Category: Essays

Please answer each of the following questions and provide examples from the text, if applicable. Each response should be at least two paragraphs in length composed of five to seven sentences and be written in complete sentences.

1. List three guidelines to follow in order to avoid ethical lapses when conducting research.

2. List the three major disadvantages of Internet search engines, then briefly describe other electronic research tools that overcome those shortcomings.

3. Describe the elements of a formal business plan.

4. Explain the three basic categories of analytical business reports and provide at least one example of each type.

5. Describe the general function of internal proposals, and provide at least one example to illustrate.

6. What four topics are commonly covered in the introduction to a business proposal? Briefly explain each one.

7. Briefly explain how a wiki can help teams and other groups, and describe at least three points wiki contributors should keep in mind to increase their effectiveness.

8. Discuss six principles to keep in mind when designing visuals regarding the aesthetic and symbolic aspects of graphic art.

9. Briefly explain the difference between descriptive titles and informative titles for visuals and provide an example of each.

10. Describe six strategies (in addition to using the AIDA format) for strengthening your argument in business proposals.

PART II: Journal

Write a three page APA-formatted paper in which you describe a time in which a company that you either are familiar with personally or read about in case studies used graphics or charts to explain and communicate instead of writing. What was the outcome? Why would one select this method over formal business writing? Explain and describe your viewpoint and cite at least two scholarly references.

Complete the “What is My Level of PsyCap” self-assessment.

 

Write a 1000-word paper in which you include the following: PART ONE – you may write in first person

•  Explain why you agree or disagree with your results.

•  Discuss how your results relate to creating a strategy to advance your career using your strengths.

•  How can you use goal-setting to increase motivation and improve job performance?

•  How might your engagement as an employee and job satisfaction influence job performance

PART TWO

 

•  Discuss at least 2 of the following motivational theories and explain specific things an organization can do to motivate employees based on these two theories

 

•  Extrinsic motivation

•  Intrinsic motivation

•  McGregor’s Theory X and Theory Y

•  Maslow’s Needs Hierarchy

•  Acquired needs theory

•  Self-determination theory

•  Herzberg’s theory of motivation

•  Equity theory

•  Expectancy theory

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines. Include at least two references (that are used as citations in the paper) from peer reviewed journal articles

To answer the question, refer to the following data.

Ten students were sampled at random from a student population. Each was asked how many courses he or she was planning on studying in the upcoming year. The following is a list of the reported data values: 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6

What is the standard deviation for the data values?

A. 1.44

B. 2.84

C. 2.56

D. 1.687

2). Several ways to make a bar graph deceptive appear below. Which of these is sometimes used to exaggerate differences from one data value to the next?

A. Making the graph taller than it needs to be

B. Making the graph shorter than it needs to be

C. A gap in the vertical axis

D. Starting the vertical axis at a point greater than zero

3.) To answer the question, refer to the following data.

Ten students were sampled at random from a student population. Each was asked how many courses he or she was planning on studying in the upcoming year. The following is a list of the reported data values: 1, 2, 2, 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6

What is the variance for the data values?

A. 2.844

B. 1.6

C. 2.56

D. 1.687

4). To answer the question, refer to the following list of raw data.

63, 71, 72, 77, 77, 78, 86, 77, 88, 88

What is the median for the data?

A. 77.5

B. 77.7

C. 77

D. 88

5). Use the following data sample to answer the question.

4, 14, 6, 9, 21, 3, 7, 10

What is the median of this data sample?

A. 9.25

B. There’s no median value.

C. 8

D. 7

6). Which of the following statements about interpreting standard deviation is true?

A. The Empirical Rule can’t be applied unless the frequency distribution is mound-shaped and symmetric. Chebyshev’s Rule can be applied to any data set, regardless of the shape of its frequency distribution.

B. Chebyshev’s Rule can’t be applied unless the frequency distribution is mound-shaped and symmetric. The Empirical Rule can be applied to any data set, regardless of the shape of its frequency distribution.

C. Neither the Empirical Rule nor Chebyshev’s Rule can be applied to data unless the frequency distribution is mound-shaped and symmetrical.

D. Neither Chebyshev’s Rule nor the Emprical Rule require any assumptions about the frequency distribution.

7). A particular sample contains 50 data values. According to Chebyshev’s theorem, which of the following is the number of values you would expect to fall within 3.0 standard deviations of the mean?

