Assignment Exercises 17-1, 17-2, and 17-3 on pages 498 through 500 Assignment Exercises 18-1, 18-2, and 18-3 on pages 500 through 501

Course HSA 525 Health Financial Management All Questions must be answered No plagiarism include sources if need written response to support answer Due tommorrow by 9pm eastern time

HEALTH CARE FINANCE Basic Tools For Nonfinancial Managers

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JUDITH J. BAKER, PhD, CPA

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Read Problem 6: The “Monique Food Processing Company” in Chapter 8 of your text.

Monique Food Processing Company produces light snacks that can be heated in a microwave. The following steps are included in the process:

Steps

Description

Capacity (Units/Hour)

1

Prepare food

200

2

Measure and place in plastic pouch

175

3

Prepare cardboard box

200

4

Insert pouch into box

300

5

Shrink-wrap box

200

What is the system capacity, and which is the bottleneck department? How much slack (unused capacity) is available in other departments? How much system capacity can be gained by adding capacity to the bottleneck? What are the key factors that determine when to add capacity? Why would an organization want to reduce its capacity? Make and include calculations. Answer questions “a” through “e.” Your response should be 200-250 words.

Qualitative Research: Making It Real

As you make your way through the readings and resources for this week’s Discussion, you begin to realize that social and political forces as well as scientific curiosity shaped the development of modern qualitative research. These readings also make it clear that qualitative research is not a single, homogenous endeavor. Rather, qualitative researchers:

come from a variety of disciplines,

engage their objects of study from multiple perspectives,

present their results in numerous formats,

extend scientific knowledge beyond the confines of the experiment or survey,

engage the audience to be self-reflective, and

potentially illuminate opportunities for social change.

This week’s course of study provides you with a contextual understanding of qualitative research, which will form the foundation for understanding the methods and rationale. These will also help you begin a thoughtful process for considering the choice of qualitative research as your methodology for your doctoral research.

For this Discussion, you will explore the foundations and history of qualitative research methods. You also will consider the unique characteristics that distinguish qualitative research from other forms of inquiry. To prepare for this Discussion: Review the Learning Resources related to qualitative research and consider the reasons researchers choose qualitative research methods for exploring a phenomenon of interest. Use the Course Guide and Assignment Help in the Learning Resources to help you search for other books, encyclopedias, or articles that introduce and describe qualitative research.

Consider the statement:

;Qualitative researchers study people in their natural settings, attempting to make sense of phenomena in terms of the meanings people bring to them;.

Using the Learning Resources and other academic sources you found, expand on this simple statement. In 3–4 paragraphs, explain several dimensions of this paradigm that make qualitative research interesting and unique. Be sure to use the terminology you are learning (including but not limited to “phenomena”, “constructivist,” and “naturalistic”), and provide historical context.

Be sure to support your main post and response post with reference to the week’s Learning Resources and other scholarly evidence in APA style.

What Would You Like to Explore?

Is there a topic or idea that has been on your mind that you are thinking about for your dissertation or doctoral study? Is there a problem in your work or social sphere that you feel compelled to understand and act upon? Have you read a story or viewed a documentary and thought “I could do something like that”?

These are just a few of the ways Walden students become inspired to choose what they would like to study for their dissertation or doctoral study.

Once you have watched this week’s Scholar of Change video, you have the opportunity to reflect on how that student merged their academic studies with their passion for making a difference. In this Discussion, you have an opportunity to start that journey, to consider a topic you would like to explore.

For this Discussion, you will explore topics in your discipline of interest to you that you want to research using a qualitative approach.

To prepare for this Discussion:

Review the Learning Resources related to qualitative research.

Consider a topic in your discipline that is of interest to you. This could come from a prior course or something from your work or personal setting for which you have a passion.

Based on your initial understanding of qualitative research, post a description of the topic you chose in terms of how it could be conceptualized as a qualitative study. Include:

What is the phenomenon of interest?

What experiences or contextual issues might influence how this phenomenon could be studied?

In what setting(s) could a topic like this be explored?

What connection do you have to this topic, and why do you think it is important to explore this as a qualitative study?

What possibilities could the results of this research have for social change?

Be sure to support your main post and response post with reference to the week’s Learning Resources and other scholarly evidence in APA style.

Locate an article that discusses the topic of business ethics. Topic ideas might include the role of ethics in the workplace, breach of ethics, the effect of internal and external forces on ethical compliance, global ethical considerations within a business, or ethics and employees.Keep in mind that these are suggestions; please expand within the parameters of ethical topics as t hey relate to business ethics.Your article review must address the following 1. Summarize the article and provide an analysis of the author’s main points 2. How does this article contribute to contemporary thinking about business ethics? 3. Assess the ethical issues faced by the business leader or leaders in the article. 4. How can you apply information in this article to your field? 5. How did this article fit your ethical view? Your response must be a minimum of two double spaced pages not including the title and reference pages. Referenced sources must have accompanying citationscoplying with APA guidelines.

