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This assignment will be submitted to Turnitin.InstructionsPaul wrote most of his letters to the churches during his missionary journeys. As you prepare to study the Pauline Epistles next week, it is helpful to get a grasp of the journeys of Paul that are recorded in Acts. You will complete this assignment in two parts.

Part 1

Complete the attached map by drawing Paul’s first, second, third missionary journeys and his trip to Rome during his imprisonment.

• First Missionary Journey (Acts 13–14)
• Second Missionary Journey (Acts 15:36–18:22)
• Third Missionary Journey (Acts 18:23–20:38)
• Roman Imprisonment (Acts 27–28)

Draw each journey through the locations visited. Get creative! You are welcome to use colored pencils, fun lines, font, etc. Complete the map by hand. Use the maps in your textbook or the back of a study Bible for assistance. Each missionary journey should have its own distinct color to separate it from the rest.

Part 2

Create a presentation on Paul’s journeys. For each journey, include the following information:

• The locations he visited
• The letters he wrote
• Two to three key events from the journey

Your presentation should include the location and/or timeframe during his ministry that Paul wrote each of his thirteen letters. Rely on your textbook for help with this assignment. You may need to look ahead at some letters to learn when they were written. Cite your textbook when you use it. You are also welcome to use academic sources from libguides.ccu.edu. You are not permitted to use nonacademic Internet sources for this project.

Use cited graphics to make your presentation aesthetically instructive and include at least one map. The text of your slides should be basic. Include detailed explanations of the meaning of your slide text in the presenter’s notes.

Your presentation should be 8–10 slides, not including the title and reference slide. You must include the presenter’s notes for each slide. For help with the presenter’s notes, view this webpage. 

You will submit your assignment in two parts. Your map can be completed by hand, and you can submit it by taking pictures or scanning your map. Submit your presentation as a PowerPoint Presentation. Submit both pieces of the assignment together by adding all files to your submission.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on add a file, then click submit to upload your assignment by the posted due date. Review the rubric for specific grading criteria.

Paul wrote most of his letters to the churches during his missionary journeys. As you prepare to study the Pauline Epistles next week, it is helpful to get a grasp of the journeys of Paul that are recorded in Acts. You will complete this assignment in two parts.

Part 1

Complete the attached map by drawing Paul’s first, second, third missionary journeys and his trip to Rome during his imprisonment.

• First Missionary Journey (Acts 13–14)
• Second Missionary Journey (Acts 15:36–18:22)
• Third Missionary Journey (Acts 18:23–20:38)
• Roman Imprisonment (Acts 27–28)

Draw each journey through the locations visited. Get creative! You are welcome to use colored pencils, fun lines, font, etc. Complete the map by hand. Use the maps in your textbook or the back of a study Bible for assistance. Each missionary journey should have its own distinct color to separate it from the rest.

Part 2

Create a presentation on Paul’s journeys. For each journey, include the following information:

• The locations he visited
• The letters he wrote
• Two to three key events from the journey

Your presentation should include the location and/or timeframe during his ministry that Paul wrote each of his thirteen letters. Rely on your textbook for help with this assignment. You may need to look ahead at some letters to learn when they were written. Cite your textbook when you use it. You are also welcome to use academic sources from libguides.ccu.edu. You are not permitted to use nonacademic Internet sources for this project.

Use cited graphics to make your presentation aesthetically instructive and include at least one map. The text of your slides should be basic. Include detailed explanations of the meaning of your slide text in the presenter’s notes.

Your presentation should be 8–10 slides, not including the title and reference slide. You must include the presenter’s notes for each slide. For help with the presenter’s notes, view this webpage. 

You will submit your assignment in two parts. Your map can be completed by hand, and you can submit it by taking pictures or scanning your map. Submit your presentation as a PowerPoint Presentation. Submit both pieces of the assignment together by adding all files to your submission.

Corporate social responsibility (CSR, also called corporate conscience, corporate citizenship, or responsible business) is a form of corporate self-regulation integrated into a business model. CSR policy functions as a self-regulatory mechanism whereby a business monitors and ensures its active compliance with the spirit of the law, ethical standards, and national or international norms. With some models, a firm’s implementation of CSR goes beyond compliance and engages in “actions that appear to further some social good, beyond the interests of the firm and that which is required by law.” The aim is to increase long-term profits and shareholder trust through positive public relations and high ethical standards to reduce business and legal risk by taking responsibility for corporate actions. CSR strategies encourage the company to make a positive impact on the environment and stakeholders including consumers, employees, investors, communities, and others.

