This assignment will help the student to understand the planning process that a manager/supervisor must complete to help the department to achieve its goals. In a two to three page paper define and discuss the 8 classifications of plans on page 33 in the textbook.

Rubric for essay questions – module 2

Criteria	Ratings	Pts
Information and organization	Meets expectations. Information is detailed and well organized. 35.0 pts Below expectations. Information is not detailed and the paper is not well organized. 15.0 pts Not acceptable. Information does not cover the topic. 0.0 pts	35.0 pts
Proper grammar	Meets expectations. No grammar errors. 15.0 pts Below expectations. Less than 5 grammar errors 3.0 pts Not acceptable. Five or more grammar errors. 0.0 pts	15.0 pts
Spelling errors	Meets expectations. No spelling errors. 15.0 pts Not acceptable. Multiple spelling errors. 0.0 pts	15.0 pts
Proper APA format	Meets expectations. Proper citations and references are used. 20.0 pts Not acceptable. Proper citations and references are not used. 0.0 pts	20.0 pts
Communication (COM) view longer description threshold: 3.0 pts	Exceeds Expectations 5.0 pts Meets Expectations 3.0 pts Does Not Meet Expectations 0.0 pts	—
Critical Thinking (CT) view longer description threshold: 3.0 pts	Exceeds Expectations 5.0 pts Meets Expectations 3.0 pts Does Not Meet Expectations 0.0 pts	—
Technology/Information Management (TIM) view longer description threshold: 3.0 pts	Exceeds Expectations 5.0 pts Meets Expectations 3.0 pts Does Not Meet Expectations 0.0 pts	—
Learning Outcome 3 view longer description threshold: 3.0 pts	Exceeds Expectations 5.0 pts Meets Expectations 3.0 pts Does Not Meet Expectations 0.0 pts	—
Total Points: 85.0

Assignment 3: Literature Review Outcomes 1, 2, and 3

In this Assignment, you will develop a literature review on course outcomes 1, 2, and 3. The purpose of this literature review for your Final Project business case is to establish a theoretical framework that is used to answer your management research questions. Once the management research questions are answered, the literature review helps to inform decisions on primary and alternative solutions to the business dilemmas identified in your business case.

Using inductive reasoning to build a literature review is no easy task, but practice makes perfect! Be sure to read about inductive reasoning using the Internship Handbook resources. Through employing practice to theory principles, you will build a literature review to develop best practices and solutions to the business dilemma problems and opportunities already identified in your Final Project business case. Your literature will be designed to answer the management research questions you developed, and to draw conclusions on best practices to solve the business dilemmas for Course outcomes 1, 2, and 3. To successfully complete this Assignment, execute the following requirements:

• Read Unit 6 in the Internship Handbook to familiarize yourself about the intricacies of writing a literature review for course outcomes 1, 2, and 3.
• Create an outline for your literature review to address your management research questions for Course outcomes 1, 2, and 3 using inductive reasoning techniques.
• Ensure the outline is comprised of major headings and subheadings that control the flow of your writing.
• In the introduction, explain how the literature review outline was inductively developed for Course Outcomes 1, 2, and 3.
• Using expository writing techniques, effectively connect practice with theory through analysis of the business dilemma for Course outcomes 1, 2, and 3.
• Use a minimum of 3 research resources to connect practice with theory in your literature review for each Course Outcome. A minimum of one peer reviewed resource should be used in the literature review for each course outcome.
• Draw conclusions to determine solutions to the major and minor management research questions.
• Use the Grading Rubric attached below for this Assignment to ensure your success.

Help with 22 multiple choice questions

1. Day-to-day cash management is one of the fundamental concepts that a nonfinancial manager should understand in order to:

a. better assess future financing requirements.

b. better understand the role of capital markets in raising long-term funds.

c. better assess the current environment in which the firm operates.

d. better measure and create value for the shareholders.

