Write initial post needs to be a minimum of 250 words.

• What was the most interesting topic from this module, something you want to know more about?
• Was there anything in the module that left you with specific questions you feel work not answered by the material?
• Was there something in the module that you felt was misrepresented or that runs counter to your personal experience with either business or unions?

Modules Topic

Outline of Key Contents � Why unions remain insecure as institutions and what they have and haven’t been able to do about this insecurity �

Right-to-work laws and why unions don’t like them �

How the dues checkoff arrangement works in practice and why most employers and unions haven’t made it a crucial point of controversy �

Obligations that labor contracts impose on unions �

Why employers often want “management rights” clauses and why some people think that such clauses aren’t necessary �

The two quite different theories of management rights: residual and trusteeship �

Why, although common in some other countries, codetermination has been very rare in the United States, and why this latter situation may finally be changing �

Why unions have historically resisted both employee stock ownership plans and quality of work life programs and why these stances, too, may at last be changing

Ann is interviewing for job at GRG, Inc.. Bob is the company's hiring manager and is in charge of conducting interviews.

Ann informs Bob that she is in the United States for the next year with an appropriate visa. The job that she is seeking has been advertised as a short-term position to fill a vacancy pending the return of a permanent employee. Without question, Ann is qualified for the position and will remain in the country for a time after the permanent employee returns.

Bob inquires about Ann's national origin after she informed him about the visa. Specifically, Bob asked Ann what country she is from and how many languages she speaks. Bob also made a casual remark about her country's history of "civil unrest" and "history of abusive treatment to women". Bob further informed Ann, during the interview, that he likes to keep up with "foreign affairs" and "contemporary world events". Ann was not offended by Bob's comments or inquiries at the interview.

Ann was not hired for the position. She learned that GRG, Inc. hired a Caucasian female, approximately the same age as she who was born and raised in Illinois. Ann has filed charges of discrimination based on ancestry / national origin with the EEOC. What are her arguments? What are the applicable defenses that GRG, Inc. can raise? Who wins / why not?

Whether this order is profitable or not, would it make sense to accept the order in order to expand into an international market in this scenario?

Scenario:

THE RESILIENTARMOUR Corporation is an American company that manufactures cost-effective protective covers for automobiles made out of innovative composite material, which currently are being sold only in the United States. ResilientArmour currently produces and sells 100,000 protective covers a month and operates its one factory at 60 percent capacity. At that output, the average total cost (ATC) of manufacturing a protective cover is $19.00. Experience has shown that the ATC decreases as output is expanded beyond 100,000 units per month but rises again if output is increased above 125,000 units per month.

THE RESILIENTARMOUR Corporation normally sells its protective covers domestically for $24.00 each. It recently received an order for an additional 10,000 protective covers per month from a buyer in a foreign country where THE RESILIENTARMOUR Corporation would like to do business. This buyer specified that it would pay no more than $14.00 per protective cover. The firm’s accountants estimate that at 110,000 units a month, the ATC of producing a protective cover would be $18.00. THE RESILIENTARMOUR executives want to accept the order.

question: Whether this order is profitable or not, would it make sense to accept the order in order to expand into an international market?

to create an effective and efficient terrorist group profile, you must be sure to include the following information:

• Aliases
• Bases of Operation
• Date Formed
• Strength/Number of members
• Organizational Structure
• Classification (i.e. Religious, Nationalist, etc.)
• Is there a leader?
  • Provide a photo of the group leader
  • Group Leader Demographics (i.e. DOB, Place of Birth, Citizenship Height, Weight, Eyes, Languages, etc.)
  • Is there a reward for the capture of the group leader? If so, how much is the reward?
• Financial Sources
• Founding Philosophy
• Brief History of the Terrorist Group
• Current Short Term & Long Term Goals
• Current Model and Trend of Terrorism (i.e. Rural, Urban, Insurgent)
  • Note: These three models represent general trends from 1945-Present. Since terrorism is dynamic, the models are generalizations. They illustrate shifts in strategy and specific tactics of terrorism. These models help to explain the evolution and practice of contemporary and modern terrorism.
  • How are law enforcement entities and government agencies using this information to track and catch these networks using counter-terrorist operational tactics?
• Methods or Tactics of Attack
• If applicable: Related Groups
• Has the United States designated this group as a foreign or terrorist organization? If so, in what year was this group designated?
• Have other international governments’ designated this group at all? If so, in what year was this group designated?

