2 page paper describing the following

Provide a description of an organization you are familiar with (possibly a company you have worked for in the past or are currently working for) and describe briefly what services they contribute. Then, select three out of the six questions below

and provide detailed answers, supporting those answers by referencing any sources used. Be sure to use examples from your research to strengthen your argument as needed

·What personal knowledge management tools does this organization utilize?

·What steps has this organization taken in securing their information and knowledge?

·What has this organization done to gain and sustain an advantage over their competitors?

·Describe in detail how this organization manages the components of its IT infrastructure

In what ways does the organization demonstrate successful collaboration?

·Identify at least two types of hardware and two types of software used by this organization.

3.       ‘Myrto’ Cosmetics Ltd has decided to open a new shop in Leeds. A new bank account will be opened on 1 April 2012.

The following is a summary of the expected transactions for the first three months:

1. ‘Myrto’ transferred £55,000 capital in April into the new shop bank account.
2. The shop expects to sell items worth £8,000 in April, £9,000 in May and £10,000 in June. In each month 80% of the sales will be in cash and 20% will be on credit to account customers. The account customers will receive two months credit and will settle their account two months following the sale. No bad debts are expected.
3. The shop will make purchases of £4,000 in April, £4,500 in May and £5,000 in June. At the end of June goods costing £2,000 will remain in inventory. All purchases will be made on two month’s credit.  
4. Furniture will be purchased in April for £18,000 and paid on delivery. These items are expected to last for 5 years with £2,000 scrap value at the end of that period.
5. £3,000 is paid in April for insurance for the three month period: April-June 2012.          
6. Other operating expenses of £7,000 each month are payable in the month following the month incurred.

Required:

1. Prepare a cash flow forecast (cash budget) for the three months ending 30 June 2012.
2. Prepare a forecast income statement for the three months ending 30 June 2012.
3. Advise ‘Myrto’ Cosmetics on the key issues that have emerged from the financial information you have prepared.

Critically examine the usefulness to business managers of cash flow forecasts (cash budgets).

The table below gives the number of hours spent unsupervised each day as well as the overall grade averages for seven randomly selected middle school students. Using this data, consider the equation of the regression line, yˆ=b0+b1x, for predicting the overall grade average for a middle school student based on the number of hours spent unsupervised each day. Keep in mind, the correlation coefficient may or may not be statistically significant for the data given. Remember, in practice, it would not be appropriate to use the regression line to make a prediction if the correlation coefficient is not statistically significant.

Step 1 of 6: Find the estimated slope. Round your answer to three decimal places.

Step 2 of 6: Find the estimated y-intercept. Round your answer to three decimal places.

Step 3 of 6: Determine if the statement "Not all points predicted by the linear model fall on the same line" is true or false.

Step 4 of 6: According to the estimated linear model, if the value of the independent variable is increased by one unit, then the change in the dependent variable y^ is given by?

Step 5 of 6: Find the estimated value of y when x=3. Round your answer to three decimal places.

Step 6 of 6: Find the value of the coefficient of determination. Round your answer to three decimal places.

1) What is the difference between a Ferrous and Non-Ferrous metal?

2) Describe what happens to metal when the percentage of carbon is increased.

3) What is the difference between a Thermoplastic and Thermoset? Give three examples of each.

4) List all of the plastic processing methods and give three examples of products that are made from each method.

The transfer of capital between savers and lenders

Financial intermediaries frequently offer a variety of benefits to both the borrowers attempting to raise capital in the financial markets and the economies that allow them to function.

Read the following statements. Then, identify the benefits or services that may be provided by a financial intermediary. Check all that apply.

Check all that apply.

...Financial intermediaries have the ability to pool the savings of many savers in order to convert short- or long-term deposits into long-or short-term investments (loans).

...Financial intermediaries are able to offer their customers (both borrowers and savers) considerable flexibility in the form of the maturities, denominations, and features of the transactions written.

...Financial intermediaries promote the face-to-face exchange of money and securities between the borrower and the saver.

