A manufacturer delivers a new tractor to Farmer Ted on the first day of the harvest season. But the tractor will not start. It takes two weeks for the right parts to be delivered and installed. The repair bill comes to $1,000. During the two weeks, some acres of Farmer Teds crops die. He argues in court that his lost profit on those two acres is $60,000. The jury awards the full $1,000 for the tractor repairs, and $60,000 for the lost crops. Identify the two types of awards. Is it fair that Farmer Ted received 60 times the value of the repair bill for his lost crops?

For Dropbox Assignment 2, you are to prepare and submit a PowerPoint presentation based on one of the topics listed in Exercise 5-3 on page 146 of the textbook. You are to assume the role of a communication consultant who has been invited to speak on your selected topic at a conference. Your audience consists of approximately 100 middle-managers and top-level executives from both the private and public sectors.
Although the text states that your presentation should be five minutes in length, you are to disregard the amount of time. Instead, your presentation should be between 15-25 slides, including a title slide, and a final slide asking for questions.


- Title Slide: The title slide should include the name of the topic, your name, date, and the course name.
- Background/Introductory Material: By way of introduction, you should include some background material/facts regarding the topic. This could include statistics, graphs, charts, and any other information that you b

Topic:  Leadership Theory Mind Map

MY DISERTATION : Exploring the Strategies Managers Use to Handle Disgruntled Employees in Military Healthcare Organization

Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Most DM dissertations are based on one or more foundational concepts and theories found in the management or leadership literature. Although your discoveries may result in new knowledge, the conclusions of your research can be connected to the body of scholarly management research. Review all of the theories (and research additional theories if needed) that were discussed in the course.

Discuss the following:

    Examine the leadership theory that forms (or is closest to) the basis of your dissertation research interests.

    Create and attach a mind map showing the visual connection between the leadership theory that you selected and your dissertation research interest.


LEAD

1.    Read Chapter 5 in Meeting the Ethical Challenge of Leadership.
2.    In the book, locate and complete Self-Assessment 5.2: The Self Report Altruism Scale  (completed assessment will not be submitted as part of the assignment).
3.    With clear, insightful critical thinking, reflect and answer the following questions:
a.    What does your score on the Self-Assessment 5.2 (on the page 429) reveal about your willingness to help others?
b.    Reflect on the article Workplace Helping: Interactive Effects of Personality and Momentary Positive Affect. Have you experienced an emotional change after helping someone? If you had a positive emotional affect did this encourage you to act this way again?
c.    How can you engage in more altruistic behavior?
d.    Explain whether you believe your identified changes in behavior impact the work ethics of others.
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Each of us is leaving a mark on our surroundings as a result of our communications as we pass through those environs or as we linger within them.  Few of us take time to contemplate the nature of that mark or our ability or responsibility to make changes so what we leave behind is something that we are deliberately and passionately shaped. Do we want to leave that mark to chance when we all can make it something of our choosing? 

In 100 words or so prepare a statement which clearly identifies what you want to be known for.  This is not to be a tombstone epitaph - this is meant to be a set of ideals by which you want to be known for today.  Don't ramble, put some serious thought into it.  Please do not tell me the 'why'. I just want to know the 'what'.

Instructions for Analysis Essay #1
Your essay must be at least 1000 words (approximately 2-3 pages long). Microsoft Word has a word count feature, and you can usually view the word count in the bar at the bottom of Word. If necessary, search Google for help on how to view the Word count in Microsoft Word.  Please download the attached template, which contains additional instructions.  The template document is formatted correctly for your essay.  Leave the centered sub-headings in the essay -- they are important for organizing your essay and facilitating grading by the rubric. 

Please write only in your own words. You are encouraged to read various sources to learn more about your information system, or about information systems in general, but due to the brief length of the essay, you are discouraged from directly quoting from your sources. Instead, explain what you learned from your research and what you know from your own experience with the system, in

A current economic analysis of Twitter in terms of the various market structure(s) in which the company operates, namely perfect competition, monopolistic competition, oligopoly and/or monopoly.
Make research to understand these individual market structures and how which one(s) fit the individual customer segment (businesses and users) and why, and how these market structures impact the competitive nature the your company

review the financials of plug power inc. in Yahoo! Finance and the SEC EDGAR database in the Filings & Forms (Links to an external site.) page. You can access the financials by going to the Yahoo! Finance website, typing in the stock symbol of your organization, and then clicking on the Financials tab. After you have read, you will continue analyzing the financial health of the company. In other words, using the ratios provided by Robinson, Henry, Pirie, and Broihahn (2015), you will continue building a comprehensive financial statement analysis of your company.

In your paper,

Calculate the following ratios:
Debt-to-assets ratio
Debt-to-capital ratio
Debt-to-equity ratio
Financial leverage ratio
Interest coverage ratio
Fixed charge coverage ratio
Evaluate the companys solvency, based on the ratios calculated above.
Recommend three areas that the company could improve in order to strengthen its financial position, based on the ratios calculated

This is a three page assignment with an APA cover page and APA reference page for a total of five pages. Add an introduction that states the purpose of the paper. Then detail the three sections of your paper as follows (use these three subheadings).

Time Analysis.
Complete a time log in a table format (see sample below) that indicates the number of hours you spent in week one (Monday through Sunday). Be sure it totals 168. Write what you learned from this analysis. Center and label this figure in your paper Fig.1 My Weekly Analysis.

My Strengths.
Use an online instrument (you choose) or other source (properly documented) that indicates your work strengths and work preferences

My Next Professional Goal. Detail your next professional (not educational) goal with a minimum of two references and an enumerated list of steps and target dates. Be as specific as possible

Create a mission statement for generation Z based on a SWOT analysis you create. Make sure to include background and objectives for why you chose what you did. 3-5 pages in length.

(I created this mission statement, which you can use if you like or you can make another one)

"We strive for change through the experience of our elders as we are able to identify the key problems that may have not been seen as problematic in the past, while using our technological advancements to reach heights that have never been reached before."

A SWOT i made for generation z is ...

strengths= mindful approch to leadership, focused on impact, tech savy, team orientated, multitaskers, outspoken

opportunities= less risk adverse, innovative/ entreprenurial, highly educated

weakness= precived as not knowlagable or lazy, lack of real world experience, difficult to motivate, need for immidiate gratification

threats= not taken seriosuly by senior teams, competiti