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To which extent do you agree or disagree with the author point of view “that internal customers’ needs are important as externals to create a true quality environment” and Why?

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Quality Management

Learning Outcomes:

  1. Use quality improvement tools and practices for continuous improvement to achieve the organizational change and transformation. (2.2)
  2. Implement quality improvement efforts using teams for organizational assessment and quality audits. (3.1)

Instructions to search the article:

Via your student services page, log in to the Saudi Digital Library. After your login with your student ID, search for the following article:

CUSTOMER-FOCUSED ENVIRONMENT: ORGANIZATIONS MUST EXTEND THEIR DEFINITION OF CUSTOMERS.

ISSN: 03609936

In this article, the author discusses the different definition of customers either internal or external and how satisfying all customers’ needs helps the organization in term of accomplishing its quality objectives. Read the article, and answer the following questions:

Assignment Question(s):

  1. In your own words, summarize the article. ( 150 – 200 words ) ( 5 marks )
  2. To which extent do you agree or disagree with the author point of view “that internal customers’ needs are important as externals to create a true quality environment” and Why? ( 150 – 200 words ) ( 5 marks )
  3. Discuss the tools needed to operate within the new environment as indicated by the author. ( 150 – 200 words) ( 5 mark )

Write a 500-750 word statement of need. Highlight why this scholarship will support you in your future goals in the Criminal Justice field.

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Write a 700 word statement of need for scholarship

Write a 500-750 word statement of need. Highlight why this scholarship will support you in your future goals in the Criminal Justice field.

If the market is efficient, what value would you expect for alphas? Are they supposed to be close to any number? Do alphas from your analysis support the notion that financial markets are efficient? Or, are they against market efficiency?

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DISCUSSION ESSAY

Your Report
In your report, you answer the following questions. You must review the course slides before starting the project. Do not copy reports that are publicly available from financial websites. You must rely on your own test results to answer the questions.

Limit all your answers to four pages (single space). Use the first two pages for your answers (pages 1–2) and use the next two pages for two regression tables. On page 3, include the table based on Q1–Q8 and the other table on page 4 to answer Q9 after expanding the data. The third and fourth pages need to be landscape so that you can include all nine regressions in one table. Also, attach the proof of regression work you obtain from a statistical program such as STATA results. That is, your completed project will have a four–page report along with the detailed regression results that I can review.

1. Make one table with nine columns for nine individual regressions following the format below. Report all coefficients and corresponding t–statistics in parentheses. Note that the numbers in parentheses do not mean negative values. They are t–statistic values you obtain from the regression tests. Use ***, **, * signs to indicate statistical significance at the 1%, 5%, and 10% levels, respectively. If the estimated coefficients are not significant at the l0% level, do not use the asterisk signs. Use p–values to know the levels of statistical significance. For example, if a p–value is less than 0.01 (i.e., 1% level), give *** to the number. In this way, we can easily find which relationships are strong. At the bottom, report the number of observations and R2. Use four and two decimals for coefficients and t–statistics, respectively.

Example) AESGX BSCFX FLPSX FMAGX GSIFX UNWPX VTSMX VWINX Your Pick
Alpha 0.2814 0.2014 0.0586 4.9839 –0.1315 0.1962 –0.0019 0.2602** 0.3330***(0.81) (0.84) (0.32) (1.30) (–0.61) (0.25) (–0.06) (2.02) (1.67)MmR–F mR 0.7715*** 0.9551*** 0.9491*** –0.9436 0.8053*** 0.6078*** 1.0002*** 0.2727*** 1.0739*** (8.14) (14.73) (18.98) (–0.91) (13.84) (2.82) (124.18) (7.81) (8.92)
SMB 0.8386*** 0.5044*** 0.4669*** 0.3069 –0.0057 0.6556** –0.0064 –0.0771* 0.3887
(6.86) (6.03) (7.24) (0.23) (–0.08) (2.36) (–0.62) (–1.71) (0.20)
HML –0.1404 0.0482 –0.1461* 1.4635 –0.1085 –0.1383 –0.0210 –0.0524 4.2353*
(–0.90) (0.45) (–1.78) (0.86) (–1.14) (–0.39) (–1.60) (–0.91) (1.72)
RMW –0.1952 0.1417 0.4205*** –1.4794 –0.0943 0.4114 0.0172 0.1467** –1.9932
(–1.20) (1.27) (4.90) (–0.83) (–0.94) (1.11) (1.25) (2.45) (–0.77)
CMA 0.1333 –0.3487** 0.3429*** –1.4151 0.0930 –0.1510 0.0350* 0.2403*** –4.0104
(0.63) (–2.42) (3.08) (–0.61) (0.72) (–0.32) (1.97) (3.09) (–1.20)
UMD –0.0523 0.0506 –0.1672*** –0.6164 –0.1037** 0.0051 –0.0301*** –0.1174*** –0.2826
(–0.77) (1.09) (–4.67) (–0.83) (–2.49) (0.03) (–5.25) (–4.69) (–0.26)
N of obs. 237 237 237 237 237 237 237 237 237
R2 0.531 0.667 0.733 0.011 0.623 0.077 0.991 0.351 0.016

This table reports the estimated coefficients of six factors. The monthly data on the four factors are collected from Prof. French’s website, http://mba.tuck.dartmouth.edu/pages/faculty/ken.frenc /data_library.html. t–statistics are reported in parentheses. ***, **, and * indicate significance at the 1%, 5%, and 10% levels, respectively.

