I need at least 150-word comment on this discussion

George

Hello All,

First, I have to admit that my preference to discuss negative messages in person rather than in writing. This allows me to engage in the strategies discussed by Sittenfeld (1999): listening; exploring perceptions; validate experiences; and develop an action plan to address the issues.

Bowman asserts that a negative message is one that leads to an unpleasant emotional reaction. As a professor, I have to deliver “negative” letters all the time through my feedback. These letters can be viewed as disappointing and threatening (2002). I know that many of my students put a lot of time and effort into their papers. The time and effort is especially important because many of our students have families, professions, and other competing priorities they have to juggle in addition to school, and it is difficult to do so. I understand this.

I always try to build rapport through “buffer beginnings”. Whether the message is good or bad, it is important to take every opportunity to remain positive. Therefore, I typically start out with a statement like “thank you for your work on this essay”…or something like that. I also like to start out by identifying the strengths of the essay.

Then, I like to include a “lead” sentence like “there are a couple of ways your essay could be strengthened”.… Or something like that. Then I tried to be as specific as possible on strategies that students can take to improve the current essay in the ones moving forward. This section is meant in an attempt to accomplish certain outcomes (e.g. narrowing a student’s focus; improved writing structure; focusing on the readings more; etc.). Finally, I like to and the negative message with a motivating statement like “keep up the great work ethic” or “please do not hesitate to reach out to me if you have questions or need more clarification on the feedback. I am invested in your success” (Bowman, 2002).

My experience is that students are generally receptive to the feedback when they read it. Most of our students have a high degree of integrity and genuinely want to earn their grade by making consistent improvement.

These are a couple of my strategies. What are some of yours?

George

You are the manager of a new primary care clinic located about twenty five (25) miles outside of a small city (population of 50,000). With five (5) family physicians, two (2) nurse practitioners, two (2) physicians’ assistants (PAs), and twenty (20) clinical support staff consisting of RNs, LPNs, and CMAs, the clinic provides primary care services to a diverse community of people living and working outside the city limits. Originally a rural area, the community has been growing and now includes promising opportunities in employment, education, and comfortable living spaces for young families. However, there are still many residents who struggle to make ends meet with older farms that have belonged to families for generations.   

The central city includes two (2) large acute care facilities, and one (1) tertiary care facility that is known for its excellent pulmonary care. Both acute care hospitals provide the usual services such as labor and delivery, outpatient surgery, chronic diseases care, etc. and have fully equipped ancillary departments, such as lab and radiology. Up until this point, the residents have used the facilities’ emergency departments for routine illnesses and conditions when their private physicians were not readily available.

Write a five to seven (5-7) page paper in which you:

1. Analyze some of the key social, political, and economic factors that have led to the proliferation of urgent care facilities and primary care practices over the last 20-30 years.
2. Create a comprehensive mission statement for the clinic, and discuss how it will facilitate the provision of quality services.
3. Analyze and discuss one (1) or more directions the clinic might take to grow its business. Determine what factors you would consider when deciding what services to provide in-house and which ones to affiliate with other institutions.
4. Decide how you will determine if the clinic is meeting its goals. Identify three (3) performance measurements you could use to evaluate the success of the clinic’s services. Begin by naming a goal, and then identify a quantifiable measurement you could use for each to determine if you are coming close or falling short of the goal.
5. Determine how you would then address whatever opportunities for improvement seem to exist and what processes you would put in place.
6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.
7. Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
   1. Typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
   2. 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 is not included in the required page length.
   3. Include a reference page. Citations and references must follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

• Analyze the critical management issues, purpose, functions, and performance measures of different departments within healthcare organizations.
• Examine the political, economic, and social forces that have influenced the organizational foundations of the United States healthcare system.
• Explain how public policy has shaped the development of the U.S. healthcare system.
• Use technology and information resources to research issues in health services organization management.
• Write clearly and concisely about health services organization management using proper writing mechanics.

Noble Action, Sacred Call, or Desire”  Please respond to the following:

• Explain whether or not you think Siddhārtha Gautama’s quest to find enlightenment falls under the category of noble action, sacred call, or desire. Discuss how his decision to leave his family would be received in today’s culture.

