Topic: The history and the development of the steel industry from 1875 - 1920 in the Great Lakes region.

For the past 200 years, steel has been the most essential element of an industrial society which greatly shaped the economic power of the world. Since the early 20th century, USA has become the world's strongest economic power in the world and the resources and geographical features of the Great Lake regions played a remarkable role. The steel industry of the USA is so crucial that it can be strongly associated with the globalization of a superpower. I would like to know more about the environment and the geographical features of the Great Lakes region and its influence on the history and the development of the steel industry from 1850 - 1920. It truly would be a great opportunity to delve deeper into a region that is so "close" to us and how an environment can change the world.

Tasks:
The term paper should include the following sections: introduction, main section(s), conclusion, bibliography, appendix
-Introduction: tell me what your main interest is (clearly defined research question), why I should care, how you will approach your topic and the limitations of your approach.
- Main section(s): either analytical or descriptive. Discuss main issue(s) and different perspectives on it. Material is well-focused (i.e., answers the research question). Your conclusion derives logically from your argumentation.


Please include the following references:
1) Beeton, Alfred M., and R. Stephen Schneider. "A Century of Great Lakes Research at the University of Michigan." Journal of Great Lakes Research 24.3 (1998): 495-517. Web. 27 Jan. 2014
2)BELL, LOWTHIAN. "THE IRON AND STEEL TRADE." Fortnightly review, May 1865-June 1934 41.241 (1887): 88-104. ProQuest. Web. 27 Jan. 2014.
3) Diamond, Jared . Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. W.W. Norton & Company , 2005. Web. .


Please try to include the following concept:
1) Environmental Determinism

I have answered a few questions and few, pls use the sources to answer them. talk about the steel industry. the whole work should be in 1st person.

The assignment will include 3 sections going from general to specific (Industry, then career path, then specific job).
The Industry section will be at least one page and address;
1. What is the selected industry you are entering? STEEL INDUSTRY (Describe it)
2. Why are you entering that particular industry? LOVE STEEL, INTERESTED WITH PROCESS OF STEEL MAKING
3. What are the potential positive and negative trends that can affect that industry over the next 1-10 years?
The Career Path section will be at least one page and address;
1. What is the expected career path from your starting position to other possible positions? S.TART LIKE AN INTERN AT THE FACTORY TO LEARN HOW THE STEEL MAKING WORKS. LEARN EVERY BASIC AND THEN JOIN THE MANAGEMENT OFFICE TO LEAD THE COMPANY SOMEDAY.
2. What additional skills, credentials, or other training may be required to advance along this career path?
3. Do you know anyone in this career path, and what is the most useful advice they have given you if any? MY FATHER, WHO IS INTO STEEL MAKING FOR OVER A DECADE. ADVICE, IN THE COMING TIME, STEEL WOULD TAKE OVER ALL THE MATERIALS USED TODAY LIKE WOOD, PLASTIC ETC. SO BETTER BECOME THE BEST STEEL MAKER IN THE WORLD AND HELP THE SOCIETY.
The Specific Role section will be at least one page and address;
1. Name and describe the specific role you would be most interested in applying for once you graduate. INTERN AT POSCO, SOUTH KOREA. LEARN ABOUT THEIR COMPANY AND TECHNOLOGY THEY USE TO PRODUCE STEEL AND HOW THEY MANAGE EVERYTHING.
2. What is the expected salary range for this role. I DONT CARE ABOUT SALARY BECAUSE KNOWLEGDE IS THE BEST SALARY FOR ME.
3. What are the things you will like most about this specific position, and what things would you like least about this position? AWAY FROM FAMILY AND THE ONLY THING I WON'T LIKE.

Prepare a 3 page pare based on an industry (STEEL INDUSTRY) Include in the paper a brief history of the industry an industry overview and a SWOTT ( Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, Threats, and Trends.

Requirement: conduct an analysis of Case #10 Nucor Corporation and prepare a 4-5 page report.
Discuss the trends in the steel industry and how it may impact Nucors strategy.
Discuss the organizational structure and management philosophy at Nucor.
Identify three HRM issues related to strategy implementation and recommend actions to address these issues.
Based on the situation, recommend whether a related or unrelated diversification should be used by the company. Provide supporting rationale.
Based on your recommendation for related or unrelated diversification, identify the organizational structure issues that the company would need to address to implement that diversification.
Grading: The assignment will be graded using the following rubric.
Outcomes Assessed
Grading Rubric for Assignment # 4 ??" HRM Issues/Diversification Strategies
Criteria
0
Unacceptable
20
Developing
30
Competent
40
Exemplary
1. Discuss the trends in steel industry and how it may impact Nucors strategy.
Does not attempt assignment, nor the steel industry trends and its impact on strategy.
The steel industry trends were discussed and the related impact on strategy, but with less than 60 - 79% accuracy and some of the trends identified were inappropriate or were not identified.
The steel industry trends were discussed and the related impact on strategy, with 80 - 89% accuracy and appropriate information was discussed.
The steel industry trends were discussed and the impact to strategy with 90 to 100% accuracy and all appropriate information was identified and discussed clearly.

2. Discuss the organizational and management philosophy at Nucor.
Does not attempt assignment, nor discusses the organizational and management philosophy and its impact on strategy.
The organizational and management philosophy elements were discussed and the related impact on strategy, but with less than 60 - 79% accuracy and some of the trends identified were inappropriate or were not identified.
The organizational and management philosophy elements were discussed and the related impact on strategy, with 80 - 89% accuracy and appropriate information was discussed.
The organizational and management philosophy elements were discussed and the impact to strategy with 90 to 100% accuracy and all appropriate information was identified and discussed clearly.
3. Identify 3 HRM issues related to strategy implementation and recommend actions to address these issues.
No issues were discussed.
One issue was discussed.
Two issues were discussed.
Three issues were discussed.
4. Recommend whether a related or unrelated diversification should be used.
Does not attempt assignment, nor a related or unrelated diversification elements and its impact on strategy.
The related or unrelated diversification elements were discussed and the related impact on strategy, but with less than 60 - 79% accuracy and some of the trends identified were inappropriate or were not identified.
The related or unrelated diversification elements were discussed and the related impact on strategy, with 80 - 89% accuracy and appropriate information was discussed.
The related or unrelated diversification elements were discussed and the impact to strategy with 90 to 100% accuracy and all appropriate information was identified and discussed clearly.
5. Based on the recommended diversification strategy, identify the organizational structure issues the company would need to address to implement the strategy.
Does not attempt assignment, nor discusses the organizational issues and its impact on strategy.
The organizational structure elements were discussed and the related impact on strategy, but with less than 60 - 79% accuracy and some of the trends identified were inappropriate or were not identified.
The organizational structure elements were discussed and the related impact on strategy, with 80 - 89% accuracy and appropriate information was discussed.
The organizational structure elements were discussed and the impact to strategy with 90 to 100% accuracy and all appropriate information was identified and discussed clearly.
6. Clarity
Did not complete the assignment or explanations are unclear and not organized.
(Major issues)
Explanations generally unclear and not well organized.
(Many issues)
Explanations generally clear and/or organized. (Minor issues)
Explanations very clear and well organized.
(Added helpful details.)
7. Writing ??" Grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation, APA usage.
Did not complete the assignment or 8 or more different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation or APA usage. (Major issues)
6 - 7 different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation or APA usage. (Many issues)
4 - 5 different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation or APA usage. (Minor issues)
0 - 3 different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation or APA usage.






