Lead project manager, Randi, is meeting with her France-based client, Wellsbrook Visiting Nurses Network, to discuss changes within a project's agreement. Randi's highly-skilled team of male and female multilingual computer programmers and website developers are producing a costly Saas platform for the visiting nurses agency (i.e., nurses who visit international patients at their homes). The project generates necessary income for Randi to pay her employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Wellsbrook recently informed Randi that the software must be developed specifically by French-speaking male developers and programmers. However, Randi - who is based in the US - knows Wellsbrook's request is unethical. Wellsbrook's request is not considered illegal or unethical in France, since all of the company's IT staff are male. Randi's project management plan, which described a team of French-speaking developers and programmers satisfying Wellsbrook's needs, was approved by the client and the project is already underway. Wellsbrook, however, now requires that the gender of each project management team members must be added into the PMP's work-breakdown structure and project agreement. If not, the company will terminate the contract, withhold payments and consider services from competing project management firms in the US.

Should Randi comply with Wellsbrook's change request? Explain why or why not.

Trust Us Communications Pty Ltd, is a national communications company which has recently placed an advertisement in the newspaper of a number of large cities in Australia. This is the advertisement:

(Unlimited Broadband Internet Access

For $99.99 a month get unlimited broadband access anywhere in Australia.

Call 1800 999 999 to take up this offer.
Hurry. Limited time only.)

Jenny lives in a remote part of New South Wales and runs an internet dating/introduction business. She is excited by the advertisement and decides to take up the offer.

Jenny later discovers that the advertisement did not explain all of the terms and conditions of the offer very clearly. It seems that the offer is not for ‘unlimited broadband access’. Once a user has reached a usage limit of 150 GB in a calendar month, they are prevented from gaining further internet access until the following calendar month. It also appears that access is not available ‘anywhere in Australia’ and is primarily restricted to areas within 200km of a capital city. Jenny needs permanent access to the internet to conduct her business and will be severely affected by these conditions.

Jenny is very disappointed, she feels that she has been deceived by the advertisement. Advise Jenny of the chances of her success in mounting a claim under the ACL against Trust Us Communications Pty Ltd.

Oraby Company imports goods from different countries. Some transactions are denominated in U.S. dollars and others in foreign currencies. A summary of accounts receivable and accounts payable on December 31, 2008, before adjustments for the effects of changes in exchange rates during 2008, follows:

Accounts receivable:

In US dollars                                    $100 000

In 60 000 Swiss francs (SFr)            $50 000

Accounts payable:
In US dollars                                    $86 000

In 10 000 000 Yen                           $ 97 000

The spot rates on December 31, 2008, were:
1 SFr = $0.85

1 Yen = $0.0095

The average exchange rates during the collection and payment period in 2009 are:
1 SFr = $0.9

1 Yen = $0.0098
  
Required:

1) Prepare the adjusting entries on December 31, 2008.
2) Record the collection of the accounts receivable and the payment of the accounts payable in 2009.
3) What was the foreign currency gain or loss on the accounts receivable transaction denominated in SFr for the year ended December 31, 2008? For the year ended December 31, 2009? Overall for this transaction?
4) What was the foreign currency gain or loss on the accounts payable transaction denominated in Yen? For the year ended December 31, 2008? For the year ended December 31, 2009? Overall for this transaction?

Prepare a comparative balance sheet of Headland Company showing the percent each item is of the total assets or total liabilities and stockholders’ equity. (Round percentages to 2 decimal places, e.g. 2.25%.)

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Prepare a comparative balance sheet of Headland Company showing the dollar change and the percent change for each item. (If there is a decrease from 2020 to 2021, then enter the amounts and percentages with either a negative sign, i.e. -92,000, -25.25 or parenthesis, i.e. (92,000), (25.25).)

Requirement: Below are one option of management problem brought to you by Executives of mid-size companies in Atlantic Canada. Design an approach to address this scenario include details on: Literature review methodology (if necessary), ethical considerations (if any), Problem statement (if necessary), Experimental Design (if necessary), Sampling Strategy(if necessary), Suggestions for analytical techniques (if necessary), Measurement method (if necessary), and any other information you deem is important to resolve the scenario using an evidence based management framework.

Leo the founder and president of Leisure Suit Lounge Wear is unsure of how successfully break into the generation Z market and has asked for your help. Leo runs a lounge wear company with the following customer demographics.

