A company is considering making a new bicycle. The company expects to sell 4,000 units of the bicycle each year for 5 years. Each bicycle is expected to sell for $400. The company’s tax rate is 30%. Fixed costs are $700,000 per year, and variable costs are $75 per bicycle. To make the bicycle, the company will purchase a machine that costs $1.5 million today. […]

   Ashford 3: – Week 2 – Discussion 1   Your initial discussion thread is due on Day 3 (Thursday) and you have until Day 7 (Monday) to respond to your classmates. Your grade will reflect both the quality of your initial post and the depth of your responses. Reference the Discussion Forum Grading Rubric for guidance on how your discussion will be evaluated.        […]

  Action Research Selection Your written response to this discussion prompt assesses your ability to both describe the action research proposal process and formulate evidence-based recommendation for selecting an appropriate action research topic. This discussion also supports your achievement of Course Learning Outcome 5. According to the North Central Regional Educational Laboratory (NCREL), “Action research is inquiry or research in the context of focused efforts to […]

Utilitarianism refers to the making of decisions based on the expected level of happiness and satisfaction it will bring to the involved individuals. It involves making decisions based on the well beings of individuals. This is not always successful as most proper decisions require critical thinking, consultations, and observation of metrics within the organization before coming up with a solution. 2 months ago

•Strategic Planning and Organizational Restructuring  ◦Imagine you are the HR director of a growing international staffing organization that services both North America and South America. The CEO has come to grips that the HR group, which is currently decentralized, is in need of restructuring to account for the expected increase in revenues. The CEO has asked for your opinion on how to best restructure the […]

Read the following articles highlighting historical governmental economic regulations in the years preceding deregulation: Write a two-page (not including cover and reference pages) APA-formatted summary report that answers the question: Why was it necessary for the federal government to enact such sweeping regulatory actions in the decades prior to 1978 deregulation? Save your assignment using a naming convention that includes your first and last name and […]

   Module 2 – Case THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT, INTERNAL PROFILE, AND SWOT Assignment Overview Remember that the Case in this course is an ongoing exercise, meaning that we will be taking an intensive look at one company over the course of our four modules. This session, we will be conducting a strategic analysis of Pepsico. The outcome of this Case is to use a completed […]

  Complete the “Assessments for Reading” chart by defining and providing details regarding the following assessments (refer to Chapter 4 in your textbook): Complete the “Assessments for Reading” chart, by identifying and describing details and examples related to the following types of literacy assessments: General Screening Assessments Informal Diagnostic Assessments Progress Monitoring Assessments Outcome Assessments While APA format is not required for the body of […]

Choose one of the professional scenarios provided in Blackboard under the Student Center tab, or click here to view them in a new window.  Write a Block Business Letter from the perspective of company management.  It must provide bad news to the recipient and follow the guidelines outlined in Chapter 7: Delivering Bad-News Messages in BCOM9 (pages 116-136). The message should take the block business letter form from the […]

  In this discussion, we’ll continue the brainstorming process by discussing social and civic responsibility and how it applies to our unique communities. (See Section 2.1: The Writing Process: Planning and Prewriting Strategies.) Through this discussion, you will arrive at a topic for the research-based writing project in this class. Prepare  Prior to participating in this discussion, read Chapter 1 in College Writing Handbook. Then, […]