Artificial Intelligence (AI)

Explain and discuss how AI can transform data management. What can it do for us? What are the benefits and shortcomings? Can it be fitted to all business applications or should we be careful when selecting where we apply AI? Analyze challenges and opportunites in this respect.

research pressure injury article

As a novice reader of research, it is important to note the quality of studies you read as well as the authority and credibility of the resource for the information. When studies are published in peer-reviewed journals or on authoritative websites, readers can assume that the information was reviewed and/or critiqued by the journal’s editorial board and specialized healthcare reviewers.
Step 4 in the research process is identifying the theoretical or conceptual framework to guide the study. Every study has a framework, but not every study is based on a theory or model (Polit & Beck, 2018). If the theoretical or conceptual framework was not a major component of the focus of the study, the authors may not mention the framework that guided the study in the published article. Yet, when critiquing a study, readers need to be able to identify the theory, if addressed by the authors of the study.
Assignment Directions (edited 6-5-21) ARD
1. Select a new research study focused on your PICO question. If you already identified 3 research studies for your EBP Project, you do not need to select any more studies. Choose one of the 3 research studies already selected and approved and save the PDF copy of the study in this assignment. (2 points) Remember to reference the study in the correct APA format. (2 points)
2. Identify the research design? (2 points) Did the authors collect quantitative or qualitative data or both types of data? (2 points) Highlight in the article. (1 point)
The topic is pressure injury
3. Did the authors identify a theoretical or conceptual framework in the article? If yes, what was the name of the framework? (3 points) Highlight in the article. (1 point)
4. What population (1 point) was chosen to select the sample for the study and what was the sample size? (2 points) Highlight in the article. (1 point)
5. Did the authors address the protection of human subjects such as IRB approval or other ethical considerations? (2 points) Highlight in the article. (1 point)
5. How were data analyzed in the study? (2 points) If your article was a quantitative study, what statistical tests were used to analyze the study? If your study was qualitative, how were the narrative data analyzed? (2 points) Highlight in the article. (1 point)

“Flipkart vs. Amazon vs. Snapdeal: Winner-Take-All Battle in India” Case

For the “Flipkart vs. Amazon vs. Snapdeal: Winner-Take-All Battle in India” Case
Complete the Case Analysis template
Also, answer the following questions about the case:
Is retail intrinsically a winner-take-all space? In other words, should only one single player be the winner in retail?
What strategies did the 3 main players use in India in the e-commerce space? What were the challenges they each faced?
What is meant by the term “network effect”? Were there any network effects in the e-tail business as implemented in India?
What was the basis of competition in the Indian e-commerce space in its first phase? What are the new drivers and new developments that are taking place? What will their impact be on how the market will evolve in the future?
What should Flipkart do to remain dominant in the future?

ELSA (English Language Speech Assistant) is an AI-powered application installed by 1,5 billion users in general and learners of English language in particular all over the world.

What do you find helpful about ELSA?
Does ELSA help you to notice what and how you should do when practising pronunciation?
Suggest some mobile-assisted language learning aids on English pronunciation learning.

Reference links:

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https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/ELSA_Speak

Understand Competitive Market Environments

This competency assessment assesses the following Outcome:
BU224M4-4: Examine how the behavior of a firm changes when it operates in monopolistic, oligopolistic, and monopolistically competitive market environments.
In this assessment, you will demonstrate your understanding of monopoly pricing, based on different management criteria, the impact of price regulation of monopolies, and provide detailed explanations of how price effect and quantity effect cause marginal revenue to be different from the price.
Directions:
Using the Word template provided in the Minimum Submission Requirements, answer the following questions based on the situation.
Questions
1. The Gulf Sea Turtle Conservation Group (GSTCG), a non-profit group of volunteers working to collect data on nesting sea turtles and to promote sea turtle conservation, is considering creating a video to educate people about sea turtle conservation. The cost of duplicating the video on a DVD and mailing the DVD to anyone is $5.56. In a GSTCG member meeting, the video plan was discussed. The first two columns of Table 1 show the expected demand for the DVD at different suggested donation levels, and they can act as a single-price monopolist if they choose to. The receipts will be used to fund GSTCG supplies for their data collection and conservation work. At the end of each sea turtle nesting season, any excess funds are donated by the GSTCG to a local non-profit sea turtle research and rehabilitation facility.
a. Complete Table 1 by computing the Total Revenue, Marginal Revenue, Total Cost, and Profit columns, each rounded to two decimal places. The cost of duplicating a video on a DVD and mailing the DVD, the Marginal Cost, is $5.56.
Table 1

