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• Mini-Case Study: Bullock Gold Mining
This case study, found on page 170 of your course text, deals with the process of determining future yields for a new gold mine. After reading the case study:
• Respond to the first two questions at the end of the study.
• Do not include your spreadsheet file; however, include your calculations in your response.
SAMPLE ANSWER
The Bullock Gold Mining Assignment
The estimates provided by Danto can be used by Alma to determine the revenue that is expected from the gold mine. The expense of opening the mine and the annual operating expenses is determined. Opening the mine will cost an initial capital of $750 million with a cash outflow of $75 million for 9 years. The expected cash flows from the mine for the 9 year period is represented by the table shown below.
Table 1. Summary Table
Year
Cash flow $ (million)
0
-$750
1
130
2
180
3
190
4
245
5
205
6
155
7
135
8
95
9
-75
Discussion
Payback Period
The payback period is the time taken by the investment to recoup the initial cash injected into the project. Lucrative projects have shorter payback period than the non-lucrative project that tends to have a long payback period. The calculation of the payback period of this case is summarized in the appendix A.
Net Present Value
The Net Present Value (NPV) involves the calculations of the percentage return rate, less the initial cash outlay. The NPV bigger than 1, implies that the project is lucrative and economically viable and is worth the risk (Griffin, 2009). On the other hand, the NPV value which is less than one implies that the investment is less lucrative since the returns will be less than the costs involved in the project (Cornett, Adair, & Nofsinger, 2013). In this case, the calculations of NPV are shown in appendix B.
Internal Rate of Returns (IRR)
In this case, a rate of 12% provides an IRR of $1,594,792,833. Since it can be discounted on both the higher and the lower rate, the project IRR higher than the discounting rate of returns is acceptable as shown in the Appendix.
Modified Internal Rate of Return
The modified IRR operates on the principle that the positive cash flows are reinvented at the firm’s cost of capital and the firms’ financial cost are done with the initial capital outlay (Bragg, 2009). In this regard, the modified IRR stands out as the most precise way of determining the cost and profitability of an investment as can be seen in the appendix Cullen, & Broadbent, 2012).
Conclusion
The Bullock Gold Mining case can be analyzed by the use of Payback Period, NPV, IRR, and modified IRR. From the calculations in the appendix, all the above calculations show positive results to imply that the project is worth investing in. Therefore, the Ballock Gold mine is a viable project.
References
Cornett, M., Adair, T., & Nofsinger, J. (2013).M:Finance.McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 2 edition
Bragg, S. (2009). Accounting Control Best Practices. Wiley
Cullen, J., & Broadbent, M. (2012). Managing Financial Resources (CMI Diploma in Management Series).Routledge; 3 edition
Griffin, M. (2009). MBA Fundamentals Accounting and Finance.Kaplan Publishing
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Part three
Investment Analysis and Recommendation
• This part of the Investment Analysis and Recommendation Paper requires you to establish an estimated growth rate in earnings and dividends for your company. Note, in the dividend growth model, “g” is the growth rate for earnings AND dividends. You might want to check historical growth rates for the company (in terms of earnings and dividends). Also, many people rely on analyst forecasts. Be sure to justify your growth rate selection and explain how you arrived at the number. Assume your company is a constant growth stock. Use your estimated growth rate to solve for the required rate of return using the dividend discount model. After completing your calculations, respond to the following:
• Does the number you arrived at seem logical or feasible?
• Did you face any problems or issues using the dividend growth model? Does your company pay a dividend?
• Is it reasonable to assume constant growth for your company?
Write up a 2-page summary of your findings, including any calculations you made, and how you gathered your information.
SAMPLE ANSWER
Dividend Growth Model
The dividend growth model helps in the in-depth understanding of equity by forecasting business performance and selecting the appropriate valuation model. Return on investment is a method that determines the efficiency of a company by dividing the returns and the cost of the investment (Isiklar, 2005). Just as its name suggests, retention ratio refers to the percentage of the net income that remains to grow the business after dividends have been paid. The price of stock is the cost at which an investor needs to undergo in purchasing securities in the exchange market. Earnings per share are the portion that indicates the company’s profitability as it indicates the monetary value of earnings per outstanding share of the company’s stocks.