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Conduct an analysis of Case #10 Nucor Corporation and prepare a (4-5 page report).
Discuss the trends in the steel industry and how it may impact Nucors strategy.
Discuss the organizational structure and management philosophy at Nucor.
Identify three HRM issues related to strategy implementation and recommend actions to address these issues.
Based on the situation, recommend whether a related or unrelated diversification should be used by the company. Provide supporting rationale.
Based on your recommendation for related or unrelated diversification, identify the organizational structure issues that the company would need to address to implement that diversification.
The assignment will be graded using the following rubric:
Outcomes Assessed
Grading Rubric for Assignment # 4 ??" HRM Issues/Diversification Strategies

Criteria 0
Unacceptable 20
Developing 30
Competent 40
Exemplary
1. Discuss the trends in steel industry and how it may impact Nucors strategy. Does not attempt assignment, nor the steel industry trends and its impact on strategy. The steel industry trends were discussed and the related impact on strategy, but with less than 60 - 79% accuracy and some of the trends identified were inappropriate or were not identified. The steel industry trends were discussed and the related impact on strategy, with 80 - 89% accuracy and appropriate information was discussed. The steel industry trends were discussed and the impact to strategy with 90 to 100% accuracy and all appropriate information was identified and discussed clearly.
2. Discuss the organizational and management philosophy at Nucor. Does not attempt assignment, nor discusses the organizational and management philosophy and its impact on strategy. The organizational and management philosophy elements were discussed and the related impact on strategy, but with less than 60 - 79% accuracy and some of the trends identified were inappropriate or were not identified. The organizational and management philosophy elements were discussed and the related impact on strategy, with 80 - 89% accuracy and appropriate information was discussed. The organizational and management philosophy elements were discussed and the impact to strategy with 90 to 100% accuracy and all appropriate information was identified and discussed clearly.
3. Identify 3 HRM issues related to strategy implementation and recommend actions to address these issues. No issues were discussed. One issue was discussed. Two issues were discussed. Three issues were discussed.
4. Recommend whether a related or unrelated diversification should be used. Does not attempt assignment, nor a related or unrelated diversification elements and its impact on strategy. The related or unrelated diversification elements were discussed and the related impact on strategy, but with less than 60 - 79% accuracy and some of the trends identified were inappropriate or were not identified. The related or unrelated diversification elements were discussed and the related impact on strategy, with 80 - 89% accuracy and appropriate information was discussed. The related or unrelated diversification elements were discussed and the impact to strategy with 90 to 100% accuracy and all appropriate information was identified and discussed clearly.
5. Based on the recommended diversification strategy, identify the organizational structure issues the company would need to address to implement the strategy. Does not attempt assignment, nor discusses the organizational issues and its impact on strategy. The organizational structure elements were discussed and the related impact on strategy, but with less than 60 - 79% accuracy and some of the trends identified were inappropriate or were not identified. The organizational structure elements were discussed and the related impact on strategy, with 80 - 89% accuracy and appropriate information was discussed. The organizational structure elements were discussed and the impact to strategy with 90 to 100% accuracy and all appropriate information was identified and discussed clearly.
6. Clarity
Did not complete the assignment or explanations are unclear and not organized.
(Major issues) Explanations generally unclear and not well organized.
(Many issues) Explanations generally clear and/or organized. (Minor issues) Explanations very clear and well organized.
(Added helpful details.)
7. Writing ??" Grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation, APA usage.
Did not complete the assignment or 8 or more different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation or APA usage. (Major issues) 6 - 7 different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation or APA usage. (Many issues) 4 - 5 different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation or APA usage. (Minor issues) 0 - 3 different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation or APA usage.


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Government Intervention in the Steel Industry 2002

 Layout the details of the Steel tariff. Why was it imposed? Should it be imposed? By whom? How high was the steel tariff? Was there justification for the level of tariff? Was the level of tariff optimal (i.e. can it be shown using graphs)?
 In general, what are the benefits and costs of tariffs.
 Why was tariff chosen instead of subsidies as in the case of the agricultural industry?
 What were the repurcussions? Why was Europe (and/or Asia) unhappy with the tariff? Were they justified? What was the volume lost due to the tariff? (Seems like the steel industry in Asia wasn?t hurt. E.g. Singapore. Why is that the case?)
 Example of Japan and China. Japan imposed 100% tariff of automobiles. China countered with a 100% tariff on another product. Everyone worse off?
 Other than possible reactions from competing countries, did the tariff help or hurt the steel industry in the US?


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Please take this existing business plan (will be attached) and improve in the following three ways:

1) More financial statements ??" go into greater detail in terms of the income statements and cash flow analysis, with much greater detail. Use the existing numbers and extrapolate as much as possible by doing some research on the worldwide steel industry. This is a fictional company so it's ok to make assumptions as long as they're not outrageous. PLEASE ADD 3 PAGES HERE.

2) What is your competitive sustainable advantage? ??" Please use the Porter's 5-forces model to demonstrate our competitive advantage. PLEASE ADD ONE MORE PAGE ON PORTER'S MODEL.

3) Market analysis ??" Investors may not understand the market. This helps them understand where our company fits into the market and what resources will allow it to prosper. PLEASE ADD ONE MORE PAGE OF DETAIL.

