Define and describe what you thought was worthy of your understanding in half a page, and then explain why you felt it was important, how you will use it, and/or how important it is in society or business.
After researching the latest consumer confidence estimates, in addition to the latest unemployment and inflation estimates, do you estimate good or bad times ahead for the U.S. economy in the next five to ten years? You are being asked to consider economic growth (ie the growth of real GDP). Please be specific in your analysis as to what aspects you believe most contribute to your positive or negative outlook.
The latest consumer confidence estimates can be found at https://www.conference-board.org/data/consumerconfidence.cfm and the latest unemployment and inflation data can be found at www.bls.gov under Latest Numbers.
Optional activity: Play the Federal Reserve’s economic forecasting game! You can enter specific forecasts on various economic variables and compete nationwide at https://research.stlouisfed.org/useraccount/fredcast/
1. Pauline has been asked to reorganize her department, eliminating at least two people within the office. Pauline has strong personal relationships with everyone in her office and being asked to complete this task is very hard on her. Thinking back to Stage Four of the conflict process, discuss one of the types of intentions with which Pauline might struggle in this situation.
2. In terms of intra organizational behavior, all things being equal, why is integrative bargaining preferable to distributive bargaining?
· Provide the reference for the study you found using APA guidelines.
· Briefly paraphrase, in 2 to 3 sentences, the methodological context (i.e., research method, how data was collected, and the instruments used) of the study and the findings.
· Evaluate the findings in terms of its applicability or appropriateness for the client in your case study.
· Determine whether you would use or not use the therapy you selected for the client in your selected case study (consider how culturally relevant it is, how aligned it is with social work ethics, etc.) and explain why.
Design a scenario for an Emergency Management exercise including a Master Scenario Event List (MSEL) for the first two hours of the exercise. Explain the purpose of the scenario and identify how you could use the MSEL to achieve this purpose.
Columbia Needycare is a clinic in south Florida that provides basic medical care for homeless and indigent patients. The clinic is a nonprofit organization that receives revenue from however much patients can pay at the time of their visit. These revenues totaled $5 million in 2017. The clinic’s expenses, other than its depreciation, totaled 70% of its revenues. The depreciation expenses were $1 million. Other than depreciation, the clinic pays all of its expenses with cash because all of its revenues are collected in cash. Based on this information, complete the following items for Part I of the case study.
Develop an income statement for Columbia Needycare for 2017.
Calculate the total profit margin and net income for the clinic.
Explain the difference between gross income and net income.
For Part II of this case study, suppose that the clinic has an opportunity to purchase an additional building in another part of the city to help more patients. The new building will cost $480,000, but it will also need $35,000 in renovations. Based on this information, answer the following questions:
Can the clinic afford to purchase and renovate the new facility?
Do you have enough information to make this decision? If so, how would you recommend that the clinic handle the financing for purchasing and renovating the facility? If no, what additional information would clinic managers need to make this decision?
Combine both parts of the case study in one document.
While blockchain is successful with cryptocurrencies, it is also beneficial for information governance in businesses. After reading this article (https://www.everteam.com/en/role-of-blockchain-in-information-governance/), discuss at least two ways you foresee blockchain transforming information governance in businesses.
Globalization changes the dynamics of projects and adds a layer of complexity. It can adversely affect the project outcome if the project participants are not aware of what they might encounter regarding cultural differences and multinational economic transactions.
Global projects have unique influencing factors,including:
