Discuss the purpose of this concept and how it is calculated.

In this week’s reading, the concept of 3-F Method is introduced. Discuss the purpose of this concept and how it is calculated. Also perform your own research/analysis using these factors and provide your assessment on whether the United States need to introduce top talents in the field of big data and cloud computing by using bibliometrics.

Identify and explain one to two challenges you will have in managing the budget. (Title this section Budget Challenges.)

From your local city’s budget, select an agency, program, or departmentin your city, and that appears as a budget item in the city budget you downloaded in Week 3. Assume you are the new budgeting and finance administrator for your local government agency. Your first responsibility is to become familiar with the agency, the budget, program, and capital projects. As the administrator, you will be responsible for analyzing, examining, proposing, and preparing the agency’s budget for the next five (5) years.

Write a four- to five-page paper, titled Part I: The Operating Budget for the (selected Agency/program/Department) in which you separate the content into sections:

  1. Provide background information about the agency, mission, goals, objectives, departments, and strategic plan. (Title this section Introduction.)

I live in Ridgeland, SC

  1. Describe the budget of the agency by addressing the following items: (Title this section Budget Overview.)
    1. Financial Summary, including Revenue and Expenditures
    2. Department Budgets
    3. Funding
    4. Capital Projects
    5. Debt Administration.
  2. Perform a Cost Analysis. (Title this section Cost Analysis.) The costs should include the following:
    1. Fixed Costs
    2. Step-fixed Costs
    3. Variable Costs
  3. Identify and explain one to two challenges you will have in managing the budget. (Title this section Budget Challenges.)
  4. Recommend two to three strategies the agency should review regarding new initiatives and budget cuts over the next five years. (Title this section Budget Recommendations.)
  5. Include the agency’s most recent budget or financial plan.
  6. Provide the agency’s Website name, URL, and any other sources used to support the assignment’s criteria.

Determine five business conditions or factors that would make for a supportive, successful organization for an employee.

As you reflect on the kind of position you want and the kind of company you want to eventually be employed in, consider what kind of organizational conditions make for a successful and supportive employer. Think about hospitality companies that are successful and why their employees and managers like working for them. What kinds of working conditions make for a successful business?

you will assess factors from both employee and management perspectives. You might consider factors such as job satisfaction, compensation, benefits, job security, trends, or where the position might lead in the future.

Determine five business conditions or factors that would make for a supportive, successful organization for an employee. The second part of the assignment is to determine for a manager what five conditions or factors would make for a supportive, successful environment. Explain your selections and rationales for the chosen factors.

Imagine that you are serving as a consultant on these issues for a health care organization. In your initial post for this discussion, explain how you might raise and discuss the following with your client:

Cultural Communications and Health Literacy

This discussion focuses on exploring ways to improve health literacy and access to health information by lowering barriers and eliminating obstacles. According to the Web site HealthyPeople.gov, health communications and health information technology are an important part of the goal to improve health quality outcomes and diminish health disparities. Based on readings in this unit, the scope of the discussion could include the impact of almost any aspect of health literacy and effective communications, including limitations on access to the Internet and linguistic issues.

Based on the review of your city’s Financial Plan: What is the fastest-growing category of expenditures during the planning period?

You are to preparing for a challenging City Council Meeting. You need to be able to give the other council members and mayor an accurate “city of affairs” to make sure significant cuts can be made in the appropriate areas, and other critical areas can continue to be funded. Using your local cities 2015-2016 budgets, analyze the financial plan to respond to the following questions in a two- to three-page paper:

  1. Based on the review of your city’s Financial Plan: What is the fastest-growing category of expenditures during the planning period? Justify the answer with examples.
  2. What percentage of your city’s revenue comes from the general property tax? How much is this tax growing in each year of the financial plan? Justify the answer with examples.
  3. Evaluate the existing capacity of refunding or reorganizing existing debt organizations.
  4. Analyze the various funding alternatives that can be used to support debt obligations.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • Include an abstract and conclusion that you will name (Budget Summary), and attach the budget summary as an Appendix.
  • Include the URL of the location of your city’s financial plan and any other documentation you used for your budget summary.
  • Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

Analyze organizational behavior challenges faced by management professionals.

In this assignment, you will create a PowerPoint presentation that outlines what you believe will be the biggest challenges facing organizations in the next 20 years.

Write an eight (8) slide presentation in which you:

  1. Provide a title slide (as indicated in the format requirements below) followed by a slide with an introduction to your presentation.
  2. Presentation should include your choice of the five (5) challenges you believe organizations will face in the next 20 years. Only include one (1) challenge and your explanation for choosing that challenge per slide for a total of five (5) slides.
  3. Provide one (1) summary slide which addresses key points of your paper.
  4. Provide notes on each slide, indicating what you would say if you were actually presenting in front of an audience.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

  • This course requires use of new Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
  • Format the PowerPoint presentation with headings on each slide and three to four (3-4) relevant graphics (photographs, graphs, clip art, etc.), ensuring that the presentation is visually appealing and readable from 18 feet away. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • Include a title slide containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment are:

  • Analyze organizational behavior challenges faced by management professionals.

Write a brief analysis, in your own words of how the article relates to the selected chapter Key Term.

DEFINITION: a brief definition of the key term followed by the APA reference for the term; this does not count in the word requirement.

SUMMARY: Summarize the article in your own words- Be sure to note the article’s author, note their credentials and why we should put any weight behind his/her opinions, research or findings regarding the key term.

ANALYSIS: Write a brief analysis, in your own words of how the article relates to the selected chapter Key Term. An analysis is not rehashing what was already stated in the article, but the opportunity for you to add value by sharing your experiences, thoughts and opinions. This is the most important part of the assignment.

Analyze the issues Choice is likely to experience as it expands its network to full global reach.

Read the case study titled “Choice Hotels International” found in attachment

Write a fully developed paper in which you:

  1. Assess the two distinct networking functions.
  2. Analyze the issues Choice is likely to experience as it expands its network to full global reach. Provide a rationale for your answer.
  3. Critique the Choice implementing free high-speed Internet access for all guests in its Clarion Hotels and Comfort Suites from the security point of view.
  4. Use at leastfour quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.