For this assignment, due in Module Four, you will submit both a horizontal and vertical analysis of Starbucks’ accounts receivable, fixed assets, and debt financing. Use basic financial analysis to examine any horizontal and any vertical changes in Starbucks’ accounts receivable, fixed assets, and debt financing balances over time. Be sure also to discuss how Starbucks’ methods for accounting for receivables and evaluating uncollectible receivables, purchase of fixed assets, and methods of debt financing impact the recording process and presentation of financial statements (Critical Element II). In other words, what are this company’s methods for accounting for receivables and evaluating uncollectible receivables? What types of fixed assets are acquired, and what methods are preferred for debt financing? How do those affect how financial information is communicated? Specifically, the following critical elements must be addressed: II. Horizontal and Vertical Analysis: In this section, you will conduct horizontal and vertical analyses for the balance sheet and income statement accounts and report any significant observations for a two-year period. You should include a table of your calculations as an appendix to your analysis. Include all calculations in an Excel document. Specifically discuss the following categories: A. Accounts Receivable: 1. Use basic financial analysis to examine any horizontal changes in Starbucks’ accounts receivable balances over time. 2. Use basic financial analysis to examine any vertical changes in Starbucks’ accounts receivable balances over time. 3. Analyze how Starbucks’ methods for accounting for receivables and evaluating uncollectible receivables impact the recording process and presentation of financial statements. In other words, what are this company’s methods for accounting for receivables and evaluating unco llectible receivables, and how do those affect how financial information is communicated? B. Asset Acquisition, Depreciation, and Amortization: 1. Use basic financial analysis to examine any horizontal changes in Starbucks’ fixed assets, intangible assets, depreciation, and amortization over time. 2. Use basic financial analysis to examine any vertical changes in Starbucks’ fixed assets, intangible assets, depreciation, and amortization over time. 3. Analyze Starbucks’ methods for fixed asset and intangible asset acquisitions as well as depreciation and amortization, including asset categorization. How do these methods affect the balance sheet, income statement, and statement of cash flows? C. Debt Financing 1. Use basic financial analysis to examine any horizontal changes in Starbucks’ short- and long-term debt over time. 2. Use basic financial analysis to examine any vertical changes in Starbucks’ short- and long-term debt over time. 3. Analyze Starbucks’ method of debt financing. In your analysis, you should address both current and long-term liabilities, including the issuance of bonds.

  UNIT 1 - Paper 1 - 250 to 500 words) You have been assigned to provide staffing solutions and a project plan for a new operation overseas. Provide a high-level view of how you will manage this project. The following questions need to be answered in your response: How would you apply planning, organizing, leading, and controlling to this project? Provide an example of how each fundamental aspect of management might be carried out in this scenario UNIT 1 - Presentations Information - No need to make presentation for Unit 1, this is just info) Part 1 of the Unit 5 Individual Project requires you to complete a four-section Key Assignment presentation. Although the Unit 5 IP Key Assignment presentation is not due until Unit 5, you will have the opportunity to work on your Unit 5 IP Key Assignment throughout each unit based on the scenario below and each unit’s focus, which is specified under the title “U5 IP Key Assignment Presentation Preparation.” Consider the following scenario as you complete the sections for Unit 5 IP Key Assignment: You are competing for a promotion to global manager. This position involves managing three key departments located in three different countries with three very different cultures. You have been asked to create a PowerPoint presentation that should persuade the hiring directors that you are the right person for the promotion. The following example shows the four sections that will be required for your Unit 5 IP Key Assignment project: SectionDescriptionTitle slideThis shows the title of the presentation and author information. Section 1: Global Management Fundamentals Begin Preparation: Unit 2 DB Approximately 4–5 slides Use an original scenario to provide examples of the following four fundamentals of management: Planning Organizing Leading ControllingDemonstrate how global strategy is incorporated in each example. Section 2: Cultural Differences in Communication Begin Preparation: Unit 4 IP Approximately 4–5 slides Research findings on the communication and business practice distinctions associated with a specific culture. Describe potential communication challenges and proactive solutions. Section 3: Global Business Issues Begin Preparation: Unit 3 IP Approximately 4–5 slides Ethical management practice involves working through the five steps to decision making advocated by the Project Management Institute. An ethical dilemma will be provided, and you must work through the decision-making process and come to a conclusion. Section 4: Global Negotiations Begin Preparation: Unit 4 IP Approximately 4–5 slides Methods for Managing Differences: Competitive Versus Cooperative Cultures This helps you work through a conflict by using the Managing Differences worksheet included in the course assignment and a conflict amongst your global team members. References Use the APA guidelines to cite references. UNIT 2 - Presentation 1 - no paper for this unit) Consider the following scenario: Begin creating and completing Section 1 below.  Keep in mind that your presentation should persuade the hiring directors that you are the right person for the promotion.  