The financial information used in these calculations was drawn from the income statement shown in Appendix A. Appendix B shows the dividend in stock for Chesapeake Energy Corporation of the year 2014. After calculating the net income of the company of 2014, the income is found to be $586,000 with an equity of 3. The total dividend of the company was $207.80 in the year 2014 with an outstanding share of $665.14. The total earnings of the company were $0.1952 in total. The dividends per shares that were offered by the company in 2014 were $2.32%, which is a good return to the company shareholders. The price of the company’s stock in 2014 was recorded as $15.06, which is also good news for the company shareholders. The calculations of the stock prices in relation to the ROE and retention ratio are shown in Appendix C. The following are formulas that have been used in the analysis that was carried out below:
The Rate of Return (ROE) = Net income/ Equity
Retention ratio = 1 – (cash dividends/ net income)
Growth rate in earnings (g) = Retention ratio x ROE
Dividend Discount Model (DDM) = Return rate (R)
= Dividend/ (Price of Stock) +g
Price of Stock = Dividend/ (Return Rate (R)-Growth Rate (g))
Issues with Using the Growth Model
Growth model by Chesapeake Energy Corporation brings issues as it relies much of the company growth rate model that assumes stable growth (Coe, 2002). This model demands that the Chesapeake Energy Corporation company stock is hypersensitive to the entire growth dividend rate that is provided that cannot exceed the cost of equity. The growth model brings along the issue of not taking into account non dividend factors that are inclusive of brand loyalty and customer retention in Chesapeake Energy Corporation.
Growth
The Reasonability of Constant Growth is tested through the use of discounted cash flow that resides in the very heart of any valuation that the company is geared to use in its operations (Gomes, 2010). The use of reasonability of constant growth ensures that understanding about any given value of the most important perception is given in the right way ever for the benefit of the company success. Therefore, it is necessary to assume a constant growth in the company.
Conclusion
The numbers arrived at using dividend growth model seen logical and feasible as can be evidenced in the appendix. However, the use of dividend growth model seems complex and cumbersome due to several calculations and steps involved. It is reasonable to assume a constant growth in a company provided all the necessary requirements are taken into consideration.
The Bullock Gold Mining Assignment
The estimates provided by Danto can be used by Alma to determine the revenue that is expected from the gold mine. The expense of opening the mine and the annual operating expenses is determined. Opening the mine will cost an initial capital of $750 million with a cash outflow of $75 million for 9 years. The expected cash flows from the mine for the 9 year period is represented by the table shown below.
Table 1. Summary Table
Year
Cash flow $ (million)
0
-$750
1
130
2
180
3
190
4
245
5
205
6
155
7
135
8
95
9
-75
Discussion
Payback Period
The payback period is the time taken by the investment to recoup the initial cash injected into the project. Lucrative projects have shorter payback period than the non-lucrative project that tends to have a long payback period. The calculation of the payback period of this case is summarized in the appendix E.
Net Present Value
The Net Present Value (NPV) involves the calculations of the percentage return rate, less the initial cash outlay. The NPV bigger than 1, implies that the project is lucrative and economically viable and is worth the risk (Griffin, 2009). On the other hand, the NPV value which is less than one implies that the investment is less lucrative since the returns will be less than the costs involved in the project (Cornett, Adair, & Nofsinger, 2013). In this case, the calculations of NPV are shown in appendix F.
Internal Rate of Returns (IRR)
In this case, a rate of 12% provides an IRR of $1,594,792,833. Since it can be discounted on both the higher and the lower rate, the project IRR higher than the discounting rate of returns is acceptable as shown in the Appendix G.
Modified Internal Rate of Return
The modified IRR operates on the principle that the positive cash flows are reinvented at the firm’s cost of capital and the firms’ financial cost are done with the initial capital outlay (Bragg, 2009). In this regard, the modified IRR stands out as the most precise way of determining the cost and profitability of an investment as can be seen in the appendix H (Cullen, & Broadbent, 2012).
Conclusion
The Bullock Gold Mining case can be analyzed by the use of Payback Period, NPV, IRR, and modified IRR. From the calculations in the appendix, all the above calculations show positive results to imply that the project is worth investing in. Therefore, the Ballock Gold mine is a viable project.
