...After reading the letters from Birmingham Prison and Prison and have the Monday class, I'm always considering the way to eliminate the discrimination. It's no doubt to say that this must undergo a long process. But how we can do more effectively? As Martin Luther King said, people should immediately engage in a nonviolent direct-action program to pursue racial justice or some other equality treatment. Why need direct action? Because this way can bring pressure and create tension in the society. People who face the discrimination need to repress emotions in nonviolent ways to avoid seeking expression through violence. Therefore, I think the proper way to eliminate discrimination is the significant thing people should think about it. In the Monday class, some classmates motioned the discrimination between men and women in China. This is the fact that in the past days China has the serious discrimination of gender because the social background and ideology. I have to say that such discrimination still exists, not only in rural but also in big city. In the rural, some people always have the old ideology that boys can do more thing than the girls. Boys should study and work and girls only need to do the housework and get married. I'm very surprise when I talk such discrimination to my friend. Her father is from a small village where most people never go outside the village. After the family members knew my friend's mom gave birth to a daughter, they were very angry and no one...
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...BUAD 482 Problem Set No. 1 1. In which organization structure is the project manager’s authority “little or none”? In what type of structure is the project manager’s authority “High to almost Total”? a. Functional. b. Projectized. 2. How many Project Management processes are in each of the Project Management Process Groups? Which Process Group has the most number of Processes? What does this suggest to you? a. Initiating Process Group: two, Planning Process Group: twenty, Executing Process Group: eight, Monitoring and Controlling Process Group: ten, Cling Process Group: two. b. The Planning Process Group has the highest number of processes. c. Preparation is the most vital step of a success project. The successful project manager measures twice and cuts once. 3. What is the difference between a project & a program? a. A project is a single, temporary endeavor, whereas a program is a group of related projects managed in a coordinated way to exploit economies of scale. Programs develop and try to achieve an overall goal, allowing projects to be planned through individual, detailed guidelines as to accommodate specific situations. 4. What is the purpose of a project charter? What are some of the key components of the Project Charter? a. Authorization of the existence of a project and providing manager with the authority to utilize organizational resources to assist the success of the project. ...
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...BUAD 501: Managerial Communication Syllabus Spring 2016 Farrokh Moshiri Office: SGMH 5377 657.278. -8714 (I also have an office in 4177. Always check 5377 first) Office Hours: 4-15 6:15Tuesday & Thursday, 11 to 11:45 Friday (or by appointment) E-Mail: fmoshiri@fullerton.edu Department Phone: 657.278.2223 Logon for Fullerton’s Portal: http://my.fullerton.edu | BUAD 501-04 (21562) | Managerial Communication (Discussion) | Th 7:00PM 9:45PM | SGMH 2311 - Computer Lab | Jan 23, 2016- May 13, 2016 | Prerequisites: Graduate standing in Business. This course may be taken either on a credit/no credit basis or for a letter grade. Students must petition the MCBE if they wish to take the course for a letter grade within the first two weeks of the course. Your selection cannot be changed, so choose wisely! ------------------------------------------------- Common Body of Knowledge Content Coverage: 0 ------------------------------------------------- Business communication for domestic and international markets: case reports, electronic communication, meetings; audience, style and tone (I, II, III)* 1 ------------------------------------------------- Credibility; personal and corporate ethics (I)* 2 ------------------------------------------------- Analysis of business articles and cases (I-V)* 3 ------------------------------------------------- Interpretation of data, critical evaluation of information 4 ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...MULTIPLE CHOICE (CHAPTER 4) 1. Using a sample of 100 consumers, a double-log regression model was used to estimate demand for gasoline. Standard errors of the coefficients appear in the parentheses below the coefficients. Ln Q = 2.45 -0.67 Ln P + . 45 Ln Y - .34 Ln Pcars (.20) (.10) (.25) Where Q is gallons demanded, P is price per gallon, Y is disposable income, and Pcars is a price index for cars. Based on this information, which is NOT correct? a. Gasoline is inelastic. b. Gasoline is a normal good. c. Cars and gasoline appear to be mild complements. d. The coefficient on the price of cars (Pcars) is insignificant. e. All of the coefficients are insignificant. 2. In a cross section regression of 48 states, the following linear demand for per-capita cans of soda was found: Cans = 159.17 – 102.56 Price + 1.00 Income + 3.94Temp | |Coefficients |Standard Error |t Stat | |Intercept |159.17 |94.16 |1.69 | |Price |-102.56 |33.25 |-3.08 | |Income |1.00 |1.77 |0.57 | |Temperature |3.94 |0.82 |4.83 | R-Sq = 54.1% R-Sq(adj) = 51.0% From the linear regression results in the cans case...
