Write a 750-1,000-word analysis on social stratification regarding race

Choose a social institution to describe and analyze the effect that the stratification elements of race have on that social institution. Include the following in your analysis:

1. Explain how race impacts the social institution.
2. Identify a form of race inequality associated with the social institution and use theoretical perspectives to explain the social behaviors that perpetuate the inequality.
3. Suggest measures for the social institution to implement to help alleviate the racial inequality you identified.

Provide a minimum of three to five scholarly sources to support your analysis and conclusion. Additionally, you will need to include statistical data of the expression of stratification regarding Race within the social institution.

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

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

You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the Student Success Center.

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Course: Cross Cultural Relations

Unit:  Culture

Deliverable Length:  3–4 paragraphs

Assignment Details:  

Provide (3) methods in which culture influences gender and gender roles. Then discuss how stereotypes are developed when gender roles are not carried out among the cultural group. Be sure to provide definitions of socio-cultural influences and stereotypes.

M3 Assignment 2: LASA 1—Financial Decisions

In both your professional and personal life, you will make a variety of decisions. You should consider the financial and nonfinancial aspects while making decisions. To evaluate scenarios, you will also use some tools such as net present value (NPV), internal rate of return (IRR), modified internal rate of return (MIRR), payback, discounted payback, and return on investment (ROI) that you have discussed so far.

In this assignment, you will evaluate the financial aspects of making decisions.

Tasks:

Investigate any two of the following four financial decisions:

1) Using net present value calculations, determine which has a higher ROI. Assume the average mileage under both options is 15,000 miles. The car will be sold for its Kelly Blue Book value at the end of ownership or it will be returned to the leasing dealership for no additional lease/return/mileage cost. The automobile being considered is a 4-cyl, 2.5 liter, two-wheel drive, Nissan Rogue sport utility. At the end of the 6 years, the automobile is in very good condition. Tax, title, or license fees are not considered under either option.

• Buying a Nissan Rogue today for $32,000, putting $10,000 down and taking a six-year loan for the rest at 4%

             or

• Leasing the Rogue for 6 years at $360 a month with a down payment of $3,500 due at delivery. The car must be returned at the end of the lease. 15,000 miles per year are allowed under this lease plan.

Show your work and explain your rationale.

2) Commit to buy a vacation home in the climate of your choice, rent the home out when you are not using it, or sign a five-year lease for the home for the two months a year you plan on using it. You will need to make up the numbers for your home for this exercise.

3) A different buy-or-lease alternative—you could buy a home for $300,000, putting 20% down and renting it out at $1,700 a month. Which would make more financial sense? Buying or leasing the home? Explain your rationale.

4)Lease your home for the next three years or sell it with the intent to return to the same geographic area after you complete a three-year expatriate assignment in the country of your choice. Given the facts above, should you lease the house or sell it? The current market value is approximately $320,000. Explain your rationale, and show your work.

For the two options that you selected (and using the figures given above for those options), investigate the realistic assumptions for your location and include the information you found in the analysis. Create a paper in about 1,000–1,200 words, including the following:

• Initial information/approach: purchase price, rebate, down payment, amount to finance, etc.
• Payments formulas and calculations
• Explanation of the financial factors that you are employing in the selected decisions
• Conclusion containing the "best answer" for your personal life on the basis of these financial factors
• Probability of following the recommended "best answer" (assuming that these are the only decision options)

Purpose of Assignment

The importance of peer-reviewed studies is vital in business research.  Students will have the opportunity to find examples of peer-reviewed sources to both apply to their research in this course, but also to help understand the importance of using scholarly sources in general.  Students will also use this assignment to dig into the various stages of research including purpose, the research hypothesis, variables, and design methods.

Assignment Steps

Locate at least two peer-reviewed, business-research studies based on the Accounting  industry.

Develop a 1,050-word evaluation of the critical first stage of the research studies:

• State the purpose of the business research for each study.
• Determine the research questions and hypotheses being researched in each study.
• Identify the dependent and independent variables being manipulated or measured in each study.
• Determine if the variables are measured qualitatively or quantitatively.
• Discuss the ways in which you might apply research to your current work or desired career.

Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.

Purpose of Assignment 

Students will have the opportunity to develop a Balanced Scorecard. This, in turn, will allow them to create effective strategic objectives to be included as part of their overall strategic plan. They will also be presented with the task of creating a brief communication plan that will be used by their proposed division to efficiently distribute information with regard to their strategic initiatives. 

Assignment Steps 

Resources: Strategic Planning Outline and Week 4 textbook readings 

Create a minimum 1,050-word strategic objectives summary. 

Include your balanced scorecard and its impact on all stakeholders, and the communication plan.

Identify key trends, assumptions, and risks in the context of your final business model.

Develop the strategic objectives for your new division of the existing business in a balanced scorecard format in the context of key trends, assumptions, and risks. The strategic objectives are measures of attaining your vision and mission. As you develop them, consider the vision, mission, and values for your business and the outcomes of your SWOTT analysis. 

