The focus should be more on what you see as the key takeaways and impactful words of wisdom from the text and less of a ‘book report’.Not all key learning, especially as we advance into the higher echelons of management, come from textbooks. Introducing you to primers and quick-read books such as this are often quite instructive and since they are written in approachable language and a palatable length, it’s easier to get your managers/staff to engage this type of content.
Critical Thinking: Saudi Arabias Currency and the U.S. Dollar (100 Points)
While Saudi Arabia seeks to diversify its economy, the Saudi economy is dominated by the petroleum sector. In addition, the Saudi Arabian Riyal (SAR) is pegged to the U.S. Dollar.In a critical essay, indicate the main considerations Saudi Arabia faces from a currency perspective (e.g., currency values, interest rates, inflation, and trade issues) that ensue given two scenarios:- The first scenario is a dramatically declining world oil price.
– The second scenario is a dramatically increasing world oil price.
Directions:Your essay is required to be 4 pages in length, which does not include the title page, abstract or required reference page, which are never a part of the content minimum requirements.
Support your submission with course material concepts, principles and theories from the textbook and at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles. Use the Saudi Digital Library to find your resources.
Use Saudi Electronic University academic writing standards and APA style guidelines.
Review the grading rubric to see how you will be graded for this assignment
From a negotiation viewpoint, how would you best make sense of the road toward the June summit and its outcome? Suggested Sources
1. Schellling, Thomas 1956. An Essay on Bargaining. The American Economic Review, 46(3): 281-3062. Lax, David and James Sebenius 2006. 3D Negotiation. Chap. 1-31. 3. Sebenius, James . 1983. Negotiation Arithmetic: Adding and Subtracting Issues and Parties. International Organization 37 (2):281-3164. Glaser, Bonnie S. and Oriana Skylar Mastro (2018). The Big Winner of the Singapore Summit. How China Ended Up Getting the Best Deal Foreign Affairs June 155. Gordon, Phililp (2018). The Worst Deals Ever. What Trump Misses About the Art of Foreign Policy Negotiation, Foreign Affairs, Aug. 236. Jervis, Robert and Mira Rapp-Hooper (2018). Perception and Misperception on the Korean Peninsula. How Unwanted Wars Begin, Foreign Affairs, April 5
The attached guidelines provide instructions for the Project. Read the attached paper on Biblical Authority & Responsibility to stimulate your thinking on the topic.Note that this project is graded using the Minor Project 1 Rubric (MBA 610). Please click on the underlined ‘Minor Project 1’ heading above and then look at the rubric so that you know how the project will be evaluated. Minor Project 1: Biblical & Economic Evaluation of Wages, Benefits, and Poverty
Assignment
Write a research paper of no more than 3,000 words addressing the roles of employers, employees and government in providing for the material well-being of the families of large-company employees.
Background
Recently, commentators have criticized large corporations such as Walmart, McDonalds and Amazon for not taking care of their employees, as evidenced by the fact that many of the employees receive government benefits designed to help low-income families. They say that employees and their families needing government assistance is a sign that the companies have offloaded their duty to pay a living wage onto the taxpayer through government programs.
Sen. Bernie Sanders says he will soon introduce legislation that would require large employers such as Amazon, Walmart and McDonalds to fully cover the cost of food stamps, public housing, Medicaid and other federal assistance received by their employees. The goal, he says, is to force corporations to pay a living wage and curb about $150 Billion in taxpayer dollars that go to funding federal assistance programs for low-wage workers each year. The bill would impose a 100 percent tax on government benefits received by workers at companies with 500 or more employees. For example, if an Amazon employee receives $300 in food stamps, Amazon would be taxed $300.
Sanders proposal from: https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/08/24/thousands-amazon-workers-receive-food-stamps-now-bernie-sanders-wants-amazon-pay-up/?noredirect=on&utm_term=.cba281028c78
Details of Assignment
Your job is to apply a biblical and economic perspective to the issue raised by Bernie Sanders and others:
A biblical perspective to determine the responsibility and authority of each actorcompany, employee, employees family, and the community.
An economic perspective to determine the likely effects of various policy suggestions.
Consider the following topics/questions in your write up:
According to the Bible, what is the authority and responsibility of an individual for the financial support of himself/herself and his/her family? Under what circumstances would someone outside of the family have responsibility for the material support of that family? Is this always voluntary, or could the community mandate (perhaps through tax-supported government programs) that everyone contribute to supporting a needy family? What are the biblical principles and methods for delivering aid to a family with legitimate needs? What are the negative consequences of undermining an individuals incentive to work? What kinds of help will minimize those negative incentives?