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...Presentation of Data Table 1 summarizes data on the job listings located through my Web search. Job 1, Benefits Specialist, is with the company, Silverleaf Resorts in Dallas, Texas. The successful candidate for this position will act as a liaison between benefit carriers and the employers, as well as the go to person for employees with benefit questions or concerns. This individual will create a 401K Payroll Check spreadsheet for payroll to follow, and to monitor paychecks to ensure each participant has the correct deductions coming from each check. Processing termination paperwork and removing deductions for employee paid benefits from the payroll system is also part of the responsibilities of this position. It is crucial for the chosen candidate to be able to work as part of a team, and to plan, review as well as approve the Open Enrollment strategy, presentation, benefit guide, and other related materials. This position has a requirement of a Bachelor’s degree, experience working in benefits, ability to multi-task, as well as having strong organizational and communication skills. Having strong knowledge of Microsoft Office, especially in Excel and all pertinent federal and state regulations is also a job requirement. Relocation is not specified. Job 2, Human Resources College Intern, is a full time position, with the company USAA in San Antonio, Texas. The chosen candidate for this position will learn to provide advice and support to all levels of enterprise...
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...Step 2: Notes on Relevant Information/Underlying Assumptions • McArthur Place, a $6 million not-for-profit organization in the Chicago area. • Carolyn and Emily both began at MP in 1993, a friendship grew between them, as well as a sense of trust. • Kelly Oaks was a supervisor that had a lot of issues with John. • Problems between Kelly and John had escalated to a point where John was being considered for termination, and Carolyn was in the middle of the controversy. • Emily new MP had a clear policy about personal use of telephones. • Carolyn’s son John began working as a driver for MP’s nutrition program. • Carolyn handed Emily $300 to cover John’s excessive phone bills for the calls to his girlfriend. • Carolyn wanted to teach her son John a lesson, but didn’t want him to get fired. • Employees were required to pay for any personal call that cost the organization more than $3. • Finding that there were excessive calls, Emily would follow up with Carolyn and the supervisor to ensure that the personal calls stop and reimbursement State 3: Case Problem Emily Stevens, Controller for McArthur Place, was presented with an ethical dilemma when she was confronted by Carolyn Johnson, Operations Manager, Emily’s friend, and co-worker regarding her son’s cellular phone use. Carolyn admitted she discovered that her son, John, had misused the company cell phone and incurred $300 in personal calls. Carolyn asked Emily to accept a reimbursement from John of $300 and to cover...
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...● The Evolution of Strategic Management ○ Strategic management: associated with increasing focus on competition as the central characteristic of the business environment and competitive advantage as the primary goal of strategy. ○ 1950-60: Financial Budgeting - control through operating budgets ○ 1960-70: Corporate planning - long term planning (5 years) that set goals and objectives, forecast key economic trends and allocated capital expenditures ○ 1970-80: Strategy as positioning - industry analysis, market segmentation, PIMS planning ○ 1980-90: focus on a competitive advantage - alliances, shareholder value max. ○ 1990-2000: strategic innovation, new business models ○ 2000-2010: CSR and business ethics, winner take all, global strategies ● What is Strategy; ○ Strategy: the means by which individuals or organizations achieve their objectives ○ it is the search for: ■ new sources of profit (create) ■ opportunities to increase the volume over which margins are earned (exploit) ■ opportunities to extend the period over which margins can be sustained (defend) ○ Corporate vs. Business Strategy ■ Corporate: defines the scope of the firm in terms of the industries and markets in which it competes - vertical integration, acquisitions ■ Business: is concerned with how the firm competes within a particular market. AKA: competitive strategy ○ Intended, Realised, Emergent ■ Intended Strategy: strategy as conceived by the top management team. It is less a product of...