He is concerned with aging nature of the customer base of his product and has noted that whilst generation Z (< 25 years old) is a small proportion of his customer base they have a large average spend per customer. He therefore believes that if Leisure Suit Lounge Wear can successfully advertise to younger customers, he could increase profitability and protect the company from a shrinking market share. However, he is unsure of how to advertise to generation Z. His niece has suggested partnering with TikTok influences whereas his sales manager has suggested either a traditional TV advertising campaign or a targeted campaign using internet advertising. In particular he would like to know if social media is a better prospect for advertising to generation Z than traditional advertising and if investing in partnering with influences is an effective method of increasing sales among a younger demographic.

He has asked for you help in applying evidence-based management to improving his sales in the targeted demographic.

1-If an investigator is systematically varying the delay between the instrumental response and the subsequent delivery of the reinforcer, she is investigating

       
a-temporal contiguity in instrumental conditioning.

       
b-response reinforcer contingency.

       
c-negative contrast.

       
d-delayed conditioning procedures.

2-According to Thorndike what is the function of a reinforcer?

       
a-To strengthen the association between a stimulus and a response.

       
b-To strengthen the association between a reinforcer and a response.

       
c-To strengthen the association between a stimulus and a reinforcer.

       
d-To reduce the drives that force animals to action.

3-Which of the following correctly describes the phenomenon of 'blocking'?

       
a-Prior conditioning with CS1 increases responding to the added stimulus CS2.

       
b-Prior conditioning with CS1 prevents conditioning to the added stimulus CS2.

       
c-Prior conditioning with CS1 is blocked by the new added stimulus CS2.

       
d-Prior conditioning with CS1 is enhanced by the new added stimulus.

4-In the Lieberman et al. (1979) study just after the instrumental response, an intense noise (marker) was presented. Under these circumstances, the instrumental learning became resistant to the delay of reinforcement because

       
a-the marker acts as a conditioned stimulus.

       
b-the marker increases the drive level of the organism.

       
c-the marker increases the activity of the organism.

       
d-the marker helps to distinguish the instrumental response from other responses.

5-The blocking effect indicates that for the establishment of an association between a CS and a US,

       
a-contiguity between a CS and a US is enough.

       
b-US intensity is very important.

       
c-contiguity between a CS and a US is not enough.

       
d-CS type is very important.

6-In which of the contingencies below does the instrumental response procedure an appetitive stimulus?

       
a-Negative reinforcement.

       
b-Punishment.

       
c-Positive reinforcement.

       
d-Omission training.

7-Which of the following findings strongly supports the compensatory response model?

       
a-The finding that the nature of the CR is identical to the UR.

       
b-The finding that in many classical conditioning situations involving drugs as the US, the form of the CR is opposite the forms of the UR.

       
c-The finding that in higher order conditioning sometimes S-R rather than S-S types of associations are observed.

       
d-The finding that in sensory preconditioning always S-S type associations are observed

8-Under which of the following conditions will the CS be associated with the US most rapidly?

       
a-If the CS is familiar, relatively weak, and related to the US

       
b-If the CS is novel, relatively intense, and related to the US.

       
c-If the CS is novel, relatively weak, and not related to the US.

       
d-If the CS is novel, relatively intense, and not related to the US.

Nathan Daniel is a company that produces and retails designer accessories for young professionals. The company partners Nathan Phillips and Daniel Collins, have been best friends since they started university. Both graduated from Majesty University with a major in accounting and a minor in economics. Both found articling positions in a co-op program during their fourth year at Majesty University. After convocation, Daniel went to work for his father’s accounting firm, whereas Nathan worked full-time with the firm where he had articled. After three years, they both passed their national certification exams to become certified accountants.

After two more years of accounting work, the two friends decided to strike out on their own. However, Daniel and Nathan had had enough of spreadsheets, year-end deadlines, and high stress work, and decided to pursue a completely different direction: retail sales of accessories for young, metrosexual professionals. They opened a store in Calgary to sell bags, packs, briefcases, wallets, and other accessories. They also designed some of their own merchandise and sold it under the designer label “Bones.” Thanks to a great cover story in Macleans, the Bones brand became an overnight success, and orders started flooding in.

That was five years ago. Today, in addition to servicing their store in Calgary, Nathan Daniel ships merchandise to other retailers, in Alberta, British Columbia, and Ontario. Over the years, 70% of their annual sales of $3,500,000 have shifted to credit sales to other retailers, with 50% in Alberta, 30% in British Columbia, and 20% in Ontario.

