Assume you are the general manager of a large hotel and have formulated a strategy of renting banquet facilities to organizations for big events. At a monthly management meeting, your sales manager informs the head of food operations that a big reception in one week will require converting a large hall from a meeting room to a banquet facility in 60 minutes...a difficult but an achievable operation that will require precise planning and extra help. The food operations manager is furious about not being informed earlier. What is wrong here? As the general manager what strategies will you put in place to resolve the issue?
In: Operations Management
In: Economics
Explain the audit steps for detecting the following issues. For each of your answers provide two possible steps you could utilize to identify the item. For each, discuss what the risk may exist, and why an investor would want assurance that an auditor has covered those risks.
(e) Unrecorded purchase of investment securities
(f) Unrecorded stock compensation expense
(g) Unrecorded covenant violations
(h) Unrecorded contingent liability
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Jill Smith goes to work for Jones under an informal arrangement by which there is no contract stating dates for beginning or ending the relationship, Brown Co. induces Smith to quit her job with Jones and come to work for Brown Co. What if any torts are involved? What are the elements of the tort? What is the probable outcome ?.
In: Operations Management
Intentional, Anticipated Innovation - who is good at?
Parallel to other question on passive/accidental innovation, are
there any organization you know of who have consistently innovated
or transformed themselves to stay relevant or even grow the
business time and time again? What made them? What was/is in the
DNA?
In: Operations Management
Shindler gives lots of homework assignments, each of which have an easy version and a hard version1. Each student is allowed, for each homework, to submit either their answer to the easy version (and get ei > 0 points) or the hard version (and get hi > 0 points, which is also guaranteed to always be more than ei) or to submit neither (and get 0 points for the assignment). Note that ei might have different values for each i, as might hi. The values for all n assignments are known at the start of the semester.
The catch is that the hard version is, perhaps not surprisingly, more difficult than the easy version. In order for you to do the hard version, you must have not done the previous assign- ment at all: neither the easy nor the hard version (and thus are more relaxed, de-stressed, etc). Your goal is to maximize the number of points you get from homework assignments over the course of the semester. Give an efficient dynamic programming algorithm to determine the largest number of points possible for a given semester’s homework choices.
In: Computer Science
Doradla, P., Joseph, C., & Giles, R. H. (2017). Terahertz endoscopic imaging for colorectal cancer detection: Current status and future perspectives. World journal of gastrointestinal endoscopy, 9(8), 346.
Lambin, P., Leijenaar, R. T., Deist, T. M., Peerlings, J., De Jong, E. E., Van Timmeren, J., ... & van Wijk, Y. (2017). Radiomics: the bridge between medical imaging and personalized medicine. Nature reviews Clinical oncology, 14(12), 749-762.
Stouthandel, M. E., Veldeman, L., & Van Hoof, T. (2019). Call for a multidisciplinary effort to map the lymphatic system with advanced medical imaging techniques: a review of the literature and suggestions for future anatomical research. The Anatomical Record, 302(10), 1681-1695.
Bödenler, M., de Rochefort, L., Ross, P. J., Chanet, N., Guillot, G., Davies, G. R., ... & Broche, L. M. (2019). Comparison of fast field-cycling magnetic resonance imaging methods and future perspectives. Molecular physics, 117(7-8), 832-848.
Zhou, L. Q., Wang, J. Y., Yu, S. Y., Wu, G. G., Wei, Q., Deng, Y. B., ... & Dietrich, C. F. (2019). Artificial intelligence in medical imaging of the liver. World journal of gastroenterology, 25(6), 672.
In: Computer Science
The five phases of emergency management are prevention, mitigation, preparedness, response, and recovery. Discuss how network technologies can be applied in each phase.