References
Bragg, S. (2009). Accounting Control Best Practices. Wiley
Cheasapeake Corp. (2015). Company Profile: Chesapeake Energy Corporation. MarketLine
In reviewing your previous reports, several questions came to Elizabeth Burke’s mind.
Use point and interval estimates to help answer these questions.
1. What proportion of customers rate the company with “top box” survey responses (which is defined as scale levels 4 and 5) on quality, ease of use, price, and service in the 2012 Customer Survey worksheet? How do these proportions differ by geographic
region?
2. What estimates, with reasonable assurance, can PLE give customers for response times to customer service calls?
3. Engineering has collected data on alternative process costs for building transmissions in the worksheet Transmission Costs. Can you determine whether one of the proposed processes is better than the current process?
SAMPLE ANSWER
Case study: performance lawn equipment
Question 1
The question requires knowing the proportion of customers who rated the company at top box scale. From the data presented in appendix 1, in 2012, the customers who rated the company as per the survey scale 4 were found to be 34 and those who rated the company at survey scale 5 were found to be 15 out of a sample size of 60 customers. this data was collected from north America.in south America, out of a sample scale of 30 customers,11 customers rated the company a survey scale 4 and 14 people rated the company at survey scale 14.in Europe, according to the 2012 customer survey worksheet, out of a sample size of 25 people 15 customers rated the company at a survey scale of 4 and 7 people rated the company at a survey scale of 5.in pacific rim, the 2012 survey worksheet showed that out of a sample size of 6 customers,3 people rated the company at a survey scale of 4 and only 1 customer rated the company at a survey scale of 5.in china only one person responded to the survey in 2012 and no body rated the company in either survey scale 4 or 5.from this survey it is clear that from the geographic point of view, many customers from the north and South America are more satisfied by the services of the company compared to the customers from the pacific rim and we have very few people from china who satisfied by the services of the company.
Question 2
In the year 2013, the company estimated that in average 3.70944 clients were given quick response time by the company while in 2014, 3.1136 customers in average were given fast response time by the company.
Question 3
The proposed plants for mowers according to the transmission cost worksheet was found to be high than the existing plants since the proposed plant could transmit the mowers at a cost of $1.40 and the existing plants could transmit at a lower cost in all quartiles compared to the proposed plants.in addition the proposed plants had high fixed costs compared to the current plants. This means that the proposed locations were more expensive as compared to the current locations as per the transmission worksheet.
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i have done the Title Page and Executive Summary and Table of Contents, can u help me to finish the following parts?
the topic is PROMOTION PLAN of YUMYUM BLUEBERRY MUFFIN
thanks
SAMPLE ANSWER
PROMOTION PLAN
Promotion refers to raising the awareness of the customer about a brand of products, creating sales and generating loyalty to the particular brand of goods (Hanssens et al., 2014). In this promotion plan, we aim at creating sales, brand loyalty and making customers aware of the YumYum blueberry muffins. The promotion plan has various aspects that have been incorporated into the plan over an extended period of business years. In today’s world, it is customary in the enterprise community for one to execute a well-structured and laid out promotion plan. This can be achieved by gaining insight into many business aspects. The crucial business issues include sales, target market among other things. A promotion plan is a fundamental element of the marketing mix. The marketing mix has four essential elements which include Promotion, price, place and the product (Hanssens et al., 2014). There is also the element of the production mix that goes hand in hand with the marketing mix.
The blueberry muffin is a snack. A snack is usually taken when one is hungry but has no way or does not want to take a full meal. Snacks have become part of the modern people eating routines. Snacks are popular because they are tasty, light weight and takes a little time to eat. Thus, the blueberry muffin, which is a baking product, will have a larger market share if marketed well. After successfully promoting the product I believe it is going to achieve optimum if not maximumsales that haveneverbeenachievedbefore with anyothertype of muffin.
I have analyzed our competitors in the market. The results of the analysis gave me many insights on what competitive advantage we have over our competitors concerning this new product. The muffin has a richer taste, and the customer will know it is yummy just by looking at it.
I went to a cake shop just to have an idea of the target market for the muffins.
The target market that I realized is a wide variety of people mostly offices and schools. The most foreseeable target was moms, especially moms with birthdays and small gatherings. I learned from the little research I did by visiting some cake shops to have an idea of just who they were serving.
