What is the relationship between FICA, ERISA, and Social Security?

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Unit 2 DB

Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.

Federal and state taxes are not the only items withheld from your paycheck. There are other options such as benefits, the Federal Insurance Contribution Act (FICA), the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), and Social Security. Watch the videos A Primer on Social Security and A Primer on the FICA Tax located in this week’s M.U.S.E. to get a better understanding of both FICA and Social Security.

Please respond to the following questions:

What role does Social Security play in employee retirement?
What is the relationship between FICA, ERISA, and Social Security?
What are some real world examples of retirement planning programs?
What would be considered an example of fiduciary responsibility under ERISA?
unit 2 IP
In the workplace, employers should create a safe and healthy environment. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) was created to ensure this environment. This week’s reading assignment and the M.U.S.E. item OSHA Standards may be helpful in completing this assignment.

for this assignment, you will create a report of at least 750 words. In your report, address the following:

Summarize the history and purpose of OSHA
Provide examples of three OSHA standards and how they are observed in the workplace.
Describe a real-world example of an organization that violated OSHA standards and the consequences of the violation.

What is your root cause analysis of what makes an organization high performing? What is your new idea for making the process better?

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Note that each question is separate and should be answered using bloom’s theory, which is outlined in my original request.
Using bloom’s critical thinking theory please answer each question:
1. Assessing Outcomes:Based on your readings, discuss what have you learned about high performance and balanced scorecard/competing forces? Are measures missing? What measures are superior? (As always, be sure to draw from and cite relevant reference materials)
Based on your readings, what have you learned about high performance and balanced scorecard/competing forces? Are measures missing? What measures are superior?
What is your root cause analysis of what makes an organization high performing?
What is your new idea for making the process better?
2. Define what quality healthcare means from the perspective of Public health
Here’s blooms theory again:
Knowledge: “Here’s what I know about xxxxx after researching the most recent scholarly journals and articles.” Then show what you know or have come to know. Note whether this information is new to you, solidifies your preconceived notions or changes your knowledge set by introducing factors you had not considered. For the Org paper show that you clearly know the organization, how/why it is structured etc.
Comprehension: “Beyond knowing what the scholars are saying about xxxxx, I understand the following dynamics/complexities/intricacies about xxxxxx and the diversity of thought about the issues.” Expand beyond knowledge to understanding. A non healthcare example would be the difference between knowing the names of the planets vs understanding our galaxy.
Application: “To apply the principles from knowledge and comprehension of the issues I can transfer these concepts from theory to practice and demonstrating learning by applying them to a real life situation” Here is a case study that shows application or…..here is my application of xxxxx principles to a real life situation from my experience.”
Analysis: “ My cause and effect analysis is that zzzzzzz drives these issues. This is a root cause analysis” My comparative analysis shows that X compared to Y shows the similarities and differences in the issues. Knowing what causes or drives these issues deepens my understanding of “why” things exist as they do.
Synthesis: “After understanding these issues and the inherent problems I searched for a best practice. I found (citation) is considered a best practice/organizational structure in addressing these problems.” But even a best practice needs improvement. Therefore my new and unique idea, building on best practices, is to xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx” I researched to see if this is a new idea and whether it has been done/tried. It has/has not.
Evaluation: “Given my new idea of xxxxxxx. The possible benefits/pros of this idea are xxxxxxxxx. But this idea has some possible downsides as well. They are yyyyyyyyyyyyy. Additionally I anticipate that there may be some unintended consequences of my new idea. They might be xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.
Number of Pages: 2 Pages

Page Line Spacing: Double spaced (Default)

Define moral realism, preconventional level of morality, and conventional level of morality.

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Read Chapter 12 and answer the following questions:

1. Define core conflict.

2. What relationships have been linked to the development of self-esteem in primary-age children?

3. How much time (%) do primary-age children spend with their peers?

4. List five (5) basic developmental functions of friendships.

5. Define moral realism, preconventional level of morality, and conventional level of morality.

6. How does stress affect emotional development in primary-age children?

7. How does being aware of a child’s personality assist in planning groupings or pairings?

8. How do physical arrangements support interaction in primary-age children?

9. Describe a work group for primary-age children.

10. List eight (8) social skills that can be taught directly.

11. How do you teach negotiation skills?

12. What is a social perspective?

13. Give several suggestions for planning appropriate group activities.

14. Describe an inclusive environment.

15. Define social comparison and democratic discipline.

16. What are some teacher strategies to enhance self-esteem?

17. How do primary-age children attempt to regulate their own social relations?

18. List five (5) helpful practices that support children in their games with rules.

19. List four (4) benefits to mixed-age classroom groupings in the preschool and primary years.

20. What is bullying? How should a teacher support a child that is being bullied?

21. List four (4) suggestions for guiding moral development.

22. Define authoritative, authoritarian and permissive.

23. List several suggestions for helping primary-age children with emotional growth

websites

https://books.google.com/books?id=XVYWAAAAQBAJ&q=how+children+play#v=snippet&q=how%20children%20play&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=qyJTCwAAQBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=developmentally+appropriate+practice&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjAmPSZrfTYAhUo3IMKHQqdAUQQ6AEIJzAA#v=snippet&q=process-oriented&f=false

https://books.google.com/books?id=5icYp5QGLckC&pg=PA33&dq=characteristics+that+define+play.&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjizMjR-fTYAhXEs1MKHZvcDKMQ6AEILzAB#v=onepage&q=characteristics%20that%20define%20play.&f=false

As a medical coder, what are the uses for indexes and registers with health data collection?

