[pic] FIN/571 – Student Road Map Week One—Student Road Map 1 Student road map We designed this course to help you develop analytical skills as a manager and apply the tools necessary to make business decisions. Some objectives are linked to short tutorials that connect the math application to business concepts that you learn about in this course and later in the MBA program. Below are some questions a midlevel manager faces regularly and the underlying skills needed to address them.
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Capital Budgeting Case Shawn P. Oeser QRB/501 October 7, 2013 David Gobeli Capital Budgeting Case For the final week of QRB/501 we were asked to complete a Capital Budgeting Case based on two possible corporations for our company. Based on the 5 year projected income statement, 5 year projected cash flow, Net Present Value (NPV), and Internal Rate of Return (IRR); we were to determine which company would be the wiser acquisition. After completing the analysis it was determined that Corporation
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Discussion Questions Wk. 1 Adesola Okoro University of Phoenix Quantitative Reasoning for Business QRB/501 Ted Haas January 16, 2013 Discussion Questions Wk. 1 It gives one an idea of the direction of a company, usually, an ongoing concern that would be in business for some years down the road. Using mathematics allows one to know how much the cost of goods are going to be, how much money can be made, and how many people will be needed for a job. Managers should be able to add,
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Forecasting with Indices Christopher L Kearney University of Phoenix QRB/501 Quantitative Reasoning for Business Maryam Boluri May 2, 2011 Forecasting with Indices This writer will begin by defining forecast and index while detailing the importance of both as they relate to the makeup of any company. This type of data can be financial or non-financial depending on what the company offers. Forecasting is a method used by companies to predict current and future trends. Many companies have
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Capital Budgeting Case Study Atilano Bonilla QRB/501 October 14, 2013 Vladimir Crk Capital Budgeting Case Study The authors of this paper will analyze and interpret the answers to the Capital Budgeting Case Study presented in Week 6’s material of the Quantitative Reasoning for Business course. The paper presents the rationale behind the Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) results, describes the relationship between the two and explains the reasons behind the acquisition
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Capital Budgeting Case Courtney Stermer, Lawana Harrison, Teresa Helms, Chung Xueli (Kimberly) QRB/501 April 21, 2014 Garurank Saxena Capital Budgeting Case This paper will define, analyze and interpret the work done in the Microsoft Excel spreadsheet for Week 6 Capital Budgeting Case study. It presents the rationale behind the Net Present Value (NPV) and Internal Rate of Return (IRR) results, description between the relationship of NPV and IRR, and the reasoning behind the acquisition recommendation
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Forecasting with Indices Jamie Prather QRB/501 April 23rd, 2012 Measuring the winter historical inventory data for the next 12 months consists of preparing a simple exponential forecast method to determine the method of simple average during the 12 separate indices. The forecast was processed by Running mean Absolute Deviation (RMAD) was computed by taking the average of two one-year-wide averages that are offset by one period relative to each other. Computing
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QRB/501 Final Exam | User | 9018561413 | First Name | VALERYE | Last Name | ROGERS | Confirmation # | 20708496 | Score | 47.22 | Total Questions: | 36 | Total Correct | 17 | Start: | 5/20/2012 10:30:57 AM | End: | 5/20/2012 11:48:46 AM | Here is some additional information on items you missed: Topic: [New Question] Topic: Write mathematical expressions and equations for word problems. Readings: Refer to Week One materials | Topic: [New Question] Topic: Write mathematical
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Capital Budgeting Case QRB/501 May, 05, 2014 Julianne Manchester NPV The NPV method of capital budgeting dictates that all independent projects that have positive NPV should be accepted. The rationale behind that assertion arises from the idea that all such projects add wealth, and that should be the overall goal of the manager in all respects. If strictly using the NPV method to evaluate two mutually exclusive projects, you would want to accept the project that adds the most value (such
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Inventory Systems Summary QRB 501- Quantitative Reasoning for Business /MBAA0PUHA2 June 7, 2010 Inventory Systems Summary Inventory characterizes one of an organization’s largest operating cost and the maximum prospect for improving profits. With inventory systems, organizations are able to centralize control of inventory across today’s multi-channel environment. Each team member will describe his or her inventory systems with the advantages and disadvantage of each system. Description of
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