...C1: MATLAB Codes t1=[37.79 39.51 38.54 39.14 39.02 39.4 39.01 37.18] t2=[22.4 22.07 22.15 21.72 21.75 22.55 22.18 21.92] T1=mean(t1) T2=mean(t2) V1=var(t1) V2=var(t2) S1=sqrt(V1) S2=sqrt(V2) MATLAB Answers T1=38.6988 T2=22.0925 V1=0.6718 V2=0.0859 S1=0.8196 S2=0.2931 C2: MATLAB Codes beta=0.98 alpha=1-0.98 z=icdf ('norm', alpha/2, 0, 1) hatmu=mean(t1); hatmu=mean(t2) s=std(t1); s=std(t2) n=length (t1); n=length (t2) margin=z*s/sqrt(8) MATLAB Answers alpha=0.02 z=2.3263 margin(t1)=0.6741; margin(t2)=0.2931 C3: MATLAB Codes syms l s b T1 T2 l=0.0496; s=1.00; b=10; T1=0.0386988; T2=0.0220925; g=((l^2)/(2*s*sind(b)))*((1/T2^2)-(1/T1^2)) MATLAB Answers g=9.7835 C4: MATLAB Codes for Partial Derivatives g=((l^2)/(2*s*sin(b)))*((1/T2^2)-(1/T1^2)) gl=diff(g,l) gs=diff(g,s) gb=diff(g,b) gT1=diff(g,T1) gT2=diff(g,T2) MATLAB Answers for Partial Derivatives gl=-(l*(1/T1^2 - 1/T2^2))/(s*sin(b)) gs=(l^2*(1/T1^2 - 1/T2^2))/(2*s^2*sin(b)) gb=(l^2*cos(b)*(1/T1^2 - 1/T2^2))/(2*s*sin(b)^2) gT1=l^2/(T1^3*s*sin(b)) gT2=-l^2/(T2^3*s*sin(b)) MATLAB Codes for Partial Derivative Values gl0=subs(gl,[l s b T1 T2],[l0 s0 b0 T10 T20]) gs0=subs(gs,[l s b T1 T2],[l0 s0 b0 T10 T20]) gb0=subs(gb,[l s b T1 T2],[l0 s0 b0 T10 T20]) gT10=subs(gT1,[l s b T1 T2],[l0 s0 b0 T10 T20]) gT20=subs(gT2,[l s b T1 T2],[l0 s0 b0 T10 T20]) MATLAB Answers for Partial Derivative Values gl0= -125.9202 gs0=...
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...Delta Mu Delta wins prestigious Star Award TEMPE, ARIZ – Delta Mu Delta Lambda Sigma Chapter charted by the University of Phoenix has received the star award for exceeding Society standards for chapter operations and administration. This is this first time the local chapter has earned this award since its inception three years. To earn the award the chapter held two induction ceremonies in 2014 and monthly chapter meetings. A full slate of officers was elected including a president, vice president, treasurer, and secretary. The Treasurer submitted both the annual and financial reports on time, and the chapter had no outstanding debt. Additionally the Delta Mu Delta Lambda Sigma Chapter participated in the national scholarship program, increased their membership, and completed a community service event. The chapter plans to continue to support the national programs and increase membership into 2015. Chapters earning the Star Award status receive a $50 gift card from the national office and are presented with an appropriate certificate of achievement. A recognition letter is sent to the Dean of the Business College, Dean of Students, Academic Officer, and the President of the University. In addition an article will be published in the subsequent edition of the The Vision, the national newsletter. Every Star Chapter is recognized at the next Biennial National Meeting. “The officers and members are very proud to have earned this award. Only 15% of chartered...
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...The main cause that makes a company have to make changes is the external environment. It usually forces organizations to make changes to its mission, culture, leadership, and operating strategies. Changes in the 12 drivers bring a series of change to the overall structure. Changing anyone of the 12 “pillars” will influence the adjoining ones. But, changing the entire structure may or may not affect the entire system. These changes are influenced by the motivation of the individuals. They will impact the change to the entire organization. They all interact with each driver on the model. The Burke-Litwin Model has these basic parts that make up an overall change for a company. Change effect one part and then affect the overall performance of the model. 1. External environment: The key external cause on the organization must be identified and clearly established. 2. Mission and Strategy: The overall “vision” should be seen through the eyes of the employee. 3. Leadership: Leadership should be understood. 4. Organizational Culture: This should understand implied rules, regulations, customs, principles, and values. 5. Structure: The function based structure should be understood, such as responsibility, authority, communication, decision, making, and control structure. 6. Systems: This includes all the policies and procedures. 7. Management Practices: How the management accepts and conforms to the overall concept of the organizations strategy. ...