According to the Bible, what is the responsibility of an employer regarding the wages and benefits of an employee? Many Bible verses exhort the master to not withhold payment of the agreed wage. Does the Bible comment on how much that agreed wage should be? Leadership research indicates that better-treated employees are more productive. An employer might provide extra benefits out of self-interest, wanting higher productivity, but would the employer have a biblical responsibility to provide those extra benefits?
What are the facts about worker pay, benefits, hours, and family situations? What is the profile of families/households who have a member working at a large-company and who receive government benefits? What is the profile of the employee whose family receives these benefitsage, education, skills/work experience, length of employment with this company, full-time/part-time, hourly wage rate, medical benefits from company, other benefits from company. Why does the employee remain with the company if pay and benefits are inadequate? How does the availability of government benefits that supplement wages and company benefits affect the employees decision about where to work and how many hours to work? Senator Sanders proposed tax on companies has similarities to a minimum wage increase, in that it increases labor costs beyond what current market conditions dictate. Based on your understanding of the effects of minimum wage increases, what effect would this policy have on low-wage earners in general? The tax proposal differs from a minimum wage increase in that it applies only to employees whose families receive government aid, rather than to all employees. How might this differential treatment of employees affect hiring decisions? What effect would that have on low-income families versus low-income individuals? Note: most policies have unintended side effects. Depending on how one views responsibilities, one could flip the Sanders argument. Instead of criticizing large companies because their employees receive government aid, one might praise them for providing some income to families who would otherwise need more government aid. That is, these companies are reducing the amount of aid required from the government. Comment on this idea. Some critics of large companies depend on a practical argument in addition to their fairness or duty argument. They say that the big companies are so profitable that they can afford to pay employees more, so they should. They say that poverty is bad, and big companies have the most money to solve the problem. How would you respond to this argument?
Researching and Writing the Minor Project 1 Paper
In addition to reading all of the assigned readings for Period 1, you should search the literature for several high quality reference sources using the methods described in How to write a research paper. Note that the guide to writing a research paper assumes that you have wide latitude to choose and define your topic. In the case of this paper, the topic is already defined. How to Write a Research Paper (found in Course Resources) will still help you through the process of finding appropriate references, taking notes, and constructing the paper. Start your search with the Regent University Library Database, which has many full-text scholarly articles. Websites may round out your thinking on the issue, but do not go to them first, and do not depend on them for accurate, reliable, insights on the topic. Very few, if any, of the resources that speak about wages and benefits at large companies will do so from a biblical perspective. You must provide that by doing an extensive review of the Scriptures to determine what the Bible says about this topic.You may use whatever format and style manual you normally use as long as you clearly credit sources of ideas and quotes in the body of the paper and provide a complete list of references at the end. It is of paramount importance that you clearly acknowledge the sources of ideas that are not your own. Anything less is plagiarism, which is Academic Dishonesty and carries severe penalties.
The break down for the essay: Introduction:
Provide an overview of your research topic (focus on comparing the two areas, but also choose one health outcome that you will link to these structural differences- i.e. obesity, asthma, violence)
Literature Review:
1. Discuss previous studies on your theme.
2. Clearly define your theme.
3. Discuss what your paper will contribute to the literature (why its important).
Methods:
1. Discuss your two sites and populations therein.
2. Describe your research methods and why they are appropriate to your research question.
3. Discuss how you analyzed your data.
Findings:
1. Give a basic quantitative analysis of your findings.
For instance, how did the walkability compare (no. of curb cuts, etc.)?
2. Give a basic qualitative analysis of your findings, including a detailed description of the similarities and differences you saw in the advertisements, walkability and overall characteristics of the two neighborhoods.
Discussion:
What are your basic conclusions? Do you think you did a fair job of assembling information and comparing the neighborhoods? What changes would have made your comparison more valid?
Here is the information for the two cities: the sources are already picked put and put in parentheses you can find them online easily. (https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/data/2015chp-qn12.pdf)
^Jamaica VS.
(https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/data/2015chp-qn11.pdf)
^BaysideINTRO: Walking around the two areas was like night and day despite being in the same borough. Took 30 minutes walking around each city and then found a resting spot to observe people walking around and their behaviors.
Jamaica was not a place that was taken care of as much as Bayside had as well.Theme: The neighborhoods health was abhor. Unkept and Environmental health is destroyed through mens error: smokinglitterthe sewage–((Povertys Association With Poor Health Outcomes and Public Health Disparities– ))–shows how a relevance in income can affect the health of the community:
Jamaica avg income: 64,000–17% in poverty
Bayside avg income: 93,000–9% in poverty Jamaica was rather uncomfortable to walk around and loud.
Go to the following link and download the most recent annual financial statement of Cincinnati Financial Group: https://cincinnatifinancialcorporation.gcs-web.com/static-files/242cc4f0-9e72-4b9c-a915-17a6e316bb0a (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.12. Over the past 5 years, what kinds of important trends do you see? Sales? Profitability? Investment returns? Loss ratios? Discuss your findings.3. What business segments are profitable? Not so profitable? Explain.4. How are they dealing with catastrophe exposures?5. Briefly describe their marketing strategy.6. How much did they have invested at the end of 2016? What asset class was largest? Why might that be?
