...This assignment requires the evaluation of two journal articles provided within this week's coursework. After reviewing the material provided, the student evaluated each article and completed an annotated bibliography for each. The annotated bibliographies listed not only cover the specific questions that should be considered, but also suggests the review of resources provided in the reference page. The student learned the importance of carefully reading scientific papers, and ensuring that annotated bibliographies provide enough information to assist the student with future assignments. Below are the two annotated bibliographies for review. Annotated Bibliography Kozub, R. M. (2010). An ANOVA Analysis Of The Relationships Between Business Students' Learning Styles And Effectiveness Of Web Based Instruction. American Journal of Business Education, Vol. 3 Issue 3, 89-98. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com.proxy1.ncu.edu/docview/195909757?accountid=28180 This article investigates the impact and relationship that exists between learning styles and the effectiveness of business student performance in a web based learning environment. It evaluates how web based learning has gained acceptance within education, and the prevalence of online degree programs. With the variation in learning styles, this paper provides educational instructional designers with concepts to better serve online students. The study is comprised of 159 undergraduate students in Taxes and Personal...
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...various performance criteria by stakeholders in the construction section in Hong Kong. Construction management and economics, Vol.28, pp. 377-391. This article explains the construction projects in Hong Kong by using data collected from 324 practitioners who previously participated in such projects. A research model is structured based on nine performance criteria and their respective performances. The relative importance of nine performance criteria and their performances are measured. Timely completion of the project is the most important performance criterion, followed by profit, environmental protection and quality. The differences in the perceptions of performance that are identified are: (1) among different practitioners in a construction project; (2) due to different project types; and (3) between different functional roles in the partnering organizations. The order of importance of the performance criteria is: (1) time; (2) profit; (3) environment; (4) quality; (5) safety; (6) effectiveness; (7) no claims or contractual disputes; (8) job satisfaction; and (9) generation of innovative ideas. Timely completion of the project is the most important performance criterion, but it displays the highest deviation of its performance when compared with its importance. Which implies that time management is the most critical factor for the performance of a construction project. Generally, most respondents are not satisfied with job satisfaction, which should be enhanced through personal...
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...2. Sex 1.3. Year Level 1.4. Social Economic Status 1.5. Honors and Awards Received 1.6. Study Habit 1.1. Profile of the Respondents as to Age The frequency distribution and percentages of the respondents age, gender, year level; and honors and awards received are shown in Table 2. As presented in the table, it showed that there are 173 respondents for ages 11-13 with 44.25%, while 192 respondents for 14-16 with 49.10% and for 17 and above, there were 26 respondents equivalent to 6.67%. Out of 391 respondents, an age 14-16 has the largest frequency. For the gender category, there was 183 males with 46.80% while 208 for females which is equivalent to 53.20%. For gender category, female has the largest number of frequency. Of the 391 respondents, there were 97 respondents in grade 7 with 24.81%, for the second year, there were 98 respondents which is equivalent to 25.06%, for the third year, there were 96 respondents and equivalent to 24.55% and 100 respondents with 25.58% for the fourth year. It shows that the fourth year level has the high frequency respondents. For the honors and awards received, there were 28 valedictorian, 24 salutatorian, 52 belong to the TOP 10, 19 who gained awards for sports, 32 academic awardees like best in math, English etc, 34 for the behavioral awards and 202 for no rewards or honors at all. With the percentages of 7.16, 6.13, 4.86, 8.18, 8.70, and 51.66 respectively. It shows that out of 391 students, there were 202 non-awardees...
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...has a potential future. Based on this assumption, we assume the New Heritage Doll Company’s g (internal growth rate) is not less than 3%(average growth of U.S. dolls market). The data total case flow of 2021 in Exhibit 1, Exhibit 2 we provided are base on the assumption that the projects will be operated continuity whit a g = 3%. NPV , IRR & PI PV of Total CF | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | Match My Doll Clothing | (3,020) | (501) | 145 | 533 | 391 | 390 | 389 | 387 | 386 | 384 | 383 | 6,747 | Design Your own Doll | (5,331) | (923) | 285 | (242) | (867) | 727 | 705 | 689 | 674 | 659 | 645 | 11,341 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | The initial expenditures of project Design Your own Doll will is more and the more total cash flow will be provided. We can find that * the NPV of Match My Doll Clothing = 6,615 the NPV of Design Your own Doll = 8,363 The project Design Your own Doll will create a larger NPV for the company. * the IRR of Match My Doll Clothing = 22% the IRR of Design Your own Doll = 18% Though the NPV is larger, the IRR of Design Your own Doll is smaller is because the project need a larger capital. * PI of Match My Doll Clothing =9,6353,020=3.19 PI of Design Your own Doll =13,3932.57=2.57 The IRR and PI of is little lower, however, is still higher...
