Market efficiency Firms list in the stock market to raise more revenue to improve their services or product provided or expand to new profitable ventures which cannot be funded by the income in their current operation. Downey (2020) defines an efficient market hypothesis as a hypothesis that defines that share prices reflect all the information of a company. The efficient market hypothesis makes it impossible for investors to trade on undervalued or overvalued stocks in the market. The EMF makes the share prices become an accurate or true representation of the value of a share or the firm. There are various forms of efficient market hypothesis, and as defined by CFI (2020) they include: The weak form- this states that the share price may reflect all the firms’ available public information but may not reflect any information which has not yet been made public. The weak form indicates that the previous price or current share price cannot predict future prices. Semi- strong form- this form downplays the importance of both technical and fundamental analysis. It incorporates the concepts of weak…

Medical Marijuana at the Workplace Organizations should formulate defensible drug policies that align with the legal rights of workers and mitigate its possible consequences on job safety and the company’s bottom line. The employees must have an environment that will help them to achieve their full potential to ensure maximum output. The policies may either be developed independently from the employment contracts or as part of the main terms of employment. Fundamentally, effective drug policies help to ensure that individuals who are not under any form of medication remain sober at all times. Preferably, they should be developed by a lawyer to provisions which conform with the legal regime from which the business operates. The management should ascertain that their state laws allow for legal marijuana use. Cannabis is illegal under federal law; thus, each state has specific regulations regarding the treatment of medical marijuana users at the workplace (National Safety Council). The use of marijuana is illegal as per the federal laws. However, in Nevada, the use of marijuana has been legalized to cover both the medicinal and recreational…

The Individual Mandate The individual mandate of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) stipulates that the applicable individual shall ensure that the minimum essential coverage covers every dependent. Failing to meet the requirement on the part of the applicable individual or the dependent shall incur a penalty propelled by such failures. This provision faced divided reactions from the state immediately after implementation with some states challenging the constitutionality of the requirements mentioned above through lawsuits, with rulings depicting a divided system. Nevertheless, the ethics and politics surrounding the individual mandate indicate that it has been able to eliminate aspects that derail the attainment of the overall objective of the ACA. Opposition to the mandate uses the constitutionality argument while the Commerce Clause of the constitution gives Congress the power to require people to purchase health insurance regardless of whether they are willing or not (Jost & Pollack, 2016). Other consider mandate to be ineffective and unenforceable or an intrusion to a person’s liberty, a curtailment on one’s autonomy, and freedom of choice. While all these political arguments focus on the legal…

Summary of the book The book The Power of Moments, Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact discusses the way defining moments are made and how individuals can create such moments. The authors try to elaborate their point by asking a question on a hypothetical day at Disney World, on how a person can rate it hourly as the program is running and how they can rate it later. The authors indicate that rating for the moment would differ significantly (Heath & Heath, 2017). They provide different examples, but they conclude that the same thing can receive different perceptions from the same person because of the period. They indicate that moment is defined through four elements; elevation, insight, pride, and connection. Additionally, the book indicates the reason why employees are not given much attention on the first day at work. To elaborate on this, it provides information about John Deere and how onboarding of new employees is conducted in India. From this passage, they indicate that every activity marks a chance to create a moment (Heath & Heath, 2017). The book…

  Flannery O’Connor’s, “A Good Man is Hard to Find”             The story is regarded as the Southern Gothic because the setting has to occur in the South.  It will often demonstrate about the past versus the present. The Southern Gothic men present a group of gentlemen.Flannery O’Connor’s “A Good Man is Hard to Find” is a classic example of the Southern Gothic story.Grandmother and the Misfit exhibit traits of the southern “lady” and “gentleman.”  The grandmother defines a ‘good man’ as the characteristics that a good man should possess. She believes that the actual definition of a good man is a southern gentleman: brave and respectful when necessary. The grandmother perceives the Misfit as gentleman as she is attempting to save herself. She uses the phrase to Misfit as his incapability to shoot a woman. Even though the moral conduct, behaviors, and social values of Misfit vary from those of grandmother’s, she desperately regards him as a gentleman. Her definition of a gentleman lies in the perspective that he lacks common blood (O’Connor 578). Grandmother perceives herself as superior…

