...Living Richly 1. The compensation of the CEOs and other top managers did have an impact on the problem that they created for themselves. At the time though they did not care I don’t think. All they cared about was how big of a bonus and pay they could receive. Again it all came down the almighty dollar and how much they could make. I think it all as to do with greed. I don’t think they really cared about what was happening with their businesses they were running. They saw how much money they were given for giving out money to bad financial risks. In the end I don’t think they cared how it was going to affect their business in the long run. All they care about was the short run and how much money they could make. Instead of giving out compensation based on booking profits, they should have just given them a flat salary. That way any extra profits that were made could have been used to get Citi out of trouble instead of the government having to kick in taxpayer dollars to bail them out so they wouldn’t go under. 2. Of course the board of directors actions had a major effect on how everything played out at the company. They had the power to stop what was going on and they did nothing about it. Maybe at the time they didn’t think anything was wrong, but as the article stated some thought that they did not have enough time to handle the situation. If this was the case I think if you can’t handle or have enough time to do the job as a board of director you should resign. ...
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...FOREIGN LANGUAGE (Script) BSHRM3-Alpha BAYLON, Katrine Mae C. - Kakai Ne Hoo(Jannreb’s Girlfriend) EPHAN, Joshua Jovanie M. - Receptionisr/Roxy GARBANZOS, Jannreb - Bong Nava Lee JAVELLANA, Glenn K. - Cedrico Lee NUNEZ, Fran Marie A. - Narrator/Housekeeper PAMPOSA, John Arvin C. - Waiter ------------------------------------------------- VALLES, Jussel John I. - SCENE 1 - Restaurant Narrator: Nà shì yīgè yángguāng míngmèi de xiàwǔ, dāng li shì xiōngdì juédìng jiāng jùyǒu xiāngtóng de xiātóng de xiǎochī Ephiphany Resto Bar jiǔbā. Glenn: Xiānshēng wǔ an zhèlǐ de càidān ma? Arvin: Wǒ kěyǐ bǎ nǐ de dingdān xiānshēng? Jussel: Wǒ yào bīng lùchá hé qiēpiàn zhīshi dangāo? Jannreb: Wǒu yāo tong tā Glenn: Bīng chá yībēi, qiǎokèlì dàngāo de qiēpiàn. Arvin: 2 Bīng lùchá. 2 Qiēpiàn zhīhì dàngāo, yī shì bīng chá hé yīgè qiǎokèlì dàngāo. Shì zhèngquè de, xiānshēng? Jussel: Nà shì zhèngquè de. Jannreb: Fǘwùyuán! Kuàng jiāng shì ná chū? Wǒ bìxū qù fúbùsī jiǚdiàn wǒ de nǔ péngyǒu yǐjīng cóng xīnjiāpō gǎn dào. SCENE 2 – Hotel Narrator: Fúyo hòu tā de mingling Bong qù tā nǔ péngyǒu de jiǔdiàn, dàn wangle wén fángjiān hào. Jannreb: Wǔ ān xiǎojiě, qǐngwèn kakai NE háo de fángjiān háomǎ? Receptionist: Xiàwǔ hǎo, xiānshēng, qǐngwèn nín de míngzì? Jannreb: Fèng hǎijūn li Receptionist: Wǒ shì shuō, tā qídài nín de dàolái tōngzhī wǒmen de kèrén cuòguò kakai NE hū. Fángjiān 302 xiānshēng. Jannreb: Xièxiè Narrator: Zài shiwēn 302. Jannreb: Qiāo Katrine: Jìnlái fēngmi...
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... Promotion is communication by marketers that informs, persuades, and reminds potential buyers of a product in order to influence their opinion or elicit a response. True False Answer Key: True Question 2 of 25 Score: 4 (of possible 4 points) Black & Mild FT are the only cigars on the market made with “a skillful blend of premium pipe tobaccos and a filter tip for extra smoothness.” This feature creates a competitive advantage for the product. True False Answer Key: True Question 3 of 25 Score: 4 (of possible 4 points) A U.S. manager is working with some Indonesians who do not speak English. In attempting to exchange information, they are using symbols to assign meanings to the facts the manager hopes to convey. This is an example of communication. True False Answer Key: True Question 4 of 25 Score: 4 (of possible 4 points) Nature Valley uses popular magazines, radio, and cable television to promote its brand of trail mix. Nature Valley uses mass communication. True False Answer Key: True Question 5 of 25 Score: 4 (of possible 4 points) One way of conveying a message that the receiver will hear properly is to use abstract words and pictures. True False Answer Key: False Feedback Concrete words and pictures should be used, not abstract. Question 6 of 25 Score: 4 (of possible 4 points) NutriFoods is concerned that its advertising...