Suggested Donation per DVD Request
Anticipated Number of DVD Requests
Total Revenue
Marginal Revenue
Total Cost
Profit
$19.00
0
$15.00
2
$9.50
5
$7.75
9
$3.00
15
$0.00
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b. The president wants the GSTCG to provide videos to generate the most possible donations (Total Revenue). What price is the president of the GSTCG favoring and how many people will receive the DVD if this becomes the price of the suggested donation? Explain your answer.
c. The Education Outreach Committee wants the GSTCG to provide videos to the most possible number of people. What price is the Educational Outreach Committee favoring and how many people will receive the DVD if this becomes the price of the suggested donation? Explain your answer.
d. The treasurer of the GSTCG wants the DVD program to be as efficient as possible so that the marginal revenue equals marginal cost. What price is the treasurer favoring and how many people will receive the DVD if this becomes the price of the suggested donation? Explain your answer.
e. The Fundraising Committee wants the DVD program to generate as much profit in donations as possible. What price is the Fundraising Committee favoring and how many people will receive the DVD if this becomes the price of the suggested donation? Explain your answer.
2. Imagine an island a short distance off the east coast of a country. This island is called Onus, and it has a population of about 500 residents. Their only way to the mainland is by the ONE ferry boat that runs between Onus and the mainland (the ferry operates as a monopoly).

Similarly, a short distance off the west coast of the same country is another island, Yuri, with a similar population of about 500 residents. Yuri, however, is a tourist attraction. There are MANY ferry boats running between Yuri and the mainland (each ferry operating in this perfectly competitive market). Each Yuri ferry operator provides service to both the tourists and to the 500 west coast island residents.

Using the information that you learned in Chapter 13 of the text, answer the following questions by comparing and contrasting the differences between the monopoly market in Onus and the perfectly competitive market in Yuri.
Explain in detail what differences in demand that the monopoly ferry operator on the east coast island of Onus will experience compared to the demand that a single ferry operator will experience in the perfectly competitive west coast market of Yuri.
(Description: A graph with Quantity along the horizontal axis and dollar amounts representing price along the vertical axis, is entitled Monopoly. Midway up the graph, on the left side is a red descending curve is labeled AFC. Starting below the red curve is a purple curve with a slight descent and then has a slight rise to the right, crossing the red curve, and is labeled AVC. A green curve, starts between the purple curve and the red curve, descends and touches the purple curve, then rises sharply, crossing the red curve and is labeled MC. A blue curve start above the red curve, then descends sharply to a point from which it begins a gradual rise to the right, and crosses the sharply rising green curve, and is labeled ATC. Beginning in the upper left corner of the graph is a solid black line that descends at roughly a 45 degree line to the right. Each end of the solid black line is labeled D with a dark circles around the labels. Again, starting at the upper left corner and descending sharply to the right is a dashed straight black line that has the label MR at the lower end of the line.)
(Description: A graph with quantity along the horizontal axis and dollar amounts representing price along the vertical axis, is entitled Firm in a Perfectly Competitive Market. Midway up the graph, on the left side is a red descending curve is labeled AFC. Starting below the red curve is a purple curve with a slight descent and then has a slight rise to the right, crossing the red curve, and is labeled AVC. A green curve, starts between the purple curve and the red curve, descends and touches the purple curve, then rises sharply, crossing the red curve and is labeled MC. A blue curve start above the red curve, then descends sharply to a point from which it begins a gradual rise to the right, and crosses the sharply rising green curve, and is labeled ATC. At the point where the blue curve crosses the green curve is a black solid horizontal line is labeled D on both ends and has dark circles around the labels. )
Both the Onus ferry operator in the monopoly market and each of the Yuri ferry operators in the perfectly competitive market will want to produce at the point that the marginal revenue is equal to the marginal cost. Explain in detail the two reasons that the monopolys marginal revenue will always be less than its price while the marginal revenue in the perfectly competitive market will always be equal to the market price.