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...Next, let’s move to response to recommendations. The executive team gives three main problems, which are SkyWest Reliance on United and Delta for its customers and revenue, Atlantic Southeast Airline’s poor customer service, and SkyWest has High Operating Costs as compared to competitors. However, the executive team just focuses on first two of them and gives the recommendations. The first recommendation is try to acquire contracts with low-cost providers, such as Southwest and JetBlue. We are agreeing with this recommendation. Because, if SkyWest only rely on United and Delta, it will increase their financial risk, assume one of them have a financial or managerial problem, the SkyWest will have a hard time, and that not only will affect their total revenue, but their public reputation and the power of competitive in this market. Also, only have United and Delta will limited the resource of income; therefore, find some more copartner is reasonable, but due to the SkyWest’s financial situation, the low-cost providers can be on the list. However, the question is whether Southwest and JetBlue, they are individual company, and they doing well on their business, so why they will come to SkyWest? What benefit that SkyWest can provide to those companies due to their current finical situation or the future years? We need more detail. The second recommendation is SkyWest share customer service strengths with ASA. And we agree with this recommendation. For any customer, when they...
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...Surname Centre No. Candidate No. Paper Reference(s) Initial(s) Paper Reference Signature 4 3 7 0 4370/2H 2 H Examiner’s use only London Examinations IGCSE Geography Team Leader’s use only Question Leave Number Blank Higher Tier Paper 2H Monday 9 November 2009 – Afternoon Time: 2 hours 30 minutes Section A 1 2 3 4 5 6 Materials required for examination Ruler, pencil and pen Items included with question papers Nil Section B 7 Instructions to Candidates In the boxes above, write your centre number, candidate number, your surname, initials and signature. Check that you have the correct question paper. This paper is arranged in two sections, A and B. In Section A, answer ALL questions in the spaces provided. In Section B, answer ONE question in the spaces provided. Indicate which question you are answering by marking the box ( ). If you change your mind, put a line through the box ( ) and then indicate your new question with a cross ( ). 8 9 Information for Candidates The marks for individual questions and the parts of questions are shown in round brackets: e.g. (2). There are 9 questions in this question paper. The total mark for this paper is 150. There are 40 pages in this question paper. Any blank pages are indicated. The following abbreviations are used throughout this paper: MEDC: More Economically Developed Country LEDC: Less Economically Developed Country Advice to Candidates Write your answers neatly and in good...
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...VIETNAM: FOOD PROCESSING In the past 15 years Vietnam was grown from a net importer of food to a substantial exporter. It is the world's second most important exporter of rice, and the world's largest coffee exporter and producer of cashew nuts. Tea, peppers, nuts and spices have become important exports. Rice and coffee account for about half of agricultural export revenues. Soybeans, cashews, sugar cane, peanuts, bananas, poultry, fish and seafood are growing. Vietnam's agricultural exports are vulnerable to international price fluctuations because these exports are largely commodity based. Vietnam's agricultural fishing and forestry industries together produce over US$3 billion of goods annually. Roughly 55% of Vietnam's workforce is employed in agriculture. Commensurate with economic development, the sector had gone from a 25% share of GDP to less than 20% in 2008. Farm products accounted for 22% of the country's income in 2008, down sharply from 50% in 2005. Finally 17% of all of its exports are related to the agricultural, fisheries or food processing industries, down from 55% in 2006. Despite the trend, agriculture will continue to be very important as it raises the productivity of the 70% of Vietnam's population that lives in rural areas. Traditionally, Vietnam has protected agricultural market with regulations and high tariffs. Vietnam's WTO accession reduced tariffs and led to sharp increases in imports ($7.3 billion in agricultural goods by 2008). Key agricultural...
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...------------------------------------------------- EVENT PLANNING STUDENT PORTFOLIO ------------------------------------------------- EVENT PLANNING STUDENT PORTFOLIO EVENT PLANNING WORK BOOK EVENT ASSIGNMENT WORK BOOK & MANUAL MY EVENT STORY The most memorable event in my life was…. | The most memorable event in my life was the Traditional wedding Ceremony of my friend Nneka Ochonogor, it took place in Asaba, Delta State Nigeria, on the 23rd of March, 2013. It was a memorable event because there was a cross match of Cultures and ideas, owing to the fact that the groom was not a Nigerian, compared to the bride who was. The event was attended by the family of the groom, who came all the way from England. The parents of the groom had to be dressed in the usual traditional attire, fit for the traditional rites, though It was a struggle to have the head gear of the grooms mother in place because it kept going off at intervals owing to the size of her head.After the traditional rites (payment of dowry) the bride was unveiled as the tradition demands, prayers were said by the oldest man in the bride’s family and it was all merriment and dance. The grand reception was held in a hall(Orchid Hotel) in Asaba and I had the opportunity to witness an opulent and electrifying decoration by one of the best Event Planners from Abuja Nigeria(Red Diamond Events) There was so much class and elegance, the hall was a masterpiece and I felt and imagined...