Also keep in mind that you will not submit Section 1 until Unit 5 IP. SectionDescriptionSlidesTitle SlideOne Slide   Title of Presentation and author information. Section 1: Global Management FundamentalsBegin Preparation: U2 DB Approximately 4-5 Slides Use an original scenario to provide examples of the four fundamentals of management: 5. Planning 6. Organizing 7. Leading 8. Controlling Demonstrate how global strategy is incorporated in each example. UNIT 3 - Paper 2 - 250 to 500 words) An ethical dilemma is one where there is no clear right or wrong options, just consequences to decisions. Managers are often faced with ethical dilemmas on a daily basis. Understanding how to make ethical decisions is an important skill for all managers. For this assignment, choose a country that is affected by the trade agreement that you studied in this week’s Discussion Board. Write a paper explaining how to work with the following ethical dilemma:You continue to conduct due diligence required to make a sound decision on doing business in the subject country. A colleague of yours who has done business working with the country in question suggests that if you make a bribe to the government official involved, the deal will go much smoother. Without the bribe, you might lose the deal altogether. Your competitor is willing to make the bribe if you do not. This is a normal everyday practice in this country and is in no way illegal. Use the Project Management Institute (PMI) Guidelines for Ethical Decision Making for this assignment. Document each of the 5 steps to show how you made your final decision. What do you do, and why? Reference Project Management Institute (PMI). (2011). PMI ethical decision making framework (EDMF). Retrieved from https://www.pmi.org/-/media/pmi/documents/public/p... UNIT 3 - Presentation 2 - 4 to 5 slides) Begin creating and completing Section 3 below. Keep in mind that your presentation should persuade the hiring directors that you are the right person for the promotion. Note that you will not submit Section 3 until the Unit 5 IP. Section 3: Global Business Issues Begin Preparation: Unit 3 IP Approximately 4–5 slides The application of ethical management practice involves working through the five steps to decision making advocated by the Project Management Institute. An ethical dilemma will be provided, and you must work through the decision-making process and come to a conclusion. UNIT 4 - Paper 3 - 250 to 500 words) Study the following document: Methods for Managing Differences Assume that this communication strategy has been recommended by your employer for mediation when working with potential and existing business clients and partners. Consider that there are basically two distinct types of cultures. One type is more cooperative, and the other is more competitive. It has been discovered that there are some conflicts occurring between some of the key players who need to come to agreement on specific critical areas of the deal for it to move forward. The top management would really like this deal to happen. Imagine being in this situation, and create the scenario as you go through the process using the methods approach from above. Describe the steps you would take and any considerations along the way. How would you use the recommended method when working with individuals who exhibit a generally competitive culture? How would you use the recommended method when working with individuals who exhibit a generally cooperative culture? Would this cultural factor change the way you apply this method for managing differences? Why or why not? Explain. UNIT 4 - Presentation 3 and 4 - 4 to 5 slides) Begin creating and completing Sections 2 and 4 below. Keep in mind that your presentation should persuade the hiring directors that you are the right person for the promotion. Note that you will not submit Sections 2 and 4 until Unit 5 IP. Section 2: Cultural Differences in Communication Begin Preparation: Unit 4 IP Approximately 4–5 slides Research findings on the communication and business practice distinctions associated with a specific culture. Describe potential communication challenges and proactive solutions. Section 4: Global Negotiations Begin Preparation: U4 IP Approximately 4–5 slides Methods for Managing differences: Competitive Versus Cooperative Cultures This helps you work through a conflict by using the Managing Differences worksheet included in the course assignment and a conflict amongst your global team members. References Use the APA guidelines to cite references. The resources that are listed should include all of the sections. Unit 5 - Put previous presentations together and Paper 4) Part 1 In Unit 4, you received feedback from your instructor and your peers on the Unit 5 Key Assignment presentation outline that you submitted. You must incorporate this feedback in your final presentation. Submit the final presentation to your instructor. This presentation is the culmination of all four sections of the Key Assignment presentation slides that you created throughout this course. Part 2 Write an action plan in a Word document that will prepare you for a desired global management position. This is in addition to the Part 1 slides from all of the previous units in the Key Assignment to add up to a total of 125 points for this assignment. Using a job search site, identify a management position that you would be interested in pursuing. Answer the following questions in paragraph form: What themes do you notice among the job ads? List at least 3 core competencies that someone needs to do that job effectively. How do you match up with what employers say they need? What qualifications do you have that align with their needs? What are the gaps between what you currently have to offer and what the employer expects? What will you do to overcome those gaps? If you had to describe the value you gained from this course to your future employer in an interview, what would you say?  

Many nonprofit organizations (NPOs) do not measure their success by financial results but rather by outcomes related to their missions. According to you, how important is a nonprofit's financial condition in relation to its mission? Incorporate into your discussion the impact of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the ethics required to address the NPO's fiscal position.