The following are descriptions of three different employees. Describe what the potential causes of poor performance for each of the following employees might be and solutions that could enhance the person’s performance. Carl Spackler is the assistant greenskeeper at Bushwood Country Club. Over the past few months, members have been complaining that gophers are destroying the course and digging holes in the greens. Although Carl has been working evenings and weekends to address the situation, the problem persists. Unfortunately, his boss is interested only in results, and because the gophers are still there, he contends that Carl is not doing his job. He has accused Carl of “slacking off” and threatened his job. Clark Griswold works in research and development for a chemical company that makes nonnutritive food additives. His most recent assignment has been the development of a nonnutritive aerosol cooking spray, but the project is way behind schedule and seems to be going nowhere. CEO Frank Shirley is decidedly upset and has threatened that if things do not improve, he will suspend bonuses again this year, as he did last year. Clark feels dejected because without the bonus he will not be able to make a down payment on the family’s swimming pool. Tommy Callahan Jr. recently graduated from college after 7 years and returned home to Sandusky, Ohio. His father, Big Tom Callahan, the owner of Callahan Motors, offers Tommy a job in the auto parts factory that makes brake pads. The factory is in severe danger of going under unless sales of the company’s new brake pads increase dramatically. Tommy must go on the road with Richard (Big Tom’s right-hand man) in a last-ditch effort to save the company. But Tommy proves to be unfocused, inexperienced, and lacking in confidence. Sales call after sales call he meets with rejection, even when the prospect looks promising. Customers express some concern about a warranty on the brake pads, but Richard believes that Tommy’s inexperience and awkward approach are the big problems.

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• All organizations weight pros and cons when making large decisions. When making the decision to pursue a global strategy the organization must take into account factors of probable investment that is required, the amount of traffic by estimation and much more. In the end if the business feels that in the long run revenue will succeed then the company would pursue the investment to strategize to go global.
• The most valuable resource a company can have is their reputation. Expanding globally can harm the reputation of the company that has other worries such as suppliers, competitors and third party vendor to set up the business and may not work the way it should. A reputation is already set because of the services and quality provided and if it change happens it could potentially harm the business.

For example, Apple does business globally. Their main supplier was Foxconn in China, this changed in 2010 when they were accused of low wages, long hours, poor working and living conditions basically sweatshop conditions and it backlashed. Now Apple has diversified their suppliers

• Cultural distance is the cultural disparity between the internationally expanding firm’s home country and its targeted host country. A firm’s decision to enter certain international markets is influenced by cultural differences. A greater cultural difference can increase the cost and uncertainty of conducting business overseas. Basically cultural distance increases the liability of foreignness. For example McDonalds started selling Beef burgers in India which is a country populated my majority vegetarians for religious purposes therefore affecting the business.
• IKEA’s external challenges include finding new sources of supply to support more store openings, opening new stores to encourage growth, increased competition, economic conditions, change in the market. Internal challenges include maintaining growth and design, replacing CEO’s, keeping costs low. Finding new sources of supply to support each store may be the greatest threat in my opinion. But if they focus on low cost it is possible.
• Expanding takes a lot of time, effort and attention to detail. It is important to take into consideration the deforestation and global warming issue

Debra Dillinger, Inc. was incorporated in Connecticut in 1992. Debra Dillinger owns 82% of the stock of Debra Dillinger, Inc. Unrelated individuals hold the remaining stock. In 1993 Debra formed Connecticut Motors and in 1995 Debra formed Long Island Sound Motors. Debra owned 85% of the stock of Connecticut Motors and 85% of the stock of Long Island Sound Motors. Unrelated individuals own the remaining stock of these two corporations. All three corporations are involved in the business of buying, selling and repairing foreign-made sports cars. Each corporation owns a different franchise for selling and servicing different makes of foreign-made cars. In 2018, Connecticut Motors sold all of its shop equipment and vacated its business address. It did not purchase any new automobiles. Long Island Sound Motors had two locations in Connecticut. It closed one location in early 2018 and then closed the other location in mid-2018. All previously sold cars for Connecticut Motors and Long Island Sound Motors were serviced through Debra Dillinger, Inc. On November 1, 2018, Connecticut Motors and Long Island Sound Motors merged into Debra Dillinger, Inc. Connecticut Motors and Long Island Sound Motors were both insolvent at the time of the merger. Debra Dillinger, Inc. issued its stock to the shareholders of Connecticut Motors and Long Island Sound Motors. On the date of the merger Connecticut Motors was indebted to Debra Dillinger, Inc. in the amount of $32,450 and Long Island Sound Motors was indebted to Debra Dillinger, Inc. for $14,300. Both corporations were insolvent. What issues may the IRS raise concerning this merger? Assume that the merger meets all Connecticut statutes.

Two morphs of the marine snail Littorina saxatilis have been identified on rocky intertidal shores in Galacia, Spain. Johannesson et al (1995) made the following observations about these snails:

• One morph consists of snails with smooth, unbanded shells. These snails are found in the blue mussel zone, low in the intertidal. The other morph consists of snails with ridged, banded shells. These snails are found high in the intertidal, in the barnacle zone.
• All snails feed on algae, but algal species differ between the two zones.
• The two morphs overlap in a narrow midshore band at the border of the blue mussel and barnacle zones.
• Mating in the midshore band is not random. Females prefer to mate with males of the same morph, and only 8% of the snails in the midshore band are hybrids.
• Some female hybrids have been observed with embryos in their brood pouches, indicating that they are not sterile. However, the survival rates of hybrids relative to the survival rates of pure morphs are unknown.

Consider the information provided in this case study in addressing the questions below.

Are the two morphs separate species:

• According to the biological species concept?
• According to the morphospecies concept?

