...Team A Week 3 Reflection Sean Zart, Amanda Englert, Anaysa Santoyo, Melissa Love, Courtney Blood, and Clinton Walker October 28, 2013 ECO/372 Principles of Macroeconomics Kathleen Byrne University of Phoenix Online Team A Week 3 Reflection Looking back on week three, the team discussed the role of the Federal Reserve and how they implement the U.S. monetary policies and how they work. The Contractionary and Expansionary policies are the one in the system that are used to control the amount of currency and the interest rates. We also learned how the money multiplier worked in order to effectively create money. We discussed how the Federal Reserve buys and sell bonds in order to add money into circulation or to take it out. We also discussed option two, the economic critique for our team assignment. This week outlined Contractionary and expansionary monetary policy, which a few of us had a few problems with. However, after reading other classmates thoughts and ideas it made better since as to what it actually was. Every so often just reading something will help you grasp a concept better. We also discussed what happens when the Federal Reserve is the net buyer/seller of government bonds to the money supply, the interest rate and what it does to the economy. When it comes to government bonds being a “seller” is not good and can have very negative effects. This is exactly what drives the unemployment rate up. When...
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...ACC/290 Principles of Accounting II Week 3 May 16, 2013 Team A Reflection Summary In week three, Team A began to learn about equity and investments, and how they correspond with organizational accounting. Among these topics, we collectively have learned to understand, comprehend, and apply the types of stocks, how they pertain to corporations, and how corporations issue them. Also in week three, Team A became versed in splits of stock, and how they affect organizational accounting, dividends and how they affect stockholders, and bookkeeping. And finally Team A learned how transactions pertaining to treasury stock are recorded. Corporations have the ability to issue two major forms of stock. The first form is the most common, which is why it was aptly named, common stock. Common stock is generally the stock you hear about most is conversations from day to day. Common stock makes up the majority of all stock and comes with certain titles of responsibility, ownership and dividends. Those who hold common stock with a company they themselves now represent a “share” of ownership with said company. This grants them the entitlement to cast a vote, one per share owned, when the corporation is electing board members of other forms of management that greatly affect the future of the business. And most importantly, common stock gives you the right to your fair share of dividends or in other words a portion of the company’s profits...
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...Learning Team Reflection ECO/365 Learning Team Reflection Week three with its emphasis on market structure provided some areas of greater understanding than the previous week's focus on production and cost analysis. The topics of comfort increased and it seemed that more of the team members agreed with their areas of understanding. While some of the topics did provide a mild amount of difficulties in understanding, it certainly can be seen how the subject matter learned through the team paper has a direct relationship with our career fields. The discussion topic that focused on competition between companies in today’s modern economy provided a topic that was found to be more comfortable among some of our team members. It was easier to understand because of how economists classify the four markets into perfectly competitive, monopoly, monopolistic, and oligopolistic. It further helped to understand this topic through an example of classifying our own companies into one of the four markets. The subject that our team struggled with this week was that of analyzing how revenue decisions change depending on market structures. The reason this topic was confusing was due to the levels of competition in each particular market. After reviewing the material presented in class, we were able to understand that organizations with less competition and more of a monopoly in a particular area are typically more regulated than those with higher competition. This week's team...
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...Weekly Reflection University of Phoenix Principles of Macroeconomics Weekly Reflection During the readings intended for this week’s objectives, we were able understand the true meaning of money and understand how it works. This has been very interesting to understand, as there are different points of views, not only the consumers. We have gotten to know what money is used for and how it works as consumers, but not necessarily the way banks gain from it and how the nations exchange it. For example, banks generate more money from giving money by charging for their services a percentage of the loan. This is known as the rate of interest, and it does play a part in the consumer market, as debtors will shop from bank to bank searching for the best rate. But then again, there’s the Federal Reserve or Fed, who will issue IOUs to the banks when they need to borrow money. We were able to discuss was how money is generated. There has to be a source for money, as its not something that just exists. In the United States, the Fed will issue the monetary policy which will influence the economy by making changes in the banking system. An example is the amount of money given out to the banks for them to loan. This amount is measured by the money multiplier effect, which measure the maximum amount of money the central bank will give the commercial bank. In a certain way, the money multiplier can be considered like the personal credit, where the central bank will consider this...
