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You are the Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) at your organization. As the CHRO, one of your primary roles is to be the workforce strategist. Your organization is planning to expand business operations to your neighboring state by opening an office. As

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Unit: Career Planning & Development

Due Date: Sun, 8/15/15

Deliverable Length: 7-10 pages

You are the Chief Human Resource Officer (CHRO) at your organization. As the CHRO, one of your primary roles is to be the workforce strategist. Your organization is planning to expand business operations to your neighboring state by opening an office. As a result of this expansion, your organization needs to make sure that the best and brightest employees are recruited to fill key roles at the new office. Write a 7-10 page research paper using APA style outlining the steps involved in recruiting the staff at the new office.

Grading Criteria:

The student researched the legal statues affecting the selection and hiring of employees.
The student identified the number and type of positions that need to be filled at the new office. Moreover, the student discussed qualifications, e.g., education level and number of years of experience, associated with each position.
The student researched, evaluated and chose several selection devices such as interviews or ability tests to reject or accept applicants. Moreover, the student assessed the weaknesses and strengths of these selection devices.
The student researched, evaluated and chose whether or not to utilize integrity testing and drug testing.
The student applied correct APA, style, usage, grammar, and punctuation.
The student supported the research paper with at least four different scholarly sources such as research journals, research studies, government or accredited educational institutions websites.

Cis 555 Case Study 1: Athens Medical Claims Reengineering

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Case Study 1: Athens Medical Claims Reengineering

Athens Administrators is an open indemnity claims administration services organization. Athens identified a growing trend of future medical claims within their client’s population. The trend had begun to escalate and Athens decided that it was an important issue to bring to the clients attention and to jointly develop a strategy to address the growth of these claims. Athens looked to modify and improve the processes and procedures that were being utilized to address these claims. Read about what they did in their document titled “Future Medical – A Claim on the Rise” located at http://www.athensadmin.com/pdf/Athens-FutureMedical.pdf.

Write a four to five (4-5) page paper in which you:

Provide one (1) sample of a descriptive statement and one (1) sample of a prescriptive statement from the case study descriptions.
Examine three (3):

goals for this case study.
obstacles for this case study.
alternative obstacle resolutions for this case study.

Identify five (5) normal and abnormal scenarios for this case as-is.
Determine five (5) requirements that might need to be prioritized in view of resource limitations.
Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar Websites do not qualify as quality resources.

Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:

Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; citations and references must follow APA or school-specific format. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student’s name, the professor’s name, the course title, and the date. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required assignment page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:

Describe the techniques and develop a requirements specification document that solves a proposed business problem.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in requirements engineering.
Write clearly and concisely about topics related to Requirements Engineering using proper writing mechanics and technical style conventions.

Managerial Economics: Macroeconomics

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PART 2: PROJECT. This part needs to use the information from Part 1.

For the Project, in a well-constructed presentation, identify four policies the government enacted following the financial crisis. Evaluate what effect these policies would have on the economy from both a short-run and a long-run perspective. Be sure to include:

The distinction between the short-run and long-run economic views and what determines economic output in the relative time periods
A definition of the measures used to determine economic success in the different time periods
A link from each policy back to these distinctions and measures.

Complete a presentation in PowerPoint, according to APA requirements. The presentation should lead the viewer through the information in sequential order, with transitions of some type, making the presentation cohesive. An introduction, a body, a conclusion, references, and a citation page are to be included. The presentation must meet these requirements:

Between ten and sixteen slides
Each slide must include text narration.
Each slide must include at least one image.
Include a two-page transcript to accompany the presentation.
Information must be thoroughly covered in the presentation and accompanying narration, as you will not present to your classmates or instructor.

LASA—Strategic Analysis: Organizational & Competitive

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LASA—Strategic Analysis: Organizational & Competitive

The goal of conducting a competitor analysis is to gather information about the company’s competitors and systematically formulate a strategy to become the market leader in the industry. In formulating any strategy, it is imperative that the company understand its organizational structure as well as the internal and external forces which could impact their strategic decisions.

