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The final exam consists of five (5) multi-part essay questions examining some of the broader issues in public budgeting and finance relative to a specific budget of your choosing.

You are to select a budget from State or local government entity (Texas or California) and use it as your case study to answer the following questions. As you answer each essay question, you will reference your specific budget and, if necessary, other resources related to your selected budget (I.e., county/city website). Each question must be numbered and responses to the questions should be approximately 1 page single spaced in length, and a title page,internal citations and a reference list are required. 

1. Briefly describe the budget process of the federal government, and the typical generic budget process of your selected state or local governments. What similarities do you observe between the federal government and your selected government entity? In what ways are they different? What are the primary priorities of each and how or where are they reflected in your budget specifically?

2. Describe the framework of your selected budget relative to the federal budget. How are they related in terms of revenues and expenditures? How are they different? Provide specific examples for your budget.

3. In terms of economic policy in the United States, describe the difference between fiscal policy and monetary policy. Then describe the relationship of each to your selected budget.

4. Describe various types of financial aid flowing from the government the federal government to your selected governments entity. In addition to the direct financial aid, what other intergovernmental devices are employed? How and where is this reflected in your budget? Describe the changes that have been occurring on the intergovernmental fiscal landscape relative to your specific governmental entity and your predictions for future funding. Where possible, provide specific examples from your selected budget.

5. Why are ethical guidelines important in public budgeting and accounting? How are they directly related to your selected budget? Provide examples of some of the major guidelines utilized by government budget offices and identify those that would govern your selected budget. Include at least one example of where these guidelines have been violated (at your selected level of government specifically).

Please strictly follow the instructions and answer all questions asked. This paper must be free of all plagiarism. 

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What are leading companies doing in the area of diversity at work ? 

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How might job-design principles and job analysis be useful to the practicing manager?

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What should senior management do to ensure the job applicants or employees with disabilities receive ″reasonable accommodation″?

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What challenges will managers confront when implementing HR technology? 

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The instructions as well as essay questions are listed below. These essays must be written according to the Textbook:
Author: Wayne F. Cascio
Title: Managing Human Resources: Productivity,Quality of Worklife, Profits
Edition: 11th edition

ESSAY REQUIREMENTS AND QUESTIONS: 

Write FIVE essays based on the 5 learning objectives.  You should be able to write good 2 page essays using your Cascio textbook and the HR Annual Editions as sources.  

Format: Write using your best formal writing.  Write using paragraphs.  You can include visuals and bullet points.  Do use sub-headings in your essay.  If you are struggling to get 2 pages in your essay, zoom out and consider more material in the chapter.  Ask yourself: What else in this chapter is important to know. 

Directions: Pick 5 out of these 6 learning objectives.  For each objective, write a 2 page essay. (Thus, you should have a total of 10 pages).  Submit all essays in ONE document.  Use font size 12 or below, single or double spacing. 

NOTE: I am using  the Cascio 11th edition. (The 10th edition does not have Chapter 2 on technology, so the !0th Edition Chapter 2 is the Talent Analytics, Chapter 3 is Legal Environment, etc.)

You get to pick 5 out of the 6.  

Chapter 1 What people-related problems are likely to arise as a result of changes in the forms of organizations? How an we solve these problems? 

Chapter 2 (only in 11th edition): What challenges will managers confront when implementing HR technology? 


Chapter 3 Talent Analytics: The financial impact of HRM Activities: What is the business case for work-life programs? 


Chapter 4 LEGAL ENVIRONMENT: What should senior management do to ensure the job applicants or employees with disabilities receive ″reasonable accommodation″?


Chapter 5 DIVERSITY AT WORK: What are leading companies doing in the area of diversity at work ? 


Chapter 6 PLANNING FOR PEOPLE: How might job-design principles and job analysis be useful to the practicing manager?