In: Economics
In Python 3:
Software Design Patterns may be thought of as blue prints or recipes for implementing common models in software. Much like re-using proven classes in Object Oriented design, re-using proven patterns tends to produce more secure and reliable results often in reduced time compared to re-inventing the wheel. In fact, some high-level languages have integrated facilities to support many common patterns with only minimal, if any, user written software. That said, in software design and construction, often the challenge is to know that a pattern exists and be able to recognize when it is a good fit for a project. To give you a familiar frame of reference, below is a Singleton Pattern implemented in Java:
public class MySingleton {
// reference to class instance
private static MySingleton instance = null;
// Private Constructor
private MySingleton() {
instance = this;
}
// Returns single instance to class
public static MySingleton getInstance() {
if (instance == null) {
instance = new MySingleton();
}
return instance;
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
MySingleton s1 = MySingleton.getInstance();
MySingleton s2 = MySingleton.getInstance();
System.out.println("s1: " + s1 + " s2: " + s2);
}
}
If you run this example, you will see that the address for s1 and s2 are exactly the same. That is because the pattern restricts the existence of more than one instance in a process. Of course this example only implements the pattern but other functionality can be added to this class just as any other class. The primary features of a singleton are:
The primary goal of this assignment is not to teach you how to write singleton patterns in Python, (though that’s part of it), but to familiarize you with the concept of design patterns as well as give you experience in adapting one into one of your own designs.
Description
Pick one of your previous assignments, either from MindTap or one of your Distributed Systems assignments and integrate a Singleton Pattern into it. Hint: Any class can be made into a Singleton.
Code to integrate Singleton pattern into:
import random
class Card(object):
""" A card object with a suit and rank."""
RANKS = (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
SUITS = ('Spades', 'Diamonds', 'Hearts', 'Clubs')
def __init__(self, rank, suit):
"""Creates a card with the given rank and suit."""
self.rank = rank
self.suit = suit
self.faceup = False
def turn(self):
self.faceup = not self.faceup
def __str__(self):
"""Returns the string representation of a card."""
if self.rank == 1:
rank = 'Ace'
elif self.rank == 11:
rank = 'Jack'
elif self.rank == 12:
rank = 'Queen'
elif self.rank == 13:
rank = 'King'
else:
rank = self.rank
return str(rank) + ' of ' + self.suit
class Deck(object):
""" A deck containing 52 cards."""
def __init__(self):
"""Creates a full deck of cards."""
self.cards = []
for suit in Card.SUITS:
for rank in Card.RANKS:
c = Card(rank, suit)
self.cards.append(c)
def shuffle(self):
"""Shuffles the cards."""
random.shuffle(self.cards)
def deal(self):
"""Removes and returns the top card or None
if the deck is empty."""
if len(self) == 0:
return None
else:
return self.cards.pop(0)
def __len__(self):
"""Returns the number of cards left in the deck."""
return len(self.cards)
def __str__(self):
"""Returns the string representation of a deck."""
result = ''
for c in self.cards:
result = self.result + str(c) + '\n'
return result
def main():
"""A simple test."""
deck = Deck()
print("A new deck:")
while len(deck) > 0:
print(deck.deal())
deck = Deck()
deck.shuffle()
print("A deck shuffled once:")
while len(deck) > 0:
print(deck.deal())
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
In: Computer Science
In: Computer Science
Prepare 10-12 questions that you plan to use to interview the corporate compliance officer or compliance director
In: Operations Management
Lahser Corp. produces component parts for durable medical
equipment manufacturers. The controller is building a master budget
for the first quarter of the upcoming calendar year. Selected
information from the accounting records is presented next:
a. Accounts Receivable as of January 1 are $59,200. Selling price
per unit is projected to remain stable at $11 per unit throughout
the budget period. Sales for the first six months of the upcoming
year are budgeted to be as follows:
| January | $99,100 |
| February | $110,500 |
| March | $111,500 |
| April | $107,500 |
| May | $103,000 |
| June | $121,400 |
b. Sales are 20% cash and 80% credit. All credit sales are
collected in the month following the sale.
c. Lahser Corp. has a policy that states that each month’s ending
inventory of finished goods should be 10% of the following month’s
sales (in units).
d. Three pounds of direct material is needed per unit at $2.30 per
pound. Ending inventory of direct materials should be 20% of next
month’s production needs.
e. Monthly manufacturing overhead costs are $5,650 for factory
rent, $2,900 for other fixed manufacturing costs, and $1.10 per
unit produced for variable manufacturing overhead. All costs are
paid in the month in which they are incurred.
