...In In the Matter of C.M., C.M. and his friends were walking through a public housing project when they came across some rival gang member "tagging" the walls. C.M. and one of the other gang member (Garcia) had been involved in an incident a couple of weeks prior. When C.M. asked Garcia why they were tagging the walls, Garcia attacked C.M. C.M. pulled out a gun and shot and killed Garcia. A court-ordered psychological and diagnostic study determined that C.M. knew what he had done and what the consequences were for his behavior. Therefore, the investigation recommended that C.M. be tried in the juvenile system and afforded rehabilitation treatment. The trial court did not accept the psychologist recommendation to retain C.M. in the juvenile...
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...Characterization of Hop Frog "Hop Frog," a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, takes place in the castle of a corpulent king who is very fond of practical jokes. Hop Frog, a jester, and his friend Trippetta are kidnapped and forced to be slaves for the king. The tyrant king oppresses Hop Frog, who is a crippled dwarf. When the king strikes Hop Frog's friend Trippetta with a goblet of wine, Hop Frog vows revenge on the king and his ministers (Poe 17), revealing his heroism and bravery. Thus, vengeance is justifiable when the victim, who in this case is the king, oppresses others for their disabilities, as shown through Hop Frog’s characterization. In the story, the king and the seven ministers treat Hop Frog far worse than Trippetta, fueling Hop-Frog’s contempt. Although both are dwarves, Trippetta is seen by the king and his ministers as graceful and exquisite. They do not...
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...GenRays Matrix Template Project Management Knowledge Areas Project Integration Management Recommended Tool(s) Expert Judgment Interviews Justification for Tool These particular tools were chosen give shape to the HRIS project for GenRays. From studying the interviews of key stakeholders and their expert opinions, a collection of functions can be identified so that the HRIS deliverable’s function/purpose is defined. This initial planning will help to develop the Project Charter and set the stage for all the work that need to be performed. GenRays has subject matter experts on staff whose input it vital to produce an HRIS that meets the particular needs of the GenRays staff. We need to make sure that all of the work required to produce a HRIS product for GenRays is done. We also want to ensure extraneous work is avoided to keep GenRays costs low. We will use the interviews here to determine how the project’s scope will be defined, validated, and controlled. GenRays had reached the ROI point very early with the last on the project and defining scope well here will allow for a similar success. Decomposition of the work that needs to be done is a tool that will help aid in identifying the exact work that needs to be done and help to create the WBS. To further, ensure that the project runs smoothly and stays on track. We will use tools to track and manage the project’s completion. We can use the process of Decomposition that we have used to break down the projects’ scope...
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...OM 367: Strategic Supply Chain Management Professor Stephen M. Gilbert Classroom: CBA 4.348 Class Meeting Time: TTH 12:30-2:00 Office: CBA 3.424 Phone: 471-9456 (O) e-mail: steve.gilbert@mccombs.utexas.edu Mail Box: Dept. of IROM, CBA 5.202 Fax: 471-3937 (O) Office Hrs: T-TH 10:30-11:30, and by appt. COURSE DESCRIPTION Supply Chain Management involves the flows of materials and information among all of the firms that contribute value to a product, from the source of raw materials to end customers. We will integrate issues from marketing (channels of distribution), logistics, and operations management to develop a broad understanding of a supply chain. By taking a strategic perspective, we will focus on relatively long term decisions involving the investment in productive resources, configuration of processes, product designs, and development of parterships with suppliers and channels of distribution. Although the development of analytical tools is not one of the primary objectives of the course, students should be comfortable with quantitative analysis. By the end of the course, you should have developed an appreciation for the major strategic issues trade-offs in supply chain management as well as the ability to use conceptual frameworks to make decisions. TEACHING/LEARNING METHODOLOGY The detailed course outline starting on page 6 lists, for every class session, the reading(s), case(s), assignment(s), and anything else of importance. Please read this outline carefully...
