How do these relationships impact our ability to leave a legacy?

1. Ask 3-5 people about joy bonds and fear bonds. (attachments)  Be sure to include research on attachment styles and/or social emotional learning.  Describe what strategies these persons use to build adaptive strategies with each type of bond.  Next critique these strategies by finding at least 3 research articles to explain or support your critique. After summarizing the findings from the research papers you’ve found, compare and contrast them with your own survey results. 

2. Next take time to weave in how CULTURE and SPIRITUALITY play a role in relationships. Feel free to compare and contrast how Culture and Spirituality teach about LOVE.  How does this fit with your own viewpoints or not?

3. How do these concepts relate to a shared life purpose or a shared meaning in the relationship?

4. How do these relationships impact our ability to leave a legacy?

5. What can persons do to help treasure the relationship? Support your answer

Write 5 page paper, APA style

Readings and Research

Textbook

Read Chapter 14 in Intimate Relationships by Miller, R.S.

compromise

styles

accepting influence

cultural podcast

Hampton U handout

Intimate Marriage org

Why are disks, not tapes, used to store online database files?

16.2 Why are disks, not tapes, used to store online database files?
16.27  What are SATA, SAS, and FC protocols?
17.4. How does multilevel indexing improve the efficiency of searching an index file?

17.5. What is the order p of a B-tree? Describe the structure of B-tree nodes.

17.6. What is the order p of a B+-tree? Describe the structure of both internal and leaf nodes of a B+-tree.

17.7. How does a B-tree differ from a B+-tree? Why is a B+-tree usually preferred as an access structure to a data file?
18.3 How are large tables that do not fit in memory sorted? Give the overall procedure.

18.7 How are outer join and non–equi-join implemented?
19.8 What is the difference between pipelining and materialization?

Using expected value, is it economically better to make or buy the component?

Case study:

Teloxy 
Engineering (A)

Teloxy Engineering has received a onetime contract to design and build 10,000 units of a new product. During the proposal process, management felt that the new product could be designed and manufactured at a low cost. One of the ingredients necessary to build the product was a small component that could be purchased for $60 in the marketplace, including quantity discounts. Accordingly, management budgeted $650,000 for the purchasing and handling of 10,000 components plus scrap.

During the design stage, your engineering team informs you that the final design will require a somewhat higher-grade component that sells for $72 with quantity discounts. The new price is substantially higher than you had budgeted for. This will create a cost overrun.

You meet with your manufacturing team to see if it can manufacture the component at a cheaper price than buying it from the outside. Your manufacturing team informs you that it can produce a maximum of 10,000 units, just enough to fulfill your contract. The setup cost will be $100,000 and the raw material cost is $40 per component. Since Teloxy has never manufactured this product before, manufacturing expects the following defects:

% defective 0 10 20 30 40

probability of occurrence (%) 10 20 30 25 15

All defective parts must be removed and repaired at a cost of $120 per part.

QUESTIONS

Using expected value, is it economically better to make or buy the component?

Strategically thinking, why might management opt for other than the most economical choice?

Teloxy 
Engineering (B)

Your manufacturing team informs you that it has found a way to increase the size of the manufacturing run from 10,000 to 18,000 units, in increments of 2,000 units. However, the setup cost will be $150,000, and defects will cost the same $120 for removal and repair.

QUESTIONS

Calculate the economic feasibility of make or buy.

Should the probability of defects change if we produce 18,000 units as opposed to 10,000 units?

Would your answer to question 1 change if Teloxy management believes that follow-on contracts will be forthcoming? What would happen if the probability of defects changes to 15 percent, 25 percent, 40 percent, 15 percent, and 5 percent due to learning-curve efficiencies?

Should a PERT/CPM network become a means of understanding reports and schedules, or should it be vice versa?

You have been asked to develop a work breakdown structure for a project. How should you go about accomplishing this? Should the WBS be time-phased, department-phased, division-phased, or some combination?

