Wk 2 - Compensation Evaluation Assignment Content Resource: Compensation Evaluation Grading Guide You were hired to work as a HR consultant for a small local hospital, with the task of expanding the workforce of certified medical assistants. Looking at the current three employees, you find a discrepancy in compensation between Susi, a 2-year employee at $28,000; Tom, 5-year employee at $27,000; and Raul, a 10-year employee at $33,000. All are employed as certified medical assistants, yet they all earn different salaries. According to survey data, all three employees are below the market rate for this job in the local job market. All three employees are also exemplary employees with near perfect scores in their most recent performance evaluation. Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper that includes the following: Explain the discrepancy in pay among the current employees. Describe the strategy you would take to correct the internal equity issue. Describe the strategy you would take to correct the external equity issue. Explain how you will ensure new hires will be paid equitably, both internally and externally. Explain how an organization's Total Compensation strategy affects its financial operations and its ability to attract, motivate, and retain top talent. Cite all sources according to APA formatting guidelines.

International Finance

A)     Using the currency tables provided in the International Finance Handout (page 9) in Canvas for July 4, 2014 (Friday’s reported price), convert $100,000 to Indian Rupees. You can choose to use either US $ Equivalent or Currency per US $

B)      Using the currency tables provided in the international Finance Handout (pages 8 and 9) in Canvas for June 6th, 2014 and July 4th, 2014 (Friday’s reported price for each), identify whether the US dollar got stronger or weaker relative to the European euro during this time period.

C)      Using the currency tables provided in the International Finance Handout (page 9) in Canvas for July 4th, 2014 (Friday’s reported price), calculate the Russian Ruble/Turkish Lira exchange rate (hint – rubles should be in the numerator).

Cost Of Capital

A)     Explain why debt is typically the cheapest source of financing for the firm and common stock the most expensive (hint – there are two reasons why debt is the cheapest…you should mention them both). Note that the word “Explain” is not the same as “list” – to get full credit

B)      Given the statement in A (debt is typically the cheapest source of financing for the firm and common stock the most expensive), firms that want to minimize their cost of capital should get 99% of their total financing from debt and only 1% from common stock. True or False and explain.

Directions: Use the crosstabe option in the Descriptives menu to answer the questions based on the following scenario. ( Be sure to select Chi-square from the sStatistics submenu and Observed, Expected, Row, and Column in the Cell submenu. Assume a level of significance of .05)

The school district recently adopted the use of e-textbooks, and superintendent is interested in determining the level of satisfaction with e-textbooks among students classification. The superintendent selected a sample of students from one high school and asked them how satisified they were with the use of e-textbooks. The data that were collected are presented in the following table.

1. Of the students that were satisfied, what percent were Freshmen, Sophomore, Junior, and Senior? (Round your final answer to 1 decimal place.

2. State an appropriate null hypothesis for this analysis.

3. What is the value of the chi-square statistic?

4. What are the reported degrees of freedom?

5. What is the reported level of significance?

6. Based on the results of the chi-square test of independence is there an association between e-textbook satisfaction and academic classification?

7 Present the results as they might appear in an article. This must include a table and narrative statement that reports and interprets the results of the analysis.

Note: The table must be created using your word processing program. Tables that are copied and pasted from SPSS are not acceptable.

1. The Lynn Company uses a normal job-costing system at its Minneapolis plant. The plant has a machining department and an assembly department. Its job-costing system has two direct-cost categories (direct materials and direct manufacturing labor) and two manufacturing overhead cost pools (the machining department overhead, allocated to jobs based on actual machine hours, and the assembly department overhead, allocated to jobs based on actual direct manufacturing labor costs). The 2014 budget for the plant is as follows:

   	Machining Department	Assembly Department
   Manufacturing overhead	$1,800,000	$3,600,000
   Direct manufacturing labor costs	$1,400,000	$2,000,000
   Direct manufacturing labor hours	100,000	200,000
   Machine-hours	50,000	200,000

   During February the job cost record for Job 494 contained the following:

   	Machining Department	Assembly Department
   Direct materials used	$45,000	$70,000
   Direct manufacturing labor costs	$14,000	$15,000
   Direct manufacturing labor hours	1,000	1,500
   Machine-hours	2,000	1,000

   At the end of 2014 the actual manufacturing overhead costs were $2,100,000 in machining. Assume that 55,000 actual machine hours were used in machining.

   Calculate the machining department overhead allocation rate and present your answer as $/allocation base  State whether the overhead for the machining department is overallocated or underallocated

   You must use the full word either underallocated or overallocated in your answer.

Mr. S, 70, was admitted to your medical-surgical unit 3 days ago with a diagnosis of pneumonia. He has a 1-week history of fever, chills, poor appetite, productive cough, and weakness. His past medical history includes being an ex-smoker (he quit 1 year ago, before that he smoked 2 packs a day for 40 years), hypertension controlled by one medication, no previous surgeries, and no allergies.

