...MGMT395 Case 1: Information & Instructions Pointers when writing up a "case" report 1. Write the introduction and conclusion AFTER responding to the questions. 2. The introduction should be one paragraph describing what your report will discuss. This is NOT an introduction to the company. 3. The conclusion should be a one paragraph summary (100 words) of your findings. No new points should be mentioned here. 4. Lead your responses by explaining the key terms. e.g. If you are asked about corporate strategies as they apply to a company, define "corporate strategy" - using your own words. Then indicate the strategy being used. Describe this type of strategy. Then, support your choice by using facts from either the case or your research. 5. Your responses to each question should be a minimum of 250 words (one page 11 pt. font, 1.5 spacing). 6. Your report should have the following elements: cover page, table of contents, introduction to your report, responses to each question, 100 word conclusion, and a reference page. Ensure you insert page numbers to align with your table of contents. 7. Each report must be submitted through Turn-it-in prior to handing in and include the Turnitin results. (Instruction available in the D2L course site.) 8. If you have any questions...please ask me! Case Assignment 1 USA Fashion Invasion Note: This is a group assignment and must be handed in as one document. You must have an introduction to your report (1-2 paragraphs describing what you...
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...FUTURE OF TECHNOLOGY BY DEBRA JAMES WIU IT-330 Abstract Once before there was a business profit speed breaker called Macro Virus, and today it is still prevalent to a lesser extent, even though; Microsoft did do something about it, to where it is under control, but; still very much around. (Brightub articles 2011) .explains the well knows macro virus was a stark reminder of its disastrous power. In today’s world of technology computer viruses attack the software of a computer- the operating system usually attacks the software. (Microsoft /TechNet 2011), states the macro virus is known as a written virus in the internal macro language of applications. In some cases macro virus can cause no damage to the data, however; in other cases, macros viruses have been written that can cause damage to your work. This paper explains. What macro viruses are? How they spread. What affect they have? How to avoid a macro virus How to protect your computer What are Macro viruses…..? A macro virus is a computer infraction written in macro language, which is commonly built into word processing applications. (Goggle 2011, pg., 1) In general, Marcos viruses are a series of commands and executions that help automate specific tasks. Regardless of how many they create, they must be executed by a system that is able to interpret stored commands. There are some macro systems that are actually self-contained utilities while others are built into more advanced applications for users to easily...
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...BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO WORKING PAPER SERIES Macro-Finance Models of Interest Rates and the Economy Glenn D. Rudebusch Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco January 2010 Working Paper 2010-01 http://www.frbsf.org/publications/economics/papers/2010/wp10-01bk.pdf The views in this paper are solely the responsibility of the authors and should not be interpreted as reflecting the views of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco or the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Macro-Finance Models of Interest Rates and the Economy Glenn D. Rudebusch∗ Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Abstract During the past decade, much new research has combined elements of finance, monetary economics, and macroeconomics in order to study the relationship between the term structure of interest rates and the economy. In this survey, I describe three different strands of such interdisciplinary macro-finance term structure research. The first adds macroeconomic variables and structure to a canonical arbitrage-free finance representation of the yield curve. The second examines bond pricing and bond risk premiums in a canonical macroeconomic dynamic stochastic general equilibrium model. The third develops a new class of arbitrage-free term structure models that are empirically tractable and well suited to macro-finance investigations. This article is based on a keynote lecture to the 41st annual conference of the Money, Macro, and Finance Research Group on September 8,...
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...with your articles (4 or 5), a reference list & notes on your articles that will be used as support for your arguments/points. Remember you MUST highlight the sections on the articles that you are going to use as support in your essay and you MUST write next to these sections, what paragraph in your essay the ideas will be used in. i.e. Definition paragraph, BP1, BP2, BP3. (BP = Body paragraph). Note: Students should aim to have 3-4 in text references per paragraph – see model essay in text book p. 109 Name: Thao__________________________Term _ /2014_ Title: How has Vietnam’s response to the global financial crisis helped its manufacturing sector remain viable and other factors should be considered to protect it? (Should be phrased as a question) THE INFORMATION THAT YOU WRITE BELOW SHOULD BE IN DOT POINT FORM USING ABBREVIATIONS AND SYMBOLS WHERE APPROPRIATE. WRITE FULL SENTENCES FOR YOUR THESIS AND TOPIC SENTENCES ONLY!! |THE TOPIC and THE ISSUE | | |(question): |The issue: Vietnam’s response to the global financial | | | | | |The topic: Vietnam’s response to the global...
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...that influence the macro economy. The articles I have chosen focus on all of these ideas, but have a more direct focus on it inflation, unemployment, and monetary policy. Jerome Powell is the head of the Federal Reserve (Fed) which is responsible for Monetary Policy in the United States. The Fed’s decisions have a direct correlation on the macro economy. The Fed and their management of the United States is a difficult task,...