Based on the company you chose in the previous module, analyze the organization’s mission, vision, and values, its ability to compete, and the effectiveness of its management team in executing strategy. Some of the factors to be considered in doing this evaluation include the company’s internal resource capabilities, its relative cost position, and its competitive strength. In addition, evaluate the competitive strategy of your selected organization and examine how this strategic approach drives the rest of the strategic actions the company undertakes in terms of product line, production emphasis, marketing emphasis, and the means for sustaining the strategy. Make sure to include at least one analytical tool such as SWOT analysis, Porter’s, BCG, etc. in your analysis.

Research your selected organization’s strategy and analyze the following elements:

The organization’s mission, vision, and values. What does it tell you about the company, their culture, their direction? Does it convey the purpose and primary objectives of the company? If so, how, if not what is missing?
The organization’s strategic goals. Based on your research, what are the top three strategic goals of your chosen company?
The relative alignment of strategic goals with the organization’s mission, vision, and values. Include at least three examples of how the strategic goals help and/or hinder the organization in achieving its mission, vision, and values.
Additions or changes you would recommend to the strategic goals to better achieve the company’s mission, vision, and values. Include at least two additions or changes and justify your response.
Describe the relevant external factors and influences (at least 3) which could affect the decisions the company makes about its direction, objectives, strategy, and business model.
Describe the Internal factors and influences (at least 3) which could impact the company’s decision making such as the company’s market position and its competencies, capabilities, resource strengths and weaknesses, and competitiveness.
Does your selected organization have a focused strategy that differentiates it from other companies in the same marketplace? Explain your answer.
Is the organization seeking a competitive advantage by taking the initiative in the marketplace? Explain your answer.
Does the organization have a strategy for competing in international markets? Does it appear to have a solid understanding of local customer needs and preferences to create customized products or services? Does it appear to know how to transfer company expertise to initiate actions to compete internationally?
Make sure you utilize at least one analytical tool in your analysis of this section.

Write up your findings in a 6 to 8 page MS Word format paper which complies with APA standards, including proper grammar and spelling. Include at least three scholarly resources in your report.

By Wednesday, September 2, 2015,

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I need this assignment to be revised professionally and grammar free as much as possible by today at 12:00 midnight.

Here is the instructions

Week 6 Assignment

For this assignment, you have read about a current issue of interest to you, and read the article, “Healthier Testing Made Easy”. How can you apply this information to your own work setting?

Analyze your own work setting in relation to the issue identified. Evaluate the political, emotional, and educational ramifications of the issue. Explain how you will personally and professionally respond to this issue. In a paper, describe and discuss your issue of interest and how this issue appears in your work environment politically, emotionally, and educationally. Your paper should include, but is not limited to, the following:

Description of issue
Description of your workplace, culture, and setting
Political effects of the issue in your school
Emotional effects of the issue in your school
Educational effects of the issue in your school
How this issue has affected you personally and professionally
What you could do to provide leadership to assist personnel in your work setting to deal productively with this issue.

Length: 3-5 pages not including title and reference pages.

References: A minimum of three scholarly resources

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. Be sure to adhere to Northcentral University’s Academic Integrity Policy. Review NCU’s Academic Integrity Tutorial to refresh your knowledge of how to achieve academic integrity.

Here is my final rough draft that required revisions.

Issue 19 Do American Students Need More Time in School

Introduction

I read the “Healthier Testing Made Easy” article by Grant Wiggins and decided to focus on a current issue of extending school days. The reason for choosing this issue is to provide ideas and suggestions on ways to extended school days without affecting people’s other commitments in their lives. The review on “Healthier Testing Made Easy” by Grant Wiggins enhances my focus on how this current issue will affect me in the work setting in schools. It is very important to know this current issue will be slightly bad for my work setting. The political view is that there is a huge debate on extended school days. The emotional view is there are extended school days can affect everyone’s performance in schools in emotionally. The educational view is that everyone must be aware of an issue for extended school days. Therefore, this paper will analyze my work setting regarding this issue. This paper will identify the political, emotional and educational ramifications of this issue. I will also explain how this issue affects me personally and professionally in the work setting. Finally, this paper will provide a conclusion on the reflection share about this issue on extended school years.