Then describe the theory itself. What is the purpose of the theory? How was the theory applied then and how is the theory applied today. The paper should be 5 pages double spaced in 12 inch font and printed.
This is your final assignment.
You are requested to prepare a report for a public company. You should
approach this case from a directors point of view upon issues related with
financial and strategic management.
For this assignment you are requested to use information upon your
discretion regarding the overall interim appearance of a public company.
The target company is Kerry Group.
Information regarding the overall interim performance of the target
company is given below. Follow the link to find the necessary information
needed for your report preparation.
https://www.kerrygroup.com/investors/results-presentations/2016-
H1-Results-Presentation-4-8-16.pdf
You are challenged to search and find information regarding any issues you are challenged to search and find information regarding any issues
you may consider appropriate. Use and incorporate within your report any
research material that is relevant and appropriate either from financial or
strategic management aspect.
Important is to use information that relates to the overall interim
performance of the target company.
Detailed information upon your research issues should be disclosed as
report appendices.
Length: Four citations, each with an annotation of approximately 150 wordsSources: Four sources related to your research question, including at least two from scholarly journal articles. All four sources should be high-quality sources that you can use in your research project. Refer to Week 3: Selecting Sources Wisely. You may decide to use some or all of the sources that you posted in Week 3, Discussion 1: Identifying and Evaluating Sources.
The annotated bibliography contributes to the research project by helping you collect and analyze your sources. The outcomes for this assignment are listed below, with the associated course outcomes in parentheses:Identify valid and reliable sources that can be used in the composition of a research essay (Course outcome 4)
Explain the nature of selected sources and their relevance of sources to the research essay (Course outcome 4)
Set up an annotated bibliography in APA format (Course outcome 4)
Demonstrate accurate grammar and mechanics in writing (Course outcome 3)
TopicThe annotated bibliography is part of your research project, which examines a current issue or event in the news from the perspective of your field of study. The annotated bibliography builds on your work from the first few weeks of class selecting an appropriate topic and then developing a more focused research question. Indicate your research question at the top of your annotated bibliography, just below the title.
Reference citation in APA format
Annotation of 150 25 words, with
summary
evaluation
use
You may (but do not have to) use CiteFast to create your reference citations.Incorporate these elements of APA style:Use one-inch margins.
Double space.
Use an easy-to-read font between 10-point and 12-point.
Reference entries should be formatted with a hanging indent.
Note: Title page is not required, but make sure you include your name and a title that reflects your topic at the top of the first page. Below the title, indicate your research question
**These listed below are my sources**
Endocrine today. (2009, January 10). Depression linked with abdominal obesity. Endocrine Today [Thorofare, NJ], p. 1. Retrieved from http://www.slackinc.com/ The research in this news article was performed on elderly people ages 70-79 and pregnant women. This I feel is geared more towards an older age group. Its educational on how obesity is linked to mental and physical health. It also states how sociodemographic factors effect being healthy and active. Huang, C. Y., Costeines, J., Kaufman, J. S., & Ayala, C. (2013). Parenting Stress, Social Support, and Depression for Ethnic Minority Adolescent Mothers: Impact on Child Development. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 23(2), 255-262. doi:10.1007/s10826-013-9807-1This scholarly journal explains how teen pregnancies are higher among adolescent minorities. Listed is a demographic chart which I know helps people (including myself) understand and visually see comparisons and differences in each topic. Neves, L. M., Silva-Batista, C., Marquesini, R., Da Cunha, T. F., Dimateo, E., Nascimento, L., Ugrinowitsch, C. (2018). Aerobic exercise program with or without motor complexity as an add-on to the pharmacological treatment of depression study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. Trials, 19(1). doi:10.1186/s13063-018-2906-y This is a trial journal; neither a news article or government document. Trials are medical journals open to all researchers. The audience they are attracting in this trial are parents who may not want to use pharmaceutical drugs to medicate their child. I believe this is a creditable resource because this is gathered information by medical professionals. Chen, A. (2018). Social Notworking: Is Generation Smartphone Really More Prone to Unhappiness? Scientific American Mind, 29(2), 18-21. doi:10.1038/scientificamericanmind0318-18This is a journal article. I know this because the database states its from a collection of two different science topics. The audience this journal article is attracting is from all different age groups. The positive outcome that is likely to happen after reading this article is spending less time on technology, smartphones and Ipads. The downside is that technology is apart of everyday lives.
Conduct an educational technology needs assessment for your current workplace setting or another health care setting you are familiar with and interested in.