(Description: A graph with quantity along the horizontal axis and dollar amounts representing price along the vertical axis, is entitled Monopoly. Midway up the graph, on the left side is a red descending curve is labeled AFC. Starting below the red curve is a purple curve with a slight descent and then has a slight rise to the right, crossing the red curve, and is labeled AVC. A green curve, starts between the purple curve and the red curve, descends and touches the purple curve, then rises sharply, crossing the red curve and is labeled MC. A blue curve start above the red curve, then descends sharply to a point from which it begins a gradual rise to the right, and crosses the sharply rising green curve, and is labeled ATC. Beginning in the upper left corner of the graph is a solid black line that descends at roughly a 45 degree line to the right. Each end of the solid black line is labeled D with a dark circle around the lower label. Again, starting at the upper left corner and descending sharply to the right is a dashed straight black line that has the label MR and a dark circle around the label at the lower end of the line. Between the two dark circled labels is a label that reads MR not equal D.)
(Description: A graph with Quantity along the horizontal axis and dollar amounts representing price along the vertical axis, is entitled Firm in a Perfectly Competitive Market in Which the Equilibrium Price Is Equal to The Firms Lowest ATC. Midway up the graph, on the left side is a red descending curve is labeled AFC. Starting below the red curve is a purple curve with a slight descent and then has a slight rise to the right, crossing the red curve, and is labeled AVC. A green curve, starts between the purple curve and the red curve, descends and touches the purple curve, then rises sharply, crossing the red curve and is labeled MC. A blue curve start above the red curve, then descends sharply to a point from which it begins a gradual rise to the right, and crosses the sharply rising green curve, and is labeled ATC. At the point where the blue curve crosses the green curve is a black solid horizontal line is labeled D on the right side and D & MR on the left side.)
Explain in detail how the monopoly ferry operator will determine the quantity of ferry service that she will provide to the 500 residents of Onus. Also explain how that monopoly quantity will compare to the total quantity of ferry service available to the 500 residents of the perfectly competitive market of Yuri by ALL the Yuri ferry providers.
(Description: A graph with quantity along the horizontal axis and dollar amounts representing price along the vertical axis, is entitled Monopoly No Government Intervention. Midway up the graph, on the left side is a red descending curve is labeled AFC. Starting below the red curve is a purple curve with a slight descent and then has a slight rise to the right, crossing the red curve, and is labeled AVC. A green curve, starts between the purple curve and the red curve, descends and touches the purple curve, then rises sharply, crossing the red curve and is labeled MC. A blue curve starts above the red curve, then descends sharply to a point from which it begins a gradual rise to the right, and crosses the sharply rising green curve, and is labeled ATC. Beginning in the upper left corner of the graph is a solid black line that descends at roughly a 45 degree line to the right. Each end of the solid black line is labeled D. Again, starting at the upper left corner and descending sharply to the right is a dashed straight black line that has the label MR. At the point where the green MC curve crosses the black dashed MR line is a gray circle labeled A. Extending up and down from the label A is a gray dotted line. The lower end of the gray dotted line ends in a circle with the label B. The dotted line extending upward from A ends at the Black solid line and has a circle labeled C. Extending to the left from the C label is another dotted gray line that extends horizontally until it intersects the vertical axis. Where the vertical dotted line crosses the blue ATC curve, a thin solid line extends horizontally to the vertical axis. The area bounded by this horizontal solid line, the vertical axis, the horizontal gray dotted line the part of the vertical dotted gray line extending down from the C label to the this solid line is shaded light gray and contains a circled label D.)

