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UNV-103 Week 2 DQ 2 
University Success –  HOW I KNOW I AM LEARNING 
Grand Canyon University
 
After reading HOW I KNOW I AM LEARNING 2 lecture in the online classroom, explain the following:
•The relationship between the topic objectives, the assignment, and the rubric.
•How is each component important to completing an assignment?
•What are some strategies you have learned from the readings and this course so far, that will help you complete your assignments, both accurately and efficiently?

 
Approximately 2500 words.
It must be formatted in APA style.
It needs to include at least 20 references.
References should be in Harvard format.
You must read all the textbooks I uploaded before starting to write.
You need to strictly follow the assignment requirements (“Assignment Submission Form AS2 MN7030SR Mar 24” ).
I will request unlimited revisions if the assignment does not meet the requirements.
I will request a refund if the assignment does not pass.
If you cannot accept these terms, please do not quote me.

 
Prior to beginning work on this assignment,
Review Chapter 20 and Chapter 21 in the textbook, Foundations of Financial Management.
Watch the Week 6 Final Paper video with Dr. Kevin Kuznia, DBA, CSSBB, PMP.
Review the Walmart Case StudyLinks to an external site. interactive.
Review the current financial statements of Walmart.

Option 1: EDGAR | Company Filings Links to an external site.database

Enter “Walmart Inc.” in the search bar

Option 2: Yahoo! Finance Links to an external site.webpage

Enter the stock symbol of Walmart, Inc. (WMT) in the search bar
Click on the “Financials” tab

For this assignment, you may also wish to upload your work to your ePortfolio in addition to Waypoint so that, once you graduate, it can also be used to demonstrate your skills and competencies to potential employers and the professional community. Learn more about Folio, UAGC’s ePortfolio tool, by viewing the Setting Up and Using FolioLinks to an external site. guide.
In prior weeks, you learned about finance and financial analysis. This week you will put it all together. Using the Walmart Case Study and your selected country, you will complete a comprehensive recommendation to Walmart executives either recommending or forgoing expansion into your selected country.
In your paper,
Summarize the culture and financial climate of the country and why it would be favorable or unfavorable for Walmart to expand in that region.
Describe your country’s foreign exchange rates and how those rates could impact Walmart’s future financial performance. Be sure to address:

interest rates,
balance of payments,
government policies, and
other factors such as taxes and tariffs.

Describe how Walmart needs to manage foreign exchange risk.
Analyze any potential political risk and its impact to the financials.
Propose how Walmart should fund this new expansion.
The Walmart International Expansion Recommendation final paper
Must be 10 to 12 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA StyleLinks to an external site. as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Microsoft WordLinks to an external site. resource.
Must include a separate title page with the following:

Title of paper in bold font

Space should appear between the title and the rest of the information on the title page.

Student’s name
Name of institution (University of Arizona Global Campus)
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Due date

Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic VoiceLinks to an external site. resource for additional guidance.
Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.

For assistance on writing Introductions & ConclusionsLinks to an external site. as well as Writing a Thesis StatementLinks to an external site., refer to the Writing Center resources.

Must use at least three scholarly, peer-reviewed, or credible sources in addition to the course text.

The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible SourcesLinks 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.
To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view The University of Arizona Global Campus Library Quick ‘n’ DirtyLinks to an external site. tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus 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 Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your PaperLinks to an external site. guide.
Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References ListLinks to an external site. resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

 
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 21 in the
Initial Response:
Consider you are a cash manager of a multinational corporation (MNC) based in the United States. One of your responsibilities is to gain the highest yield for your treasury cash. Complete the following:
Visit the Markets: United States Rates & BondsLinks to an external site. webpage and click on a country to review its interest rates.
Select a country to invest in for one year.
Describe why you chose that country and your expected yield for the next year.
Your initial response should be a minimum of 200 words. Graduate school students need to learn how to assess the perspectives of several scholars. Support your response with at least one scholarly and/or credible resource in addition to the text.

 
Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, read Chapter 20 and Chapter 21 in the Foundations of Financial Management textbook.
Initial Response:
Imagine you have been hired as a consultant to support a firm that wishes to expand its operations internationally. Your first assignment is to explain to the CEO and their staff the importance of understanding the difference between domestic expansion and international expansion.
For your initial discussion post, consider the following questions as a basis to your explanation to the CEO:
Why is foreign investment so different from domestic investment?
What should C-Level executives consider in expanding internationally, as compared to domestically?
What types of risk mitigation techniques could you suggest to the executives so that the firm can be successful in the proposed expansion?
Your initial response should be a minimum of 200 words. Graduate school students need to learn how to assess the perspectives of several scholars. Support your response with at least one scholarly and/or credible resource in addition to the text.

 Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitin plagiarism tool. For more information about Turnitin  
QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS: DATA CODING, ENTRY, AND CHECKING
Interpretation Questions
Chapter 2
A1. 2.1. What steps or actions should be taken after you collect data and before you run the analyses aimed at answering your research questions or testing your research hypotheses?
A1. 2.2. Why should you label the values of nominal variables?
A1. 2.3. Why would you print a codebook or dictionary?
A1. 2.4. What do you do if you look at your data file and see words or letters instead of numbers? Why is this important to do?
A1. 2.5. Why would you use the Mean function to create a variable, as we did for the pleasure scale?
A1. 2.6. (a) Why is it important to check your raw (questionnaire) data before and after entering them into the data editor? (b) What are ways to check the data before entering them? After entering them?
SPSS Problems
Chapter 2
Using the CollegeStudentData.sav file (see Appendix A in the Morgan, Barrett, Leach and Glockner) do the following problems. Print your outputs and circle the key parts for discussion.
Compute the N, minimum, maximum, and mean for all the variables in the College StudentData.sav file. How many students have complete data? Identify any statistics on the output that are not meaningful. Explain.
What is the mean height of the students? What about the average height of the same-sex parent? What percentage of students are males? What percentage have children?
Make Sure to:
1. Attach your word document for review and grading. Other file formats are not accepted and will not be graded. Use the following filename format: LastName_BUSI820_AssignmentX.docx
2. Include an APA title block with your name, class title, date, and the assignment number.
3. Include a table of contents and a reference section. Number your pages in the footer along with the date. Include a header starting on page 2 with the Course and assignment number.
4. Write the problem number and the problem title as a level one heading (Example ‐ A.1.1: Chapter 2, Problem 2.1, and then provide your response.
5. Use level two headings with short titles for multi part questions (Example ‐ A1.1.a, Short Title, A1.1.b, Short Title II, etc.)
6. Use appropriate level headings for key elements of your discussion such as Research Questions, Hypotheses, Descriptive Statistics, Assumptions & Conditions, Interpretation, Results, and others. Your goal is to make your analysis easy to follow and logical.
7. Ensure that all tables and graphs are legible and include a figure number.
8. Carefully review your document prior to submission for formatting, flow, and readability. Keep in mind that running the statistical tests is only the first half of the challenge; you must be able to clearly communicate your findings to the reader.
 
Quantitative analysis: Data coding, Entry, and Checking

hsbdata.sav Download hsbdata.sav 

CollegeStudentData.sav Download CollegeStudentData.sav 

 
Read: Morgan, Leech, Gloeckner, & Barrett: Chapters 1 – 2, Appendices A – B
PageRead: Keller: Introduction – Part I
PageWatch: Research Questions Hypothesis and Variables
   
Discussion Assignment Instructions
The student will complete short-answer discussions in this course. The student will post short answers to the prompted questions in the thread for each short-answer discussion. The answers must demonstrate course-related knowledge and support their assertions with scholarly citations in the latest APA format. Minimum word count for all short answers cumulatively is 200 words. For each thread the student must include a title block with your name, class title, date, and the discussion forum number; write the question number and the question title as a level one heading (e.g. D1.1 Variables) and then provide your response; use Level Two headings for multi part questions (e.g. D1.1 & D1.1.a, D1.1.b, etc.), and include a reference section.
Respond to the following short answer questions from Chapter 1 of the Morgan, Leech, Gloeckner, & Barrett textbook:
This introduction to the research problem and questions raised by the HSB dataset should help make the assignments meaningful, and it should provide a guide and some examples for your own research.
Interpretation Questions
D1.1.Compare the terms active independent variable and attribute independent variable. What are the similarities and differences?
D1.2.What kind of independent variable (active or attribute) is necessary to infer cause? Can one always infer cause from this type of independent variable? If so, why? If not, when can one infer cause and when might causal inferences be more questionable?
D1.3.What is the difference between the independent variable and the dependent variable?
D1.4.Compare and contrast associational, difference, and descriptive types of research questions.
D1.5.Write a research question and a corresponding hypothesis regarding variables of interest to you but not in the HSB dataset. Is it an associational, difference, or descriptive question?
D1.6. Using one or more of the following HSB variables, religion, mosaic pattern test, and visualization score
(a.)Write an associational question.
(b.)Write a difference question.
(c.)Write a descriptive question.

