May 2019

Pearson. (Producer). (n.d.). The basics: Politics and government [Video file].
Available at http://media.pearsoncmg.com/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Pearson. (Producer). (n.d.). Social inequalities: Politics and government [Video file].
Available at http://media.pearsoncmg.com/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Pearson. (Producer). (n.d.). Thinking like a sociologist: Politics and government [Video file].
Available at: http://media.pearsoncmg.com/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Then, take the quiz at the following website to determine with which political party you affiliate with. 
I Side With [Website].
Available at http://www.isidewith.com (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
The quiz will ask for your opinion and perspective regarding national and global issues in society. Take a screenshot of the political parties with which you side according to the quiz, which you will submit along with and essay.

Write an essay that answers the following questions:
According to the quiz, with which parties do you side with on political and social issues. That is, which party or parties have the highest percentage. Explain why you got this score.
Do you agree or disagree with this survey? Explain why you, or people in general, choose a political party. How do values play a role in party affiliation?
The essay should be 800-1000 words and follow APA guidelines.
Cite experts in the field to support your ideas and opinions.
Provide at least one (1) in-text citation in every paragraph.
Every source mentioned should be included in a reference list that follows APA guidelines.
The essay should include the following elements:
Title Page
Introduction
Body
Conclusion
Reference List
Remember, it is important to follow all the instructions listed as other requirements.
If you need help summarizing, formatting, or citing resources, consult the following resources:
American Psychological Association (APA) [Website]. 
Available at: http://www.apa.org/ (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
Purdue Online Writing Lab [Website]. 
Available at https://owl.english.purdue.edu (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
For information on APA format, click on Owl: The Purdue Online Writing Lab. On the left-hand menu click on APA Guide. Then, click on APA Overview and Workshop. Finally, click on General APA Format.
For information on in-text citations, click on Owl: The Purdue Online Writing Lab. On the left-hand menu click on APA Guide. Then, click on APA Overview and Workshop. Finally, click on In-Text Citations: The Basics.
For information on writing a reference list, click on Owl: The Purdue Online Writing Lab. On the left-hand menu click on APA Guide. Then, click on APA Overview and Workshop. Finally, click on Reference List: Basic Rules.
The Writing Center at UNC-Chapel Hill. (2014). Essay exams.
Available at: http://writingcenter.unc.edu/handouts/essay-exams (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.
For additional information to complete this assignment, consult the optional resources for this week.

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Opal Smith, an 80-year-old woman, comes to your office as a new patient. She has hypertension, type 2 diabetes (diet-controlled), osteoarthritis, and mild hearing loss. Mrs. Smith’s main reported symptoms are bilateral mild knee pain and some sense of unsteadiness on walking. She denies dizziness, postural symptoms, or falls in the past year. She takes lisinopril 10 mg daily, a multivitamin, calcium with vitamin D, acetaminophen as needed for pain, and diphenhydramine as needed for occasional insomnia. She has lived alone since her husband died 3 years ago. She still drives and has several friends with whom she visits. One of her friends suffered a fall several months ago and fractured a hip, from which she is still recovering. Mrs. Smith is somewhat worried about her own unsteadiness and risk for falls.

On exam, her blood pressure is 136/78 mmHg, pulse 72, weight 150 lbs (68 kg), and height 5 ft 5 in. She is mildly hard of hearing but communicates well. She has some mild crepitus on motion of her knees; her gait is slowed with short steps and is somewhat wide based. The rest of her examination is unremarkable, as are all routine laboratory tests. At the end of her examination, Mrs. Smith asks you for fall prevention recommendations.

·       1.What are Mrs. Smith’s major risk factors for falls?

·       2.What interventions would you recommend to minimize her risk?

Instructions: Please prepare and submit a paper 3-4 pages in length (not including APA format) answering the questions or responding to the prompts presented. 

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Event Conceptualisation & The Impact on Production & Operations

The assignment aims at Conceptualizing a totally new ticketed event of any genre. Critically research & discuss the production, installation and operational requirements of that event.

Guidance Notes for Essay Topic 1

Think critically to research and conceptualise a new ticketed event of any genre with a particular emphasis on researching and discussing the production and operational implications to install and deliver that event onsite. Think about a suitable venue and how that choice would also impact on your production and operations requirements.