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...Problem 1 A random sample of 16 adult males is about to get into an elevator which has a weight capacity of 2900 lbs. The adult male weight follows the normal distribution with a mean of 170 lbs and a standard deviation of 15 lbs. (a) What is the probability that the total weight for this sample of 16 adult males will exceed 2900 lbs? Hint: This is the same as calculating the probability that the average weight for a random sample of 16 exceeds 2900/16. (b) Will the probability calculated above apply if 16 members from the Blue Hens football team were to get onto the same elevator? Why or why not? (c) 95% of average weights in a random sample of 16 adult males will exceed _______ ? ==================================================== Problem 2 The adult male height follows the normal distribution with a mean of 70 inches, and a standard deviation of 4 inches. (a) What is the probability that an individual male selected at random is more than 74 inches tall? (b) What is the probability that the average height for a group of 4 randomly selected males exceeds 74 inches? (c) Why are the answers to parts (a) and (b) different? How large of a random sample would we need to reduce the standard error to 0.25 inches? Problem 3 Historical data suggests that the proportion of left handed people is between 7 to 10%. We decide to take a random sample of people to confirm this. (a) How large would our sample...
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...Kerry Chen Professor Leon Zhu T- Th 6 – 8 3235304880 Process Analysis and Capacity Management BUAD311- Operations Management Fall 2014 Due 6:00 pm on September 11 Q1 (15 points) At a make-to-order hamburger shop, there is one worker who cooks patties, two workers who assemble burgers, and one cashier. The oven can cook patties in 4 minutes and the oven can cook up to 20 patties at one time. Each burger assembler can assemble a burger in 40 seconds. It takes the cashier 6 seconds to collect payment. a) (5 points) What is the capacity of the hamburger restaurant in customers per minute?[1] What is the bottleneck? Oven – 20 patties every 4 minutes or 300 patties an hour Burger Assemblers – 2 burgers ever 40 seconds or 180 burgers per hour Cashier – 10 customers her minute or 600 customers per hour The capacity of the restaurant is 3 customers per minute or 180 customers per hour. The bottlenecks are the burger assemblers. b) (5 points) If two more burger assembler is hired, what is the capacity of the burger store? What is the bottleneck? Since two more assemblers are hired the restraunt is capable of producing 4 burgers over 40 seconds or 6 burgers per minute. In a span of an hour they can produce 360 burgers, so the new bottleneck would be the oven. Likewise, the capacity of the restaurant increases to 300 customers per hour. c) (5 points) Disregarding part b), if the restaurant buys another oven,[2] what is...
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...- Use Fiedler model to reallocate manager's to each different rig - Recognize each rig as self-managed team and use organization support system ~ Team-based performance measures ~ Manager to have authority and responsibility for drinking - Adopt mandatory safety educational program for manager Opening up the Rig # 22 is very significant issue for Brinkeroff in that it is trying to increase its profit while taking significant risk. Therefore, its initial plan of assigning Kurt as the manager came to be the problem for the company with the incident happened with Kurt, Rick and Rig # 20. There are few possibilities for solution: - Using Fiedler's contingency model, we could possibly reassign the manager into different rig. First of all, since besides the drinking problem in Rig 1-E, Rick seems to be quite capable of brining team members together and manage the team efficiency quite well, with his relationship-oriented trait and understand quite well of how rig should be managed. Also, the company recognized his ability and initially wanted to promote him before the incident, so he can be assigned to be the manager of the Rig # 22, which is very important business decision for the company. Second of all, Tom Rossick, the manager of Rig #20, who has some problem in coordinating the team members together and has trait of task-orientation, can be assigned to the Rig 1-E, which is managed by Rick and has high leader-member relation, high task structure and position power...
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...technological expertise and knowledge with practice, the University of Toledo College of Business and Innovation is highly regarded as a learning partner of choice for students and the business community alike. The MBA program consists of in-depth business courses, along with a comprehensive Strategic Management Capstone course in the final semester that uses guest speakers, case studies and simulations to weave together all aspects of the program. Courses • BUAD 6100 - Accounting for Decision Making • BUAD 6200 - Financial Systems • MKTG 6240 - Sales Force Leadership and Strategy* • BUAD 6300 - Strategic Marketing and Analysis • MKTG 6400 - International Marketing* • BUAD 6400 - Results-Based Management • BUAD 6500 - International Business • BUAD 6600 - Supply Chain Management • HURM 6700 - Human Resource Management* • BUAD 6800 - Information Technology and E-Business • BUAD 6900 - Strategic Management Capstone i The elective courses can change according to UT management Content BUAD 6100 - Accounting for Decision Making: Develops an appreciation for financial statements and their use in making decisions. The nature of costs, opportunity costs, responsibility accounting, budgeting, cost...
