...Week 7 Assignment: Salem Manufacturing Directions For this assignment, you’ll read about Salem Manufacturing and answer the question that follows. This assignment is due at 11:59 p.m. on the seventh day of Week 7. Grading Criteria Use the following criteria to guide your work for your Week 7 assignment. Tasks | Target: | Week 7 Assignment: Salem Manufacturing | This assignment will be graded by a key provided by the instructor. Weekly assignments are worth 40 percent of your final grade, with the instructor taking the best four scores out of the five weekly assignments. (10 points) | Hedging using Foreign Currency Derivatives Shiela Penny is the Chief Financial Officer [CFO] of SALEM Manufacturing, a U.S. based manufacturer of gas turbine equipment. She has just concluded negotiations for the sale of a turbine generator to Crown, a British firm for One million pounds. This single sale is quite large in relation to SALEM’s present business. SALEM has no other current foreign customers, so the currency risk of this sale is of particular concern. The sale is made in September with payment due three months later in December. Shiela Penny has collected the following financial market information for the analysis of her currency exposure problem: Spot Exchange rate: $1.5640 per British pound. 1,000,000 x 1.5640 = 1,564,000 Three month forward rate: $1.5549 per pound 1,000,000 x 1.5549 = 1,554,900 SALEM’s cost of capital: 16% U.K...
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...Outback Steakhouse HRM 530 November 14, 2011 Dr. West Discuss how the employee selection methods at outback Steakhouse help the organization achieve a competitive advantage. In most business the selection process is one of the most important parts of the business. The employee selection methods at Outback Steakhouse help the organization achieve a competitive advantage by hiring employees who fit their needs and there strategic plans. With this method Outback can determine if an employee will fit with not only the job but the organization itself (Stewart & Brown 2009). Outback employees had to take care of others, and they were accountable for doing so. Outback Steakhouse have a competitive advantage because they chosen the right people through having a realistic job preview and testing methods. By Outback Steakhouse taking this approach it keep turnover rate down low and employee commitment high. By having the job preview this is the first step to eliminating employees that just don’t have the commitment and will know if the job is right or not. Choosing the right employees can improve the efficiency of the other human resource practices and avoid various problems. This method benefits Outback Steakhouse because it allows more time to focus on the customer. “ With the Human Age accentuated by demographic shifts such as aging workforces, worsening talent mismatches, the collaborative power of fast-evolving technologies and the need for companies to do more with...
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...University of Phoenix Material Goal Setting and Time Management Worksheet Using the information from the Goal Setting and Motivation and the Time Management interactive presentations, respond to the following three questions: 1. Describe your time management plan to complete weekly assignments and participation goals. What specific days have you set aside for these activities? Your response must be between 50 and 75 words. My time management plan to complete assigments and participate in class discussion is pretty simple. All of my plans are worked around my school work, I mainly work on class assignments overnight when it's more peaceful in my house. At times, I do wait to the last minute to get things done but now that I have a schedule hopefully i'll get things done on time. I have certain days to do class discussions and those days are usually tuesday, thursdays, and saturdays if able. 2. What is your time management plan to balance your academic, personal, and professional responsibilities? Your response must be between 50 and 75 words. My time management plan to handle my personal, academic, and professional responsibilities would be tough. My professional schedule is contemporary all over the place but I plan to manage with this hassle until I get everything situated so I can have set days off to handle my academic responsibilities. My personal life will work around my professional and academic schedule. 3. In the following chart, choose one of...
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...include problem framing, data collection, data analysis, and data presentation. Week 1 - Topic 1: Recognizing the Situation Objectives Recognize a situation, problem, issue, or opportunity that needs addressing. Determine the significance, scope, magnitude and feasibility of finding a solution to the situation, problem, issue, or opportunity. Identify ethical issues involved in business research. Describe the business research process. Materials Week One Student Guide Sample Examination to prepare for Final Examination EBOOK COLLECTION: Business Research Methods, Ch. 1 EBOOK COLLECTION: Business Research Methods, Ch. 2 EBOOK COLLECTION: Business Research Methods, Ch. 3 EBOOK COLLECTION: Business Research Methods, Ch. 4 ARTICLE: Week One Topic Searches Assessment Individual Assigment: Current Events in Business Research Write a 300-word summary of the business research process by describing the business research process from your experience in the workplace or in an article you find through the University Library. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Please see the instructor's syllabus for this week's assignments. Week 2 - Topic 1: The Purpose of Business Research Objectives State the purpose of the business research. Develop appropriate research questions and hypotheses. Identify dependent and independent variables in business research. Materials Week Two Student Guide EBOOK COLLECTION: Business Research Methods, Ch. 5 EBOOK COLLECTION:...
