...Sir Richard Branson, Chairman, Virgin Group, Ltd. Case Study Assignment 4 Professor Leadership and Organizational Behavior February 26, 2012 Since the beginning of history humans have lived in groups guided by the group leader; in which leader is either chosen for his characteristics or born into through cast. No matter the culture this is similar through the human race. Humans need someone to guide them, teach them, someone to look up to. Without followers there is no leader. “That is, leader is a term applied by observers to someone whose behaviors and characteristics match the observers’ implicit leadership preferences” (Hellriegel, D., & Slocum, J. W., Jr. (2011). They are different type of leaders and leadership style depending on the situation and solution needed at that moment by the followers. In my opinion good leaders have shown to be flexible enough to switch between leadership styles depending on the demands of the situation. One of the worlds most intriguing, succesful and enduring entrepreneurial business leaders today is Richard Branson, someone who takes control of the situation by conveying a clear vision and goals for the team, a marked passion for the work and an ability to make the group feel recharged and energized. I consider Richard Branson to be a transformational leader, a leader with vision, confident, motivation, passion and determination. He is the founder of Virgin Group Ltd. “Born July 18, 1950, in Surrey, England, Sir...
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...Corridors of Transition between 12 Angry Men and 12 “I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice”. Abraham Lincoln “The virtue of justice consists in moderation, as regulated by wisdom”. Aristotle ”Nobody gets justice. People only get good luck or bad luck”. Orson Welles Justice = mid-12c., "the exercise of authority in vindication of right by assigning reward or punishment;" also "quality of being fair and just," from Old French justice "justice, legal rights, jurisdiction" (11c.), from Latin iustitia "righteousness, equity," from iustus "upright, just" . The Old French word had widespread senses, including "uprightness, equity, vindication of right, court of justice, judge." The word began to be used in English c.1200 as a title for a judicial officer. Meaning "right order, equity" is late 14c. Justice of the peace first attested early 14c. In the Mercian hymns, Latin iustitia is glossed by Old English rehtwisnisse. To do justice to (someone or something) "render fully and fairly showing due appreciation" is from 1670s. This word, with such a strong connotation, influenced and formed the basis of many philosophical...
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...respondents, 65 or 59 % are female and 45 or 41 % are male. They were at average age of 17.5 in female and 17.23 in male. On frequency of respondents in favorite SNS, number of hours usage, moments spend using SNS, priority of reasons in using SNS and number of friends on line, the respondents’ mean favorite site used is 93 respondents preferred Facebook as networking site, followed by 69 or 62 % who prefers other sites, 65 or 59 % prefers Youtube, 46 or 41 % prefer Twitter, while 44 or 40 % prefer Yahoo messenger. Out of 110 , there are 46 or 42 % who spend time with SNS in 30 to 1 hour, 44 or 44 % spent 2 to 3 hrs, while 13 or 11 % used 4 to 5 hrs, and only 7 or 6 % devoted 5 hours or more. In moments used in SNS, Out of 110 respondents , there are 16 or 14 % use SNS in vacant period, while only 2 or 2 %% do it during class, 4 or 3.6 % do SNS in before class and 88 or 80 % use SNS after their class. Out 110, there were different reasons why they use SNS, such as bumming around which ranked 1 , 84 or 76 % , 75 or 64 % ranked studying as 2, 73 or 63 % meet new friends on SNS, and 42 or 38 % both for UpdaIng with family and friends. Out of 110, there are 10 or 9 % who have 10 to 100 friends on line , 16 or 14.5 % have 101 to 200 friends,...
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...improvement and future success of this company moving into the public market. In order to properly perform an assessment of the LBJ Company, there first had to be some set of standards or regulations that outline the internal controls and proper procedures for companies and businesses to adhere to for financial reporting. As it turns out internal control is a key component of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act(FCPA) of 1977 and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act(SOX) of 2002 which required companies to follow this set of internal controls. This list of internal controls is as follows: 1). Conduct its business in an orderly and efficient manner, 2). Safeguard its assets and resources, 3). Deter and defect errors, theft, and fraud, 4). Ensure accuracy and completeness of accounting data, 5). Produce reliable and timely financial and management information, 6). Ensure adherence to its policies and plans.(O’Malley) From this point on all senior management officials will be held responsible for enforcing and ensuring that their company follows these regulations and...
