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During a prenatal appointment for her high-risk pregnancy, Monica Moore was told to complete a series of forms related to medical treatment, privacy rights, and payment of services. Neither the office receptionist who gave her the forms nor her OBGYN specialist physician (to whom she had been referred) brought her attention to the fact that among the forms she was signing was also included a four-page long arbitration agreement. The title of the top page, however, was in boldface type and capitalized letters: “ARBITRATION AGREEMENT FOR CLAIMS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO MEDICAL CARE AND TREATMENT.” The arbitration agreement purported to be binding on Monica, her husband, and their unborn child; required that all future claims against any medical provider in the practice would be arbitrated (if the medical provider elected to be involved in arbitration); stated that Monica’s, her husband’s, and her unborn child’s constitutional rights to jury trial or trial by judge were being waived; noted that the patient acknowledged her right to consult with an attorney prior to signing the contract; and provided Monica with 15 days in which to rescind the agreement after she signed it, although she was not provided with a copy of the arbitration agreement. Monica later filed a medical malpractice action in state court, and the trial judge granted the defendant medical provider’s motion to compel arbitration. Monica appealed on the grounds that the arbitration agreement is a contract of adhesion with both procedural and substantive unconscionability.

Choose an example of an industry or a company with demand side increasing returns and describe it in maximum five bullet points.

what is it appropriate to argue that good strategy-making combined with good strategy execution are valid signs of good management? describe an example.

Lumbergh influenced his employee without specifically referring to his legitimate power. Which influence tactic is this?

Upward appeal

Persuasion

Coalition formation

Silent authority

Assertiveness

Yelling, speaking down to workers, and using a harsh tone of voice represents which influence tactic?

Persuasion

Upward appeal

Assertiveness

Exchange

Impression management

Whether your boss is good or bad, all of the following are true of power except:

Employee do not have power over their manager

Power involves unequal dependence

Power needs a minimum level of trust

Power is based on a perception

Power is the potential to influence someone

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Subject: Business Policy and Strategy

The G2000 Group was founded by Michael Tien in 1980 in Hong Kong. The label G2000, first introduced in 1985, was positioned as a specialty clothing chain distributing fashionable men’s and women’s career wear. Today, the G2000 Group is a multi-brand specialty retailer offering an assortment of men’s and women’s apparel and accessories, operating under different labels: G2000 MAN, G2000 WOMAN, G2000 studio, BLAACK and At Twenty.

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As for the situation analysis of G2000 company, it involves the following topics, shows your theoretical understanding, and uses Porter's 5 forces to analyze the external environment for the local market of Hong Kong.

(Words: 700 Don’t direct copy)

• Threat of new entrants
• Bargaining power of buyer
• Bargaining power of supplier
• Threat of substitute product
• Intensity of rivalry among competitors

organizational change essay using the article: changing the change rules at Google, and determine why they were successful in changing their employees behavior in approximately 750 word essay, address the following:

evaluate what happens when change is not managed with an organization and what impact can it have on employees

identify ways change fatigue can b avoided in a organization where innovation and change is constant.

discuss who should be involved in change management strategies to ensure a greater success

The arrival of Airbnb to Malaysia has make changes on the short-term vacation rentals, which should be better for Malaysia, and/or is Airbnb killing the Hospitality industry or will eventually kill the industry? Discuss the solutions or recommendations to benefit both Airbnb and Tourism industry in Malaysia

Happiness in tourism, from a generalist perspective, focuses on two large interest groups, tourists - who seek worthwhile experiences and provide the maximum satisfaction - and the community that receives them - which is satisfied when there is a balance between the yearnings of the visitor, entrepreneurs, public managers and theirs. Thus, how to align the strategic needs of the tourist destination with those inherent in sustainable development and without harming local happiness? Discuss and give an examples

What are a few feasible strategies/recommendations for the firm of GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceutical company going forward?

As part of the settlement for a class action lawsuit, Hoxworth Corporation must provide sufficient cash to make the following annual payments (in thousands of dollars):

The annual payments must be made at the beginning of each year. The judge will approve an amount that, along with earnings on its investment, will cover the annual payments. Investment of the funds will be limited to savings (at 3.5% annually) and government securities, at prices and rates currently quoted in The Wall Street Journal.

Hoxworth wants to develop a plan for making the annual payments by investing in the following securities (par value = $1000). Funds not invested in these securities will be placed in savings.

Assume that interest is paid annually. The plan will be submitted to the judge and, if approved, Hoxworth will be required to pay a trustee the amount that will be required to fund the plan.

1. Use linear programming to find the minimum cash settlement necessary to fund the annual payments.
   

   Let
   	F = total funds required to meet the six years of payments
   	G1 = units of government security 1
   	G2 = units of government security 2
   	Si = investment in savings at the beginning of year i

   
   Note: All decision variables are expressed in thousands of dollars.
   
   If required, round your answers to five decimal places. For subtractive or negative numbers use a minus sign even if there is a + sign before the blank. (Example: -300)
   

   Min	F
   s.t.
   	______F	+	_____G1	+	_____G2	+	_____S1	=	______
   	_____G1	+	_____G2	+	_____S1	+	_____S2	=	______
   	_____G1	+	_____G2	+	_____S2	+	_____S3	=	______
   	_____G1	+	_____G2	+	_____S3	+	_____S4	=	______
   			_____G2	+	_____S4	+	_____S5	=	______
   					_____S5	+	_____S6	=	______

   
   Round your answer to the nearest dollar. If an amount is zero, enter "0".
   

