Mountain Company manufactures Hiking shoes and walking shoes. The projected incomefrom the two products is: Hiking shoes Walking shoes Sales $ 900,000 $1,500,000 Less: Variable costs (540,000) (600,000) Contribution margin 360,000 900,000 Less: Direct fixed expenses (400,000) (440,000) 2 Segment margin (40,000) 460,000 Less: Common fixed costs (allocated) (100,000) (150,000) Net income (loss) $ (140,000) $ 310,000 After studying the latest market evaluates, project manager is considering recommending that the president drop the Hiking shoe line. If the line is dropped, however, the saleof walking shoes will drop by 5%. In addition, there is a personal complication for the project manager. Mountain is locatedin a rural area where unemployment is over 12%. If the Hiking shoe division is shutdown, there will be layoffs, including the manager of the division. Manager of the division and project manager have been friends since high school. Their families get together atleast once a month. Manager of the division's wife is principal of the local elementary school,a job she loves. Required a. Explain a project manager's ethical obligations in this matter b. Should Mountain keep or drop the Hiking shoe line? Support your answer with appropriate calculations c. Marketing department has come back to the project manager with an analysisthat shows if advertising were increased by $50,000, then Hiking shoes sales would go up by5% and walking shoes by 3%. Should advertising be increased? Again, prove withyour supporting calculations d. If the Hiking shoe line is shut down, Mountain will have excess capacity. In carrying out her analyses, the project manager has been able to come up with only one viable alternative. The company could use part of the capacity to make canvas slippers.Estimated sales revenue from the slippers would be $300,000, and variable costs would be$170,000. Direct fixed expenses would be reduced to $100,000, and allocated fixed expenses wouldbe $50,000. While this option would not use all the available capacity, it would reduce the number of layoffs. Should the project manager recommend that this option be carried out?

3. The University Secretary wants to determine how University grade point average, GPA (highest being 4.0) of a sample of students from the University depends on a student’s high school GPA (HS), age of a student (A), achievement test score (AS), average number of lectures skipped each week (S), gender of a student (where M=1 if a student is male or 0 otherwise), computer or PC ownership of a student (where PC=1 if a student owns a computer or 0 otherwise), the means of transport to school (drive, bicycle or walk; where D=1 if a student drives to campus or 0 otherwise, B=1 if a student bicycles to campus or 0 otherwise), and finally, the subject major of the student (finance, human resource, marketing and accounting; where F=1 if a student majors in finance or 0 otherwise, HR=1 if a student majors in human resource or 0 otherwise, MR=1 if a student majors in marketing or 0 otherwise). Use the correlation matrix and dummy regression output to answer the questions.

1. Which 2 pairs of variables are most correlated with the regress and?
2. Which 3 pairs of variables are mostly multicollinear?
3. Identify 3 pairs of variables that are most correlated.

1. The field of Health Informatics is involved in studies where technology is being used to handle “Big Data," bringing about unlimited potential for information growth. Data mining (sometimes called "data or knowledge discovery" is the process of analyzing data from different perspectives and summarizing it into useful information. What type of research is data mining and what are the applications of data mining in Health Informatics?

Select one:

A. Primary study

B. Secondary study

C. Tertiary study

2. If you were to study the level of anxiety that this final exam causes for all of you, which of the following would you be the most concerned about in the measures you develop?

Select one:

A. power

B. p value

C. correlation coefficients

D. confidence interval

3. If you believe that cancer is best treated with a holistic approach with no chemicals or radiation, what type of research would you be drawn to in order to substantiate what you believe?

Select one:

A. ecological studies

B. experimental studies

C. case-control studies

D. survey studies

4. A large research study is looking at which factor is most associated with obesity: income, exercise, or food consumption. Which of the following research designs would LEAST allow the researchers to determine this most effectively?

Select one:

A. tertiary studies

B. factor analytic studies

C. ecological studies

D. case-control studies

5. Assume that you are part of a wellness group who want to make an hour of physical activity mandated for staff in a hospital each time they go on duty. You want to develop a study that offers evidence that they benefit from such activity. Which do you want to avoid asserting from any evidence you develop?

Select one:

A. that the results are probably related to the staff’s physical activity and family supports outside of the school as well as in-school activity

B. that the results can be generalized to all hospital staff

C. that the results should be looked at over time rather than as a single measure

D. that the results might be different if you changed the time of the physical activity

1. Researchers examined the relationship between cola consumption and bone loss after fifty. One thousand women were randomly sampled, everyone's cola consumption was recorded over a two month period of time, and bone density measures were also recorded. Researchers found that the more cola consumed, the lower the level of bone density. They concluded that cola consumption leads to loss of bone density.

What type of study is this research and why?

Identify the variables.

Evaluation the internal validity.

2. Researchers examined differences in attitudes towards drinking between high school freshman and high school seniors. 400 students completed questionnaires that included information about drinking attitudes. The researchers found that older students maintained more liberal attitudes towards drinking than younger students. The researchers concluded that attitudes towards drinking and alcohol become more liberal with age.