Every year, Reputation Institute, a private global consulting firm based in New York, invites about 47,000 consumers, across fifteen markets, to participate in a study that ranks the world’s one hundred most reputable companies—all multinational businesses with a global presence. One of their recent studies found that 42 percent of how people feel about a company is based on their perceptions of the firm’s corporate social responsibility (CSR).

Your Task

1. Select a company (domestic or international) that will be the basis for your research.
2. Research the company’s record in the area of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). Be sure to look at both their domestic and well as international reputation.
3. Complete a written assignment that contains the following information:
   1. A brief (one-paragraph) summary of the business you selected.
   2. According to your research, how does the company rank with regard to CSR? Be sure to provide a source for this ranking!
   3. Describe specific examples of corporate actions that resulted in this company’s ranking.
   4. Does a company’s approach to CSR influence your purchasing decisions? Why or why not?

DO NOT write your paper as a series of answers to these numbered questions. This assignment should follow the written assignment guidelines for the course. Be sure to include APA (or your preferred method) formatted citations of the Web sites or other sources you used for your research.

Small Business Management

Unit IV Scholarly Activity

After reading the case study, In Chapter 8 of your textbook, read the case study “Business Case: Superior Engineering in Texas: Stay or Go?” address the following questions in a minimum of three pages:

• Does Superior fit the definition of a small business or an entrepreneurial venture? Please explain.
• Reconcile the executive team’s concerns regarding Texas’s poor performance with Figures 1–3 in the case. Complete a vertical analysis for both Superior without the Texas SBU and for the Texas SBU as a separate analysis.
• Why has Texas struggled to be profitable? What does a vertical analysis of Superior’s financials suggest about the Texas operation versus Superior as a whole?
• What are your recommendations for Superior and the Texas operation? Should the Texas operation be discontinued? Why, or why not? Based on your answer, describe how you would handle the human resource management (HRM) decisions related to your decision to keep or discontinue the Texas operation. Summarize how your analysis impacts HR activities.

In your analysis, you must propose one entrepreneurial action or solution (a nontraditional solution) that would benefit the company.

Conclude your case study by answering the following question from a general business perspective (not focused on the Superior Engineering case). This part of your paper should be at least one page in length.

• How can the information on the financial statements help you make better decisions regarding human resource (HR) planning for a small business?

Be sure to use subheadings in your paper as opposed to a question-answer format.

Your complete paper should be at least four pages in length, not counting the title or reference pages. References should include your eTextbook and a minimum of two additional credible sources. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.

Reading link

https://sk.sagepub.com/cases/skpromo/C4DKhe/superior-engineering-in-texas-stay-or-go

THE PURPOSE OF THIS ASSIGNMENT
A personal essay explores the writer’s experiences and observations regarding a particular topic A narrative essay uses elements of storytelling (like characterization or scene) to communicate ideas. A
personal narrative essay can tell different stories about the writer’s experiences to reflect on a specific topic and draw conclusions.
“read,” evaluate, and otherwise engage with all kinds of different media This includes advertisements, audiobooks, books, comics, films, memes, music, television, and so much more
Media literacy matters because we all engage with media to find information and to communicate
with others
your own experiences with specific media that hate impacted four perspectives, It asks rou to reflect
on rour experiences in light of what were leaming about media, discourse, ideologs, and thetone in
our course readings. It also atks tou to practice some basic elements of academic writing at the
college-letel
Overall, the personal narratite should help develop your media literacy and help prepare rou
for the thetorical analysis essay
CHOOSING YOUR TOPICS
Choosing specific media experiences to wnte about for this essay can be challenging I encourage
you to use the Unit 1 readings as a space to brainstorm and discuss nour ideas well before rou hate
to start drafting the essat:
4s we comnlete tre different readinos start malino a lone Fur of media that mn muld mrire

• Use Standard English conventions of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
• Include a separate 200-word cover letter (any formatting) that discusses your wating process
and reflects on the course.
• Achieve between 1,200 and 2,000 words, excluding the cover letter and bibliography
Endence
• Discuss at least two specific pieces of media in detail (you can discuss more than two media examples).
• Discuss at least two of the Unit 1 readings and integrate direct quotes to define key concepts.
• Attribute ideas and language to original sources by: 1) clearly introducing sources in the body of Tour essas, 2) accurately presenting quotes using quotation marks and other punctuation
and 3) including full citations in your APA-style References page or NILA-style Works Cited
page.
Narrative
• Use examples to tell a story about hom different media have impacted your perspectives on
yourself, others, and/or the world.
• Use sensory details, concrete imager, and other elements of storytelling to explore ideas.
• Draw conclusions and share four own perspectires about media, discourse, ideologs, and
rnetoric based on the story rou tell.