2. Which alphas are positive and negative? Based on the p–values, are they significantly different from zero?

3. Is the alpha of VTSMX close to zero? If then, why is it supposed to be around zero?  (Hint: Look at the full name of the fund).

4. Now, provide general interpretations. Give your detailed answers for the estimated alphas (intercepts) from all nine regressions. Learn how to read regression results. To comment on the findings, you must have a good understanding of estimated coefficients, p–values, and t–statistics. There are various sources of information on the internet and the textbook. Concentrate on the alphas and do not interpret betas. Your interpretations should include the numbers reported in the table. That is, try to anticipate how much returns you can make using these funds. Also, tell the boss how confident you are with your estimations.

5. You need to find one specific fund and add it to your analysis. Which fund do you include in this report? Briefly introduce the fund and explain why you selected it.

6. Based on the alphas, which fund do you recommend for future investment? And, why do you choose it?

7. Based on the alphas, which fund is worst in your analysis? And, why?

8. If the market is efficient, what value would you expect for alphas? Are they supposed to be close to any number? Do alphas from your analysis support the notion that financial markets are efficient? Or, are they against market efficiency?

9. Are your answers for the best and worst funds changed if you extend the data to any available period for each fund? For instance, the monthly returns of FMAGX are available from the early 1980s. Use the same ending month. Make another table for this change.

Hint: The “if” code for the first–month restriction can be removed to include the earlier information. (e.g., reg dep ind if year_month>=200111 & year_month<=202112).

Provide a reflection of at least 500 words of how the knowledge, skills, or theories of this course have been applied, or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment.

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Practical Assignment

Provide a reflection of at least 500 words (or 2 pages double spaced) of how the knowledge, skills, or theories of this course have been applied, or could be applied, in a practical manner to your current work environment. If you are not currently working, share times when you have or could observe these theories and knowledge could be applied to an employment opportunity in your field of study.

Provide a 500 word (or 2 pages double spaced) minimum reflection.

· Use of proper APA formatting and citations. If supporting evidence from outside resources is used those must be properly cited.

· Share a personal connection that identifies specific knowledge and theories from this course.

· Demonstrate a connection to your current work environment. If you are not employed, demonstrate a connection to your desired work environment.

· You should not provide an overview of the assignments assigned in the course. The assignment asks that you reflect how the knowledge and skills obtained through meeting course objectives were applied or could be applied in the workplace.

What are the most common causes of back pain, and what are the best ways to prevent and treat it?

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Causes of back pain

What are the most common causes of back pain, and what are the best ways to prevent and treat it? 350 words

Complete the Routed Events exercise in Chapter 14 to work with events. Provide a screenshot of the code as well as the output for all three exercises.

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Manipulating Properties

Using Visual Studio 2015

  • In Chapter 14, use the Add Controls to a Window exercise to add buttons to an interface using the design tool and XAML. Book is attached
  • Then go to the Manipulating Properties exercise and apply changes.
  • Complete the Routed Events exercise in Chapter 14 to work with events.
  • Provide a screenshot of the code as well as the output for all three exercises.

What was the closest country to the source event? Use the data in the Countries where Deaths Occurred folder to find out. Expand the folder. How many deaths occurred in that country as a result of the tsunami?

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Lab Exercise 7

In this lab, you will:

Examine datasets of topography, bathymetry (ocean depth), volcano location, earthquake location, and ocean floor age to determine the location and attributes of different plate tectonic boundaries. Examination of several study regions will reveal the variety of tectonic processes that form our amazing landscapes.

 

Materials:

Computer Workstation with Google Earth Pro Installed. Google Earth Pro is a free software that can be downloaded at: https://www.google.com/earth/versions/#earth-pro. If you have never used Google Earth, the videos provided in the two links below will introduce you to basic functions.

 

Part 1

Install Google Earth Pro if your computer does not already have it.

 

Tips

  • You should uncheck datasets that you are not using for a given question because they may interfere with each other (particularly the Age-of-Ocean-Floor).
  • Earthquakes and volcanos will not show up until you are somewhat zoomed in. You will probably find that an eye altitude of 4000-5000 km is best for balancing data visibility.