As credit sales have increased, managing the cash cycle and float has become important. Most of the credit customers make payments with cheques that are mailed via Canada Post. Cheques from Alberta usually arrive within one business day of posting, whereas cheques from British Columbia take two days, and those from Ontario take about four days to arrive at the Calgary office. When each cheque arrives at the office, Naomi Mitchell, the office manager takes the cheques out of their envelopes, records them, and puts them aside for deposit at the end of business day. It usually takes about three days for the company’s bank, Bank of Mount Royal to process and clear the cheques, and deposit the money in the company’s account.

In terms of its accounts payable, the company mails its cheques out to its suppliers, all of whom are located in Alberta. The costs of goods sold amounts to approximately 75% of total sales revenue. On average, it takes about one day for suppliers to take their cheques to their banks for deposit, and it takes another three days for their banks to process and clear the cheques.

In the last operating year, the company started the year with payables of $130,000 and ended it with $110,000. Beginning receivables were $175,000, and ending receivables amounted to $145,000; beginning inventory was $80,000, and ending inventory was $120,000; and beginning cash reserves were $20,000, and ending cash reserves were $15,000. Two years ago, Nathan Daniel borrowed $550,000 from the bank at an interest rate of 15% to expand its production and retail facilities. In addition to paying the interest on this loan, they are also repaying 10% of the original principal each year (i.e., it will take another eight years to pay off this loan). At its most recent year-end, the company owned $650,000 in net fixed assets, and Daniel and Nathan had $200,000 in equity in the company. The company uses a line of credit (up to a maximum of $200,000) with its bank to cover shortfalls in its cash-on-hand. The interest on this line of credit is 2% per month.

The manager of the Bank of Mount Royal just phoned Daniel and offered the company same-day deposit for their cheques; this will reduce their availability float to one business day. The fee for this service will be $3,000 per year.

Nathan and Daniel must decide whether this is a good deal or not. At the end of the business week, the partners ordered a large pizza and went to Nathan’s place to hash out their decision. They came up with the following list of questions:

1. What are the company’s inventory period, receivables period, and payables period? (Round all periods to the nearest integer.)   
2. What are the company’s operating and cash cycles?                
3. How do the company’s operating and cash cycles compare to the industry average of 30 and 20 days, respectively?                               
4. If the company’s customers’ average cash cycle and operating cycle are 30 and 40 days, respectively, what can we say about the company’s credit management policy of net 30?                                              
5. What is the company’s average daily collection float? What is its average daily disbursement float? (Use the average mail float to calculate the collection delay, use the average daily cost of goods sold to calculate the average daily disbursement float, and use the average daily credit sales to calculate the average daily collection float.                           
6. What is the company’s net float?                                           
7. What is the effective annual interest rate on the company’s line of credit? What is the annual short-term interest expense based on this effective annual rate? Assume that the ending short-term borrowing amount is the average short-term borrowing amount. This average amount can then be multiplied with the effective annual interest rate to obtain the short-term interest expense. Note that you will need to construct the Statement of Financial Position to find the ending short-term borrowing amount.      
8. What will be the net float if Nathan Daniel takes up the Bank of Mount Royal’s offer for same-day deposit of their cheques?              
9. How much additional cash will be made available if the company takes up the Bank of Mount Royal’s offer for same-day deposit of their cheques? (Assume that on average, sales will remain at $3,500,000 each year.)
10. How much does the company have to borrow from its bank to cover net float if they accept the bank’s same-day deposit offer?             
11. Should the partners accept the same-day deposit offer from its bank?

Why is it important for vectors to have their own Ori?

          a.) It isn’t, they are attached to the chromosomal DNA and will divide from its Ori

          b.) The Ori will protect the vector from the organism’s restriction enzymes

          c.) The Ori is what allows us to select for those cells that actually transformed

          d.) It has to be able to replicate independently of the chromosomal DNA

Apply specific models developed from economics to demonstrate how domestic and foreign events (e.g., wars, changes in trade barriers, development abroad) have impacted the level of and changes in imports and exports in the United States from 2000 - 2010.

Please make sure to relate the answer to the time period of 2000 - 2010 in the US.

contribute to this forum by telling us whether you prefer the "mechanistic" view or the "integral" view? Provide evidence from personal experience or from your culture.

(If you think the metaphysical is real, what does that suggest about the ground of ethics?)

Could you please answer this forum Question of Philosophy in 150 words Thanks :)