11–2   You have just been instructed to develop a schedule for introducing a new product into the marketplace. Below are the elements that must appear in your schedule. Arrange these elements into a work breakdown structure (down through level 3), and then draw the arrow diagram. You may feel free to add additional topics as necessary.

Production layout

Review plant costs

Market testing

Select distributors

Analyze selling cost

Lay out artwork

Analyze customer reactions

Approve artwork

Storage and shipping costs

Introduce at trade show

Select salespeople

Distribute to salespeople

Train salespeople

Establish billing procedure

Train distributors

Establish credit procedure

Literature to salespeople

Revise cost of production

Literature to distributors

Revise selling cost

Print literature

Approvals*

Sales promotion

Review meetings*

Sales manual

Final specifications

Trade advertising

Material requisitions

(*Approvals and review meetings can appear several times.)

12–1   Should a PERT/CPM network become a means of understanding reports and schedules, or should it be vice versa?

12–2   Should PERT networks follow the work breakdown structure?

Analyze two areas of critical importance for collaboration between HR and managers when making staffing decisions.

Assignment – Core HR Functions
Overview
Hiring, compensation, and performance appraisal policies and practices are critical HR functions and play an important part in defining an organization as a whole. Making sound choices in these areas builds a foundation for an organization’s success. In this assignment, you prepare a presentation for hospital department managers focused on specified processes and practices topics. 
Scenario
Imagine that it has become apparent that staffing changes will be required in the wake of the merger. The VP of HR has decided that it would be good to create a presentation for department managers that outlines approaches to facilitate some of these changes. 
Preparation
PowerPoint Essentials
Visit the following LinkedIn Learning resources if you have not mastered the essentials of PowerPoint.

  1. Analyzes two areas of critical importance for collaboration between HR and managers when making staffing decisions.
  2. Recommends a process and elements for creating effective job descriptions.
  3. Explains two prominent considerations for developing fair and competitive compensation and benefit plans.
  4. Justifies your recommendation for an appropriate employee performance appraisal methodology. 
  5. Additional Instructions
  • Resources: Use four sources to support your writing. Choose sources that are credible, relevant, and appropriate. Cite each source listed on your source page at least one time within your assignment. For help with research, writing, and citation, access the library or review library guides.
  • PowerPoint: 6–8 slides, not including the required title, purpose conclusion, and references slides. Include detailed speaker’s notes to elaborate upon complex ideas or issues. A viewer should be able to get a solid understanding of your presentation by viewing the slides and the notes.
  • SWS: This course requires the use of Strayer Writing Standards. For assistance and information, please refer to the Strayer Writing Standards link in the left-hand menu of your course. Check with your professor for any additional instructions.
  • The specific course learning outcome associated with this assignment is:
  • Propose HRM policies and procedures related to manager training, hiring practices, compensation and benefits, and employee performance.
Determine the specific details that would make the equity approach to valuing your business worthwhile. Provide a rationale with your response.

Using the business venture below, you will continue to build a financial plan for the business.

Business Venture : You own a mom-and-pop corner grocery store in a small town. The name of the store is Betty’s. Nothing Is set in stone, so you have full reign over this assignment just make sure it pertains to the grocery business so think of start up costs, rent, supplies, etc…

Instructions

Write a 4–5 page paper in which you:

1. Prepare a pro forma balance sheet for the first 12 months of your business. Include the assumptions on which it is based. Justify your balance sheet.

2. Prepare a pro forma income statement for the first 12 months of your business. Include the assumptions on which it is based. Justify your income statement.

3. Prepare a pro forma cash budget for the first 12 months of your business. Include the assumptions that you have made when creating the budget. Justify your budget.

4. Scrutinize tangible and intangible costs of obtaining financial capital for your business start-up to determine whether the costs justify the implementation of the funding source.

5. Assume your business is five years old and running profitably and consider how you would grow your business over the next five years. Determine the specific details that would make the equity approach to valuing your business worthwhile. Provide a rationale with your response.