 

  • The topography of the Earth is the result of the balance between present and past tectonic activity and exogenic forces that denude (erode) these landforms. Based on your textbook (CH13) readings, you should now be familiar with the three main types of plate boundaries.  What are they?  Provide a brief description of each. (1 points)

Atlantic Ocean
Double-click plate tectonics exercise.kmz in your lab 7 folder to open it in Google Earth. Note: Google Earth may appear to freeze here on some computers, however it is just loading the file, allow 2-3 minutes for the file to load. Do not click anywhere else after you click to open the .kmz file. You will know when the file is loaded and ready to be examined as a colorful legend with “magnitude” listed on the top will be visible on the screen.

Explore the datasets that became available including cross section profiles, ocean floor age, and locations of earthquakes and volcanoes.

Make the Atlantic cross-section visible (located in the Cross-sections folder within the loaded .kmz file on Google Earth) and show the elevation profile. To show the elevation profile, right click on the Atlantic cross section name in the legend (on the right side of Google Earth) and then click the option to show the elevation profile. As you move your mouse on the elevation profile, a corresponding arrow will be visible in the matching location on the globe.

  1. On the cross-section below, mark the transitions from continental crust to oceanic crust (Hint: Use the profile line on Google Earth to determine where the drop off is located. You can also move the globe around to see specific locations. Right click on “Atlantic” in the legend and then click “show elevation profile”). Remember this is not where water meets land but rather where the actual geology changes. (1 point)
  2. Using earthquake, bathymetry, and ocean floor age data, identify the plate boundary on the first figure (elevation profile above) (back up statements you make with good explanations). Hint: become familiar with plate boundaries and their locations by reviewing CH 13 in your textbook. You can also find additional plate boundary maps from reliable sources online. (1 point)
  3. What type of earthquakes (shallow or deep) occur along the plate boundary? You can determine specific earthquake depths, by clicking on an earthquake icon (zoom in to where you can see the red X). In general, earthquakes shallower than 50 km are considered relatively shallow, while those occurring at depths greater than 50 km are considered deep. (1 point)
  4. What rate (in mm/yr) are each of the plates moving relative to the boundary? (You will need to use the ocean floor age data and the Ruler tool to determine this. The numbers you see are millions of years). (1 point)
  5. What type of plate boundary is it (hint: refer to your book for clues)? (1 point)

Sumatra
Make the Sumatra cross-section visible and Show the Elevation Profile.

  1. Mark the boundary between the Indo-Australian and Eurasian plates at the Earth’s surface. (1 point)
  2. Support your answer for the location you have chosen for the plate boundary. (1 point)
  3. Describe how the earthquake depths change from southwest to northeast near the profile line. You will need to check a minimum of 10 earthquakes to determine the pattern. (1 point)
  4. What type of plate boundary is it? Hint: refer to your textbook for clues. (1 point)

 

Himalaya
Make the Himalaya cross-section visible and Show the Elevation Profile.

  1. This is a continent-continent convergent margin. Using topography, mark on the cross-section where you think the plate boundary is. (1 point)
  2. Watch the animation IndiaAsiaCollision.mov in the lab 7 folder. If the video player that is selected does not open the file, select another one. Do you still agree with where you located the plate boundary? If you have changed your thinking, show the location of where you would put the boundary now (mark it as “new”). Support your answer with an explanation of your reasoning. (1 points)
  3. How has the boundary changed over the last 60 million years? What two types of crust were involved 60 million years ago? When did it switch to being continent-continent? (1 points)
  4. What depth of earthquakes are associated with the Himalayan-Tibetan region? (1 point)

 

Earthquakes in the study region
Open the part2.kmz AND BoxingDayTsunami.kmz. This contains additional earthquake data that you will need to complete the following exercise. Turn off the previous layers you were using so that only the part2.kmz and BoxingDayTsunami.kmz files are visible. Explore the datasets. Turn on the “Earth’s Tectonic Plates” file within the BoxingDayTsunami.kmz file.

Using the >6 Mag EQuake dataset, determine which type of plate boundaries are associated with bigger earthquakes and more numerous earthquakes? Support your reasoning with a detailed explanation that uses the dataset provided and plate boundary details from your textbook. (2 points)

The Boxing Day Tsunami

The Boxing Day Tsunami occurred in the Indian Ocean on December 26, 2004. Sadly, it was one of the worst natural disasters in modern history. In this exercise, you will explore the causes and effects of this event.

Open the Boxing Day Tsunami KMZ file in Google Earth. Examine the layers by turning each of them on and off. It helps to look at these individually before getting started. Be sure to specify the units for all distances, velocities, and times in the questions below. You may turn off layers that are not being utilized to limit the amount of things on the screen as it can become hard to see. Keep the “Source Event” layer turned on.

