Discuss the permanent change to our healthcare policy which is used by 31 million Americans but has not been expanded in 12 states including Georgia.

(CNN)Once again, the Supreme Court has dismissed a challenge to the Affordable Care Act. The conservative-leaning court ruled July 17th that 18 Republican states (and several individuals) did not have the legal standing to overturn the law. With only Justices Samuel Alito and Neil Gorsuch dissenting, supporters of President Barack Obama’s health care policy celebrated another victory.
Indeed, the odds of dismantling Obama’s signature legacy at this point are increasingly slim. Joining the ranks of other programs like Social Security, the ACA will remain the law of the land for the foreseeable future. Several legal challenges to it have now officially failed, as have political campaigns, most recently under former President Donald Trump, to repeal and replace.
This is not a surprise. The fact is, that no matter how controversial the origins of a landmark social program, the longer it survives the harder it becomes to overturn. If the courts refuse to recognize legal challenges, more people and interests become invested in the long-term health of a policy.
Please discuss the permanent change to our healthcare policy which is used by 31 million Americans but has not been expanded in 12 states including Georgia.

Describe the process whereby the owners control the firm’s management.

(Answer All Questions; Submit as One Essay) Dear Writer, please include the class textbook in your reference pages and if possible in your in-text references when providing answers. Thank you
1. AGENCY PROBLEMS
Who owns a corporation? Describe the process whereby the owners control the firm’s management. Describe the main reason why an agency relationship exists in the corporate form of organization. In this context, describe the types of problems that can arise.
2. ENTERPRISE VALUE
A firm’s enterprise value is equal to the market value of its debt and equity, less the firm’s holdings of cash and cash equivalents. This figure is particularly of interest to potential purchasers of the firm. Why?
3. CURRENT RATIO
Explain what it means for a firm to have a current ratio of .50. Would the firm be better off with a current ratio of 1.50? What if it were 15.0? Explain your answers.
4. PEER GROUP ANALYSIS
As a financial manager, how might you use the results of peer group analysis to evaluate the performance of your firm? How is a peer group different from an aspirant group?
Please number each of your answers. This is very important so that I understand which questions you are responding to.
Post essay as a single MS Word attachment
Assignment Grading Criteria:
Thoroughly answered all of the questions: 60 points possible
Spelling/Grammar at the college level: 20 points possible
References to course material with proper APA format: 20 points possible
Total: 100 points
Class Textbok: Ross, S.A., Westerfield, R. W., Jordan. B. D. (2020). Essentials of Corporate Finance (10th ed). New York, NY: McGraw Hill
ISBN: 9781260394733

What are the main job duties of an HR professional?

*Video link attached also*

INSTRUCTIONS:
For this practical application assignment , you will need to watch the video under the link below and answer the following questions. Your document will need to be 12 point font and be SINGLE spaced. Please list the questions in your document, numbered in the same order as below, and place your answers under each question. Also, please don’t forget to have a heading in the upper left-hand corner of your paper that includes: Date, Your Name, Course Number, and Instructor name.
1. What are the main job duties of an HR professional?
2. Why do many individuals initially go into Human Resources?
3. What drew Steve Cadigan into the field of HR?
4. According to the video, what can be learned from taking HR courses in school?
5. What usually derails an individuals career according to Brad Taylor, former VP of HR for General Mills?
6. According to Shiloh Roan, what type of mindset do you have to have in HR to be successful in the field?
7. After watching the video, what is your perception of Human Resources? How has your perception changed or hasn’t changed? Does this type of field interest you? If yes, why? If no, why?
8. List three things you learned from this video that you would like to remember going forward.

Identify the processes that the leaders and top management team are using or have used to impact their organization.

You have been encouraged by a colleague to write an article about “CEOs and presidents” for a management journal. You have decided to compare the leadership styles of three leaders. Using the Library, the Internet, and your course materials, write a 8-10 page report that elaborates on the following:
In your article, provide the following:
An introduction to the concept of influence processes
An explanation of the role of influence in contemporary leadership
A discussion of the various types of influence processes and the factors that can affect them
The methodology used to identify and research the leaders selected for this report
An analysis of the influence processes used by the three leaders. Identify the processes that the leaders and top management team are using or have used to impact their organization.
A discussion of the strengths and weaknesses of the influence processes used by the three leaders relative to current and future challenges facing leaders in global organizations.
A summary of the key attributes of the influence processes employed by these leaders to effect positive organizational change or improved performance.
Use the Library or other Web resources to support your argument. Be sure to cite your sources using APA Style 6th edition guidelines.
Your report MUST include a reference list. All research should be cited in the body of the paper. Individual Projects without references and citations may not earn any higher grade than a ‘C’ letter grade. Your report should contain an abstract, an introduction, and conclusion in addition to the body of the paper. Please note that if you have a source in your reference section, you need to cite it in the body of the paper per APA guidelines and vice-versa.

