>& Finance homework help

Perform preliminary analytical procedures for the PricewaterhouseCopper LLP.
a. Obtain the financial statement data for the current year and prior two years.
Analyze the year-to-year change in account balance for the following
financial statement line items. Document the trend analysis in a format
similar to the following:
                                                           % Change                               % Change 
Account Balance                               2019–2020                              2018–2019
Net sales
Cost of sales
Operating expenses
Operating income
Net receivables
Inventories
Accounts payable
Long-term debt
b. For the current and prior years, calculate the common financial ratios that
are applicable to the company, including short-term debt-paying ability,
liquidity activity, ability to meet long-term debt obligation, and
profitability ratios.
c. Compare the company’s main financial indicators (market cap, revenue,
employees, revenue growth, gross margin, net income, and EPS) with the
industry benchmark (you may find relevant information from Yahoo
Finance).
Please see the detailed instructions and use the 10-K report.
3 pages and double spaces.
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Case Study: Acute Joint Inflammation

Mr. Y is a 47 year old, mixed race [Asian/African ethnicity], male patient who presented to your office with severe right great toe pain.  Onset of the pain was 2 days ago.  Mr. Y denies any known trauma to his right foot or his great toe on that foot.  His right great toe is red and became so swollen in the last day that he cannot put on his shoe. 

Mr. Y has a history of hypertension for which he is taking HCTZ 25mg daily, Metopralol 50 mg twice daily, and Lisinopril 10 mg daily.  He denies any other medical problems.  

Results of the lab tests that were ordered:

Sed rate – 93; Glucose, random – 117 mg/dl; Hgb – 13.4 gm/dl; WBC – 8200/ccm with normal diff; Serum uric acid – 10.9 mg/dl; Serum creatinine – 1.2 mg/dl

Assignment Questions

  1. Based on presenting symptoms and lab findings, what is most likely diagnosis that will be made for Mr. Y?
  2. What is the anticipated pharmacologic plan for managing Mr. Y’s acute pain?  Provide a justification for the plan including a citation from a peer-reviewed source.
  3. What is the anticipated pharmacologic plan for long-term management of Mr. Y’s diagnosis?  Provide a justification for the plan including a citation from a peer-reviewed source. 
  4. Identify the key elements of the education plan that would be appropriate for the patient about the acute and chronic pharmacologic plans you identified above.

Instructions 

  • Prepare and submit a 3-4 page paper [total] in length (not including APA format).
  • Answer all the questions above. 
  • Support your position with examples.
  • Please review the rubric to ensure that your assignment meets criteria.
  • Submit the following documents to the Submit Assignments/Assessments area:
    • Case Study: Acute Joint Inflammation
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Identify two additional concepts that are relevant to your personal practice of nursing and explain how they relate to your practice and why they are important to your practice.

Theories are derived from conceptual models and are comprised of concepts and propositions. The only concepts that are common to all nursing theories, in some shape or form, are patient, nurse, health, and environment. These are sometimes referred to as the basic metaparadigms of the nursing domain. Identify two additional concepts that are relevant to your personal practice of nursing and explain how they relate to your practice and why they are important to your practice. APA format.

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Engineering homework help

Suggested format: Times New Roman 12 points, single spaced, 1” margin all around, APA style for references
Plagiarism: All assignments will be checked for plagiarism using SafeAssign. The similarity Index should not be greater than 35% on the report. You should always provide references at the end.
Q1.
A) In EA Credit 3: Enhanced Commissioning, what steps in addition to verifying systems performance must be done by the commissioning agent?
B) The EA Credit 4: Enhanced Refrigerant Management refers to the Montreal
Protocol. Explain what the Montreal Protocol is and why it was established.
30 Points
Q2
Do some research to discover the source and quality of the potable water that comes through your faucet. Does it come from a reservoir, river, or water table?
Also investigate how the source of your drinking water gets replenished (You can use any online resource but provide reference at the end and write the information in your own words).
20 Points
Q3.
Design a plan for “your yard” (no matter where you live) that will capture and utilize rainwater. You can prepare the plan in graphical form (rough sketch) on a paper. Please provide an explanation of your plan as well.
50 Points

