...Business Analysis - Part 1 In this paper I am taking on the role as a mutual fund manager making a decision on if to invest funds into Bank of America (BoA). Over the next three weeks I will conduct an extensive business analysis on BoA and this paper is part one of three of the complete analysis. Part one of the business analysis of BoA consists of a SWOT analysis and my point of view in regard to which part of this analysis is the deciding factor for me to invest in this company or not. In addition all internal and external stakeholders will be identified and their want and needs described. An explanation of how BoA is fulfilling the different needs of the different stakeholders will be the last section of part one in this business analysis. SWOT analysis of Bank of America “Bank of America is one of the world’s largest financial institutions, serving individual consumers, small- and middle-market businesses and large corporations. It is the largest bank holding company in the United States, by assets, and the second largest bank by market capitalization. The company serves clients in more than 150 countries and has a relationship with 99% of the U.S. Fortune 500 companies and 83% of the Fortune Global 500.” (MBA lectures, 2010) A SWOT analysis is defined as: “SWOT is an acronym for Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities and Threats. By definition, Strengths (S) and Weaknesses (W) are considered to be internal factors over which you have some measure of control. Also...
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...1a. Pier 1 Imports started its journey as a single store in San Mateo, California in 1962 in the industry of specialty retail goods and experienced a rapid expansion within few years. The company established its corporate headquarters in Fort Worth, Texas in 1966 and despite being in business for only four years, it already had 16 store locations. In 1972, Pier 1 Imports joined the New York Stock Exchange as a public company with a symbol of PIR and it already had 123 stores by then (“Pier 1 Imports History”, www.Pier1.com). Later in 1986, Pier 1 Imports was incorporated as a Delaware corporation and as of February 28, 2015, the company had 984 stores in the United States and 81 stores in Canada along with an e-Commerce website (10-K, p.5)....
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...Mechanics Assignment 1: Finite Element Analysis Name: Wei Zhang ID: P14021978 Date: Dec17th 2015 Abstract 1.0 Introduction 2.0 Objectives 3.0 Matlab 4.0 Solidworks 4.1 Model of truss 1 4.2 Model of truss 2 5.0 Comparison of the two trusses 6.0 Comparison between MATLAB and SOLIDWORKS 6.1 Comparison of results 6.2 Advantages and disadvantages 7.0 Conclusion Appendix Abstract The purpose of this report is to based on two different 2D pictures of trusses to finite element analysis from two ways. First carried out the selection of materials, and choosing the size of the pipe. Two methods were used two different software for finite element analysis, solidworks and MATLAB. By comparing the simulation results with two software to make sure which is the better way. It was found that the results of MATLAB are more accurate, solidworks results more intuitive. According to the calculation results of the two methods, truss 2 is more reliable. 1.0 Introduction Finite element analysis method using a mathematical approximation of the real physical system to simulation. Also use simple and interacting elements, namely unit, you can use a limited number of unknown quantities to approximate the infinite unknowns real system.The engineering is relying on the model analysis made by computer...
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...Work-Related Project Analysis, Part I ANN moss BSA376 March 27, 2013 DAN ZEMAITIS Work-Related Project Analysis, Part I In this work related project analysis various information will be for gathering information. Some of the areas that will be covered are; methods of searching, interviewing techniques to gather the information, agreement for articulating requirements, and strategies to gather information for computerization. Requirements must be met for end users in an organization when an information system is designed. To attain what the end user want from the information system the creator must obtain complete knowledge of the organization background. It is imperative to know the information gathering techniques with this no information can be overlooked and the purpose and function are visibly understood. The main reason for gathering information is to determine the information requirements of an organization. In most cases, information requirements are not clearly stated by the managers. The person which is performing the analysis is responsible for preparing the exact system requirement specification (SRS), which is without a doubt understood by the end users, SRS is an important...
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...Week 2 Learning Team A Paper Parts 4 & 5 Levels of Measurement for Each Variable in the Study In the survey that Debbie Horner, the Human Resource manager, distributed to the company, there are different levels of data available for analysis. The question seeking information about the respondent’s gender is a nominal-level question. “The nominal level of measurement observations of a qualitative variable can only be classified and counted” (Lind, Marchal, & Wathen, p. 10, 2011). For analytical purposes the order in which the data is displayed makes no difference. The question regarding the division of work for the respondent, and the question regarding if the respondent is a member of management or supervision is also nominal. Also, the question pertaining to length is service is nominal because it only seeks one answer. The ten questions relating to how each respondent feels is interval-level data. The ten questions ask each respondent to rate his or her individual feelings on a scale of one to five. One is considered very negative and five is considered very positive. This is known as a Likert Scale. The Likert Scale is the most popular form of survey data collection because it is easy to assemble, the scale is more reliable, and produce more interval-level data (Cooper & Schindler, 2011). Data Coding After collecting the data, Sally, one the office support staff, began the task of coding the data. While some values were pre-determined other...
