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describe a time when the use of too much data, too technical of data, or inadequate data affected a project you were involved with. What would you do differently as the project manager?

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Legend says that people are given three names. The first name is the one that their parents give them. The second name is the one that friends bestow on them, i.e., nicknames. The third is the name that the individual creates for him/herself. Incorporate as much as you can of the following: Why were you given your name? Do you like/dislike your name? Explain. Is your name a good fit for your personality? If not, what name would you choose and why? Do people presume something about you because of your name? Explain. Finally, what does it mean to create a name for yourself? Be creative and introspective. Please see the attached document

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For most of our modern history employees worked their entire careers for a single employer.  Now the average employee will change employers 4.2 times during the course of their careers.  It is clearly more difficult for organizations to develop engaged employees under those circumstances. Your discussion question is to consider what employee engagement means in our current economy and ways organizations can improve employee engagement.

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Imagine that you are a financial manager researching investments for your client. Think of a friend or a family member as a client. Define her or his characteristics and goals such as an employee or employer, relatively young (less than 40 years) or close to retirement, having some savings/property, a risk taker or risk averter, etc. Next, use Nexis Uni at the Strayer University library, located at Nexis Uni, click on "Company Dossier" to research the stock of any U.S. publicly traded company that you may consider as an investment opportunity for your client. Your investment should align with your client's investment goals. (Note: Please ensure that you are able to find enough information about this company in order to complete this assignment. You will create an appendix, in which you will insert related information.)

Your final financial research report will be 6 to 8 pages long and be completed in two parts as noted below. This assignment requires you to use at least five quality academic resources and cover the following topics:

Rationale for choosing the company in which to invest
Ratio analysis
Stock price analysis
Recommendations
Refer to the following resources to assist with completing your assignment:

Stock Selection

Forbes: "Six rules to follow when picking stocks"
CNN Money: "Stocks: Investing in stocks"
The Motley Fool: "13 steps to investing foolishly"
Seeking Alpha: "The Graham And Dodd Method For Valuing Stocks"
Investopedia: "Guide to Stock-Picking Strategies"
Seeking Alpha: "Get Your Smart Beta Here! Dividend Growth Stocks As 'Strategic Beta' Investments"
Market and Company Information

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission: "Market structure"
Yahoo! Finance
Mergent Online (Note: This resource is also available through the Strayer Learning Resource Center.)
Seeking Alpha (Note: This is also available through the Android or iTunes App store.)
Morningstar (Note: You can create a no-cost Basic Access account.)
Research Hub, located in the left menu of your course in Blackboard



Provide a rationale for the stock that you selected, indicating the significant economic, financial, and other factors that led you to consider this stock.
Suggest the primary reasons why the selected stock is a suitable investment for your client. Include a description of your client's profile.

Just list five resources you'll use to complete this assignment and begin to build your reference list. Remember you must use at least five quality academic resources for the final assignment.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double-spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with 1-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow the Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The format is different than other Strayer University courses. Please take a moment to review the SWS documentation for details.
Properly cite all sources.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the professor's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

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CASE STUDY FORUM INSTRUCTIONS

Your threads must be at least 500 words. Each post must include proper spelling, grammar, and current APA format.  

§    Response must address the major points of the questions posed and be supported by:
ü    2 scholarly/peer-reviewed sources in addition to the Compensation course text, in current APA format required).
ü    Thoughtful analysis (considering assumptions, analyzing implications, comparing/contrasting concepts).
ü    1 biblical principles and experiences with scripture.

The following text will be used for the Case Studies:
Clardy, A. B. (1996, eBook Published 25 February 2014). Managing human resources. New 
York: Psychology Press.


Case Study Forum 2: Module/Week 6
Topic: Please complete the Denton Fabricators Case Say When: Establishing Salary Levels found in Chapter 6: Compensation and Benefits in the Clardy text.  

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The Relationship Between Income, Inflation, And Foreign Direct Investment In Paraguay, Turkey, And China

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Discussion: Mandate Laws and the Governments That Impose Them
In the United States, one of the chief manifestations of fiscal federalism is the creation of federal mandates, which are orders from the federal government requiring state and local governments to implement policies or regulations. Examples of federal mandates include the Affordable Health Care Act, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) requirements and the Real ID Act, which requires states to incorporate security features into driver’s licenses and identification cards. The Unfunded Mandates Act of 1995, with certain threshold requirements, discourages the federal government from placing new mandates on state and local governments without providing the necessary funding and requires cost estimates of new mandates. However, federal mandates still affect the budget and financial situations of public organizations by, for example, restricting fiscal autonomy and excessive costs.

In this Discussion, you identify a mandate law and analyze the impact of the law on the fiscal and budgetary operations of public organizations. Review the Learning Resources for this week. The Urban Institute has a number of articles that discuss the impact of the Affordable Health Care Act on the states. Then, select a law made by a superior level government that imposes mandates on lower levels of government, and reflect on intergovernmental finance and fiscal relations in public organizations.

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By Day 4
Post an example of mandate law that has had a significant impact on state or local governments. First, describe the mandate law you selected. Next, describe the effects of the mandate law, such as the ACA, on the fiscal and budgetary operations of the state or local governments. In your analysis, specify whether the impact is positive or negative and explain why.

