This week we focus on some additional terms for IT users. This week lets discuss what a community of practice is.   Why are they important and how can they impact the culture within an organization?( 300 - 350 words)

Student Success Seminar (STSC-150) Class

1. Write about one of your self-defeating behavior patterns. Choose a behavior pattern that you checked on the list in Chapter 6 or identify a self-defeating behavior that isn't on the list but that you do often. (Download the attachment in this activity for a copy of the list.) Remember, a behavior is something someone else can see you do. Develop your journal paragraphs by anticipating questions that someone reading them might have about this behavior pattern. (Even you might have questions when you read your journal 10 years from now.) For example:

- What exactly is your self-defeating behavior pattern?
- What are some specific examples of when you did this behavior?
- What may have caused this habit?
- What undesirable effects has it had on your life?
- How would your life be improved if you changed it?

One student began by writing, "One of my self-defeating behavior patterns is that I seldom do my best work on college assignments. For example, in my biology lab . . ."

2. Repeat Step 1 for one of your self-defeating thought patterns or for one of your self-defeating emotional patterns. Once again, choose a pattern that you checked on the list, or identify a habit that isn't on the list but that you often think or feel. You might begin, "One of my self-defeating thought patterns is that I often wonder if I'm smart enough to be successful in college. I especially think this during exams. For example, last Thursday I . . . Or . . . One of my self-defeating emotional patterns is that I often feel frustrated. For example . . . ".

When you're finished, upload or share your journal entry. Then hit "Submit Now" to submit this assignment for grading.

In 400-500 words

What are the economic conditions of globalization that allow Uber to function across the world?

What are Uber's legal and regulatory challenges in the US? In other parts of the world?

What role has technology played in the emergence of Uber as a large, global corporation? How do you see this changing in the future?

Consider the two processes below with specifications 100 plus or minus 10:

• Process A: mean of 100, standard deviation of 3
• Process B: mean of 105, standard deviation of 1
• n=5 for both processes

Q. What is the fraction non-conforming for each process?

Please discuss the strategic purpose of management development (MD). In your opinion, what are the top three strategic issues facing HR practitioners today in relation to management development and, in turn, organizational performance and improvement? What role can management development play in facilitating practical solutions to these strategic issues?

Dynex Company had the following income statement for last year:

Beginning assets were $280,000, and ending assets were $300,000.

Use the excel document found in the Assignments tab to answer the questions below.

1. Average operating assets were:
2. Margin was:
3. Turnover was:
4. Return on investment was:

Rayvo Company has the following information:

Use the excel document found in the Assignments tab to answer the questions below.

1. Determine the materials price variance and whether it is favourable or unfavourable.
2. Determine the materials usage variance and whether it is favourable or unfavourable.
3. Determine the labour rate variance and whether it is favourable or unfavourable.
4. Determine the labour efficiency variance and whether it is favourable or unfavourable.
5. Provide the journal entries to record the purchase of materials, the issuance and usage of materials, and direct labour variances.
6. Provide the closing entries for the immaterial variances.

Richard Scott, CEO of XYZ Enterprises, is considering a merger with Empire Inc., which is led by CEO Mickey Thompson. The merger of their two firms will enable the creation of a very large diversified conglomerate, with businesses ranging from office supplies to sporting goods, industrial paints, consumer electronics, video games, and marine engines. Consultants from Boston Consulting Group have advised Scott and Thompson that the merger could create a great deal of value, because the new combined entity can use several lucrative yet mature "cash cows" within Empire Inc. to fund the growth of several promising, but not yet highly profitable, young businesses. Scott and Thompson have decided to seek a second opinion from your consulting firm, International Associates.

Please respond to the following questions posed to you by these two CEOs:

• Could you please explain the BCG matrix to us? What is the logic of this model? What are the model’s limitations and weaknesses?
• Should we be employing the matrix to evaluate this merger? Could we create value in the manner that BCG has described?

