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Prepare a 3-4 page essay that summarizes how microeconomics affects your chosen company, Ford Motor Company.

Prepare a 3-4 page essay that summarizes how microeconomics affects your chosen company, Ford Motor Company

Attached you will find the previous assignments that were submitted to help piece together this final essay.

Use your previous course paper assignments to assist you with this essay. Remember to use suggestions and/or comments that your instructor has provided you throughout the course. Be sure to cite your sources in APA format.

Prepare: Prior to beginning your initial post, read the poems “We Real Cool” and “My Papa’s Waltz” in your textbook.

Prepare: Prior to beginning your initial post, read the poems “We Real Cool” and “My Papa’s Waltz” in your textbook. You are also required to listen to “We Real Cool” and “My Papa’s Waltz” before completing this discussion. These clips demonstrate the importance of performance, rhythm, and musicality in the poetic form.

Reflect: Poetry is a literary form that can offer readers a different experience based on whether the poem is read silently, read aloud, or simply listened to when read by someone else. For example, you might hear a certain rhythm or change of pace that you might not catch when simply reading the poem silently to yourself. For this week’s discussion, you read and listened to poetry. If you didn’t the first time, read and listen with careful eyes and ears so you can respond thoughtfully to the two parts of the discussion this week.

Write: Part One – Answer the following questions about one of the poems based on your readingof them:

What is the theme of the poem? How do you know this is the theme?
What poetic devices (e.g., rhythm, figurative language, etc.) are used in the poem? Offer at least two examples.
How do these poetic devices contribute to the development of the poem’s message?
Support your ideas with textual details and analyses.

Part Two – Describe your listening experience of the same poem you wrote about above. If you are unable to listen to these poems due to an auditory impairment, please reach out to your instructor for an alternative prompt for this discussion. Respond to at least two of the following questions:

How did hearing the poem recited aloud compare to a silent reading of it?
Did the performance highlight certain words or phrases that were not as apparent in a silent reading?
Did the pace change and, if so, how did it change your understanding of the poem?
Did words have different connotations and, if so, what kind(s) of connotation did you associate with the poem?
Do you think reading poetry aloud is a worthwhile endeavor when analyzing it? Why, or why not?

Respond to Peers: Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. Each response should be at least 75 words in length and should address two or more of the following:

Do you agree with your classmates’ perspectives? Why, or why not? Be specific.
Ask a specific question to encourage further discussion on the topic.
Challenge your classmates’ interpretation of literature and/or point of view.
Do a small amount of research and share what you learn with your peers about the topic discussed in this post.

Review the information in Figure 6-2 in Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge.

Application: Using the Data/Information/Knowledge/Wisdom Continuum

Have you ever gone online to search for a journal article on a specific topic? It is amazing to see the large number of journals that are available in the health care field. When you view the library in its entirety, you are viewing untapped data. Until you actually research for your particular topic, there is little structure. Once you have narrowed it down, you have information and once you apply the information, you have knowledge. Eventually, after thoughtful research and diligent practice, you reach the level of wisdom—knowledge applied in meaningful ways.

Are there areas in your practice that you believe should be more fully explored? The central aims of nursing informatics are to manage and communicate data, information, knowledge, and wisdom. This continuum represents the overarching structure of nursing informatics. In this Assignment, you develop a research question relevant to your practice area and relate how you would work through the progression from data to information, knowledge, and wisdom.

To prepare:

Review the information in Figure 6-2 in Nursing Informatics and the Foundation of Knowledge.
Develop a clinical question related to your area of practice that you would like to explore.
Consider what you currently know about this topic. What additional information would you need to answer the question?
Using the continuum of data, information, knowledge, and wisdom, determine how you would go about researching your question.
Explore the available databases in the Walden Library. Identify which of these databases you would use to find the information or data you need.
Once you have identified useful databases, how would you go about finding the most relevant articles and information?
Consider how you would extract the relevant information from the articles.
How would you take the information and organize it in a way that was useful? How could you take the step from simply having useful knowledge to gaining wisdom?

