CASE Study :

Soltis & Sons is a management consulting firm that is attempting to grow its business by targeting small businesses that are run by women or immigrants. In pursuing this strategy, the company has hired employees of other cultures whose first language is not English. Many of these employees are under 30 and they do not have college degrees. While this effort is leading to a workforce that mirrors the clients, the company finds that employees and managers are experiencing difficulties communicating with one another. This leads to misunderstandings and a decrease in productivity and customer satisfaction. For example, if a manager gives instructions about completing a certain task to an employee who fails to fully comprehend the instructions, the employee may make mistakes.

The director of Human Resources is considering whether or not to offer some type of training, yet none has been offered to date. She thinks some employees may be

impacted by negative stereotypes associated with a lack of work experience with people from different cultures. She also noted that some work teams do not like to be

supervised by younger people of color. A few employees quit over this issue and management is trying to decide what to do.

Using the 3-Step Problem-Solving Approach and the Organizing Framework, how can Soltis & Sons address the problem?

Step 1: Define the problem. What are the gaps between the desired outcomes and the current state?

Step 2: Identify causes of the problem. Remember, the diversity climate is an important situation factor. There are also relevant processes across the individual

level (perception, attributions, and psychological safety), the group/team level (group/team dynamics), and the organizational level (options to manage diversity).

These inputs and processes have critical outcomes.

Step 3: Make recommendations for solving the problem. What options does Soltis & Sons have?

Word count should be more than 600 words( total of 3 steps ) .

Please help me !! Thank You.

Analyze each stress situation by applying the components of the ABC-X Model. (A=Stressor, the thing that's causing the stress, life events that result in or require a family to change, B=Resources, things that can help them take care of the stress, internal or external and range from tangible (money, education/degrees earned) to intangible (social support systems), C=Perception, how the family is perceiving the stress, (1) How does the family view or define the problem? and (2) What is their understanding of the situation that resulted in the problem?, X=Crisis, when a family cannot put the stress event into perspective in a way that lets them manage it effectively)

SCENARIO #3—The Jones Family David and Stacy have been living in a small town where David is employed with a local law firm. If David keeps progressing as he has, he’s expected to be named a partner in the near future. David has been working for the firm for several years and has been able to support Stacy while she pursues her medical degree at the local university. Stacy is one year from graduating with her degree, and she must decide where to go for her residency. She receives word from her top choice—Healthy Hospital—that she has been accepted for their residency program. However, Healthy Hospital is 800 miles away. She and David have to decide what to do. They know that they don’t want to spend four years apart, but neither one wants to give up on their goals.

Be sure to identify the A, B, C & X in each scenario

In some of the descriptions, it may not be clear as there could be multiple factors influencing the family. You can create "hypothetical" explanations for the possible A, B, C & X.

Discuss how communication can contribute to the reduction or resolution of the stressful situation experienced in each of the scenarios.

What recommendations would you offer to family members to resolve the impact of the stress? (not really Psychology but it's the closest subject)

Sam Strother and Shawna Tibbs are senior vice presidents of Mutual of Seattle. They are co-directors of the company's pension fund management division, with Strother having responsibility for fixed income securities (primarily bonds) and Tibbs responsible for equity investments. A major new client, the Northwestern Municipal Alliance, has requested that Mutual of Seattle present an investment seminar to the mayors of the cities in the association, and Strother and Tibbs, who will make the actual presentation, have asked you to help them. To illustrate the common stock valuation process, Strother and Tibbs have asked you to analyze the Temp Force Company, an employment agency that supplies word processor operators and computer programmers to businesses with temporarily heavy workloads. You are to answer the following questions.

a. Describe briefly the legal rights and privileges of common stockholders.

b. (1) Write out a formula that can be used to value any stock, regardless of its dividend pattern. (2) What is a constant growth stock? How are constant growth stocks valued? (3) What happens if a company has a constant g that exceeds its rs? Will many stocks have expected g > rs in the short run (i.e., for the next few years)? In the long run (i.e., forever)?

c. Assume that Temp Force has a beta coefficient of 1.2, that the risk-free rate (the yield on T-bonds) is 7.0%, and that the market risk premium is 5%. What is the required rate of return on the firm's stock?

d. Assume that Temp Force is a constant growth company whose last dividend (D0, which was paid yesterday) was $2.00 and whose dividend is expected to grow indefinitely at a 6% rate. (1) What is the firm's expected dividend stream over the next 3 years? (2) What is the firm's current intrinsic stock price? (3) What is the stock's expected value 1 year from now? (4) What are the expected dividend yield, the expected capital gains yield, and the expected total return during the first year?

Pronouns are words that take the place of nouns, noun phrases, or other pronouns. Pronouns can be the subject of a sentence, the object of a sentence, or in the possessive case. A pronoun should agree in number and gender with its antecedent. An antecedent is the word the pronoun stands for. The following is one rule for pronouns.