(Description: A graph with quantity along the horizontal axis and dollar amounts representing price along the vertical axis, is entitled Firm in a Perfectly Competitive Market in Which the Equilibrium Price Is Equal to The Firms Lowest ATC. Midway up the graph, on the left side is a red descending curve is labeled AFC. Starting below the red curve is a purple curve with a slight descent and then has a slight rise to the right, crossing the red curve, and is labeled AVC. A green curve, starts between the purple curve and the red curve, descends and touches the purple curve, then rises sharply, crossing the red curve and is labeled MC. A blue curve start above the red curve, then descends sharply to a point from which it begins a gradual rise to the right, and crosses the sharply rising green curve, and is labeled ATC. At the point where the blue curve crosses the green curve is a black solid horizontal line is labeled D on the right side and D & MR on the left side.)
Explain in detail how the monopoly ferry operator in Onus will determine the price she will charge the island residents for ferry service and how that price will differ from the price experienced by the island residents and tourists in the perfectly competitive market of Yuri.

(Description: A graph with quantity along the horizontal axis and dollar amounts representing price along the vertical axis, is entitled Monopoly No Government Intervention. Midway up the graph, on the left side is a red descending curve labeled AFC. Starting below the red curve is a purple curve with a slight descent and then has a slight rise to the right, crossing the red curve, and is labeled AVC. A green curve, starts between the purple curve and the red curve, descends and touches the purple curve, then rises sharply, crossing the red curve and is labeled MC. A blue curve starts above the red curve, then descends sharply to a point from which it begins a gradual rise to the right, and crosses the sharply rising green curve, and is labeled ATC. Beginning in the upper left corner of the graph is a solid black line that descends at roughly a 45 degree line to the right. Each end of the solid black line is labeled D. Again, starting at the upper left corner and descending sharply to the right is a dashed straight black line that has the label MR. At the point where the green MC curve crosses the black dashed MR line is a gray circle labeled A.. Extending up and down from the label A is a gray dotted line. The lower end of the gray dotted line ends at the horizontal axis in a circle with the label B. The dotted line extending upward from A ends at the Black solid line and has a circle labeled C. Extending to the left from the C label is another dotted gray line that extends horizontally until it intersects the vertical axis. Where the vertical dotted line crosses the blue ATC curve, a thin solid line extends horizontally to the vertical axis. The rectangular area bounded by this horizontal solid line, the vertical axis, the horizontal gray dotted line, and the part of the vertical dotted gray line extending down from the C label to the solid line is shaded light gray and contains a circled label D.)
(Description: A graph with Quantity along the horizontal axis and dollar amounts representing price along the vertical axis, is entitled Firm in a Perfectly Competitive Market in Which the Equilibrium Price Is Equal to The Firms Lowest ATC. Midway up the graph, on the left side is a red descending curve is labeled AFC. Starting below the red curve is a purple curve with a slight descent and then has a slight rise to the right, crossing the red curve, and is labeled AVC. A green curve, starts between the purple curve and the red curve, descends and touches the purple curve, then rises sharply, crossing the red curve and is labeled MC. A blue curve start above the red curve, then descends sharply to a point from which it begins a gradual rise to the right, and crosses the sharply rising green curve, and is labeled ATC. At the point where the blue curve crosses the green curve is a black solid horizontal line is labeled D on the right side and D and MR on the left side.)
3. Onus residents, in questions 2.a.d. above, complain to their local politicians about the high prices. In an attempt to reduce the exorbitant price that the residents must pay for ferry service to and from the mainland, the local politicians convince the legislature to create a regulatory board which will impose a legal price ceiling on the Onus monopoly ferry operator.
In this scenario, the regulatory board imposed a price ceiling on the Onus monopoly ferry operator that was calculated to be below the ferry operators lowest ATC, but well above its lowest AVC. Explain in significant detail, what will be the short run and long run impacts of such a price ceiling on the Onus monopoly ferry operators profits and continued ability to provide service to the inhabitants of the island of Onus.
