Assignment 3: The Value of Fair Treatment in the Workplace  Due Week 10 and worth 280 points The year is 2025 and the U.S. Supreme Court has declared all laws  prohibiting discrimination in the workplace to be unconstitutional.  In  its opinion, however, the Supreme Court made clear that employers could  voluntarily adopt policies and procedures prohibiting any and all forms  of discrimination in the […]

5 – 7 slides with speaker notes of 200 – 250 words per slide (excluding Title and Reference slides) You, as a HR Generalist, have been asked by your HR Director for your recommendations in terms of what tools your organization could use to better manage the talents of your employees. This will help to develop policies and procedures in managing your human capital. Please […]

Select a local company and one of its products or services. Create a 1,400-word Discussion Guide for your selected product or service to be used during the course of a Focus Group that researches your product or services target market. In your plan, be sure to do the following: Identify a problem or opportunity that may be facing that product or service. Identify a primary target audience […]

In this assignment, you will undertake calculations in order to evaluate a project, and decide if it should be accepted or rejected. Texas Roks, Inc. is considering a new quarry machine. The costs and revenues associated with the machine have been provided to you for analysis: Cost of the new project $4,000,000 Installation costs $100,000 Estimated unit sales in year 1 50,000 Estimated unit sales […]

James O’Hara, an ABC client, is a single, 37-year-old, self-employed plastic surgeon who currently owns a condominium in Tiburon, CA, worth $1.4 million. James is doing quite well financially. His gross income from his practice last year exceeded $350,000. Upon graduation from medical school, he began investing in stocks and opened an IRA. He made his selections mostly on the basis of articles he read […]

   Please respond to the following:   In 1963, Abraham Zapruder filmed the most sickening event in American history, the assassination of President Kennedy. He later sold the film to Time for $150,000. Later Time sold the film back to the Zapruder family for $1. For many years, the Federal Government claimed that they should be the rightful owners of the film. You have been […]

CFA Examination Level II Ashton Bishop is debt manager for World Telephone, which needs Euro 3.33 billion of financing for its operations. Bishop is considering the choice between issuance of debt denominated in Euros (EUR), or U.S. dollars ( USD ), accompanied by a combined interest rate and currency swap. a. Explain one risk World Telephone would assume by entering into the combined interest rate […]

Aligning Stockholder and Management Interests Stockholders and managers want the same thing, don’t they? Theoretically, yes, but in reality, it does not always work that way. Too often, managers’ personal goals compete with shareholder wealth maximization. Sometimes, managers pay themselves excessive salaries or bonuses that are at odds with the idea of shareholder wealth maximization. How many times have you seen in the news examples […]

  The purpose of this assignment is to help students understand strategic business terminology (vision, mission, goals, objectives, specific objectives, internal and external scanning), to recognize the components of a strategic plan and to be familiar with the core information and steps needed to create a strategic plan. Furthermore, this assignment allows students to recognize the difference between strategic planning and strategic management.  Assignment Steps  […]

Due Week 7 and worth 170 points Write five to six (5-6) page paper in which you: (Note: Refer to Review Question 8 located at the end of Chapter 5 for criteria 1-3.) Determine the following before deciding a prescription: (a) maximize effectiveness at the least cost; (b) maximize effectiveness at a fixed cost of $10,000; (c) achieve a fixed-effectiveness level of 6,000 units of service […]