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Role of US and China in global economy pacesetting

This is an assignment that discusses the role of US and China in global economy pacesetting. The paper also requires writing of a conceptual paper.

The role of US and China in global economy pacesetting

OVERVIEW
The final project provides you with an opportunity to use work from previous papers and discussion forums in formulating your paper, but it will also require additional research. You are required to adhere to APA (American Psychological Association) style guidelines and to cite your sources. Do not copy tables or material and present it as your own. A feature of good academic writing is building on the work of others in presenting a new approach to a business issue.

Use databases such as EBSCOhost and ProQuest (available through the myEdison portal in the My Resources block). Also, online journals from the New Jersey State Library to conduct your research. (In order to access resources from the New Jersey State Library, you must first sign up for a free library card.)

The role of the United States and China are pacesetting in the global economy. Greater cooperation will be essential to support the robustness of both economies. As a way of approaching this challenge, the Ministry of Economy of China has invited you to present a seminar to its key staff to better understand the conceptual framework of microeconomics in the U.S. economy. The minister feels that if his staff is better able to understand the U.S. perspective on microeconomics. The two countries might be able to work in a more cooperative way in the global economy.

The role of US and China in global economy pacesetting

To do this means that you must prepare a conceptual briefing paper. On the basics of the U.S. economy that will prepare the minister’s staff for your insightful seminar to follow. Please remember that this is a preliminary briefing paper that will be used to prepare Ministry of Economy staff for the seminar; it is not the seminar itself. Your briefing paper should include the following:

Introduction:

Firstly, provide a brief focus statement about your paper and what the reader can expect.

Private, common, and public goods:

Secondly, provide a brief synopsis of the differences between private, common, and public goods, and the value of this difference to the economy.

Market structures and costs of productions:

Thirdly, define market structures and costs of production and how they operate in an economy.

Consumer behavior:

Fourthly, explain the significance of consumer behavior to the economy in terms of marginal utility, total utility, and diminishing utility on the economy.

Taxation, government intervention, supply and demand, and economic growth:

Also, discuss the relationship between taxation, government intervention, and supply and demand and its relationship to economic growth.

Opportunity costs and decision making:

Explain opportunity costs and their importance to decision making at both the individual and organizational level in the economy.

Conclusions and outcomes:

Lastly, provide a few concluding paragraphs about what your paper discussed and how it can be beneficial for better understanding microeconomics.

Employment law in a workplace for employees not represented by a union

The following is a paper that focuses on Employment law in a workplace for employees not represented by a union. The paper also discusses the various questions like the legal and regulatory information.

Employment law in a workplace for employees not represented by a union

Summarize the employment-at-will doctrine, both statutory and common law exceptions. Scenario You are the newest HR associate at a well-known corporation. An employee has contacted you with a grievance.

The following is the information during your conversation:

The employee has just been discharged from their long-term job. A union contract was not representing them,  and over the past thirty (30) years, they had enjoyed a generally pleasant work environment. The employee emphasizes that a recent change in leadership has been causing significant hostility and intimidation throughout the office. Also, the employee is convinced these factors culminated in their termination. Additionally, the employee strongly believes the action is without merit and is seeking damages/compensation ‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‍from the employer. The employee wants to know what the legal rights are.

You are going to consult with the in-house legal department. You will also need to review and utilize the employee’s file. To access the file, click here. Click for more options. Instructions. Prepare a 2-3 page memorandum prior to the meeting with the legal department addressing the next questions: What are the major issues that you have identified based on the employee’s concerns? Complete research to identify legal or regulatory information that supports the employee’s position. What are some of the possible arguments against either the employer and/or the employee? What are some of the likely outcomes in this matter?

Be sure to include in-text citations and a reference page according to APA guid‌‌‍‌‌‍‍‍‌‍‍‌‍‍‍‌‌‌‍elines. Also, ensure to include references from the sources to which you cite your work from.

Provide a comprehensive financial and investment analysis

You have been employed to provide a comprehensive analysis and discussion on a number of investment scenarios provided by your client. As your client has little knowledge of finance it is your responsibility to provide both the theoretical and mathematical calculations for the investment(s) they provide and the theoretical questions they pose.

You have been employed to provide a comprehensive analysis

Firstly, you have been employed to provide a comprehensive analysis. Also, the discussion on a number of investment scenarios provided by your client. As your client has little knowledge of finance it is your responsibility to provide both the theoretical and mathematical calculations for the investment(s) they provide and the theoretical questions they pose.

Background:
Firstly, your client’s knowledge of financial theory and financial mathematics is almost non-existent, however has been looking for investments for both short-term and long-term returns.

Secondly, your client has complete  some research and has found a number of investments that need to be assesse to identify whether they may be viable investment options.

Thirdly, your client has specific investment criteria, and has suggested investments based on this criterion, and therefore does not expect you to identify additional investment options.

Fourthly, as your client wishes to invest in securities for retirement, only the viability of the investment(s) should be considered in this report.

Lastly, while you expect that your client has a good base salary you have little knowledge of their assets or liabilities or overall financial position, hence it is impossible to know how many of these investments your client can purchase / invest.

Therefore, you are expect to provide advice on each investment in isolation from the other investments, i.e. not as a portfolio of investments.

Client’s Financial Questions:

1) The time value of money is a key theoretical concept in finance. Why is it so important in the field of finance?