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In the 1950s and early 1960, Nuclear Corporation of America was involved in the nuclear instrument and electronic business. After suffering through several money losing years and facing bankruptcy in 1964, the companys board of directors opted for new leadership and appointed F. Kenneth Iverson as president and CEO. Shortly thereafter, Iverson concluded that the best way to put the company on sound footing was to exit the nuclear instrument and electronics business and rebuild the company around its profitable South Carolina base Vulcraft subsidiary, which was in the steel joist business. Iverson had been the head of Vulcraft prior to being named president. Iverson moved the companys headquarters from Phoenix, Arizona, to Charlotte, North Carolina, in 1966 and proceeded to expand the joist business with new operations in Texas and Alabama. Then in 1968, management decided to integrate backward into steelmaking, partly because of the benefits of supplying its own steel requirements and partly because Iverson saw opportunities to capitalize on newly emerging technologies to produce steel more cheaply. The company adopted the name Nucor Corporation in 1972, and Iverson initiated a long-term strategy to grow Nucor into a major player in the U.S. steel industry.
By 1985, Nucor had become the seventh largest steel company in America, with revenues of $758 million, six joist plants, and four state-of-the-art steel mills that used electric arc furnaces to produce new steel products from recycled scrap steel. Nucor was regarded as an excellently managed company, an accomplished low-cost producer, and one of the most competitively successful manufacturing companies in the country. A series of articles in the New Yorker related how Nucor, a relatively small American steel company, had built an enterprise that led the whole world into a new era of making steel with recycled scrap steel. NBC did a business documentary that used Nucor to make the point that American manufactures could be successful in competing against low-cost foreign manufacturers.
At the turn of the century, Nucor was the second largest steel producer in the United States and charging to overtake longtime leader U.S. Steel. Nucors sales in 2000 exceeded 11 million tons, and revenues were nearly $4.8 billion. Several years thereafter, Nucor surpassed U.S. Steel as the largest steelmaker in North America, but Nucor fell back into second place in 2006 when a global steel company in Europe made a series of acquisitions in the United States to create a U.S. based subsidiary (Mittal Steel USA) with greater production capacity than Nucor. (However, Nucor shipped more tons of steel to customers in 2005 than did Mittal Steel.) At the end of 2006, Nucor was solidly entrenched as the second largest steel producer in North America based on total production capacity, with 18 plants having the capacity to produce 25 million tons of steel annually, 2006 revenues of $14.8 billion, and net profits of $1.8 billion. It was the most profitable steel producer in North America in both 2005 and 2006. The company was regarded as the low-cost steel producer I the United States and one of the most efficient and technologically innovative steel producers in the world. Nucor had earned a profit in every quarter and every year since 1966, a truly remarkable accomplishment in a mature and cyclical industry where it was common for companies to post losses when demand for steel sagged. Going into 2007, Nucor had paid a dividend for 135 consecutive quarters.

Using the above information as a reference; use the below questions as heading, write a 5 page paper(not including graphs, charts, figures, or tables); double spaced, Times New Roman font (size 12), one inch margins on all sides, APA format, on the analysis of: Nucor Corporation

NOTE: All references need to be according to APA format

1. Discuss the trends in the steel industry and how it may impact Nucors strategy.

2. Discuss the organizational structure and management philosophy at Nucor.

3. Identify three HRM issues related to strategy implementation and recommend actions to address these issues.

4. Based on the situation, recommend whether a related or unrelated diversification should be used by the company. Provide supporting rationale.

5. Based on your recommendation for related or unrelated diversification, identify the organizational structure issues that the company would need to address to implement that diversification.

Using your text, the internet and other sources, write a 900 to 2000 word paper where you do the following:



Select an industry that does business in the United States and likely to be impacted by macroeconomic changes in the economy. Examples would be the auto industry, housing industry, appliance industry, steel industry, wireless phone industry and the retail industry. You are not limited to these examples.



Give a brief overview of your selected industry.



Define economic indicators in general terms. Then define each of the following economic indicators: Gross Domestic Product, Unemployment Rate, Inflation Rate (CPI), Personal Income, Interest Rates, and the Producer Price Index.



Provide a graph showing a trend line for each indicator over the last few months or years.



Provide a graph showing an 18 month forecast for each indicator. Each forecast should begin with the current quarter and projected out 18 months. Your sources of the forecast should be specific.



Describe how your selected industry would be affected by changes in each of the economic indicators.

The article's title is: "Foreign exchange risk management in the companies of steel industry in Eastern European countries"

The article first outlines briefly the general development and status of the steel industry in the countries of Eastern Europe, then, in particular in details in Ukraine and in Turkey.

The next part will represent a case study approach on the example of mainly two companies: Arcelor Mittal that represents the biggest volume of exporting steel in Ukraine; and Erdemir, that controls steel production in Turkey. Both companies are highly representative in the corresponding countries.

The specific kinds of financial risks, which they encounter with, will be explored and analyzed.

The main part of the article will be dedicated to the methods of foreign exchange risk management used currently in the companies of steel industry, in Ukraine and Turkey in particular.

As a result it will be shown that the current methods of foreign exchange risk management in steel industry in Eastern European countries should be improved taken into consideration specific political and economical situation in the countries.

conduct an analysis of Case #10 Nucor Corporation and prepare a 4-5 page report. Min 4 references.



Discuss the trends in the steel industry and how it may impact Nucors strategy.


Discuss the organizational structure and management philosophy at Nucor.


Identify three HRM issues related to strategy implementation and recommend actions to address these issues.


Based on the situation, recommend whether a related or unrelated diversification should be used by the company. Provide supporting rationale.


Based on your recommendation for related or unrelated diversification, identify the organizational structure issues that the company would need to address to implement that diversification.




Grading: The assignment will be graded using the following rubric.



Outcomes Assessed


Grading Rubric for Assignment # 4 ??" HRM Issues/Diversification Strategies




Criteria
0

Unacceptable
20

Developing
30

Competent
40

Exemplary

1. Discuss the trends in steel industry and how it may impact Nucors strategy.
Does not attempt assignment, nor the steel industry trends and its impact on strategy.
The steel industry trends were discussed and the related impact on strategy, but with less than 60 - 79% accuracy and some of the trends identified were inappropriate or were not identified.
The steel industry trends were discussed and the related impact on strategy, with 80 - 89% accuracy and appropriate information was discussed.
The steel industry trends were discussed and the impact to strategy with 90 to 100% accuracy and all appropriate information was identified and discussed clearly.