The location is also another factor when promoting this type of product. If the selling point for the muffins is located near schools, offices and neighborhoods,then sales for the product would rise greatly. Setting of a shop at precise locations near the target markets is an excellent way to promote the blueberry muffin as this will amount to more and more sales of the product.
Sales promotion can be done by creating sample tasting points in busy malls. It is a good way of promoting sales by giving a taste of the product and then let the consumer decide for himself or herself(Yu & Y. C. (2013).When the client is pleased, it will prompt him or her to buy the product. Then they may even tell their friends about the product. As we now there is no greater way of advertising than word of mouth.
Coming to the advertising part, some advertising methods can be used. The most appropriate include television and radio commercials and online advertising. Television commercials are one of the best way of promoting a product. It is so because a visual message is better than only audio. Also considering the impact of the internet in the business market, online advertising will serve the promotion of the product greatly.
Considering the promotional budget of 550,000 dollars, the promotion of the product is going to be successful following the set plan.
In conclusion, a good promotion plan like the one above needs to be implemented carefully as the food industry is a delicate one and very lucrative. Publicity must be positive, any adverse publicity may result in the lowering of sales thus hindering the success of promoting the Yum Yum Blueberry Muffins.
References
Hanssens, D. M., Pauwels, K. H., Srinivasan, S., Vanhuele, M., & Yildirim, G. (2014). Consumer attitude metrics for guiding marketing mix decisions. Marketing Science, 33(4), 534-550.
Yu, Y. C. (2013). Performance of Food and Beverage Department Promoted through Promotion plan. IJACT: International Journal of Advancements in Computing Technology, 5(6), 160-166. http://www.globalcis.org/ijact/ppl/IJACT2487PPL.pdf
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kindly check the following information regarding the assignment. the accounting issue to be chosen can be either financial instruments or accounting for agriculture or any other given in the list below. your choice. Rest of the information is as follows.
The objective of this assignment is to link your understanding of accounting theory and research to
Accounting practice. One way to tackle this task is to identify one of the more controversial
Accounting standards that you will be familiar with from previous financial accounting units or this
unit. Once you have identified the standard, read the Deegan texts to find out about the background
to the development of the standard. You will also find it useful to follow up on some key end of
chapter references from the Deegan texts. Following this approach you will develop an
understanding of the theoretical and research issues in accounting for the activity. You will then be
able to see how these ideas from theory and research have influenced the current accounting
standard.
Research item Guidance
1. Significance of the issue Examples: Accounting issue e.g. accounting for goodwill, accounting for R&D, accounting for extractive industries, lease accounting, executive compensation, financial instruments, accounting for agriculture.
2. History of the developments of accounting thought Development of accounting thought related to your topic. Start with your textbooks and textbook references. What are the key theoretical issues? Have these changed overtime? What have been the research outcomes?
3. How accounting thought developments
have impacted standards and practice How have the key theoretical issues influenced accounting standards and accounting practice?
4. Conclusion Has the standard effectively addressed the ideas stemming from accounting theory and accounting research? You may want to link this to the conceptual framework. You may also consider how the consideration of economic and social consequences has had an impact on the development of a standard.
5. Reflection What are the key learning outcomes for me in completing this assignment? What skills have I acquired from completing this assignment? Has this assignment changed my view of accounting research and practice?
SAMPLE ANSWER
Financial instruments are the traceable packages of capital that a given firm enjoys after its good work in accounting matters that are very key in the organization’s success with allowance to efficiency inflow of capital among the world investors (Ramcharran, 2000). Financial instrument has been proven to pose high significance in accounting and this is much evident where the financial instruments poses three attributes inclusive of transparency measures used by the financial instruments, comparability in its dealings and full disclosure of the required information that the management is interested in knowing (Raquel, Blay & Hurtt, 2006). When financial documents pass transparency measure they will in a better position of revealing all the vents and transactions that will be needed to be in making the right judgments and all the required underlying statements of the organization that is transacting the accounting issue (Kaplan, Keinath & Walo, 2001). This helps all the statement that is made to possess good implications towards the financial instruments that have been used (Taylor & Curtis, 2010). Transparency in the financial instrument is of high benefit as it has proven to give users an opportunity of viewing the judgments that are made by the management and the entire implications of the decisions that are followed by the same management (Mensah, Nen-Chen & Wu, 2004). The full disclosure that is provided by the financial instruments are quite useful in terms of providing the necessary information that is required in decision making of the given organization. This information that is provided by the financial statement through the use of full disclosure help the investors in their organization to get information about how their money will get returns and they are assured of having not been misled. Financial statement are very significant as they help in identifying any similar transaction that might have been accounted in a similar manner and ensure that this mess is rectified with an immediate effect (Marshall, Dombrowski, & Garner, 2006). This checkup is done to the organization over a given period of time to ensure that the accounting information that is given is accurate and does not have any form of contractions in it (Jeter, Chaney & Daley, 2008). This is the reason as to why the financial instruments given high quality information due to the corrections and high efficiency that is employed in making them perfect.
