide decision-making information. Here are a couple of resources you may use to get started:
How to Brief an ExecutiveLinks to an external site.: A podcast from the Communications Guys.
How to Write a Formal Business Report (With Examples)Links to an external site.: Hints from Indeed.
Scenario
Imagine that Anchor Hospital, a 250-bed medical center, is merging with the similar-sized Saint Mary’s Hospital to better serve the needs of its metropolitan community. An administrative board has been formed to guide all aspects of the merger. They have asked all departments to submit an executive brief that states their roles, intended model of operations, and initial steps to build interdepartmental relationships.
The board’s primary concern for HR is how it will manage the merging of the workforce into a single, cohesive, and effective team. They want to understand HR’s primary role, guiding principles, and application of current practice. Specifically, they want your vision for the following:
A merger-related current best practice or trend that is being successfully employed by HR departments.
HR’s primary role in assimilating the workforces for the two hospitals.
The HR management model is to be followed.
How to foster relationships between HR and department managers.
Instructions
Write a 3-4-page executive brief that addresses the following merger-related items:
Recommend a relevant HR trend or practice that would be useful to consider as part of this merger. Justify your recommendation.
Analyze HR’s primary role(s) as a strategic corporate partner in merging the workforces of the organizations.
Recommend an HRM model that would effectively steer the joining of each organization’s employees into a single, cohesive workforce. Justify your recommendation.
Recommend two initial steps that HR should initiate to develop an effective relationship between HR and management. Justify your recommendation.
Additional Requirements
Resources: Use four sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
SWS: This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
Determine strategies for HR operations including defining organizational roles and relations with leadership.

Part 1: Expenditures Approach to Calculating GDP Create the table that contain

Part 1: Expenditures Approach to Calculating GDP Create the table that contains the following information for the most recent
quarter where data required for this exercise is available. Please note that
using the data for previous years and/or previous estimates will produce
grade zero for this part of the project. b) Calculate the percentage (the proportion) of each category in nominal
GDP and in real GDP. 2. Write a report (2 pages double – spaced), which contains an analysis of
the results you received.

Name the Stage of Change for this client and if not in the Action Phase, how cou

Name the Stage of Change for this client and if not in the Action Phase, how could you motivate this client to engage treatment?
Ms. Clark is in the preparation action stage. She is committed to making change and thinking about ways to stop drinking so much. She doesn’t want to quit all together but will if that’s what it took. She prefers some medicine from Dr. Seal to help with anxiety in order to start cutting back. She mentioned it would be nice for her to have someone to talk to as well. I could motivate the client to engage treatment by sending her back to Dr. Seal to see if he wants to prescribe anything right away or wait. Knowing she is more willing to cut back if she has medication, I would encourage her to set up an appointment with a talk therapist first and try to get a few sessions in before deciding or not that medicine is a good idea. I would give her a therapist she could get set up with right away.
Barsky (2006) says, “A client could be an individual, family, group, organization, or community,” (p. 117) and provides some guidelines for you to consider when making this determination. Using these concepts of your reading, who would you define as the client? Justify your answer with the readings/lecture and information in the video. (This reading is located in Module 3 if you want a refresher.)
The client is an individual. Based on Barsky (2006), one determines who the client is by asking 5 questions. Summing up the 5 questions would be, Who is willing, Who is required by law, which individuals are necessary, who needs to participate in assessment, and who is the worker competent and able to work with (Barsky, 2006). Ms. Clark is being seen for herself. She is the only person willing to work with the social worker. She is the only one participating in the assessment. She is not required by law but willingly coming on her own.
As you envision this client, what resources would you use to develop an initial assessment? Who else would you want to reach out to for additional information, with client permission?
As I envision the client, I would use the CAGE screening tool to develop my initial assessment. It is a simple 5 question screening that would give me an idea of where my client is at (Mack et al., 2016). Knowing my client wants a prescription drug, I would also have her take the Alcohol Abstinence Self-Efficacy Scale (AASE) To see if she has a high chance of not being tempted to drink as much as she is while taking a prescription medication (DiClemente et al., 1994). It would show me how much she is tempted and how well she could abstain. I would reach out to a psychotherapist who can do talk therapy and if that therapist sees the needs for medication, then to get in contact with a psychiatrist.
Mack, A.H., Brady, K. T., Miller, S.I., & Frances, R. J. (2016). Clinical Textbook of Addictive Disorders (4th ed.). Guilford Press: New York.
DiClemente, C. C., Carbonari, J. P., Montgomery, R. P., & Hughes, S. O. (1994). The alcohol abstinence self-efficacy scale. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 55(2), 141–148. https://doi.org/10.15288/jsa.1994.55.141
What strengths does this client (individual, family, group, organization, or community) possess that can be mobilized to gain help and healing?
The strengths of the client are that she is highly motivated. She is willing to put in the work. Ms. Clark recognizes that she is drinking more than she would like and that it could be a potential problem. She is aware of her anxiety and stress and really wants help to alleviate the anxiety. She is thinking about her children and her job and she wants to continue to be a good mother and provider for her family. She is willing to do what it takes to get better.

1. Economists believe that the Canadian dollar will soon depreciate against the

1. Economists believe that the Canadian dollar will soon depreciate against the US dollar.
2. Find one factor in the news article that contributes to the expectation.
3. Explain briefly by applying what you learned about supply and demand.
article link: https://financialpost.com/executive/posthaste-why-the-loonies-impressive-rally-against-the-u-s-dollar-is-about-to-come-to-a-rapid-end
Make your comments short but to the point. Write 4-6 full sentences without using texting language

Does a Perfectly Competitive Industry Exist?
There are really no industries tha

Does a Perfectly Competitive Industry Exist?
There are really no industries that meet all of the criteria for perfect competition. But there are some that come very close. I want you to review the criteria for perfect completion and select an industry that you feel comes close to being perfectly competitive. In addition to the name of the industry I want you to list the criteria you feel it satisfies.