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...STUDENT’S NAME ID Đàng Thành Mai Thảo BABAWE15048 Bùi Thanh Thùy BABAWE15038 Nguyễn Ngọc Thúy An BABAWE15128 Mai Quỳnh Như BABAWE15097 INSTRUCTOR’S NAME: Đoàn Kim Khoa TOPIC: Is Tet no longer suitable for Vietnam? (Thanhniennews.vn) SUMMARY OF THE ARTICLE According to the writer of the article, Tet is not appropriate for the current Vietnam economic situation. There are three main reasons the author argued. Firstly, the majority of the poor have to spend a great amount of money during Tet event, which pauperizes them and may get them commit crimes. Secondly, before and after Tet celebration, people get lazy and pay less attention on work, which not only slows down the whole business but also waste time and money. The final reason is Tet holiday interrupts Vietnam economic sectors while our country is integrating global economy, which can bring to some serious consequences. THE COUNTER-ARGUMENT ESSAY Global economy has become a common trend nowadays. Vietnam, a developing country, has to face lots of difficulties in making suitable policies for current economic situation, so that the international integration can be rapid and effective. One policy according to an author of the article “Tet is no longer suitable in Viet Nam” (Thanhniennews.vn) is that Tet festival should be removed or modified because it has many negative impacts as well as inappropriate for Vietnam economy. In my opinion, Tet is the most valuable traditional festival, hence...
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...Robert Johnson Robert Johnson laid the foundation for blues rock. After Eric Clapton, world-renowned guitarist, heard Robert Johnson for the first time he said, “I realized that, on some level, I had found the master, and that following this man’s example would be my life’s work.” It isn’t only Clapton that believes Johnson to be one of the best guitarists of all time. Spin magazine, Rolling Stone, and Guitar.com all rate Robert Johnson as one of the greatest guitar players of all time. He has inspired legendary musicians such as Bob Dylan, Keith Richards, Muddy Waters, Jimi Hendrix and others (4). If, in today’s world of hip-hop and heavy metal, a person knows of only one country blues artist, odd are it is Robert Johnson (3). Let’s explore how this young man’s life impacted blues and rock music. Robert Johnson was born on May 8, 1911. Although there are differing dates on documents, this is the date that is most commonly believed to be correct (1). He was born in Hazelhurst, Mississippi and spent much of his early life in levee camps and on plantations. In 1918 his stepfather sent him to a plantation by Robinsonville, Mississippi. This is where he started playing harmonica and meeting older blues musicians such as Willie Brown, Charley Patton and Son House. He eventually moved back to Hazelhurst and met his wife but she died rather quickly after getting married (5). After his wife passed he went back to Robinsonville and met back up with his old blues musicians and friends...
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...“VRIO framework is the tool used to analyze firm’s internal resources and capabilities to find out if they can be a source of sustained competitive advantage.” In order to understand the sources of competitive advantage firms are using many tools to analyze their external (Porter’s 5 Forces, PEST analysis) and internal (Value Chain analysis, BCG Matrix) environments. One of such tools that analyze firm’s internal resources is VRIO analysis. The tool was originally developed by Barney, J. B. (1991) in his work ‘Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage’, where the author identified four attributes that firm’s resources must possess in order to become a source of sustained competitive advantage. According to him, the resources must be Valuable, Rare, imperfectly Imitable and Non-substitutable. His original framework was called VRIN. In 1995, in his later work ‘Looking Inside for Competitive Advantage’ Barney has introduced VRIO framework, which was the improvement of VRIN model. VRIO analysis stands for four questions that ask if a resource is: Valuable? Rare? Costly to Imitate? And is a firm Organized to capture the value of the resources? A resource or capability that meets all four requirements can bring sustained competitive advantage for the company. Valuable The first question of the framework asks if a resource adds value by enabling a firm to exploit opportunities or defend against threats. If the answer is yes, then a resource is considered valuable. Resources...
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...Shell in the Niger Delta: A Framework for Change Five case studies from civil society sponsored by February 2010 About ECCR The Ecumenical Council for Corporate Responsibility (ECCR) is a church-based investor coalition and membership organisation working for economic justice, environmental stewardship, and corporate and investor responsibility. ECCR undertakes research, advocacy and dialogue with companies and investors. It seeks to influence company policy and practice and to raise awareness among the British and Irish churches, the investor community and the general public. For more information, please visit www.eccr.org.uk. Acknowledgements ECCR would like to thank the five civil society organisations that contributed case studies based on their work in the Niger Delta; Cordaid for generously sponsoring the report; members, partners and independent experts who advised, read and commented on the text before publication; Royal Dutch Shell Plc and Shell Petroleum Development Corporation of Nigeria for providing company information and commenting on the text. Cover photo credits: Friends of the Earth International; IRIN/UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs; Milieudefensie/Friends of the Earth Netherlands; Stakeholder Democracy Network. Disclaimers ECCR has commissioned and published these case studies as a contribution to public understanding. The text has undergone a careful process of fact-checking and review to achieve accuracy and balance. Nevertheless...