History of the developments of financial instruments
The history of the financial instruments applies to the east-west perspective in the Middle East, where financial techniques were used in making the instruments flourish in a good way. Financial techniques helped to flourish the Middle East region in the 1000AD and all these techniques were used by the merchants in the Mediterranean region and they came along with very many innovations (Gordon, 2011). The financial instrument knowledge was then exported to all Low Countries as it proved to be of great use and high importance on accounting matters (Giacomino, & Akers, 1998). These countries were inclusive some financial institutions in England and they were later used in the economic development, financial instruments began to be successful in Abassid Iraq and Mamluk Egypt, where these instruments proved to be of high significance to accounting matters that were being employed during that time. It has been since then that the International standard of the Accountancy Board (ISAB) has really devoted them in making reporting simplified for the sake of making it easy to use the financial instruments (Eaton & Giacomino, 2001). Financial instruments have more focus on the provision of financial statements that are provided on a timely basis to the organization (Leitsch, 2004). All the complexity in accounting has been reduced according to the history of financial instruments. Since their establishment the financial instruments have been useful in the provision of guidance on the classification and measurement of all the required financial assets within a given organization (Colley, Volkan, Drucker & Segal, 1996). The financial instrument has a theoretical connection to their functionality that imply that the growth of the given organization will surely come as a result stability of the accounting measures that have been used and the ability of the organization to be responsible to monetary and all fiscal policies that lead the firm ahead (Cohen & Single, 2001). The other theoretical issue is linked with the stability of the financial sector that is highly regarded to be of great use to the success of then organization. Financial stability is useful in guaranteeing a faster financial development and this is the reason as to why it’s an issue that is heavily considered for the success of the organization (Clarke & Hession, 2004).
How the theoretical issues have influenced the accounting standards
The financial stability measure that have been put in place by the financial instruments have brought along the issue of asymmetric information that help the people asking for loan to know more concerning the financial situation that is at hand (Cormier & Gordon, 2001). This theoretical issue has helped solve the problem of moral hazards that has been a problem for many organizations in dealing with accounting matters. Accounting standards have been effected through the use of financial instruments as they have made their efficiency in giving information more effective and accurate than some years ago (Borker, 2013). The accounting standards have been made more integrated and this has reduced any risks that could be experienced in the accounting operations. Through the use of the theoretical issue accounting standard can now solve complex problems that have been existence (Marcheggiani, Davis & Sander, 1999). All the accounting practice is done in a timely manner and with the required accuracy levels as a result of the developments that have come along with the use of the financial instruments (Canning & O’Dwyer, 2003).
Conclusion
In conclusion, financial instruments have been of high use of the accounting practices as it ensures that they are done on accurate and timely basis according to the requirements of the organization. On the economic side, it has had a positive impact towards the financial instruments that have been good in the perfection of the accounting standards through giving a chance of identifying the most important and potent parts of the financial instrument. The use of financial instrument has not quite explained the accounting research that is used and that is regarded to be of high use. However, it has explained the best way that needs to be followed in ensuring that the accounting practices are done, corrected and through the use of the right procedures (Vinciguerra & O’Reilly-Allen, 2004). Use of financial instruments is a god and a key issue in accounting applications of any organization. Financial instrument has been proven to pose high significance in accounting and this is much evident where the financial instruments poses three attributes inclusive of transparency measures, comparability in its dealings and full disclosure of the required information that the management is interested in knowing (Bishop & Lys, 2001). When financial documents pass transparency measure they will in a better position of revealing all the vents and transactions that will be needed to be in making the right judgments and all the required underlying statements of the organization that is transacting the issue.
