A Company Behavior

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While Walmart may employ many individuals (e.g., 2.1 million worldwide), the company has
received negative attention in terms of its business model and practices. Not only has Walmart
been accused of treating employees poorly, but it has also been the target of discrimination
scandals.
After reviewing this week’s resources, conduct a review of relevant research regarding Walmart
and its practices. Then, prepare a written report of your findings that addresses the following:
Briefly summarize Walmart’s mission, vision, and values.
Evaluate Walmart’s actions (e.g., any unethical behaviors and cases of ethical actions found in
your research).
Elaborate on whether specific actions taken by Walmart are illegal as well as unethical. Justify
your rationale.
Determine how Walmart can improve its corporate culture and leadership.
Then, recommend steps for improvement that could be taken to improve Walmart’s culture.

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Managerial Analysis

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This comprehensive case requires students to evaluate a static budget and prepare flexible
budgets to meet managerial needs. Students are required to calculate and analyze variances
and discuss how variances are critical to managerial decision making.
Resources
Managerial Analysis Grading Guide
Green Pastures Static Budget Income Statement
Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP), U.S. Securities and Exchange Committee
(SEC)
Tutorial help on Excel® and Word functions can be found on the Microsoft Office website. There
are also additional tutorials via the web offering support for Office products.
Assignment Steps
Scenario: Green Pastures is a 400-acre farm on the outskirts of the Kentucky Bluegrass,
specializing in the boarding of broodmares and their foals. A recent economic downturn in the thoroughbred industry has led to a decline in breeding activities, and it has made the boarding business extremely competitive. To meet the competition, Green Pastures planned in 2017 to
entertain clients, advertise more extensively, and absorb expenses formerly paid by clients such

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The issue of mental health in youth ( why it’s a issue – focus on college age students)

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Explanatory Synthesis Project: The topic of your Explanatory Synthesis will be one that you have most likely heard of
before and has become a pertinent topic on college campuses. For this paper, you are asked to research and write
informatively and objectively about mental health on college campuses. As there are
many aspects that could be explained, you will need to focus your attention on one area
and discuss it informatively to an audience and with a purpose of your choice.

Differences between bottom-up and top-down perception.

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Part 1

For this Discussion, consider differences between bottom-up and top-down perception.

With these thoughts in mind:

Post a brief explanation of the active nature of perception. Then explain two differences between bottom-up and top-down perception. Finally, provide one example of how everyday experience would be altered if bottom-up perception were impaired, as well as one example of how everyday experience would be altered if top-down perception were impaired. (500 words or more)

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.

Part 2

In this Discussion, think about theories of attention as well as cultural and social variables. Consider the relationship between all of these factors and cognition.

With these thoughts in mind:

Post a brief comparison of one early theory of attention to the Guided Search theory of attention. Then describe how these theories apply to visual search. Finally, describe one cultural and one social variable that might influence attention and explain how. (500 words or more)

Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the Learning Resources.

READINGS
de la Rosa, S., Choudhery, R. N., & Chatziastros, A. (2011). Visual object detection, categorization, and identification tasks are associated with different time courses and sensitivities. Human Perception and Performance, 37(1), 38–47.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
DeGloma, T., & Friedman, A. (2005). Thinking with socio-mental filters: Exploring the social structuring of attention and significance. Conference Papers––American Sociological Association, 1–24.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Proulx, M. J. (2007). Bottom-up guidance in visual search for conjunctions. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 33(1), 48–56.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Wolfe, J. M., & Horowitz, T. S. (2004). What attributes guide the deployment of visual attention and how do they do it? Nature Reviews Neuroscience, 5(6), 495–501.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.
Geisler, W. S. (2008). Visual perception and the statistical properties of natural scenes. Annual Review of Psychology, 59, 167–192.
Geisler, W. S. Visual Perception and the Statistical Properties of Natural Sciences. Annual Review of Psychology. Copyright 2007 Annual Reviews, Inc. Used with permission from Annual Reviews, Inc. via the Copyright Clearance Center.
Peissig, J. J., & Tarr, M. J. (2007). Visual object recognition: Do we know more now than we did 20 years ago? Annual Review of Psychology, 58, 75–96.
Peissig, J.J., & Tarr, M.J., Visual object recognition: do we know more now than we did 20 years ago? Annual Review of Psychology. Copyright 2007 Annual Reviews, Inc. Used with permission from Annual Reviews, Inc. via the Copyright Clearance Center.
Posner, M. I., & Rothbart, M. K. (2007). Research on attention networks as a model for the integration of psychological science. Annual Review of Psychology, 58, 1–23.
Research on attention networks as a model for the integration of psychological science by Posner, M.I., & Rothbart, M.K. in Annual Review of Psychology, 58. Copyright 2008 by Annual Reviews, Inc. Reprinted by permission of Annual Reviews, Inc., via the Copyright Clearance Center.

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