“HOW IS Organization Behavior THE field of study backed up of associated with growing concern for people at work place”

in 150 words, answer the below

Consider a small country that exports steel. Suppose that a “pro-trade” government decides to subsidize the export of steel by paying a certain amount for each ton sold abroad. How does this export subsidy affect the domestic price of steel, the quantity of steel produced, the quantity of steel consumed, and the quantity of steel exported? How does it affect consumer surplus, producer surplus, government revenue, and total surplus? Is it a good policy from the standpoint of economic efficiency? (Hint: The analysis of an export subsidy is similar to the analysis of a tariff.)

E1: Go to the Federal Reserves website, Http://www.federreserve.gov Click on the consumer information tab, and research consumer credit in the various hyperlink. Find average interest rates charged by commercial banks can new automobile loans, personal loans, and credit card plans.

A)     Compare the average level of interest level of interest rates among the three types of loans

B)      Click on the Economics Research & Data tab, click on the “Statistics: Release and Historical Data hyperlink and then “Consumer Credit,” and compare trends in the cost of consumer credit provided by commercial banks over the past three years.

P2: Find the FV of 10,000 invested now after five years if the annual interest rate in 8percent

a)      What would be the FV if the interest rate is simple interest rate?

b)      What would be the Fv if the interest rate is compound interest rate

P3: Determine the future values (FVs) if 5,000 is invested in each of the following situations

A)     5 percent for ten years

B)      7 percent for seven years

C)      9 percent for four years

P4: You are planning to invest $2,500 today for three years at a nominal interest rate of 9 with annual compounding

A)     What would be the future value (FV) of your investment ?

B)      Now assume the inflation is expected ti be 3 percent per year over the same three-year period. What would be the investment’s FV in terms of purchasing power?

C)      What would be the investment FV in terms of purchasing power if inflation occurs at a 9percent annual rate?

P5: Find the present value (PV) of 7,000 to be received one year from now assuming a 3 percent annual discount interest rate. Also calculate the PV if the $7,000 is received after two years

P7: Determine the present value (PV) if 15,000 is to be received at the end of eight years and the discount rate is 9 recent. How would your answer change if you had to wait six years to receive the 15,000

P16: Use a financial calculator or computer software program to answer the following questions:

A)     What would be the future value (FV) of 15,555 invested now if it earns interest at 14.5 percent for seven years?

B)      What would be the FV of 19,378 invested now if the money remains deposited for eight years and the annual interest rate 18 percent?

P17: Use the financial calculator or computer software program to answer the following :

A)     What would the present value (PV) of 359,000 hat is to be received at the end of twenty three years if the discount rates is 11 percent?

B)      How would your answer change in (a) if the 359,000 is to be received at the end of twenty years?

P19: Use a financial calculator or computer software program to answer the following questions.

a)      What would be the future value (FV) of 19,378 invested now if the remains deposited for eight years, the annual interest rate 18 percent. And interest on the investment to compounded semiannually?

b)      How would your answer for (a) change if quarterly compounding were used?

It appears that George is running a profitable business. George is aware you are in an MBA Managerial Finance class and comes to you for advice on his working capital practices. More specifically George asks you to do the following:

• Describe his working capital practices, including his methods of capital budgeting analysis techniques.
• Analyze the potential pitfalls in his capital budgeting practices that George should be aware of.
• Develop a simple statement of cash flows for George’s Trains using any information gleaned from the video. What areas of improvement do you recommend? 

In a three- to five-page paper (excluding the title and reference pages), respond to George’s request for advice in detail. The paper should be properly formatted in alignment with APA 6th edition formatting.