All airplane passengers at the Lake City Regional Airport must pass through a security screening area before proceeding to the boarding area. The airport has three screening stations available, and the facility manager must decide how many to have open at any particular time. The service rate for processing passengers at each screening station is 6 passengers per minute. On Monday morning the arrival rate is 7.2 passengers per minute. Assume that processing times at each screening station follow an exponential distribution and that arrivals follow a Poisson distribution.

Note: Use P₀ values from Table 11.4 to answer the questions below.

1. Suppose two of the three screening stations are open on Monday morning. Compute the operating characteristics for the screening facility.
   
   Round your answer to four decimal places.
   
   P₀ = ??
   
   Round your answers to two decimal places.
   
   L_q = ??
   
   L = ??
   
   W_q = ??min
   
   W = ??min
   
   Round your answer to four decimal places.
   
   P_w = ??
   
2. Because of space considerations, the facility manager's goal is to limit the average number of passengers waiting in line to 10 or fewer. Will the two-screening-station system be able to meet the manager’s goal?
   
   Yes
   
3. What is the average time required for a passenger to pass through security screening? Round your answer to two decimal places.
   
   ?? min

Use the excel document found in the Assignments tab to answer the questions below.

Part A: (1 mark)

Advent Company wants to introduce a new printer called the Blitzer. The company believes demand will be 10,000 units per year at a price of $50 per printer. Advent would invest $300,000 and requires a 50% return on their investment.

Calculate the target cost per unit for the new Blitzer printer.

Part B: (1 mark)

Growing Inc. manufactures growth charts. Growing Inc. has recently invested in a new machine that can individualize the picture displayed on the growth chart. They believe demand for this new type of growth chart will be 50,000 charts per year at $15 per chart. The machine will cost $500,000. They would like to earn 45% on this investment.

Calculate the total target cost for 50,000 units for the new style of growth chart.

Part C:

Talia Corp. produces digital cameras. For each camera produced, direct materials are $27, direct labour is $15, variable manufacturing overhead is $18, fixed manufacturing overhead is $32, variable selling and administrative expenses are $7, and fixed selling and administrative expenses are $22.

Calculate the target selling price assuming that a 40% markup on total per unit cost is required.

Use the Internet to search for an example of an enthymeme in the media (e.g., Internet, television, radio, newspapers, etc.).

• You may find an op-ed, political piece, advertising, et cetera.
• Identify the implied premise in the enthymeme.
• Why did you choose this example?

write a company overview on the production company of neflix

How does national culture affect the selection process? Give some examples of the different selection processes used in different countries and try to explain why these differences occur.

Answer discussion style.

Discuss how organisational leadership style is related to employee leadership skills, leadership and business trends.

Please provide a mathematical (algebraic) formulation for each problem along with a solution using the Excel Solver.

Problem #1: Investment Problem (Product Mix Problem)

Brian Givens is a financial analyst for Retirement Planning Services, Inc. who specializes in designing retirement income portfolios for retirees using corporate bonds. He has just completed a consultation with the client who expects to have $750,000 in liquid assets to invest when she retires next month. Brian and his client agreed to consider upcoming bond issues from the following six companies.

The column labeled “Return” in this table represents the expected annual yield on each bond, the column labeled “Years to Maturity” indicates the length of time over which bonds will be payable, and the column labeled “Rating” indicates an independent underwriter’s assessment of the quality or risk associated with each issue. Assume that Brian re-invests into a bond when it matures. The expected annual yield does not change for each bond (has already factored compounded annual growth for the % return provided). This will also avoid the need to consider any NPV analysis that can alter the allocation. Think simple and keep the formulation linear.

Brian believes that all the companies are relatively safe investments. However, to protect his client’s income, Brian and his client agreed that no more than 25% of the money should be invested in any one investment and at least half of her money should be invested in long-term bonds which mature in ten or more years. Also, even though DynaStar, Eagle Vision, and Opti Pro offer the highest returns, it was agreed that no more than 35% percent of the money should be invested in these bonds since they also represent the highest risks (i.e., they were rated lower than “very good”).

Brian needs to determine how to allocate his client’s investments to maximize her income while meeting their agreed upon investment restrictions.