The Discussion Board is part of the core of online learning. The purpose of the Discussion Board is to allow you to learn through sharing ideas and experiences as they relate to course content and the Discussion Board question. Classroom discussion in an online environment requires your active participation with classmates and your instructor to create robust interaction and dialogue. Students are highly encouraged to […]

Budgets play a critical role in management activities such as planning, controlling and motivating employees. Used effectively, budgets can help a company achieve its goals and create a productive work environment. In contrast, budgets can also create a hostile work environment. Consider the relationship between budgets and employee morale and then reflect upon your own work experiences. Explain how budgeting was incorporated to achieve the […]

Your duties at We Care Hospital require you to interface with many different professionals, including physicians, nurses, and allied professionals in various areas of health care. The facility also has a new information technology management center, which handles all patient medical records. The Health Information Technology for Economic and Clinical Health (HITECH) Act was enacted as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of […]

Research and then construct a 10-12 slide PowerPoint presentation (excluding title and reference slides) analyzing the cost-benefit of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). Each slide should be an outline with “speaker notes” being used to expand on the outline. You may take either a pro or anti stance on the legislation as long as you defend it using the cost-benefit analysis criteria outlined in chapter […]

I. Assume that the aggregate production function is Yt = F(Kt-1,Nt) =Kt-1 αNt 1-α where Kt-1 is total capital stock at the beginning of t carried over from t-1; Nt is total physical labor; and 0 <α < 1. The above production function is a constant return to scale production function jointly with respect to capital (= Kt-1) and labor (Nt), and therefore, the per […]

 Financial Model (Pro Forma) : The financial model, also known as, the Pro Forma is the story you tell your investors to make them interested in your venture from a financial standpoint.  you will complete a financial due diligence proposal for a potential investor. You will turn in the project as one excel .You must submit detailed financial models with explanatory notes showing how you […]

BETHESDA MINING COMPANY Bethesda Mining is a midsized coal mining company with 20 mines located in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Kentucky. The company operates deep mines as well as strip mines. Most of the coal mined is sold under contract, with excess production sold on the spot market. The coal mining industry, especially high-sulfur coal operations such as Bethesda, has been hard-hit by environmental […]

 Part II: There is growing concern about poverty and income inequality.  These two concepts, however, are not the same. Income inequality deals  with the percentage of income earned by the different income groups,  while poverty is concerned with how difficult it is for the poor to meet  basic needs. In Section 1.4, you read about deontological and  consequential approaches to ethics. Using those approaches, evaluate […]

Question 1 : As companies grow in size, it is inevitable for the shareholders to hire management to run the operations of the business. The entire team of management, starting from the CEO and other top-level management, all the way to the middle and bottom level management are expected to perform towards the growth of the business. Since the shareholders of large companies are scattered […]

Throughout the duration of this course, you will be developing a project plan to present to your stakeholders. In order to make this a meaningful course, it is important that you select a project that aligns with your current work situation or a potential future work environment of interest to you. Please use the definition of a project outlined on pp. 6–7 of your textbook […]