2. Discuss the organizational and management philosophy at Nucor.
Does not attempt assignment, nor discusses the organizational and management philosophy and its impact on strategy.
The organizational and management philosophy elements were discussed and the related impact on strategy, but with less than 60 - 79% accuracy and some of the trends identified were inappropriate or were not identified.
The organizational and management philosophy elements were discussed and the related impact on strategy, with 80 - 89% accuracy and appropriate information was discussed.
The organizational and management philosophy elements were discussed and the impact to strategy with 90 to 100% accuracy and all appropriate information was identified and discussed clearly.

3. Identify 3 HRM issues related to strategy implementation and recommend actions to address these issues.
No issues were discussed.
One issue was discussed.
Two issues were discussed.
Three issues were discussed.

4. Recommend whether a related or unrelated diversification should be used.
Does not attempt assignment, nor a related or unrelated diversification elements and its impact on strategy.
The related or unrelated diversification elements were discussed and the related impact on strategy, but with less than 60 - 79% accuracy and some of the trends identified were inappropriate or were not identified.
The related or unrelated diversification elements were discussed and the related impact on strategy, with 80 - 89% accuracy and appropriate information was discussed.
The related or unrelated diversification elements were discussed and the impact to strategy with 90 to 100% accuracy and all appropriate information was identified and discussed clearly.

5. Based on the recommended diversification strategy, identify the organizational structure issues the company would need to address to implement the strategy.
Does not attempt assignment, nor discusses the organizational issues and its impact on strategy.
The organizational structure elements were discussed and the related impact on strategy, but with less than 60 - 79% accuracy and some of the trends identified were inappropriate or were not identified.
The organizational structure elements were discussed and the related impact on strategy, with 80 - 89% accuracy and appropriate information was discussed.
The organizational structure elements were discussed and the impact to strategy with 90 to 100% accuracy and all appropriate information was identified and discussed clearly.

6. Clarity


Did not complete the assignment or explanations are unclear and not organized.

(Major issues)
Explanations generally unclear and not well organized.

(Many issues)
Explanations generally clear and/or organized. (Minor issues)
Explanations very clear and well organized.

(Added helpful details.)

7. Writing ??" Grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation, APA usage.


Did not complete the assignment or 8 or more different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation or APA usage. (Major issues)
6 - 7 different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation or APA usage. (Many issues)
4 - 5 different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation or APA usage. (Minor issues)
0 - 3 different errors in grammar, sentence structure, paragraph structure, spelling, punctuation or APA usage.






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Syllabus Summer 2005
The course objectives are to understand cultural, social, infrastructurial, and international
elements that impact the building, engaging, and facilitiating of business exchanges between the U.S. and various European countries.
Students are expected to write a term paper that demonstrates their understanding of and skills
at analyzing opportunities and threats as well as sources of competitive advantage, appreciating
different styles of management, and comparing the socio-cultural differences and political para-
meters when 'doing business' with the European countries.

This paper should provide a foundation for understanding 'doing business' in Europe, including:
o Issues related to the European Union and its impact on Trade and Businesses in the EU
o Laws and regulations related to doing business with European countries
o The role of European Central Banks in maintaining stability in the money supply
o Intern'l Finance issues, e.g. financing international trade, foreign currency fluctuation risks
o Differences in organized labor & managing with different types of labor unions in Europe
o 'Comparative' Marketing, e.g. comparing the 4 Ps for a product (e.g. Champaign vs. Sekt, tourism, insurance etc. across Europe or between a European country and the equivalent in the USA
o Ethics
- Corp. Governance or, say,, Democracy in European Businesses (e.g. 'Mitbestimmung')
- Environmental Issues
- Age, gender, and other factors regarding employees
o Cultural Differences and their impact on management style
- Rituals, e.g. greetings, styles of meetings, decision-making processes, negotiating
- Gender roles at work and family structures across Europe
- Interpersonal relationships at work, e.g. between layers of mgmt. hierarchy
- Values and their impact on organizational structures and behavior, e.g. being process vs. results oriented, having higher or lower power distance
- Other

o Competitive advantages of a European area in a chosen industry (based on M. E. Porter?s Diamond of National Competitive Advantage), e.g. comparing two European regional clusters & industries, such as steel production in the greater Lille region with automotive production in 'Southern' Germany; or life sciences in Switzerland with luxury goods in France, such as LVMH, Dior, CHANEL, Christian Luxcriox; or private or central banking with banking systems/cultures across Europe (UK, Germany, Switzerland, and possibly, the USA)

o Alternatively, exploring the general attractiveness a particular industrial sector (including Porter's five Forces) in one or two European countries and thereby analyze the PESTEL categories in that country regarding opportunities and threats for doing business there.
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REQUIREMENTS:
Length: Approximately 15 to 20 pages. Typed, double-spaced.
Contents: Paper should be complete with:
1. Title page
2. Table of contents
3. Executive summary (single spaced, no more than one page)
4. Introduction
5. Body of paper (see outline below)
6. Conclusion
7. Bibliography
8. Appendices
PAPERS WILL BE ACCEPTED AS EMAIL ATTACHMENTS ONLY.
Information sources:
additional secondary research (the requirement is 10 (ten) additional
sources)
Topics:
1. European Union (required for all)
2. Two elective topics from the list provided in the syllabus
3. Personal Statement: overview
Suggested Outline:
* Title page
* Table of contents
* Executive summary (single spaced, no more than one page)
* Introduction
* Body of paper
* European Union
* Topic 1 (elective)
* Topic 2 (elective)
* Personal impressions and reflections on what was learned
* Conclusion
* Bibliography
* Appendices
____________________________________________________________

My Message:
For the last 2 bulleted points on the syllabus, my prefered 2 elective topic would be on either the steel industry and car industry OR steel industry and the luxury industry, whichever way the writer thinks would be good, I trust in your ability more than mine. For the steel industry, please mention Arcelor, the prof was asking for it as it is massive in Europe though it's not written on the syllabus. If writing about the car industry please mention Porche and Daimler Chrysler as Daimler has a lot of major brands underneath its wings, such as Mercedes, Maybac etc. And VW too, apparently it's a major thing in Europe. In whichever way, the management tools such a PESTEL, 5 forces, diamond etc is required to be applied to them. For example, explaining why Germany is pretty good in car making and how attractive this industry currently is (great problems due to huge overcapacities...).
I'm not too sure about the citation style, though MLA is the only one i know. Is that the standard for undergraduate? I will leave it in your professional hands.

I'm required to write a minimum of 15 pages. After title page, content page, executive summary, bibliography and appendices, that's 10. Also minus the overview of personal statement, that's 9, so the body of the paper would be 9. I'm sure you will be charging for contents, summary and appendices but i'm wondering would you charge me for title page as well? If you do please let me know, i will send the payment as soon as possible. For now, i'm calculating everything to be 12 pages.