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...Week 3 Learning Team Reflection Summary MGT/230 Management Theory and Practice January 6, 2013 Linda DeYampert Week 3 Learning Team Reflection Summary Learning Team B collaborated and discussed the previous week’s objectives, which included the planning function of management, and the various factors that influence planning. Planning can be affected by legal issues, ethics and corporate social responsibility. A companys planning is also influenced by strategic, tactical, operational, and contingency planning. As a team we determined that learning about the steps of planning from the textbook’s learning objectives increased our knowledge through the learning activities and the instructor’s teachings. Since we are all in the process of pursuing our career, planning is an important step to ensure that we successfully accomplish our goals. The textbook defines planning as a conscious, systematic process of making decisions about goals and activities that an individual, group, work unit, or organization will pursue in the future (Bateman, 2011). Planning is an essential tool that can be used either in one’s personal life or a company. The planning function consist of identifying and diagnosing the problem, generating alternative solutions, evaluating alternatives, making a choice, implementing, and evaluation. This is a purposeful effort to accomplish ones goals. Planning provides individuals and work units with a clear map to follow in their future activities; at the...
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...Team C Reflection-Week 3 An interest rate is the profit or compensation made from the borrowing of a monetary asset (Colander, 2010). The interest rates are expressed as a ratio or percentage per dollar amount being lent. Although there are several types of interest rates, there are two main classes that each falls underneath: short-term and long-term interest rates. A short-term interest rate is the amount repaid on a debt that has a maturity date of less than one-year (NASDAQ, 2011). A long-term interest rate is amount paid for borrowing money over a longer period such as a mortgage or government issued bonds (Colander, 2010). There are a number of factors that cause the interest rates to fluctuate within an economy. The strength of the economy itself plays a large factor in the fluctuation of the interest rate of any given economy. When a country’s economy is strong, the citizens have jobs, money is being spent, and saved in the market. As more money or demand for money increases so does the interest rate. The opposite is true when demand is low the interest rate will fall. The inflation rate is also a factor in the rise and fall of interest rates in a country. Because interest rates on loans are generally a fixed rate the lender must account for inflation to prevent a loss on the repayment of the loan. Most lenders will charge a higher interest rate on a loan to offset the effects of inflation. Therefore, a steady rise in inflation will cause an increase in interest rates...
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...Failure Analysis/Change Strategy Rosalind Poole, Vuyani Mahluza, Emma Yearby, Robyn Williams LDR /531 July 22, 2013 Dr. Gwendolyn Spann Business Failure Analysis The Hostess brand has had over 13 years of changes prior to the final change of bankruptcy this year. The founder Newman Drake started the business in New York in 1888. In 1960 Drake Bakeries was owned by a larger company, Borden. Borden was the maker of other popular snacks, Cracker Jack and Wise Potato Chips. In 1987 Borden sold the company to Ralston Purina, which was owned by ITT Continental Baking Company the makers of the rival Hostess Cake and Wonder Bread (Drake, 2008). After Drake celebrated a 100th anniversary in 1988, the company was acquired by a Canadian company, Culinar. Despite Culinars ability to become profitable in 1997 from restructuring and optimization of already established company routes, they too sold Drake to Interstate Bakeries Corporation (IBC) a year later (Drake, 2008). In 2007 Grupo Bimbo, another major bakery company wanted to purchase Hostess from IBC for a reported $580 million. IBC declined stating the reason was the low offering price from Grupo Bimbo. Hostess is valued today for $135 million. April 9, 2013 McKee Foods purchased IBC for $27.5 million (Flowers, 2013). McKee Foods decided November 16, 2012 to liquidate Hostess Brand assets and concentrate efforts on the once rival brands to Hostess, Tastykakes. Drake Organization The organization’s mission statement was committed...
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...Week Three Reflection – Team B MGT/311 August 5, 2013 Mohammad Yunus Week Three Reflection – Team B Teamwork, effective communication, and conflict resolution surrounded not only this week's reading materials, but also the discussion threads. Corporations are moving towards a team environment rather than focusing on individual contributions as the means to be efficient, effective, and successful in the constantly evolving markets. As leaders or future leaders, our team has discovered skills necessary to manage, encourage, develop, and facilitate the growth of others. Two points of focus that our team discussed this week were group/team dynamics as well as ways to negotiate conflicts to a resolution. Developing Effective Groups and Teams Projects, events, and certain issues within a company experience better results when a team is designed for the sole purpose of handling that situation. A team has to understand though that there is a necessity for them to be cohesive rather than performing the tasks individually when producing their final project. Companies that create team environments tend to establish greater productivity and creativity versus those who rely on employees to perform single roles. When teams are formed, it is important for management to understand the personalities of the individuals selected to be on the team in addition to the expertise, experience and skills employees would contribute. Too many or too few outspoken people will hinder...