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...Week 1 Assigment – ACCT 555 2-16 a) 1 b) 3 c) 2 d) 1 2-17 a) 1 b) 2 c) 4 d) 3 2-19 a) Leadership responsibilities for quality within the firm b) Monitoring c) Acceptance and continuation of clients and engagements d) Monitoring e) Monitoring f) Engagement performance g) Relevant ethical requirements h) Human resources i) Human resources j) Leadership responsibilities for quality within the firm 2-20 a) The factors to consider are the historical review of the company’s financial statements including the performance and reputation of the previous firm. Another would be the integrity of the officers of the company to determine whether they would give accurate information. b) Other issues related to public companies include the documents that need to be submitted to the SEC on a quarterly and yearly basis. 3-23 a) 4 b) 3 c) 3 3-25 a) 4 b) 4 c) 3 3-26 a) It tries to say that all the information was presented in a fair manner and that there may be some mistakes but they will not affect the materiality of the financial statements. b) That the financial statements and audit were done in accordance with the rules and regulations required. c) That the auditors reviewed it and that they feel the information was fair and accurate. d) Because the auditor is representing the whole firm and not just himself as an individual. e) That the audit was done with the practices...
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...include problem framing, data collection, data analysis, and data presentation. Week 1 - Topic 1: Recognizing the Situation Objectives Recognize a situation, problem, issue, or opportunity that needs addressing. Determine the significance, scope, magnitude and feasibility of finding a solution to the situation, problem, issue, or opportunity. Identify ethical issues involved in business research. Describe the business research process. Materials Week One Student Guide Sample Examination to prepare for Final Examination EBOOK COLLECTION: Business Research Methods, Ch. 1 EBOOK COLLECTION: Business Research Methods, Ch. 2 EBOOK COLLECTION: Business Research Methods, Ch. 3 EBOOK COLLECTION: Business Research Methods, Ch. 4 ARTICLE: Week One Topic Searches Assessment Individual Assigment: Current Events in Business Research Write a 300-word summary of the business research process by describing the business research process from your experience in the workplace or in an article you find through the University Library. Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Please see the instructor's syllabus for this week's assignments. Week 2 - Topic 1: The Purpose of Business Research Objectives State the purpose of the business research. Develop appropriate research questions and hypotheses. Identify dependent and independent variables in business research. Materials Week Two Student Guide EBOOK COLLECTION: Business Research Methods, Ch. 5 EBOOK COLLECTION:...
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...DeVry University College of Business and Management Pomona, California Assigment 3 By Arturo Bauer A.Bauer4@hotmail.com Submitted in Partial Fulfillment of the Course Requirements for Principles of Economics ECON312 3269 Nitin Dvivedi April 14, 2010 Week 6 Assignment Introduction The current macroeconomic situation has been an issue of many talks in the United States and worldwide. Everyone is trying to change the situation, but no definite answer has been found. 1] What is the “current macroeconomic situation” (e.g worrying about inflation and/or recession) in the U.S.? The macroeconomic situation in the United States is not stable due to the financial instability, especially in the macroeconomic arena, because imports and exports are really down. The case for macroeconomic policy stimulus has been stronger in the United States than in Europe or Japan and both US monetary and fiscal policy have already acted forcefully. Going forward, the scope for policy support to decelerating activity depends on inflation developments. Soaring oil, food and other commodity prices have led to a sustained pickup in headline inflation rates and increases in producer price inflation suggest further impending cost pressures. In these circumstances, a ratcheting up of inflation expectations...
