EVLN Theory for Yakkatech

Answer the following questions in a 4-5 page (not counting cover page and references), APA formatted document and place in the drop box by the end of the week. Please be sure you apply critical thinking, use the theories from the text and/or other materials, and draw from your personal and professional experiences when answering the questions.
What symptom(s) in this case suggest that something has gone wrong? What elements of EVLN do you see in this case?
What are the main causes of these symptoms?
What actions should YakkaTech executives take to correct these problems? Be sure to draw upon theories from both Chapter 5 and 6 in your response.
In light of COVID-19, many service centers like this have had to operate in a virtual manner with their employees fully remote (typically at home). How can we keep these employees motivated, engaged, and apply performance practices when they are not physically in the office?

The Socratic Method

Answer the following questions as completely as possible. Your answer to these questions should be at least two paragraphs in length (approx. 250 words):
Take a moment to consider the
Socratic method. First of all, what is it? Explain the concept of the
Socratic method in your own words in your first paragraph. Second, what
is your reaction to the Socratic method? Does it seem useful? How could
you use it to discover the truth? And what kinds of truth would it be
useful in discovering? Answer these questions in your second paragraph.

CAREER PLANNING, USING POWERPOINT AND EXCEL, AND DIVERSITY

Module 4 – SLP
CAREER PLANNING, USING POWERPOINT AND EXCEL, AND DIVERSITY
Using Microsoft Excel
As you move through your courses, Microsoft Excel will be a tool you will continue to use in and out of the classroom. It can be used for personal budgeting, planning for your financial future, and aiding in important decisions based on data. For this SLP assignment, you will apply basic Excel functions used as a tool (spreadsheet) to store, analyze, and manipulate data. Use the spreadsheet and the linked Excel tutorial videos provided to learn the steps required for each part of the SLP Assignment.
Manipulate the data in this sample order spreadsheet to address the following:
Sort your spreadsheet and then calculate each region’s order totals.
Which region’s order generated the highest dollar amount?
What percent of total sales does this region represent?
Insert a pie chart illustrating the sales by region.
Change the spreadsheet name from SalesOrders to SalesAnalysis
Evaluate each rep’s order total.
Add a new spreadsheet to your workbook.
Name the spreadsheet RepSales and change the color to blue.
Copy the data from the SalesAnalysis spreadsheet to the new RepSales spreadsheet.
Sort the data by rep.
Which rep generated the highest sales?
Insert a Pivot Table.
Save your Excel workbook. Label each worksheet.
EXCEL Tutorials: Applicable to Microsoft Excel 2007, 2013, 2016, 2019
If you are using Microsoft Office 365, there are tutorials located within Excel.

Tutorial video author: Kevin Stratvert, Microsoft Employee
Microsoft Excel Tutorial for Beginners: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7xGuGqgp-Q&feature=emb_rel_pause
Excel Formulas and Functions Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jl0Qk63z2ZY
Pivot Tables Excel Tutorial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0wI61ahfLc&feature=emb_rel_pause
SLP Assignment Expectations
Submit an Excel Workbook with two spreadsheets; one labeled SalesAnalysis and the other labeled RepSales. On the individual spreadsheets, complete the analysis listed above. Utilize the tutorial to complete the assignment.

Expansion Recommendation write 3-4 page report or a 12-slide presentation

Assignment 4 Instructions: Expansion Recommendation
Prepare either a 3-4 page report or a 12-slide presentation in which you analyze financial information and risks associated with investment to expand an organization and make a recommendation on whether or not to invest in expansion.
Introduction
This portfolio work project will allow you to review information and risks associated with an investment to expand an organization. As this information will be shared broadly across the organization, you will have a choice in your final deliverable audience and will organize your deliverable to meet the needs of that audience.
Scenario
ZXY Company is a food product company. ZXY is considering expanding to two new products and a second production facility. The food products are staples with steady demands. The proposed expansion will require an investment of $7,000,000 for equipment with an assumed ten-year life, after which all equipment and other assets can be sold for an estimated $1,000,000. They will be renting the facility. ZXY requires a 12 percent return on investments. You have been asked to recommend whether or not to make the investment.
Your Role
You are an accounting manager. Your boss has asked you to review and provide a recommendation on the expansion based on information that has been provided.
Requirements
In preparing and supporting your recommendation to either make the investment or not, include the following items as part of your analysis:
Analysis of financial information.
Identification of risks associated with the investment. Consider:
How risky the project appears.
How far off your estimates of revenues and expenses can be before your decision would change.
The difference if the company were to use a straight line versus a MACRS depreciation.
Recommendation for a course of action.
Explanation of criteria supporting your recommendation.
Financial Information
As part of your analysis you might find that additional information from marketing, accounting, or finance would be useful in making an informed and well-supported recommendation. In a real workplace setting you would have the ability to ask for that information. However, for the purposes of this Assignment, you can make assumptions about the values of that data or ratios in support of your recommendation.
Accounting worked with the marketing group to create the ZXY Company Financial Statements spreadsheet for the new products business and the new facility.
Notes about the financial information:
The expense line labeled SQF FDA Mandates refers to the costs of complying with Food and Drug Administration requirements.
Depreciation expense is calculated using 7-year life modified accelerated cost recovery system (MACRS).
Deliverable Format
Depending on the audience you choose to address, use one of the following options:
Report for a mid-management audience. Prepare a 3–4 page report detailing your recommendation and the information you used to make your recommendation.
Presentation for top leadership. Prepare a presentation of at least 12 slides detailing your recommendation and the information you used to make your recommendation. You may use your choice of presentation software. Include notes with additional details.
Keep in mind that your recommendation may be shared with others, so your materials should be designed for clarity and readability.
Related company standards for either format:
The recommendation report is a professional document and should therefore follow the corresponding MBA Academic and Professional Document Guidelines, including single-spaced paragraphs.
In addition to the report or presentation, include:
Title (slide or page).
References (slide or page).
Appendix with supporting materials.
At least two APA-formatted references.
Make sure to
Apply principles of accounting to assess financial performance.
Analyze financial statements for decision support.
Explain risks associated with an investment decision.
Analyze accounting information to support business decisions.
Recommend a course of action based on financial information.
Explain how financial criteria support a decision.
: Communicate financial information with multiple stakeholders.
Communicate accounting information clearly.

