You have been promoted to test team leader
However, the previous team leader was removed for poor performance and your manager wants you to improve the morale and efficiency of the team, as previously deadlines have been missed.
Her key points are; lack of innovation, poor quality control, missing goals and poor communication with the other teams.
She has also allocated you $500 for you to use on team building if you like.

From your notes from today and using wider research, how would address this challenge, what steps would you take, what would be your goals for the first month?

Provide your answer in a word document (350-500 words). You are encouraged to incorporate wider research and diagrams that may support your plan.


Week 7 – Question 1 a. Middleton expects to buy a 9.5% coupon, 15 years bond today, when it is first issued by Alex PLC. If interest rates suddenly rise to 12.5%, what happens to the value of Middleton’s bond? Why? (Word limit 20 - 30 words)

b. A corporate bond has a face value of $1 000, a coupon rate of interest of 10.5% per annum, payable semi-annually, and 20 years remaining to maturity. The market interest rate for bonds of similar risk and maturity is currently 8.5% per annum. Required: i. What is the coupon payment of the bond? (1 mark) ii. What is the present value of the bond? iii. If the coupon payment is payable annual (based on the same information), what is the value of the bond?

PHSTAT ONLY!!!!

Instructions: Show your complete solution. Simply giving the final answer without showing your calculations will NOT merit any points. If you’re using PhStat or Excel calculations, upload the excel file. You can also cut and paste the Excel work output on a word file, and upload it here.

Major league baseball salaries averaged $3.41 million with a standard deviation of $1.25 million in a certain year in the past. Suppose a sample of 100 major league players was taken.

1. Calculate the standard error for the sample mean summary.
2. What is the probability that the mean salary of the players exceeded $3.5 million?
3. What is the probability that the mean salary of the players was less than $2.7 million.
4. What is the probability that the mean salary of the players was less than $2.5 million OR greater than $3.6 million?

You will be assigned tetracycline an antibiotic to focus your discussion on. Please answer the following questions about your assigned antibiotic.

tetracycline

• How does it kill bacteria?
• Is your antibiotic selectively toxic? Please explain your answer, including the definition of selective toxicity.
• How could bacteria become resistant to your antibiotic? Your answer should include the concepts of mutation and natural selection.
• What are some actions we, as a society, can take to limit antibiotic resistance?
• For your assigned antibiotic, describe an experiment that you could use to determine if a bacterial sample taken from a person was resistant to your antibiotic. Be sure to describe all steps of the experiment including your independent, dependent, and control variables.
• Initial discussion posts should have a minimum word length of 150 words.

“There is strong evidence of an impending implosion of the pension funding system in the United States. Local and state financial problems are accelerating because public entities promised pensions they could not afford. It is now time for all government pension plans to employ the use of a liability-based discount rate for the measurement of present value pension obligations. Prompt remedial action is necessary to avoid systemic financial catastrophe!” Discuss.

Items to consider:

Logical Format of Response.

Word count – at least 350 words, and preferably not more than 700 words.

Introduction – to what extent to you agree / disagree?

Background of Issue/s, including description/definition of present value pension obligations, and liability-based discount rate.

Discussion of Issues (with appropriate examples)

Conclusion.

Appropriate use of references.

Originality.

•Exercise 1: It is assumed that 80% of the students pass the MBA 510 course. Calculate the following for a class of 15 students:

(a) the mean number of students expected to pass;

(b) the standard deviation;

(c) P(exactly 12 of the 15 students pass);

(d) P(at least 12 of the 15 students pass).

•Exercise 2: Five customers enter a store and make independent purchase decisions. The store’s records indicate that 20% of all customers who enter the store will make a purchase.         

(a) Does a general discrete probability distribution or the binomial distribution apply?

(b) Write the probability form applicable.  

Calculate the probability that:

(c) exactly 4 customers will make a purchase;

(d) less than 3 customers will make a purchase.

Please show all the work in Excel or Word.

Create a balance sheet using the account names and balances below. Make assumptions about the dollar values of each account so that the balance sheet balances. Remember that assets will equal liabilities plus stockholders’ equity. Please make the balance sheet so that it can be pasted into a word document and display any calculation, Thank you so much for your time and I will be sure to give you a 5-star rating for superior work.

Cash $32,800                       

Accounts Payable $49,000                       

Property and equipment $98,000

Marketable Securities $3,000  

Common Stock $10,000

Prepaid Rent $1,000                          

Inventories $39,800            

Accounts Receivable $300                                                     

Long Term Debt $99,500

Retained Earnings $11,950

Current Portion of Long Term Debt $4,450

Goodwill $2,000

Accumulated Depreciation $2,000

• Individual task
• Students should provide a stock price fluctuation analysis of a publicly traded company , using the financial data available effecting the stock market.
• Key contextual elements should include the stock exchange market, stock market indexes e.g. the Standard &Poor’s 500 Index and the Dow Jones Industrial Average in the context of market forces and economic forces, that demonstrate a clear understanding of the learning objectives discussed in this course.
• Title page, Written Body, along with a Bibliography of any written references, images, or diagrams used (if applicable). NOTE: Formal Written Reports must include a Title Page, Table of Contents, and Appendix of Financial Statements.
• Formal Written Report saved and uploaded to Moodle in PDF format.

Formalities:

• Word count: 2000 words

Q1 ) A 1000$ , 6% annual coupon treasury bond that is quoted in the newspaper at 103:5 Ask, coupon interest is paid semi-annually , it has been 130 days since the last coupon payment, half year is 182.5 days , find :

a) What is the accrued interest on the bond on the bond ?

b) If you are to buy the bond , what is the invoice price, how much would you pay for the bonds in other word ?

Q2 ) The Sami’s firm common stock most recent dividends were 2$ per share, dividends are to grow at 8% a year for 3 years (2016,2017,2018) , at the end of year 2018, dividends are to grow at 5% for the foreseeable future , required rate of return is 15% .

What is the shares true value now and that is at the beginning of year 2016 ?

A study conducted by the PEW Research Center reported that 62% of cell phone owners used their phones inside a store for guidance on purchasing decisions. A random sample of 13 cell phone owners is studied to understand how cell phones are used to make purchasing decisions. Write all answers as a decimal rounded to the fourth. a) Interpret the mean using the word expect. b) Find the standard deviation c) Find the probability of exactly 7 using their phones to make purchase decisions. Do this by hand and show your work. Please reference lecture examples for the amount of work to show. d) Find the probability less than 4 use their phones to make purchasing decisions. e) Find the probability at least 8 use their phones to make purchasing decisions.