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Human Resource Management homework help

MBA 610 Final Project Part One Guidelines and Rubric
Overview
The first part of the final project for this course is the creation of a memorandum.
Legal situations arise frequently in everyday business practice, but the assessment of the key issues is not always clear. A working understanding of essential
business law concepts is critical for the successful navigation of complex and diverse business environments. Successfully addressing real-world situations will
sharpen your skills in spotting issues, identifying vulnerabilities that you may face as a member of the corporate world, and becoming more sensitive to legal
dilemmas that commonly arise in business.
For your two-part summative assessment, you will be preparing two professional business memorandums related to the application of business law in specific
hypothetical scenarios. For Final Project Part I, you will compile a 10-page memo for your supervisor, which will be used to formulate an official executive brief of
the lawsuits. Your findings and critical assessment of the cases will help shape the approach of corporate stakeholders to the legal matters raised, including each
company’s response to each situation.
The project is divided into two milestones, which will be submitted at various points throughout the course to scaffold learning and ensure quality final
submissions. These milestones will be submitted in Modules Two and Five. The final submission of Final Project Part I will be submitted in Module Eight.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate your mastery of the following course outcomes:
 Assess the impact of business law on organizational decision making for informing strategic legal decisions
 Analyze pertinent facts of business client cases by effectively employing foundational law principles
 Select key legislation and legal precedents that impact client cases for informing legal decisions
 Assess the impact of public perception on companies in legal situations for informing business practices
 Assess the legal and ethical implications of United States companies doing business abroad for informing business decisions that are compliant with
applicable domestic laws
Prompt
As a leader, you have been tasked with briefing the executive team on a legal situation, case law, and recommendation, which will be used to formulate an official
executive brief of these lawsuits.
Scenario
Mary Jane and Allen Greene, a married couple, own a high-end costume jewelry manufacturing and distribution company called Greene’s Jewelry Wholesale,
LLC. The principal place of business for Greene’s Jewelry is in Derry, New Hampshire, where it owns a warehouse and two storefronts. Originally started in 1957,
the company expanded over five decades, and it now employs 502 individuals in a variety of departments, including sales and marketing, research and
development, human resources, and manufacturing.
The primary asset of Greene’s Jewelry is its process for creating a synthetic gold-colored material called “Ever-Gold,” which is used in Greene’s necklaces, rings,
earrings, and bracelets. Ever-Gold is impervious to scratches, discoloration, oxidization, and is marketed as “everlasting gold.” Greene’s maintains this process as
a trade secret.
Jennifer Lawson, who has been employed for three years as a junior executive secretary in the research and development department at Greene’s Jewelry, has
just learned that she is pregnant. She has earned high marks on each of her annual reviews with the company, with the exception of the fact that she routinely
shows up 15 to 30 minutes late for work. Otherwise, she is deemed to be professional, articulate, diligent, and skilled in her role with the company. When Lawson
advises the head of human resources, Lisa Peele, that she may have to take additional time off as a result of some high-risk factors that she will face during the
course of her pregnancy, she is told that her position has been eliminated. The specific words are: “Congratulations Jennifer! That is exciting news for you. We do
not need to worry about time off, though, because, regrettably, I was just going to let you know that we are downsizing and no longer have a need for any of our
junior executive secretaries.”
Jennifer is distraught, and immediately returns to her desk to clear it out as instructed. She removes all of her personal items, as well as the projects she was
working on prior to her discussion with Lisa Peele. When she returns to her home, she realizes that she has inadvertently taken a draft letter to Greene’s
intellectual property attorney, which details the secret process for creating Ever-Gold.
Although Greene’s Jewelry requires all of its executives to sign covenants not to compete and confidentiality agreements, Jennifer was only required to sign a
confidentiality agreement, by which she agreed never to disclose any information that she might acquire from Greene’s regarding the process used to create
Ever-Gold.
Panicked, and knowing that she needs a job, she calls one of Greene’s competitors, Howell Jewelry World, and advises its hiring manager that she is a former
employee of Greene’s, that she needs a job, and that she has confidential information about Ever-Gold that would help Howell compete with Greene’s. The hiring