Product Life Cycle Analysis

Select & Analyze

All products go through a typical life cycle from introduction to decline. The life cycle may be just a few days or months (clothes) to decades (airplane). Regardless of the span of the life cycle, operations managers must perform the same task: to plan and build a system that successfully introduces the new product to the market.
For this activity, select an existing product that is currently available in the marketplace. Analyze and discuss the full life cycle of your chosen product. Indicate where in the life cycle your product stands, and project when the product’s life cycle will end.

Accounting Perfomance Evaluation Write a 1-2 page Executive Summary with Appendix

Write a 1-2 page executive summary, along with an appendix of supporting information. You analyze an organization’s financial performance and their level of risk for lending and make and present a recommendation to help leaders make a loan decision.
Introduction
This portfolio work project will help you complete a thorough review of an organization’s financial performance as well as its level of risk for lending. Your recommendation will help leaders create a loan portfolio, and your executive summary will clearly and concisely communicate your review to others in the organization.
Scenario
You work for an organization that provides loans to businesses. You are working with a client requesting a loan that will require a review of financial and related performance documents. You have been asked to review the documents and summarize your findings in a loan recommendation for your management team.
You may apply this scenario to either Option 1 or Option 2, described in the Requirements below.
Your Role
You are a loan manager for a lending organization, and your responsibilities include reviewing loan requests and providing recommendations in regard to whether the loan requests should be funded.
Requirements
Option 1:
Your client works for Ace Company. Assume Ace Company requested a $3 million 10-year loan to purchase production equipment and develop accompanying software. Use the Ace Company Data document for this option.
Option 2:
Use a firm or scenario of your choosing.
Before choosing a company, read the Assignment thoroughly to ensure:
The company fits the Assignment requirements.
You have access to the financial statements and related performance documents needed to assess risk and make a loan recommendation. You will need information for this year and last year.
You can distribute the financial statements and related performance documents without disclosing confidential company information.
Loan Recommendation
To arrive at your recommendation, analyze the financial performance of the requesting company and present it to your organization’s upper-management team. The management team will take your recommendation into consideration as they finalize loan requests.
Analyze the company’s performance and performance trends. Include the following in your analysis:
Analyze the trend for accounts receivable collections.
Identify the trend.
Explain the relevance of the trend.
Determine if the trend is improving or getting worse.
Compare the company’s average inventory turnover to the industry average inventory turnover rate. Note that the average industry turnover rate for Ace Company is 10 times per year.
Consider whether the company’s average inventory turnover is higher or lower than the industry average.
Explain whether a higher or lower average is better.
Determine whether the trend is improving or getting worse.
Evaluate the company’s short-term and long-term credit worthiness based on financial performance and trend (comparing this year to last year). Include in your evaluation:
Information about performance and trends.
Information about other relevant financial information you consider important to the decision.
Your recommendation regarding whether the bank should grant the loan based on the financial data.
Deliverable Format
The management team of your organization requests this information in the form of a 1–2 page executive summary along with a title page, references page, and appendix of supporting information. The executive summary must highlight the key findings from your review and will provide your recommendation and rationale. The appendix must include data used in your analysis for others to review. Assume that this document is the only communication in regard to your analysis and recommendation and that you will not be with the team to explain anything as it deliberates. In other words, the documentation you provide must be well organized and include information for the management team to clearly see your recommendation and rationale.
Related company report standards:
The executive summary is a professional document and should therefore follow the corresponding MBA Academic and Professional Document Guidelines, including single-spaced paragraphs.
In addition to the executive summary, include:
A title page.
A references page.
Appendix with supporting materials. If you are using a firm or scenario of your choosing, ensure faculty has sufficient information to understand how you reached your recommendation.
At least two APA-formatted references.
Make sure to:
: Explain how accounting concepts and practices impact financial reporting.
Analyze the trend for the company’s accounts receivable collections.
Compare the company’s average inventory turnover ratio to an industry average.
: Apply principles of accounting to assess financial performance.
Evaluate the company’s short-term and long-term credit worthiness.
: Communicate financial information with multiple stakeholders.
Communicate accounting information clearly.

