Budget Approaches

   Assignment Content     Evaluate how different budget approaches impact the development, implementation, and justification of existing and new programs. Create a 10- to 12-slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes that provides a brief description of these approaches and their effects on budgeting. In the presentation, ensure you: Identify at least 2 major budgetary reform … Read more

Government Overview Summary Part 1

  Select a city or county to use as the basis for this project.  (PHOENIX, AZ is the city of choice). Locate your selected citys or countys latest annual budget and comprehensive annual financial report (CAFR). Both the budget and CAFRs are public documents and are readily available on the internet. Prepare a 350- to … Read more

Discussion Post Week 2

  After completing this weeks Learning Activities, respond to the following in a minimum of 175 words:  How have the struggles and changes in politics affected the budgeting structure at the federal level? What do the changes at the national level mean for the state and local levels? In your opinion, in what period of … Read more

Financial Research Report (two parter)

Financial Research Report (this is a two part assignment. Only part one is needed now) Introduction Imagine that you are a financial manager researching investments for your client.  Define their characteristics and goals:  John is a 32-year-old IT analyst working as a government contractor in a defense company.  He is not married and has no … Read more

simulation

Operations Quality Management Common Instructions Access the . Carefully review the simulation’s introductory information and instructions, as well as the information in the OM Simulation Descriptions and Implementation Tips, linked below. After completing the simulation, capture a screen image of your final simulation results, which are to be included in your Critical Thinking Assignment. The … Read more

Economic Paper

For the writing assignment, I give you a policy issue or situation that you are asked to comment on using economic analysis. You may submit no more than 2 pages. It must be typed, double-spaced with 10-12 point font and 1-inch margins all around. Please use Times or Times New Roman font. If you want … Read more

CASE STUDY ECONOMICS

   Choose a company to research. The company can be either a publicly-traded company or privately-owned, perhaps a company you are familiar with (but not your current employer). The key elements in choosing a good company for your case study are: 1) Is the company relatively easy to research? Is there plenty of available information … Read more

National Debt

Instructions During the Great Recession, like any other economic downturns, as unemployment rises, aggregate income declines causing a major decline in tax collections. On the other hand, with the rise in unemployment, spending on safety net programs rise. So, to stabilize the national economy, government appears to have only two options (neither good) either to … Read more

Microeconomic

Click on the link below to see an example of calculating opportunity cost.  Opportunity cost arises when you have scarce resources and you are forced to make a choice amongst various competing alternatives. In the example, the scarce resource is time so the individual has to choose between the 2 jobs.   Formulate your own example that … Read more