by | Dec 2, 2023 | Uncategorized
People ask the same Big Questions over and over again. These questions are themselves permanent things, and when we read what people have said in response to these questions over time, we are joining the Great Conversation that is literature. Among the big questions we have encountered are:
- “What is the relationship between man and God?”
- “What is the relationship between the individual and the society?”
- “Why does the individual person matter?”
- Choose one of these questions and trace its development from Enlightenment to Modern literature, using at least four of our course writers as examples. Conclude by offering your readers a biblical response to the question.
- Requirements: Minimum of 1000 words; APA format
by | Nov 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Overview
This assignment provides an opportunity to apply your knowledge of budget and ethical concerns, including handling profit centers. Based on the following scenario, you will discover ethical and unethical behaviors in meeting corporate objectives, as well as their ethical implications.
Scenario
The Plant Shack Bistro is a franchiser in the highly competitive food industry. The company, which has been in operation for one year, is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. Each Plant Shack Bistro franchise is locally operated and owned but required to adhere to franchise performance measurements set by headquarters.
Headquarters needs to develop a budget that will allow it to estimate units of sales for vegan burgers beginning with 650,000 per quarter beginning in January. The unit price of each burger is $6.50. The food chain would like to estimate 675,000 units of potato fries for each quarter. The unit price per serving of potato fries is $3.79.
Since each franchise location is decentralized, each manager is measured on the basis of profit contribution in his/her profit center, market penetration, and return on investment. Failure to meet the objectives established by corporate management for these measurements has not been acceptable and usually has resulted in the dismissal of an investment center owner.
An anonymous survey of managers in the organization has revealed that local owners feel pressure to compromise their personal ethical standards to achieve corporate objectives for profits in the face of steep competition. For example, during an incident of poor weather conditions and not enough truck drivers, owners felt pressure to reduce quality control to a level that did not assure the rejection of all unsafe products. Also, local restaurant managers were encouraged to use questionable sales tactics (such as overcharging customers) to increase the dollar amount of sales, charge for catering events but not provide the services, and collect money for coupon books with no delivery date scheduled for the books.
Plant Shack Bistro’s chief executive officer is disturbed by the survey findings. In his opinion, this behavior cannot be condoned by the company. He concludes the company should do something about this problem.
For this assignment, you will act as a consultant who has been hired by Plant Shack Bistro headquarters to provide recommendations regarding the budget type, benchmarks, a cost system that will be used to support an increase in sales, and ethical considerations. You will provide your findings to the clients (Plant Shack Bistro) in a PowerPoint presentation that you complete in the Budget Dilemma template provided.
Instructions
Download the Week 8 Assignment Template [PPTX] Download Week 8 Assignment Template [PPTX]. Complete the following in your presentation:
Slide 1: Add your name, the date of submission, and the professor’s name to this slide. The title of the presentation has been provided for you. The title page should look professional. Follow SWS PowerPoint guidelines.
Slide 2: Describe the role of all three stakeholders in the case. Be sure to list each stakeholder and briefly describe their role in the scenario.
Slide 3: Explain 4 factors from the scenario that contribute to the dilemma.
Slide 4: Recommend a budget type appropriate for the scenario and describe the benefits that will result from this budget type. Rely on the course readings about budget types for this information.
Slide 5: Recommend 2 benchmarks to increase sales so that the Plant Shack Bistro headquarters and franchise owners can monitor and adjust their strategy each month as needed. The benchmarks must be measurable in dollars or percent change.
Slide 6: Recommend a costing system type appropriate for the scenario and support the recommendation with an example.
Slide 7: Explain 3 outcomes for Plant Shack Bistro, franchise owners, and/or customers that you expect to result from the changes you recommended.
Slide 8: Propose changes to address three ethical concerns mentioned in the scenario. Be sure to explain how these changes will address the concerns.
Slide 9: Sources. Use 3 or more quality sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
- Recommend a budget type, benchmarks, and a cost system implementation plan for an organization.
- Create a budget for controls and analysis to inform organizational operations.
- Assess the importance of ethics in managerial accounting.
by | Nov 25, 2023 | Uncategorized
Overview
This assignment is a continuation of the previous assignments where you will focus more on your company, Superstar Solar, Inc., and SolarCal. You will make more assumptions on specific types of costs.