References
Bishop, M. L., & Lys, T. Z. (2001). Inferring accounting information from corporate financing choices: An examination of security issuances in the banking industry. Contemporary Accounting Research, 18(3), 397-423
Borker, D. R. (2013). Is there A favorable cultural profile for IFRS?: An examination and extension of gray’s accounting value hypotheses. The International Business & Economics Research Journal (Online), 12(2), 167-n/a
Canning, M., & O’Dwyer, B. (2003). A critique of the descriptive power of the private interest model of professional accounting ethics: An examination over time in the irish context. Accounting, Auditing & Accountability Journal, 16(2), 159-185
Clarke, P., & Hession, A. (2004). An examination of the leaving certificate accounting syllabus. Irish Journal of Management, 25(2), 139-154
Cohen, J. R., & Single, L. E. (2001). An examination of the perceived impact of flexible work arrangements on professional opportunities in public accounting. Journal of Business Ethics, 32(4), 317-328
Colley, J. R., Volkan, A. G., Drucker, M., & Segal, M. A. (1996). Evaluating the quality of transfer versus nontransfer accounting principles grades. Journal of Education for Business, 71(6), 359
Eaton, T. V., & Giacomino, D. E. (2001). An examination of personal values: Differences between accounting students and managers and differences between genders. Teaching Business Ethics, 5(2), 213
Giacomino, D. E., & Akers, M. D. (1998). An examination of the differences between personal values and value types of female and male accounting and non-accounting majors. Issues in Accounting Education, 13(3), 565-584
Gordon, I. M. (2011). Lessons to be learned: An examination of Canadian and U.S. financial accounting and auditing textbooks for Ethics/Governance coverage. Journal of Business Ethics, 101(1), 29-47
Jeter, D., Chaney, P., & Daley, M. (2008). Joint accounting choices: An examination of firms’ adoption strategies for SFAS no. 106 AND SFAS no. 109. Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, 30(2), 153
Kaplan, S. E., Keinath, A. K., & Walo, J. C. (2001). An examination of perceived barriers to mentoring in public accounting. Behavioral Research in Accounting, 13, 195-220
Leitsch, D. L. (2004). Differences in the perceptions of moral intensity in the moral decision process: An empirical examination of accounting students. Journal of Business Ethics, 53(3), 313-323
Marcheggiani, J., Davis, K. A., & Sander, J. F. (1999). The effect of teaching methods on examination performance and attitudes in an introductory financial accounting course. Journal of Education for Business, 74(4), 203-210
Marshall, P. D., Dombrowski, R. F., & Garner, R. M. (2006). An examination of alternative sources of doctoral accounting faculty. Journal of Education for Business, 82(1), 44-48
Mensah, Y. M., Nen-Chen, R. H., & Wu, D. (2004). Does managerial accounting research contribute to related disciplines? an examination using citation analysis. Journal of Management Accounting Research, 16, 163-181
Ramcharran, H. (2000). The need for international accounting harmonization: An examination and comparison of the practices of russian banks. American Business Review, 18(1), 1-8
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Taylor, E. Z., & Curtis, M. B. (2010). An examination of the layers of workplace influences in ethical judgments: Whistleblowing likelihood and perseverance in public accounting. Journal of Business Ethics, 93(1), 21-37
Vinciguerra, B., & O’Reilly-Allen, M. (2004). An examination of factors influencing managers’ and auditors’ assessments of the appropriateness of an accounting treatment and earnings management intentions. American Business Review, 22(1), 78-87
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Imagine a product that might solve a common problem in your industry of interest. Write a sales letter using Monroe’s Motivates Sequence, TARGETING a potential buyer of the product. The letter should be written in standard business format using clear, concise and compelling language, and professional writing skills. In a paragraph following the letter, explain your approach in terms of word choice, audience focus, addressing potential opposition to your product, and your appeals
Despite advancement in information technology, survey show that companies lose billions of dollars in online advertisements. Some of these companies close down because of huge losses resulting from huge expenditure on advertisements. I wonder how comfortable they are out of business or making losses.