(Description: A graph with Quantity along the horizontal axis and dollar amounts representing price along the vertical axis, is entitled Monopoly Government Price Ceiling Set below Lowest ATC, but above Lowest AVC. Midway up the graph, on the left side is a red descending curve is labeled AFC. Starting below the red curve is a purple curve with a slight descent and then has a slight rise to the right, crossing the red curve, and is labeled AVC. A green curve, starts between the purple curve and the red curve, descends and touches the purple curve, then rises sharply, crossing the red curve and is labeled MC. A blue curve start above the red curve, then descends sharply to a point from which it begins a gradual rise to the right, and crosses the sharply rising green curve, and is labeled ATC. Beginning in the upper left corner of the graph is a solid black line that descends at roughly a 45 degree line to the right. Each end of the solid black line is labeled D. Again, starting at the upper left corner and descending sharply to the right is a dashed straight black line that has the label MR. At a point below the blue ATC curve is a gray dotted horizontal line extending from the vertical axis to the right across the graph. Near the right end is a gray labeled box with an arrow pointing to the gray dotted line and labeled Price Ceiling. At the point where the green MC curve crosses the black dashed MR line is a gray circle labeled A. Extending up and down from the label A is a gray dotted line. The lower end of the gray dotted line ends at the horizontal axis in a circle with the label B. The dotted line extending upward from A ends at the gray dotted horizontal line labeled Price Ceiling. Extending to the left from where the vertical dotted gray line stopped is another dotted gray line that extends horizontally until it intersects the vertical axis. Where the vertical dotted line crosses the purple AVC curve, a thin solid line extends horizontally to the vertical axis. The area bounded by this horizontal solid line, the vertical axis, the horizontal gray dotted line, and the part of the vertical dotted gray line extending down to the purple AVC curve at the solid line is shaded light gray and contains a circle labeled C.)
In this scenario, the regulatory board imposed a price ceiling on the Onus monopoly ferry operator that was calculated to be well above the ferry owners lowest AVC and equal to the ferry owners lowest ATC. Explain in significant detail, what will be the short run and long run impacts of such a price ceiling on the Onus monopoly ferry operators profits and continued ability to provide service to the inhabitants of the island of Onus.
(Description: A graph with quantity along the horizontal axis and dollar amounts representing price along the vertical axis, is entitled Monopoly Government Price Ceiling Set at Lowest ATC. Midway up the graph, on the left side is a red descending curve is labeled AFC. Starting below the red curve is a purple curve with a slight descent and then has a slight rise to the right, crossing the red curve, and is labeled AVC. A green curve, starts between the purple curve and the red curve, descends and touches the purple curve, then rises sharply, crossing the red curve and is labeled MC. A blue curve start above the red curve, then descends sharply to a point from which it begins a gradual rise to the right, and crosses the sharply rising green curve, and is labeled ATC. Beginning in the upper left corner of the graph is a solid black line that descends at roughly a 45 degree line to the right. Each end of the solid black line is labeled D. Again, starting at the upper left corner and descending sharply to the right is a dashed straight black line that has the label MR. At the lowest point on the ATC curve is a gray dotted horizontal line extending from the vertical axis to the right across the graph. Near the right end is a gray labeled box with an arrow pointing to the gray dotted line and labeled Price Ceiling. At the point where the green MC curve crosses the black dashed MR line is a gray circle labeled A. Extending up and down from the label A is a gray dotted line. The lower end of the gray dotted line ends at the horizontal axis in a circle with the label B. The dotted line extending upward from A ends at the gray dotted horizontal line labeled Price Ceiling. Extending to the left from where the vertical dotted gray line stopped is another dotted gray line that extends horizontally until it intersects the vertical axis. Where the vertical dotted line crosses the purple AVC curve, a thin solid line extends horizontally to the vertical axis. The area bounded by this horizontal solid line, the vertical axis, the horizontal gray dotted line, and the part of the vertical dotted gray line extending down to the purple AVC curve at the solid line is shaded light gray and contains a circle labeled C.)