A. 5

B. 25

C. 45

D. 35

8). When creating a histogram, it’s important to ensure that the classes of data satisfy which properties?

A. They must include each interval on the number line.

B. No requirements are made; the individual creating the graph is free to choose any classes.

C. They must be all the same size.

D. They must be mutually exclusive and exhaustive.

9). Which of the following are parameters of a population?

A. α and σ

B. σ and n

C. μ and σ

D. μ and x

10). Which type of plot takes quantitative data and forms classes out of it, thus turning it into qualitative

data?

A. Histogram

B. Dot plot

C. Stem-and-leaf plot

D. Pie chart

11). When a sample is taken from a larger population, this suggests that which of the following will be used?

A. Descriptive statistics

B. Computation of a sample mean

C. Independent events

D. Inferential statistics

12). Use the following data sample to answer the question.

4, 14, 6, 9, 21, 3, 7, 10

What is the variance of this data sample?

A. 34.79

B. 243.5

C. 5.90

D. 4.31

13). Which of the following statements is true about a stem-and-leaf plot?

A. Stem-and-leaf plots are histograms whose bars have been arranged in decreasing order of frequency.

B. It separates data at the decimal point, creating horizontal rows whose values are close together.

C. It involves creating columns of dots, one for each datum in the sample.

D. It uses vertical bars to illustrate a probability distribution.

14.) If there are an odd number of data values in a set, the median will be the

A. value that appears in the center.

B. average of all of the values divided by the number of values in the set.

C. value that appears the greatest number of times.

D. average of the two end values.

15). Which of the following involves inferential statistics as opposed to descriptive statistics?

A. A class of 50 statistics students earned an average grade of 73.5.

B. The city business office reported 35 building permits for new single-family housing units.

C. The Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms department reported that Houston had 1,791 registered gun dealers in 1997.

D. A local cable system, using a sample of 500 subscribers, estimates that 40 percent of its subscribers watch a premium channel at least once per day.

16). If a great many data values cluster to the left of a data distribution, which then tails off to the right, the distribution is referred to as

A. leftward skewed.

B. normal.

C. rightward skewed.

D. uniform.

17). A population is a collection of _______ about which we will measure certain characteristics or properties, called _______.

A. individuals, sample values

B. data, numbers

C. experimental units, variables

D. people, traits

18). In a sample with mean x = 12 and standard deviation s = 3.5, a data point at 16.8 would have what sample z-score?

A. 1.4

B. 4.8

C. We can’t know the answer without knowing the population mean μ and standard deviation σ. D. 1.37

19). Consider the following chart:

Bus Planning Software

Price ($)

GOFAR

61,500

SIMPLE Software

4,600

E-Manger

335

LAND-O

49

Entre-2

117

Year-to-Date

405

Yale Business Planner

233

In the Black

710

SYBIL 20/20

375

Macroficient

606

Orion11

299

Pathmaker

250

Proplanner

999

Quickstepper

798

Selectronic

196

Taskmaster

311

Which of the measures of central tendency would best represent that data?

A. Standard deviation

B. Median

C. Mode

D. Mean

20). What is the difference between a histogram and a bar chart?

A. A histogram reflects qualitative data, while the bar chart represents quantitative data.

B. The adjacent rectangles in a histogram have a gap, while those for a bar chart don’t.

C. A histogram and a bar chart both reflect qualitative data.

D. The adjacent rectangles in a bar chart have a gap, while those for a histogram don’t

Business Unit Analysis

Directions: Create a Feasibility Study for Harley-Davidson using the following outline:

Part I: Differentiation Strategies

The analysis of current strategy and competitor analysis you conducted last module impressed the senior vice president. She now needs you to delve into the brands and analyze them by conducting a business unit analysis and presenting your findings in a three-part PowerPoint presentation.

Research the Harley-Davidson (H-D) Web site for each brand, and review the annual report for relevant details of the size, scope, target market, services and amenities, and other salient points of differentiation. Include these details in Part I of your PowerPoint presentation.

From the research and analysis of the business units, identify:

A description of each brand or business unit that provides a clear picture of the brand and its place in the overall portfolio of Harley-Davidson.
The target market of each brand.
How the brands are alike and how they differ.
A preliminary analysis of any gaps that exist in the portfolio that might lead to opportunities to add to the brands.
Your analysis of possible merger/acquisition/joint venture possibilities and what would be achieved or accomplished through the merger/acquisition/joint venture.