Issue 19 Do American Students Need More Time in School Overview

If American students need more time in school, there are several ways to extend school days. The first option is to change the school hours to earlier times. For example, instead of attending from nine o’ clock a.m. to three o’clock p.m., people can attend school from seven-thirty a.m. to two-thirty p.m. The reason is that fall and winter season it gets dark earlier than it does in spring and summer season. Another reason is that people are very concern about their safety when it is dark outside. Noll (2014) stated, “Most school districts adhere to a 61⁄2-hour, 180-day academic calendar” (p. 309). There are some schools meet Mondays to Fridays for six hours and have 180-day academic calendar year. The second option is to extend school hours from six to seven hours Mondays to Fridays because eight or more hours of school create negative impact for everyone in the schools. See Appendix A for a sample of a suggested new school day schedule for students.

Noll (2014) stated, “Every expanded learning time school would be a great success. But not every expanded school succeeds” (p. 317). Even if schools have to provide longer school days, it does not mean this option will work for every school in the United States. Cuban (2008) stated, “Presidential commissions, parents, academics, and employers design plans to offer solutions to expanded school days for students. They are planning to change the school year to be all school year long” (p. 241). The problem is how students and staffs are going to take the holiday and season breaks. However, here is what happens students are not in school during the summer seasons. Fairchild (2011) pointed out, “When people are not in schools during the summer season, it causes students having difficulty to get back into learning education” (p. 15).

Political Effects of the Issue in Extended School Days

People have different attitudes, beliefs, opinions and views about the idea of extending school days in political perspective. First thing, there are pros and cons about extending school days. The pros are improving learning, have more time to complete projects, complete homework assignments and benefits for working parents. The cons of having extended school days cost the schools more money does not guarantee it will improve achievement gaps in school education. Other cons include people will not have time for other commitments, such as family planning and participate in school activities. Second thing, people say they say they are for or against the idea of having extended school days. Noll (2013) stated, “the Obama administration provides time-expansion goal for education agenda and advocacy groups including National Center on Time and Learning have gained momentum” (p. 309). Another words, Obama administration, and the government is for the idea of extending school days. However, many people are against the idea of longer school days. For instance, Sabatino, Huchting and Dell Olio (2013) believed, “There are negative reactions from everyone about having the 200-calendar initiative in Los Angeles’ elementary schools” (p. 380). Then, there are other people say they are against the idea of extending school days. Cuban (2008) stated, “Business and civil leaders criticized the issue extended school days because they believed American students scored in the middle rank on international tests. Asia and Europe in longer school days score higher on the test than American students” (p. 241). Therefore, schools with longer school days bring major concerns that affect students’ school performance in education.

Cuban (2008) also believed, “Employers criticize a number of time students spend in school because they wonder whether the limited days and hours spent in classes are sufficient to produce the skills that employees need to work in a globally competitive economy. Employers also wonder whether our comparatively short school year will teach the essential workplace behaviors of punctuality, regular attendance, meeting deadlines, and following rules” (p. 241). Longer school days affect teachers’ and staffs’ annual salaries and ensuring if they are going to paid extra money for working work extra hours in schools. Cuban (2008) claimed, “Parents criticize school schedules because schools need to be open in the morning and to remain open until they pick up their children before dinner” (p. 241). Professors have concerns about the change in school days. Cuban (2008) also claimed, “Professors criticize policy makers for allotting so little time for teachers to gain new knowledge and skills during the school day.” (p. 241). These people are against the idea of extending school days because they are concern about whether or not this idea will improve schools. Noll (2014) stated, “Most successful schools have all teachers at work for all of the expanded schedules may be expensive. The reason is that not all schools can consider extending school days, if they cannot afford to do this opportunity” (p. 309).