Link to the video:

http://searchcenter.intelecomonline.net/playClipDirect.aspx?id=4870EEC7664070BB9D6744FDA7325EE44F45E0E47862343D60FAA8E3325D1A83C46D5C6FAB3D01A758FA30144214BB3D

The Sleeping Flower Co. has earnings of $1.66 per share.If the benchmark PE for the company is 23, how much will you pay for the stock?If the benchmark PE for the company is 26, how much will you pay for the stock?

due thursday 2/23 by 8pm

1-2 paragraphs w/ in cite quotation

USE GDD COMPANY PROFILE W/ DISCUSSION 1. SEE DIRECTIONS IN WORD DOCUMENT

Please Read Instructions First:  This assignment “DOES NOT” require APA style.  No headers or cover page is needed.  I must post on online for class.  All work should be original with no plagiarism and in proper English grammar.  The responses should include answering the main discussion questions, fully, including proper cites as well.  When you use citations and resources, I should be able to look it up to find where you got it from and to ensure they are accurate.  (USE ALL BOOK, JOURNALS, MAGAZINE ARTICLES, PUBLICATIONS, CITATIONS AND RESOURCES FOR THIS ASSIGNMENT FROM THE UNITED STATE OF AMERICA!)  I highlighted the questions in “red, bold, italic and underlined” so you know which ones to answer.  Each discussion question should cover the question completely and be a paragraph or more in length.  The more in-depth the information is, the better.

Week 4 Discussion

“A Rotten Apple?”  Please respond to the following:

Watch the following 2013 Bloomberg’s video:

Based on the video, fast forward to current day and give your opinion on whether or not Apple’s product strategy should change given its current rate of success and potential competing companies (i.e. Samsung, etc.) operating within their market. Provide a rationale for your response.

Hi All

i have homework Summarize the article stronger dollar good or bad for the US be sure to include both the good & bad points one page only

I need to post a discussion comment on one of my classmate. I need at least a 75 word comment on the discussion below.

Business Ethics

Actions for Business Ethics

Martin

Class and Professor,

I have thoroughly enjoyed this class and our discussions throughout the modules. This class does a great job of building on the ethics training that I’ve received throughout my career in the Air Force. I will be able to use much of what I’ve learned especially in my current job of overseeing some of the Air Force’s largest contracts. Ethical dealings on both the contractor and the government side are vital to a successful business contract.

Module 1’s teachings about emotions and ethics was insightful! It brought clarification to something many of us do, which is “go with your intuition” about a particular choice or decision. Much of the teachings makes us think about all sides of the story, and take into account the diverse backgrounds and cultures we come from. Ensuring that our business conduct is moral and ethical is important to the success of our people and business. I will apply all of these concepts to my future business dealings.

Thank you for making this a fun eight weeks, and I’ve enjoyed the high amount of interaction through our discussion posts!

DUE 4/23/17 @ 10PM CST IN APA STYLE Risk template; 750–1,000 words

Create a risk template and develop risk responses to effectively assess the risks associated with the ADC project.

Create a risk template by listing the risks that you think are appropriate for ADC. 

• You may need to make assumptions about the project. Just be sure to document them in the description of the risk.
• When identifying your risks, be sure to consider the following:
  • Project and product risks
  • External and internal risks
  • Project budget risks
  • Scheduling risks
  • Resource risks
  • Product quality risks
• Be sure to categorize and quantify all of the identified risks. 

PROJECT SENARIO

ACME Development Corporation (ADC), a developer of custom homes and apartment complexes, has decided to standardize its project management practices and processes across its national organization. The goal is to standardize with one single project-scheduling tool and to have the tool installed and be operational within 90 days. To this end, the company is forming a central project management office (PMO). Until now, project managers (there are 40 presently on staff distributed all over the United States) have been able to use whatever scheduling tool they liked, within their budget constraints. They have also been able to buy equipment and engage contractors at will. The PMO will be determining one scheduling tool that all PMs will be expected to use, exclusive of any other scheduling tools. The PMO will also develop and implement a standardized procurement process. Because the PMs are located across the United States, a Web-based solution seems likely to be the most successful tool.

As the project manager, you have been charged with implementing the procurement process, and you decide that your first project will be purchasing the scheduling tool for ACME Development Corporation.