     
 Read: Gamble, Peteraf, & Thompson: Chapter 1 & 2
Read: Rumelt: Chapters 16 – 17
Read: Krogerus & Tschäppeler: pp. 5 – 174
Read: Keller: Chapters 1 – 3
Watch: What is a Scholarly or Peer-Reviewed Journal?
Discussion Assignment Instructions
Overall Guidance:
The discussions in this class will focus on a series of questions in the areas of Process (steps to be taken), Strategic Thinking (current theory), and Decision Models (decision making methodology. The student should organize their main thread by using the bolded headings provided and then respond to the question. The student will post a reply to a single main thread and should organize their reply by using the bolded headings provided. 
Discussion Thread: Strategy Development, Strategy Decisions, and Decision Models
Developing strategy begins with thinking strategically and knowing what the key decisions are. The decision models that you employ will directly impact the quality of the decisions you make so understanding them is critical.
Minimum of 500 words in the body.
Minimum of 2 sources from the literature in addition to course texts.
Use bolded headings below in the discussion.
Current APA format must be used.
Use the following outline:
· Introduction
· Process: Business Strategy Development – What is the process for developing a business strategy? Discuss the process in no less than 200 words.
· Strategic Thinking: Key Decisions – What are the key decisions necessary for making strategy choices and why are they important? Discuss the key decisions and their importance in no less than 150 words.
· Decision Model – What are my current decision models and how do they aid / hinder this process. Discuss your current decision models and how they aid / hinder the strategy development process in no less than 150 words.
· Conclusion
Support your factual assertions with citations.
Include an Annotated Bibliography, in current APA format, of the 2 additional Sources: 
· Minimum of 250 words in each annotation
· Use the bolded headings below for each annotation
Use the following outline:
· Summary of Key Points
· Evaluation of the Quality of the Publication 
· Evaluation of the Quality of the Author(s) 
· Where this fits into the discussion
Developing strategy begins with thinking strategically and knowing what the key decisions are. The decision models that you employ will directly impact the quality of the decisions you make so understanding them is critical.
For your main thread, perform the following:
Discuss the process of developing business strategy.
Discuss the key decisions necessary for making strategy choices.
Discuss your current decision model(s) and how they impact the process of developing business strategy.
Develop an Annotated Bibliography for the additional references used in your discussion.
Support all of your factual assertions with citations.

 I am having a hard time calculating the NPV for next three years (2024-2027) of financial statements and balance sheets for Airbnb and updated ratios. I also need calculations made based on projected strategic changes of reducing operating costs and decreasing long term debt. Once a bid has been accepted I can send what I have in my excel.  

Project Management at Global Green Books Publishing
Global Green Books Publishing was started two years ago by two friends, Jim King and Brad Mount, who
met in college while studying in Philadelphia, USA. In the new business Jim focused on editing, sales and
marketing while Brad Mount did the electronic assembly and publishing of books for Global Green
Books. Their business was successful and profitable in the first two years, largely due to contracts from
two big businesses.
In their third year they got very busy thanks to their third major customer, a local college that needed
customized eBooks. They hired several part time employees to help them with their publishing business.
But by the end of third year of operation, Global Green Books started experiencing critical problems.
They were:
• unable to leverage all the new employees effectively
• unable to deliver eBooks to their customers on schedule
• unable to provide quality texts—time and money was being spent fixing defects in their
products
• unable to control costs—their business was not profitable in the third year.
Global Green Books saw a significant rise in issues, a lot of unpleasant “surprises” were cropping up;
business was down as new resources were hired, also some of the projects were poorly estimated. The
local university was unhappy as their eBook products reached campus late for use by professors and
student. In some cases, the books were a week or two late. Since the courses must start on schedule
and students need their books at the beginning of their courses, the new lucrative college customer was
unhappy.
One of the new part-time employees hired by Jim and Brad, Samantha, had taken a project
management course at college. Samantha was excited about the discipline of project management and
had intentionally selected a job with Global Green Books Publishing as she saw an opportunity to polish
her project management skills and implement project management as a business process.
One fine day, Jim invited Samantha, for a lunch meeting. He was aware that Samantha was familiar with
project management, and wanted to hear what she had to say about the problems he and Brad were
facing. Over lunch he questioned why their small business which had operated and implemented
projects so successfully over the first two years was being challenged significantly now. He specifically
listed the problems they were facing and asked for input to solve them.
Samantha asked for more time to research all the issues but noted that Global Green Books, while being
innovative, completed projects without a roadmap or a project plan and lacked a disciplined approach
to project management. She noted that Jim and Brad did not use any project software for scheduling
and they did not use tools or techniques to estimate, budget or to communicate with stakeholders.
Finally, they had no processes in place to manage project activities, project risks and quality.
Impressed with this and other conversations, Jim King asked Samantha if she would consider joining
them as a project associate or project manager on a full-time basis to help them introduce project
management practices and help them tide over their current crisis.
Samantha accepted the offer! She has several key skills—she is an excellent communicator with very
good interpersonal skills and detail-oriented. Although the organization may not have been ready for
project management as a business process, she could see the potential for this to happen but she
understood in order for this to happen she has to start somewhere.
It appears Samantha has some really good core skills but she still has a lot to do here. There are some
issues here that Samantha needs to consider. Try and help her out by discussing some strategies for the
following:
1. Maturity Model Strategy (Identify where they are now and where you think they could be in your
analysis)
2. Contract types (There are some liability issues with employee skill sets. They are also a young
company)
3. Human Resources and Staffing (Think about the current and future state in your analysis)
4. Success (Define for this type of organization. Make sure you are clear and provide details.
5. Stress and Conflict Resolution (These two are definitely relevant here.)
6. Executives (Remember this is a young company. What needs to happen with executives? Or is this a
nothing burger?)
In your answers think about the present and the future in your answers as making the transition from
implementing project management to having project management as a business process can’t happen
overnight or without a carefully carved crafted plan.
Your submission should be in APA format. Your references should be in APA format. There isn’t a page
limit.
Please add more references:
Kerzner, H. (2022). Project management: a systems approach to planning, scheduling, and controlling (13th ed.). Wiley.
Project Management Institute. (2021). A guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK guide) (7th ed.). Project Management Institute.