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...CONTENTS PAGE QUESTION NO. 1 3 – 5 QUESTION NO . 2 6 – 7 QUESTION NO . 3 8 – 9 QUESTION NO . 4 10- 11 Question 1 x + 2y + z = 4 3x + z = 2 X – y + z = 1 a) Function into a matrix form, let A be the coefficient matrix 1 2 1 x 4 3 0 1 y 2 1 -1 1 z 1 A = 1 2 1 3 0 1 1 -1 1 b) Determinant of A = 1 0 1 -2 3 1 + 1 3 0 -1 1 1 1 1 -1 = 1 (1) -2 (2) + 1 (3) = 1 - 4 + (-3) = -6 c) Minor of A = 1 2 -3 3 0 -3 2 -2 -6 d) Cofactor of A = 1 x 1 = 1 -1 x 3 = -3 1 x 2 = 2 -1 x 2 = -2 1 x 0 = 0 -1 x (-2) = 2 1 x 3 = 3 -1 x (-3) = 3 1 x (-6) = -6 = 1 -2 -3 -3 0 3 2 2 -6 e) Adjoint of A = ( Cofactor A ) = 1 -2 -3 -3 0 3 2 2 -6 = 1 -3 2 -2 0 2 -3 3 -6 f) Inverse of A A-1 = 1/-6 X 1 -3 2 -2...
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...INSS 370 Final Exam Study Guide Below is a study guide for your final exam. There will be a combination of true/false and multiple choice questions. 1. Who is responsible for prioritizing the product backlog? 2. What does a burn‐down chart show? 3. What are the principles outlined in the Agile Software Development Manifesto? 4. If our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software, in general, how can we do that? 5. In agile software processes are the highest priorities to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable software? 6. What traits need to exist among the members of an agile software team? 7. In agile development is it more important to build software that meets the customers' needs today than worry about features that might be needed in the future? 8. The ____ phase of the SDLC includes four main activities: requirements modeling, data and process modeling, object modeling, and consideration of development strategies. 9. One of the main activities in the systems analysis phase is ____ modeling, which involves fact‐finding to describe the current system and identification requirements for the new system. 10. How is planning performed on projects that use Agile approaches? 11. Who should be the main judge of the business value (think of the various roles within an agile team)? 12. How should work be allocated and who should allocate the work to the team in an Agile ...
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...Content Analysis Since the nature of the study was to explore communication material, Content analysis was the selected methodology because of its application in analyzing communication message without putting the researcher’s interpretation. * Print ads were collected. * In the attachment you will find few ads that were collected as part of the content that was analyzed. * Each print ad was shown and thoughts and feelings about the ads were collected. * Many respondents presented more than one thought or feeling. In some cases they described a sentence to capture the imagery in the pictures. * In such cases all individual thoughts and feelings were captured for coding process * Coding Scheme: - The coding scheme that was obtained is as below (in alphabetical order). Please observe the ads you would find how the below codes were developed. SNo | Code | 1 | Adventure sports | 2 | Business | 3 | Celebrity testimonial | 4 | Dance | 5 | Do’s and Don’ts | 6 | Fashion | 7 | Food | 8 | Festivales | 9 | Food | 10 | Handicrafts | 11 | History | 12 | Hospitality | 13 | Nature | 14 | Natural Landscape | 15 | Monuments | 16 | Music | 17 | People | 18 | Public Awareness | 19 | Religion | 20 | Shopping | 21 | Spirituality | 22 | Sports | 23 | Wellness | 24 | Wildfire | * Theme generation: - Seven themes were identified based on the coding schemes. The list of themes are as below Sno | Code | Theme | No of...
