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• What is capital budgeting and why is it important to business decisions?

According to Investopedia.com, capital budgeting is important because it creates accountability and measurability. Any business that seeks to invest its resources in a project, without understanding the risks and returns involved, would be held as irresponsible by its owners or shareholders. Furthermore, if a business has no way of measuring the effectiveness of its investment decisions, chances are that the business will have little chance of surviving in the competitive marketplace. Businesses (aside from non-profits) exist to earn profits. The capital budgeting process is a measurable way for businesses to determine the long-term economic and financial profitability of any investment project. 

Discuss how the information should be organized in a capital budgeting process, and who will use the information for decision-making.

 The unique challenges encountered when budgeting for capital assets can be summarized as follows:

• The eventual outcome is uncertain.
• Large amounts of money are involved.
• The investment decision represents a long-term commitment.
• The investment decision may be difficult or impossible to reverse.
• The capital budgeting process involves calculating one or more of what are called “capital budgeting metrics” and evaluating those metrics alongside the organization’s corresponding financial goals.
• What could go wrong with the capital budgeting process?

According to Merritt, cash flow can be a major issue. Even up-front costs, which are more immediate and therefore easier to forecast, are still only estimates at this stage. Overestimate revenue or underestimate costs, and a project that looks profitable could become a money-loser. Underestimate revenue or overestimate costs, and you might end up rejecting a project that would have proved profitable.

• Provide an example of a capital budgeting process from an online source and explain the salient points of this example to the class.

In December 2009 ExxonMobil, the world’s largest oil company, announced that it was acquiring XTO Resources, one of the largest natural gas companies in the U.S. for $41 billion. That acquisition was a capital budgeting decision, one in which ExxonMobil made a huge financial commitment. But in addition, ExxonMobil was making a significant investment decision in natural gas and essentially positioning the company to also focus on growth opportunities in the natural gas arena. That acquisition alone will have a profound effect on future projects that ExxonMobil considers and evaluates for many years to come (Investopedia.com).  

References

CPA Gardens. (n.d.). Capital Budgeting | CPA Gardens. Retrieved fromhttps://www.cpagardens.com/content/capital-budgeting

Investopedia.com. (2012, November 15). Capital Budgeting: The Importance Of Capital Budgeting. Retrieved from https://www.investopedia.com/university/capital-budgeting/importance.asp

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Sample of outline 

  

Template for Outline: Assignment 1

Name: 

Date:

1. Description:
   1. What is your challenge or opportunity?
   2. Why is this professionally important to you?
2. Goal:
   1. What goals or outcomes do you want to achieve with this communication?
      1. Is the communication goal clear, concise, and actionable?
3. Audience:
   1. Who is your target audience?
      1. What are the professional positions of the audience members?
      2. What demographic characteristics will the audience comprise?
      3. What is your relationship to the audience?
      4. What background knowledge and expertise does the audience have?
      5. What does the audience know, feel about, and expect concerning this communication?
      6. What preconceptions or biases do you possess that might prevent you from building rapport with your audience?
   2. What information is available about your audience?
      1. What research or sources will you use to obtain information about the audience?
      2. What conclusions have you been able to draw about the audience?
   3. What tone will you use to convey your message?
      1. Is the setting casual or formal?
      2. Is the communication personal or impersonal?
4. Key      Message:
   1. What is the primary message you must convey to your audience?
      1. Is the message compelling and memorable?
      2. Is the message clear and concise?
      3. Is the message aligned with your audience’s goals and needs?
5. Supporting      Points:
   1. What three or four points, reasons, or justifications support your message?
      1. What research or sources will you use to obtain facts and data about your message?
6. Channel      Selection:
   1. What communication style will you employ (tell/sell or consult/join) and why?
   2. What channels will you use to deliver your message, and why will they be the most effective?
   3. What purpose is served by each style and channel you have selected?
7. Action      Request:
   1. What is your action request?
   2. Is the action request you are making to your audience clear, concise, and easily actionable?