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Introduction Of Health Information

CAN ANYONE ANSWER THIS BY 10PM TONIGHT??????????
1. What procedures should a healthcare worker do when handling medical records in healthcare facilities? Why is this important?
Your response should be a minimum of 200 word
2. As a medical coder, what are the uses for indexes and registers with health data collection?
Your response should be a minimum of 200 word

3. What are the impacts of health data collection with the use of medical records (electronic health records, personal health records, etc.) on the healthcare facility?
Your response should be a minimum of 300 word

Describe what documents does a bank need to review to lend money and what documents a bank would require to be signed for a loan?

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Simple answers needed. IT IS NOT A RESEARCH PAPER.

1. Describe what documents does a bank need to review to lend money and what documents a bank would require to be signed for a loan?

2. Does marathon petroleum corporation (Speedway LLC):

*have and patents, copyrights?

*filed bankruptcy?

*been sued? pending lawsuits?

*have any liens against it?

*own real estate?

*if they lease, who owns the building?
3. what state, local and federal permits are required for a business?

4. what is the current state of regulation of bitcoins?

2 hours max for these to be answered . Thank you.

Give examples of each of these senses with regard to a guest being in their hotel room. How do guests use their senses to experience our guest rooms? How do our sense impact our experience?

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Think of the 5 senses (sight, sound, touch, taste, smell). Give examples of each of these senses with regard to a guest being in their hotel room. How do guests use their senses to experience our guest rooms? How do our sense impact our experience? (400 words required. See direction sheet as a reminder for all directions)

Once a company selects an international strategy, there are four modes of entry an organization must consider. What are these entry modes and how are they different?

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International And Entrepreneurial Stragtegies
Select ONE (1) of the questions listed here to discuss this week. Please use your own words and do not copy and quote from the text or lesson.

1. Describe (in your own words) the four strategies that firms have available when they enter international markets. What are the relative advantages and disadvantages of each? Be sure to address the four strategies and not the entry modes. Use your own words. No quotes please.

2. Once a company selects an international strategy, there are four modes of entry an organization must consider. What are these entry modes and how are they different? Use your own words. No quotes please.

Instructions:

Your initial post should be at least 250 words, not including repeated questions, references and quotes. Please respond to at least 2 other students. Responses should be a minimum of 100 words. Use your own words.

How should the ideals described in the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (p. 23 of “Haiti—From sustaining lives to sustainable solutions: the challenge of sanitation”) be applied to this public health challenge?

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Public health has the potential to improve the lives of millions around the world. However, there are many factors and challenges that must be considered when working to improve the health of populations.

To prepare for this Discussion,

select one public or global health topic of interest to you that you feel will be significant over the next 30 years from the wide range of public and global health challenges you have learned about in this course.

Search for articles online, to learn more about the topic you have selected.

Post a comprehensive response to the following:
What global health Issue, identified in the Report of the CISIS Commission on Smart Global Health Policy, do you think we will, most likely, see significantly reduced or increased in the 21st century? Provide evidence from credible sources to support your prediction.

Provide a brief explanation of your chosen health topic and a description of the population affected.
Describe the 1) economic, 2) individual liberty, 3) moral/religious, and 4) political factors that contributed to the health problem. What challenges face public health professionals trying to address this issue today and in the future?
How should the ideals described in the Fundamental Principles of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement (p. 23 of “Haiti—From sustaining lives to sustainable solutions: the challenge of sanitation”) be applied to this public health challenge?
How can future US global health strategies, identified in your resources, make a difference in the health topic you feel will be significant over the next 30 years?
300 to 350 words.
Required Readings
Schneider, M.-J. (2011). Introduction to public health (3rd ed.). Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett.
Schneider, M. (2011). Introduction to Public Health. Copyright Jones & Bartlett. Schneider, M, (2011) Introduction to Public Health. Copyright Jones & Bartlett. Used by permission.

Chapter 2, “Why Is Public Health Controversial?”
Public health may challenge people’s values, perceived rights, and require them to make sacrifices. Controversies from economic, individual’s personal liberties, and moral-religious-political opposition must be addressed to improve the health of populations around the world. You can ignore the references about the controversies and challenges of the topics we have specifically covered throughout to other chapters from the original text book in these assigned readings, but think instead this course.
Document: International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies. (2010). Haiti—From sustaining lives to sustainable solutions: The challenge of sanitation. (PDF)
Haiti: From Sustaining Lives to Sustainable Solutions: the Challenge of Sanitation. International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, Geneva, 2010. © IFRC, http://www.ifrc.org/.