In order to complete this assignment, refer to the scenario in the Introduction of New Solar Company Assignment where you discussed SolarCal and your company, as well as the scenarios and readings from previous weeks.
- Refer to your Week 7 Activity where you created a Work Breakdown Structure to assist you in completing this assignment.
- Refer to the Course Guide to become familiar with how your paper will be graded.
- Refer to scenarios and readings from previous weeks to complete this assignment.
- Note: It is essential that you review your case analyses when completing this assignment.
Compare your company with SolarCal relative to the price of acquisition, semi-variable costs, and allocated direct and indirect costs of the solar power grids. Justify the response.
Instructions
Write a 2-3 page paper in which you:
- Analyze expenses:
- Analyze and provide detailed examples of the following costs that both Superstar Solar, Inc. and SolarCal will incur when contracting with the government.
- Labor costs.
- Manufacturing costs.
- Research and development.
- General administrative expenses.
- Analyze direct and indirect costs:
- From the previous section, define and indicate which costs will be direct and indirect.
- Direct costs.
- Labor.
- Manufacturing.
- Research and development.
- General and administrative expenses.
- Indirect Costs
- Labor.
- Manufacturing.
- Research and development.
- General and administrative expenses.
- Allocation Methods
- Discuss the following cost allocation methods and indicate which ones Superstar Solar, Inc., and SolarCal would use. Remember to provide a rationale for each of these methods.
- Units of production method.
- Machine hour method.
- Direct labor hour method.
- Direct labor cost method.
- Additional Notes:
- Refer to the rubric for this assignment to become familiar with how your paper will be graded.
- Refer to scenarios and readings from previous weeks in order to complete this assignment.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
- Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources. To get started, please refer to the library page for this course.
- The Strayer University Library is a good source for quality resources.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
- Evaluate company pricing and costs related to production.
View Rubric
by | Nov 16, 2023 | Uncategorized
This activity is designed to help you prepare for the assignment due next week, Analysis of Direct and Indirect Costs.
You will use the provided template to create a Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) sheet using the project information from the Week 8 assignment. It includes a place for both direct and indirect costs for the following items:
- Labor.
- Manufacturing.
- Research and Development.
- General Administrative.
This activity is designed to help you better understand the difference between direct and indirect costs. For example, your direct labor costs may be the crew that needs to install solar panels, but indirect labor costs would be any sort of maintenance work required to clean up after the installation.
Please note: The sum formulas are pre-populated in the Total row, so make sure that as you edit, you keep those formulas properly updated. For example, rows should only be inserted above the Total row.
For help with basic Excel, please review the following:
WBS Template [XLSX] Download WBS Template [XLSX].
Note: The provided template has a space for each category and formulas to calculate your total expenses. If you need to add more items than the provided three spaces in each category, just add a row below the last row in the category (above the row that calculates the total). Continue adding rows as needed.
View Rubric
by | Nov 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Overview
This assignment continues with your analysis of your company, Superstar Solar, Inc., and their different types of costs. Being discussed are various cost classifications and volume-based costs. You will finish this assignment by discussing different pricing methods that the government can consider.
In order to complete this assignment, refer to the scenario in the Introduction of New Solar Company Assignment where you discussed SolarCal and your company, as well as the scenarios and readings from previous weeks.
- Refer to the Course Guide to become familiar with how your paper will be graded.
- Refer to scenarios and readings from previous weeks to complete this assignment.
- Note: It is essential that you review your case analyses when completing this assignment.
Instructions
Write a 2-3 page paper in which you:
- Analysis of Superstar Solar, Inc.’s Cost Classifications
- Analyze and provide examples in detail of the following cost classifications for your company.
- Reasonable costs.
- Allowable costs.
- Allocable costs.
- Analysis of volume-based costs
- Analyze and provide detailed examples of how the following costs change depending on volumes produced by Superstar Solar, Inc.
- Fixed costs.
- Variable costs.
- Semi-Variable costs.