Assignment 3: Performance Management

Due Week 8 and worth 300 points

You are the HR manager for an upscale retail store which sells clothing, shoes, handbags, and other accessories. Due to the economic downturn, the company has experienced a significant reduction in earnings, resulting in the layoff of a number of retail sales associates. Business seems to be rebounding, but you are concerned about the performance of the retail sales staff. The CEO has requested that you recommend ways to increase sales and customer service. You believe that implementing a performance management system may help modify employee behavior and improve results.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

1.Create a job description for a retail sales associate, which includes the most significant components necessary to describe the job both internally and externally. 2.Create an organizational behavior modification (OBM) plan to define four (4) key behaviors that are required for successful job performance as a retail sales associate. Suggest the significant ways that your plan will benefit the organization. 3.Specify two (2) ways that you would measure whether current employees exhibit the key job performance behaviors. Propose two (2) methods that you could use to inform employees of the new performance standards. 4.Outline a plan with two (2) methods of providing feedback to employees. Include the frequency with which the feedback will be provided. Propose two (2) actions company leaders should take to reinforce positive employee behaviors. 5.Examine at least three (3) key legal and ethical issues that could potentially impact the performance management system. Support your response with specific examples of the identified issues’ possible effects on the performance management system. 6.Use at least four (4) quality academic (peer-reviewed) resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and other Websites do not qualify as academic resources. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

•Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. •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 assignment page length. The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

•Examine performance management issues and processes. •Examine the influences on and various approaches to compensation. •Use technology and information resources to research issues in human resource management foundations. •Write clearly and concisely about human resource management foundations using proper writing mechanics.

Option #1: Analysis of Payton Furniture Corp.

Payton Furniture Corp. is nationally recognized for making high-quality products. Management is concerned that the company is not fully exploiting its brand power. Payton’s production managers are also concerned because their plants are not operating at near full capacity. Management is currently considering a proposal to offer a new line of affordable furniture.

Those in favor of the proposal (including the vice president of production) believe that, by offering these new products, the company could attract a clientele that it is not currently servicing. It could also operate its plants at full capacity, thus taking better advantage of its assets.

The vice president of marketing, however, believes that the lower-priced (and lower-margin) product would have a negative impact on the sales of existing products. The vice president believes that $10,000,000 of the sales of the new product will be from customers that would have purchased the more expensive product but switched to the lower-margin product because it was available. (This is often referred to as cannibalization of existing sales.) Top management feels, however, that even with cannibalization, the company’s sales will increase and the company will be better off.

The following data are available:

(In Thousands)

Current Results

Proposed Results without Cannibalization

Proposed Results with Cannibalization

Sales Revenue

$45,000

$60,000

$50,000

Net Income

$12,000

$13,000

$12,000

Average total assets

$100,000

$100,000

$100,000

Instructions:

Compute Payton’s return on assets, profit margin, and asset turnover, both with and without the new product line. Discuss the implications that your findings in part (A) have on Payton’s decision. Are there any other options that Payton should consider? What impact would each of these have on the above ratios?

Show your work and use MS Excel or Word for your submission. The written portion of your assignment should be 4-6 pages in length with document and citation formatting conformity with the CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirement.

Project is needed urgently. Project is needed by Friday preferably but no later than Saturday. Structure professionally. Preferably my guy Dr. Rick. Please answer all questions thoroughly.

Also, there is a discussion question that needs brief answer as well. Not a real difficult assignment.

FIN 534 – Homework Set #4 © 2015 Strayer University. All Rights Reserved. This document contains Strayer University Confidential and Proprietary information and may not be copied, further distributed, or otherwise disclosed in whole or in part, without the expressed written permission of Strayer University. FIN 534 Homework Set #4 1156 (5-19-2015) Page 1 of 2 Directions: Answer the following questions on a separate document. Explain how you reached the answer or show your work if a mathematical calculation is needed, or both. Submit your assignment using the assignment link in the course shell. This homework assignment is worth 100 points. Use the following information for Questions 1 through 3: Assume you are presented with the following mutually exclusive investments whose expected net cash flows are as follows: EXPECTED NET CASH FLOWS: Year Project A Project B 0 −$400 −$650 1 −528 210 2 −219 210 3 −150 210 4 1,100 210 5 820 210 6 990 210 7 −325 210 1. (a) What is each project’s IRR? (b) If each project’s cost of capital were 10%, which project, if either, should be selected? If the cost of capital were 17%, what would be the proper choice? 2. (a) What is each project’s MIRR at the cost of capital of 10%? At 17%? (Hint: Consider Period 7 as the end of Project B’s life.) 3. What is the crossover rate, and what is its significance? FIN 534 – Homework Set #4 © 2015 Strayer University. All Rights Reserved. This document contains Strayer University Confidential and Proprietary information and may not be copied, further distributed, or otherwise disclosed in whole or in part, without the expressed written permission of Strayer University. FIN 534 Homework Set #4 1156 (5-19-2015) Page 2 of 2 Use the following information for Question 4: The staff of Porter Manufacturing has estimated the following net after-tax cash flows and probabilities for a new manufacturing process: Line 0 gives the cost of the process, Lines 1 through 5 give operating cash flows, and Line 5* contains the estimated salvage values. Porter’s cost of capital for an average-risk project is 10%. Net After-Tax Cash Flows Year P = 0.2 P = 0.6 P = 0.2 0 −$100,000 −$100,000 −$100,000 1 20,000 30,000 40,000 2 20,000 30,000 40,000 3 20,000 30,000 40,000 4 20,000 30,000 40,000 5 20,000 30,000 40,000 5* 0 20,000 30,000 4. Assume that the project has average risk. Find the project’s expected NPV. (Hint: Use expected values for the net cash flow in each year.)

