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Create a 12 slide presentation that demonstrates how you would present and deliver your capstone project to your intended audience.

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Capstone Presentation

Create a 12 slide presentation that demonstrates how you would present and deliver your capstone project to your intended audience. Your presentation should be persuasive, use visual and graphical elements, and demonstrate professional speaking and presentation techniques. This will be based of assignment 4 out of 5 that you just did for me. “MBA Capstone Experience”

Using your search engine, research the person who heads one of the following agencies or organizations. Write & post an approximately two-page. double-spaced biographical sketch of that person in the following format .

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Leadership Research

Using your search engine, research the person who heads one of the following agencies or organizations:

  •  Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
  •  Department of Homeland Security (DI IS)
  •  Department of Justice (DOJ)
  •  Department of Transportation (DOT)
  •  Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
  •  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)
  •  International Air Transport Association (IATA)
  •  Federal Labor Relations Authority (FLRA)
  •  Immigration & Customs Enforcement (ICE)
  •  National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
  •  National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)
  •  National Mediation Board (NMB)
  •  National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOA&)
  •  National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
  •  State Department
  •  Transportation SecurityAdministration (TSA)
  •  Federal Trade Commission (FTC)
  •  Occupational Safety & I lealth Administration (051IA)
  •  Your state’s aviation agency, if any

Now write & post an approximately two-page. double-spaced biographical sketch of that person in the following format (do not jug cut and paste an official bio). Your post should include:

  •  Name
  •  Title (for examples: FAAAdministrator. Secretary of Homeland Security)
  •  Photo
  •  Professional background and qualifications
  •   When appointed to present position
  •  The person’s background and qualifications for that job position
  •   I lyperlinks for your source(s)

identify the author, title, and date, genre, and form of the adaptation (the facts). Then provide the same facts for the adaptation. Develop a thesis sentence that summarizes the result of your reading/research. What do you think of the adaptation in relation to the original?

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Musical Candide

Select a work of literature from this course and examine how it had been adapted into another work of art as a film, drama, a sequel. An adptation is NOT video or film of the original, but a new work which is based on the original is a substantive way.
Examples: (Voltaire’s Candide and the Leonard Bernstein musical Candide)

Introductory paragraph:
identify the author, title, and date, genre, and form of the adaptation (the facts).
Then provide the same facts for the adaptation.
Develop a thesis sentence that summarizes the result of your reading/research.

Body paragraphs:
Show what is retained from the original (genre, setting, plot, characters, theme).
Identify what the new work has changed (genre, setting, plot, characters, theme)
Finally: How have the issues and themes changed in the adaptation?

Conclusion:
What do you think of the adaptation in relation to the original?

Estimate the excess returns on a stock of your choice applying the Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT). Evaluate your understanding of financial theory to transform data into correct form, to model financial relationships and correctly interpret the findings.

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Financial Modelling and Dealing

Task: to estimate the excess returns on a stock of your choice applying the Arbitrage Pricing Theory (APT).

Aim: to evaluate your understanding of financial theory to transform data into correct form, to model financial relationships and correctly interpret the findings. The analysis of the results is the most important stage of the assignment. It involves estimating an initial model or models, performing appropriate diagnostic tests, re-forming and re-estimating, and conducting tests of hypothesis.

Format: The assignment consists of three parts comprising a written report of a maximum of 1,500 words. A pdf format of the report, including the EViews output in an Appendix, to be uploaded via My Studies.

Presentation instructions:
1. Do not just cut and paste EViews output into your coursework, create your own tables to fit your needs. However, all estimation results (from EViews) must be collected in an Appendix and clearly referenced in the text (i.e., referring to a table or a graph number in the Appendix).
2. You should consider including a comparative table of results (in terms of different variables).
3. Tabulate your results in the main draft, simply cutting and pasting EViews output is not acceptable.
4. No marks will be awarded for output results without explanations.
5. Appropriate notation: numbers should be reported with up to 3 decimal points; use Word equation editor if typing formulas; use uniform reference formatting (e.g., Chicago); use at least font size 11.
6. Do all hypothesis tests properly. For instance, the way you report the significance of a coefficient reveals how well you understand hypothesis testing. Specific instructions on performing the task:

