Impact of company’s culture, structure and design can have on its organizational behavior.

المملكة العربية السعودية.                                                                                               

وزارة التعليم                                                                                                              

الجامعة السعودية الإلكترونية                                                                                          

College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

Assignment 3

Deadline: 04/12/2021 @ 23:59

For Instructor’s Use only

Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY

• The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
• Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
• Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented; marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
• Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
• Late submission will NOT be accepted.
• Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
• All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
• Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

Course Learning Outcomes-Covered

Assignment 3

Reference Source:

Textbook:-

Colquitt, J. A., LePine, J. A., & Wesson, M. J. (2019). Organizational behaviour: Improving performance and commitment in the workplace (6th ed). Burr Ridge, IL: McGraw-Hill Irwin.

Case Study: –

Case: Delta / United

Please read the case “Delta / United” from Chapter 16 “ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE” Page: – 533 given in your textbook – Organizational behaviour: Improving performance and commitment in the workplace (6th ed).  by Colquitt, J. A., LePine, J. A., & Wesson, M. J. (2019) and Answer the following Questions:

Assignment Question(s):

1.   Why is an organization’s culture perhaps the most evident during crisis situations? (1.25 Marks ) (Min words 150-200)

2.   What causes companies like Delta and United to become so different in regard to organizational culture? (1.25 Marks ) (Min words 150-200)

3.   What will it take for United to overcome its culture that has been built up over such a long period of time? (1.25 Marks ) (Min words 200)

Part:-2

Discussion questions: – Please read Chapter 16 “ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE” Carefully and then give your answers based on your understanding.

4.   Have you or a family member worked for an organization that you would consider to have a strong culture? If so, what made the culture strong? Did you or they enjoy working there? What do you think led to that conclusion? (1.25 Marks ) (Min words 200-300)

Important Note: – Support your submission with course material concepts, principles, and theories from the textbook and at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed journal articles.

Due date for the submission of Assignment:- 3

• Assignment-3 should posted in the Black Board by end of Week-11. 
• The due date for the submission of Assignment-3 is end of Week-13.

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Closed-circuit wind tunnel.

Develop a closed-circuit wind tunnel. The test environment is to simulate flight at 70,000 feet with Mach number 4.6

Assumptions/Given: 1. The pipes leading to and from the compressor have a diameter equal to that of the exit of the diffuser.

2. The surface of the diffuser throat is coated with a very rough surface so that a shock is formed in the diffuser throat during steady-state operation.

3. There are no stagnation pressure losses in the system due to friction or heat through the pipes.

4.The test section is 6 feet in diameter.

5. The diffuser exit area is twice as large as the test section area.

6. The linear actuator used to narrow the area of the diffuser at a steady state is completely retracted at start-up. It has a maximum travel distance of 2.4ft and can be adjusted incrementally to stop at 0.3ft intervals. Assume that these intervals correlate with a change in the diffuse throat diameter (i.e. 0.3 ft of travel of the actuator is the same as narrowing the diameter by 0.3ft).

7. Due to oblique shocks in the test section it is predicted that there will be a 10% drop in stagnation pressure from the inlet of the test section to the outlet of the test section. However, the Mach number can be assumed to be constant throughout the test section.

8. The gas to be used has a gamma of 1.26 and a gas constant of air which can be treated as calorically perfect.

Find:

1. The area of the diffuser throat during steady-state operation. (in^2 & m^2)

2. The mass flow rate through the system. (lbm/s & kg/s)

3. The Mach number and velocity at the exit of the diffuser at a steady state. ( ft/s and m/s)

4. The cost to run an isothermal compressor ( stagnation temperature is the same on both sides) for one hour of operation given a usage cost of $0.15/ kWh. ($) Use an average temperature between the inlet and outlet to calculate the work.

5. The minimum diamter of the diffuser throat at start up. (This is where the linear actuator will be in the fully retracted position). (ft and m)

6. The diameter of the nozzle throat. ( ft and m)

7.The loss in total pressure through the diffuser at steady state. ( psi and kpa)

Include equations, calculations, and a simple schematic of the system to scale.

How does Maya Angelou describe Mrs. Flowers?

Respond to ONE of the following questions:

• How does Maya Angelou describe Mrs. Flowers? Does the description help paint a picture of how other characters feel about her?
• Why do you think Cherokee Paul McDonald called his essay “A View from the Bridge”? How does his view change throughout the course of the story? What do you think is the underlying point of this essay?