...Financial intermediaries may purchase the securities from the borrower (a corporation).

Financial transfers of capital generally take one of three forms. In the following table, correctly identify the methods of transfer being described.

Based on your evaluation of the information in the preceding table, decide if the following statement is true or false.

True or False: The existence of financial middlemen and financial intermediaries decreases the efficiency of the financial markets.

False

True

Please fill in the 3 blanks in the spreadsheet and then answer the two following question.

The following information is from Bluff Run Golf Courses. The company runs three courses and the July income statement for each course is as follows:

A. Find the missing value for outings revenue, wages, and operating income.

B. Rank the courses in order of profitability, using dollars.

C. Rank the courses in order of profitability, using percentages.

Explain how marginal revenue product is derived. Why is the MRP curve also the firms' short-run
the demand curve for labor? Explain why and how the demand curve for labor differs between firms
operating in a competitive industry and an imperfectly competitive industry (i.e., monopoly).

In 1997, 35 countries signed the convention of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) to make it a crime to bribe foreign officials. In May 1999, the OECD issued a series of six principles (updated in 2004) that have since become the basis of the corporate governance position of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF). However, in 2015 alone:

• In February 2015, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. agreed to pay $16.2 million to settle charges from the SEC under FCPA for the payment of bribes in Kenya and Angola to increase tire sales. Goodyear subsidiaries were accused of paying more than $3.2 million in bribes to employees of state-owned and private companies between 2007 and 2011.

• In May 2015, BHP Billiton paid $25 million to settle SEC charges in relation to FCPA offenses. BHP had been accused of improperly sponsoring foreign government officials as guests at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China. The case was settled through an internal administrative order without going to court.

• In July 2015, New Jersey-based construction management company Louis Berger International paid $17.1 million to resolve FCPA criminal offenses. In the resolution, the company admitted paying bribes to foreign officials in India, Indonesia, Kuwait, and Vietnam in order to win contracts. The settlement included a deferred prosecution agreement that will require a compliance monitor for at least three years.

• In September 2015, Hitachi Ltd. paid $19 million to resolve SEC charges. The case was brought in relation to payments made to South Africa’s ruling page 123political party in connection with contracts to build two multimillion-dollar power plants.

American companies operating under increasing federal and regulatory scrutiny face real consequences from trying to do business in a global business environment in which foreign business seems to function on the basis of “gifts” at every stage of the transaction.

• In December 2012, the SEC charged Eli Lilly and Co. with violations of the FCPA for improper payments made by subsidiaries to foreign government officials in Russia, Brazil, China, and Poland; and accepted a settlement in the amount of $29 million for offenses including the following:

  The SEC alleged that the Indianapolis-based pharmaceutical company’s subsidiary in Russia used offshore ‘marketing agreements’ to pay millions of dollars to third parties chosen by government customers or distributors, despite knowing little or nothing about the third parties beyond their offshore address and bank account information.

  Employees at Lilly’s subsidiary in China falsified expense reports in order to provide spa treatments, jewelry, and other improper gifts and cash payments to government-employed physicians.

  Lilly’s subsidiary in Poland made eight improper payments totaling $39,000 to a small charitable foundation that was founded and administered by the head of one of the regional government health authorities in exchange for the official’s support for placing Lilly drugs on the government reimbursement list.

  In November 2012, the Department of Justice issued a 120-page “Resource Guide” to the FCPA, including numerous case studies designed to clarify what actions would and would not be considered to be violations of the law. The guide was written as a resource for DOJ attorneys, but attorneys in private practice are encouraging their clients to become familiar with it.

QUESTIONS

1. Is it ethical for U.S. regulations to put U.S. companies at an apparent disadvantage to their foreign competitors? Explain why or why not.
2. If foreign companies pay bribes, does that make it OK for U.S. companies to do the same? Explain why or why not.
3. If you could prove that new jobs, new construction, and valuable tax revenue would come to the United States if the bribe were paid, would that change your position? Explain your answer.