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...such as someone’s vacation hours and stocking merchandise for the store, those tasks should be delegated out to the assistant manager and to the store clerks. Being a supervisor means being in a role of leadership, logic, common sense, and decision making for yourself, the employees, and for the company. The “in Basket” debate and discussion gives us and our fellow classmates the opportunity to see if we can successfully delegate out certain tasks as a supervisor at a fictitious company. The discussion between me and fellow classmates was a great one and it appeared as though everyone agreed on everything accept for different incidents. The only two incidents where I came across disagreement were in regards to task number 3, and task number 4. These are the examples in which I will be using in this paper as far as disagreeing is concerned. Task number 3 is in regards to the mall hours changing for an upcoming holiday and that there is a request for store plans. In my own opinion and the opinion of all of my fellow classmates accept for one that I could find agreed that this task needed to be done by the Supervisor. The disagreeing student felt that it should be delegated to the Assistant Manager. This task should be done by the supervisor because it is not only a very important one...
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...Solution 1 (1.052)(1.058) = (1 + 1r2)2 = 1.113016; (1 + 1r2) = 1.054996 ⇒ 1r2 = .0550 or 5.50 percent Solution 2 [1 + E(ir1)] = (1 + 1Ri)i ÷ (1 + 1Ri-1)i-1 [1 + E(4r1)] = (1.0635)4 ÷ (1.06)3 = 1.0741 ⇒ E(4r1) = 7.41 percent for period 4 [1 + E(5r1)] = (1.0665)5 ÷ (1.0635)4 = 1.0786 ⇒ E(5r1) = 7.86 percent for period 5 [1 + E(6r1)] = (1.0675)6 ÷ (1.0665)5 = 1.0725 ⇒ E(6r1) = 7.25 percent for period 6 Solution 3 The implicit forward rates are f2 =[(1+1r2)2/(1+1r1)]–1 f2 = [(1.065)2/(1.055)] - 1 = 7.51% Solution 4 a) If inflation is going up existing bonds, with given nominal values and coupons, do not offer a yield that compensates for inflation (r = real rate + expected inflation). Thus, demand is lowered and prices of bonds fall until they offer the required yield. In addition, if prices are expected to go up it makes sense to consume today (incl. buying capital goods) before prices increase. For business today’s bonds have a low real yield, why it is profitable to increase the supply of bonds and invest more. They will increase the supply of long term bonds and drive prices down. The outcome is a shift up in the yield curve, as the yield adjusts to higher inflation expectations. We can make a case for a steeper slope, in particular if expected inflation is associated with a boom in the economy. b) Coming bad times means that you have to save more for the bad times going. Cut down on current consumption and buy bonds that mature when the bad times are coming. Say that...