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...University of Phoenix Material Effective Study Habits Worksheet Review Phoenix Career Plan results of Career Plan Building Activity: Work Culture Preference, respond to the following in 50 to 100 words each: 1. Describe your ideal study environment. My ideal study environment is my room where I can be alone. When my sister goes to school, it becomes quiet and I’ll be able to concentrate and complete my assignements.Sitting on my bed makes me relax and comfortable to do focus. If I get distracted, I lay down and take a break until I gather my thoughts together so I can write. 2. List some of the distractions that might hinder your study progress or your performance in an online classroom. Watching TV, doing chores around the house, listening to music, helping my mom cook , reading articles online which is no school related. picking up my sister from the school bus, giving her a bath, sometimes she wants to play, and making sure she gets her nap. People visit and I have appoinments every week to see my therapist. 3. What actions can you take to manage and eliminate distractions? When my sister go to school, I try to squeeze in as much time as I can to finish assignments. When she goes to sleep, I take 30 more mintues to finish everything I didn’t finish before. It’s a routine I follow everyday and I always use my cell phone alarm to remind me of what I need to do in case I forget. 4. How will you apply your personal learning style? How...
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...Windows 7 Maintaining and Optimizing Guide This is a guide to help people through the IT/286 week 9 toolwire assignment. The assignment has you examine the reliability monitor, view current activity, identify application causing problems, and enabling automatic updating. On the following pages there will be steps to perform these tasks and pictures of what you should see if done correctly. Examining the Readability Monitor This task allows you to see all applications running and what is leading to performance troubles. Be sure to follow the steps below to ensure you end up in the right area. You need to make your way to the action center. 1. Click start and then control panel; the control panel should now be open. 2. Click action center from the control panel to open up the reliability monitor. 3. In reliability monitor you can examine current system stability chart. By expanding the maintenance section then select reliability history. Once this is done you will see the chart and have ability to check for solutions to any reported problems. Keep in mind this does not always give solutions. 4. After attempting to solve problems in the reliability monitor you can now close the window, simply click red X in the top right side of the window. If this has not been much help to solve the performance trouble other than tell what is wrong, you can try looking in the view current activity. This will mean opening the problem application and resource...
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...Current IT Situation - External II. Gap between IT Situation and Desired IT. And please, double check your grammar. Posted by: GLENN HINES Posted to: CIS511004VA016-1114-001 Enterprise Resource Planning .Assignment 2 submittal title instructionsPosted on: Monday, May 16, 2011 When submitting Writing Assignments 2 and 3, please title your uploaded documents as assignment2_yourlastname and assignment3_yourlastname respectively, e.g. assignment2_hines. Posted by: GLENN HINES Posted to: CIS511004VA016-1114-001 Enterprise Resource Planning .Week 7 Assignments and Discussion/Activity ForumPosted on: Monday, May 16, 2011 The week 7 reading and lecture assignments and discussion/activity forum on Production and Materials Management are available. Posted by: GLENN HINES Posted to: CIS511004VA016-1114-001 Enterprise Resource Planning .Week 6 Activity - Financial Accounting Best PracticesPosted on: Monday, May 9, 2011 The week 6 discussion/activity forum on Financial Accounting best practices is available. Remember, this is a graded forum. Posted by: GLENN HINES Posted to: CIS511004VA016-1114-001 Enterprise Resource Planning .Assignment 2 is now availablePosted on: Monday, May 9, 2011 Writing Assignment 2 is now available for you to view. It is due on May 22th by 11:59 PM EST. Posted by: GLENN HINES Posted to: CIS511004VA016-1114-001...
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...FT15 MBA Overview Diary - last updated 6.10.15 Syllabus Week Oct-15 THIS TIMETABLE IS PROVIDED AS AN OVERVIEW - STUDENTS SHOULD ALWAYS REFER TO THE WEEKLY NEWSLETTER FOR THE MOST UP TO DATE TIMETABLE Week 10 Week 11 mon tues wed sun thurs fri sat sun mon tues wed thurs 28-Sep 29-Sep 30-Sep 1-Oct 2-Oct 3-Oct 4-Oct 5-Oct 6-Oct 7-Oct 8-Oct fri 9-Oct sat 10-Oct sun 11-Oct mon 12-Oct tues 13-Oct wed 14-Oct Week 12 thurs 15-Oct fri 16-Oct sat 17-Oct sun 18-Oct mon 19-Oct tues 20-Oct wed 21-Oct Deadlines FT AM M.People 1 M.People 2 MICE 1 Residential FT15 INDUCTION MIGE 1 M.Finance 1 Negotiation Skills Workshop 17.30 - 20.00 FT EVE Syllabus Week Nov-15 sun 01-Nov mon 02-Nov tues 3-Nov wed 04-Nov Week 15 thurs 05-Nov sat 7-Nov sun 8-Nov mon 9-Nov Career Development Careers Appts /Private Study M.People 5 MIGE 5 M.Finance 5 Language Classes 2pm 5pm MICE 5 PD Consultancy Hours & Careers One to Ones afternoon wed 11-Nov thurs 12-Nov fri 13-Nov sat 14-Nov sun 15-Nov Strat Mgt 5 M.People 6 MIGE 6 Careers Appts /Private Study M.People 7 FT EVE MIGE 7 M.Finance 6 PD Consultancy Hours & Careers One to Ones afternoon sun mon tues 30-Nov 01-Dec wed 2-Dec wed 9-Dec MICE 7 Strat Mgt 6 M.People 8 fri 4-Dec sat 5-Dec sun 6-Dec ...
