...Solution Classic Airlines Solution Classic Airlines (CA) is the fifth largest airline in the world. CA currently has a fleet of over 375 jets and serves 240 cities worldwide. CA also currently has over 32,000 employees and last year earned $10 million on $8.7 billion in sales. However, CA saw a 10% decrease in share prices last year and the frequent flyer program, Classic Rewards, has experienced a 19% decrease in membership and a 21% decrease in flights per member. These downturns are coupled with an overall industry decline due to 9/11 and rising costs on both fuel and labor and are threatening the potential survival of CA. To help combat all these factors, CA's Board of Directors has called for a 15% reduction of all costs across the company over the next 18 months. These budget cuts are in addition to a directive to increase membership in the Classic Rewards program (University of Phoenix, 2010). CA needs to develop a marketing strategy that will grow the customer base and limit expenditures. To accomplish CA's goal, leadership will employ the SMART method of setting business goals and benchmarking other successful organizations, both in CA's industry and out. The SMART method of setting business goals focuses on goals that are specific, measurable, attainable, relevant, and timely. Using the SMART method, CA will be able to set goals that are realistic and can be met. Benchmarking other companies, will allow CA to see processes currently used and adapt them to the...
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...A PKI allows client and server applications to gain trust in each other's authentication credentials in a highly scalable and efficient manner. Applications can then employ those credentials to perform strong authentication and make use of end-to-end confidentiality and integrity services. To show where a PKI might prove useful, let's look at the case study of a company called Exploration Air that wants its customers to have access to an internal Web server. Exploration Air expects a number of users in each customer organization to securely log on to the Web server. The challenge lies in managing authentication credentials for all those external users. If Exploration Air uses passwords, their IT department is expected to somehow identify those users, as well as process password changes for them. This solution does not scale well, and for a large number of users it becomes unmanageable. Attackers can also guess passwords, and passwords might not offer strong enough authentication for high-value transactions. With a PKI, Exploration Air can delegate the issuing of authentication credentials to certification authorities run by the customers themselves, or to a commercial certification authority. This way, the company needs to configure its Web server only to trust those authorities. Those credentials also offer strong authentication because they cannot be guessed. Now let's say that Exploration Air wants to exchange secure e-mail with users of the same customers. A password...
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...` Soaring Above Classics’ Issues Meredith Simmons MKT/571 September 24, 2012 Heidi Kelley Soaring Above Classics’ Issues Classic Airlines (CA) has historically held an impressive market share, as it has experienced tremendous growth coupled with over 25 years of experience in the aviation industry. However, like many of its competitors, CA has recently been plagued with internal and external issues which could easily pose threats to its survival. In efforts to deal with these obstacles effectively, it is necessary to assess CA’s predicament, discuss and decide on corrective action to prevent any further decline, and review the implemented plans to determine how CA will thrive in the future. In essence, the appropriate parties must comprehend how the company ended up in this situation in efforts to formulate a good plan to rise above it. CA must address these problems swiftly by using the basic problem-solving method. The company must use their marketing resources, as well as some external marketing options, to determine a profitable solution. This paper will demonstrate how the nine-step process can be used as a means to return Classic Airlines back to its place as a major contender in the airline industry now and in the future. The Situation According to the University of Phoenix scenario (2010), some of the challenges are increased hesitation about flying...
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...Case Study–C3 E-Business Strategy 1. CA technologies value was about $12.45 billion in early 2011. The firms traditionally was working on mainframe business, its suite of virtualization and security products, as well as a new mainframe platform release from IBM that would mean renewals and upgrades for the organization. CA technologies started with a focus on IBM’s mainframe market introducing CA sort which delivered full function sort, merge and copy capabilities and helped the company hit $5million within a year. CA focused on developing mainframe software that streamlined and automated mainframe operations lowering cost and freeing IT staff to work on more strategic projects. CA Technologies mainframe software had broadened to include workload scheduling software, security management products, helpdesk, application development and databases. The company grew to hold the number one or two market share position in many of these market segments. When it acquired Uccel Corporation in 1987 it became the largest independent vendor of mainframe infrastructure software, and in a span of two years it became the first software company to exceed $1 billion in revenue. CA Technologies approach is based on our Business Service Innovation (BSI) roadmap – a common set of guiding principles and disciplines that CA Technologies advocates to deliver any innovative business service. When applied to cloud computing, the BSI roadmap outlines core competencies that enterprises and service providers...
