Play Money Paper (1–2 pages)

Pretend that you have $10,000 to invest for four weeks. You are to “invest” this money in stocks or mutual funds and to track your investments on a weekly basis for four weeks (see schedule for due date). Pick five different stocks or funds to follow.

Write a report on

1. why you selected the investments you did
2. whether any noteworthy company results, news events, or economic events impacted your investments during this period (show your gains or losses for the period)
3. how your investments’ performance compared with the performance of the S&P 500 index during this period
4. your tracking of the following three stock market indexes:

• Dow Jones Industrial Average
• S&P 500 stock index
• Russell 2000 index for small caps

The play money paper is worth 10 percent of your final grade.

Case Study paper: worth 10 percent of your final grade.

Written Paper Rubric

Criteria	Possible Points per Criteria
	Exemplary	Meets Expectations	Developing	Poor	Not Apparent
	90- 100 points	80-89 points	70-79 points	60-69 points	0 Points
Organization	Arranges ideas clearly and logically to support the purpose or argument; ideas flow smoothly and are effectively linked; reader can follow the line of reasoning	Arranges ideas adequately to support the purpose or argument; links between ideas are generally clear; reader can follow the line of reasoning for the most part	Arranges ideas adequately, in general, although ideas sometimes fail to make sense together; reader remains fairly clear about what writer intends	Arranges ideas illogically; ideas frequently fail to make sense together; reader cannot identify a line of reasoning and becomes frustrated or loses interest	No assignment submitted or submitted late
Content	Gives very specific information. Addressed all of the assignment components. Clearly illustrates critical and reflective thinking. Well thought out response.	Contains specific information. Addressed all of the assignment components. Is relatively detailed. Shows some critical and reflective thinking. Relatively well thought out response.	Has some specific information. Addressed many of the assignment components. Not detailed. Poorly thought out response.	Is vague and does not address all assignment components. No evidence of having given the assignment real thought.	No assignment submitted or submitted late.
Technical / Grammar	Execution is excellent. No grammar or writing errors. Reads easily. Is well organized.	Well executed. Few grammar or writing errors. Reads easily.  Is fairly well organized.	Execution is poor. Many grammar or writing errors. Hard to read. Poorly organized.	Falls short of the required length for the assignment. Very poorly written. Very difficult to read. No organization is evident. Reads like a last minute effort.	No assignment submitted or submitted late

Using the Uniform Residential Loan Application, complete the application for your project. Again, since this is a fictitious transaction, you can make up the information that pertains to your finances and employment.  I am going to school to become a paralegal so you can base my employment off of that. I also have 3 kids.  The house I want to buy is uploaded below and the price is along with it.  I can fill in my address and all that stuff just the other stuff that I need help filling in.  Again this is a fictitious transaction, you can make up the information that pertains to your finances and employment. 

Please complete ONE of the following assignments, incorporating ideas and concepts from the week’s lecture and/or articles. Please feel free to incorporate outside resources as well. When submitting your assignment, please indicate which of the three options you have chosen. For Options 2 and 3, please make sure to double space your papers. Option 1: Get Creative

Design and format a 10 – 15 slide Microsoft PowerPoint presentation on one of the learning objectives found in the Getting Started – This Week’s Activities folder for this week. The requirements below must be met for your presentation to be accepted and graded:

• Design and format each slide for a presentation, see example below.
• The notes sections must total a minimum of 250 words for the entire presentation. Use these sections to explain and support information provided on your slides.
• Include a cover slide and reference slide (these slides do not count toward the 10 – 15 slide requirement).
• At least 60% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 40% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least two references from outside the course material, preferably from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the two reference requirement.
• Identify sources on slides that contain reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) and list them on a reference slide.

Reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) must be from sources like scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, online newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, etc. are not acceptable.

A detailed explanation of how to cite a source using APA can be found here (link).

Download a PowerPoint example here Option 2: News Flash

Choose an article from EBSCOhost that relates to at least one of the learning objectives found in the Getting Started – This Week’s Activities folder for this week. You must summarize the article, and explain the connection between the article and at least one learning objective. Clearly state the learning objective(s) in the introduction.

The requirements below must be met for your News Flash to be accepted and graded:

• Write between 500 – 750 words (approximately 2 – 3 pages) using Microsoft Word.
• Attempt APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
• Include a cover page and reference page.
• At least 60% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 40% of your content/information may come from references.
• Include at least one external reference other than the article being summarized, preferably from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not considered an external reference.
• Identify reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) in the body of the paper and list them on a reference page.

Reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) must come from sources such as scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, online newspapers such as, The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, etc. are not acceptable.

A detailed explanation of how to cite a source using APA can be found here (link).

Download a News Flash example here

Option 3: Traditional Paper

Research and discuss the differences between leaders and managers.

The requirements below must be met for your paper to be accepted and graded:

• Write between 500 – 750 words (approximately 2 – 3 pages) using Microsoft Word.
• Attempt APA style, see example below.
• Use font size 12 and 1” margins.
• Include cover page and reference page.
• At least 60% of your paper must be original content/writing.
• No more than 40% of your content/information may come from references.
• Use at least two references from outside the course material, preferably from EBSCOhost. Text book, lectures, and other materials in the course may be used, but are not counted toward the two reference requirement.

Reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) must be identified in the paper and listed on a reference page.Reference material (data, dates, graphs, quotes, paraphrased words, values, etc.) must come from sources such as, scholarly journals found in EBSCOhost, online newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal, government websites, etc. Sources such as Wikis, Yahoo Answers, eHow, etc. are not acceptable.

Case Study

Locate a recent court case, lawsuit, or article related to employee selection criteria and methods. Write a paper of at least 500 words in length about the selected manuscript. You are required to use at least your textbook and a court case as source material for your paper.

Be sure to include the following information in your paper:

• Provide a brief description of the selected manuscript.
• Identify the selection criteria and methods, and discuss how they relate to the needs of the organization in the case.

• Include an analysis of the criteria and methods used for selecting the employee in the manuscript.
• Include a discussion of the legal and ethical issues related to equal employment opportunity as they pertain to the employment selection process in this manuscript.

• What impact will this court case, lawsuit, or article have on HR management?
• All sources used, including the textbook, must be referenced; paraphrased and quoted material must have accompanying citations in APA format.

Reference for the book: Stewart, G. L., & Brown, K. G. (2015). Human resource management: Linking strategy to practice (3rd ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley. Chapters 3 and 6

Business Proposal

you will need to write a proposal to your organization’s senior management team for a project you would like to receive approval for.

. You will be writing on the topic

• Reward and Recognition Program Needed

Review the information provided in the Module 7, Page V, Practical Skills: Proposal Writing, interactive lecture. Use the proposal template (link below) for the assignment.

Your proposal should be 6-8 pages in length and conform to CSU-Global Guide to Writing and APA Requirements. Include at least 5 scholarly references, proper in-text citation, and a reference page. The CSU-Global Library is a good place to find these references.