Now that your cookie business is well underway, you are going to use the knowledge that you have gained in this course to evaluate the financial information for the company. You will be creating a series of reports and analyzing the results using the templates provided to guide you through the project.
The learning objectives of this project are as follows:
Apply accounting concepts and standards to the creation of accounting information and reports.
Analyze accounting information used to make strategic business decisions.
Apply ethical behavior to accounting-related situations.
Make business decisions based on analyzing accounting data.
Using the Unit VII Final Project Template, prepare a four- to five-page written report (including spreadsheets) with at least three scholarly sources. Your report will provide the following information:
Introduction
Part 1: Based on the data presented in the Unit VII Spreadsheet Template in Excel (CM Breakeven tab):
Calculate the contribution margin (CM) for each of the three products sold at the cookie business.
Calculate the weighted average CM.
Calculate the breakeven point.
Complete your calculations by filling in the highlighted cells, and embed a copy of the completed spreadsheet into this report. Discuss the results based on your calculations as far as which type of cookie you think is the most profitable, which has the highest CM, etc.
Part 2: Based on the data presented in the Unit VII Spreadsheet Template in Excel (Full Variable tab), complete the calculations listed below.
Calculate the value of ending inventory under full or absorption costing.
Calculate the value of ending inventory under variable costing.
Complete your calculations by filling in the highlighted cells, and embed a copy of the completed spreadsheet into this report. Discuss the results, and comment on which method you think is more helpful to managers and why.
Part 3: Based on the data presented in the Unit VII Spreadsheet Template in Excel (Special Order tab), calculate the net increase or decrease in profit if they take the special order.
Complete your calculations by filling in the highlighted cells, and embed a copy of the completed spreadsheet into this report. Discuss the results and comment on if you think the cookie business should take on this special order of cookies for a wedding. Business has been slow the last few months, and the offer is less than the usual selling price for the cookies.
As part of your discussion, include both quantitative (based on the numbers) and qualitative (not based on numbers) factors that would go into the decision to take on the special order.
Part 4: Based on the data presented in the Unit VII Spreadsheet Template in Excel (IRR tab), calculate the internal rate of return (IRR) for the new equipment purchase.
Complete your calculations by filling in the highlighted cells, and embed a copy of the completed spreadsheet into this report. Note: the PV Annuity table is provided for you. Discuss if you think the cookie business should accept or reject the purchase of the new equipment and why.
Additional information has come to your attention regarding the equipment purchase. One of the partner’s brother owns the company that sells the equipment and insists the equipment is needed. Discuss any ethical concerns you see with this type of transaction.
Part 5: Based on the data presented in the Unit VII Spreadsheet Template in Excel (Cash Budget tab), calculate the cash receipts for the first quarter of this year.
Complete your calculations by filling in the highlighted cells, and embed a copy of the completed spreadsheet into this report. Discuss your observations about the way cash is collected if the company needs $150,000 per month for expenses.
Part 6: Based on the data presented in the Unit VII Spreadsheet Template in Excel (Variances tab), complete the following calculations.
Calculate the material variances.
Calculate the labor variances.
Complete your calculations by filling in the highlighted cells, and embed a copy of the completed spreadsheet into this report. Discuss your observations about the variances and ways to plan to improve any of the variances.
Conclusion and Recommendations
Summarize the key observations that you have made about the cookie business based on the calculations you have performed, and present any future recommendations.
Be sure to use APA formatting throughout, and reach out to the Writing Center or the Library for assistance with research, writing, and formatting. Include at least two resources from the CSU Online Library in your report.
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“Financial Analysis and Decision Making for a Cookie Business: Evaluating Data and Making Strategic Choices” Title: Analysis of Cookie Business Variances and Recommendations for Improvement
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Executive Summary: Futureproofing Organizational Processes, Structures, and Culture of Innovation Introduction: As a middle manager for one of the top U.S. producers of luxury and mass-market automobiles and trucks, it has been my responsibility to enable innovation
You work as a middle manager for one of the top U.S. producers of luxury and mass-market automobiles and trucks. It has been a very busy couple of months for you. You have already submitted your plan for enabling innovation in the organization, including your recommendations for the type of innovation (incremental or discontinuous), a strategic plan, and improvements in organizational structures for an internet of things (IoT) innovation project. Additionally, you are leading a cross-functional team in charge of implementing the IoT innovation project. Now it is time for your final recommendations for making the organizational changes permanent. In this assignment, you will share your plans for futureproofing the company’s processes, structures, and culture of innovation in an executive summary, which will be used by your team to take your recommendations forward.