manager at Howell, Naomi White, schedules an interview with Jennifer for the following day
At the end of the interview, Naomi makes an offer to Jennifer to begin work with Howell immediately, but she conditions the offer on Jennifer’s execution of an
employment contract. The contract contains two specific provisions that Naomi insists Jennifer read and initial, in addition to signing the contract as a whole. One
of those provisions states that Jennifer will disclose the information she has regarding the Ever-Gold process prior to commencing work with Howell. The other
provision is a covenant to not work for any competitor of Howell for two years after she leaves the employ of Howell, irrespective of the reason for leaving, and
whether she quits or is fired. Jennifer initials both of the provisions, signs the contract for employment, and gives Naomi a copy of the letter that she removed
from her desk at Greene’s.
One week after she starts working with Howell, Jennifer is fired for chronic tardiness, and she thereafter gets a job working as a sales associate with the only
other jewelry company in town, Triumph Jewels.
Meanwhile, Greene’s learns that Howell has acquired knowledge of the secret process used to create Ever-Gold, and that Howell has tweaked the process slightly
to create a product with similar characteristics and qualities to Ever-Gold. Howell, for its part, has learned that Jennifer is working for a competitor and fears that
Jennifer will disclose the process to Triumph. Finally, one of Howell’s customers had developed a disfiguring rash as a direct result of the new process Howell has
begun using in its jewelry.
Greene’s sues Jennifer for breach of the confidentiality agreement when it learns that she has given confidential information to Howell. Jennifer counter-sues
Greene’s for wrongful termination. Howell sues Jennifer for breach of the covenant not to compete, and Jennifer counter-sues for fraudulent inducement,
believing that she was tricked into signing the employment contract with Howell and that Howell was never interested in hiring her, but was interested only in
acquiring information on the process to create Ever-Gold. Howell also sues Triumph, claiming that it knew or should have known that Jennifer was subject to a
covenant not to compete, and that Triumph should therefore be bound by its provisions.
Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed:
I. Memo Introduction: Articulate what you feel are the strengths of your company’s legal claim or defense.
II. Client’s Case
A. Facts and Laws
1. Analyze the facts related to employment discrimination or unlawful termination based on your company’s perspective.
2. Analyze the facts related to contract issues based on your company’s perspective.
3. Identify the operative employment and contract laws that apply to your company’s case.
B. Precedent
1. Select cases that support your company’s position in terms of employment discrimination or unlawful termination. Justify why they
support its case.
2. Select cases that support your company’s position in terms of contract disputes. Justify why they support its case.
C. Facts to be Determined
1. Determine any facts that will help you better analyze your company’s position. In other words, what questions do you need answered
before you can proceed?
2. Explain how the identified facts will help establish the legal rights and/or obligations of the defendant in relation to your company. In
other words, how would those facts reflect on the propriety and legality of the decisions that were made?
D. Application of the Law to the Facts: Using the precedents you have selected in case law, regulations, and substantive law, assess the strengths
and weaknesses of your company’s arguments in court. Is it probable your company will win this legal dispute?
E. Impact Assessment
1. Based on your analysis, how do you believe this situation may affect public perception of your selected company? Will the public
discourse reflect possible legal outcomes? Be sure to use specific examples.
2. Make suggestions on how to alleviate any damages to your selected company’s public perception going forward. Will action(s) related
to the other party be appropriate?
3. Recommend how the company should modify specific business practices to avoid similar situations in the future.
Milestones
Milestone One: Introduction, Facts and Laws, Precedent, and Facts to be Determined
In Module Two, you will submit your Memo Introduction, Facts and Laws, Precedent, and Facts to be Determined sections (Sections I, IIA, IIB, and IIC) of the
memorandum. In the Memo Introduction, articulate what you feel are the strengths of your company’s legal claim or defense. In the Facts and Laws section,
analyze the facts related to employment discrimination or unlawful termination based on your company’s perspective. Analyze the facts related to contract
issues based on your company’s perspective. Identify the operative employment and contract laws that apply to your company’s case. In the Precedent section,
select cases that support your company’s position in terms of employment discrimination or unlawful termination. Justify why they support its case. Select cases
that support your company’s position in terms of contract disputes. Justify why they support its case. In the Facts to be Determined section, determine any facts
