Category: Business & Finance homework help

In this assignment, you will delve into the realm of deceptive advertising. Your task is to create a presentation examining three advertisements you consider deceptive. Alongside each advertisement, address the following points:

Type of Advertisement: Describe the category or type of advertisement (e.g., print, TV, online).

Form of Deceptive Advertising: Identify the specific deceptive technique employed in each ad (e.g., false claims, misleading visuals).

Personal Perspective: Explain why you find each advertisement deceptive from your viewpoint.

FTC Action: Discuss whether the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) should act against these ads and recommend the appropriate action.

Ethical Considerations: Reflect on the role of ethics in advertising and its impact on consumers.
Your slideshow should contain a minimum of twelve well-organized slides, incorporate appropriate visuals, and adhere to proper citation guidelines (MLA format) for referenced sources.

Think back to a personal experience where you encountered a product warranty. This could be anything from a phone to a car to an appliance. Consider the following:

Describe your experience: Briefly share the situation and the product involved. Did the warranty play a role in resolving the issue?

Warranty type (based on textbook): Refer to the reading material and identify what type of warranty applied to your experience (e.g., full warranty, limited warranty, extended warranty). Explain your reasoning.

Ethical considerations: Beyond your experience, ponder potential ethical issues surrounding warranties. Consider aspects like:

Transparency and clarity: Are warranty terms always clear and easy to understand for consumers?

Fairness and exclusions: Do warranties exclude certain issues that seem reasonable to expect coverage?

Environmental impact: How do warranties influence product lifespan and potential waste generation?

In this assignment, you will explore Sales and Leases by referring to a reputable news source such as The Wall Street Journal. Follow these steps:

Source Selection:

Choose a recent article related to Sales and Leases from The Wall Street Journal 
Ensure that the article is dated within the last ten years.

Article Summary:

Briefly summarize the key points of the selected article.
Highlight the legal aspects, implications, and any notable details.

Personal Reaction:

Share your reaction to the article. Did it surprise you? Did it raise any ethical or practical considerations?
Consider how the legal issue discussed in the article impacts businesses, consumers, or society.

Research and report on a case of financial misconduct or crime in American business. describe the case and your reaction to it. Share if any legislation was passed as a result of the case. This should be approximately 800 words and cite at least three sources in MLA format.

Students must read the Wall Street Journal to increase awareness of the business world. Pick an article that focuses on Financial Services.
Briefly summarize and share your reaction/ reflection on your selected article

 
Part II requires students to analyze and explain their own development journey from an objective, theoretical perspective.  Part II requires that students use at least one theory of adult development to explain the student’s evolution as a person and at least one theory of leadership to analyze the student’s evolution as a leader. Students may choose to use more than one theory for each.  This means that students will have, at least, 2 references listed on their “Reference” page.  This will also mean that students will have several in-text citations as they paraphrase and/or quote from their resources. Keep in mind, students should paraphrase in their own words more often than using direct quotes. 
Part II must also include details focused on your future development and who you want to become as a leader.  Students must also include cognitive, emotional, and/or behavioral development activities that might help further their development and what results they anticipate as an outcome. 
The following questions should be addressed as well:
What will positive development toward your aspirations look and feel like and what will drive it?
How can you facilitate the development of other people?
How can you build a shared culture for positive development in the direction required by the work of your organization or community?
What are the implications you see for adult development as it connects with the exercise of leadership? In other words, development for what purpose?
No theory is perfect, so what is your critique of developmental theory? Where are the holes? The unanswered questions? The gaps?
This assignment requires students to adhere to APA formatting and writing guidelines. No abstract or table of contents is required. Please be sure to check out the sample papers available in the Student Resource section.  Also, be sure to use the grading criteria listed on the next page to guide your efforts. It is expected that each section be 4- 5 pages long (this means that your final submission will be 8-10 pages long). You may go over this page count; however, grades will be assigned based on quality, not quantity, of analysis.
As this is the final course paper, late work will not be accepted for this assignment.
Developmental Autobiography Grading Criteria

Analysis: How well did you integrate theory and data to create a coherent diagnosis of the current situation and future action in the paper?