Review some of the possible risk factors associated with becoming an HT victim, and discuss some possible primary interventions that could service to help prevent or reduce HT.

 Most of the services/support provided for human trafficking (HT) victims come after they have been trafficked and can be considered as secondary interventions. Review some of the possible risk factors associated with becoming an HT victim, and discuss some possible primary interventions that could service to help prevent or reduce HT.

The discussion must address the topic.

Rationale must be provided

350 words in your initial post. Turnitin less than 15%. 

Minimum of two scholarly references in APA format within the last five years published

explain and give a key example of at least three components of his theory of communicative action

Based upon your reading content from Week 2, concerning the work of Jurgen Habermas, please address the following in a brief essay: 1) explain and give a key example of at least three components of his theory of communicative action; 2) explain why or why not you think that applying his theory of communicative action would be for the benefit of society; 3) provide a concise definition of the “life world,” and give at least one example of how the life world has been compromised, or damaged, in modern society. Share a current event related to that example. Include a brief description of the current event and its connection to your discussion

Essays must be at least 4 pages (not including title page and abstract – abstract not necessary), and double-spaced. Essays must be in APA format and sources must be properly cited.

Calculate the arithmetic mean, median, and mode Salary of the students.

You are required to answer ALL questions.

To be handed in by ….., Mid-day in Google Classroom) –

NO acceptance after set deadline

1. Total 5% Marks: The following figures show the annual salaries in CHF of 20 GBS Mathematics of Finance

students doing Internship at Bank chains in Barcelona and Geneva.

Calculate the arithmetic mean, median, and mode Salary of the students.

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15’180, 19’870, 14,375, 15’767, 15’870, 15’180, 14’375, 36’938, 15’180, 46’132, 15’525, 19’600, 14’375, 23’069, 16’767, 16’767, 17’880, 14’375, 14’375, 14’375

2. Total 5% Marks: A Mathematics Investment analyst receives the following data showing the percentage

changes in Labor costs of Junior managers in an investment bank Chain over a 12-months

period. The highest change observed was +172 per cent for a senior manager in one of

the banks in Madrid.

Percentage Change Frequency -5 to under 0 2 0 to under 5 32 5 to under 10 25 10 to under 15 10 15 to under 20 8 20 to under 25 3 25 to under 30 2 30 to under 35 5 35 to under 40 4 40 to under 100 3 100 to 172 4

a). What is the mean annual percentage change in Labor costs for Junior managers in this investment bank?

b). What is the estimate of the Median Value? (3% Marks)

c). What is the modal class interval? (2% marks)

3. Total 5% Marks:

The following information applies to a portfolio composed of Fund A and Fund B.

Fund A Fund B

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Portfolio weights (%) 70 30

Expected returns (%) 10 16

Standard deviations (%)

7 13

Correlation between the returns of Fund A and Fund B

0.80

The portfolio’s standard deviation of return is closest to:

A. 7.38%.

B. 8.80%. C. 8.35%.

4. Total 5% Marks: You open a bank account today (06th April 2022) expecting that your dad will credit

your account three years later. If indeed your dad puts in CHF 15’500, how much

money will have in your account after 10 years if your earn 6% interest semi-annually

compounded?

5. Total 5% Marks:

Your dad has been asked to retire today and take his retirement benefits either as a

lump sum or as an annuity. The pension officer presents him with two alternatives:

● An immediate lump sum of CHF 2 million ● An annuity with 20 payments of 200’000 each year starting today

The interest rate at your bank is 7% per year annually compounded. Which option

would you recommend your dad to take?

6. Total 5% Marks:

Your pension Fund manager estimates that the corporate sponsor will make CHF 10

Million contributions, 5 years from now. The rate of return on the plan assets is

estimated to be 9% per year. The Pension Fund manager wants to calculate the FV of

this contribution 15 years from (the date at which the funds will be distributed to

retirees). Compute that FV?