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......................... 2 1.1. Newton-Raphson Method ............................................................................................................ 2 1.2. Secant Methods ............................................................................................................................ 4 Part Two: Numerical Solutions for Multiple Variables ................................................................................. 6 2.1. Generalized Newton-Raphson Method for Two Variables ........................................................... 6 2.2. Multi-dimensional case for Newton-Raphson Method ................................................................ 9 Appendix: Matrix ........................................................................................................................................ 10 Sayed-Ahmed, M. Ryerson University Jan. 2013 Part I: Numerical Solution for Single Variable 1.1. Newton-Raphson Method The Newton-Raphson method (NRM) is powerful numerical method based on the simple idea of linear approximation. NRM is usually home in on a root with devastating efficiency. It starts with initial guess, where the NRM is usually very good if , and horrible if the guess are not close. Question: Answer: Find the value of if using Newton-Raphson Method for three iterations? Start with guess value of The function equation should equal to zero; ( ) So the function equation; ( ) (...
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...communities. Businesses are the organizations in a society that create wealth. They can be used to exploit a region and extract a community’s wealth or they can be used to ground wealth in a community. The course will explore the relationship between business and the community. At the outcome students will have an appreciation for the challenges and issues community-based business surrounding institutions as well as an understanding of how those challenges are currently being met by existing community businesses. Learning Activities The classroom will follow a seminar model. This means that we are all responsible for the success of the classroom discussion. As well as focussing on set readings, the class will use case studies for shaping the seminar discussions. Being prepared for class is essential for productive discussion. While class activity may focus on the readings, the readings will not be ‘taught’ in class. The only way to participate in the class is to have read what is assigned prior to class. Participation is worth 15%. Think of making an informed contribution at least once a session (4 times a day) as a Course Policies 1) All assignments must be submitted by the due dates. Late assignments will be penalized 5% per working day late. 2) This class will...
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...M Project Report Israel Sharipo September 13, 2013 Abstract This paper shows the true proportions of M&M candies through the random sampling of 3 different bags of plain M&M 1.69oz bag of candy bought from three different stores. I believed one will be able to determine data analysis and how it works as it relates to our class project. Introduction The rationale of writing this paper is to show how statistics data analysis works. Statistics as we learned, is the practice of collecting, organizing, analyzing and interpreting data to make decisions. The two types of data used in the project are sampling and proportions. The methods used can be used by any professional or in any occupation. It can be used to determine the standard deviation, mean of any data among others. Part 1 In part one, each student was asked to take a tally of the 3 bags of candies bought from three different stores. And then we were asked to count the totals of each color in all 3 bags. Part 2 We used the excel data provided to complete the assignment. We looked at the data from two perspectives” color and proportions and the number of candies per bag. For the color proportion; we used the total for each color divided but the total number of candies sampled. As for the number of candies per bag, we use the data in the number candies in bag column. We used the...
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...technological environment 3.5 Changes in marketing infrastructure and practices 3.6 New strategies for changing macroenvironments 3.7 The Five Forces model of industry competition 3.8 The product life cycle 3.9 Strategic groups 3.10 Industry evolution and forecasting 3.11 Environmental stability 3.12 SPACE analysis 3.13 The Advantage Matrix Summary Case study: Food group shifts strategy to volume growth PART1 MARKETING STRATEGY CHAPTER 1 MARKET-LED STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Puma gives the boot to cardboard shoeboxes . 4 Introduction 5 1.1 The marketing concept and market orientation 6 1.2 The resource-based view of marketing 12 14 1.3 Organisational stakeholders 1.4 Marketing fundamentals 19 1.5 The role of marketing in leading strategic management 23 Summary 25 Case study: Consumer trust sees John Lewis set retail pace 25 54 54 55 56 57 59 62 64 65 68 71 74 77 79 81 83 84 85 CHAPTER 2 STRATEGIC MARKETING PLANNING Asos founder turns to online homeware Introduction 2.1 Defining the business purpose or mission 2.2 The marketing strategy process 2.3 Establishing the core strategy 2.4 Creation of the competitive positioning 2.5 Implementation Summary Case study: iPhone 27 27 28 29 32 33 42 45 49 49 CHAPTER 4...
