Part 1: Financial Acumen

Keeping abreast of the financial measures and metrics employed by a company allows employees to better understand its health and position at any given time. Using Campbellsville University library link or other libraries and the Internet:

1. Review at least three (3) articles on financial acuity. Summary the articles in 400 – 600 words. Use APAformatting throughout including in-text citations and references.

2. Discuss the benefits of establishing solid financial acumen in a company? Discuss your personal experiences in a situation where financial acumen was either not supported as an organizational hallmark or, conversely, was built into the company's culture.

Part 2: Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX)

Write a 200-word commentary on Sarbanes Oxley and the importance this act has for American businesses today. Your commentary should include the following:

A. Rationale for SOX
B. Provisions of SOX
C. Enforcement of SOX

Scenario: Davis Skaros has recently been promoted to production manager. He has just started to receive various managerial reports, including the production cost report you prepared. It showed his department had 2,000 equivalent units in ending inventory. His department has had a history of not keeping enough inventory on hand to meet demand. He has come to you, very angry, and wants to know why you credited him with only 2,000 units when he knows he had at least twice that many on hand.

Prepare a maximum 700-word informal memo and explain to Mr. Skaros why his production cost report showed only 2,000 equivalent units in ending inventory. Using a professional tone, explain to him clearly why your report is accurate.

1.1

Write a python in Jupiter notebook function called trng that takes three numbers x, y, and z, and specifies if those can form a triangle (i.e., returns the word triangle if they can, and Not a triangle otherwise).
Note: In order for three numbers to form a triangle sum of any two of them must be greater than the third one (e.g., x=1, y=2, z=4 cannot form a triangle because x+y is not greater than z even though x+z>y and y+z>x).

2.2 Write a program that gets three numbers from user and by calling the trng function you defined above specify if those numbers could be three sides of a triangle.

Example:
Enter the first number: 3.2
Enter the second number: 4
Enter the third number: 7.5
Not a triangle

Scale-based classification for networks allows us to differentiate PANs, LANs, MANs, and WANs. Moreover, the structure of a network is defined using various network topological organizations, which include bus, ring, star, mesh, tree, and hybrid networks. Using the above two concepts, establish the relation between the various types of networks (PANs, LANs, MANs, and WANs), with the most suited network topology (bus, ring, mesh, tree, and hybrid). For each of the network types (PANs, LANs, MANs, and WANs), you may specify one or more network topology. However, for each of the cases, justify and explain why and how the specific topology is appropriate for the given context. Note: You may use external resources and readings. Make sure that you include proper references to sources that you have used to write the report. Word limit: 200 - 300 words

Internet Marketing:

Whats internet Marketing?

Discuss an existing company that use internet marketing?

how it use Internet marketing to promote one of its products?

which product and why?

what are the benefit of internet marketing ?

Support Information:

As in any new industry or concept, the Internet has its share of confusing buzzwords and jargon. A website produced by Matisse Enzer, presents a comprehensive glossary of Internet terms. http://www.matisse.net/files/glossary.html

Many traditional elements of marketing easily translate into Internet marketing such as price, product, place and promotion. For example in terms of “promotion” tactics consider the following:

Traditional Marketing                                                Internet Marketing

Broadcast advertising                                                    Banner ads

Direct Mail                                                                         E-mail

Press releases                                                                   Website

Promotions                                                                       Pressroom

Networking                                                                       Online Events

Word of Mouth                                                                 Chat rooms/listserv

                                                                                              Viral marketing

ASC 810 describes the operation and reporting of a variable interest entity (VIE) in regards to consolidation, liability, and recognition. Research the accounting treatment and standards of a VIE in relation to U.S. standards and IFRS standards. Does a U.S. parent entity need to report and consolidate a VIE when the parent has very little control? How do the expected losses impact the reporting process? Requirements: Answer each question for this Critical Thinking Assignment option. It is recommended that you copy and paste each question into your paper (in Microsoft Word) for submission in bold letters, then show work and answer under each question so you can ensure you answer every question. Remember to maintain a formal tone and cite at least two scholarly sources to support your analysis. (Note: You may not use the course textbook to fulfill this requirement.)

Use this implementation of Integer node,

public class IntegerNode {
public int item;
public IntegerNode next;

public IntegerNode(int newItem) {
item = newItem;
next = null;
} // end constructor

public IntegerNode(int newItem, IntegerNode nextNode) {
item = newItem;
next = nextNode;
} // end constructor
} // end class IntegerNode

You need to implement add( ), delete( ), traverse( ) methods for an ordered linked list. And after insertion and deletion, your linked list will remain ordered.

Your code should include comments and documentation.

Testing

Here is the procedure for testing, which must be documented (a Word document is preferred, as is the use of screenshots).

• Add the numbers 2, 3, and 6 to the list
• Display the list contents
• Add 5 to the list
• Display the list contents
• Delete 3 from the list
• Display the list contents
• Delete 2 from the list
• Display the list contents

These changes will either cause demand to increase (shift right) or decrease (shift left). Use either word as applicable, for the short answer.

1. If the price of a good increases because the demand for it increases, What would you expect the demand for its complement to do?

2. If the demand for coffee beans increases, then what is likely to happen to the demand for land on which to grow coffee?

3. If advertising expenditures for the good being considered are decreased, then demand for the good being considered will likely:

4. Lattes are a relatively expensive coffee drink. However, being a normal good, as consumers’ disposable income increases, the demand for Lattes should:

5. As the supply of tablet computers and e-readers increases relative to the demand for them, what change in demand for printed textbooks (having digital e-book versions) would you expect?

The New Zealand Government’s $50 billion Covid-19 Recovery Budget has been described as the “biggest spending package in history” (by the New Zealand Herald). Explain, with reference to the determinants of productivity, what impact each of the following policies will have on Economic Growth:

i. “Shovel-ready” projects: $3 billion has been allocated to infrastructure projects such as waterways, transport, clean energy and buildings.

ii. Free tertiary training: $1.6 billion has been allocated to provide free tertiary training courses in building, agriculture and manufacturing.

iii. School lunch program: $220 million has been allocated to expand the free school lunch program to ensure more school children who may be experiencing food insecurity are fed during school hours.

word count - 500 words max

Using the world_x database you installed on your MySQL Workbench, create a new table named “independence” with the following attributes (columns):

A field named “id” which has data type auto_increment,

A field named “country_name” which has data type varchar(50), and

A field named “independence_date” which has type “date.”

After you create the table, run the following SQL command:

INSERT INTO independence(country_name, independence_date) VALUE (‘United States’,’1776-07-04’)

Submit a 1-page Microsoft Word document that shows the following:

The SQL command you used to create the “independence” table and a list of the rows in the “independence” table.

Explain the purpose of the field named “id.” Why do you not have to include it in an insert statements? How would change the incrementing value to a number greater than one?