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Topic Proposal: Housing for the Homeless People

My Topic is:

Housing for the Homeless People

It is important because 

• Provide affordable needed shelter 
• Provide meals
• Connect to outside resources
• Daily access to hygiene products
• Transition into employment

It solves the following problem(s)

• Prevent and end Homelessness
• Prevent crime
• Provide mental stability
• Develop training for employment
• Affordable housing

Its benefit(s) is (are)

• Keep families together
• Security 
• Stability
• Employment and skills development
• Medical assistance

My audience is:

The community leaders, state and federal government, state department of corrections, and local businesses, individuals seeking a stable and affordable housing to live in.

Proposal Pitch for Housing for the Homeless

Homelessness is an ongoing problem in our country; approximately there were 580,466 homeless people are living in the United States and increasing daily. An individual is considered homeless if they stay in their cars, shelters, abandoned buildings, on the streets, or with family or friends. Homelessness can be caused by unemployment, mental illness, disabilities, foreclosure, housing, low-paying jobs, and criminal history. As a country, enough is not being done to end  Homelessness, but Homelessness seems to increase due to unaffordable housing. Homeless people need health care, shelter, clothes, and food but must be treated as human beings.

There are several circumstances in which an individual or family may become homeless. A portion of Homelessness is caused by individuals with physical and mental disabilities. (CCBC Library) Due to the lack of health insurance, the homeless may suffer from malnutrition, disease and illness, exposure to crime, and weather conditions can contribute to poor health for the homeless. States have refused to expand their medical program, which leaves the low-income and homeless uninsured. Substance abuse also contributes to Homelessness; the lack of affordable housing and no remaining space in shelters forces individuals to live on the streets. Some areas do not allow the homeless to sleep, eat, beg, or sit. They have put armrests in the middle of benches and made some benches backless to prevent the homeless from sleeping on them. Over 57,000 homeless veterans and nearly 5000 are females, and sixty percent of them were in shelters and the rest unsheltered. Almost five years of leaving the military, forty-four percent have experienced at least one day of Homelessness. 

My goal is to contribute to the cause of preventing Homelessness within our country. Since most urban areas have the highest rate of Homelessness, there is a need for more facilities to house the homeless. 

My communication plan will consist of emailing organizations in the community. They can help me aid in setting up programs to help individuals get back on their feet to fully support themselves or family financially. Assist with clothing, teach skills to gain employment, and medical assistance. Research a suitable location and building to house the homeless, assist with transportation and provide meals daily. Writing a proposal for grants to help finance my facilities, communicate verbally with individuals I can trust to develop a committee to oversee the facilities, and hire employees. I would organize a meeting with the community to gain their support and volunteers to assist the individuals living at the facilities. 

Finally, using my notes, I would craft a presentation for businesses trying to convince and persuade them to participate and help finance my idea of opening facilities for the homeless. I would then revise and rehearse the presentation to understand it holistically and expound and clarify any point with compelling information. In this way, I would be confident enough to present the exhibition before the community leader and business owner. I would be better positioned to counter any debate or criticism they could make.

References

James G. Hodge, Jr., Barbara DiPietro, and Amy E. Horton-Newell. “Homelessness and the Public’s Health: Legal Responses” CCBC Library.

Meshad, Shad. “Why Are So Many Veterans Homeless?” Brain line. 

https://nlchp.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Homeless_Stats_Fact_Sheet.pdf 

https://www.samhsa.gov/homelessness-programs-resources

https://www.urban.org/features/homelessness-solvable-problem

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 Week 5 ProjectAssignment Due June 1 at 12:59 AM

Time Travel

Assume you have been given the ability to travel back in time, and you are about to set off on a trip to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. The purpose of your trip is to visit artists in their studios and view firsthand the creation of some of their paintings and sculpture.

In your time travels, you will collect information on five different styles of nineteenth- and twentieth-century art, as represented by one artist from each style. Before you set out, decide which specific styles you would like to explore.