What type of study is this research and why?

Identify the variables.

Evaluation the internal validity

3. Researchers were interested in type of feed on milk production in cows. Two hundred cows were used in the study and randomly assigned to either receive Feed A (a high protein based feed) or Feed B ( a low protein based feed). After three weeks of feed consumption and milk production measurements, it was found that Feed A resulted in higher levels of milk production. The researchers concluded that Feed A may cause increased milk production.

What type of study is this research and why?

Identify the variables.

Evaluation the internal validity.

4. Researchers were interested in whether working extra problems on the computer increased students learning of statistics. At the end of the semester, grades were compared between students who had used the computer versus students who had not used the computer during the semester for the class. It was found that the students who had worked the extra problems on the computer had higher course grades than students who did not work the problems. It was concluded that use of the computer with extra problems enhances the learning of statistics and the improvement of grades.

What type of study is this research and why?

Identify the variables.

Evaluation the internal validity.

Alameen is a railway system and wants to install Ticket Vending Machines (TVMs) on the platforms of all rail stations in Peshawar. The TVMs will allow the passenger to buy a ticket/pass using cash, coins, debit cards, or credit cards. The interface of the TVMs should be very easy for the passengers to buy their tickets.

This system should be designed in such a way that the passenger first selects the ticket type, transaction mode, and then get a pass/ticket. Passengers can be adult, senior/disabled citizens, child (5-14 years old), high school, or college students. Ticket type can be either a two-hour pass, midday pass, or AM pass (Monday through Friday from 09:30 am to 02:30 pm), a PM pass (noon through the end of service on the date purchased), a day pass, a 7-day pass, or a 31-day pass. There will be no ticket fare for senior or disabled citizens. The only thing they have to show during traveling is the valid ID and ticket. The ticket fare for a child (5-14 years old), high school or college students will be reduced, and they will have to show valid Id along with ticket (reduced fare) to the ticket checking authority.     

The system should restrict the unauthorized users from using the system. The system should be fast enough that it should accept the input from the user in less than 1 second. The system should be fast enough to print the ticket to the user within 3 to 5 secs when user inserts all the required information. The system should be available 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. The system will also be used by the operator to know the cash and coins inside the machine and withdraw or deposit cash when required. The system is designed in such a way to allow admin to generate reports. The reports include how many tickets are sold, the number of transactions, cash or coins collected, change fares, cash, or coins dispensed.    

Read the above-mentioned scenario and answer the following questions which are as follows:

1. Draw a complete class diagram for above-mentioned scenario

ABC Early Learning Center is a Day Care Center in Waycross, GA. It has a maximum capacity of 103 children. Harry Smith is the owner of the day care center. He recently had an incident with a 21-year-old teacher, Adam Jones. Adam was an education major at Georgia Southern. He had a 3.5 GPA and experience as a camp counselor.   Adam wanted to teach middle school math after graduation. Harry hired Adam to work over the summer. Adam had requested working with children aged 9 – 12, but Harry needed a teacher for the 4 & 5 age group. Adam was disappointed but really needed the job. Adam had studied early childhood development in school and knew how difficult some children could be. For example, he remembered reading that “potentially long-term aggressive behavior can be identified in children as young as age three or four.” His fears were realized within the first week of his employment. Most of his 20 students were great, but four were constantly hitting, throwing things, using profanity, and even biting. Adam was miserable and felt over his head. On June 16, 2019, Adam told Harry that he felt overwhelmed and was worried about the safety of some of the smaller children. Harry responded, “Welcome to the fun world of day care. Be glad that you have a job. If you don’t like it, I hear McDonalds is hiring.” A week later, a parent came to Harry demanding that Adam be fired. The parent said that her five-year-old called Adam a “big scary man.” The mother said she overheard Adam yelling “STOP” at her child for “merely throwing blocks” at another child. To please the mother, Harry fired Adam immediately.

1. Looking back, could Harry have handled things differently to avoid having to fire Adam? Would any motivation theories help explain Harry’s failure as a manager?

2. Could either discipline perspective have made a difference? Explain. 250 – 350 words

assignment

With her decision to expand Salty Pawz, Wanda needs a workforce. However, she has never interviewed or hired anyone in her life. While putting labels on bags of dog treats one afternoon, you ask Wanda how she intends to recruit and select her workforce. She smiles and says, “Well for once, I have a plan!” You can’t wait to hear her plan and feel like maybe after all this time she is getting the hang of running Salty Pawz like a business should be run.