Does your concept require large production and operations budgets, what type of staffing structure and skillset do you need? How can your production values help to differentiate your event from your competitors? Who would you class as your competitors and how would your event stand out in a crowded industry?

What are your event’s aims and objectives, your target audiences, is it a one-off event or a repeat event and how does all that impact on your event production values and operational requirements? Use case studies, research facts, figures and trends within the industry and back up your ideas with real life examples.

Visit some new events across London and experience first-hand, how these new concepts have been produced. Have they used new production methods, have they used new technology, are they more creative, are they run and managed differently? Are they positioned differently, what is their point of differentiation, are they using a new or unique topic and does any of that impact the production or operations of that event? There is no better way to learn or write, than from personal experience!

Essay Topic 2
Business Development & Generating New Income Streams in Events

Critically research the events industry, discuss how event companies / agencies evolve their portfolio, develop new business and create new income streams.

Guidance Notes for Essay Topic 2

Think critically to evaluate the events industry and research and discuss how event companies / agencies are evolving their portfolios, developing new business and creating new income streams from existing events, repeat events and future concepts being planned and launched.

You can hone in on a particular genre of events or look at the wider industry and compare a number of types of events and how they tackle this issue of growth, evolving and developing new business and income streams. Are there different methods and models between the types of events, or is there a shared model that the industry agrees works for developing new business.

How are event companies and agencies competing and differentiating their offer from their competitors, is their point of difference in diversifying their portfolio, or developing new income streams from their existing events? What are these new income streams? Are B2C better at this than B2B companies, or vice versa? Which companies are the leading lights within the industry related to this subject? Which methods are working and which are failing or does it depend on the topic and the content?

Are event companies / agencies focusing on squeezing more income from existing customers or reaching out to new customers with new offerings? Does business development exclusively mean you need new audiences, new events and to enter new markets? Or does it mean creating new business for existing audiences or both?

Use real life case studies, research trends in the industry and back up your opinions with facts and figures where possible. Think about the effort to reward ratio and whether the costs of developing new business outweigh the benefits. Do event companies /agencies look inwards or outwards, locally or globally, niche or mass market when making decisions around new business development and creating new income streams.

Visit some events across London and experience first-hand, what income generating methods they employ at their events. There is no better way to learn or write, than from personal experience!

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Mr. Mills requires careful broad-focused attention to his growing weakness, weight loss, and functional decline. His bladder catheter places him at risk for an occult bladder infection, which must be investigated. The status of his prostate cancer must be reviewed. Untoward effects of his medications on his appetite and well-being should be considered. The effectiveness of pain management, particularly the low back pain, must be reviewed. His ability to feed himself and swallow safely should be explored. His mood, never before a problem in his active life full of high achievements, should be assessed. With his declining gait and mental status, the possibility that a fall has led to an occult subdural bleed, particularly with his warfarin treatment, should be entertained. These issues are all addressed over the course of the following month, as is a thorough review of possible emerging new issues, but no new problems are unearthed. However, a mental status exam shows a significant decline from the previous year’s score, consistent with his growing need for the supportive services.

• 1.You are to meet with Mr. Mills and his daughter to summarize the findings of your investigation. What will be the major themes you will address?

As we learned earlier this semester there is no longer access to the Hartford case studies without paying a fee. 

Here is the information for your second case study.  Please construct your responses and upload them into the Case Study 2 drop box.

Your second Case Study is “Frank Mills” – retrieved from page 323 of the Ham and Sloane course text. 

Complete the case study questions including what the appropriate tests that should have been done and will be done to address his symptoms. 

The assignment will be due by 11:59 pm on Sunday at the end of week 10.

Frank Mills

• 2.What are your suggested plan of care changes that you will review with Mr. Mills and his daughter? 

• 3. What other health care team members would you need to collaborate with for the best outcomes for Mr. Mills?

Instructions: Please prepare and submit a paper 3-4 pages in length (not including APA format) answering the questions or responding to the prompts presented. 

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As we learned earlier this semester there is no longer access to the Hartford case studies without paying a fee. 

Here is the information for your first case study.  Please construct your responses and upload them into the Case Study 1 drop box.

Complete the case study questions including what the appropriate interventions hat should be done to address her symptoms. 

