Discussion – The African Background

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Listed below are the questions that must be answered and attached are the readings.

  

In essay format, answer the following questions  (a full paragraph, with resource support/details):

-What surprising new fact/s have you learned about Africa, African peoples, African cultures, and Africa’s significance/importance to history?

-What are at least 2 specific examples of African cultural characteristics?

-What was unique about slavery in Africa, before the Atlantic Slave Trade (before Africans started trading slaves with the Europeans)?

-Based on Giddings’  Africanisms essay, or your own observations, what is at least once connection between African American culture (music, religion, etc.) and African culture (religion, art, society, etc.)?  

-Reflecting on African culture, history and significance, what are you left wondering about; what questions remain unanswered for you? (Mandatory!)

Thanks

“World’s Most Admired Companies”

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Every year, Fortune magazine publishes a list of the “World’s Most Admired Companies” and Barron’s magazine publishes a list of the “World’s Most Respected Companies.” Choose one company from the top twenty on either of these lists from the most recent year available that you also admire or respect and one company that you admire or respect little.

Part 1: What criteria does the magazine use to evaluate companies for the list? Do you agree with these criteria? Why or why not?
Part 2: Why do you admire the company you chose as a favorite? Why do you not respect the company you chose as not admirable?

Sample Solution

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Uses of database technology in an organization

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Consider your organization or another organization with which you are familiar. Briefly describe the organization, and then answer the following questions:

What do you think is one of the most interesting uses of database technology by this organization? Why?
Who benefits from this use and in what ways?
Are there any downsides?
Are there any additional database technologies (or uses of the same technology) that you think this organization should consider? Explain.
As a business manager, how can you effectively utilize database technologies to better do your job?

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New Assignment 3

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Research the impact of financial leverage on earnings and performance measures. Present, describe, and illustrate the leverage relation between earnings before interest and taxes (EBIT) and net income. Develop numerical examples to illustrate the concepts as you respond to the questions.

  1. Present,      describe and illustrate the leverage relation between ROE and ROI. Develop      numerical examples to illustrate the concepts.
  2. Present,      describe and illustrate the leverage relation between EBIT and net income.      Develop numerical examples to illustrate the concepts.
  3. Review      the referenced paper by Lord. (1998). Describe the research question being      addressed. Discuss the methods used and the conclusions reached by the      study.

Support your paper with a minimum of five (5) external resources In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources, including older articles, may be included.
 

Length: 5-7 pages not including title and reference pages
 

Your paper should demonstrate thoughtful consideration of the ideas and concepts presented in the course and provide new thoughts and insights relating directly to this topic. Your response should reflect scholarly writing and current APA standards. 

After completing the assignment see below:

Summarize your thoughts and ideas about three key financial metrics of interest to stockholders and then three key metrics of interest to one of the following groups: bankers, bondholders, managers, consumers, politicians. Being able to successfully describe and define the metrics effects will be beneficially in understanding and explaining how you could employ the metrics for future financial analyses. This discussion will be open-ended to afford you the opportunity to interact with your course instructor and possibly other students.
 

Length: Content post 150-200 words; response post 75-100 words.
 

Both your content post and your response post should reflect a collegial attitude, be free of grammar and spelling errors, and include criteria mentioned above.