Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)

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Search the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) website listed in the topic resources and identify a recently issued financial reporting standard. Write a one-paragraph summary of and its princ

Search the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) website listed in the topic resources and identify a recently issued financial reporting standard. Write a one-paragraph summary of and its principal provisions. Search “Project Activities” to identify the reporting issue with the most recent update. Briefly describe the issue and the action taken by the FASB. Discuss the accounting implications of this action as it would apply to three different industries. Do not select a standard already addressed by your peers. In replies to peers, provide additional industry examples.

Case Analysis Of “Disruption In Detroit: Ford, Silicon Valley & Beyond”

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case analysis outline

There is no “one best way” to write a report about your case analysis. The following outlines your instructor’s preferred case presentation format. Feel free to modify when and if it makes your analysis more clear.  Use and adapt the provided Powerpoint template as the basis for your case presentation.

A. Introduction

in a few sentences describe the case

in a sentence or two, tell the reader how your paper will be organized, i.e. what the major sections will be and the order in which they will be presented.

B. Body (should include four major sections: identification of major stakeholders and their problems, goals and concerns; identification of problems; analysis of alternative solutions; recommended solutions)

Identification of Stakeholder’s Problems, Goals, and Concerns 

1. For each stakeholder, identify events in the case that that stakeholder finds troublesome and would consider a problem; in doing so, quote the case.

2. Identify the assumptions being made by each stakeholder, and the apparent biases of each stakeholder; in doing so, quote the case.

3. Identify the goals (sometimes stated as explicit demands) of each stakeholder; in doing so, quote the case.

4. Then, as best you can based on the evidence of the case, identify the concerns underlying these demands; again, quote the case.

Identification of Problems or Critical Issues

1. Identify the key problems that must be solved. Explain with reference to appropriate concepts, theories, models, and/or research findings—and the evidence of the case. Quote evidence to justify your assertions. (Note: this is likely to be a lengthy part of your analysis.)

2. Also, identify problems that are less central but still deserving of attention, as well as problems that can safely be ignored for the foreseeable future.

Analysis of Alternative Solutions 

1. Keeping in mind the whole array of problems that must be solved, describe two or three alternatives courses of action that might be taken to resolve these problems. Be specific and practical.

2. Identify the strengths and weaknesses of each course of action, with reference to the following: how the course of action is expected to resolve the key problems presented; how the recommended course of action will affect other remaining problems; how the recommended course of action will be perceived by each stakeholder; the difficulties you will encounter in actually implementing the course of action under consideration; how implementing the proposed course of action may create new problems; and, how uncertainties in your evidence and assumptions you have made during your analysis might affect the courses of action that you are considering.

Recommended Solutions 

Present a detailed recommendation, based on your analysis of alternative solutions:

Present a rationale for your recommendation that anticipates challenges and counter-arguments.

Describe a plan for implementing your recommendations.

Describe the criteria that could be used to assess how well that implementation plan is working.

C. Conclusion

Briefly summarize the essential difficulties posed in this case and the relevance of recommended solutions.

Another World is Possible: Re-Imagining Race and Place

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Another World is Possible: Re-Imagining Race and Place

We believe it is our right and responsibility to write ourselves into the future.”

–Walidiah Imarisha and Adrienne maree brown

Due: July 30

Audience:As before, your audience for this project includes a mixed audience of people interested, but not necessarily well-versed in, the topic—for example, college students on a college campus or community members in a public setting.

Purpose:Your purpose for this assignment is a) to build consciousness on the topic you’ve chosen to focus on, b) maximize the audience for which your perspective on the topic is convincing, and c) engage in various of the Student Learning Outcomes, such as analysis, interpretation, and the evaluation of complex academic topics and/or a range of works.

Assignment:Your task for the Unit 3 Essay or Project is to choose one of the options below. As indicated below, you are free to opt for a project instead of a written essay. You are also free to work independently, in pairs, or in teams, but each person should give their essay or project the labor equivalent of a 6-page essay or, if working collaboratively, 4-5 pages.

Option A (Close Reading):Offer a close reading of oneof the short stories we looked at in class that does the following:

  1. Offers a coherent and overarching interpretation of the work (thesis)
  2. Supports your interpretation with examples or scenes from the work (support)
    • Sample Thesis: In title of work, author suggests X is Y since A and B.

Option B (Comparative Analysis):Compare two or moreof the short stories in an essay that

  1. Identifies a single, coherent pattern or trend in the representation of some specific topic in multiple works from Unit 2
  2. Demonstrates the trend’s appearance in multiple works with examples from the works and elaborates the trend’s significance
    • Sample thesis: In works A and B, X is depicted as Y, suggesting Z (trend)

Option C (Book Review): Write a book review of Octavia’s Brood: Science Fiction Stories from Social Justice Movementsthat makes readers aware of the work’s central contribution, including its purpose and writers, perhaps offering a selection of readings and interpretations of multiple short stories in the work (i.e. its content).