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...Edition CA Technologies Ag i l e Learn to: • Improve developer productivity • Put the most critical information at developers’ fingertips • Deliver great results with all your Agile projects Mario E. Moreira Michael Lester Steve Holzner CA Technologies provides your organization with the most complete and proven project and portfolio management solutions in the industry today. CA Agile Vision can help you get better visibility into your deliverables, costs, and resources for all your sprints and projects. CA Agile Vision runs on Force.com, one of the leading cloud management platforms. Delivered 100% over the Web, the solution is available anywhere, fully secure, rapidly scalable, and is supported by world-class facilities and professionals. These materials are the copyright of Wiley Publishing, Inc. and any dissemination, distribution, or unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. Agile FOR DUMmIES ‰ CA TECHNOLOGIES EDITION by Mario E. Moreira, Michael Lester, and Steve Holzner These materials are the copyright of Wiley Publishing, Inc. and any dissemination, distribution, or unauthorized use is strictly prohibited. Agile For Dummies®, CA Technologies Edition Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc. 111 River Street Hoboken, NJ 07030-5774 www.wiley.com Copyright © 2010 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana Published by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Indianapolis, Indiana No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval...
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...objectives of the article as well. Identify and define the important concepts focused on by the author. Are the definitions clear, in your opinion? The topic of the journal article is about conditions of Complex Adaptive Systems such as context and emergence influencing the firm product innovativeness. Based on the article, Complex Adaptive Systems (CAS) Theory, the agents in the system are all the components of that system and these agents interact and connect with each other in unpredictable and unplanned ways. But from these interactions, regularities emerge and start to form a pattern which feeds back on the system and informs the interactions of the agents. A period of change occurs in all the parts of the system until a new balance is established. The major objective of the article was to show the relevance of Complex Adaptive Systems theory in the New Product Development (NPD) which have rarely been addressed for the product innovativeness of the firm. On the other hand, the minor objective was to examine the role of Complex Adaptive Systems. Akgun et al. (2014) also investigated the influence of emergence and context of CAS in innovation of products. They also defined...
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...opportunity to look at other companies as benchmarks in order to develop techniques that will help the company conquer disadvantages (McNeese, 2004). • Step 5: Evaluate Alternatives/Strategies, o Allows Classic Airlines to examine the best strategy that will solves the company’s current problems and avoid future occurrences (McNeese, 2004). • Step 6: Identify and Assess Risks, o Allows Classic Airlines to develop an action plan against potential risks and negative consequences (McNeese, 2004). • Step 7: Strategy Implementation, o At this step, the decision problem solving decision has been made, based on the facts that will best suit Classic Airlines (McNeese, 2004). • Step 8: Develop and Implement the Solution, o Defines the what, how, when, and whom of the problem solving solution. What must be...
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...are used in situations where an organization needs help individual and group behavior. External agents are usually professors or private consultants. Internal agents of change are already apart of the business. They already know how to change an organization. In most cases they are managers who have recently been brought into organization that needs help. External-Internal agents are the combination of both external and internal. An organization uses both approaches to change the problems that have arisen. Question My thought-provoking question is how effective are external and internal change agents? I want to know why because what would be the next step to take to get the company at a good performance level. I know this works in most cases because I have seen it happen. I am just curious. Personal Implication Internal change agents personally affect me the most. My dad is a general manager at Applebee’s and he usually gets sent to stores that have a poor performance. He knows how to run a restaurant successfully. My dad has to go into the store as a customer to see how the employees behavior individually and as a group. He figures out what needs to be changed. In most cases it is the employees’ attitudes that need to be resolved. He also shows how a manager should act and lead a team. As soon as the store reaches its goal in performance, he stays to maintain that performance level. Article This article relates to...
