Assume the following cost data are for a purely competitive producer. Total Product Average Fixed Cost Average Variable Cost Average Total Cost Marginal Cost 0 $0.00 $0.00 $0.00 na 1 $60.00 $45.00 $105.00 $45 2 30.00 42.50 72.50 40 3 20.00 40.00 60.00 35 4 15.00 37.50 52.50 30 5 12.00 37.00 49.00 35 6 10.00 37.50 47.50 40 7 8.57 38.57 47.14 45 8 7.50 40.63 48.13 55 9 6.67 43.33 50.00 65 10 6.00 46.50 52.50 75 Answer the questions in the first column in the table below for each of the prices listed at the top of each of the three columns, (a), (b), and (c). Instructions: Round your answers to two decimal places. Select “Not applicable” and enter “0” for output if the firm does not produce. (a) At a product price of $56 (b) At a product price of $41 (c) At a product price of $32 Will this firm produce in the short run? If it is preferable to produce, what will be the profit-maximizing or loss-minimizing output? output = units per firm output = units per firm output = units per firm What economic profit or loss will the firm realize per unit of output? per unit = $ per unit = $ = $ d. In the table below, complete the short-run supply schedule for the firm (columns 1 and 2) and indicate the profit or loss incurred at each output (column 3).

LASA 2: Assignment 2: Workforce 2020 Executive Report

Both leadership and organizational strategy in the next decade will see major trends affecting the way organizations conduct business. These include the deployment of more technology to extend reach and access, increased globalization, increased diversity, more focus on extended supply chains, and a more nomadic workforce. In this assignment, you will consider these trends and analyze how they may impact your selected organization and what actions are necessary to get ready to address these trends.

You have been appointed by your organization (either a hypothetical or one you are familiar with) to prepare its Workforce 2020 executive report. 

The report should be as detailed as possible for the CEO of your organization. That means it should include the key points of your research, analysis, and findings. The report should also contain examples of specific application to your company in a clear, concise, and informative document. 

In Module 5, you began your research on Workforce 2020. In this module, continue this research using the module readings, Argosy University online library resources, and the Internet, including federal guidelines. Select 3–4 scholarly resources for use in this assignment.

Do the following:

1. Analyze your organization in its present form. Explain your organization’s structure, workforce diversity, market/customer diversity, and communications technology.
2. Forecast future trends. Identify the economic, social, demographic, and workforce parameters that are expected to be in the U.S. in the year 2020. Explain how those trends will or will not be reflected in your organization.
   1. What are the general workforce trends?
   2. How will these trends impact our industry?
   3. What are the general trends in leadership/management that are impacting your organization?
3. Synthesize data and recommend changes needed for the future. Identify and recommend leader, organizational, and workforce trends that must be considered for change in the larger macro environment (e.g., advances in technology or globalization) in your organization. Identify related outcomes for each specific topic:
   1. What leadership actions should the organization take?
   2. What competencies will be needed?
   3. What does the organization need to do to be prepared?

   To conduct a holistic assessment of your selected organization and the challenges and opportunities it faces in addressing the noted trends, you may want to consider some of these concepts as you develop your recommendations for the organization. It is not necessary to include them all, but you should include 2–3 of them to do a thorough analysis. For example, leadership models and diversity management are likely to be pivotal areas for the organization. You could talk about the environment trends that were noted in the beginning of this assignment and then discuss how leadership practices and approaches in your selected organization may have to change to meet or address those trends.

4. Analyze how the following concepts apply to your organization:
   • Diversity management
   • Leadership models
   • Ethics
   • Decision-making models
   • Problem solving
   • Conflict management processes 

Here is a checklist of the contents of your paper:
• An integrated report with an introduction and summary
• A set of recommendations that will enable the organization to meet the expected challenges of 2020
• Trends in your own organization
• Three to four credible, cited sources supporting your projections

Support your assertions using the selected scholarly resources.

Write a 12–15-page paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M6_A2.doc.

Resource: Reimbursement and Pay-for-Performance Paper Grading Criteria

Write a 1,400- to 1,750-word paper and discuss the following:

• Define pay-for-performance.
• Explain how reimbursement is affected by the pay-for- performance approach.
• Discuss how system cost reductions impact the quality and efficiency of health care.
• Discuss how pay-for-performance affects health care providers and their customers.
• Discuss the effects pay-for-performance will have on the future of health care.
• Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.

 

• Select a movie or TV show that effectively communicates the cultural, values and norms of a society that is different from your own culture. Ideally, this movie or TV show would be a foreign film with subtitles. The movie or TV show you select should provide you with a glimpse of what life is like in another culture. The process of watching this movie or TV show should provide you with a unique, cultural experience.
• Watch the movie/TV show that you selected, and use your reactions as part of your response to the following topic: Define ethnocentrism and how it affects individuals, societies, and multinational corporations.

Your paper should provide a comprehensive overview of the concept of ethnocentrism. You should use your cultural experience of watching the selected movie or TV show to discuss the effect of ethnocentrism on individuals, societies, and multinational corporations. Please feel free to use any personal experiences you may have had visiting different countries around the world as part of this paper; however, do not let your personal experiences with other cultures be the focal point of this paper. The focal point of the paper is your cultural experience watching the selected movie or TV show and your comprehensive overview of the concept of ethnocentrism. Please note that this paper is not intended to be a summary of the movie or TV show. Your paper should focus on the cultural observations that you are able to make based on this experience. Your response should be 2–3 pages.

 

• Explain how an individual’s ascribed social class position at birth may affect what Max Weber called life chances, or the ability of an individual to attain the following “good things” that a society values:
  • good health care
  • longevity
  • a good job
  • security
  • status
  • wealth
  • power
  • prestige
• Describe how life chances may affect an individual’s life goals (positive or negative).
• In what ways may life chances be irrelevant?
• Give examples of how the concept of life chances operates in the following systems:
  • a caste system
  • a class system
  • a one-party, Communist system (such as China)