Translates major theoretical perspectives from the lectures and the readings to leadership theory being studied into concrete implications and interventions in his/her own learning and practice.
Demonstrates the ability to make connections between organizational processes and larger social dynamics and patterns

Self-Reflection: How well did you demonstrate an understanding of how elements of your identity and history affect your world view, development and exercise of leadership?

Expresses unique personal insights derived from application and evaluation of course content.
Sustains sense of inquiry

Data: How well did you utilize descriptive data to support your analysis?

Uses specific examples from your own life.
Offers a description of the situation giving the reader enough background to follow your analysis.
Presents evidence, interprets evidence, relates evidence to own development and strategies for the exercise of leadership.

Theory: How well can you apply the conceptual material offered in readings and lectures to reflect on and provide new insights into personal experiences?

Relates subject of paper to course concepts and materials and has sufficient number of references.
Outlines theory’s relevance to one’s own development, world view, and exercise of leadership.

Organization: How clear, focused, and well-organized is the paper?
Demonstrates masterful organization that strengthens your analysis.
Synthesizes connections making explicit statements (not expecting instructor to infer student’s meaning).

Writing: Does the paper reflect professional and graduate-level quality in grammar, writing style, and adherence to APA 6th format?

Cites course materials (lectures, readings) appropriately.
Properly formats paper using 12pt font, 1-inch margins, double- spacing, and proper sub-headings. 
Avoid contractions (i.e., I’m, you’re, we’re, etc. in academic writing)
Indent all first lines of paragraphs (.5-inch tab)
One main idea per paragraph with 2-3 supporting sentences (paragraphs should be 3-5 sentences in length.

Finance coursework is one of the trickiest to complete since it needs the proper understanding of concepts and the ability to research. To begin with, this work must be devoted to a topic that would be interesting to the author. Organize your work with a clear background, comprehensive discussion, and brief conclusion. Be sure to cite your sources and ensure that these are of good repute.  In case you are stressed out, do not hesitate to call for finance-coursework-help. Having professional advice helps you gain more knowledge and mastery of the skills to get you better grades. Just a reminder, practice makes perfect so don’t get discouraged, rather, continue improving your methods.

Scenario
You are interviewing for a position as the director of strategic planning for a Fortune Global 500 company. To prepare for the interview, you research the company to understand its business and customer base. You want to be able to recommend tangible strategies the company can use to improve its market share or revenue. So, you decide to delve a little deeper into the company’s vision and long-term strategic goals and identify some obstacles the company may face in reaching these goals.
Prompt
First, choose a Fortune Global 500 company from the following list.
Sanofi S.A.
Total SE
Deutsche Bank AG
Toyota Motor Corp.
Randstad N.V.
Comcast Corp.
Airbus SE
United Parcel Service Inc.
Use the company’s website and other resources to learn more about your chosen company.
Then, write a journal to describe the background and basic business information related to the company. Specifically, you must address the following rubric criteria:
Provide a brief company overview. Identify the company’s global headquarters and the primary products and services it offers.
Describe the company’s customer base. Does the company primarily serve businesses or individuals? Explain how.
Using events from the past year, identify at least one obstacle the company is currently facing or might face in the future that could impact its success.
Explain how this obstacle might impact its revenue or market share.
What to Submit
Submit a 2-page Word document using double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, and one-inch margins. Sources should be cited according to APA style. 

 
Answer the following questions and make two peer responses per question: 
1. Discuss the current bond market pricing and yield trends, including how these prices and yields affect corporations.
2. Discuss the most important aspect of stock valuation.  Also, is the current U.S. stock market over-valued or under-valued? 
3. Explain how diversification lowers security risk and provide examples.
4. Discuss what it means when investors are risk adverse. Explain in detail.
Your initial post for each question should be roughly 300 to 500 words in length, and your responses to peers should be roughly 100 to 200 words each. Cite sources you reference as an in-text citation and under the post include a “References” section in APA format.  

