Acc211 Unit 7 discussion latest 2017
Subject: Business / Accounting
Question
Week 7 discussion
What insight does ROI give into investment performance? Is it acceptable to lose profit on one product, if that product is vital to the sale of an extremely profitable product? Why?
As you think about these questions, also consider what other measures beside ROI might be help in analyzing solutions to business problems – or opportunities.
Darly Havidson is a small manufacturer of motorcycles
Subject: Business / Management
Question
Inventory Managment
Q1. Darly Havidson is a small manufacturer of motorcycles. Which of the following would not be inventory to this company?
a. Gaskets used in assembling its motors
b. Copy paper in the main office
c. The cost of advertising its product to consumers
d. Steel sheets waiting to be manufactured into motorcycles
Q2. Inventories
a. reduce the risk of not receiving supplier material
b. are generally costless for the producer
c. can never be reduced without reducing profits
d. all of the above
Q3. Which of the following is a cost of holding inventory?
a. Salary of the CEO
b. T.V. advertising costs
c. Breakage and spoilage
d. All of the above
Q4. Which inventory system provides the most up-to-date inventory counts?
a. Periodic
b. Perpetual
c. Peripatetic
d. Perennial
Q5. Which of the following costs is associated with inventory?
a. Holding costs
b. Ordering costs
c. Shortage costs
d. All of the above
Q6. Kendall Corp is a computer manufacturer with four items in its inventory. The cost of each item and its annual usage by Kendall are as shown Which items would you consider “A” items?
Item Cost per Item Annual Usage Annual Volume
A.Cables $60.00 10,000 $600,000
B.Hard Drives $50.00 5,000 $250,000
C.Labels $1.00 75,000 $75,000
D.Switches $1.50 5,000 $7,500
a. Cables
b. Hard drives
c. Labels
d. Switches
Q7. Which items would be classified as “C” Items for Kendall?
a. Cables
b. Hard drives
c. Labels
d. Switches
Q8. The process of ordering, using and receiving inventory is called the
a. Economic Order Quantity (EOQ)
b. Shipping Time
c. Gyrocycle
d. Inventory Cycle
Q9. Which of the following is not true about Just-in-Time Inventories…
a. They require close coordination between supplier and manufacturer
b. They require a computer
c. They have been adapted in manufacturing plants worldwide
d. They are never monitored by suppliers
Q10. A manufacturer uses 3,000 units of materials (Q) per year. They order the 1,000 units for delivery at the beginning of the year. The annual cost of holding a material is $10/unit (H). What is the annual inventory holding cost for Barnes Widget Manufacturers? (Reminder Annual Holding Costs = (Q/2)*H)
a. $30,000
b. $20,000
c. $15,000
d. $10,500
Q11. Gidget Manufacturing uses 10,000 units of inventory per year. Orders are placed in 2,000 unit increments. If each order costs $2,000 to place, what is the expected annual ordering cost for Gidget Manufacturing? (Reminder Annual Ordering Costs = (D/Q)*S)
a. $2,000
b. $5,000
c. $8,000
d. $10,000
Q12. A manufacturing company uses 20,000 units of inventory per year. They order inventory in 1,000 increments at a cost of $100 per order. They have also determined the cost to hold inventory is $30 per unit. What is the total inventory cost for Widgets and Gidgets? (Reminder Total Cost equation TC= (Q/2)*H + (D/Q)*S)
a. $4,000
b. $15,000
c. $17,000
d. $19,000
Q13. A hardware store has an inventory ordering cost of $500. If demand is 1,000 units and holding cost is $4 per unit, what is the optimal order size? (Reminder Optimal Order Size = Qo = (Square Root of (2DS/H))
a. 50 televisions per order
b. 100 televisions per order
c. 500 televisions per order
d. 1,000 televisions per order
Q14. Yarpo Supermarket uses 100 gallons of heating oil per day. The lead-time on a delivery is four days. For safety reasons, the company always wants to have a two-day supply of fuel oil on hand. What is the reorder point? (Reminder ROP = d * LT + S)
a. 60
b. 600
c. 6,000
d. 60,000
Q15. Smileys Candies sells 20 boxes of chocolate per day. The candy company delivers chocolate every Monday. Smileys calls its orders in on Friday. If Smileys always wants to keep 20 boxes as a safety stock, and it has 30 boxes on hand, how many boxes should it order? (Reminder Fixed Order Interval, Q = d * (OI) + d * (LT) + S a)
a. 300 boxes
b. 190 boxes
c. 140 boxes
d. 90 boxes
Company in terms of how it either deals with CSR or SSCM
Subject: Business / General Business
Question
Thesis format
The initial section of the thesis should deal with the approach taken by the subject
company in terms of how it either deals with CSR or SSCM. That is, the Senior Thesis needs to
address one but not both of these two dimensions of sustainability. Information regarding a
company’s CSR or SSCM can be found in the academic and popular press and can also likely be
found in the company’s annual report or in other materials issued by the company. Information
on SSCM may also be found in industry publications dealing with the particular industries that
the subject company competes in. There are also industry publications that deal with the general
subject of supply chain management. The module articles and information presented by student
pairs should provide a good framework from which to consider one of these aspects of company
sustainability. This section should be 3-5 pages in length, double-spaced.