that will help you better analyze your company’s position. In other words, what questions do you need answered before you can proceed? Explain how the
identified facts will help establish the legal rights and/or obligations of the defendant in relation to your company. In other words, how would those facts reflect
on the propriety and legality of the decisions that were made? This milestone should be 4–5 pages. This milestone is graded with the Final Project Part I
Milestone One Rubric.
Milestone Two: Application of the Law to the Facts and Impact Assessment
In Module Five, you will submit the Application of the Law to the Facts and the Impact Assessment sections (Sections IID and IIE) of the memorandum. In the
Application of the Law to the Facts section, use the precedents you have selected in case law, regulations, and substantive law, assess the strengths and
weaknesses of your company’s arguments in court. Is it probable your company will win this legal dispute? In the Impact Assessment section, based on your
analysis, how do you believe this situation may affect public perception of your selected company? Will the public discourse reflect possible legal outcomes? Be
sure to use specific examples. Make suggestions on how to alleviate any damages to your selected company’s public perception going forward. Will action(s)
related to the other party be appropriate? Recommend how the company should modify specific business practices to avoid similar situations in the future. This
milestone should be 4–5 pages. This milestone is graded with the Final Project Part I Milestone Two Rubric.
Final Submission: Memorandum
In Module Eight, you will submit your completed memorandum. It should be a complete, polished artifact containing all of the critical elements of the final
product. It should reflect the incorporation of feedback gained throughout the course. This submission will be graded using the Final Project Part I Rubric.
Deliverables
Milestone Deliverable Module Due Grading
One Introduction, Facts and Laws, Precedent,
and Facts to be Determined sections
Two Graded separately; Final Project Part I Milestone One
Rubric
Two Application of the Law to the Facts and
Impact Assessment sections
Five Graded separately; Final Project Part I Milestone Two
Rubric
Final Submission: Memorandum Eight Graded separately; Final Project Part I Rubric
Final Project Part I Rubric
Guidelines for Submission: Your professional business memorandum should adhere to the following formatting requirements: 10 pages (not including title and
reference pages), double-spaced, using 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. You should use current APA style guidelines for your citations
and reference list. Generally speaking, the best memos include references to at least two cases for each point of law that is mentioned. Students also earn high
marks when they cite to cases that appear to support a different legal resolution than the one presented by the student, and then distinguishing that case from
the scenario described in this assignment. Such distinctions demonstrate exemplary understanding of the course materials.
Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Memo
Introduction
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
shows keen insight into the
strengths of legal claims or
defenses based on the facts of
business situations
Articulates the strengths of
company’s legal claim or defense
Articulates the strengths of
company’s legal claim or
defense, but with gaps in
accuracy or detail
Does not articulate the strengths
of company’s legal claim or
defense
8
Facts and Laws:
Unlawful
Termination
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
demonstrates a nuanced
understanding of the
relationship between established
law and facts of legal cases
Analyzes facts related to
employment discrimination or
unlawful termination based on
company’s perspective
Analyzes facts related to
employment discrimination or
unlawful termination based on
company’s perspective, but with
gaps in accuracy or detail
Does not analyze facts related to
employment discrimination or
unlawful termination based on
company’s perspective
8
Facts and Laws:
Contract Issues
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
demonstrates a nuanced
understanding of the
relationship between established
law and facts of legal cases
Analyzes facts related to contract
issues based on company’s
perspective
Analyzes facts related to contract
issues based on company’s
perspective, but with gaps in
accuracy or detail
Does not analyze facts related to
contract issues based on
company’s perspective
8
Facts and Laws:
Laws
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
demonstrates a nuanced
understanding of how
foundational law applies to client
cases in business law
Identifies operative employment
and contract laws that apply to
company’s case
Identifies operative employment
and contract laws that apply to
company’s case, but one or more
operative laws are missing or
there are inaccuracies
Does not identify operative
employment and contract laws
that apply to company’s case
8
Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Precedent:
Unlawful
Termination
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
justification shows keen insight
into how precedents impact
client cases
Selects cases that support
