Do you agree that we have moved from a more philosophical

Read “Critical Thinking – Case 2: Judging Economies (p. 56), then answer the questions below:

1. Do you agree that we have moved from a more philosophical and political evaluation of an economy to more specific economic and social indicators?

a. If so, what has accounted for this change?

b. Will the philosophical evaluation always be part of the judgment of economic health?

2. Of the six questions for evaluating an economy, which ones should rank first, second, and third? What is missing from this list?

3. It might seem a bit of a reach to judge economies in terms of civil rights, happiness, and people’s health. In your opinion, is it appropriate to pay attention to these factors?

4. Should the Gross National Happiness Index be adopted in the United States? Should the United States focus on the four areas of importance to this Index rather than production and employment?

What was the issue that the U.S. Supreme Court addressed

1. Case #1 Review the case on page 5 of the textbook entitled Brown v. Board of Education. Answer the following questions using the IRAC format discussed in this lesson. What was the issue that the U.S. Supreme Court addressed in this case? The rule is that “separate but equal” schools violate the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment to the Constitution. How did the U.S. Supreme Court apply the facts in this case to this rule? What was the Court’s final conclusion?

2. Case #2 Review Case 4.4 on page 73 of the textbook entitled Cavazos, Acting Warden v. Smith. Answer the following questions using the IRAC format discussed in this lesson. What was the issue that the U.S. Supreme Court addressed in this case? The rule is that appellate courts are allowed to examine mistakes of law but are not entitled to address alleged mistakes of fact so long as the determination of facts by the lower court can be supported by the facts. How did the U.S. Supreme Court apply the facts in this case to this rule? What was the Court’s final conclusion?

Module 7 – Application & Analysis Assignment

Module 7 – Application & Analysis Assignment

Choose a company with which you are familiar and is publicly traded. Locate and download a copy of the company’s most recent annual report from the company’s website or Form 10-K report from the Security Exchange Commission’s (SEC) website. On the company’s website, look for Investor Relations information. On the SEC’s website, you can use the company search feature of the EDGAR database found at http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html.

Open the company’s annual report/Form 10-K that you downloaded and locate the company’s segment information; it should be in the “Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements” or another similarly named section. Look at the headings for the word “Segment”.

Respond to the following questions based on your knowledge of this module’s material.

List the name of the company and the year of the annual report/Form 10-K. Provide a link to the annual report/Form 10-K that you used for this assignment.

1) Create a table that reports the following information: • Name of company • Year of annual report/Form 10-K • Link to download this annual report/Form 10-K • For EACH operating segment:

a) name of the segment b) segment revenue c) segment income d) segment assets, and e) page number(s) of the annual report where you found the segment information.

2) Calculate each segment’s sales margin. Interpret the results.

3) Calculate each segment’s capital turnover. Interpret the results.

4) Calculate each segment’s ROI (return on investment). Interpret the results.

5) Can you calculate RI (residual income)? Why or why not?

6) The rules for how segments should be presented in the annual reports are governed by external

financial accounting rules. The information you gathered for the previous requirements would be used by investors and other external stakeholders in their analysis of the company and its stock. Internally, the company most likely has many segments. Based on what you know about the company and its products or services, list at least three potential segments that the company might use for internal reporting. Explain why this way of segmenting the company for internal reporting could be useful to managers.

http://www.sec.gov/edgar/searchedgar/companysearch.html

Association for Educational Communications and Technology

This discussion is an opportunity to sharpen your skills in writing cover letters and to practice using concepts and vocabulary associated with various applications of instructional design skills and knowledge, such as eLearning. Prior to beginning work on this assignment, you must locate a job posting for an instructional design position. A few useful sites for locating ID job announcements are the following:

· Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) Featured Jobs Links to an external site.

· ATD Job BankAssociation for Talent Development (ATD) Job Bank Links to an external site.

· International Society for Performance Improvement (ISPI) Featured Jobs Links to an external site.

· International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) Featured Jobs Links to an external site.

· Indeed Job Search Links to an external site.

· HigherEdJobs Links to an external site.

 

In your Initial post,

· State the position you’re interested in.

· Explain why you are interested in the position with specific details about the position, organization, or company.

· Explain what you will bring to the position, organization, or company.

· Utilize instructional design principles and vocabulary when explaining your qualifications.

 

Critical Thinking Guidance: To help meet the critical thinking requirement, your post should do at least one of the following:

· analyze or evaluate information,

· make connections to other concepts in the class,

· provide examples that support your thoughts and viewpoints,

· share personal experiences relevant to the post,

· cite sources that support what you are stating in your post, or

· offer alternative viewpoints