The second section of the project should deal with the approach taken by the company in
terms of how it deals with employee development. Information regarding employee
development of a particular firm can be found in the same places as mentioned above. Articles
discussed in class and covered in the modules may be useful for this section. Internal
information sources, such as from an employee at the subject company, can be pertinent in this
section and may be included. It may be possible to gain this information from sites like
Glassdoor.com. This should not, however, be the sole source of information for this section of
the project. This section should also be 3-5 pages in length.
The final section, Sustainability, should be approached in the manner indicated in Figure
1 on p 277 of the Figge et al. (2002) article. That is, you should first choose the strategic business unit of a company you wish to study, then
identify the environmental and social aspects of concern and then determine the strategic
relevance of these environmental and social aspects. Identification of the environmental and
social exposure of the business unit studied should be approached using the Environmental and
Social exposure frameworks found in Figures 2 and 3 in Figge et al. (2002). See Below As is described in Figge et al. (2002), students will prepare a Strategic Matrix presented
in Figure 4 that will include the four strategic perspectives of the Kaplan and Norton (1992)
article for their subject company.
A non-market perspective should be evaluated and its inclusion will depend on the its
relevance to the company in question. That is if the student, once (s)he has completed the
analysis, believes that there is significant environmental or social exposure to the company that
has not yet been addressed by the four conventional perspectives, then this exposure should be
included in the Matrix as a non-market perspective.
Once the Strategic Matrix, has been completed, students should present the SBSC in the
form of a strategy map, a sample of which is found in Figure 5, p 282 of Figge et al. (2002).
Each strategic perspective will be described using qualitative and quantitative information found
during the company analysis and will be arranged in the hierarchical method indicated in Figure
5 (Below) This section should be 5-9 pages in length. Written Portion (75 points)
1) The analysis clearly follows the form described in these instructions i.e. three distinct sections
corresponding to the three dimensions of sustainability as presented in the course. Points will be
deducted for a form not corresponding to the above.
2) Examples of an actual company are used to address the strategic perspectives indicated in the
Figge et al. (2002) article. The analysis should not make guesses about the way things are done
in the subject company. If it is not possible to obtain information regarding certain aspects of the
strategic perspectives analysis found in Table 1 or Table 2 in Figge et al. (2002), then those
aspects should not be included and only those points for which actual information or data are
available should be included. Points will be deducted for excessive guesses or presumptions.
3) There is sufficient and appropriate use and application of business theory as presented in the
text and the course. Points will be deducted for insufficient use of theory.
4) There are correct and appropriate citations of business theory using APA citation style. At
least 15 different references must be cited. Incorrect citations will result in a deduction.
5) Writing issues such as spelling, grammar and punctuation are important and the paper should
reflect care in terms of these issues. Persistent incidences of errors in these areas will result in
deduction of points.
ECO 303 – Because of asymmetric information
Subject: Economics / General Economics
Question
ECO 303 AS 10 (Ch. 10)
Multiple choice @ 1.5 points each. Select the best answer available.
1) Because of asymmetric information, the failure of one bank can lead to runs on other banks. This is the
A) too-big-to-fail effect. B) moral hazard problem.