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...NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONS FEEDBACK SHEET Activity 6 Dear Student, Please use this document to submit Activity 6. You can simply start typing in the first blank page (recommended) or paste in text from another document into the first blank page. Please save this file as: Your last name, first initial, e.g., BTM5000-6 (DoeJBTM5000-6). Please save a copy of this file for yourself. Academic Integrity: Please see and follow the Academic Integrity Policy in the Learner portal. Your instructor may select this or any activity to review and submit to Turnitin to assess for an Academic Integrity violation Main Task: Prepare an Annotated Bibliography Using the guidelines and resources you’ve reviewed create an Annotated Bibliography consisting of the two articles listed as resources for this Activity. Length: 2 entries. Approximately 2-3 pages. Submit your document in the Course Work area below the Activity screen. Learning Outcome: 8 • Analyze research articles for construction of an Annotated Bibliography. Your instructor will give you feedback using the form below and in margin comments on your work. Reading and using your instructor’s feedback is as much a part of your learning as is reading the course materials and doing activities. Your instructor will not only help you understand the quality of your work on this activity, but will also give you guidance on how to improve your skills and increase your knowledge that, if you follow...
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...NORTHCENTRAL UNIVERSITY FOUNDATIONS FEEDBACK SHEET Please use this document to submit Activity 6. You can simply start typing in the first blank page (recommended) or paste in text from another document into the first blank page. Please save a copy of this file for yourself. Academic Integrity: Please see and follow the Academic Integrity Policy in the Learner portal. Your instructor may select this or any activity to review and submit to Turnitin to assess for an Academic Integrity violation Main Task: Prepare an Annotated Bibliography Using the guidelines and resources you’ve reviewed create an Annotated Bibliography consisting of the two articles listed as resources for this Activity. Length: 2 entries. Approximately 2-3 pages. Submit your document in the Course Work area below the Activity screen. Learning Outcome: 8 • Analyze research articles for construction of an Annotated Bibliography. Your instructor will give you feedback using the form below and in margin comments on your work. Reading and using your instructor’s feedback is as much a part of your learning as is reading the course materials and doing activities. Your instructor will not only help you understand the quality of your work on this activity, but will also give you guidance on how to improve your skills and increase your knowledge that, if you follow it, will help you do better on future activities! Feedback Introduction to Feedback: 1. Was the activity...
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...criteria by stakeholders in the construction section in Hong Kong. Construction management and economics, Vol.28, pp. 377-391. Article of the Lai and Lam analyzed the construction projects in Hong Kong through collecting data from 324 practitioners who in the past participated in such projects. A research model is developed upon nine performance criteria and their respective performances. The relative importance of nine performance criteria and their performances are measured. Timely completion of the project is the key in performance criterion, preceding by profit, environmental protection and quality, job satisfaction, and effectiveness. Lai and Lam research identified difference in the perceptions of performance in the following order: 1) difference among practitioners in a construction project; 2) different project types; and 3) difference among functional roles in the organizations. The order of importance of the performance criteria is: (1) time; (2) profit; 3) environment; 4) quality; 5) safety; 6) effectiveness; 7) no claims or contractual disputes; 8) job satisfaction; and 9) generation of innovative ideas. Timely completion of the project is the most important performance criterion, but it displays the highest deviation of the performance when compared with its importance. It implies that time management is the most critical factor for the performance in the construction project. Mainly, most respondents are not pleased with job satisfaction. The job satisfaction should...