Emotional Effects of the Issue in The School

People say they are concern about extended school days affecting their health mentally, psychologically and physically. Gregory and Purcell (2014) stated, “children as exhibiting mental health problems, such as anxiety and depression. The medical model approach is understandable and useful in these particular cases, for example, concerning the child in the sample who was being treated for anxiety and depression (p. 47). Longer school days can also lead to people developing sleeping problems, which can affect their school performance the next day. Second Point: People say they are concern about extended school days affecting in their commitments, such as family planning, participating in extra-curriculum activities and completing homework assignments.

Educational Effects of the Issue in The School

People say how they will know about schools having longer school days. People also will say this issue extending school days will improvement academic achievements in schools. Some people may also say that extending school days may not resolve the achievement gaps in school education in schools. People want to know ahead of time about the change in school days. Noll (2013) stated, “Many teachers believe that with more time, they could succeed with far more struggling students. Expanded learning time enables students to do more of that hard work together and with teacher supervision—as opposed to the solo nature of homework—and allows more intentional efforts to build school community culture and values” (p. 319).

Personal and Professional Respond to Longer School Days in School

The first response is to determine how longer school days affect me personally. During my upcoming period work experience, I always look forward to changes in school education for the better, but I feel that I need to have time with my future family (husband and children). The second response is to determine how longer school days affect me professionally. As an educational leader in schools, I would not want to work no more than eight hours on Mondays to Fridays. The problem is how am I going to have time with my family and do other commitment, such as participate with my family in after school activities.

Leadership Perspective on Deal With Extended School Days

As an educational leader, I will address to the schools on how to deal with this issue on extending school days. The best way is to determine whether or not schools should extending school days is to provide interviews to everyone involved in schools to receive the feedback about this issue. Another way is to determine whether or not schools should extending school days is to provide surveys to everyone involved in schools to receive the feedback about this issue. The final option is to vote for having extending school days on a voting ballot during the upcoming 2016 election.

Conclusion

This paper concluded work setting regarding this issue. This paper identified the political, emotional and educational ramifications of this issue. I explained how this issue affected me personally and professionally in the work setting. I know there are many arguments for extending school days. The prediction is more people are against having longer school days than other people that are for the idea of this issue. When the election 2016 happens next year, the results will be presented after an election on the decision on this issue.

References

Baker, K., Pelavin, S., & Burnett, R. (1978). Comment of effects of “extended school year operation” Education, 99(2), 221.

Cuban, L. (2008). The perennial reform: fixing school time. Phi Delta Kappan, 90(4), 240-250.

Fairchild, R. (2011). Why and how communities should focus on summer learning. National Civic Review, 100(4), 13-20. doi:10.1002

Gregory, I. R., & Purcell, A. (2014). Extended school non-attenders’ views: developing best practice. Educational Psychology In Practice, 30(1), 37-50.

Noll, J. (2013) Taking sides: Clashing views on educational issues

Sabatino, A., Huchting, K., & Dell’Olio, F. (2013). The 200-day calendar initiative in the archdiocese of los angeles: three schools’ decision to break the mold. Catholic Education: A Journal Of Inquiry & Practice, 16(2), 388-416.

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Companies with Good and Bad Service: Using the DeVry Online Library (available under Course Home) and online research sources such as Google, research the customer relations and customer service reputations of two (and only two—no more, no less) companies of your choice.
Supporting Research: Choose one company with an excellent customer service reputation, and one with a poor (or less than perfect) customer service reputation. Compare and contrast the customer service reputations of these two companies. Your paper should address the following questions.
What is the company with good customer relations doing right?
What is the company with poor customer relations doing wrong?
What are the results of the actions of the companies? For instance, financial, public relations, or employee issues?
What specific, actionable recommendations would you give for improving customer satisfaction for each company?
Additional requirements: Prepare a 750-word (minimum) paper addressing these questions, using APA style and formatting. Pay particular attention to the accurate citation of your research sources.