You will need to choose one of the questions from each section and answer with an essay that includes detail, examples and citations. Go beyond simply stating the facts and do not copy directly from the book.The long essay would be a traditional essay that typically five paragraphs long. The first paragraph should introduce the topic and state the student’s position / answer to the question. It should contain between three-five (3-5) complete sentences, including the thesis statement for the essay. The second, third, and fourth paragraphs are the body paragraphs. Each body paragraph should contain between three-five (3-5) sentences, including the topic sentence (first sentence of the body paragraph, states a main point that supports the thesis) and at least two-three (2-3) specific examples per main point. The fifth and final paragraph should begin with a restatement of the thesis. It should be three-five (3-5) complete sentences, and include a brief summary/conclusion of the student’s answer to the essay question. It is essential, particularly in the survey courses, for students to provide cites and footnotes for their work in untimed exams. Citations must adhere to the Chicago Style format but perfection is not expected. An example of common citations are included on pages four and five of this edition.

Choose 1 question to answer

In this discussion, please address the following:

• Discuss how often a project schedule should be reviewed.
• Should a project schedule only be reviewed by the project manager and project management team?
• Identify and discuss the advantages and disadvantages to creating a project schedule.

For this assignment, you will develop a proposal for a training program on facilitating change within an organization.

Scenario:

You have been hired as a training consultant, and you are responsible to develop a training program for managers tasked with facilitating change within an organization.

Tasks:

Identify an organization in which you have been involved. Based on the material covered in this course as well as the knowledge gleaned from your work experience, develop a proposal that addresses the following:

• Describe the organization for which you are developing the training proposal. In your description, include a discussion of the industry (including current industry trends) and the organization’s customers.
• Identify the organizational characteristics that will influence decisions for how change initiatives will be planned and implemented.
• Provide recommendations for developing effective change leaders and followers. Your recommendations should address the need for healthy change facilitation as well as the demands placed on a change facilitator.
• Describe specific strategies to identify and resolve resistance to change.
• Identify ethical issues that should be addressed throughout the planning, implementation, and assessment phases. Provide recommendations for addressing the ethical issues.
• Discuss future trends that may have an impact on the change initiatives within the next three to five years.

Your final product will be in a Microsoft Word document of approximately seperate reference page 12 pages in length . Utilize at least 6–8 sources from professional literature in your research. Professional literature may include online library resources, relevant textbooks, peer-reviewed journal articles, and websites created by professional organizations, agencies, or institutions (.edu or .gov). Your response should demonstrate ethical scholarship in appropriate and accurate representation and attribution of sources (i.e., APA) and display accurate spelling, grammar, and 

Implementation Plan for Your Company

Write up the implementation plan for your company site. You will use the other writtenassignments to help develop this plan. This plan write up will be a one to two page summary of the implementation plan. The written assignment grading rubric will be used for the assignment grading.

Your plan should include information on:

• The benefit and cost objectives in your e-commerce site
• A project site evaluation technique
• The internal company team such as customer service personnel, call center information, system administration, business management, and application specialists.

Effective business communication requires an understanding of yourself and therefore, imploring strong confidence in all decision making on a daily basis. So, after watching the TED talk, provide an analysis regarding the talk. Did it give you a new and different perspective of what communication entails? Why or why not? How did you absorb what the speaker said and how he said it? With that conveyed, how was his speech delivery? As we progress in the semester, you will present topics and speeches yourself. 

Explain your analysis in a two page essay. This is not a memo, so do not format it in that fashion. Upload your response in a two full page essay. Upload only as a Microsoft Office Word document.

Here’s the link to the video:

Assignment #4:  Roots of Organizational Policy

The Comprehensive Final Project (Assignment #4) has been designed for the student to identify federal and state policy roots in a specific health services organization. Each student will select a specific management area for a specific organization. The student will identify a health services setting where they have access to the policy manual (or a sample policy manual). The setting may include a single location or an organization with many types of services and many service delivery settings. Select one of the following health management areas where you will map out and describe four (4) organizational policies (four separate policies, or MAJOR parts of a comprehensive policy – for example, HR Policy covering all aspects of HR in the organization) linked to federal or state legislative mandates:

Health Information Technology and EMR

1) What is HIT and EMR

a) Why was HIT and EMR created?

b) Who is affected by the law?

c) Who is responsible for implementing the policy?