Consider the following four quadrants of the balanced scorecard when developing your strategic objectives:

• Shareholder Value or Financial Perspective, which includes strategic objectives in areas such as:
  • Market share
  • Revenues and costs
  • Profitability
  • Competitive position
• Customer Value Perspective, which includes strategic objectives in areas such as:
  • Customer retention or turnover
  • Customer satisfaction
  • Customer value
• Process or Internal Operations Perspective, which includes strategic objectives in areas such as:
  • Measure of process performance
  • Productivity or productivity improvement
  • Operations metrics
  • Impact of change on the organization
• Learning and Growth (Employee) Perspective, which includes strategic objectives in areas such as:
  • Employee satisfaction
  • Employee turnover or retention
  • Level of organizational capability
  • Nature of organizational culture or climate
  • Technological innovation

Evaluate potential alternatives to the issues and/or opportunities identified in the SWOTT Analysis assignment and table you completed in Week 3.

Create at least three strategic objectives for each of the four balanced scorecard areas. Base your solutions on a ranking of alternative solutions including the following:

• Identify potential risks and mitigation plans.
• Analyze a stakeholder and include mitigation and contingency strategies.
• Incorporate ethical implications.

Develop a specific metric and target for each strategic objective using a balanced scorecard format. 

Example: a strategic objective in the shareholder or financial perspective is to increase market share. A metric to actually measure this strategic objective of market share increase is, "The percentage of increase in market share." The target is the specific number to be achieved in a particular time period. The target for the metric of "Increase market share" could be "Increase market share by 2% for each of the next 3 years" of an increase of 2% per year for 3 years.

Outline a brief communication plan discussing how you will communicate the company's strategic objectives including the following:

• Define the purpose.
• Define the audience.
• Identify the channel(s) of communication and why you selected that channel.

Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines. 

1. Explain the impact of accounting transactions in financial statements.

2. Describe the elements and purpose of each financial statement.

3. Discuss the components and use of financial analysis.

Must be in APA 6th edition format. With at least 1 citation.

1. After reading your report, as well as comments by others on the team, the Genesis Energy team began to understand the importance of cash flow and financing in high-growth scenarios. The Genesis Energy accountant suggested that the focus should be on developing a financial strategy that would ensure operational needs are met through short-term financing. The Genesis Energy team instructed Sensible Essentials to explain in basic terms the factors and mechanics necessary to determine short-term financing needs. 

   As the finance expert for Sensible Essentials, do the following:
    

   • Explain the concept of working capital and its importance to Genesis Energy.
   • Describe the mechanism and methodology used to ensure that operational needs are met through short-term financing. Explain why this methodology is important to Genesis Energy.
   • Explain how working capital represents the assets that are needed to carry out the day-to-day operation and how working capital can act as a source of financing or increase the need for financing.
   • In your response, be sure to consider the time value of money and the relative advantages and disadvantages of short-term loans versus internally generated funds.
2. Please complete the mini case found on pages 171–172 of your textbook, Brigham and Ehrhardt.

By the due date assigned, post your response to the Discussion Area. Through the end of the module, review and comment on at least two peers’ responses.

Write your initial response in 300–500 words. Your response should be thorough and address all components of the discussion question in detail, include citations of all sources, where needed, according to the APA Style, and demonstrate accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation

Do the following when responding to your peers:

• Read your peers’ answers.
• Provide substantive comments by
  • contributing new, relevant information from course readings, Web sites, or other sources;
  • building on the remarks or questions of others; or
  • sharing practical examples of key concepts from your professional or personal experiences
• Respond to feedback on your posting and provide feedback to other students on their ideas.
• Make sure your writing
  • is clear, concise, and organized;
  • demonstrates ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and
  • displays accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Assignment 1: Capital Budgeting

Capital budgeting is a tool used in business to determine the financial viability of a potential project. Net present value, internal rate of return, payback, discounted payback, and modified rate of return are some of the calculations used once businesses have a reliable cash flow budget for their project.

In this assignment, you will demonstrate your understanding of the necessary aspects of capital budgeting.

Tasks:

Respond to the following:

• What is capital budgeting and why is it important to business decisions?
• Discuss how the information should be organized in a capital budgeting process, and who will use the information for decision-making.
• What could go wrong with the capital budgeting process?
• Provide an example of a capital budgeting process from an online source and explain the salient points of this example to the class.

In a minimum of 300-500 words, post your responses using critical thinking and analysis.

Explain the OSI reference model? What are its advantages and disadvantages?

Competencies

Distinguish operational practices that will create an exceptional customer experience.

Instructions

As you continue in the Emerging Leaders onboarding learning and development program for the second quarter, you have experienced a few successes and now some wins. During this onboarding-program you have continued to participate in assessments and have now completed a leadership development and a strategic plan outline. Now let us continue to move forward in the onboarding program where you are now being asked to develop a customer service plan outline to help you to demonstrate your ability to distinguish operational practices that will create an exceptional customer experience.

• For this customer service plan, establish an outline to distinguish operational practices that will create an exceptional customer experience program by addressing and answering the following questions:
  • What is an exceptional customer experience? Explain how you as an Emerging Leader will you define an exceptional customer experience for your organizational customers.
  • What steps should team members take to create an exceptional customer experience? Explain how you as an Emerging Leader will develop your team members to implement these steps.
  • What metrics will you use to measure the effectiveness of an organizational exceptional customer experience program? Explain how you as an Emerging Leader will use these outcomes to sustain and maintain an organizational exceptional customer experience program.

Clearly distinguish operational practices that will create an exceptional customer experience.