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... | Distribution List |Name |Organization |Title | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Table of Contents 1. Introduction 4 1.1 PURPOSE 4 1.2 Scope 4 1.3 Definitions, Acronyms, and Abbreviations 5 1.4 References 6 1.5 Overview 7 2. Participants 8 2.1 SIGNATORIES 8 2.2 Contacts 8 2.3 Responsibilities 8 3. Service...
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...------------------------------------------------- EXPORT PLANNING ------------------------------------------------- AMB210 ASSIGMENT( SEM1,2013) By KA SUEN CHAN (N8376875) Executive Summary The Fresh Cheese Company is predominantly a manufacturer of multi-award winning high quality Italian style cheese in Victoria. Local success and popular in some other existing foreign market show the competitive advantage of the company’s product. Company is currently seeking for more market expansion oversea. This report will focus on China as a great potential market. Traditionally, cheese was not a favourite food in China. In recent years, influenced by western culture, cheese has become increasingly popular in most developed cities, especially among new generation. With huge population and great purchasing power, China’s cheese market is still in an infancy stage but growth rapidly in recent years. The purpose of this report is to conduct a consolidated analysis to construct an export planning. Table of Contents Executive Summary 2 Table of Contents 3 1.0 Introduction 4 2.0 Export readiness analysis 4 2.1 Competitive advantage 4 2.2 Production capacity 4 2.3 Export experience ...
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...Module Assignment One 1.0 Introduction to the assigment - Morrisons The supermarket chain to which this report refers to is ‘Morrisons’; this is considered to be one of the big four supermarket retailers in the country and since its creation in 1899 has grown from strength to strength. Morrisons is a family run empire that first started as an egg and butter merchant in Bradford, as times progressed its first supermarket was opened in 1961 (also in Bradford), throughout the 1970s and 1980s the company diversified into distribution of stock, and in 1999 its 100th year of trading it also opened its 100th store. In 2000 its first store opened in Wales, and in 2004 they branched into Scotland. “The OFT said the big four supermarkets - Tesco, Asda, Sainsbury's and Morrisons - had built up their dominance of the food retailing business over the past six years.” , A sign of the times was when the company took over the Safeway’s Group ‘creating the UK’s fourth largest supermarket group’. At present there are more than 360 stores; several factories, distribution centres and head office administrative posts across the country employing over 130,000 staff and welcoming around 10 million shoppers each week; their mission statement is ‘to deliver the very best for less’ . 2.0 A review of the macro environment of Morrisons ‘Macro environment relates to the larger forces that have an impact on society as a whole and not just on one or a few organisations…the company’s macro-environment...
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...the past literatures, the researchers argued that time management and external motivation have relatively higher influences on students' academic performance. The quantitative questionnaire survey method was employed for this study. The findings of the study indicated that there is a significant and positive relationship between time management and students' academic performance. In the light of the findings, we discuss the importance of time management in order to improve students' academic performance. Implications, suggestions and recommendations for students, parents, policy makers and educational stakeholders were discussed. Keywords: time management, external motivation, students' academic performance, Universiti Utara Malaysia 1. Introduction There is no doubt that today's students are the future leaders for nation building. However, the journey of transforming a nation's dreams into reality is not easy. Students in every discipline in universities should overcome various obstacles in order to achieve better academic performance measured by the GPA system. The Grade Point Average (GPA) system, as an indicator of the students' academic performance, is used in many countries around the world (James & Chilvers, 2001; Svanum & Zody, 2001). Malaysia is no exception. It is not necessarily true that a high level of academic performance will always be associated with a high intelligence quotient or hard work. Thus, the factors that influence students' academic performance...
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