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Please elaborate on your choice of TWO of the following topics: 1 source for each topic if you can locate the textbook for source that would be great – essentials of corporate finance 10th edition by ross westerfield and jordan ISBN:978-1-260-56556-0 Topic 1 Define the concept of ‘time value of money’. Could the ‘time value of money’ vary over time? Why is understanding the concept of  time value of money  important” Topic 2 What is compounding and discounting?  Please explain and provide examples that illustrate what happens to present and future values when either the length of time is increased, or the rate of investment increases/decreases. Topic 3 How does a bond issuer deide on the appropriate coupon rate to set on its bonds? Explain the difference between the coupon rate and the required return on a bond. Topic 4 Short term interest rate is more volatile than long-term interest rates, so short-term bond prices are more sensitives to interest rate changes than are long-term bond prices. Is this statement true or false? Explain. To answer a particular question, click the link above. Once you are in the forum, click the “Create Thread” button to view the question again, as well as create and submit your answer.  Please be sure not to answer both topics within the same thread, and instead you will need to create a separate thread for each topic you choose to answer. For example, if you decide to answer Topics 1 and 2, you will need to create a thread, type in your answer for Topic 1, and then submit it.  Next, you would need to create another thread for Topic 2, answer that topic, and then submit it.  This allows for your peers to reply directly to students who answered the same topics as themselves. Please contact me in the Virtual Office if you need further clarification.

Discussion Board Forums (9) Discussion boards are collaborative learning experiences. Therefore, this course requires 9 distinct discussion forums. The specific requirements, point weightings, grading rubrics, and due dates are listed in the Course Content section of Blackboard. Assignments (8) This course requires 8 distinct Assignments. The specific requirements, point weightings, grading rubrics, and due dates are listed in the Course Content section of Blackboard.

You have been assigned as the company Human Resources Representative and you have been tasked with presenting a plan to your manager that will help reduce stress in the workplace.    Address the following in a 10 slide presentation with SPEAKER notes:   ·        Evaluate existing and potential stressors within the workplace.  ·        Develop a plan to help reduce employee stress in your given place of employment.  ·        Determine how you will evaluate your plan for effectiveness. ·        Assess how the stress reduction plan will lead to overall performance improvements. ·

This is a summative assignment that cumulates all of the concepts we have reviewed in this class as you evaluate:  What is important for you in choosing an organization to work for.  How you establish the behaviors you will display to ensure your success in the relationships you build while working.  What does it take to communicate effectively?  INSTRUCTIONS  Write a research paper The goal is to have fun and enjoy creating what would be the perfect organization for you.  As long as the key concepts are included in your delivery of this project. Considerations  Your assignment is to select an organization/company and determine how it aligns with your style.  You can use the leadership assessment, understanding of your motivation from the beginning of our class; what you need to be personally and professionally developed, what you need in communication and how you will manage conflict as you work through the changes that will happen. Topics to go over/ Key Concepts Human Relationships and Motivation  The Purpose of Organizational and Employee Development   Leadership and Management  Organizational Politics, Ethics, and Power  Communication, Conflict Management, and Team Dynamics  Select ANY organization that you believe aligns with your style/need for relationships in the organization  and write about Does the organization …  Create an environment that supports what you need to be motivated.  Identify the leadership style that you seek in employment.  Identify the need or want for personal /professional development and coaching.  Identify how the organization communicates; manages change and manages conflict  The importance of business ethics to you in the organization.  How you know you will be successful in this organization (be sure to connect it back to the core concepts we have discussed in this class/must have in-text citations to support your ideas from the research provided in the class as well as the research you will include).  What will you do to build relationships that help you to be successful in any organization?

1.      Identify which of the four strategies the author used to organize the “Searching for an Apartment” essay.  Compare/Contrast: An organizational strategy that uncovers differences and similarities between two subjects. Problem/Solution: An organizational strategy that addresses a specific problem/issue and progresses to investigate possible solutions and/or outcomes. Process Analysis (Sequence): An organizational strategy that uses sequence and order of action to explain or relate a process or series of events. Cause/Effect: An organizational strategy that discusses a particular cause, or series of causes, and then relates effects to the causes to show their relationship. 2.      Through process of elimination, explain why the sample essay was not one of the other three methods (What elements from the other strategies are missing in the sample essay). 3.      Select which of the four strategies you would use for this essay and why?