The assignment will be due by 11:59 pm on Sunday at the end of week 6.

Opal Smith (Part 1) - retrieved from page 235 of the Ham and Sloane course text. 

Opal Smith, an 80-year-old woman, comes to your office as a new patient. She has hypertension, type 2 diabetes (diet-controlled), osteoarthritis, and mild hearing loss. Mrs. Smith’s main reported symptoms are bilateral mild knee pain and some sense of unsteadiness on walking. She denies dizziness, postural symptoms, or falls in the past year. She takes lisinopril 10 mg daily, a multivitamin, calcium with vitamin D, acetaminophen as needed for pain, and diphenhydramine as needed for occasional insomnia. She has lived alone since her husband died 3 years ago. She still drives and has several friends with whom she visits. One of her friends suffered a fall several months ago and fractured a hip, from which she is still recovering. Mrs. Smith is somewhat worried about her own unsteadiness and risk for falls.

On exam, her blood pressure is 136/78 mmHg, pulse 72, weight 150 lbs (68 kg), and height 5 ft 5 in. She is mildly hard of hearing but communicates well. She has some mild crepitus on motion of her knees; her gait is slowed with short steps and is somewhat wide based. The rest of her examination is unremarkable, as are all routine laboratory tests. At the end of her examination, Mrs. Smith asks you for fall prevention recommendations.

·       1.What are Mrs. Smith’s major risk factors for falls?

·       2.What interventions would you recommend to minimize her risk?

Instructions: Please prepare and submit a paper 3-4 pages in length (not including APA format) answering the questions or responding to the prompts presented. 

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Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis: Assignments Week 5 - Final Paper

Prior to beginning work on the final paper, read the entire assignment and rubric, then review Chapters 6, 7, 8, and 9 in your textbook and any chapters from earlier weeks that are relevant to areas of this paper.

The purpose of the final paper is for you to demonstrate the learning achieved in the course by describing your understanding and application of knowledge in the field of accounting.

The paper must

Identify the main issues in the chosen area.

Contain and reference new learning that has occurred.

Build upon class activities or incidents that facilitated learning and understanding.

Present specific current and/or future applications and relevance to the typical workplace.

The Final Paper should also focus on real-life, real-time application of topics covered in this course: the uses you have seen and the uses you can envision. The paper must be submitted to your instructor no later than 11:59 pm of the time zone in which you reside on the last day of class.

Submit a paper on one of the major topics listed below and incorporate at least five scholarly/peer-reviewed or credible sources of your choice in addition to the course textbook, including a minimum of two from the Ashford Online Library. Support your statements by citing real world examples and include a complete references list in APA format at the end of the paper.

Choice 1: Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis

How does a firm use “Cost-Volume-Profit Analysis” to assess performance?

How would you use such a system to measure how costs change as production changes?

How do you develop a “break-even analysis” for a given firm, and how would you use it?

Choice 2: Activity Based Costing

What is “Activity Based Costing” and how does it work?

What does it do for a firm employing such a system?

How do you go about developing such a system in a firm?

What are the steps?

What would an example look like?

Choice 3: Cost Accounting

Why is cost accounting so important to the success of the firm?

What are the various methods of cost accounting and how are they used?

Choice 4: Operating Budgets

How does an operating budget work to discipline a firm’s management?

What are the elements of a budget?

How are budgets constructed?

What is “Variance Analysis” and how is it used?

The Cost Accounting Final Paper

Must be eight to 10 double-spaced pages in length, and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center.

Must include a title page with the following:

Title of paper

Student’s name

Course name and number

Instructor’s name

Date submitted

For further assistance with the formatting and the title page, refer to APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site..

Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. resource for additional guidance.

Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear and succinct thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.

Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.

Must end with a conclusion that reaffirms your thesis.

For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site., refer to the Ashford Writing Center resources.

Must use at least five scholarly/peer-reviewed or credible sources in addition to the course text, including a minimum of two from the Ashford Online library.

The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.

To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view this Ashford University Library Quick ‘n’ Dirty (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. tutorial, which introduces the Ashford University Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.

Must document any information used from sources in APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center’s Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. guide.

 (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. See the Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. resource in the Ashford Writing Center for specifications.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.

Waypoint Assignment Submission

The assignments in this course will be submitted to Waypoint.  Please refer to the instructions below to submit your assignment.