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...Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen BaseTech / Principles of Computer Security: CompTIA Security+™ and Beyond / Wm. Arthur Conklin / 619-8 / Chapter 2 2 General Security Concepts “The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.” —HENRY FORD In this chapter, you will learn how to ■ Define basic terms associated with computer and information security ■ Identify the basic approaches to computer and information security ■ Distinguish among various methods to implement access controls ■ Describe methods used to verify the identity and authenticity of an individual ■ Describe methods used to conduct social engineering ■ Recognize some of the basic models used to implement security in operating systems 20 P:\010Comp\BaseTech\619-8\ch02.vp Wednesday, November 09, 2011 2:01:20 PM I n Chapter 1, you learned about some of the various threats that we, as security professionals, face on a daily basis. In this chapter, you start exploring the field of computer security. Color profile: Disabled Composite Default screen BaseTech / Principles of Computer Security: CompTIA Security+™ and Beyond / Wm. Arthur Conklin / 619-8 / Chapter 2 ■ Basic Security Terminology The term hacking has been used frequently in the media. A hacker was once considered an individual who understood the technical aspects of computer operating systems...
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...Issue of the study: 1. How the company motivate the employees to achieve the goals? Frederick Winslow Taylor (1856-1917) put forward the idea that workers are motivated mainly by pay. Based on his theory, he said that the workers do not naturally enjoy work and so need close supervision and control. Therefore managers should break down production into a series of small tasks. Taylor’s methods were widely adopted as businesses saw the benefits of increased productivity levels and lower unit costs. However workers soon came to dislike Taylor’s approaches as they were only given boring, repetitive tasks to carry out and were being treated little better human machines. Company could also afford to lay off workers as productivity levels increased. This led to an increase in strikes and another forms of industrial action by dis-satisfied workers. However, based on another theory which is has been introduced by Elton Mayo (1880-1949), he believed that workers are not just not concerned with the money but could better motivated by having their social needs met whilst at work. He focused on managers taking more of an interest in the workers, treating them as people who have worthwhile opinions and realising that workers enjoy interacting together. Compare to the Taylor’s and Mayo’s theory, we would like to further investigate this issue and get the solution between the methods used by human resource management to motivate their employees. Do they apply...
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...Assignment 1 Assignment 1 is worth 10% of your final grade, and should be completed after Lesson 3. It has two parts. • Part A: six short-answer questions worth a total of 30 marks • Part B: three case analyses worth a total of 70 marks Part A: Short-Answer Questions (30 marks total) Answer each question in one to two paragraphs. 1. What are the major differences between pure play e-commerce and bricks-and-clicks operations? What are the benefits and limitations of each? (5 marks) Pure play e-commerce is when companies only have web presence and no stores, it saves the companies from spending on expensive commercial property needed to built a store, the downside is that they might not already have the money to start the website. Bricks and clicks is when the company has physical presence in form of store or stores and also a website. 2. One of the key motivations for developing an e-commerce site is immediate access to a much larger market. Explain why an increased market reach may have benefits, and describe its limitations. (5 marks) A much larger market has numerous benefits because it can give a sudden boost to sales as a lot more people have access to the goods sold by the site. The limitations can be when the the company cannot keep up with the orders or when due to limited warehouses delivery takes a lot of time, leaving the customers unhappy. 3. What are the three most important mediation issues in e-commerce...
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...THE OTHER WOMAN Group 8 3 – D Pharmacy Members: Sta. Ana, Axelle Anne Tan, Rhey Antoanette Tiu, Chrisanthydel Uy, Philene Victa, Ma. Nerissa Diane Villaflor, Ruby Anne Mae Ysit, Raymond Ivan I. Author of the Text Norma O. Miraflor graduated with a degree of AB Philosophy from the University of Santo Tomas. She received various awards from the Philippine Free Press and Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards in Literature. She and her sister are poets and fictionists. Due to their eloquence in English, they both wrote various English poems, fictional stories and novels. She and her sister were like the famous Brönte sisters who were renowned British novelists. She worked as a journalist and taught English and Literature in different colleges and universities in Metro Manila. She travels extensively and divides her time between Singapore and Australia. She is married to a war historian and communist named Chin Peng. She said in one of her books “I have a list of my husband’s kindnesses as long as my arm. I have often been distracted. I never mean to seem ungrateful and on this score, I am lucky.” II. Summary of the Text This story is about a woman who is a writer and a mother of four sons. She is just like a traditional mother who was expected to be dominated by her husband but she differs from other mothers in the way that she relates with her family. Even from the start of her marriage...
