Discuss the importance of inventory control with respect to supply and demand.
What benefit can tools such as ABC analysis and just-in-time controls provide for an organization?
How can an enterprise resource planning system assist a firm with improving its business operations?
The discovery of the unconscious is typically attributed to Freud even though it has roots long before Freud was born. Freud was, however, influential in popularizing the unconscious. Freud and his followers maintained that much of what influences us is unconscious. The better we are able to discover these influences, the more we are able to moderate or change these influences in our behavior, thoughts, and emotions.
What implications does this have for morals and ethics?
Address the issue of responsibility — for example, what implications does this have for acting-out or criminal behavior?
What was Freud’s view of human nature?
What role would this play in understanding the importance of therapy?
How would Freud or a psycho dynamic thinker evaluate the effectiveness of therapy?
Submit your response to the M4: Assignment 2 Dropbox by Wednesday, December 23, 2015. The body of the paper should be between 3-5 pages, double-spaced 12-point, Times New Roman or Arial font, with 1-inch margins all around, and free from grammatical errors. You should also include a cover page and reference list in APA format.
Name your assignment as follows:
LastName_FirstInitial_PSY450_M4A2
Assignment 2 Grading Criteria
Maximum Points
Described implications of unconscious and free will as they relate to ethical and moral behavior.
16
Described implications of responsibility as it relates to acting-out or criminal behavior.
16
Described Freud’s view of human nature.
16
Analyzed the impact of Freus’s view on understanding the importance of therapy.
16
Provided examples and supported position on the effectiveness of therapy.
16
Wrote in a clear, concise, and organized manner; demonstrated ethical scholarship in accurate representation and attribution of sources, displayed accurate spelling, grammar, and punctuation. Followed APA rules for attributing sources.
Dear Prof,
Please read very carefully the instructions, and proceed if you are able to deliver a free plagiarism high quality answers.
Assignment 1 ( see attachament )
Assigment 2
Write a 350- to 700-word paper (not including title and reference page) about a possible issue relating to Ethics & Credibility in Business communications according to the following criteria:
Explain the situation of the event.
Describe the company’s ethical obligation in their communications to the public.
Answer the following questions:
Did you find any evidence of communications to the general public?
How effective was the communication in terms of establishing credibility?
If not, what approach would you suggest the company take to communicate to the public to gain credibility?
Cite and reference at least two sources.
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines.
The Kumar corp is planning on issuing bonds that pay no interest but can be converted into $6000 at maturity, 9 years from their purchase.To price these bond competitively with other bods of equal risk, it is determined that they should yield at 9 percent, compounded annually. At what price should the kumar corp sell these bonds? Round to nearest cent(two decimal places)
4.The market price is $925 for a 16 year bond ($1,000 par value) that pays 11 percent interest (5.5 percent semiannually)what is the bond’s expected rate of return?
5. Shelly bond have a coupon rate of 16 percent. The interest is paid semiannually, and the bonds mature in 13 years. Their par value is $1,000. If your required rate of return is 9 percent, what is the value of the bond? What is the value of the interest paid annually?
6. You are planning to purchase 100 shares of preferred stock and must choose between Stock A and Stock B. Stock A pays an annual dividend of $3.75 and is currently selling for $32. Stock B pays an annual interest of $3.55 and is selling for $34. If your required return rate is 11.08 percent, which stock should you choose?
What is the expected return of stock A?
What is the expected return of stock B?
Which should you choose?
7. Dalton Inc. has a return on equity of 12.9 percent and retains 59 percent of its earnings for reinvestment purposes. It recently paid a dividend of $3.00 and the stock is currently selling for $44.
What is the growth rate for Dalton Inc?
What is the expected return for Dalton’s stock?
If you require a 13 percent return, should you invest in the firm? Yes or no?
8. You intend to purchase Marigo common stock at $49.00 per share, hold it for 1 year, and then sell it after a dividend of $5.25 is paid. How much will the stock price have to appreciate for you to satisfy your required rate of return of 18 percent?
9.Which for of business organization limits the liability of owners?
10. Rogue industries reported the following items for the current year. Sales=$3,000,000;Cost of goods sold=$1,500,000;Depreciation expense=$170,000;Administrative Expenses=$30,000;Marketing Expenses=$80,000;and Taxes=$300,000. What is Rogue’s gross profit?
11.A corporation has annual sales of $18 million, total assets of $4 million, a debt ratio of 40%, depreciation expense of $200,000, and tax rate of 40%. What is the corporation’s total stockholder’s equity?
12. Generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP) require finance statements prepared on a cash basis because these statements are most useful for investors and managers. True or False
14.Benkart Corporation has sales of $5,000,000, net income of $800,000, total assets of $2,000,000, and $100,000 shares of common stock outstanding. If Benkart’s P/E ratio is 12, what is the company’s current stock price?
15. Given an accounts receivable turnover of 10 and annual credit sales of $900,000, the average collection period is?
16.RBW corp has cash of $48,000; short – term notes payable of $35,000, accounts payable of $100,000; accounts payable of $120,000;inventories of $200,000; and accruals of $90,000. What is RBW’s current ratio?
17. You have been depositing money at the end of each year into an account drawing 8% interest. What is the balance in the account at the end of year four if you deposited the following amounts?
YEAR END OF YEAR DEPOSIT
1 350
2 500
3 725
4 400
18. Last National Bank is offering you a loan at 10%; payments on the loan are to be made monthly. Credit Onion is offering you a loan where payments are to be made semi-annually; the rate on the loan is also 10%. Local Bank down the street is also offering a loan at 10% where the payments are made quarterly. Which loan has the lowest annual cost?