Note: To earn full credit for this graded discussion, post at least three times. First, post your own thoughts. This post should be substantial (containing at least 250-300 words). Next, respond to the post of two classmates. Remember to follow the rules of netiquette. Be polite, professional, and thoughtful. These posts should contain at least 100-150 words. All posts need to be in your own words

How do you think that betrayal affected the company’s brand and the way car buyers felt about the firm?

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Education Saudi Electronic University

المملكة العربية السعودية وزارة التعليم الجامعة السعودية الإلكترونية

College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

Assignment-3

MGT422 – Business Ethics and Organizational Social Responsibility

Deadline: 04/12/2021 @ 23:59

For Instructor’s Use only

Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY

• The Assignment must be submitted on Blackboard (WORD format only) via allocated folder.
• Assignments submitted through email will not be accepted.
• Students are advised to make their work clear and well presented, marks may be reduced for poor presentation. This includes filling your information on the cover page.
• Students must mention question number clearly in their answer.
• Late submission will NOT be accepted.
• Avoid plagiarism, the work should be in your own words, copying from students or other resources without proper referencing will result in ZERO marks. No exceptions.
• All answered must be typed using Times New Roman (size 12, double-spaced) font. No pictures containing text will be accepted and will be considered plagiarism).
• Submissions without this cover page will NOT be accepted.

Course Learning Outcomes-Covered

General Motors’ Failure to Consider Stakeholders

General Motors (GM) has struggled with its brands and its image. Over the years, it has jettisoned some of its once-popular brands, including Oldsmobile and Pontiac, sold many others, and climbed back from a 2009 bankruptcy and reorganization. The automaker was hiding an even bigger problem, however: The ignition switch in many of its cars was prone to malfunction, causing injury and even death. The faulty switches caused 124 deaths and 273 injuries, and GM was finally brought to federal court. In 2014, the company reached a settlement for $900 million and recalled 2.6 million cars.

The case exemplifies the tension between the concept that “the only goal of business is to profit, so the only obligation that the businessperson has is to maximize profit for the owner or the stockholders” on one hand, and the ethical obligations a company owes to its other stakeholders on the other. GM’s failure to consider its stakeholders and consumers when choosing not to report the potential for malfunction of the ignition switches led to an ethical breakdown in its operations and cost the company and its customers dearly. In addition, by treating customers as only a means toward an end, the company turned its back on a generation of loyal buyers.

Case Questions

1. What virtues and values shared by its long-time customers did General Motors betray by failing to disclose an inherent danger built into its cars? (Not less than 600 words) 2.5-Marks
2.  How do you think that betrayal affected the company’s brand and the way car buyers felt about the firm? How might it have affected its shareholders’ views of GM? (Not less than 600 words) 2.5-Marks

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Discuss or reflect upon the American Correctional Association (ACA) from its beginning

The Research Paper is a brief research paper combining your personal discoveries about work or works that you can pull from appropriate research sources. The Research Paper must be overwhelmingly yours and written in your own words.

Requirements:

The main body of your paper should be no less than four “full” pages of written text double spaced text. Paper format: the first page is the cover sheet, the next four pages are the body of the paper (i.e. four full pages of text), and the last page is the reference list. A complete paper will consist of no less than six pages.

TOPIC: Discuss or reflect upon the American Correctional Association (ACA) from its beginning, including the profound impact the association has had on prisoner rights and its influence on the field of corrections.

Guidelines:

1. Use APA format for this type of paper. If you are unfamiliar with APA format, you may check out this site Purdue Owl Online Writing Lab which has excellent tools for your paper.
2. Plagiarism is unacceptable. See the Scholastic Honesty Statement on the course menu for more details and cite all or any references.
3. Maintain college-level English language proficiency.
4. A title page and references are required. Cite all references.
5. Use MS Word file formatting and submit as an .rtf or docx. IMPORTANT!!

psychology

QUESTION 1

1. An event that is not anticipated and generally causes stress and readjustment is referred to as anormative, eventidiosyncratic,, eventbiological eventsocial event

1 points 

QUESTION 2

1. The component of age that reflects ones status compared to cultural norms is biological age,social age,psychological age,age

1 points 

QUESTION 3

1. young adulthood is the peak time for vitality, strength, and good health  TRUE FALSE