Utilization of traditional forms of advertisements requires both financial and human labor. This form of advertisement therefore requires huge investments instead of helping companies generate profits.
Resistance to accept and adopt new technology caused tremendous losses in a company in our state last year. I am here to ensure that you are not part of next year’s statistics.
Every company needs to make profits and reduce on expenses. Change is gradual. It is adopted progressively until it becomes a norm. A rival soft drink company lost over 2 billion dollars as a result of traditional marketing strategies. The online application technology am introducing is cheaper and will save you more than 10 billion dollars annually. A soft drink company in my state is currently using the application and has doubled its annual turnover.
Continue using this old technology for your online advertisements and you will collapse the company due to losses. Consider yourself being nominated the best Company in the region if you adopt this new application.
I have organized a company tour after tea break. Everyone is invited to come with us. Your opinion will really help us identify areas that need immediate improvement. If you will be unable to attend this morning, I have left some pamphlets and business cards. Feel free to call me with inquiries, concerns, and contributions (Livingston, 2010.23).
Capstone Project
Legislative Changes for the Future
Directions:
You have been asked to address a group of the American Association for Retired Persons (AARP) about the roles that the following types of nurses can offer to adults over 50. In one role you are a Geriatric Nurse Specialist in another role you are a REGISTERED Nurse with a BSN.
Explain the difference in the two roles above and the potential impact of each of those roles could have on the health of seniors. Be sure to explain the NURSING role so that your lay audience can understand. You will want to cover the roles separately and what differences in the types of services each could offer.
Knowing the AARP is one of the most influential lobbying groups in the US, are there specific legislative agendas that you would like them to support in expanding the role of nurses?
SAMPLE ANSWER
Currently, it has been evident that the population of the elderly is growing faster as it has never been. It is now the responsibility of nurses and you the American Association for the retired persons (AARP) to assure these old people live long.In the care of this care of the aged you will encounter two categories of nurses.You should be able to differentiate between the two categoriesof nurses. Geriatric nurse specialists are nurses who have advanced knowledge elderly care. This group of nurses possess an extra education on the care of elderly people.
Roles of geriatric nurse specialist
They advocate for the elderly and educate the community against the myths related to old age.
They also act as clinical practitioners who entail assessing and identify problems.
These nurses do research pertaining the aged people.(Brinkman&any Widener University, 2013, Pg.85).
Those having a bachelor of science in nursing offer their services to the elderly just like to any other individual of age.
Differences between Geriatric nurse specialist and BSN nurses
Geriatric nurse specialists have carried out further studies specializing in care for old age people while BSN nurses only have a degree in nursing which Geriatric nurses also have.
Geriatric nurse specialists have management and leadership positions in elderly day health care centers while BSN nurses are their juniors.
They do researches on old age diseases while the BSN nurses do not.
Nurses have a great impact on the society. Their existence have increased the lifespan of the elderly people.
American Association of Retired Persons (AARP) should chip in to provide funds that will help in expanding services of these nurses. They should also inform the society about the import roles nurses play to the elderly. By doing this they will be giving credit to the nurses.
Reference
Brinkman, M. A., & Widener University. (2013). A focused ethnography: Experiences of registered nurses transitioning to the operating room.
Choose one ethnic/cultural group. How do their traditions/culture influence self-care to improve well-being. Choose one of the aspects of self (physical, mental, emotional/culture, spiritual). Cite sources from the readings or online library.
Prompt 2
In this week’s readings, a self-assessment tool is displayed. In this tool, the authors not only explore the aspects of physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual self but they also include the parameters of relationship and choices. Choose one aspect of self and discuss how it is influenced by the parameters of relationship and choices.
please use 1 citation for each prompt
SAMPLE ANSWER
Prompt 1
Ethnic groups are a communally defined groups of people who identify themselves with each other through the same lineage, social, cultural or national understanding. These groups of people are usually affected by their lifestyle adopted from their ethnic or cultural back grounds in the way they carry themselves. This might render them not to have a good and healthy life. An example of an ethnic group in America are the Native Americans.