2) Name the federal legislative roots for each policy by name and statute and any industry best practices

a) Give an example of the legislative policy can be used

b) Discuss if the law outlines how an organizational implements the policy

3) Discuss any pending changes to the federal legislation

a) Also discuss if the any states have taken the initiative to implement any additional laws

4) Discuss Stratis Health performance metrics or your suggested performance metrics

a) Who will monitor the success of the policy?

b) How the success be determined?

5) Describe your assessment of the policy and associated performance metric’s (if they have one) adequacy in addressing the legislation

a) Give an example of performance metric

Prepare a PowerPoint presentation with no more than 20 content slides (students may utilize the Notes feature to provide additional context, if needed). A cover and reference slide must be provided (these do not count towards the maximum slides). Draw on what you have learned throughout the class to provide: a summary of each organizational policy, the federal/state legislative roots for each policy (by name and statute) and any industry best practices, any pending changes to the federal/state legislation, the organization’s or your suggested performance metrics – how will monitor success of the policy, and your assessment of the policy and associated performance metric’s (if they have one) adequacy in addressing the legislation. A preliminary outline using word processing software (e.g., Microsoft Word) must be posted by Sunday of Week Seven in a dedicated conference in LEO for both instructor and peer review.

NOTE: the four policies you choose should address, either directly or indirectly, four federal or state legislations, or four aspects/provisions of one overall federal or state legislation

A good approach to the final project would be to allocate 5 slides to each of the 4 policies, each slide addressing one of the 5 bolded topics above for each policy. For example, title slide, then 5 slides on policy one (one slide for each of the bolded topics above), 5 slides on policy two…… and then a resources slide.

RU-32

You’re the CEO of a global pharmaceutical company. After decades of work (and the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars), your scientists have come up with a major breakthrough. Your new drug, RU-32, is a low-cost anti-diabetic medication that dramatically stabilizes insulin levels. If approved, your company will own the patent on a drug worth billions of dollars. However, during Phase III clinical trials, unexpected complications arose, and approval by the FDA is now unlikely. Without FDA approval, you cannot sell RU-32 in the U.S. and most first-world countries. However, other countries––primarily in the third-world––will allow you to market the drug without U.S. FDA approval. You must choose whether to stop all development and cancel the program, or proceed with manufacturing for sale to citizens of third-world countries.

Inform the Board of Directors of your decision. Write a memo explaining your position and your reasons. Be specific and use detailed examples to support your main points.

Over 400 words, please know this is a memo, not like a essay, and have 3 to 4 days to finish it. thank you.

Importance of Becoming a Global Citizen

Prepare: View the Globalization: What is Happening to Us? video and read the article A Model of Global Citizenship: Antecedents and Outcomes by Stephen Reysen and Iva Katzarska-Miller (2013). Go to the Ashford Library and locate one additional source on global citizenship that will help support your viewpoint. Reflect: Please take some time to reflect on how the concept of global citizenship has shaped your identity, and think about how being a global citizen has made you a better person in your communityWrite: Use the Week One Assignment Template when addressing the following prompts:

• After viewing the video, describe how being a global citizen in the world of advanced technology can be beneficial to your success in meeting your personal, academic, and professional goals.
• After reading the article by Reysen and Katzarska-Miller, explain why there has been disagreement between theorists about the definition of global citizenship and develop your own definition of global citizenship.
• From the article, choose two of the six outcomes of global citizenship (i.e., intergroup empathy, valuing diversity, social justice, environmental sustainability, intergroup helping, and the level of responsibility to act for the betterment of this world) as stated in the article, and explain why those two are the most important in becoming a global citizen compared to the others.
• Describe at least two personal examples or events in your life that illustrate the development of global citizenship based on the two outcomes you chose.
• Identify two specific general education courses, and explain how they each influenced you to become a global citizen.

