Anton Cochran

Getting StartedPrepare a 1,200 word proposal for a project based on research that will end in a recommendation report, which is the last assignment in the course. Proposals can be fun to write, as long as you have a topic that truly engages your interest and you can locate materials for research. The psychology is like this: you skate out over thin ice, but you are confident because you have done enough research  to know you can do the job. Your first step will be to locate a topic t...

Increasing diversity of family and social relationshipsInitial post assignment for class:Using the learning materials to support your claims, respond to the following prompts in your original post: Discuss which demographic trends you found interesting; why did you find them interesting?What are potential impacts of the aging population on the United States as a whole?Discuss life expectancy trends and future population concerns.Identify how these trends and concerns will impact your role as...

Scenario AnalysisIn the introduction, paraphrase the below scenario using APA format and describe what steps you would take to analyze and evaluate the advertising director’s proposal using break-even analysis. You are the plant accountant for a company that makes a popular brand of basketball shoes. Currently, your company sells 1,000 pairs of shoes each month for $100 apiece. The variable costs are 40% of sales, and the fixed costs are $35,000/month. The company's advertising director ...

Body: Major ThemeAfter reading the given  story you have to write the outline. Create a Key word MLA style outline that analyzes one of the major themes contained in the short story. Three literary devices must be used, and each paragraph must have two supporting details. Roof had to agree. He had lately been taking down a lot of firewood himself. Only yesterday he had asked Marcus for one of his many rich robes--and had got it. Last Sunday Marcus's wife (the teacher that near...

Alfred and Beatrice operated a bookshop together, sharing profits equally.  They decided to expand.  Their friend Coco offered them $50,000 to help finance the expansion.  Accordingly, she agreed with Alfred and Beatrice that she would lend the money in return for $5,000 a year payable from sales less outgoings.  However, she was concerned that she might lose her money.  Hence Alfred and Beatrice also agreed that they would consult her on any major decisions and that she...

Managing people in the organizationChallenges Faced by Leaders in an organisation Key Challenges: Managing people in the organization Managing people is one of the important tasks for the leader. In an organization, there are many types of people around. To manage tasks efficiently and effectively, leader must know to allocate tasks to the right employee to the right place. All employees have their own skills, it is the responsibility of a leader to assign the right task to each of them based o...

The 5E Inquiry ModelIn your post, respond to each of the following questions with examples, in separate paragraphs. Your main post MUST be at least 300 words. You will will print out only your main post and include in your science note book in the appropriate week.   What were your major takeaways from the article? What was your 'AHA' moment? Something unexpected?  Reflect: Describe your personal thoughts and conclusions as they relate to the reading...

On February 14, 2012 Brandon Tyler, Assistant Treasurer at Allied Digital (AD), sits in his office, talk to himself, “I must get this hedging memo done, and get out of here. Foreign exchange options? I had better get the story straight before someone in the Finance Committee starts asking questions. Let’s see, there are two ways in which I can envisage us using options now. One is to hedge a dividend due on September 15th from AD Germany. The other is to hedge our upcoming pa...

Understanding and Preventing Cheating in AcademicsPlagiarism and collusion are forms of cheating and are not acceptable in any form in a student’s work, including this ECA. Plagiarism and collusion are taking work done by others or work done together with others respectively and passing it off as your own. You can avoid plagiarism by giving appropriate references when you use other people’s ideas, words or pictures (including diagrams). Refer to the APA Manual if you need remindin...

Question 1: Principles of attribution for companiesNEL has a period of success and moves to larger premises with a new landlord. After a while however NEL starts to experience problems. The cash flow projections for the company are poor, and the outlook for the economy in general and for NEL in particular is grim. Anita and Mr Nguyen have agreed that Anita’s niece Sally is to look after the company finances and accounts. Sally is a positive person and she tells the directors that things...