Draft an executive summary listing the recommendations for futureproofing the company’s processes, structures, and culture of innovation.
Address the following criteria in the executive summary:
Discuss recommendations for organizational changes to support continuous innovation (you can use your suggestions from the project).
How would you make innovation a part of the company’s values and culture permanently?
What specific organizational structures and processes would you recommend?
Share your reflections on potential roadblocks to making the company more innovative.
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“Inferential Statistics Project: Analyzing Data with SPSS”
I need someone to finish my inferential stats project for me. Report must be made in a Word Document format, while the graphs and information must be copy and pasted from SPSS. I need someone who has access to SPSS. I need someone to finish this before midnight tonight. I can pay extra.
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“The Role of Current Liabilities and Contingencies in Financial Reporting: A Theoretical Analysis and Biblical Perspective”
For your Research Paper, you will choose a topic that deals with some aspect of theory related to
topics covered in the course (Examples Current Liabilities and Contingencies, taxes and owners equity, bonds and Longterm notes payable) Use the Explore: Research
Portal: Articles/Journals/Databases, which can be found in this Module’s Learn section, along
with other sources to search for journal articles in professional accounting and business journals
that pertain to your topic.
Then, you will write an 8 – 10-page, double-spaced research paper that adheres to current APA
format. It must include references from at least 5 scholarly resources, a title page, and a reference
page.
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Title: Exploring Post-Colonial and Feminist Perspectives Through the Art of Paula Rego and Kader Attia Introduction: In the world of art, there are countless artists whose works have been shaped by their personal experiences and the socio
Art & Activism Review/Blog Entry
PLEASE USE PICTURES OF THE ARTIST’S ART (Lusophone (Angolan/Brazilian/Portuguese…): Paula Rego, Adriana Varejão, Mónica de Miranda
Francophone (French/Algerian): Kader Attia, Zineb Sedira) YOU’RE EXPLAINING WITH CITATION (IN PDF), thank you :)!
For this exercise in art analysis, take some time to look into the life and work of one of the following artists introduced:
Lusophone (Angolan/Brazilian/Portuguese…): Paula Rego, Adriana Varejão, Mónica de Miranda
Francophone (French/Algerian): Kader Attia, Zineb Sedira
Read at least one essay or introduction to the artist’s life and work. Look through a selection of their works to find ones that are most compelling to you. Pick a couple specific works of art or a series of works to focus on in your blog/review.
Look at the works closely, in terms of what they represent, how they represent, where and for whom and why? Consider how the works may correlate to some of the post-colonial and feminist perspectives and critical concepts discussed in class. How do they work aesthetically? How is the works’ aesthetics linked to ethics? In what ways are these activist works of art? How do they engage with abstract form, material reality, story and history, art history?
As a sort of blog entry or brief review essay, write a personal 1-2 page introduction to the artist (250+ words) focused on close reading of one or two works. Imagine you are writing for an audience beyond the class, contextualizing and commenting on the relevance of this artist. If relevant, you might connect the artist’s work to that of writers (Cardoso or Sebbar). (Cite your sources for info on the artist and include images/links if possible). Draw your reader into your encounter with the artist and your thinking about these critical aspects of the artist’s work. -
Title: “The Impact of ENSO on Migration Patterns: Exploring the Relationship and Uncovering Knowledge Gaps”
I’ve attached a document with specifications and a rubric, but here are some potentially helpful details:
The idea of the assignment is to show the capability of writing a research paper and trying to fill in some perceived knowledge gap. While some knowledge on El Nino Southern Oscillation may be useful, the depth of that knowledge does not need to be extreme and could likely be gained while reviewing primary sources. The sources should be scholarly articles, and I’ve attached a document with potential sources to use that I’ve picked out. The theme of the paper should be relating ENSO to migration, but how that is done specifically does not matter.