Your paper

• Must be 750 – 1,000 words in length (excluding title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper
  • Student’s name
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Date submitted
  • Running header with page numbers
• Must cite the two resources required to complete this assignment and at least one additional scholarly source from the Ashford University Library. Be sure to integrate your research rather than simply inserting it.
• Must document all sources in APA style as outlined here and here.

A learning organization is a dynamic business environment that encourages and fosters continuous learning in order to compete effectively in a highly competitive 21st century economy. What are the characteristics of a learning organization, and how do these characteristics help managers and employees work together to rise to the challenges they must confront in a rapidly changing business environment?

250 words

Research a current event from within the last five years that relates to this module”s topic of Project Management Methodology and Presentations. Write an explanation of the current event and specifically how it relates to the topics that you’ve learned this week.

Find an article or video from a business leader discussing the leader’s view on the keys to success in business. Post a link to the article or video to the discussion thread and provide a summary of the following:

1. What is the role of the individual in the article or video?
2. What keys to success did the leader describe?
3. What are your thoughts on the leader’s response? How you could implement their thinking in your own career?

Please do not hit me up because I only use APlus Writer! ONLY!!!!

Please make sure that you write at least a page for ALL discussion questions.

 1) Write a reflection on one go the segments from the film Cracking the Code, which I shared the link. 

Please watch them and write a page about it.

2) Please write a reflection paper about ‘Respect’ which you can find heads up at the link that I provided. 

https://books.google.com/books?id=j2tpkljF7FoC&pg=PA115&dq=the+top+10+laws+of+respect+a+personal+guide&hl=tr&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjS4KT81rjTAhUEYiYKHT4qDE0Q6AEIIzAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

The first and second homework are going to be total 2 pages, I mean 1 page for each. Good luck and Thanks in advance.

What is some information that should be found in big data databases? Why has big-data analytics become so popular with companies like Kraft Foods, United Airlines, and Ford Motor Company? How do you think that these companies will use big data in the future? Will big data put researchers out of business? Include your rationale.

In the CSU Online Library, using the Business Source Complete database, search for and read the article titled “Hiring the Very Best,” by Tracy Mullin (2005).

Based on the article, consider the approaches to organizational design. Analyze the effects and applications of the various organizational structures and levels of authority. Given the benefits and motivations mentioned in the article, share an analysis of the referenced company’s impact on employee motivation, morale, and organizational culture.

Your response should be two pages in length, not including the title page or reference page. You are required to cite at least one article from the CSU Online Library (not including the referenced case study article). All sources used must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying in-text citations in the proper APA format.

The myCSU Student Portal has great learning resources available for students. Please click here to access a case study example to use as a guide for this assignment. 

MKT 3200 – Consumer Behavior – Fall 2015

Team Assignment:Consumer Behavior Analysis – Written Submission and Presentation

Due:Final exam date – See Fall 2015 exam schedule

Value

Presentation (including slides): 5% of your final grade

Written Submission: 15% of your final grade

Note: You will not receive a grade for this assignment if you do not submit a peer evaluation form on the final exam date.

ExpectedLength

Presentation: 20 minutes

Written Submission: 15 double-spaced pages (excluding title page, Table of Contents, List of Appendices, List of References, and all appendices). Tables, lists, and illustrations may be single spaced. All 12 pt. font.

Instructions

Below is a partial listing of consumer behaviors. Your task is to conduct secondary research on one of these consumer behaviors (or a consumer behavior of your choosing) and report on its prominence[1] in the American consumer market; provide an assessment of the value[2] of this consumer behavior; identify and discuss the group (chapter 7), perceptual (chapter 8), memory-based (chapter 9), learning(chapter 9), motivational (chapter 10), personality (chapter 10), emotional (chapter 10), and attitudinal (chapter 11) factors that contribute positively to (i.e., facilitate) and that detract from (i.e., discourage) this consumer behavior; identify the characteristics of relevant marketing stimuli (chapter 8) that are aimed at changing attitudes and behaviors associated with this consumer behavior (chapter 11); discuss the relationship of the consumer behavior to self-concept, extended self, and lifestyle (chapter 12); and to identify industries (and constituent organizations) to which this behavior poses an opportunity and the industries (and constituent organizations) to which this behavior poses a threat.[3]Moreover, it is necessary that you incorporate all relevant topics from this course in your report. Other topics to consider include:

·         The extent to which the consumer behavior is compatible with (versus neutral or contrary to) American culture and cultural values (chapter three; http://geert-hofstede.com/national-culture.html; http://www3.norc.org/gss+website/)

·         Subculture (chapter 5)

·         The demographic characteristics of the consumers who engage in the behavior (chapter 4)

o   Quantify this as much as possible

o   If applicable, the demographic characteristics of the consumers who do not engage in the behavior

§  Quantify this as much as possible

·         The geographic characteristics of the consumers who engage in the behavior

o   You will need to examine the PRIZM website to report on these characteristics (chapter 12; http://www.claritas.com/MyBestSegments/Default.jsp)

o   If applicable, the geographic characteristics of the consumers who do not engage in the behavior

·         If applicable, discussion of family, family stage, and household characteristics (chapter six)

·         If applicable, consumer socialization (chapter six)

It is critical that your entire group agrees on the consumer behavior and that the consumer behavior has been examined in secondary research. Regardless of your topic, you must ensure that you incorporate at least eight separate sources in your report; at least three sources must be peer-reviewed academic journals (e.g., Journal of Consumer Research). The starting point in your research search should be http://libguides.uncp.edu/content.php?pid=427534. In addition, you are expected to incorporate data included on the DDB LifeStyleStudyTM Data Disk(included with your textbook) in your report.

Consumer Behaviors (Choose ONE or identify your own)

·         Advertising avoidance

·         Animal ownership

o   Individuals and couples, with and without children or other dependents (e.g., parents)

·         Automobile modification for energy conservation, performance, or self-expression

·         Breastfeeding

o   In particular, as opposed to bottlefeeding

·         Buying/watching/sharing pirated entertainment products

o   In particular, as opposed to buying/watching/sharing non-pirated entertainment products

·         Buying/watching/sharing piratedsoftware

o   In particular, as opposed to buying/watching/sharing non-pirated software

·         Coupon usage

o   In particular, as opposed to not using coupons

·         Donating blood

·         Generic medicine usage

o   In particular, as opposed to using branded medicines

·         Gift giving

o   Subtopics include:

§  “Re-gifting”

§  Giving:

·         Homemade gifts

·         Gift cards

·         Money as a gift

·         Joining a fan club or other subculture of consumption

·         Saving versus spending versus investing

·         Shoplifting

·         Tattooing and body piercing

·         Vegetarianism

·         Writing a blog

Note:You must provide me with a copy of your slides prior to the start of your presentation. However, your slides must also be uploaded to Blackboard by the start of the Exam Week session during which presentations will be given. Similarly, your written submission and individually completed peer evaluation form must also be uploaded to Blackboard by the start of the Exam Week session during which presentations will be given. Your report and presentation must not contain any spelling, grammar, or punctuation error(s). With the possible exception of any summary tables or illustrations you include with your report, this assignment is to be completed in paragraph form with full and complete sentences. Tables and illustrations may be best included in your report as appendices. It is expected that you will conduct secondary research to support your arguments. You must properly cite and reference all secondary information sources directly or indirectly incorporated in your analysis; in general, you must adhere to the honor code. Penalties will be imposed if you do not follow these instructions.

[1] For example, the popularity or frequency of the consumer behavior

[2]For example, the dollar value (or cost) of this consumer behavior.

[3] Constituent organizations are the organizations that collectively comprise an industry.

Homework #6F (Cost of equity financing)

Finance

Question 6 (1 point)

 

Heavy Rain Corporation just paid a dividend of $2.95 per share, and the firm is expected to experience constant growth of 4.44% over the foreseeable future. The common stock is currently selling for $69.38 per share. What is Heavy Rain’s cost of retained earnings using the Gordon Model (DDM) approach?

Round the answers to two decimal places in percentage form. (Write the percentage sign in the “units” box)

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