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...Abstract The discussions of Team display the importance of a leader’s recognition and understanding of the various types of influences that affect employee’s behavior. Some influences include perceptions, attitudes, emotions, job satisfaction, and motivation. Another topic of discussion is regarding company failures, management’s contribution to the failure, and the importance of ethical responsibility and actions. Week Three Weekly Reflections Paper This week, Team discusses factors that influence individual’s behavior. The discussion covers the reasons leadership should recognize various types influences. Another topic of discussion is regarding the assignment for the week that explains the relationship between a company’s failure and leadership failure. Influences of Behavior Perceptions Team discusses the importance of a leader’s recognition and acceptance of individual perceptions. Perceptions are genuine to the individual regardless if not practical to others. A leader understanding perceptions can better manage conflicts, foster creative solutions, and gain a perspective of other’s values, biases, and expectations other than his or her own. Attitudes and Emotions Influence Behavior Team discusses the importance of leaders to recognize how attitudes and emotions influence behavior. Attitudes and emotions can have both negative and positive effects on an individual’s behavior. One of those factors is job satisfaction, which measures job involvement and...
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...Learning Team Reflection Marlon Bailey, Timothy Granger, Nadia Martinez, and Sherie Ralston MGT 598 August 3, 2015 Dr. James Bottorff Learning Team Reflection During Week, Three Learning Team B will discuss this week’s objectives with our team. This paper will explain the topics we feel comfortable with, any topics the team members struggles with, and how the weekly topics relate to application in each of our fields. Steeple The topic Sherie struggled with was Steeple. “To take a closer look at the business system and ‘bigger picture' factors in which the business operates; it is useful to use a technique like the STEEPLE analysis. STEEPLE, like SWOT, is an acronym. It stands for ‘social (demographic), technological, economic, environmental (natural), political, legal and ethical’ factors” (Wickham & Wickham, 2008, p. 129). Sherie was unaware of how effective these tools are to help organizations monitor changes that take place in the environment of the organization. She learned that these tools played a significant role for any organization regardless of their products, services, and their industry. Balanced Scorecard After reading the paper by Kaplan and Norton, Timothy discovered through other readings that they are somewhat the basis for using the balanced scorecard system. Although at first it seemed a little foreign to him, he discovered that most companies only take the tangible items that are backed with a financial gain to assess the corporation's...
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...Week 3 Reflection - Outline BIS320 Week 3 Reflection - Outline I. Introduction - Carl A. State purpose of paper, introduce book stores… Amazon is growing and leading sales with a strategy that appeals to non-bookstore buyers. BAM is struggling, while Barnes and Nobles appears to be shifting to more of an Amazon like strategy. All of the companies utilize internet websites. B. Comparison of sales in 2011...Amazon leads the way with $7.96B (excludes electronics, services - books, includes books, music, DVDs) and is growing. Barnes and Noble was second with $4.36B. BAM trailed with $468MM on declining sales. C. Introduce software programs utilized D. Introduce hardware. II. Amazon – Veronica A. History and Mission - Founded in 1994 as Cadabra by Jeff Bezos with global headquarters in Seattle, Washington. Although, its profits were slow coming at the beginning, as planned by Bezos, the annual sales in 2011 were of $48.08 billion with a customer based on 30 million customers worldwide (Marketing Teacher, 2012).In July 1995, the first book sold on Amazon.com was Douglas Hofstadter's Fluid Concepts and Creative Analogies: Computer Models of the Fundamental Mechanisms of Thought (Amazon Media Room, 2012). B. Software utilized - Linux,Oracle,C++,Perl, Mason,Java, Jboss, Servlets (Stack Exchange, 2012). 1. Communications 2. Databases 3. Security C. Hardware - Hardware used includes SCSI / SATA RAID internal storage are some of the software, security...