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...INTRODUCTION Life is full of risks and uncertainties. Since we are social human beings we have too many responsibilities. Indian consumers have big influence of emotions and rationality on their buying decisions. They believe in the future rather than the present and desire to have a better and secured future, in this direction life insurance services have its own value in terms of minimizing risks and uncertainties. Indian economy is developing and having huge middleclass, Societal Class and salaried persons. Their money value for current needs and future desires helps in generating the reason behind holding a policy. Insurance: in law and economics, is a form of risk management primarily used to hedge against the risk of a contingent loss. Insurance is defined as the equitable transfer of the risk of a loss, from one entity to another, in exchange for a premium, and can be thought of as a guaranteed and known small loss to prevent a large, possibly devastating loss. An insurer: is a company selling the insurance; an insured Policyholder: is the person or entity buying the insurance. The insurance rate: is a factor used to determine the amount to be charged for ascertain amount of insurance coverage, called the premium . | HEALTH INSURANCE The term Health Insurance is used to describe a form of insurance that pays for medical expenses. It is used more broadly to include insurance that covers disability or long-term nursing or custodial care needs...
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...UNIVERSITY ASSIGNMENT COVER SHEET Learner: Patricia Lett THIS FORM MUST BE COMPLETELY FILLED IN Please Follow These Procedures: If requested by your mentor, use an assignment cover sheet as the first page of the word processor file. The assignment header should include the Learner’s last name, first initial, course code, dash, and assignment number (DoeJXXX0000-1) justified to the left and the page number justified to the right. Keep a Photocopy or Electronic Copy of Your Assignments: You may need to re-submit assignments if your mentor has indicated that you may or must do so. Academic Integrity: All work submitted in each course must be the Learner’s own. This includes all assignments, exams, term papers, and other projects required by the faculty mentor. The known submission of another person’s work represented as that of the Learner’s without properly citing the source of the work will be considered plagiarism and will result in an unsatisfactory grade for the work submitted or for the entire course, and may result in academic dismissal. | | BTM7101-8 | Neal, Theresa | | | Foundations for Doctoral Study in Business | #6 Preparing an Annotated Bibliography | | | This was a new experience for me. I am glad that I have a mentor. ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Faculty Use Only ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...various performance criteria by stakeholders in the construction sector in Hong Kong. Construction Management & Economics, 28(4), 377-391. doi:10.1080/01446190903521515 Data compiled by stakeholders vested in various performance criteria in the construction sector in Hong Kong. Specific data was analyzed and compiled to help measure several factors to develop a standard of performance driven criteria. Using a one-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) is used to analyze the data compiled into nine relative importance of performance. Leveraging key participants consisting of clients, consultants and contractors, input is gathered and evaluated to help create measurable performance in areas of profit, time, contractual disputes, job satisfaction, quality, safety, environment, generation of innovative ideas, and effectiveness. A total of 324 research samples were collected and evaluated from public and private sectors, clients, consultants, main contractors and developers. Research shows the greatest differences are, in order, (1) time; (2) safety; (3) quality; (4) environment; (5) profit; (6) job satisfaction; (7) effectiveness; (8) no claims or contractual disputes; and (9) generation of innovative ideas. The article reviles some interesting findings among construction factors in Hong Kong. The study does also note that there are differences between government and private projects in the respective business procurement and the relationship with contractors. The study mixes the relevant data...
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...COMPANY PROFILE | Maruti Suzuki India Limited (MSIL, formerly known as Maruti Udyog Limited) is a subsidiary of Suzuki Motor Corporation, Japan. MSIL has been the leader of the Indian car market for over two and a half decades. The company has two manufacturing facilities located at Gurgaon and Manesar, south of New Delhi, India. Both the facilities have a combined capability to produce over a 1.2 million (1,200,000) passenger car units annually. The company plans to expand its manufacturing capacity to 1.75 million by 2013. For this the company will be investing around Rs. 60 Billion (Rs 6,000 Crores) over the period till 2013. The company offers a wide range of cars across different segments. It offers 14 brands and over 150 variants - Maruti 800, people movers, Omni and Eeco, international brands Alto, Alto-K10, A-star, WagonR, Swift, Ritz and Estilo, off-roader Gypsy, SUV Grand Vitara, sedans SX4 and Swift DZire In an environment friendly initiative, in August 2010 Maruti Suzuki introduced factory fitted CNG option on 5 models across vehicle segments. These include Eeco, Alto, Estilo, Wagon R and Sx4. In fiscal 2009-10 Maruti Suzuki became the only Indian company to manufacture and sell One Million cars in a year. Maruti Suzuki has employee strength over 7,600 (as at end March 2010), In 2009-10, the company sold a record 10,18,365 vehicles including 1,47,575 units of exports. With this, at the end of March 2010, Maruti Suzuki had a market share of 53.3...
