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Prepare and record a 8-10 minute Kaltura presentation with a Power Point that summarizes your reflection...

Prepare and record a 8-10 minute Kaltura presentation with a Power Point that summarizes your reflection on the learning experience within the MBA degree program. This is not reflection of this course, but rather an reflection of the comprehensive MBA program and your assessment of your achievement.

It should reflect your candid assessment of the level of achievement of degree’s overall Learning Outcomes listed below:

  1. Construct a situational analysis in order to develop business strategies and tactics.
  2. Integrate legal, ethical, and socially responsible constructs to make sound business decisions.
  3. Apply interpersonal oral communication with diverse audiences.
  4. Appraise collaborative leadership strategies to manage, influence, and lead in a global environment.
  5. Apply appropriate quantitative and qualitative inquiry methods to solve business problems.

For each of the five learning outcomes, use your graduate-level critical/evaluative thinking skills and the four questions below to guide your reflection about your personal level of achievement

a) In which of these MBA degree program outcomes have achieved significant proficiency? Provide (cite) examples from the work you have done throughout the course of your degree to support your response.

b) Which Learning Outcome(s) did you not achieve proficiency? Where or in what courses or experiences within the course of the MBA degree program did these challenges manifest the most? Explain fully and provide examples.

c) Reflecting on your MBA degree experience, what would you have done differently to overcome the challenges reflected in the learning outcomes in which you judge yourself to have less proficiency?

Lastly, as you conclude the paper, state your overall assessment of the program; its content, delivery and relevance to your professional/career goals.   Based on this encompassing assessment, would you recommend the program to an individual considering it?

In: Operations Management

Prepare and record a 8-10 minute Kaltura presentation with a Power Point that summarizes your reflection...

Prepare and record a 8-10 minute Kaltura presentation with a Power Point that summarizes your reflection on the learning experience within the MBA degree program. This is not reflection of this course, but rather an reflection of the comprehensive MBA program and your assessment of your achievement.

It should reflect your candid assessment of the level of achievement of degree’s overall Learning Outcomes listed below:

  1. Construct a situational analysis in order to develop business strategies and tactics.
  2. Integrate legal, ethical, and socially responsible constructs to make sound business decisions.
  3. Apply interpersonal oral communication with diverse audiences.
  4. Appraise collaborative leadership strategies to manage, influence, and lead in a global environment.
  5. Apply appropriate quantitative and qualitative inquiry methods to solve business problems.

For each of the five learning outcomes, use your graduate-level critical/evaluative thinking skills and the four questions below to guide your reflection about your personal level of achievement

a) In which of these MBA degree program outcomes have achieved significant proficiency? Provide (cite) examples from the work you have done throughout the course of your degree to support your response.

b) Which Learning Outcome(s) did you not achieve proficiency? Where or in what courses or experiences within the course of the MBA degree program did these challenges manifest the most? Explain fully and provide examples.

c) Reflecting on your MBA degree experience, what would you have done differently to overcome the challenges reflected in the learning outcomes in which you judge yourself to have less proficiency?

Lastly, as you conclude the paper, state your overall assessment of the program; its content, delivery and relevance to your professional/career goals.   Based on this encompassing assessment, would you recommend the program to an individual considering it?

In: Operations Management

Orange & Co is the motor insurance company established on 1st January 2005. The company is...

Orange & Co is the motor insurance company established on 1st January 2005. The company is well known and generating positive cash flows for the first 10 years. From the year 2015, the Orange & Co profit was on declining trend. To make different corrective actions, the CEO of a company decided to change the CPA firm. The company hired Purple & co as a new CPA firm. Now suppose you are working in Purple & Co, and your CEO assigned you to perform audit procedures for the client Orange & Co and obtain sufficient audit evidence.

Required:

  1. What are the different types of audit procedures that you as an auditor is planning to perform/adopt during audit process?

b. Support each type of audit procedure with relevant example. (10 marks

In: Accounting

Suppose that you are part of the Management team at Porsche. Suppose that it is the...

Suppose that you are part of the Management team at Porsche. Suppose that it is the end of December 2019 and a novel coronavirus that causes a respiratory illness was identified in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China. The illness was reported to the World Health Organization and there is heightened uncertainty around the Globe.

You (as part of the management team) are reviewing Porsche’s hedging strategy for the cash flows it expects to obtain from vehicle sales in North America during the calendar year 2020. Assume that Porsche’s management entertains three scenarios:

Scenario 1 (Expected): The expected volume of North American sales in 2020 is 35,000 vehicles.

Scenario 2 (Pandemic): The low-sales scenario is 50% lower than the expected sales volume.

Scenario 3 (High Growth): The high-sales scenario is 20% higher than the expected sales volume.

Assume, in each scenario, that the average sales price per vehicle is $85,000 and that all sales are realised at the end of December 2020. All variable costs incurred by producing an additional vehicle to be sold in North America in 2020 are billed in euros (€) and amount to €55,000 per vehicle. Shipping an additional vehicle to be sold in North America in 2020 are billed in € and amount to €3,000 per vehicle.

The current spot exchange rate is (bid-ask) $1.11/€ - $1.12/€ and forward bid-ask is $1.18/€ - $1.185/€. The option premium is 2.5% of US$ strike price, and option strike price is $1.085/€. Your finance team made the following forecasts about the exchange rates at the end of December 2020:

  • bid-ask will be $1.45/€ - $1.465/€ if the investors (and speculators) consider the euro (€) a safe haven currency during the pandemic.
  • bid-ask will be $0.88/€-$0.90/€ if the investors (and speculators) consider the U.S. dollar ($) a safe haven currency during the pandemic

  1. As the CFO, you decided to hedge using option contracts. Assuming expected final sales volume is 35,000, what are your total benefit/cost and the percentage benefit/cost from hedging

(compared to no hedging)

  1. if the exchange rate (bid-ask) remains at $1.11/€ - $1.12/€?
  2. if the investors consider the U.S. dollar a safe haven currency during the pandemic?