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...Week Three Reflections Learning Team A discussed the learning objectives assigned for week three of class. Specifically, the team members discussed strategies to help develop effective groups and teams. The team members also discussed strategies to resolve conflict within organizations. The discussion included topics with which the team members felt comfortable or struggled with and how the weekly topics applied to team members’ business field. This paper summarizes Learning Team A’s discussions. Strategies to Develop Effective Groups and Teams The team members discussed the difference between the definitions of work group and work team. The work group share information and make decisions that assists each member perform tasks in his area of responsibility (Robbins & Judge, 2011). The group members do not engage in “collective work that requires joint effort (Robbins & Judge, 2011, Chapter 10) like a work team does. A work group does not create the synergy of a work team. The individual is accountable in a work group but both the individual and team members mutually are accountable. Work group members provide random and varied skills, whereas work team members bring complementary skills to the joint effort. Robbins and Judge (2011) categorized the major characteristics of effective teams into three general categories: context, composition, and process. In the context category, managers play a vital role in providing leadership, structure, a climate of trust...
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...Learning Team D's Reflection Paper for Weeks 1 & 2 The focus of discussion for Team ‘D’ was centered on the objectives outlined in our syllabus. The objectives for week one included evaluating individual characteristics of employees, analyzing the impact of individual employee characteristics on organizational performance, and determining management methods based on individual employee characteristics. The objectives for week two were to determine strategies to motivate employees, and also to create effective organizational communication. Employee motivation is an important factor in the success of an organization. If employees are not motivated then the risk of productivity not reflecting positive numbers and positivity in the work environment is greater. Team Assessment for Week 1 For week one objectives, we found that self-assessments can be very useful aids in determining the skill level of an employee and also determining what the employee thinks of oneself. We were asked to determine whether general attitude, job satisfaction emotion and mood, personalities, values and perception had an impact on the organization as a whole. As well as if we were in a manager’s role, how would we use our employee’s characteristics to make improvements to the organization? Our team discovered many things as a result of evaluating these assessments. Some team members found it interesting that it helped them look at themselves as an employee and see what obstacles their manager might...
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...EDU 675 Week 3 Assignment Ongoing Analysis and Reflection NEW To Buy This material Click below link http://www.uoptutors.com/edu-675-new/edu-675-week-3-assignment-ongoing-analysis-and-reflection-new Ongoing Analysis and Reflection Action research methodology can provide valuable assessment information regarding the outcome of your research. The major purpose of this assignment is to begin to identify significant themes that are becoming evident in the implementation of your action research project and your data collection. The key is to begin to discover trends in your data without making premature decisions; however minor adjustments can be made next week. Action research provides correlative and data driven information that can be used to make positive changes in the teaching and learning environment (Buczynski & Hansen, 2014); Mills, 2014). Additionally, thinking about the key stakeholders and their role in your research is important as well. In summary, this assignment is a preliminary interpretation of the various data obtained thus far. Without committing to initial assumptions, you are to begin to identify the key patterns that are emerging. To prepare for this assignment, view the Silva (2011) video, Action Research @ a Glance. Next, construct your written assignment to meet the content and written communication expectations stated below. Content Expectations • Video Reflection (2 Points): In at least one paragraph, reflect on the knowledge you gained or...
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...EDU 675 Week 3 Assignment Ongoing Analysis and Reflection NEW To Buy This material Click below link http://www.uoptutors.com/edu-675-new/edu-675-week-3-assignment-ongoing-analysis-and-reflection-new Ongoing Analysis and Reflection Action research methodology can provide valuable assessment information regarding the outcome of your research. The major purpose of this assignment is to begin to identify significant themes that are becoming evident in the implementation of your action research project and your data collection. The key is to begin to discover trends in your data without making premature decisions; however minor adjustments can be made next week. Action research provides correlative and data driven information that can be used to make positive changes in the teaching and learning environment (Buczynski & Hansen, 2014); Mills, 2014). Additionally, thinking about the key stakeholders and their role in your research is important as well. In summary, this assignment is a preliminary interpretation of the various data obtained thus far. Without committing to initial assumptions, you are to begin to identify the key patterns that are emerging. To prepare for this assignment, view the Silva (2011) video, Action Research @ a Glance. Next, construct your written assignment to meet the content and written communication expectations stated below. Content Expectations • Video Reflection (2 Points): In at least one paragraph, reflect on the knowledge you gained or...
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