...BUS4040 2013-2014 Semester 1 Group Assignment 2 (Session 1) Oct 28, 2013 Read “The Movie Exhibition Industry: 2011” (Case 16 in text) and answer the following questions: 1. Assess the situational environment for the movie theater: a. Why do people go to the movies? How has this changed? b. What is the trend in attendance at movie theaters? Why is this problematic? What explains this? c. What determines profitability for exhibitors? Consider revenue components, expenses, and the controllability of these by managers. What is the trend in profitability? What explains this? d. For 1A-C, which of these are symptoms? Which are causes? What is the key strategic issue facing movie theaters? What are three alternatives (i.e., new actions / initiatives) that exhibitor’s might consider to resolve this strategic issue? Which would you recommend? What did theater owners pursue for alternatives? Has their situation improved by 2010? What alternatives can exhibitors take in 2011 and beyond to improve their situation? What are the opportunities and threats for the exhibitors to expand into China? 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Instructions on the assignment: • • • This is a group assignment and is due on Nov 6. There will be a discussion on the answers for each question on the same day the assignment is due. The following groups will present the answers and lead class discussions for the questions as follows. The time allotted for each group is 15 minutes each including Q&A). Group “April” - Question...
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...ASSESSMENT INFORMATION PACKAGE – EXAM 473 Copyright © 2010 U. S. Postal Service Contents • Preparing for the Examination • What to Expect in the Exam Room • Obligation to Provide Reasonable Accommodation for Qualified Applicants with a Disability • Frequently Asked Questions • Sample Test Questions Preparing for the Examination Read all the information in this package. Come to the test physically and mentally prepared. Get a good night’s sleep. On the day of the test, you will need to arrive at the testing center 15 minutes prior to the beginning of your appointment to allow time for the check-in process. Be sure to leave yourself enough time for traffic, finding the test center location, parking, and getting to the exam room. What to Expect in the Exam Room Upon arrival, you will be required to present one piece of state or U.S. Federal Government issued photo ID as specified in your appointment confirmation email. If you are a current USPS employee, you may bring your USPS ID badge. You will not be permitted to take the assessment if you do not present an ID meeting the stated requirements. Personal items are not allowed in the testing room. This includes all electronic devices such as cell phones, pagers, and PDAs. Please do not bring any unnecessary personal items to your assessment appointment as storage may not be available. We also ask that you not have anyone accompany you into the test center as there is not adequate space for visitors...
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...I walk towards the café, to meet him. He seems like an arrogant man, even though I do love her I can’t do this to her. Not now. From his description it does suit everything I have ever wanted. But I hope he won’t turn out to be atrocious. I organised to meet him at the café at twelve. It is a few minutes past, I walk around cautiously, looking for his description hoping I’m not set up. Suddenly my eyes are drawn towards a strong, bold man with soft blonde hair sitting along. It is him. I look around and cautiously walk slowly towards him. Hoping this isn’t going to be a mistake. The smell of coffee sway past my nose mixing with the other smells of fresh flowers and cake. My stiletto heels sound like knocks at the door as I walk towards him. I still can’t believe Anna is pressuring me into meeting him, and she made me that dating profile. I can see this turning out horribly, she doesn’t understand me. I’m hiding things from her which I hope to not get out not just yet. I have to go along with it to keep my friendship safe. “John? Sorry I’m late. I got caught up in work” I tell him, thinking why I should even bother telling him about my personal life. “Oh, that’s fine I only got here not too long ago myself. Would you like a coffee or something to eat?” He replies with poise. “Ah, yeah thankyou just a coffee I’m meeting someone later on for dinner” I reply not making any eye contact, keeping my eyes on the menu. “Yeah, how are you? So glad that I’m meeting you finally...
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...matter. I have been a manual labor employee my whole life and have had many employers call a meeting of the staff only to talk to us like we are idiots, in the process belittling us causing me to not care about what they had to say. Another drawback to this is it puts whoever is giving the employees the talk on the spot leaving them unprepared to answer questions in depth. A great example of this is when I worked for a transportation company in Connecticut. One day our manager called a meeting after work now, off the bat this was a bad idea because all we could think about was going home and that was mistake one. The second mistake was informing us that the company decided to change the way our transportation department drivers did their routes. They decided to tell us the route we must take and that we could not vary from the route. They had a supposed efficiency expert do all the routes to make it more efficient. Now as drivers, we are all insulted because that means that we were not doing our jobs correctly. The third and final mistake was not having answers to our questions and the fact that we were not consulted. The only answer was the company thinks this will make us more productive. What the company did not see is that certain customers could not be delivered to until later so taking their route would take twice as long which meant a lot of overtime which the company was against. The positive side to this form of communication is wonderful. First of all it allows you to...