C) adverse selection problem. D) contagion effect.
2) During the boom years of the 1920s, bank failures were quite
A) uncommon, averaging less than 30 per year. B) uncommon, averaging less than 100 per year.
C) common, averaging about 600 per year. D) common, averaging about 1000 per year.
3) In the early stages of the 1980s banking crisis, financial institutions were especially harmed by
A) declining interest rates from late 1979 until 1981. B) the severe recession in 1981-82.
C) the disinflation from mid 1980 to early 1983. D) the increase in energy prices in the early 80s.
4) That several hundred S&Ls were not even examined once in the period January 1984 through June 1986 can be
explained by
A) Congress’s unwillingness to allocate the necessary funds to thrift regulators.
B) regulators’ reluctance to find the specific problem thrifts that they knew existed.
C) slower growth in lending meant that less regulation was needed.
D) Congress’s unwillingness to listen to campaign contributors.
5) The ability to use the too-big-to-fail policy was curtailed by the passage of the FDICIA. To use this action today,
the FDIC must get approval of a two-thirds majority of both the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve and
the directors of the FDIC and also the approval of the
A) Secretary of the Treasury. B) Senate Finance Committee Chairperson.
C) governor of the state in which the failed bank is located. D) President of the United States.
6) Competition between banks and other financial intermediaries
A) encourages greater risk taking. B) encourages conservative bank management.
C) increases bank profitability. D) eliminates the need for government regulation.
7) Regulations that reduced competition between banks included
A) branching restrictions. B) bank reserve requirements.
C) the dual system of granting bank charters. D) interest-rate ceilings.
8) Regulations designed to provide information to the marketplace so that investors can make informed decisions
are called
A) disclosure requirements. B) efficient market requirements.
C) asset restrictions. D) capital requirements.
9) The current supervisory practice toward risk management
A) focuses on the quality of a bank’s balance sheet.
B) determines whether capital requirements have been met.
C) evaluates the soundness of a bank’s risk-management process.
D) focuses on eliminating all risk.
10) The primary difference between the “payoff” and the “purchase and assumption” methods of handling failed banks is
A) that the FDIC guarantees all deposits when it uses the “payoff” method.
B) that the FDIC guarantees all deposits when it uses the “purchase and assumption” method.
C) that the FDIC is more likely to use the “payoff” method when the bank is large and it fears that depositor losses
may spur business bankruptcies and other bank failures.
D) that the FDIC is more likely to use the purchase and assumption method for small institutions because it will be
easier to find a purchaser for them compared to large institutions.
11) Reasons regulators chose to follow regulatory forbearance rather than to close the insolvent S&Ls include all of
the following EXCEPT
A) they had insufficient funds to close all of the insolvent S&Ls.
B) they were friends with the S&L owners.
C) they hoped the problem would go away.
D) they did not have the authority to close the insolvent S&Ls.
12) The too-big-to-fail policy
A) reduces moral hazard problems.
B) puts large banks at a competitive disadvantage in attracting large deposits.
C) treats large depositors of small banks inequitably when compared to depositors of large banks.
D) allows small banks to take on more risk than large banks.
13) A well-capitalized financial institution has ______ to lose if it fails and thus is______ likely to pursue risky activities.
A) more; more B) more; less C) less; more D) less; less
14) Federal deposit insurance covers deposits up to $250,000, but as part of a doctrine called “too-big-to-fail” the FDIC
sometimes ends up covering all deposits to avoid disrupting the financial system. When the FDIC does this, it uses the
A) “payoff” method. B) “purchase and assumption” method.
C) “inequity” method. D) “Basel” method.
15) Moral hazard is an important concern of insurance arrangements because the existence of insurance
A) provides increased incentives for risk taking.
B) is a hindrance to efficient risk taking.
C) causes the private cost of the insured activity to increase.
D) creates an adverse selection problem but no moral hazard problem.
16) The practice of keeping high-risk assets on a bank’s books while removing low-risk assets with the same capital
requirement is known as
A) competition in laxity. B) depositor supervision.
C) regulatory arbitrage. D) a dual banking system.