7. Total 5% Marks: Using five years of monthly data, an analyst computes the following risk and return measures for three portfolios:

Portfolio Mean Monthly Portfolio Beta Portfolio Return Standard deviation

X 1.0% 1.5 1.3

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Y 1.5% 2.3 2.0 Z 2.5% 3.0 1.7

The mean monthly return on Treasury bills (T-bills) is 0.5% over this period. The most preferred portfolio, based on its Sharpe ratio, is: A. Portfolio X B. Portfolio Y C. Portfolio Z

8. Total 5% Marks: Based on historical returns, a portfolio has a Sharpe ratio of 2.0. If the mean return to the portfolio is 20%, and the mean return to a risk-free asset is 4%, what is the standard deviation of return on the portfolio?

9. Total 5% Marks: The expected returns and standard deviations for the three portfolios are shown in the table below.

Portfolio Expected Return Standard Deviation Beta One 21% 9.3% 1.4 Two 13% 6.4% 1.1 Three 11% 6.0% 1.0

An investor wants to select the optimal portfolio using Roy’s safety-first criterion with a threshold return of 3%. Assuming the risk-free rate is 2%, this investor should select Portfolio: A. One B. Two C. Three

10. Total 5% Marks:

Don Thompson plans to work for ten years and then take an extended vacation. He expects to save $3,000 a year for the first five years and $5,000 a year for the following five years. These savings will start one year from now. Thompson has $10,000 in an account paying 6% compounded annually and will begin putting his future savings into the same account when they begin. Given these assumptions, the

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amount of money that Thompson will have at the end of year 10 is closest to: A. $64,372 B. $68,725 C. $71,774

11. Total 5% Marks: Mike Ellers is evaluating a Venture capital investment that requires an initial investment of $2 million and, if it survives, the venture is expected to have a value of $15 million at the end of four years.

Year 1 2 3 4 Probability of failure 20% 20% 15% 10%

What is the NPV of this investment given the conditional failure rates above and a required rate of return of 25%? A. $1,008,102 B. $1,133,440 C. $1,710,560

12. Total 5% Marks: An investor bought 1,000 shares of Revland Co. on January 1, 2018, for $50 a share. He recorded the following data about the stock over the next three years: Year Year-End Stock Price Dividends During the Year 20X4 $45.00 $2.00 20X5 $50.00 $2.00 20X6 $60.75 $2.25

The geometric mean return over this 3-year period is closest to: A. 11% B. 12% C. 13%

13. Total 5% Marks: A portfolio manager has a two-asset portfolio with the following characteristics:

Asset Portfolio Weight Return Standard Deviation Correlation A 0.20 6% 5% 0.50 B 0.80 12% 20% 0.50

The standard deviation of this two-asset portfolio is closest to?: 14. Total 5% Marks:

Compute the Coefficient of Variation CV = Std / mean – assuming mean is 172.25

Height cm Frequency (Nr. of Students)

150 and under 155 1

5

155 and under 160 1

160 and under 165 2

165 and under 170 3

170 and under 175 6

175 and under 180 2

180 and under 185 4

185 and under 190 1

15. Total 5% Marks:

Find the median height of GBS students from the below data:

Height cm Frequency (Nr. of Students)

150 and under 155 1

155 and under 160 1

160 and under 165 2

165 and under 170 3

170 and under 175 6

175 and under 180 2

180 and under 185 4

185 and under 190 1

16. Total 5% Marks:

Distribution showing the weekly output of stock Traders at an Investment Bank in

Barcelona:

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Output (Stock Units) Number of Traders 100 – 160 1 160 – 180 5 180 – 200 10 200 – 220 35 220 – 240 55 240 – 260 74 260 – 300 20

a). Find mean of weekly Output

b). Find Median weekly Output

17. Total 5% Marks: From the below data, assess the average deviation from the mean price per unit of stock

Stock Price Number of Stocks sold

1.5 – 2.5 15

2.5 – 3.5 2

3.5 – 4.5 19

4.5 – 5.5 10

5.5 – 6.5 14

18. Total 5% Marks:

You are asked to arrange some Corporate Bonds in order of their maturity. What is the number of ways that are possible to arrange 4 Bonds from a total of 10 Bonds?