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...Year group: Title Extended Reading Language Unit 3 A Of Mice and Men 10 Unit description Candidates must make reference to the whole text. Tier ( Higher) Candidates must produce work totalling about 1200 words in a period of up to four hours CA task: Explore the ways sympathy and dislike of ‘Curley’s Wife’ is created in ‘Of Mice and Men.’ CA = Week starting 20 October 2014 (All 4 lessons this week) (Possibility of starting one lesson early at the end of week 6). Level or Grade A*-C Differentiate appropriately for the group that you teach and for individuals within that group th Length 7 weeks (To include CA) Learning objectives AO3 (See mark scheme for band descriptors) Interpretations of texts/understanding significant meanings of the text Engagement with writer’s ideas and attitudes Interpretation of ideas supported with evidence Understanding of features of language and structure Learning outcomes Close analysis of text extracts leading to development of reading skills Consideration of context and writer’s intentions/themes and ideas Speaking and Listening to show understanding of issues and empathy with character Writing a draft essay and set targets for the assessment Produce an analytical essay for CA (New Acronym = SMILE (Structure, Meanings, Ideas, Language, Evidence) Prior knowledge (Enter pre-requisite knowledge and skills.) Analytical essay – Year 9 KS3 reading skills National Framework for Secondary English Strands National Framework for...
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...restaurant served for lunch on 50 weekdays: 50 64 55 51 60 41 71 53 63 64 49 59 66 45 61 57 65 62 58 65 55 61 60 55 53 57 58 66 53 56 64 46 59 49 64 60 58 64 42 47 59 62 56 63 61 68 57 51 61 51 a. Construct a FDT of the following data set and write a brief report about it. 2. A manufacturer of jeans has plants in California (CA), Arizona (AZ), and Texas(TX). A group of 25 pairs of jeans is randomly selected from the computerized database, and the state in which each is produced is recorded: CA | AZ | AZ | TX | CA | CA | CA | TX | TX | TX | AZ | AZ | CA | AZ | TX | CA | AZ | TX | TX | TX | CA | AZ | AZ | CA | CA | a. What is the variable being measured? Is it qualitative or quantitative? b. Construct an appropriate FDT and graph to describe the data. c. Write a complete discussion about it. (use the following question for your discussion) 1. What proportion of the jeans are made in California? Arizona? Texas? 2. What state produced the most jeans in the group? 3. If you want to find out whether the three plants produced equal numbers of jeans, or whether one produced more jeans than the others, how can you use the charts from parts b to help you? What conclusions can you draw from these data? 3. The table below shows the length of time an athlete practice for an event. Day | Number of Minutes | 1 | 90 | 2 | 88 | 3 | 66 | 4 | 94 | 5 | 56 | 6 | 60 | 7 | 98 | 8 | 82 | Construct an appropriate graph and interpret the data...
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...I. General Information College Adjustment Scale (CAS) by William D. Anton, PhD and James R. Reed, PhD in 1991, published by Psychological Assessment Resources, Inc. (PAR) USA. II. Test Description * Test Content The College Adjustment Scale provide measure of psychological distress, relationship, conflict, low self-esteem, academic and career choice difficulties. The test has multidimensionality construct because it measures almost all problems by college students based on the analysis presented by college counselling centres, which are : Anxiety (AN) a measure of clinical anxiety focusing on common affective, cognitive and physiological symptoms, Depression (DP) a measure of clinical depression focusing on common affective, cognitive and physiological symptoms, Suicidal Ideation (SI) a measure of the content of recent ideation reflecting suicide, including thoughts of suicide, hopelessness and resignation, Substance Abuse (SA) a measure of the extent of disruption in interpersonal, social, academic and vocational functioning as a result of substance use and abuse, Self-Esteem Problems (SE) a measure of global self-esteem which taps negative self-evaluations and dissatisfactions with personal achievement, Interpersonal Problem (IP) a measure of the extent of problem relating to others in the campus environment, Family Problems (FP) a measure of difficulties experienced in relationship with family members, Academic Problems (AP) a measure of the extent of problems...