Option D (Project):Do a project. You could make a podcast, for instance, examining a topic such as Afrofuturism and/or other kinds of speculative or visionary fiction with the aim of bringing a more just world into being.

Option E (Art):Make art, following the example of our artists in this unit. You could write a work of speculative or visionary fiction, for instance, or you could rewrite one of the works in this unit, perhaps from the POV of a different character. Or you could offer a creative interpretation of one of the works, via poetry, songs, or a photo series, for instance.

 

Convert your essay or project to a presentation (via Google Slides or PowerPoint, etc) by making the following 5 slides:

  1. Title of project and epigraph
  2. Guiding question and your answer/thesis (To come up with your guiding question, ask yourself what question your thesis answers). If you’re doing a creative option, like the music narrative, you probably still have a central insight and/or a “dominant impression” (the thesis equivalent in a narrative)
  3. Main supporting points with examples or a selection from your work (such as a scene from your short story)
  4. Main supporting points with examples or a selection from your work (such as a scene from your short story)
  5. Conclusions/Recommendations/Next Steps or your takeaway reflections or parting insights or last paragraph(s)

Writing Assignment: Comic Strip Or Political Cartoon Analysis

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Writing Assignment: Comic Strip or Political Cartoon Analysis

You are required to submit the FINAL copy of this assignment, but you may first submit an optional DRAFT. This will allow you to receive qualitative feedback that can inform your revision. You should always avoid focusing solely on the grader’s DRAFT feedback; use the feedback as a supplement to the course lessons and your own revision ideas. Always expect to revise beyond what the DRAFT grader specifically notes.

 

You have two options for this assignment:

Option #1: Analysis of an Individual Comic Strip or Political Cartoon

 

Choose one comic strip or political cartoon. If you visit the website of a newspaper such as The Baltimore Sun, The New York Times, The Washington Post, etc., you should be able to search for comic strips or political cartoons easily.

Which techniques does the creator of the comic strip use? How does the creator make his/her point in the comic strip? What do we learn about the characters and/or ourselves from this comic strip or political cartoon? If colors are available, what do they tell us about this comic or cartoon? What language is used and how can that be interpreted?

 

And importantly, which of the key terms from the topic lesson can you discuss in your analysis? For example, how do elements of imagery, symbolism, metaphor, and/or irony help reveal the cartoon’s message?

 

As with all academic essays you write in this course, this essay should have a well-defined introduction with a thesis statement, body, and conclusion.

 

In essence, what are some of the physical elements present in the cartoon[footnoteRef:1]—characters, text, colors, etc., along with figurative elements such as metaphor and symbolism, that help to explain the cartoon’s message? It can be helpful to focus on a single element in the cartoon in its own body paragraph (include the element in the topic sentence and in the thesis) and describe how it portrays the cartoon’s message before moving to the next cartoon feature in a new paragraph. [1: A successful analysis will go beyond the obvious, literal elements of the cartoon and will analyze figurative elements, too. Use the course topic lessons to inform your analysis. ]

 

Sample Thesis Statement: “John Smith uses (add one element from the cartoon), (add a second element from the cartoon), and (add a third element from the cartoon) to show (add the cartoon’s message).”

 

 

Option #2: Analysis of Multiple Comic Strips or Political Cartoons

Choose two political cartoons or comic strips created by the same person. Which techniques does the creator of the political cartoons use? How does the creator make his/her point in the political cartoons? Which characters, if any, are present in both political cartoons? What do we learn about the characters and/or ourselves from these political cartoons? How does the language transmit the creator’s message? Using a comparison or contrast mode of development, draw conclusions about the techniques the author uses in the political cartoons and how they apply to our lives. As with all academic essays you write in this course, this essay should have a well-defined introduction with a thesis statement, body, and conclusion.

 

Use the point by point or subject by subject structure to compare and contrast about three to five elements found in the cartoons that help to explain how they apply to our lives or to a message present in today’s society. After you compare and contrast in each paragraph, be sure to explain the message those elements and the cartoons help to depict.

Sample Thesis Statement: “John Smith’s cartoon strips Cartoon 1 and Cartoon 2 use (add one element from the cartoon), (add a second element from the cartoon), and (add a third element from the cartoon) to explain (add the cartoons’ message).”

Be sure to document the cartoon or comic strip on a Works Cited page. Please visit the following source for citing an electronic image: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/08/

 

 

The guidelines for this assignment are as follows:

Length: This assignment should be at least 500 words.

Header: Include a header in the upper left-hand corner of your writing assignment with the following information:

· Your first and last name

· Course Title (Composition II)

· Assignment name (i.e, Cartoon Analysis)

· Current Date

 

Format:

· MLA-style source documentation and Works Cited[footnoteRef:2] [2: This resource may be helpful as you are making MLA formatting decisions: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/ ]

· Your last name and page number in the upper-right corner of each page

· Double-spacing throughout

· Standard font (TimesNewRoman, Calibri)

· Title, centered after heading

· 1” margins on all sides

· Save the file using one of the following extensions: .docx, .doc, .rtf, or .txt

 

Underline your thesis statement in the introductory paragraph.