Part II: SWOT Analysis

Perform a SWOT analysis for Harley-Davidson and include this information in Part II of your PowerPoint presentation.

Based on the internal analyses of the SWOT analysis, assess the functional areas, resources, capabilities, and strengths H-D possesses. Please be sure to cover the following functional areas in your assessment:
Marketing: New product development, integrated marketing planning, marketing communications, and building customer loyalty.
Operations: Quality, service, and consistent execution.
Human Resources: Hiring, training, developing talent, and performance planning. Avoided lawsuits and bad PR due to its hiring practices. Is ethical in its HR practices.
Executive Leadership: Industry knowledge and experience, vision about where the industry is heading, and strategy execution.
Supply Chain Optimization: Strategic sourcing of input, vendor management, integrated IS, and joint forecasting with suppliers.
Corporate Responsibility and Ethics: Concern for corporate citizenship and the environment. Present any potential ethical concerns as well.
Safety and Quality: How the motorcycle industry is dealing with safety and quality issues.

Part III: Growth and Profitability Strategies

In addition, the executive board is interested in your ideas about bold strategies for the future. The strategies you recommend will have to contribute to growth and profitability, as outlined in the Annual Report.

You will want to pay special attention to exploring vertical integration, strategic alliances, and the internal growth of new brands entering new geographic markets, and/or additional acquisitions.

Consider the following:

Is Harley-Davidson, Inc., (H-D) competing in the right businesses, given the opportunities and threats present in the external environment? If not, how can H-D realign its diversification strategy to achieve a competitive advantage?

This may include additional diversification to take advantage of opportunities such as further vertical integration.
Is the corporation managing its portfolio in a way that creates synergy among its businesses? If so, what additional businesses should it consider adding to its portfolio?

After you have reviewed the growth and profitability strategies, create a list of possible strategies to present a full range of ideas.

Part III of your presentation should include your complete list—all potential ideas—for the senior vice president. This is your chance to be creative.

Next, rank your ideas from best to worst. To do this, keep in mind several things such as fit with current strategy, resources and capabilities, and difficulty of execution.

For each of your top five ideas, add the following:

Briefly describe the strategy.
Why you picked it as one of the top five.

Think about such things as:

Does the strategy build on current competencies and foster horizontal relationships among brands? In other words, what can be leveraged or shared? What are the pros and cons of this strategy?

Your PowerPoint Feasibility Study presentation will also include slides pertaining to the following assessments:

Part I: Identification of size, scope, target market, services, amenities, and points of differentiation.
Part II: SWOT analysis that includes marketing, operations, human resources, executive leadership, supply chain optimization, corporate responsibility, ethics, safety, and quality.
Part III: Growth and profitability strategies, including your top five strategic ideas and support.

Submit the PowerPoint Feasibility Study presentation to the senior vice president so that she can review the alternatives and provide you with feedback about your ideas.

Upon graduation from Acadia University, you have a joined a prestigious management consulting firm. They have put you onto a project team that has been engaged to undertake an analysis of theindustry and regulatory environment within which Coty operates. Your industry analysis should take the form of a five forces analysis. Please identify and assess each of the five forces and recommend whether it is an attractive industry to enter into. Please identify the key barriers to entry. Please assess the competitive environment in terms of its level of complexity and change.* Please also identify some of the key performance metrics in this industry and briefly describe the market structure. In terms of the regulatory assessment, please identify the key regulators, the key industry associations and document the important industry issues from the points of view of the regulators and the industry players. Please reference online information sources appropriately using endnotes. Please end the analysis with a discussion regarding implications. In other words, after gathering the data, so what? What does it mean?

Suggested Readings:

· Michael Porter 2008 The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy. Harvard Business Review 86 (1) 78 – 93

· Wikipedia note on Market Structure http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_forms.

· * See Duncan, R. (1972) Characteristics of Perceived Environments and Perceived Environmental Uncertaintly.

· Administrative Science Quarterly, 313-327.

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Write one and half page single space essay that I have highlighted in red.