• According to the ecological species concept?

For each species concept, define the species concept, explain what information you used to answer the question, and suggest one piece of additional information that would be relevant in helping you to decide if the two morphs are separate species.

Answer should show an understanding of the species concepts and a defensible use of evidence

• Correct definition of species concept
• Selection of evidence that is relevant to the species concept and good explanation of how the evidence is used.
• Clear description of additional evidence that is relevant to the species concept

Exhibit 1

Flight Plan Consulting, Inc.

Sales and Earnings Trend

Exhibit 2

Flight Plan Consulting, Inc.

Balance Sheet

December 31, 2001

($000’s)

Exhibit 3

Flight Plan Consulting

Selected Capital Market & Industry Data [1]

[1] The long-term debt on FPC’s balance sheet carried a coupon rate of 7% and will mature in 5 years. The firm was in the 30% (combined) tax bracket, and had a dividend payout ratio of 30%. The present market price of the firm’s common stock is $18.

What are FPC's historical (book) costs of debt and equity?

What is FPC's historical weighted average cost of capital (WACC)?

Exhibit 1

Flight Plan Consulting, Inc.

Sales and Earnings Trend

Exhibit 2

Flight Plan Consulting, Inc.

Balance Sheet

December 31, 2001

($000’s)

Exhibit 3

Flight Plan Consulting

Selected Capital Market & Industry Data [1]

[1] The long-term debt on FPC’s balance sheet carried a coupon rate of 7% and will mature in 5 years. The firm was in the 30% (combined) tax bracket, and had a dividend payout ratio of 30%. The present market price of the firm’s common stock is $18.

What are FPC's historical (book) costs of debt and equity?

What is FPC's historical weighted average cost of capital (WACC)?

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Use the​ year/subway fare data shown below. Let x represent the​ year, with 1960 coded as​ 1, 1973 coded as​ 14, and so on. Let y represent the subway fare. Does the best model appear to be a good​ model? Why or why​ not? Using the best​ model, find the projected subway fare in the year

20102010.

Does the best model appear to be a good​ model? Why or why​ not?

The best model is the ____ which does not appear

to be a good model because its coefficient of determination is R2 equals=

2

The data show systolic and diastolic blood pressure of certain people. Find the regression​ equation, letting the first variable be the independent​ (x) variable. Find the best predicted diastolic pressure for a person with a systolic reading of

113113.

Use a significance level of 0.05.

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Click the icon to view the critical values of the Pearson correlation coefficient r.

What is the regression​ equation?

3.

isted below are the budgets​ (in millions of​ dollars) and the gross receipts​ (in millions of​ dollars) for randomly selected movies. Answer parts

​a-c.

Click here to view a table of critical values for the correlation coefficient.

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a. Find the value of the linear correlation coefficient r.

r= __________

​(Round to three decimal places as​ needed.)

Analyze each of the following scientific reports, explaining how the pattern of the method of agreement is manifested by each. Discuss, in each case, the limitations of the method of agreement as applied to that quest for a causal connection.

Medical researchers have concluded not only that the timing of sexual intercourse in relation to ovulation strongly influences the chance of conception, but that conception occurs only when intercourse takes place during a specifiable period in the menstrual cycle. The researchers summarized their findings thus:

We recruited 221 healthy women who were planning to become pregnant. At the same time the women stopped using birth control methods, they began collecting daily urine specimens and keeping daily records of whether they had sexual intercourse. We measured estrogen and progesterone metabolites in urine to estimate the day of ovulation. In a total of 625 menstrual cycles for which the dates of ovulation could be estimated, 192 pregnancies were initiated. . . . Two-thirds (n = 129) ended in live births. Conception occurred only when intercourse took place during a six-day period that ended on the estimated day of ovulation. The probability of conception ranged from 0.10 when intercourse occurred five days before ovulation to 0.33 when it occurred on the day of ovulation itself. Conclusion: Among healthy women trying to conceive, nearly all pregnancies can be attributed to intercourse during a six-day period ending on the day of ovulation.
—Allen J. Wilcox, Clarice R. Weinberg, Donna D. Baird, “Timing of Sexual Intercourse in Relation to Ovulation,” The New England Journal of Medicine, 7 December 1995

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(5.15) Manatees are large, gentle, slow-moving creatures found along the coast of Florida. Many manatees are injured or killed by boats. below contains data on the number of boats registered in Florida (in thousands) and the number of manatees killed by boats for the years between 1977 and 2013. (data are distorted):

(a) Find the correlation rr (±±0.001)

rr =

(b) Find the equation of the least-squares line (±±0.001) for predicting manatees killed from thousands of boats registered.

yˆy^ = +xx

(c) What would you predict (±±0.1) number of manatees killed by boats to be if there are 900,000 boats registered?

(d) Predict (±±0.1) manatee deaths if there were no boats registered in Florida.

                                                                       Assignment 1( New Version)

You have the following   data on quantity demand of commodity X and its price and other factors during 1991-2005:-

Based on the above data:-

1. Draw the relationship between Q & P?
2. Using the OLS, estimate the demand function in linear form.
3. Comments on the results by taking into account any prior expectations you have about demand functions.

      4) Compute the predictable value of the dependent variable & the residuals?

     5) How much the change in Px, Py and Expenditures ( M) explains the variations in Q?

       6) Interpret the empirical results of the estimated equation?

        7) Calculate demand elasticities at the mean.

        8) Construct a confidence internal at 95% of estimated own price elasticity at the

            mean   and in the year of 2005?

         10) Construct a confidence interval of the quantity demanded in the years 2005 and in

         the year 2008 when Px=7, Py=3.5 ,Expenditures =1900