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MF620: Financial Statement Development and Analysis. Lesson 1:  Sizing-up a Business. Describe the four stages of the business cycle. Describe the two hypotheses that explain the shape of the yield curve.

MF620: Financial Statement Development and Analysis

Lesson 1:  Sizing-up a Business

Upon completion of the Required Readings, write a thorough, well-planned narrative answer to the following discussion question.  Rely on your Required Readings and the Lecture and Research Update for specific information to answer the discussion question, but turn to your original thoughts when asked to apply, evaluate, analyze, or synthesize the information.  Your Discussion Question response should be both grammatically and mechanically correct, and formatted in the same fashion as the question itself.  If there is a Part A, your response should identify a Part A, etc.  In addition, you must appropriately cite all resources used in your responses and document in a bibliography using APA style.

Discussion Question 2 (50 points)
Respond to the following:

FIRSTLY, Describe the four stages of the business cycle.

SECONDLY, Describe the two hypotheses that explain the shape of the yield curve.

THIRDLY, Describe the three shapes of the yield curve that tend to be associated with different business cycle stages.

ALSO, Compare the typical profitability of a stage 2 firm versus a stage 3 firm.

FINALLY, Develop a list of factors that would result in a firm having high supply risk and high demand risk.

This is a paper that is focusing on the CSY2028 Web Programming assignment paper. The paper also provides a brief to use in writing the assignment paper in detail.

The CSY2028 Web Programming assignment paper

Aims & Objective
The purpose of this assignment is to assess your ability to modify and improve PHP code on an existing PHP/MySQL driven website.

Brief
You are a developer for a web design agency and you have taken on a new client called Jo’s Jobs. Jo runs a small recruitment agency and the company’s website is used to list available jobs. Applicants can view the available jobs and apply for jobs they are interested in. The website was developed several years ago by Jo’s cousin but is now a little outdated and contains bugs that need fixing.
The administration area is available in the /admin/ directory, the password is letmein.

Below is an excerpt from one of Jo’s emails regarding the changes she wants you to make:
1) Firstly, can you change the copyright notice? It’s not 2017 any more!

2) Secondly, i want to add a new page called  “FAQs”. Just add the page with some placeholder text that says “FAQs coming soon” and put a link in the menu.  I’ll send the content over at a later date.

3) Thirdly, i can add a new category in the administration area, but the added categories do not appear on the list on the Jobs page or the navigation bar, can you fix this so the customers can view jobs from all the categories we add?

4)  Sometimes we get requests to re-post old jobs. At the moment, we can delete jobs but it would be useful to be able to archive them so that we can easily repost them later on without having to type in all the information again.

5) The job list page in the admin area currently lists all jobs. Can you:
1. Add the category name for each job as a column in the table
2. Make it so we can filter these jobs by the category they are in. For example, show all HR jobs only.

6) Can you make it so that customers can filter the jobs by location? E.g. see all the jobs in Northampton or all the jobs in Milton Keynes?

7)  I’d like my colleagues to be able to use the website. At the moment we all use the same password. Instead, I’d like to be able to manage user accounts so I can give new staff access (And remove their access when they leave the company). Each member of staff should have their own username and password used to log in to the admin area.

8)  At the moment we do a lot of the work for our clients (The company who we are advertising the job for). They send us the job details and we post it on the site. Then we manually send them details about the applicants who have applied. I’d like it so that:
1. I can set up client user accounts who can then access a restricted version of the admin area
2. Clients should then be able to add jobs and see who has applied for their jobs
3. It is important that clients can only see details about and edit jobs they have posted.

This is a paper that is focusing on a new reward and recognition program development. The paper also provides a list of questions to focus on while writing the assignment paper.

A new reward and recognition program development

Description
As an HR manager in a large healthcare organization, you have developed a new reward and recognition program designed to help increase employee motivation and job satisfaction in a specific hospital department of your choice. You may choose a clinical or nonclinical department. Based on the course readings and a minimum of four appropriate sources of research, create a 4–6 page executive summary suitable for presentation to senior leadership on employee motivation that includes the following:

Firstly, determine which department is best suited for the reward and recognition program. Secondly, identify a specific goal the employees must work on to be eligible for recognition or to receive the award. Examples include reducing errors, increasing customer/patient satisfaction, or reducing costs. Thirdly, research a specific motivation theory and determine why this method would be the most practical and effective for this program. Examples are the expectancy theory, equity theory, goal-setting theory, Management by Objectives (MBO), or the four-prong model of intrinsic motivation. Fourthly, explain why the selected theory would be the most practical and effective for the rewards and recognition program. Recommend 2–3 types of rewards and/or recognition that would the most effective in motivating the employees to achieve the goals. Create a communication tool for eligible employees announcing the program, rules, and awards. Examples: Email, newsletter, internal Facebook post.