company’s position in terms of
employment discrimination or
unlawful termination, logically
justifying selections
Selects cases that support
company’s position in terms of
employment discrimination or
unlawful termination, justifying
selections, but case(s) are
inappropriate for supporting
case or justification has gaps in
logic or detail
Does not select cases that
support company’s position in
terms of employment
discrimination or unlawful
termination
8
Precedent:
Contract Disputes
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
justification shows keen insight
into how precedents impact
client cases
Selects cases that support
company’s position in terms of
contract disputes, logically
justifying selections
Selects cases that support
company’s position in terms of
contract disputes, justifying
selections, but case(s) are
inappropriate for supporting
case or justification has gaps in
logic or detail
Does not select cases that
support company’s position in
terms of contract disputes
8
Facts to be
Determined:
Facts
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
demonstrates a broad
understanding of the law
principles necessary for
establishing pertinent facts of
client cases
Determines facts needed for
better analyzing company’s
position
Determines facts needed for
better analyzing company’s
position, but with gaps in logic or
detail
Does not determine facts
needed for better analyzing
company’s position
8
Facts to be
Determined:
Establish
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
demonstrates a broad
understanding of the law
principles necessary for
establishing pertinent facts of
client cases
Explains how identified facts will
help establish the legal rights
and/or obligations of defendant
in relation to company
Explains how identified facts will
help establish the legal rights
and/or obligations of defendant
in relation to company, but with
gaps in logic or detail
Does not explain how identified
facts will help establish the legal
rights and/or obligations of
defendant in relation to
company
8
Application of the
Law to the Facts
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
assessment shows keen insight
into the implications of laws and
precedents for business
decisions related to legal
situations
Logically assesses the strengths
and weaknesses of company’s
arguments in court based on
selected laws and precedents,
addressing likelihood of winning
legal dispute
Assesses the strengths and
weaknesses of company’s
arguments in court based on
selected laws and precedents,
addressing likelihood of winning
legal dispute, but with gaps in
logic, detail, or relevance to
selected laws or precedents
Does not assess the strengths
and weaknesses of company’s
arguments in court based on
selected laws and precedents,
addressing likelihood of winning
legal dispute
8
Critical Elements Exemplary (100%) Proficient (90%) Needs Improvement (70%) Not Evident (0%) Value
Impact
Assessment:
Public Perception
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
shows keen insight into the
impact of legal situations on the
public perception of companies
Logically evaluates how legal
situation may affect public
perception of company,
providing specific examples
Evaluates how legal situation
may affect public perception of
company, providing specific
examples, but has gaps in logic
or detail
Does not evaluate how legal
situation may affect public
perception of company,
providing specific examples
8
Impact
Assessment:
Damages
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
suggestions reflect a nuanced
understanding of how public
perception of legal situations
impacts company responses
Makes appropriate suggestions
for how to alleviate damages to
company’s public perception,
addressing whether actions
related to other party are
appropriate
Makes suggestions for how to
alleviate damages to company’s
public perception, addressing
whether actions related to other
party are appropriate, but not all
suggestions are appropriate or
key details are missing
Does not make suggestions for
how to alleviate damages to
company’s public perception,
addressing whether actions
related to other party are
appropriate
8
Impact
Assessment:
Business Practices
Meets “Proficient” criteria and
recommendations are especially
appropriate for business
decisions that are informed by
public perception
Makes appropriate
recommendations for how the
company should modify specific
business practices to avoid
similar situations in the future
Makes recommendations on
how the company should modify
specific business practices to
avoid similar situations in the
future, but not all
recommendations are
appropriate or key details are
missing
Does not make
recommendations for how the
company should modify specific
business practices to avoid
similar situations in the future
8
Articulation of
Response
Submission is free of errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, and organization
and is presented in a
professional and easy-to-read
format
Submission has no major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
Submission has major errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that negatively impact
readability and articulation of
main ideas
Submission has critical errors
related to citations, grammar,
spelling, syntax, or organization
that prevent understanding of
ideas
4
Total 100%
 