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...Case study (2) NATURAL DISATSTERS AND DECISIONS THAT FOLLOW EHAB ABD ELGALIL ELDEBERKEY ELGRESSEY 01223677767 Problem definition There is no code of ethics to deal with such natural disaster and very random following decisions Justification of the problem This problem caused through: 1. Lack of planning or primitive planning system which not include a clear code of ethics to deal and match this situation 2. Unwise decisional policy which lead to more complications 3. Neglecting or absence of customer care concepts Alternatives 1. Setting up a code of ethics and decisional policy through the whole plan to regulate dealing with these sudden or predicted situations. 2. Situation analysis and negotiation with the affected customers (victims) about an average compensation to keep them satisfied and to keep the organization reputation and attract more of the new customers. 3. Making a social agreements with the government or even the national charity organizations to share paying the compensations and cover some of the loss Evaluation 1. Alternative number 1 It is an essential corner stone in setting up a business plan is to include a clear code of ethics which represent a social commitment and also will * Prove an honest reputation for the organization in the customer mind * Help to count the profit range according to the risks * Control and rule the decision of How to handle these situations 2. Alternative...
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...Item Analysis Item # Upper (14) Lower (14) DI ID 1 12 7 0.68 0.36 Retain 2 8 2 0.36 0.43 Retain 3 10 4 0.50 0.43 Retain 4 9 6 0.57 0.21 Retain 5 8 3 0.39 0.36 Retain 6 10 6 0.57 0.29 Retain 7 8 4 0.43 0.29 Retain 8 8 2 0.36 0.43 Retain 9 10 5 0.53 0.36 Retain 10 10 6 0.57 0.29 Retain 11 8 2 0.39 0.46 Retain 12 8 1 0.32 0.5 Retain 13 11 6 0.61 0.36 Retain 14 10 3 0.46 0.5 Retain 15 12 9 0.75 0.21 Retain 16 9 8 0.61 0.67 Revise 17 14 9 0.82 0.36 Revise 18 10 6 0.57 0.29 Retain 19 12 6 0.64 0.43 Retain 20 6 5 0.39 0.07 Revise 21 10 5 Retain 22 12 8 Retain 23 11 3 Retain 24 11 2 Retain 25 10 3 Retain 26 10 4 Retain 27 10 1 Retain 28 12 1 Retain 29 10 6 Retain 30 10 3 Retain 31 12 9 Retain 32 4 0 Revise 33 10 1 Retain 34 12 4 Retain 35 11 3 Retain 36 12 2 Retain 37 10 3 Retain 38 13 4 Retain 39 9 6 Retain 40 11 4 Retain 41 5 4 Revise 42 11 1 Retain 43 10 6 Retain 44 9 4 Retain 45 10 3 Retain 46 10 2 Retain 47 8 3 Retain 48 11 7 Retain 49 11 5 Retain ------------------------------------------------- 50 11 5 Retain ------------------------------------------------- ...
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...Problems Question 1 #1 c only, Be sure to 1) identify all of the paths in the diagram and their lengths, 2) indicate which is the critical path, 3) work out the ES, EF, LS, LF for each activity, 4) what are the slack times for each activity? Solution Path | Expected Path Time | 1-2-5-12-16 | 44 | 1-3-6-13-16 | 39 | 1-3-7-14-16 | 41 | 1-4-8-9-10-11-15-16 | 35 | 1-4-8-10-11-15-16 | 38 | The critical path in this diagram is 44, that is 1-2-5-12-16 as the slack time is 0. Activity | ES | EF | LF | LS | Slack | 1-2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2-5 | 10 | 24 | 24 | 10 | 0 | 5-12 | 24 | 37 | 37 | 24 | 0 | 12-16 | 37 | 44 | 44 | 37 | 0 | | | | | | | 1-3 | 0 | 14 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 3-6 | 14 | 29 | 34 | 19 | 5 | 6-13 | 29 | 35 | 40 | 34 | 5 | 13-16 | 35 | 39 | 44 | 40 | 5 | | | | | | | 1-3 | 0 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3-7 | 14 | 25 | 28 | 17 | 3 | 7-14 | 25 | 38 | 41 | 28 | 3 | 14-16 | 38 | 41 | 44 | 41 | 3 | | | | | | | 1-4 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 4-8 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 8-10 | 11 | 15 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 10-11 | 15 | 22 | 28 | 21 | 6 | 11-15 | 22 | 28 | 34 | 28 | 6 | 15-16 | 28 | 38 | 44 | 34 | 6 | | | | | | | 1-4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 4-8 | 3 | 11 | 20 | 12 | 9 | 8-9 | 11 | 12 | 21 | 20 | 9 | 10-11 | 12 | 19 | 28 | 21 | 9 | 11-15 | 19 | 25 | 34 | 28 | 9 | 15-16 | 25 | 35 | 44 | 34 | 9 | Question 7 Three recent college graduates have formed a partnership and have opened an advertising firm. Their...
