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The human resource employee benefits and compensation programs are built upon the in-depth evaluation of each position and the determination of its value within the construct of the organization. Job analysis is a critical component in this process. Another major part is market pricing, which assumes that the pay set by the employers is an accurate reflection of a job’s worth. Both parts are important to ensuring that equity in pay and compensation exists. In the event that equity and fairness are not always met for compensation and benefits, this could lead to employee dissatisfaction and retention problems. It is therefore incumbent upon the organization to correct any inequities.

This discussion has three parts, as follows:

1. From your perspective, what type of compensation is a greater motivator for you, and why? Ensure that your discussion provides substantial detail.
2. Think about the pros and cons associated with the concept of market pricing. What have your personal experiences been in relation to fairness and equity of your own compensation where you have worked? Use your experience to provide examples of pros and cons. Use 4 examples in your response.
3. Discuss how a compensation method can be used to assist with employee retention. Consider 4 different ways in your discussion and from your personal experiences in which you were personally impacted by the examples you have provided.

You built your own 3D printer and intend to make a business of printing small parts for customers. After advertising your business on campus, you receive hundreds of emails within the span of a few days - all of which are fellow students asking for quotes on printing their parts. You go through all of the STL files, and record the approximate print time, material use and cost estimates for each as follows: Order 1: Order 2: Print Time: 43 minutes Print Time: 28 minutes Colour: Red Colour: Blue Material: 1.64 feet Material: 0.91 feet Cost: 3.80 $USD Cost: 2.11 $USD Order #: Print Time: ## minutes Colour: ... Material: #### feet Cost: #.## $ USD You've recorded each customer order as shown above and intend to start completing orders next week. Before hand, you want to know the total amount of time the printing will take, the total amount of material for each colour filament that you need to have on hand and the total material costs. Seeing as there are hundreds of orders on file you don't want to do these calculations manually, so you decide to use Python instead. In this assignment, you will be completing the function definition printing(orders), which has been started for you in the code template notebook. This function takes in a list of strings orders, where each element in the list is one line from the orders file, such as: orders = ["Order 1:\tPrint Time: 43 minutes\tColour: Red\tMaterial: 1.64 feet\tCost: 3.80 $USD", "Order 2:\tPrint Time: 28 minutes \tColour: Blue \tMaterial: 0.91 feet\tCost: 2.11 $USD"] You must complete the function definition to satisfy the following requirements: 1. The program computes the following 3 values: a. printTime = the total print time for all orders, stored in a list: [hours, minutes] b. matlused = the total material used for all orders, stored in a list based on filament color: [Red_matlused, Blue_matlused, Yellow_matlused, White_matlused, Black_matlused). Since your filament provider is based out of Canada, you need to provide this measurement in metres (1 metre = 3.28 feet). c. matlCost = the total material cost in $CAD (1 $USD = 1.42 $CAD). d. profit = your estimated profit if you charge 0.25 SCAD/minute of printing and only account for the material cost in your expenses (profit = revenue - expenses). 2. The program returns print Time, matlused, matlCost, and profit as output (done for you in the code given). 3. Your name, Maced, and the date are given in comments in the first Python cell. 4. Your answers to the design questions and test plan are given in the appropriate cells in the Python notebook. 5. Your program MUST have valid Python syntax and it must run without errors. Ensure that your
# Date: In [ ]: ######################################-- printing(orders) ###################################### def printing (orders): # Modify/add to the code between here... printTime = [] matlused = [0,0,0,0,0] matlCost = 0 profit = 0 #... and here return printTime, matlused, matlcost, profit ##########---TEST YOUR CODE---#################### # Change the values of orderTest to test with different values orderTest = ["order 1:\tPrint Time: 43 minutes\tcolour: Red\tMaterial: 1.64 feet\tCost: 3.80 $USD", "Order 2: \tPrint Time: 28 minutes\tcolour: Blue\tMaterial: 0.91 feet\tCost: 2.11 $USD"] result = printing (orderTest) ############## print("printTime=" ', result[0]) print("matlused =", result[1]) print("matlCost , result[2]) print("profit=" ", result[3])

In C++

1. Test Scores #1

Write a program that dynamically allocates a built-in array large enough to hold a user-defined number of test scores. (Ask the user how many grades will be entered and use a dynamic array to store the numbers.) Once all the scores are entered, the array should be passed to a function that calculates the average score. The program should display the scores and average. Use pointer notation rather than array notation whenever possible. (Input Validation: Do not accept negative numbers for test scores.) Make it a class, call it something like gradeholder. You will need a destructor because you are using dynamic arrays.

In the Python:

Note 1: You may not use these python built-in functions:

sorted(), min(), max(), sum(), pow(), zip(), map(), append(), count() and counter().

(7 points) unique.py: A number in a list is unique if it appears only once. Given a list of

random numbers, print the unique numbers and their count. Print the duplicate numbers and

their count.

Sample runs:

Enter the size of the list : 7

[8, 2, 6, 5, 2, 4, 5]

There are 3 unique numbers: 8 6 4

There are 2 duplicate numbers: 2 5

Sample run:

Enter the size of the list : 7

[2, 2, 4, 3, 3, 3, 4]

There are 0 unique numbers:

There are 3 duplicate numbers: 2 3 4

1.Assuming no transaction costs, clearly indicate the size of any observed mispricing of risk.
2.Clearly indicate any absolute advantage in financing. Why is this likely to be the case? (I mark)
3.Clearly indicate any comparative advantages in financing. (I mark)
4.The financial institution helps to create a swap which is beneficial to both parties and requires a net total compensation package of 0.2% of the total funds involved (this does not mean 0.2% from each company, this means 0.2% total compensation). Assume that any available benefits are split evenly between the two companies and design a swap which is acceptable to both companies and to the financial institution. Clearly indicate the swap rates that the two companies and the financial institution arc using. Clearly indicate the final borrowing rate for

each company.