Week 4: Choose Companies
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During Week 4, you should choose your two target companies and begin your research process.
Week 5: Conduct Research
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During Week 5, you should be conducting your online research and beginning to write your paper.
Week 6: Write and Submit Case Study 2
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During Week 6, you’ll finish writing your paper. For APA format guidance please refer to the APA Tutorial in the Syllabus. Ensure that the body of your paper, excluding cover page and sources, exceeds the 750-word count minimum, and that all of the assignment requirements have been met. Then submit your paper.
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Case Study FAQ

Here are some Frequently Asked Questions about this assignment.

Q1) The company’s web site doesn’t show anything about their customer service reputation, policy etc., what do I do?

A: Do your homework, which means do your research. The company’s web site will not be sufficient for objective information. Make phone calls, look for articles online, go to the library—a company’s web site is a starting point. Your job is to use all of the information available to you through all outlets to address these questions. Claiming to be unable to find any information is not a viable option. If this is the case, choose another company.

Q2) How can I tell if their service is good or bad?

A: Start with your own experience, and choose companies with which you are familiar. Read everything you can find about the company and soon, a picture will emerge that tells you a story about their service levels, their approach to business, and the relative happiness of their customers. Based on this information, you can formulate your own analysis of the relative effectiveness of the company’s service efforts.

HINT: The more thoroughly you show that you have the capability to think about these two companies in their respective positions in the marketplace as it relates to their service programs, the better your chances of getting an A on the paper. If you claim to have looked on the Web and found little information; if you make generalized statements that indicate a lack of thorough, specific research; if you fail to accurately cite your sources in APA style or present a paper that is not spelling and grammar checked, your grade will suffer. Get creative, find a way to answer the questions and address the assignment requirements. Good luck!

Consent form essay due Sunday 8-16-15
• Research local state requirements for mandated disclosure statements to be used in an informed consent document for marriage and family therapy.
• Write a 700- to 1,050-word informed consent form to be used in counseling practice in your state of residence. This form needs to meet the ACA Code of Ethics and state licensing law requirements for informed consent. Include the following in your form:
• Privileged communication and privacy
• Legal exceptions to confidentiality
• Ethical record keeping
• Assessment and diagnosis processes
• Any potential ethical scenarios that include groups, couples, and family counseling situations
• The responsibilities of the client
• How to handle complaints as the client
( can you do a small essay were in CALIFORNIA so use the above requirement to do the 350 essay)
• Write a 350- to 700-word summary that describes the rationale for what was included in the document.
• Submit a copy of your informed consent form as an addendum to your summary.
• Format your summary consistent with APA guidelines.
• Click the Assignment Files tab to submit your summary and form.

Homework due Monday 8-17-2015 (night time or early Tuesday)
identify two clinical situations in which a family therapist may need to breach a client’s confidentiality and two situations in which a family therapist cannot breach confidentiality.
Write a 1,050- to 1,400-word paper discussing how you would manage each situation and client confidentiality. Include the following in your paper:
• A description of the scenario
• The clinical setting
• The legal requirements
• The ethical dilemma
• Your rationale for why you would or why you can not breach confidentiality
• Identify the ethical code(s) from the CAMFT Code of Ethics associated with the dilemma, including more than one if applicable
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Legal Aspects of Safety and Health Paper **FOR JAQUE**

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SCENARIO # 1: An Unannounced Inspection

The Situation: An OSHA inspector arrives at your worksite requesting to talk with you about an inspection based on the health and safety complaints of a worker. You are in your office and the OSHA inspector is at the reception office. You know this worker to be a highly disgruntled individual who is constantly questioning all aspects of his job and the work environment. The area he works in is currently undergoing a major renovation for a process change for the product in the line, but it is still trying to produce the older version of the product at a lower volume than before. Your area supervisor is a competent individual, but he or she is working under a lot of stress with the changeover; therefore, you are only 80% sure that the claims listed in the complaint are groundless and without merit. The worker is also heavily involved in an effort to unionize the plant employees. In addition, your plant manager is in another state at corporate headquarters for some important meetings.

