Your clients, Holly and Jim, are considering buying a home.  They have lived in an apartment to save money for two years and want to own their own home.  In addition, they are eyeing a possible purchase of a beach house as a rental property within the next five years. They have come to you for advice about the benefits of homeownership.  Choose a topic […]

You are the manager of Acme Fireworks, a fireworks retailer who sells fireworks, puts on ground display fireworks, and large aerial display fireworks. The company started in the owner’s garage two years ago and now has 15 employees that you manage. The company started as a sole proprietorship, and the owner has never changed the entity. The owner has informed you that the company has […]

 Both the Genesis Energy and Sensible Essentials teams believe that the client engagement was very successful. All the critical learning tools were fully explored. However, the operations management team believes there were several topics that were not covered but are important to their respective disciplines. These topics centered primarily on selecting/developing meaningful and rational measurements of performance as they relate to measuring the success of […]

regarding  Social Security policy, data was presented regarding the impact of the program on moving senior citizens and others out of poverty.  We also discussed the concern of the long-term sustainability of the program.   Given this background information, do you believe the Social Security tax should continue to be capped at $118,000 annually or should the level be raised?  Explain why you believe this would […]

Using the internet, identify one nonprofit company. You can find a list of agencies here. Go to that agency’s website. Then find any financial information that the companies releases for a recent year (2009 or later). Identify their name, location and a brief summary of the services they provide. Then describe what financial information they release, for example a statement of financial position, statement of […]

You have studied in the class that the major areas of finance are: Corporate finance, Investments, Financial institutions, and International finance. Using the learning materials, identify and explain some of the skills needed in order to be effective in each of the areas. For example, one of the skills in the area of corporate finance would be to be able to develop a budget. Similarly […]

Based on the continuing case in chapter 1, Personal Finance Basics and the Time Value of Money,  and unit one reading, compose a narrative essay (minimum 1000 words) analyzing the process needed to make financial planning decisions. Include personal and economic factors.  Summarize the process for developing personal financial goals. Include strategies for achieving personal and financial goals. Use at least three scholarly sources and […]

 Strategic Plan: Part 3In this third part of the final strategic plan development assignment, you will follow up on the content that you developed during the first two sections by adding content that will complete your strategic plan. Additionally, you will make some observations regarding how your plan compares with a private sector strategic plan.During this portion of the process, your submission, which should be […]

Assigned Readings:Chapter 2. The Organizational Context: Strategy, Structure, and Culture Initial Postings: Read and reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Then post what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter.Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook […]

Assigned Readings:Chapter 5. Scope Management Initial Postings: Read and reflect on the assigned readings for the week. Then post what you thought was the most important concept(s), method(s), term(s), and/or any other thing that you felt was worthy of your understanding in each assigned textbook chapter.Your initial post should be based upon the assigned reading for the week, so the textbook should be a source listed […]