The essay must be written in 3 parts. A) discuss the nation as a concept 500 words B) has nationalism significantly impacted politics since 1992. Please discuss using examples from 2 east European countries (Not Hungary) 1000 words C) Has nationalism significantly influenced hungarian politics since 2010 why/why not? 1500 words

You are an intelligence analyst for the Department of Homeland Security assigned to the Office of Intelligence and Analysis (DHS-OIA). You are currently working in the Special Events Unit and are responsible for producing an intelligence assessment outlining potential threats to the upcoming United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) meeting that is to take place in New York City 2 months from now. To that end, your unit has created ad hoc intelligence requirements, implemented an intelligence collection plan, and collected and disseminated raw intelligence pertaining to this event. Your supervisor has now asked you to draft the final analytical product in the form of an intelligence threat assessment. Assignment Guidelines For this assignment, you must prepare an intelligence threat assessment on the upcoming UNGA meeting in New York City. At a minimum, your assessment of 3 pages should address the following (as paragraphs): Title Your assessment should have a descriptive, detailed title to let the reader know exactly what the report is about. Scope This paragraph should explain why you are writing this assessment and the date and time frame that this assessment will cover. You should also identify which intelligence requirements this assessment will be addressing, as well as any limitations in your assessment. Executive Summary This paragraph should convey the most important points of your paper up front. Many executives only have time to read this paragraph. Event Overview This paragraph should discuss the details of the event and address any background information that is important for the reader to understand to put things into context. Current Threat Information This paragraph should address your current intelligence with regards to threats. Intelligence Gaps This paragraph should discuss things you still do not know. These are essentially unanswered questions. You want to tell the readers what you know and what you do not know. Analysis This paragraph is the most important and should include your perspective, outlook, implications, and recommendations. Remember that the whole purpose of intelligence analysis is not to describe the event but to explain the significance of the reported information. There is no specific format for this assignment. This assignment will require additional outside research. You may use any resources available to you when drafting this product. You must have a minimum of 2 additional scholarly sources. You may also use your previous week’s work to support this assignment (e.g., using your raw intelligence reporting from week 4). Compile your responses in the final intelligence threat assessment, and submit the file to your instructor. All sources must be referenced using APA style.

You will write a term paper in the form of a Report to the Board of Directors (of your company). This paper is based on your experience over all the quarters played in the simulation, and as the CEO of your company, you will write objectively, and with candor. The Board of Directors of your company is comprised of top executives, whose expectations are for an excellent report, with substantiated facts, and no “fluff.” Use as many examples as you can to show the logic which underpinned your decisions. Be sure you analyze, discuss and detail to explain both the “Why” and the “How”. Data should be used to back up your statements wherever necessary, e.g. market share, fixed capacity, balanced scorecard, sales compensation, financial statements etc. Points will be deducted if you don’t substantiate your assertions with data.   BACKGROUND: The simulation course is designed to expose students to managing an integrated, multifunctional business in a highly competitive global industry.  Having gone through 6 quarters of the simulation experience, you used your strategic, analytical and critical thinking skills, to run a ‘real’ business with all the complexities involved.  You ‘learned by doing’ and developed expertise, creating various scenarios.  You gained experience by working in a team, in a challenging global environment, in an intense competitive environment.  You had businesses successes and failures, both of which provided valuable learnings, which you incorporated into your strategies and decisions going forward.  ASSIGNMENT: You will write a term paper in the form of a Report to the Board of Directors (of your company).  This paper is based on your experience over all the quarters played in the simulation, and as the CEO of your company, you will write objectively, and with candor.  The Board of Directors of your company is comprised of top executives, whose expectations are for an excellent report, with substantiated facts, and no “fluff.”   Use as many examples as you can to show the logic which underpinned your decisions. Be sure you analyze, discuss and detail to explain both the “Why” and the “How”.  Data should be used to back up your statements wherever necessary, e.g. market share, fixed capacity, balanced scorecard, sales compensation, financial statements etc.  Points will be deducted if you don’t substantiate your assertions with data.     Discuss your total experience, responding to the following questions and components:   The Report to the Board should include the following components: Review your financial and market performance since the start of your firm Highlight the key features of your firm’s strategy and how they evolved over the course of the past six quarters Overall corporate strategy Marketing strategy Sales Channel strategy Human Resource strategy Manufacturing strategy Financial strategy Assess your current situation, including the market, competition and your firm’s strengths and weaknesses? Summarize how you have prepared your firm to compete in the future. What were the top three lessons learned?

Please explain in three well-structured paragraphs the basic arguments stated by the Real-Business-Cycle (RBC) Theory, regarding economic fluctuations.

Green Branch Coffee recently experienced an ethical violation because some unscrupulous employees leaked customer information on a social media Web site. The Director of Human Resources at Green Branch Coffee has asked you to prepare an executive report that reviews the role of ethics in the HR profession. This report will be shared with the VP of HR. You realize this is an important project and begin by researching the Society for Human Resource Management’s (SHRM) Code of Ethics for HR professionals. Review the SHRM Code of Ethics, and prepare a 500-word executive report that answers the following questions: Describe the professional responsibilities of HR professionals. What does it mean to include fairness and justice in the HR profession? How should HR professionals appropriately manage an organization’s information? Reference Society for Human Resource Management. (2014, November 21). Code of ethics. Retrieved from https://www.shrm.org/about-shrm/pages/code-of-ethics.aspx