17) Off-balance-sheet activities
A) generate fee income with no increase in risk. B) increase bank risk but do not increase income.
C) generate fee income but increase a bank’s risk. D) generate fee income and reduce risk.
18) The Resolution Trust Corporation was created by the FIRREA in order to
A) manage and resolve insolvent S&Ls. B) build up trust in government regulation.
C) regulate the S&L industry. D) purchase large amounts of government debt.
ETHC445 Week 3 Discussion 1 & 2 Latest 2017 March
Subject: General Questions / General General Questions
Question
dq 1
Applying the Death Penalty (graded)
First, here is a word of caution. With this discussion comes a tasking to discuss the death penalty in two ways: first, as an expression of the social contract, where one person has killed another in a violation of that other person’s right to peace and safety, and second, as a rules-based function of the justice system being applied to a difficult situation.
What do you see going on that is a violation of the Hobbes/Locke social contract idea?
And you might also connect it with any of the Three Schools, plus Aristotle, that you have read in past weeks—and especially with the rules-based ethics model.
Here’s the situation: In Manatee County, Florida, a judge sentenced a man to death—the first time this had happened in the county for over 19 years. Sentenced to death was a 25-year-old man for the January 7, 2004, murder of both of his parents by bludgeoning them to death in their bed with a baseball bat.
Now, with your social contract ethicist hats on, tell us what you make of this quote by the judge at the sentencing, quoted from the front page of the November 17, 2007 Bradenton Herald: “You have not only forfeited your right to live among us, but under the laws of the state of Florida, you have forfeited the right to live at all.”
Have at it, good folks. But, rather than running off with reactions and opinions about the death penalty in general, please do keep it in the context of our social contract discussion for this week and also connected with ethics of justice.
dq 2
Living in Our State of Nature (graded)
Social Contract theorists say that morality consists of a set of rules governing how people should treat one another that rational beings will agree to accept for their mutual benefit, on the condition that others agree to follow these rules as well.
Hobbes runs the logic like this in the form of a logical syllogism:
1) We are all self-interested,
2) Each of us needs to have a peaceful and cooperative social order to pursue our interests,
3) We need moral rules in order to establish and maintain a cooperative social order,
Therefore, self-interest motivates us to establish moral rules.
Thomas Hobbes looked to the past to observe a primitive “State of Nature” in which there is no such thing as morality, and that this self-interested human nature was “nasty, brutish, and short” — a kind of perpetual state of warfare
John Locke disagreed, and set forth the view that the state exists to preserve the natural rights of its citizens. When governments fail in that task, citizens have the right—and sometimes the duty—to withdraw their support and even to rebel. Listen to Locke’s audio on the lecture tab and read his lecturette to be able to answer this thread.
Locke addressed Hobbes’s claim that the state of nature was the state of war, though he attribute this claim to “some men” not to Hobbes. He refuted it by pointing to existing and real historical examples of people in a state of nature. For this purpose he regarded any people who are not subject to a common judge to resolve disputes, people who may legitimately take action to themselves punish wrong doers, as in a state of nature.
Which philosophy do you espouse?
In coming to grips with the two and considering your experience of society as it is today, think out loud about what you experiences as the State of Nature, and tell us what you would be willing to give up in exchange for civil order and personal security?
You might consider what you have already given up in exchange for security as well as what might be required in coming days.
MT217 – Unit 9 Assignment 1: Writing Assignment
Subject: Business / Finance
Question
Unit 9 Assignment 1: Writing Assignment
In this Assignment, you will research career options using electronic libraries/databases, then write about your chosen career.
This Assignment will assess your knowledge based on the following outcomes:
GEL-1.1:Demonstrate college-level communication through the composition of original materials in Standard American English.
GEL-6.5:Use electronic libraries/databases for research purposes.
