1. write 100 words Pretence of Knowledge.docx
(What does Hayek mean when he talks about a “scientistic” attitude? How does he differenetiate this from a scientific attitude?)
2. write 100 words
What does rational economic calculation require?
requirements:
write as simple as you can. do not use hard words
One of the outcomes for this course is to recommend appropriate actions in the business environment based on an understanding of sources of law, legal process and procedure, and available remedies. Think of concept or term you have learned over this session and discuss how knowledge of this concept could better your understanding of a personal or professional situation. For example, I have had students tell me after taking this class that they always read every word of a lease before signing it. Your answer should be about 200 words.
*Contract Law would be a good concept to discuss.
Primary Task Response: Within the Discussion Board area, write 400–600 words that respond to the following questions with your thoughts, ideas, and comments. This will be the foundation for future discussions by your classmates. Be substantive and clear, and use examples to reinforce your ideas.
Review this link and research a multinational corporation (this link can be a helpful starting point). Then, answer the following questions:
http://fod.infobase.com/p_ViewPlaylist.aspx?Assign…
After you have watched the video in the previous activity, address the following:
Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of outsourcing. Give specific examples and also use examples from the video, if applicable. Your post should demonstrate that you can conduct a scholarly dialogue, and apply one or more concepts from your readings and the video with original analysis and interpretation. Scholarly dialogue refers to a discussion within the context of the module content that can be justified, based upon critical thought and substantive rationale; the conclusion(s) should naturally follow the thought process.
Describe service problems that you encountered in a recent service experience. Then categorize the service failures that occurred as tangible, reliability, responsiveness, assurance, or empathy.
Name some products/services that in your opinion have relatively poor (or high) degree of quality. Discuss if these products are generally associated with poorly managed (or successful) companies?
Suggest ways that management can recognize the existence of fear in an organization. What strategies might managers use to deal with and eliminate fear?
Q1. Identify the major policy-setting bodies and their role in the standard-setting process. (500 words )
Q2. Describe the challenges facing financial reporting. (500 words )
Q3. Describe the basic assumptions of accounting. ( 500 words )
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Assignment
Please reference the attached assignment in order to do this assignament, as I’m building off of that with this assignment. For this project, in a 3 to 4 page paper, describe the structure of your company. In addition, describe, as the leader, how you will manage the business in order to realize the vision, promote the mission, and achieve optimal organizational performance.
Assignment checklist
When you are ready, you may submit your paper to the Assignment Dropbox. *Note, include your name in the file name of the Assignment.
For help using the Dropbox, select Academic Tools above then Dropbox Guide.
| Aspect | Percentage of assignment | Score | MT499 Assignment Criteria |
| Content, Focus, use of Research | 50% (30pts) | Addresses all assignment requirements, indicates depth of knowledge about the topics and key areas, contains a clear and concise introduction with a thesis statement, comprehension body of paper, closing summary, and includes a minimum of three cited and referenced resources (APA 6th edition). | |
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Analysis and Critical Thinking |
30% (18pts) | Analysis and critical thinking indicates optimal reasoning with a defined purpose, based on assumptions, writer’s point of view, discusses the advantages and disadvantages, and uses data, information, and concepts/ideas to address the assignment topics or key areas in the paper. | |
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Writing Style, Grammar, APA Format |
20% (12pts) | The capstone uses the APA (6th edition) writing style using active voice, which is in third person and concisely written. The paper is free from incorrect punctuation, use of jargon/clichés, incorrect grammar and mechanics, and is correctly formatted based on APA 6th edition guidelines. | |
| Total Points | 100% (60pts) |
1. Please discuss what a moral hazard in commercial banking is and how these can be mitigated to (hopefully) prevent further financial crisis.
2. Please describe what financial and economic function banks preform (AKA: what is ‘it’ that banks do). Why are these functions important?
3. Chapter 10 addresses innovation and creativity in banking. Please describe how and why the inflation of the 1970’s and 1980’s coupled with deregulation ushered in an era of financial innovation.
4. What are the practical limits of bank regulations, or why is it impossible to fix all financial sector issues with more regulations?
