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Assignment: Using the following thesis create a video presentation explaining how KM will work for GDD. It must be at least five minutes in length and have an accompanying paper version of the presentation so that the Board can review it after the presentation is over. Thesis: The importance of having KM practices in place is to turn intellectual assets into dollars by retaining and capturing tacit knowledge to stem loss of corporate memory. Instructions: The video should be no longer than 15 minutes in length. The Video presentation/transcript should include the following: Identification and discussion of all the KM issues suggested in the fact pattern that encourage the argument for KM practices to be engaged. Hint be sure to look at organizational memory. Explain why these issues will cost GDD money now and in the future. Suggest at least four reasons that retaining and capturing tacit knowledge will benefit the company not just in with these issues but in other ways. Explain how technology can help collect and store information that would reduce memory loss. Make at least three recommendations as to how GDD might effectuate KM practices and why these recommendations would work best. In your answer consider the company profile and case study facts to support the recommendations as well as the class material. Use persuasive language to make your points. Demonstrate creativity in the development of the video itself, including using techniques to capture the viewers interest and transitions to create a smooth transition of the material. How to Set Up the Transcript Create a Word or Rich Text Format (RTF) document that is double-spaced, 12-point font. The final product does not have a page length, but you are required to provide a title page and reference page. Write clearly and concisely. USE PERSUASIVE LANGUAGE! Here you want to use words carefully. The words you choose should be descriptive and succinct. The words should evoke a positive tone and create a need for your “product” on the part of the Board. Here is a link to give you an idea of how to make a persuasive argument. Remember you want the Board to spend money on this KM plan. Writing a Persuasive Speech The transcript must be typewritten and neatly packaged in a form presentable to a board member. The body of the transcript should consist of a heading for each required element. APA and writing are a focus of this transcript and should be executed with the utmost attention to detail. You will need to cite source information as you would need to be ready to explain from where information derived. Should you need help in any these areas of APA or writing, please refer to the APA module located in the content area of the course or ask the professor for guidance.

Financial Ratio Analysis

Assignment Format: The assignment must be submitted as a single Excel file. Only one file (Excel) is to be submitted with all work.

Discussions must be justified in the cells, so that all columns are viewable in screen view. Assignment Steps Select a Fortune 500 Company from one of the following industries: Pharmaceutical, Energy, Retail, Automotive, or Computer Hardware. Review the balance sheet and income statement in the company’s 2015 Annual Report. Calculate the following ratios using Microsoft Excel: Current Ratio, Quick Ratio, Debt Equity Ratio, Inventory Turnover Ratio, Receivables Turnover Ratio, Total Assets Turnover Ratio, Profit Margin (Net Margin) Ratio, and Return on Assets Ratio.

To receive credit for this portion, you must submit your excel file, showing your formula/calculations for these ratios. In the same excel file with your ratios, on the same sheet, below your calculation for each ratio, in approximately 100 words for each ratio, develop why this ratio is important for financial decision making. In your discussion, develop how to interpret the ratio, and what the ratio results for your company tell you about the financial position of this company. Justify your data so all columns appear in the screen view.

1. Discussion 1: Collaboration Activity: Communication in Organizational Contexts Imagine that you are an organizational consultant for a community action group that seems to be having problems. The problem is that Samantha, the leader of the group, is very dynamic. She is energetic, with lots of plans and a clear vision for the group. She is a dreamer and she is outspoken. She tries and tries to promote her vision for the group, cajoling, persuading, commanding, and even using guilt against the others. But the other members just do not join her in her vision. In fact, the harder she pushes, the more resistance she gets from the group. She is growing discouraged, and attendance at group meetings is declining. In this Collaboration Activity, you continue the discussion you began last week and explore management, leadership, and organizational theories in relation to conflict in group dynamics. To prepare for this Collaboration Activity: Review the Readings and Learning Resources Guide for this week. Review the conflict situations and follow-up posts in Week 4. Select at least one complete exchange (the description and the analysis postings). Review the interactive media piece and consider how different forms of communication can contribute to these types of situations. Reflect on how the types of management and leadership shaped the conflict situation you selected in Week 4. Consider the management, leadership, and organizational theories in relation to the scenario with Samantha and the community action group. To complete this Collaboration Activity: Post by Day 4 of Week 5 1– 2 paragraphs that address the following: Describe how the management, leadership, and organizational theories you examined this week could alleviate the conflict situation you selected from Week 4. Then, describe which theory you would apply to the scenario with Samantha and the community action group to achieve a positive outcome for Samantha. Finally, share what role communication might play in achieving these outcomes for Samantha.

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Evaluate critically, as a Keynesian economist, what caused the 2007 to 2009 financial crisis. Examine the causes that aggravated the financial crisis during the period? Evaluate the actions that the Federal Reserve and the government took during this period. Do you support their actions in both monetary policy and fiscal policy? Why or why not? Recommend an alternative policy or method that could have better resolved the financial crisis if you were a decision-maker (of monetary policy or fiscal policy) during the period. Give advice, as a prominent Keynesian economist, to the Federal Reserve and/or federal policymakers to prevent future economic or financial crises.

Principles of Finance

Your paper should address the reasons for investing in the stock market with an emphasis on stocks, mutual funds and bonds. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of each of these options (stocks, mutual funds and bonds). Please conduct research using a minimum of seven sources. Sources cannot be blogs, Wikipedia, Investopedia, or other similar sources. You should use reputable books, papers and magazines. Your paper should be 5-7 pages long and use APA format size font 12 times new roman. Upload your file in a Word file format, .doc or .docx. Any other format will result in a grade of zero.