THANK YOU!!!
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ALL PAGES SHOULD BE IN TIMES NEW ROMAN FONT AT 12 POINT WITH MARGINS SET AT 1.0 ALL AROUND- TOP, BOTTOM, LEFT AND RIGHT AND Double SPACED.

Note: Use 3 resources/citations for assignment. Please include reference page (free) at end of assignment. To help you with some references, please include quotes/citations from the following textbook plus other 2 resources: Carbaugh, Robert J. ?International Economics.? Ohio: South-Western, a division of Thompson Learning, 2004.

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Deliverable Length: 2 Pages

Write 2 page project include questions number and then answer in order. (Use textbook as noted above (Chapter 5) for references and other resources as well) Following a speech the audience asks you to respond to the following questions:

1. Describe a specific tariff, an ad valorem tariff, and a compound tariff. What are the advantages and disadvantages of each
2. Under what conditions does a nominal tariff applied to an import product overstate or understate the actual, or effective, protection afforded by the nominal tariff?
3. Less-developed nations sometimes argue that the industrialized nations' tariff structures discourage the less-developed nations from undergoing industrialization. Explain.
4. Distinguish between consumer surplus and producer surplus. How do these concepts relate to a country's economic welfare?
5. When a nation imposes a tariff on the importation of a commodity, economic inefficiencies develop that detract from the national welfare. Explain.
6. A nation that imposes tariffs on imported goods may find its welfare improving should the tariff result in a favorable shift in the terms of trade. Explain.
7. Suppose that the production of $1 million worth of steel in Canada requires $100,000 worth of taconite. Canada's nominal tariff rates for importing these goods are 20 percent for steel and 10 percent for taconite. Given this information, calculate the effective rate of protection for Canada's steel industry.
8. Would a tariff imposed on U.S. oil imports promote energy development and conservation for the United States?

Historical development of Unification ideas in Europe after World War II---THIS IS THE TOPIC.

Please you can use this material as well.
Chapter Overview
The dominant approaches to understanding the early phase of European integration came from
international relations (IR). In particular, the study of integration was dominated by the competing approaches of neofunctionalism and intergovernmentalism. Although neofunctionalist theory
neatly i tted events in the 1950s and early 1960s, subsequent events led to its demise and the
rise of intergovernmentalist explanations. While theorizing European integration has moved on
signii cantly from these early approaches, much of what followed was either framed by this
debate or developed as a rejection of it. The debate about whether the EU is characterized by
intergovernmentalism or supranationalism still informs much of the academic work on the
subject.
?International theory? has been too readily written of by contemporary writers seeking to of er
theoretical treatments of the EU . . .
(Rosamond 1999: 19)
The signing of the Treaty of Paris in April 1951 by the governments of Belgium,
France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands (Chapter 6, p. 92) began
the process commonly referred to as European integration (see Insight 1.1). This process has meant that the economies of participating states, and subsequently other areas,
have been increasingly managed in common. Decisions previously taken by national
governments alone are now taken together with other governments, and specially created European institutions. Governments have relinquished the sole right to make
legislation (national sovereignty) over a range of matters, in favour of joint decision
making with other governments (pooled sovereignty). Other tasks have been delegated
to European institutions.
It was something of a surprise to academic theorists of IR when governments in
western Europe began to surrender their national sovereignty in some policy areas.
For the ? rst half of the twentieth century, the nation state seemed assured of its place
as the most important unit of political life in the western world, especially in Europe.
As such, the process of European integration constituted a major challenge to existing
theories and generated an academic debate about the role of the state in the process.
The two competing theories that emerged from IR to dominate the debate over early
1/29/2011 12:17:09 PMdevelopments in European integration were neofunctionalism (Haas 1958; Lindberg
1963) and intergovernmentalism (Hof mann 1964; 1966).
Before discussing these two main positions in the debate, it is necessary to consider
the intellectual context from which the idea of European integration emerged. Below
we look ? rst at the functionalist ideas of David Mitrany on how to avoid war between
nations, then at the ideas of the European federalists, and ? nally at the ?federal-
functionalism? of Jean Monnet. We then turn to look ? rst at neofunctionalism and
then at intergovernmentalism, before looking at two later contributions to this debate:
liberal intergovernmentalism and supranational governance.
The Intellectual Background
To understand the ideas that fed into the ? rst attempts to theorize European integration, it is useful to start with one of the approaches that was in? uential after the
Second World War about how to avoid another war. This ?functionalist? idea, which
Insight 1.1 European Integration
European integration has a number of aspects, but the main focus of Chapter 1 is on political integration. Ernst Haas (1968: 16) provided a dei nition of European political integration as a process, whereby:
political actors in several distinct national settings are persuaded to shift their loyalties, expectations and political activities toward a new center, whose institutions possess or demand jurisdiction over the pre-existing national states. The end result of a
process of political integration is a new political community, superimposed over the
pre-existing ones.
Implicit in Haas?s dei nition was the development of a European federal state. More cautiously, Lindberg (1963: 149) provided a dei nition of political integration as a process, but
without reference to an end point:
political integration is (1) the process whereby nations forego the desire and ability to
conduct foreign and key domestic policies independently of each other, seeking
instead to make joint decisions or to delegate the decision-making process to new central organs; and (2) the process whereby political actors in several distinct national
settings are persuaded to shift their expectations and political activities to a new
center.
The i rst part of this dei nition refers to two ?intimately related? modes of decision making:
sharing and delegating. The second part of the dei nition refers to ?the patterns of behaviour shown by high policy makers, civil servants, parliamentarians, interest group leaders
and other elites? (Lindberg 1963: 149), who respond to the new reality of a shift in political
authority to the centre by reorientating their political activities to the European level.

