Question 1What is the difference between retail and a wholesale? Are Sam’s Wholesale and Costco Wholesale retailers or wholesalers? Explain?Question 2Read the case study in the Highlight Box: Solving the case of the Incredible Credibility on page 318 in the textbook. Respond to the Analysis questions at the end of the case study.

1. Reflect on the Unit I Lesson, and share your thoughts as to why so many professionals consider accounting to be the language of business. Why is this aspect of the business so important?Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.2. Assume you have been working for a small accounting firm, and you have been tasked with training a new intern. As you are trying to identify the intern’s level of knowledge and understanding about debit and credit balances, the intern says, “I believe that debit balances are favorable and credit balances are unfavorable; if total debits equal total credits in a trial balance, then it is free of errors.” Is the intern correct? Based on this lesson, reflect on how you would respond to the intern.Your journal entry must be at least 200 words in length. No references or citations are necessary.3. This assignment is a continuation of the Cookie Creations case study, which began in Chapter 1. From the information gathered in the previous chapter, read the continuation of the Cookie Creations case study in Chapter 2 of the textbook on p. 2-42.The case study allows you to apply what you have learned about accounting and the recording process. This assignment will enable you to practice what you have learned so far.After researching the different forms of business organization, Natalie decides to operate Cookie Creations as a proprietorship. She then starts the process of getting the business running. In November 2019, the following activities listed below take place. Nov. 8: Natalie cashes her U.S. Savings Bonds and receives $520, which she deposits in her personal bank account.Nov. 8: She opens a bank account under the name “Cookie Creations” and transfers $500 from her personal account to the new account. Nov. 11: Natalie pays $65 for advertising. Nov. 13: She buys baking supplies, such as flour, sugar, butter, and chocolate chips, for $125 cash. (Hint: Use the Supplies account.) Nov. 14: Natalie starts to gather some baking equipment to take with her when teaching the cookie classes. She has an excellent top-of-the-line food processor and mixer that originally cost her $750. Natalie decides to start using it only in her new business. She estimates that the equipment is currently worth $300. She invests the equipment in the business. Nov. 16: Natalie realizes that her initial cash investment is not enough. Her grandmother lends her $2,000 cash, for which Natalie signs a note payable in the name of the business. Natalie deposits the money in the business bank account. (Hint: The note does not have to be repaid for 24 months. As a result, the note payable should be reported in the accounts as the last liability and on the balance sheet as the last liability.) Nov. 17: She buys more baking equipment for $900 cash. Nov. 20: She teaches her first class and collects $125 cash. Nov. 25: Natalie books a second class for December 4 for $150. She receives $30 cash in advance as a down payment. Nov. 30: Natalie pays $1,320 for a 1-year insurance policy that will expire on December 1, 2020. Answer the questions below using an Excel spreadsheet. You should create a new tab on your spreadsheet for each calculation used for a total of three tabs on your spreadsheet.Prepare journal entries to record the November transactions. Post the journal entries to general ledger accounts. Prepare a trial balance at November 30.Please show your work, and do not take any shortcuts. Make sure to complete item “a” completely before moving to item “b,” and then move to item “c.” You cannot jump ahead unless you have completed each step sequentially in full. Link to the book. https://books.google.com/books?id=THJlDwAAQBAJ&lpg=SA1-PA1&pg=SA1-PA1#v=onepage&q&f=false

Evaluate organizational culture and its impact on behavior within organizations.Scenario InformationAn American Internet Technology company has merged with a Canadian Social Media company. Because of this merger, performance is not as optimum as the executives would have hoped; morale is low, and stress is up. The new company has decided to hire you as an Organizational Development consultant. They have tasked you with finding out the issues and what they should do next to get back on track.InstructionsNow that you have secured your role as an Organizational Development consultant, you have been tasked with designing a change process to aid the change in culture because of the merger. The company has asked you to develop a change plan to help them make the transition.The following should be included in your plan:Introduce corporate culture and its importance on employee behavior.What are some of the key factors in improving company culture to be an effective organization?What would be some of the challenges in the implementation of your plan?What would be some of the tools you would use to manage the corporate culture change?Conclude your plan with a brief inclusion on the compatibility of values, ethics, and goals of the change process and corporate culture.****PLEASE FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS STEP BY STEP, SEE RUBRIC ATTACHED FOR GUIDELINE, THANKS***