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Time Value of Money and Calculations

The following resources may be useful in learning about time value of money (TVM) and how to calculate TVM in Excel:

• Alexander, M., & Kusleika, D. (2016). Excel 2016 formulas. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
  • You will find explanations on using Excel to calculate financials in these chapters:
    • Chapter 11, "Borrowing and Investing Formulas."
    • Chapter 12, "Discounting and Depreciation Formulas."
    • Chapter 13, "Financial Schedules."
• Ross, S. A., Westerfield, R. W., Jaffe, J. F., & Jordan, B. D. (2021). Corporate finance: Core principles and applications (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. Available in the courseroom via the VitalSource Bookshelf link.
  • Chapter 4, "Discounted Cash Flow Valuation," pages 82-128.
• Schmidt, C. E. (2016). A journey through time: From the present value to the future value and back or: Retirement planning: A comprehensible application of the time value of money concept. American Journal of Business Education, 9(3), 137-143.
• Time Value of Money | Transcript.
  • This presentation discusses the components that make up time value of money. The presenter also provides examples to compute and read the computations.
• Mayes, T. R. (n.d.). Microsoft Excel as a financial calculator part I. http://www.tvmcalcs.com/index.php/calculators/excel_tvm_functions/excel_tvm_functions_page1/
• Skillsoft. (n.d.). Financial statement analysis for non-financial professionals.
  • Go to the Analyzing the Financial Statement section in the Table of Contents menu, and select The Time Value of Money.

Discounted Cash Flow Valuation

• Seeking Alpha. (2016, March 28). Does Warren Buffett use discounted cash flow? https://seekingalpha.com/instablog/5969741-the-value-pendulum/4868716-warren-buffett-use-discounted-cash-flow
• Ross, S. A., Westerfield, R. W., Jaffe, J. F., & Jordan, B. D. (2021). Corporate finance: Core principles and applications (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. Available in the courseroom via the VitalSource Bookshelf link.
  • Chapter 4, "Discounted Cash Flow Valuation," pages 82-128.

Impacts to Common Stock Prices

• Ross, S. A., Westerfield, R. W., Jaffe, J. F., & Jordan, B. D. (2021). Corporate finance: Core principles and applications (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. Available in the courseroom via the VitalSource Bookshelf link.
  • Chapter 6, "Stock Valuation," pages 164-193. Find out how the valuation of these securities determines the ultimate value of the entire enterprise.
• Edspira. (n.d.). Capital stock (common stock and preferred stock) [Video] | Transcript https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ2uWgtQXBo
• TheFinCoach. (2012). Session 08: Objective 1 – common stock valuation [Video] | Transcript https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uajW4BWh_zY
• Harper, D. (2018, February 18). Forces that move stock prices. https://www.investopedia.com/articles/basics/04/100804.asp

Bond Valuation

• Ross, S. A., Westerfield, R. W., Jaffe, J. F., & Jordan, B. D. (2021). Corporate finance: Core principles and applications (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. Available in the courseroom via the VitalSource Bookshelf link.
  • Chapter 5, "Interest Rates and Bond Valuation," pages 129-163. This chapter illustrates the employment of time value of money concepts to determine the value of corporate debt/bonds and common/preferred stock.
• McCracken, M. (n.d.). Bond valuation [Video] | Transcript http://www.teachmefinance.com/bondvaluation.html

Capital Budgeting Tools

• Ross, S. A., Westerfield, R. W., Jaffe, J. F., & Jordan, B. D. (2021). Corporate finance: Core principles and applications (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. Available in the courseroom via the VitalSource Bookshelf link.
  • Chapter 7, "Net Present Value and Other Investment Rules," pages 194-228. This chapter introduces the process of capital budgeting, which determines the value of a potential investment/project to a firm. That is, it weeds out good investments from the bad. Evaluating capital budget projects is a critical function for any business professional involved with finance decisions.
  • Chapter 8, "Making Capital Investment Decisions," pages 229-261. The key to valuation of investments and projects is the cash they generate. This chapter illustrates the way to figure the all-important cash flows from investment projects.
• Van Dalsem, S. (2017). Capital budgeting cash flows tutorial [Video] | Transcript https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X6HvKl__rLY&t=19s
  • View the segment, 12:36-27:36.

Capital Budgeting and Risk

• Nockolas, S. (2015). How do you calculate payback period using Excel? https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/051315/how-do-you-calculate-payback-period-using-excel.asp
• Ross, S. A., Westerfield, R. W., Jaffe, J. F., & Jordan, B. D. (2021). Corporate finance: Core principles and applications (6th ed.). McGraw-Hill. Available in the courseroom via the VitalSource Bookshelf link.
  • Chapter 9, "Risk Analysis, Real Options, and Capital Budgeting," pages 262-286. The concept of risk is introduced in this chapter. Risk is an important aspect of business and investment, and the impact of risk needs to be measured on all capital projects.
• Sham, G. (n.d.). Capital budgeting: Wrapping it all up. https://www.investopedia.com/university/capital-budgeting/conclusion.asp

Additional Resources for Further Exploration

• Finance and Accounting Videos by Prof Coram. (n.d.). Profitability index calculation using Excel [Video] | Transcript https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CcRIdUU3sw
• Financecanbefun. (2014). Capital budgeting in Excel example [Video] | Transcript https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twpfr2VCIWE
  • View the segment 1:53-16:53.