Lastly, ensure  that the paper is at least three pages exclusive of the cover and the reference pages. Also, ensure that you include all the references you use in finding research for this assignment paper. References should be at least three for the paper. All references, citation, and writing should follow the APA formatting and styling guidelines. Finally, ensure you focus on the assignment topic in detail.

With this paper, you are to focus on a country that you know well, or one that you’d like to know well. The only requirement for the country you pick is that it NOT be a country that uses the Euro as its currency or is in the G10 (Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States).

With this paper you are to focus on a country that you know well

With this paper, you are to focus on a country that you know well, or one that you’d like to know well. The only requirement for the country you pick is that it NOT be a country that uses the Euro as its currency or is in the G10 (Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States).

The focus through this pandemic to date has been on the developed nations, many of which have experienced frightening levels of disease, hospitalization and deaths. But the focus is shifting now to the other countries that generally don’t have the financial, economic or even political strength to counter the pandemic’s worst economic and financial effects. Many of these countries have fixed exchange rates, so aside from credit and exchange rate risk premia, their interest rates are now zero. But they generally don’t have their fiscal houses in order, so borrowing to have enough money to prop up their economies or their currency (like the U.S. and Europe are doing) isn’t much of an option. Indeed, many second and third-tier countries are experiencing capital outflows — just when they need inflows.

For the country you have chosen, where is their economy at this point? Then track what the effects have been so far on market prices (sovereign debt and equity) as an indication of might be happening with respect to capital flows. In the same vein, analyze what’s been going on with the country’s currency. And investigate whether any international organizations like the IMF are helping out or at the least making promises.

A few weeks ago, the Institute for International Finance published this brief:

https://www.iif.com/Portals/0/Files/content/EV_03172020.pdf (Links to an external site.)

This should give you a good starting point.
Now, having done your research, what you write up for this class is a memo, as described below.
Imagine you are the economic attache to the U.S. Ambassador (or Charge d’Affairs of the U.S. Embassy) in this country. The Ambassador has been asked by the host country. Further, she has thus asked you, to advise the country on the best course of action right now with respect to their economic and financial policies. Do research on what’s going on, use the theories you learned back in college. Also, see if you can’t devise the best possible course of action to recommend. Also, Will it be second best? Hey, fourth-best may be the best they can do. They can’t also rearrange the global economy and financial markets. But hopefully you can tell them how best to navigate these unprecedented circumstances.

As with all memos to people in power, keep it short and also pithy. Also, demonstrate a good grasp of the facts, but don’t spend a lot of time telling the Ambassador or the local government what they already know. Finally, be practical.

Please use the best of these and outside sources you can find-

The Argument for a V-Shaped Recovery
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-15/morgan-stanley-economists-double-down-on-v-shape-global-recovery?srnd=premium

Links to New Pandemic Material
1- https://tracktherecovery.org/
2- https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-06-10/virus-splinters-global-economy-exposing-inequality-faultlines?srnd=premium
3- https://www.wsj.com/articles/coronavirus-pandemic-makes-unemployment-calculation-harder-11591781401
4- https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/recovery-tracker/

Interesting graphic of pandemic’s economic effects (And it’s global, too)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-05-28/coronavirus-lockdown-crushed-economies-jobs-energy-and-shops?srnd=premium

This is a paper that is focusing on the impact of sales and operations in supply chain integration. The paper also provides additional questions to focus on while writing the assignment paper.

Impact of sales and operations in supply chain integration

Supply chain integration is a major contributing factor to organizational success. The goal of supply chain integration is alignment within the supply chain. As a business leader, how can you achieve greater supply chain integration with suppliers and customers? Amazon is a prime example of a company that has successfully managed its supply chain to achieve growth and profitability. Research the progression of Amazon’s supply chain integration.

Write a 1,000-1,250-word paper that address the following questions: How do sales and operations planning in supply chain integration impact the company overall? What would Amazon’s medium- and long-term forecast inform the operations management department? How do logistics, transportation modes, and warehouse locations impact Amazon’s competitiveness? How does global sourcing and procurement impact the overall effectiveness of the supply chain? What are the benefits and challenges that have occurred when outsourcing logistic and other functions? How has Amazon successfully leveraged e-commerce strategies to promote supply chain integration and boost sales and growth for the organization? Which strategies have been particularly effective and why? Do you feel that Amazon sets an example for other companies to model regarding supply chain integration? Be sure to explain your rationale. Consider the ethical implications in your response. Incorporate five to seven resources to support your paper.

Lastly, ensure  that the paper is at least three pages exclusive of the cover and the reference pages. Also, ensure that you include all the references you use in finding research for this assignment paper. References should be at least three for the paper. All references, citation, and writing should follow the APA formatting and styling guidelines. Finally, ensure you focus on the assignment topic in detail.