I might recommend writing on something like how ENSO has led to migratory patterns changing over time or the effect that humans may have had on this, but the thesis of the paper is flexible. The key points are ENSO first and migration second. I have also attached a document with potential sources you could use. You can use all of these sources, none of them, some of them, it is just a resource for you if you decide it fits the angle you’d like to write on. Regardless, it will still need at least 12 sources used. In-text citations in APA format for ANY information taken from a source is extremely important and should be used very frequently when going through the literature review. -
“Ethical Decision-Making in Healthcare: A Case Study Analysis” “Applying Ethical Principles to Promote Professional Collaboration in Healthcare Settings”
Whether you are a nurse, a public health professional, a health care administrator, or in another role in the health care field, you must base your decisions on a set of ethical principles and values. Your decisions must be fair, equitable, and defensible. Each discipline has established a professional code of ethics to guide ethical behavior. In this assessment, you will practice working through an ethical dilemma as described in a case study. Your practice will help you develop a method for formulating ethical decisions.
The requirements outlined below correspond to the grading criteria in the scoring guide. At a minimum, be sure to address each point. In addition, you are encouraged to review the performance-level descriptions for each criterion to see how your work will be assessed.
For this assessment, develop a solution to a specific ethical dilemma faced by a health care professional. In your assessment:
Access the Ethical Case Studies media piece to review the case studies you will be using for this assessment.
Note: The case study may not supply all of the information you need. In such cases, you should consider a variety of possibilities and infer potential conclusions. However, please be sure to identify any assumptions or speculations you make.
Summarize the facts in the selected case study and use the three components of an ethical decision-making model to analyze an ethical problem or issue and the factors that contributed to it.
Identify which case study you selected and briefly summarize the facts surrounding it. Identify the problem or issue that presents an ethical dilemma or challenge and describe that dilemma or challenge.
Identify who is involved or affected by the ethical problem or issue.
Access the Ethical Decision-Making Model media piece and use the three components of the ethical decision-making model (moral awareness, moral judgment, and ethical behavior) to analyze the ethical issues.
Apply the three components outlined in the Ethical Decision-Making Model media.
Analyze the factors that contributed to the ethical problem or issue identified in the case study.
Describe the factors that contributed to the problem or issue and explain how they contributed.
Apply academic peer-reviewed journal articles relevant to an ethical problem or issue as evidence to support an analysis of the case.
In addition to the readings provided, use the Capella library to locate at least one academic peer-reviewed journal article relevant to the problem or issue that you can use to support your analysis of the situation. The Health Care Administration Undergraduate Program Library Guide will help you locate appropriate references. You will select at least one current scholarly or academic peer-reviewed journal articles published during the past 3–5 years that relate to your topic.
Cite and apply key principles from the journal article as evidence to support your critical thinking and analysis of the ethical problem or issue.
Review the Think Critically About Source Quality resource.
Assess the credibility of the information source.
Assess the relevance of the information source.
Discuss the effectiveness of the communication approaches present in a case study.
Describe how the health care professional in the case study communicated with others.
Assess instances where the professional communicated effectively or ineffectively.
Explain which communication approaches should be used and which ones should be avoided.
Describe the consequences of using effective and non-effective communication approaches.
Discuss the effectiveness of the approach used by a professional to deal with problems or issues involving ethical practice in a case study.
Describe the actions taken in response to the ethical dilemma or issue presented in the case study.
Summarize how well the professional managed professional responsibilities and priorities to resolve the problem or issue in the case.
Discuss the key lessons this case provides for health care professionals.
Apply ethical principles to a possible solution to an ethical problem or issue described in a case study.
Describe the proposed solution.
Discuss how the approach makes this professional more effective or less effective in building relationships across disciplines within his or her organization.
Discuss how likely it is the proposed solution will foster professional collaboration.
Write clearly and logically, with correct use of spelling, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics.
Apply the principles of effective composition.