In this scenario, the regulatory board, imposed a price ceiling on the Onus ferry operator that was calculated to be well above the ferry owners lowest AVC and well above the ferry owners lowest ATC. Explain in significant detail, what will be the short run and long run impacts of such a price ceiling on the Onus monopoly ferry operators profits and continued ability to provide service to the inhabitants of the east coast island of Onus.
(Description: A graph with quantity along the horizontal axis and dollar amounts representing price along the vertical axis, is entitled Monopoly Government Price Ceiling Set above Lowest ATC. Midway up the graph, on the left side is a red descending curve is labeled AFC. Starting below the red curve is a purple curve with a slight descent and then has a slight rise to the right, crossing the red curve, and is labeled AVC. A green curve, starts between the purple curve and the red curve, descends and touches the purple curve, then rises sharply, crossing the red curve and is labeled MC. A blue curve start above the red curve, then descends sharply to a point from which it begins a gradual rise to the right, and crosses the sharply rising green curve, and is labeled ATC. Beginning in the upper left corner of the graph is a solid black line that descends at roughly a 45 degree line to the right. Each end of the solid black line is labeled D. Again, starting at the upper left corner and descending sharply to the right is a dashed straight black line that has the label MR. At a point above the lowest point on the ATC curve is a gray dotted horizontal line extending from the vertical axis to the right across the graph. Near the right end is a gray labeled box with an arrow pointing to the gray dotted line and labeled Price Ceiling. At the point where the green MC curve crosses the black dashed MR line is a gray circle labeled A. Extending up and down from the label A is a gray dotted line. The lower end of the gray dotted line ends at the horizontal axis in a circle with the label B. The dotted line extending upward from A ends at the gray dotted horizontal line labeled Price Ceiling and contains a circle labeled C. Extending to the left from where the vertical dotted gray line stopped is another dotted gray line that extends horizontally until it intersects the vertical axis. Where the vertical dotted line crosses the blue ATC curve, a thin solid line extends horizontally to the vertical axis. The rectangular area bounded by this horizontal solid line, the vertical axis, the horizontal gray dotted line, and the part of the vertical dotted gray line extending down to the blue ATC curve at the solid line is shaded light gray and contains a circle labeled D.)
4. Dr. Fine and Dr. Feelgood are the only two medical doctors offering immediate walk-in medical services in a small rural town. They operate in a two firm oligopoly. Each doctor can charge either a high price or a low price for a standard medical visit. Figure 1 shows their possible profits, based on each doctors pricing strategy.
Figure 1
(Description: A rectangular depiction with Dr. Feelgood across the top and below are to column headings, the left is Low price and the right is High price. On the far left of the image, written vertically is Dr. Fine and to the right are two rows. The top row is labeled Low price and the bottom row is labeled High price. The two columns and two rows make a four by four grid. Each grid has two triangles. The upper triangles for Dr. Feelgood are purple, and the lower triangles for Dr. Fine are orange.
– The upper triangle for Dr. Feelgood in row Low price and column Low price contain the value of $35 profit.
– The upper triangle for Dr. Feelgood in row Low price and column High price contain the value of $0 profit.
– The lower triangle for Dr. Fine in row Low price and column Low price contain the value of $35 profit.
– The lower triangle for Dr. Fine in row Low price and column High price contain the value of $45 profit.
– The upper triangle for Dr. Feelgood in row High price and column Low price contain the value of $45 profit.
– The upper triangle for Dr. Feelgood in row High price and column High price contain the value of $38 profit.
– The lower triangle for Dr. Fine in row High price and column Low price contain the value of $0 profit.
– The upper triangle for Dr. Fine in row High price and column High price contain the value of $38 profit.)
a. Using the information in Question 4 and Figure 1 above, explain why the Nash Noncooperative Equilibrium pricing strategy is the safest choice when there is only a single period in which to choose a price and the likely actions of the competitor are unknown.
b. Using the information in Question 4 and Figure 1 above, complete the following table to depict the two period pricing situation when Dr. Fine always plays Tit-for-Tat and Dr. Feelgood always plays Tit-for-Tat.