Answer in your own words

Research Scenario: You have been raising Bombina orientalis, or Oriental fire-bellied toads, and measured the frogs’ jumps in centimeters. Your latest study looks at males and females’ reactions to being raised in a room with another animal. You set up three terrariums, each with six male and six female frogs. Each terrarium is in a separate room. Let A1 = male frogs, A2 =female frogs, B1 = frogs raised in a room with a dog, B2 = frogs raised in a room with a cat, and B3 = frogs raised in a room with a parrot.

1. Restate the research and null hypothesis for each variable (and don’t forget the interaction).

2. What are the degrees of freedom of the F distribution for each variable and the interaction?

3. What is the value of F for the two main effects?

4. Is there a significant main effect of roommate? Explain and support your position.

5. Is there a significant main effect of gender? Explain and support your position.

6. Is there a significant interaction between the sex of the frogs and the species of roommate? Explain and support your position.

7. Fill in the appropriate cell, column, and row means in the table below. Then fill in the appropriate seventeen terms in the ANOVA summary table (or simply paste the table from SPSS).

Table of Means

COMPREHENSIVE PROBLEM

OJB Company began business in January, 2016. The following transactions occurred in February, 2016:

Feb 1      Purchased supplies on account, $ 400.

         2      Received cash from customers on account, $ 1,750.

3      Paid $ 400 on account.

5      Paid technician $ 750 in salary, including the amount owed at the end of January.

8      Billed customers for services provided on account, $ 3,200.

11     Paid cash for advertising on a local website, $ 300.

12     Received $ 3,875 cash for fees earned for jobs completed.

16     Paid electricity bill for the month, $ 290.

17     Received $ 8,200 cash for fees earned for jobs completed.

19     Paid technician $ 750 in salary.

20     Billed customers for services provided on account, $ 6,100.

22     Received cash from customers on account, $ 9,500.

25     Paid phone bill for the month, $ 120.

26     Received cash from customers as an advance payment for                                       technical support services to be provided in the future, $ 2,500.

27     Billed customers for services provided on account, $ 3,900.

28     Received cash from customers on account, $ 5,100.

28     OJB withdrew $8,000 for personal use.

INSTRUCTIONS:

The chart of accounts and the post-closing trial balance as of January 31, 2016 are given. For each account in the post-closing trial balance, enter the balance in the appropriate Balance column of the ledger. Date the balances February 1, 2016, and place a check mark ( ü ) in the Posting Reference column. Journalize each of the February transactions in the journal provided using OJB Company’s chart of accounts. (Do not insert the account numbers in the journal at this time).

Post the journal to the ledger.

Prepare an unadjusted trial balance.

At the end of February, the following adjustment data were assembled. Use this data to complete instructions ( 5 ) and ( 6 ):

Supplies on hand were $ 600.

Rent expired during the month was $ 1,600.

Unearned fees at the end of the month were $ 2,000.

Insurance expired during the month was $ 300.

Accrued salaries payable were $ 240.

Depreciation on equipment during the month was $ 330.

Optional: Enter the unadjusted trial balance on an end-of-period spreadsheet/worksheet and complete the worksheet.

Journalize and post the adjusting entries.

Prepare an adjusted trial balance.

Prepare an Income Statement, Statement of Owner’s Equity, and Balance Sheet.

Record and post the closing entries. Indicate closed accounts in the ledger by inserting a line in both of the Balance columns opposite each closing entry.

10.Prepare a post-closing trial balance.

OJB COMPANY SERVICE CHART OF ACCOUNTS

PROVIDED FOR YOU IN BLACKBOARD THIS ACCOUNT IS

LISTED BUT IS NOT USED—PLEASE IGNORE**

OJB COMPANY

POST-CLOSING TRIAL BALANCE

JANUARY 31, 2016

                                                                           DEBIT        CREDIT

Accounts Receivable3,400

Prepaid Rent3,200

Prepaid Insurance1,500

Office Equipment14,500

Accumulated Depreciation330

Accounts Payable800

Salaries Payable120

Unearned Fees2,500

OJB, Capital                  42,300

                                                                           46,050       46,050