Select one style from each of the five categories listed below:

• Late Nineteenth Century: Impressionism or Post Impressionism
• Early Twentieth Century: Fauvism, Expressionism, or Futurism
• Cubism: Analytic or Synthetic
• Post-World War I Art: Dada or Surrealism
• Post-World War II Art: Abstract Expressionism, Minimalism, or Pop Art

For each of your five selected styles, identify one artist who represents that style whose studio you will explore in your time travels. In your visits to each artist’s studio, plan to identify one work of art that best exemplifies the artist’s style.

When you return from your time travels, prepare a report that includes the following information for each of your five representative works of art:

1. A photograph of the object
2. Identifying information:
   1. Name of the artist
   2. Title of the work
   3. Date of the work
   4. Medium/materials used to create the work
3. Identify the style of the work of art. Then, write a paragraph of 4-6 sentences that:
   1. Describes the visual characteristics that makes the object representative of its style
   2. Places the work within its social and historical context and explains why it is culturally significant

Finally, in a well-developed paragraph of 6-8 sentences, summarize what you have learned from your “time travels,” highlighting key similarities and distinctions between the artists you visited and their representative works of art.

Your report should conclude with an explanation about which style you find most interesting and why.

Offer a citation of your sources for each image and the information provided as appropriate

Qualitative Research

Why do companies need to conduct research and how do they decide what type of research will provide the best information? To answer that question, investigate types of research specific to your industry.

To complete this task successfully first work through all learning resource activities:

The Research

Read

• Qualitative Research 
• Historical Research

Watch

• Section 8 – Measuring Your Results from the course Marketing for Small Business with Brad Batesole on LinkedIn Learning
• Introduction, Section 1 (Qualitative Research), & Section 2 (Quantitative Research) from the course Market Research Foundations with Sarah Weise on LinkedIn Learning
• Section 2 –  Understanding Different Research Methods from the course Learning Design Research with Andy Schwanbeck on LinkedIn Learning
• Section 3 – Understanding Your Target Audience from the course Learning Conversion Rate Optimization with Chris Goward  on LinkedIn Learning

Decide if qualitative data will help in your research project.

Qualitative Research and Your Topic

These qualitative tools can be used in your research. 

• Interviews
• Focus Groups
• Survey
• Observations
• Case Study

Evaluate each of them, identifying their advantages and disadvantages.

Additional Requirements:

• 12-point Times New Roman; double spaced; and page numbering.
• Please be sure to complete the entire assignment to receive maximum credit for this assignment.
• Use and include information from the weekly course content and outside sources to support the conclusions contained in your submission.
• Be cognizant of spelling, punctuation, and grammar.
• All sources should be cited in proper APA format (in-text citations and a reference list).
• Submit your work in Word format, NOT as a pdf file.
• Your attachment should be labeled with your name, the name of this class, and the assignment e.g. Jones – EBM502 – Task 3.

ulturally Relevant and Anti-Bias Early Learning Environments. 

Early childhood education professionals may undertake significant efforts to design and provide culturally relevant and anti-bias environments, but still fall short in fostering environments in which children are fully inclusive of others and free of prejudice. Educators and early childhood leaders need to understand and be respectful in creating and maintaining culturally relevant and anti-bias early learning environments.

Imagine you are an early childhood educator or an early childhood administrator who has received the four surveys below from families. After you read through the surveys, select one family that you want to use for this discussion.

• Survey child #1
• Survey child #2
• Survey child #3
• Survey child #4

Write a transcript responding to common questions that a family such as you selected would tend to bring up at a parent-teacher conference, based on the survey data and your experience as an educator or an administrator.

Examples are shown below. Provide five questions, which may be selected from the list below, derived from your experience, or a combination of both. Each response should include a fact from the survey.

• What resources are available to help my child learn language?
• What support and resources can you share to help support obstacles children might be facing?
• How can I support my child’s learning in the classroom?
• How can I help support my child at home?
• How will you be sure to include all children in the learning despite their differences?
• What role do families play in the early childhood environment?
• What are some of the activities that you will use to help children learn respect?
• How do you deal with bias in the classroom?
• Do you have any suggestions that could help families with education, literacy, or mentoring?
• Can you suggest online resources for family learning?