1 points 

QUESTION 4

1. post formal thought incorporates emotion and social and interpersonal issues as well TRUE FALSE

1 points 

QUESTION 5

1. the three domains of self are self as an individual, self as a family member and self as a worker TRUE FALSE

1 points 

QUESTION 6

1. companionate love is made up of intimacy, passion and decision/commitment  TRUE FALSE

1 points 

QUESTION 7

1. Goleman’s four areas of emotional intelligence include self-awareness, managing and reading emotions and handling of relationshipsauthoritative, authoritarian, permissive, neglectfulid, ego, superegomanaging and reading emotions

1 points 

QUESTION 8

1. the developmental tasks of young adulthood include starting a family and getting started in an occupation TRUE FALSE

1 points 

QUESTION 9

1. Our sexual identity defines our sense of who we are sexually TRUE FALSE

1 points 

QUESTION 10

1. both men and women alike have an “end” to their fertility TRUE FALSE

How does the online culture that Ronson describes lead to a “surveillance state

Unit 4 Reading 12 Ronson 

1.         Throughout the text, Ronson uses the words “we” and “our.” Whom is he referring to? Do you consider yourself part of this readership?

2.         Ronson sketches the benefits and the costs of social media in public discourse. Give an example from the essay that shows both.

3.         When is public shaming appropriate? Can it be taken to different degrees in different situations?

4.         What, according to Ronson, is the relationship between online interactions and in-person interactions?

5.         What, according to Ronson, should be the purpose of platforms like Facebook and Twitter?

6.         When someone says something inappropriate, what is the importance of that person’s intentions? What does Ronson believe the importance is?

7.         How does Ronson’s position as a journalist influence his interpretations?

8.         Is there anyone that Ronson believes is not deserving of curiosity or empathy?

9.         How does the online culture that Ronson describes lead to a “surveillance state”? Is there an alternative outcome? Why or why not?

10. Do you always know wrongdoing when you see it? Do you always identify it? What influences whether you do or don’t?

Based on dataset run Apriori algorithm with different support and confidence values. Discuss the generated rules.   

1 Marks Learning Outcome(s):1 Explain different data mining tasks, problems and the algorithms most appropriate for addressing them           Question One

Select one of the datasets from UCI Machine Learning Repositories

(http://archive.ics.uci.edu/ml/) OR ( https://www.kaggle.com/datasets )

 OR use your own dataset if available.

1 Marks Learning Outcome(s): 2 Apply and evaluate data mining algorithms with respect to problems they are specifically designed for.           Question Two

The dataset may follow the following requirements (Data description)

1. Number of instances: between 300-500
2. Number of attributes: between 10 to 15

0.5 Marks Learning Outcome(s):1 Explain different data mining tasks, problems and the algorithms most appropriate for addressing them.             Question Three

Prepare a CSV OR ARFF format data file of the data.

0.5 Marks Learning Outcome(s):1 Explain different data mining tasks, problems and the algorithms most appropriate for addressing them.             Question Four

Load the dataset in Weka or if you prefer to use any python tools such as Google Collaborate Lab  https://research.google.com/colaboratory/

2 Marks Learning Outcome(s): 2 Apply and evaluate data mining algorithms with respect to problems they are specifically designed for.             Question Five

Do a basic preprocessing to the dataset such data cleaning / Data reduction /Normalization (if exist or required) etc.  

Learning Outcome(s): 2 Apply and evaluate data mining algorithms with respect to problems they are specifically designed for.             2 Marks Question six

Based on dataset run Apriori algorithm with different support and confidence values. Discuss the generated rules.   

Learning Outcome(s): 2 Apply and evaluate data mining algorithms with respect to problems they are specifically designed for.             1 Mark Question seven

Based on your dataset selection, apply SVM data mining algorithm.

Provide the result and accuracies of the algorithms and discuss it with supporting screenshots.

Learning Outcome(s): 2 Apply and evaluate data mining algorithms with respect to problems they are specifically designed for.             1 Mark Question eight

Based on your selection dataset, Apply the Decision tree data mining algorithm with different parameter setting and record the accuracies.                              

Learning Outcome(s): 2 Apply and evaluate data mining algorithms with respect to problems they are specifically designed for.             1 Mark Question nine

Apply the K-mean algorithm on the dataset (for k=4) and study the clusters formed.

Total operating cost if the optimal plan is followed.