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...CHAPTER 4 PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS AND INTERPRETATION OF DATA This chapter presents the data gathered, analysis and interpretation of data. The study focused on the Study Habits of Tourism Students of College of the Holy Spirit. It initially determines the demographic profile of the respondents. Problem 1: What is the demographic profile of the respondents. Age Number of Respondents (f) Percentage (%) 16 – 17 7 14% 18 – 19 24 48% 20 – 21 12 24% 22 – 23 5 10% 24 – 25 2 4% Total 50 100 Table 1 Frequency Distribution of the Tourism Students According to Age Table 1 shows the frequency distribution of tourism students according to their age. Most of the students belonged to the age bracket of 18-19 years old having the biggest percentage of 48% with 24 respondents. The second biggest percentage belonged to the age bracket 20-21 having 24% with 12 respondents. The least percentage, 4% belonged to the age bracket 24-25 years old with 2 respondents, both irregular students. Gender Frequency (f) Percentage (%) Male 0 0 Female 50 100 Total 50 100 Table 2 Frequency Distribution of the Tourism Student According to Gender Table 2 presents the frequency distribution of the respondents according to gender. Based on the table, there were no male tourism students enrolled at College of the Holy Spirit, meaning all of the respondents were female with a total number of 50, equivalent to 100%. Year/Level Number of Respondents (f) Percentage (%) BSTM II 8 16% BSTM III...
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...its inability to expand at the current facility. Staffing levels are rebuilt or contracted as determined by production schedules and as reflected by staffing requirements and constraints. To minimize the potential for over or under staffing, hiring should be based on a review of RWBFC’s production schedule and a review of at least 2 to 3 months forecasting. In order to develop the staffing plan for RWBFC the basis of estimate analysis needs to be used, considering the following constraints: * RWBFC needs to operate ten hours a day * RWBFC needs to operate seven days a week * Employees must have three consecutive days off * The manufacturing process requires a minimum of 20 employees The following table represents a simple schedule that meets all constraints and satisfies minimum daily staffing requirements. # of staff needed | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | Saturday | Sunday | 1 | Off | Off | Off | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | Off | Off | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Off | 3 | Off | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | Off | Off | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Off | Off | Off | 5 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Off | Off | Off | 2 | 6 | 3 | 4 | Off |...
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...Resources |Listening |Reading |Class Reading |Writing |Final test 1 |Final test 2 | |Ex 1-2 Barrons |Test 1: |RP1 T1T3 (cam5) |task1 |Camb 6 test 1 |From old handbook | |numbers/letters |Cambr 7 test 1 |RP2 T1T2 (cam5) |macmillan (macarter) |Reading: | | |Ex.3 Camb 7 Section 1 |Test 2: |RP3 T4T1 (cam5) |task 2 |Camb 7 test 2 | | |Ex 4. Emotions Barrons |Cambr 7 test 4 |RP4 Mozart (macmillan) |Kaplan (celeb) |Writing | | |Ex. 4 |Test 3 |RP5 T4T3 (cam5) |simon |Chicken consumption | | |-camb 7 test 4 sect3 |Plus 2 (old) |RP6 T2T1 (cam6) |dcielts |(camb 7 test 2) | | |-sect 3 from previous |Test 4: | |Sample essays |Media essay | | |final test1 |Plus 2 (old) | |1 celebrities |(vocabulary for | | |Ex “time” “frequency” |Test 5: | |2 TV |ielts unit 19) | | |from barrons |Plus 2 (old) ...
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...gain again or worst you may never have it at all. So the time these are wasted for nothing, for sure the blame for this mistake will be felt truly. When looking at the profile of those students who are working and at the same time is studying, you would notice that they never dare wasting their time. For them, every second counts. Make an observation and you will find out that almost all of the working students are working too hard to finish their studies. For them, wasting their effort, time and money is such a big mistake. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY The objective of studying this matter is to know the profile of the working students and the implication on the class standing. Specifically, they need to answer these following questions: 1. What was the working students are going through while they are studying and at the same time working? 2. What are the statuses of the working students when it comes to their grades and their participation in class?...
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