Assignment 3: Justification Report – Presentation

Due Week 8 and worth 150 points

Now that you have completed your report, it is time to design and present your findings. Your task is to organize and develop the three (3) parts (introduction, body, and closing) of an effective presentation, based on your Justification Report (Assignment 2.3). Chapter 12 in our text provides overall information on presentation format, content, and delivery. Please do not simply cut and paste your justification report content to the slides. Instead develop clear, concise content that enhances your presentation narration or notes. Remember that your slides are meant to be highlights and your audience should not spend a great deal of time reading from the slides but instead listening to you present the concepts.

Create an eight to ten (8-10) slide presentation in which you:

Ensure that your PowerPoint presentation fulfills the appropriate length requirements and professional style requirements. Open with an engaging introduction of the topic of your report. Include one (1) title slide and one (1) introductory slide. For the body of your presentation, cover the main points of your report. Create slides that reinforce and illustrate your main ideas. Follow basic design principles for effective slide content. For your single closing slide, finish with a memorable wrap-up statement that refocuses on the purpose of your report. Use PowerPoint voice-over and / or the notes section to present your slides. Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, your name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The title slide is not included in the required slide length. Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide, and two to three (2-3) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.) throughout the presentation, ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions. Slides should abbreviate the information in no more than five or six (5 or 6) bullet points each. Slide titles should be based on the criteria being summarized (e.g., “Four Key Attributes,” “Responses to Budget Issues,” etc.). Assignment Checklist

Descriptive titles on each of the slides Text contains concise, precise content Graphics convey the idea described by the slide text Statements in bulleted lists have a parallel structure The font size is easily read from a distance There are no more than three (3) different font styles in the presentation The color and background convey a formal business tone Animation effects are used in moderation There are no misspellings or typographical errors The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Assess strengths and weaknesses in the student’s own oral communication and in the oral communication of others. Use sentence variety, effective word choice, and correct grammar in oral communication. Analyze verbal and nonverbal techniques that enhance oral communication within a business and / or professional context. Click here to view the grading rubric.

Assignment 3: Twin Behavior: Intervening

• Amee and Aaron are 6-year-old twins of Josh and Lacy. Josh is an alcoholic and unemployed, and Lacy works two jobs to feed the family. When Lacy arrives home late from work, Josh is drunk after spending the day managing the children. Josh picks a fight with Lacy over petty issues and starts hitting her. Amee and Aaron try to protect their mother. As they tug on their father’s leg, he stops hitting Lacy, falls to the floor, and begins to cry. This has been a nightly ritual since Josh lost his job six weeks ago. Before losing his job, Josh used to hit Lacy on a sporadic basis, usually when he had too much to drink. The children have developed a morbid fear of their father, and they are extra careful not to annoy him.
• At a parent/teacher conference, Lacy is told that her twins’ aggressive behavior on the playground at recess is becoming an issue. Their teacher expresses concern and suggests that Lacy might want to investigate early intervention for her children. Without discussing the violence being experienced in the family, Lacy agrees with the teacher to pursue intervention for the twins’ behavioral issues.
• Identify and integrate various psychoeducational or supportive approaches that might be used at the community level, such as at community centers, schools, and social service agencies, to assist children like Amee and Aaron, who are at risk from family violence, to more effectively cope and develop resiliency.
• Be sure to address whether there may be differences between the responses seen for Amee and Aaron and provide your reasoning.
• Explore issues of gender, diversity, and ethics within the intervention approaches.

 

Submit your response to the W1: Assignment 3 Dropbox by Tuesday, May 31^st , 2016. Your response should be at least 2 pages long, and include a cover page and reference list. APA Format