Describe the role of business research in promoting continuous improvement in health care organizations. Discuss the parameters of using business research to make changes or decisions in a health care environment or organization.
In: Operations Management
Describe the elements of charismatic leadership.
Describe the elements of transformational leadership and its role in enacting organizational changes.
What are the factors that gave rise to the development of neo-charismatic leadership theories?
In: Operations Management
1) Describe the process of management development. What are the main steps involved in the process?
2) Discuss the future of training and development in Canada? What changes, if any, can we expect?
In: Operations Management
What are two accounts in the Choice Hotels income statement that show the biggest change over the past 3 years? What information in the 10-K report helps to explain these changes?
In: Finance
Write paragraphs on each question:
1) Checks and balances among the three branches of government, with their main functions.
2) Transaction cost analysis of the Articles of Confederation and changes in the US Constitution
In: Operations Management
Explain the importance of Time Value of Money concept.
Detail about how the value of money changes in relation to time.
Also explain the change is purchasing power of the money in relation to time.
In: Finance
A basket of goods for a given consumer includes two goods, X and Z. Consumer income is equal to $1,000 and the prices of these two goods are as follows:
Px = $20
Pz = $20
This consumer is consuming 10 units of good X.
Suppose that over the course of a year, the price of good X changes by - 10% and the price of good Z changes by 10%.
How much income would be required for the consumer to afford the same quantity of goods X and Z with the new prices? $_______
What is the rate of inflation? _______ % (Enter your response as a percentage rounded to two decimal places.)
Given this change in prices, is it possible for our consumer to buy the original bundle of goods? _______
In: Economics
Cascade Company was started on January 1, Year 1, when it acquired $160,000 cash from the owners. During Year 1, the company earned cash revenues of $90,400 and incurred cash expenses of $62,500. The company also paid cash distributions of $7,000. Required Prepare a Year 1 income statement, capital statement (statement of changes in equity), balance sheet, and statement of cash flows under each of the following assumptions. (Consider each assumption separately.)
a. Cascade is a sole proprietorship owned by Carl Cascade.
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In: Accounting
A U. S. company expects to pay its supplier 1 million British pounds in 3 months and is considering whether to hedge the resulting foreign exchange risk with a futures contract or a forward contract on British pounds with 3 months to the delivery date. The correlation between changes in the spot price of British pounds in terms of U. S. dollars and changes in the U. S. interest rate is 0.85. Taking into account the daily settlement process associated with the use of futures contracts, which of the following is the correct hedging strategy?
Select one:
Buy a futures contract on British pounds
Buy a forward contract on British pounds
Sell a futures contract on British pounds
In: Finance
During the coming year, Gold & Gold wants to increase its free cash flow by $180 million, which should result in a higher stock price. The CFO has made these projections for the upcoming year:
∙ EBIT is projected to equal $852 million.
∙ Gross capital expenditures are expected to total to $360 million versus depreciation of $120 million, so its net capital expenditures should total $240 million.
∙ The tax rate is 25%.
∙ There will be no changes in cash or marketable securities, nor will there be any changes in notes payable or accruals.
What increase in net working capital (in millions of dollars) would enable the firm to meet its target increase in FCF?
In: Finance