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...First it is crucial to understand the concept of comparative advantage which is "The person or country that produces a good with a smaller quantity of inputs, or that produces more output per unit of input, is said to have an absolute advantage in producing that good”. To illustrate the concept of comparative advantage requires at least two goods and at least two places where each good could be produced with scarce resources in each place. The example drawn here is from Ehrenberg and Smith (1997), page 136. Suppose the two goods are food and clothing, and that "the price of food within the United States is 0.50 units of clothing and the price of clothing is 2 units of food. [Suppose also that] the price of food in China is 1.67 units of clothing and the price of clothing is 0.60 units of food." Then we can say that "the United States has a comparative advantage in producing food and China has a comparative advantage in producing clothing. Countries usually trade to buy goods that are produced at a lower cost elsewhere. Countries and people have different costs of production or (to put it differently) different abilities in producing goods. They can take advantage of their differences in order to make themselves better off. When they do this, they experience gains from trade. (Moffatt, 2011) First, endowments of key inputs may vary from nation to nation, just as endowments of talents, skills, and physical characteristics vary across individuals. For example, commercial farming...
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...QUESTION 1: IKEA after being well established in the European market they have decided to expand their business into US market as they see enormous opportunity due to its vast market, which gives IKEA to improvise its business performance to a greater extend. IKEA have adopted on relying primarily on third-party manufacturers, IKEA’s engineers design a low-cost modular furniture that customers can easily assemble, and they specifically focused on serving for young customers who desires style for a low cost. The furniture’s in IKEA were designed clean-lined and appealing in a Euro-Style. This provides IKEA a competitive advantage over its competitors in US which sells more expensive line of furniture, this advantage is essential for IKEA since there are many strong retailers who are well established in US thus, this will give an upper hand for IKEA as being a new entrant for the market. However there are some possible challenges that might be faced by IKEA when entering the US market and this needed to be identified before entering the market. 1.1 ONE FOR ALL One of the major problem that IKEA might be facing in US will be caused by its concept of one for all. This concept can be a major obstacle for its performance in US as IKEA unwilling to adapt the size of furniture according the market’s demand, since IKEA wants to have one type globally. This can be huge drawback for IKEA as failing to fulling the demand of customers can lead to its own downfall, which satisfying...
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...Case Assignment 2.1, pg 1 1. What’s your opinion regarding forced ranking performance appraisals? Do they motivate employees? Explain. While at first I would somewhat agree with forced ranking performance appraisals, from a management and leadership perspective in order to assess who deserves merit for recognition, pay raises and promotions. But from an employees’ point of view, it can be very demotivating if one finds themselves at the lower end of the spectrum. Instrumentality may be negative and affect overall job security and satisfaction. Individuals may not perceive the forced ranking system as fair when being compared to their coworkers and inputs may vary from person to person. Overall, I feel that forced ranking does not motivate employees as there are a variety of factors to include that may each weigh differently (i.e. job experience, EI, reliability, productivity, quality, etc.). 2. How would equity theory explain some employees’ negative reactions to forced rankings? Explain. The equity theory explains some employees’ negative reactions from forced rankings by changing an employees’ inputs, how much effort to invest into their current job. The attitudes or mindsets of employees’ may change, that job security is more important than a raise. Or, the employee may just decide to resign from their current job position due to annoyance or perceived inequalities. The equity theory centers on overall pay as the outcome. 3. Based on Chapter 5, if you...
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...Areas Of Overlap An area of overlap for a Human Resources consulting include the area of employment laws based in Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act as amended. HR consultants serving as strategic partners are giving access to sensitive information consequently, the client expects the consultant to act professionally and ethically concerning distribution of information that is the property of the client (Stewart, 2011). When an HR consultant departs one client and joins another client it is understood that the knowledge acquired at the previous company is not only sensitive, it is also valuable if shared with the new client. It is worth mentioning that all information is not sensitive. For instance if the overlap is an issue such as workplace violence and the HR consultant devised a training module that reduced the occurrence of violence by 20%, then this information can be rightly shared with the new client. Conversely, if the HR consultant was present during strategic planning session with the previous client and learned information that would give the new client a competitive edge, doing so would be an ethical violation and could led to criminal prosecution. Overlapping issues require the HR professional to use good judgment in addition to following the ethical guidelines outlined by the Society of Human Resource Management (SHRM code of Ethics). SHRM requires all of its members and highly recommends all nonmembers to follow the ethical guidelines posted on the SHRM...