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...Does your career plan include a world of lifelong success? Program of Professional Studies THE CERTIFIED GENERAL ACCOUNTANTS ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH COLUMBIA We see more than numbers. Choose a career that places you on the path to lifelong success. It’s all about opportunity. Accounting professionals can work in any sector, anywhere in the world. And when you choose CGA, you’ll gain the leadership, problem-solving and technical skills that are sought after by organizations in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. The CGA Program of Professional Studies gives you the tools to succeed in business, no matter where your career takes you. You’ll enter the workforce with the applied knowledge and demonstrated expertise that employers want, including specialized technical knowledge, sectorspecific competencies, problem-solving skills and the ethical integrity to lead. CGA’s competency-based curriculum is simply your best way to prepare for a rewarding career in financial management. Flexible study options and the freedom to choose the career you want CGA is all about choice. You choose the professional-studies path and real-world experience that best match your career goals and interests. We give you the skills and freedom to work in any type of organization, in any industry, at any level of management. With a CGA designation, your opportunities—both professional and personal, at home and around the world—are limitless. Take your place as a highly respected...
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...BUAD 201: Business Writing Syllabus Fall 2014 Professor Katharine Sentz Office: SGMH 5166 Phone: 657.278.3645 Office Hours: MW 12:00 am -1:00 pm (and by appointment) E-Mail: ksentz@fullerton.edu Department Phone: (657) 278-2223 Logon for Fullerton’s Portal: http://my.fullerton.edu Prerequisites: English 101 or equivalent (with a grade of C or better). You may not be enrolled in BUAD 201 while taking BUAD 301. Learning Objectives: Upon completion of this course, you will be able to: • apply fundamental strategies and techniques of business communication to prepare business correspondence, reports and presentations • understand the characteristics of business writing style and the essentials of effective document design • analyze and use contemporary business communication channels. • analyze intercultural communication strategies, nonverbal communication, and ethics in typical workplace situations. • prepare a basic job application package, understand job search strategies and interview process. • exhibit team skills by collaborating with peers to write and present. • demonstrate literacy skills by producing university caliber and workplace-acceptable documents. The instructor may suggest a self-study program to students having difficulties with grammar and mechanics. In some cases, the instructor may advise that students hire a tutor. Required Texts: Mary Ellen Guffey & Dana Loewy. Business Communication: Process & Product, 8th edition + Aplia Learning...
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...Course Description This course introduces the concepts, tools, and first principles of strategy formulation and competitive analysis. It is concerned with managerial decisions and actions that materially affect the success and survival of business enterprises. The course focuses on the information, analyses, organizational processes, skills, and business judgment managers must use to design strategies, position their businesses and assets, and define firm boundaries, to maximize long-term profits in the face of uncertainty and competition. Strategic Management (BUAD 497) is an integrative and interdisciplinary course in two important respects: 1. The course assumes a broad view of the environment that includes competitors, buyers/consumers, suppliers, technology, economics, capital markets, and government both locally and globally. It assumes that the external environment is dynamic and characterized by uncertain changes. In studying strategy, this course draws together and builds on all the ideas, concepts, and theories from your functional courses such as Accounting, Economics, Finance, Marketing, Organizational Behavior, and Statistics. However, it is much more than a mere integration of the functional specialties within a firm. 2. The course takes a general management perspective. It views the firm as a whole, and examines how policies in each functional area are integrated into an overall competitive strategy. We designed this course to develop...
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...Discovery Project: A Venture in Merging Brands, 65 Points Total: Introduction The Discovery Project will aid in identifying essential criteria you must consider as you pursue any organization. To outpace your competition, you will need to create a connection between the employer’s brand and your personal brand. In the four-step Personal Branding Process (Discover, Create, Communicate, Maintain), this jump-starts the Discovery stage. You will spend time finding key information and career opportunities on your selected organization that will be used in composing your resume, cover letter, personal brand pitch, online applications, and interview responses. Tasks You will: 1. Identify the name, and other criteria, of a company/organization (Part 1) for whom you would like to work, the Focus (Part 2), and its Competition (Part 3) and submit these in one document to the Blackboard Assignment Drop Box in a Microsoft Word document, by Friday, September 2, 2011 2. Review its website, if available, and other resources uncovered through our “Discovery Project” lecture for essential information that will be used in marketing yourself as a prospective hire 3. Collect and record this information so that you may draw from it and build your brand for future assignments 4. Compare and merge your and your organization’s brands so that you will gain experience promoting yourself to an array of employers 5. Submit the remainder of the Project (Parts 4 and 5) for grading in the Blackboard...
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