4. What is the budgeted direct materials cost for the first quarter? (1 point)
In: Accounting
In: Operations Management
Write a business report based on the following:
A new business, Globex Corporation has been created as the result of merging two large regional business, Riverina Precision Farming, and B T & Sons Farming Equipment. Globex Corp is primarily located in the Riverina Region of NSW and has three locations, Albury, Griffith and Wagga Wagga. Within Globex there are two arms to the business (Precision Farming & Farming Equipment), each of which is represented at each location.
The Globex Farming Equipment head office is located in Wagga Wagga, while the Globex Precision Farming head office is located in Griffith. Parts and Services for both arms as well as administration support are coordinated from the Albury office.
Globex Corporation strives to supply agricultural solutions that achieve the following objectives:
Senior management has finalised on the following
decisions:
1. Globex will retain all existing staff, stock and infrastructure from the merged businesses. B T & Sons aging systems are to be merged into the Riverina Precision Farming systems.
2. Globex have decided to invest in the development of an Online Sales Management System (OSMS), replacing all manual processes, allowing clients to order and pay for equipment online.
3. (intentionally left blank)
4. (intentionally left blank)
[Points 3 and 4 will be given to you by your lecturer 7
days before date due. This is to allow everyone to work in this
timeframe and to prevent unauthorised assistance with your
work.]
Write a business report outlining the above case, stating assumptions you make at the beginning of your report. Provide critique into the management decisions substantiating with reference to literature. In your report, make the difference between Information Systems (IS) and Information Technology (IT) issues and how it will affect customer choice, continued patronage, brand loyalty, and so on.
Suggest how to attract new customers (from competitors) and any other new business opportunities that may arise with such a set up. All these should be substantiated with references to IS and IT literature.
In: Operations Management
This is Mr. Burns. Mr. Burns is an 88-year-old male who had an emergent partial gastrectomy today because of a perforated ulcer. Mr. Burns has a history of CHF, hypertension, and he takes warfarin for atrial fibrillation. Because of the perforation, Mr. Burns lost quite a bit of blood prior to surgery, so he received 3 units of packed red blood cells in addition to 2 units of fresh frozen plasma for an elevated INR (it was 5 prior to surgery now it is 1.6). He also received 2 Liters of lactated ringers in the OR. He has a large abdominal incision with a cover dressing intact. There is some bloody drainage present on the dressing, which has been marked. He has an NG tube in the left nare to low intermittent suction. There is a small amount of dark drainage noted in the collection container. There is a central line present in the left neck that was placed by anesthesiology during surgery. He has an indwelling urinary catheter that is draining clear yellow urine. He reports incisional pain 5/10 and states this is tolerable. He is drowsy, but arousable and answers questions appropriately. He's received a total of 0.5 mg hydromorphone while int the PACU. VS are as follows: BP 110/84, HR 96, RR 16, SPO2 98% 2L/NC, T 98.6 F
What assessment data in this report is MOST concerning to you? *
1 urinary catheter draining clear yellow urine
2 abdominal dressing with some bloody drainage
3 NG tube with small amount of dark drainage
4 patient received 3 units PRBCs, 2 units FFP and 2 liters of LR
Other:
What complication are you concerned about based on the priority identified above? *
1 hypervolemia
2 urinary retention
3 hypovolemia
4 hemorrhage
5 electrolyte imbalance
6 aspiration
Mr. Burns arrives to the floor
You perform a full head to toe assessment and obtain a set of VS. Your VS are as follows: BP 148/86, HR 122, RR 26, SPO2 90% 2L/NC. You also note the following when you listen to the lungs:
You note crackles in Mr. Burns' lung assessment. What causes lungs to make this sound? *
1 air moving over a constricted airway
2 air moving over fluid
3 air moving past an obstruction in the larynx
4 movement of inflamed pleural surfaces
Based on your assessment, you notify the provider and expect which order? *
1 increase IV fluid rate
2 administer furosemide (lasix) 40 mg IVP x1 now
3 start ceftriaxone (rocephin) 2 grams IVPB Q6H
4 prepare the patient to return to surgery
In: Nursing