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Discussion 1: Employee Motivation
Most organizational leaders agree that motivating employees is key to organizational productivity. As a result, organizational leaders have long struggled to determine the formula for motivating their employees, from vacation time to family benefits, to intrinsic rewards such as personal satisfaction from serving the community, state, or nation. In addition to individual preferences for motivational strategies, employees who work for certain kinds of organizations may find some commonality in motivators. For those who work in the public sector, effective motivational strategies may be quite different than they would be for those in a for-profit organization.

For this Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources. Consider various strategies used to motivate employees in public and nonprofit organizations. Then, think about a public or nonprofit organization with which you are familiar; select two motivational strategies you believe would be most effective in that organization given the leadership style of one leader you are familiar and the motivational needs of his/her subordinates.

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Post by Day 3 a brief description of the public or nonprofit organization you selected. Then, describe at least two motivational strategies you believe would be most effective for employees in the organization, and explain why. Finally, explain how you might apply these strategies in the organization. Be specific

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Discussion: Ethical Fiscal Matters in Public Organizations
Many government organizations and the professionals who work within them operate under ethics and accountability codes. Operating under a shared understanding of ethics is in the best interest of any organization. Certainly, when this occurs, stakeholders are more likely to gain and maintain trust in the organization. Conversely, when ethics are absent or violated, trust is eroded.

In this Discussion, you describe an actual ethical issue in a public organization related to finance and budgeting, such as pension padding, and consider how the issue is being addressed. Review this week’s Learning Resources and consider some general ethical guidelines for those working in finance and budgeting in public organizations. Then, select a government organization with an ethical issue or violation related to finance and budgeting.

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By Day 4
Post a brief description of the government organization you selected. Describe the ethical issue or violation you identified as it relates to finance or budgeting. Using the American Society for Public Administration (ASPA) Code of Ethics or the ethical guidelines within your organization and/or nation, explain why it is/was an ethical issue or violation. Then, explain how the organization is addressing or has addressed it. If a violation has not occurred, how would you recommend preventing one?

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Discussion: Theories and Concepts to Help Understand Budgeting and Finance
The three traditional sectors of the United States economy—government, non-profit organizations (NPOs), and for-profit organizations—are similar in terms of financial and fiscal responsibilities. While financial functions (e.g., strategic financial planning, accounting, etc.) largely are the same in these organizations, the public sector has unique characteristics that impact finance and budget administration. For example, public organizations are accountable to citizens and, sometimes, to higher levels of government. Therefore, the budget process includes and involves these two sets of stakeholders.

In this Discussion, you consider how finance and budgeting theories and concepts apply to a specific public organization. Review this week’s Learning Resources and focus on the fundamental concepts of finance and budgeting in public organizations.

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By Day 4
Post a brief description of a government organization with which you are familiar within your state or nation. Then, explain how you might apply at least two basic finance and/or budgeting concepts or theories to the organization. Be sure to provide brief descriptions of each concept or theory and specific examples of how you might apply them.

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Public Management Reform
The new realities of globalization and increased accountability are forcing public and nonprofit organizations to reconsider their use of traditional management practices. Instead, organizations are opting for results-oriented management practices typically associated with private, for-profit organizations. Over the past few decades, several major public management reform initiatives were created to address the demand for increased accountability.

For this Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources. Think about how public and nonprofit organizations differ from private, for-profit organizations (e.g., environment, goals). Consider potential challenges associated with implementing private, for-profit management practices in the reform of public and nonprofit organizations. Then reflect on the applicability of private, for-profit management practices to public and nonprofit organizations.

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Post by Day 3 a brief description of how private, for-profit organizations differ from public and nonprofit organizations. Then, describe at least one challenge associated with implementing private, for-profit management practices in the reform of public and nonprofit organizations, and provide a specific example. Finally, explain the private management practice you feel is the most applicable to public and nonprofit organizations and why.

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Applying Theories to Practices
Management theory and practice traces back to the philosophies of Aristotle, who first spoke about topics such as departmentalization and centralization. However, it was during the Industrial Revolution, at the turn of the 20th century, that the concept of management was thrust into the limelight (Jenks, 1960). Managers of factories, mills, and mines sought new ways to increase productivity and efficiency among employees to ensure a healthy bottom line. As industries evolved and expanded, new leadership and management theories and practices emerged to address other pressing issues, such as organizational structure and employee motivation. Many theories developed early on continue to inform modern-day management practices in both public and nonprofit organizations.

In this Discussion, you consider various management and leadership theories, and explain how they might be applied to public and nonprofit organizations. For this Discussion, review this week’s Learning Resources. Focus on the assumptions of each management or leadership theory, and consider the issues and/or problems each theory attempts to address. Then, identify a public or nonprofit organization with which you are familiar. This could be an organization for which you currently work, have worked, know about from others, or have learned about through academic resources and/or the media. Select one management or leadership theory, and consider how it might be applied to practices in the public or nonprofit organization you identified.
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A brief description of a public or nonprofit organization with which you are familiar and the management or leadership theory you selected. Explain how you might apply this theory to practices within the organization. Be sure to provide a description of the theory and specific examples of how you might apply it.