. The University of Iowa is experimenting with a blend of soil amendments to be used in an analysis of variance study of the response of tomatoes to various amounts of sunlight. To perform this study, all other elements must be controlled so that the only variable is the sunlight. The minimum requirements for calcium, phosphorous, and potassium are 125 pounds, 150 pounds, and 120 pounds respectively. The soil amendment mixture from Prairie Gold consist of 25% calcium, 25% phosphorous, 12½% potassium, and 37½% other ingredients. It costs $0.40 per ounce. The mixture from Grinell Grow is 20% calcium, 25% phosphorous, 25% potassium, and 30% other ingredients. It sells for $0.50 per ounce.

Formulate a linear programming model that will allow the University of Iowa to conduct this experiment using a minimum cost blend of the two soil amendment mixtures.

DIPLOMA Assignment
January-June LR 112 - Labour Relations
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SECTION A [25 MARKS]
Answer ALL questions in this section
Read the following and answer the questions that follow
REDUNDANCY
Redundancy is when an employee is no longer required to work, through no fault of their own.
Redundancies occur when employees are dismissed because their job no longer exists. Usually
this happens when the employer no longer requires that job to be done by anyone and hence that
job becomes redundant. Redundancy is caused by a mix of factors such as decline in level of
economic activity in the organization, technological changes, cost reduction initiatives,
downsizing, merging with another company, economic recession, and business relocation among
other many factors. The right to be collectively consulted applies when an employer proposes to
make 20 or more employees redundant at one establishment over a period of 90 days or less.
Employers should also consult individual employees. Case law has shown that dismissals have
been found to be unfair where a union has been consulted but not the individual. In the UK,
employees who are selected for redundancy must be given a notice period before their
employment ends. The statutory notice periods are:
 At least one week's notice if the employee has been employed between one month and
two years
 One weeks notice for each year of employment between two years and 12 years
 12 weeks notice for someone who has been employed for 12 or more years.
Fortunately, employers have a free hand in setting the selection criteria they want to use. As long
as the criteria are measurable and applied fairly, then a tribunal is unlikely to interfere. TEBOGO
INTERNATIONAL Botswana, a mining giant, for some of these reasons, is deciding to lay
redundant some of its employees. The company however is not aware of important factors for its
redundancy selection process.
Required:
Advise, with practical justifications, the most important factors that Tebogo International Pty Ltd
has to consider to ensure its redundancy selection criteria are objective and fair.

Some goods are normal goods at lower income levels and inferior goods at higher income levels. One example is the fast food category in the US restaurant industry (e.g., McDonalds). In this case, lower income consumers will purchase more fast food if they earn small increases in income. However, the consumers will substitute other types of food and purchase less fast food as their income rises to much higher levels. Can you think of a second example from some other industry in the US or another country?

Suppose you are the marketing manager for a company that faces this sort of demand response from the customers of its major products. How would you develop an advertising program that adapts to this behavior over the growth (increasing income) and recession (declining income) stages of the macro economy? For example, would you change your pricing policy as the economy grows or declines, or would you change the target audience for your ads? Are there other things your could do in this situation?

1. Your company has a strong brand name in the United States, and you’re ready to enter Africa, especially West Africa. You decide to acquire a local company in Liberia. Considering your understanding of branding, would you use the existing US brand in Liberia? Would you use it in all of West Africa? Or would you use your strong US brand globally? Would you use both brands in the same markets? Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of the various strategies, taking into account the trust factor of brands, the influence of local differences, and the country-of-origin effect.

Make sure the answers are correct, well explained, thoughtful, and have no grammar mistakes. DO NOT COPY answers from Chegg or other websites. The answer should be unique and original work. The answer should be no less than 300 words. Thanks in advance.

As an employee, doesn't have to be a retail employee for this DB mind you, what would motivate you most of the following and at least give me a sentence or two of WHY it is ranked there, in other words, put all 6 in your order of importance and WHY:

- Monetary compensation (salary, bonus, stock options, etc.)

- Time off (extra paid days off as in extra vacation or paid personal days to use, etc.)

- Being able to work from home occasionally/telecommuting ONCE Covid-19 is hopefully behind us at some point in the future

- Company Subsidized Gym access at work ONCE Covid-19 is hopefully behind us at some point in the future

- Company Subsidized Child Day Care at work ONCE Covid-19 is hopefully behind us at some point in the future

- Better medical/dental/vision plans, etc.

Then, for Store Layout, Design & Visual Merchandising:

- Tell the class a store layout you really think really is set up physically well (as in the aisles, layout, etc.) and WHY and then one you think is poorly set up and WHY.

- Tell the class a store atmosphere where color is used correctly AND one that isn't

- Tell the class a store atmosphere where music is used correctly AND one that isn't.

- Lastly, tell the class a store atmosphere where scent/aroma is used correctly AND on that isn't.

A U.S. bank has deposit liabilities denominated in euros that must be repaid in 2 years. The deposits pay a fixed interest rate of 4%. The bank took the money raised and converted it to dollars, whereupon it lent the dollars to a corporate customer who will repay the bank over the next two years in dollars at a variable rate of interest equal to LIBOR +3%. The interest rate earned may change every six months.

Design a swap that the bank could use to reduce their risks.

After several months of negotiations, the CEO of BIG Pty Ltd made the long-awaited announcement to board members that BIG Pty Ltd would be buying Melbourne based company, YAY Pty Ltd for $25m. The following persons were present at the meeting: Helen and Liam (Company Directors) and Tammy (Receptionist taking meeting minutes). News of the take-over would not be released to the public until the following week.
(a) Assume Helen owns 50,000 shares in YAY Pty Ltd . Discuss whether she would be breaching any duties if she makes a secret profit of $500,000 from the takeover. What can Helen do to avoid breaching any duties?

answer structure

Issue: Whether Helen would breach any duties…
Rule: According to Hospital Products Ltd v US Surgical Corp…
Furthermore: According to Aberdeen Railway Co v Blaikie Bros…
Analyze: Here, the facts tell us…
Conclusion: Clear that Helen would be breaching Duty __   … (remember to also mention what she can do to avoid the breach)

Construct EFE & IEF matrices for The British University . Apply any one
of the matching stage tools (SWOT matrix, SPACE matrix, BCG matrix, IE matrix, Grand
Strategy matrix) to formulate strategies for the British university. Calculate and suggest the relative
attractiveness of alternative strategies for the British university through the application of QSPM.

It is believed that the proportion of female college students who friend-zone a study buddy is about 29%.

1. a) Say? w?e s?elected? 15 ?random co?llege females?. I?s t?his? s?amp?le ?"lar?ge e???nough"? to us??e ?the Central Limit Theorem? What about 100? Check by using the assumptions for CLT.

2. b) Fill in the blank to write the sampling distribution when we obtain 100 females. Round to three decimal points if possible. ?̂~? (? , ?)

3. c) Find the probability that from the 100 females sampled, the sample proportion of friend-zoning a study buddy will be greater than 35%. Round to three decimal points.

Consider Ghana Technology University College, of which the students are the product of the manufacturing process.

A. What will be quality from the producer’s perspective (producers in this case are lecturers) and administrator’s? at least five

B. What will be quality from the consumer’s perspective? Consumers in this case are Students. at least 5

C. What will be quality from the consumer’s perspective? Consumers in this case are employers. At least 5