The Future of Social Security COM/156 December 5‚ 2010 Karen Williams The Future of Social Security In the United States‚ many people believe that Social Security will be enough to support them upon retirement and have not prepared themselves adequately by establishing pensions‚ retirement plans and savings accounts. Believing this way can get many people into trouble once they reach an age that they would like to retire. These people are finding out that Social Security is just not
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Week 4 Discussions Week 4 Discussion Question 1 What is break-even analysis and how does it work with cost–volume–profit analysis? As a manager‚ what decisions would you make to achieve a lower break-even point? The CVP analysis is the level of activity at which total revenues equal total costs (both fixed and variable). A break-even analysis is the process of finding the break-even point. The cost-value-profit is the study of how specific costs respond to changes in the level of business
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WEEK 07 DISCUSSION QUESTION SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES BETWEEN AN ADAPTIVE PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIFE CYCLE MODEL AND EXTREME PROJECT MANAGEMENT LIFE CYCLE A. SIMILARITIES 1. The solution or outcome is not clear for both in Adaptive and Extreme PMLC models. The Adaptive does not defined goal and little is known about the solutions. Also the Extreme has neither the goal nor the solutions defined. 2. Client involvement and feedback process is required in both models. Clients are well
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Discussion Questions Wk 5 ACC/561 Week Five Discussion Questions What is a flexible budget? What types of organizations may use flexible budgets? Why are flexible budgets useful? Flexible budgets work well as a performance evaluation tool in conjunction with a static budget and are basically a comprehensive accounting of the static budget ’s cost variance. Flexible budget expenditures can be stymied by offering employee performance incentives directly relating to staying on the static budget
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Discussion Questions Week 1 • What are some ways in which receivers of messages provide feedback when listening to or reading a message? What effect does this have on the message? Provide examples. A receiver can provide feedback when listening to a message by offering their opinion or advice on whatever the subject matter was. The message will get a deeper understanding from different ideas being shared. For example‚ a wife tells her husband to go to the grocery store to get milk and bread. The
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Write two paragraphs (approximately 200 words) about how interest rates affect our purchasing decisions. Answer: Interest rates is the price that the lender sets for the borrower to pay as a fee to borrow money. Depending on whether or not interest rates are high or low‚ you may or may not qualify for a specific loan. When interest rates are higher‚ we as an economy have less money‚ and most people save for what they want to purchase rather than finance. When interest rates are higher‚ less
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week two discussion questions 1. What is the value of on-task behavior in the classroom? How has technology affected the ability to keep students on task? How should teachers regulate the use of technology to prevent classroom management issues? On-task behavior is very important in the classroom. According to Jones & Jones (2010)‚ on-task behavior should be magnified more so than off-task behavior. “Although we often fall into the trap of believing that critical remarks will improve students’
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Week Four Discussion Question How does a government budget deficit affect the economy? Identify two periods in recent history in which the United States has run budget deficits. What were the reasons for the deficits during those time periods? A government budget deficit occurs when the governments expenses exceeds its revenues. Because of this spending the government has to find alternatives to finance this added expense through borrowing. A government deficit in the long-run can reduce savings
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Ashley Whipple University of Phoenix NSG/391 Professional nursing practice Week 2 discussion questions Identify three time-management skills you plan to implement to help you achieve your personal and educational goals. 1. Make to do lists. This is something that I already do to a degree in my personal life‚ but not as often as I should. I plan on implementing this to help me achieve my educational goals. Lists help organize things by importance and act as a reminder to finish tasks I might
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COM/156 - UNIVERSITY COMPOSITION AND COMMUNICATION II Week 4 Discussion Questions Discussion Question 1 A good thesis statement helps guide the rest of your paper. Do you think this is true? Is it true of a poor thesis statement as well? Why? A good thesis statement is a way to help guide your paper. The thesis statement provides an outline for how the writer will progress with the paper. A working thesis will guide your paper just as much and then after your paper is finished‚ you can go
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