In the aftermath of a devastating earthquake in 2010, the people of Haiti face a risk of a secondary disaster in which the people who have survived the earthquake could succumb to preventable disease because of sanitation issues. This report identifies the first steps and long term innovation needed to achieve sustainable sanitation solutions and have a positive health impact on the people of Haiti.
Document: Fallon, W. J, & Gayle, H. D. (2010). Report of the CISIS commission on smart global health policy: A healthier, safer and more prosperous world. Center for Strategic & International Studies. (PDF)
Fallon, W. J., & Gayle, H.D. (2010). Report of the CSIS Commission on Smart Global Health Policy: A Healthier, Safer and More Prosperous World. Copyright 2010 by the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Reprinted by permission.

The Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) established a Commission to examine strategic role the United States can play to better the lives of the world’s citizens while advancing its own interests.

Discuss authentic leadership. How it is different from other theories of leadership?

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Please read (link) Chapter 7 pages 188-195 and also read (link) Chapter 9 (pages 241-227) of the Dugan text.

First, please review this two minute video about Servant Leadership.

Servant Leadership video

Servant Leadership – Video link

Then, answer one of the following two questions:

1 – What are servant leadership behaviors and what do they mean to followers? Drawing on your own leadership experiences, what needs to be considered when applying servant leadership to practice?

OR

2 – Discuss authentic leadership. How it is different from other theories of leadership?

Be sure to begin your forum response with the selected question.

This part of the assignment is equal to 70% of your grade this week. You must also complete the second forum this week which is worth 30% of your total grade for the week.

Initial forum equals 40% (on time)

Responses equal 30% (on time)
Instructions: Your initial post for this forum should be a total of at least 250 words. Then, respond to at least two other students. Responses to others should be a minimum of 100 words and include direct questions.

Explain why the increase in the overhead rate should not have a negative financial impact on Borealis Manufacturing.

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Instructions
Assignment 2: Manufacturing Overhead
Borealis Manufacturing has just completed a major change in its quality control (QC) process. Previously, products had been reviewed by QC inspectors at the end of each major process, and the company’s 10 QC inspectors were charged to the operation or job as direct labor. In an effort to improve efficiency and quality, a computerized video QC system was purchased for $250,000. The system consists of a minicomputer, fifteen video cameras, and other peripheral hardware and software. The new system uses cameras stationed by QC engineers at key points in the production process. Each time an operation changes or there is a new operation, the cameras are moved, and a new master picture is loaded into the computer by a QC engineer. The camera takes pictures of the units in process, and the computer compares them to the picture of a “good” unit. Any differences are sent to a QC engineer, who removes the bad units and discusses the flaws with the production supervisors. The new system has replaced the 10 QC inspectors with two QC engineers.

The operating costs of the new QC system, including the salaries of the QC engineers, have been included as factory overhead in calculating the company’s plant-wide manufacturing-overhead rate, which is based on direct-labor dollars. The company’s president is confused. His vice president of production has told him how efficient the new system is. Yet there is a large increase in the overhead rate. The computation of the rate before and after automation is as follows:

BeforeAfterBudgeted Manufacturing Overhead1,900,0002,100,000Budgeted Direct Labor Cost1,000,000700,000Budgeted Overhead Rate190%300%

“Three hundred percent,” lamented the president. “How can we compete with such a high overhead rate?”

Using the module readings and the Argosy University online library resources, research manufacturing overhead.

Review the situation. Complete the following:

Define “manufacturing overhead,” and:
Cite three examples of typical costs that would be included in manufacturing overhead.
Explain why companies develop predetermined overhead rates.
Explain why the increase in the overhead rate should not have a negative financial impact on Borealis Manufacturing.
Explain how Borealis Manufacturing could change its overhead application system to eliminate confusion over product costs.
Describe how an activity-based costing system might benefit Borealis Manufacturing.
Write a 3–4-pages paper in Word format. Apply APA standards to citation of sources. Use the following file naming convention: LastnameFirstInitial_M2_A2.doc.

By the due date assigned, deliver your assignment to the Submissions Area

Assignment 2 Grading Criteria Max Points

Defined manufacturing overhead giving three examples of typical costs that would be included in manufacturing overhead.

16

Explained why companies develop predetermined overhead rates.

16

Explained why the increase in the overhead rate should not have a negative financial impact on Borealis Manufacturing.

16

Explained how Borealis Manufacturing could change its overhead application system to eliminate confusion over product costs.

20

Explained how an activity-based costing system might benefit Borealis Manufacturing.

16

Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources; and displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

16Total:100