19. You are ready to retire. A glance at your 401(k) statement indicates that you have $750,000. If the funds remain in an account earning 9.0%, how much could you withdraw at the beginning of each year for the next 25 years?
20. Stock W has the following returns for various states of the economy:
State of Economy Probability Stock W’s Return
Recession 10% -30%
Below Average 20%-2%
Average 40% 10%
Above Average 20% 18%
Boom 10% 40%
Stock W’ standard deviation of return is?
21. Which type of security is considered the most risky:
Long term corporate bond, common stocks of large companies, common stocks of small companies, long tern government bonds?
22. How can investors reduce the risk associated with an investment portfolio without having to accept a lower expected return?
a. increase the amount of money invested in the portfolio
b. Wait until the stock market rises
c. purchase a variety of securities; i.e., diversity
d. purchase stocks that have exceptionally high standard deviations
23. An example of a Eurobond is a bond issued in Asia by U.S. Corporation with interest and principal payments made in U.S. Dollars. True or False
24. The present value of the expected future cash flows of an asset represents the asset’s__________?
25. What is the value of a bond that has a par value of $1000, a coupon of $120 (annually), and matures in 10 years? Assume a required rate of return of 7.02%?
26. Lithium Lakes industries preferred stock has a par value of $100 and pays a dividend of $6.00 per share. It presently sells for $87 per share. What do investors require as a rate of return on this stock? Round off to the nearest .10%
27. DYI construction co is considering a new inventory system that will cost $750,000. The system is expected to generate positive cash flows over the next four years in the amounts of $350,000 in year one, $325,000 in year two, $150,000 in year three, and $180,000 in year four. DYI’s required rate of return is 8%. What is the payback period of this project?
28. Your firm is considering an investment that will cost $920000 today. The investment will produce cash flows of $450,000 in year 1, $270,000 in years 2 through 4, and $200,000 in year 5. The discount rate that your firm uses for projects of this type is 11.25%. What is the investment’s net present value?
For this week’s forum topic, I would like you to imagine you have been recently hired and have begun working for a company in the private sector. As part of the company’s new employee orientation, you meet with the company’s HR benefits counselor (see video) to discuss employee retirement plans.
After the orientation, the HRM provides you literature based upon information (see attached document) from the benefit’s briefing and asks you choose one of the following two retirement plans:
A defined benefit plan or
A defined contribution plan
For this week’s forum, the following are the three questions for you:
1. As the employee, which would you select? Why?
2. As the HRM for the company, which one would you recommend providing to your employees? Why?
3. How important is it for the employee to fully understand the term “vesting” (chapters four and five) as it relates to employer sponsored retirement plans? Explain
United Parcel Service (UPS) provides package delivery services throughout the United States and the world. Discuss the impact of seasonal variations in the delivery business for forecasting the firm’s financing requirements.
2. Dell Computer Corporation (DELL) has long been recognized for its innovative approach to managing its working capital. Describe how Dell pioneered the management of net working capital to free up resources in the firm.
Instructions: Your initial response should be at least 250-words with at least one scholarly journal reference. Support your main response with at least 1 scholarly journal reference in addition to the course materials. Please note Wikipedia, Investopedia and similar websites are not credible academic references. Use the Online Library to research credible source in APA format
Note the comments on the mobile phone market and the shift away from the traditional vertical industry. Using the material from the text discuss the cooperative strategies that are present in this industry. Why types of alliances would you suggest for players in this market?
For each forum assignment, you are responsible for the following:
Submit a well researched and documented reply to the topic question (at least 250 words) – posting it inside the forum for feedback and comments by your classmates. You do not need a title page. Please do not use attachments in the discussions
Conduct a literature review on security practices related to human and property assets. Review two articles from the University Library or another reputable source.
Create a table to accompany the annotated bibliography that describes the pros and cons of each security practice.
The assignment (1–3 pages):
For the category of aggression you selected for this assignment:
Identify the types of aggression that occur in the category, as well as the age range of targets and perpetrators, the setting or context in which most types of the aggression occur, the severity of the category of aggression, and the frequency with which this form of aggression occurs. Cite current statistics and be sure to reference your information sources appropriately.
Using the information from your readings, identify the sources of anger and the factors that may lead to anger being manifested as aggression for the category you have selected. Apply the general affective aggression model to this situation.
Finally, propose a brief summary in which you explain how you would go about reducing aggression in this category
Considering both “typical” and “atypical” (i.e., pseudohermaphrodites) sexual development, briefly analyze the effects sex hormones seem to have on the development of gender-related behavioral and psychological characteristics in humans. In other words, what “masculine” characteristics are related to male hormones, and what “feminine” characteristics are related to female hormones?
Briefly summarize the journal article you found, including discussion of the following points, if relevant:
At what age and in what ways the subject(s) demonstrated characteristics of transgender.
Possible sources (causes) of these characteristics, if addressed in the article.
Description and outcome of any treatments that were attempted, if addressed.
Compare and contrast the two sources of information (textbook and journal article) regarding biology and gender identity. Include all of the following that are relevant:
How do the sources differ with respect to the type of information provided? In other words, what information can be gained from a literature review (textbook) versus a case study/research report (journal article)?
On what points do the two sources agree?
On what points do the two sources disagree?
How do the two sources complement one another in helping you to understand the biological basis of gender identity? Be specific, using examples where appropriate