There are numerous career options available to business and finance graduates. You can begin careers in government, the non-profit sector, corporate finance, banking, investments and wealth management, education and other fields. However, it is useful to know the expected salaries and the projected job demand for a particular skill set prior to spending years acquiring the expertise to work in that field. One of the ways you can learn more about a particular career is to research that career using various resources. For assistance in your search you can use the Kaplan University Library and the Center for Excellence in Financial Services to assist in your expository paper. Then using various resources write a one-two page paper regarding your chosen career including:
1. The job description
2. Explanation of the skill set needed to perform the job
3. The demand for the job
4. Salary projections for the chosen career field
5. Explain how your current qualifications match up to the skills needed
6. Explain the websites you have visited and what you learned from each
7. Cite at least 3 search references using APA format
Assignment Checklist:
â Write your original response in Standard American English, paying special attention to grammar, style, and mechanics.
â Respond to each area in a thorough manner, providing specific facts and figures and matching your skills to the qualifications needed.
â Ensure that your all information is clearly stated and cited.
â Demonstrate logical and appropriate transitions from one idea to another.
â Your paper should be highly organized, logical, and focused and demonstrate original thought.
â Your paper should be a minimum of one â two pages.
â Make sure you write and cite your work and reference all materials used for your research using APA format.
â Make sure to address the critical elements listed above and in the grading Rubric below to demonstrate your competence of the outcome you are being assessed on.
Unit 9 [MT217: Finance]
Nr449 all weeks discussion 2017 may latest
Subject: Health Care / General Health Care
Question
week 1
Clinical Decision Making (graded, 25 points)
Describe a clinical situation where you were concerned (e.g., a higher incidence of falls, infections, errors, etc.) and where decisions were made to improve the situation. What sources of evidence were utilized to make the decision (e.g., personal experience, expert advice, etc.)?
Role of Research (graded, 25 points)
Research is a fundamental role that every nurse and healthcare practitioner plays but in different ways. How can you use evidence to improve nursing care as a new nurse?
week 2
Describe a Significant Clinical Issue (graded, 25 points)
In Unit 7, you will produce a group project based upon your assigned topic located in your team collaboration tab. Please review the current literature and provide an article that relates to your assigned topic. In this thread, please discuss how this article will be beneficial to your assigned topic.
Formulate Searchable Clinical Questions (graded, 25 points)
Read the assigned case study and formulate a searchable, clinical question in the PICO(T) format. There are several potential questions that could be asked. Identify if the focus of your question is assessment, etiology, treatment, or prognosis.
The case study for this discussion is located in the Assignments tab for Unit 2.
week 3
Research Problems and Designs (graded, 25 points)
Would your problem identified in the Unit 2 discussion question lend itself to a qualitative or quantitative design? What level of evidence (research design) would best address the problem? Explain your answer.
Gaps in Evidence (graded, 25 points)
Given your experience in search of your topic, what gaps in evidence were found? What challenges were there in finding appropriate search terms? What led you to believe the sources of information were credible, along with the credentials of the authors?
week 4
Sampling (graded, 25 points)
The most common sampling method is the convenience sample; therefore, many of the studies that you find for evidence use this sampling method. What are the implications of using a convenience sample on the way that you interpret and use the findings?
Ethical and Legal Issues (graded, 25 points)
Search for a contemporary example of breaches of the standards for ethical and legal research. Do not duplicate examples.
week 5
Measurement Strategies (graded, 25 points)
Give one example of a data collection method used in one of the studies identified in your Unit 5 project. What variable was this method used to measure?
Credibility of Data Collection (graded, 25 points)
Provide any information given related to the validity and reliability of the data collection instrument in the first discussion.
week 6
Identifying and Interpreting Descriptive Statistics (graded, 25 points)
Examine the survey results located in the Resources section of the Unit 6 Assignments page. Choose one of the items, determine the descriptive statistic that is reported, and indicate what it means. For example, “What is the highest level of education of this group?” (Please do not repeat the same topic as your classmates.)
Identifying and Interpreting Inferential Statistics (graded, 25points)
Discuss the importance of inferential statistics in research. How does it differ from descriptive statistics? Please give an example of inferential statistics and support your answer with current literature.
week 7
Clinical Significance (graded, 25 points)
How does a nurse know what (if any) knowledge in a research study is usable for clinical practice? What would a critical thinker look for in the evidence before deciding to change? What influence do credibility and clinical significance have on your decisions to integrate research-based evidence into your practice?