Please watch this video and then comment on what you got out of it. Does this m

Please watch this video and then comment on what you got out of it. Does this make the term “Invisible Hand” more understandable to you? What did you like about this video? Was it easy to follow and understand? Was there something that you did not like or that confused you?
Please make your first post of 150 words or more and then reply to two of your classmates with posts that are also at least 150 words. I suggest ending your posts with a question to make it easier for others to respond.
Please do not forget the two other posts/replies. It is very important.
Here is the Link to the Youtube video: https://youtu.be/ljULutAUL7o

Complete a 1-2 synthesis and critique of Berinato’s “Why Visualizations That Re

Complete a 1-2 synthesis and critique of Berinato’s “Why Visualizations That Really Work” and try to create your own from the example data.
Below I have attached the following article you are going to review I will also attach a separate file on the specific instructions you must follow for reviewing this article please follow all instructions as they are very specific and critical.
THE ARTICLE REVIEW IS 1-2 PAGES LONG, WRITTEN IN CHICAGO STYLE, 12 POINT FONT, DOUBLE SPACED WITH ONE INCH MARGINS ON ALL SIDES.THERE SHOULD ALSO BE PAGE NUMBERS THAT START ON THE FIRST PAGE AND ARE PUT IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER. PLEASE BE SURE TO READ ALL INSTRUCTIONS BEFORE WRITING THE ARTICLE REVIEW.

Use the 80/20 rule (Paretos’s Rule) to calculate ABC classification. The idea is

Use the 80/20 rule (Paretos’s Rule) to calculate ABC classification. The idea is that you identify 20% of the products that generate 80% of the revenue.
Watch the video below on ABC Analysis in Excel.

Look at the example on page 96 (Figures 5.4 and 5.5) in the Benton 4th edition textbook.
Use the data points provided in the attached Excel file to calculate the following:
Annual Usage – Cumulative Ratio of Annual Usage (%) – Cumulative Ratio of Usage Value (%) and ABC classification.
Part B:
Now that you know how to calculate ABC analysis, go to any small local store and examine the inventory. In your opinion, decide which 10 items sold there would constitute 80% of the revenue for this store.
Requirements
Part A: Excel file with ABC analysis using formulas in the formula bar
ABC Analysis Video
Part B: Word document with the local store assignment, with the name of the store listed. Write this document in APA format, including a cover page and reference page.

Don Clarke, The Operations Manager of the Dollar Wise Distribution Center is con

Don Clarke, The Operations Manager of the Dollar Wise Distribution Center is concerned with the level of accuracy of the picking team under his responsibility. He has taken a sample of 75 recent orders and compiled the information in the Workbook WB5.xls.
The data is defined as follows:
Order Accuracy (%): Number of correct pieces in the order divided by the total number of pieces in the order, multiplied by 100.
Number of Lines in the Order: Number of SKUs in each order. The more lines in an order, the more stops the picker has to make to fulfill it.
Order Size: Number of pieces in each order. Larger orders require more attention from pickers as he/she counts the pieces.
Time within Shift: Each seven-hour shift is divided in 28 working blocks of 15 minutes each. This column shows the number of the block in which the order was picked.
Picker Experience: This is a Category Variable created to differentiate the level of experience of the picker assigned to each order.
You are to develop a linear regression model to assist Don in his analysis.
Open the MS Excel file WB5.xlsx.
Using the Correlation capability, create a matrix showing how the five variables correlate with one another.
Create a Word file and write your conclusions from the item above.
Create a single linear regression model using the variable with the highest correlation coefficient.
Interpret the results, including the weight of each coefficient, and summarize your findings in the Word file.

Select one of the following issues and compose and post a briefing paper that in

Select one of the following issues and compose and post a briefing paper that includes an outline of your response to one of these issues (approximately 300–400 words). Use the “Core Components” and “Checklist” sections of Herman’s “White Papers and Briefing Books: A Communications Program Workshop” as a general guide. You do not need to include an Executive Summary or Appendices for this part of your Discussion.
Evaluate a decision to divert state educational funds from a prosperous school district to improve the resources of an impoverished school district in a minority area. Consider this question: Is diversion of funds from prosperous districts to those impoverished justified in the name of achieving social justice? Cite your source(s).
Based upon the educational/public service philosophy and direct experience of Gardner, Kozol, and Robinson, write a briefing paper that includes a plan to promote educational equity in your local K–12 school district or child and family services agency, either governmental or nonprofit. In addition to ensuring that every child has access to the curriculum and essential school supplies, consider needs of the “whole child,” including social, physical, and mental health.
Aguilera and Nightengale-Lee (2020) emphasized that “The responses of educational institutions to COVID-19 have been almost as jarring as the societal shifts influenced by the pandemic itself” (p. 472). It is no secret that the unanticipated, yet unavoidable, requirement of schools to shift suddenly from face-to-face to virtual/remote learning produced great confusion, delays in learning, and lost educational opportunities. On the other hand, many instructors became quite good at making connections with—and delivering content to—students. Write a briefing paper outlining a school district’s remote education plan. Be sure to address concerns of school administrators and K–12 teachers who are working with students from communities that, historically, have been marginalized.
Assess Maxwell and Garcia’s (2019) rationale for supporting affirmative action in college admissions. Consider this question: Is affirmative action policy ethically defensible in higher education admissions to correct historic discrimination policies? Write a briefing paper that either defends or opposes affirmative action in the college admissions policy of a college in your state.
Support your postings and responses with specific references to the resources.