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...McCombs School of Business Fall 2010 The University of Texas at Austin 05105 Marketing 382 Strategic Brand Management MW 8:00 – 9:15 CBA 3.130 http://courses.utexas.edu Office Hours: Professor Leigh McAlister M/W 9:30-11 and by appointment CBA 7.228 leigh.mcalister@mccombs.utexas.edu TA: Jeremy Battier By appointment jeremy.battier@mba11.mccombs.utexas.edu Required Readings Course Reading Packet (CP): Required Available in GSB Copy Center Everyone must purchase his/her own copy of the packet. Do not share copies of the packet as this is a violation of copyright. Additional readings posted on course web site (BB) (http://courses.utexas.edu) Course Objectives Some of a firm’s most valuable assets are the brands that it has invested in and developed over time. Although manufacturing processes can often be duplicated, strongly held beliefs and attitudes established in consumers’ minds cannot. This course provides students with insights into the creation of profitable brand strategies. It addresses three important questions: (1) How do you build brand equity?; (2) How can brand equity be measured?; and (3) How do you capitalize on brand equity to expand your business? Its basic objectives are to provide an understanding of: (1) Important issues in planning and evaluating brand strategies; and (2) Appropriate concepts and techniques to improve the long-term profitability of brand strategies. The course...
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...analysis of some significant area of a business operation OR environmental setting/issue, with the aim of producing a summary risk map and related risk plan/register. This will require you to consider for your chosen focus of study what might be key (primary) risks, how those risks may be appropriately classified and how their potential impact and likelihood might be assessed and evaluated in an objective way. The final submission will take the form of a graphical risk map (matrix) and a tabulated risk plan/register. The latter should provide for a contextualised review of the key risks, the rationale for their inclusion and for the risk assessment that you have ascribed to each risk listed. The risk map and plan are not required to show risk management responses. This assignment is worth 50% of the overall module assessment, and a guideline of 2,500 words is provided for the written (risk plan) element. Tasks within this brief: 1. Identify a suitably focussed business activity or environmental issue on which to base this assignment; 2. Identify potential risk identification and assessment techniques, and their potential limitations within the context of this assignment; 3. Undertake a process/processes of risk identification and assessment; 4. Complete, by the stated hand-in date, a report outlining your approach and the summary risk map and risk plan documents – to an absolute maximum word count of 2,500 words. Note: you are not expected...
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...Microsoft Dynamics™ GP Human Resources Sample Reports Copyright Copyright © 2007 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Complying with all applicable copyright laws is the responsibility of the user. Without limiting the rights under copyright, no part of this document may be reproduced, stored in or introduced into a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise), or for any purpose, without the express written permission of Microsoft Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the licensee of the software with which this document was provided may make a reasonable number of copies of this document solely for internal use. Trademarks Microsoft and Microsoft Dynamics are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation or its affiliates in the United States and/or other countries. FairCom and c-tree Plus are trademarks of FairCom Corporation and are registered in the United States and other countries. The names of actual companies and products mentioned herein may be trademarks or registered marks - in the United States and/or other countries - of their respective owners. The example companies, organizations, products, domain names, e-mail addresses, logos, people, places, and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, domain name, e-mail address, logo, person, place, or event is intended or should be inferred...
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...State University of New York BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY School of Management Fall 2011 Class: Mgmt 501 Accounting for Managers Mondays: 4:25 – 5:50 pm LN 2403 Wednesdays: 4:25- 5:50 pm SL206 Instructor: Anna M. Addonisio, CPA, MBA Email: aaddonis@binghamton.edu Phone: 777-4941 Office: Library North Room 2430 Office Hours: by appointment Text: Financial and Managerial Accounting, by Needles, Powers, & Crosson, 9e edition, Houghton Mifflin Co. (required) Cases: Harvard Business School Cases (required) Wall Street Journal (recommended) Financial Calculator: Texas Instruments BAII Plus is required Course Objective: This course integrates financial accounting and managerial accounting. The objective is to provide students with an understanding of accounting information from the managers’ perspective and develop students’ ability and analytical skills necessary to use accounting information to make decisions in the business world. The first part of this course introduces financial accounting with the emphasis on financial statement preparation by accountants, selection of reporting strategies by managers, and interpretations by users of corporate financial reports. The second part of this course introduces managerial accounting, which is primarily concerned with data gathering and presentation for purpose of internal management evaluation and decision-making. The objective is to understand the determination of cost structure and develop techniques for...