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...and social problems as lenses so that the role and function of the human service provider, as well as the clients with whom they work can be understood in context. The course begins with a brief overview of what a human service provider is, and what services these professionals provide. A history of social welfare is provided so that students can gain a historical perspective of how poor and marginalized populations have been cared for in the United States. Generalist practice skills and intervention strategies are introduced generally, but a more in-depth exploration of intervention strategies are discussed in later chapters as they apply to particular social problems and practice settings. The course concludes with an exploration of macro practice where change is affected on a broader scale, both domestically and abroad. Students should leave this class having a good idea of what a human service worker is, what they do, who they work with, as well as the gaining a deeper understanding of the mission, values and goals embraced by the human service profession. Students will gain knowledge of skills needed to do critical thinking, make oral presentations, function in learning teams, conduct research, and write academic papers in the format of The Publication Manual for the American Psychological Association. Students will be introduced to the university library and learn how to access its resources successfully. Policies Faculty and students/learners will be held responsible...
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...and social problems as lenses so that the role and function of the human service provider, as well as the clients with whom they work can be understood in context. The course begins with a brief overview of what a human service provider is, and what services these professionals provide. A history of social welfare is provided so that students can gain a historical perspective of how poor and marginalized populations have been cared for in the United States. Generalist practice skills and intervention strategies are introduced generally, but a more in-depth exploration of intervention strategies are discussed in later chapters as they apply to particular social problems and practice settings. The course concludes with an exploration of macro practice where change is affected on a broader scale, both domestically and abroad. Students should leave this class having a good idea of what a human service worker is, what they do, who they work with, as well as the gaining a deeper understanding of...
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...THE MARKETING ENVIORNMENT CHAPTER RESPONSE:- The chapter starts with the narration of McDonald's history. It also explains about the hurdles they faced during their journey and how they overcome it. When we take this chapter" The Marketing Environment" this article gives a clear picture about the various marketing strategy needs at different stages of the company life. The marketing environment is made up of microenvironment and microenvironment. I. Micro environment: The parts are close to the company and their ability affects the company to serve the customers. They are, the company, Suppliers, Marketing Intermediaries, Customers, Competitors and Publics 1. The company: This is the most important and vital one, who are responsible for coordination with other departments and also create the marketing plan 2. Suppliers: They provide resources to the company and produce goods and services and play a key role in overall customer value delivery system. 3. Marketing Intermediaries: They help companies to promote and do the marketing jobs to the final buyers. 4. Customers: The group where the final finished goods and services reach. 5. Competitors: A group of people keep selling the same product as the company do and the company has to make a plan to differentiate from their competitors. 6. Publics: It's a group that has a potential interest on organization to achieve its goals. II. Macro environment: The parts operate in a larger macro environment that create both opportunity...
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...midday, Wednesday week 5. 1 x hard copy to the relevant teacher’s pigeon hole & 1 x electronic upload to Ephorus per assignment. Failure to upload on Ephorus will result in failure of the assignment. Entrepreneurship Explain how you applied Sarasvathy’s principles of effectuation to create your entrepeneurial design? Format: Name, student number, group, lecturer, course component - Entrepeneurship 1,000 words, Harvard referencing, font Times New Roman 12 Sustainability In the sustainability course we distinguished 2 environments that are of relevance to the business community: the macro-environment and the stakeholder environment. The macro-environment impacts individual businesses, while individual businesses can hardly change the course of developments in the macro-environment. The stakeholder environment, on the other hand, does impact individual companies’ activities, but –contrary to the macro-environment- individual companies also impact the interests of their stakeholders. On Blackboard you will find corporate sustainability reports of ten listed companies. Companies increasingly publish sustainability reports to inform their stakeholders (and the broader public) about their sustainability performance. Please select and scrutinize a sustainability report of one of these companies. Subsequently, select at least five sustainability related issues and relate these to the company’s value chain (see figure 1). That is, you should motivate...
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...Special Issue: Bridging Micro and Macro Domains Journal of Management Vol. 37 No. 2, March 2011 421-428 DOI: 10.1177/0149206310373400 © The Author(s) 2011 Reprints and permission: http://www. sagepub.com/journalsPermissions.nav Invited Editorial Bridging Micro and Macro Domains: Workforce Differentiation and Strategic Human Resource Management Mark A. Huselid Rutgers University Brian E. Becker State University of New York at Buffalo In this article, the authors focus on the challenges and opportunities associated with integrating the macro and macro domains of the strategic human resource (HR) management literature. Their specific focus is on the development of a differentiated HR architecture in support of strategy execution as a key organizing theme. A focus on strategic capabilities and strategic jobs as the focal point of workforce management system design represents a significant potential source of value creation for most firms. But, also, differentiation by strategic capability instead of hierarchical organizational level represents potential implementation challenges for managers, and theoretical and empirical challenges for academics. Keywords: high-performance work systems; workforce differentiation; strategic human resource management; strategic capabilities A significant divide between the micro and macro levels of theory and analysis is evident in many areas of the organizational sciences. While increasing levels of specialization are often associated...