 
 
 
 
1. Mario owns a boutique furniture store for which Clinton is a long time supplier of pillows and decorative items. Because of repeated years of negotiations over prices, delivery dates, and products, Mario and Clinton have formed a mutually beneficial relationship. Please discuss some other outcomes of repeated negotiations.
Instructions:
The assignment is to answer the question provided above in essay form. This is to be in narrative form. Bullet points should not to be used. The paper should be at least 1.5 – 2 pages in length, Times New Roman 12-pt font, double-spaced, 1 inch margins and utilizing at least one outside scholarly or professional source related to organizational behavior. This does not mean blogs or websites. This source should be a published article in a scholarly journal. This source should provide substance and not just be mentioned briefly to fulfill this criteria. The textbook should also be utilized. Do not use quotes. Do not insert excess line spacing. APA formatting and citation should be used.
 

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Contemporary Nursing Practice

Details:
 

The field of nursing has changed over time. In a 750-1,000 word   paper, discuss nursing practice today by addressing the following:

  1. Explain how nursing practice has changed over time and how     this evolution has changed the scope of practice and the approach to     treating the individual.
  2. Compare and contrast the     differentiated practice competencies between an associate and     baccalaureate education in nursing. Explain how scope of practice     changes between an associate and baccalaureate nurse.
  3. Identify a patient care situation and describe how nursing care,     or approaches to decision-making, differ between the BSN-prepared     nurse and the ADN nurse.
  4. Discuss the significance of     applying evidence-based practice to nursing care and explain how the     academic preparation of the RN-BSN nurse supports its   application.
  5. Discuss how nurses today communicate and collaborate with     interdisciplinary teams and how this supports safer and more     effective patient outcomes.

Prepare this assignment according to the guidelines found in the APA   Style Guide, located in the Student Success Center. An abstract is not required.c

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>Management homework help

You work for a private corporation. The corporation is in need of capital. One member of the board has suggests, “Let’s go public!” You are a financial analyst for the company. You are not too sure that simply “going public” will solve the company’s need for capital. The CEO, you have been interning for, asks you to evaluate the situation and present whether or not an IPO is the best choice. The CEO would also like options to raising capital another way.
In order to accomplish everything that the CEO wants, she has agreed to let you do substantial research into companies that have failed and succeeded, and use those companies as a guide. She needs options. She needs reasons why each option may succeed or fail. She must present to the Board of Directors and needs real answers from you.
Do your research and design a report and presentation to present to the CEO and other executives.
Research Companies that have gone public. Begin with Google.

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Research a health care organization or a network that spans several states within the U.S

Question Description

Research a health care organization or a network that spans several states within the U.S. (Example: United Healthcare, Vanguard, Banner Healthcare, etc.).