was particularly associated with the writings of David Mitrany, informed the United
Nations movement. It was a theory of how to achieve world peace, rather than a theory of regional integration, and it took a very dif erent approach to the question from
the European federalists, who wanted to subordinate national governments to an overarching federal authority. The ideas of both the functionalists and the federalists were
brought together in the ?functional-federalism? of Jean Monnet, which in turn provided one important source of intellectual inspiration for the neofunctionalist theory
of European integration.
Mitrany and Functionalism
David Mitrany (1888?1974) was born in Romania, but spent most of his adult life in
Britain and the United States. He was not a theorist of European integration. His concern was with building a Working Peace System, the title of his Fabian pamphlet (Mitrany
1966; ? rst published 1943). For Mitrany, the root cause of war was nationalism. The
failure of the League of Nations to prevent aggression prompted debate about a new
type of international system even before the outbreak of the Second World War. For
those who blamed the failure of the League on its limited powers, the response was the
development of an international federation. In other words, the League had not gone
far enough and the same mistake should not be repeated: henceforth, nations should
be tied more closely together.
Mitrany did not agree with the idea of federation as the means of tying states
together. He opposed the idea of a single world government because he believed that it
would pose a threat to individual freedom. He also opposed the creation of regional
federations, believing that this would simply reproduce national rivalries on a larger
scale. Any political reorganization into separate units must sooner or later produce the
same ef ects; any international system that is to usher in a new world must produce the
opposite ef ect of subduing political division.
Instead of either of these possibilities?a world federation or regional federations?
Mitrany proposed the creation of a whole series of separate international functional
agencies, each having authority over one speci? c area of human life. His scheme was
to take individual technical tasks out of the control of governments and to hand them
over to these functional agencies. He believed that governments would be prepared to
surrender control because they would not feel threatened by the loss of sovereignty
over, say, health care or the co-ordination of railway timetables, and they would be
able to appreciate the advantages of such tasks being performed at the regional or
world level. As more and more areas of control were surrendered, states would become
less capable of independent action. One day, the national governments would discover
that they were enmeshed in a ?spreading web of international activities and agencies?
(Mitrany 1966: 35).
These international agencies would operate at dif erent levels depending on the
function that they were performing. Mitrany gave the example of systems of communication. Railways would be organized on a continental basis; shipping would be
organized on an intercontinental basis; aviation would be organized on a universal
basis. Not only would the dependence of states on these agencies for their day-to-day
functioning make it dii cult for governments to break with them, but the experience
THEORIES OF EUROPEAN INTEGRATION
1/29/2011 12:17:11 PMof the operation of the agencies would also socialize politicians, civil servants, and
the general public into adopting less nationalistic attitudes and outlook.
Spinelli and Federalism
A completely dif erent approach to guaranteeing peace was devised during the war in
the ranks of the various Resistance movements. It was a speci? cally European movement, and whereas Mitrany aimed explicitly to depoliticize the process of the transfer
of power away from national governments, federalists sought a clear transfer of political authority.
The European Union of Federalists (EUF) was formed in December 1946 from the
war-time Resistance movements. It was particularly strong in Italy, where the leading
? gure was Altiero Spinelli. Federalism appealed to the Resistance groups because it
proposed superseding nationalism. It is important to bear in mind that whereas in
Britain (and Russia) the Second World War was a nationalist war (in the former Soviet
Union, it was ?the great patriotic war?), in countries such as France and Italy it was an
ideological war. Resistance ? ghters drawn from communist, socialist, and Christian
democratic groups were in many cases ? ghting their own countrymen?Vichy supporters in France, Italian Fascists in Italy.
While being held as political prisoners of the Fascists on the island of Ventotene,
Spinelli and Ernesto Rossi (1897?1967) produced the Ventotene Manifesto (1941),
calling for a ?European Federation?. It argued that, left alone, the classes ?most privileged under old national systems? would seek to reconstruct the order of nation states
at the end of the war. While these states might appear democratic, it would only be a
matter of time before power returned to the hands of the privileged classes. This
would prompt the return of national jealousies and ultimately, to renewed war
between states. To prevent this development, the Manifesto called for the abolition of
the division of Europe into national, sovereign states. It urged propaganda and action
to bring together the separate national Resistance movements across Europe to push
for the creation of a federal European state.
The EUF adopted the Ventotene Manifesto, and began agitating for an international
conference to be called that would draw up a federal constitution for Europe. This
ambitious proposal was designed to build on what Milward called ?the wave of hope
for a better world and a changed future for the human race which had swept across
Europe? and which included an ?extraordinary wave of enthusiasm for European federation? (Milward 1984: 55).
The strategy of the EUF was to exploit the disruption caused by the war to existing political structures in order to make a new start on a radically dif erent basis
from the Europe of national states. They aimed to achieve a complete break from
the old order of nation states, and to create a federal constitution for Europe. Their
Congress took time to organize, though. It eventually took place in The Hague in
May 1948 (see Chapter 5, p. 83). By that time, the national political systems had
been re-established, and what emerged from the Congress was an intergovernmental
organization, the Council of Europe, not the new federal constitutional order for
which the federalists had hoped. Many federalists then turned to the gradualist
approach that was successfully embodied in the European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC).
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Monnet and Functional-Federalism
The plan for the ECSC was known as the Schuman Plan because it was made public by
the French Foreign Minister Robert Schuman, but it is generally accepted that it was
drawn up within the French Economic Planning Commission (Commissariat du Plan),
which was headed by the technocrat Jean Monnet. It was the task of the Planning
Commission to guide the post-war reconstruction and modernization of the French
economy, and it was through his experiences in this task that Monnet came to appreciate the economic inadequacy of the European nation state in the modern world. He
saw the need to create a ?large and dynamic common market?, ?a huge continental
market on the European scale? (Monnet 1962: 205). He aimed, though, to create more
than just a common market.
Monnet was a planner: he showed no great con? dence in the free-market system,
which had served France rather badly in the past. He placed his faith in the development of supranational institutions as the basis for building a genuine economic community that would adopt common economic policies and rational planning procedures.
Coal and steel were only intended as starting points. The aim was to extend integration to all aspects of the western European economy?but such a scheme would have
been too ambitious to gain acceptance all at once. There had been a clear indication of
this in the failure of previous ef orts to integrate the economies of France, Italy, the
Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg.
There was also a new factor in the equation, the key factor prompting Monnet?s plan:
the emergence in 1949 of a West German state. For Monnet, the existence of the
Federal Republic of Germany posed two problems in addition to that of how to create
an integrated western European economy. The ? rst problem was how to organize
Franco?German relations in such a way that another war between the two states would
become impossible. To a French mind, this meant how to control Germany. The pooling of coal and steel production would provide the basis for economic development as a
? rst step towards a ?federation of Europe?. Stimulating the expansion of those industries
for peaceful purposes would provide an economic alternative to producing war materials for those regions of Europe that had been largely dependent on providing military
material. The second problem facing Monnet was the very practical one of how to
ensure adequate supplies of coking coal from the Ruhr for the French steel industry.
The idea of pooling Franco-German supplies of coal and steel would tie the two states
into a mutual economic dependency, in addition to taking out of the immediate control of the national governments the most basic raw materials for waging another war.
Mitrany (1966) described Monnet?s strategy as ?federal-functionalism?. It is not clear,
though, how far Monnet was a federalist at all. He might be seen as a supreme pragmatist who proposed the ECSC as a solution to the very practical problems described
above. To solve these problems, Monnet adopted a solution similar to that of Mitrany:
remove control of the strategically crucial industries?coal and steel?from the governments and put it in the hands of a free-standing agency. This was the High
Authority of the ECSC, and in Monnet?s original plan it was the only institution proposed. The development of other supranational institutions came from other pressures
(see Chapter 7). The High Authority was the prototype for the later Commission of
the European Economic Community (EEC), which became central to the neofunctionalist theory of European integration.