National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) Competencies

The National Organization of Nurse Practitioner Faculties (NONPF) has determined nine broad areas of core competence that apply to all nurse practitioners, regardless of specialty or patient population focus. NONPF created the first set of Nurse Practitioner Competencies in 1990; the most recent updates were incorporated in 2017. This course was designed to prepare you to synthesize knowledge gained throughout the program and to apply each of the nine core competencies within your selected areas of practice (PSYCHIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH NURSE PRACTIONER) and your representative communities(UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES).
The nine areas of competency are:
Scientific Foundations
Leadership
Quality
Practice Inquiry
Technology and Information Literacy
Policy
Health Delivery System
Ethics
Independent Practice
To Prepare
Review this week’s Learning Resources, focusing on the NONPF Core Competencies Content.
The Assignment
For each of the nine NONPF competencies, write one paragraph explaining how the program has prepared you to meet the competency (for a total of at least nine paragraphs). Then, propose how you plan to engage in social change in your community as a nurse practitioner. Finally, describe 1–2 legislative and/or advocacy activities in which your state nurse practitioner organization(s) are involved. Be specific and provide examples.

Aristotle Nicomachean ethics

In Book 2 (1107a) of the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle defines moral virtue as follows:
Virtue, then, is a state that decides, consisting in the mean, the mean relative to us, which is defined by reference to reason, that is to say, to the reason by reference to which the prudent person would define it. It is a mean between two vices, one of excess, and one of deficiency.
Carefully unpack this definition, using as an example Aristotle’s account of the moral virtue of courage in Book 3, sections 6-9 (1115a8-1117a29). Do you find Aristotle’s account of the moral virtue of courage consistent and/or convincing? Why or why not?
Your paper should be 750-1,000 words, and adhere to the style sheet.
Paper grades will be given as a dual letter grade, (A-/B+) for style/content. The style grade is given on the basis of grammar, syntax and your use of the style sheet. The content grade will be based on the insight of your ideas, the organization of your arguments and thesis, and in some cases, your creativity.

Principles of Leadership and Management

Writing prompt: In what ways can the nurse provide culturally sensitive nursing care? Provide two or three examples. What types of communication skills should the nurse use?

CASE STUDY:
Cultural Diversity
“Cultural competence is your ability to work with clients from other cultures are respecting their values and beliefs as a nurse this requires you to understand the differences between various cultures and recognized culture-specific perspectives related to healthcare, birth, death, and other life experiences When developing the client’s plan of care make sure you consider these cultural variations.
Interaction with diverse cultures to explore and evaluate needs and preferences demands open non-judgemental and honest communication. As a nurse, you assess and interpret your client’s health beliefs, practices, and cultural needs.
Culturally congruent behavior assists in maintaining a therapeutic nurse-client relationship. For example, if you’re aware that a client finds eye contact defensive try to avoid that culturally offensive behavior
Respect makes your relationships with clients and their families caring and honest.
one example of a way to demonstrate respect is to investigate and uphold a client’s cultural preferences. By doing this you’re showing that you respect her beliefs and Customs
he positive relationship not only promotes trust but may help safeguard your practice
Clients who have a positive respectful relationship with their nurse are more likely to develop a sense of trust in the healthcare system and experience positive health outcomes”.

American Economy Essay

By the assigned due dates, students will respond to ONE of the following questions on which to compose a 3-4-page essay (11 or 12-point font, double-spaced). In addition to using websites, you should also use your textbook or other credible academic sources to help you in your research. You must also some of the sources provided below. IMPORTANT: You must cite your sources in the text itself and include a works cited section (preferably using MLA format). The more sources you use (by quoting and analyzing first-hand accounts), the better your essay will likely be.

Your work must also include the use of at least THREE primary sources, and a works cited page. You may use some of the sources provided below, but you will also want to use sources you find via internet research, online databases, and libraries. A primary source is a first-hand account of an event. You can more about what these types of sources are by viewing this website: http://research.library.gsu.edu/primaryhistory

*** IMPORTANT: WIKIPEDIA, SPARK NOTES, CLIFFS NOTES, SHMOOP, ABOUT.COM, AND SIMILAR SITES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED AS LEGITIMATE SOURCES. A significant amount of points will be deducted for using these non-academic sources. If you have questions about whether a source you are using is acceptable to use, please contact me. Also, you must cite your sources in the text itself and include a works cited section.***

What was the “market revolution?” Describe how the American economy developed roughly between 1815 and 1850. What were the driving factors of this new economy? How did Americans make their living? Which American presidents did the most to move this market economy forward?
Sources to Consider:
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/6382
http://historymatters.gmu.edu/d/5830

The Market Revolution Reader

Market Revolution