To complete:

Write a 3- to 4-page paper that addresses the following:

Summarize the question you developed, and then relate how you would work through the four steps of the data, information, knowledge, wisdom continuum. Be specific. Can informatics be used to gain wisdom? Describe how you would progress from simply having useful knowledge to the wisdom to make decisions about the information you have found during your database search.
Identify the databases and search words you would use.
Relate how you would take the information gleaned and turn it into useable knowledge.

Explain why the topic (Knowledge of External Things, Knowledge After Death, Free Choice, or Union of Body and Soul) is a philosophical problem. (Review Nagel’s book for insight into this.)

Essay #4: On Human Nature

Choose one of the following questions from the Summa Theologica and read the first article: Q. 84 (Knowledge of External Things, pp. 134-137), Q. 89 (Knowledge After Death, pp. 188-191) or Q. 83 (Free Choice, pp. 202-204). A fourth alternative is to read the first article of Q. 76 (Union of Body and Soul, pp. 75-80), and use these ideas to address racism. The rest of the assignment remains the same. Write a 700-1000 word essay that incorporates Aquinas’ position on the question. Your essay should:

Explain why the topic (Knowledge of External Things, Knowledge After Death, Free Choice, or Union of Body and Soul) is a philosophical problem. (Review Nagel’s book for insight into this.)
Briefly describe a philosophical position on this topic that we have studied earlier this semester.
Then describe Aquinas’ position on the topic, and compare and contrast his position with the earlier one.
Finally, argue for your own position. Make it a deductively valid argument.

Write a five-page financial statement analysis of a public company, formatted according to APA stye.

Final Paper

Write a five-page financial statement analysis of a public company, formatted according to APA stye. In this analysis, you will discuss the financial health of this company with the ultimate goal of making a recommendation to other investors. Your paper should consist of the following sections: introduction, company overview, horizontal analysis, ratio analysis, final recommendation, and conclusions. Your paper needs to include a minimum of two scholarly resources in addition to the textbook as references.

Here is a breakdown of the sections within the body of the assignment:

Company Overview

Provide a brief overview of your company (one to two paragraphs at most). What industry is it in? What are its main products or services? Who are its competitors?

Horizontal Analysis of Income Statement and Balance Sheet

Prepare a three-year, horizontal analysis of the income statement and balance sheet of your selected company. Discuss the importance and meaning of horizontal analysis. Discuss both the positive and negative trends presented in your company.

Ratio Analysis

Calculate the current ratio, quick ratio, cash to current liabilities ratio, over a two-year period. Discuss and interpret the ratios that you calculated. Discuss potential liquidity issues based on your calculations of the current and quick ratios. Are there any factors that could be erroneously influencing the results of the ratios? Discuss liquidity issues of competitive companies within the same industry.

Recommendation

Based on your analysis, would you recommend an individual invest in this company? What strengths do you see? What risks do you see? It is perfectly acceptable to state that you would recommend avoiding this company, as long as you provide support for your position.

The paper

Must be five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA style
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must use at least two scholarly sources in addition to the course text.
Must document all sources in APA style as
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in

Do you believe that the market should be left alone to correct itself or should the government intervene to fix market challenges?

Week 8 Discussion – Government intervention

Conservative analysts believe that the government is unable to efficiently maximize consumer surplus in times of market failure. Those on the Liberal or Keynesian side believe that the government alone has the power to intervene in order to correct the market. Do you believe that the market should be left alone to correct itself or should the government intervene to fix market challenges? Be detailed and use specific examples either from history or current events in your answers.

If so, how would you as the leader responsible for the sustainability process defend the corporate predisposition that “the project” will increase operating costs and hurt the “bottom line”?

Week 8 Discussion – Impact of Sustainability on the Budget Process

The drive to incorporate sustainability into every corporation’s operations is a growing trend in the global economy.

From a management perspective do you think it is feasible to incorporate projects for sustainability into the annual budget process?

If so, how would you as the leader responsible for the sustainability process defend the corporate predisposition that “the project” will increase operating costs and hurt the “bottom line”?