Which of the following decisions would entail the greater opportunity cost: allocating a square block in the heart of New York City for a surface parking lot or allocating a square block at the edge of a typical suburb for such a lot? Explain.

1. Indicate whether each of the following statements applies to microeconomics or macroeconomics: LO1.3
   1. The unemployment rate in the United States was 5.1% in September 2015.
   2. A U.S. software firm discharged 15 workers last month and transferred the work to India.
   3. An unexpected freeze in central Florida reduced the citrus crop and caused the price of oranges to rise.
   4. U.S. output, adjusted for inflation, increased by 2.4% in 2014.
   5. Last week Wells Fargo Bank lowered its interest rate on business loans by one-half of 1 percentage point.
   6. The consumer price index rose by 0.2% from August 2014 to August 2015.
2. What are economic resources? What categories do economists use to classify them? Why are resources also called factors of production? Why are they called inputs? LO1.4

Explain how (if at all) each of the following events affects the location of a country’s production possibilities curve: LO1.5

1. The quality of education increases.
2. The number of unemployed workers increases.
3. A new technique improves the efficiency of extracting copper from ore.
4. A devastating earthquake destroys numerous production facilities.

Write code that would go where the comment "#your line will go here" so that the code would successfully extract all names of dishes from the dictionary popular_foods that have at least one of the following ingredients:

popular_foods = {"Clam Chowder":
{"Country": "United States",
"Main Ingredients": ["clam", "onion",
"celery", "potato", "carrot",
"butter", "flour", "cream",
"red wine vinegar"]},
"Xiaolongbao":
{"Country": "China",
"Main Ingredients": ["flour", "pork",
"crab meat", "roe", "soy sauce",
"ginger", "rice wine",
"green onions"]},
"Feijoada":
{"Country": "Brazil",
"Main Ingredients": ["black beans",
"pork", "cabbage", "red peppers",
"onion", "tomato", "garlic"]},
"Ash Reshteh":
{"Country": "Iran",
"Main Ingredients": ["kidney beans",
"chickpeas", "navy beans",
"parsley", "spinach", "coriander",
"dill", "persian reshteh noodles",
"onions", "flour", "mint", "kashk",
"turmeric"]},
"Draniki":
{"Country": "Russia",
"Main Ingredients": ["potato", "onion",
"egg", "flour", "garlic"]},
"Ata Dindin":
{"Country": "Nigeria",
"Main Ingredients": ["palm oil",
"red bell pepper",
"scotch bonnet", "tomato",
"onion", "chicken stock",
"crayfish", "prawns", "mackerel"]}
}

dishes = []

for dish in popular_foods:
food_search = ["potato", "pork", "garlic"]
for food in food_search:
# your line will go here
dishes.append(dish)
break

After reading Chapter 9 of the textbook, discuss the following questions to the best of your abilities:

-Let's pretend that you recently moved from Italy to the United States. How can you adjust to a new society and connect to people in a different community?

-In your own words, state what does “living in a diverse world” mean to you?

-Name two positive effects and two negative effects of using communication technology.

-Define “prejudice” and name three causes of prejudice.

-Describe why “I” statements are so important to successful communication with a close friend or partner.

Important notice: Your professor will consider these elements when assessing the quality and level of student participation.

Submit initial post(s) early in the session and subsequent responses to the posts of other learners at timely intervals throughout the duration of the session. The goal is to have a dynamic discussion around the topic that lasts throughout the entire session.

