In response to Robert Campany’s discussion of the possible effects of Shangqing meditations, can you think of further ways that these meditations might have real effects in the society or in the individual?

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Module 5: Discussion

Write a post addressing the following question:

  • In response to Robert Campany’s discussion of the possible effects of Shangqing meditations, can you think of further ways that these meditations might have real effects in the society or in the individual? (Be sure to provide examples from your readings of the meditation practice you address.)

Use the material from the readings or lectures to support your ideas and assertions.

Respond to at least one of your classmates’ posts. Response posts should be substantive and move the discussion forward by asking questions, elaborating on a point in the initial post, suggesting other possible arguments, or suggesting other examples.

Provide a 200-300-word thoughtful reaction to a selected contemporaneous article.

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Global Political Risk Discussion: Post #4

Country about Egypt

Post (1): Provide a 200-300-word thoughtful reaction to a selected contemporaneous article.

For a superb/quality post, the analysis must endeavor to connect the contemporaneous event/development to as many as possible of the following–

  • at least one of the definitions of Political Risk
  • salient course concepts
  • course lectures/lecture slides
  • assigned/required course readings
  • implications for the business community
  • “personal” experience (direct or vicarious, where applicable)
  • build on (rather than regurgitate) earlier posts in the discussion thread
  • furnish reference information for all applicable/additional research/sources

The post should provide your own thoughtful and informed “so what?” (critical thinking) analysis of the event/development. Be sure to reflect on at least their implications for business (manager, entrepreneur, enterprise, market, customer, client, supplier, investment, etc.) and other non-state actors. Besides the first reaction/analysis on a featured article, subsequent reactions should endeavor to reference (i.e., build on) earlier reactions to the selected article. Consider asking questions, elaborating on a point in earlier posts, suggesting other possible arguments, or suggesting other examples.

As a general guideline, posts should be well-developed, use proper spelling, grammar, and punctuation.

Define cost-plus pricing. Why is it used so frequently? What are the drawbacks associated with using it? What is penetration pricing? Can you think of an example of a company that has used penetration pricing to introduce a new product? Which firm is it and what is the example?

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Week 5 Business

I. Chapter 8

Key Concept Questions

  • Define cost-plus pricing. Why is it used so frequently? What are the drawbacks associated with using it?
  • What is penetration pricing? Can you think of an example of a company that has used penetration pricing to introduce a new product? Which firm is it and what is the example?
  • What is the relationship between pricing and competition?
  • How can a pocket price waterfall assist a business?
  • What is meant by “15/10 net 45”? What is the impact on the seller’s pocket price when a customer takes advantage of this?

II. Chapter 9

Critical Thinking Exercises

  • Identify a well-known public figure and discuss his or her brand. How has this individual enhanced the brand? How has he or she damaged it?
  • Brainstorm five creative ways for a small business with a low budget to advertise and promote its products or services using the latest developments in communications and Internet technology.
  • Why does viral marketing have such success potential? How can a viral marketing campaign work against a company?
  • What role should the unique selling proposition play in a company’s advertising strategy?

Establish the potential value and application of an idea, and identify costs, benefits, and available resources before deciding to implement (p. 317).

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Business and administrative studies

Define the Business (Why is this such an important strategic prerequisite?)

The more things an organization attempts to do, the more information it needs to have in terms of environmental assessment for the ,purpose of strategy formulation and adjustment. According to Mendelson and Ziegler (1997), firms need to define their businesses in terms of what they do best. This limits the scope of the business and makes for a more focused organization. This does not imply that a firm cannot explore new products and markets. A firm must look at its strategic success factors and consider those when making decisions about what products/services to provide, customers to serve, markets to enter, and how it will go about doing all that. What a firm does best is directly related to its core competences. It should consider strategic partners and alliances if considering moves that require competences it does not possess. According to Schermerhorn, Hunt, and Osborn (2005), organized chaos is a good thing when making critical decisions. First, put as many ideas on the table as possible; second, frame the ideas so that alternatives can be considered; third, look at alternatives from different points-of- view; fourth, make certain all the pieces of the puzzle fit. You should then establish the potential value and application of an idea, and identify costs, benefits, and available resources before deciding to implement (p. 317).

 

References

Schmermerhorn, J. R. Jr., Hunt, J. G., & Osborn, R. N. (2005). Organizational Behavior. New Jersey: Wiley

Mendelson, H. & Ziegler, J. (1999). Survival of the Smartest: Managing Information for Rapid Action and World-Class Performance. New York: Wiley.

List taxable persons according to Article (2) of the income tax law. Explain how the tax base is calculated according to Article (6) of the income tax law. What is Withholding tax and its rates according to Article (68) of the income tax?

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 Income tax law

Assignment Question(s):(15.0 Marks)

(Three Questions Each Question Carries five Marks)

  • List taxable persons according to Article (2) of the income tax law.
  • Explain how the tax base is calculated according to Article (6) of the income tax law.
  • What is Withholding tax and its rates according to Article (68) of the income tax?

What is the probability any one student taking the SAT scores more than 1500 on the test? What assumption would you have to make to do this calculation?

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BSB131 – Applied Data Analytics – Problem Solving Task 4

Music streaming services have a lot to answer for. While many applaud the ability to get access to thousands of songs, the instant gratification aspect has led to an increase in genericisation and also a shortening in the length of songs. In fact the average length of new songs in 2020 was the shortest it has been since the 1960’s. At the same time the standard deviation in each of the last 4 years has been the lowest of all time leading to an increasing sameness. How we can long for the days of music experimentation and progressive rock – of Tubular Bells, Pink Floyd and even Queen’s standard breaking Bohemian Rhapsody. That is enough of my yearning for the past.

The file Problem Solving Task 4.xlsx contains records on over 110,000 songs downloaded from Spotify between 1963 and 2020 including artist, song name, a popularity score, release year, and duration in seconds and minutes. Most of this data is just for those of you who love music as much as I do and want to muck around with the file. There are other similar files on a website called Kaggle.

Question One

  1. Using only data from 2017, calculate the average and standard deviation of the song lengths in minutes.
  2. Assuming the values calculated in part a. are a good estimate of the population mean and standard deviation, and assuming the distribution of song lengths is normal, calculate:
  3. Probability that any one song in 2017 had a length of more than 7 minutes
  4. Probability that any one song in 2017 lasted between 3 and 4 minutes.
  • The maximum duration for the shortest 20% of songs.
  1. Construct a frequency distribution for the length of songs in 2017. Make the lower limit of the first class 0 minutes and make the class width for all classes 1 minute. Graph the frequency distribution using a histogram.
  2. From the distribution in part c. is it reasonable to assume the distribution of song lengths was normal? Why?

Question Two

In 2016 the US Scholastic Assessment Test (SAT) which is used to assess students performance for admissions to US universities was completely revised. In 2017 across the entire US the average SAT score was 1060 with a standard deviation of 195 (these can be taken as population values)

  1. What is the probability any one student taking the SAT scores more than 1500 on the test? What assumption would you have to make to do this calculation?
  2. Suppose a university randomly sampled 100 students to calculate their average score. Describe the sampling distribution of the sample mean.
  3. What is the probability that a sample of 100 students had an average score of more than 1100?

Question Three on next page

 

Question Three

According to Headphone Addict (https://headphonesaddict.com/listening-to-music-statistics/) an average person listens to more than 950 hours of music per year. One recent statistic indicated that 60% of all 16-24 year olds stream music every day.

Given 16 – 24 years old represents a typical university student, if we assume that 60% of university students stream music every day:

  1. What is the probability that in a sample of 10 university students less than 4 streamed music that day?
  2. What is the probability that in a sample of 100 university students less than 40% streamed music that day (i.e. the sample proportion was less than 0.4 – make sure you do the question as a proportion question)?

Develop a leadership development program based on the six organizational processes used to create a climate of development from the course readings.

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Course’s final assignment

For the course’s final assignment. Develop a leadership development program based on the six organizational processes used to create a climate of development from the course readings. Incorporating current and relevant scholarly research into your paper is a requirement. When course readings are used, they must be cited using APA formatting and citation style.

Critically evaluate the significance and the relationship between ethics and Business as explained by the author. Discuss how ethics could be incorporated in education, particularly for business students.

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Mgt 422 Business ethic assignment one

Assignment Question(s):

  1. Critically evaluate the significance and the relationship between ethics and Business as explained by the author. (Not less than 500 words-5 Marks)
  2. With suitable examples (at least 2) discuss the importance of trust in business. What happens when trust is lost? (Not less than 500 words-5 Marks)
  3. Discuss how ethics could be incorporated in education, particularly for business students. (Not less than 500 words-5 Marks)

# Note: All answers should be supported with proper references.

As an expert discuss, how supply chain experts should focus their attention this year to improve the overall supply chain?

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ECOM402_E-supply chain management_project

Question 1:

Information technology offers many valuable capabilities to the enterprise, especially in

Question 2 :

As an expert discuss, how supply chain experts should focus their attention this year to improve the overall supply chain? (3- Marks)

Utilize Excel to create, organize, and analyze lists of data. Develop an understanding of relational databases and how to import data into a relational database.

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Week 2 Assignment: Relational Database Tables

Course Objective:

  • CO1. Utilize Excel to create, organize, and analyze lists of data.
  • CO2. Develop an understanding of relational databases and how to import data into a relational database.

Assignment Prompt:
Before you start with this assignment, you will want to watch the five videos in the Reading & Resources section under Content in week 2 bin. This week you will be creating two new databases in Access (this assignment does not use the Excel databases you downloaded in week 1). Complete instructions are listed below for how to create your two new “Contacts” databases inside of Access. As this file will go no further than your instructor if you want to complete these two databases with family, friends, coworkers, business, and social contacts, you are free to do so. A great source for all of this information is in your Cell phone. Likewise, if you are uncomfortable with using real contacts, you may make some up (Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck, Frank Zappa, Paul McCartney, Elvis Presley, etc.). The two databases you are creating this week will be used in the next assignment, so, take care of developing and complete them as accurately as possible.

Assignment Instructions:

  1. Complete the databases in one Access file that you will submit below as your homework for week 2.
  2. The work you do this week may look like a lot of busywork, however this database, once completed, will be used in two future classes (week 3 and week 5) where you build queries, forms, and reports.
  3. The intent of this assignment is to create your own personal database of contacts (individual and Company). Your Cell phone or contacts database in your personal email software is an excellent source for the data you will need for this assignment. The database will be kept confidential and no one but your instructor will see it. If you are concerned about confidentiality, your only other choice is to create a database of fake names.
  4. Start your project by constructing a “Form” in Access with the fields listed below. There is an excellent resource for how to build a form in the “Content: Reading & Resources” section. If you would like to review how to create forms you can also use this hyperlink: Access Forms Transcript can be accessed on video host site.
  5. Include a minimum of 35 contacts, more would be better. Use at least 10 organizations, businesses, or service provider company contacts, again more would be better
  6. If you receive any recommended changes from your instructor when he or she returns your work after grading, please complete these changes before the next week’s assignment
  7. Follow the directions below exactly, enough said, let’s get these done and move on to using them in future classes.