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...Name : Jihane Ghenim Professor : D. Tamara Clark Class: HR594 Organizational Staffing Session: September 2010 Subject: Interviews’ questions related to Tanglewood case Question 1 Tell me about a time when you were working hard to complete a task and you were asked to leave that task before completing it and start a different job. Question 2: Describe a time when your workload was heavy Question 3: What was the last book you read or the last movie you saw and how did it affect you? Question 4: What major challenges and problems did you face? How did you handle them? Question 5: | How would you react if I told you that your interview, so far, was terrible? | Answer 1 I remembered one day I was in entry level position at the university that I am still working for and my boss asked me to make a list on excel of all current students with their identification numbers and others contact info. I remembered that it was a time consuming and it really made me nervous because I hate doing borings tasks and for a long time. Once almost done with that huge list, my boss came to me and asked me if I can stop and do something else which was as boring as the first task and takes as much time as well. He said that I do not have to worry about it because the list that I was doing was not important and not a priority. However, I remembered like to day when he mentioned that the list was important and that I have to hurry on that. I couldn’t believe what was happening...
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...network for each "project." [Each problem will have its own network.] Once you have constructed the networks, you will log into the “Homework Exam" in Week 4 and input the answers to the homework questions. Problem 1 The following data were obtained from a project to create a new portable electronic. Activity Duration Predecessors A 3 Days --- B 4 Days --- C 6 Days --- D 2 Days A, B E 1 Days C F 3 Days D G 3 Days E, F H 7 Days D I 10 Days G Construct a network for the project. Then review and answer the multi-part question found on the Homework tab in Week 4. Problem 2 The following data were obtained from a project to build a pressure vessel: Activity Duration Predecessors A 4 weeks --- B 4 weeks --- C 3 weeks B D 2 weeks A, C E 3 weeks B F 5 weeks D, E, G G 2 weeks B H 6 weeks F I 3 weeks G J 1 week I Construct a network for the project. Then review and answer the multi-part question found on the Homework tab in Week 4. Problem 3 The following data were obtained from a project to design a new software package: Activity Duration Predecessors A 3 Days --- B 6 Days --- C 4 Days A D 2 Days C, B E 3 Days A F 2 Days D, E, G G 2 Days B, C H 1 Day G Construct a network for the project. Then review and answer the multi-part question found on the Homework tab in Week 4. Problem 4 The following data were obtained from an in-house MIS project: Activity Duration Predecessors ...
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...Do I really want to do this? What happens if I don’t grasp the learning material? Will I understand how online classes work? Will the instructor be available to answer my questions and in a timely manner? These were just some of the questions I was asking myself. It has been sixteen years since I’ve been to school. I haven’t worked in three years and I was sitting at home doing nothing. Then it hit me, I could have been going back to school in the last three years and almost finished by now. What was I waiting for? In the back of my mind I knew I could do it. I just needed to get motivated and get the ball rolling so I could go back to school. I know I’m not going to fail. If I apply myself to get familiar with the online student portal I know I will understand online courses. After the online walk thru I knew the instructor would be there to answer all my questions by email and in a timely manner. The context I believe that motivates my learning is personal. I have three beautiful daughters ages fourteen, eight and two. They are my world and I want them to understand how important getting an education is. I want to show them that I am one hundred percent committed to getting my college degree. Also that without an education they will not make it very far in life. I want them to be proud of their mother. During the time when I was working there were times when I didn’t get promotions because I didn’t have a college degree. I want to be able to get those promotions...