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...INTRODUCTION **** marketing definition Macro economics is the study of the behaviour and trends in the economy as a whole involving the analysis of six major forces to identify possible opportunities and threats available to the organisation. To illustrate these forces, the hypothetical “Bamboo Company” (located in Sydney New South Wales) will be used. This organisation has prided itself on the use of recyclable and renewable resources where possible and as a result, has developed the Bambicycle. This entry level hybrid bicycle combines the best attributes of a road bike and a mountain bike in one as well as being constructed by bamboo which is one of the world’s fastest growing renewable resources. An analysis of the six macroeconomic influences with reference to the Bamboo Company are as follows: THE DEMOGRAPHIC ENVIRONMENT Demographics is the statistical study of the population as a whole, consisting of the following variables and how they will affect the bicycle marketing environment: – The changing age structure of population “Australia's population, like that of most developed countries, is ageing as a result of sustained low fertility and increasing life expectancy” (Australian Bureau of Statistics [ABS], 2010a para 7). The proportion of the population aged 65 years and over is projected to increase from 13% in 2007 to between 23% and 25% in 2056, and 25% and 28% in 2101 (ABS, 2010c para 15) with the first...
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...Research Proposal Impact of Oil Price Fluctuation on the Macro Economy Von Lamey Eastern New Mexico University December 3, 2013 Table of Contents Introduction……………………………………………………………………3 Review of Literature…………………………………………………………..5 Theory…………………………………………………………………………15 Application…………………………………………………………………….18 Summary & Conclusion……………………………………………………….20 Tables…………………………………………………………………………..22 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………24 1. Introduction Oil price fluctuations have affected the people and economies of the U.S. for most of the twentieth century. The commodity has seen minor changes and major fluctuations during this period. Major price changes within a short timeframe are called shocks. The research I propose will attempt to answer the question: What is the impact of changing oil prices on the macro economy of a country? Research has demonstrated oil price fluctuations do impact economies as well as supply of and demand for the commodity. This influence on macroeconomic activity generated symmetric movement between price and many macroeconomic indices in the 1970's. However, after 1982, macroeconomic indices did not demonstrate the same proclivity to react to oil price movement. Information spreads almost instantly with the emergence of the internet. This expedient movement of news has led to an evolving trend of speculation which may or may not be beneficial to commodity pricing. One may infer that the recent prevalence...
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...AF AF 335: Investments: Fall 2011 Stock Analysis Project Guidelines Final Paper Due: Thursday, December 8th at the beginning of class. See your syllabus for late penalties. Late penalties will accrue based on the submission of your hard copy - even if you email me your write-up by the deadline, I will not count it as submitted until I have a hard copy. Goals: The goal of this project is to evaluate a stock using multiple different models and fundamental analysis and to develop an understanding about how stock values are affected by news and how news and economic data affect your expectations for a stock’s future performance. The objective is to come up with a Buy/Hold/Sell recommendation. Groups: This project may be done individually or in groups of two. Company Selection: Each team must choose a different company. Inform me of your company selection via this link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0ApYNiqu9n52AdEhmb1RRZFZoVTBxXzEwdmFoUVIwZ0E&hl=en_US. I recommend that you choose a company whose business and operations you know and understand. This will help you in developing your model. Valuation: Use the following valuation techniques: • Valuation by Comparables/Fundamental Analysis – compare relevant financial ratios and data of your company to a competitor and the industry. • Dividend Growth Model o Remember to use multiple stages if they apply. o Think about changes in payout that may occur as the company...
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...Qualitative Approaches to Classroom Research 1 Qualitative Approaches to Classroom Research with English Language Learners Patricia A. Duff University of British Columbia Address: Department of Language & Literacy Education University of British Columbia 2125 Main Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z4 Canada Courier: 2034 Lower Mall Road University of British Columbia Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 Canada Qualitative Approaches to Classroom Research 2 ABSTRACT This chapter provides an overview of recent qualitative research in classrooms examining English language learners (ELLs). I first present common features of qualitative research and review debates regarding research paradigms in the social sciences and humanities. I also discuss the role of triangulation and capturing participants’ insider or emic perspectives in qualitative research and highlight various data collection methods and ways of combining macro-level and micro-level analyses, particularly in ethnographic research. Ethical issues, difficulties obtaining informed consent in classroom research, and criteria for evaluating qualitative research are then considered. Three qualitative studies that have been deemed exemplary and meritorious by scholars in English language education are then presented and some common themes in current qualitative classroom research with ELLs are identified. The chapter concludes with directions for future qualitative research. Introduction Over the past 2 decades, research...
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...|Professional Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing | | | |Chartered Institute of Marketing | | | | | | | |Candidate No: 13184461 | | | |Center Name: Management Development Centre (MDC) | | | | | |Subject: Emerging Themes | | | | | |Word Count for Discussion Paper: | | | |Task One: 555 ...
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