Your original post should be within a range of 75-100 words. If a post does not meet the minimum word count of 75, your professor will not count it toward your grade.

Your subsequent contributions responding to a classmate should have 50 to 100 words.

Book: Keys to Success Quick by Carol Carter, Joyce Bishop, Sarah Lyman Karvirts

1. WBIM-FM is the Bridgewater college radio station. It broadcasts at a frequency of 91.5 MHz (MHz = megahertz = one million Hertz = 1,000,000 cycles per second = 10⁶ Hz). What is the wavelength of this radio wave? Compare its size to something you are familiar with (object you own, yourself, your car, a city block, etc. be original)

2. During what season will more insolation be delivered to a vertical south-facing window on a clear day? During what season will more insolation be delivered to a horizontal skylight on the roof of the same house?

3. The insolation reaching a surface is made up of three components of solar radiation. Name and describe these components.

4. Explain in your own words the difference between renewable and nonrenewable energy resources. Is nuclear energy a renewable or nonrenewable resource?

5. List five renewable energy resources consumed in the United States. List them in order from most to least used.

6. Sunlight is especially intense in the visible light region of the electromagnetic spectrum. Yellow light has a frequency of 525 THz (terahertz, 1 THz = 10¹² Hz). What is the wavelength of a wave of yellow light. Compare its size to your answer for the radio wave in question #         1 above.

Use the following data on number of deaths from drug overdose for sample of different states. We separated states to two groups based on whether a certain drug law is being enacted or not. The states where the law is enacted are called BLUE states and those not using this law are called RED states. (Note that there are 8 observations in each group)

Table: Number of overdose deaths every year in different states.

What is the t-statistics for testing the hypothesis that the average deaths in BLUE states is equal to 30 per year.

1.96

5.67

0.77

0.27

Same question for RED states:

2. What is the t-statistics for testing the hypothesis that the average deaths in RED states is equal to 30 per year.

7.57

1.22

2.36

3.46

3. What is the p-value for the two-sided test about average deaths in BLUE states being equal 30? (Use T-distribution)

0.23

0.11

0.92

0.46

4. Same question for RED states:

What is the p-value for the two-sided test about average deaths in RED states being equal 30? (Use T-distribution)

0.03

0.14

0.08

0.01

5. Given the t-stats (or p-values) that you have obtained so far for both BLUE and RED states, what can you tell about the two-sided hypothesis of 30 average deaths in either states at 5% significance level?

Fail to reject for both

Reject for both

Reject for BLUE ; Fail to reject for RED

Fail to reject for BLUE ; Reject for RED

6. Now we are interested to check the effectiveness of the new drug law:

or similarly

What is the standard error of the differences in the means? (Assume Large Sample Properties, i.e. Normal Distribution)

5.14

9.53

10.19

6.71

7. Same as previous question: We are interested to check the effectiveness of the new drug law:

H 0 ; L a w i s N O T e f f e c t i v e v s . H 1 ; L a w i s e f f e c t i v e

or similarly

H 0 ; E ( B L U E ) − E ( R E D ) = 0 v s . H 1 ; E ( B L U E ) − E ( R E D ) < 0

What is the t-statistics for this hypothesis test?

-2.15

-0.27

-1.91

-1.23

Same as previous question: We are interested to check the effectiveness of the new drug law:

H 0 ; L a w i s N O T e f f e c t i v e v s . H 1 ; L a w i s e f f e c t i v e

or similarly

H 0 ; E ( B L U E ) − E ( R E D ) = 0 v s . H 1 ; E ( B L U E ) − E ( R E D ) < 0

8. Which of the following is correct given your answers to question 7 ? (Note: one-sided test. Also use Normal Distribution)(Hint: find p-value)

None of the given choices are correct

We reject H0 at 1% significance level

We FAIL to reject H0 at 5% significance level

We reject H0 at 10% significance level