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...1____ | 0____ | | 4+ | 2 + | 0 = | 6 | 1.1.3 21↓ | 20↓ | | 2X | 1X | | 1____ | 1____ | | 2 + | 1 = | 3 | 1.1.4 24↓ | 23↓ | 22↓ | 21↓ | 20↓ | | 16X | 8X | 4X | 2X | 1X | | 1____ | 0____ | 0____ | 1____ | 0____ | | 16 + | 0 + | 0 + | 2 + | 0 = | 18 | 1.1.5 27↓ | 26↓ | 25↓ | 24↓ | 23↓ | 22↓ | 21↓ | 20↓ | | 128X | 64X | 32X | 16X | 8X | 4X | 2X | 1X | | 1____ | 1____ | 1____ | 0____ | 0____ | 0____ | 1____ | 0____ | | 128 + | 64 + | 32 + | 0 + | 0 + | 0 + | 2 + | 0 = | 226 | 1.1.6 156 | 28 | 28 | 28 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | | 27↓ | 26↓ | 25↓ | 24↓ | 23↓ | 22↓ | 21↓ | 20↓ | | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | | 128x | 64x | 32x | 16x | 8x | 4x | 2x | 1x | | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 = | 10011100 | 128 + | 0 + | 0 + | 16 + | 8 + | 4 + | 0 + | 0 = | 156 | 1.1.7 255 | 127 | 63 | 31 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 1 | | 27↓ | 26↓ | 25↓ | 24↓ | 23↓ | 22↓ | 21↓ | 20↓ | | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | | 128x | 64x | 32x | 16x | 8x | 4x | 2x | 1x | | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11111111 | 128 + | 64 + | 21 + | 16 + | 8 + | 4 + | 2 + | 1 = | 255 | 1.1.8 200 | 72 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 27↓ | 26↓ | 25↓ | 24↓ | 23↓ | 22↓ | 21↓ | 20↓ | | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | v | | 128x | 64x | 32x | 16x | 8x | 4x | 2x | 1x | | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 11001001 | 128 + | 64 + | 0 + | 0 + | 8 + | 0 + | 0 + | 1 = | 255 | 1.1.10 | 2^7 | 2^6 | 2^5 | 2^4 | 2^3 | 2^2 | 2^1 |...
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...CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Not all people are given the chance to have a quality education especially in the Philippines because it is now complicated. That’s why having the chance to study and choosing the course should not be compared to some thing like for an example buying a dress for a special occasion and when realization comes into your mind that you don’t want it, you’ll return it or maybe get your money back. No, this isn’t right, because in college life, you have to treat every second as an important detail of your life. You should not waste every moment in it. So choosing the course which you think fits your capabilities is very important. Studying a specific course in college is not only about paying the fees rather the most important things here are the time and effort spent. Money, time and effort are the most precious things in one’s life and once it is used or spent, it’s hard to 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...
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...The Federal Court System Britney Esterle Joe Gray Lillian Meirink Mark Prosser American Intercontiental University Group 1 The Federal system can be very complicated if you do not know what to expect.federal system This is a summary of how the federal system works in a felony case. Group 2 To begin a federal case we must start from the beginning and work through the process step by step. When a crime is committed within the territory of the federal government it is their job to investigate. Once a suspect has been identified a grand jury will convene. A grand jury consists of members of the community who listen to and examine evidence that is presented by the federal prosecutor. The grand jury always work in secret. When a grand jury meets to hear evidence, the only other persons in the room are the prosecutor and the witnesses, court report and of course the jury members. After listening to all the evidence that the government has presented the jury are then asked to vote on whether or not to indict the suspect for the crime.This all depends on probale cause. If cause exists then written charges are issued against the suspect in what is called an indictment. An indictment is how most federal cases begin. It is the formal written statement issued by the grand jury and signed by a federal prosecutor accusing one ore more people with a crime...