Search the APA PsycINFO database, (Article at the bottom), and then select one peer-reviewed article on a forensic psychology topic that you would like to explore that is relevant to your area of specialization in your program. (Topics of interest may include victimology, vicarious traumatization, PTSD, stalking, etc.) My topic is the relationship between poverty and incarceration. 

Next, search the internet for articles related to the same topic. Review and analyze the results, and then select one more article for this Discussion.

https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/incarceration/journal203664

Budget Create a budget for your grant proposal, using the categories described in this week’s material (personnel, supplies, equipment, travel, and other.). Write a budget justification for each line item in your budget. Your paper should be 4-5 pages in length

Mini-Case 2 (50 Points)

BUS1 121A-005 Intermediate Accounting I

Due: Wednesday October 23, 2024 at the beginning of class

Answer the following questions.  Assume each question is independent from the last.  Please type using a word processing program and bring a printed copy to class.  Write as much or as little as you feel necessary to answer each question to the best of your ability.  You may use all available resources to complete this case – e.g., lecture slides, notes, your book, and the Accounting Standards Codification.  Collaboration with others in your group is allowed to the extent that it is helpful.  How you work together is up to you – however, I encourage everyone in the group to take at least some part for every question.  Please turn in only one finished assignment for each group.

Use appropriate citations where relevant and according to your professional judgment.  For questions requiring use of the codification, please use the following style:

1)     Cite the ASC down to the Paragraph.  For example, (ASC 330-10-05-01)

2)     Interpret the codification paragraph into ‘plain English’ as best you can.  In other words, how would you explain the appropriate accounting treatment to a colleague, boss, or business partner who has a basic understanding of accounting?  You may (and are encouraged to) use debits and credits or “T-accounts” to illustrate the accounting if appropriate.

Question 1 (ASC Required – 10 points):

Under U.S. GAAP, how should a corporation account for the repurchase of its own stock?

Question 2 (ASC Required – 20 points):

You are the Controller for a large publicly traded company which has three major components of its business: a manufacturing arm, a merchandising arm which focuses on sales of the internally-manufactured products, and a capital financing arm which previously focused on providing financing to purchasers of the company’s products, but has since moved into consumer financing on a wide scale as a way to leverage the company’s cash resources.  Previously, all of these operations were aggregated on the firm’s financial statements.  However, your auditor has expressed concern and recommended that you reconsider how you report these segments.  You don’t remember anything about this from your accounting classes.  Use the ASC to determine how to differently report the firm’s financials in the future.

Question 3 (ASC Required – 20 points):

You decide to get into the mining business after graduation.  You purchase a large tract of land in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada mountains to search for precious minerals.  However, as part of the land purchase and in order to begin mining, you agree with the state of California to return the land back to its original appearance once you are done mining.   Find and interpret ASC guidance for how to account for this circumstance.  (You may need to cite more than one paragraph.)

MIDTERM ASSIGNMENT
Personal narrative & cover letter
INSTRUCTIONS
Tell a story about how different media have shaped your perspectives throughout your life Use specific examples to reflect on how media hate impacted your sense of self or your perception of others. Use our course readings to reflect on the relationship between your own experiences and the
broader impact of media on society-
REQUIREMENTS
The following requirements address three broad areas of academic and professional waiting
presentation, evidence, and narrative. To earn a satisfactory score, your essay must:
Presentation
• Use APA or MILA formatting style consistently throughout the document
• Use Standard English conventions of capitalization, punctuation, and spelling
• Include a separate 200-word cover letter (any formatting) that discusses your wnting process
and reflects on the course.
• Achieve between 1,200 and 2,000 words, excluding the corer letter and bibliography

Benchmark – What Are the Data Saying?