- Pricing Analysis by the government
- Assuming that a firm fixed price contract will be awarded, discuss the following pricing methods and indicate which one the government will probably choose. Also, indicate how your company will ensure that the prices will be reasonable for the government. Remember to provide a rationale for each of these costs
- Comparison of proposed prices.
- Comparison of market-based prices.
- Comparison of prior proposed prices.
- Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.
- The Strayer University Library is a good source for quality resources. To get started, please refer to the library page for this course.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
- Examine cost classifications, cost considerations, and price analysis methods for a new company.
by | Nov 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Overview
This assignment continues with your analysis of your company, Superstar Solar, Inc., and their different types of costs. Being discussed are various cost classifications and volume-based costs. You will finish this assignment by discussing different pricing methods that the government can consider.
In order to complete this assignment, refer to the scenario in the Introduction of New Solar Company Assignment where you discussed SolarCal and your company, as well as the scenarios and readings from previous weeks.
- Refer to the Course Guide to become familiar with how your paper will be graded.
- Refer to scenarios and readings from previous weeks to complete this assignment.
- Note: It is essential that you review your case analyses when completing this assignment.
Instructions
Write a 2-3 page paper in which you:
- Analysis of Superstar Solar, Inc.’s Cost Classifications
- Analyze and provide examples in detail of the following cost classifications for your company.
- Reasonable costs.
- Allowable costs.
- Allocable costs.
- Analysis of volume-based costs
- Analyze and provide detailed examples of how the following costs change depending on volumes produced by Superstar Solar, Inc.
- Fixed costs.
- Variable costs.
- Semi-Variable costs.
- Pricing Analysis by the government
- Assuming that a firm fixed price contract will be awarded, discuss the following pricing methods and indicate which one the government will probably choose. Also, indicate how your company will ensure that the prices will be reasonable for the government. Remember to provide a rationale for each of these costs
- Comparison of proposed prices.
- Comparison of market-based prices.
- Comparison of prior proposed prices.
- Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.
- The Strayer University Library is a good source for quality resources. To get started, please refer to the library page for this course.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
- Examine cost classifications, cost considerations, and price analysis methods for a new company.
by | Nov 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Overview
This assignment continues with your analysis of your company, Superstar Solar, Inc., and their different types of costs. Being discussed are various cost classifications and volume-based costs. You will finish this assignment by discussing different pricing methods that the government can consider.
In order to complete this assignment, refer to the scenario in the Introduction of New Solar Company Assignment where you discussed SolarCal and your company, as well as the scenarios and readings from previous weeks.
- Refer to the Course Guide to become familiar with how your paper will be graded.
- Refer to scenarios and readings from previous weeks to complete this assignment.
- Note: It is essential that you review your case analyses when completing this assignment.
Instructions
Write a 2-3 page paper in which you:
- Analysis of Superstar Solar, Inc.’s Cost Classifications
- Analyze and provide examples in detail of the following cost classifications for your company.
- Reasonable costs.
- Allowable costs.
- Allocable costs.
- Analysis of volume-based costs
- Analyze and provide detailed examples of how the following costs change depending on volumes produced by Superstar Solar, Inc.
- Fixed costs.
- Variable costs.
- Semi-Variable costs.
- Pricing Analysis by the government
- Assuming that a firm fixed price contract will be awarded, discuss the following pricing methods and indicate which one the government will probably choose. Also, indicate how your company will ensure that the prices will be reasonable for the government. Remember to provide a rationale for each of these costs
- Comparison of proposed prices.
- Comparison of market-based prices.
- Comparison of prior proposed prices.
- Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.
- The Strayer University Library is a good source for quality resources. To get started, please refer to the library page for this course.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
- Examine cost classifications, cost considerations, and price analysis methods for a new company.
by | Nov 12, 2023 | Uncategorized
Overview
This assignment continues with your analysis of your company, Superstar Solar, Inc., and their different types of costs. Being discussed are various cost classifications and volume-based costs. You will finish this assignment by discussing different pricing methods that the government can consider.
In order to complete this assignment, refer to the scenario in the Introduction of New Solar Company Assignment where you discussed SolarCal and your company, as well as the scenarios and readings from previous weeks.
- Refer to the Course Guide to become familiar with how your paper will be graded.