If the question4 cannot be done, Just do the question123

CONTROL LIMITS, VARIANCE INVESTIGATION

Goodsmell Company produces a well-known cologne. The standard manufacturing cost of the cologne is described by the following standard cost sheet:

Direct materials:

Liquids (4.2 decilitres @ $0.25)     $1.05

Bottles (1 @ $0.05)                          0.05

Direct labour (0.2 hr. @ $12.50)                2.50

Variable overhead (0.2 hr. @ $4.70)        0.94

Fixed overhead (0.2 hr. @ $1.00)             0.20

Standard cost per unit                                $4.74

Management has decided to investigate only those variances that exceed the lesser of 10 percent of the standard cost for each category or $20,000.

During the past quarter, 250,000 four decilitre bottles of cologne were produced.

Descriptions of actual activity for the quarter follow:

A total of 1.15 million decilitres of liquids was purchased, mixed, and processed. Evaporation was higher than expected (no inventories of liquids are maintained).

The price paid per decilitre averaged $0.27.

Exactly 250,000 bottles were used. The price paid for each bottle was $0.048.

Direct labour hours totalled 48,250, with a total cost of $622,425.

Normal production volume for Goodsmell is 250,000 bottles per quarter. The standard overhead rates are computed by using normal volume. All overhead-costs are incurred uniformly throughout the year.

Required:

Calculate the upper and lower control limits for each manufacturing cost category.

Compute the total materials variance, and break it into price and usage variances. Would these variances be investigated?

Compute the total labour variance, and break it into rate and efficiency variances. Would these variances be investigated?

1.       In most hotel companies, strategic planning is a series of tasks carried out by the GM and ownership working together to set long-term objectives, and the ways in which these objectives can be achieved by the management team. What is the missing step in this list of steps in the process of linking strategic plans to operational plans? Current Performance ; Market Potential ; _________; Baseline Financial Plan; Tactical Plan; Operating Budget; Funding plan.

a)      Economic Forecast

b)      Risk Assessment

c)       Cash Flow Forecast

d)      Strategy Impact Projects

2.       Select the group of words that is missing from the following statement. “Corporate culture is established at the _____ of an organization and can have a significant impact on the ability of managers to ensure that there is a link between strategy and every day _______ actions. Without such a link, there is a risk that _______ will be seen as only relevant to ______ and _____ ___________. They in turn may be accused of not knowing what is going on in the day to day operations of the business.”

a)      Head Office, Departmental, Management, Shareholders, Financial Institutions

b)      Top, Customer, Strategy; Owners, Senior Management

c)       Head Office, Departmental, Strategy, Owners, Financial Institutions

d)      Top, Departmental, Strategy, Owners, Senior Management

3.       Complete this list of the types of data that a hotel business will need in order to be able to plan effectively: target, budget, actual, ______, benchmark

a)      Estimated

b)      Historical

c)       Forecast

d)      Real

4.       Select the group of words missing from this summary of what represents a good business plan: It provides ownership or their representatives with a clear, whole business view of what needs to be managed. It provides a _______ view of the business within an adaptable planning horizon. It helps operational managers to ______ a short-sighted, departmental view of the business. It achieves a more effective use of ________, including working capital. It provides a framework for _____ management. It also identifies the planning systems and technology required to support performance management and _________.

a)       Birdseye, Avoid, Capital, Risk, Budgeting

b)      Strategic, Create, Capital, Risk, Budgeting

c)       Strategic, Avoid, Capital, Risk, Measurement

d)      Forecast, Avoid, Capital, Risk, Measurement

According to a research​ institution, the average hotel price in a certain year was ​$91.85. Assume the population standard deviation is ​$18.00 and that a random sample of 41 hotels was selected. Complete parts a through d below. a. Calculate the standard error of the mean. sigma Subscript x overbarequals​$ nothing ​(Round to two decimal places as​ needed.) b. What is the probability that the sample mean will be less than ​$93​? Upper P left parenthesis x overbar less than $ 93 right parenthesisequals nothing ​(Round to four decimal places as​ needed.) c. What is the probability that the sample mean will be more than ​$96​? Upper P left parenthesis x overbar greater than $ 96 right parenthesisequals nothing ​(Round to four decimal places as​ needed.) d. What is the probability that the sample mean will be between ​$91 and ​$92​? Upper P left parenthesis $ 91 less than or equals x overbar less than or equals $ 92 right parenthesisequals nothing ​(Round to four decimal places as​ needed.) Enter your answer in each of the answer boxes.

the marcus hotel borrows $200000 from the spartan national bank the details are as follows:
a. Term of loan = 5 years
b. amortization rate = based on 10 years
c. frequency of payment = annual
d. interest rate = 6% required
1. prepare a loan amortization table for five years
2. what percentage of the loan was paid off over the five year period?
3. what was the total amount of interest paid?
4. what amount of interest will be paid over the 10 life of the loan?

a. how much be invested today to have 5,000 in five years if the interest rate is 6%?

b. at an effectives interest rate of 9%, what approximate amount will an investor have in 24 years if $5,000 is invested today?

c. Your sister, who is 6 years old today, just received a trust fund that will be worth $25,000 when she turns 21. IF the fund earns annual interest of 10% compounded quarterly, what is it today?