Research how financial markets and institutions influence the US and global economies.Create an 10- to 14-slide presentation to summarize and present your research.Choose 4 financial markets or institutions. Briefly explain what each specializes in (mortgages, stocks, government securities, etc.).Compare how each financial market you identified influences the US economy and global economy.Cite references to support your assignment on the final slide.Submit your assignment via an MS PowerPoint slide presentation. Note -- good presentation skills have bullet points coming in one at a time on a given slide (this can be achieved on the animation portion of the PowerPoint menu) so the audience is not reading all of the points while the first point is being discussed. Slides should not be full of paragraphs -- bullet points only. When detailed analysis is needed, the speaker note section of the slide should be utilized.Format your citations according to APA guidelines.

Agile - Project Management What is Agile and why have agile methodologies taken the project management world by storm? Go to www.scaledagileframework.com. Select "Essential SAFe" (see the attached Word document) and click on the icons in the bottom swim lane from left to right. These will open job aids that will give you a great background in Agile terms and concepts. Why do you think these techniques are so effective?

Social Media in the Workplace Overview: There are times when HR professionals are faced with workplace situations where the laws and policies are evolving and yet ethical considerations need to be addressed. Below is an emerging workplace situation where there is no absolute right or wrong answer, but the situation needs to be analyzed from various points of view.  Description of the situation: An employee posted derogatory remarks about the organization and about another worker on Facebook. The organization’s policies does not address free expression just “offensive” and “harmful” speech. The supervisor is concerned that the posting was dehumanizing, humiliating and could incite hatred again persons or groups because of their race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or disability. The supervisor comes to the HR manager to ask for guidance on how to address the employee.   Action: Respond to all questions below. Utilize resources from the class, do outside research and make sure to have at least three sources as part of your final paper. This paper will also require independent research outside of class resources. Answer each of the questions in narrative form (not bullet points). Use the outline below as a way to organize your response and comments.  NOTE: You must use all the underlined headings below in your paper in same order as below.  Failure to do so will result in -1.5pt deduction.  1.  Applying the SHRM Code of Ethics: Describe at least three ethical considerations from the SHRM Code of Ethics that would apply and why? You must apply the specific facts to  each of the three ethical considerations and what that means from the perspective of HR professional on handling the employee who posted the information.  https://www.shrm.org/about-shrm/Pages/code-of-ethics.aspx 2. Legal and Ethical Considerations: What are the various considerations that need to be discussed regarding facts, affected parties, and who should be involved? Discuss each subpara a. b. and c. below in separate paragraphs using the specific headings below.          a. Identify applicable laws and explain how each relates to the facts in our scenario. Be specific. Describe key facts along with the applicable laws. Be specific.       b. Identify affected parties. Describe who is likely to be impacted and why?       c. Identify who should be involved in any resolution. Identify who, as well as when and why they should be involved. Be specific. 3.  Possible Courses of Action: Discuss each subpara a. b. and c. below in separate paragraphs using the specific headings below.  -.5pt if you do not.      a. What are potential legal remedies that can be taken? Be specific.      b. What policies or procedures need to be reviewed, revised, or created? Be specific.     c. What role should the HR professional play in this situation? Be specific. 4.  HR actions: Discuss each subpara a. and b. below in separate paragraphs using the specific headings below.  -.5pt if you do not.      a. What kind of employee training might be needed in the future to address this concern? Be specific.      b. What advice would you as the HR professional provide to the supervisor? Be specific.