Deacon Building Supply, Inc. (DBS) has been awarded a contract to supply lumber for contractors working on Deacon Village, a mixed residential/retail area for students attending Deacon University. DBS owns and operates two sawmills, one on Reynolda Road and the other on Northwest Blvd. Both mills operate full days. The Reynolda mill costs $30,000 per day to operate and can produce 600 board feet of pine, 450 board feet of spruce, and 300 board feet of oak each day. The Northwest plant costs $38,000 per day to operate and can produce 450 board feet of pine, 600 board feet of spruce, and 750 board feet of oak each day. DBS has orders from 28 contractors for a total of 37,500 board feet of pine, 30,500 board feet of spruce, and 45,000 board feet of oak. DBS wants to minimize operating costs. Use Excel, best practices, and the most appropriate analytical technique to determine:
1) The optimal number of days Reynolda should operate.
2) The optimal number of days Northwest should operate.
3) Total operating cost if the optimal plan is followed.
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The DeacStore has over 9900 customers. The transaction amount, customer age, and if the customer has a family affiliation with WFU (student, alumni, parent, etc.) for a random sample of customers is provided in the attached file TFA2.xlsx (https://wakeforest.instructure.com/courses/32582/files/2090358?wrap=1) (https://wakeforest.instructure.com/courses/32582/files/2090358/download? download_frd=1) . Specify the most appropriate linear model for testing the relationship between transaction amount and family affiliation with WFU. Using Excel, best practices, the most appropriate analytical techniques, and no family affiliation as the base case, answer the following questions:
1) How many observations are in this data set?
2) What is the average transaction amount for customers who do not have a family affiliation with WFU?
3) By how much would you expect your answer to 2) to differ from that for all 7500 customers?
4) What is the probability you would get the answer you did to 2) if family affiliation has nothing to do with transaction amount?
5) How much higher is the average transaction amount for customers who have a family affiliation with WFU than the average transaction amount for customers who do not have a family affiliation with WFU? If the transaction amount is lower, enter your answer as a negative number.
6) By how much would you expect your answer to 5) to differ from that for all 7500 customers?
7) What is the probability you would get the answer you did to 5) if family affiliation has nothing to do with transaction amount?
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8) How much of the variation in transaction amount can be attributed to family affiliation with WFU?
9) What would you predict to be the transaction amount for a customer who has a family affiliation with WFU?
10) Your predicted transaction amounts, based on family affiliation with WFU, will be off by how much, on average?
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Component Consumed Available Wood (square feet) 8,500 10,000 Nails (number) 500 500 Glue (oz) 750 750 Dowels (number) 300 300
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Cash management

Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Ministry of Education Saudi Electronic University

المملكة العربية السعودية وزارة التعليم الجامعة السعودية الإلكترونية

College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

Assignment-3

MGT402 – Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Deadline: 04/12/2021 @ 23:59

For Instructor’s Use only

Instructions – PLEASE READ THEM CAREFULLY

• will NOT be accepted.

Assignment – 3

Entrepreneurship and Small Business

Submission Date by students:  Before the end ofWeek- 13^th

Place of Submission: Students Grade Centre

Weight: 05 Marks

Course Learning Outcome:

1. Demonstrate a solid understanding of the potential of entrepreneur in today’s competitive business world. (Lo 1.2).
2. Design a solid projected financial Plan and conduct a breakeven analysis for a small company. (Lo 2.5).
3. Demonstrate a thorough understanding regarding the importance of cash management for the success of a small business. (Lo 2.8).

Assignment Workload:

This assignment is an individual assignment.

Case Study

Students are supposed to read the attached Case 2- Able Planet. Based on your understanding of the case and basic concepts of Entrepreneurship.

Answer the following question:

1. Experts say that entrepreneurs who need between $100,000 and $3 million often face the greatest obstacles when raising capital for their businesses. Why? (1.5 marks)

2. How should Kevin Semcken raise the $1.5 million in capital that Able Planet needs? Be sure to consider sources of both debt and equity financing. (1.5 marks)

3. Write a short memo to Kevin Semcken explaining what he should do before he approaches potential lenders and investors to maximize his chances of getting the capital that Able Planet needs. (2 marks)

The Answer must follow the outline points below:

• Each answer should be within 200 to 500 range of word counts.
• Reference

Note: You can support your answer by the course book.

           You can use secondary source available on internet.

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