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Assume that you have been asked to build a presentation to be given to a group of recent college graduates who majored in non-business related subjects and therefore know very little about economics or finance. These are intelligent and educated individuals, but they know little about the academics of business. Create a dynamic and engaging PowerPoint presentation in which you explain the nature of the business cycle and its relationship to the ...

Other / Other 12 Mar 2017

Assume that the City Council in Prescott, AZ is considering implementing price ceilings on rental units based on the number of bedrooms in the unit. The demand function for rental units (on a single bedroom equivalent basis) is given by QD = 120 – 4P and the supply function is given by QS = 2P, where P is price and Q is quantity. The Council is giving consideration to imposing a ceiling price on rental units of Pmax = 16. Using t ...

Other / Other 06 Mar 2017

This week, you learned that the goal of financial management is to maximize shareholder wealth. Write a short paper discussing the relationship between this goal and the goal of maximizing the firm’s profits. Specifically, what are the similarities and differences between these goals? Provide an example of how maximizing profits might not lead to shareholder wealth maximization. In addition, find at least one scholarly article that cri ...

Other / Other 02 Mar 2017

The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is the most widely published and best known stock market indicator in the world. The DJIA appears daily in nearly every major newspaper around the globe, is discussed on all financial newscasts, and is understood by most to be a leading indicator of the state of the economy. When the DJIA is rising, the U.S. economy is generally healthy and when the DJIA crashes, a recession is usually on the horizon. Alth ...

Other / Other 02 Mar 2017

Select one of the technologies mentioned in this week’s introduction (MRP, ERP, DSS, Expert Systems, software simulations) and one analytical method and research it in the NCU Library. Then, write a paper that summarizes the selected technology and analytical method and how these are used in decision making. Compare and contrast how these have been used by two real-world businesses. Begin your paper with an introduction that states a thesi ...

Other / Other 14 Feb 2017

Submit a brief paper in which you discuss your placement of the 10 mistakes in the flow chart and your rationale. Also, discuss (a) whether you believe there are other mistakes that could occur in the hiring process and (b) whether you feel that any of the 10 mistakes proposed by Taylor and Stern (2009) are not actually mistakes. Support your paper with a minimum of two scholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appr ...

Other / Other 05 Feb 2017

Review the 10 hiring mistakes proposed by Taylor and Stern (2009). Using the drawing and diagram tools in PowerPoint, create a simple flowchart for the proposed hiring process for a business. Include steps pertaining to identification of need, development of job descriptions, recruiting of candidates, interview and assessment of candidates, candidate selection, onboarding, and initial training at a minimum. Then, place the numbers 1-10 on the hir ...

Other / Other 05 Feb 2017

Select and read any one of the 13 chapters in Saner’s book, Expert Negotiator. Then, prepare a critical summary of it and appraise its applicability to a real-world situation you have encountered or that you find through additional research. In your introduction, present a thesis related to the content of the chapter, and then explain how the chapter is arranged to support the thesis. Next, support the thesis based on the concepts of succe ...

Other / Other 30 Jan 2017

To demonstrate your understanding of decision making, summarize the Challenger case study, the major decisions that were made, and how the concept of Groupthink contributed to the shuttle’s demise. Identify at least five lessons related to Groupthink and organizational communications that can be applied to other organizations for successful decision making. Ensure that you address how ethical decision making applies. Incorporate appropria ...

Other / Other 22 Jan 2017

Construct an Excel table with the following columns: Decision, Ethical Implications, Legal Implications, and Fairness Implications. Then, use the Internet or NCU Library research to find three decisions made by three different corporate CEO’s within the last 5 years. At least one of the decisions must be international in nature. Summarize each decision in the first three rows of the first column. Next, assess the ethical, legal, and f ...

Other / Other 19 Jan 2017