Question 3 3. The midwife prepares to receive a term baby after delivery after delivery. The baby’s Apgar score in the 1st and 5th minute were 1 and 3 respectively. The midwife therefore concludes that the baby is asphyxiated and begins resuscitation. A. How would you explain birth asphyxia to a student nurse? (2marks) B. State four causes each of this condition before and after birth C. Outline the immediate care of the baby. (10marks)

A 144-g baseball moving 29 m/s strikes a stationary 5.25-kg brick resting on small rollers so it moves without significant friction. After hitting the brick, the baseball bounces straight back, and the brick moves forward at 1.21 m/s .

A)Determine the baseball's speed after the collision.

B)Determine the total kinetic energy before the collision.

C)Determine the total kinetic energy after the collision.

Suppose the law is changed so that innovation activities by firms are taxed at a much lower rate than other company expenses.

a. What happens to the long-run aggregate supply curve? Explain.

b. What happens to the value of the dollar? Explain.

c. What happens to the quantity of net exports demanded? Explain.

d. What happens to aggregate demand? Explain.

Describe Walmart's Raw Materials, R&D, Production/Manufacturing, Distribution, Sales marketing/sales, & Customer service (Primary areas).

For each functional area please give a description of the major processes where they (building blocks of competitive advantage) may apply, Superior efficiency, superior quality, superior customer service, and superior innovation, and or strengths and weaknesses.  

The risks of a cost leadership strategy include all of the following EXCEPT:

A. investments in manufacturing equipment can become obsolete due to innovation.

B. firms may fail to understand customers’ perceptions of competitive levels of differentiation.

C. competitors may learn how to successfully imitate their strategy.

D. firms may fail to include enough unique features in the product.

Worldwide innovation and the development of capability to create, leverage and apply knowledge are now considered to be a new requirement to gain competitive advantage by multinational firms.
Using relevant examples, identify four types of innovative capabilities and the problems associated with each of them. According to you, which type of innovative capability is more suitable to multinational firms? Justify your answer.

OM Practice: Provide one example of a company who you believe has good operations. Explain your choice - what aspects / examples of the company’s operations supports your company choice. If your previous response has not done so, list two big OM innovations – explain each innovation and why it is a big idea (its benefits).

1. In what ways collaboration overload can have an impact on decision making?
2. What biases play into managers continued use of collaboration tools and modes?
3. How collaboration overload (requiring employees to use multiple collaboration mechanisms or become employed in open-office environments) affects innovation and creativity? What some of the positive and negative effects?