Requires Lopeswrite
Assessment Description
The DNP must have a basic understanding of statistical measurements and how they apply within the parameters of data management and analytics.
In this assignment, you will demonstrate understanding of basic statistical tests by performing the appropriate test for the given project data below using SPSS and by reporting the analyzed results in written paper.
General Requirements:
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:
 Use the “Comparison Table of the Variable’s Level of Measurement,” located in the DNP-
830A folder of the DNP PI Workspace, to complete the assignment.
 Review the “Working with Inferential Statistics” and “Working With Descriptive Statistics”
tutorials, located in the DNP-830A folder of the DNP PI Workspace, for assistance as
needed.
 Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA
Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.
 This assignment uses a rubric. Review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to
become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
 You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite
technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
 Learners will submit this assignment using the assignment dropbox in the digital
classroom. In addition, learners must upload this deliverable to the Learner Dissertation
Page (LDP) in the DNP PI Workspace for later use.
Directions:
Part 1:
Using the data in the “Comparison Table of the Variable’s Level of Measurement” display the
dependent variables and the level of measurement in a comparison table. You will attach the
comparison table as an appendix to your paper.
After downloading the data set, run the appropriate statistics in SPSS based on the steps listed
below.

Provide a conclusive result of the data analyses based on the guidelines below for statistical
significance.

1. PAIRED SAMPLE T-TEST: Identify the
   variables BaselineWeight and InterventionWeight. Using the Analysis menu in SPSS, go
   to Compare Means, Go to the Paired Sample t-test. Add
   the BaselineWeight and InterventionWeight in the Pair 1 fields. Click OK. Report the
   mean weights, standard deviations, t-statistic, degrees of freedom, and p level. Report
   as t(df)=value, p = value. Report the p level out three digits.
2. INDEPENDENT SAMPLE T-TEST: Identify the
   variables InterventionGroups and PatientWeight. Go to the Analysis Menu, go to
   Compare Means, Go to Independent Samples t T-test. Add InterventionGroups to the
   Grouping Factor. Define the groups according to codings in the variable view
   (1=Intervention, 2 =Baseline). Add PatientWeight to the test variable field. Click OK.
   Report the mean weights, standard deviations, t-statistic, degrees of freedom, and p level.
   Report t(df)=value, p = value. Report the p level out three digits
3. CHI-SQUARE (Independent): Identify the
   variables BaselineReadmission and InterventionReadmission. Go to the Analysis
   Menu, go to Descriptive Statistics, go to Crosstabs. Add BaselineReadmission to the row
   and InterventionReadmission to the column. Click the Statistics button and choose Chi-
   Square. Select eta to report the Effect Size. Click suppress tables. Click OK. Report the
   frequencies of the total events, the chi-square statistic, degrees of freedom, and p Report
   ꭓ2 (df) =value, p =value. Report the p level out three digits.
4. MCNEMAR (Paired): Identify the variables BaselineCompliance and Go to the Analysis
   Menu, go to Descriptive Statistics, go to Crosstabs. Add BaselineCompliance to the row
   and InterventionCompliance to the column. Click the Statistics button and choose Chi-
   Square and McNemars. Select eta to report the Effect Size. Click suppress tables. Click
   OK. Report the frequencies of the events, the Chi-square, and the McNemar’s p level.
   Report (p =value). Report the p level out three digits.
5. MANN WHITNEY U: Identify the variables InterventionGroups and Using the Analysis
   Menu, go to Nonparametric Statistics, go to LegacyDialogs, go to 2 Independent samples.
   Add InterventionGroups to the Grouping Variable and PatientSatisfaction to the Test
   Variable. Check Mann Whitney U. Click OK. Report the Medians or Means, the Mann
   Whitney U statistic, and the p level. Report (U =value, p =value). Report the p level out
   three digits.
6. WILCOXON Z: Identify the variables BaselineWeight and InterventionWeight. Go to the
   Analysis Menu, go to Nonparametric Statistics, go to LegacyDialogs, go to 2 Related
   samples. Add the BaselineWeight and InterventionWeight in the Pair 1 fields. Click OK.
   Report the Mean or Median weights, standard deviations, Z-statistic, and p Report as
   (Z =value, p =value). Report the p level out three digits.
   Part 2
   Write a 1,000-1,250-word data analysis paper outlining the procedures used to analyze the
   parametric and nonparametric variables in the mock data, the statistics reported, and a conclusion
   of the results. Include the following in your paper:
7. Discussion of the types of statistical tests used and why they have been chosen.
8. Discussion of the differences between parametric and nonparametric tests.
9. Description of the reported results of the statistical tests above.
10. Summary of the conclusive results of the data analyses.
11. Attach the SPSS outputs from the statistical analysis as an appendix to the paper.
12. Attach the “Comparison Table of the Variable’s Level of Measurement” as an appendix to
    the paper.
    Use the following guidelines to report the test results for your paper:
     Statistically Significant Difference: When reporting exact p values, state early in the
    data analysis and results section, the alpha level used for the significance criterion for all
    tests in the project. Example: An alpha or significance level of < .05 was used for all
    statistical tests in the project. Then if the p-level is less than this value identified, the result
    is considered statistically significant. A statistically significant difference was noted
    between the scores before compared to after the intervention t(24) = 2.37, p = .007.
     Marginally Significant Difference: If the results are found in the predicted direction but
    are not statistically significant, indicate that results were marginally Example: Scores
    indicated a marginally significant preference for the intervention group (M = 3.54, SD =
    1.20) compared to the baseline (M= 3.10, SD = .90), t(24) = 1.37, p = .07. Or there was a
    marginal difference in readmissions before (15) compared to after (10) the intervention
    ꭓ2(1) = 4.75, p = .06.
     Nonsignificant Trend: If the p-value is over .10, report results revealed a non-significant
    trend in the predicted direction. Example: Results indicated a non-significant trend for the
    intervention group (14) over the baseline (12), ꭓ2(1) = 1.75, p = .26.
    The results of the inferential analysis are used for decision-making and not hypothesis testing. It is
    important to look at the real results and establish what criterion is necessary for further
    implementation of the project’s findings. These conclusions are a start.
    Portfolio Practice Immersion Hours:
    It may be possible to earn portfolio practice immersion hours for this assignment. Enter the
    following after the References section of your paper:
    Practice Immersion Hours Completion Statement DNP-830A
    I, (INSERT NAME), verify that I have completed and logged (NUMBER OF) clock minutes/hours in
    association with the goals and objectives for this assignment. I also have tracked said practice
    immersion hours in the Lopes Activity Tracker for verification purposes and will be sure that all
    approvals are in place from my faculty and practice immersion preceptor/mentor before the end of
    the course.
    Benchmark Information:
    This benchmark assignment assesses the following programmatic competencies:

DNP
3.1: Demonstrate the conceptual ability and technical skills to develop and execute an evaluation
plan involving data extraction from practice information systems and databases.
Midterm Conference Evaluation: Individual Success Plan (ISP)
The Individual Success Plan (ISP) assignment in this course requires your collaboration with the
course faculty early on to establish a plan for successful completion of mutually identified and
agreed-upon specific deliverables for your programmatic requirements. Programmatic
requirements are: (1) completion of required practice immersion hours, (2) completion of work
associated with program competencies, and (3) work associated with completion of your Direct
Practice Improvement (DPI) Project.
A midterm conference will occur no later than Topic 5 and is intended for the learner, faculty, and
preceptor/mentor to discuss learner progress toward meeting the course goals. The faculty
member will meet with the preceptor/mentor to conduct the learner’s midterm conference
evaluation, whether in person or virtually. The preceptor/mentor will meet with the learner to review
the evaluation form (either in person or virtually). If there are areas that need improvement, the
faculty will meet with the learner to complete a remediation form.
General Requirements:
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment as it pertains to
deliverables due in this course.
 Use the Individual Success Plan (ISP) developed in Topic 1 as a personal plan for
completing your practice immersion hours and how competencies will be met. All of the
major milestones and deliverables should be indicated in the timeline.
 Conferences may be conducted face-to-face or via technology. A copy of the signed
document will be uploaded into the digital classroom no later than the end of Topic 5.
 Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA
Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.
 This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment
to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
 You are not required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite.
 Learners will submit this assignment using the assignment dropbox in the digital
classroom. In addition, learners must upload this deliverable to the Learner Dissertation
Page (LDP) in the DNP PI Workspace for later use.
Directions:

1. Complete required practice immersion hours.
2. Completion work associated with program competencies and work associated with
   completion of your Direct Practice Improvement (DPI) Project.
3. Follow the instructions and complete the ISP.