  
Each Section should be approximately 500 words- between 475 to 525 words) 
Section A: Business Concept
Section B: Industry Analysis
Section C: Regulation and Legal Review
Section D:      Target Market and Segmentation
Section E:      Value Proposition and Competitive Analysis
Section F:      Marketing Promotion and Pricing Strategy
Section G:      Facilities and Equipment Plan
Section H:      Technology Plan
Section I:      Financial Plan. Includes Sales Forecast and Breakeven Analysis
Executive      Summary
Appendix      (include any other research or support documentation here)
References
Details
Section A: Business Concept:
Please describe the purpose of the selected company, including a detailed description of the product(s) or service(s) it offers to the market. Please answer the following questions in this section of your business plan: What benefits to the market does your product or service provide? How is your approach better than the competition?
Section B: Industry Analysis:
Please include the following in your analysis:
size of the industry in units and dollars.
growth rate of the industry.
prospects for the industry.
average gross and net margins on sales in the industry.
major companies in the industry
Section C: Regulation and Legal Review:
A part of the research you need to conduct includes researching laws and regulations specific to the industry in which your business will compete. In this section, please answer the following questions in this section:
Briefly describe laws and regulations that apply and explain how your business will meet those      conditions.
How do you set up a local sole proprietorship within your community? Atlanta, GA, USA
Address any legal, zoning, and licensing concerns your business will face. Address any pending      regulations which may have an impact on your business.
Section D: Target Market and Segmentation:
· In this section, please describe your market and answer the following questions: Where is it? What are the unique features or dynamics of this market? What are the demographics and psychographics of your target customer?
· Assume your plan works well; five years from now, you have a dozen locations and a successful website. How can you take your operations global? Research the top three countries where you would expand your business and write about how your products/services may need to change to adapt to each new market.
Section E: Value Proposition and Competitive Analysis:
· In this section, please provide your business’s value proposition. Prove that if you make this investment, customers will buy what you are selling. What is your competitive edge?
· Describe the competitive landscape. Who are the key competitors? What are their strengths and weaknesses?
Section F: Marketing Promotion and Pricing Strategy:
· In this section, describe your communication plan. Describe the role, the strategy, and the execution of your total communications plan including: What is your message? What are your specific communication vehicles, such as advertising, literature, promotion, or the Internet? Show your budget by year and type of expense.
· Describe your pricing strategy and specific prices for your product(s) or service(s). How did you arrive at these prices?
Section G: Facilities and Equipment Plan:
· Please review the Week 5 Lesson for information related to this section.
· Describe the cost of your capital assets, such as production lines, office equipment, and buildings. If you plan to have a physical location, include a floor plan if possible. What are your startup timelines? Expansion timelines?
Section H: Technology Plan:
· In this section, describe your company’s IT needs, how much they will cost, and how you will implement them. Will you have a web presence, and if so, what functionality will it include? Will you handle your IT requirements “in-house” or outsource to IT consultants—explain your decision.
Section I: Financial Plan
· Includes Use of Funds, Sales Forecast, and Break-even Analysis
· Create your 5-year projection for your business. It is critical to include units, dollars, and assumptions in your projection. Create the sales projection in a narrative that includes the description of the units you plan to sell, the services (amount of them) you plan to provide, and your growth projections of these numbers. Document all assumptions and provide external source information for all assertions.
· Include a graphical representation that shows when your company will start making a profit and the break-even point.
Executive Summary
One-page summary of your plan should be able to stand alone as a document on its own merits. Include a clear and specific compelling Value Proposition, a brief synopsis of each plan section, and brief financial highlights. After reading this summary, the reader should have a clear understanding of the specifics of your Business Plan.