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...discuss the differences between asymmetric and symmetric keys. These two keys differ in how they are distributed to the various parties that would like to transfer information. Symmetric can be completed by hand delivery, transmitting the key encrypted with a public key, or through a secure connection. This symmetric key or “private key” is used by both parties for encryption and decryption, this method once the key is obtained is the faster of the two and the most secure. Private keys can also be incorporated with hardware devices which will also increase the speed in which the encryption/decryption takes place. Asymmetric keys or “public keys” are a combination of private keys and public keys, since in circumstances the individual receiving the file would have no other ways of receiving the private key securely. This requires a key that is generated so that it can be linked with the private key, being linked like this allows you to post the public key to certificate authorities who will verify that the two keys come from the individual that you expected. The means of identifying who you are can be handled by a third-party corporation. This is completed by utilizing a digital signature which is the equivalent of a handwritten signature. This tells the recipient that the document was created or authorized by the creator. These third parties who are known as certificate authorities (CA) would contact the registration authority (RA). The registration authority is the organization...
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...Ca da Mosto’s account in An Early Portuguese Encounter with West Africans tells historians that Europeans perceived West Africans as uncivilized and inferior. This perception is exhibited through Ca da Mosto’s description of the West Africans’ lack of wealth, different beliefs, lack of knowledge and violent disposition. Ca da Mosto seemed to believe that wealth indicates how civilized someone is and how honest they are. During his initial voyage to West Africa, Ca da Mosto speaks of how highly the king is regarded, how trustworthy he is and how fair he is. It becomes clear, however, that his perception of the king is related more particularly to his wealth which is the only thing that he constantly references. He mentions that the king, “paid royally for what was brought to him.”[1] He spoke of how the king promised to give him one hundred slaves in exchange for the goods he received and how the king gave him a “handsome young negress.”[2] During his trip to the king’s home, Ca da Mosto went to the local market. There, he observed that “these people are exceedingly poor.”[3] He based this on their clothing, the products they purchased and the fact that they only bartered for items because no one had any money. He was also unable to find any gold. After realizing the poverty, it becomes obvious that Ca da Mosto’s view of the country had completely changed from somewhat positive to negative. He decided to go farther up the river, “in the hope of finding better disposed...
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...the course 1) Introduction – chapter 13 2) Interest rate parity (how exchange rate is determined by the flows of capital) and exchange rate overshooting – chapters 14 & 15 3) Purchasing power parity and the exchange rate in the long run (how exchange rate is determined by the flows of goods and the determinants of exchange rate in the long run) – chapter 16 4) The DD-AA model (the model that explains how exchange rate and output are determined in general equilibrium setting) – chapters 17 &18 Flexible exchange rate – chapter 17 Fixed exchange rate – chapter 18 5) International macroeconomic policy – chapters 19 & 21 Arguments for and against flexible exchange rates – chapter 19 Interdependence of macroeconomic policies – chapter 19 Arguments for and against common currency – chapter 21 MGEC61 – Chapter 13 © Iris Au 1 Chapter 13: National Income Accounting and the Balance of Payments The National Income Identity for an Open Economy The national income identity for an open economy is: Output (Y) = C + I + G + (EX – IM) A country’s current account (CA) balance shows the difference between exports of goods and services and imports of goods and services (including net income on foreign investments), plus net unilateral transfer. CA = EX – IM + Net unilateral transfer Foreign aid received – Foreign aid gave out If net unilateral transfer = zero, CA = EX – IM, then: Y = C + I + G + CA Saving and the Current Account National saving (S): the amount...
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