Managing Global Projects             Project management theory constitutes the project management processes into initiating, planning, regulating, and closing processes whereby the project quality management involves these processes and activities required to evaluate and attain the quality and management of the project. Time, cost, and scope are the three critical things in project quality and management. The tools and techniques associated with project management and quality are project time plan, organization and communication, progress monitoring and reviews, risk management, change control management, and approximate the project expenses and schedules. The application of charts and systems for scrutinizing and control, deliverable products, roles and responsibilities, standards, procedures and methods, project management strategies, and planning tools are significant for any project where the different outcomes are likely where the risk of issues and failures coexist thereby necessitate arranging and evaluating the options and filtering exercises to lead to successful results. The projects can be distinct sizes and shape spanning from the little too highly complex ones. The impact of leadership and teamwork on the success in global projects Global project success is vital…

Manipulating Revenue In 2002,WorldCom became the most extensive public company recording accounting frauds in history. It filed bankruptcy records. The size of bankruptcy led to problems in the economy and other stakeholders. It caused the loss of jobs and investments by the stakeholders. The industry had low margins. They were not enough for CEO Bernie Ebbers, hence borrowed loan from the company and bought some firms (O’Shea, 2019).  It purchased 60 other Telecom firms, and it moved its role to data communications. The internet growth started to decline, and telecommunication was competitive (Sidak,2003). The fraud occurred due to slow revenue growth and the fall of stock, and it was difficult for the company to maintain its profit margins.The company failed to report the line costs hence inflated the revenue lines with fake accounting entries (O’Shea, 2019). The earnings were not enough to meet companyanalysts’ expectations. It reduced the amount it held in reserves. It moved the cash to the revenue line.. WorldCom manipulated its revenue by lending Ebbers loans amounting to $341Million  paid at a low interest of 2.16%, which…

Health Promotion, Policy, and Politics Healthcare is defined as improvement or maintenance of health through recovery, treatment, diagnosis, and prevention, or cure of injury, illness, disease, and other mental and physical impairments in people(Seibert,2015). It is carried out by health specialists in various health sectors. Healthcare also involves practices that ensure providing primary, secondary, and tertiary care to patients with minor and those under critical condition. Access to healthcare mostly varies across states, individuals, and communities, depending on the economic and social settings as well as health policies(Seibert, 2015). The main aim of this essay is to discuss whether healthcare should be provided for free or paid for.. Healthcare  should be paid for due to the following reasons; firstly, it is provided by the medical specialists that earn a salary. To ensure there is enough money to pay these specialists, healthcare services must be paid for. Hospitals also need money to buy medicines and medical equipment to ensure the sustainable delivery of healthcare services(Kim,Strecher,&Ryff,2014). Paying for healthcare services will also facilitate an effective healthcare system that contributes to the improvement…

Need Assessment Discussion Needs assessment is the process used by organizations to determine if employee training is necessary. The process involves person analysis, organizational analysis, and track analysis. Various needs assessment tools are used in newly hired retail sales associates, including; focus groups, interviews, and surveys (Noe&Kodwani, 2018). This essay focuses on describing the tool of interviewing as the most significant in assessing ten newly hired retail sales associates. Also, the essay will explain the reason for choosing the focus group tool to conduct the needs assessment.. Focus Groups I would use a focus group whereby the group of ten sales associates will gather to discuss specific ideas and products. I selected this tool since surveys and interviews are time-consuming and require meeting a person at a time, yet in focus groups, there will be depth and complexity in their responses(Noe&Kodwani, 2018). The assessment will be conducted by asking the sales associates a series of questions; then, they will be given platforms to share their opinions, reactions, and ideas. The responses and attitudes of the ten associates will be studied…

A Substantive Response to the Discussion Question or Topic The delivery of quality healthcare services depends on the competence of nursing professionals. Competence, in this case, refers to their ability to collaborate with other relevant stakeholders like community nurses, patients, community leaders, and government agencies. Through such ways, nurses can deliver the needed quality of care and achieve the desired outcome. I agree that the success of strategies depends on the implementation process. Doctors and nurses must execute the desired plans aligned with the set goals and objectives of the relevant medical institution. Knowledge of the desired plans requires nurses to collect the necessary data from the target population. You provide a perfect example of nurses targeting parents and gather needed data on how to reduce constipation in a pediatric population. After searching and gathering the required evidence, nurse practitioners can use their clinical expertise and implement the required strategies. Changes in healthcare occur daily, and nursing professionals must learn how to adapt to meet set goals and objectives. Successful adaptation requires medical professionals to evaluate gathered evidence to determine…