Determine the proper application of the rules of grammar and mechanics.
Write using APA style for in-text citations, quotes, and references.
Determine the proper application of APA formatting requirements and scholarly writing standards.
Integrate information from outside sources into academic writing by appropriately quoting, paraphrasing, and summarizing, following APA style.
Example Assessment: You may use the following to give you an idea of what a Proficient or higher rating on the scoring guide would look like:
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“The Power of Community Action: Addressing Human Rights Abuses through Grassroots Efforts”
The Topic
Make an argument about what individuals and/or community organizations (churches, volunteer
organizations, etc.) can do to address a CURRENT international issue you find important. You
should use evidence to describe the problem and to support your proposed response. Do not feel
like you have to solve the problem, rather, your job is to describe how ‘we’ can respond to it.
Your argument should take a clear position rather than being a summary. Some examples of
issues you might write about include:
• Trade
• Migration
• International Conflict
• Civil Conflict
• Human rights
The best essays will include an example (usually an event) to help illustrate their argument.
Style requirements
Please write your essay in either MLA or Chicago (author-date or footnotes are acceptable)
formatting. Beyond this, your essay should meet the following criteria:
• Length: 1,000-1,250 words, +/- 10% (roughly 4-5 double-spaced pages)
o NOT INCLUDING bibliography, headers, paper title, etc.
• Font: Times New Roman, 12-point
o I have to read a lot of these, please save my eyes by using Times New Roman!
• Spacing: Double
o Spacing between lines and paragraphs should be the same
• Sources:
o One academic article (from a peer-reviewed journal) or academic book chapters
that we have not read in class
o Two news articles or opinion pieces
Suggested format
Introduction (1-2 paragraphs, ~ 1 page)
– Has a quick story introducing your problem/topic (e.g., “On September 11 th George W.
Bush was reading ‘The Pet Goat’ to first graders when he was told by an aid that the
World Trade Centers had been attacked. In the immediate aftermath …”)
– States a question that will be answered (why did the US public overwhelmingly support
war in Iraq and Afghanistan?)
– Takes a position on that question (one major reason was a false association with the Cold
War – just as we had ‘defeated’ the idea of communism, we would ‘defeat’ terrorism)
Body (6-10 paragraphs, 2-3.5 pages)
– 1 paragraph reviewing what other people think about the topic
– 1 paragraph arguing why they are right/wrong
– 3+ paragraphs illustrating your argument through a case study/event/example
– 1 short paragraph summarizing the analysis section, i.e. (“This case study shows that
most of the US public had grown up in the shadow of the Cold War and thus were primed
to view events from a binary ideological perspective …”)
Conclusion
– 1-2 paragraphs telling me the lesson that I should take away from your argument, i.e.,
what does it imply about the world, or what are the consequences of not
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“Exploring the Global Impact of Civil Engineering: A Research Study for Securing a Masters Scholarship Abroad”
Need a research paper so that I can win scholarship for my masters studies abroad. I am a graduate in Civil Engineering.
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“The Necessity and Impact of Removing Students from Class and School” As a classroom teacher/educator, I do believe that there are instances or behaviors that make it necessary to remove a student from class. While it is always important to try
As a classroom teacher/educator, do you believe there are instances or behaviors that make it necessary to remove a student from class? List some of these behaviors and why it is necessary for removal.
How often would you say you have a student removed from class? Are these behaviors the same as the ones you listed above?
As a classroom teacher/educator do you believe there are instances or behaviors that make it necessary to remove a student from school? List some of these behaviors and why it is necessary for removal.
When students are removed from your class, how are they reintegrated, or welcomed back, in?
When students are removed from the school through suspension or expulsion, how are they reintegrated, or welcomed back, in?
What impacts do the practices or removing students from class or school have on you, your students, and the full school community? Do you believe there needs to be any changes to these practices? Why or why not?
PLEASE USE THE TWO ATTACHED ARTICLES AS A RESOURCE TO HELP ANSWER ANY OF THE QUESTIONS. I HAVE TO INCLUDE COURSE MATERIAL IN MY RESPONSES.