Question B1

In 2002, Musk sold his second internet startup, PayPal, to eBay for $1.5 billion. His first company, a Web software firm, was acquired by Compaq. Currently, Musk is the CEO of Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) and Tesla Motors, and also the chairman and the largest shareholder of SolarCity, an energy technology company. SpaceX, which builds rockets for companies and countries to put satellites in space, was the first private company to deliver cargo to the International Space Station. It’s reigniting interest in space exploration. Tesla Motors is the world’s most prominent maker of electric cars and is proving that electric cars can be green, sexy, and profitable. SolarCity is now the leading provider of domestic solar panels in the United States. Each of these ventures has transformed an industry: PayPal – Internet payments; Tesla – automobiles; SpaceX – aeronautics; and SolarCity – energy. (Modified from source: Kristoffer Tripplaar/Sipa USA (Sipa via AP Images)

Based on the above case, name the type of problems Musk deal with when developing these new ventures.

QUESTION 17

1. “____________________” was a black leader of the African National Congress and served a 27 year prison term for actively protesting apartheid. In the first open election in South African history, he was elected as president. He has been hailed as preventing a race war in South Africa and as a symbol of racial democracy and justice.

   	a.	Jacob Zuma
   	b.	Nelson Mandela
   	c.	Thabo M. Mbeke
   	d.	F.W. de Klerk

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QUESTION 18

1. TRUE or FALSE: According to the Healey, Stepnick & O’Brien text, dominant-minority relationships tend to change most rapidly and dramatically when there are changes in the level of development or basic subsistence technology of the larger society.

   True

   False

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QUESTION 19

1. Early relations between Native Hawaiians and Europeans were organized around “____________________” . Therefore, the contact situation did not lead immediately to competition over the control of land or labor as was the case in the United States, South Africa, and Northern Ireland.

   	a.	Slavery
   	b.	War and conflict
   	c.	Agriculture
   	d.	Trade and commerce

ou are employed as a business analyst at Marketing Department in XYZ company (a company in any field that you may be interested in working there upon your graduation). Your department director has asked you to come up with a draft marketing plan for a new (or an existing improved) product that would be available for consumers in year 2022 in United States.

In general, marketing plans are developed annually, exceptions of longer period do exist for some big-ticket industrial products such as commercial aircraft, as well as to some highly volatile industries such as telecommunications or electronics which may require diligent planning semi annually or quarterly.  

Plans typically follow a format similar to that outlined in Exhibit 1.10 "Contents of a Marketing Plan" on page 15 (also in Canvas under "Files") in Chapter One which including ten (10) parts:

1. Executive summary
2. Current situation and trends
3. Performance review (for an existing product or service only)
4. Key issues
5. Objectives
6. Marketing strategy
7. Action plans
8. Projected profit-and-loss statement
9. Controls
10. Contingency plans

The text refers to three types of financial decision – the investment decision, the financing decision and the dividend decision.  Describe each in detail, and explain how these decisions relate to the corporate objective.  Categorise each of the following decisions in terms of whether it is an investment, financing or dividend decision and explain why it is in that category.

(a)        Javelin Pharmaceutical Ltd purchases all of the shares in O’Hara Ltd.

(b)        Tabcorp Holdings Ltd buys new poker machines for its business.

(c)        Brushwood Ltd hopes to raise $53 million in an equity issue of ordinary shares and will use the funds to repay its long-term debt.

(d)        Devastation Games Ltd purchases the copyright for a new video game.

(e)        News Corporation declares a dividend of 20c per share.

(f)         Brushwood Ltd pays $5 million to repurchase 1% of the shares held by its current shareholders.

(g)        Creek Ltd announces the raising of $50 million in bonds in the United States.

(h)        Charles Grogin sells shares to finance his new online wine cellar.

I need to simulate the interview speech and use the following skills to explain why I want to join the job of security. The speech is from 30 seconds to 1 minute, and the self-introduction part can be omitted. thank you for your help.

Course: Professional Career Development and Management

Experience：I am a veteran and served in the 101st Airborne Division of the United States for 3 years. Because I was at infantry company, I can use a lot of firearms, as well as self-defense skills, fighting skills, emergency treatment, protect customer skills, etc.

U.S Army Infantry                                                  

• Performed as a member of a fire team during drills and combat
• Assisted with mobilization of vehicles, troops and weaponry
• Coordinated and managed all reconnaissance missions
• Processed prisoners of war and captured documents
• Maintained and stored combat weapons (e.g., rifles, machine guns, antitank mines, etc.)

·        Air assault (Ability to jump from a helicopter using a rope)

Skills

      Language (Korean, Chinese, English.)

      Security Guard

      Weapons Control

      Team player

You are a systems analyst contracted by Earth Friendly Babies, a mail-order company that sells earth friendly baby products. You and your consulting firm have recently completed development of a new system for managing orders and inventory for Earth Friendly Babies. System architecture already has been decided, and you are ready to embark upon installation, evaluation, and training for the new system. Earth Friendly Babies has grown from an at-home business set up by a stay-at-home mom to a small mail-order company that sends out catalogs to 10 states, employs 5 people in addition to the business owner, and has office and warehouse space in an office park designed to encourage small businesses. The business has relied upon manual data collection methods for taking orders, billing, and managing inventory. The new IS will provide the support necessary for the company to expand to all 50 states with their mail-order campaign. None of the employees has worked with an IS system similar to the one designed. All employees need to be trained in all aspects of the new system, because the company at this point relies on its employees to work where needed, rather than at one job only. You need to provide training for inventory/warehouse and for order support. Each individual will require nine hours total of training, broken down into three three-hour modules, and two people can be released from work at a time for training.

1. Design two training schedules for the new system — one which is based upon two

people released from work at a time, and one which takes advantage of the small number of employees that need to be trained.

2. Develop a training budget assuming that the trainer is paid $140 per hour, that 8 hours are needed to develop training materials, and that the 5 workers earn $18

per hour including overhead. Present the alternatives in memo form to the business owner, and identify any additional information that should be taken into

account when choosing between the two training schedules.

3. Prepare a memo detailing which changeover method you are recommending, and why.

4. Should Earth Friendly Babies perform a post-implementation evaluation? If your answer is no, justify. If yes, who should perform it?