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...Children’s online time should be controlled by parents A report of Flinders University showed that most of Australian students spend at least two hours a day online, and it is double in England. But the most worrying problem is that only 17 per cent of parents who have children at the adolescent age take an eye on what their children are looking for on the Internet. It is clear that internet is one of the best educators for our children. However, there are also many dangers of the Internet. Therefore, parents need to control the amount of time that their children spend online. That spending long hours online is damaging to health is the first thing need talked about. Kids who don not get enough outdoor play easily become overweigh because they spend a lot of time sitting down and not moving. They are regarded as couch potatoes of Internet. In addition, it is said that this hobby tend too suffer because of too much viewing. And the fact that many children have to wear glasses for the hobby above. Furthermore, scientists proved that watching computer causes your brain to slowly operate. When most children think of the internet, they think of the main source of entertainments such as music, films, games, etc. Playing game on the internet becomes tendency nowadays. Vo Lam Truyen Ky, Audition, Thien Long Bat Bo are some typical of this. Accordingly, a lot of students take their free time for this trend, even some play truant to play online games. Meanwhile, parents and educators often...
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...In a major oil spill that occurred in the Niger Delta Region of Nigeria in 2008, Shell Petroleum Development Company (SPDC) stated that this was caused by a fault in a pipeline. In the town of Bodo, tens of thousands of oil barrels caused pollution to the land and creek. Shell’s official investigation report claims that 1,640 barrels of oil were spilt in total. Nigerian regulators have confirmed that the spill lasted for 72 days and estimate that between 103,000 and 311,000 barrels were spilt in this time. Besides the under-recording of this incident, Shell has repeatedly claimed to its investors, media and customers that the majority of the spill was caused by sabotage. Amnesty International has now confirmed that more than 50% of the oil spill was a result of operational failures. After more than 3 years since this oil spill, Shell has failed to perform a proper clean-up to the affected area, or to pay any form of official compensation to the affected communities. Thousands of activists in more than 14 countries have undertaken protests against the major oil giant, and the people of Bodo have now taken their claim of a leak of 500,000 barrels to the UK courts. Observing this particular situation involving Shell in Nigeria, an understanding will be established of how leadership could be used to address the situation. This paper is organised as follows: First, I will provide a background and history into the Shell Nigeria operations. Secondly, I will establish an understanding...
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...evaluating the clean-up and vacating of the event, my personal opinion on how the event went and also other the opinion of other people who participated in the event. Task 1 When we first organised the event and booked the location, we were told the times in which we must arrive and leave the premises. We had specific times to arrive and leave because a lot of locations are very busy and need to make sure they can fit in as many clients as possible throughout the day. The times that they gave us were so they could clean up and be ready for the next customers within the right amount of time. With this in mind we were able to give the coach driver that we booked an exact time of when we had to be picked up from the college and from the Delta Force. We had to book transport to the venue as the event was in Cardiff and also there were a lot of people attending this event so travelling all together on the coach made it much easier to do a register and see who was missing. After we had finished with the venue, we had to make sure that all of our rubbish was cleared and all equipment borrowed from the venue was given back to them in the condition that they were given in. It was our responsibility to clear up any rubbish by putting it in the bins provided and also to give back the overalls, guns and helmets. Although we must clean up after ourselves, it is not our responsibility to do any clearing up at the venue further such as clearing the bins or washing the equipment. These...
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...independence from Great Britain followed by globalization. Botswana was a colony of Great Britain until 1966. Under Great Britain’s rule poverty was extreme and Botswana lacked infrastructure. The country was tribal and its main economic force consisted of trading and bartering cattle. Independence was achieved in 1966 and the following year the government partnered with the international diamond company DeBeers and created a business relationship that would leave Botswana with the fastest growing economy in the world (Kilgour, 2000). Even though the mining of diamonds is the mainstay in Botswana, tourism is an economic contributor. The Kalahari Desert draws a high amount of tourism interest due to the diversity of species in the Okavango Delta and has become a top safari destination. Botswana’s economic success has allowed for improvement in its infrastructure and educational opportunities not previously available within the country (Mbaiwa, 2003). The government lacks corruption and is revered as the safest country in Africa. Mauritius is a small island in the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa near Madagascar. It also was a previous colony of Great Britain and gained independence in 1968 (Joomun, 2006). Mauritius’ only economic mainstay was sugar cane and...
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