19. Total 10% Marks: – Use the below info to answer questions 19a-19e

Records show that for every 100 items produced in a factory during the day shift, two

are defective, and for every 100 produced during the night shift, four are defective. If

during the 24-hour period, 2000 items are produced during the day and 800 during

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the night, what is the probability that an item picked at random from the 2’800

produced during the 24-hour period;

a). Was produced on the day shift and was defective? (2 % marks)

b). Was produced on the Night shift and was defective? (2 % marks)

c). Is defective irrespective of the shift? (2% marks)

d). If a selected item is defective, what is the probability that it came from the day

shift? (2% marks)

e). If a selected item is defective, what is the probability that it came from the night

shift? (2% marks)

How do you view performance in your company and how do you try and obtain maximum individual performance?

FINAL ASSIGNMENT: STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

(ongoing assignment)

__________________________________________________________________________________________________________

To develop this ongoing Human Resources Management (strategic), you need to carry out the

following tasks (tasks 1 )

Task 1

1. Create your own “virtual” company (based on an existing one to make your work

that much easier)

2. Indicate the mission and the vision of your company v

3. How would you describe your corporate culture

4. How do you see your employees? (are they an asset, a cost…)

5. How do you view performance in your company and how do you try and obtain

maximum individual performance?

6. Carry out an internal HR analysis of your company

7. What workforce do you have currently? Identify hierarchy and

communication/reporting order

8. Job description /specification. Draw up one job spec for a mid-management position

and a junior(administrative) position in the company)

9. Use the 9 grid matrix to analyze your workforce and identify your talent and explain

how you can help them “grow” within the organization or need to substitute the

individual(s)

10. How are you going to retain your talent?

11. What tools and platforms are you going to use to recruit new candidates/talent?

Task 2

Corporate strategy. You are focused on growing your company and have thus you are

increasing your product portfolio.

1. What additional workforce do you believe you will require for the correct operation?

(use your own criteria – analytical skills and critical thinking to identify what skills and

abilities you require).

2. Identify how this subsidiary is going to affect the workforce in your head office (do you

need to establish new departments, recruit new staff, re-distribute present tasks and

responsibilities of current staff …)

Task 3

After carrying out steps 1 and 2, the next critical step is to analyze HR challenges and

propose Strategic HR solutions for your organization. To correctly analyze your

organization, we recommend that you break down your analysis into the following fields:

a. Impact of national culture on organizational cultures (in general)

b. Global or external environment that you believe affects (short, medium, or long term,

the recruitment, and retention of staff)

c. Recruitment process (sourcing, selection, and onboarding)

d. Create a job spec for a junior management post in your company

e. Cultural intelligence – what does it mean for your company and how it is being

addressed)

f. Leadership approaches (link this section also to your line managers)

g. People development (recognize and identify areas of development)

h. Performance management and Rewards and Incentives

The above fields will give you a great overview of your organization and areas that are

challenging due to culture/preparation (staff skills and abilities …)

Task 4

How are you going to use an ethical approach to your business. You can break it down into

sections such as:

Communication (remember “listening”)

Motivation (recognize the contribution and allow individuals to approach senior

management with ideas, proposals, concerns, etc, and address them if they do affect the

overall environment in the company.

Talent and recognition (family members). Open panel discussions. Ignore their recognized

skills and abilities, as most people have others that are not put into use. Discuss openly,

share ideas, opinions…..

Trust/empowerment

Trust, respect, leadership, etc. Please do link to your corporate culture

NOTE: I am aware that not all may have access to key/strategic information. In this case,

you can either implement your own vision and goals as to how to manage the workforce,

how to implement new HR strategies, and new leadership approaches, or alternatively, you

can select a company of your choice.

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