Assignment 2: Canfor The solid reputation of your consulting firm is paying off. An important client, Canfor has asked your firm to undertake a McKinsey style (sequential) value chain analysis that highlights the flow of activities in the breakfast cereal industry. Please identify the key activities (minimum of eight) and offer a very brief description of each. Identify where your company fits on the value chain, and where its major competitors fit. Also please identify some of the other companies (suppliers, customers, etc.) that participate in activities in the value chain. Please offer commentary as to whether there is evidence that some value chain components are growing or contracting. Finally, the client is asking for a brief note on some of the common risks faced by your company and its key competitors in this industry. Please offer five key risks. Please reference online information sources appropriately using endnotes. Please end the analysis with a discussion regarding implications. In other words, after gathering the data, so what? What does it mean

Write an essay in which you compare Art Spiegelman’s Maus to a more traditionally formatted story assigned for this class or a comic book you are familiar with. How are elements including theme, plot, and conflict different or alike in the two works? How successful do you think Spiegelman is in conveying his message through the more unfamiliar format of the graphic novel?

The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?

Deborah enters your office, and you notice that she looks apprehensive. “Hi, Deborah. What’s up?” you ask, hoping that nothing is wrong.

“Well, your team is doing an excellent job researching, and you’ve been keeping me up-to-date on your findings. My concern is that we are approaching this from a narrow-minded approach.”

“How so?” You ask. You are puzzled. “Our team has been looking at every aspect of the company and considering both internal and external pros and cons.”

“Have you considered partnerships or an acquisition or other options for expanding our brand?” Deborah asks. “I didn’t see that as an option in any of your reports. I think you really need to cover our bases here. Please report back to me next week with more options.”

You decide that Deborah has brought up another good point that should have been discussed in the beginning of the project. You make a note to add this to a list of project management ideas to help make future projects go smoother.

Complete the following:

What other strategies would be a good fit for your company profile?
Provide a brief overview of these strategies.
Why is it important to have more than one strategy in mind when pursuing global expan

The purpose of this lab is to construct a practical Colpitts RF Oscillator circuit with MultiSIM. The frequency of output waveforms will be measured using a virtual oscilloscope. Students will gain an understanding of the effects biasing resistors on the output frequency of oscillator.

1. Review the document Week 4 – RF Oscillator.pdf

2. Calculate the value of RG in order to produce the following output voltages (peak-to-peak).

Vout

RG

5V

7V

10V

12V

15V

3. Construct the Colpitts Oscillator in Figure 2 of the PDF document in Multisim.

4. Using the values of RG from the table, run the simulations to confirm the output voltage, Vout.

5. Using Agilent Oscilloscope, plot the output waveform of Vout for each case and measure the frequency of the output. Take the screen capture for each measurement.

6. Reverse the polarity of the diodes and redo steps 4 and 5.

RG

Measured Frequency (in Hz)

Vout (Forward Biased)

Vout (Reverse Biased)

7. Observe the differences in the output voltage and the frequencies between forward and reverse biased diode settings and explain the significance of diodes in the operations of this oscillator.

8. Answer the following questions:

1. Describe the operations of the Colpitts oscillator circuit and explain how it helps in generating clean sinusoidal output?

2. How does the two diodes help in providing linear input to the voltage follower circuit?

3. Discuss how the resistor Ros can be setup to perform soft clipping operations.

9. Verify all calculations from analysis and measurements from simulation. Save the results along with the table and paste the screen captures in the word document.Make sure to answer the questions

Describe four changes to the traditional 7-Eleven supply chain that the move to fresh foods will require. In addition, discuss four advantages that 7-Eleven can gain by outsourcing all or most of the fresh food supply chain responsibilities.
Use a basic flow diagram to create a simple supply chain model for delivering fresh sandwiches with eight distinct boxes. You may use the software of your choice to create the diagram; however, it must be readable when copied and pasted or imbedded into your MS Word document.
Recommend either a push-based strategy or pull-based strategy for ordering fresh foods and justify your recommendation.
Discuss three advantages and three disadvantages of using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology in the proposed supply chain.
Describe four businesses that have successfully implemented the retail of fresh foods that would be suitable for 7-Eleven to benchmark.
Discuss four important pieces of information that must be gathered and transmitted using 7-Eleven’s IT networks to support the fresh food supply chain.
Describe how the practice of tanpin kanri (item by item management) may be transferred from 7-Eleven Japan to the United States operation.

Must be eight to twelve double-spaced pages in length (not including the title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the approved APA style guide.
Must include a cover page that includes:

ctory paragraph with a succinct thesis statement.
Must address the topic of the paper with critical thought.
Must conclude with a restatement of the thesis and a conclusion paragraph