In: Other
You are a member of Arrow Company’s internal audit staff. A
review of office practices indicates that an accounting assistant
routinely makes arrangements with the bank for short-term notes
payable and signs the notes.
Evaluate this practice. Would you recommend any
changes?
In: Accounting
“Redesigning your Job”
How could my job as an Office Manager be redesigned to place more emphasis on efficiency, motivation, ergonomics, or mental processing? What changes could I want, and why? (Or why do I want the job to be redesigned?)
In: Operations Management
Explain why businesses such as the newspaper industry may need
to rethink their business strategy, and provide some advice on
possible strategic management changes. Be specific to include
goals/objects, strengths, and weaknesses.
Your response should be at least 200 words in length.
In: Operations Management
Suppose a ten-year, $1,000 bond with an 8.5 % coupon rate and semiannual coupons is trading for $1,035.71.
a. What is the bond's yield to maturity (expressed as an APR with semiannual compounding)?
b. If the bond's yield to maturity changes to 9.1 % APR, what will be the bond's price?
In: Finance
What are the big players in the cruise industry? Give a brief introduction to each company, Discuss their situation today under the impact of COVID-19. What kind of changes do you see in this industry after the outbreak? brief explanation (2 paragraphs)
In: Operations Management
In: Operations Management
In: Operations Management
With double-digit annual percentage increases in the cost of
health insurance, more and more workers are likely to lack health
insurance coverage (USA Today, January 23, 2004). The
following sample data provide a comparison of workers with and
without health insurance coverage for small, medium, and large
companies. For the purposes of this study, small companies are
companies that have fewer than 100 employees. Medium companies have
100 to 999 employees, and large companies have 1000 or more
employees. Sample data are reported for 50 employees of small
companies, 75 employees of medium companies, and 100 employees of
large companies.
Health Insurance
Size of Company yes no total
Small 35 15 50
Medium 67 8 75
Large 87 13 100
a.) Conduct a test of independence to determine whether employee health insurance coverage is independent of the size of the company. Use = .05. Compute the value of the test statistic (to 2 decimals).
b.) the p-value is _____________
c.) What is your conclusion _________________
d.) The USA Today article indicated employees of small companies are more likely to lack health insurance coverage. Calculate the percentages of employees without health insurance based on company size (to the nearest whole number).
Small _____ %
Medium ______ %
Large ______ %
Based on the percentages above what do you conclude ___________________
In: Statistics and Probability
With double-digit annual percentage increases in the cost of
health insurance, more and more workers are likely to lack health
insurance coverage (USA Today, January 23, 2004). The following
sample data provide a comparison of workers with and without health
insurance coverage for small, medium, and large companies. For the
purposes of this study, small companies are companies that have
fewer than 100 employees. Medium companies have 100 to 999
employees, and large companies have 1000 or more employees. Sample
data are reported for 50 employees of small companies, 75 employees
of medium companies, and 100 employees of large companies.
Health Insurance
Size of Company yes no total
Small 36 14 50
Medium 66 9 75
Large 87 13 100
a.) Conduct a test of independence to determine whether employee
health insurance coverage is independent of the size of the
company. Use = .05. Compute the value of the test
statistic (to 2 decimals).
b.) the p-value is _____________
c.) What is your conclusion _________________
d.) The USA Today article indicated employees of small companies
are more likely to lack health insurance coverage. Calculate the
percentages of employees without health insurance based on company
size (to the nearest whole number).
Small _____ %
Medium ______ %
Large ______ %
Based on the percentages above what do you conclude
___________________
In: Statistics and Probability