Yesterday, Mr. S had a cough and some pain with coughing, requiring 2 L of oxygen via nasal cannula to maintain his oxygen saturation at 98%. He was a bit confused, but his vital signs were within normal limits. When you go to introduce yourself and start your assessment today (day 3), you find he’s drowsy and lethargic, and he responds with one-word answers or grunts. You note that he’s using pursedlip breathing. You complete a set of vital signs and discover he’s febrile (100.2° F [37.9 C]), with a BP of 110/60; heart rate, 90 beats/ minute; respiratory rate, 24 breaths/minute; and oxygen saturation, 95% on 2 L of oxygen via nasal cannula.

would would be the clinical approach... include everything that a nurse should do

This week we discussed and defined the types of business structures along with their advantages and disadvantages. On page 2 of the attached document, there is a Business Structure Chart where you will be filling in the definitions and advantages & disadvantages of each business structure. On the chart under the category of sole proprietary, a partial example has been started to show you how to fill in the chart. After you have completed the chart,you will need to answer the following questions in an essay format on a Word document.Please answer the questions with at least 200words

BUSS100 – Project (Business Structure Chart and Analysis) Completing this assessment will help you meet the following outcome: • Compare the different types of business structures Business Structure Chart (BSC) Fill in the chart below. Sole Proprietorship Partnership Corporation Definitions A business that is owned and usually managed by one person.

Advantages 1. Ease of starting and ending the business 2. 3. 4. 5. 6 Disadvantages 1. Unlimited liability 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. Answer the following questions in an essay format with at least 200 words: • In assessing your Business Structure Chart, if you had a sole proprietorship company and wanted to take it global, what structure would be best and explain why you chose that structure. • Which business structure has the least amount of risk involved and explain your reasoning as to why it has the least amount of risk.

Expanding Gregory’s – Greg and John has owned Gregory’s Greek Restaurant for over thirty years. The restaurant overlooks a river and offers visitors a lovely view of the countryside. Over the years, the restaurant’s popularity has grown through word-of-mouth advertising, and now guest often wait up to two hours on the weekend before being seated. Greg and John have been approached by Capstone Developers, which wants to use the Gregory’s Greek Restaurant concept in a mixed-use development it is putting together. It seems that one of Capstone’s managers ate at Gregory’s and loved the concept. Capstone Developers put together an investment proposal for Greg and Andy requesting to use their concept and cash equity for the deal.

The following are excerpts from the offer:
· Use of the Gregory Greek Restaurant name in exchange for limited partnership units in the new restaurant.
· A request for a 45% equity investment from Greg and John on the total project cost of $3,000,000. In return for their investment, they will receive 25% ownership and 25% of all cash flows, with Capstone reserving 75%.
· With an estimated $175,000 in cash flows in Year 1 and a 10% growth rate over the next decade, the return on equity looks very promising.
· Capstone Developers, as the general partner, will retain all operating rights, including the right to decide when the restaurant and property will be sold.

Identify and explain the positive and negative aspects of the proposal business entity for Greg and John

Care super insurance company has 150 computers that are networked together. It also has four servers and uses a star topology wired network to reach employees' offices, with a bus interconnecting four floors in its office building. Because of a staggering influx of Internet business, the network administrator's task is to boost network performance and availability as much as
possible. The company also wants a network design that's easy to reconfigure and change because workgroups form and disband frequently and their membership changes regularly. All computers must share sensitive data and control access to customer files and databases. Aside from customer information and billing databases, which run on all servers, employees' desktop computers must run standard word-processing and spreadsheet programs.
Use the following write-on lines to evaluate the requirements for this network. After you finish, determine the best network topology or topology combination for the company. On a blank piece of paper, sketch the network design you think best suits company needs. Remember: High performance and easy reconfiguration are your primary design goals!
a. Design a Network topology for the given scenario.
b. Will the network be peer-to-peer or server based? Justify your answer.
c. Analyse business goals for this network.
d. Analyse business priorities for this network.
e. Investigate business constraints for this network.

Scenic Flights provides 3 hour sightseeing flights over the Eastern Sea Board along the Greet Ocean Road near Lorne Victoria. The average flight has 20 passengers on board. Each passenger pays $300 for a 2 hour scenic flight. The business averages 90 flights each year based on current demand over the weekend – Saturday and / or Sunday dependent on demand. Each flight requires two pilots who are each paid $500 per flight and two flight attendants who receive $200 each per flight. Pilots and flight attendants are employed on a casual basis only receiving payment when flights operate. Other variable costs include: inflight passenger refreshments costing $30 per passenger and fuel which costs $800 per flight. Total annual fixed costs are $150,000.

Calculate income and variable costs and contribution margin of each scenic flight.

Calculate the number of scenic flights needed to break even.

Scenic Flights would like to increase current profits by 40 percent. Calculate the number of additional flights required to meet this financial goal.

Discuss whether this increased profit target is realistic under current conditions and possible assumptions and limitations of the “cost / volume / profit model” at such higher volume levels. (word limit 40)