5. Financial crisis have occupied a great deal of our attention this past decade. Please provide a definition of a financial crisis, give an example of one and then your recommendation on how such a problem could have been prevented.
6. In order to be effective and successful it is thought to be best practice that Central Banks be independent from direct governmental action and influence. Do you believe this is a good approach why or why not? What would you do today to address issues that impact the US Federal Reserve System?
Research the company’s culture.
Provide an 875-word summary of the following and be prepared to share this information with your learning team regarding your organization:
In your learning team, identify the type of organizational structure utilized by each company. Discuss how the structure may impact a change initiative either positively or negatively.
Create a presentation using Microsoft® PowerPoint®, Publisher®, Word, or sites such as Glogster® or PiktoChart® with speaker notes.
Format your assignment consistent with APA guidelines.
What Would You Do? Case Assignment
SAS
Cary. North Carolina
SAS (pronounced “sass”), which is short for Statistical Analysis System, began when it set out to create statistical software to help agricultural researchers who were studying the effects of soil, seeds, and the weather on crop yields. In 1970, researchers had to write new computer programs every time they analyzed data. SAS standardized that process and made it faster. Because the statistics faculty who wrote SAS needed to generate funds to cover the expiring grant money that paid their salaries, they started leasing SAS to universities and pharmaceutical companies. By 1976, they had 100 customers. However, it wasn’t until the first SAS Users Conference later that year, when 300 people showed up, that they realized their business opportunity. As you tell people now, that was pretty much the ‘aha” moment.”
From website traffic, to credit cards replacing cash, to genome sequencing, to sentiment analysis (analyzing every tweet, blog, and discussion group comment about your company and its products), the amount of digital data that a company has to go through is increasing at exponential rates. As a result, 79 percent of Fortune 500 companies use SAS. Shell Oil uses it to analyze data to predict how long the pumps will run on its North Sea oil-drilling platforms. Kohl’s department store maximizes profits by using SAS to analyze which products to mark down for sale. Credit card companies use SAS to reduce fraud by identifying unusual credit card purchases in real time. Finally, telecomm companies offer great deals to customers who, via SAS, they’ve determined are more likely to switch to competitors.
Although SAS has been profitable every year since inception, there are threats to its highly successful business model. First, says Gareth Doherty, an industry analyst, “Most organizations aren’t in a position to be able to leverage some of the sophisticated applications that SAS offers because the No. 1 constraint when one is working with a tool this sophisticated is the user. If one doesn’t have a rocket scientist sitting behind the desk, it doesn’t matter what one has running on the desktop.” Second, SAS products are expensive, starting at $1 million for industry specific products (i.e., banking or retail), followed by subscription renewals that are 20 percent to 30 percent of the purchase price. Although SAS spends 22 percent of its revenue on research and development each year, larger firms are buying business intelligence companies to compete directly with SAS. SAP paid $6.8 billion for Business Objects, and Oracle paid $3.3 billion for Hyperion. The largest threat may come, however, from IBM, which paid $4.9 billion for Cognos and $1.2 billion for SPSS. IBM combined those firms into its business analytics group, which will employ 200 scientists and 4,000 consultants and analysts. Industry analyst Bill Hostmann says, “It will be a dogfight. SAS has never faced a competitor like IBM. And I do think IBM sees SAS as a big, fatted cow.”
With competition intensifying, SAS is shortening its product development cycle from 24 to 36 months to 12 to 18 months. Change like that can’t be achieved without attracting and retaining a highly motivated workforce. That’s increasingly difficult with tech job openings up 62 percent and a 22 percent average turnover rate in the software industry. That’s why Google gave all of its employees a 10 percent raise and a $1,000 bonus. So, the first step in maintaining one’s competitiveness is figuring out what motivates people to join a SAS. Second, getting people to join SAS is one thing, but how does one get them to work hard and maximize their efforts? Should one be egalitarian and pay everyone the same, or should they closely link pay and performance? Finally, how does one get his or her most talented managers and software engineers to stay? Does SAS need to “go public” like its competitors and issue stock and stock options to its employees? Or are there other ways for SAS to reward people and remain competitive in the talent market?
