Operations Management homework help

Operations Management homework help. Research Project GEB3213
How to research consumer and company financial information on Government websites
The objective of this assignment is for you to acquire knowledge and skills on what consumer and company financial information is available from various government agencies and how to research the available information and data.
You have been assigned a project by your employer to write a paper on how to research consumer and company financial information on Government websites.
The parameters for the paper are:

  • Between 1250-1500 words long excludingWorks Cited or Bibliography
  • In APA format

Your paper must report on any four* of the following government agencies:

  • Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA)
  • Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS)
  • Commodity Futures Trading Commission
  • Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
  • Federal grants (grants.gov)
  • Federal Reserve Economic Data (FRED)
  • Government Accounting Office (GAO)
  • Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
  • Small Business Administration (SBA)

* You may substitute one agency with an agency of your choice, which must be approved by me. See A-Z Index of U.S. Government Departments and Agencies at http://www.usa.gov/directory/federal/G.shtml (Links to an external site.)
Your report must include the following:

  • Agency’s mission and responsibilities
  • History of agency (short; one paragraph)
  • What data is available to the public?
  • In what form is the data available?
  • How can the data be accessed by the public?
  • Who is the primary user of the data?
  • Why is the data accessed – for what purpose?
  • How current is the data.
  • What periodic reports are issued by the agency and frequency of those reports.
  • In addition, any other topics you believe relevant to your chosen career or current employment.

How to cite a government website in APA format:
Using American Psychological Association (APA) style is fairly easy. Only four elements must be obtained to cite a web page: author, date, title and source. If the format of the website is unusual, you may also need to include a format description in brackets in between title and source information. In-text citation follows standard author and page formats. Usually there is no page number, so just citing the author is common practice.
An example looks like:
Lee, Jessie. (2011, March 2). President Obama on the Tragic Events in Germany [Blog Post]. Retrieved from http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2011/03/02/president-obama-tragic-events-germany
If no date is available, insert “n.d.” instead.
Read more: http://www.ehow.com/how_8012452_cite-government-website.html#ixzz2qUIfKpTQ
 

Operations Management homework help