Imagine you are responsible for the performance improvement of an old computer system. Your boss told you that since a large budget for the new fiscal year has been approved and covers expenses with hardware upgrade you can just create a cluster computer with a large number of parallel processing units managed by some cluster operating system line MS-Windows Server 2019. You will not be able to make any changes to the software. Please, provide your recommendations for your boss regarding performance improvement by increasing parallel processing.

The bursting of the housing bubble in 2007 and 2008 caused many personal and corporate bankruptcies. Many individuals lost their homes, and many banks went bankrupt. The tax payers spent around $1 trillion dollar bailing out many banks. Many things have been blamed for the housing bubble – fear and greed, corruption in the banking sector, too little regulation, too much regulation, and the Federal Reserve printing too much money. What caused the housing bubble and what changes to US laws or banking structure could prevent future problems?

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Q1:What are the roles of a project sponsor and the approval committee during the different SDLC phases?

Part 2:

Assume the following scenario:

A small company needs to develop an information system for the Finance and Accounting Department. As an analyst which process model would you prefer and why?

Part 3:There are three techniques which help users discover their needs for the new system, list and compare these techniques in terms of impactful changes. Also, explain BPR.

1. What is branding for? Give an example to clarify your answer and explain.

   What’s private brand? What’s the purpose(s) of private brand.

2. Explain the primary difference between a wholesaler and sales agent. Who has more active

roles in finding customers and customers’ wants?

3. Let’s say, after 15% increase in selling price, a burger shop found 5% drop in number of sales of burger. Is the demand for burger sensitive to changes in price this case? What do you recommend to keep or increase sales revenue?

The following transactions apply to Jova Company for Year 1, the first year of operation: Issued $10,000 of common stock for cash. Recognized $210,000 of service revenue earned on account. Collected $162,000 from accounts receivable. Paid operating expenses of $125,000. Adjusted accounts to recognize uncollectible accounts expense. Jova uses the allowance method of accounting for uncollectible accounts and estimates that uncollectible accounts expense will be 1 percent of sales on account. Prepare the income statement, statement of changes in stockholders’ equity, balance sheet, and statement of cash flows for Year 1.

Three dimensions of cultural competence include self-awareness, respectful communication, and collaborative partnerships. We all have our own biases and need to recognize them in order to provide culturally competent care. Our clients are experts on their culture and can teach us in order to better understand and care for them.

Identify your own biases and discuss what changes you would recommend for yourself in order to become a more culturally competent individual. List a minimum of one resource, using APA formatting, that supports your discussion.

Use the Black-Scholes formula for the following stock:

Recalculate the value of the call with the following changes:

Calculate each scenario independently. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

1. Assume that in a country the total holdings of banks were as follows:

1. Show that the balance sheet balances if these are the only assets and liabilities.

2. Assuming that people hold no currency, what happens to each of these values if the central bank changes the reserve requirement ratio to 2%, banks still want to hold the same percentage of excess reserves, and banks do not change their holdings of Treasury bonds?

3. How much does the money supply change by?

Often organizations are faced with the necessity of changing the direction or focus of their organization – due to competition, due to new technology, due to environmental issues, regulations, etc. In these situations, uncomfortable changes are sometimes required.

a) Would younger or older employees be more likely to embrace change?

b) Would successful or less successful organizations be more likely to embrace change?

c) One element in reinforcing change within an organization is to replace people and hire outsiders. Even if done with a great deal of care and understanding, this can often come across as a somewhat cruel undertaking. Why is it necessary?