Appendicular Skeleton

Describe in detail the primary functions of the appendicular skeleton.  List the bones that make up the arm, the leg, and the pelvis.  Which bones protect the thoracic cavity and its contents?

Managing your suppliers can be a challenging experience

Managing your suppliers can be a challenging experience. Since the services they provide are really an extension of your own organization, we want to make sure they perform at a high level.

1. How can we determine what is important to measure with regard to supplier performance? Is it cost savings, quality of service, product delivery times, or something else?

2. What types of things would you care about with regard to supplier performance, either as a supply manager for a company or hiring a contractor for your own home? What actions might you take if they did not perform according to your expectations?

3. Find and example of an organization that had supplier performance problems. What was the issue and where did they fall short? Did the organization have proper controls in place? Did they take any corrective action or did they just "ride it out"?

400 words

Write a 2–3-page paper where you answer the questions above. Make sure you identify the question and then respond showing all calculations using math or Excel functions. If you use Microsoft Excel, please attach a copy of your worksheet so your instructor can review the work. In addition, explain the theory used in solving this case using no less than 2 outside references. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

Upon graduating with a degree in Finance, John Simple found a great job as a banking officer with Capital Two Bank in Dallas. Although he and his partner Joan had several college loans that required payments, their goal was to set aside funds for the next five years so that they could get out of the small apartment in Irving, Texas. After reviewing the listings in the areas surrounding DFW and speaking to their bosses about possible transfers, John and Joan decided upon Plano as their desired future location for a home.

Based on house prices they received from a local realtor, they determined that the home they needed currently costs around $178,000 which includes 2% closing costs. To avoid paying Private Mortgage Insurance, John and Joan need to make a down payment of 20%. Since they are saving for the potential purchase, it will be five years before they buy the home. This gives them time to save for the down payment, moving, and furniture costs, which they estimate will be 10% more than the required down payment. They also expect home prices in Plano to continue to increase each year at 2.5% per annum rate as presented by their realtor.

John, being the finance graduate, wanted to adequately prepare for their future purchase and told Joan that he would take all this information and present an overview of how much would be required once their estimated purchase date became a reality. In addition, John would show how much money they needed to save each month in their house investment account at E-Trade, which averages 5% annual return.

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1. What is the estimated purchase price of the home in 5 years?

2. How much would need to be saved for the down payment?

3. How much would need to be saved for closing, moving, and furniture costs?

4. Considering that they have $10,000 already saved (half of which was provided by Joan’s parents as a wedding gift), how much money do they need to save each month to reach their goal? 

5. Suppose John could change investment plans at E-Trade and earn an additional 1.5% per annum without additional risk, how much money do they need to save each month to reach their goal? How much in investment dollars would they save by increasing their investment percentage?

Latin American Music Assignment

          Write a short research essay on the Latin American composer of your choice. Be sure to include the following:Basic biographical data.A work representative of that composer's style, with specific reference to what can be heard in the score.

Physical Assessment

Find information about the different heart murmurs, choose four different murmurs and build a PowerPoint presentation explaining the most relevant data in the physical examination of these heart murmurs.

Caribbean Music Assignment

1. What is denoted by "Caribbean music in a new mode."

2. What emphasis, in this chapter, seems to justify a departure from traditional presentations of music and culture of the Caribbean?

Assignment 2: Leadership Strategies Presentation

Taking on the role of a CEO, develop a PowerPoint presentation of approximately 15 slides that explains how you would adapt the Western leadership strategies of either Heifetz and Linsky or Drucker in your approach to managing an international organization on the brink of structural change and expansion.  One of your main goals will be to motivate and communicate a vision while connecting to the firm’s mission for all stakeholders, including your Board of Directors. A brief profile of the organization is as follows:

• The company is a manufacturing firm with annual earnings in excess of $350 million.
• It is headquartered in the United States, has two branches in the United Kingdom, and one expansion branch set to open in China.
• A new branch will provide more innovative technologies to infuse the firm’s declining market share while also presenting cultural management and organizational integration challenges.

Your presentation should contain the following components:

• Identification of your chosen leadership philosophy with justification of your choice.
• Using Porter’s Five Forces as a strategic guide, please explain how you will approach Foreign Direct Investment and Financial Risk Assessment.
• Complete a Financial Risk Assessment for acquiring the new technology company by identification and explanation of at least four risks which could impact your organization.
• Identification and explanation of the key internal structures (at least 3) that will be designed to enhance the culture within your organization
• Explanation of how projected global and market trends over the next 10-15 years will impact your company’s ability to maintain a competitive advantage.

Apply APA Standards and References

Business Finance – Management

Managing your suppliers can be a challenging experience. Since the services they provide are really an extension of your own organization, we want to make sure they perform at a high level.

1. How can we determine what is important to measure with regard to supplier performance? Is it cost savings, quality of service, product delivery times, or something else?

2. What types of things would you care about with regard to supplier performance, either as a supply manager for a company or hiring a contractor for your own home? What actions might you take if they did not perform according to your expectations?

3. Find and example of an organization that had supplier performance problems. What was the issue and where did they fall short? Did the organization have proper controls in place? Did they take any corrective action or did they just "ride it out"?

400 words

Assignment 3: Population Demographics

The American population is changing and these changes will impact the marketing strategies of all companies.
Using the readings for this module, the Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, complete the following:

• Describe how household patterns in the United States are anticipated to change over the next few years.
• Examine the impact of such changes on the demand for different goods.

Next, consider the organization that you work in or an organization you have worked in before. Identify how the changing demographics will impact your organization and what they can do to successfully manage these changes.

Support your statements with appropriate examples and scholarly references.

Write a 3–5-page paper in Word format.

 Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M1_A3.doc. For example, if your name is John Smith, your document will be named SmithJ_M1_A3.doc.

By the due date assigned, deliver your assignment to the Submissions Area.

Assignment 3 Grading CriteriaMaximum PointsAdequately described how household patterns in the United States are anticipated to change over the next few years.20Thoroughly examined the impact of such changes on the demand for different goods.28Examined some of the ethical impacts to your organization (current or past) from any environmental or legal changes.32Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.20Total:100 

Japanese Music

The shakuhachi has a varied history as a solo meditation instrument, a member of the gagaku orchestra, a crucial part of sankyoku, and a participant in jazz and other Western genres. Listen to the guided listening example of Tori Kadotsuke Hachigaeshi and answer the following questions:
How does its tone, or timbre, differ from the sound of a Western flute?What qualities of the shakuhachi sound do you think make it desirable and flexible enough to participate in so many different genres?What qualities of Japanese aesthetics, as outlined in the chapter, do you hear in the piece?