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...Appendix 3 Oct 6:47 pm - You created group “Project Management” 3 Oct 6:47 pm - You added Scope 3 Oct 6:48 pm - Prudence: Ok this is our new gp 3 Oct 6:48 pm - Prudence: Plz use English all the time thank you 3 Oct 6:51 pm - Prudence: IMG-20141003-WA0010.jpg (file attached) 3 Oct 6:51 pm - Prudence: First meeting 3 Oct 6:51 pm - Prudence: From 1800 to 1851 3 Oct 6:55 pm - Scope Luee: l 3 Oct 6:55 pm - Scope Luee: Sori we don't know !! 3 Oct 7:01 pm - Scope Amy: Okay 3 Oct 7:01 pm - Scope Amy: Oops 3 Oct 7:01 pm - Scope Amy: Sorry 3 Oct 7:03 pm - Prudence: Its okay 3 Oct 7:03 pm - Prudence: Next meeting: tomorrow after school 3 Oct 7:03 pm - Prudence: Do u guys ok? 3 Oct 7:10 pm - Scope Ray: 3 Oct 7:11 pm - Scope Michelle: 3 Oct 7:11 pm - Scope Jason: 3 Oct 8:19 pm - Scope Luee: Okok 3 Oct 8:19 pm - Scope Amy: 4 Oct 4:31 pm - Prudence: IMG-20141004-WA0035.jpg (file attached) 4 Oct 4:31 pm - Prudence: Second meeting 11 Oct 3:26 pm - Scope Michelle: IMG-20141011-WA0007.jpg (file attached) 11 Oct 9:23 pm - Scope Jason: 可唔可以sd番今日傾過既野嚟睇? 13 Oct 11:31 am - Scope Luee: IMG-20141016-WA0001.jpg (file attached) 13 Oct 11:31 am - Scope Luee: IMG-20141016-WA0000.jpg (file attached) 13 Oct 11:31 am - Scope Luee: Sori我唔知係我電話 13 Oct 11:32 am - Scope Jason: Thx 13 Oct 11:32 am - Prudence: Thx 13 Oct 11:40 am - Scope Ray: Thx 14 Oct 12:54 am - Scope Luee: 各位有無email 我fd有份pm嘅project借左黎參考 腥俾你地睇下 14 Oct 12:55 am - Scope Michelle: ...
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...| 1 | Exercise 1.1.2 The mapping of 1102 will have 1, 1, and 0 in the lower bit values and 4, 2, and 0 in the bottom bits, for a sum of 6. 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 0 | Exercise1.1.3 The mapping of 112 will have a leading 0 to fit the mapping, which does not affect the results. The lower bits will have leading 0s and then 1 and 1 in the rightmost bits. This results in all 0s at the bottom, with 2 and 1 in the rightmost bits, for a sum of 3. 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | Exercise 1.1.4 The placeholder 24 = 16 is necessary for this mapping because it is five digits. The result is 16 + 2 = 18 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |...
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... |Salary Range in Dollars |Base Tax in Dollars |Percentage of Excess | |1 |0.00-1,499.99 |0.00 |15 % | |2 |1,500.00-2,999.99 |225.00 |16 % | |3 |3,000.00-4,999.99 |465.00 |18 % | |4 |5,000.00-7,999.99 |825.00 |20 % | |5 |8,000.00-14,999.99 |1425.00 |25 % | Ok number 3 if the excess is over $3,000.00 then that would be 16% of $236.00; therefore the total tax would be $236.00 +36.00 which would be $272.00 Number 4 if the excess is 5,000 then that would be 18% of $232.5; therefore the total tax would be $232.5 + 32.5, or $265.00. Number 5 if the excess is over 8,000 then that would be 25% of $570.00 therefore the total tax would be $570.00 + $120.00, or $690.00. Number 1 if the excess is $0.00 then that would be 15% of $0.00 therefore, the total tax would be $0.00 + $0.00 which would nothing $0.00 I understand but I am confused on the number and how to get the, I know this cannot be right but I am trying to follow procedure and hoe...
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...explain to me that in this game each of us in turn will blindly draw three cards from a partial deck of cards. This deck has had all cards above 9 removed, and for this game’s purposes aces are only equal to 1. Without looking at my cards I am to place them facing out on my forehead so the other players can clearly see the cards. Each of the other players is to do the same. The object of the game is to guess which cards you have on your own head using logic to solve the problem. Players draw question cards that reveal information about player cards, and the first to guess their cards based on the information revealed wins the game. My brother Andy has the cards 1, 5, and 7 showing on his forehead. His wife Belle has 5, 4, and 7. My girlfriend Carol has the cards 2, 4, and 6. Andy is selected to draw the first question card, and it asks if he sees two or more players who’s cards sum to the same value. Andy answers affirmatively. With this information I know that I must have cards that equal either 12 or 16. I know this because Belle’s cards sum to 16 and Carol’s cards sum to 12. Since Andy sees two of us with cars of the same value I am able to confirm that my sum must match either Belle’s or Carol’s. At this point none of us are able to conclude anything else about our cards, so Belle draws the next question card. Belle’s question reads “Of the five odd numbers [1, 3, 5, 7, and 9] how many different odd numbers do you see?” Belle answers that she sees all five the odd numbers. I...