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Action Plan for Responding to Negative Online Reviews

Competency
Explore problem-solving skills for business analysis.
Scenario
You manage a local chain restaurant that is known for its burgers. The restaurant is located on the corner of a major intersection in a suburban neighborhood. There are many choices in the area for a cheap meal that is family friendly. With so many options available, you want to be sure that you remain competitive. As a result, you recently decided to make a few changes to the menu. You added quite a few new items and took away a few that weren’t so popular.
Your general manager regularly checks your store’s online reviews to see what your customers are saying. She made you aware that recently your online reviews have been less than positive. She provided you with reviews from your website and asked that you summarize the findings and determine next steps. While your sales don’t seem to be slipping, she wants you to analyze the ratings and reviews so that you can proactively address areas that need attention.

The reviews and ratings are as follows:
Comments    Stars out of 5
Great burgers    3
My waitress was really nice    4
My soup was cold    1
My salad was wilted    1
We were seated very quickly    3
The carpet was filthy    2
The food was horrible, but the manager comped the meal    3
Food was ok for typical bar food    3
There is too much to choose from on the menu    2
Really kid friendly    4
There was a wait to be seated and the hostess brought my four year old crayons and paper to keep her busy!    5
The place is known for their burgers. They should stick to that. Their pizza was horrible and overpriced!    1
Bathrooms need some serious attention! Gross!    1
Our waiter slipped us a buy one, get one coupon before we paid the bill. Sweet!!    4


You have reviewed the data and have decided that analysis is required in order to prioritize the areas of concern. The data will also allow you to assess what is going right in your restaurant.
You and your general manager agree that this exercise is imperative to stay competitive in an already saturated market.InstructionsYou have decided to provide your general manager with a step-by-step action plan, in Microsoft Word, that provides the roadmap used to analyze the data to ensure the conclusions you reached are valid. You will be dealing with both quantitative and qualitative data. As you write your plan, be sure you explain your research method, measurement scale, results, and next steps based on your results.

In an introductory statement, briefly explain why the analysis of these ratings and reviews is important.
* Step 1 – Contrast the two different types of data found in the ratings and reviews and how both will be used in your analysis.
* Step 2 – Describe the research method and measurement scale you will be using to interpret the ratings and reviews. Be sure to include an analysis of the method, and why it is appropriate in this case.
* Step 3- Illustrate your coding process by displaying a table with the values ascribed to your qualitative data.
* Step 4 – Explain whether you applied mean, median, or mode values to your quantitative data. Include a description why your choice best reflects the overall customer rating of your restaurant, what the value is, and a projection of where you would like the rating to be in 6 months.
* Step 5 – Create a table, chart, or graph using Excel that shows your qualitative research results and identify the top two customer concerns to be addressed. Also, include the area where customers are most satisfied. Be sure to add the graph in the appropriate place in the Word document.
* Step 6 – Write two recommendations to address customer concerns.

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1. Based on the information provided in the supplementary article, analyze the Amazon workplace in regards to each of the 5 job characteristics: variety, identity, significance, autonomy, and feedback.
   
       Based on your evaluation of these 5 characteristics, would you expect employees at Amazon to have satisfaction with the work itself?
   
   2. Based on the information provided in the supplementary article, analyze the Amazon workplace in regards to both work hindrance and challenge stressors. 
   
       Based on the information provided in the supplementary article, are employees at Amazon experiencing strain? If yes, explain which types of strain they are experiencing. Be sure to give behavioral examples that support your argument.
       Based on your evaluation of these stressors and knowledge from this course, how do these stressors relate to employees’ job performance and organizational commitment?