Rule: Use the singular pronoun with "everyone," "anyone," and "each."

Incorrect: Each player on the girls’ soccer team wants their coach to play them in the championship game.

Correct: Each player on the girls’ soccer team wants her coach to play her in the championship game.

Directions: Click on the blank lines that follow and select the pronoun that agrees with its antecedent.

The Soaring Sullivans

Professional Acrobats' Club

Fan Trivia

1. The club got its/their name from founding member Robert Sullivan.

2. After club practices, each of the acrobats soaks their/his or her muscles in a custom-made hot tub.

3. Nearly everybody in the club has broken his/its wrist at least once. Despite the dangers, club president Jim Chevalier says he considers him/himself a careful person.

4. Mr. Chevalier's wife is the booking agent for the club. She/Her and Jim take care of business issues such as recruiting and finance.

5. Mr. Kirk Lyons, a member of the club, became a hero to a local girl after she/he shinnied up a utility pole and rescued her kitten. The girl's family arrived and thanked Mr. Lyons. The heroic acrobat then gave free show tickets to the girl and them/they . The girl told a reporter at the scene that although the president of the United States is her role model, Mr. Lyons is just as cool as him/he .

6. The local press became interested in all the members of the acrobats' club. Reporters interviewed every single one of them/him . Shortly after the article was published, dozens of people auditioned before Jim Chevalier, hoping he/him would offer them/they membership to the elite club.

Grow Management Consultants has recently implemented a work-life balance policy. The policy includes a new initiative to hold a quarterly social event for all staff.

As the Operations Manager (you) for Grow Management Consultants, you have decided to have an informal meeting with your staff to seek their ideas on social activities and to discuss timing (e.g. which days of the week work best, what time). Note that the policy states that a maximum budget of $500 per activity may be allocated and that activities may be held on Friday afternoons or after 5 pm on any other day of the week.

You should follow the Grow Management Consultants Meetings Policy and Procedures for informal meetings.

PLEASE ANSWERED THREE PARTS A,B,C

PART A- Report on meeting outcomes Assume that you have agreed on all of the social activities discussed at the meeting, as well as the time that the activities will be conducted. Draft an email to be sent to the staff (your assessor) that briefly details the meeting outcomes and lists the social activities agreed on, as well as the agreed times.

PART B - Send a draft email to your assessor. Send the draft email to your assessor. Finish the text with a note that you will be correcting the email, and sending the corrected version shortly. This email should have the word “Draft” in its title

Send a final email to your assessor. Re-open the email you sent in the last activity, and carefully check it for spelling and grammar and ensure that it is a true and accurate record of the meeting. Part of this assessment task requires you to demonstrate to your assessor that you are able to correct your own work accurately, so this email needs to contain text that is an improvement on the previous one.

PART C- When finished, send this final email to your assessor. This email should have the words “Final” in its title. It should be sent within the timeframes set out in the Meeting Policy and Procedures

Discussion 5 - Controversy 5: Is Butter Really Back? The Lipid Guidelines Debate Using the information found at the end of Chapter 5 about the Controversy: Is Butter Really Back? The Lipid Guidelines Debate. Read first the content in the book, supplement the reading with the power point that emphasizes the main points of the controversy. Then, write a 200-250 word response of the controversy.

The Dietary guidelines for Americans had been emphasizing for decades on the importance of low fat eating. Great changes have been made in the production, and manufacturing of foods, and families have tried new low fat recipes, and lower their overall fat composition. But there is this new debate: besides all of the efforts to cut fat in the American diet, the efforts have been unsuccessful, and people have switched to add more sugar to their diets in order to keep the flavor that fats provided. So, do we need to go back to use more butter to cook, and manufacture foods, and snacks? Or, do we need to continue decreasing the amount of fat in our diets in order to decrease the risk for chronic diseases, especially for cardiovascular disease? In this context, while preparing your response keep in mind the following:

1. If fats are bad for people, why do we keep eating them? And, if fats are bad for people, what can we do in order to decrease the daily consumption of fat?

2. In your opinion, is the use of olive oil a good solution to start consuming healthier fats? And, about the use of fat substitutes such as apple sauce for baking? What do you do personally in order to have a low-fat diet?

3. What kind of lifestyle changes can be done in the U.S. population in order to decrease or, use in moderation the amount of fat in the diet, fast food restaurants, and snacks?

4. Application: share your own experience of trying to eat low fat and/or eating healthier in general. What kind of lifestyle changes have you had to make in order to eat healthy?

CASE Study of management of organization behavior :

Soltis & Sons is a management consulting firm that is attempting to grow its business by targeting small businesses that are run by women or immigrants. In pursuing this strategy, the company has hired employees of other cultures whose first language is not English. Many of these employees are under 30 and they do not have college degrees. While this effort is leading to a workforce that mirrors the clients, the company finds that employees and managers are experiencing difficulties communicating with one another. This leads to misunderstandings and a decrease in productivity and customer satisfaction. For example, if a manager gives instructions about completing a certain task to an employee who fails to fully comprehend the instructions, the employee may make mistakes.