Harvard Business Review Online and Hoover’s Company Records, found in the GCU Library, are useful sources. You may also find pertinent information on your organization’s webpage.

Review “Singapore Airlines Case Study.”

Prepare a 1,000-1250-word paper that focuses on the organization or network you have selected.

Your essay should assess the readiness of the health care organization or network in addressing the health care needs of citizens in the next decade, and include a strategic plan that addresses issues pertaining to network growth, nurse staffing, resource management, and patient satisfaction. Provide a comparison to the health care organization or network and the Singapore Airlines. Include any cultural issues that may influence the practices listed above.

Prepare this assignment according to the APA guidelines found in the APA Style Guide, . An abstract is not required.

This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.

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Management homework help

**2 – Paper Assignment
Find a current research article (published within the last 4 years) on the topic of The Benefits of Owning a Small Business (Read the PDF Attachment 01).
Write a two-page analysis of the article using at least two other peer-reviewed sources to support your analysis/discussion. You must have a title page, abstract page, two full pages of text, and a reference page (3 References **Minimum) for this weekly assignment. References used must be in the U.S. APA format is required. No Plagiarism. Need this done by November 8, 2020, @ 1900 Central Time zone.
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Find a current research article (published within the last 4 years) on the topic of Building a Competitive Advantage. (Read the PDF Attachment 02).
Write a two-page analysis of the article using at least two other peer-reviewed sources to support your analysis/discussion. You must have a title page, abstract page, two full pages of text, and a reference page (3 References **Minimum) for this weekly assignment. References used must be in the U.S. APA format is required. No Plagiarism. Need this done by November 8, 2020, @ 1900 Central Time zone.
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>Social Science homework help

The purpose of this assignment is to:

  1. Provide you with experience in locating and reviewing literature pertinent to social work practice.
  2. Give you practice in analyzing the application of research literature to practice.
  3. Give you practice in interviewing someone about a problem or challenge that they are facing or have faced.
  4. Assist you in the development of your writing skills and give you practice in using APA style citation.

Please note that all graded pieces of this assignment should be typed and submitted through Blackboard.
This project is done in stages:

  • FIRST THINGS FIRST: Identify a problem or challenge that is addressed in chapters 6-12 of the textbook that interests you and develop a preliminary question. Identify a person in your life that experiences this problem or challenge who is willing to be interviewed a bit later on in the semester.
  • ONLINE 9/24, 8:30AM: You will meet with a librarian to help you search for articles on your topic. Conduct a review of the social work literature and identify six related empirical articles that address your topic.  These articles must be from peer-reviewed social work journals, and they must have been published within the past ten years (i.e. all articles dated after 1/1/2010).  (Hint: An empirical article has a methods section.  If an article you locate does not have a methods section, then you cannot use it for this assignment.)
  • 10/2: Complete the Topic Worksheet. This worksheet is intended to help you solidify your research topic and question and give you a direction for the project.
  • 10/16: To help you get a feel for what you’ll be writing for the literature review, please read the sample literature review by Chapman and Perreira (2005), and complete the Reviewing Literature Reviews worksheet.
  • 10/23: complete the Literature Review Article Worksheet for 3 of 6 articles you selected. In anticipation of this part of the assignment, you should narrow down your research question to several relevant articles, skim the abstracts of those whose topics seem most relevant. Then, once you locate the most relevant, read the articles in their entirety and complete the worksheet.
    • While not required, I recommend that you complete worksheets for the other three articles.  It will help you write your paper!
    • Using the information on the worksheets, and any notes you have on the remaining three articles, compare and contrast the articles.
  • Interview someone in your life who has experienced this problem and is willing to talk about it.  Apply what you learned in your literature review to your understanding of your interviewee’s problem.  In what ways did the articles assist you in understanding the problem or issue?  Provide examples that integrate the knowledge you gained through reading the articles with the information that you gathered in your interview.
  • 11/6: The draft MUST include the review of the six articles; you may wait to do the interview.  Your reference list must include all sources used in writing the draft. You will receive 10 points for submitting a draft that includes the following sections written professionally: Introduction, Professional Literature Reviewed, and Comparison and Analysis of Articles (see outline below).
    • Consult the writing guides available through Hood’s Library: https://hood.libguides.com/litreview/write
    • If you receive a grade of 70% or lower on the draft, you will be required to meet with a writing coach through the Student Success Center and provide evidence of that meeting, in order to receive credit for your final draft.
    • Draft feedback will be returned to you in time to make revisions and complete the final version.
  • 11/20: The final copy of the paper is due. It must be submitted to Chalk & Wire. Final paper will be graded using a rubric that assesses the inclusion of required elements, the writing, and use of APA style citation.
    • In addition to the paper, you will be asked to submit Galman’s (2006) self-editing checklist (see Blackboard). Recommended page length: 8-10, not including cover page and references. Papers shorter than 6 pages or longer than 12 will be rejected.