  1. Assume that the Scenario 2 (Pandemic) took place in 2020 and the euro became a safe haven currency during the pandemic. What are your cash flows if you did not hedge, hedged using forward contracts, and hedged using option contracts?   

  1. Assume that the Scenario 2 (Pandemic) took place in 2020 and the U.S. dollar became a safe haven currency during the pandemic. What are your cash flows if you did not hedge, hedged using forward contracts, and hedged using option contracts?   

  1. Based on the calculations in Part B, do you believe that it is a good policy to hedge Porsche’s currency exposure? Why?

In: Finance

On January 1, 2020, Creative Accounting (CA) Company capitalized $500,000 of costs it incurred to internally...

On January 1, 2020, Creative Accounting (CA) Company capitalized $500,000 of costs it incurred to internally develop a patent. CA Company paid these costs in cash. It reported an amortization expense in the 2020 fiscal year for the patent. CA Company estimated the amortization expense for 2020 for the patent to be one tenth of the original cost. What is the effect of these journal entries on 2020 financial statements? Specifically, calculate the numerical impact on Net Income, Assets, Liabilities and shareholders’ equity

In: Accounting

Create an Intellectual Property Agreement. write a short paper from the perspective of either the CEO,...

Create an Intellectual Property Agreement. write a short paper from the perspective of either the CEO, CFO, or HRM of a technology company. Deliverables. A one-page document

In: Operations Management

Ben Bates graduated from college six years ago with a finance undergraduate degree. Although he is...

Ben Bates graduated from college six years ago with a finance undergraduate degree. Although he is satisfied with his current job, his goal is to become an investment banker. He feels that an MBA degree would allow him to achieve this goal. After examining schools, he has narrowed his choice to Wilton University. Although internships are encouraged by the school, to get class credit for the internship, no salary can be paid. Other than internships, the school will not allow its students to work while enrolled in its MBA program.

Ben currently works at the money management firm of Dewey and Louis. His annual salary at the firm is $65,000 per year, and his salary is expected to increase at 3 percent per year until retirement. He is currently 28 years old and expects to work for 40 more years. His current job includes a fully paid health insurance plan, and his current average tax rate is 26 percent. Ben has a savings account with enough money to cover the entire cost of his MBA program.

The Ritter College of Business at Wilton University is one of the top MBA programs in the country. The MBA degree requires two years of full-time enrollment at the university. The annual tuition is $70,000, payable at the beginning of each school year. In addition, books and other supplies are estimated to cost $3,000 per year, payable at the beginning of each year. Ben expects that after graduation from Wilton, he will receive a job offer for about $110,000 per year, with a $20,000 signing bonus. The salary at this job will increase at 4 percent per year. Because of the higher salary, his average income tax rate will increase to 31 percent.

The school offers a health insurance plan that will cost $3,000 per year, payable at the beginning of the year. Ben also estimates that room and board expenses will cost $2,000 more per year than his current expenses, payable at the beginning of each year. The appropriate discount rate is 4.7 percent.

Question: Assuming all salaries are paid at the end of each year, what is the best option for Ben — remaining at his current job or pursuing an MBA —from a strictly financial standpoint?

In: Finance

Selecting the appropriate cost driver is the key to effective activity based costing. Identify three overhead...

Selecting the appropriate cost driver is the key to effective activity based costing. Identify three overhead elements in a simple product your current or former employer makes, and identify what you think the best cost driver would be for each element. 100 words or more.

NB/ My place of work is a food processing company

In: Accounting

16)As we move along a production possibilities curve and acquire larger and larger amounts of one...

16)As we move along a production possibilities curve and acquire larger and larger amounts of one good (e.g., guns), the sacrifices of the alternative good (e.g., butter) become larger and larger. This is an illustration of

-the law of supply.

-the law of demand.

-increasing opportunity costs.

-decreasing opportunity costs.

17)In the former Soviet Union distributing scarce consumer goods was accomplished by

-making the consumer stand in a long line for hours if not days.

-None of the choices are true.

-higher prices which eliminated some potential consumers.

-the government simply printing more money.

18)The U.S. distribution system is

-determined by a modified version of one dollar, one vote.

-identical to that of the former Soviet Union.

-similar to the fascist 1930's Germany.

-based on a pure socialist economy

19)Which statement is true?

-We have had recessions about every three years since World War II.

-The United States has a larger national output than any other country in the world.

-None of the statements are true.

-There were no recessions while Ronald Reagan was president.

20)Which of the following is a typical attribute of a socialist country?

-All of the choices are attributes of a socialist country.

-A large-scale redistribution of income program from the wealthy and well-to-do to the middle class, working, class and the poor.

-Taxes are very high, particularly on the wealthy classes.

-Cradle-to-grave security for its citizens. course microeconomic

In: Finance

You are the CEO of a small company that sells transportation and logistics software. Your company...

You are the CEO of a small company that sells transportation and logistics software. Your company has not been doing well because of competition from larger rivals. You learn of a lucrative opportunity to sell licenses of your software to the Lackria Department of Transportation, a government agency of the nation of Lackria. Closing the deal could save your company from bankruptcy. In an impulsive moment, you meet with a Lackrian government minister and offer her ownership of a luxury lakeside home in exchange for a guaranteed software contract with the Lackrian government. The minister refuses your offer and asks you to leave her office. The next day you regret your decision. Discuss any possible violations of white collar laws.

In: Economics