The director of Human Resources is considering whether or not to offer some type of training, yet none has been offered to date. She thinks some employees may be

impacted by negative stereotypes associated with a lack of work experience with people from different cultures. She also noted that some work teams do not like to be

supervised by younger people of color. A few employees quit over this issue and management is trying to decide what to do.

Using the 3-Step Problem-Solving Approach and the Organizing Framework, how can Soltis & Sons address the problem?

Step 1: Define the problem. What are the gaps between the desired outcomes and the current state?

Step 2: Identify causes of the problem. Remember, the diversity climate is an important situation factor. There are also relevant processes across the individual

level (perception, attributions, and psychological safety), the group/team level (group/team dynamics), and the organizational level (options to manage diversity).

These inputs and processes have critical outcomes.

Step 3: Make recommendations for solving the problem. What options does Soltis & Sons have?

Word count should be more than 600 words( total of 3 steps ) .

Please help me !! Thank You.

You have 3 billion dollars in the fund, which you can invest in any combination of Australian stocks, US stocks, and Australian Treasury. The idea is to use your knowledge of portfolio theory to make an argument for having an internationally diversified portfolio, rather than just holding domestic assets. The data are monthly returns and the relevant sample statistics are summarized in the following table:

1. Using the results of portfolio theory and the estimates above, compute the tangency mutual fund (portfolio) between Australian and US stocks (i.e., the optimal split between Australian and US stocks). Find the tangency portfolio using the Solver in Excel. Paste the table used with Solver to your Word document and discuss your findings.

2. Suppose you would like to achieve an average return of 0.5% per month in excess of the T-bill rate with the smallest possible risk. What is the optimal split between Australian stocks, US stocks, and T-bills? That is, how much of the $3 billion should you invest in each country and how much should you borrow or lend? What is the standard deviation of this portfolio?

3. After a bad year on the US stock market, some people try to influence you to divest (i.e., sell all of) the holdings of US stocks. How much should you invest in Australian stocks and T-bills alone to obtain the same level of risk as you obtained in part 2.? (Hint: you want the standard deviation of the divested portfolio to be the same as the nondivested portfolio.)

4. What would be the cost in terms of expected monthly return from divesting in the US stocks? What would be the cost in terms of annual return (note: the returns are continuously compounded)? What would be the cost in dollar terms on the $3 billion portfolio each year?

Baxter Equipment Company - Balance Sheet for Years Ending December 31st

Note: All figures add 3 zeros ($000)

Please answer what you can. The data is too long for me to add the Income Statement, which is necessary for these questions. Since many of these questions cannot be answered without the IS, and they all pertain to the same data - this should be counted as one question.

a. What was the company's depreciation expense for 2019?

b. What were the company's current ratios for both 2018 and 2019?

c. Was the current ratio for year 2019 better or worse compared to 2018 (a one word answer please)

d. What was the company's inventory turnover for 2019?

e. What was the average collection period (2019) for their accounts receivable?

f. What was their marginal tax rate?

g. How many shares of common stock did they sell in 2019?

h. What was their EPS?

i. How much did they pay in common stock dividends?

j. What was their "TIE" (times interest earned) for 2019?

CASE Study (management of organization behavior) :

Soltis & Sons is a management consulting firm that is attempting to grow its business by targeting small businesses that are run by women or immigrants. In pursuing this strategy, the company has hired employees of other cultures whose first language is not English. Many of these employees are under 30 and they do not have college degrees. While this effort is leading to a workforce that mirrors the clients, the company finds that employees and managers are experiencing difficulties communicating with one another. This leads to misunderstandings and a decrease in productivity and customer satisfaction. For example, if a manager gives instructions about completing a certain task to an employee who fails to fully comprehend the instructions, the employee may make mistakes.

The director of Human Resources is considering whether or not to offer some type of training, yet none has been offered to date. She thinks some employees may be

impacted by negative stereotypes associated with a lack of work experience with people from different cultures. She also noted that some work teams do not like to be

supervised by younger people of color. A few employees quit over this issue and management is trying to decide what to do.

Using the 3-Step Problem-Solving Approach and the Organizing Framework, how can Soltis & Sons address the problem?

Step 1: Define the problem. What are the gaps between the desired outcomes and the current state?

Step 2: Identify causes of the problem. Remember, the diversity climate is an important situation factor. There are also relevant processes across the individual

level (perception, attributions, and psychological safety), the group/team level (group/team dynamics), and the organizational level (options to manage diversity).

These inputs and processes have critical outcomes.

Step 3: Make recommendations for solving the problem. What options does Soltis & Sons have?

Word count : more than 600 words( total of 3 steps ) .

Please help me !! It's important . Thank You.