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...a Country/ State should strive for Globalization if they could afford it: All thirty- two (32) persons replied with – Yes No persons replied with – No Ways in which Technology can contribute to Sectors of Society | Quantitative Response of Persons | Transport | 0 | Agriculture | 0 | Health | 0 | Infrastructure | 0 | All | 30 | Agriculture, Health & Infrastructure | 1 | Health & Infrastructure | 1 | Impact of Technology Table 2. Showing the response of persons in terms of Ways in which Technology can contribute to Sectors of Society Fig 4. Showing the Responses to the Advantages of Globalization by persons Ways in which Globalization can be a Disadvantage | Quantitative Response of Persons | Corruption between countries | 19 | Increased Unemployment | 5 | Exploitation of a country’s Natural Resources | 4 | Decrease in Manual Labour | 2 | No Response | 2 | Disadvantages of Globalization Table 3. Showing...
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...Month | Asian Fund | R1 | Atlas Fund | R2 | KSE 100 | Rm | Jan06 | 4.5 | | 7.75 | | 6747 | | Feb06 | 4.95 | 0.1 | 7.75 | 0 | 8260 | 25.64407 | Mar06 | 7 | 0.414141 | 8.1 | 0.0451613 | 7770 | -8.30508 | Apr06 | 6 | -0.14286 | 8 | -0.012346 | 7105 | -11.2712 | May06 | 6 | 0 | 8.8 | 0.1 | 6858 | -4.18644 | Jun06 | 4.7 | -0.21667 | 9.2 | 0.0454545 | 7450 | 10.0339 | Jul06 | 5.8 | 0.234043 | 9.5 | 0.0326087 | 7179 | -4.59322 | Aug06 | 3.5 | -0.39655 | 7.45 | -0.215789 | 7797 | 10.47458 | Sep06 | 5 | 0.428571 | 8 | 0.0738255 | 8226 | 7.271186 | Oct06 | 5.4 | 0.08 | 8.25 | 0.03125 | 8247 | 0.355932 | Nov06 | 4.55 | -0.15741 | 9.1 | 0.1030303 | 9026 | 13.20339 | Dec06 | 6.5 | 0.428571 | 8.4 | -0.076923 | 9557 | 9 | Jan07 | 6 | -0.07692 | 9.1 | 0.0833333 | 10524 | 16.38983 | Feb07 | 5.75 | -0.04167 | 8.95 | -0.016484 | 11456 | 15.79661 | Mar07 | 6.15 | 0.069565 | 9.1 | 0.0167598 | 11486 | 0.508475 | Apr07 | 5.5 | -0.10569 | 9.2 | 0.010989 | 11342 | -2.44068 | May07 | 4.7 | -0.14545 | 8.5 | -0.076087 | 9801 | -26.1186 | Jun07 | 6.27 | 0.334043 | 8.91 | 0.0482353 | 9989 | 3.186441 | Jul07 | 6.27 | 0 | 7.5 | -0.158249 | 10498 | 8.627119 | Aug07 | 6.27 | 0 | 6.3 | -0.16 | 10064 | -7.35593 | Sep07 | 6.27 | 0 | 5.55 | -0.119048 | 10064 | 0 | Oct07 | 6.17 | -0.01595 | 6 | 0.0810811 | 11328 | 21.42373 | Nov07 | 6.17 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10619 | -12.0169 | Dec07 | 6.17 | 0 | 5 | -0.166667 | 10040 | -9.81356 | Jan08 | 6.17 | 0 | 2.2 | -0.56 | 11272...
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