PART 1: (25 marks)
1. Carefully explain the APT, outlining the mathematical model, underpinning it, appropriately referenced. [8 marks]
2. Discuss, with reference to an empirical study, the applicability of APT for estimating excess stock returns. Please note that there are no limitations on the year of the publication. It can be a more recent study or a seminal work, but not the example discussed in class. [8 marks]
3. Briefly, provide a background information on your chosen company. [2 marks]
4. Present and explain the model you will be estimating based on the APT, in the context of your data. Your model should be of the form:
Yt =  + β1X1t + β2X2t + ut ut ~ N (0, σ2) [7 marks]

PART 2: (30 marks)
1. Collect monthly data, for a five-year period, with reference to the relevant sources, on:
a) the prices for your chosen stock
b) the corresponding market index prices
c) the relevant risk-free asset returns
d) a macroeconomic indicator of your choice

Relevant data is available from: Yahoo Finance, FRED (The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis), Kenneth R. French Data Library, IMF, and the World Bank. [6 marks]
2. Compile an Excel worksheet and import the data into EViews. [1 mark]
3. Make the necessary data transformations. [10 marks]
4. Test the variables for unit-root; carefully formulate the hypothesis and make a correction, if possible. [6 marks]
5. Investigate the variables included in your model. Present in a table and briefly interpret the respective summary statistics. Include two scatter plots of relevant variables. [7 marks]

PART 3: (35 marks)
1. Estimate the model and test if it conforms to three of the classical OLS assumptions for the residuals: homoscedasticity; no series correlation and normality. You are required to
make any corrections that are possible. [10 marks]
2. Carefully specify the hypotheses for testing the assumptions on the residuals, the individual coefficients and the F-test for overall significance. [8 marks]
3. Correctly interpret the estimated coefficients in terms of their signs, significance and impact on the dependent variable. [6 marks]
4. Correctly interpret the R2 and the F-statistic. [6 marks]
5. Briefly compare your findings with the article surveyed in Part 1. [5 marks] Structure: The three parts, with the detailed instructions, should provide the structure of your report. [2 marks]

Provide – in lay person’s language – an overview of the project; focusing on your methodology and including information on what data/samples will be taken.

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Provide – in lay person’s language – an overview of the project; focusing on your methodology and including information on what data/samples will be taken (including a description of the topics/questions to be asked), how data collection will occur and what (if relevant) participants will be asked to do. This should include a justification for the methods chosen. (500 words max)

 

In a well-written informative essay of roughly 4 pages (900–1,000 words), provide an evaluation of the U.S. legal system today. In your essay you must: (1) incorporate at least two of the four major assumptions of law; (2) describe at least two functions and two dysfunctions of law; and (3) incorporate at least two different definitions of law.

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legal system

n Unit 1, you learned about the various assumptions of law (four assumptions), along with the various functions and dysfunctions of law. In Unit 2, you learned that there are many different definitions of law. How you define “law” can have a significant impact on your assessment of a legal system.

In a well-written informative essay of roughly 4 pages (900–1,000 words), provide an evaluation of the U.S. legal system today. In your essay you must: (1) incorporate at least two of the four major assumptions of law; (2) describe at least two functions and two dysfunctions of law; and (3) incorporate at least two different definitions of law. Your assessment should explain how each of the selected topics relate to one another: show the connections between your definitions, assumptions, functions, and dysfunctions of the legal system and how these guide the behavior of members of society.

Now that you have run your statistical test(s), share your results with the class. Was the test significant? Not significant? How can you interpret this finding?

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Analyzing Data

Question:

Now that you have run your statistical test(s), share your results with the class. Was the test significant? Not significant? How can you interpret this finding?

 

Critically discuss the 5 RICS global ethical standards and explain how adhering to these standards may address the ethical dilemma created by the structural engineer. Critically discuss the value management process and the benefits of value management on the proposed standalone shopping centre project.