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Unit VIII Project
In Unit V, we discussed Model I behaviors and outcomes, and your assignment was to write an essay analyzing a conflict
experience. The Unit VIII assignment will be based on the conflict scenario you described in Unit V.
The Unit VIII assignment is to create an intervention plan. You will use the conflict experience you analyzed in your Unit V
assignment as the basis for the intervention plan you create in Unit VIII. Specifically, in this assignment, you will create a
plan for an intervention, leading the people who experienced conflict (i.e., from the Unit V assignment) from Model I to Model
II relationship patterns. This is referred to as transformative change.
For this assignment, write a minimum of three pages in length describing your intervention plan to lead the people in conflict
toward transformative change. Be sure to use the unit lesson as a guide.
Incorporate at least five library resources to support the ideas you present in your intervention plan. These sources may be
drawn from the unit readings or from other sources in the Waldorf Online Library. You should cite these five sources, in
addition to the socio-cognitive systems learning model.
Include an introduction, as well as the following elements in your analysis. In the essay describing your intervention plan,
please use headings that correspond to these elements. Be sure to refer to the unit lesson for the specific information
needed for each section of the intervention plan.
1. Goals for the Intervention: Refer to the unit lesson for the specific information needed for this section.
2. Conflict Scenario: Provide a brief synopsis of the conflict you described in your Unit V assignment. Describe the
conflict situation, discussing what happened leading up to this conflict situation and what happened as the conflict
occurred. (Be sure to paraphrase this background information rather than copying it directly from your Unit V
assignment. Otherwise, the system will flag it for plagiarism.)
3. Changing Values: Refer to the unit lesson for the specific information needed for this section. In your intervention plan,
be sure to detail how you will lead the individuals to test their deep underlying assumptions. How will you design this
portion of the intervention? Brainstorm some probing questions that you will ask.
4. Changing Behaviors: Refer to the unit lesson for the specific information needed for this section. How will you design
this portion of the intervention? Which specific actions will you take to help lead them toward adopting Model II
behaviors? Brainstorm some probing questions that you will you ask.
5. Double-Loop Learning: First Loop: Refer to the unit lesson for the specific information needed for this section of your
intervention plan. Be sure to include some probing questions that you will you ask.
6. Changing Outcomes: Refer to the unit lesson for the specific information needed for this section.
7. Double-Loop Learning: Second Loop: Refer to the unit lesson for the specific information needed for this section of
your intervention plan. Be sure to include some probing questions that you will ask.
8. Conclusion: Summarize the purpose for transformative learning and, specifically, for this intervention. Also,
summarize the process and benefits of your intervention plan.

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For this assignment, first please choose one of these topics:

1) Working in Small Groups

2) Leadership in Small Groups

3) Communicating Across Difference in Small Groups

4) Cultivating Resilience & Communal Coping in Small Groups

Second, develop a major claim around this topic area (e.g., a thesis). Support this major claim with a set of minor claims (e.g., main points).

The thesis statement should focus your major claim into one or two sentences. It should present the topic of your paper and also make a comment about your position in relation to the topic. The thesis statement should enable the reader to know what the paper is about while also helping you guide your writing to keep your argument focused.

In crafting your position on the topic, the best essays will be ones that balance rigor and imagination. In other words, be different but not too different; make an interesting or novel claim, but do so by bringing your claim into conversation with the voices of distinguished scholars.

Strive to craft both your major and minor claims to be concise, valid, and evocative. In supporting your claims, use adequate evidence that relates to the claim and is concrete.

Total word count: 1000 words (plus or minus 35 words, not including title page or references). APA style.

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Read Case- "My Virtual reality Check Bounced", then answer the following question:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of virtual reality?
What potential social problems do you foresee with virtual reality?
Your submission should be a Word document of at least 400 words, with proper grammar, spelling and punctuation, including APA formatted references and in-text citations.

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Our focus this week is on ecology. Ecology is the study of interactions among organisms and between organisms and their physical environments. Watch the video entitled “Some animals are more equal than others…” found at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1142&v=hRGg5it5FMI. Then address the following two issues:

Why do you think that many keystone species are predators at the top of the food chain in their respective ecosystems?
What do you think is the most interesting or significant facet of the vide 
No citation or no references. Two paragraphs ending with a question and separate answer.