security standards organizations

Pick one of the many information security standards organizations and describe what they do and what type of standards they are responsible for.

Find the value of the option

For this assignment, you must keep at least 6 decimal digits for all calculations (in fact, please, do not round at all since, given that this is a computational assignment, rough rounding will lead to mark reduction) and must submit 2 files:

1) A PDF file with your solutions and answers and

2) An Excel file with your computations

In PDF file, make sure to reference the portions of the Excel file where you did the computations for each question. In Excel file, use different colors to highlight your answers (and make a small note that it is the answer).

Problem 1: Consider a stock with current price S=100 and standard deviation of annual returns =30%. Stock does not pay any dividends. Consider a 1-year European call option on this stock with strike price of $95. The risk-free interest rate is 8%.

a) Find the value of this option using Cox-Ross-Rubenstein 2-step binomial option pricing model.

b) Using Excel, find the value of this option using Cox-Ross-Rubenstein 5-step binomial option pricing model.

c) Using Excel, find the value of this option using Cox-Ross-Rubenstein 10-step binomial option pricing model.

d) Using Excel or any other methods (except option price calculators), find the value of this option using Black-Scholes model.

Problem 2 :Consider a 6-month European put option with strike price of $2050 on a stock index if the current index value is $2000. The dividends paid by the stock included in the index can be approximated by a continuously compounded dividend yield of 10%. The risk-free interest rate is 8%. The standard deviation of the index price appreciation is =30%.

a) Find the value of this option using Cox-Ross-Rubenstein 2-step binomial option pricing model.

b) Using Excel, find the value of this option using Cox-Ross-Rubenstein 10-step binomial option pricing model.

c) Using Excel or any other methods (except option price calculators), find the value of this option using Black-Scholes model

Problem 3 :

A 7-month forward price on a stock is $100. The price of a 3-months European call option with strike price of $98 on this forward contract is $5. Using Black’s model, find the price of a 4-months European put option with strike price of $101 on the same forward contract if the risk-free interest rate is 8%. You may want to use Excel for this question.

Wireshark and GlassWire

Wireshark is one of the most widely-used network protocol analyzer. It lets you see what’s happening on your network at a microscopic level and is the preferred standard across many commercial and non-profit enterprises, government agencies, and educational institutions. GlassWire is a free network monitor & security tool with a built-in firewall. Review the features of these two products and explain how you could benefit from using either of these network management tools.

https://www.glasswire.com/

https://www.wireshark.org/

Thoughts on the future of IoT and the security implications

Explain your thoughts on the future of IoT and the security implications. Why do you believe it is important to secure these devices as they become more common in our lives and our businesses?

The quantity of heat loss or gain along the pipeline.

If the inlet pressure of natural gas flowing in a 20 km export pipeline is 200 kPa, its temperature is 50oC and flowing at a velocity of 15 m/s. If the pipeline has a constant cross-sectional area of 0.04 m2 and is isobarically exposed to heat flow along the entire surface of the pipe. Assume the velocity of the natural gas at the outlet to be 18 m/s. What would be the quantity of heat loss or gain along the pipeline. As a design Engineer, what measure would you take to minimise the heat loss/gain.

Tactics to use to ensure that the brand images are not adversely affected?

TASK 4

CASE 1 – Lancome’s PR Disaster in China

On June 2, 2016, actress and singer Denise Ho performing at an event in Hong Kong called Occupy Central, a civil disobedience movement. She then innocently posted a picture on Facebook about a Lancôme HK concert that was going to take place on June 19. Her post was picked up by many fans in Mainland China and reposted on Weibo.

Occupy Central is extremely controversial in Mainland China, and Denise Ho, a supporter of the movement, had left Mainland China due to opposition to her stance. The situation worsened in May when she met the Dalai Lama, with whom the Chinese government has had a fraught relationship. Now, this friction was about to overwhelm Lancôme HK and all of the brands that

belonged to L’Oréal Paris.

On June 5, moving quickly to distance the brands from Denise Ho, Lancôme China’s Weibo account featured an official announcement stating categorically that the actress has no connection with Lancôme China. Unfortunately for Lancôme China, it was too late. Net-users in

Mainland China were not about to forgive or forget the connection, however unintentional it may have been. Damaging hashtags started appearing, such as #againstlancôme and #againstl’oreal.

Lancôme China was forced to announce (for security reasons) that a concert planned for June 19 had been cancelled. On June 7, China’s Global Times blamed Denise Ho for implicating Lancôme with the Occupy Central campaign. The newspaper went on to suggest that Chinese consumers would not be quick to forgive in circumstances such as this and that Lancôme would continue to suffer adverse publicity as a result.