They are associated with chronic alcoholism and substance abuse among the adolescents. This leads to poor self-care among them resulting to mental illness. The same still has led to high numbers of individuals committing suicide (Schore et al, 2009, pg. 38)
Prompt 2
The aspect of self is an individual’s reflective consciousness. How people perceive themselves and how they are viewed by others. These aspects are affected by certain things including relationships and choice. There exists a number of categories relationships have. Among this is the marriage relationship. This relationship most of the time is faced with difficulties. These are as a result of couples not having enough understanding of each other. One of the couples might be a drunkard or rather not having the spiritual self, this leads to misunderstanding between the two. Usually the end results of such a relationship is divorce. (Iran, 2013, pg. 87)
Limits of choice also have a great influence on the spiritual self, choices made by an individual in the past might come to affect the person in the future in a number of ways for example frequent use of cigarette might lead to the infection of liver cirrhosis. When this person changes still the decision they made on substance abuse will continue haunting them.
References
Schore R., Levenson R.2009. Native Americans. Native center of Excellence.
Explain how you will respond when the President of Norges Bank Investment Management, which manages the assets of the world’s largest sovereign wealth fund, “The Government Pension Fund Global of Norway,” calls upon you in your Michigan office to tell you that the Fund is no longer happy with your company’s record of caring for the environment. Specifically, the President tells you that her fund wants Ford to announce the cessation of manufacturing of all gasoline and diesel powered cars and trucks within two years. The Fund owns 4.99% of Ford common stock and the President indicates that she has had informal contacts with Carl Icahn, Bill Ackman, Paul Singer and “others who are interested in Ford’s future and in enhancing shareholder returns from their investments in Ford.”
SAMPLE ANSWER
Investment Management Essay Question
To address this problem, it is important to check on the cause of the problem and the alternatives for solving it. It is clear that the environmental pollution is emanating from the use of diesel and gasoline fuels, and that the Government Pension Fund Global is not happy with the continued use of these pollutants. Communication is an important aspect in management. I will inform the President of the Fund that I support her call for cessation of manufacturing of all cars and trucks that are powered by gasoline.
Corporate social responsibility requires a company to meet its obligations and to make decisions that are committed to the improvement of community welfare through corporate contributions and discretionary business practices. This includes environmental management, pollution management, waste management, biodiversity conservation, and pollution prevention and control. Since environmental pollution is seriously spoiling the company’s image in line with our corporate social responsibility, we need to adopt an environmental friendly approach to avoid the risk of losing the Fund and ultimate collapse. Accordingly, Ford is adopting a ‘Smart Movers’ approach whereby we will exploit all available opportunities established by the green consumers (Welford, nd). The company has realized that it is not prudent for a business to merely restrain itself to its financial impact. We realize the great impact that our company has been having on the environment as well as the community in which we operate. Indeed, the emissions from exhaust pipes, including carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide lead to air pollution and creation of smog. These gases also lead to climate change due to global warming. Thus, we consider it our responsibility to deal with all risks, stakeholder and market pressures, and conditions emerging in the course of our business. Our vision is to manufacture cars and trucks that do not emit fumes, which are harmful to the public and the environment.
Ford is going to adopt various ways to ensure that alternative fuels such as bio-diesel, electricity, LPG, and natural gas (Srisurapanon & Wanichapun, 2010) are adopted in two years’ time. Ford is ready to partner with such stakeholders as Carl Icahn, Bill Ackman and Paul Singer to ensure that there is a proper balance between the interests of the company and its corporate social responsibility. We gladly invite Paul Singer, Bill Ackman and Carl Icahn to come in to contribute to our shift to more efficient and reliable sources of energy for our cars and trucks. We also greatly need the Fund to contribute to our new move, owing to the fact that the adoption of alternatives to fossil fuels tends to have heavy financial requirements in the short-term period.
Despite the overwhelming expenses involved in the initial stages of adopting alternative sources to fossil fuels, we realize that it is very beneficial for us to go beyond regulatory standards due to the fact that this move will save on money and time, in addition to reducing hassles. It is evident that environmental friendly energy sources have the ability of paying dividends with regard to effectiveness and efficiency. As a result, Ford will have an opportunity to outshine its competitors and even attract more investors. We need the Fund’s good will to help us in achieving these goals. Thus, I would communicate all this to the President and ask her to be patient with us a little longer to get financial backups in order to shift to environmental friendly sources of energy.
