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For this assignment, you must compose a persuasive essay by making a case on a controversial topic, problem, issue, or question. The chosen topic is “diversity at the workplace”, the paper cannot be pro/con, but you need to take a position on a debate and argue one side, “why is diversity beneficial”.

Your essay must:

Include a thesis statement in your introduction.
Consist of body paragraphs that include a topic sentence, and clear details that support your description.
Address your topic using critical thinking skills.
Include one quotation, paraphrase and use of a summary in your paper.
Include a concluding paragraph that synthesizes your main points.
Incorporate instructor and peer feedback.

Requirements:

Include three credible, peer-reviewed sources properly cited in APA format.
Your paper should be 6 pages in length not counting the required title and reference pages.

Financial ratios are the principal tool of financial analysis. Ratios standardize the financial information of firms so comparisons can be made between firms of varying sizes. Choose two firms in the same sector; locate their current financial information both in terms of current financial statements and stock market prices. With the information, do a paper of 7 pages, with the following headings:

How liquid are the firms?
Are the firm’s managers generating adequate operating profits on the company’s assets?
How are the firms financing their assets?
Are the firm’s managers providing a good return on the capital provided by the shareholders?
Are the firms’ managers creating shareholder value?

As you are planning the annual audit of Norton Corporation, you note that the company has a number of user-operated computers in use in various locations. One of the machines has been installed in the stores department, which has the responsibility for disbursing stock items and for maintaining stores’ records. In your audit, you find that one employee receives the requisitions for stores, disburses the stock, maintains the records, operates the computer, and authorizes adjustments to the total amounts of stock recorded by the computer.

When you discuss the applicable controls with the department manager, you are told that the user-operated computer is assigned exclusively to that department. Therefore, the manager contends that it does not require the same types of controls applicable to large IT systems.

Required:

Comment on the manager’s contention.
Discuss five types of control that would apply to this microcomputer application.

Explain why the Management of Quality and Quality Control is so important? How does it impact the business and customers? What could go wrong if it is not correct?

Describe the areas (student, professional, citizen, family member, friend, etc.) of your life in which writing plays a major role. Explain.
Identify the goals you have as student, professional, citizen, family member or friend, and explain how you expect writing to play a role in one of these areas in 10 years.

Short Answer Assignment

Instructions: Please complete the following assignment. For all questions, please respond in at least three complete sentences.

What was so different about Chinese religion and why?
What was similar about nearly all ancient religions and why?
Why was the movement of people from hunting and gathering to farming (the Neolithic Revolution) so important?
How is the invention and evolution of writing like modern Information Technology?
What was the problem with early economies?
Describe how the first civilizations evolved once people began to farm.
Why did ancient religions form and become so central to the everyday life of most people in ancient societies?
Pick one of the four river-based civilizations and describe some of the things they developed or discovered that influence us today.
How were the people of ancient societies structured?
During the rise and development of the four primary river-based civilizations what was happening in Europe, Africa, and the Americas?

Innovative Change Proposal

Step 1: Choose a topic.

 Your task is to create a proposal suggesting a positive change you want to make in an organization in which you

operate (military, business, civic, church, family unit, club, etc.). This change can include a structural,

technological, or behavioral change. Be creative!

BBA 2026, Organizational Communication 4

Step 2: Choose a source.

 Choose an article from the CSU Online Library, the Internet, course textbook, or other credible source that can be

used to support your ideas.

 Use citations to identify paraphrased or quoted information from your source, and list the source in the reference

The article should cover one of the following:

· Landform regions of Australia

· Climate and climate zones of Australia

· Biogeography or endemics of Australia (endemics are species of vegetation or animals that are unique to a given region)

· Current land disputes between Australia’s Aboriginal population and non-Aboriginals/European Settlers

· Natural hazards and disasters in Australia (e.g., Cyclone Tracy, wildfires, etc.)

· Earthquakes in New Zealand

· Relationship between New Zealanders and Maori with respect to culture

· Australian immigration issues

Then write a 1-2 page reflection paper describing that article using APA format (please visit the Academic Resource Center for a concise guide on APA format). Please write the reflection paper as if it were going to be the content for a traveler’s website (e.g., Trip Advisor). Be sure to explain why the LIRN article provides information that a traveler to the region would be interested in knowing before visiting. Please include the APA citation in your paper (list the citation first).

Discussion

1. Prompt/Topic: Assume that the Barnes and Ardmore partnership agreement provides for a two-third/one-third sharing of income but says nothing about losses. The first year of partnership operation resulted in a loss, and Barnes argues that the loss should be shared equally because the partnership agreement said nothing about sharing losses. Is Barnes correct? Explain why or why not.

After the partnership makes the decision above, what financial statement would show the allocation of partnership income among the partners?

Assignment:

As an addiction professional, what action would you take if you recognized symptoms of substance abuse in a colleague with whom you worked

closely? Justify your perspective. **Use all required references below.**