The situation was fast becoming an international incident. French consumers were emailing Lancôme HK directly and demanding that the company reinstate Denise Ho as a spokesperson or they would boycott L’Oréal. The company now found themselves trapped between their Chinese and their French consumers, with nowhere to go.

Consumers in Hong Kong were also highly critical of Lancôme. Some of the Lancôme stores were forced to close during the protests amid accusations that the company was backing down. As for Denise Ho, the concert on June 19 went ahead without Lancôme’s sponsorship. She was, however, retained as the face of L’Oréal’s Listerine brand in China.

The fall-out was not over, though, and the crisis had its casualties, the biggest one being Stephen Mosely, President and Director General for L’Oréal Hong Kong, who took early retirement effective from the end of June 2016.

International brands are keen to find spokespersons who can have a positive impact on their image in regions around the world. What they are not looking for is controversy. The problem is that if an adverse story connects a spokesperson to a brand, it will spread very quickly on social media. In China, Weibo is widely used for information sharing, news, and promotion. Just as social media can be used as an effective and positive tool to spread the brand’s message, it can equally be used to destroy it.

Lancôme could have never predicted that an immediate and highly damaging connection would be made between Denise Ho and their brand in a vital market. Public relations challenges com in many forms, and as this case demonstrates, sensitive subjects can prove to be dangerous in many regions of the world

OUESTIONS

1. Who are Lancôme’s internal and external stakeholders that have been affected by this turn of events?
2. How should Lancôme have prepared for the results of having Denise Ho as a spokesperson?
3. In this case, is the old adage “any publicity is good publicity” true? Why or why not?
4. If you were the public relations agency for Lancôme and L’Oréal, how would you handle this situation? What steps would you take and what tactics would you use to ensure that the brand images are not adversely affected?

Why is an organization’s culture perhaps the most evident during crisis situations

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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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Assess Accounting Information and Financial Analysis

Assess Accounting Information and Financial Analysis Please answer accordingly by referring to the link for the RHB Bank annual report in 2019https://www.rhbgroup.com/~/media/files/malaysia/investor-relations/annual-reports/rhb_financial-report-2019.ashx1) What are the assets-in-place at RHB Bank worth now? 2) What is the composition of these assets? 3) How are these assets financed? 4) In particular, how much of the financing comes from equity and how much from debt? 5) How profitable are the current investments of the RHB Bank? 6) How much risk is there in these assets? 7) How RHB Bank is doing its debtor’s screening and debtors management?

 Distinguish between different types and levels of strategy and strategy implementation

                          College of Administrative and Financial Sciences

Assignment 3

Strategic Management (MGT 401)

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.

Assignment No 3   

Learning Outcomes:

1.  Distinguish between different types and levels of strategy and strategy implementation (Lo.3)
2. Gain insights into the strategy-making processes of different types of organizations (Lo.4)
3. Understand issues related to strategic competitive advantage in diversified organizations (Lo.6)

From real national/international market, select any type of strategic alliance between two firms and answer the following questions:

1. Briefly introduce your chosen firms, partners of the strategic alliance (industry, nationality, size, market position…). (1Mark)- Max 150 words
2. What is the type of strategic alliance used by your chosen firms? Explain its different reasons. (1Mark)
3. What is the method used by the firms to manage their cultures after alliance? underline the pros and cons of this method. (1 Mark)
4. Is this strategic alliance successful? Justify. (1 Mark)
5. What recommendations can you give for the managers of these firms to improve their competitiveness? (1 mark)

Note. All references used should be listed by the end of your analysis, using the APA style.

Answers

Identify the pricing strategies that each of these airlines adopted. Highlight one success and a failure story of each of the airline.

Price discrimination can be observed in many industries it involves charging different prices to various groups of consumers for the same items of products. It can be seen and well known that the airline industry in every country has been practicing the price discrimination for many years and other industries try to practice in the same way.

1.Choose two airlines, one Budget airline and another a national career.

2.Analyze the annual reports of these two airlines and explore the revenue, cost and profitability over the last 5 years.

3.Identify the pricing strategies that each of these airlines adopted. Highlight one success and a failure story of each of the airline.

4.In the report you will examine by using economic theory to explain the definition and importance of price discrimination, the various kinds of price discrimination. In particular, how price discrimination increases overall profitability. Make sure you use marginal revenue and marginal cost analysis for both for peak period and off-peak period.

5.The format of the report should be based on a business report, comprising executive summary, table of contents, introduction, main body of analyses, conclusion and the references.

6.You should use any supporting documents, graph and other resources for the report.