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and my specific topic is "A new pattern of integration through governmental coordination: European
Political Cooperation"

- point : The first enlargement of the European Communities in 1973: from six
to nine member States

Objectives: Understanding the reasons for the way out of a dead end in
integration and the changes of the communities due to the enlargement.

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Bange, Oliver: The EEC crisis of 1963. Kennedy, Macmillan, de Gaulle and
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Camps, Miriam: Britain and the European Community 1955-1963. Princeton 1964.
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Dynamics of European Union. London / New York / Sydney 1987, S. 49-77.
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Cini, Michelle: The European Commission. Leadership, Organisation and Culture in
the EU Administration, Manchester 1996.

DeSalvia, Michele / Villiger, Mark E. (Eds.): The Birth of European Human Rights
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Deighton, Anne: Widening, Deepening, and Acceleration. The European Economic
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Deighton, Anne et al. (eds.): The Western European Union, 1948 - 1998: from the
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Deighton, Anne: Building Postwar Europe. National Decision-Makers and European
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Di Nolfo, Ennio (ed.): Power in Europe? Bd. II: Great Britain, France, Germany, Italy
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George, Stephen: An Awkward Partner. Britain in the European Community, 3rd ed.
Oxford 1994.

George, Stephen: Britain and European Integration since 1945. Oxford 1991.
Gillingham, John: European Integration, 1950-2003: superstate or new market
economy? Cambridge, 2003.

Gillingham, John: Coal, Steel and the Rebirth of Europe, 1945-1955. The Germans
and French from Ruhr Conflict to Economic Community. Cambridge 1991.

Greenwood, Sean: Britain and European Integration since 1945. Oxford 1992.
Haas, Ernst B.: The Uniting of Europe. Political, Social, and Economic Forces 1950-
1957, Stanford Cal. 1968.

Heller, Francis / Gillingham, John. The United States and the Integration of Europe:
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Heller, Francis H. / Gillingham, John R. (eds.): NATO: The Founding of the Atlantic
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Helmreich, J.E.: The United States and the Formation of EURATOM, in: Diplomatic
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Select an industry that does business in the United States and likely to be impacted by macroeconomic changes in the economy. Examples would be the auto industry, housing industry, appliance industry, steel industry, wireless phone industry and the retail industry. You are not limited to these examples.



Give a brief overview of your selected industry.



Define economic indicators in general terms. Then define each of the following economic indicators: Gross Domestic Product, Unemployment Rate, Inflation Rate (CPI), Personal Income, Interest Rates, and the Producer Price Index.



Provide a graph showing a trend line for each indicator over the last few months or years.



Provide a graph showing an 18 month forecast for each indicator. Each forecast should begin with the current quarter and projected out 18 months. Your sources of the forecast should be specific.



Describe how your selected industry would be affected by changes in each of the economic indicators

Select an industry that does business in the United States and likely to be impacted by macroeconomic changes in the economy. Examples would be the auto industry, housing industry, appliance industry, steel industry, wireless phone industry and the retail industry. You are not limited to these examples.



Give a brief overview of your selected industry.



Define economic indicators in general terms. Then define each of the following economic indicators: Gross Domestic Product, Unemployment Rate, Inflation Rate (CPI), Personal Income, Interest Rates, and the Producer Price Index.



Provide a graph showing a trend line for each indicator over the last few months or years.



Provide a graph showing an 18 month forecast for each indicator. Each forecast should begin with the current quarter and projected out 18 months. Your sources of the forecast should be specific.



Describe how your selected industry would be affected by changes in each of the economic indicators.

What are the issues for each of the below:From book the enduring vision valume II since 1865

Great Plains Indian culture ? The Treaty of Ft. Laramie ? The Ghost Dance ? Boom-bust cycles ? Late 19th century manufacturing output ? Innovative advertising techniques in the late 19th century ? Vertical integration ? Andrew Carnegie and the steel industry ? John Rockefeller ? Sherman Anti-Trust Act ? Jane Addams ? Jim Crow laws ? Muckraking journalism ? Frederick Taylor ? Thorstein Veblen ? Charles and Mary Beard ? William James ? Herbert Croly ? The Roosevelt Corollary ? The Great White Fleet ? The gentleman?s agreement ? The Open Door Notes ? German unrestricted submarine warfare ? The Zimmerman telegram ? African American soldiers in WWI ? The Creel Committee on Pubic Information ? Randolph Bourne ? Jeannette Rankin ? Eugene V. Debs ? Schenck v United States ? The great internal migration of African Americans during WWI ? WWI and American women ? The Treaty of Versailles ? Henry Ford and industrial production ? Unionization in the 1920s ? Welfare capitalism ? Agriculture in the 1920s ? The Scopes Trial ? The Teapot Dome scandal ? American nativism in the 1920s ? Alice Paul and the National Woman?s Party ? The Washington Naval Conference ? Mass culture in the 1020s ? The Jazz Age flapper ? Jazz ? The Harlem Renaissance ? The Ku Klux Klan in the 1920s ? Marcus Garvey and the UNIA ? Aimee Semple McPherson ? Sacco-Vanzetti case ? 1928 presidential election ? Prohibition ? 1935 Social Security Act ? The Dust Bowl ? Huey Long ? The Bonus March of 1932 ? Roosevelt and the 1932 presidential campaign ? Eleanor Roosevelt and First Lady ? Roosevelt and the banking crisis ? The Civilian Conservation Corps ? The Agricultural Adjustment Act ? The National Industrial Recovery Act ? The Federal Securities Act ? The National Labor Relations Act ? The National Resources Planning Board ? The presidential election of 1936 ? The Farm Security Administration ? The Hatch Act ? Molly Dewson ? Labor in California?s agricultural sector ? Franklin Roosevelt and ?court-packing? ? The Fair Labor Standard Act ? The Grapes of Wrath ? Benny Goodman ? Rate of unemployment in 1938 ? The Committee for Industrial Organization ? The Scottsboro Boys ? Ernest Hemingway?s For Whom the Bell Tolls ? Japanese invasion of Manchuria ? The US response to persecution of Jews by the Nazi government ? The Lend-Lease Act ? The America First Committee ? The Manhattan Project ? American women and WWII ? A. Philip Randolph ? Japanese internment ? The Yalta Conference ? Bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki ? US as the ?arsenal of democracy? ? Soviet casualties during WWII ? The double-V campaign ? Pearl Harbor attack ? Battle of Midway ? Battle of Stalingrad ? The War Production Board ? The Holocaust