What are the advantages and disadvantages of changing the company organization from a sole proprietorship to an LLC?

Let’s discuss finance!

Respond to these discussion topics:
Use outside research sources in addition to the text book (journals, news articles, etc. — but NOT Wikipedia). Properly document your sources using APA style in-text references and a reference list. Classtextbook: Ross, S.A., Westerfield, R. W., Jordan. B. D. (2020). Essentials of Corporate Finance (10th ed). New York, NY: McGraw Hill
ISBN: 9781260394733
MINICASE: The Nom-Nom Cake Company
Danh and Linh Nguyen formed the Nom-Nom Cake Company in Los Angeles, CA in 2013. Their company produced a variety of specialty cakes. While getting their new company off the ground, Danh and Linh continued to work at their primary jobs. Linh handled marketing and distribution while Danh performed all of the baking. The company grew rapidly and was featured three years later on a popular cooking show, followed by interviews in trendy magazines. Sales really took off after that, and the company began receiving orders from all across the United States and also from overseas customers.
Thanks to this explosive sales growth, Danh and Linh left their “regular” jobs behind and began producing specialty cakes full time. They also hired additional workers to help them keep up with orders. However, the influx of orders has created more demand than they can manage with their current capacity. They are producing as many cakes as they can, but demand for their cakes continues to grow, and they are becoming swamped by larger and increased numbers of orders. A national supermarket chain and a famous restaurant recently contacted Nom-Nom Cake Company about selling their cakes in the supermarkets and featuring them in restaurants all across America.
Danh and Linh have operated the company as a sole proprietorship thus far. Assume they have approached you as a consultant to help manage and direct the company’s future growth. Specifically, they have asked you to advise them on the following questions:
What are the advantages and disadvantages of changing the company organization from a sole proprietorship to an LLC?
What are the advantages and disadvantages of changing the company organization from a sole proprietorship to a corporation?
Ultimately, what action(s) do you recommend Danh and Linh take regarding the company and why?
Plese use the class textbook in your reference pages, or in-text references. Try to use it please.
Discussion Grading Criteria:
Thoroughly answered all of the questions: 40 points possible
Quality response to at least two classmates and/or Instructor: 30 points possible
References to text and/or other sources: 10 points
Spelling/Grammar at the college level: 10 points possible
Posted on 3 separate days: 10 points
Total: 100 points

Why do you think it is more important for a President to live in accordance with this approach to ethics as opposed to the other two?

Now that we have learned about the three main branches of ethical theory (consequentialism, nonconsequentialism, and virtue ethics), which approach would you want a President of the United States to excel at in his or her own life and work? Why do you think it is more important for a President to live in accordance with this approach to ethics as opposed to the other two?

What did you think about the comments that April Hernandez and Jason Finn mentioned in their interview, and what points stuck out to you in what they said?