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...profile of the Alberta oil sands The Alberta oil sands is one of the largest and most controversial energy projects on the planet; whereby large quantities of bitumen are converted into oil through complex and energy intensive chemical processes. The tar sands contain approximately 170 billion barrels of oil, and are the third largest proven reserve of oil in the world. It is expected that this operation will continue to experience rapid development which may result in a diverse array of negative and positive impacts that could significantly influence our society. The advantages and disadvantages of the Alberta oil sands can be analyzed through four key components: political, economic, technological and environmental toxicological perspectives. The cost/benefit profile of the tar sands is evident, and in order to properly address this issue, a plausible and realistic solution must be implemented. Therefore, this will hopefully lead to a decrease in the environmental toxicological and public health impacts associated with the tar sands while preserving socio-economic growth and technological advancement. The political aspect of the oil sands is mainly regulated through the government of Alberta. These legislative members continually promote the expansion of this project as well as advertise its contributions to the economic and technological sector within Canada. The current governmental laws and regulations have been surpassed...
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...was very interested in seeing this deepwater port built in Seaborne as she believes that the size of the project would provide the stimulus for a dramatic recovery in the state. However, as there were many parties involved in the meeting, each party had its own interests and objectives that they wished to obtain from the negotiation and the deal. The five main issues that were negotiated between the six parties were Industry Mix, Ecological Impact, Employment Rules/ Distribution, Federal Loans and Compensation to other ports. In particular the governor was interested in bringing federal money into the state as it would provide the governor with huge political leverage. Therefore, obtaining a huge federal loan was one of our main agendas that we wished to obtain from this negotiation. Next, the employment distribution was also important to the governor because of the political strength of labour unions in the state. The industry mix was also important in terms of economic stability and revenue in the long run for the region and the governor had expressed that “primarily dirty” industries were most desirable. In terms of the ecological impact the governor was not too concerned about the decision but was averse to imposing unnecessary costs on would-be developers. Finally, the Governor had expressed that she was not in favour of compensating the other ports for economic reasons and would like to have little compensation as possible. In consequence, to help me plan my negotiation...
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...Construction Projects: Establishing a Procurement Strategy Introduction The construction industry is one of the major contributors to the gross domestic product of many economies, and as a result, it is important that the environment of the industry is kept as healthy as possible. Previous research studies based on the construction industry (NWPC, 1990; Latham, 1994) have emphasised the key improvement areas, and one of these areas is the selection and use of a suitable procurement strategy in any construction project. The construction process has been seen as involving “all those activities, be they technical, managerial or strategic which make up the realisation phase of a project where the physical facility actually appears, and on completion, the facility is in a useable state, which is an important part of the whole project endeavour and actually impacts the perception of the client” (Rowlinson & McDermott, 1999: pp. 27). But then the concept of success is generally an ambiguous one in a construction project because of the varying perceptions of the project participants, since they will all have their own view of success (Chan, Scott & Lam, 2002). Therefore, several issues need to be considered in order to ensure the success of the outcome of a construction project. However, current research (Chinyio, Olomololaiye & Corbett, 1998) confirms that construction clients have been dissatisfied with the performance of construction consultants and contractors on most...
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...MULTINATIONAL MANAGEMENT COURSE OUTLINE (2007-09) The globalization of the world economy and the related liberalization of the Indian economy are radically changing the business landscape. The international capital flows into India have increased several-fold since the onset of liberalization; Indian companies are becoming multinationals in their own right--a trend certain to intensify in the coming years. All in all, multinationals are becoming more ubiquitous as an instrument of economic and business activity. The business leaders of tomorrow need to be trained today in the unique requirements of multinational management. It is toward this objective that the proposed course in Multinational Management is being offered. The course combines a number of sub-disciplines from the fields of social sciences and business administration. It is broad in sweep; its depth is pitched at the PGP level. The overall course is divided into four modules, as follows: Module I--International Business Context-- provides an historical perspective on globalization and presents a viewpoint on its future direction. It also covers some of the globalization drivers including international trade and investment and how they spawn multinational activity. The phenomenon of domestic and cross-border corruption and bribery, often an inherent part of such activities, is discussed. Finally, it postulates how countries and companies can develop competitive advantage and defines the implications...
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