How is this concept use d in a practical and everyday manner?

2) The finance industry (specifically banks, financial planning and superannuation) has recently been in the spotlight. In relation to ethics, through the Financial Services Royal Commission. Without making specific reference to any company or organisation, describe how corporations should act with respect to other stakeholders (shareholders, clients and other organisations) and the effect, on those stakeholders, when a corporation engages in unethical behaviour.

3) Detail the differences between an ordinary annuity and an annuity due. Additionally, describe how the present value and the future value of an annuity is calculated. (Use diagrams if it helps your discussion).

Client’s Investments:

1) Your client has provided, for your evaluation, an investment which pays $20,000 in 12 months, $15,000 in 3 years, $10,000 in 4 years and a further $40,000 in 7 years. The interest rate over the period of the investment is a nominal rate of 18% p.a., compounded monthly. If your client can buy the investment today for $50,000 would you recommend that this is a good investment? Why or why not?

2) DIY Investments Ltd has proposed two investments to your client.  However your client is unsure of their potential, with your task being to provide some advice on these investments. The first investment costs $60,000 today. It pays the following cash flows.

Years 1 to 6: Yr 1: $10,000, Yr 2: $15,000, Yr 3: $20,000, Yr 4: $25,000, Yr 5: $30,000 and Yr 6: $35,000.

The second investment option is a perpetuity which pays $6,000 a year. With the 1st cash flow occurring at the end of year Your client can buy the investment today for $40,000.

Your client indicates that he requires a rate of return of 12% p.a. which is on both of these investments.

Identify for him whether these investments are good (or not).

3) Two annuities, which your client has identified, are available for purchase. The first annuity pays $6,000 each three-month period over 4 years, at a nominal rate of 12% p.a. This annuity also has a lump sum payment at maturity (at the end of the 4th year) of $30,000. The second annuity pays $2,500 each month, again over 4 years, at a nominal rate of 11% p.a. This investment has an annual fee of $1,000, paid at the start of the year, starting immediately. If each of the annuities cost $100,000, identify which (if any) of the annuities you would recommend to your client.

Recent purchase you made of a durable good

Analyze a recent purchase you made of a durable good (durable goods are goods that don’t wear out quickly or those that have a lifespan of more than three years – computers, cars, mobile phones, kitchen appliances, etc.)

Analyze a recent purchase you made of a durable good

Firstly, analyze a recent purchase you made of a durable good (durable goods are goods that don’t wear out quickly or those that have a lifespan of more than three years – computers, cars, mobile phones, kitchen appliances, etc.)

Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper in which you review the steps that you took in making this purchasing decision.

Base your review on the following six steps in the consumer decision process:

1. Problem recognition
2. Information search
3. Alternative evaluation
4. Purchase
5. Use
6. Evaluation

Answer the following questions in your paper:

• How many of these stages did you go through?
• Which stage(s) in the purchasing process was/were most important to you?
• If you skipped certain stages, what marketing or previous experience influenced you to skip this stage?
• What could the selling organization have done more effectively from a marketing standpoint to help you move through these stages?

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Macroeconomic issue based on an article you read on the Financial times

For this assignment you will choose a macroeconomic issue based on an article you read on the Financial times/Economist/World Economic Forum.

Macroeconomic issue based on an article you read on the Financial times

For this assignment you will choose a macroeconomic issue based on an article you read on the Financial times/Economist/World Economic Forum. You will need to show the link between the chosen topic and the relevant economic theory covered in class.

Then, research this issue or problem, using relevant textbooks, journals and periodicals, and present an analysis which suggests how macroeconomic analysis contributes to both an understanding of the topic and a range of possible solutions, or responses from the perspective of government policy. Data should be use d to support your analysis. Data can be retrieve d from official sources like ONS, Eurostat, OECD, IMF, ILO, World Bank.

This assignment is a form of inquiry-based learning, where your learning is motivated by an issue or problem that interests you, and you develop a deeper understanding of this as you research this area, review competing perspectives, and receive feedback from your tutors and class mates.

Direction for Writing Your Assignment

The aim is to use academic theories to understand and explain the important drivers of events (causes), rather than simply describing events (symptoms).

Therefore, the most important elements within your assignment will involve analysis and evaluation, which requires use of appropriate theories from the academic literature.

Evaluate the appropriateness and applicability of the insights provided by and then present and explain your own insights.
The type of questions that will help you develop the descriptive, analytical and evaluative sections of your assignment could include:

Description stage of your assignment:
Firstly, Introduce the issue / problem.

Secondly, What is the issue and context?

Thirdly, Contextualise the topic / problem / provide background information.

Fourthly, Where?

Further,  Who is involve d/ affect ed/ interest ed?

Also, When?

Analysis stage of your assignment:

Firstly, Consider alternative approaches / perspectives/ theories for understanding the issue.

Secondly, Why propose the approach / theory?

Thirdly, How is the issue / problem addressed by the approach / theory?

Fourthly, How might the theory provide an appropriate solution?

Further, What aspect of the context is not address ed by the theory (if applicable)?

Also, How appropriate is the theory in providing an explanation and solution to the specific issues / context.

Additionally,  How does the perspective work in practice?

Evaluation stage of your assignment:
Firstly, Consider how effectively the theory explains the working of the system.

Secondly, Does the theory need to be altered, in order to be more effectively applied to explaining the issue/ resolving the problem?