Wanda’s plan is to place an ad in a local newspaper and have people who are interested in learning more stop by the local coffee shop to speak with her. She thinks that filling out application forms at this point is premature, so she will have them leave their name and phone number in her planner for now. Wanda doesn’t have any particular questions in mind to ask the applicants. Instead, she thinks it is more natural to just let the conversations evolve, so she can figure out who she “clicks with.” She doesn’t want them to feel like they are being interrogated! However, she is particularly interested in hiring mothers with younger school age children who can start work after they drop their kids at school. She also is going to keep her eyes open for at least one young man because sacks of flour are heavy. The only thing she is certain about is asking each person for his or her salary requirements, so she can set her pay schedule and budget accordingly.

Your Task

• Explain to Wanda why virtually everything in this hiring plan is a bad idea based on the key role that Human Resource Management plays in the success of her business.
• Be sure to inform Wanda about the laws that govern the employer-employee relationship and what could happen if she became the subject of an employee lawsuit. (For reference, Wanda’s business is located in the state of North Carolina.)

Alex has a single mom who became pregnant when she was 18. The pregnancy was unplanned and Tara never married the father. Tara had to work during the entire pregnancy and was ostracized from her friend group for becoming pregnant during high school. The father also was abusive emotionally and physically until Tara cut off contact with him during her third trimester. She has minimal support from her parents but did graduate high school. She does take some community college courses while working at Lowe’s as a cashier and at a diner on the weekends as a waitress. She wants to improve her life and give her child the best life she can. She visits the library often to check out books for her daughter and herself. While she was pregnant, Tara did not have insurance but did visit the free clinic during her pregnancy. She lives on her own and occasionally her parents will babysit Alex if there is a problem with daycare. Alex usually spends 8-9 hours 5-6 days a week in daycare.

Obstacle/Challenge: Alex's family home has sustained terrible damage from a hurricane. Alex's mother and family are experiencing major trauma from the hurricane that has leveled their house. How does a stressor in utero impact the development of the 3 domains?

You will do some research using the article provided below along with your other course materials. Then write at least 3 paragraphs that explain how the obstacle impacts each developmental domain of the child/person. You need to include both the life scenario you have been assigned to and the obstacle presented.

· at least one paragraph explaining how the obstacle impacts the physical development of Alex in utero

· at least one paragraph explaining how the obstacle impacts the cognitive development of Alex in utero

· at least one paragraph explaining how the obstacle impacts the socio-emotional development of Alex in utero

Emilio (DSM-IV Casebook, p. 189-190)

Emilio is a 40-year-old man who looks 10 years younger. He is brought to the hospital, his twelfth hospitalisation, by his mother because she is afraid of him. He is dressed in a ragged overcoat, bedroom slippers, and a baseball cap, and wears several medals around his neck. His affect ranges from anger at his mother ("She feeds me sh*t . . . what comes out of other people's rectums") to a giggling, obsequious seductiveness toward the interviewer. His speech and manner have a childlike quality, and he walks with a mincing step and exaggerated hip movements. His mother reports that he stopped taking his medication about a month ago, and has since begun to hear voices and to look and act more bizarrely. When asked what he has been doing, he says "Eating wires and lighting fires." His spontaneous speech is often incoherent and marked by frequent rhyming and clang associations (speech in which sounds, rather than meaningful relationships, govern word choice).

Emilio's first hospitalisation occurred after he dropped out of school at age 16, and since that time he has never been able to attend school or hold a job. He has been treated with medication during his hospitalizations, but doesn't continue to take medication when he leaves, so he quickly becomes disorganised again. He lives with his elderly mother, but sometimes disappears for several months at a time, and is eventually picked up by the police as he wanders in the streets. There is no known history of drug or alcohol abuse.

9-10. Working individually or in groups, choose two occupations (such as management consultant, HR manager, or salesperson), and use sources such as O*Net to size up the future demand for this occupation in the next 10 years or so. Does this seem like a good occupation to pursue? Why or why not?

Managing Your Career & Finding a Job:

1. What was your major area of concentration (if any) in high school? Why did you choose that area? How did you feel about it?  

2. What is (or was) your major area of concentration in college? Why did you choose that area? How did you feel about it?  

3. What was your first job after school? (Including the military if relevant.) What were you looking for in your first job?  

4. What were your ambitions or long-range goals when you started your career? Have they changed? When? Why?  

5. What was your first major change of job or company? What were you looking for in your next job?  

6. What was your next major change of job, company, or career? Why did you initiate or accept it? What were you looking for? (Do this for each of your major changes of job, company, or career.)  

7. As you look back over your career, identify some times you have especially enjoyed. What was it about those times that you enjoyed?  

8. As you look back, identify some times you have not especially enjoyed. What was it about those times you did not enjoy?  

9. Have you ever refused a job move or promotion? Why?  

10. Now review all your answers carefully, as well as the descriptions for the five career anchors (technical/functional competence, managerial competence, creativity and independence, autonomy, security). Based on your answers to the questions, rate, for yourself, each of the anchors from 1 to 5, where 1 equals low importance and 5 equals high importance. Technical/functional competence _____ Managerial competence _____ Creativity and independence _____ Autonomy _____