1. How important is self expression? What things do I need to work on to improve my own self expression?
2. What did you think about the comments that April Hernandez and Jason Finn mentioned in their interview, and what points stuck out to you in what they said?
3. What did you think about the comments that Hilary Swank mentioned in her interview, and what points stuck out to you in what she said?
4. From Chapter 1 in the textbook, which Key Terms or concepts stood out as you become oriented and more familiar with what interpersonal communication is all about? Which key terms can you relate to and how? What examples from your life can you give us about some of them? Write about those examples.
5. What do you think about the saying, “You never get a 2nd chance to make a 1st impression?”
6. What do you think about the concept, “You can never judge a book by its cover.”
7. Do you think you know the importance of Verbal Communication and Non-Verbal Communication in our everyday lives?
8. How important is connecting with people and relating to them in a communication sense?
DO NOT SUMMARIZE WHAT WE DO IN THE LESSON. Each Journal Entry is a Reaction and Reflection on what you are learning in class and how your are using it in your everyday lives– personally and professional as you grow in understanding about Interpersonal Communication.
I will be grading on content quantity and your spelling, grammar, etc. I want to know your true and honest thoughts on what you are learning and how you are applying it to your lives.
Journal Example: 963 words
John Sample – COM 101-OLE – Summer 2020
Week 5 – Chapter 5 Nonverbal Messages
This week we studied Nonverbal Messages and how we use it in our lives, both professionally and personally. I am still amazed that 90 to 93% of our communication that we have with one another is actually Nonverbal. I’m beginning to see that now and agree that “Actions speak louder than words.” If you want to know who someone really is, it’s better to see what actions they do because we’ve learned that nonverbal communication is continuous and primary. It transcends all other communication which means to me that it’s higher and is more believable than verbal. I know people who talk a good game and say things that make them seem credible, but I’ve learned from my neighborhood that talk is cheap. So many of my friends talked about what they wanted to do in their future, but few have set goals of made plans, or actions to actually make those come true. Again, Actions speak louder than words.
The second thing that stuck out to me in this week’s lesson about Nonverbal Communication is the use of Body language, eye contact and facial expressions. I often notice first thing about people– their body language in that they are either confident, tired, slow, fast, slumped over, hurting in some way, or walking with a purpose. This is an example of posture. I also notice their eye contact or lack of eye contact and what they may mean at that moment. We are normally taught to look people in the eye when we want to engage them in conversation or communication, but I notice that some people avoid eye contact for various reasons and I’m left to interpret what that lack or eye contact means. From the lesson, I remember that it’s important to connect with people and by using eye contact you are trying to engage them and make them an active part of your communication at that moment.
The third thing that was memorable to me is the idea of how important our Nonverbal communication is in an interview or professional setting. We should want to come across through our nonverbal cues that we are confident, professional in appearance and demeanor of how we carry ourselves. This will help us to gain respect in whatever field that we are in. In an interview, you want to have a strong and confident demeanor– starting with your posture and your handshake. I’ve met people before in professional settings who have greeted me with a limp handshake and it’s not a good nonverbal signal to start off with. I particularly hate when I shake someone’s hand and they only shake my fingers. That always feels weird. I’m just being honest here.
The last thing that stood out to me was the whole idea about what wearing different and certain colors means. I never really thought about that before, but I can see how it does make a different in how you are perceived and judged. Most of the time I like to wear casual clothes if I’m not working. I have a collection of Nike, Adidas, and Under Armour brand sweats and casual wear. My girlfriend hates when I mix brands because she says it looks sloppy and like I didn’t put any thought into what I’m wearing for the day. I guess she does have a point from a fashion statement standpoint and it is cool in my opinion when I see someone who matches their brands—Nike with Nike and Adidas with Adidas. I’ll have to pay attention to that more now that I understand the whole concept of being judged non-verbally on what I wear and who I look to other people. I don’t want to come across sloppy since I still am somewhat of a competitive athlete. Come to think of it, I usually do wear Nike shirts and shorts when I play basketball in my Nike Shoes. I do notice when guys wear mix-matched gear like an Adidas shirt with Puma Shorts and Nike sneakers. That kind of looks stupid to me. Now I sound like my girlfriend who thinks she is a captain in the fashion police or something, right? Not that I’m going to get an endorsement deal anytime soon, but I guess I do need to represent as they say in my old neighborhood, wherever I go and not look dopey in random brands. “Represent,” they say, “Come on, Man, you gotta remember where you came from and Represent!” I guess they’re right. I want to both play good and look good on the court at all times.
I do agree that darker colors – Navy Blue, Black, Grey and Brown can make you look stronger and more confident in your appearance while brighter and more colorful outfits can project a totally different image. It’s true that you have to Dress for Success and that’s the reason why the US President usually always wears Dark Blue, Black or other power suits to project an image. This is also true for lawyers and business people like on Wall Street or Fortune 500 companies who have a certain dress code or image that they want to portray. We are definitely judged by what we wear, and colors do say different things about us.
If 9 out of 10 of our communications that we have with one another is nonverbal, I’m going to start paying more attention to not only my own nonverbal messages that I’m sending out- but also others as well. It’s continuous and you can’t stop communicating.

RESOURCES AND MATERIALS:
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CHAPTER 1

Write a critical analysis of Barry Jenkins’ film adaptation of James Baldwin’s Novel If Beale Street Could Talk.

Write a critical analysis of Barry Jenkins’ film adaptation of James Baldwin’s Novel If Beale Street Could Talk. Your paper should respond in one way or another to notions of individual freedom, independence from the degraded and degrading social order.
Institutions come in for a lot of criticism in Beale Street: the courts, the jail, the projects, the school, the church – all are condemned, implicitly and explicitly, by a variety of characters. What larger point might Baldwin (and later Jenkins) be getting at? What prospects are there for a life outside of –unimpeded by, unmarred by – institutional walls? Can you opt out, as Ernestine, for example, seems to do when she comes of age and stops reading newspapers and going to movies? (Interestingly, for her the alternative to college is the hospital – another institution.)
Context:
The novel’s title comes from W. C. Handy’s “Beale Street Blues” (1917): “… if Beale Street could talk/Married men would have to take their beds and walk,/Except one or two, who never drink booze,/And the blind man on the corner who sings the Beale Street Blues.” In view of the context, what issues in the novel does the title highlight, and what does it say about them? One would seem to be secrecy: if Beale Street really could talk, the first consequence would be that “Married men” would be embarrassed by – and punished for – their secret transgressions. Their misbehavior contrasts with that of the prim and proper teetotaler who “never drink[s] booze,” which resonates with the contrast between the Rivers family and the Hunts. What other connections and associations are there?