 

 This will be an exploration of the evolving role of a Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) topic that reflects one of the significant topics of our course.  

The company you work for has experienced a significant reduction in revenue leading the company to employee layoffs. You are one of several managers who manage a small team (5 people) that works directly with a small group of clients and have been notified that two people from your team are being laid off.

Obviously, this will impact how your team functions. The remaining team members will need to take on the work of the two employees who are no longer there. The clients your team works with will be assigned to new employees. And those employees will now be managing more clients than they did previously.

Your job is to create a communication to the remaining employees on your team to make them aware of the changes, and a communication to the clients to make them aware that they will be working with a new employee.

Submit a Word document in which you complete each of the items below:

1. Develop a communication document that is clear to the employees and provides them with the information they need to know in order to continue to do their work at the highest level. The communication should also consider the impact of this news on employees and make every effort to be thoughtful and as transparent as possible within the communication.
2. Identify what form of communication medium is most appropriate (phone call, email, face-to-face, or other medium) at the beginning of the communication with the employees.
3. Address the communication in a way that indicates whether or not this will be to each individual employee on your team or your entire group of remaining team members.
4. Develop a communication document for the clients to provide them with the information they need going forward in working with the business. The communication should consider how this news will be perceived by the client and attempt to be thoughtful and transparent as possible within the communication.
5. Identify what form of communication medium is most appropriate (phone call, email, face-to-face, or other medium) at the beginning of the communication with the clients.
6. Address the communication in a way that indicates whether or not this will be to each individual client or all of the clients your team works with.

Note: If you choose a phone call or face-to-face meeting, your submission will be the written transcript of that communication.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

• Construct communications for relevant stakeholders following a challenging business situation.

 

Resources

• From Business Ethics: Ethical Decision Making and Cases, read "Case 9: The NCAA Has Many Balls in the Air".
• Use Strayer Library to locate at least three academic resources for this assignment.
  • Note: Wikipedia and other similar websites do not qualify as academic resources.

Instructions

4 pp in which you:

• Determine the fundamental ways in which the NCAA's ethics program failed to prevent the scandals at Penn State, Ohio State, and the University of Arkansas.
  • Support your response with one example from each of these schools' scandals.
• Examine the principal ways in which the leadership of the NCAA contributed to the ethical violations of Penn State, Ohio State, and the University of Arkansas.
  • Support your response with one example from each of these schools' scandals.
• Predict the key differences in the scenarios that occurred at Penn State, Ohio State, and the University of Arkansas if an effective ethics program was in place.
  • Provide a rationale for your response.
• Postulate two actions that the NCAA leadership should take in order to regain the trust and confidence of students and stakeholders.

 

• Recommend two measures that the HR departments of colleges and universities should take to prevent similar incidents from occurring in the future.
  • Provide a rationale for your response.

This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards (SWS). The library is your home for SWS assistance, including citations and formatting. Please refer to the Library site for all support. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.

The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:

• Propose leadership actions and ethics program revisions to prevent ethics violations and regain stakeholder trust.

Overview

With the justification of an HRIS solidified you need to show your client how you will implement the HRIS using one of the change models discussed in our text. You will also need to explain and justify the cost associated with implementation via a cost-benefit analysis. You want to ensure the system is properly maintained and evaluated for continuous improvement. Therefore, you will include a maintenance and evaluation plan in your proposal.

Instructions

Write a 3 page proposal, in which you do the following:

Change Management

1. Discuss the various reasons system implementation fails. Compare and contrast various change models. Then select a change model to use during system implementation. Provide details of how you will use the change model, and justify why you selected one model over the other models. Explain the various steps that should be included to ensure the change model is effective.

HRIS Implementation

1. Discuss the activities that are necessary prior to the system going live, and provide a timeline for these activities. Specify which change management team member will be responsible for each activity, and explain their role.

Cost Benefit Analysis

1. Create a cost-benefit analysis matrix for the HRIS vendor you chose during Phase III: Design. Analyze the cost justification strategies that you will use to justify the cost of the HRIS, including data that identify each benefit and cost component examined, estimates of the dollar amount for each estimate on when the organization will incur each cost and receive each benefit, and documentation justifying each decision you made in listing these benefits.

Maintenance

1. Discuss how you will ensure the system is properly maintained and evaluated for continuous improvement.

Resources

1. Use at least three quality academic resources in this assignment.