Sharing Evidence (graded, 25 points)
Please share the factors you used to determine that the evidence found in your group project is sufficient for a change of practice and defend your decision.
week 8
Feedback of Group Projects to Peers (Graded, 25 points)
The leader of your group will post your group project in this discussion. Each student will comment on a fellow classmate’s project. There will be two posts required in this thread for full credit.
Where Do You Go From Here? (Graded, 25 points)
How has your thinking changed about nursing research and evidence-based practice as the result of this course? How can you apply what you have learned to your practice to make it based on evidence?
Netflix Рgroup̢s analysis of a publicly traded firm
Subject: Business / General Business
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Question
Topic Netflix: РThe paper will be your group̢s analysis of a publicly traded firm (i.e., the entire company, not just a division or brand). The firm may be traded on any exchange (U.S., non-U.S.). The firm must be publicly traded so that you will have access to financial and other information needed for analysis. Your group will prepare and present its findings in the way a management consulting team would.
Use reputable source material (e.g., Businessweek, Industry Week, Forbes, industry-specific publications, etc.). Access source material online from the Kean Library. The barcode on the back of your student ID is the password for remote access to the library. URLs, blogs, and company websites are unacceptable citation sources.
1) Paper outline
a) Abstract: A summary of the paper – not a history of the company. Include only the main issues – current strategy and performance, the firm’s options, problem areas. This section should be written only after the paper is completed.
b) External Analysis: Analyze external Opportunities and Threats (e.g., industry-competitive, economic, demographic, political-legal, technological, etc.).
c) Internal Analysis: Analyze internal Strengths and Weaknesses (e.g., resources – financial and non-financial, tangible and intangible). Include financial trend data – available from finance.yahoo.com and edgar.sec.gov. Use financial ratios over time (3 years) to analyze performance.
d) Strategic Options and Recommendations: Synthesize your findings from #b and #c to identify options. Use SWOT. Do not use far-fetched or unworkable alternatives to make your final recommendation appear more attractive. Make reasonable assumptions relative to your recommendations, but do not invent facts. Identify feasible options you can evaluate with objective criteria (e.g., if you recommend something, can your firm get the financial or other resources needed to carry out your recommendation?).
e) Implementation Steps: Identify the sequence of steps needed to put your recommendations into action. Identify how you will get required resources, how you will deal with resistance to change, provide financial projections based upon your recommendations.
2) Format the Paper Correctly: 15 pages double-spaced APA format (excluding cover, TOC, and appendix). Page numbers. Use headings in the paper to identify sections. Use an appendix for financial data, tables, or charts, and reference these in the body of your paper.
NR447 Week 8 Discussion Latest 2017 March
Subject: General Questions / General General Questions
Question
Closing the Loop (graded)
Complete the Week 8 AACN Essentials Self-Assessment located in Course Resources.
Compare your scores from Week 2 to Week 8.
Describe how far have you come and how much further do you wish to go in improving your competencies during the next two years of practice.
Next, review the Course Outcomes as listed in the Syllabus. Select one of the course outcomes and share with your classmates how you feel you have achieved the outcome and how you will utilize the essentials and course outcomes in your practice setting.
POLI330 Week 3 TCO Assessment Latest 2017 April
Subject: Political Science / General Political Science
Question
1. Question :
(TCO 2) As we have been discussing, throughout history, many people were not fans of pure democracy. One of the reasons for this was the idea of factions, as addressed in Madison’s Federalist No. 10. So what is the definition of a faction?
Question 2. Question :
(TCO 2) Why are factions a threat to a democratic government?
Question 3. Question :
(TCO 2) According to Madison, what are the two ways to remove the cause of a faction?
Question 4. Question :
(TCO 2) From your reading, please distinguish why the two ways to remove a faction are not effective.
Question 5. Question :
(TCO 2) What is it about human nature that causes factions to form?
Question 6. Question :
(TCO 2) Differentiate the characteristics of a pure democracy from a republic.
Question 7. Question :
(TCO 2) In referencing Madison, provide at least two reasons explaining why a republic can do a better job of controlling the effects of faction than a pure democracy.
Question 8. Question :
(TCO 2) Assess Madison’s argument. Do you find that a republican form of government is the best way to control factions, in contrast to pure democracy? And how do you think this system has worked in controlling the factions over time?