FIRST Period
Payoffs
SECOND Period
Payoffs
TOTAL Payoffs
Charges
(high or low)
Charges
(high or low)
Fine
Fine
Feelgood
Feelgood
c. Using the information in Question 4 and Figure 1 above, complete the following table to depict the two period pricing situation when Dr. Feelgood always plays Tit-for-Tat and Dr. Fine always chooses the Low price.

FIRST Period
Payoffs
SECOND Period
Payoffs
TOTAL Payoffs
Charges
(high or low)
Charges
(high or low)
Fine
Fine
Feelgood
Feelgood
d. Using the information in Question 4 and Figure 1 above, complete the following table to depict the two period pricing situation when Dr. Feelgood always chooses the Low price and Dr. Fine always chooses the Low price.
FIRST Period
Payoffs
SECOND Period
Payoffs
TOTAL Payoffs
Charges
(high or low)
Charges
(high or low)
Fine
Fine
Feelgood
Feelgood
e. Using the information in Question 4 and Figure 1 above, complete the following table to depict the two period pricing situation when Dr. Fine always plays Tit-for-Tat and Dr. Feelgood always chooses the Low price.

FIRST Period
Payoffs
SECOND Period
Payoffs
TOTAL Payoffs
Charges
(high or low)
Charges
(high or low)
Fine
Fine
Feelgood
Feelgood

Supply Chain Management and Financial Plan

I need someone skilled in balance sheets and business. You have the option to write a paper or do a powerpoint. I have uploaded all the necessary resources to get some background insight on my business idea. PLEASE BE SURE TO FOLLOW THE WEEK 10 ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONS. If you choose to do a powerpoint, you have creative control as long as the quality of work is great.

Book Project Summary (BPS)

Read and provide a summary of one of the books listed below, as well as a reaction to the book (e.g., what you found interesting, new, surprising, controversial, useful) and two applications of the books principles to your life.

Your summary of the book should be one page, single spaced. Subheadings might be helpful to break up the material, but dont use them simply to fill empty space.

Your reaction and application should be one page, single spaced. Using subheadings for reaction and application would help.

You should avoid including a large number of quotes (one is fine if you find a good one, but any more than one is too much).

Also note that book summaries will be closely checked for plagiarism (against outside sources, the book, and other students in the class), so make sure to work independently and paraphrase.

Book options: You can summarize one of the following books (these are the only options)
o Cheapskate Next Door Yeager
o Contagious Berger
o Marshmallow Test Mischel
o Millionaire Next Door Stanley and Danko
o Nudge Thaler and Sunstein
o Power of Habit Duhigg
o Psychology of Investing Nofsinger
o Stuff: Compulsive Hoarding Steketee and Frost
o The Hidden Brain – Vedantam
o Why We Buy Underhill

Handwashing

Title: Handwashing
2 Write your lab report in essay format. Your report must include the following in 1-2 pages:
Introduction-Background information is completely accurate Background information has the appropriate level of specificity to provide concise and useful context to aid the readers understanding. Primary literature references are relevant, adequately explained, and indicate a reasonable literature search.
Hypothesis-Hypotheses are novel, insightful, or actually have the potential to contribute useful new knowledge to the field
Methods-Appropriate. Clearly explained. A synthesis of multiple previous approaches or an entirely new approach
Results-Data are relevant, accurate and comprehensive. The reader can fully evaluate validity of writers conclusions and assumptions. Data may be synthesized or manipulated in a novel way to provide additional insight.
Conclusion-Conclusions are completely justified by data. Connections between hypothesis, data, and conclusions are comprehensive and persuasive.

: PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONSOVERVIEW

REAL
WORLD APPLICATION: PLANNING AND DECISION MAKING ASSIGNMENT INSTRUCTIONSOVERVIEW

This
assignment provides students with an opportunity to utilize their knowledge of
planning and decision making by applying a specific cost technique / concept to
a selected organization. Students will combine knowledge obtained from the
textbook, peer-reviewed journal articles, and Discussion: Planning and Decision
Making in applying the selected technique / concept to the organization and
showing how it improves / impacts the organizations strategic allocation of
financial resources.

INSTRUCTIONS

Select
1 of the 2 techniques/concepts discussed in your Discussion: Planning and
Decision making thread and develop a real-world application paper. Select a
company that you work for now or have worked for in the past, or a company in
your community of which you have sufficient knowledge. Show how the selected
technique/concept would be applied to that particular business in its strategic
allocation of financial resources. Your paper must be in current APA format and
must include references from at least 7 peer-reviewed journal articles. The
paper must be at least 57 pages, not including the title page and reference
page.

Note:
Selected technique/strategy: 1. Target Costing
2. Theory of Constraints

Submit
your Real World Application: Planning and Decision Making Assignment for
Sunday, June 13th at 6pm ct.
.