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Professional Cost Management Assignment -2

Scenario
-You are working for a contractor Quantity Surveying (QS) practice organization, contracted on a mixed-use development project comprising of various single-family detached homes and a 10 storey standalone shopping centre and you are working with a diverse project team that includes architects, designers, structural and civil engineers at different geographical locations, all internally contracted to the organization.

-The project is currently at the concept design stage following the RIBA plan of works (2020) and is required to incorporate sustainable construction methods to ensure a low operating and maintenance cost upon completion.

-As part of the pre-contract work, building regulations documents have been provided by the local authority and you have discovered an error in the design for the standalone shopping centre that can significantly increase the cost of the project and impact the safety and structural integrity of the structure, however, the lead designer has dismissed your concerns, stating that not all building regulations must be adhered to.

-Your director has asked you to take off quantities for selected items of construction works for the proposed residential development, following the traditional method of measurement and prepare a report for a strategic meeting addressing the following tasks:Удалить Водяной Знак Wondershare PDFelement

Task 1

Using a Standard Method of Measurement (SMM) and following the traditional method of measurement, take-off quantities for the following substructure items as shown in the drawings:

  • QSP7PCM D0810
  • QSP7PCM D0814
  • QSP7PCM D0830
  • QSP7PCM D0831

List of items to be measured:

  • Topsoil excavation
  • Topsoil retention
  • External trench excavation
  • Disposal of excavated material
  • Concrete in trench foundation
  • Brickwork below DPC (up to DPC level)
  • Damp Proof Course (DPC).

Your submission should include:

  • a. A taking off list
  • b. Marked up drawings.
  • c. A query and answer sheet
  • d. Measurement in the traditional dimension paper.

Task 2 (approximately 2200 words)
In preparation for a strategic meeting, produce a report for your director that addresses the following points as it relates to the 10 storey standalone shopping centre only:

• Critically discuss the 5 RICS global ethical standards and explain how adhering to these standards may address the ethical dilemma created by the structural engineer.
(approximately 500 words).

• Critically discuss the value management process and the benefits of value management on the proposed standalone shopping centre project. Use specific examples to support your discussion. (approximately 500 words).

• Critically discuss the risk management process that can be applied to the proposed standalone shopping centre project and how this can contribute to overall project success. Support your answers with examples (approximately 500 words).

• Critically discuss the benefits of BIM as a collaborative tool and how BIM can encourage sustainable construction with consideration of the pre-contract and post-contract stages of
the overall project. (approximately 400 words).

Drawing from Cloudry and Mejias’ article, define what “data colonialism” is. Identify two examples in the course materials to argue either that countries in the Global South are or are not victims of data colonialism.

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Short Answer Questions Drawing From Course Materials

Write approximately 12 sentences (approximately 350 words) to answer the following two questions. In other words, use ~12 sentences per question.

1. Drawing from Cloudry and Mejias’ article, define what “data colonialism” is. Identify two examples in the course materials to argue either that countries in the Global South are or are not victims of data colonialism.
For the two examples use this source (1)


& this source (2)

 

2. What is the main feature of the ownership structure in Canada’s telecoms and broadcasting industries? Use at least two examples from the course materials to discuss how Canada’s media ownership regulation and the business strategies of large corporations have impacted Canadian citizens’ uses of telecommunication services and their participations in making diverse cultural products.

For this question, 2, use the Cukier source as well as the links below

View the Emmy Award-winning animated short film centering on the iconic speech “Ain’t I a Woman”, delivered by Sojourner Truth at the 1851 women’s convention in Akron Ohio. Write a 2-4 page essay, using 2 scholarly sources, that addresses the events depicted in the video.

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Feminism based on, “Ain’t I A Woman?” by Sojourner Truth

View the Emmy Award-winning animated short film centering on the iconic speech “Ain’t I a Woman”, delivered by Sojourner Truth at the 1851 women’s convention in Akron Ohio.

Write a 2-4 page essay, using 2 scholarly sources, that addresses the events depicted in the video. View this link: