What is NAIRU? Describe some of the shortcomings of using NAIRU as a policy making instrument. Outline the deficit hawk and deficit owl approaches to undesirably high levels of unemployment.

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Policy making

Each answer should be about half a page. No introduction or conclusion paragraphs. No fluff. The final will be graded more critically than weekly reading assignments so be thorough and precise. Write in an 11pt font, 1.5 spaced, with normal margins.

All questions cover material from your textbook, assigned readings, and lectures. Do not consult or cite other sources.

Answer 3 of the questions from Part A. Answer Part B.

  • What is NAIRU? Describe some of the shortcomings of using NAIRU as a policy making instrument. Suggest an alternative.
  • Outline the deficit hawk and deficit owl approaches to undesirably high levels of unemployment.
  • What is the mainstream explanation of Treasury bond issuance? What is the heterodox explanation of Treasury bond issuance?
  • In the media, the running of fiscal deficits is often linked to Central Banks ‘printing money’. Explain why this is a misrepresentation of operational practices associated with the conduct of fiscal policy.
  • Compare and contrast the mainstream and heterodox explanations for inflation and hyperinflation.
  • Describe functional finance in detail.
  • Describe Minsky’s Financial Instability Hypothesis. Is this the result of rational or irrational decision-making? Discuss the contradictions between individual rational behavior and social good in this context.

 

Using the GCU Library, locate a journal article about budgeting. Describe the major points of the article, and the reaction should demonstrate your interpretation of the article and how you can apply that knowledge.

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Budgeting

Using the GCU Library, locate a journal article about budgeting. In the subject line of your post, include the name of the article that you read. Then, in your initial post, provide a link to the article and a summary followed by your reaction to the article. The summary should be approximately 250 words and the reaction should be approximately 150 words. The summary should describe the major points of the article, and the reaction should demonstrate your interpretation of the article and how you can apply that knowledge. Do not choose an article that one of your classmates has already posted. To participate in follow-up discussion, choose one of the articles that a classmate has posted and provide your own reaction to it.

Note: It may be challenging to find a relevant article if you do not use the library.

Determine the acceptance criteria for determining that the project procurement is complete. Identify the process for obtaining final sign-offs and final payments to close out the contract. Determine final documentation to be included in the project procurement closure package.

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Unit 5 – Individual Project

Project Procurement Legal Rights and Responsibilities
Discuss the legal aspects involved with contract management and closure.
Discuss the process to be used to handle any outstanding issues, claims, and disputes, such as through an alternative dispute resolution (ADR).
Document what might be terms for contract termination by either the seller or buyer.
Outline rights and responsibilities of both the seller and buyer as they relate to procurement closure.

Project Procurement Closeout
Determine the acceptance criteria for determining that the project procurement is complete.
Identify the process for obtaining final sign-offs and final payments to close out the contract.
Determine final documentation to be included in the project procurement closure package.
Identify the techniques that will be utilized to elicit lessons learned.

Explain a range of decision-making processes that can be applied to ensure that effective outcomes are achieved.

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Decision-making processes

Explain a range of decision-making processes that can be applied to ensure that effective outcomes are achieved. (AC 1.4)
• examples of how different perspectives might result in certain decisions, for example utilitarianism, deontology, the impact of religious and personal beliefs on workplace decision-making.
• Different approaches to dealing with capability and performance issues based on ethical values, compassionate and punitive responses to work issues

Assess a range of different ethical theories and perspectives and explain how understanding of these can be used to inform and influence moral decision-making. (AC 1.5)
• Ethical perspectives: theories of ethics for example utilitarianism, deontology/ Kantianism, communitarianism, altruism;
• ethical values, for example democracy, fairness, honesty, equality;
• ethics and religion; ethics and business; examples of ethical dilemmas and outcomes.

Appraise different ways and approaches organisations can take to measure financial and non-financial performance. (AC 3.1)
• Measurements of financial and non- financial performance:
• for example revenue, gross and net profit, cash flow, return on investment, productivity, key performance indicators, service level agreements, balanced scorecard or similar performance management tools; stakeholder benefits and feedback, customer satisfaction, legal compliance, compliance with environmental standards, sector ratings.

What role do interest rates play in allocating capital to different potential borrowers? What happens to market-clearing, or equilibrium, interest rates in a capital market when the demand for funds declines? What happens when expected inflation increases or decreases?

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Capital market

What role do interest rates play in allocating capital to different potential borrowers?

What happens to market-clearing, or equilibrium, interest rates in a capital market when the demand for funds declines? What happens when expected inflation increases or decreases?

How does the price of capital tend to change during a boom or a recession?

How does risk affect interest rates?

If inflation during the last 12 months was 2 percent and the interest rate during that period was 5 percent, what was the real rate of interest? If inflation is expected to average 4 percent during the next year and the real rate is 3 percent, what should the current rate of interest be?

 

Identify historical trends and significant impacts of sport marketing practices. Explain and conduct a SWOT analysis on Wilson Golf Company. Discuss the importance of marketing research to sports marketers.

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MAJOR PROJECT  – 15% of Final Grade: Due Week 5

The Major Project is an Individual assignment that constitutes 15% of your grade.

The Project is a research paper; therefore, all work you submit for this class should be written in clear prose, meaning that your comments should be comprised in complete, lucid sentences using proper syntax, spelling, and grammar. If you do not take your work seriously, then neither will others. All facts, numbers, statistics, etc. must be cited, as well as any idea that did not originate with you. Using the work of other writers without proper attribution is considered plagiarism, and will result in disciplinary action.

Your paper should be over 2,250 1,000 words allowing at least 250 words per deliverable.

You are required to read and cite from the posted nine (9) peer reviewed journal articles  and the industry report.

Moreover, you are required to quote/cite at least three (3) APA cited Bible Scripture verses = complete verses with application.

All work should be in the APA format. Your submission should follow the below stated composition and formatting guidelines; and be composed unto a “Word Document.”

  • Separate Title page with a “Running head:” page number (top right), your name, course, date, and an appropriate title.
  • Use double space, Times New Roman, and 12pt font.
  • Separate reference page.
  • The APA additions are NOT a part of the word count.

Please reference the Rubric for the Grading Guidelines for the Project.

Appertaining to Sport Marketing and Promotion; respond to the following Deliverables based upon reading the respective peer reviewed journal article (see reference URL) and other sources.

Permission for use of the following scholarly journal articles is provided within the access rights to Regent University’s library’s databases.

DELIVERABLES with Respective Peer Reviewed Journal Articles:

Identify historical trends and significant impacts of sport marketing practices.

  • http://tinyurl.com/y264kmvs

Explain and conduct a SWOT analysis on Wilson Golf Company.

  • http://tinyurl.com/y2odny3f

Discuss the importance of marketing research to sports marketers.

  • http://tinyurl.com/y3t7d44l

Explain the sport marketer’s simplified model of participant consumption behavior.

  • http://tinyurl.com/y249pf5l

Explain how sports game attractiveness, economic factors and competitive factors relate to game attendance.

  • http://tinyurl.com/yxkxqu4y

Discuss the importance of the sports market selection decisions.

  • http://tinyurl.com/y6srdl4e

Define sports branding and discuss the guidelines for choosing an effective brand name.

  • http://tinyurl.com/yxno9phf

Discuss the phases of the product life cycle and explain how the product life cycle influences sports marketing strategy.

  • http://tinyurl.com/y62c9swo (Read pp. 1193-1196)

Compare the advantages and disadvantages of the various sports promotional mix tools.

  • http://tinyurl.com/y4oun3tw

Required:

You are to use the posted peer reviewed journal article as your reference and citation pertaining to its respective question. You may also use on a limited basis, other sources including, but not limited to your textbook.

Compose a paper that is over 2,250 1,500 words allowing at least 250 words per deliverable subject to the above stated Rubric (Grading Guidelines). The only word limit is your imagination.

Submit the paper to the Professor via the Assignment Manager link.

 

Which parts of Qualtrics’ value chain need to adapt to the different local environments? Which parts should stay standardized? Which international strategy, multidomestic strategy, or transnational strategy do you suggest for Qualtrics going forward? Explain why in detail.

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Qualtrics and SAP Combine Forces

Companies not able to engage with and track the employee experience are doomed.

This is where Qualtrics and SAP join forces. Qualtrics makes experience software that allows companies to capture experience data of employees and SAP services many of the world’s employees. One of the biggest challenges companies face is knowing how their employees are responding to something like a new HR program or a redesigned website. What did they like about it and what didn’t they like?

This is not as simple as sending a survey out. Qualtrics provides a platform for companies to collect data easily, report and analyze the data in real time, and then publish the data to managers so they can immediately act on the information. By operational platform that helps track a company’s success factors, Qualtrics and SAP can now start offering a solution for the employee experience immediately. As stated by Ryan Smith, CEO of Qualtrics:

“Our mission is to help organizations deliver the experiences that turn their customers into fanatics, employees into ambassadors, products into obsessions and brands into religions. Supported by a global team of over 95,000, SAP will help us scale faster and achieve our mission on a broader stage. This will put the XM Platform everywhere overnight.”

And as Bill McDermott, CEO of SAP, stated:

“SAP already touches 77 percent of the world’s transactions. When you combine our operational data with Qualtrics’ experience data, we will accelerate the XM category with an end-to-end solution with immediate global scale. For Qualtrics, this introduces a dynamic new partner with the belief, passion and scale to bring experience management to millions of customers around the world.”

Going Forward With the new global platform that SAP provides, Qualtrics has some big decisions to make going forward. What type of strategy should it adopt as it expands globally? Right now, Qualtrics does not offer many opportunities for product localization. Apart from adjusting the language and minor functionalities, the Qualtrics product looks the same most anywhere. In light of this, Ryan is worried. How can Qualtrics maintain its strong common platform while customizing the product to different countries and customers?

Case Discussion Questions

  1. Which parts of Qualtrics’ value chain need to adapt to the different local environments? Which parts should stay standardized? Explain why in detail.
  2. Which international strategy, multidomestic strategy, or transnational strategy do you suggest for Qualtrics going forward? Explain why in detail.
  3. Based on your answer above, how important was culture and interdependence played a part on your decision? Please discuss this in detail utilizing terms and concepts learned from the textbook this semester. Explain why in detail.

Identify whom you interviewed, their title, and years of working experience in the area of Operations Management. Provide insights into your subject’s role and why Operations Management is vital to his/her organization.

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Write a 1,050-1400-word interview report.

  • Identify whom you interviewed, their title, and years of working experience in the area of Operations Management.
  • Provide insights into your subject’s role and why Operations Management is vital to his/her organization.
  • Provide the reason for selecting the individual you chose to interview.
  • List the questions you asked. Do not provide the response verbatim, they can be paraphrased in summary.

Include a summary of the organization.

  • Give a summary of what you learned as a result of this interview.
  • Provide a reflection of what is important about this assignment.
  • Discuss any follow-up activities the person you interviewed suggested. This is what the interviewer suggests you do after the interview.

Locate a news release on an OSHA activity. Provide a summary of the news release and discuss what OSHA is trying to do. Try to find a unique story that has not already been discussed in this forum. Discuss the effect on the workers and the effect on the employers.

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Health, Safety, and Security

visit the https://www.osha.gov/news/newsreleases/infodate-m/202111

Directions:
Locate a news release on an OSHA activity. Provide a summary of the news release and discuss what OSHA is trying to do. Try to find a unique story that has not already been discussed in this forum.

Discuss the effect on the workers and the effect on the employers.

Define SWOT. State how the assignment will be presented or organized: that is to describe YOUR Strengths, Weaknesses; Opportunities and Threats.

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Instructions/Guidelines: Professional Writing Assignment (PWA):

The Professional Writing Assignment (PWA) is designed to foster practice and refinement of written communication skills. The MG-485 PWA is based on YOUR personal experiences and perspectives.

1) Manner of Submission: 2-3 page word document.

APA format

-no run-on – sentences

-no errors

2) Perform a (Personal) SWOT on YOURSELF. Write a Written Summary:

Introduction :

Define SWOT ( it is a marketing tool to match an individual’s strengths and weaknesses to opportunities and threats. Here, the goal is to use one’s capability to maximize situations that present opportunities and avoid threats and reduce weaknesses.

It should address preferably one of the followings:

  • College Admission to graduate studies
  • Job promotion at your workplace
  • Application to a new job
  1. c) state how the assignment will be presented or organized: that is to describe YOUR  Strengths, Weaknesses; Opportunities and Threats.

Body

Discuss each part of the SWOT in separate headings/paragraphs

  • -Opportunities
  • -Threats
  • -Strengths
  • -Weaknesses

In addition to the above paragraphs, include a paragraph to describe how the COVID-19 environment has impacted your life.

Summary

Conclusion

Recommendation