Industry: AutoMobile Industry or Ford Motor Company

In this assignment you will research and evaluate social, political or economic issues that may impact your industry or organizations current market position. More specifically, you will provide a strategic analysis that identifies social trends that may provide opportunities for your industry/organization as well as potential threats.

TASK
Select an industry sector that you are particularly interested in
Research how national and/or global political, social and economic trends and developments are impacting that sectors outlook
Identify trends that might provide both opportunities for and threats to the industry
Provide a well-researched analysis that discusses the opportunities and threats that you identified

PROCESS
Your proposal should develop around the following points:

1. Conduct research to identify economic (at the global or national level), political and social trends and developments that might positively as well as negatively impact your industry/company.
2. Rank order them in order of importance.
3. Identify the biggest opportunity and the biggest threat and discuss their implications. These implications should focus on how these issues may demand adjustments of company goals; for example, a change in marketing strategies, a change in product or service lines, a change in production or distribution methods, etc. This should be based on research and not only on what you assume will be popular.
4. If appropriate, you may provide a recommendation to the industry based upon your analysis.

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Case study "Bush's Steel Tariffs" Do the Case Study at the left side from the title. I believe there are three sources.
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A research paper relating to a local concern, pittsburgh PA and its steel mills. Include a short history/intro about the mills and the impact and problems the steel mills had how they were sloved and what has happened to the mills to this date. Use MLA parenthetic documentation style instead of footnotes or endnotes. Include a work cited sheet with 2-4 sources, only 1 may be internet.

!!!!NOT A LIGHT GAUGE STEEL, BUT INDUSTRIAL STEEL!!!!!

BELOW IS THE COPY OF GUIDELINES I GOT FOR THIS PROJECT:

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The focus of project needs to be on the selection and application or installation of materials and building components, rather than the development, production or history of the method or material.


---- FORMAT :
? Table of Contents (with numbered pages)

? Section One ~ Introduction (two pages minimum):
o Introductory comments about the nature of your undertaking. Why is this an area of importance and what do you intend to find out through your research.

? Section Two ~ Methodology (Three pages minimum):
o Summarize your research efforts. Who did you contact? What associations,
agencies, contractors or suppliers were of assistance? What books, manuals,
journals, catalogs or any other sources did you refer to? How did you identify
these resources?

? Section Three ~ Discussion and analysis (Ten pages minimum):
o Comprehensive discussion of the technical specifics of your method or material of construction including but not limited to theory, applications, properties, strengths, limitations, etc.

? Section Four ~ Bibliography and further information (One page minimum):
o Specific sources of further information on this topic that you found during your research.
>>>>>>>>>!!!!!!!!o Bibliography/References. Internet (web page) references must constitute less than 50% of all your references.!!!!!!!!!!

? Section Five
o Appendices. Relevant data that you have collected from industry on your area of research.

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Assignment Brief

This assignment focuses on the use of high strength steels, their use in the automotive industry and how they have influenced design and manufacturing. It is expected that the student will research these topics (referencing any sources used) rather than simply repeating what has been discussed in class.

Tasks

1) What are high strength steels.

Detail what high strength steels are, their mechanical properties and why they are used.


2) The influence of high strength steels on vehicle design and manufacture.

Detail how high strength steels are used, and their influence on vehicle design and manufacture.


3) Use in motorsport

Describe the use of high strength steels in motorsport, if and how they are used. Discuss if and why this is different from their use in road vehicles.



An example of an appropriate report structure is outlined below:

Introduction
Task1
Task2
Task3
Conclusion
Bibliography

Provide an internal, external and stakeholder environmental description for the company name Humana and Tata Steel. Divide up pages evenly for both companies. Do bullet points and than detail each points.

1" all four side, 12 font, Time New Romans.

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Assignment 4: United States Steel Corp v. Commissioner


Review the case titled United States Steel Corp v. Commissioner found in Chapter 8. Be sure to read the entire case study which runs just over ten pages??"??"including notes and comments.
Write a 6 page paper in which you consider each of the following points about the case study (taken within context of the full case study itself) and address each numbered criterion.
In United States Steel Corp. v. Commissioner, it states petitioner organized Navios Corporation, a Liberian shipping company, for the purpose of transporting the ore from the mine site to the petitioner?s steel mills in the United States. Liberia has long been known as a tax haven jurisdiction, and has been used extensively as a place for incorporating ship-owning corporations.
1. Discuss three other possible alternatives that you believe the petitioner might have used and the rationale behind each.
In the case, it is also stated that, There could be no independent transactions with unrelated parties under the same or similar circumstances? within the meaning of section 1.482-1(d)(3) of the regulations.
2. Discuss how you would interpret this statement and why.

3. Determine which sections of section 1.482-1(d)(3) would likely be cited the most often. Provide specific examples to support your response.
On page 732, The IRS sometimes argues that entities used to avoid tax are shams that should be wholly disregarded for tax purposes. Such an argument was advanced in Hospital Corp. of America v. Commissioner, 81 T.C. 520 (1983) (nonacq.)
4. Determine who the other entities that have been charged with avoiding taxes are and how they avoided paying taxes.
5. Discuss possible arguments you could make in defense of the entities discussed in criterion four.
Research element: conduct research to determine if any applications in this case need to be updated or if subsequent changes in tax laws would alter the outcomes of the case.
6. Include three (3) external sources to support your position
Your assignment must follow these formatting requirements:
Be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides; references must follow APA format.
Include a cover page containing the title of the assignment. The cover page and the reference page are not included in the required page length.

The specific course learning outcomes associated with this assignment are:
Examine various transfer pricing methodologies and how they impact taxation.
Use technology and information resources to research issues in international tax planning and research.
Write clearly and concisely about international tax planning and research using proper writing mechanics.

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