The Questions: How would you act, what actions should you take, and what would you do? Should you challenge the validity of the OSHA inspector’s request or their right to enter the workplace? Or should you request a warrant to enter the workplace and thereby gain some time to make sure everything is in order back in the plant? Can you gain any time to check with your in-area safety supervisor first? Or should you immediately comply with the request for the inspection? Explain your answers.

SCENARIO # 2: Serious Near-Miss Crane Incident

The Situation: You are the EH&S professional at your company’s shipyard. You have just received a call from a production supervisor that there has been a very serious near miss accident out in the assembly area. Your company is manufacturing the second Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) for the US Navy. This new generation high speed, trimaran design warship has been designed to carry out a wide range of tactical, combat, and support operations in the near-shore (littoral) environment. The project is over budget and has received a considerable amount of criticism for it. Successful completion of the project at this phase will be a prime determinant in whether or not your company can secure the very lucrative follow-up contracts for more LCSs. Everyone in the shipyard feels the pressure to complete this project ASAP.

Apparently a very large 20-ton overhead crane had some cables snap and has partially collapsed while trying to hoist a large section of the vessel into place for its final welding operation. When you arrive on scene, you see the section wedged overhead between some support beams and walkways. About a dozen hourly workers are scattered about as they leaped to safety after hearing the cables snap. There are many bumps, bruises and scratches on the workers, but they all are able to be treated internally at your nurse’s office. In this initial assessment, there appears to be no need for or request on the part of the employees to go to any outside medical consultant or hospital emergency room.

Almost immediately, you can hear the men complaining that the first attempt to lift the unit did not work, and the production engineer has decided to “jury rig” some extra cables to lift the unit into place. In addition, one individual said that they were trying to hoist about 28-30 tons, and that was just too much for the old crane. Another offered that the cables themselves had not been changed out in a couple of years, and that was against OSHA regulations. Everyone said that they could hear the unit groan and screech before the cables snapped and the crane partially collapsed.

Before you walk off with the supervisors to inspect the damage, one of the workers offers the opinion that this is an “imminent danger” situation. About 30 minutes later, you are meeting with the engineers and supervisors on one of the overhead platforms continuing your inspection of the damage when a supervisor comes up and tells you that he has heard that an hourly employee has just called OSHA and told them of the situation and that they used the term “imminent danger” in their conversation.

The Questions: What are your most important concerns? What should you do next? What information is the most critical for you to have right away? What directions would you give to the supervisors and engineers? When should you inform your facility manager, and what should you tell him/her? Should you meet with the hourly employees? What will you discuss with them? How will you handle the OSHA inspector should one show up in the next few hours?

Instructions: For Scenario #1 AND #2, you are required to discuss a sequential Action Plan on your part that addresses all of the issues presented. Each scenario response must be at least 300 words in length. Your combined case study response must be at least three pages in length, not including the title and reference page. Your case study must be in APA format, including all references and in text citations.

Business Reseach Ethics

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Identify a business research project in your own business or locate a business research article in the library. This project should be one that you perceive to be conducted in an ethical manner.

700- to 1,050-guidelines for the research:

Summarize the business research project or article.
What unethical research practices should be avoided in this project?
Which particular parties involved in the research could face injury? What injuries could occur?
How could unethical behavior in this research affect the organization, the individual, and society?
How could the unethical behavior be monitored or resolved if found to be occurring?

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

Estimate Costs Associated with the Proposed Solution

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Provide a summary of the cost estimate for the proposed solution(s) to your problem. This should be completed in a spreadsheet format accompanied by a Word document to explain your spreadsheet data. This cost estimate should show potential direct and indirect costs associated with each potential solution. Once you have completed this proposed cost estimate, you should have a better idea of which proposed solutions are viable given the costs for each. After you have completed the task, make sure to highlight which proposed solution will be the most viable for the project and justify your selection.

Support your paper with a minimum of three (3) additional resources, which may include your text(s) from previous courses.

Length: 3-5 not including title and reference pages, plus spreadsheet

Your cost estimate should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts that are presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards where appropriate.