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Prepare for either of the following two companies:
a.
b. EASYJET PLC <- choose this 
The valuations must be prepared using any two of the following methods:
i. Prospective price-earnings ratio analysis based on forecast normalised earnings.
ii. Forecast dividend growth model <-choose this
iii. Forecast free cash flow <-choose this
2. Compare the valuations with the actual market value of the company.
3. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of each of the two methods you have chosen and the problems that may arise in arriving at valuations under those methods, drawing on your findings in 1 and 2 to illustrate your points.
Guidance Notes
 Your reference source will be the latest annual report and accounts of your chosen company, which can be downloaded from the investor relations section of the company website (though a google search should give you a direct link to the Annual report). Note that it is the annual report that you must use, not the half-year (interim) statements.
 You must show all calculations and identify the source and location of the data. You are recommended to include the calculations as an appendix. You must define all measures used and be particularly careful in the labelling of results. The appendices and tables do not count towards the word count.
 Show all your workings clearly. Beware of the temptation to copy from internet sites or other sources. If unacknowledged, this constitutes plagiarism.
 Please submit in Arial, font size 12.
 The use of research papers is encouraged in your report.

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Consider the current healthcare delivery models and practice settings. Reflect on how nursing practice is transforming in response to the current demands of the healthcare system and answer one of the following questions:

What differentiates the practice of a master’s-prepared nurse compared to that of a baccalaureate-prepared nurse?
What is the value of a master’s degree in nursing?
What do you consider to be the most essential professional competency for a master’s-prepared nurse practicing in the 21st century?

Use at least one outside scholarly article to support your position. Provide an example to illustrate an application to professional practice.

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In writing the case study students would be expected to refer to 1) company group reports and accounts, 2) analysts’ and company reports from trade, 3) relevant news from reliable sources, 4) other journals and 5) relevant theories. 

Please note that assignment presentation is assessed. Poor presentation will be penalised. The required format is given below:

The assignment MUST be typed in Microsoft Word

Format - letter in Calibri font with letter size 12 and 1.5 line spacing

A title page, detailed table of contents and list of appendices (if any) should be included

All tables and diagrams should have a number and a title

All pages should be numbered

Note:

• Appendices should only be used for non-essential supplementary information. The document should be able to stand without appendices.
• Please use small tables and graphs in the text where data is discussed. Please do not include any large tables or complete financial reports in the text or appendices. Avoid descriptive writing, for instance merely repeating figures in the paragraphs.

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A financial plan for Alastair and Wendy. You should make a judgement about the timescale of this plan, taking into consideration the financial milestones and factors mentioned in the case study. 
It should include:
a. A clear breakdown of the couple’s objectives over the short, medium and long term. You should clearly show a financial plan that models the likely changes in the couple’s financial situation from now until the years to retirement, taking into account all of the information in the scenario (you may use excel for this and include as an appendices). You need to determine the key milestones that will change the couple’s income and expenditure between now and retirement and model how these will change their overall financial position. You should consider at least two alternative scenarios you judge possible given the ages of both Alastair and Wendy and their possible retirement ages. (Please note you are not required to re calculate the current net pay of the couple).
b. Specific advice regarding the 2014/15 pension reforms. You should make clear to the couple to which pensions they are relevant and what options the couple have as a result. You must provide specific recommendations for Alastair as to the final salary scheme transfer, including the advantages and disadvantages of transferring his defined benefit scheme to a defined contribution scheme 
10 marks
c. Advice regarding any issues mentioned in the case study in relation to capital gains and inheritance taxation, estate planning and care planning. You are expected to use 2018/19 tax year in any calculations. 16 marks
d. Based upon the couple’s risk profile, recommend two separate investment portfolios of for Alastair and Wendy. You should consider the funds available, clearly showing where these funds have come from (exclude pensions from this). You should also attempt to model the performance of the portfolio and whether or not it is likely to achieve the goals you stated in part a (you must state and justify your assumptions with regards to growth rates and inflation). 16 marks
e. Provide mortgage advice to Harry. You should identify appropriate mortgage options and comment on their affordability as well as advising Harry about other costs (both one off and continuing) of buying a property. You should calculate Harry’s net pay and suggest a possible monthly budget that may help Harry manage his money in the first year

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