2.The cash flow cycle ________.

a. describes the flow of cash through a company

b. illustrates that profits and cash flows are the same

c. reminds a financial manager that profits are important

d. focuses on financing activities only

3.Raising new capital through the sale of common equity is an example of which cash-related activity in the cash flow cycle?

a. operating activity

b. profitability activity

c. investing activity

d. financing activity

4.The main duties of financial managers are ________.

a. assessing the current business situation and future financing needs

b. developing long-term financing strategies

c. assessing future investments

d. all of the above

5.The true owners of the corporation are the ________.

a. holders of debt issues of the firm

b. board of directors of the firm

c. creditors

d. common stockholders

6.Which of the following factors enable a public corporation to grow to a greater extent, and perhaps at a faster rate, than a partnership or proprietorship?

a. access to the capital markets

b. unlimited liability of the shareholders

c. limited life

d. elimination of double taxation corporate income

7.Which of the following factors enable a public corporation to grow to a greater extent, and perhaps at a faster rate, than a partnership or proprietorship?

a. access to the capital markets

b. unlimited liability of the shareholders

c. limited life

d. elimination of double taxation corporate income

8.The ________ measure a firm’s performance over a specified period of time whereas a ________ provides a snapshot of the firm as of a specific date.

a. income and balance sheets; cash flow statement

b. balance sheet and cash flow statement; income statement

c. income and cash flow statements; balance sheet

d. none of the choices are correct

9.A comprehensive nonfinancial size-up is ________. a.

a critical component in analyzing the firm’s strengths and weaknesses

b. critical in understanding the firm’s historical position

c. critical in anticipating future financing needs

d. all of the above

10.The two key external factors that impact the firm’s cash flows are ________.

a. the overall economy and future financing needs

b. the overall economy and the nature and structure of the industry

c. the level of interest rates and working capital requirements

d. working capital requirements and growth projections

11.The financial management framework focuses on which three areas of decision-making?

a. operating, investing, and profitability

b. profitability, financing, and investing

c. investing, financing, and operating

d. operating, financing, and profitability

12.The overall goal in sizing-up each of the external and internal factors is to ________.

a. determine the competitive position of the firm relative to its competitors

b. increase the value of the enterprise

c. assess the company’s strengths and weaknesses

d. make better investment decisions

13.Which of the following is NOT a component of GDP?

a. consumer sector

b. business investment sector

c. government sector

d. healthcare sector

14.If the firm’s management is assessing the economics of their business model, they are engaged in which of the four areas of human resources management?

a. business intelligence

b. strategic intelligence

c. organizational intelligence

d. people intelligence

15.Other factors to consider in the management analysis include ________.

a. the size and current growth stage of the firm

b. the leadership skills of the management team

c. the commitment and loyalty of the management team

d. all of the above

16.There are a number of key management attributes that are required to improve a firm’s chances of business success which include ________.

a. managers with expertise and technical knowledge in the functional areas

b. middle managers with leadership potential

c. managers with experience in the industry in which the firm operates

d. all of the above

17. A firm is evaluating the best means to have a positive impact on potential buyers. Which one of the four P’s is the firm addressing?

a. product

b. price

c. place

d. promotion

18. A PEST analysis involves an analysis of which of these factors?

a. technological, societal, economic factors, and potential threats

b. societal, technological, political, and economic factors

c. strengths, threats, economic and political factors

d. strengths, threats, potential opportunities, and external environment factors

19.Which of the following is NOT considered to be one of Michael Porter’s Five Forces?

a. threat of new entrants

b. bargaining power of suppliers

c. threat of substitute products or services

d. diminished rivalry among current competitors

20.Which of the following is the least liquid current asset?

a. accruals

b. accounts receivable

c. marketable securities

d. inventory

21.Which of the following best represents operating income?

a. income after financing activities

b. earnings before interest and taxes

c. income from capital gains

d. income from discontinued operations

22. A consolidated balance sheet refers to:

a. balance sheet of a large firm that has numerous subsidiaries, each with its own balance sheet that have been combining into one all-encompassing balance sheet.

b.balance sheet of a large firm that has combined the balance sheets fo all wholly owned and some partially owned subsidiaries into one separate balance sheet.

c. balance sheet of a large firm that has combined the balance sheet of all partially owned subsidiaries into one separate balance sheet.

d. all of the above

23.Which of the basic financial statements is best used to answer the question, “How profitable is the business?”

a. balance sheet

b. income statement

c. statement of shareholders’ equity

d. accounts receivable aging