McDonald’s is one of the known fast food organizations around the world. Its corporate culture emphasizes human resource development while achieving high levels of efficiency, which have been achieved thorough adopting innovations in almost everything the organization does.

1. Elaborate on McDonald’s corporate culture and how it affects its innovation (500 words, 50 marks)
2. Elaborate on the contextual influences on McDonald’s which affect its innovation capabilities and competitiveness (500 words, 50 marks)

There are many stories about radioactivity and the relative danger of it in the news lately, but very little actual information. The radioactivity levels around Fukushima Daiichi are high, but seem negligible in just somewhat removed locations.

The real danger seems to stem from ingesting radioactive particles. Just how likely is it for that to happen in any considerable distance from the reactor, say in Tokyo, and how dangerous for the human body is it really? How far can these particles travel in any dangerous concentration?

Write information about one occurrence that happened at a counseling agency that works with the addiction population, through group and individual counseling. Answer with a paragraph for each writing prompt. Point out core competencies and learning objectives.

1. What was the one occurrence that happened?

2. Examine the occurrence and explain why it occurred.

3. Describe the human instincts that were felt and the actions that followed.

4. Define what core competencies were addressed in the occurrence and what behavior models might apply.

Software vulnerabilities in cyberspace can range from the simple outdated security patches on national critical infrastructure systems to poorly designed defense missile control systems. When these industrial control systems, military weapon control systems, or air control transportation systems are designed without security built into the software, their security vulnerabilities are paramount to the national security, economy, and human health.

Do research on the latest prominent software vulnerabilities and share your literature review findings with the class.

1. Use the Solow growth model to demonstrate how differences in access to technology can cause highly-developed countries and lesser-developed countries can both at low rates and never converge. Include in your answer a description of the differences in access to technology and illustrations of the consequences for long-run capital stock per worker, long-run output per worker, and the time paths of output per worker from the short-run to the long-run.

2. Use the Solow growth model to demonstrate how differences in population growth rates can cause highly-developed countries and lesser-developed countries can both at low rates and never converge. Include in your answer a description of the differences in population growth rates and illustrations of the consequences for long-run capital stock per worker, long-run output per worker, and the time paths of output per worker from the short-run to the longrun.

3. Use the human capital growth model to demonstrate how differences in investment in education and training can cause highly-developed countries and lesser-developed countries to grow at different rates and never converge. Include in your answer a description of the differences in education/training and illustrations of the differences in the paths for human capital accumulation and output-per worker.

Suppose there are two countries. In the rich country, the representative consumer has Hr units of human capital, and total factor productivity is zr. In the poor country, the representative consumer has Hp units of human capital, and total factor productivity is zp. Assume that b and u are the same in both countries, Hr > Hp, and zr > zp. (a) How do the levels of per capita income, the growth rates of per capita income, and real wages compare between the rich and poor countries? (b) If consumers could choose their country of residence, where would they want to live? (c) If each country could determine immigration policy, what should they do to maximize the welfare of the current residents? (d) What is the immigration policy that maximizes the welfare of the citizens of both countries? (e) Explain your results. Do you think this is a good model for analyzing the effects of immigration? Why or why not? (f) During the NPC & CPPCC, the State Councilor Wang Yong claimed when he was introducing the plans of institutional reform of the state council to the congress that, they are planning to establish the state immigration administration, which will be responsible for foreigners’ stay and residence, and the management of permanent settlement, refugees and nationality, etc. Explain what this means referring to the model in the textbook.

1- Which of the following factors is least likely to contribute to food insecurity in an older adult?

A) Limited income

B) Lack of available food programs

C)Physical limitations

D)Medical bills

2-Resources available for the older adult, especially those home bound or who are low income include?

A)Meals on Wheels

b)SNAP

C)WIC

D) a and b

3-Water needs of a 4-month-old infant who does not eat solids are best met by:

a)Sterile water supplements

b)Glucose water supplements

c)Human milk or formula

d)) Both sterile water supplements and human milk or formula

4-Bulimia Nervosa involves frequent episodes of binge eating, almost always followed by purging. To meet the official definition and diagnosis, bingeing and purging occurrences can be a 1 time occurrence and infrequent?

a)True

b)False

5-Protein needs are different during pregnancy due to a growing fetus and extra demands on the body during pregnancy. Protein recommendations for the pregnant woman are?

a) .8g/kg

b)1.1g/kg

c)1.8g/kg

d)8kg/kg

5-Water recommendations and needs during pregnancy are the same as a non pregnant female.

a)True

b)Fals

3) Finally, let’s consider productivity and pay. Answer the following questions in a couple of sentences. a) If labor markets are perfectly competitive (many identical employees, many small firms), why must every employee be paid exactly their productivity? In other words, we do we not expect to see firms earning profit off of their employees nor employees earning more at one firm than they could be paid at another similar firm? b) If moving to another firm costs an employee money (either in psychological terms from having to uproot oneself, or in financial terms from having to pay for a moving company and other expenses associated with moving), why might we see firms paying their employees less than the employee’s productivity? c) If the employee has firm specific human capital, why might we see her earning more than any other firm would pay her? Why also might we see her being paid less than her productivity at the current firm? d) Why might an employee with considerable firm specific human capital be less likely to leave his job the longer he is at the company? Consider both the company and the employee

Vans is a manufacturer of women’s and men’s swimsuits. The company uses a dual-rate system to allocate support costs. Last year’s support departments’ fixed and variable costs are as follows:

Allocation base amounts for all the departments are as follows:

A. Suppose support costs were not broken down into fixed and variable cost pools. What allocation base would you use to allocate the costs for each support department? Explain.

B. Describe several possible reasons why the managers of Vines Company allocate support costs to operating departments.

C. Discuss whether a dual-rate support cost allocation system is likely to be better for Vines Company than a single-rate system.

Mr. Lane suffered from a bipolar condition, which caused mood swings from manic to depressive states. When stable he was a very capable worker, but could be very disruptive when in a manic phase. He was trained as an electrical engineer and had been employed successfully in sensitive industries in the past requiring a high security clearance. He worked for a time for Siemens but when they discovered his disorder they terminated his employment. Mr. Lane brought a complaint to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal, which was eventually settled between the parties. He then worked for Linmor who were aware of his problem and were able to work around the disruptions. He was highly rated as a valued hardworking and productive employee.

In September 2001 Lane applied for a job at Adga, but did not disclose that he suffered from the bipolar disorder. He was hired but 10 days later he had a manic episode and was terminated immediately. Note that the level of work involved working on NATO military contracts and was quite stressful. It was also time sensitive requiring prompt performance of software development contracts. Lane brought a complaint to the Ontario Human Rights Tribunal.

1. How should the tribunal respond to his complaint?
2. What do you think should factor into the tribunal’s decision?