- Refer to scenarios and readings from previous weeks to complete this assignment.
- Note: It is essential that you review your case analyses when completing this assignment.
Instructions
Write a 2-3 page paper in which you:
- Analysis of Superstar Solar, Inc.’s Cost Classifications
- Analyze and provide examples in detail of the following cost classifications for your company.
- Reasonable costs.
- Allowable costs.
- Allocable costs.
- Analysis of volume-based costs
- Analyze and provide detailed examples of how the following costs change depending on volumes produced by Superstar Solar, Inc.
- Fixed costs.
- Variable costs.
- Semi-Variable costs.
- Pricing Analysis by the government
- Assuming that a firm fixed price contract will be awarded, discuss the following pricing methods and indicate which one the government will probably choose. Also, indicate how your company will ensure that the prices will be reasonable for the government. Remember to provide a rationale for each of these costs
- Comparison of proposed prices.
- Comparison of market-based prices.
- Comparison of prior proposed prices.
- Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.
- The Strayer University Library is a good source for quality resources. To get started, please refer to the library page for this course.
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
- This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
- Examine cost classifications, cost considerations, and price analysis methods for a new company.
by | Nov 4, 2023 | Uncategorized
To complete the activity:
- Navigate to the following website: Sam.govLinks to an external site..
- Search for and identify a current open solar contract.
- Provide the following information based on your search:
- Contract name.
- Notice ID.
- Department/Agency.
- Subtier.
- Current Response Date Due.
- Office.
- A brief description of the contract. Note: The brief description should be written in your own words. Avoid copying and pasting the description.
Formatting Requirements: This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
by | Oct 20, 2023 | Uncategorized
You just created a new start-up company called Superstar Solar, Inc., because you want to compete in the growing industry of solar power grids. SolarCal (as described in the case analysis) is currently the only major company in the field. Your views on SolarCal are that the company charges a lot for their products and take a long time to manufacture them. You feel that your company can be a more efficient version of SolarCal.
Keep in mind: When you are completing this assignment, you should be creating all the necessary assumptions to support your claim of being more efficient.
- Refer to the Course Guide to become familiar with how your paper will be graded.
- Refer to scenarios and readings from previous weeks to complete this assignment.
- Note: It is essential that you review your case analyses when completing this assignment.
Instructions
Write a 2-3 page paper in which you:
- Describe your new company called Superstar Solar, Inc.
- Include specific details about the following in your description:
- The reason why your company was formed.
- Your company’s mission statement (what is the “why” for the work that you do).
- Your company’s vision statement (where you see the company’s growth over the next three to five years).
- Your company’s solar power product.
- An overview of your key personnel. Note: Refer to your Week 3 Case Analysis on SolarCal for help on this overview.
- Your targeted client base. Note: Be specific. For example, instead of listing the government in general, you would focus on the Department of Agriculture.
- Describe SolarCal.
- Include specific details about the following in your description:
- The reason why SolarCal was formed.
- SolarCal’s mission statement (what is the “why” for the work that you do).
- SolarCal’s vision statement (where you see the company’s growth over the next three to five years).
- SolarCal’s solar power product.
- An overview of SolarCal key personnel. Note: Refer to your Week 3 Case Analysis on SolarCal for help on this overview.
- SolarCal’s targeted client base. Note: Be specific. For example, instead of listing the government in general, you would focus on the Department of Agriculture.
- Pricing analysis methods when forecasting government expenses.
- Describe three types of pricing analysis methods that might be appropriate for SolarCal to use to forecast the prices of its products and services when contracting with the government.
- Select one of those three methods and provide rationale to support your choice. Be sure to include at least two reasons why you think that method is the best option.
- Describe three types of pricing analysis methods (Comparison of proposed prices, comparison of market prices, etc.) that your company will consider when forecasting prices.
- Select one of those three methods and provide rationale to support your choice. Be sure to include at least two reasons why you think that method is the best option.
- Use at least three quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia and similar websites do not qualify as quality resources.
- The Strayer University Library is a good source for quality resources. To get started, please refer to the library page for this course.
This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
- Outline details for a new start-up company including a forecasting approach and cost considerations.