   Current investment required	$_____
   Investment in government security 1	$ _____
   Investment in government security 2	$ ____
   Investment in savings for year 1	$_____
   Investment in savings for year 2	$ _____
   Investment in savings for year 3	$ _____
   Investment in savings for year 4	$ _____
   Investment in savings for year 5	$ _____
   Investment in savings for year 6	$ ____

2. Use the dual value to determine how much more Hoxworth should be willing to pay now to reduce the payment at the beginning of year 6 to $400,000. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.
   
   $ _____
   
3. Use the dual value to determine how much more Hoxworth should be willing to pay to reduce the year 1 payment to $150,000. Round your answer to the nearest dollar.
   
   Hoxworth should be willing to pay anything less than $ _____ .
   
4. Suppose that the annual payments are to be made at the end of each year. Reformulate the model to accommodate this change.
   
   Note: All decision variables are expressed in thousands of dollars.
   
   If required, round your answers to five decimal places. For subtractive or negative numbers use a minus sign even if there is a + sign before the blank. (Example: -300)
   

   Min	F
   s.t.
   1)	_____F	+	_____G1	+	_____G2	+	_____S1	=	________
   2)	____G1	+	_____G2	+	_____S1	+	_____S2	=	________
   3)	____G1	+	_____G2	+	_____S2	+	_____S3	=	_______
   4)	____G1	+	_____G2	+	_____S3	+	_____S4	=	_______
   5)			_____G2	+	_____S4	+	_____S5	=	_______
   6)					_____S5	+	_____S6	=	_______
   7)					_____S6	+	_____S7	=	_______

   
   How much would Hoxworth save if this change could be negotiated? Round your answer to the nearest dollar.
   
   $ _____

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Briefly explain the term agency costs as related to a corporation. Here you have to explain what are agency costs and why do they arise and how do they affect the value of a firm.

With its highly coveted line of consumer electronics, Apple has a cult following among loyal consumers. During the 2014 holiday season, 74.5 million iPhones were sold. Demand like this meant that Apple was in line to make over $52 billion in profits in 2015, the largestannual profit ever generated from a company’s operations. Despite its consistent financial performance year over year, Apple’s robust profit margin
hides a more complicated set of business ethics. Similar to many products sold
in the U.S., Apple does not manufacture most its goods domestically. Most of
the component sourcing and factory production is done overseas in conditions
that critics have argued are dangerous to workers and harmful to the
environment.
For example, tin is a major component in Apple’s products and much of it is sourced in Indonesia. Although there are mines that
source tin ethically, there are also many that do not. One study found
workers—many of them children—working in unsafe conditions, digging tin out by
hand in mines prone to landslides that could bury workers alive. About 70% of
the tin used in electronic devices such as smartphones and tablets comes from
these more dangerous, small-scale mines. An investigation by the BBC revealed
how perilous these working conditions can be. In interviews with miners, a
12-year-old working at the bottom of a 70-foot cliff of sand said: “I worry
about landslides. The earth slipping from up there to the bottom. It could
happen.”
Apple defends its practices by saying it only has so much control over monitoring and regulating its component sources. The
company justifies its sourcing practices by saying that it is a complex
process, with tens of thousands of miners selling tin, many of them through
middle-men. In a statement to the BBC, Apple said “the simplest course of
action would be for Apple to unilaterally refuse any tin from Indonesian mines.
That would be easy for us to do and would certainly shield us from criticism.
But that would also be the lazy and cowardly path, since it would do nothing to
improve the situation. We have chosen to stay engaged and attempt to drive
changes on the ground.”
In an effort for greater transparency, Apple has released annual reports detailing their work with suppliers and labour
practices. While more recent investigations have shown some improvements to
suppliers’ working conditions, Apple continues to face criticism as consumer
demand for iPhones and other products continues to grow.

a. While it may be a good business move for Apple to be seen trying to improve working
conditions in its supply chain, does Apple have an ethical responsibility to
ensure labour practices among its suppliers meets a reasonable standard? Answer this question by providing a normative
claim concerning the responsibility businesses have for ensuring it is not
benefiting from dangerous or exploitative labour practices (It can be a
principle in support of responsibility or against such a responsibility). Which of the four basic moral values or
principles are you implying in your normative claim?

b. Now present an opposing normative claim to yours and state which of the four basic normative values or principles it implies.

c. Give a reason why your normative claim should be accepted instead of the opposing
normative claim.

Kelson Sporting Equipment, Inc., makes two different types of baseball gloves: a regular model and a catcher’s model. The firm has 900 hours of production time available in its cutting and sewing department, 300 hours available in its finishing department, and 100 hours available in its packaging and shipping department. The production time requirements and the profit contribution per glove are given in the following table:

Production Time (hours)
  Model   Cutting and Sewing Finishing   Packaging and Shipping Profit/Glove  

Regular model 1 1/2 1/8 $5  

Catcher's model 3/2 1/3 1/4 $8

Assuming that the company is interested in maximizing the total profit contribution, answer the following:

a. What is the linear programming model for this problem?

b. Find the optimal solution using the graphical solution procedure. How many gloves of each model should Kelson manufacture?

c. What is the total profit contribution Kelson can earn with the given production quantities?

d. How many hours of production time will be scheduled in each department?

e. What is the slack time in each department?

1) Which of the following types of process maps is most useful for identifying and quantifying wastes in a process flow?

2) Which of the following are the roles of a team member in Toyota's organization? Choose all that apply.

3)The [A] is a tool for working with ideas that helps to organize facts, opinions and issues into natural groups to help find themes or diagnose a complex issue.

__________

4) Under quality function deployment, all operations of a company are driven by the voice of the customer rather than by edicts of top management or by the specification established by design engineering.

True

False