  1. What were the latitude, longitude, magnitude, and depth of the source event for the tsunami? Click on the source event icon on the globe to find out. (1 point)
  2. What was the closest country to the source event?  Use the data in the Countries where Deaths Occurred folder to find out.  Expand the folder. How many deaths occurred in that country as a result of the tsunami? (1 point)
  3. What country in which deaths occurred was farthest from the source event? About how far was it?  How many deaths occurred there? (1 points)
  4. Make the Earth’s Tectonic Plates folder visible.  This data is from the United States Geological Survey. What types of plate boundaries are represented by this data?  What two types of plate boundaries are closest to the location of the source event? (1 points)
  5. Make the folder that is entitled Seismic Events, Dec 25 to 31, 2004 visible. Where did most of the seismic events represented in this folder occur?  How do these events spatially relate to the source event? (1 points)

Open the NGDC Wave Travel Time Overlay in Google Earth. This overlay documents the travel time of the waves from the location of the source event.  Each line represents an hour of travel time.  Bold lines mark 5-hour intervals.

  • a) How long did it take the waves to reach Mozambique? (1 point)
  • b) How fast did the tsunami wave travel as it approached Mozambique (hint: you will need to determine the distance from the source event to Mozambique)? Why do you think this happened? (1 point)

Adapted from SERC: Beth Pratt-Sitaula, UNAVCO

Describe your personal aesthetic in terms of dance. What kinds of movement do you find pleasing to watch or perform? Describe the movement characteristics using action words that relate to these qualities.

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GEO 121 Earth’s Physical Environments

FINAL EXAM ESSAY QUESTIONS

Each answer should contain at least 100 words, minimum. There should be 1 paragraph per answer.  Separate the questions and write this with fully developed sentences.  Grammar, punctuation, spelling and typing will be considered. Proof read your essays!

  1. Describe your personal aesthetic in terms of dance.  What kinds of movement do you find pleasing to watch or perform? Describe the movement characteristics using action words that relate to these qualities. (100 word minimum)
  2. Name one genre of dance and a specific choreographer or video which you feel exemplifies, this aesthetic.  You may refer to examples viewed in class or ones that you have experienced outside of class.  (100 word minimum)
  3. Describe the function this dance serves to society.  How does this function connect to your personally?   What is your deeper relationship to this type of dance and why? This should explain to me why you connect with this type of dance.  (100 word minimum)
  4. How has your personal aesthetic expanded, shifted or become more defined through your experiences in this class?  What have you learned about your own aesthetic? (100 word minimum)

 

 

explain why you do or do not adhere to the dominant cultural practices and beliefs of the ethnic group(s) with which you primarily identify.

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NUR505 Assign

Self-Assessment Paper

The purpose of this paper is to conduct a cultural self-assessment.

  1. You will read each of the boxes in Chapter 2 of your textbook (one for each domain of the Purnell Model for Cultural Competence), answer these questions as they relate to you.
  2. Remember to answer these questions from your personal perspective. At all times, explain why you do or do not adhere to the dominant cultural practices and beliefs of the ethnic group(s) with which you primarily identify.
  3. If you do not wish to self-disclose a specific area from the Organizing Framework, indicate so instead of just not addressing it; of course, this should not happen very often.
    Your paper should be formatted per APA, 7 edition and references should be current (published within last five years) scholarly journal articles or primary legal sources (statutes, court opinions)

What is a learning organization? Discuss why is this approach to strategic management better than the more traditional top-down approach in which strategic planning is primarily done by top management.

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MGT 401 SARA HANI

Critical Thinking:

Question 1. (8 marks)

What is a learning organization? Discuss why is this approach to strategic management better than the more traditional top-down approach in which strategic planning is primarily done by top management. 3 marks (max 350 words)

Give an example of a learning organization from the SAUDI market. Describe the mission statement and vision of this organization. In which way this organization is considered a learning organization? Is it successful? What are the main problems faced by this organization to implement this approach? Justify. 5 marks (max 350 words)

Question 2. (7 marks)

Refer to Porter’s forces driving industry competition to answer the following questions: (max 500 words)

  • In your opinion, what is/are the most important force(s) in Porter’s industry forces? Why? 1 mark
  • What determines the level of competitive intensity in an industry? 1 mark
  • How can a decision maker identify strategic factors in a corporation’s external international environment? 1 mark
  • What are the main limits and drawbacks of Porter’s forces? 1 mark
  • Choose an example of an organization from the Saudi market and draw the matrix of Porter’s forces. What is the main force in this case? Assess the competitive advantage of your chosen organization in relation to these forces. Suggest solutions to improve its position in the market 3 marks

Note.To improve your answers, you are requested to use at least 5 recent scientific references, following the APA style