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...MG – 670 Managerial finance Assignment 5A Parth Patel ID No - 0164872 Managerial finance Professor - Jorge J. Zavala, Ph.D. Question & Problems 6.1, 6.4, 6.7, and 6.12 6.1 Future value with multiple cash flows: Konerko, Inc., expects to earn cash flows of $13,227, $15,611, $18,970, and $19,114 over the next four years. If the company uses an 8 percent discount rate, what is the future value of these cash flows at the end of year 4? Solution: 0 8% 1 2 3 4 ├───────┼────────┼───────┼────────┤ $13,227 $15,611 $18,970 $19,114 FV4 $13,227(1.08) 3 $15,611(1.08) 2 $18,970(1.08)1 $19,114 $16,662.21 $18,208.67 $20,487.60 $19,114 $74,472.48 6.4 Present value with multiple cash flows: Saul Cervantes has just purchased some equipment for his landscaping business. He plans to pay the following amounts at the end of the next five years: $10,450, $8,500, $9,675, $12,500, and $11,635. If he uses a discount rate of 10.875 percent, what is the cost of the equipment he purchased today? Solution: 0 10.87% 1 2 3 4 5 ├───────┼────────┼───────┼────────┼───────┤ $10,450 $8,500 $9,675 $12,500 $11,635 $10,450 $8,500 $9,675 $12,500 $11,635 2 3 4 (1.10875) (1.10875) (1.10875) (1.10875) (1.10875) 5 $9,425.03 $6,914.35 $7,098.23 8,271.33 $6,943.82 $38,652.76 PV 6.7 Present value of an ordinary annuity: An investment opportunity requires a payment...
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...Programming Development – Personal Learning Management Programming Development: Personal Learning Management Part 3 Author: Stephanie Heinrichs University of Phoenix – PRG 211 3/22/14 Programming Development: Personal Learning Management The part of the program I believe to need an array would be the entire program. The Subject, the Classes, the weeks, the keywords, and the notes. I am still unsure as to how the arrays work, I have been trying to practice them, but there is not much in the way of instruction on how to use them. I know it can be a list or a table, which works well with the program. For example, the program can be a table starting from the subject, breaking down into the classes, which break down into the weeks that break down into the keywords and the notes. In my opinion, the only way the program could be put together in its simplest form would be in an array. Using an array can reduce the number of variable names needed in a program because a single array can be used instead of a collection of simple variables to store related data (Venit, Stewart & Drake, Elizabeth; Prelude to Programming Concepts and Design; Chapter 6- Arrays: Lists and Tables.). So using an array is the best way to simplify my entire program. The best part of the array is being able to set up the search for the index of keywords. It will make being able to type in the keyword...
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...MODULE 1 ASSIGNMENT Note: Before you begin the assignment for Module 1, please click the Module 1 assignment link in the online course navigation pane for instructions on how to complete and submit your responses for marking. Part A: Multiple-choice questions Note: For multiple-choice questions, select the best answer. Answer each item by giving the number of your choice. Incorrect answers will be marked as zero. Please include your answers to the Part A multiple-choice questions with your answer to Part B. Question 1 (20 minutes) a. Fine Fertilizers Limited (FFL) produces a line of lawn fertilizers that are manufactured under controlled conditions to ensure the ingredients are stored carefully and mixed in the correct quantities. FFL has many competitors in the industry ranging from small private companies to large public companies. Recent news articles in the fertilizer industry have highlighted the need for a focus in environmental concerns. The CEO has decided that FFL should consider the implementation of an environmental scorecard. Which of the following is the best reason to use an environmental scorecard? 1. 2. 3. 4. The scorecard promotes good corporate citizenship. FFL can compare its scorecard rating to its competitors. It is an effective measure in a bonus plan to increase net profit. It enables FFL to measure its efficiency in producing fertilizer. b. In order to make the financial statements of Genex Inc. more appealing to investors and to inflate the management...
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...MODULE 1 ASSIGNMENT Note: Before you begin the assignment for Module 1, please click the Module 1 assignment link in the online course navigation pane for instructions on how to complete and submit your responses for marking. Part A: Multiple-choice questions Note: For multiple-choice questions, select the best answer. Answer each item by giving the number of your choice. Incorrect answers will be marked as zero. Please include your answers to the Part A multiple-choice questions with your answer to Part B. Question 1 (20 minutes) a. Fine Fertilizers Limited (FFL) produces a line of lawn fertilizers that are manufactured under controlled conditions to ensure the ingredients are stored carefully and mixed in the correct quantities. FFL has many competitors in the industry ranging from small private companies to large public companies. Recent news articles in the fertilizer industry have highlighted the need for a focus in environmental concerns. The CEO has decided that FFL should consider the implementation of an environmental scorecard. Which of the following is the best reason to use an environmental scorecard? 1. 2. 3. 4. The scorecard promotes good corporate citizenship. FFL can compare its scorecard rating to its competitors. It is an effective measure in a bonus plan to increase net profit. It enables FFL to measure its efficiency in producing fertilizer. b. In order to make the financial statements of Genex Inc. more appealing to investors...
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