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...The driving question. How can I prepare how can I prepare myself for the 20/20 workforces the answer I can't i can come up here Tell you that you need a degree and that you need foreign language but honestly right now I dont known how many of us are going to be prepared for 20/20 workforce I can come up here and show you the statistics that should let say that you have a 2.6 percent chance of being unemployed with college with a degree and or skill but honestly it's too late for us we have already learned that 2 Plus 2 equals 4 what if there's another answer we don't know because we have to been taught when were little that there is other answer but 4 we longer have the ability to see what if instead instead were thinking close minded about how we should do this because we've been taught and we've been told that 2 Plus 2 equals 4 what is two plus two equal 4 and another number what if someone told you that you can't cry underwater but actually there's a fit about 50 million answers for why you can cry underwater we've been taught and told this is how you do it there is no other options there is no second answer I guess for you choose from it's all just that this is the problem with the education system today well the solution to this problem is teaching a new style or maybe letting us be more creative I don't know but its not what were doing...
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...were gained from all the participants before the participation. All participants were naive as to the nature of the questionnaires. PROCEDURE After done and printing out the questionnaires, we the researchers started to distribute the questionnaires randomly using a random sampling method which is a coin toss method at University Tunku Abdul Rahman Perak Campus. We explained the objective of this research to the participants and obtained informed consent from participants after the participants agreed to participate in this research. Participants were given 10-15 minutes to complete the questionnaires. Researchers collected back the questionnaires right after participants completed it. Participants are not allowed to change any of the answers after the submission of questionnaire. The process of this data collection took 2 days. It started from 17th January 2014 to 18th January 2014. HOW TO GET SAMPLE The population of this research is UTAR, Perak Campus students. While our sample is 50 undergraduate students from Faculty of Arts and Social (FAS). These 50 students were divided into 2 groups according to gender which is male and female. Therefore, our sample was 25 male students and 25 female students from FAS. We got this sampling method through random sampling method. Random sampling means every member of the population have an equal chance of being selected. Our sample is said to be an unbiased sample because the sample is chosen at random from the population. We used...
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...For the remaining questions in this assignment, base your answers on the following information for Joe’s Fly-By-Night Oil Company, whose latest income statement and balance sheet are shown below. Stock price on Dec 31, 2012…$50.00 Number of common shares outstanding on Dec 31, 2013...1,000 11. What was Joe’s average or effective tax rate in 2013? 12. What was Joe’s NOPAT in 2013? 13. What was Joe’s Free Cash Flow (FCF) in 2013? 14. Suppose you were an investor and you were considering whether to buy a corporate bond from Joe’s Corporation or a Municipal Bond from the city of St. Louis. Joe’s corporate bond has a yield of 8%. The St Louis city bond has a yield of 6%. The income from Joe’s bond is taxable. The income from the St Louis city bond is tax-free. If your effective tax rate is 20%, which bond would give you the higher after-tax yield? 15. What was Joe’s Net Worth at the end of 2013? 16. Why is the market value of a firm’s stock almost always higher than the book value of the firm’s stock as shown on the balance sheet? Chapter 3: 17. a. Calculate Joe’s ROE for 2013. b Construct a Du Pont equation (use the extended, or modified version shown in the Week 1, chapters 2 & 3 lesson notes) and comment on the sources of Joe’s ROE as revealed by the equation. End of Assignment Questions Notes: - Assignments that are submitted after the deadline will be assessed a late penalty unless it has been cleared with your...
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...Cleyder Blanco April 2, 2014 Research method Analysis Survey Here is my question from my survey How you feeling about prostitution? Do you think prostitution should be legalized? Why the people choose to be a prostitute? Most of the answers was similar at all the research that I been funded it is not really change my emphasis because the entire people think the same thing, so almost of the answers was similar, but without that, I got some common reasons. For the first question was really controversy because most of them think that prostitution is like a job where the prostitute can use the body to produce too much money selling they body. But at the same time it is morality wrong. Others think that prostitution is an easy way to find illegal money to support them family. Prostitution never goes away it will be around in one form or another forever. That make me feel like prostitution never goes to have an exactly answers because it have to many complainant to say about it, however, I will spend the rest of my life doing survey and I never going to have the same answer, therefore they may have some common words but not the same sentence about prostitution. To the prostitute prostitution is really hard to talk because all then had been maltreated, and put in this kind of life for to many reasons. The two principal are money and they parents. For the second question most of the people agree with prostitution should be legal because prostitution should never go...
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...Instructions: 1. The following pages have answer areas for the chapter quizzes and selected matching exercises from the chapters for this workshop. 2. You will need to use your textbook to find the actual quiz and matching exercises. 3. Note that the answer to the quizzes are shown at the end of the chapter under “AIS Action Solutions”. Check your answers for the chapter quizzes before you upload the completed document. 4. Your instructor will evaluate your submitted work and determine the points you will earn for this activity. Chapter 15 quiz Question No. | Answer | 1. | B | 2. | B | 3. | D | 4. | D | 5. | D | 6. | B | 7. | C | 8. | A | 9. | B | 10. | C | Problem 15.1 Match the terms in the left column with the appropriate definition from the right column. Ignore d and f. Term | Definition letter | 1. Payroll service bureau | E | 2. Payroll clearing account | H | 3. Earnings statement | G | 4. Payroll register | A | 5. Time card | C | 6. Time sheet | B | b b Chapter 16 quiz Question No. | Answer | 1. | B | 2. | B | 3. | C | 4. | B | 5. | D | 6. | C | 7. | A | 8. | A | 9. | B | 10. | C | Problem 16.1 Match the term in the left column with its appropriate definition from the right column: Terms | Definition letter | 1. journal voucher file | D | 2. instance document | K | 3. XBRL element | A | 4. Balanced Scorecard | F | 5. XBRL extension taxonomy | L | 6....
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...Name: Interviewing Skills kelsey reagan Grade: 11th/12th Date/Time: Wednesday, March 13, 2013 Name of Presenters: Mr. Mirth, Mrs. Shivetts, & Mr. Said Questions: What are some ways we discussed to effectively prepare for an interview? Prepare some question they might ask you, prepare your answers and to prepare a nice outfit. What are some of the tips/skills we discussed you should do and/or focus on in an interview? Not to play with anything, dress nice, and to stay focus and answer the questions fully. As discussed in the presentation what should you send after an interview and who should it be sent to? Resume and to the person who interveiwed you Finding Your Path Student Survey Please fill out the questionnaire by highlighting the answer you feel best pertains to the information you received today. Please submit in the drop box in order for credit to be earned. Have you communicated with the Guidance Department before today and/or received information from the Department? No Once or Twice I’ve communicated a few times but not regularly I communicate regularly Do you feel you have a better understanding of what is available to you through the Guidance Department after today’s lesson? Yes No There is no change in my understanding of what’s available through the Guidance Department Will you communicate and use resources from your Guidance Counselor more after today’s lesson? Yes No Not sure/maybe Do...
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...| * | | | Common interview questions and answers.To help you to prepare for any interview, we have listed down the most common interview questions. If you go through these interview questions and answers thoroughly, it ensures that you are well prepared in advance and face the interview confidently. All the best! 1. Tell me about yourself | This is the most commonly asked question in any interview. And also, usually, this is the first question to be asked. As your answer to this question will be the basis for subsequent questions, you need to prepare a short statement about yourself and rehearse it thoroughly. However, ensure that it does not sound as rehearsed. Limit your answer to work-related items unless instructed otherwise. Talk about your work experience, the projects you took part or managed, your educational qualifications, and your achievements which are related to the position you are being interviewing for. | 2. Why did you leave your previous job? | Mention about leaving for a positive reason such as to look for new opportunities and challenges, a chance to do something special or other forward-looking reasons. Never refer to any management problems or issues with your supervisors or collegues. If you do so, interviewers may think that you are also a part of those problems and will rate you negatively. This is not the right place for complaining about your previous job. | 3. Why do you want to join this organization? | This question is asked...
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...Home > Uncategorized > DriversEd Test Questions & Answers - Santa Clara County DriversEd Test Questions & Answers - Santa Clara County October 2nd, 2010 Goto comments Leave a comment My turn finally came around…I had to complete online driving school for a speeding ticket. I had to take the online drivers education course at http://www.driversed.com, which is the only online traffic school accepted by Santa Clara County. Important test taking facts (it’s smart to read them all): You can take the tests as many times as you want. If you fail a test they provide you with the correct answers and then you can retake it. Each test is 4 questions. It appears that the database only has 6 available questions. On each test retry a new question is introduced. After failing the test 3 times you will have all the questions and answers to pass the test on the 4th try. Important: Take the HTML version (not the flash). Fact #5 explains in detail why. In order to take a test you have to click through several pages of text which all have timers associated to them. For example, a full page of text may be a 2 minute timer which prevents you from continuing until you have stayed on the page for a minimum of 2 minutes. This is an attempt to make sure you actually read the content on each page. It is very annoying, and painful. If you have to wait for all of the timers I’m guessing it will probably take 8 hours to complete the online driving school. After...
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