A Look at the Modern Institutions of the World Western Governors University In this paper I will be discussing the characteristics of a modern nation-state‚ the European Union‚ and a couple of the foreign policies of the United States. By the end of this paper there should be an understanding of what makes a modern nation-state and also some examples of countries that are either a nation or state. To understand what a nation-state is‚ you must first understand what both a state and
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Human Resources JDT Task 1 A. Constructive Discharge At the beginning of the year the toy Company instituted a work schedule change to keep up with the growth of production of the company. The schedule change consisted of 12 hour shifts with 4 days of work and 4 days off. This change means that some of the work days would fall on a religious holy day. All of the production employees will immediately begin working this new schedule. Due to this new work schedule‚ a claim has been filed against
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Task 1 Horizontal analysis Horizontal analysis allows side by side comparisons on a year to year basis to determine the performance from one year to the next. The company decides on standards to compare the results of the analysis. Standards are researched by checking competitors‚ internet research of general industry guidelines or standards created from past experience in the company. The Company states in the summary that they attribute the net sales decrease in sales to the economy. The
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Evidence-Based Practice & Applied Nursing Research Western Governors University BSN Program Karolina O’Loughlin Student ID: 256940 Type of Sources / Appropriateness of Sources / Classification of Sources American Academy of Pediatrics and American Academy of Family Physicians article regarding acute otitis media is a filtered resource. It is an appropriate source for nursing practice because; it establishes clinical guidelines to diagnose and manage AOM. It also establishes guidelines
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Competition Bikes Inc. Storyline Operational Analysis 03/10/2014 WGU JET2 Financial Analysis Task 2 Introduction In this task‚ the budget schedule and proformas as well as the flexible budget were reviewed. Below you will find my analysis and recommended corrective actions as well as how management by exception applies. Budget Planning Concerns Competition Bikes has a good starting point for a budget but is overall weak and has several budgetary concerns. A few of those items are
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Competition Bikes Inc. Storyline Managing Capital & Financial Assets 04/12/2014 WGU JET2 Financial Analysis Task 4 - PASSED To: Vice President The following is a summary report to recommend whether Competition Bikes should change its traditional costing method to activity based costing‚ and an analysis of the breakeven point with regards to sales units and dollars for both CarbonLite and Titanium bikes. It also discusses the impacts to the breakeven point. The cost-volume-profit evaluation
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Dear Mr. Smith‚ Upon investigation in to the claim of constructive discharge under the Title VII Civil Rights Act of 1964 my research found this claim to be irrelevant and unjustified. A constructive discharge happens when an employee is legally justified in claiming that he/she was forced to resign because the employer has made working conditions intolerable. In our situation a complaint was never filed with the company letting us know the employee was unhappy or giving us the opportunity to respond
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upper-level information technology management position in business‚ industry‚ and non-profit organizations. MBAITM Understanding the Competency-Based Approach Practically speaking‚ what does it mean when we say that WGU programs are competencybased? Unlike traditional universities‚ WGU does not award degrees based on credit hours or on a certain set of required courses. Instead‚ students earn their degrees by demonstrating their skills‚ knowledge‚ and understanding of important concepts through
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Social Responsibility and Sustainable Business Practices WGU‚ JJT2 20 June 2014 ***PASSED*** Businesses‚ specifically larger corporations‚ play a major role in what occurs in society therefore‚ they are responsible to their stakeholders not only to pursue economic goals but the greater social good as well. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) means that a corporation should act in a way that enhances society and its inhabitants and be held accountable for any of its actions that affect people
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This paper received all 4s on the grading rubric. I mention this so you can eval the paper appropriately. I hope it helps. Community Health Nursing Community Description and Interpretation of Data America’s Finest City‚ San Diego‚ California is located in the southern most county in California‚ San Diego County. “San Diego is the second largest city in California”‚ (Wikipedia‚ 2013). Bordered by Orange and Riverside Counties to the north‚ Imperial County to the east‚ the Pacific Ocean
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