Suggested Paper Outline
The final paper should include the following sections:
A literature review should be structured like any other essay: it should have an introduction, a middle or main body, and a conclusion.
Introduction
The introduction should:

  1. define your topic and provide an appropriate context for reviewing the literature;
  2. establish your reasons – i.e. point of view – for reviewing the literature;
  3. explain the organization – i.e. sequence – of the review;
  4. state the scope of the review – i.e. what is included and what isn’t included. For example, if you were reviewing the literature on obesity in children you might say something like: There are a large number of studies of obesity trends in the general population. However, since the focus of this research is on obesity in children, these will not be reviewed in detail and will only be referred to as appropriate.

Main body
The middle or main body should:

  1. organize the literature according to common themes;
  2. provide insight into the relationship between your chosen topic and the wider subject area e.g. between obesity in children and obesity in general;
  3. move from a general, wider view of the literature being reviewed to the specific focus of your research.
  4. Comparison and analysis of articles
    1. Because you will be choosing different articles related to different topics, this section will be different for each one of you.  Remember that you chose the article to help you understand the specific issue as it relates to something that interests you as a future social work practitioner.  You might choose to contrast the articles on the theoretical approaches used, the types of research conducted, the populations studied, or the findings.  Only after taking notes on the articles (using the outline presented in class) will you be able to group the articles in ways that make sense to you.
    2. Comparing and contrasting means identify common elements and differences in the paper and noting them.  The purpose of this part of the assignment – and the part where you apply the knowledge you gained – is to develop your skills in analytic thinking and to prepare you for writing a literature review for a research paper next year.  Do not simply summarize the articles one after another. The best literature reviews synthesize what is known about the topic.

Interview

  1. Describe your interviewee and the issue, problem, or challenge he or she faced or faces as it relates to your chosen topic.  You do not need to identify the person or his or her relationship to you.
    1. Example: “I interviewed a teenager, age 19, who experienced severe post-partum depression after the birth of her second child.  She was hospitalized for one week when her child was one month old, and now takes anti-depressant medication.”
    2. Provide enough details so that your application of the knowledge in the articles will make sense.
  2. Apply what you learned in your literature review to your understanding of your interviewee’s problem (use critical thinking skills).
    1. Did the articles assist you in understanding the problem or issue?  In what ways?  Provide examples that integrate the knowledge you gained through reading the articles with the information that you gathered in your interview.
    2. If you did not find the articles useful, you must also provide examples that demonstrate why this was so.
      1. For example, you may find a research article on treatment for post-partum depression that used white middle class women as research subjects and that some issues – such as housing, financial instability, and limited access to health care services – were not generally a concern for the research subjects.

Conclusion
The conclusion should:

  1. summarize the important aspects of the existing body of literature;
  2. evaluate the current state of the literature reviewed;
  3. identify significant flaws or gaps in existing knowledge;
  4. outline areas for future study;
  5. link your research to existing knowledge.
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