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...[pic] [pic] INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS, Semester 141, Section 01 Instructor: Dr. Jameel Qazi Office: B 24/ Room 110-1 Office Phone: 013-860-7555 Class Timings: Mondays and Wednesdays 13:10 – 14:25 Location: Building # 24, Room 178Office Hours: Mon & Wed 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (or by appointment) Web Address: http://faculty.kfupm.edu.sa/MGM/jamilqaz/ Email: jamilqaz@kfupm.edu.sa |Please use electronic communication, whenever possible, for the efficiency and agility of our contact. You are welcome to stop by my | |office, during the office hours, or make an appointment. | Course Description: This course provides an overview of the macro and micro factors that shape the environment within which the international manager operates. It includes an analysis of areas involved in managing business in an international environment. Areas of concentration will include political, legal, economic, cultural, and financial factors which influence doing business in a foreign country. Additional factors of human resource management and strategic planning will be discussed. To operate effectively, businesses must understand the differences between managing solely in a domestic environment compared to an international one. Objectives: The objectives of this course include developing a familiarity with the fundamental concepts and theoretical bases of global business. The primary objective...
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...® a practical guide for business calculations ALASTAIR L. DAY Alastair Day has worked in the finance industry for more than 25 years in treasury and marketing functions and was formerly a director of a vendor leasing company specializing in the IT and technology industries. After rapid growth, the directors sold the enterprise to a public company and he established Systematic Finance plc as a consultancy specializing in: • financial modelling – review, design, build and audit • training in financial modelling, corporate finance, leasing and credit analysis on an in-house and public basis • finance and operating lease structuring as a consultant and lessor Alastair is author of a number of books including three published by FT Prentice Hall: Mastering Financial Modelling, Mastering Risk Modelling and The Financial Director’s Guide to Purchase Leasing. Alastair has a degree in Economics and German from London University together with an MBA and is an associate lecturer of finance with the Open University Business School. Excel a practical guide for business calculations Tools enabling managers to carry out financial calculations have evolved in the last 20 years from tables through calculators to programs on PCs and personal organisers. Today, the majority of those in finance have Excel on their desks and increasingly on their laptops or pocket computers. Mastering Financial Mathematics in Microsoft ® Excel provides a comprehensive set of tools and ...
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...OUTLINE Instructor: Office: E-mail: Telephone: John S. Andrew, Ph.D., M CIP, RPP Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 525 john.andrew@queensu.ca 613-533-6000 ext. 75756 Session Time: Mondays, 11:30 am - 2:20 pm Session Room: Robert Sutherland Hall, Room 554 Overview of the Course The course is an introduction to the concepts, principles and analytical methods involved in making the broad variety of key investment decisions regarding commercial real estate. It is designed to supplement, rather than replace SURP 844: Real Estate Project Planning. Therefore, the emphasis of this course is on commercial real estate investment rather than development. However, some elements of the latter will inevitably be addressed. The focus will be on fullyoperational income-generating properties, primarily large in scale. The main asset types of office, industrial, retail and multi-unit residential will be discussed (and possibly a few more specialized types). Another emphasis of the course will be on the micro level – the evaluation of the investment merits of individual properties (or at least individual transactions). Less attention will be paid to the macro level i.e. portfolio management. To the extent possible, the course content (including readings, cases and assignments) will be Canadian (although it is recognized that real estate investment is increasingly a global endeavor). This is primarily a combination seminar and case study course. It is designed around a cornerstone of five carefully chosen...
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